A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 16: Just Who Are You Three?

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Location: Unknown*
*Time: Unknown*

The Roegadyn’s consciousness was muddled with blurred images and sounds that he just couldn’t make any sense of right now. At first all he could feel was, nothing. Over time the sensation of laying on his back rolled across his mind. This was soon paired with knowing that his eyes were shut. That was when the realization struck him, he was just sleeping and was on the edge of waking up.

But before his body could respond, Brex started to hear a set of voices that seemed to be off to the side. They didn’t seem to be any that he had heard before and decided to remain as he was and listen to what was going on. It was apparent that if they noticed him opening his eyes, then they might try to do something to him. Also, it was a way to find out what happened before, arriving where ever he is now.

Making sure he didn’t tip them off, Brex controlled his breathing and attempted to cut off his emotions as a precaution incase, they said anything that would otherwise cause him to react. He didn’t know where he was right now. Also, he had yet to hear anything from Rory either. He had expected to hear her voice the moment his consciousness came back.

A young woman’s voice started off by saying, “Shouldn’t he be up by now? It’s been a long time already. Are you sure he is, ok?” Brex then felt a presence standing right next to himself and he could have sworn that someone’s face could have been mere inches away from his own.

Then a male’s voice rang out in a cheerful tone, “Oh don’t worry about the kid. If I didn’t know any better Little Moon, I would have guessed that you had an interest in the lad. Ho, Ho…” Brex had to use all of his willpower to hold his face from showing his surprise at the males voice. Thinking, “What’s going on here. Was… was that the voice of, Master Roshi?”

A third voice followed. This one sounded to be of a slightly older woman. It spoke in a business tone, “Come now you two. Daddy, please stop it with those nonsensical jokes. Besides my sister is far too young to have her sights set on anyone.”

This got a reply from the one Brex identifies as Little Moon, “Hay! I’m sooo~ too old enough to start dating. Besides, I’m still young, just like you said. I bet I could go out and have a line of guys and girls waiting to date me! You’re just saying that because you can’t seem to find a boyfriend that can keep your attention away from those rules you love soooooooo much!”

He thought that he heard some thunderclouds overhead. That’s when the man Brex was going to call Daddy started to butt in, “Now, now, calm down the both of you. Little Moon, apologize to your sister this instant. As for you Little Light, you do the same to Little Moon.”

Brex thought, “Huh? Little Moon and Little Light? What’s going on here? At first these sounded like pony names… but now I’m not so sure. Also why does this Daddy person sound too much like Master Roshi from Dragon ball Z?”

After a minute of hearing the two girls grumbling to themselves, they finally said sorry to one another. Little Moon changed the subject by saying, “Seriously though, who would have thought that he had it in him. The look on Celestia’s face was priceless!”

This got Brex’s attention like a dog hearing their owner yelling out that they had bacon. He thought, “Wait, what’s this about Sunbutt? What happened, and when?!” Being deeply confused, the Roegadyn tried to recall anything from before waking up.

He remembered everything leading up to the point in time that he watched those two mare’s leaving… then it all turns into a blur. There were patches that he just couldn’t bring into focus and when he had felt the image coming clearer, it just snapped back into a fuzzy mess. Deciding to hold off on that until he found out more about his current situation, Brex focused all of his senses aside from sight to figure out as much as he could.

Daddy spoke up next, “The kid could wake up at any time. I already shifted my form to something that he could recognize. You both better do the same. Unless you both plan on his brain exploding at the speed of light, that is?”

This got an excited, “Yes” from Little Moon. As for the other, there was simply, “Quite right Daddy, I can’t believe that it slipped my mind.”

Feeling more confused, Brex finally registered just what was said and screamed inside his head, “Brain exploding sounds bad! Very Bad. Exploding BAD. Oh, please don’t forget! Do it, DO IT NOW! I LIKE MY MESSED-UP BRAIN AS IT IS!”

There was a pair of sounds that he could have sworn were from some cartoon characters that would do that wild spin trick where they changed their clothing within a self-created tornado. Then there were the girls giving out hums. Brex thought that they might be examining themselves.

Daddy spoke up again, but with a mischievous tone, “Oh my, if I didn’t already know you were my daughters, I’d be hitting on yeah so fast that it makes Gaetano Casanova, look at himself in shame.” Within Brex’s mind, he thought, “I wonder if he and Rory would get along, they seem to have the same personality. I bet they would make the perfect wing team to help one another… NAW! An old man like Master Roshi getting aid from a Lolita girl would hurt the man’s pride.

The younger one’s voice called out, Euww! Gross! Cut it out Daddy! It’s been so long I nearly didn’t get it down on the first go.” Brex almost didn’t recognize it to be Little Moon. She sounded a lot like a character he knew from a video game called Diva from Overwatch.”

The next to speak nearly made Brex open his eyes from shock. The voice was no doubt from the one called Little Light. It sounded so much like a character from the anime RWBY. Ah, finished with the preparations. I must say, I do appreciate the way this individual use’s function and elegance in her appearance. Oh, and it comes with a fashion accessory.” He knew just what accessory she was talking about too. She was none other than Glynda Goodwitch.

Little light continued after a few moments and says, “With that all, out of the way, I do believe it’s time for our guest to awaken.” There was a set of footsteps approaching. They stopped right beside Brex, however from the way they echoed with each step, he had figured out that he was not on the ground, but on a table of some sort.

The woman spoke into his ear in a gentle tone, “Wakey wakey. We have a few things to talk about.” This got him to decide that now would be a good time as any to show that he was up. Opening his eyes, he was met with the anime character Glynda Goodwitch. Her face was only a few inches away and he saw her jump back into an upright, standing pose from how quickly he did as she asked.

( This is Glynda Goodwitch from R.W.B.Y. )

Inwardly chuckling, Brex thought, “I didn’t think she would look so cute being surprised.” That was when she started to blush and have a small pout on her face before she said, “I’m not cute!” Raising his left eyebrow, he said aloud in a slightly irritated tone, “I see no one told you that reading others minds is considered rude.” This only got the girl to use her hands to quickly flatten the wrinkles on her clothing from the moment before while giving Brex an annoyed look from the side.

There was then the one called Little Moon poking her head around the first woman. She waved her right hand enthusiastically and ran around her sister to stand right beside Brex. Leaning in, she said the next set of words without taking a single breath.

( This is Diva from overwatch. )

“That fight was amazing, I never seen anything like that from a mortal. I mean with the way you went, NOOOO. Then you did that thing where you ran to that spot and the lights and the screams! Then there was the pang and boom and the…MUMHPFF!” that was when Little Light placed a hand over Little Moons mouth while showing Brex a small smile and mouthing the words, “sorry for that.”

While still laying down on his back. Brex looked around without bothering to move his head and asked. Why am I here?” the place was nothing but four walls and a ceiling above their heads. It was well lit but he couldn’t tell just where the light source was coming from. He began to think this might be the dream scape from how strange it seemed. However, he was interrupted by the third person in the party.

( This is Master Roshi from Dragon ball. )

With the same cheery tone from before, the being did, in fact have the appearance of the character Master Roshi. It was the one where he had the big black sunglasses that had the red frame. There was the button up orange shirt that was covered in letters and purple triangles. Below was a short pair of white pants. On his back was the iconic purple turtle shell, while in his right hand was the wooden staff.

