A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 66: Rainbow’s Conviction.

*Point of view: Rainbow Dash*
*Location: The Train heading to Ponyville*
*Time: Several minutes before a crashing sound could be heard from in the next car over*

Rainbow was sitting alongside the rest of her friends, as they took up two sections of seating so that they could be on either side of the walkway. Instead of the trip being a lively one with all the girls gossiping as to be expected. It was replaced with an uneasy atmosphere, as everyone was off in their own little world. That is aside from Pinkie, who was attempting to cheer everyone up by pulling out a party balloon or talking about some random topic to get their minds off of everything that was offloaded only last night.

Gilda herself was sitting in another seat with its back facing the other girls. This meant that she was just a few inches behind Rainbows head. The blue Pegasus recalled how the events went, when Gilda crashed with her in one of the rooms being provided by the Princesses, after walking out of Donut Joe's shop. At first, Gilda flat out denied that Gambit was either some Immortal being, or one that was brought back to life after first being sent to another world for the last eight hundred years by the princess of the Sun.

And when Gilda voiced her opinions about wanting to clock Celestia in the face. Rainbow would have normally stood up for Princess Celestia’s defense, but had this sense that screamed that Gilda was within her right and didn't push the matter and just let it slide. This also brought up the question as to what his real age might end up being and this caused some doubt to creep into her head.

This was mostly whether or not the whole heard idea was going to work out or fall apart when based on that fact alone. She honestly thought that he was in his twenties. But instead of being with a male that was only a few years older than herself, which would have been perfectly fine. He was closer to a thousand years old, if one was to round the numbers up.

Of course, this also brought up the thoughts of why he probably wears that mask whenever he’s in public and never takes the darn thing off. For all she knew, he was an old shriveled up mess that had a voice that made him sound a lot younger than what he really was. She even threw out the question to Gilda on whether or not she was still wanting to go through with their plan.

However, Gilda quickly shot back that it changed absolutely nothing for her. The Griffin even went as far as to push for the idea, that he could possibly be ageless, just as their two princesses. When that was said, Rainbow didn’t want to admit it. But the idea of being in a herd with a male that stayed young and may not lose their sex drive like they normally would, was a bit of a turn on for her.

Also, when thinking about the two princesses themselves. Rainbow was taken aback when they gave a brief layout of what they learned of him and his many deeds over the years as an adventurer. Of course, this also included their speculations as to who he might be. This meant that all of the girls there, including Gilda. All knew for once and for all, that he was indeed not a pony.

Neither was he of any other race that they had on record, if going off of what Gambit said was to be one hundred percent true. This also led to the group question as to him being the only one of his kind being the case. Then was it possible, that he is incapable of having children with other races to repopulate his own numbers? It would only make sense. Especially when given the amount of time he’s been around.

If all of that turned out to be true. Then the odds were, that no children would be able to be fostered by him and any who were in his herd, would be unable to have their own foals. But it wasn't until it was just herself and Gilda in the room last night, that the Griffin said something that surprised Rainbow yet again.

Apparently, at one time or another. Gilda got into a small argument with Rory about them making too much noise in the middle of the night. At the time, Gambit was off doing something or another on his own for a few minutes and it was just the two of them for a little while. So, Gilda took the chance to ask a certain question that was on her mind for quite some time.

Which turned out to be, why they haven't had any little ones running around with how much they're doing it almost every… Single… Night. Rory answered the question with only a second or two passing. But Gilda couldn't quite understand why it wasn't bothering the girl so much, even though it's saddened the Griffin upon receiving the answer.

Rory said that she was unable to have children of her own. This was due to the way her body currently is. But also, she added, that it could be fixed in the future if the timing was just right. She was just about to go and give some additional details, but that was when Gambit returned and she brought up a finger to her lips to show that they shouldn't talk more about it while he’s around.

Rainbow and Gilda even went over a few more specifics that weren't discussed when she and Gilda were talking late at night during that time they were away. Of course, she did hear from Gilda about them being invited to the castle back in Zebrabwe. Then the incident that involved the King coming into her room at night and made an effort to force himself on to her.

It went without saying, that Rainbow was really ticked off about that. Although, when Gambit came into the scene, but not before he sent the set of doors to the room crashing down and summoned a fish out of nowhere that looked to be a tuna and struck the king straight in the face. It was launched with so much force, that it sent the so-called King of the lions clean across to the other side of the room.

The Pegasus nearly fell over laughing when she heard this before. But when the two were together. Gilda went right ahead and tried to emulate the reaction on the King's face and this caused the Pegasus to roll around on the large bed for a good minute, while trying to catch her breath due to all the heavy laughing. Although, she did find it more than a little weird, that out of everything the princesses has told them. There was no mention of any of their deeds since they left and headed over to Zebrabwe.

Although, Gilda wasn't present at the time, as she was busy in some underground labyrinth that was made by the King and fighting her way past an endless supply of monsters. This was along with Zecora and these two other Unicorns that were with them during the trip. And when it got to her going about Gambit killing the King. Rainbow wasn't really all that bothered by it, especially with everything bad she had been hearing from Gilda on a nightly basis when it came to the way he treated his country.

The only real thing that she regretted, was not being there with Gilda so that she can get a crack at the lion herself as her knuckles were turning white from underneath her fur after thinking about what he could have done. The Pegasus was visibly shaking when she first got word. At first, it was from anger towards the king. But soon it was from being scared for Gilda, seeing as he was of royalty and they held the power.

Then the reason for the shaking, quickly transformed to how grateful she was towards Gambit for saving Gilda. It was fortunate it was done over the strange magic device back then. Otherwise, Gilda may have seen just how distraught she became. Along with the silent crying. No doubt she would have gotten some lip from Gilda about being all sentimental and losing a few points on the meter that says how cool she was. But this thought brought a smile to the blue mare’s libs and she recovered quickly.

Of course, the blue Pegasus really wanted to tell the rest of her friends about the awesome adventure Gilda went on, but the Griffin was pretty clear that it shouldn't be told to the rest of the girls. When Rainbow asked why. She got the simple explanation that Gambit didn't want her to say anything about it, as one of the conditions that she had to keep up with, if she was serious when it came to the whole herd thing.

So, it was because of this. That she was a little more than conflicted. Seeing as this would put him pretty high on the totem pole for being a desirable male, which would in a roundabout way, make her even cooler to be associated with him. Even more-so if in the same herd with such an amazing male at the center.

Now, when it came to the part where she was interested in the fighting that went on below the arena. Gilda described it as a stone lined passageway system with multiple floors. There were creatures that resembled walking fly traps that had these four large petals and some teeth at the center and they would shoot their seeds fast enough, that they could literally leave dents in the stone walls. Not to mention a couple of bats here and there that would come in groups. There were also these mosquito-like monsters, which were easily twice the size of Applejack's dog.

Gilda was using her lance and performing various stunts in order to get in close enough to hit with her Spears head, while also keeping her target at a distance so that dodging wasn't too much of a hassle. Zecora was there too and she was wielding a simple two-handed staff and casting some healing spells from the back.

