The student and the Princess: Best of both worlds

After their trip in the bakery, all of them walked straight towards the library. As they walked, Rainbow still couldn’t stop laughing at Pinkie’s so called four year crisis because she couldn’t remember the password. Pinkie kept pouting at that, for no thanks to Invictus, they were never going to live this down, no matter how many times she tries to change the subject.

They walked down to one part of the street and lo and behold, the library was up ahead, which caused both Twilight and human Twilight to marvel at the sight.

‘Oh, we’re in heaven.’ said Twilight.

‘Somebody pinch us.’ said human Twilight.

And right on cue, both of them felt a pinch on their butt cheeks, making them yelp and hold onto their tushies with blushes on their faces. They looked at Invictus as he had a smirk on his face and said ‘Well you two did say to pinch you.’

‘We didn’t mean literally.’ said both Twilights whilst feeling embarrassed.

He then leaned over and whispered to their ears ‘And admit it, you wanted me to do that, didn’t you?’

Now both of them felt really flustered and they both slapped his shoulders at the same time, making him yelp as he said ‘And for slapping the piñata, you get free candy.’

He tossed candy in the air, causing them all to catch it, which made them flex their eyebrows and looked at him, with him saying ‘What?’

‘Normally I’d ask how’d you do that,’ said human Twilight ‘But I don’t wanna know.’

‘Come on, let’s go to the library.’ said Sunset as all of them made their way towards the library.

But just as they stopped at the front of the library, they had to hand their phones in before entering, puzzling Twilight.

‘Why are you guys handing in your…’ she then blinked, blushed and sheepishly giggled whilst she said ‘Oh right, Library.’

As soon as they entered, Twilight gasped in surprise, for the library is huge, bigger than the one in Canterlot. She smiled with glee whilst holding her face together.

‘Oh my gosh,’ said Twilight silently ‘There are so many books here, I don’t know where to start.’

‘Try the science faction over there,’ said Invictus as he pointed at the books at the section of the shelves ‘You might find something intriguing there.’

Within a split second, both Twilight and her human counterpart instantly dashed towards the science faction, causing Invictus to shake his head in amusement.

‘Nice job.’ said Sunset as she gently and playfully jabbed her elbow against his side with a smile ‘You got them into overdrive mode.’

‘Just make sure that she doesn’t get to world languages,’ said Invictus ‘Otherwise she might take forever in that one.’

‘Good point.’ said Sunset, not wanting both Twilights to go overboard again.

‘Oh,’ said Fluttershy as something had peaked her interest ‘I’ll check out the nature section. They always have every kind of animal on every page.’

‘I…!!’ shouted Pinkie, until the entire library shushed her, making her be quiet as she whispered ‘I’ll check out the section where they can make tons of baked goods.’

‘Maybe I should also see if they have something that could inspire me for my next line.’ said Rarity as she left.

‘Ah’ll find something on the farmer’s section.’ said Applejack.

Rainbow then grabbed Invictus’ arm and said ‘Come on, show me the Daring Do section, I wanna see the Definite Edition.’

‘Okay, hold your Pony Wings.’ said Invictus. He noticed she was flexing her eyebrow as he said ‘Because your doppelganger happens to be a pony from another dimension and whenever you pony up, you get angel wings.’

Rainbow couldn’t help but blush at that and ended up jabbing her elbow against him, which he couldn’t help but snicker. They eventually left, with Sunset decided to go with them, considering that her interested had also piqued when he mentioned about a definite edition.

Both Twilights had at least five stacks of books placed on piles as they looked through the books, with human Twilight helping her Princess counterpart out in order for her to learn more about this world, considering that she never had a chance to learn new stuff every day. Though Invictus hopes that they don’t get to world languages, for those take forever to study and learn.

Fluttershy continued to observe certain books. Thankfully, her time at the White Tail Nature Reserve helped her memorize the many animals that were there, and she had hoped to find more books that could help her learn more about them, and because she would one day take over once they reach out to the lawyer, she would like to learn on how to take care of animals in every best way she could.

Applejack began to look through different methods of farming, hoping that they would help give her any tips on how they should improve their farm in order for to make sure that their trees would stay healthy and strong, considering what Invictus had told them if Sunset hadn’t been there to warn them in time. She suddenly smiled, thinking of how thankful she should really be because of what Sunset had done for her family.

Rarity continued to overlook certain sections as she searched everything fashion related. She even looked at certain clothing that was once the latest style in their century, and she began to draw on the designs, but also to make them more modern that all of society would enjoy. She nearly laughed when she realized on how some outfits back in the day were quite silly, but there were some that caught her attention, and she smiled whilst as she drew out more of them.

Pinkie Pie randomly went from shelf to shelf, trying to find the only books that would ever catch her attention. A ton of books were “The one hundred ways to prank your best friend”, “The one hundred ways to throw your friend an awesome party”, “The one hundred ways to surprise your friends with an awesome party”, “The one hundred ways to surprise your friends with an even super duper awesome party”, and “The one hundred ways to bake your friend the best cake ever” (In case you wonder, it’s Pinkie Pie, don’t question it.)

Invictus took both Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer (Considering that their friendships were now stronger than ever) to the section where Daring Do would be displayed. Sure enough, Invictus took the both of them to the Daring Do Book that had the Definite Edition. They spotted “Daring Do and the Dragon Kingdom”, with the label “Definite Edition” on top of it, along with a DVD that goes with it. Rainbow nearly wanted to squeal in excitement, but she kept herself under control. Sunset on the other hand was surprised to see what was with it, a video game of the book, which surprised Rainbow and Invictus, for they never knew that there was a video game about the book too, causing the two of them to look over them.

Sure enough, they regrouped at the center of the library with the books of their choice and sat at a nearby table. Everyone looked over the books of their choice, all of them being excited. Rarity ended up finding a ton of inspiration as she looked at the previous designs from the past and thought of ways to improve them as she thought of modernizing them. Applejack looked through a different farming methods through the different apple trees and thought about ways on how to improve them in order for her apple trees to stay healthy. Pinkie Pie on the other hand kept on looking through the different books at the same time whilst she kept making notes of them and kept on stuffing them in her hair for obvious reasons.

Fluttershy kept looking through different animal creatures, some of them look rare, some of them look terrifying, but most of them were just really adorable. She couldn’t help but giggle at a few of the funnier looking animals, which is something Invictus enjoyed; seeing his shy friend happy. Rainbow Dash read through the Daring Do books with full excitement, reading parts that she never knew would be awesome (in her own way). Sunset also decided to look through the books, as well as comparing notes on which parts would be in the video game so that she could be better prepared for it for what’s to come in the game, which Invictus noticed. He nearly snickered when he remembered how freaked out she got when she lost to Fluttershy at a squirrel game. It was quite amusing to watch her lose.

Both Twilight on the other hand continued to read through tons of their books and began to compare notes between worlds, which was funny, two nerds from two different dimensions talking about things that could make one’s brain fall asleep. But he could see how much fun he was having, which brought a smile to his face.

‘Remember Twilight,’ said Invictus as he whispered to her ‘We’ll need to finish up here if we’re going to be on time for the other activities?’

‘Oh twenty more minutes please?’ asked Twilight as she did the puppy dog eyes.

He couldn’t help but smirk as he rolled his eyes, but looked at her again and said ‘Okay, twenty more minutes. In the meantime, I’ll go through the list and see what books you’ll be needing.’

‘Thanks,’ said Twilight as she smiled ‘You’re the best.’

