After Jaxon was tossed into Namine and moved to deal with the Stealth Sneak Heartless, Namine slowly shook her head as Rumi rushed forward to check up on her. “You alright, Nami?” He asked - worry evident in his tone.

Namine nodded only to spot something sitting next to her… something that made her shiver. “The Apple of Eden…” She whispered softly.

Now came the question that was on her mind - what to do with it? Give it back to Jaxon… or use it?

Despite her past history with the Apple possessing her mind and making her do the Roman Rite of the Templar Order’s dirty work, Namine picked up very quickly even though her conscience was telling her otherwise.

As soon as she stood up with the Apple in hand, a good half-dozen Neoshadow Heartless formed themselves and surrounded the former Nobody.

Namine gulped at the Neoshadows. “Oh, dear…” She commented as the Neoshadow Heartless prepared to attack her yet Rumi quickly destroyed one and got in front of her.

“Nami, you alright?” Rumi asked his girlfriend who nodded and regained her composure.

“Now that you are here, my hero… I am.” Namine stated and prepared to fight as well using the Apple.

The Heartless moved to pounce, but just at the arc of their jump, time seemed to slow down before stopping. Even Rainbow and Luna were affected by this… except for Rumi and Namine who were surprised.

Before either could ask any questions, the Apple vibrated in Namine’s hand, scaring her into letting go of it, but it didn’t fall to the ground. Instead, it floated upward until a golden tinted hologram of a tall woman in a Techno-Ancient Greek dress appeared with the Apple staying where her heart would be.

“Greetings, Eternal Lovers,” the holographic woman greeted. “I am Alethia. Rumi’s ancient ancestors would refer to me as the Goddess of Truth, and I have much to share.”

Rumi and Namine stared at one another - their faces depicted complete surprise and a slight attraction to how beautiful this woman was.

“So, that’s what you look like when you’re away from the insides of the Apple…” Namine commented.

Alethia giggled a bit before speaking again. “Indeed, Former Chosen One. However, more pressing matters are needing to be addressed than what the Isu or Precursors, as you would say, look like.”

Namine’s jaw dropped before she regained her composure. “How did you know who I am?” The blonde wondered.

“The Isu are masters of creating Simulations,” she said. “The humans are limited on what Simulations they can make and use, but it is impressive all the same. The Simulations following you after Sora’s death is heartbreaking, but your actions upon studying and Displacing the Young Heir is intriguing.”

Namine was surprised by her answer. “Wait, it is?” She asked.

“Yes,” Alethia answered. “In most Simulations following Displaced, the world they are placed on is far from their home world. There are a few exceptions, like you and the Young Heir in this world. While Displacement brings one to a different universe, your displacement brought this world to this universe and sent the ‘original’ and Rumi’s home world to another.”

“Oh…” Namine nodded but was still utterly confused.

“I don’t really get it.” Rumi admitted with a shrug.

“Then perhaps you can get Sea Salt Ice Cream later to celebrate your love,” Alethia teased with a flat look on her face.

Namine blushed heavily and hid her face. “Ummm… well… I… Ooh… Umm…” She blurted out some incoherent words.

“I understand your nervousness, but let’s not get too far away from the main topics,” Alethia continued. “Especially, the source of this particular incursion of Heartless.”

Rumi nodded. “What exactly caused the arrival of these Heartless?” He wondered.

“A mare with a Darkness I’ve never seen except in Juno’s heart,” she answered. “Her name is Spoiled Milk, but with her marriage, she goes by Spoiled Rich.”

Namine’s face morphed into an annoyed one. “What…? You mean to tell me that Diamond Tiara’s mother is the cause of these Heartless? Why? She doesn’t have that much darkness in her… so, why?” She asked.

“She has many dark desires, a considerable number of them she can’t act on due to various laws.” Alethia explained. “However, those, by themselves, only grant minor attention from the Heartless. Her actions behind closed doors and even in rare instances in public are what brought them here. The Heartless, urged by her dark desires without her even knowing of the Heartless, brought this incursion to you.”

“Wait a minute… what has she done exactly that could be considered bad?” Rumi wondered.

