How Do I Get By On My Own?

Chapters

I Don't Know!
What happened?
The beginning? Wait...
This isn't what I signed up for!
What's going on?
Did he just...?
Why?
Why did you do this?
Its time!
Time to start anew?
What is the point?
Negotiations and the curse?!

I Don't Know!

Lix was by most standards a normal man, simply trying to enjoy what life had to give him. All too often, however his efforts were stymied by a seeming lack of social eptitude. Time and again he would try to socialize, and time and again, he was taken advantage of for keeping his heart on his sleeve.

As he was walking home one summer's day, a strange thought began to coalesce in his mind.

'Why did I fall off of my little pony? It has a great narrative, and plenty of well-developed characters. The show was really good, but what made me stop watching?' Lix's thoughts took a turn down memory lane as he tried to recall the plot. However, he was snapped out of his reverie by the shout of a stranger.

"Look out!"

Before Lix could react, a baseball hit him straight in-between the eyes and threw his world into blackness.

Some time later, he awoke with a start. Lix rubbed his head, still feeling residual pain from the baseball strike. He looked around only to realize that he most certainly wasn't in the park anymore.

'This field looks somewhat familiar, but I don't think I've been here before... Have I? Maybe that baseball was meant to hit me? Fate is quite a cruel bitch at times.' Lix sighed as he slowly stood up. 'Well enough whining and more action. So first things first, in those survival videos I watched it is usually about trying to make a base of operations... or was it making tools... or find a good su- eh, I'm sure surviving isn't as hard as others make it out to be.

Something was moving nearby in the forest, interested in this rather unique individual. Hiding amongst the shrubbery, the unknown creature did its best not to make a sound, avoiding lose branches so as to ensure that it didn't give itself away.

'I have to find some branches, perhaps some dead ones. Then maybe I could actually get to work on some tools! After all, playing some of those survival games on my old pc really helped give me an idea of what to do!' Lix thought as he smiled, eager to get started.

He had begun moving amongst the forestry at this point, finding that it was beginning to get darker as the forest canopy covered much of the light from the sun above. Deciding to get a better vantage point to survey the area, Lix spotted a tree which looked good for climbing. He moved back a bit, and with a grunt, he jumped up trying to grab a branch only to fall on his butt. With a pained groan he rubbed his butt, causing the mysterious pursuer to laugh and fall out of a nearby tree.

"WAH!" Shouted an unknown female voice. There was a loud -pomf- upon impact with the forest bed. The woman blinked, realizing that she was busted.

Lix couldn't believe his eyes as he looked upon the creature which bore only passing resemblance to humanity. Examining the feminine form, he saw that the she had paw-like feet and hands which appeared to be made of wood, both sporting rather sharp claws. Atop the beings head was a pair of pointed, wolf-like ears. The rest of her well-toned form was normal in comparison, featuring silky-smooth skin with a bronze complexion, auburn hair, and striking green eyes. She wore a leaf skirt with a sleeveless white shirt made of hide, some vine anklets, and matching wristbands.

A huff escaped the woman's lips as she crossed her arms below her bust, hoisting up her DD-cup breasts. Lix noticed a smell he couldn't place permeating the area. The wolfish woman spoke up with a blush to her cheeks.

"You are strange, wandering into the Everfree forest without so much as a second thought. It's as if you've never heard of the legends or tales!" She gradually became louder, "You're lucky I found you or my family would have certainly torn you to shreds!"

Lix adopted a confused expression "Hey, what do you mean Everfree forest? Isn't that the forest known to hold all sorts of dangerous creatures? Wait, does that mean I'm in Equestria!?"

His exclamation caused the timberwolf woman to raise a brow "You mean, you didn't know that? Where did you even come from?"

Her questions would remain unanswered as Lix's mind went into overdrive. He recalled reading many stories on various websites about the scenario he found himself in. The stories told of amazing glory, powers gained, and histories forged. An excited glint shone in his eyes as he wondered what this world had in store. The sudden snap of a branch nearby snapped him out of his reverie. The timberwolf grew panicked.

"Oh no, they'rere here! I need to go, but we can meet again soon when you're alone! Assuming you live long enough to escape!"

Lix turned to where the branch had broken and his eyes went from excitement to terror. There before him was a pack of at least four more anthropomorphic timberwolves. Two of them were likely males, whereas the other two were females like his initial greeter. Unlike her, however, these timberwolves were far larger, sporting powerlifter-esque physiques, and far more wooden.

"I've never even read about you versions of timberwolves, what is up with that?" Lix's voice cracked from fear as the pack split and began circling him.

'T-think, in most stories like this, one of the ponies would come by at this point and save me. Either that, or I would awaken to some innate power. Hell even falling through the floor to another unknown location would work right now!' Lix started jumping in place as he began to move backwards, causing the group to grow rather confused. The two larger timberwolves cracked their knuckes, and begun advancing on him.

A sweat built on Lix's brow as he whimpered "F-fuck..." before turning a complete one hundred-eighty degrees and booking it. "I can't go dying in Equestria! Not like this! I haven't had a character arc or anything!" He roared out, causing a familiar feminine voice to burst out in a fit of laughter behind the group.

Despite Lix's best efforts, the timberwolf pack was closing in fast, the larger two of the pack having dissapeared from his sight. Stopping in the middle of a clearing, he turned to see the four timberwolves look to each other then began to spread out, each one covering the four cardinal directions. Lix's mind raced as he weighed his options.

'These wolves definitely aren't just any stupid mutts! They know what they are doing, but in an open area at least I may have a bit of a chance. There is a stump in the middle right behind me, and some flowers around of varying colors.' The one from the north began to charge causing the other three to join as Lix called out. "Oh come on!" Closing his eyes before a thought rushed through his head. 'You may not have powers, but you can't just stand there and die you idiot!' A voice he recognized caused his eyes to open. He ducked beneath the one to the north, causing all four to look confused and slam into each other with a series of yelps.

Two of the timberwolves crumbled, though they quickly began repairing themselves. Lix's eyes caught one that immediately moved to pounce on him. He held his arms up in an attempt to grab the timberwolf's tail, but instead it bit down into his arm causing him to roar in pain as the razor-sharp teeth sank into his flesh. Knowing full well it was fight or flight, Lix pushed his finger into the eye of this timberwolf and kept digging in the more it bit down into his arm. Lix's efforts began to show fruit as a sap-like substance begun to seep from the timberwolf's eyesocket. His last-ditch defence was soon interrupted as another timberwolf attacked from behind, biting hard into his other arm.

Gritting his teeth, Lix acted on instinct, biting down onto the arm of the timberwolf on his right, earning a pained yelp from the creature. Feeling adrenaline coursing through his veins, Lix pivoted, and slammed the two timberwolves together. They barreled over, tumbling into the other two timberwolves who had just finished repairing, destroying all of them and revealing four briar hearts. Thinking quick, Lix rushed forward and grabbed all of the wooden artifacts, causing the nearby wood to stop moving.

'These look way too familiar to the Briar hearts of another game I played on console that involved shouts. Maybe I can use these.' Lix sighed 'Who knows, right now I just need to get out of here.' As the adrenaline wore off and the effects of blood loss began to set in, his vision grew hazy. He saw a clearing outside of the Everfree, and decided to move towards it. Still holding tightly onto the four briar hearts, he collapsed and fell to the ground on the outskirts of what appeared to be a village. Lix couldn't tell, as his vision darkened and he lost consciousness.

Lix was awash in an increasingly familiar sensation of nothingness, vaguely wondering if he would soon find himself in anotehr world entirely. As his senses slowly returned, he heard breathing that wasn't his. Believing that the timberwolves had come back for round two, Lix shot up to face the potential threat. Instead of timberwolves, however, standing before Lix was an anthropomorphic mare staring at him in uncertainty.

The mare was an amazonian eight feet tall, with assets to match. Her hourglass figure featured a silken gray coat accentuated with a platinum blonde mane and tail. Her F-cup breasts strained to keep contained within her blue postal uniform, complete with with snug booty shorts that threatened tear asunder. Every button of her ensemble looked like they would burst off if she let out too much of an exhale. The only properly fitting piece of her uniform was the bell hat, which featured the emblem of the Equestrian Postal Service. Her enrapturing dandelion eyes were noticably misaligned, only one of them being able to focus on Lix. She sported a nervous blush, doubtlessly the byproduct of Lix staring at her open-mouthed for the past five minutes. Wishing to be spared of any further awkwardness, she broke the silence with her tomboyish, yet delicate voice.

"Gonna stare all day, or tell m-me your name? M-my name is Derpy Hooves, I'm the mail mare around here. Are you okay?"

Derpy cautiously approached Lix, so as not to spook the injured newcomer. Her approach was halted when she caught the stench of the sap covering him. "Ewww... that is stinky!" The mare said in clear disgust.

Remembering the outcome of his previous encounter, Lix looked around for the briar hearts. However, they had seemingly vanished some time before he woke up. 'Damn, I thought I could do something with those! Maybe they were taken back in exchange for my life?' He sighed, wincing at the pain as the Derpy got concerned.

"I just finished my route so maybe you want to come to my place to at least tend to your wounds and take a shower?" Her muzzle twitched a bit and Lix could tell she was just trying to be nice.

"Y-yea, my name is Lix, and I am a human from earth... I kinda just woke up here, don't even know how. I would love to take a shower." He spoke up as she gave a giggle then a gasp.

"Wait a minute, you're a human? Well then we have someone who studies anthropologimy or something in town! Maybe she can help since she always talks about humans!" She closed the remaining distance, picking Lix up and with a huff, began to fly off to her home. Lix, being unaccustomed to transportation via busty flying mare, flailed about as she flew.

"W-wait wait wait! I haven't adjusted!"

In an attempt to gain stabiltiy, Lix latched one hand onto Derpy's right breast, eliciting a moan from her as she spoke. "Y-you can't do that I don't k-know you well enough!"

'Oh great, I just groped her and got bad points. According to hentai logic, my other hand should be...' Lix looked down and just as he thought he had pulled down her shorts revealing the white panties beneath with a cute little bow and bubbly lace on the front. He blushed heavily as he pulled her shorts back up and just stopped moving. "I c-can't win here. Look, I'm sorry, let's just get this over with."

Derpy gave a nod, and carefully landed at her house at the edge of Ponyville a few minutes later. She fetched the key out from within her cleavage, causing his eyes to widen. "You keep your key in your cleavage? Wouldn't it fall with all the flying you do?"

"You would be surprised just how much a mare can keep between her cleavage while flying and NOT have anything fall out." She gave a wink, thinking the human was flirting with her.

The chapel-sized door opened up, revealing a suprisingly barren interior. "This place is rather empty, don't you have family or something?" Lix intoned as he turned back to Derpy, catching a sad expression from her.

"No. I once thought of the idea, but the stallion I was interested in is too focused on his work and has other mares constantly at his call..." She closed the door behind her and put the mail couriers hat on the hat rack. Her expression shifted to a welcoming smile "The shower is upstairs second door to your right! When you're done we can tend to your wounds in the kitchen over here." She started towards the kitchen, a sway to her step. Lix didn't stare for long, instead opting to rush upstairs.

'Down boy, DOWN!' Lix berated himself as he stripped out of his torn up shirt and jeans, knowing that he will need some new clothes soon. He turned on the shower and immediately yelled out in pain as scalding-hot water cascaded his skin. "HOT!" Causing Derpy to start giggling. Unbeknownst to Lix, she was working on making some rather special muffins...

Author's Note

I used first person to start the story but the rest will be third person. It was just easier for me that way.

First story, I hope you all like it! <3

Edit: Thank you to my editor of this chapter Brony of the Revolution! They are helping me to edit chapters after they have come out! I will also call upon any other editors if you wish to see this story succeed to please come forward. <3 I accept all help, criticism is appreciated but just know I can be quite stubborn about what I have. Thank you Editor and I am sure the readers thank you as well.

I don't have an editor for chapter 2.

What happened?

Taking some time to think about it, as he had rushed past the enemies. His thought process came back full circle, as he had looked around. He didn't know what was happening, everything was so abrupt and those sisters seemed to have done him a favor by combining their efforts to give him this power. Yet, something about all this was rather strange, and he wasn't sure what to do about it.

The first thing that ran through his head was about the woman of the forest, she seemed rather content with messing with him during the timberwolf incident the first time! Yet, now here she was trying to help him out only for him to get surrounded? He felt that there was a link here that lead to this whole string of events. So, when he got to the clearing nearby in the forest he sat down on an open stump that shined with the sunlight down upon it.

A pondering look, he crossed his legs and truly took a moment to think. "Everything started when I got here, Ditzy Doo managed to help me after getting out of the Everfree forest. My knowledge on this world is limited due to how long it has been since I have watched the series but one thing was for certain. Those creatures? They were Changelings, but the one at the front? That didn't seem like Queen chrysalis, yet their behavior was that of a leader none the less. So who were they? An ambush tactic though... It was as if they were ready and waiting for me or her... How would that come to be."

He slowly leaned back only to flail his arms at the sudden lack of a wall behind him and fall backwards onto the ground beneath him with an audible thud. "Ow... Guess I am still a bit of a clutz myself... But regardless of that, something seems just different here. Things aren't lining up with the original story, or at least what I remember... Isn't Fluttershy more nearby the Everfree then Ditzy? But then again maybe Ditzy was on her way back from delivering a package to her... Then we also have the Deer woman... She seemed to always know where I was.. So in the end wouldn't that be on par with a fae or dryad? I remember that from my DnD days at the very least, but I can't figure out which one she is... But if the Changelings were following her then wouldn't they have already attacked or at least taken advantage of the situations ever present to attack?"