‘At your command,’ said Invictus as he gave her a quick kiss on the lips and said ‘Your highness.’

He soon left to look the books he was looking for her, which she couldn’t help but smile with a small blush. However, just as she turned to her book, she noticed the Rainbooms were staring at her, with smirks on their faces.

‘What?’ said Twilight.

‘Oh, come now darling,’ said Rarity whilst cooing ‘It’s obvious that the two of you are getting closer together.’

‘He really is a nice feller.’ said Applejack.

‘And he basically went with you through the entire trip.’ said Rainbow Dash.

‘And not to mention the fact that he kissed you as if you two were an official couple.’ said Fluttershy.

Twilight denied it as she nearly began to sweat ‘Uh, no I don’t.’

‘Oh really?’ said Sunset with a smirk.

She then showed them the video that human Twilight got and showed them. They saw the two of them were talking at the elevator back at Las Pegasus. And during their travel, they then did something unexpected. The both of them kissed, but instead, Twilight had her arms wrapped around his neck whilst placing her leg against the elevator as Invictus held onto her, but to her surprise, he was holding onto her butt and she didn’t even notice, which made her blush deepen. The others couldn’t help but giggle at that.

Twilight silently groaned as she said ‘Okay, I like him okay. He’s the nicest boy I ever met and he’s really smart, he showed me around and I can’t help but feel attracted to him every time whenever we’re traveling. I don’t know why, but the more we do this, the more I keep loving him.’

The others’ looks softened as they realized that she never loved someone like that before, which is very amusing, but also very sweet at the same time.

‘Well then what are you waiting for,’ said Pinkie Pie with a grin ‘Make a move on him already.’

‘What?’ said Twilight with her eyes widened.

‘Oh come on Twilight,’ said Sunset Shimmer ‘Sooner or later you gotta have a boyfriend, otherwise you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. Don’t you want to be happy in your life?’

‘Well…’ said Twilight whilst she curled her hair.

‘Then why not give it a chance? Otherwise you’d end up making a big mistake. I mean you already lost your chance to be with Flash Sentry, so now’s a good time to have a special someone in your life.’

Twilight looked down a bit, for Sunset did have a point. She was only here a short time and she met and hung out with Flash Sentry twice. Given the circumstances he helped her out before the events of the Fall Formal and because of the Dazzlings they ended up ruining things for her. She didn’t have a chance to spend some time with him, she didn’t even get a chance to kiss a boy. Her very first kiss.

When she thought about the kiss, she immediately thought about the time she had spent with Invictus. She even remembered that he had a crush on her ever since she came to this world. Though this world had a Twilight, it wasn’t the same. And after showing her a good time, touring the country, exploring with her, singing and dancing with her, making interesting conversations. He was so nice to her since they met, and the more she remembered the kiss, the more she felt flustered. The Rainbooms took notice of this, which they couldn’t help but smirk at this, but soon changed to smiles whilst Rarity walked over to the Princess of Friendship.

‘It’s alright darling,’ said the Fashionista to the troubled Princess ‘We can help you with that.’

‘You can?’ asked Twilight.

‘Well of course,’ said Rarity ‘We can tell you’ve never had a chance to get close to a boy. So, we’d like to help you out in any way we can.’

‘Oh, well then,’ said Twilight as she stood up and said ‘I accept. And I’m willing to learn what you can teach me.’

‘Just…not through lip contact.’ teased Rainbow, making Twilight blushed, whilst the others couldn’t help but giggle at that too.

‘Alright then,’ said Invictus as he came back ‘I got a couple more books, just let me know which ones you want and we can send them back to our rooms at the hotel.’

He failed to notice Twilight blushing, for she didn’t want him to know that she wanted to have some alone time with him. The Rainbooms however, noticed her blushing and couldn’t help but giggle at her predicament, which Invictus noticed, but failed to realize what they were laughing about.

Within the hour, and secretly using the portal back to the hotel, they dropped off their things and headed straight for the Manehattan Square Garden, where Applejack wanted to try out the new Apple Treats. As they arrived, they were surprised to see that it was one big marketplace, where they sell everything, from every food listen in the four food groups to sweets and other tasty delicacies.

‘Wow,’ said Twilight ‘This is amazing. The Ponyville Marketplace has got nothing on this.’

Invictus took the liberty of taking pictures for her, which she greatly appreciated. They continued to walk down the stalls and decided to look around. They saw the many treats and produce all around.

‘Dang,’ said Applejack as she was quite impressed ‘This place is pretty amazing.’

‘Wow,’ said human Twilight ‘I had no idea they sell so many produce here.’

‘Yeah,’ said Pinkie Pie ‘And I use half of them for what I need to make my smoothies.’

‘Yeah, especially the one smoothie that made Applejack woozy.’ said Invictus with a smirk.

The others looked at him curiously, with Applejack asking ‘What do y’all mean?’

‘Oh, you know.’ said Invictus as he instantly pulled out a picture of a waving ocean and stood in front of Applejack, as he waved the picture in front of her as he said ‘When you didn’t want a smoothie, because you were too distracted by the waving ocean, splishing and splashing all over the place, the boat rocking through the massive waves, as you see everything going back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and…’

And within an instant, Applejack’s face went green and gagged, nearly wanting to barf, which surprised Twilight at the same time.

‘Wait,’ said Twilight ‘I didn’t know you get seasick. In my Equestria, my Applejack doesn’t get seasickness.’

‘Mine neither, she sailed a long time because she needed a hobby.’ said Invictus as he tossed the sign away.

Applejack gulped and looked at him with a scowl, with him saying ‘And seriously AJ? You traveled on a ship before that one time with Granny Smith, then with your folks and that one summer vacation prize you won once, how can you still be seasick?’

‘Ah don’t do it that often.’ said Applejack as she still had a green face, trying to keep a straight face and not lose her lunch.

‘Hey, told you, you should’ve packed your medicine for seasickness in.’ said Invictus.

‘Hey yeah,’ said Pinkie Pie as she realized something ‘We all knew you had seasickness, why didn’t you bother to pack in your medicine for seasickness or asked the ship’s clinic to give you medicine, I mean half of Canterlot High took their medicine because they all had seasickness.’

Applejack was about to say something, until she slapped her forehead, for she really didn’t think things through again. At the same time, Invictus observed her green face as he said ‘Nah, green doesn’t work for you. But this does.’

And within a split second, he kissed her full on the mouth whilst holding her head close whilst he was holding her butt, taking her by surprise, as well as the rest of the girls. After he broke the kiss, Applejack’s surprise face went from green to pink, with him smiling and said ‘There’s the color to work with.’

He then turned around and took a few pictures, with Applejack feeling flustered, then said ‘How in tarnation does he do that?!!’, but then suddenly changed and wiggled her two fingers together and said ‘Although…he really does have nice lips and a good grip.’

Twilight couldn’t help but smirk and said ‘On that, we can agree.’

‘Mmm-Hmm.’ said the girls at the same time before they resumed with their tour all around the market place. However, Invictus stopped them as he wanted to talk to Rainbow about that.

‘Also, Rainbow,’ said Invictus as he gained her attention ‘I know you meant well but…why did you act out like that on Spring Break.’

‘Well,’ said Rainbow ‘I wanted to fight and save the day and stuff.’

‘Are you sure?’ asked Invictus as he crossed his arms.

‘Well yeah, of course.’ said Rainbow as she smiled.