“HO, HO! I was about to try some drastic measures to get yeah to wake up kid! too bad you didn’t pretend to be asleep. Another second and my hand might have slipped and Little Light would have given you a good morning kiss! HO, HO!” This earned the man a good uppercut to the head by the one in question. He landed a fair distance away thanks to the sound of hitting the ground. Brex couldn’t see just now where the old man Roshi look alike landed, but thought it might have been a good 7 meters with the thud.

Letting out a small sigh, he tries to will the scene to change but nothing happened. This proved that this was no dream. The next action was to simply ask in a monotoned voice while looking straight up into the sky, “I take it I must have died, right?”

Little Moon yelled out, “Wow! Already he gets 100 points for getting it on the first try!” this only gets the Roegadyn to half close his eyes in a gesture that oozed just how he is over this whole scene. He then asks in a dead tone, “So what’s next, do I just up and disappear after I’m told of all my sin’s or do, I just get reborn or some other unknown deal going on? If so, then let’s get it over with. I’m finally away from that world of ponies…. *Sigh* not like I belong there to begin with.”

This earned him the stupefied gazes of all three of the others in the room. Daddy scratched his bald head while asking in a confused tone, “Um, are you alright kid? you seemed a lot happier before the incident. You sound as if, you’re giving up.”

This only got Brex to close his eyes once again before replying in the same dead tone, “Yeah… what’s the point… I got killed. I don’t know what did it. But I’m dead and there is nothing I can do. I did hope that I would appear at the tree of harmony if this happened, but instead here I am. *Sigh* It’s probably for the best. Like I said before. Being the only one of my kind in a place that would sooner attack and label me as a monster, than get to know me isn’t a place I want to be. All I did was make things worse anyway. So yeah, get it over with. I don’t know why but being dead doesn’t seem to worry me as much as before for some strange reason.”

This only got sets of concerned looks directed at the Roegadyn laying on the table. Little Light asked in an uncertain voice while lifting her right eyebrow, “Are you sure you don’t want to… maybe go back, at all. Didn’t you have some grand plan to help that world and keep in check the one called Celest…”

She couldn’t even bring herself to finish saying that name before she clasped her hands over her mouth at the sight of Brex giving her a death glare. Letting out a gulp she then coughed into her right fist and continued, while having a drop of sweat on her forehead, “Perhaps you would like to know about how you arrived here?” This only got a grunt of annoyance from him before he answered, “Why not. Go ahead… knowing my luck, it was probably her that got me in the end.”

There was a stretch of silence in the room that lasted a few seconds until he called out in a frustrated tone, “Gah! I knew it! Fine tell me! I bet she showed up and did some over the top speech and attacked me. Did she at least try to use the stones, or did it all go right to the killing me bit?”

This only got him a strained smile from her before the one called Little Moon butted in by saying in a loud voice, “Oh no, the two of you never even got close at all. She actually sniped you from wayyyyyy far away. Kinda like Widow-maker! Then there was a huge explosion. Then you MUMPHFF” Little Moon looked over at Little Light with an annoyed expression after getting her mouth covered yet again.

Brex asked, “Why do you keep stopping her from telling me what happened?” This earned the one called Daddy to step in. clearing his throat. he said, “Its like this kid. You went and handed that girl her butt on a silver tray after you snapped. I won’t go into detail but, you broke one of your soul stones by doing so. Sufficed to say, you can’t be a ninja any time soon. But look on the bright side, it’s not gone for good. Just during the time, it takes to recover is all.”

This got him to ask in a disbelieving tone, “So, you’re saying that I’m dead. But at the same time, I actually beat Sunbutt? How does that even work? I don’t even remember it happening.” Holding his head, Brex tries hard to come up with anything to show how the supposed fight happened, however he got nothing. It soon dawned on him that there was something missing. No, it was someone missing. In a panic he called out, “Rory, are you there? Rory! Please tell me you’re just sleeping right now!”

This got Little Light to say, “Sorry to say, but she isn’t here. You see, she was a part of your mind and body. Without one of the two, she isn’t able to function. So as of the moment you died, this Rory you speak of, is currently in a state of suspended activity until you go back to that world.” This caused Brex, who was about to freak out to calm down somewhat after hearing the explanation.

That was when the three looked to each other with puzzled expressions for a moment before Little Moon asked the other two, “I think something is really wrong with him. Are we sure that we got everything back where it’s meant to be?”

This got Daddy to look towards Little Light before asking, “Yeah, it does seem as if the kid isn’t feeling like himself. From what we looked at, he may have been a pessimist, but he wasn’t this bad. Think you could do another check to see if there was something we missed dear?”

This pulled a sigh from Little Light as she takes out a tablet from out of nowhere behind her back and brings it up to her face to get a good look at it. Using the free hand, she also puts on a pair of glasses and proceeds to tap on the device for a moment while giving it a scrutinizing glare.

After doing that for a small amount of time, she gives the other two a disgruntled expression and says, “I’m sure I didn’t miss a thing. The search was very thorough. It would be nearly impossible to…. Miss…. Any….” Little Lights voice trails off near the end. Giving an apologetic smile, Little Light continues in a near whisper while bringing the tablet up more as to hide her face. “Um, I maaaay, have missed one, tinsy winsy little thing…” Her eyes were now looking in any direction that was away from the other two.

Little Moon called out in mock horror, “My big sis went and made a boo-boo? This can’t be!” that only got the other sister to change her expression from embarrassment to that of slight annoyance before giving a fake laugh.

That was when Daddy steps closer and lets out a small cough to gain their attention before asking, “So, mind telling me just what it was that we missed my dear?” Bringing his staff up to tap on the tablet and forcing his daughter to lower it enough so that the group of three might see what it says.

Little Light coughs into her right hand and replies, “It seems that the missing part, happens to be the one that contains his confidence. Um, that would explain Brex’s current state.” The group then looks back over to the young Roegadyn and notices that he has yet to move even a muscle. Letting out a small sigh, daddy motions for little light to go and fix her mistake.

The woman then approaches Brex while still clutching the tablet to her chest. Giving him an apologetic stare, she says, “Uhm… so it would appear that we did in fact forget to add this last bit to your soul. Normally it would be implanted into you, but under these circumstances we’re going to need you to… swallow it.”

That was when she tapped on the tablet a few more times in a glowing blue cube appeared that seemed to be made up of light and crystals, no bigger than one’s pinky finger. The cube is then brought closer to Brex’s face and little light motions for him to open his mouth.

While looking at the object and the woman’s hands his eyebrows raise in confusion as he asks, “So you’re telling me I have to swallow this thing so I can feel normal again?” this gets a small nod from the woman. Looking from her and to the crystal in her hands, Brex gives it a few moments to consider some other alternative but then reluctantly shrugs and sits up.

Without showing any enthusiasm for swallowing what he considered to be a piece of himself, Brex opens his mouth wide and says, “Ahhhh.” This surprised the woman as she thought that he would simply take it from her hands, he can see her looking back to the other two then back at him. A resigned sigh escaped her lips as she brings the crystal to his mouth and carefully places it on his tongue before retracting her hand. Brex could hear the woman mummering under her breath, “This is just humiliating…”

While still giving the woman hey conscious look brecks finally swallows the crystal. A few moments pass without any changes he then looks back at the group and says, “I don’t feel any different Are you sure you did this right?” While still giving them an uninterested tone of voice.