In frustration he began to scratch at his head in frustration. A sigh escaping his lips, as his arms then laid limp at his sides. "Well, instead of speculating! Its best that I go back to where this started then! Ditzies house!" Standing upright, he would begin to move forward towards town. It would have taken him roughly 15 minutes from where he was before he had arrived outside of the Everfree Forest.

Looking around, he took advantage of the time stop to at least get an idea on what was going on. He would be outside of Ditzies home, noticing the window open; he would hop through and into the home. Noticing that the inside looked like it was a little bit destroyed? "Looks like a tornado ran through her house, maybe if my theory is correct then they were looking for me." The living room, it had a few shattered vases, with dirt as well as a variety of plants strewn about on the floor. The tables that held them, flipped upside down or slightly broken with even some doors slammed open perhaps based on the damage. Unhinged or tilted so it wouldn't fit anymore.

The kitchen upon entering looked like the cabinets were completely thrown out onto the floor, a variety of flour, flowers, hay and baking supplies thrown onto the floor. Wondering if he could perhaps find Ditzy, he began to look around the house as the same story was everywhere throughout the house before the upstairs window in the attic looked to be opened. Taking a moment, he then went back to find the only other open windows were downstairs. Sitting down on a crate that was nearby, he would look out and see the path towards the Everfree. "This doesn't look good."

Moving back downstairs, he would see that the town of Ponyville was just within reach yet the town looked to be abuzz. what could be keeping them so busy? Curiosity once again being driven through his body, he started around. noticing only now with a good chance to see them that the ponies here were more along his type. Seeing that Lyra and Bon Bon were rather busty, with some nice curves. He wasn't one to usually look at a bust chart, so he would find it to be hard to tell what they were rocking but definitely a body type you would find online in art! Rather voluptuous! Nice rounded hips, tail out the back, nice firm thighs and some even with soft supple lips, a nice show of clothing style! not many were the same at all but one thing was for certain, he was going to have a fun time here if the other stories he had read were to go by. Yet this power, why did he decide to make it so complicated? that would only make it harder for himself!

He had to think about this carefully, and thus he came up with an idea. Why was he worrying so much about the whole situation? Why was he acting like such a god damn coward? No one could touch him right? A smirk began to appear on his face as he turned heel to toe back towards the Everfree. "Guess that means that I can really let them have it without any real actual skill in combat!" Confident in his skill, it would take him roughly an hour before he had arrived, noticing some timberwolves along the way.

The Changelings were all still there, same with the Woman whom they had supposedly come for. Yet, maybe they came for him? He couldn't quite recall, just that he needed to be careful... There was that mind set again, slapping his cheeks he would notice the group was made up of at least 10 Changelings. The one in the front that was confident had a big toothy grin on their face, as this made him growl. "Cocky assholes who gang up on people...." Throwing a nice firm punch, into his jaw would cause him to feel it reverberate through his hand causing him to hiss! "Chitin... right... Damn thats tough!" Looking around, he would find a decent sized rock and smiled. "Bugs normally get squashed by something heavy, so maybe.." Picking up the rock, he would move towards a nearby sapling that seemed rather sturdy. Working on finding something for a potential way to hold them together! He would find some Ivy on the nearby trees. "Its times like these that I wish that I had taken the opportunity to learn some camping tricks. But maybe its like a shoelace!"

The process would end up taking a few hours, as he seemed a bit out of breathe due to the frustration of this endeavor. "Finally, its done..." Looking at the axe he felt the struggle was worth it before he then thought back to a game he played back on Earth. The Forest, and they would sometimes use the teeth of the cannibals to emphasize more damage. Looking towards the Changelings, he would laugh a bit as the only one smiling was the confident leader! A sly grin on his face, he would raise his axe only to then realize upon closer inspection that the leader was female and the other 9 were male... His Morales were being brought into question now. "Damn it!" He never truly took a chance to look them over due to changelings not necessarily showing easier but he knew they morphed to fit the desires of those they wish to get the love off of. So of course this one was busty as hell, but he looked to the other Changelings and sighed, as he began to open their mouths and bash them in the face to grab a few sharp fangs out of the groups of broken teeth. A gruesome endeavor, but in the end he didn't have magic like they did so he couldn't just... wait his time stop was magic wasn't it?

Beginning to raise his axe with the now mud plastered axe that had the teeth of the changelings. He proceeded to start bashing them around bit by bit, not on the verge of death but to definitely hurt them and make a point. Afterwards, he would move towards the deer woman, and pick her up with a bit of difficulty as he jumped down into the hole. This would cause him to have some serious pain, as he would then snap his fingers to rewind time! Not wanting to immediately assume what might occur but he needed to see if what he did while time was stopped stayed with him or rewound. This was proven to be false, as his axe he worked on for so long? Stayed the same as it looked like the changelings reformed back to their original position. A smirk would then form on his face, "That means that maybe I can fix my mistakes if I make any... Yet I shouldn't use this power carelessly either.." He would frown to himself as he would wink causing time to fast forward back to the time frame he was at before the rewind. "I Don't want to really mess things up if I fuck with time..."

Moving over towards the Adagio sisters, he would then proceed to look through their supplies in the back and notice a nice alchemical set up. The status window opened up as it showed recipes he could make, but he then saw his states that were originally at 5 each.

Lix: Level 5

Str: 15

Dex: 12

Int: 16

Wis: 13

Cha: 14

This made him smile as he thought back to each thing he did to acquire this. "Notifications don't pop up during leveling or gaining stats. So perhaps, beating on the changelings raised my strength, all the thinking and deduction raised my intelligence and wisdom! Dexterity was possibly raised by all the moving around and creating the axe, but why was my charisma raised? Was it perhaps because of me ogling the towns folk to get a better idea on their style and clothes?" Fist pumping into the air in celebration he chuckled. "Alright!" looking towards the recipes before him, he would see that as of current there was a rewrite magic spell and a health potion. Yet he could only make the rewrite magic spell, which caused him to raise a brow. The ingredients in the surrounding environment were taken and even the briar heart was used in its creation. "That would explain why they wanted it...." Taking the potion, he would then look at the alchemy set up and sigh, "Would be a shame to let this place go to waste but this is too dangerous to give to them..." He would proceed to start to destroy all their equipment as much as possible to ensure that they couldn't use it. Even going so far as to grab some of the glass to enhance the damage on it. "Maybe with this and the fangs I can cause some serious damage... but the mud solidified? Interesting..."

Moving back towards the exit of the hole, he would start to climb the book case, finding that when he jumped he was able to jump a bit higher then normal? "Is this thanks to the raise in my dexterity?" Getting out of the hole, he would then go towards where the deer woman was and stand in front of her. Giving a wave, time began to slowly continued and as it did, all the changelings began to feel the beating they took as hit after hit slammed into them in rapid movement before they all laid on the ground knocked out. "Thats more like it! I took them down and defended us whoo!" He jumped in celebration, as the deer woman immediately looked confused as hell, eyes bulging out briefly before she looked at him then at them with her jaw dropped. "What did you..." Only then did he feel himself start to have all his actions catch up to him as his vision got blurry. "Oh fuuuckkk...." Falling backwards, she would abruptly catch him as he passed out from Fatigue.

The last words he would hear came from her, "Such a foolish human.... but... A strange charm and silliness to him..." causing him to smile as sleep took over, what happened while he was asleep? maybe next time we will find out.~

The beginning? Wait...

Author's Note

Remember one thing, no matter what? Keep doing your best, even if things seem hopeless. You can do what you put your mind to and have the determination to do it. This chapter? I wrote fully high off the joy of life. I am going to start writing more frequently and be happy with what I got. Enjoy! :D

Lix: Level 5

Str: 15

Dex: 12

Int: 16

Wis: 13

Cha: 14

A wave to freeze time, a snap to rewind and a wink to fast forward?

Credit to the Original Artist.

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The beginning? Wait...

The entire atmosphere was different, it felt rather strange as he had begun to reach consciousness once more. Yet, he wasn't quite expecting to wake up in the cold forest around him. So his eyes took a bit to adjust, looking up into the sky he would see that the day had passed by while he was asleep.

Rubbing the back of his head as he felt that he had hit his head rather hard, but what caused it? Reaching behind to feel that he had a bit of a bump and a crusty feeling, moving his hand back forward it was his own blood. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, of course a rock would cause him such an injury but he just felt like an idiot! "Wow, first official injury other then a broken leg from falling into a hole is by a rock that wasn't even thrown? Jeez, not my time here. Then again, I guess that this world is certainly not as kind as I thought. Which raises the question." He said, as he slowly moved towards a nearby tree leaning his back against it as he felt his body was sore from the ground.

"I never really thought about it, but if I was asleep throughout the day then... That means, that right now since the summer sun celebration was being put into motion. That... No way!" He would stand upright excited, "That means that the Mane 6 are going to be taking on Nightmare Moon and winning right about now!" He would think about this briefly, looking at his hands. "Right now, I should not use my powers unless its an emergency, its very clear it has a major toll on me and if I pass out on a cliffside and time is frozen? I would just be dead."

Slowly he raised a hand then snapped his fingers as time began to rewind, he watched as the events around him unfolded and strangely enough? The Dryad came by a few times to check in on him but didn't move him? He would see that she was clearly keeping him in place to ensure that the wound on his head was blocked? "What? Why wouldn't she move me and treat the wound?" He got scared quite quick as he felt that the wound was worse off then it was.

He would let out a nervous laugh, as he watched it turn to sunset and then wave to freeze time. "Okay, right around here I would think that they would be starting to head through the mountains. If that is the case, then I need to get moving! But wait... Where is this castle? I remember only a bit of where they would have gone..." He growled to himself, as he stood upright. "Welp, time to get to the hospital and see what they have to work with. Can't afford any medical care right now if they take bits." He thought to himself, was it really right to treat his wounds with supplies from a hospital without letting them know? He couldn't help but shrug, "Eh they won't link it to me I bet."

Starting on his way back towards ponyville, he would try to move quickly with a light jog as he felt an energy filling him that he hadn't known before. It was a strange feeling like Adrenaline, yet with a smile on his face he went into a full run as he charged towards town and with a bit of maneuvering his stature would be panting in front of the hospital with a weak laugh and sweat dripping from his form. "Going to need to see if I can get Rarity to make me some clothes, Sure that she could help me out and would be all to eager with me being a human. Although, wait... Would revealing myself only get Twilight involved and then the princesses?" Hands raising to his head only to start scratching it in frustration only for his eyes to widen as he felt himself tug a piece of the wound on the back of his head. "Oh shit." Rushing in he began to quickly shift through things.

It had taken him roughly 15 minutes to find the items he needed, some bandages as well as some cleansing oils, since he couldn't find peroxide or any of the stuff he was used to. "Cleansing oils can work for now, but I need to get moving!" He would state, as he would check the wrapping in what looked like a Mirror hung up. Satisfied with the quick job he would rush out the door, and begin his way towards the exterior of ponyville. "Okay, the only way I am going to know where they went, unfortunately is to actually follow the Mane 6. Which means if they were about here towards the mountains over there then." He would snap his fingers to rewind, as it would take a little bit before he had seen them. He was a few kilometers off, as he had seen the backs of the mane 6. He figured he could have stolen a look at what they looked like as Anthro's but! He had to be calm and see this through. So he would quickly begin to move towards the mountains. He knew that they would be able to get back to where he was, so he had to keep periodically checking them! "Why is it that I state I need to be more careful with my power and not overuse it and here I am doing the OPPOSITE!?" He screamed at himself, mentally cursing.

After a couple hours of fixing things up, he would then find himself at the castle outside with the others starting to head in. Seems that they had arrived 15 minutes after Twilight! Would explain how they arrived in time to save the day! Starting to play time again hiding behind a bush, he jumped up and down eagerly! He was excited to see the Rainbow! The Rainbow of Friendship! As time began to play, he sat there. Rocking back and forth, and was smiling ear to ear.

....Yet it never came, something was wrong. His eyes slowly began to widen, as he would quickly shuffle out of the bushes only to rush in. He didn't think of his powers at all at this point, he was worried for their safety and the safety of all of Equestria! Running up the stairs, panting a bit from exhaustion of the day that had occurred! He had walked in to see all the Ponies down for the count?! "Whats going on here?!" He would shout out in disbelief, as they all seemed to just be asleep but not killed. Yet they shuffled, and moved around as if they were having nightmares each!

A laugh echoed throughout the castle, as a voice was heard. "Oh, so I see that these ponies aren't alone are they?~ Who might you be." The form would slowly begin to come together, only to form Nightmare Moon and MAN was she an exotic beauty! First off, he was a legging/thigh high man. He always was a sucker for the way it brought out a womans charm, but the fact that she wore a black form of leggings along with a light blue armor! It was rather skimpy, the thong that covered her going barely did any justice but did the job. Riding right up into her ass, as the chestpiece pronounced her breasts! They showed that her tips were definitely pointed out in the armor. Then the head piece with the flowing night sky in both her tail and hair! With those sharp fangs that looked like they could bite into a minotaur! It just sent shivers down his body! He would then raise a brow towards her. "Do you know what I am?"