However, the moment he flexed his right eyebrow at that, the very thing Rainbow recognized as she widened her eyes in surprise, which caused them to notice. She then sighs and lowers her head.

‘I wanted to have an excuse to use my magic so that I could save the day because…’ said Rainbow, which he noticed.

‘Why?’

‘Because I was bored, okay?!!’ exclaimed Rainbow ‘I didn’t have anything else to do because being on a ship in the middle of the ocean with nothing to do!! Everything was so slow and I needed the excitement.’

Her friends were flabbergasted by this revelation. Invictus then said ‘And you thought you could entertain yourself…by ruining it for everyone else?’

‘Well, I…’ said Rainbow, until Invictus gently placed his hand on her shoulder, signaling her to be quiet about it. But she noticed that instead of having a stern and angry look, he had a look of concern and worry, even care in his eyes. He released her shoulder and spoke.

‘Do you wanna know the real reason why Twilight arranged the yacht cruise for Spring Break?’ asked Invictus.

Rainbow didn’t know how to answer that, which made him break the ice.

‘Twilight arranged the trip because she wanted not just all of you, but for her to take a break from all the magic stuff.’ said Invictus ‘Ever since what happened at the Friendship Games and after Twilight got turned into Midnight Sparkle, she’s been having nightmares about it for the past six weeks before you went to Camp Everfree. She keeps waking up every night, sweating and screaming and crying. She barely ate, she barely slept, she couldn’t even take a shower because she kept muttering that she couldn’t wash the horrors away, she constantly had to go to therapy to try and calm her down but no matter how hard they tried, she looked like she was going to have a mental breakdown.’

Rainbow’s eyes widened in surprise, but not as much as the others were as they looked at human Twilight in great concern, even Twilight and Spike looked at her. Human Twilight looked like she was about to cry, but she lowered her eyes as a tear flowed down.

‘Wait, how did you…?’ asked Sunset.

‘I was worried about her after that whole ordeal,’ said Invictus ‘So I arranged people to help her. I couldn’t bear to watch her suffer like that, so I chose to help her out.’

They were surprised by what Invictus tried to do for human Twilight, even Twilight was surprised by this.

Invictus continued as he said ‘Not to mention Sunset kept blaming herself every single day because she brought magic into this world in the first place. But if it’s anyone’s fault it’s Starswirl, Clover and the others, they kept foolishly banishing and placing every single magical artifact, threat and danger in this world thinking that it wouldn’t be a threat and some poor sap ends up finding them and uses them for their own selfish gain. I mean look what happened when Gloriosa Daisy, Juniper Montage, Wallflower Blush and Vignette did when they ended up uncovering it and you lot ended up being in danger because of it.’

Rainbow did remember that, bit by bit, with him saying ‘And everyone deserved to have a break and spend some time with each other. I mean after the memory stone thing, Sunset was so afraid to lose you guys and she stresses out about that every day. Rarity and Applejack’s friendships were almost ruined because of what happened back at Equestria Land. And in case you may have forgotten, let me remind you, who was the one who made Juniper snap and reminded her of what happened back at the studio and got you guys trapped in the mirror.’

Rainbow remembered, with widened eyes, that she was the one who brought up what happened at the studio and made her angry, and because of it, she trapped them within the mirror. And whilst the mirror was being cracked, all of them were that close into disappearing forever. Rainbow slowly crossed her eyes and looked down, feeling two things that she didn’t want to feel; guilt and regret, which her friends noticed, even Twilight.

‘Twilight arranged the whole trip on Spring Break because she felt all of you could use a break,’ said Invictus ‘But because of your own obsession and paranoia you were so obsessed with using magic just to play superhero, you failed to notice that you ended up hurting your friends.’

He started with the first person who’s Spring break she ruined ‘You went overboard and knocked over the chef that was about to serve Pinkie some cake, and she ended up banning both of you from the buffet. Didn’t it occur to you that because of that, you’d ended up banning Pinkie Pie from the buffet and she would end up starving for the next week?’

Rainbow then remembered that, whilst she lowered her gaze, whilst Invictus began mentioning the second person ‘And that time when you accused a bunch of animals, a bunch of cute innocent furry little animals of being evil when they’re all domesticated in order for the crew and passengers to pet them, or feel comforted. And Fluttershy really wanted to spend time with them because she’s not good at socializing and that animals help make her happy. And instead you scared the animals so badly they didn’t want to interact with anyone, not even Fluttershy and she could talk and understand animals. I mean how could you, you know how much that meant to Fluttershy and you ruined it for her.’

Rainbow slowly looked away as he mentioned the third ‘And not to mention Applejack. You saw how she was seasick, she hadn’t even gotten use to the sea yet and she really wanted to spend time with her friends and eat their food, but because of her seasickness she had to miss out on the whole thing. You could’ve just gone to the ship’s clinic and get her some medicine, but instead you ended up thinking that she got corrupted by evil spirits and you made it worse for her. I mean come one, if you even had the decency you would’ve done a better job at helping her and she wouldn’t have resented you during the whole trip.’

Tears began to slowly build up in Rainbow’s eyes, which her friends noticed, and Twilight continued to stare at Invictus, for he was actually getting through to her, which no one had ever done in the past.

He then finally talked about human Twilight ‘And because of your so called little lightshow, you ended up short circuiting the ship, causing them to be stranded in the middle of the ocean. And Twilight offered to fix the ship to clean up your mess so that they wouldn’t be stranded in the middle of the ocean and that all of them wouldn’t starve. And just when she was this close into fixing it, you ended up yanking her away, whilst she was still holding the cables and you ended up making things worse.’

Now Rainbow turned around and lowered her head, for now thinking back, she felt really ashamed for what she did. Invictus then placed his hand on her shoulder, gaining her attention.

‘Look, I know you did a lot of good helping others who were in danger, but it’s not up to you to do everything on your own.’ said Invictus ‘I mean even heroes need to take a break every once and a while. Take Princess Twilight for instance, she and her friends saved their home plenty of times, but even they need a break every once and a while.’

He let go of her shoulder as he continued ‘Believe it or not, Sunset had the same problem. She also obsessed about it back then and she’s constantly worried every day. Not just for you guys, but the world.’

Rainbow partially looked at him as he said ‘But like Starlight once said, she needed to trust that things would themselves out in the end. You spend too much time worrying on the bad things that might happen, you’ll miss out on all the good things that are happening.’

Rainbow sighed as she looked at him and said ‘And I’ve been missing a ton of things that I could’ve done with my friends the whole time.’

‘Exactly.’ said Invictus as he smiled ‘A certain someone once said that “We should never take the things we have in life for granted. Some things may have an end, which we know is very sad. That is why we gotta learn to live life to the fullest in the time we have. And in the end, you’ll look back at all of this someday and you’ll realize how good of a life you really had”.’

Rainbow looked down a bit, processing what he said, whilst the others thought that it was really deep, even Twilight took that lesson to heart.

‘Who told you that?’ asked Rainbow.

Invictus still kept his smile and said ‘Your Uncle Rainbow Blaze.’

Rainbow looked at him with widened eyes in shock, even Fluttershy, with Invictus saying ‘He told me that a month before he died and…he made me promise to look after you, Fluttershy and the rest of your friends.’

But then he looked away and said ‘But I ended up ruining it because of the whole Anon-A-Miss thing. Some friend I…’

And within a split second, Rainbow ended up hugging him tightly, taking him by surprise. But to everyone else’s surprise, Rainbow kept shedding tears. Even after he was gone, her uncle still kept her spirits up through someone else. The others couldn’t help but feel a heartwarming moment between them.