“Denying a child of love and attention,” Alethia said. “She would then torture the child by promising said love and attention if she lived up to her expectations, only to deny it. And if the child disobeys or falls short-”

“Yeah… I can tell.” Rumi agreed with a nod. He knew what it was to be alone and unloved… yet that part of his life was over. Now it was the present.

“Then you know what must be done?” Alethia asked him as if she knew his answer.

“What… like… stealing her heart?” Rumi asked with a shrug.

“If you had help from the Phantom Thieves, yes, but no,” Alethia answered. “Have an investigation started and be prepared for her potential fall to Darkness.”

Rumi and Namine shared a glance with one another… they were unsure if that was an option. They would see what would happen in the end.

“And now, it is time for you to share this information,” Alethia said, her form flickering before returning to the Apple. “One last gift from me in my final moments though.” The Apple floated over to the incapacitated Shadow before it’s darkness wrapped around it, removing it from it’s binds. A bright light flashed, nearly blinding Namine and Rumi as time resumed and the flash destroyed the Neoshadows that surrounded them.

When the light faded, and the two could see clearly again, they were shocked at what was standing in front of them. It was a Neoshadow, but it was different. For one thing, its black skin was given a golden tint to them. It’s eyes glowed more golden than sickly yellow, the ‘cracks’ across it’s skin had changed to look like the skin markings that Alethia had, and one of its antennae had become pure gold.

“Whoa… that’s… a new form of Neoshadow!” Namine realized - she had never seen this type of Neoshadow before.

“It’s a lot different from the other versions in the games…” Rumi agreed.

“I am different, due to the presence of Isu Tech in my proverbial veins,” the two heard in their heads before the Neoshadow seemingly teleported to the Stealth Sneak’s head, leaving behind a golden trail of sorts, and began clawing at its eyes.

The two gasped in shock with their jaws dropped. A talking Heartless!? That was a first…

The Stealth Sneak screeching out in pain shook them from their shock. Turning to Jaxon, they saw that he had impaled the Heartless through its chest. It took a swipe at him, forcing him to dodge and let go of the spear. The momentum of the swipe caused the spear’s bottom to hit the ground and force the spear further through the reptilian Heartless, at which point, Jaxon pulled it out through the creature’s back. The Heartless then began to dissolve and it’s heart left through the sky.

The battle had concluded yet Rumi and Namine were still trying to process what just happened… a Talking Heartless, a goddess hidden inside the Apple… everything.

A ‘thud’ sound near them shook them from their shock again. They looked near their feet and saw the Neoshadow was impaled by Jaxon’s spear, but it had broken in the impact, leaving the shaft nearby. Jaxon then stepped forward and ripped the golden antennae off of it. As soon as he did so, his face morphed into pain as a hologram of a Darkside Heartless appeared behind him.

Namine saw him and sighed while shaking her head. “This day is becoming more and more weirder by the minute… and believe me, Rumi - I’ve seen some of the weirdest things in my time traversing the universe.” She explained.

The Hologram Darkside reached out towards Jaxon as a voice was heard by all present. “Work in the Darkness, to serve the Light.” The hologram and Jaxon’s pained expression disappeared and Jaxon held the Apple instead of an antennae. He looked at where the Neoshadow was and an apple (fruit) was impaled on the newly broken spear.

“Interesting quote… where does it come from if I may ask?” Luna spoke at last.

“The Assassin Brotherhood use that as part of their Creed to keep humanity free,” Jaxon said as he put the Apple away and picked up his broken spears. “But moving away from inspirational quotes, did the Apple reveal any information on that Heartless incursion?”

“Quite a doozy actually… you ain’t gonna believe it when we tell you.” Rumi stated.

“Mind controlling artifacts, a magical dragon wife, and odd rules concerning harvesting unicorn horns for alchemy, and you think I would have a hard time believing information on Heartless?” Jaxon asked with a slight smirk.

Namine made a couple of face gestures and realized that Jaxon had a point. “Fair enough… so, are you aware that Alethia is actually a Greek Goddess of sorts?”

“One of the obscure ones, but why bring up Alethia?” He asked.

“Cause she appeared in front of us… in human form.” Rumi admitted with a deadpan look.