At first, Rainbow fell back to her old prejudice nature about the Zebra when it came to the whole being able to use magic. This was obviously something that was coming from back when they first met her in the forest and Rainbow immediately caught on to that and calmed herself down before anything was said out loud.

When Rainbow brought up the topic about how she didn't have a horn, so she was confused on how was she able to use healing spells. Gilda pointed out that Gambit started teaching her on how to be one of the healing classes, known as a conjurer during the time that they were away. In fact, Zecora may have only had a month and a half after being taught. But she was already strong enough to be a level nineteen, if what Gambit said was right.

But of course, Zecora didn't get herself added to the Adventurers Guild at any point. Seeing as she was regarded as a slave over there and didn’t do so while in Equestria. So, she didn't have a plate to state just how strong she actually was. Rainbow practically jumped out of her fur and threw her hands on either side of her head in order to scream out a very loud, “WHAT?!” When it came to that statement.

Gilda then went on to explain about the items that she and Zecora were given shortly after arriving. Gambit said they would have the ability to allow whoever has them on to grow stronger at a much faster rate. Not only that, there was more than one occasion that they did fight monsters that wasn't inside of the underground dungeon so they all got stronger while away.

So, after hearing this. Rainbow hesitantly asked Gilda what was hers. The Griffin gave a big smirk while puffing out her chest a little, as she pulled out her Adventurers plate and handed it over to Rainbow. The blue Pegasus nearly unhinged her own jaw upon reading that Gilda was level twenty-nine. Not even the Royal Guards broke Level twenty-three and only a few ever got close to thirty.

It only took the neck set of words to cause her jaw to fall the rest of the way. That being, Gambit saying that she was close to getting a class Promotion. Witch was not something that she ever heard off and wanted to ask what she meant. So, when the Pegasus attempted to pry the truth out of the Griffin on what this promotion was all about. Gilda only said that she would have to wait and see because it was going to be a surprise.

For Rainbow, nowhere has it ever been mentioned even once, that someone's level could jump so dramatically in such a short amount of time. Sure, Gilda may have had a couple over herself on the day she left to go after Gambit. But now, her Griffin friend literally left her in the dust. She was even sure that she heard about Gambit being level forty and wondered if he had gone up just as Gilda did.

All that Rainbow knew, was that the members of the Wonderbolts had a requirement that stated that all of those that were applying, needed to be over level twenty-one to join. And obviously it was widely known to many that by the time they were strong enough the applicants would already be close to their mid-twenties and age.

But she was really confused when it came to another topic and this had to do with Zecora being a healer known as a Conjurer, when she knew that Gambit used that weird spiny doohickey thing. Which meant he was one of those Astro what's-its. When she wanted some kind of clarification. Gilda just said to her, that Gambit was able to use multiple classes.

Now, when the blue Pegasus heard that bit of info. Her mind instantly shot back to her days in her combat school and how there were a few students that tried to do more than one class. But a majority of them failed with only one or two being able to push through every year. She didn’t want to admit it herself because of being made fun of for failing. But when others thought that she was napping when not actively working on her rogue abilities. Rainbow was now and then, watching some of the other students in secret in order to glimpse anything that she could try and throw into her own skills.

These were commonly known as the Multi-Class Elites by most and others saw them as geniuses. Normally, one needed to focus on one job in order to get through and learn the material correctly. So, whenever a Pony tried to do more than one could handle, it got a little overwhelming. This was doubly so when it came to mastering magic and physical combat. Of course, it didn't exactly make things easier even if you went from one magic class to another, because the spells would fundamentally feel different. Well, that's what she was told by one of her classmates anyway.

She then brought her attention to the present and glanced over to her friends. After taking to the air and getting Twilight's attention by getting behind so that she was poking her head over the top of the seats. Afterwards, she asked the following question with an upbeat attitude to try and lift everyone's spirits. “Sooooo~. What’s it matter to us now that we know that he's been around for a while and there’s also some history with the Princesses! Does it really change anything?”

This obviously got everyone else's attention, as well as their ears flicking to that remark and they all turned their eyes towards Rainbow and Twilight to see what was going to happen next. Twilight didn't really expect the outburst and needed a second to recover before she gave a reluctant reply. “I think it might... this does explain his attitude in one way or another when it comes to his interactions to not only us, but to Princess Celestia. We may even have to change the way we look at him and how he's treated.”

Rainbow arched and eyebrow to this, just as Applejack started to throw in her own thoughts to the mix. “I don't really follow what you’re implying there Twilight. What exactly is going to need to be different from now on?” All heads were now back to the purple Unicorn as she was apparently trying to put together some type of list in her head with the way she was looking towards the ceiling for a few seconds. That was when she used her magic and tried to make a chalkboard made out of lights and obscured the window.

Soon after, the basic images of a long line went straight across and nearly divided the whole thing in half. Under that at the center, was written the word, “Timeline.” As the left show the words “Eight hundred years ago.” And all the way on the far right, was the words, “Present time.” Over to the left again, was a picture of someone who resembled Gambit and Celestia. Twilight then said as she was pointing a finger to the images and the illustrations followed in time with what she said next.

“Gambit was found by guards at the castle of the Two Sisters when they were going to be killed in some diabolical plot by a noble. The Princesses have a suspicion that he might be of royalty. This judging by what was conveyed between himself and those two Guard mare's. There's also a possibility that he may have been captured by one of the nobles that was exiled during the Great Purge that followed immediately after this incident.”

As Twilight was saying this, there were additional pictures right above Gambits, that showed some chains and right beside that was a small crown. Right under the line was a crude depiction of Canterlot and someone kicking another Pony out. Rarity was the next one to speak up, as she pointed towards the chalkboard of light and used her own horn and tried to make some markings on what she was going to say.

“And let us not forget he defeated a horrific monster inside of the Underground archives in order to save the two damsels in distress. But fate conspired against him and he was unfairly accused of being the perpetrator of their disappearance. The Princess even attacked him on site, but he retaliated in a way that overpowered her so absolutely, that she was sent into such a strong dive, that it created half of Ghastly Gorge. While at the same time, the Princess was responsible for the other second half.”

Fluttershy was the next one to speak as she was doing that usual move with hiding behind most of her hair and speaking in that week voice of hers. “T-The Princess also said that he ended up killing himself by flying into the air and exploding.” Twilight quickly nodded to that as she replied, while also making a drawing of set explosion with her horn. “I spoke with both of the Princesses on that matter and we all agree that it was due to a magical overload that was brought on by the dire situation.”

“It’s still unclear whether or not it was due to a sudden increase in power that was just too much to handle due to pulling out so much at once. Or, he might have had too much to begin with and was not regulating it during the exchange.” Pinkie appeared by hanging her head while the rest of her body was inside of the baggage rack right overhead. This spooked all the ponies, including Gilda. As the pink pony had a very inquisitive look on her face as she spoke next.