She would only look at him confused, as she slowly began to move forward. "You are a hairless Pony, who will simply fall just like these 6 did before you." This made him confused as he would think to himself, while she started to go on a monologue, "Wait... This means all those stories that I read, they didn't line up at all... They have never seen a human before, that and they just think he is a hairless Pony? Well, that lined up a bit but he himself felt a little offended. He couldn't quite understand why that was always the first thought when Ponies would see a human. He would sigh to himself as he would then look her up and down. She seemed to have finished her speech, rather confident in herself only for him to look her in the eyes. "You can't beat me Nightmare Moon..."

His tone was rather dark and sinister, which caused her to move back slightly, Speaking up she would retort. "Oh you think so? Doust though truly think that thy can destroy a princess of the night!" When she started to speak in old language he knew that he had her a little bothered since she was speaking fine just a moment prior. he continued, "What makes you think that you truly know what I am? A hairless Pony really?" He would laugh to himself, only to find her running forward and immediately a fist slammed into his face, knocking him flying back and down the stairs. A rather comical moment for any onlookers, as he would shout out in pain. "Ow, oof, ugh! Ow AW COME ON!" He would land at the bottom, only for her to smirk a bit and burst into a fit of laughter. "Dost though truly think with that power you can win?!"

He raised a hand and began to slowly wave only to see her charging down the stairs head first to stab him with her horn. Flinching a bit, as timed slowed to a standstill, the moment he opened his eyes he would look and see her horn was not even an inch away from his right eye! "WOAH! Close call as they make them!" Using his hands to move back in a crawl, as he would slowly stand up wincing, he felt immense pain and his eyes, raising a hand to them he would find that his vision was getting blurry. "Oh shit... I'm gonna die.." He would start moving up the stairs, as he felt his strength leaving him, bit by bit he would move forward towards Twilight. "Come on man, not like this. This just isn't fair." He would state, before falling over just a couple feet before the Purple Unicorn. Slowly crawling with each passing grunt, and touching her hoof, "You gotta get up..." Nudging her bit by bit as some strange magic began to work out of his hand, a greenish hue enveloping Twilight as she began to wake up. A smile on his face as he looks at her slowly sitting upright coughing up blood. "Bout time you woke up, You can't die here, you got friends who need you and Equestria..." His face would hit the floor as he would once again find himself going unconscious.

His eyes would open to a dark space all around him, as he would see his hands in front of him looking rather lit up. "What? Oh god did I fucking die or did I go into the dreamscape of Luna?" beginning to walk forward, he would start to see some strange orbs appearing, and in them were his memories. "Ah shit, yup this is death coming to collect! Life flashing before my eyes through orbs of memory? Definitely a big give away."

He would look at himself, "But I don't want to die like a chump when I finally have a chance to help!..... This isn't even about meeting my heroes, and learning about Equestria, I have power and the ability to help... I can't go down like this!"

Slowly he felt something on his cheek, reaching up to rub away at some liquid. "What? How did thi-" A voice would snap him back as a giant window of light opened up above him. There Twilight sat, seemingly crying? "Wait... Why would she cry about me? That doesn't make any sense, she doesn't even know me?!" He asked, as he would hear her talking to herself.

"Who even are you?.... What did you do here? I can sense magic but, I don't see them breathing... I can't feel the wind, and the sky isn't moving! You can't just wake me up like that not knowing me and thinking that I can just understand what you mean! You woke me up! That means you need to wake up!" He would see her horn begin to glow as he felt his body beginning to feel light. "Wait... Whats going on?" The window where she spoke closed up as his body began to move in reverse. "Wait wait, am I not dying anymore! Shes healing me!?" He laughed to himself in celebration! "WOOHOO! LET'S GO!" He would find his eyes slowly opening, as he looked at her. "Yo, first up, Human, Second, Time Stop." He would chuckle, only for her eyes to shake the tears still flowing as he began to stand up. "Wait, you can't get up yet! Your still injured!"

He would laugh as he stretched a bit, "As you said, I woke you up, you woke me up and things aren't going the way you want. Well, in this case you need to make it work! Can't you feel that spark inside you?! These mares here? They are literally here to help you, that spark of friendship is what you need for the elements!" He would laugh, as he would clap his hands together, then wave only for the sound of an explosion to erupt below. "I will distract her, best I can but... I don't quite know how to control my powers, you wake the mares up! Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Finally Fluttershy." He laughed a bit to himself getting excited once more. "Wasn't expecting to have to do this, but you know what? Not everyday the story you know and the story you make are the same! Just have to pave your own path!" He charged down the stairs, as she was rushing up and her eyes widened in surprise to feel him tackle her down the stairs by the waist! "Got ya!"

Twilight began to wake up the mares one by one, as she started to think up a plan but below there he had been fighting for a bit with just raw strength and adrenaline. Blood dripping from his head, as he looked at her. "N-not using magic? D-doesn't that defeat the purpose of fighting me at full strength?"

She would retort, "Well your right, why don't I use magic right now?!" She would start to charge up a rather large blue blast of energy. "Fuck me! Why did I open my big mouth!"

The ball would start to build up only to launch towards him, as behind her. She would hear the sounds of ponies! The blast would hit him and knock him flying out the window and into the water down below! As he fell he could only laugh, "Yep, they underplayed how powerful ponies are! Yet here I am thinking I am on equal ground with a god damn Alicorn. Whats wrong with me?!" The last thing he saw as he closed his eyes, was a blue blur. "Rainbow...Dash..." his body went limp at that moment.

This isn't what I signed up for!

Upon going unconscious, it would seem that he was left in a world of darkness? No dreams, no nightmares, just floating in darkness like a pig on a hook. He sighed softly to himself as he spoke aloud, "Welp, seems to me that things could have gone WAY better. Although, I got too big for my britches! I could have definitely helped out a bit better! I mean come on, who thinks they can go toe to toe with an Alicorn? Let alone Nightmare Moon alone when the mane 6 struggled with her?!" He would start to punch the air around him until he fell to the nonexistent ground beneath him.

This would cause him to wake up, in a prison cell? his vision still a bit hazy, he would see that he was patched up but why was he in prison? "Alright, so clearly something is going on here... I don't quite like these odds, problem is that I would need to get out whenever there was a point they had put me in here..." He would talk to himself, as he would then sigh aloud.

Raising his hand, he would then give a wave as all of time would freeze, upon doing so he would snap his fingers and start focusing on when he was brought into the dungeon to begin with. There he would find that of all people to put him in here, it was... Octavia?! Staring at the woman before him, she would be wearing skin tight latex black, that hugged her form and seemed to showcase a rather tight cameltoe. His shameless mind went to her breasts, which were rather large like every other pony he has seen so far and low and behold NIPPLES! He just chuckled to himself, getting lost in the moment. However, he regained his composure. Then started to move time backwards after he had left the cell, trying to listen in on what was being said but even conversations were in reverse of course! So he had to play back the moment before him, yet he didn't have that option! He can only rewind, fast forward or freeze time with certain restrictions! He was lucky enough to not have any cuffs on him, possibly because of his injuries which would make sense.

Continuing along as Octavia moved along with a few guards, he would move back bit by bit until he had found himself at the throne room of canterlot castle?! So he was in the canterlot dungeons meaning he was a high risk criminal?! What the hell? What did he do to warrant such treatment! He would growl to himself, clenching his fists as he would try to see who was on the throne. There, he saw Nightmare Moon... With what looked like Spike beside her, yet spike was changed? They looked like they were a woman here... How long were they a woman? What happened to the others? He would then fast forward time as Octavia was leaving so the door was closed and then snapped his fingers once more to play time.

"I can't believe that individual, the hairless beast! Was able to take me on! Such a shame that they decided to aid in those annoying 6 ponies! Luckily we won't have to see them again! Let them rot down there in those dungeons while I rule all!" She began to laugh as Spike gasped looking over towards Lix only for him to put his hands on his hips. Spike seemed to have taken on a rather voluptuous form, but Lix tried his best to avoid staring as he froze time with a wave. Catching Nightmare Moon in her laughing stance, he would rub his head lightly and growl. "Okay, so the other 6 are in the dungeon where I came from, Spike has been taken hostage and seems to be a woman? Maybe they were originally here, or they were changed by Nightmare Moon. None the less, I need to get the other 6 out of here! But that would mean that...." He frowned to himself, "I need to remove myself from the equation here, I need to rewind all the way back to the ruined castle."

Moving out of the throne room, he would begin his trek towards Ponyville. Of course over that time, he had to bring some pastries with him by stopping by Donut Joe's and "Borrowing." Some Boxes of Donuts for the road. While time was frozen, he couldn't really use trains or any other means of transport sooo he had to "Hoof it" He laughed to himself. Finally given an opportunity to use that pun, but he could hear those boo's like a crowd was watching. A shrug was all he gave with a smile as he began to eat and walk, the journey having taken about 2 weeks from his calculations? The reason he could know was, well he didn't have much to do so he counted the hours, turned to days and more. He had run out of food 3 days prior. So he rushed to Sugarcube corner to take his fill, once again "Borrowing." Some food items as he would pat his belly with a sigh of relief. "Okay, now I need to get to the castle. Jesus, this is taking a long ass time. Right now, most protagonists would have already had a mare after him, or at least a harem. Maybe having saved others from beasts, monsters, encounters and the sort! Why was I given such bad luck about all this!? Yes I can mess with time, but that is too much of a hardcore mo-" He would then blink a few times remembering the other deal he had made and slowly he began to open up a menu by sliding his finger upwards to see his stats as he walked to the castle.

Lix: Level 15

Str: 24

Dex: 15

Int: 16

Wis: 13

Cha: 19

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

He read the skill, and looked at his increase to strength which blew his mind away. Maybe that had to be because of his battle with the Alicorn princess of the night. The charisma, was perhaps his appearance to save Twilight, and Spike? The dexterity was perhaps the ability to dodge. However, he saw that he had 10 more points to put into stats. With that in mind, he got a skill from his stats so maybe more over time would unlock more!

Allocating his points into strength and Charisma, for conversations and perhaps more later down the road and the ability to be able to endure and fight for longer would help alot here!

Utilizing the skill now, he would arrive at the castle and move towards the now broken elements of harmony that lay there on the ground. A frown upon his face, as he began to recreate them and make them whole once more. Yet, he knew that things had to be played back separately this time.... He began to rewind time, as everything went on for at least 3 weeks, the 2 weeks travel and apparently he was out for a week. Since when did he have a clock in front of him when looking at these things?

Watching time rewind to when he was knocked out of the castle, there were 2 things he realized. One was that Twilight was killed, and 2 the other 5 were imprisoned after she let her guards have their way with them right there in the castle.... That in itself pissed him off, as he got back to the point when he was passing out and thought to himself. "Oh no... Your not getting away with that shit..." He would lay back into position where he was as time would begin once more. Yet now, he was stronger due to his little broken mechanic he had set up. He would slowly close his eyes, as he would then wave to start time back up again.

"No, No no! Whoever, or whatever you are! You can't just die here! We need you!" As if on cue, Nightmare Moon was beginning to choke her, as his eyes opened back up! He would run forward, as Nightmare Moon was smiling towards Twilight at the eagerness to end it all only for him to suddenly come into view! "Take this YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" As his fist would collide with her gut, causing her to let out a cough of pain. Skidding back from the impact, as Twilight fell to the ground. At this point all 6 elements were returned, but Lix was suddenly nowhere to be seen?

While they were distracted, he had moved outside of the castle back to where he had tried to watch before. Only for the events of the original timeline to come into motion! A stream of Rainbow would begin to erupt all over as the scream of Nightmare Moon echoed around the forest. "NOOOOOO!!!!!!"

All the while, Lix was just smirking to himself, "Good prevails, but lets be honest here... Some evil can go a long way." He laughed, as he began to slowly move off towards Ponyville.... But at the castle.

"Girls, we need to find that individual! He saved our lives, He made this possible! If it weren't for him and his strange magic and strength! We may not have realized the elements of harmony would be used like this and win! Look for a hairless pony, our goal right now is to find them and Spike!" He would then come out, clearly not a female this time around. "Take a letter, Dear Princess Celestia."

A sneeze echoed around the forest as he raised a brow, "Why do I feel that things are about to get even more haywire? Fucking Damn it..." He would place his arms behind his head as he walked off into the night.

Author's Note

A wave to freeze time, a snap to rewind and a wink to fast forward? <-- A placeholder to remember for whenever it is used.

Lix: Level 15

Str: 29

Dex: 15

Int: 16

Wis: 13

Cha: 24

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Magic: Clockwork: Allows him to see the timeframe while using his powers.

So it would seem that our lovely hero has helped get the first season going, but little does he know that now he has caused a chain reaction that he cannot stop anymore! What will happen next time? Stay around and find out!

What's going on?

Having walked away from the initial blast that would have started off the series that I knew and loved. I was not expecting what had happened next... Now within a Cell, once again but with restraints meant to cancel out magic? Beaten, and bruised but will not broken Lix now stood there having received a recent thrashing from someone shrouded in darkness. It was hard to figure out, but something just wasn't adding up here... Maybe there was a reason he didn't attack? Or maybe, there is fear or worry.

Thinking about it to himself, he sighed recalling the endeavor to himself like he did a few times before. Trying to see what exactly happened that lead to this little endeavor. After the eruption of the elements of Harmony, he had started to walk away only for there to be a rather large earthquake of catastrophic proportions. In a sudden turn of events, he had turned to see a Giant Tower having sprung forth from the old Royal Castle of the two sisters. From its top, was Applejack falling with Rainbow dash barely managing to make it? No, it seems that on the other side of the building he didn't have an accurate look. The same could be said of the other Mares, as quite a few of them seem to be walking out of the place out of sorts.