Brex was about to say something else but caught himself when he felt his stomach rumbling this was then followed by a burning sensation his eyes went wide do a comical size before he let out a large belch of flames from his mouth. This was then followed by several more bouts of smoke in small embers flying into the air. All the while, Brex had a terrified expression as to what’s going on.

When it was finally over, Brex was holding his arms over his stomach and his tired body was trembling from the sudden exertion of heat that had been escaping from his body. Now he felt completely cold inside, like somebody had shoved an ice cube or two down his throat and continued to do so until he turned into a walking ice pack.

Now giving the group standing in front of him the death glare while still having his teeth chattering from the cold, spoke out in in angry tone, “You… better have a very good reason as to why that happened. Otherwise… I will find a way to do it to you…”

This got a round of nervous chuckles from the three as they took an involuntary step or two back. He could clearly see beads of sweat trickling down there faces while they resisted the urge to cover their own mouths.

That was when the one who gave him the crystal spoke out in a subdued tone, “I believe that happened because of the large number of negative emotions that had accumulated due to the lack of confidence that was missing from your body. All the smoke and flames that you were shooting out of your mouth I believe that was all of it getting burned up and expelled honestly, I’m quite surprised there was so much of it in there considering that you’re only a mortal. From what I saw, if you were a normal person that would have caused you to commit suicide within moments waking up.” that was when he caught her looking down at her tablet in confusion.

Brex could feel his body warmth increasing as she spoke. If he was being honest with himself, he had a strong urge to end his own life before they gave him that crystal back. Looking back at that moment, he thought to himself, “I think she’s right; I can’t believe I said those things before why did I want to end things right then and there why didn’t I want to go back also there’s Rory she must be waiting for me was I actually going to abandon her and just die?” That last thought made him feel shamed even more than the thought of killing himself or giving up.

Giving himself a few moments to breathe in and out to calm himself down. Brex closes his eyes and tries to remember how he ended up like this. The words from little moon kept ringing through his head about how he beat her. He beat Celestia. But how, also why did they get into a fight in the first place. Why couldn’t he remember. Still, he couldn’t figure out why any of this had happened. The memories from the point that he had said goodbye to the two mare’s we’re the very last complete image in his head, everything beyond that and to waking up in this place just kept slipping from his grasp.

His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a small coughing from next to him. It was the one called little moon who was currently taking on the form of Diva, from Overwatch. Opening his eyes and turning towards the girl. Speaking in an apologetic tone, “I’m sorry for snapping at you the way I did. I don’t think I can apologize enough; I know you were only trying to help. Again, I’m sorry.”

This earned him a big smile from the girl as she winks towards him and then she says, “Don’t worry about it, after all it’s not every day you see someone crumble away into a billion pieces and float off into the wind!” Brex heard a pair of slapping sounds from behind the girl. This caused him to lean to the side. He caught a glimpse of the other two removing their hands from their own faces.

Seeming to struggle at coming up with a few words, Brex couldn’t help but to simply nod absentmindedly towards the girl before saying, “Does anyone care to explain exactly what is going on here? From what I can tell I died, but at the same time I beat Celestia in some kind of fight. But I can’t remember any of it, so could you fill in the blanks for me?”

That was when daddy stepped up. walking closer while using his cane to help him along. When he had gotten close enough to Brex that man looked up at him it started to speak while taking his free hand and placing it behind his back in one of those simple styles that one would see in old man attempting to relieve some stress on his back while speaking.

“It’s like this my boy, after you saw those two girls you went back into the castle and that’s when the fight occurred. Unfortunately, we can’t tell you exactly what happened.” The old man held up his hand in an attempt stop Brex from saying anything before he continued, “It’s not that we don’t want to tell you it’s more like we don’t think we should.”

Slowly taking his staff and touching it to Brex’s his forehead lightly, he brings it back down and continues with, “We believe that your mind is intentionally blocking those memories from you. We did see the incident happening and we came to the conclusion that the reason that your memories are blocked are due to how stressful it was. This would also have to do with what you did during that fight. Now before you start asking questions about what you did, consider this. Whatever you did, did lead to you winning however it also led to you dying, so just consider how enormous that impact would have to your psyche.”

That was when he noticed the other two shaking their heads at the moment daddy said something about him dying, but then quickly nodded at the part when he mentioned how enormous of a strain, the memories would cause to him if he remembered right now.

Letting out a tired sigh brecks looks towards the old man in front of him and asks, “OK I get it. But could you at least tell me something about it anything will do.” This got him a strange smile from the old man before he noticed the guy looking back towards the one called Little Light.

Little light then stepped forward few feet and started to speak in a clear tone while fixing her glasses, “We do know that your body is based off of a video game character known as a Roegadyn. Then there is the fact that you have abilities and memories from said Cain that have been translated to the real world. I can surmise that you have already determined that these abilities do not work exactly as they did in your original game. Now here is my question, what are the rules for changing your jobs in and out of a fight?”

This caused him to tilt his head as he answered in a reluctant and yet confused tone, “Well, you can change your job at any time you want, however the rules state that you cannot change it when you’re in the middle of a fight. Why do you ask?”

This got a small nod from little light before she continued while beginning to pace back and forth like some sort of teacher giving a lecture. “Good, good, you understand so far. Now this also brings me to the point about how your, ninja soul stone you call it is currently unavailable.”

Brex’s eyes shot wide open as he quickly took in the last part of what she just said and exclaimed in a loud voice, “WHAAAAT!?” This surprised Little Light as she jumped back and held her tablet to her chest while gawking at Brex’s outburst. She had a look of realization as she calmed herself down before saying, “Oh, I guess I should have brought that part up first, sorry about that. Well anyway this has to do with your switching jobs in a fight rule. It would seem that at some point you forced your way past that written rule and switched over to your paladin class during the fight. But as a result of doing so you heavily damaged the stone that contained your abilities as a ninja.”

With disbelief written across his face breck slumps over in places both hands on his knees while still sitting on table. Slowly he raises his head and asks, “Tell it to me straight, is it gone for good? Am I never gonna become a ninja again?” the woman only shakes her head lightly before giving him a small smile.

That was when daddy spoke up and said, “Oh don’t worry about that kid I’ve already started fixing it. You see putting something physical back together isn’t really all that hard for me however there is the thing about the soul though that’s always the tricky part.” He then holds up in his hand, sitting in the middle of his palm was small stone that breaks realized right away to be the ninja soul stone from the video game that he had been equipping this whole time.

( This is the Ninja Soul Stone. )

The stone is then handed back to Brex. He turned it over on his palm a couple times before asking, “It looks fine to me, what’s wrong with it?” That’s when daddy replies with, “That’s just it really. The form is fine, however what’s contained within is still broken. But lucky for you there’s enough there for it to regenerate, it’s just gonna take some time before it’s complete. Until then, you’re just going to have to wait.”

Brex asks, “How long is this going to take to repair then? A week, two weeks, a month?” This only gets a head shake from the old man as he replies with, “I’m not really all that sure it could be anywhere from…” There was then a long pause as he watched the old man holding his beard. The seconds turned into nearly a minute before he replied further with, “I would say anything from six months, to maybe…. five years.”