“Everybody keeps saying he died. So, does that make him a Zombie? Oh my gosh! We have a Zombie living in Ponyville! I don't know whether to be scared or happy. Hmm. I had no idea Zombies even liked sweets. Maybe that's why he likes going out at night so much?” Rarity chimed in at that point and looked at Pinkie with a pointed-look in her eyes, as she spoke the following and pointed a finger at the mare. “Just what do you mean by that dear? Please do not say that you have been spying on poor Gambit ever since he came to our town.”

Pinkie hopped down from the baggage rack and went back to her chair. She also rolled her eyes before she gave out a very long, “Maybe.” Before going into her hair with her right hand and pulling out a notepad and opening it up, as she went into the details. Pinkie even motioned towards the board as she started to talk. “Oh Twilight, you may want to write what I'm adding. “Okay, now where do I start… where do I start? Ha-ha, here we are!”

“Gambit shows up on the train just one day before Nightmare Moon got back from the moon. That was when he stayed with the flower sisters. On that very same day on coming into town, he looks around on his own, but goes on a guided tour from Rose again the following day. Now I don't know about you all, but I think that's pretty suspicious. I mean sure, I forget things now and then but two tours in a row is a little much, even for me. We also got the party that we threw for Twilight and I couldn't even find him anywhere I looked. Even though my pinkie senses said that he was somewhere in town.”

This got a somewhat annoyed sigh from Twilight, as the Unicorn rolled her hand in order to give Pinkie the go-ahead to continue on. “Like I said, he was nowhere to be seen during the entire time we had to deal with Nightmare Moon. But to only show up in town when it was all done and the big meanie was blasted away. Is it odd to anyone else here that he didn't show any kind of appearance to lend us a hand?”

That last remark caused everyone there to slowly go wide-eyed. Well, everyone aside from Gilda, who had this slightly confused look, before it turned into a dead pan one, but remained silent to hear the pink pony out more. “If Gambit’s strong enough to clash head-to-head with the Princess. Then… Then- Oh...” Pinky was interrupted as Twilight practically jumped out of her chair and looking at Pinkie as though she couldn't believe her eyes, before she spoke the next words in clear disbelief.

“Pinkie! I-I can't believe I'm saying this… But I think you're a genius! It all makes sense! All those accidents and obvious traps the slow us down in the woods should have given Nightmare Moon the chance to get to the elements before us. But instead, she was nowhere to be found after arriving to the castle. She also mentioned how she would be in trouble if she went back on some word and didn’t allow herself to be hit with the elements! Gambit must have intercepted her and they got into an altercation.”

“I’m starting to understand why the Princess was so interested in my copy of the book that had any mention to the Elements of Harmony. There were a few pages in that book that weren’t in the ones in Canterlot. It could be conceivable that Gambit came to the library on the day of his arrival and somehow planted that extra piece about some backup plan when it came to fighting off Nightmare Moon. We could have been spied on while in the library and she already knew where to find the Elements, but an unknown threat could have called her away first!”

“According to the Princesses. He came back close to a decade ago. I don't know how they came to that conclusion, but he must have had a plan and saw all the signs pointing towards Nightmare Moons return. He's been keeping a low profile this whole time and that explains not showing himself that night.” Applejack came into the conversation again as she tilted her hat, while motioning over towards Rainbow, who was in a position that caused her Adventurers plate to dangle from around her neck.

“Okay you two… Then how do you reckon he's a lower level than the Princesses? Don't tell me y'all forgot that he's a lower level than them? Isn't the two of them around sixty? If so, then his numbers should be a lot higher. I mean, it would only make sense, right” Pinkie started to bounce in her chair before she spoke up again. “Oh, I know I know! Maybe he got a lot weaker after going kaboom? It must be really hard to pick up all your pieces. He probably lost enough to make him a whole lot weaker when he came back.”

Twilight was now completely exasperated before rubbing her hand down her face as she replied to that in a teacher like fashion. “Putting aside the matter of Pinkies… Kaboom theory. I have not heard of anyone coming back to life in such a way. For one, we have those Zombies that are already out and about. These happen to be completely rotten and Gambit shows quite a bit more life, whereas they lumber around and only make grunts.”

“So, I don't believe he really died. Or at least not in the normal sense. This is just a theory and it’s heavily focused on the what if… But to exhibit the amount of power that the Princesses said he had, then it must have been so much upon release that it literally ripped the fabric of space and time and sent him to another world.” After getting some very strange looks from the other girls. Twilight tries to explain her conclusion, after giving a small cough into her left fist and looking a little embarrassed.

“The scientific community recently published some papers a couple of years back on the theory of there being Multiverses. These would be other worlds just like our own and they exist at the same time and place as us. But are unable to interact with any others. One could be completely the same as ours. Whereas on the other end of the spectrum, we would see it as something so different that it would be utterly unrecognizable. This could also have to do with the progression of time between the different worlds. Whereas one would flow the same way as ours, another could be several times faster or even slower.”

Applejack spoke up next with a slightly apologetic tone to her voice. I don't mean to criticize yah’ Twilight. But what self-respecting science type would even write a paper that says all that hogwash?” Twilight began to tap her chin as she went over it in her mind. She then had this expression of being slightly confused as she said the next bit. “You know, you have a good point there Applejack. The paper was submitted anonymously and no one has any clue as to where it even came from. I believe a few researchers attempted to find its origin, but had no luck at all.”

Rainbow was the next to speak, as she hovered in the air between the two sets of seats that all the girls occupied. “Princess Luna believes he was fighting almost non-stop before he got back to Equestria. Maybe he got strong enough to return. But whatever he did, made him really weak as payment?” Twilight obviously looked as though she was contemplating Rainbows words, which took several long seconds as she started to write down the whole fighting thing on the board.

After keeping quiet the whole time. Gilda finally spoke up as she reached into a bag that she was keeping at her side and pulled out of it a small item and held it so that all the girls can get a look. “Well, this probably explains Rainbow's theory. This shows Gambit from twelve years ago. I was walking through a bizarre when we were still over at Zebrabwe and I saw this on one of the tables.” What she was referring to, was a fairly faded card that looked to have better days. But the picture and writing were still legible, as it depicted someone in a set of robes and a mask that had the exact same design as the ones Gambit always wore, but in yellow instead.

Rainbows jaw was now hanging open as she could read out the name Gambit at the top and instantly slapped her hand over her forehead with enough force that it caused her flying form to do a flip in place. She then called out in her own frustrated voice. “How did I not realize that they're the same guy?! I've literally seen that stupid card more times than I care to count!” As everyone's attention was pointing between the card and Rainbow. She was the only one who was facing towards Rarity and saw how she looked really nervous for some strange reason as she was intently staring at the card as if it was some priceless ruby.

Rainbow got really suspicious of this and was about to ask Rarity what was wrong. But she was interrupted at the very moment she started to open her mouth, as a loud crashing sound could be heard from the rear car. This caused Rarity to let out a loud shriek of surprise as she quickly reached over and grabbed onto Fluttershy as a reflex. The fashionista then pointed in its direction and quickly spouted the next string of words in a high pitch and frantic manner. “My dress is my dresses are back there!” Of course, this got a set of eye rolls from everyone upon hearing this.