‘I know you don’t like talking about your feelings. But you know what that makes you if you do?’ said Invictus, reassuring his best friend ‘Just like everybody else.’

They broke the hug as she wiped her tears and looked down ‘But I’m not supposed to be, am I?’

He held her chin with his hand, making her look at him as he said ‘Everyone fails who they’re supposed to be, Rainbow. But the measure of a true person, even from time to time a hero, is how well they succeed into being who they are.’

Rainbow couldn’t help but smile, and said ‘I really missed you, Invincible.’

‘Missed you too Prism head.’ said Invictus.

The two walked together, embracing one another, with the others couldn’t help but nearly wanted to cry at this too. Twilight was happy to see their friendship restored. If she was on a friendship mission, she would definitely have accomplished this.

Sure enough, they went on separate parts of the stands to look at what they were selling. Rarity was looking over at the products that she uses to make her mud masks, which she couldn’t help but smile as she purchased some of them. Fluttershy was looking at some of the products that she thinks she could buy back home for the animal shelter to feed the animals. Pinkie Pie was looking over that the goods so that she could make her own flavored smoothie…provided that she would learn to control herself whilst doing it. Applejack looked at the apples being on sale and she was surprised to see how well they were taken care of. She asked the person selling them on how he takes good care of them, which he happily began to provide.

Human Twilight began to look over the products that she wanted to use for future experiments, namely thinking of how to produce food that could be both healthy and tasty. She began to take pictures and notes of them, which she will enjoy looking over them later. Sunset looked over at some of the food that was on sale. She saw a few kebabs that caught her attention, allowing her to purchase it. Even though she may be a pony, her human form allowed her to stomach and digest certain foods that she enjoyed. Rainbow looked over a few that she wanted to try to make a few different protein shakes that she wanted to try and make for her future workouts. Twilight and Invictus looked over a few things that he showed her, which she was amazed at how they were selling, for Ponyville could learn a thing or two from things like this, even cities like Canterlot, Fillydelphia and her Manehattan.

However, as both Invictus and Twilight browsed over the last part of the market, they heard loud voices.

‘Step right up folks, step right up right here.’ said a voice ‘Get your one of a kind valuables at a very low price.’

Both Twilight and Invictus saw where the voice was coming from, and they saw two individuals trying to sell whatever they have on the table. Twilight couldn’t help but get a familiar vibe from them, same with Invictus when he got curious about the both of them.

‘It’s stupendous, it’s amazing, it’s the bestest thing you’ve ever laid eyes on.’ said the other in a familiar voice.

The two then got a closer look and saw the two salesmen. And to their shock, they were two thieving con-artists that they knew all too well.

‘Wait, are they…?’ said Twilight.

‘Flim and Flam.’ growled Invictus as he clenched his fists.

‘Wait,’ said Twilight as she looked at him with a confused look ‘You know them?’

‘I sure do.’ said Invictus.

He walked over to them, with Twilight coming along. The two then noticed Invictus coming along, as the salesman said ‘Ah, a fellow customer.’

‘What pray tell do you see something that catches your interest?’ said the second.

‘Oh, I have something in mind,’ said Invictus, trying to contain his anger ‘In fact, something hairy even.’

The two were confused, until Invictus grabbed their wigs and ripped off their disguises, revealing them to be Flim and Flam.

‘I thought it was you two.’ said Invictus as he tossed their wigs away.

‘How’d you guess?’ said Flim as he crossed his arms with a flexed eyebrow.

‘Well for one thing,’ said Invictus as he pointed his finger ‘My voice doesn’t sound like a barbershop quartet and carnival fair attendant reject.’

Both the brothers gasped at that, with Twilight couldn’t help but snicker at that comment.

‘And second of all,’ said Invictus ‘You two are terrible businessmen. You sell products that are too expensive and useless when customers would want quality products at a fair price instead of being total rip-offs. Not to mention the way you’ve been doing illegal businesses that have been against the Consolidated Laws of Manehattan that have been in power since the eighteen nineties.’

‘Against the law or not,’ said Flam with a cheeky smile ‘Nobody is complaining.’

‘Yeah, because you lot have been banned from over twenty states because of your thievery ways.’ said Invictus, then pulled the two of them closer and said ‘Not to mention both my parents and grandparents haven’t forgiven, hated and have been after you lot ever since you tried to scam them twenty years ago.’

He shoved them away as Flim said ‘So, we’re just trying to make a living here.’

‘By living,’ said Twilight ‘You meant by constantly sabotaging the rest of the competition and scamming others out of their money and making other people miserable, especially the Apple family, who was the one who made Canterlot City into the city it is today?’

‘Our family was supposed to have founded that place,’ said Flam in a bitter tone ‘Until the stupid Apple family got in the way and helped Filthy Rich’s family built the city.’

From one of the stands, after Applejack had bought the apples from the stands. She tasted both of them and enjoyed the taste. Though not like her apples from home, she could tell that even in the big city, there are folks who take good care of her apples. As she looked around, she noticed Twilight and Invictus, with sour faces, talking to a couple of folks. She wondered who they were talking to. The moment she took a good look at two, she saw who they were talking to; Flim and Flam.

Her eyes widened at them, seeing the two scamming con artists trying to scam others and make a living again. However, when she saw them, she instantly remembered what Invictus had said what they did to both their farm and their family after they were near bankruptcy. She never cared what they thought, but now, thinking about what Invictus told them; Apple Bloom being sent away and never to be seen again, Applejack being forced to lie in order to help make a profit, Big Mac slaving away just to keep things up and Granny Smith…oh, Granny Smith, the only parent she has left, being in the hospital and the Flim/Flam Brothers threatened to kill her if she didn’t do what they said.

The more she thought about it, the more angrier she got, causing her to grip her hands, crushing her apples in the process. She tossed them away, fuming angry at the brothers and walked over to them, for now they unleashed the true Apple beast, gaining some of the Rainbooms’ attention as they saw her walking over to them.

‘Look,’ said Flim as he talked to Invictus ‘We’re here to make a business here, so if you don’t have anything to say here, just…’

‘Ahem.’ came a voice. When they looked, they saw Applejack, crossing her arms and looked at them angrily. Though the Flim/Flam brothers didn’t care why she was here, Twilight and Invictus had a troubled look on their faces.

‘Oh, it’s you.’ said Flim as he rolled his eyes.

‘If you’ve come to try and talk us to be out of business, then you’re barking up the wrong tree.’ said Flam.

‘Actually,’ said Applejack, as she suddenly had a devilish smirk on her face ‘I have something else in mind. Ah came here to buy something.’

‘Oh?’ said the Flim/Flam brothers with Invictus raising an eyebrow.

‘Ah sure do.’ said Applejack, trying her best to contain her anger ‘Ah’d like this table…’

She grabbed the table and instantly lifted it in the air, shocking the brothers as she shouted ‘And a Flim/Flam sandwich!!’

She instantly smashed the table onto them, crushing them as the table made a loud crack and crashing sound. It surprised some of the stand sellers whilst one of them quickly called the police, thinking that there might be trouble. Amadeus staggered a bit backwards.

‘Now you know why I’m sometimes scared of her.’ whispered Invictus to Twilight, which took her by surprise.

Applejack ended up grabbing both of them as she slammed their bodies a couple of times on the ground, making them wince in pain, then finally, she grabbed another table and smashed it hard onto them. The brothers groaned in pain after the table was smashed onto them. She instantly grabbed their throats and threatened them.