“Ah…” Jaxon said as he pulled out the Apple. “I don’t feel her in the Apple though. Did the scan kill or corrupt the Alethia Replica?”

“Alethia Replica…?” Namine asked with a raised brow.

“Did she appear as a hologram or did she have flesh and blood?” He asked.

“Oh! Oh… ummm, hologram.” Namine answered.

“Then Alethia, while real, was a Replica, due to the fact that most Flesh and Blood Isu are dead.” Jaxon explained. “Dead races aside, the Heartless incursion. What’s the source?”

“I’m curious to know as well.” Luna agreed with Jaxon’s words.

Rumi and Namine shared another glance before nodding. “A young woman by the name of Spoiled Milk… though she now goes by Spoiled Rich.” She explained.

“Ah, that mare,” Jaxon said with a look of bored annoyance on his face. “Not sure what she did or is doing here to cause that much chaos here, but back in my Equestria, she was imprisoned thrice for attempted assault on my wife and vandalism of my wife’s alchemy shop.” He then chuckled. “Though to be honest, the attempted assault was amusing. Any strike would literally bounce off of her.”

“I see... “ Namine replied with a nod.

“Wait… so, Filthy Rich’s wife is responsible for these Heartless showing up?” Rainbow asked in a surprised tone.

“Might be unintentional, but who knows...because I don’t,” Jaxon said.

“Don’t what?” Rumi asked confused.

“I don’t know if Spoiled summoned them on purpose, on accident, or if she was even aware of what she did,” Jaxon answered with a strained and annoyed voice. “Put two and two together when someone speaks.”

“I agree with Jaxon… according to what I’ve learned, Spoiled is a lot of things I wouldn’t dare say but I believe she doesn’t have a clue on what she has done.” Luna replied.

“Thank you, Luna,” Jaxon said. “Now, what’s the plan going forward with finding the full details and also handling more Heartless?”

“Oh! Ummm… we’re not sure yet.” Rumi admitted with a shrug.

“Then while you figure that out, may I see my token that you used to summon me?” Jaxon asked.

Namine nodded and took out the token that she had used to summon Jaxon earlier before giving it to the Dragonborn. He then took his broken spear and placed it into the indent and it glowed briefly and a golden portal opened next to him. He stuck his head through the portal and a muffled, “Honey, can you come here?” was heard from Jaxon.

After pulling his head back from the portal, the portal expanded a bit and a large, draconic form stepped through. The figure’s body was moss green scales with peach fuzz fur of the same color. The spines of a typical dragon were replaced with longer hair that was a loquat yellow, with tufts of hair and her belly and partial chest region following the same color. Her head, however, had loquat yellow feathers instead of hair.

“Something you needed, Jax?” The dragonoid asked.

Rumi whistled in awe. “Wow. That’s amazing!” He stated.

The dragonoid looked to Rumi with a smile. “Thank you, young man,” She said. “So, you go by Sora or something else...and is that Namine!?”

Namine nodded - from the look on her face, she was also impressed. “In the flesh… I’m the real one. As for Sora… he isn’t Sora per say. This is my boyfriend Rumen or Rumi for short.” She explained.

Before more could be said, the dragonoid scooped up Namine into a strong, but not back breaking, hug. “You are one of my favorite Kingdom Hearts Characters!” She said while ‘cuddling’ the former Nobody. “Second only to Aqua! Speaking of which, Jax, remind me to commission Rarity a replication of her outfit for me!” Jaxon nodded with a barely noticeable blush on his face.

Namine blushed as well. “Ummm… I’m honored that you love my outfit…” She hid her face behind her hands.

“I was talking about Aqua’s outfit,” the dragonoid explained. “Speaking of Aqua, my name is Aqua too. I hope it won’t be too confusing.”

Namine’s face morphed into a deadpan one. “It will… trust me.” She replied.

“Full body contact introduction aside, should we head into town, maybe see about checking out Spoiled?” Jaxon asked.

“I’m up for whatever,” Aqua said. “Just so long as she doesn’t assault me. It was funny to use my belly like a Large Body does the first two times she did, but after that-” She gave a bit of a slight grimace.

Namine’s eyebrows arose. “After what exactly?” She asked.