Both rainbow and Gilda were the first ones to make a break for the two sets of doors that would separate the group from whatever was happening. As for the rest of the girls, they were following close behind. As soon as they got past the first door. They were all bunched up together so much, that when the second was finally open. The group of mare’s, along with one Griffin fell over and on to one another and created a rather large pile of girls just past the doorway and between the seats.

The order of which they went down to construct the current setup, started from the bottom going up as the following. Gilda, Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Twilight, Rarity and Fluttershy being at the top. At first, they all had mixed reactions when it came to some slight discomfort or confusion to how they got into their situation. But all of that turned into panic and pain as they heard a loud bang being heard next. This caused them all to either cover their ears or flatten them as a reaction from the sound coming from right up ahead.

From what she could see, from her face pressing onto the carpeted floor. Was first a bloodied-up Griffin, who was laying on her back. While in the middle of the walkway and about halfway down and bringing her attention towards the others in the car. Next were those who were standing up after getting out of their seats. Which turned out to be Zecora on the left-hand side. And when it came to the right, there was Rory and two Unicorns who were already in defensive stances.

Rory was currently unarmed, but when it came to the two others. The one with the mane of silver was holding on to a metal ring in both hands and was ready to throw them. Whereas the one with the black was holding on to a set of curved blades that resembled daggers in a reverse grip and crouching a little lower. Rory had a serious look about her, while the other two right nearby looked utterly appalled.

What Rainbow saw next, was that just a little way past the Griffin, was the familiar site of Gambit’s back. He was also crouched down onto one knee and his right arm was outstretched with his palm open in the direction of Rory and the two Unicorns. She could just barely make out that there was another figure standing on the other side of Gambit as well. Of course, she didn't really get a good enough view from where she was, but the top of some weird helmet could be made out over Gambit shoulder.

Everything had gone completely silent aside from this intense ringing in her ears from the loud sound only seconds before. But she was almost sure that she heard Gambit's voice even if it was severely muffled by the way her eardrums reacted. However, none of it made sense and was obviously in another language that she was positive that she never heard spoken aloud before.

Rainbow then glanced around before going back up to her friends, as they appear to be in the same state and trying to shake their ears. Twilight was looking over at what was happening ahead and tilting her head. From what she could tell. The egghead was mouthing the words from Gambit and becoming more and more confused as the seconds went on.

A few more seconds went by as they tried to get off of one another. Soon, Rainbow was finally freed and started to stand by the time she saw Gambit getting up once again. But as soon as he revealed his left arm, that was now hanging down at his side. Rainbow’s eyes went wide after seeing some dark-red liquid dripping from a few of his fingertips and onto the carpeted floor, where she could just barely make out the sound of the droplets landing and quickly creating a puddle with the amount being lost.

There was even a section of his sleeve, that was roughly in the center of where his wrist and elbow should be, that had a hole that was a little over an inch wide. The area was heavily stained with the same red coloring and slowly growing as it soaked into the fabric as it was now running downwards.

As the eyes of the blue Pegasus were solely locked on to the injury. She could just barely make out the sounds around her, as her own heart was thumping louder and louder from within her chest. To her, time was now slowing down, as her heart beat indicated with the rate it was going. Soon her vision started to go blurry from her sides and she was gaining tunnel vision. All the while, her ears were pounding so much. That it eclipsed the ringing almost instantly.

Quick flashes of some of her nightmares came flooding in where they would have Gambit lying in a pool of his own blood. Then she would be there while trying to save him. When the memory subsided. She found that she was gritting her teeth so hard now, that they were oh so very close to breaking under the amount of jaw strength she was using.

But before she knew what was happening, she already found herself in the air and passing right by the left side of Gambit. This was after first landing on top of one of the seats and catapulting herself over to the next. From there, she launched herself into the walkway.

It all had the sensation of an out-of-body experience for her, as it all went numb to the Pegasus. The one that she was currently facing and in the middle of flying towards with a dagger in her right hand. They were wearing an odd type of jacket and some armor that could be seen underneath. There was also a helmet that covered most of the head. Also, being held in the right hand, that was still outstretched, was a weird item that was made of metal. And she was almost sure that there were some traces of white smoke coming out of the one opening at the very end that was still facing Gambit.

But as soon as Rainbow got even remotely close to the unknown assailant. He took the weapon that was still in his right hand and started to swing it in the direction that would allow it to slam into the side of her head at the rate she was going. Everything slowed down again for the mare, as the blunt item drew closer. At the same time, she was coming in to try and stab her target in the neck, as both hands were gripping onto the handle of her knife tightly and pointing it straight ahead.

Even though she was aware of his counter attack and that it would strike her long before she got a chance to get at him. She didn't care in the slightest as the only thoughts in her head, was the words, “BUCKING DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!!” Her blade was easily several inches away from him, when the weapon in his right hand was already coming into an inch and a half to the side of her. She was sure it was about to make contact, but instead, she felt the strange sensation of her body lurching backwards all on its own.

During this, her vision was squarely focused on the one with the helmet, as her vision was still narrowed to where everything else around her was either blackened, or very blurred out once it got close to the center. She watched as her head was pulled along with the rest of her body at such a speed, that he missed her by just a few centimeters as the object crossed her vision as it went by. Her arms and legs could also be seen dangling as he got further and further away.

Soon, she stopped after feeling her backside colliding with something. But her senses were so attuned to the one she was just going after, that she was unable to make sense of it all. She then tried to go at him once again, but felt something wrapping around and going over her stomach, thereby keeping her stuck in place. She could already tell that her arms and legs were flailing, along with her wings trying to extend but somehow getting pinned down and against her back so they couldn’t be of any use.

She then started to hear her own voice, that was yelling at the top of her lungs in such a way that she immediately felt her throat going sore. “YOU! YOU HURT GAMBIT! I’M GOING TO BUCKING KILL YOU! I’LL CUT OUT YOUR HEART!” She then felt that there was also something else grabbing on to her right arm. This turning out to be the same arm that was still clutching at the knife as she continued, while also contorting her body and thrashing about to get free of what was holding her in place as she went on.

“Let me go! Let me go, don’t you hear me?!” In the back of her mind, she was almost sure that she could hear multiple voices in the background over her own, but she was unable to zone in on them and only struggled even harder to break herself free. She did pretty much everything that came to her rage filled mind. This progressed to the Pegasus pushing even harder. Then slamming the back of her head with all her strength.

She then endeavored to grab onto what was going across her stomach with her free left hand and felt some type of fabric in her fingers grip. But she paid no mind to it as her hands clawed away in order to try and get a better hold. Rainbow only got more hysterical as she started to try and kick whatever was behind her as well. After a bit, one of her fingers slipped into a spot that felt both warm and squishy, along with a loud grunt of pain that obviously came from a deeper voice. That noise alone caused the Pegasus to stop so abruptly, that nearly everything around the mare came into focus within a heartbeat.