‘Now y’all listen here and y’all listen well.’ said Applejack, her anger boiling ‘Ah don’t know why y’all always have it out on mah family, and Ah don’t care. Just so y’all know, mah family worked and slaved away ever since Canterlot City had been founded. We worked our fingers to the bone and helped sold what we could. We make folks happy with the food we made and produce. But ever since y’all came to town, y’all have done nothing but try to harass and made our lives miserable. So y’all better listen and listen well. If you two so much ever, ever!! Come to our farm harassing us…’

She leered over to them and said ‘Ah will show you the exact reason why y’all should be afraid of us. So by the time y’all recover, Ah want y’all to leave Canterlot City, and never come back, understand?!!’

The two were terrified of her, unable to give out an answer, until a couple of police officers arrived.

‘Alright now, what’s going on here?’ said the Officer.

Applejack backed away after letting them go, whilst at the same time, the Flim/Flam brothers struggled to get up as both of them were in pain of her abuse.

‘Sorry,’ said Applejack, still keeping an eye on them ‘Just a friendly disagreement.’

‘Doesn’t look friendly to me.’ said the second police officer.

‘She has a bad history with the Flim and Flam brothers.’ said Invictus.

‘Wait, what did you say?’ said the third officer, as his and the others’ ears perked up at that.

Twilight then said ‘The Flim and Flam brothers.’

‘Flim and Flam brothers?!!’ shouted the police.

The entire market was stunned silent as all of them gasped, looking at the brothers. The said brothers were suddenly shocked as the crowd looked at them. Then one of them shouted ‘Let’s get em!!’

The entire market pounced on them, beating the tar out of the Flim/Flam brothers, taking Invictus, Twilight and Applejack, along the Rainbooms that had just joined them, watched as they were surprised to see just how much of a beating the Flim/Flam brothers were taking. After the vigorous beating they endured, the police eventually separated the crowd whilst they placed both Flim and Flam into handcuffs.

‘Hey now, what’s the big idea!!’ shouted Flim.

‘Yeah, we have rights!!’ shouted Flam.

‘Not today you two troublemakers don’t!’ said the Officer whilst the police and the people restrain them.

‘Hang on officer,’ asked Applejack when she, the rest of the Rainbooms, Twilight, Spike and Invictus came together ‘Y’all know them?’

‘We sure do, these two are the Flim/Flam Brothers,’ said the Officer ‘These two are wanted in twenty states for fraud, sabotage, false product sales, illegal scams, theft and running a pawn shop and fair game without a license.’

The girls were surprised by this, with Sunset shouting ‘I knew it!! I knew their fair game was rigged!!’

The officer was confused by her outburst, with Invictus whispering ‘She’s really competitive.’, making the officer nod and understood the situation.

The Officer looked at the two brothers sternly and said ‘We’ve been after you two for a long time now. So now the both of you will face justice for the crimes you committed.’

‘As well as tried to sabotage mah farm.’ said Applejack.

‘And you are?’ asked the Officer.

‘Applejack of Sweet Apple Acres.’

The officer perked up on that and said ‘You wouldn’t happen to be both Bright Macintosh and Buttercup’s kid now, would you?’

She was surprised by that and said ‘Uh, yes, how’d y’all know that?’

‘I went to Canterlot High with them.’ responded the Officer, taking them by surprise, but then he was stern and said ‘Did these two cause trouble there?’

‘They sure did.’ said Applejack ‘They’ve been trying to drive mah family farm out of business for years.’

Now the Officer was angry as he looked at the two brothers. ‘You two are going to spend the rest of your lives rotting in prison, for committing an article 254 section three, false advertising. Get them out of here!!’

‘NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!’ shouted both Flim and Flam as they were being taken away, whilst the crowd cheered that they were being arrested.

‘Thanks again for your help.’ said one of the stand sellers ‘You girls are heroes.’

The Rainbooms were a bit surprised by this, whilst some were a little embarrassed. At the same time, a photographer took their picture and walked away to get to the newspaper station.

‘We’ll deliver the reward money soon.’ said the Officer. Just as he was about to ask where they lived, Invictus whispered to them, with the Officer nodding, agreeing to send it there.

Soon after they were done at the marketplace, they were able to receive a lot of food and other stuff by everyone selling as a way of saying thanks for exposing the Flim and Flam brothers. They soon dropped it off at the apartment and continued with their tour at the city. Though some were still recovering from the shock, for not only were they responsible for Flim and Flam being sent to prison, but now they’re being hailed as heroes.

‘Well,’ said Applejack after she was the first to break the silence ‘That was unexpected.’

‘I know darling.’ said Rarity ‘I had no idea that those two con artists were wanted criminals.’

‘Well on the bright side,’ said Spike ‘At least you don’t have to worry about the two of them trying to come by your place ever again Applejack.’

‘Ah still can’t believe it.’ said Applejack, whilst she smiled, then turned to them and said ‘Ah can’t wait to tell mah family when Ah get back, they’ll be so excited, especially Granny.’

‘Still,’ said Invictus ‘You went a little far when you smashed them with their own table.’

Just as Applejack was about to say something, Invictus said ‘But you calling them a Flim/Flam sandwich was quite hilarious.’

She couldn’t help but chuckle at that. But then she sighed and said ‘Ah admit, Ah did take it too far. But…when y’all told me what they did to mah family if we got bankrupt. Me being forced to send Apple Bloom away, and they threatening to kill Granny. Ah lost it completely.’

Rarity hugged Applejack, then looked at her and said ‘Oh darling, we’re so sorry. I felt the same way when I found out what Suri had done. But after confronting her, I’ve begun to see a new light on the situation. But now that you’ve confronted your demons, I assume…’

‘Eeyup.’ said Applejack as she smiled a bit ‘For the first time…ah feel great.’

‘Now then,’ said Invictus ‘Where do we go next?’

‘What time does that Motocross show start?’ asked Rainbow.

‘It starts around six.’ said human Twilight as she looked at her time ‘It’s already two o clock, we can get something to eat before we go to the video game store.’

‘Actually we’re in luck.’ said Invictus ‘There happens to be a video game convention in town today. We can check something there once we get something to eat.’

‘Oh please yes,’ said Twilight ‘All this walking around and food is starting to make me hungry.’

Soon enough, right outside of the gaming convention, there was a diner nearby, which was literally next door. Invictus, Twilight, the Rainbooms and Spike all sat down and ate their respective meals. Invictus took a bite out of his hotdog, but noticed that it was missing something.

‘Needs ketchup.’ said Invictus. He then pressed the bottle over the hotdogs, only nothing happened. He then shook it and pressed it, but nothing he tried was working. ‘Come on, come on, come on, stupid ketchup bottle!!!’

They noticed him overreacting when they saw him struggling with it with flexed eyebrows. After many shakes, he began to pant, being exhausted from doing all of that. ‘What the heck is the matter with this dad gum thing anyway?’

He took a peek in the bottle, wondering what was wrong. However, the moment he tried a gentle squeeze, the entire bottle spat against his face like a raging river, making him gurgle and burble whilst falling over at the same time, surprising the girls in the process.

Slowly, he got up and his entire face was covered with ketchup whilst he grumbled. The girls couldn’t help but laugh out loud over his predicament, though he couldn’t help but laugh over his situation too.