"Whats going o-" Was simply stated, as there was the sound of a collision right up against his back... "Paf?" He said to himself, trying to register the sound as his body slowly went limp leaving the Mares in question to rush over as he fell. Next thing he knew, he had awoken in a cell the next day and was being beaten by some figure shrouded in a black veil. As if using some form of magic to cover their being, and each time? The voice seemed Familiar... He didn't know what he could do but wait for each time he came around... This last one, revealed something more important then initially thought... "It seems, that I brought someone with me when I was sucked in here.... It also seems that this place is a little too familiar to me..." He would begin to grumble a bit. "Now, I can't use Magic here due to the encryption on the cuffs, but there is something else that I can do... Yet if I do, they may wonder how I was able to take off the cuffs... So my best bet was to do something different." Closing his eyes, Lix would begin to push against the walls of the cell behind him, the sound of crumbling and rubble falling all behind him were clear! The wall had fallen apart and down the cliffside from sheer strength! Yet, in order for this to make any sense.... the sound of his cuffs slowly being forced off but not broken would be then thrown off with a wince of pain! Looking towards his pinky fingers on both sides as the cuffs fell along with the rubble...

Snapped, and broken... once again relying on sheer knowledge here of what he had seen, he needed to realign it immediately or risk a problem sooner then later. Looking towards the fibers that strewn the cell he grabbed some of the hay and bit down as he aligned one hand. With a scream of agony, and the sound of guards beginning to shuffle down the steps, he would then scream once more as he snapped his remaining joint and bone back into place. Spitting the hay out, only one guard seemed to arrive ahead of the others.... Lix looked to them, then grinned from ear to ear. "So, think you can hide in that form amongst the rest of them eh James?"

The pony in question only seemed to look on in question at the destroyed wall behind him! Thinking about what he could have done to destroy it, he had figured that perhaps someone on the outside had destroyed it giving him an exit before leaving! Looking to two different pegasi guards he called out, "Go on the exterior of the wall! See if there are any stragglers or escape artists! Someone destroyed the wall holding this prisoner! Lucky for us, he doesn't have anywhere else to go but down a slope to his death or out of his cell!" The pegasi seemed a little concerned with the phrasing but that was due to their more passive nature with recent years through their life of peace and tranquility so words like that didn't seem to sit well with them. Flying off past him, they flew up and in two separate directions before Lix spoke up. "Where are they..."

James returned with a grin, "Oh what do you mean? The 6 ponies that were there during the eruption of the tower? Oh I wonder about that, I know for a fact that you always loved dear Applejack. Yet, I wonder if she actually survived that fall." He tormented at the idea, only making Lix growl a bit under his breathe. "Don't you fuck with me man.... You know what happe-" James immediately lunged forward when the cell was opened and collided a fist to his jaw attempting to shut Lix up. "Once again you fail to realize, let that brain of yours catch up Lix... We are in Equestria, and the possibilities are endless! I have all 4 elements! Just like the avatar, and you mocked that before." This made Lix smile a bit, "You also seem to forget that we are in front of an audience." He would look on towards the guards but they didn't seem to react... Rather their eyes seemed hollow... "What?" With this James could only grin and burst into a fit of laughter. "An amulet of Trance! Found it near the castle where you were trying to help those ponies! It was strange that it laid along a branch as if someone lost it there! But it works out for me! Now it will work on you!" With those words Lix then moved back towards the opening of the cell as James continued to laugh. "Where are you going? You are going to die if you jump from that height you know!"

Lix would then look down, to see the depth then sigh a bit. "Normally you would be right and you sent your only 2 remaining pegasus out to scout that they won't be able to catch me like Rainbow dash can." James seemed to perk up at that as if in confusion, only to see Lix take one step back causing James to lunge forward to catch him only for him to give 2 middle fingers as he fell at an alarming speed to the forest below of Everfree... James looking on in disbelief at what he did would just sit there confused. "I was expecting alot more out of you Lix... I could have used you, we could have taken on this world together!" He shouted as the amulet seemed to crack a bit with a strange green glow.

Author's Note

A wave to freeze time, a snap to rewind and a wink to fast forward? <-- A placeholder to remember for whenever it is used.

Lix: Level 15

Str: 29

Dex: 15

Int: 16

Wis: 13

Cha: 24

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Magic: Clockwork: Allows him to see the timeframe while using his powers.

Did he just...?

As the wind flew through his hair, he couldn't quite understand why he seemed so confident about this. Yet, there was one thing that he knew... Whenever it came down to strength, or magic? He wouldn't normally win in these situations! It also seems that James didn't know what Power he had exactly which was going to help him out alot here. He had the Royal Castle under control under a trance spell, with an amulet that was found in the Everfree? He knew that he had to get to the bottom of this and figure out how that came to be... As he was about to hit the bottom, he waved his hand to the side and froze time.

The moment he had hit the impact of the ground, it hurt like hell! As his eyes opened wide with his mouth open spewing out blood! Roots uprooted from the impact of the ground as well! Wrapping around him a bit, as he felt the blood gargling his screams! Laying there in agony, of the impact with his vision hazy he seemed to be in a panic! He hadn't quite expected that the freezing of time wouldn't work on him. Then again, thinking about it he shouldn't even be alive! Yet here he was, spewing out blood. He waved his hand once more to let time resume, and the roots seemed to slowly coil away towards the trees.

Coughing a little bit there, he couldn't understand how he was alive. Yet he couldn't really move, he was mostly paralyzed, the last bit of energy he had? It had managed to actually go into that wave so he couldn't move anymore. Looking up into the sky above, he started to think about how he could have gone about all that differently... He could have perhaps frozen time and ran past the guards! But then, wouldn't that also somewhat give a hint to his power? No Lix needed to find a way to surprise James so he wouldn't think he was alive... But god damn can this blood stop suffocating me! Why aren't I dead?! Only for some strange green eyes to come forward above him, with a green glow that seemed to be healing him?

He laid there for who knew how long, but he did know that this woman wasn't laughing but was rather crying? Her eyes didn't seem to give pity but rather sorrow? Was she... Was she crying for him? Weakly, Lix began to sit upright only for her to try to push him back down once more which surprised him. Looking at her confused, she would state, "Don't move... If you do, you may not heal properly... You were just about to stop breathing... I could feel with the impact that something heavy had landed... You don't seem to catch a break do you?..."

Lix just stared at her in disbelief, she was healing him, worried about him? Why? They didn't seem to do much other then some rather silly interactions with the timberwolves and the Adagio sisters... wait.. Spitting out the blood in his mouth as he groaned in agony, causing her to wipe a tear she would hear his weak voice. "Why heal me?... I didn't do anything for you..." expecting her to just give him the reason that she didn't want him dying on her watch! Or even something along the lines of she wasn't just going to let some poor creature die! Instead what she said that stunned Lix... "Because you saved me. I intend to repay the favor... For those Changelings."

This caused him to just stare in complete shock... He had rewound time, and fixed things up so that there should have been no trace of his help... Yet here she was aware of what he did... "How did you..." She continued healing him, only to put a finger to his lips as those tears continued but a smile formed upon her lips, her body heaving a bit from the strain of the constant healing as she began her explanation.

"When I had first seen you, I had thought you were a strange creature. You looked so different from the ponies around the exterior of the forest. I always wanted to try to go say hi but, the curse of Everfree kept me within the forest... Along with my Timberwolf family who helps me. Yet, you are different... Unlike the ponies who brave the forest and fear me when I show myself, or think me a witch... You talked with me like any other normal person... You didn't show a single bit of fear towards me, but rather I saw the admiration in your eyes. It was strange to see... So I followed you towards the hole, and found you with a broken leg! I was going to come and heal you but somehow you had managed to come back to it with your leg fully healed... Even got a second deal out of the sisters somehow holding the Briarhart... I remembered your first wish from them and as much as I didn't want to believe it. Your belief in their magic was the SOLE reason you were able to acquire the ability... Then doing so once again risking your life for another power that weakened you?! That just didn't make any sense to me!" She seemed to beat down on Lix's chest a bit weakly.

"But... When you got out of there, and saw the changelings? I had felt their intense ferocity behind me and was about to jump away along the branches with you to ensure your safety... But before I could blink, not only had they all been beaten up to a rather harsh degree and knocked out but... I could see their materials were harvested due to the way the horn looked when time resumed again. I then knew that your power over time worked and you had saved me... I wanted to pay you back but you were gone! So I attempted to follow you along the forests, sending out animals, birds and so on to try to keep an eye on you and I learned of what you did... Of the strange way that you saved those 6 ponies and even bested Nightmare Moon... Found in a tome that I had seen from the local Witch Doctor Zecora... I then heard some rubble coming from the castle... That made me then rush over here hoping you were okay but what did I see..." The tears seemed to flow even more so as she bared her teeth and stopped beating on his chest as the healing intensified when she sat upright. "You... laying here on the verge of death... Jumped from the castle itself... from a cell no less... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?"

These words really seemed to sink in for Lix, she seemed to know of his powers and what he was capable of and put the puzzle pieces together herself based off the information she learned on his powers?.... She was repaying him saving her by saving his life now and even then she seemed to smile with a renewed passion unlike the playful minx I saw before... "So what your saying is... you watched me like an adventure you always wanted for yourself outside the forest?..."

She only nodded as she spoke up, "But I wasn't sure I would see you again and now here you are... I am a confusion of emotions but I will save your life if I can help it... My name is Adriana... You can call me Addie... If you don't mind?" She seemed to be lightening, and so were Lix's wounds. As he spoke up once more, "Lix... the Human... Thank you Adriana." He would say, as he slowly began to hug her. Albeit weakly, as he began to hum a song that he felt was appropriate for the moment which seemed to help her relax in his arms as they stayed together.

After a little bit, he was now fully healed and she had passed out in his arms... This moment had just renewed him with Vigor as he slowly hoisted her up in his arms. Beginning to carry her on into the Everfree, as he looked up at the castle. "I won't rely on my power here to stop whats going on up there... Using my time powers stupidly like that had almost cost me my life... I can't give up the life that was given to me so I may need to see what I can do without it..."

Unbeknownst to him, there was an Icon that appeared behind him as he walked on finding the path that seemed to have been used and arriving at Zecora's Hut giving it a few knocks. Opening the door, was in fact Zecora as she saw the Deer in Lix's arms she spoke up. "You are not a being I know of, and yet you seek me out like a dove. Lix, a being of abnormality, full of formalities. Set her there, for she can rest a hair."

Lix seemed to have a bit of a headache listening to her, but he gave a smile and laid her down on the spare bed as he spoke up. "So, do you always speak in rhyme? No offense its just so unusual for me." His eyes would lay upon the tattered brown cloth that covered her backside, and seemed to follow along with her tail as if he enjoyed what he saw. A rather nice bubble butt was almost in clear view at any given point. Yet she turned around, causing him to immediately look away as she could only giggle a bit to herself having busted him. "I do not always speak in rhyme, but for you it seems a crime.~ To be capable of using Time, but as for the rhymes? I shall stop for now its fine."

Lix just seemed more confused, but was distracted by her bountiful cleavage barely contained within... wait... her hair? She had no top on?! This was only confirmed when she had moved at just an angle that her black areola showed, causing him to look away Bashful. Standing upright, he would head towards the door. "I gotta take care of something...." As Zecora would place a hand on his shoulder with a strange liquid in a bowl. "Not before you drink this, a concoction that will help you." She stated, as Lix would then look at her and begin to drink it only to gag... Yet he continued to drink as he finished the brew! "That was horrible!"

She could only giggle as she pointed to the icon above his head, "Limitations of Control time removed." Then below it a new one popped up, "Consumption of Hay Day, Temporary increase to stats of +5. Learned Recipe Hay Day."

This made him think, then blush a bit as her breasts pushed into his chest. "I gotta come back and thank yo u for this information. It will help alot!" She leaned forward to give him a kiss on the forehead, "A kiss for a hero, now go and stay low!" With a wave, Lix charged out the door and off towards the Canterlot by foot! He had to stay stealthed, through his approach as he needed to be careful of James now. A fire in his eyes, he would speak aloud, outside the gates in some bushes. Looking at some guards, he would state. "Seems its time to actually do something Brute force for once.... This isn't going to be easy.... But I need to save the girls, and Canterlot itself..." He would then begin his approach towards the gates, as the guards stared in disbelief and shock! Raising their spears and charging forward!

Author's Note

Can now freeze time, fast forward, and slow time at will.

Lix: Level 15

Str: 29+5

Dex: 15+5

Int: 16+5

Wis: 13+5

Cha: 24+5

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Magic: Clockwork: Allows him to see the timeframe while using his powers.

Recipes Learned, Hay Day. Temporarily boosts stats by +5 after consumption.

Reminder of the druid's look.

https://cdn.weasyl.com/~zummeng/submissions/1509038/c29482783eef7403bd6f7ad39dbc61cac2a389e08cb089c6760fdcb64fb2b086/zummeng-deer-druid.png

The song that he was humming.
https://youtu.be/u35SoCPkMf0

Zecora
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/929/343/59d.png

Why?

He would look at the both of the guards as they had begun to charge towards him with their spears in hand. Yet it would seem that he wasn't able to prepare accordingly as he had thought, for when he tried to move off to the side. One of them had managed to get a nice kick into his side and knock him flying back. The amount of strength from earth stallions meant that it hit alot harder then the other 2.