The one she was attacking just a few seconds ago, had not made a single move and was just standing there after taking a slightly defensive posture. His hand weapon was also pointed forward but more towards the ground, as the left hand was now gripping the underside of the handle. She also felt the sensation of the short fur on her cheeks being completely soaked and very cold thanks to the air. The bottom of her vision was slightly blurry and it took her a second to realize that she had been crying this whole time.

Her head slowly turned a little to her left and lowered so that she could look at where her left hand currently was. What came next, only made her eyes go wide and her pupils shrink until they were nothing but tiny dots. Her breathing started to quicken again after seeing the site of her fingers drenched in blood. What's more… was that it was all coming from a heavily red stained sleeve and there were many red lines that were obviously made from her clawing away in sections that were still white.

Her head then whipped around to her right arm that was still held slightly above her head and saw a gloved hand coming out from a white sleeve. Afterwards she brought her attention higher as she turned her head as far as she could and saw the mask of Gambit. Which happened to be less than a couple of inches from her own face. That was when she heard his voice as it came out as a whisper. But she could instantly tell that there was a miniscule hint of discomfort buried away.

“Rainbow… I'm going to need you to calm down. Can you hear me? Have you come back to your senses? Just try to settle down and take some deep breaths nice and slow. Everything's going to be fine. But I will have to ask that you take your finger out of the hole in my arm first.”

Without even looking away from the eye holes of his mask, Rainbow could just barely register his words fast enough as everything was coming at her so quickly with the way her senses were all over the place. However, she did manage to take her shaking left hand and carefully took it out of the injury after a couple of seconds went by. She then nodded and attempted to do what he said about the breathing.

Rainbow was then slowly lowered so that she can be on her two hoofs, before she heard him say the following in a voice that was on edge, as his head began to gesture behind himself. “I'm going to hand you to Gilda, please stay behind me...” A second later, she felt another set of arms taking hold of her as he released his grip. This turned out to be Gilda as she slowly took herself and Rainbow and backed away so that they were with the other girls.

All the while, Rainbow found herself unable to look away from Gambit's mask until she felt the presents of her friends all around. This was also accompanied with them all coming into the edges of her vision as her narrowed view was subsiding and finally returning to normal. That was when he brought his attention back to the one in armor, so that she was unable to see his mask any longer. This allowed Rainbow to finally take in her surroundings and bore witness to the reactions of everyone there.

Gilda looked a fair bit worried for her. But was trying to put on a brave face as she was keeping Rainbow upright and steady. The other girls were looking at her with jaws halfway dropping and eyes full of shock. More so for some strange reason when it came to Rarity. Who was glancing between her and Gambit repeatedly. But Rainbow was almost sure that there was something else behind the fashionista's eyes, that said that she was feeling something else that was quite different from what the other girls were.

Zecora was taking a slightly defensive stance of her own, while keeping an eye on the rest of the situation. But there was a vial being held in her right hand that Rainbow immediately identified as a healing potion. This was thanks to the red liquid that could be seen through the see-through glass container that sat in her palm quite comfortably. When it came to the other three. There was this small knowing smirk coming from Rory, while the two unicorns were giving her a puzzled expression, before bringing their attention back to the unknown assailant.

That was when she heard an unfamiliar voice of an upbeat male and it was coming from the other side of Gambit. “Ain’t got any idea what you just said to me. How about you speak some English for once. Ah, that’s right! Why don’t you use that little trick of yours and find out what's going on before somethin’ else ends up happening. Also, I suggest restraining that Griffin on the floor right over there. Wouldn't want a cut throat mercenary to get up and take one of your friends as a hostage.”

Gambit motioned with his head towards Rory and the other two, before nodding behind himself. This was followed by the one with the daggers instantly leaping over the seats without any real effort on her own part and landing next to the downed Griffin and holding a blade to her neck. Of course, by then the one in question was beginning to get up, but froze once this was done and was keeping her arms out so that they could be seen.

He then used his right arm and extended it from his body a little. This was before there was a flash of light and a familiar axe appeared in his grip. The axe was then tossed over to Rory, who caught it quite easily. Gambit then said the following, in an oddly serious voice that caused not only Rainbow to feel a great deal of goosebumps, but apparently the rest of the girls who were standing right next to her.

“You're pretty well informed for a newcomer... Fine then. But don't think of pulling any tricks. She doesn't need to be faster than a bullet to take off your arm. She just has to be quicker than what it takes for you to point that weapon and pull the trigger. So, trust me when I say that for her, it's nothing but child's play.”

The other one Shrugged his shoulders and slowly lowered his weapon some more, before he placed it onto a holder on his right hip and taking a cautionary stance with his arms fully seen as they were lifted up in a surrendering gesture. Rainbow then heard the male speak and a tone that resembled Applejack's accent yet again. “I ain't planning on doing anythin'. If it's going to settle this whole matter, then fire away. Got nothin' to hide in this noggin of mine.”

This confused Rainbow even more, as she just watched as Gambit stayed perfectly still for the next several seconds. At the end of that time, he reached up and clutched the side of his head with his right hand, while also giving it a light shake. Gambit then spoke up again. But this time, it wasn't as serious as before. Although, there was still this hint of tension behind it. “I suggest that you keep a low profile for the time being. Also... take this.” On that last part. Gambit tossed a small orb that was black in color and she instantly recognized it as something similar to the item she used to communicate with Gilda every night.

Rainbow really didn't understand what was going on or why Gambit was saying such things, when he obviously had a bad wound on his arm. But the other one caught the item while it was still in the air with his right hand and gave a solid nod. Gambit then called over his shoulder. Lin, toss that brown arm guard over to him.” During everything that was going on, it had completely escaped her notice that there was a strange device on the floor only a couple of steps away and it was quickly snatched up by the Unicorn’s magic and levitated right over to the male.

He then quickly went about and affixed it on to his left arm and turned on the spot to head into the baggage car with the set of broken doors. Twilight took this opportunity to step up and point towards the one that was leaving, while also saying the following and seeming confused as to how the situation got so quickly resolved. “I have a few questions-.” But her sentence was cut off when Gambit spoke up again, as he was still keeping his back towards the majority of the girls. “Twilight... go get Spike. Get ready to send a letter.”

The purple Unicorn took a steady step back from hearing the order and was just about to ask why, when Gambit continued. “An unknown Adventurer took out three out of four of the most notorious outlaws that came over from the Griffin Empire. They nearly blew up the entire train and this would have resulted in the deaths of all those onboard. We currently have their leader in custody and will require a pickup squad to meet us at Ponyville for a handoff. Also, this one appears to have some connections. Precautions will need to be taken. Your Princess will know what to do.”

He then turned his head just enough so that the corner of his mask could be seen right as the hood was moved over enough and spoke up again. Lin, keep an eye on that Griffin and make sure she goes nowhere. If it comes down to it, you have my permission to pin her to the floor by stabbing her in the leg.” The Unicorn that was identified as Lin. Now moved her gaze over to the downed Griffin, who is looking pretty worried at this point and shot her a glare that froze the criminal in place and also pulled from the female a very loud gulp as a response.