Soon after they were done eating, they headed straight for the gaming convention. When they entered, all of them were amazed by what was going on. For inside, were every single gaming platform that all of them could think of, even every single video game that’s being currently released, even about to be released. Twilight was surprised by this, even all of the costumes that all of them are wearing, for they nearly resembled to each of their respective video game.

‘Wow,’ said Twilight as she looked around ‘I can’t believe that they made a convention for something for their own entertainment.’

‘Oh, trust me.’ said Invictus as he showed them around ‘You haven’t seen nothing yet.’

As they continued to walk, they heard a familiar voice.

‘Girls?’

They turned and saw that it was none other than Micro Chips.

‘Whoa, Micro Chips?’ asked human Twilight ‘What are you doing here?’

‘We’re all here for the gaming convention of course.’ said Micro Chips.

‘We?’ said the Rainbooms.

They suddenly saw many of their schoolmates from Canterlot High. But the same goes for everyone at Crystal Prep. They were shocked to see them there.

‘Wow,’ said Spike ‘Everyone from both schools are here? What are the odds?’

‘Not only that,’ said Micro Chips ‘We’re also here for the Motocross show.’

‘You are?’ said the girls.

‘Mhmm.’ said Micro with a nod ‘We asked Principle Celestia and Vice-Principle Luna to arrange a trip for us, but she couldn’t do it during summer, so we arranged a fundraiser to help arrange our trip here for the week. We’ve been at the gaming convention for a while now, so after tonight, we’ll head straight for the motocross show.’

‘Wow, sweet.’ said Rainbow ‘No doubt some of our friends are here too.’

However, Micro Chips noticed Invictus, then glared at him with crossed arms and said ‘Invictus.’

Invictus also noticed and did the same thing as he said ‘Micro Chips.’

The Rainbooms, Twilight and Spike realized the two know each other well.

‘Wait,’ said Twilight ‘You two know each other?’

‘You could say that.’ said Micro Chips ‘What are you doing here?’

‘Uh, I’m taking my friends on a tour of the city?’ said Invictus.

‘Um, why do you guys look like you hate each other?’ asked Fluttershy.

‘He’s just peeved because I made a better video game than he did.’ said Invictus.

‘Wait,’ said Rarity in her surprised tone ‘You made a video game?’

‘Yeah,’ said Invictus as he looked at them ‘Back then the video game company had a contest about who would create the best video game. So I ended up making a video game that anyone could play from a cellphone. It may be small, but I gotta start somewhere.’

‘Oooooohhh,’ said Pinkie Pie as she leaned closer ‘What kind of video game did you make?’

‘Poopy Penguin.’ said Invictus.

Everyone blinked at that, with Rarity saying ‘I’m sorry what?’

‘Wait,’ said Sunset as she had just clicked, even human Twilight and Rainbow Dash ‘You, made Poopy Penguin?’

‘Yeah.’ said Invictus.

Human Twilight groaned at that and said ‘Unbelievable.’

‘What in the hay is Poopy Penguin?’ asked Applejack.

‘What’s…?’ said Rainbow as she spoke to Applejack ‘What the heck, do you live under a rock? Poopy Penguin is a game that you play on your cellphone, where you’re a penguin, and you fly around in the air and you poop on people’s heads for points.’

‘But,’ said Fluttershy with a flexed eyebrow ‘Penguins don’t fly.’

‘They do in my universe.’ said Invictus.

‘How could you play such a repulsive game?’ asked Rarity in disgust.

‘Says the girl who used to play fartsplosion.’ said Invictus with a smirk, making her blush bright red over that.

‘Which I can’t believe you went behind my back and took credit for it.’ said Micro Chips.

‘Here we go.’ said Invictus as he rolled his eyes whilst crossing his arms.

‘Remember back whilst we were getting high back at the one parking lot,’ said Micro Chips, whilst the girls were surprised by that part, he continued as he said ‘Then a bird ended up pooping on my shoulder, then we talked about how we could make a video game out of it.’

‘Yeah, but in your version, it was just about some average dude who was trying to avoid getting pooped on,’ reminded Invictus ‘It was my idea to make the play the pooper, not the poopee. Plus when I brought it up to you a few weeks later, you said, quote, “That’s the dumbest idea, ever.”, end quote.’

‘Yeah, but in my defense I was sober when I said that.’ defended Micro Chips.

‘Wait…’ said Sunset as she was taken aback by what they said ‘Did you two…do drugs.’

The two of them looked at them as he said ‘We fell into some hard times. I was pretty bummed about my dad passing away, Micro Chips was bummed when his dad left him.’

They were taken aback by this whilst Micro Chips looked down, with Twilight saying ‘Your dad left you?’

‘Yeah,’ said Micro Chips as he looked away ‘My dad even told me in my face that a beaker was more useful than me.’

Now the girls were shocked by what he said, which caused Fluttershy to hug him out of instinct.

‘And after that,’ said Invictus ‘They reached out to me and because of the money I made, I made another, but with a more highly advance game that everyone could play. The video game company was so impressed, they wanted me to design more of them. Tirek’s Revenge was my first one.’

‘You made Tirek’s revenge?’ said Sunset in shock.

‘Why else did you think I sent you a free copy a while back.’ said Invictus, making her jaws drop at that ‘I also made other games that you girls love to play.’

They were surprised by that as Pinkie Pie asked ‘You knew what games we played?’

‘The video game company keeps track on all players who happen to be their best customers.’ said Invictus ‘Like that Call of Duty game Rainbow Dash bought a while back.’

‘Oh yeah,’ said Rainbow as she fist pumped in the air ‘I’m the badass gamer there is.’

‘Besides Slapper421.’ said Invictus with a smrik.

‘Hey!!’ shouted Rainbow as she blushed in embarrassment and was in denial of that part as she said ‘He cheated by blindsiding me with that flashbang grenade!!’

He couldn’t help but roll his eyes whilst nodding no. But he continued as he said ‘I helped making games that became popular that all of you began to play.’

He first looked at Fluttershy ‘Like Sweet Feather Sanctuary. You were first in line to buy the game and you ended up getting the highest scores and achievements from taking care of the animals and upgrading their homes.’

Fluttershy giggled and said ‘I learned how to try to take care of the animals like I did in the game. They were really helpful.’

He then motioned at Pinkie Pie ‘Or Party Palooza 4. Pinkie ended up creating over twenty six different flavors of cake and cupcakes that no one thought would be possible.’

‘Oooooohhh,’ said Pinkie Pie as she realized something ‘No wonder most of the cakes and cupcakes I bought looked so familiar.’

He then looked at Applejack and said ‘And Farming Simulator. You ended up creating the most successful apple farms in history.’

Applejack was surprised as she tilted her head backwards ‘Huh, no wonder a reporter came by and asked for mah advice whenever I go out to deliver the Apple Cider.’

He looked at Rarity next and said ‘I even helped with Fashionista Passionista. Rarity ended up creating over ten thousand different ideas that no original designer could ever make.’

Rarity was surprised as she gasped with a smile said ‘No wonder I ended up being inspired when I wanted to make my next line.’

He looked at Rainbow Dash next ‘And I also helped out at Wonderbolt Squadron and Soccer Tournament. And Rainbow was online with both of those games so much, she became a champion in both of them.’

‘Heck yeah!!’ exclaimed Rainbow as she fist pumped ‘I’m awesome in both real life and in video games!!’

‘Except that one time when y’all cheated when we last time played games.’ said Applejack, making Rainbow pout at that, but Invictus knew her better than that and she can be very competitive.