With his eye now twitching uncontrollably. Brex slowly begins to talk while showing just how badly he is trying to contain his frustration at the idea that something would take that long. “So, you’re saying I might not be able to use the ninja class for five years. Am I hearing you right?” This only gets a nod from the old man before he adds, “Yep, five years. Of course, it might take longer, I’m not so good at these sorts of repair work.” Taking in a sharp breath. Brex holds it in while clutching his fists hard enough to cause them to give off a few pop sounds before relaxing and letting a deep breath out.

Seeing this daddy lets out a few chuckles and adds, “Well look on the bright side, now you can freely switch between classes even in the middle of a fight!” This catches his attention and while looking at the old man with an astonished look on his face. Brex asks, “What? What are you talking about didn’t you just say doing that was what caused this to happen to me in the first place?”

This only got a round of laughter from the old man as he said, “Well, yes that did cause the whole fiasco to happen. But in doing so it did open another path for you to use. It would seem now you’re capable of not only switching between classes but it also looks as if you can now fuse some skills together.”

Brex could only give the man a confused look. Seeing this, the old man begins to talk in a very cheery tone, “Well why don’t you just take a gander at your skill list and see for yourself?” Taking his advice, the Roegadyn mentally commands his skill list to appear before him. In less than a second a window appears displaying three sets of skills that a class would normally have. At the moment it showed him to be equipped with the paladin soul stone but what really caught his attention was a fourth list appearing at the very bottom.

Narrowing his eyes, he mentally commands the list to expand. Instead of seeing only the Actions, Jobs or Traits. He saw something in bold letters that said the words, Custom class ability list. There was currently one skill listed for the paladin called, Holy Shield Crash.

Custom class ability list: Holy Shield Crash, Deals Light damage with the potency of 1,500 plus any Damage taken by the User of this skill has accumulated within the last one minute. User launches themselves skyward above their target and with the use of both fused skills, Passage of Arms and Shield Base. The target is then hit from above and is slammed into the ground with the Users full body weight with the aid of both light magic and non-elemental base damage.

Lifting an eyebrow, Brex turns his attention to the one called daddy and asks, “This isn’t something that was in Final Fantasy 14. Never even considered that the makers would add a function where existing skills would make up a new one in this way.”

The old man simply shook his head and replied with, “Son, your still thinking of it all as a game. Yes, you can think of a skill and you would end up doing it. But in the end, it’s all on you. Did the idea ever cross your mind of how the things you had been doing up until now didn’t follow your game to the letter? That would have been a big hint right there.”

Brex cross’s his arms and adopted a thinking pose while mulling over what the man had just said. Thinking on how he used his attacks this whole time. There wasn’t a lot of periods where he activated his skills when striking. A lot of the times he used regular one’s where they wouldn’t have normally done a lot of damage, but somehow, they did. Not as much as the skills but they did much more than he had expected. Then there were the items like the water crystals. They couldn’t have been used in the way he had like back when that bucket was filled. They were just a part of the creation list of items needed.

Pinching the bridge of his own nose, Brex lets out a tired sigh before saying, “Yes I did do things that would have been thought of as outside of the game mechanics. But I never considered that. With how everything seemed to work slightly different, I just thought that it was a result of me being in Equestria. So, I’m not as restricted in how I can use my skills. That’s good to know.” Giving the one called Daddy an inquisitive gaze, he asks, “I assume that I can create my own in the future, right?”

That was when Little Moon butted in and started to say, “It isn’t all that easy! Yup you can make new ones. However, you’re going to need to find the right combination. If you just started to play with all of them, I can guaranty that there will be a few outcomes you won’t like. Your new skill might work, but then if it doesn’t… then the outcome may not show anything at all. Then there is the worst case where it could cause some real bad problems that may lead to either yours or someone else’s death.”

She leaned in closer to the point that she was lightly pressing her nose into his before speaking in a lower volume, “Seeing as that new skill is on your list, means that it worked. But it also did yeah in. I can only assume that your body wasn’t ready in the first place to handle it, or with the forced switch between your Ninja and Paladin added to the mix is what caused your game over.”

Brex carefully gives the girl a light push to give him a few inches of breathing room. Taking a moment to absorb what they had been saying, Brex could understand just what they were attempting to drill into his skull. Just experimenting wouldn’t be a very good idea. More so if there were any others around. He would have to come up with a safe location for these kinds of tests in the future.

Giving them a good nod. Brex then asks, “So, from what I gathered. Your names are, Daddy, Little Light and Little Moon. The next bit would be the fact that I died after fighting Princess Celestia, but I have no recollection of ever doing so. However, I did manage to beat her with this unknown skill that I managed to create while breaking the no switching class’s rule while in a fight. But what I don’t get is… even if I did go and equip my Paladin class, how could it have even made any difference seeing as it was also only level 35 just like my Ninja?”

This time it was Little Light that stepped up and gave a small cough before saying, “Now you do have a point there. Even if you had done the exchange, the outcome wouldn’t have changed at all under the circumstances. But there seems to have been one more factor that contributed to the sudden upset of the fight at the very last pivotal instant.”

That was when she handed the tablet that was used by her not long ago. Taking it, Brex turns it over to get a good look at what was displayed. Soon his eyes go wide with disbelief. But it soon turned into an excited grin before Little Light continued while adjusting her glass’s, “As you can see clearly right there. All of your Class’s have now been unlocked. Furthermore, all of the items you possessed from the time playing in the world you call Final Fantasy 14 have also been added to your inventory box and armory. This means that you are fully capable of utilizing all resources you previously had access too.”

When she had gotten close to the end of what she was saying, Little Light had closed her eyes and this led to her being surprised by getting a big hug from Brex the instant she finished speaking. Eyes going wide as saucers, the girl lets out an adorable, Eep! As she was lifted off the ground and twirled in circles a good four times before coming to a stop. All the while, Brex was talking over a hundred miles an hour, “OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU! THANK YOU!”

Finally coming to a stop, Little Light was now looking rather flustered with her glass’s slightly tilted awkwardly. She then gave him a small cough to indicate that she would like to be back on the ground again. Looking sheepish Brex did as she wanted and gently place the woman back down onto her feet.

Still looking a bit messed up with the sudden display, she then began to smooth out the outfit and straighten out her glass’s while attempting to regain that professional demeanor. When Little Light had finished, she said, “Um… your quite welcome. But all I did was to inform you of the current status your body is in right now. B-but I do appreciate the thought.” Her eyes seeming to be looking off to the side so she wouldn’t be giving him direct eye contact.

He started to wonder just what was up with her reaction but before he could think any further on it, another thought came to mind. That was when he said, “I’m happy that you helped me out with the whole… er, think I don’t remember and putting me back together situation and all. But mind telling me just where we are? All I see in here is a plain room and a table. There aren’t even any doors I can see.”

That was when Daddy knocked himself up side his head and called out in surprise, “OH! I knew we forgot something! Well, seeing as your all good now, I think we won’t be needing this stuffy little room anymore.” Using his staff, the Roshi look alike taps the floor a few times. The walls and top of the room pull from one another and slowly vanish from view. What laid before Brex was now an ocean of gold that seems to be going on for eternity, he noticed that nearby was a very large oval shaped table and a set of office chairs next to it. It had taken him no time at all to realize that the table he was on before had shifted into this massive one when the room changed.

Before He could ask anything, Brex felt his left hand being pulled by Little Moon. She rushed him to the table and pulled out one of the chairs and sat down before indicating that he should use the other. Feeling that there wasn’t any problem he sat down and took a good look around at the environment with wonder plastered onto his face.