Zecora was the next one to act, as she approached Gambit and uncorked the bottle in her hand and was just about to pour it straight onto the wound. However, Gambit stopped her by raising his other hand. He then said the following, while holding his right hand over the wound. “Hold off on the potion until I can get this out.” That was when his hand began to give off a faint yellow glow. Which was also mirrored by the same being emitted from deep inside the wound itself.

This got a few very weak grunts from him, as he was clearly focusing very hard on what he was doing. Applejack spoke up next as she walked a little closer and around to his left side in order to get a better view. “What's the holdup in lettin' Zecora give you the medicine? Fluttershy could also cast a few of those healin’ spells to fix that right up nice.” As soon as Applejack was finished with talking. The sound of squelching could be heard from the wound as another small spray of blood trickled out and onto the floor after Gambit gave a rather loud grunt when his arm gave a small jerk.

Gambit then replied after taking in a sharp hiss of air from behind his mask. “I have no doubt that Miss Fluttershy has the healing capabilities to render assistance. However, the piece of metal in my arm needs to be removed before that could be done. Unfortunately, it made its way through my muscles and lodged partly into a bone. Closing a wound with that still inside would cause complications in the future.” After a few more grunts. Something came flying out of the hole in his arm and tumbled onto the ground with a metallic clatter.

Applejack saw this and was just about to pick it up, when Gambit spoke up hurriedly while holding up his good hand. “Applejack! Don't touch that!” The way he said it was not quite an order, but more out of concern as he went and snatched it up before placing it somewhere into his arm sleeve, which probably had a pocket in the inner lining for all Rainbow knew.

He then nodded to Zecora, who immediately administered the potion and promptly healed the wound within moments, as the red substance mixed in with the blood that was still pouring out and effectively closing the wound once a small hiss was first heard. This only took a few seconds and Gambit made to cover the wound up with his right hand before anyone would get a good look.

As this was all going on. The other Unicorn that was standing next to Rory spoke up as she got closer to Gambit. “My Lord. Why did you step directly into the path of that bullet?” This got a collective gasp from Twilight and the rest of her friends. This also included an arched eyebrow from both Gilda and Zecora. This only got the Unicorn that just spoke those words to backpedal and slap both of her hands over her muzzle before darting her eyes back and forth between Gambit and Rory.

Within Rainbow's head. She kept repeating the mare’s choice of words over and over again and recalled something in what the Princesses mentioned to them that night. She then thought to herself the following and also having this deep-in-thought expression on her face. “Didn't the Princesses think that he was some sort of Prince? Whoa, hold on, why didn't I notice it? Is she in that other one both wearing maid outfits? Oh buck! Does this mean he really is royalty?” Although, her current thoughts were derailed upon hearing Rory's voice next.

“Master didn't want to risk there being any casualties.” This got a quick response from Rainbow as she managed to get back a piece of her bravado and called out to Rory with an incredulous tone, that was beginning to grow as she went further along. “Risk ANY casualties?! Did you NOT see his ARM?!” She even went so far as to break free from Gilda's hold, as she stomped her way over to Gambit and went around his form so that she was standing right in front of him as she continued.

“What's the big idea buster! You better have a good explanation! What in Celestia's name got into your head to even cause you to get in the way of something that did that much damage to your arm?” She even went so far, as to use both of her hands and reached up near the top of his robes and just a few inches below the hood and pulled him down so that she was within a few inches of pressing her face against his mask.

By now, she was so focused on him in that moment, that she didn't even register as Zecora, Rory and the second unnamed maid could see that she was beginning to water up again with her eyes. They were even going so stern, that they were nearly as strong as Lin’s usual piercing gaze as Rainbow continued.

“There was so much blood, and you didn't even flinch during the entire time that the standoff was happening! Then there's the whole bit about ripping out a piece of metal that got stuck to your bone and all I hear from you is a few small grunts?! What is wrong with you?! That must have bucking hurt! Why can’t you just let us know if you need help… Let… Let ME know if you’re in need of any help!”

By this point. She was quite literally pressing her muzzle against the section of his mask where his nose should be and went on as the water works kicked into full gear and was now running down her face and causing her voice to crack. “You… You’re really hurt! Don't you care about your own safety? What do you got to say for yourself? Huh! Tell me right now or I'm going to sock you in the face!”

A few seconds went by as no one took a breath after Rainbow was finished with her outburst. Of course, this was only broken once Gambit reached up with both of his own hands and carefully gripped on to the shaky ones of Rainbow’s own and got her to release him. He then said, “Rainbow… Please understand. This is a very tight space we're in and if I had done anything different, then there was a good chance of a ricochet and anyone else here could have been gravely injured if not killed.”

Gambit turned his head slightly to indicate that he was looking around before he continued. “If I did one thing wrong, then it could have bounced off of many of these metal surfaces due to how many of them there are in this train car. And besides, I’ve felt a whole lot worse and this isnt all that much. So, Miss Dash... There really isn't any need for you to-.”

To not only everyone’s surprise there, but to herself as well. Rainbow interrupted by pretty much screamed at the top of her lungs at him, as her eyes went completely blurry from the tears. “CUT… IT OUT WITH THAT SHIT! It's always a Miss Dash this or Miss Dash that! I want you to call me by my first name! Is that so BUCKING hard to ask for?! I'm joining do you hear me! Gilda… She’s already your fiancé! If… If we're going to be in the same herd, THEN at least do that much!

This got Twilight, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy to quite literally fall over onto their faces from shock. While Pinkie was pulling out a day planner and sporting a smile that was just way too big. But from behind Gambit, who was blocking her view. Rainbow was pretty sure she heard one of them giving themselves a very strong facepalm, which she could only guess was Gilda. She even went on to say the next part, while wrenching her hands free from his and pointing a finger towards his face.

“I'm not about to let my stallion put himself in danger just because he's stronger than me! When we get back to Ponyville, you better help in getting me up in levels just like you did for Gilda and Zecora!” It took a number of seconds to go by, before everything that Rainbow said finally caught up with her. As a result of it, her strong attitude from before began to falter as she got embarrassed and was now blushing so hard that she was nearly the same shade all the way through as Pinkie's fur.

Now that everything was set out loud for all to hear. Rainbow immediately left Gambit and grabbed onto Gilda's right wrist before flying off to the next car. She also hurriedly screaming that she was going to get Spike to send that letter. But this immediately snapped Twilight from whatever state she was in and she ran after them. All the while, the Unicorn was screaming that she didn't want him to come into that car and see all that blood and that she would have him send the letter from the other car.

*Point of view: Third Person*

Engineer re-entered the baggage car and saw that the other Griffins had already succumbed to the injuries and laid dead around the table they were only just playing cards at. Just a little past them, was Daring Do and she was looking at the carnage. All the while, she was holding the left side of her head with her hand and slightly shaking it to show her disapproval. Once she noticed he was back, she carefully stepped around the pooling mass of blood on the floor. Once close enough, the Pegasus grabbed onto his coat and started to lead him out towards the back of the car without even saying a word.