He then looked at human Twilight and said ‘I even helped with Who wants to be a Billionaire. If I remembered well with Twilight, she wanted something that was challenging, so I ended up putting up the toughest questions anyone can think of.’

‘And it really was challenging,’ said human Twilight as she adjusted her glasses ‘There were a ton of questions that caught me off guard, but they surely kept me on my toes throughout the entire match.’

He looked at Sunset and said ‘I even made a few games that could be a real challenge for you, but I also made some games you would enjoy’. He suddenly smirked and said ‘Especially that squirrel game.’

Sunset was surprised by this, whilst her left eye twitched a bit whilst she said ‘You mean…you were the one…who made that game?’

Invictus then said ‘That I did. And you losing your shit because you couldn’t figure out how to control the squirrel and get your butt whooped by the girl who loves animals more than anything. And the way you kept overreacting was quite hilarious.’

He couldn’t help but laugh at her facial expressions, making her growl with a red face. Invictus wiped the tear away from his eye, leaving the others confused by this.

‘You gotta check it out.’ said Invictus as he pulled out his phone, allowing them to watch.

They watched as Sunset introduced herself with Fluttershy beside her, which surprised them, considering that she never played on livestream before. Then again, they did see her overreact that time on that one sleepover. They saw how Sunset struggled to play, even after claiming that it would be easy. They saw how she struggled, stressed and nearly went full mental breakdown, whilst Fluttershy on the other hand simply giggled and played with ease. In the end, she won and beat Sunset.

In the end, everyone laughed at that, leaving Sunset really embarrassed.

‘Wow,’ said Twilight as she looked at Sunset ‘You treat everything like it’s a competition.’

‘And why she got banned from the last video game tournament because of her unnecessary use for lethal force.’ inclined Invictus, leaving the others surprised at that.

‘Oh, and speaking of games.’ said Invictus ‘I made two more games. One that’s released, and the other that the legal department is still working on it.’

‘Really?’ said Rainbow ‘Which one?’

Invictus pointed at a sign with a smirk, gaining their attention. They saw was a Mercenary on top with two others, with a title that said “Slayer”, which surprised the girls as Sunset said ‘You made Slayer?’

‘Yep.’ said Invictus ‘You wouldn’t believe how high the sales have been. Even Vice-Principle Luna kept asking me when the next copy was going to be released.’

They were flabbergasted by what Invictus said, with him saying ‘Oh yeah, Vice-Principle Luna happens to be a gamer too. Going by the name VPL1000.’

‘Wait,’ said Rainbow as she realized something ‘She’s the one who’s been kicking my ass in Battle Arena?!!’

‘That she is.’ said Invictus.

When all of a sudden, two gaming directors walked by. Until they suddenly stopped and turned around, spotting Invictus in the process.

‘Oh my gosh, Invictus.’

The girls and Invictus, with Micro Chips, turned around to see the two coming towards them.

‘Oh, no way.’ said Invictus as he walked over and greeted them ‘What are you two doing here?’

‘We’re here to reveal the next game release.’ said the female.

‘Whoa, it’s already ready?’ asked Invictus.

‘Turns out what you sent us over really helped. It went twice as better than we ever expected.’ said the male.

Invictus looked at the others and introduced them to the two newcomers.

‘Everyone, I’d like you to meet my two partners.’

He gestured to the male ‘This here’s Gigabyte, the director of 454 Corporation.’

‘Hey there.’

He introduced the female next ‘And this is Terabytes, head of Ion Fair company.’

‘Hello there.’

‘Whoa, wait.’ said human Twilight as she realized something ‘454 Corporation and Ion Fair Company, as in two of the biggest video game companies in the country?!!’

‘The very one.’ said Gigabyte.

‘How do you know Invictus?’ asked Applejack.

‘Oh,’ said Gigabyte ‘After he made his latest video game, we realized how popular he had gotten because of the games he made, so we reached out to him and asked him to help out.’

‘I was available during Summer vacation last year.’ said Invictus.

‘He was able to help us make two video games as a result.’ said Terabytes ‘He helped us make Battle Cry, Band Hero, Battlefront and Assassin.’

‘Four games in just three months,’ said Gigabyte ‘We had never been this popular with the video games before.’

To change the subject, Invictus asked ‘So, what brings all of you here?’

‘We’re here to deliver the trailer for the current game you helped us make.’ said Terabytes.

‘Whoa, Warrior Hunter?’ said Invictus ‘I thought the game was still in development.’

‘It is,’ said Gigabyte ‘But they thought about focusing on the cinematic first into one big trailer. So we’re ready to air it and show it to the public in order to get the gamers hyped for it.’

‘Oh, awesome!!’ said Rainbow Dash as she was excited.

‘Oh, right,’ said Invictus as he introduced his partners to them ‘Gigabyte, Terabyte, I’d like you to meet my friends from Canterlot High. This here is Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Sci-Twi.’

‘Oh, nice to meet all of you.’ said Gigabyte ‘I hope you’ve been enjoying your time at the convention.’

‘Oh, we sure are!!’ said Pinkie Pie with much enthusiasm ‘We’ve seen a ton of games that caught our attention!! Especially ones that we’ve been playing that caught our attention!!’

‘Well then by all means,’ said Terabyte as she handed Twilight and the Rainbooms some passes ‘Would you girls like to come and see the latest trailer for our game.’

‘Oh, sure thing.’ said human Twilight ‘I’m very much interested to see what kind of video games you guys make.’

‘And Invictus,’ said Gigabyte ‘Why don’t you come on stage. I think the folks would be thrilled to see the new game release, even the face of the one who made it.’

‘Okay, sure.’ said Invictus as he followed them, then turned to the girls and said ‘See you guys inside!!’

‘See you inside!!’ said Pinkie Pie loudly.

‘Come on,’ said Rainbow ‘What are we waiting for, let’s go.’

She and the others quickly made their way to the next room where everyone would sit together and watch the latest video game trailer. All of them went inside and were able to find, thanks to their passes, front row seats to watch the entire event. They soon saw tons of people walking in, also wanting to see the new game coming out.

‘Wow,’ said Twilight as she looked around ‘This place is pact. Do people really gather around for entertainment like this?’

‘They sure do.’ said Sunset ‘You’d be surprised the kind of money every single entertainment company makes.’

As the crowds had finally gathered, the announcer came up on stage and introduced them to both Gigabyte and Terabyte walked up on stage, allowing the crowd to cheer for them.

‘Hey everyone,’ said Terabyte ‘We’re so glad that all of you could make it here today.’

‘We’re so thrilled to show you our latest work that will be aired within half a year.’ said Gigabyte ‘We have taken this game to the next level with the next generation console.’

‘Warrior Hunter will be a next generation game that will take the gamers’ experience to a whole new level.’ said Terabyte.

‘But, to better help explain the game,’ said Gigabyte ‘We’d like to introduce you to the young man who helped us make all this possible. Please welcome, Invictus.’

Invictus soon walked up on stage as folks clapped hands for him, but the ones who cheered the loudest were the Rainbooms and Twilight, showing him their support.

‘Thank you all for coming all this way.’ said Invictus ‘When I first came up with this, I had a hard time deciding how I should display the game, until both Gigabyte and Terabyte reached out to me and asked for my permission to help make it. But I knew how well their tech works, so I convinced them to help me join together and make this game.’

He walked back and forth and explained the game to them.