"Unicorns with magic are more painful! After all, have you ever been shot by 3 at once multiple times!? Magic isn't something I plan to get used to but a physical battle is far easier!" He would shout as he charged forward, this time the guards tried to duck downwards for an upward strike. This caused him to smile, as he ducked down with a sliding movement, swiping at their feet below! In doing so, he had managed to hit them with enough force to know them onto their backs.

When they began to fall, their spears would fly upward into the air, and pierce into the ground behind Lix as he stared at the both of them. They both seemed to move side to side like a turtle thrown onto its back as he couldn't help but laugh. "They teach you to be strong, durable and technical. Yet they don't teach you that your armor is your own worst enemy if you can't support the weight? I don't think that guarding a gate is your forte!"

The Guards, both glared at him as they spoke up in unison, "We haven't adjusted to the new armor! We will get you next time!" This made him raise a brow, "Oh? So you want to try your hand at me again? But what do you mean new armor? If this armor isn't what you usually wear then that must be because they were pushed onto you last minute." He then took their spears out of the ground and hoisted them up above them. Causing both the mares to freeze up immediately in fear, "Y-you wouldn't dare..."

Lix slowly began to move the spears downward towards their stomaches where the bulk of their armor seemed to be focused. "Oh? You sure you want to test me? Right now, your not even yourselves with that lunatic in the canterlot castle!" He slowly raised the spears causing both the mares to cry out in fear only to hear a loud CLINK! Then silence, as both the guards looked down to see their armor that they wore had been destroyed in one hit! Leaving them in only their clothes beneath, as Lix burst into a fit of laughter. "I figured as much, your more weighed down by the armor and if you wear clothes beneath then your just exhausted!"

The mares just looked at him confused, then stood upright as he hoisted them up. "Why are you helping us? Didn't you intend to destroy Canterlot?"

This alone had shown the influence that his old friend James had. "Great, spreading those lies with the influence of a hypnotic sigil on an amulet? I don't think he realizes that each amulet shown in any series has a limit. Its going to come back and haunt him in the end, look I am not here to destroy canterlot but to save it!"

Looking towards the both of them, he just started walking through the gate as both of them stared in disbelief, "Wai-" Immediately one of the guards stated before being cut off by their friend. "No, if what he says is true then we can trust him. Especially because if he really wanted to destroy Canterlot he would have killed us, or at least shown malice... He never once had bloodlust on him..." Confused at her friend as he walked on into Canterlot, she just looked on. "Well, guess we will find out."

He would smirk to himself, as he begins to start singing as he moved inward to Canterlot. Starting off at a low tone as he would then start getting lost in the song as some guards nearby noticed and began to charge at him. "There's Nothing holding me BACK!" He would jump into the air, as he would come downward onto them. Hoisting their spears up to try to pierce him, he kicked at their spears instead of the ground? Knocking them flying off to the side, as the 4 guards then surrounded him with sword and shield in hand!

"Keep him surrounded, don't let him any further! He is a threat to-" being cut off by a sudden punch to the gut, the stallion was caught by complete surprise that he was so focused on giving orders he didn't think someone would attack before he raised his shield. "Underestimating me a little bit aren't ya?~" He states, as he continues his song, raising his leg up in a roundhouse kick while grabbing his sword and shield turning to the other 3.

The other 3 guards immediately were on alert, as the Stallion laid there unconscious. "Alright, 3 on 1. Lets see if I can get past this!" He laughs a bit, clearly enjoying himself but to them it scared them a bit as they saw a strange pair of fangs... "He is a carnivore!" One yells out, as they charge forward swinging a sword downward, as he would then have a flash to when he played the old Dark souls game. The clash on the shield made him wince, but with a good move he parried the attack, kicking the soldier backwards into the fountain.

The guard began to get up covered in water, as Lix then began to charge towards the other 2 throwing the shield forward towards them to distract them! The shield would hit one in the head full force, and go flying off who knows where. Causing the guard it collided with to fall backwards unconscious with some blood seeping out. With a thud Lix winced, "ooohh... That ones gonna hurt..."

He laughs a bit, as he would see the other 2 guards nodding to each other and attacking in unison, with both swords coming down at once, hitting him when he tried dodging with their shields. Causing his head to fly back a bit, as he felt his nose break. Lix immediately trying to catch himself on his feet as he growls a bit, "Fuck!" He states, as he could feel the blood dripping down his face. His vision a little hazy from the strike, as he charged forward throwing the sword forward.

The guards would deflect the blade, as he would suddenly be in front of them and going for a sweep at their feet! Both going wide eyed as they began to fall backwards only for him to jump upwards and slam his weight down onto their stomaches to slam them into the ground! Causing them both to groan in pain on the ground. Surrounding civilians gasping in surprise and fear, as Lix began to start moving towards the castle once more. Yet in the crowd there was a strange fire like pattern, moving within the crowds and following him. "Wonder who this is... Hes far smaller then them, yet he took advantage of their height and weight to win the fight... Is he going to help free the castle?" She questioned to herself as he moved on, only to grin. "Wonder what he can do before the evening is done."

He would feel his nose broken and grumble to himself as he felt the pain constant throughout his head. "Fuck... So hard to focus with a broken nose... I had no idea it would hurt this much."

A strange green mist began to enshroud Lix unbeknownst to him as he approached Canterlot castle. The 2 guards at the front noticed him and began to charge forward, only for the sound of sirens to begin to permeate the area. "Wait... No way..."

The song began as he grinned, seeing as they stood side by side with him. This caused alot of the surrounding ponies to stare in awe, as the guards began to have a strange look to them as if they were entranced by the song. Running forward past them, as the Sisters began their move! He gave a wave, "Thanks girls!" He yelled out, as the guards all seemed to be entranced of the castle, yet with the glow of a green mist! The ponies that seemed to have been under James influence seem to be snapping out and moving towards the Sirens as he ran forward through the endless halls.

"Gotta make this quick, they won't be able to sing forever! After all, they only barely got started!" He would yell out, as he began to sing that amazing song himself, he always loved that song! But without the mane 6 he started to sing their part of the song as he rushed forward slamming the doors of the throne room open. There before him, he saw James sitting on the throne as both the princesses seem to be wearing nothing but skimpy lingerie.

Lix seeing this immediately began to growl and clench his fists... "This is not the James that I remember... He loved the idea of being dommed not doing the domming... That and he would never enslave people like this or use mind control!" He would shout out, as James immediately began to stand up and hoist his medallion up only to cause Lix to fall to his knees from a sudden pressure. "W-what is this..."

James began to move forward with a laugh, "You really made me think you were dead, man I should have known you would pull some bullshit. Whenever you did DnD, you always gave the main character some loophole to make the game more enjoyable. I remember using a hammer to try to defeat the 3 sephiroth brothers. Such memories right?" He would say reminscing as Lix only tried to stand upright.

"Ah, no going anywhere... If you want the princesses to remain safe you won't move at all." He grinned towards him, as he kicked him down to the ground, picking him up by his head. "Such a shame, but now I can end you with my own hands and claim this world for my own!" Lix would see the medallion was cracked and gathering all his strength in one move he would grab the necklace causing James to immediately grab his wrist. "Let go!"

"This Medallion is the reason isn't it?" He would grin towards him, as James would only be smirking back. "Not quite Lix, you see the medallion only gave me the power to control others minds. Nothing more, what happened from here is all on me because I have power to control everything!" He would burst into a fit of laughter, as Lix felt his grip loosen. Yet, as he felt his vision beginning to slowly fade he heard a familiar voice. "Get up! Don't go down now! We need you!"

James would snap his head back towards the doors, as the mane 6 had appeared but Applejack slowly began to come forward with a broken leg and arm. Seeing this Lix began to feel something in the pit of his stomache as he growled like a beast. "James.... " Looking back towards Lix, James seemed surprise to see he was in fact standing upright despite the pressure!? "How are you standing?!" He stated, as Lix immediately felt a pulse. "Sorry girls, looks like I have to use it one more time!" He looks to the mane 6 and immediately time began to slow to a freeze.

Coughing up quite a bit of blood as the pressure slowed to a stop. He would begin to move forward towards James, as he would raise a fist and slam a punch straight into his cheek. Since he didn't move at all during the time freeze he could tell it was going to have the accumulated effect. Reaching around he snapped the Medallion off his neck as he then began to slam it to the ground and with one swift slam of his foot. Time began to slowly begin again but not before Lix began to pummel James as much as he could, using one of the shards of the Medallion to jam it into his eye.

When time fully began again, James felt all the attacks hit at once as he went flying with a shard of the medallion in his eye only to hit the wall. The sirens slowly came in, as the mane 6 approached Lix and the princesses began to look around completely confused. Yet Lix, he felt himself waning once more. Guards pushing into the throne room, as they rushed towards James only to look at Lix. "He is dead..."

"Good... We don't want people like that around who may hurt others..." He would say, as he slowly began to look over towards the Sirens, then Applejack. Laying there on the ground as the girls rushed over to see if he was alright only to hear him beginning to sing a song, as his vision slowly shrunk into unconsciousness. "You will be okay..."

"Lix! Wake up Lix! Whats going on?! How did he beat James!? How did he get here?" Twilight was in a panic, as the Sisters spoke up moving forward to slowly place their hands on his chest. A green mist coming out as they all frowned, "He won't be using time manipulation anymore... He forced his body to a point that he can't use it anymore..." The essence of the power slowly rose and turned into a clock for applejack to punch the clock and shatter it. "Not that he needed that power in the first place. Clearly this stallion showed more ferocity then ah ever though possible..."

Celestia began to speak up as both her and Princess Luna sat upon their respective thrones clearing their throats. "So, can you all please tell me what exactly happened and how is it we don't recall what has happened these past couple days? I would also like to know why Sirens are in Canterlot." A ferocious look on her face, only for it to soften when she spoke up once more. "Although, you did help in this whole battle to free Canterlot... As a woman with fire like hair slowly appeared from behind the throne. "Spitfire..."

Author's Note

The song sung by our hero Lix, covered by the amazing Caleb Hyles!

https://youtu.be/lh2ysB83374

Ye old Sirens the adagio sisters song!

https://youtu.be/c2UhUtBzxHM

Their form in this chapter.

https://static.manebooru.art/img/2020/10/4/2382294/medium.png

The last song he sang quietly to the others.

https://youtu.be/74xgpkEC7cA

Lix: Level 15

Str: 29+5

Dex: 15+5

Int: 16+5

Wis: 13+5

Cha: 24+5

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Magic: Clockwork: Allows him to see the timeframe while using his powers.

Recipes Learned, Hay Day. Temporarily boosts stats by +5 after consumption.

Why did you do this?

Author's Note

This chapter may get a bit dark, but will help put things into a better perspective in a way to understand.

Lix: Level 1

Str: 10

Dex: 10

Int: 10

Wis: 10

Cha: 10

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Why did you do this?

So it would seem that once again our hero was beginning to wake up once again, rubbing at his head as he would find that his clothes were cleaned up. He wasn't in a prisoners outfit, but rather it seems that he was thrown in here regardless of what he did to save the ponies of Equestria? Confusion set in, as he slowly began to look around, noticing the hay pile beds along the walls.

He had chains attached to 2 Iron shackles on his legs, and even on his wrists, as well as his neck? He wasn't allowed freedom in a cell that he was placed in?! He tried his best to try to break them, figuring that his strength would help him to break free from the shackles! "3, 2, 1!" He would shout on the last number only to feel like he pulled a muscle and flung back to the cobblestone wall in pain! "Status!" He would say, wanting to find out what was going on!

Status Window: Lix: Level 1

Str: 10

Dex: 10

Int: 10

Wis: 10

Cha: 10

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Staring at these changes to his stats, and his level was now 1?! The only ones who could have done that were either the princesses or the sisters! But the sisters helped him to free the princesses, so that means that there is more at play here then he was able to comprehend. Yet, he was able to keep the skill change? Why was he allowed that? Maybe the sisters were forced to reset him by the princesses to keep him in chains?

"They were forced to betray me, but who exactly was the reason for it?" He had been thinking about it carefully, but he couldn't understand. Was it because he was perceived as dangerous due to what happened with James? He wished he still had that time magic, it would make things like this easier to handle and get out of. "So, I still have this magic and control over my stats but why is that left alone? Perhaps they couldn't remove it since it was the last one I asked for? Or perhaps they haven't been able to remove it yet." He would start to feel rage boiling up inside of him.

As of this moment, there was a voice and a presence right outside the cell, "Angry? Upset? Frustrated? I guess I can understand, seeing as your perceived as a villain here after what you were able to do." The silhouette stayed out of sight as Lix could tell it was a woman who was speaking to him.

"Why are you here? Just to taunt me for being stuck in a cage, helpless to do anything? Doesn't make any sense when I don't feel that I deserve it." He would state out of spite, clearly upset about this as he would start to focus on the wood of the bed frame. Looking at the lock of his chains, as he tried to figure out a key form that would work while he continued. "You think I am just going to sit here and do nothing? You do realize that if I was able to get into canterlot even with soldiers all across that this won't stop me?"

The woman would speak up once more, "We know you can't do that anymore, with your powers removed and things placed back to the beginning. We know for a fact that you don't have the strength to change things right now. You don't have anything to your name as helpless as a kitten locked in a cage."

This only riled him up further, as he found a way to form the key out of his remaining skill, unlocking the shackles one by one. Quietly, moving so as to not give the person he was talking to a chance to notice what he was up to. "So, what are you going to do to me? You and the others."