Brex couldn’t help but to feel calm in such a serene and open area. Back in the Everfree Forest he didn’t feel safe unless there was cover nearby. As for this, he couldn’t really explain why felt that this unknown location that should have sent his paranoia into overdrive, was actually doing the complete opposite. Now fully relaxed, Brex looked back to see the other two following along but at a slower pace.

Daddy walked to the other side of the large table and waved his staff over it and in a nice neat row was a set of boxes that had various sized and dimensions of shapes. Giving them a confused look as to what is happening, Brex asks, “So what’s up with those? Is it some one’s birthday or something?”

The old man only chuckled while fixing his large sunglass’s and replied, “OH OH, nothing like that kid! I’m merely returning what belong to you, that’s all. You see its like this. You already guessed that you’re a displaced. We can also see that your unsure as to what items you acquired from the merchant.” Waving his free hands towards the items on the table, he continues with, “These by boy, belong to you.”

Giving Roshi a raised eyebrow, He says in an unsure tone, “But wait, if those belong to me, then why do you have them in the first place?” This caused the old man to scratch the backside of his bald head before replying, “I’ll come clean with yeah kiddo. I talked to the merchant and requested that the next one that they sent out into the multiverse with items that had anything to do with Final Fantasy 14, would be sent to my world. Well, one of my worlds.”

When Roshi finished, he brought his staff out and crossed his arms in anticipation of an attack and went silent. The seconds ticked by but nothing happened. Thinking that it was still to come, the old man tensed up even more. This lasted a good 12 seconds before he heard Brex say, “I see. Figured as much from all the stories I used to read. So, go on. I can tell that there is still more to tell. Don’t let me hold yeah up.” This made the old man take a double take as he made an, “EH!?” sounds.

He went to asking, “So, you’re not mad at me?” Brex shook his head and answered in a normal understanding tone, “Why would I be mad at you for asking for the next to show up on your door step. At least you didn’t go and pick me personally. If I have anything to complain about, its towards the one that sent me, right? Now as I said before, continue please.”

Letting out a sigh that seemed to drain all the tension from the old man’s body, Roshi continued with his explanation. “There was an incident that caused you to come to that world in a severely hurt condition. As a result, the items that were meant to come along and as well as the skills you should have already have had access too had to be limited until the damage had been resolved. Do you understand so far?” This got a solid nod of confirmation from the Roegadyn.

Roshi then went on with, “You probably noticed that physically your body is fine. But as for your soul, well… that was another matter.” That was when Brex chimed in with, “That would have to do with my memory loss, right?” This caused Roshi to snap his fingers and exclaimed, “That’s correct kiddo. Think of your body as the cardboard box, that’s what you and others see from the outside. Now within that box is a glass jar. This holds your soul. That jar suffered some cracks, so what do you think would have happened if you came to in Equestria with new items and overwhelming power while in that condition?”

Without missing a beat Brex answered while pointing at the old man, “The jar would overfill and shatter into… a million… Peace’s…” He quickly looked over to the girl sitting next to him and the words that she had said before came to the forefront of his mind. Little Moon give him a nod after noticing the Roegadyn’s conclusion.

Apparently wanting to be in the discussion too, Little Moon continued with the explanation from her father and said, “We wanted to give these to you when your *Cough* Jar was restored to normal. However, there was that incident regarding that one Spider and from that time until the moment you died, we couldn’t regain any type of connection to you. But with you dying and all, we got a good opportunity to bring you up here to give the items back before you popped up at the Tree of Harmony.”

Crossing his arms, Brex looked to the table. Letting out a long breath, he says, “I guess I should be thanking you all for at least looking out for me this much. But what I don’t understand is why go through all this trouble for a guy like me? There aren’t that many displaced that would get this much help from strangers like this unless they had something they wanted in return. So, let’s hear it. Just what is it you want me to do when I go back for these things? Do I have to give up my freedom in some way, or maybe you need me to kill someone?”

This caused all three of the other beings in the room to look towards him in shock as they shook their heads franticly while waving their hands in front of themselves hastily. This got Little Light to take the conversation into her control by saying, “NO NO, nothing of the sort. Its like this. Daddy cares for this world. Its just that we have rules we have to follow.” That was when she shot a death glare towards the other two while they averted their eyes while whistling.

Using a hand to cover her eyes, Little Light gave out an annoyed huff before adding, “Its just, this world is in trouble. You did notice that there are things out there that look almost identical to the monsters in your game, right?” Brex started to think about the other spiders and that one large bug under the Castle of the Two Sisters before giving her a nod.

Little Light then said, “He wanted someone that could help it out, that’s about it. We can’t directly interfere unless conditions are met. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case now. So, he found a loophole and got an outside source to help with that. This is where the merchant comes into play.”

Bringing her hand back down, the woman looks into Brex’s eyes and gives him an honest smile before asking, “Do you think you could be a proxy for us and help out one of our worlds? You can do anything you want while there. I mean anything. As long as it doesn’t end up being destroyed. Because if things aren’t done about the monsters anytime soon, that planet may be destroyed and be won’t be able to do anything to stop it. Now don’t get the wrong idea that this in exchange for the merchant’s items that belong to you. We do plan on giving them back no matter what your choice is. All that we ask is that you consider it.”

Brex could feel his insides being bulled in all sorts of directions. Within seconds he thought of how he got here. The time living alone in the Forest. All the fights and how it resulted in saving Shadow Lily and Swirl Sugar. He didn’t forget that he had also died in some skirmish with Celestia to end up in this place now and talking to what he suspected to be a god and two goddesses. There was no real need to do what they wanted; she did say that he was free to do what he wanted when he got back. But the image of those two mare’s leaving the Castle with looks of concern over his staying flashed into existence. That broke down the wall that was built in his mind that screamed that he should turn his back on everything and all on that planet was out to get him. If there were others like those two, then they needed help if what these three were saying was true.

Brex gave Little Light a small smile as he replied, “Lets open these up so I can put together a plan. Need to know what my arsenal is and how to use them properly, right?” This got the collective group to let out a shared sigh of relief before Little Moon screamed, “WAY!!! PRESENTS TIME!! WOOHOOO!” The girl then jumped onto the table picked the first one up and started to shake it like a overly excited child before Little Light grabbed her by the jumpsuit neck line and wanked her from the table before yelling at Little Moon. “This isn’t something you should stand on. Don’t what another broken moon to happen again, right?” This got an indignant pout from Little Moon before she tossed the box into Brex’s lap.

Brex wanted to ask what they meant by a broken moon but figured it wasn’t the best time to ask. The package on his lap was wide but somewhat flat. He quickly opened it to find a large book with a leather cover. When he pulled it from the box and turned it over to the cover, Brex started to read it out loud, “Potions and Spells from the Shield Hero’s World.”

This got him to think of an anime where the main character was one of the four summoned to a world to defend it. However, the hero of the shield was framed for a crime he didn’t commit and started down a road of self-destruction while surviving. Brex recalled some spells used in the show and a few other things and wondered if everything from that anime was within this book. He wanted to look inside but decided to move on to the next box.