Once they got to the back door and swung it open so that they can stand on the balcony, which showed that they were halfway down the side of the mountain. Daring Do finally released her grip and made sure that their exit was locked up tight again, as she turned and started to yell just loud enough to show that she was making a point. But not at a volume that would allow anyone inside the train to hear that they were out there.

“Couldn't you have taken care of that in a less bloodier way? In the name of Celestia... you didn't even give them the option to surrender before you started with hacking them into pieces. Okay, okay, let's just put that on the back burner and let's get off this train before we're found out. There's no way I'm going to get myself linked to this. At least say that you got what you came for.”

To that question, Engineer lifted his left arm that now had his Pip-Boy. With the device latched on. He double checked that I was secured with the last lock by making a subtle click as the locking mechanism engaged the rest of the way. He then pressed the tiny red button that was near the bottom base of the screen and it displayed a loading icon. After a few seconds of it filling up a loading meter. Did the familiar image of the Vault Dweller appear in his jumpsuit. But instead of a human’s face, he had a pony one instead.

Following that picture was all of his settings and he immediately used one of the dials to go through the selection process until he got to one of the upper tabs that said “Map”. From there, it showed a two-dimensional layout of the mountain that Canterlot sat on and his arrow was moving in a circular pattern that was slowly going outwards. He then turned another dial until there was a multitude of clicks, before the icons began to grow and shrink as it went from one to the next.

This continued until he finally came to a stop and turn the dial in the opposite direction for a few clicks more. He then spoke over the rushing wind and all the noise that the train was making underneath. “I don't know about you. But I'm looking forward to that breakfast they serve in the main room of our hotel.” This got an incredulous look from the mare, as she glanced back up the mountain just when a couple of trees went by to allow her a good view.

She then said, “Oh no! If you think I'm going to fly your ass up there, then you're sorely mistaken! Once we get off this train, you're on your own. Now grab onto my hand. I should be able to get us off the train without any problems.” Daring Do was already in the motion of stretching her wings a couple of times and bracing herself to take on his extra weight so that they could glide off the back end of the train.

But before she could say or even do anything else. Engineer spoke up again, just as he made his Pip-Boy produce an odd video game sound upon clicking one button that was placed on the device. “As much as I would love to hold hands with yah’. I'm way hungrier. So how about I show you one of the reasons why I really wanted this lil’ guy back.” This was immediately followed with both of them disappearing and reappearing back inside of Engineers hotel room.

It took a couple of seconds for the two of them to recover after first stumbling around for a second once the process was completed. Engineer went right to work with pulling off his helmet and showing that he was rapidly blinking his eye, while still shaking his head a couple more times. When it came to Daring Do, she was pinching the bridge of her muzzle and looking a little sick and confused all at once. She even went so far as to grab onto the end of his bed in order to act as a way to stabilize herself before she stumbled around.

She then said the next bit in a wobbly voice. “What the hay was that! And just what was up with that weirdly ominous music?” Engineer chuckled at that and started to scratch the back of his neck and also giving her an apologetic smile. “Ah, so that isn't just me, ha-ha? Did you also happen to see some texts and an object slowly turning in place?” This got a curious raise of the eyebrow from Daring Do as she slowly nodded.

He chuckled again as he started to fiddle with his Pip-Boy some more and this caught daring Do's attention as she carefully stepped back with a wary expression. Upon seeing this, Engineer just shook his head and said, “Don't worry, I don't plan on Fast Traveling again... Um, at least not right now. Just seeing about putting on something new for a change.”

But before the Pegasus could say anything else. His body was instantly changed into another set of outfits that resembled a black and white suit with a bow tie, along with a bowler hat sitting on his head. There was also a black walking cane resting over his right arm that was bent at the elbow so that he was in a gentlemanly pose just a few paces away

After taking a moment to look himself over, by turning his upper half from one way to the next. He gave an appreciative nod and looked over to Daring Do. Who was now looking at him with a slacked jaw. After walking over and taking one of his fingers to her mouth. He carefully lifted it back into place for the mare.

He went for the exit while talking in the same way that some of the Nobles would, but quickly failing with it and returned to his usual Cowboy accent. “I believe milady would like to change into a more adequate attire before we have our morning meal. But you better hurry! Because I’m so hankering for something to eat, I'm even willing to kill anyone who stands between me and that Buffet.”

But while Daring Do was recovering from what she just saw him doing. His back was turned away from her and was just about to put his hand onto the doorknob, when he had this small smirk growing on his lips. He then thought the following in his head, as his eyes drifted towards the window and became momentarily fixated on the world outside.

“Somethin’ big must be coming if I'm sent here to help a big fella like that. Sheesh! He blocked a bullet with nothing but his arm from my modified Kellog's pistol. Anyone else would have gotten that entire limb blown clean off. But if it gets me out of that hell hole, then it really doesn't matter. I wonder if I'm ever going to hear from those two kids again.”

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Location: Ponyville train station*
*Time: Eleven-Twenty in the morning*

The whole ride took close to three hours to take from Canterlot and all the way to Ponyville. Gambit was standing along with Rory and his two maids, while they're captive was tightly bound up with a thick coil of rope. Which was all thanks to Applejack when they were still on the train. This meant that nearly an hour went by that they were waiting at the station and a chariot could be seen in the sky as it was approaching from the direction of Canterlot. There was also a company of eight Pegasus guards flying alongside it to make a V formation in the front.

During that time, both Rainbow and Gilda were getting grilled by the rest of the girls about what was exposed on the train in regards to their relationship with Gambit. Gilda seemed quite enamored with herself out of the two, as she was soaking in all the attention in the same way, as one would win standing on one of those pedestals to gain a medal after winning some type of competition. Whereas when it came to Rainbow. She completely lost her fire and her attitude was closely resembling that of Fluttershy and trying to leave a majority of the questions to Gilda.

Now speaking of questions. With the rest being pretty occupied with the recent news of their prismatic friend and Gilda being his fiancé. None of them even noticed Rory using a spell to create a Zone of Truth, that was just big enough for the Griffin and got her to spill pretty much everything she knew through a series of questions. From what was gathered. The four of them discovered that the Griffin Empire was keenly interested in any form of technology. This became especially true when it came to anything that was not in public circulation.

This meant that groups such as the one that this Griffin was from was hired off the books to act as a search and retrieval team. In a way, it was a cross between an elite stealth group and treasure Hunters that worked directly under the government. But Brex already anticipated that there would be those out there that would try to steal his technology and magic from the start. So, the Roegadyn made sure to install a number of fail safes into his products for such an occasion.