Unaware of his movements and antics, thinking he was just struggling against the chains. "Well, the adagio sisters were given a pardon for their help with the tyrant whom had enslaved Princess Celestia and her sister. But not before they were ordered to remove your powers, so they can ensure that you won't get a chance to turn into that James character. So they obliged, one of which seemed very hesitant. The sister in blue? She didn't seem to like this idea at all, but she followed through. So now, you will be tried for the crimes of murder, injuring multiple Royal Guards, and even destruction of public property."

He couldn't believe it! After all that he did, everything he had done was to protect them and they thought of him as a villain solely because of how James did things? They thought of him as an enemy because they lacked the knowledge on humans perhaps? This only made him upset, "If they want a villain instead of a hero. Then they shall have one." He would say, as the key would turn the lock to the cage as he would immediately lunge forward! In that moment the woman in the shadow fell backwards onto the ground and was knocked out with one good hit to the face. Only for Fire like hair to be splayed out on the ground. "Spitfire?.... Wait a minute... Why would she egg me on like this and come into the cells... Wouldn't they need permission or something for the royal prison?.."

He was beyond confused, but with her knocked out, he would hoist her up over his shoulder and move her into the cell that he was in. Locking her up where he once was bit by bit with a struggle as she was far larger then him and had so much muscle that he struggled to keep her in position. Breaking apart pieces of the wood of the bed that remained, he would start to bind her wings to the wall as well with wooden bindings that linked to the Iron ones.

After all was said and done, he looked up at her and grinned as he slowly began to walk out. There was the sound of voices, coming together along the staircase that went up! "Damn, talk about timing..." He would state as he would look around quickly. He ran off, down a nearby hall that seemed to link up more cells, and placed himself inside the cell that had the giant hole that dropped down into the everfree. "This is definitely the Royal Prison Cells... Meaning that Spitfire may have had special permission or was in here in secret..."

Off in the distant there was scared chatter, and a yell from a guard. "Get in contact with the Princesses Immediately! Secure the perimeter, check the cells! The Alien has escaped!" He would yell out as shuffling hoofsteps began to echo all around the prison cells! Getting closer and closer, Lix began to sweat. Sliding up along the side of the wall, on a ledge where the stone broke apart. The guards charged forward opening the cell and looked down towards the everfree. "No, even he wasn't stupid enough for that!"

This made him think, those who were present for his grand escape that almost killed him. Didn't seem to remember his escape! They didn't remember what happened when entranced! This made him smile, as some flying guards began to move around the perimeter. Looking down at the ever free, he would see a large amount of leaves and flowers placed peculiarly below. "Well, here goes nothing!" Jumping off, he would begin to fall downward into the ever free onto the pile!

Thud!

Slowly opening his eyes, he didn't feel pain? Looking at his arms, and his legs he noticed that he had some scratches but he was overall okay after the fall!

"Right, I need to get moving. It would seem that the woman from before made preparations for me should I attempt this again. Talk about having a strong ally in such a strange place, Thank you!" He would shout into the forest, as he would begin to run along into the everfree. Away from Ponyville, deeper and deeper into the everfree no matter the dangers. Their magic didn't effect the weather here and none dared to traverse it. "This may be the best place for me..." He would state, as he would look on towards the old Castle in the distance and the large tower. "Seems that I have 2 options and right now the castle is a no go given the tower effectively destroyed a good chunk of it..." He would say, as he began his journey to the Tower only to hear some conversation.

???: "Everyone keep your eyes out, we have just been given a report that the Alien has escaped. They don't know where exactly he is but he may be nearby."

There were plenty of salutes and movements of armor before he saw plenty of groups of the Royal guards following the orders of a stallion who had duo tone blue hair. With a shining white coat, and radiant blue eyes. "Shining armor.." He would state, heartbroken that everyone saw him as an enemy. "Why?..." He would growl as he began to move along the shrubbery avoiding making too much noise.

"If I remember correctly... The way the guards armor works is that it changes the appearance of those wearing it so there isn't any discrimination amongst the ranks..." A guard with a spear would be moving in his direction, trying to search for any traces of magic before he was grabbed abruptly. With one firm grip snap he broke the guards neck, with a frown to him with tears falling down. "I didn't want to do this..."

Slowly putting on the armor, as it would slowly adjust and change his appearance to the guard who once wore it. He would start to move on towards the tower with spear in hand, Shining armor was looking around with a group in the distance. An opportunity, he would not miss. He would go towards the doors of the tower, as a voice would begin to speak out.

"Once you enter, you can come out after clearing the floor and start back to where you were... You are the only one permitted within creature from a distant land... As you are the one who summoned me..." The tower doors would open briefly, as Lix just raised a brow and sighed. "Must be confusing me for James as he brought out the Tower..." He wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth and entered as some guards charged forward after noticing only for the doors to slam shut and he now stood in a dark green cobblestone room with torches around him.

"Great, from my little pony, to hero, to villain, to hero again then into a dungeon crawler rpg. What else could happen?!"

As if on Cue, a status window would pop up when he opened it was revealed.

"Class Unlocked, Explorer."

Reading it through, he would find that he had gained some better stamina, and health and an ability that allowed him to identify his surroundings. "Well, this reminds me of something as well... One of my favorite stories come anime." He would face plant with an exhausted sigh. Only to stand back up with some slight blood on his forehead. "Time to get moving! Can't make a difference like this!"

He knew that he could take time to understand all that was going on, maybe even try to dwell loathing in his thoughts but that was something he always did in one way or another. With a new world? He wanted to try to take on a new approach and with a smile on his face he pushed forward! "Lix my name and changing this world is my game!" He laughed as he suddenly saw a goblin group ahead. "Is what I would say if I..." He then looked at his spear, "Oh right. LETS GO!" The goblins roared out as he charged and the battle began.

Its time!

Having charged directly into the fray of the goblins within the tower. He knew that he had to take advantage of this situation! As the goblins jumped forward he had thrown the spear like a javelin should be. Impaling 3 onto the nearby wall. 2 died instantly but one was struggling a bit, blood dripping from the spear as he looked at the others surrounding him. There were roughly 10 of them and that had him a little concerned. He was still in the entryway of the tower! He couldn't get far like this!

2 of the goblins jumped towards his torso, 4 at his legs and 4 towards his arms attempting to pin him down.

He wasn't strong enough to fight then all off, as they began to dig into the armor he wore that was keeping up the appearance of the guard pony.

Taking in a deep breathe he had slammed his head into one of them on his right arm allowing him to break his right arm free. A glint for a brief moment he looked up just to see one of the goblins had a dagger!

Slamming down onto his arm, impaled into him he felt his arm go numb as he a screamed in pain. Adrenaline coursing through him further as his breathing became erratic!

He tore the knife out, slit the throat of 2 of the goblins. Stabbing into one that jumped him as a makeshift bomb plopped down lit at his feet in the middle of the hoard.

One goblin was trying to run away after throwing it and thus he threw the dagger hoping to all that he could manage to hit the goblin and kill them.

Favor was on his side as the blade sunk into the back of the goblins tunic as the bomb w I ukd light up in a flash causing him and all the other goblins to go flying in other directions, some in pieces as the armor had taken so much damage it was hard to keep the for. If the stallion any further from the enchantment.

He was panting heavily with hard injuries and broken bones as he pulled himself to an upright sitting position against the wall. The banging from outside beginning in more Ernest...

"Fucking hell... They are still at it?..."

Pulling himself together as he was holding his arm that dropped blood to the ground. While trying not to put too much strain on his torso with a busted left leg. He limped his way forward to what seemed like an open room.

Shouts, and blasts of magic are very apparent, but they did nothing in allowing them a chance to get inside. He would find that a large spell like circle in the middle would begin to glow!

Walking forward onto the circle, with slight hesitation and sweat on his brow he removed the armor of the guard he had taken. "I won't be relying on things given to me by the others on the exterior, right now what I need to do is find out what exactly is going on outside. Something about this reality is different or at least warped, and this tower is the first anomaly! This means that most of their resources are being used here with Shining armor around. So The princesses may try to come by themselves soon when they find that I entered the tower!"

A small little icon would appear in front of him as he stood on the magic circle, -Do you wish to explore the tower of discovery?- A little laugh escaped him as he looked at the No button. Flashes of the good that have happened here in this world, as it was actually quite small and in his old world of earth he never really got a chance to make too much of a difference other then being a listening ear and having a good heart. "A good heart can only get you so far..." He would move from above the no button towards the yes and select it. The window would then disappear, as he would find himself slowly hovering then in a blink the room around him had gone dark.

"Where am I? Oh wait, I must be in the tower as it said no duh!" He spoke to himself, "But since I dropped the spear and armor outside I don't have anything for defense or offense..." He was quite worried, as the torches began to alight with a green flame. All around him, were multiple paths ranging from forward, diagonal, and to the sides with a variety of paths that seemed to intersect. "Seems that this isn't going to be easy without equipment, look at me being an idiot heh."

Stepping forward, he would look at all 5 pathways and would take the one at the dead center. "All these seem to generally come together in one location, what I need to do is take my time and think carefully and try to remember my path... " He would raise his hand and slowly dig his middle finger hard enough into the open wound of his arm. Placing a drop on the wall where he entered, then continuing on. "Any predators would find me sooner or later, but this is all I have to mark where I have been. With nothing on me, I have to be careful of finding food and water and resources..."

He began his trek through the hallway as he wondered why this gave off the vibe of a dungeon. Was this in correlation to his dnd ability he asked for? The multitude of attacks and spells being used outside didn't seem to even damage the tower and yet... That amulet that James used to create this tower, was destroyed easily enough. So why is it that the tower is still standing strong... Maybe it's immune to magic attacks on the exterior?

Magic was used on a circle in tandem with the quest locate of his dnd ability so maybe he was going to be able to regain his strength.

"First things first, I need to find a way to get the adagio sisters to never be able to effect my abilities ever again. That would mean that given how they tampered with them before I got l the way here when I was sleeping perhaps they were convinced or forced to fuck with my wish."

Entering into a room he saw a chest ahead and sighed. "If any dungeon nggh. Crawlers taught me anything it's that.. If something seems to good to be true... It probably is!" He would gather his strength and lunge forward at the chest. Jumping on top of it attempting to hold it shut as he felt it moving and beginning to stand up to try to shake him off like a bull at a rodeo. "Fucking Mimics!" He felt his strength waning when he grabbed onto one of its teeth when it pried itself open and when flung off the mobile transport he slammed face first into a wall. "I feel like a fucking looney tune right now! How am I alive?!" He saw the mimic charging forward arms outstretched aas he put his arms out in front of him!

**Slink**

"What?" He had forgotten in that moment that he grabbed the mimics tooth that when it came running he stabbed it at a peculiar angle. Causing it to poof into black smoke leaving some items and equipment laying on the ground. "Oh look a healing po-" His consciousness left him as he slumped to the ground from all the pain, blood loss, waning adrenaline...

"Am I dying?"

Wading into an open space just floating there in the darkness he didn't feel any pain nor anything seemed to bug him. He was left alone with his thoughts, and wherever this was...

"To summarize, I tricked the adagio sisters into giving me a wish. They monkeys pawed me and didn't plan to let me live, I did and thus I tricked them into a second for dnd powers. Worked to grow dnd powers with the time stop ability. Fought my way through Canterlot guards aafter finding out James was acting completely off his rocker with a medallions influence. Enslaving ponies and the princesses, had managed to face off with nightmare moon or am I not remembering that right. Mane 6 fell into turmoil, apple jack was injured I snapped, killed James, broke the medallion, was betrayed and thrown in prison, busted up a wonderbolt to escape into the ever free without dying. My stats reset to 1, managed to take out a guard, snuck passed the others outside, took on goblins, they blew up and any resources they had turned to dust, got up to the next area fought a mimic a d managed to kill it with its own tooth.. There was a healing potion and some loot but that brings me to now... There are some factors that don't make sense. The changeling shouldn't have been there nor should the adagio sisters in the same hole in the ground. I was going to be kidnapped by a hidden changeling as derpy but got away, befriended as dryad druid timberwolf lady. But by laws of magic this tower should have fallen apart when James died but it didn't... And it accepted Me so does that mean that humans have specific things they ca-"

He had slapped himself. " Derailing again, I'm here because of the dnd ability but does that mean i can access my window here? Status!"

The window would pop up,

Status Window: Lix: Level 3

Alive

Str: 18

Dex: 15

Int: 12

Wis: 12

Cha: 15

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Classes unlocked: Explorer, magician, berserker.

"Guess I got berserker because of the mimic and goblin situations side by side and the magician... Maybe that was when I wore the armor since it used illusion magic? Or would that be the bomb or both? Doesn't matter I need to wake the fuck up so I can heal!"

Try as he might to flail and struggle to be able to stand upright in the air levitating he couldn't. As he decided to scream as loud as he could forcing him to wake up immediately next to the loot.

Not hesitating and with things in mind he drank the potion as he gagged at how it tasted tossing it aside. His body healing internal as well as exterior wounds as if time rewound as he placed the gloves of blocking on and the boots of swiftness. With a sword of draining. And a belt with 2 socket gems.

Standing upright he gave a stretch as he felt good as new with a string of pops down his back. "Alright! Equestrian is fucked up and I need to finish a single floor to leave. Wonder how many more things are on this floor that are gonna kill me!"

He began his trek down another of the hallways that interlocked with the middle path to the right.

Author's Note

Status Window: Lix: Level 3

Alive

Equipment:

Sword of draining: drains the magic of the enemy with each tap or touch and stores it until using a spell to unleash all at once.