Daddy used his staff and pushed it close to Brex to take and with a smile he takes the box. This one was the same shape as the first but much smaller. When Brex opened it, he found a four inch long, curved white horn laying on top of a picture of a character he recognized from another anime called, That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime. It was of the one called, Souei. He was a Kijin that played as an assassin with the power to move in the shadows, use his energy to create strong threads that he could control as if they were alive, along with the power to make shadow doubles of himself to use was spies and other cool stuff. He thought that this must have been the horn used to cosplay as the dude. Then he realized that he could still be like a ninja if this gave him the same abilities.

( This is Souei from the anime, That time i got reincarnated as a slime. )

The third was picked up and brought over by Little Light from around the table. This one was in a perfectly cube box about four inches wide and tall. The item taken out looked like a watch but after getting a good look at it, Brex noticed that it was a bracelet item from Final Fantasy 7. It had slots for round jewels to be fitted in it. Feeling giddy, Brex almost went full on nerd over it but managed to hold that back. However, he noticed Little Light giving him that, knowing smile. Feeling a bit embarrassed, Brex turned to the last item on the table.

( Bracelet picture here. )

This one was larger than the bracelet, but not as big as the box that the book was inside of. When he opened the box, there was a white piece of paper obscuring the item inside. Picking up the paper, Brex noticed some writing. He began to read it aloud, “This is a thank you.” With a puzzled glance, Brex flipped the paper of to see if there was anything else but he found nothing at all aside from those few words. Looking over too Little Light, He asked, “What’s this about?”

He saw her shaking her head as she answered, “I’m sorry but that isn’t something for me to say. But I’m sure that someday you’ll find out.” She said this while giving him a smile. But Brex could tell that this was had something behind it, but he felt that it wasn’t something to worry over. He thought to himself, “Why do I feel like I can trust these three so much?” shaking his head, He decided to move on.

Reaching inside, Brex pulled out what he could only call an old, fashioned telephone. This confused the Roegadyn as he turned it over to figure out what it was from. All of the stuff had come from either a game or an anime. So where did this come from? It wasn’t long until he found a set of numbers etched into the side and some words printed below. Yggdrasil central informational hub line. Brex’s eyes went wide as this hit him. This was the telephone from the anime, Ah My Goddess. This meant that this would connect him to the computer in heaven that would contain everything one could ever want to know in the universe.

Brex was about to place the box that the phone was in onto the table but he started to hear something rolling around inside. Tilting his head he asked, “Huh? Is there something else inside?” He tilted the box over so the item in question would fall out and onto his hand. What fell out was a metal tube the same size as a can of soda. On the side he could see writing. He started to read it and this too managed to stun the Roegadyn.

He hadn’t noticed, but a small piece of paper fell out of the very same box. This one was picked up my Little Light who was still standing next to him. She started to read it after fixing her glass’s. After a few moments Little Light looked towards Brex with a raised eyebrow before asking, “Don’t you think this is overkill?” Without looking in her direction while still looking at the tube, Brex could only nod absentmindedly. She then handed the small paper to him, taking it, he placed it into his item box along with the other things he had received.

Little Light had filled the other two in on just what was found along with the telephone and this cause both of them to have slacked jaws as they looked in Brex’s direction. During this time, He was still getting over what he had just been holding in disbelief.

He soon asked, “So… um, moving on. Is it fine for me to head back to Equestria at any time or is there something else I need to do?” This got Daddy’s attention and he spoke up by saying, “Oh, about that. Hehe, that’s the think. With us pulling you out from that world into this one. You’re not synchronized right now. Time moves at another rate here compared to over there. The only way we could see you in real time was due to us having a link with your body. But seeing as you’re here and all. That link had been temporarily severed.”

This was when Little Light added by waving her hand over the over sized table and the surface of it changed to appear as a television screen. It showed the Castle that Brex was staying at. But on closer inspection he could see from some of the images that it seemed more run down with how there was more vegetation overgrowing and the walls looking more brittle compared to how he remembered.

Brex asked, “Just how much did time already pass on that side? And how long until I can be in sync with it again to return?” Daddy started to play with his white beard after seeming to be giving it some thought. He then said, “I would have to say that for you. It’s been over two-week sense arriving here with us. But as for Equestria, I’d say… 200 years. Give or take a decade or three. As for being able to go back. I say your ganna have to wait for nearly, two more months. By that time. It should be about 900 years sense the moment you died over there.”

He couldn’t believe just what was being told to him. 200 years had already come and gone. That meant that those two mare’s he met before would have died from old age a long time ago. Slumping into the chair. The Roegadyn looked more depressed than back before regaining that missing piece that he had to swallow.

He chuckled darkly to himself while saying under his breath, “Ha…ha… I knew it. That really was the last time that I would see them. Why did I think I would see them again… a small part of me thought that, there was a small chance we would bump into one another again…” letting out a deep sigh, he continued, “I guess I was right in not getting involved with them in the first place? Honestly, I should have seen that coming. Any displaced that showed up in the past always had something happening to them that would cause the story to end up going to when the Nightmare Moon story starts or some time afterwards. Why would I be any different…”

During this little speech, the others had walked around the table and stood before the Roegadyn. They patiently waited for the right moment to speak up. they had looks of pity and remorse for his plight.

It had taken Brex a good while before he recovered enough to look up. noticing the others were waiting, he looked to the ground and muttered, “I’m sorry you had to see that. I-I’ll be fine now. I wasn't all that attached to them anyway…” a lone tear ran down his face at the end of that sentence. Unknown to Brex, Little Moon was currently biting her lower lip as she clutched her right hand into a fist. She appeared to be on the verge of saying something when she was stopped by Brex speaking up again.

“I just wish I knew what had happened to those two after they left. Did they manage to make it back to Canterlot? Did they manage to get that Break Down guy arrested for trying to get them both killed?” He then looked towards the three and asked, “You keep an eye on that place, right? Think you could find out how things turned out for the two called Shadow Lily and Swirl Sugar?”

This got a silent nod from Daddy as he turned to the table and after waving his staff, some windows appeared over the surface. Brex’s eye's where glued to the images. It shows the one called Break down and some other older guy standing in the throne room before what he could have considered to be an extremely pissed off alabaster mare with green, pink and blue mane. She was wearing a white dress that seemed to have a long slit on one side that showed off some legs.

Beside the princess was Swirl Sugar with a triumphant look on her face. But there was no sign of Shadow Lily. The next scene showed a group of guards escorting some finely dressed ponies from some large house while wearing cuffs, after a few of these played Brex caught a glimpse of Shadow Lily working along some the guards. But she didn’t seem to have a very pleasant look on her face. He could have sworn that her eyes were red as if she could have been crying. Brex felt his heart aching at the sight.

Turning away from the images, he asked Daddy, “What happened after they left? I can understand seeing the one called Break Down standing before the Princess. But what’s with all that other stuff?”

This time it was Little Light that spoke up, “It would seem that after they got back, those two went to the captain of the guard. This quickly made its way to Princess Celestia and they used some spells to find the truth from that young Break Down and his father. Turns out they were in on the plot from the beginning. They lost their titles and land. afterwards the family got thrown out of the capital. Don’t be sad, those two were the only ones in that family to begin with. So, no one else suffered from it.”