“Malaka! Two and Two! Put them together!” Jaxon shouted, causing Aqua to unintentionally drop Namine to pick him up and hug him into a calm state.

Namine landed on her butt before getting up and dusting off the dirty parts of her dress. Rumi went to check up on her. “You okay, love?” He asked his girlfriend.

“I’m fine, love. Just my butt… nothing serious.” She assured him with a smile.

“Anyway, the Rich’s?” Jaxon asked. “Should we get going to investigate what Alethia gave you concerning her?”

“You all can head on and investigate… After what just happened today, Rumi and I want some peace and quiet.” Namine replied with Rumi nodding.

“That sounds good,” Aqua agreed. She turned to Luna and Rainbow. “I think you two should come with us as well. You might be helpful.”

Luna nodded as did Rainbow. Both of them were curious to see if Alethia and Jaxon’s theories turned out to be true.

Luna turned to her child. “You’ll be alright for a little bit, right hon?” She asked in a motherly tone.

Rumi nodded. “I will, Mom. Don’t worry.” He assured his adoptive mother. Luna nodded and led the small group towards Ponyville, leaving him and Namine alone.

“So, how are we doing this? Busting down the door or immediately going with an ‘Objection’ on her ass?” Rainbow asked while she followed Luna, Jaxon and Aqua to Spoiled’s house.

“Stealth and distraction,” Jaxon said. “While Luna can distract the Rich’s, Aqua, Rainbow and I can work on infiltrating the other parts of their mansion for information.”

“Hmmm… sounds like a solid plan. Though… what happens if we get caught?” Luna wondered.

“While I’m sure both you and Celestia hesitate to do so, your Royal Authority could help in that regard,” Aqua said. “Then again, all I should help with is getting inside rather than the actual stealth. Most pony doors don’t agree with my butt.”

Luna wasn’t sure about the outcome of the mission at hand and all she could do was sigh. “I hope nothing bad happens…”

As the Rich Mansion came into view, Luna let the others sneak around to the back of the house while she continued to the front door. The group arrived at the back of the house and looked at the many windows.

“Rainbow, think you can carefully examine the windows to find an office area or a master bedroom of sorts?” Jaxon asked the prismatic pegasus.

Rainbow nodded and flew up into the air to see if there were any open windows available along with the one leading to either an office or master bedroom. Soon, she did see an open window of sorts. “I think I found one!” She called as quietly as she could.

Jaxon nodded and looked to Aqua, who nodded as well. She picked up Jaxon and gently tossed him toward Rainbow, who caught and carefully and quietly swung him inside. “Keep an eye on the front door, or the front window if possible,” He quietly called down to his wife. “Rainbow and I will check things out.” Aqua nodded and began walking toward the front of the house, leaving Rainbow and Jaxon alone.

“So, what’s the plan exactly?” Rainbow wondered.

“Snoop through everything until we find something,” Jaxon said as he found a desk and began quietly going through the drawers. “And keep your eyes and ears open at all times. We can’t be too careful on avoiding detection.”

“So… like super spies in a sense?” Rainbow asked.

“Yes, but don’t let that get to your head,” he said as he finished looking through the desk and began ruffling through a waste bin. “Being stealthy is hard and sometimes to keep things secret, said things need to get messy.”

“Ain’t that the truth.” Rainbow agreed with Jaxon.

“Hopefully, it’ll only be as messy as a blunt object to the back of the head rather than a dagger to the throat,” Jaxon said as he pulled out a discarded bottle and a few depleted makeup containers. “I don’t think Spoiled drinks or is overly concerned with her looks to the point of emptying several makeup containers.” He showed them to Rainbow. “Anything you can make of these?”

“Hmmm… not really. Rarity is the expert when it comes to fashion.” Rainbow admitted with a shrug.

“Good to know, but I think there’s more to these than one would think,” he muttered loud enough for Rainbow to hear. He then moved to a cabinet that seemed slightly out of place in the office. Opening it, he found more bottles and makeup containers, but they were filled with their respective liquids and such. “If you were to see them filled, could some details be filled in for you?” He pulled out one of the green bottles and showed it to her.

Rainbow examined it more closely and then her eyes widened in surprise. “That’s… a healing potion, isn’t it?” She asked.