Gloves of blocking: makes it easier to guard against attacks unarmed.

Boots of swiftness, +2 to speed.

Str: 18

Dex: 15

Int: 12

Wis: 12

Cha: 15

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Classes unlocked: Explorer, magician, berserker.

Time to start anew?

While he was moving through the various hallways, this place was strangely endless like a maze. It was very unusual and he couldn't figure out what the whole point of such a design was. Other then to postpone the inevitable, he hasn't run into any further enemies and on top of that anything he did run into was a dead end. If he didn't find food or water, or a way out? He would be having some serious troubles come the near future.

But that didn't stop him, as his determination stayed strong for the time being, he had finally moved into a large open room with a big Iron Door. Similar to that of the old games from the nintendo series that needed a big ass key to open! The question remained, where was this key and why was this room so big unless it was a....

As if on queue, a beast had appeared before him, from the ceiling and it was an incredibly large spider, with multi colored eyes that seemed to suggest alternating elemental attacks. Giant fuzzy legs, with faded tints of different colors in the black and brown fuzz, with a large abdomen with an hourglass on it, roughly double the size of him in height and width? "Thats a big bitch!" He would shout as he ran towards the hallway only for it to be hit by fire and destroyed right in front of him!

The spider would begin its approach in rapid movement as he tried to look around for something that he could use, but it finally dawned on him that he had a sword now and he just needed to use it!

"Not sure if this is going to be too effective against a giant tarantula but who cares!" He would charge forward towards the spider, with ferocity in his tone and a battle cry as loud as the vikings, let them be proud! He charged only to suddenly sweat a bit when the spider stopped and began to shoot out instead of orange? It was Green, and immediately he thought. "Acid?!" Quickly dodging out of the way, only for the path that was blocked to slowly melt now to boot!

"Fire, and acid and a giant spider? How am I supposed to fight that thing?!" He complained, but then in his panic he realized, "Don't most heroes complain in the beginning like this? Instead of bitching about this how about I fucking just do something and think after!" Looking to the sword, and at the mouth of the giant spider that seemed to be glowing a bright blue. He threw the blade, straight and true hoping that he would get a nice hit on it!

The blade would be hit by the blast and it was Ice, only for it to be covered in the elemental attack and hit firm into its mouth! Sliding back with a loud -slink!- The spider stopped moving, as the glowing began to stop, The beast fell to the ground with a loud thud and disappeared into particles surrounding the area. "Wait... Hold up... How the fuck did that work?" There where the boss laid, was a big key and a strange material that looked to be stone. He couldn't figure out why it seemed familiar... "This thing looks similar to the mythril Icon in Warcraft.... Is this mythril? Can't remember if that stuff is hard to acquire, or hard to work with but there is at least 5 in here..."

Thoughts interrupted by the sound of him leveling up, he would look at his window and give a big old grin! "Now thats what I am talking about, that spider must have been a bit higher then me to die in one hit either that or I hit a vital organ! Doesn't matter since I got 4 levels off the thing!" Looking over his stats he would then frown... "They nerfed me further by forcing me to only have 1 point to use each level?... Thats fucked up..." Cursing the princess or princesses of the night and the sun. He would pocket the mythril, thus heading towards the doorway before him. Utilizing the big key, he turned it with great effort in the lock. Using the moment to place the 4 points into intelligence, he would see the door slowly open as he would move through it and find himself strangely enough in the everfree! Back in the hole where he had found the adagio sisters!

"Wait, the dungeon connects here? Why?..." He couldn't put it together, but he exited only to see the book case slide into place. "Another entry point?... Maybe that is where I can go back into the tower for the next floor..." He thought to himself, as he would sigh looking over towards the dark hole. "Are... any of you in there?..." He would ask, his voice betrayed his emotions that flushed through him at the moment. On the one hand, he did somewhat extort them for the powers... but on the other, they were also going to betray him... So why did this feeling in his chest hurt so much. "Betrayal is a bitch you know..." He would whisper aloud, only for a voice to echo from the cave before him.

"Well... We didn't have a choice in our case..." A blue figure would slowly move out of the shadows, as Sonata came into view, tears having flown through her eyes for quite some time with how red they were and a handkerchief in the other hand. It looked like she was here for a bit, "What happened to you?... Where are the other 2?"

Sonata frowned when those words were uttered as she lit up the den with a few candles. "Would you come over here please?" The sincerity in her voice was clear, but even then he knew the most innocent ones were the ones you needed to watch out for. As such, he would opt to come close to the den but not inside it let alone the chair.

"Your caution is well received... Sorry about what happened, if I could I would reverse it but I just... I can't, not alone at least not without my sisters. You see, after you had saved Equestria from the reign of James the princesses started to question everyone....."

The authority of the Sun herself had now begun to seethe with anger and ferocity as to what had happened in her own castle let alone her kingdom! The fact that James had managed to put her and her sister into such a humiliating experience, and even threatened the whole of the world she was in... "He wouldn't have just stopped at Equestria, for that I am sure. If these humans are left unchecked wherever they may come from then we need to be prepared! So my little Ponies, where exactly did he come from? The violent nature is clearly written with these creatures, one dead and the other unconscious from overuse? I can't quite understand why this Human fought for us while the other was against us, but your powers on him must be lax. We cannot allow him the opportunity to grow too strong too fast, especially if we wish to take advantage of his power... I would advise placing a limiter on his powers more harsh then before! Then we shall throw him in the cell, before he is able to figure out what is going on! We don't want another one of these situations to occur."

Twilight was the first to come forward, "But Princess, he did the best that he could for the benefit of Equestria why would you throw him in a cell when he has proven to not be the same?!"

Applejack was the second to speak up, "That there don't make a lick of sense either, with all that he did for us in such a short time, takin' on the Nightmare Moon and even coming forth to save you and your sister!"

Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie all seemed to be unsure of what to say or do without risk of being hurt or thrown into the dungeon themselves. However...

"A human.... Instead of punishing them, wouldn't it be better to understand them? We have someone who studies Anthropologie, and maybe we can task her with figuring things out?" A mare in the back, spoke quietly to herself, in hopes the others would catch, as tensions flared it seems this mare had caught onto something they hadn't.

The three Sirens all came together, utilizing their magic on the human of Lix, and thus placed the limiter... Princess Luna returning from her chambers fully clothed while Princess Celestia got the report, took the authority to speak up. "Regardless of what has transpired, we cannot let them run loose! So for now, the sirens here shall go into their own respective cells and so will this human! Until we can decide if he is a threat or a problem!"

The other 2 Siren sisters looked to each other with a nod, and with quick work had reached their hands out to Sonata before Princess Luna could think that they would try to betray she had vanished and had appeared at their home where she now resides.

"That.... Doesn't seem to me that its fair... Especially given how your sisters clearly care greatly for you." He scratched the top of his head furiously with a loud exasperated sigh as he began to pace back and forth. "I have higher stats then I did before now. Yet, I don't know this limiter you placed on me. If we are going to get them out then I am going to need to be able to remove that right? So what was it?"

She would look away with some red on her face, "You have to find somepony who loves you for who you are and isn't deterred by others opinions no matter how strong... Someone willing to help you, date you, treasure you... A strong truth of true love."

Eyes widening with a gasp, lix would stare at her as venom would fill his voice briefly. "Whats my limit now...."

"Your limit is now maxed out at 20 each... Which is still better then most if not all stallions at your level of capabilities... Then again your a human so I am not sure what to call the numbers there..."

Slowly sitting down in complete shock, he placed his hands both of them on his head as he began to think instead of panicking. "Moving, actions they all speak louder here then words and the sooner I act the better... Knowing how Princess Celestia and Princess Luna work they would immediately branch out from Canterlot then move to the nearest places that reside nearby... That means for now, what I need to do is find a base of operations and begin building it up to start..."

Sonata just nodded as she went back into the cave, shuffling about as it seemed that she was getting herself together. When she had returned, his jaw had dropped as she held a sheathed blade and seemed to be looking at him with a bit of hope. "If you will let me, I want to join you in order to make sure that we can get my sisters back... I specialize in hunting and it may help us here in the everfree if I set up traps.."

Lix just sighed softly to himself, "First thing we need to do is we need to make sure we get you set up here safely. There is a way I can safe your sisters and get out safely but... I will need a quiet outfit thats dark..."

Sonata smiled a bit, "Then what we need is Changeling Chitin, Poison Joke, and the hide of a chimera. I will get to work immediately!" Storming off without a question, he just looked towards her flight pattern before grabbing some blank paper that laid on the ground. Grabbing some charcoal, inkwell and a quill he looked up into sky. "Guess this is the beginning of a new kingdom... Wonder what to call it if I start this shit up."

Author's Note

Sonata Dusk Appearanced: https://derpicdn.net/img/2022/1/5/2779229/large.jpg (Credit to the original artist.)

Status Window: Lix: Level 7

Alive

Equipment:

Gloves of blocking: makes it easier to guard against attacks unarmed.

Boots of swiftness, +2 to speed.

Str: 18

Dex: 15

Int: 16

Wis: 12

Cha: 15

Skill: Change: allows him to make things that he thinks of with his surroundings with less work.

Classes unlocked: Explorer, magician, berserker.

What is the point?

He had been trying to put together everything that was happening around him. He had appeared in Equestria, his mind was unable to comprehend all the things that was going on. Deciding that it was best to think carefully about what he may want to do next, "So right now I am in Derpy's home... She may try something with me, I am going to have to get going. More then anything she has the best intentions. However, I know that she had only just met me and who knows how the seasons are right now... However, maybe I should at least try to trust her a little instead of assuming she has bad intentions."

He states to himself very clearly happy with what had happened at least for the brief amount of time he had spent there. A smile brewed up on his face, as he tried to look around for anything that might speak out to him for something to use to write with. Yet silly him, he forgot they already had parchment, so he could at least get that to write on with the inkquill pen. He would quickly take some time to get a shower in, he knew that he would need it. The scars of the battles fresh on his being from the Timberwolves, and yet no matter what he had thought originally? He was more then happy that he had a head on his shoulders.

Once he was freshened up, he had placed some of the variety of soaps that she had back where they belonged. Walked out with a towel, and had grabbed the extra set of clothes that seemed to be sitting there, "Derpy? My goodness you really are like you were in those stories." A chuckle escaped his lips, living in a world that he had only dreamed of. Yet he knew that this was going to only be the beginning of what he would assume was the longest journey of his life, a journey in a new world.

Lix decided that it was time, placing the new set of clothes on his being a rather interesting set of black and blue threads that gave off a strange Chinese garb that looked really rather nice. He was always a fan of other countries garb, more so then where he belonged half the time.

Having decided that he should head out finally he had managed to disregard brushing his hair. More often then not he always had it fluff out making for a rather inconvenient time. As he would head down the stairs, at least briefly to check if the coast was clear.

Panning to the left, was the kitchen and dining area where she had said she was setting up some muffins and cupcakes. The very scent hitting his nostrils as he gave a sigh, his stomach betraying him.

Moving towards the fresh batch on the counter top, he felt himself moving closer and closer for that delicious warmth that came with a muffin. Each row of these muffins had a different look to them, one seemed to have blueberries, another banana and nuts yet the last 2 he couldn't figure out by the sight. One seemed to be blue and the other seemed to be pink. "That's strange... Are muffins supposed to look a different color like that? I mean with food coloring I would understand but..."

A voice was heard from upstairs, the sirens call from Derpy in a sing song tune. "Oh human. Where have you gone? I couldn't find you in the bathroom or bedroom I provided.~" Her voice seeming to be a little angry judging by the tone.

"Wonder what's wrong with her?" Then he remembered his initial thought. "No... Is it actually that time?" He quickly snagged a tray of muffins, scarfing them down before bolting out the back door.

While his figure seemed to slowly shrink into the distance moving closer towards the ever free forest once again? Perhaps wishing to take his chances there, a set of eyes were peering out of the window. Changing from a golden hue, to a rather green emerald. "You won't escape for long.~"

While he saw the front row of the trees that signaled the ever free forest. He frowned as he remembered his time there albeit brief. Not really wanting to go back until he heard the movement coming from behind him, causing him to immediately bolt into the forest! "Nope! Most horror situations or even fics I have read usually end up badly in this environment!" Rushing in without regard to what had happened before. He found himself jogging for roughly 15 minutes.

Panting heavily at this point he would look behind him as he spoke to himself. "Wonder if that was derpy following me... Hope she will understand."

The sound of a twig breaking made his head snap towards the direction of the sound. Low and behold there it was... Growling at him once again. "Timberwolves..."

One after another the creatures began to appear growling, claws growing with a green substance dripping from their mouths. Unlike before though, he had some time to think about a situation like this should it occur. Immediately he would wrap up his fists with some spare cloth that he had taken from the bathroom of Ditzies home, sorry ditzy. Now with some shoes, and his hands wrapped up maybe he wou-

As if the monologuing wasn't enough it would seem his thoughts were interrupted as they began to circle him. One jumping forward in a pounce noticing he was busy in his own head.

Lix taking this chance slowly raised his leg and went in for an upward strike into its maw. He wasn't sure if he timed it right but when he closed his eyes and heard the connect, he didn't feel.... Pain? Eyes opening immediately, the timberwolf looked stunned as he had managed to kick through the wood and knock the briar heart out of its body. This noticeably angered the others..

"Uh... Oops?..."

Was all he could get out as 3 jumped at him only for him to duck downward. In a comical fashion all 3 slammed their heads together, hitting the ground with a whine and grumble, yet he wasn't there? Neither was the briar heart.