Glancing over to the ones with guards going into some of the houses that looked far mor fancy compared to the others. She added, “As for those images. Shadow Lily has taken it upon herself to do an investigation on both the royal guards and a large number of the nobility. She found out a lot quickly after getting the full backing of the Princess it seems. It was found out that a large portion of the guards were getting paid off to work for some of the nobles. As for those nobles themselves, it turned up that they had ponies and a few other members of other races captive on their property. They all were freed of course. The ones found guilty got everything taken by the crown and forced out of Canterlot.”

Now turning to Brex, Little Light continued while holding her tablet up to cover her lower face to hide a smile as she talked. “It seems that the one called Shadow Lily is under the impression that you were some, nobility from a far-off kingdom and was extremely adamant about finding the one that had taken you captive.” Her eyes now showing some glee before continuing with, “I don’t know about you, but if I was a mortal, I wouldn’t want to be in her way.”

She began to chuckle as she waved her free hand across the table and this caused it to return to normal. Now giving her tablet another glance. She said, “This incident is forever known as the, Noble Shadow purge. Shadow Lily seems to have a reputation for being the one pony the higher ups shouldn’t mess with. Hmm, seems that soon after she retired from the guard and move from Canterlot. It says here that she lived to a good age of 125 years old. Wow that’s impressive. They have only an extra 60 years on the humans 100 from your earth. So that would basically make her close to 90 in human terms.

Brex couldn’t help but to let out a relieved sigh. Soon a small smile graced his lips before he thanked Little Light for the story. Brex turned to Daddy and asked, “Is my time for going back set in place or can I have a say in when I end up coming back?”

Daddy hummed for but a moment before answering, “Well… I suppose we could tweak it a bit. Why, do you have something in mind?” Brex answered by getting out of his chair to get closer and whispered into the old man’s ear. After a minute the man gave a wide smile and gave the Roegadyn a pat on the shoulder before saying, “Consider it done kid. I’ll set it up so you pop up a good 12 years before the year 1,000 A.C.”

After that, Brex stayed in that world for the next six and a half weeks. During that time, he trained with using his newly unlocked class’s and got a grip of the fighting styles needed for each of the weapon types he had access too.

It was hard doing it all on his own, but with the help of the three Brex had it all down in record time. They used their powered over the environment to change the landscape and even produced some monsters that he could fight. When it came to mastering his weapons, Little Moon offered herself as a sparing partner. She even summoned some anime and video game characters to help with instructing him.

( Picture of Fairy Tail’s Erza. )

There was, Fairy Tail’s Erza. She really helped with learning to switch weapons in combat effectively. However, after a short time Brex found that he had a limit when switching while in a fight. It seemed that the number of times he could do this was cut when he was set to a higher level. So, from level 1 to 20, he could switch 5 times. From 21 to 50 Brex could only switch class’s 3 times. Now when it came to anything above level 50, he could only do it twice before any more attempts caused him to just fall over, passed out.

He had been using the settings to lower his stats like how players ran into a random event in the field or when they would cue for a dungeon where they would pop inside of one made for level 20’s, then that player who was at 50 would be set to level 20 for that particular dungeon. Brex figured quickly that this level lowering setting could come in handy when he wanted to blend in and not stand out as too powerful. He also discovered that practicing without the overpowers stats gained from being at 70 would contribute to his over all performance. When switching back to level 70 paladin, Brex noticed after the few weeks of training, his overall points had gone up some. This was something he found amazing.

( here is a Picture of Kenshin Himura from the anime, Rurouni Kenshin. )

There were also some characters that specialized in weapons that each of his class’s would be known for using. When it came to the Samurai class, Little Moon summoned, Kenshin Himura. Brex really liked his easy-going nature. It had taken some doing on Little Moons part to convince Brex to let him go when it was time to move onto the next instructor.

This continued with many more teachers over the weeks. He had to train for so many classes. this wasn’t restricted to the combat types either. There was some that help him in understanding his cooking and so on. Brex had nearly broke down into a sobbing mess when Little Moon summoned the dreaded Chef Ramsey to give him some, *Air Quotes* constructive criticism.

He remembered just how amazing Final Fantasy 14 was as a game. After while Brex made an off-hand remark about playing it again and this caused Little Moon to practically pounce on the man. It wasn’t long until she had set up a gaming computer for the two of them. She explained that it was all artificial, so the player characters seen in the game weren’t actually players. It had fooled Brex a number of times with how realistic they all acted.

She had even managed to add a new expansion called Shadow Bringers into the game. She said that it was the newly released one on earth. It wasn’t long before their game had caught the attention of the other two. Soon the four of them were questing along one another and dungeon diving like a group of close friends… or maybe as a close nit family on game night.

Little Moon was hooked on playing any of the ranged damage dealer types like the Machinist. As for Little Light, she played as the healer and strategist such as the Scholar. Brex found her adorable when she made a small mistake, mind you she would never admit to them and say that it was the game’s fault. But she turned out to be one amazing healer with that sharp mind of hers. When it came to Daddy. Now that was what one would call a veteran gamer through and through. He just loved playing any class he could get his hands on. If Brex didn’t know any better, he would have called him out on playing it back on earth. He played one of the new tank classes from the expansion called the Gun breaker.

Without the need to eat and sleep. the group powered through the whole thing in less than one week. In the end, the all could have been confused for walking zombies with the dark bags under the eyes and lifeless reaction to everything. It had taken them all over a day to recover thankfully. Without saying it, that was one amazing expansion. The story was capable to keeping the one called Little Light from leaving to take care of work. After she did complain about how hard she would have to play catch up though.

During the opportunities of training and checking in on world events back on the pony’s side, Brex would get some study sessions with Little Light on this and that. At first, she would complain about how it wasn’t really her job to play teacher to a mortal and dodge his requests now and then. Soon she broke down and relented. After while Brex noticed that she wouldn’t even complain after the first week on lessons. It had even gotten to the point that he thought that he had seen her smile when she first caught sight of him coming to see her but played it off as a trick to his eyes.

As for Daddy, Brex found the old coot to be hilarious with his stories and antics. There were times he would be on the verge of letting out an embarrassing story about one of the other two but for some strange reason, either one of both of them would appear out of nowhere and start to drag him off to do something. Half the time Daddy would end up getting some type of injury but he would see the old man not even an hour later looking fresh as a daisy.

There wasn’t any time that Brex would sleep and this went 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until the day of his predetermined departure. Daddy had done something so that Brex would appear at the Tree of Harmony exactly 12 years before the anticipated night of Nightmare Moons return.

But before he left, the three wanted to talk one last time. Brex could tell that they might just miss him. But he knew better. They would forget about him after some time with how they live forever. It had taken him some time but after putting the pieces together the Roegadyn was able to figure out their true names but never said a word. He had no idea if they knew that he knew. Over the weeks Brex had practiced at hiding his thoughts and emotions now and then and noticed that it may have worked maybe half the time.

Daddy came up first and gave Brex one of those elderly hugs that screamed, don’t hug the old man back to much or you might snap his back. But that was never really the case. He knew that this guy was build like a stone house. A stone house made with several feet of pure solid titanium underneath the surface that is. He touched Brex’s forehead with his staff and said, “There yeah go kiddo. That’s my blessing. Before you ask, its to help you in not ageing thanks to some time magic. Mind you, your hair can still grow… wish I could say the same for this body I picked. HO HO! Also yeah got an extremely high affinity for earth-based magic and your body is ganna be a lot tougher to take down in a straight up brawl!”