“Only one way to find out,” Jaxon said as he pulled out his broken spear and sliced open his leg, before popping the bottle’s cork and guzzling the green liquid. In a few short seconds after he finished, the leg sealed itself up as if the wound wasn’t there. “And that confirms it. So that’s one piece, but now the makeup. Why does she have this much to begin with? And I think it’s the wrong tone of pink to be used by Spoiled herself.” He pulled out the makeup and smeared some of it on the back of his hand and showed it to Rainbow. “Any thoughts on whose color this is?”

Rainbow examined it more closely before realizing that there was something definitely off about this particular color. “Huh, you’re right… something is definitely off with the color.” She agreed with Jaxon.

“And we won’t clearly know unless we find more evidence,” Jaxon said, turning back to the waste bin. “If you find anything, let me know.”

Rainbow nodded and continued searching the room - desk drawers, nightstands, a safe of some kind… and then when she peaked under the sheets of the bed, she saw a book of sorts.

“Hello, hello… what’s this?” Rainbow asked as she took out the book from the bed.

“Found something?” Jaxon asked as he carefully uncrumpled some small pieces of paper from the bin.

“Yeah, it’s a… diary of sorts.” Rainbow read the cover on the book ‘The Journal of Spoiled Rich - DON’T TOUCH!!!’

“Give it a bit of a look through,” Jaxon instructed. “It might have some sort of information on something dealing with the potions and makeup.”

“Hmmm… why not give it a look yourself? I mean, you’re the detective and whatnot.” Rainbow said with a shrug.

“I’m a mercenary with detective skills, and who is using said skills to see if there are receipts for those potions and makeup,” Jaxon shot back as he set one of the pieces of paper to the side.

“Oh…” Rainbow said before she opened the diary to peek at what was being written inside while Jaxon continued to check the room for evidence.

“Ah!” Jaxon quietly exclaimed. “A makeshift ‘receipt’ for the potions. Quite an expensive venture, considering that the potions were bought from who I assume is a thief.”

“What the hell!?” Rainbow sounded off - from the sounds of her tone and swear, it was clear that she was furious.

“What?!” Jaxon asked, jumping to his feet and pulling out his broken spear. His attention shifted to both Rainbow and the door to the rest of the mansion, just in case the pegasus’ exclamation attracted unwanted attention.

Rainbow’s face morphed into an angry one as she shoved the diary in Jaxon’s hands. “Read and you’ll see what I’m angry about.” She told him.

Taking the book, he opened it and began to read. First was opening words written by Spoiled describing her everyday activities and whatnot… then a couple of to-do tasks…

Rainbow was overlooking Jaxon’s shoulder and eagerly awaiting to see the pages that infuriated her. It would be an interesting reaction. As soon as he turned to the first of the anticipated pages, he stopped. The many horrendous actions that Spoiled had listed for whatever reason or frustration, and then carried out…

“Rainbow, do us all a favor and get this information to whatever authorities are nearby, sans Luna,” Jaxon said through angrily clenched teeth while handing the book back to her. “I’m going to stay here and incinerate this room. Much better than roasting the Spoiled B**** alive.”

Rainbow was surprised by his words but quickly flew out of the room… something in the back of her head told her that Jaxon’s actions were going to be rather interesting. She kept looking over her shoulder as she flew, waiting for the results.

Before long, the exterior wall and roof sections connected to the room were blasted off of the building in a fiery explosion. Rainbow’s jaw dropped. “What the hell… Sweet Celestia.” She swore with a sigh.

In the meantime, Rumi and Namine were enjoying a brief moment of love when an explosion rocked off the ground much to their surprise.

“Whoa!” Rumi swore as he saw a huge explosion in the distance.

“That’s… a thing.” Namine admitted with a sigh. It was clear what was going on and who was being that explosion.

Back with Rainbow, she was still in disbelief at what Jaxon did to the entire room. “Dude, what the hell was that!?” She shouted.

A humanoid fireball leaped from the flames and onto the ground. “Anger management, Pride Parade!” Jaxon shouted back, as the flames on him extinguished.

Rainbow’s eyebrow arose. “What…?” She asked.