‘Warrior Hunter,’ said Invictus ‘Happens to be the next generation game, where you’re a warrior, going around either a planet or other planets, where you would use whatever tool you have on your disposal, the tools you will need, even where you truly have to use your smarts when it comes to fighting bad guys as well as overcoming puzzled that help unlock certain secrets that would help them achieve a ton of things that will allow them to progress further in the game.’

‘Naturally, we wanted to make the game more challenging when we first started out, so we looked back at a few games that helped us in the long run like Battle Cry, Battlefront and Assassin. And thanks to the dedicated teams, we were able to combine parts of it so that it would be very familiar to most of the gamers, but also very different in the process.’

Now the audience was really interested.

‘And now, without further ado.’ said Invictus with a proud smile. ‘Let me present you…Warrior Hunter.’

The large screen began to play. First, showing on the screen was the appropriate age to play the game. Then showed the two companies that were responsible for making it. And finally, the music began to play, for the trailer had now begun.

The scene started out a large wall, whilst on the outside, was a deserted wasteland, as the narrator said ‘The planet Borax has an irradiated wasteland. From within it lies a walled up city. Outside of the walled up city is a desert. A cursed world.’

Then they showed the city as they got past the walls, which surprised everyone when they saw how amazing the graphics looked as it showed them a massive city, as well as the advance technology, as well as the different alien and human species.

‘Inside the walls,’ said the narrator ‘A cursed city. Stretching all the way close to what appeared to be the Western Seaboard. An unbroken, conquered landscape. 800 million people living in the ruin of a forgotten world, and the Mega Towers of the new one. Mega blocks. Mega Highways. Mega City One.’

They saw, in slow motion, how the innocent suffered in every part of the city, where warriors in dark armour, threatening citizens with their threats. Whilst some citizens formed angry mobs and threw tons of firebombs to disperse them.

‘Anger. Greed. Aggression.’ said the Narrator ‘Breaking away under its own weight of oppression and fear. The people continued to live in fear of the monsters and madmen roaming the streets. But some of them banded together, to fight against the oppressors.’

From atop the rooftop, there was a mysterious stranger, staring down at the violence goin on, with Rainbow figuring out that he was the hero of the story.

They saw from head to toe, how this person was wearing a special kind of armour, whilst wearing a swallow tail coat with a hood over his head and torso armour. He had silver metallic gloves, wrist guards and shoulder pads, whilst he had special kind of armour from his metallic boots, shin and knee guards.

‘But there are those who the people turn to, when they feel threatened.’

They saw how he had different weapons on his wrists, his knees, two dual laser pistols and a jetpack.

‘Mercenaries. Guilds. Executioners.’

The said warrior looked up and revealed a orange striped visor, looking at the horizon.

‘Warrior Hunters.’

And within a split second, the Warrior Hunger jumped from the side of the building as the glass he was attached to shattered, taking the audience by surprise. As the Warrior Hunter descended through the city landscape, the audience saw just how beautiful the environment was, even the graphics. They saw how the Warrior Hunter twirled whilst he was falling, and suddenly, began to dart like a rocket as he faced towards the ground, then he turned around and shot his grappling hook in the air.

Then, as a certain song began to play, they saw the Warrior Hunter, going through the streets whilst he was swinging around, running from building to building, flying far and wide whilst performing a ton or Parkour tricks as he made his way toward the other side. Then in the end, he stopped at the edge of a building, watching over the entire city. The helmet instantly, revealing a young man underneath, who then smiled as he watched the horizon. The screen faded to black, then revealed in bolt “WARRIOR HUNTER”. Everyone began to cheer, looking forward to another big game.

‘And there you have it!!’ said Invictus whilst the crowd still cheered ‘We created a whole new level of gameplay that everyone can enjoy, to truly test your mind and your skill to the next level. And to get you all interested even more…’

He pulls out a disc and says ‘Who wants to see the demo gameplay?’

Now all of them were excited, even Terabyte and Gigabyte were surprised.

‘You were able to make the Demo?’ whispered Gigabyte.

‘You bet,’ said Invictus as he whispered ‘I already sent both the Demo and Full Game and the others approved it. It’s already in development, so I figured the audience would have something to look forward to.’

He went over to the console and inserted it. Soon enough, the screen showed them the demo’s menu, which got everyone excited. Invictus said ‘And to make things interesting for any lucky gamer.’

He then pointed his finger at one particular person as he said ‘You.’, the person was none other than Sunset, which surprised her as he said ‘How would you like to test out the game’s Demo?’

Sunset’s eyes widened, then grinned, nodded yes and immediately walked up on stage. He handed Sunset the controller and said ‘Knock em dead.’

Sunset accepted it and began to play the demo. Through the demo, they saw how the gameplay started. They saw how the Warrior Hunter walked up to the contractor and gave him a contract to fulfill. The Warrior Hunter then went from building to building, which Sunset had a little trouble, but thanks to the controls that he placed on the edge of the screen, making it a little easier for her. She got further into it when she saw how well it was to control the character.

The next part was how the character had arrived, then, using the arsenal of weapons in Sunset’s disposal, she began to strategize and make use of them. Sure enough, she was able to overpower the bad guys as she moved swiftly and took them down, which surprised the audience when they saw how well the character moved. After they were beaten, the character moved over and used his gadgets to hack into the base. She began to use her smarts and was able to get past the puzzles with ease without any trouble getting in the way.

The character was soon inside, and soon began to dispose the next group of bad guys. The way the character moved was flawless and was greatly fluent than she ever could’ve imagined.

Soon enough, at the end of the Demo, it showed how the Warrior Hunter had the target cornered, with the target began to monologue over how he will not win, with the Warrior Hunter prepping his weapon for combat. Then as he began to charge, the target summoned two guards, who had Warrior Hunter Armour similar to the character, but darkened and more sinister. Tensions were high, both drew their weapons. And instantly, both began to charge with full force. And just like that, the screen went black and showed the WARRIOR HUNTER title, which caused everyone to cheer, as they all were looking forward to the game.

Sunset was greatly surprised by the game. She slowly began to smile and said ‘Best. Game. EVER!!!’

Soon enough, at the end, the convention was over, allowing them to leave, with everyone leaving with their own games.

‘I have to admit,’ said Twilight ‘The brand of entertainment in this world is quite fascinating. Button Mash would’ve loved a place like this.’

‘Button Mash?’ asked human Twilight.

‘Oh,’ said Invictus as he remembered both the colt and his human counterpart ‘Oh, Button Mash is a huge video game fan. He can play any single video game you give him and he can score the highest. Too bad he onetime got in trouble with his mom.’

‘Ooh, I remember him.’ said Pinkie Pie ‘He’s even President of the Video Game Club back at Canterlot High. It was also because of him we were able to beat Griffonstone High in their gaming tournament last year.’

‘That’s the one.’ said Invictus.

Sunset hugged Invictus and said ‘And that game you made was awesome. I can’t believe you also make video games.’

‘A guy’s gotta have a hobby. And it pays well.’ said Invictus ‘Gotta be the breadwinner for my family ever since dad died.’

‘Oh,’ said Fluttershy ‘Your dad would be so proud that you’re looking out for your family.’

‘Heh, thanks.’ said Invictus.

‘So where to next?’ said Applejack.

‘Well,’ said Invictus ‘The motocross stunt show is next on the list.’

‘Heck yeah, what are we waiting for!!’ said Rainbow.

Soon enough, all of them went to the stadium to watch the Motocross show, which Invictus knew everyone would enjoy.