There was movement in the trees, he could hear it as he ran through the brush with various thorns. Falling downward into a hole in the ground, all he could do was let out a loud high pitch squeak as he abruptly hit the ground... There was an audible snap when he hit the ground, as his body began to sweat... "Was that... My arm?..." The initial shock hadn't quite worn off before he burst sitting upright and saw his arm twisted backwards. Unable to hold back as the pain lurched forward onto him. He screamed out into the sky above, rolling around in pain with tears pouring down his cheeks.

"How do protagonists do this?! Breaking a bone is far worse then they make it look!" He howled in pained sorrow, as he heard a voice nearby.

"Man, really sensitive isn't he?" one voice called out.

A second lower in tone, "Yes but he may be our only shot out of here."

A third higher in range then the both. "A human at that.. Weren't they extinct?"

All three voices quieted as they then spoke in unison. "We can grant you an opportunity! We can take care of your arm and even grant you perhaps a single power. If you only give us the briar heart you hold in your hand."

These voices seemed strangely familiar, yet he couldn't quite place it as the pain was overcoming him again. Only wanting the pain to stop he seemed to speak through gritted teeth with urgency. "Okay... Please hurry and stop the pain.."

A laugh echoed around the caverns as his arm was engulfed in tri colored magic. Bone Snapping back into place and healing at a rapid pace, until it felt as good as new.

"Well... Guess you aren't just talk are you?" With the pain gone he could now focus, the voices began again. "Now a power in exchange for that briar heart correct?"

Slowly he held out the briar heart only to immediately hold it back. "Wait... What are the limits to my power I can gain?"

"Only as limited as your imagination you could say.~" the voices echoed as Lix thought about it for a bit.

Thinking to himself, he had read about someone using a cassette to alter things in his world around him. Also being able to mess with time might be helpful to get out of sticky situations.

"How about the ability to manipulate time, to clarify. A wave to freeze time, a snap to rewind and a wink to fast forward?" It would be silent for a bit as they all spoke up once more. "That is doable... But why not choose another power? You could have immortality, maybe even super strength or speed, flight even a form like the ponies! Why waste it to control time to get out of danger?"

He could only smile as he responded. "Why not find out? I asked for the power as you said and now you will get your briar heart." He tossed the briar heart in the air only for it to be enveloped in the tri colored glow. Placed down in the darkness all 3 rays came forward zapping him as he immediately felt as if his whole body was being destroyed. Reformed, dissected torn apart only to be put together once more.

Panting heavily, he immediately gave a wave to them in thanks before passing out from the pain. His last words were, "Thanks... But why is magic so painful?..." As he blacked out.

Author's Note

Finally it resumes!

A wave to freeze time, a snap to rewind and a wink to fast forward? <-- A placeholder to remember for whenever it is used.

Negotiations and the curse?!

While Lix had passed out, he would begin to dream. Something that he found to be rather strange, it was the sight of him hiding alongside a hillside. With some others? They were all vague, shrouded in mystery, as an earthquake began to hit. There were some words that were spoken out that he couldn't tell the meaning. "???? ??? ??????..." What could these words be? Taking a moment to let it sink in, suddenly some creatures came out of the bushes and riding atop some timberwolves! It was Goblins?! Since when did they exist?!

While one of them was aiming to hit one of the figures across the head with a club that was hiding behind some bushes! His body lunged forward, on instinct to protect them! A roundhouse kick was delivered to their face, as he would feel that the hit didn't do much? In fact, the hit did practically nothing as the goblin lifted him up and tossed him aside! There were cries of a child, as the woman around began to be defiled, while the men were beaten or forced to transform for the benefit of the goblins.

The sight sickening, and him in pain afraid that he couldn't do anything, a child wrapped up in cloth... a Baby!? Began to roll along the hill and down into the water, diving downwards before coming up and riding along the rapids. His body stood up and once again moved forward! He couldn't believe it, he couldn't beat goblins?! He had to get this baby... He had to save something from this skirmish... Running, harder and faster as much as he could, trees knocked down into the flowing water he would run along them. Diving in to grab the baby, only to immediately be woken up in a room with a woman of beauty. A rather bombshell of a figure, and orange hair? What was going on? The cries of the child continued, as words were spoken by the doctor. "He will be fine... Luckily it seems that he was uninjured, as for the man..." He would look towards Lix who was sitting upright. "You don't have much longer to live after that, you pushed your body to the limit... This is what I feared and I warned you it would happen if you kept pushing yourself for the sake of others!"

He would look into the mirror, only to see his father.... Tattered, battered and hurt... Eyes wide, he would awaken back into the world around him! The sun was still in the sky, and the wind was still, there wasn't any movemen-.... It dawned on him... Had he accidentally stopped time? How?

Those thoughts as well as that dream flowed through him, as he looked upwards towards the three silhouettes of those creatures who held the briar hart. A supposedly exceptionally rare ingredient. He thought about it briefly, as he began to take in his surroundings! This hole in the ground? Had a few book cases, some papers strewn about and more. A branch laid within the confines of the ruined library of sorts.

Deciding that it was best that he at least tried, he would gather some of the damaged stone that was on the floor perhaps from wear over time, the branch which seemed rather frail and dry. Some pieces of paper that were strewn about as he would tear off a piece of his ruined attire now to tend to the top of the torch and wrap it with the paper. Laying it down, he would begin to hit the 2 rocks together to get a spark only for the torch to now ignite ablaze! "Alright! That was dumb luck! Now lets see who these 3 are!"

Excited, he would begin to approach the stationary 3 silhouettes, only to be faced with 3 creatures he wasn't expecting to see here in the land of equestria. "The dazzlings?.... But how? They shouldn't be here, they should be in the realm of the earthlings like in the movie! What time frame is this... Wha-" He kept questioning things as he took in their forms, they seemed to have a strange physique to them. They seemed to have been forced to take on a more anthromorphic nature, Adagio with her staple orange and yellow striped hair seemed to have been more built on muscle. A rather bountiful set of breasts on her chest from what he could tell based off interactions in his old world? He would have to say she was at least a C, as Aria Blaze seemed to have let herself go a bit, more on the pudgier side of things she kinda looked cute with the way her body was built. Wide hips, yet with what he could tell were DD cup size. Lastly was Sonata, he was excited for this one as he always liked Sonata since she seemed like the one with the fun side to her. Yet when he approached he was stunned... She had been built, not quite too pudgy but maintained her figure with a thin waist, wide hips and a bust that was larger then Aria's he couldn't tell since all he knew up to were DD!

The Briar heart in Adagio's hand made him think about something briefly. Taking the heart as he would move back towards the center where he had laid down prior. Feeling that strange painful tinge in his body still from when the magic entered his body, he would try to remember what the functions were again. A wave to freeze time, a snap to rewind and a wink to fast forward?" He said aloud before he would wave, only for time to start to resume. Adagio began to laugh immediately when time resumed, as she would speak up. "Alright girls, he should be out for quite a while! Magic being implemented into a human? Everytime we tried that, normally they would die at the smallest amount of magic pushed through him. To want that much power, he was bound to die! Sonata don't feel bad either you knew we needed a Briar heart anyways. Aria get the cauldron ready, its time we get to work!" She tried to clutch the Briar heart in her hand as she blinked confused. "Hold on girls... Where is the Heart?" She turned towards Lix as she would begin to growl. "How are you alive?! You should have just died! We can't actually grant your wish you know! We were just wanting to end your life painlessly since one of my sister's hates violence! Yet, now you stand in our way?! We will have our-!"

He immediately held up the briar heart causing all 3 of them to gasp, "Wait.." Stated Aria, as Adagio spoke. "You actually believed what we said?...." Sonata had sparkles in her eyes, as Lix spoke up. "Why? Your lies were actually truth so why would you be so surprised? Did you really actually plan to just blast me with magic and kill me? If so then you kinda failed and gave me what I wanted.... I was hoping that I could ask one more thing of you, but if you can't do it then I guess..." He would state tauntingly as he gripped the briar heart causing the forest to roar when Adagio spoke up quickly in urgency, "Wait!" Gritting her teeth that the situation reversed on her, "What do you want..."

"I want to be able to see my current condition and have a level system set in place for me for more of a challenge in this world... I already know that in this world many things are set or determined... Yet if I had a level system then I would have a chance to grow and build myself the way I want... Yet, now I also know that Magic is something that I shouldn't mess with and I know you need to use it to give it to me... But I am willing to risk my life for this opportunity..." Adagio just blinked a few times, "Your suicidal! If we hit you with magic again there is no guarantee th-" Sonata put a hand up as she began to move forward, "We can grant it so long as you believe our words." Adagio and Aria both looking confused as Aria would speak up next with a rather gruff tone. "Wait a minute, Sonata whats gotten into you?! Don't you know how much it takes for us to send out magic like that? Besides, he already took a fucking blast! Why would he be able to take another! He would definitely die, and he is clearly asking for us to kill him! Why don't we so we can get that heart back!?" Adagio smirking the whole while as Aria backed her up Sonata would speak up frustrated, "All we did was infuse him with magic! Yes! He didn't die though! He shows compatibility to magic! That and the fact that our magic mainly works based on belief!" Both the sisters then looked over towards Lix a bit mistified.

Adagio was the next to speak, "Alright we will grant your wish, 10 being the normal for your states however we will only be able to grant you 5 in each point ranging from strength, dexterity, constitution, wisdom and intelligence. Will you be fine with that?" With an excited squeal, Lix would speak up, "I know that wasn't masculine at all but to be brought into dnd logic like this on top of being able to do things like control time!? You are making my dreams come true regardless of your original intentions!" He laughed, as he was suddenly blasted backwards reeling in pain! His veins feeling the power of all 3 colors ranging from a blue, a purple and lastly an orange before his eyes burst with a combined light! Falling backwards, as the Briar Heart fell out of his hand rolling towards them.

Picking up the heart all that was said was. "We have work to do girls... Lets leave him to the elements and see how far he gets at half his stat value and even reverted from level 200 to level 1.... He won't be able to do anything to stop us now..." Sonata looked over towards his unconscious body and frowned, "Did we really have to curse him?...." Aria spoke next, "Yes, we can't hit him with just a pure blast of magic otherwise he might make it his own again, we need to keep a leash on him so to speak. With that curse in place, he can't earn any experience to level himself up to get more stats. The only way to break it is to get his stats to level 10 each and he only has 2 points to use per level up anyways if he does. He won't be a problem for a while, so by then.." Adagio would interrupt, "WE will have taken Ponyville..."

later on that day!

Slowly he began to wake up, rubbing his head with a groan of pain, he would bring his hand up to his face only to go wide eyed that he was suddenly bleeding profusely!? "How did I get hurt from that?! I had taken it before and didn't have an issue! Wait.... Why don't I remember what happened here? Where am I?" He began to look around, then at the torch in his hand. "Must have made myself a club.." He stated, before attempting to climb the book case only to have it fall down and slam down atop him! "OW!" He screamed in pain, as he saw an red light slowly shrink down above him. It was less then half? "Wait a minute, what is that?!" He shouted, as he struggled to get the book case off of him. "Help?!" He called out, as the winds blew out, a familiar face would come down and slowly with a creak there was the removal of that pain.

"You never cease to make me laugh big guy, you got out of the everfree only to come back into it and get trapped in a hole beneath a book case? Thats absolutely hilarious!" She giggled to herself, only for him to blink patting himself down as he felt her wrapping up his head with some leaves and vines.

Blinking a few times, he would look at his hands, remembering his power but blinking a few times in surprise he looked to the side to get a better look at her and he blushed lightly at the way she looked, a woman in only a cloth around her groin, that was accentuating her waist and little bushy tail. Long flowing brown hair, bursting green eyes! a beautiful amount of greenery shrouding her horns and even a long tooth earring. "You look so beautiful..." This only caused her to start giggling once more as she pushed into his chest, "Alright charmer we need to get you out of here." Hoisting him up, he would be immediately out of the hole as she jumped upwards with those strong legs of hers.

Setting him down he would look at the forest, and rub at his head. "The headache is horrible, but maybe we...." Immediately there were sounds of growling around them, and fluttering of wings as suddenly surrounding them were creatures of black, with holes enshrouding their bodies, with horns atop their heads and strange insect like wings. "W-what?! Oh come on! You have got to be kidding me!" He waved his hand in front of him out of frustration only for things to freeze up around him. Confusion evident on his face as he spoke up, "Oh yea! My powers!" Looking to her, he would smile. "Time to repay the favor!" He would charge past the changelings, as he would begin getting to work on a battle plan while he had all the time in the world! "Not going to have myself be knocked out again! That shit hurts!" He would start running faster, as he would disappear into the forest.

Author's Note

Special Thanks to Thunder Tail for advice on Briar harts usage for this story.

The Dazzlings form.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJLn72mUGcq3LfNZsdu_KrJb7AdCD_aZ-MBg&usqp=CAU

Body types of the dazzlings.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RmKxSxep_p4/W_2ppY9wZbI/AAAAAAADRfQ/9Ggik0_lilA_cDv4yAXZntCy1AstqGtsgCHMYCw/s2000/dazzlingsmindcontrolbymauroz1543350676052.png

The Druid/Timberwolf woman.
https://cdn.weasyl.com/~zummeng/submissions/1509038/c29482783eef7403bd6f7ad39dbc61cac2a389e08cb089c6760fdcb64fb2b086/zummeng-deer-druid.png