“Just get that booklet to the authorities, I’ll cover you here!” He answered loudly before turning back towards the mansion. Rainbow was confused by his words yet quickly bolted away from the mansion using her wings and heading straight for the police station.

While she was flying and was out of sight, everyone in the mansion filtered out from inside, Luna sending a mean looking scowl towards Jaxon. Various fire ponies began arriving at the scene and began working on fighting the fire. Jaxon had taken several steps back while things were playing out.

“What the fuck!?” Someone called out - Namine. She and Rumi were running straight for the mansion.

“Just wait for Rainbow to return with the guards,” Jaxon said as they neared him and the mansion. “This will look like a simple punch to the face compared to the evidence we have against Spoiled B****.”

Namine sent him a look. “When you said that you would take care of this situation, I thought it would be like making sure that you just gathered evidence and then head for the police… not start a goddamn FIRE!”

“While I apologize for doing it, I don’t regret it,” Jaxon stated simply. “It was either the room, or Spoiled B**** herself before she is properly tried...at least the receipts and a few of the items survived with me.”

Namine shook her head while pinching the bridge of her nose as Rumi spoke with his mother. “How bad are we talking about, Mom?”

Luna looked at Jaxon. “How ‘bad’ exactly?” She asked with a hint of sarcasm.

Jaxon looked back at her before speaking. “Let’s just say, Nightmare Moon is a saint compared to what that B**** did to Diamond Tiara.” He pulled out a healing potion and a rough piece of parchment. “Illegally purchased healing potions from a thief.” He pulled out a makeup container. “Makeup for when the potions started getting too expensive to cover reliably.” He then looked to the side, seeing Rainbow arriving with a small squad of guards. “And Rainbow has the journal to tie those two together, and reveal the crime.”

“Journal? What journal?” Luna asked Jaxon. He pointed in Rainbow’s direction as she flew over to the group.

“Here.” Rainbow presented the journal to Luna who began to read it from top to bottom.

“Is the journal that much important?” Rumi wondered.

“Some people are idiots and leave evidence laying around, while others carefully hide them,” Jaxon said. “Spoiled is right between the two categories, hiding the evidence, but not very well.”

Rumi nodded slowly as Luna finished and dropped the journal. Her face was one of anger. “I can see why you acted the way you did, Jaxon… she’s a piece of work.”

“I’m not condoning my own actions, but I’m not regretting them,” Jaxon said as he looked towards the Rich family, and saw Spoiled being dragged away in cuffs and Diamond Tiara standing by Filthy with a conflicted look on her face.

Rumi also saw it and couldn’t help but sigh. “I wonder what the repercussions will be…” He admitted while shaking his head.

Namine was also worried as well as she placed a hand on boyfriend’s shoulder. “Given how Jaxon reacted and Spoiled is taken away… I’d say very bad.”

“Speaking of repercussions,” Aqua said as she approached the group and picked Jaxon up by his belt, causing him to wince in pain and end up flipped upside down. “I’m gonna be taking this fella home and hopefully find anger management classes for him to attend.”

“I regret nothing!” Jaxon said from his awkward position as a portal opened up and they left through it.

Rumi, Namine and Luna couldn’t help but sigh at how stressful this day turned out to be. “What a stressful day... I just hope we don't regret this,” Luna said before looking at the remaining group with a little idea in mind. “Anyone up for some Chineighse?”

Rumi and Namine shrugged with smiles on their face. Some Chineighse would do them good…

The three departed to get some lunch and tried to not think too much about the repercussions of this day. Hopefully it shouldn’t be too much trouble...

Author's Note

Oh, my god - I'm such an idiot. I forgot to put in Part 2 of the Displaced Sora story... yeah, that was a bad indication on my part. Sorry about that!

So, yeah - here's the continuation of the crossover chapter with Jaxon and Aqua! The second and final part the crossover with Wayward Shadow's Strange Dovahkiin! Go and check it out along with giving a like from me!

Again, sorry for making you all wait for the next chapter! My bad on that... I forgot that I wrote it and then forgot to update the story lmao - Sorry!

As usual, I don't own Kingdom Hearts nor My Little Pony - they belong to their respective writers. More to come soon!