Next was Little Moon. She gave Brex a big hug as well, but she didn’t let go for a full minute before pulling away. Brex had spent the most amount of time with her. Brex wondered if this is what it would have been like to have a little sister, even if she was older. Little Moon always acted like she was a teen with the energy she had... Heck he looked all three of them as family at that point. She leaned in and raised her right index finger close to Brex’s right eye. There was a small, weak flash before she lowered that hand. Little Moon said, “Now here is my Blissing. Your affinity with Ice will be super high now! Also, you luck is bound to get a big boost. So now the cold wont bother you any way!~ This made Brex laugh. He had just recently showed her the memory of the movie Frozen. Sense then Little Moon was hooked on Disney movies.

Now came Little Light. As professional as always. She strolled up to Brex and did the same motion as her younger sister but with his left eye. She gave him one of her knowing smirks before saying, “Now don’t forget those lessons I was so gracious in helping you with. Watch out for pick pockets, don’t forget to double and triple check the spell matrix with those spells in the books. Also, please for the love of all, don’t rely on speaking out incantations like some of those morons that need to look flashy. Don’t need to let your enemy know just what your about to cast. Also don’t forget the counter spells I taught you! Oh DEAR! I DON’T THINK YOUR READY! I HAVE SO MUCH LEFT TO TEACH YOU! Maybe you could postpone this for another year or two?”

At this point Little Light was now holding onto both sides of his head and looking into his eyes like some overly protective older sister. Brex caught this side of her only in the last two weeks now and then but not once was it this bad, not to mention she never did this while in front of the others. But here she was doing it. This bade Brex feel both embarrassed and grateful for her to be this worried over a guy like him.

She soon recovered and did that signature move where she would cough into her fist before fixing her outfit and glass’s. She started back up and said, “As for my blessing, your affinity with fire with be brought to the maximum potential. Heat won’t have much effect on you, if any. But don’t go and testing it on taking a dip in lava. That’s still molten rock after all. Also, you will receive a substantial boost in your cognitive functions.” Giving him a small smile before adding, “We wouldn’t want you messing up on a spell and having it go boom like that one time.” She was referring to the first day of magic practice while trying out some from that Shield hero’s book. There was a small explosion at the time.

They finished up with their goodbyes after a few more words were exchanged. Daddy tapped the golden water at his feet and a spell matrix formed behind Brex but a few meters away. He looked towards it and the plans he had made came to the forefront of his mind. However, he turned back to the people he had gotten to know over the last two months.

He gave them a salute before taking a step backwards before giving them a big dopey smile while he held two thumbs up. Just before he was about to take a step into the hole, Brex did a high back flip and before entering the three could hear him yelling at the top of his lungs, “GERONIMOOOOO!”

*Point of view: Little Light*

It had been only a few moments after Brex had left when Little Light turned away and started to walk slowly in the opposite direction from the now closing portal. She had only gotten maybe several steps away before she went and exploded in a rage filled scream as she throws down her tablet. The item breaking into countless pieces with the strength used in doing the act.

This caught the attention of both Little Moon and Daddy. They look on Little Light with horror on their faces. They could see a swirling tempest of pure malice and hatred erupting from the girl. Gulping, Daddy calls out too Little Light and asks in a tentative tone, “Um, is everything alright there? I didn’t know that you would be this upset about him leaving.

This got a head shake from Little Light before the atmosphere returned to what it once was before the outburst. In a frustrated tone of voice, Little Light said, “Brex didn’t deserve to have that done to him… he is such a nice kid…” That was when she balled her hands into a pair of fists and the other two could hear the joints popping from how much pressure she was using in doing so.

Little Moon stepped up and said, “We all know that what happened with Celestia wasn’t fair. But we got to finally help him out with giving him his stuff. Also, there was the extra help too. With all the power up’s we gave the guy, I doubt that that girl would pose him any real challenge now!”

This cause Little Light to release her grip. She takes in a few deep breaths before saying, “Uh… yeah, right… Celestia… your right, she won’t be an issue now…” Still turned away from the others, she tilts her head down. Her eyes now concealed by shadows; the woman adds under her breath so that the other two wouldn’t hear. “Its not her I’m talking about… If… If it wasn’t for the rules… I would go after that woman for what he put him through… he didn’t deserve any of that… if I ever get the chance… I’ll make sure she suffers in all 7 levels of hell…” Little Lights eyes, unknown to the others, now had a gaze that could kill lesser gods at that moment.

After that she gave her father and sister a good bye. She informed them that she had taken too much time off and had a literal mountain of work to catch up on. When The woman had left, Little Moon asked Daddy, “Wow… just wow… I had no idea that sis would take a strong liking to Brex like that. Do you think we should have helped in persuading him to stay a bit longer?”

This got a Head shake from Daddy before replying, “I don’t think so. She is the goddess of inquiry. She knows a lot of things we both will never know. But really, that was scary right there. I never seen the girl get that angry. Not even during the break ups with her boyfriends. She must really like the kid to get this worked up. Anyhow… I hope his plan works out. Either he will be seen as some mastermind villain or some hero. I just hope he can get past his self-doubts and fear of girls. Besides… he is practically family in more ways than one! HO HO.”

Little Moon looked confused as she asked, “Um. Just what are you talking about daddy? Sure, I like the guy, but what do you mean by more ways than one?” This only got the father to give the girl a mischievous smile before saying, “Oh Little Moon.” Bringing up a finger before his face, Daddy waves it, side to side while answering, “IT’S… A… SECRET.”

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Location: Portal back to Equestria*

Brex was still falling through the portal that was lined with constantly shifting colors of blue as he continued to fall into what could only be described as a worm hole. His body was being tossed back and forth. There was no way in keeping himself from tumbling around like a dust bunny caught inside of a running vacuum cleaner.

( This is what the inside of the portal is like. )

Just when he was seeing another light source off at the other end of the tunnel for what seemed like an hour within this portal. Brex could feel a sudden surge of energy coursing throughout his body. Just as he was to come into contact with the light. His momentum came to a screeching stop. The light had taken on the form of the Tree of harmony.

At first, he thought, “hold on here. Is she trying to stop me from going back or what?” that thought was dashed when he was then pulled into the center of the tree’s image and Brex could see flashes of pictures of 6 girls. Each of them still young. It hardly needed any thinking power at all to realize that these were the main characters of the show in anthro form.

Brex could see, Twilight Sparkle, Apple Jack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. But no spike. He figured that it was still too soon for him to even be hatched at this point. Maybe in another year or two.

After the power point presentation was concluded, Brex found himself kneeling on the floor inside of a cave. Behind was the tree of harmony giving off a faint glow. Turning to it, the Roegadyn gives it a nod before making a mad dash out of the cave and up the steep cliff side. Within seconds, Brex finds his feet firmly on the top and facing the old castle.

Taking his sight from the ruins, the Roegadyn runs into the Forest at blinding speed. A moment later he heard Rory’s voice yelling, “Huh, What?! Wooh! Master slow down! What’s the rush! Hold on. How did we get out here? Also, when did you get this fast?!!!”

This got a reply from an excited Brex using the mental connection, “Good to see your up Rory. I’ll explain along the way. We have so much time and so little to do! Wait, strike that and flip it around! We have places to go. But first, I have to talk to a pair of ponies about some apples!! WOOOOHOOOOOO, HOLD ON IN THERE! I’M GANNA OPEN HER UP!!”