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