This referred to a set of spells that were woven into the base of all his creations, that would cause the spell matrix to completely dismantle itself if anyone got past the outer protection layer. Which would thereby cause it to be useless. This mostly referred to anything that could potentially become dangerous, such as the construction Golems created and dispersed all over Equestria. At one point or another in the past, Brex would laugh about the many attempts that the science and magic members over at Canterlot would buy up his items and only wind up with broken empty shells whenever they attempted to pry open their secrets.

This turned out to be one of the few cases, where Rory would openly commend him for his paranoia induced planning and setting up such a self-destruct system ahead of time. So, at least for the time being his own Creations were safe, but it seemed the Griffins got a taste for the knowledge and were scouring the lands for anything else they could possibly take apart and learn from in order to start their own Enterprise.

Luckily for him, the Queen of the Changelings had a few drones stationed in the Griffin Empire and she would get periodic reports on the current state of affairs. So as far as he knew, there was no indication that anything big was happening from where they were placed. However, with this most recent event occurring. He was going to need to speak with Bellona in order to get some more detailed reports in the future.

When it came to the approaching set of guards that were just about to make a touchdown along with the carriage. Brex began to go over his interactions with that strange displaced he met on the train. When his trick was mentioned, Brex went ahead and used the Echo on him and got a few bits of information here and there to get a good idea as to who he was. Among getting a feeling for what kind of a person he was. There was also a world that was in such a devastated state, that it strongly resembled the fallout 4 game he used to recall playing.

He got to see how this person that calls himself Engineer, became allies with the Minutemen. Then there was something going on with a weird old man wearing all black and holding on to a cane. This creepy old guy would even appear in front of Engineer now and then, only to taunt the guy in regards to some contract that was signed. But since he didn’t know the full story, he wasn’t sure as to why Engineer was getting so upset with each interaction.

Then it showed him talking to some voices that would come seemingly out of nowhere. These coming from two children that seemed really familiar to him, but he was unable to place the names. This led to the same man in black confronting Engineer and trying to prevent him from entering a weird swirling vortex that would eventually spit him out into this world.

However, he had to hold it all in, and not laugh himself so hard that he would break the connection, upon seeing Engineer kicking the guy between the legs. Then he would pull out what was none other than the Power Fist and punch him in the same place as soon as the guy fell over. This eventually progressed to the man in black getting so angry, that is entire body was engulfed in flames and a powerful explosion occurred. Which sent Engineer flying through the portal as a human sized fireball.

It then showed a quick clip of him transforming into the Ghost Rider. Aside from being a skeleton of an anthropomorphic pony. It was all very similar to the movie it was from and continued as he was saving Daring Do. The last scene to be witnessed, was right as he came across the four Griffins in the baggage car and prevented them from accidentally setting off the Fat Boy.

For all he knew, the destructive power from a single mini nuke was devastating on its own. However, with this modified version already primed to be fired. He was pretty sure that it had the destructive potential to vaporize not only the baggage car, but could have easily taken the lives of those in the next couple of cars over. It also didn’t escape his grasp that it could have killed him as well. But what really turned up the level of paranoia in his head, was the notion of radiation possibly having an unknown effect in a world full of magic.

But what really got him concerned was that bullet that was lodged into one of the bones in his arm. During the time that he was carefully using the rescue spell as a tool to pry the piece of metal loose from the bone marrow. He saw a negative effect at the top of his vision and when he looked at it closely, it was a depiction of the circle and three markings on the upper and lower left and right sides to show the mark for radiation.

He then considered that some of the items he had on hand might have been permanently marked with the energy from his old world and freaked out when Applejack was about to touch the bullet on the floor that was just pulled out. Once he had a chance. Brex was going to do some tests to see if it was truly was giving off some residual radiation or if it was just some special effect from being fired from Engineer’s weapon. He also wondered if the guy even knew about it himself.

This made it quite obvious that Brex was going to get in contact with this engineer character through the link Pearl that he tossed over to have a detailed discussion. From what he could tell, he was not in possession of his token. Otherwise, the words he spoke in the beginning would have been instantly translated over. So, this ruled him out as a normal displace, since he had no way of traveling to this world on his own and Brex wanted to get the whole story from the source.

From there, the next half hour went excruciatingly slow for the Roegadyn, as all of those that were there were asked a multitude of questions, which got the answers written down, while the prisoner was loaded up onto the transport and switched out from ropes to that of shackles. Eventually, Twilight even added her own personal notes and through them in the reports, which was no doubt for the princess's eyes only.

Afterwards, Brex was in the middle of heading towards their hotel. But was stopped by Rory, who grabbed on to his right arm and pulled him to a stop, before going in the opposite direction along with the two maids and Zecora in tow. The Zebra didn't really take much mind of this, seeing as they were heading towards her home in the forest. But Rory, along with Rin and Lin seem to know what they were doing, as Brex was scratching the back of his head in confusion and periodically glancing over his shoulder to the part of the town that their place was at.

Every now and then, he would ask through the mental connection as to where they were going. But Rory just wasn't giving him a straight answer. Instead, she would always say that he would know soon and just needed to be a little patient. Eventually, they made it out of town and was walking towards the Everfree forest itself. Although, they took a slightly different direction and was heading more towards the area that Brex remembered was the large structure being built for some rich mare.

Rory brought all of them right up to what appeared to be a very tall gate, but released his arm close to a dozen paces beforehand so that they could get ahead. That was when both of his mates went on to either side of Rory and faced in his direction, before the both of them gave a low bow and recited the next phrase in perfect unison. While at the same time, Rory was giving a confidence smirk and crossing her arms. “Welcome home my Lord!”

That was when the gates began to open wide and revealed what was on the other side. Within seconds, as everything came into view inch-by-inch. His eyes were going comically wide, along with his mouth slowly dropping into an O shape. On the outside, he looked perfectly normal. When it came to his mind, he was making a very loud and overly drawn-out intake of air, while his eyes were slowly beginning to move upwards.

He then finally mustered the following words through the mental connection after a couple of seconds went by. Which had him using a fairly thick Cuban accent, along with an accusatory tone with a hint of playfulness behind it. “Rory! You got some splainin to do!” Which got him a quick reply from Rory in the form of her reaching into the bag of holding that was attached to her hip and pulling out a long roll of parchment. Said parchment appeared to have over a dozen or so pages inside of it and a wax seal placed onto a ribbon.

The item was then held out to him, as she had this beaming smile before she spoke. “Well, how about it Master? I'm just dying to take you on a tour of our house. You're going to be quite pleased with what we've done on the inside.” Rory then approached him and started to whisper into his ear just loud enough to make sure that the two maids could hear it. But it seemed that Zecora, who was standing nearby. Was also picking it up as her ears flicked and a small blush was forming on her cheeks.

“I'm sure that will all enjoy the bedroom. But I think there's going to be a few other spots that you'll find very pleasing. Just wait and see all the toys I got shipped in. Our maids even through an a few suggestions of their own and I’m just loving it.” she then went ahead and grabbed onto his right arm and began to pull him excitedly through the open gate. As for Zecora. She was waving goodbye and making towards her own home, while also stealing a few glances over at the group from the corner of her eye.

*Point of view: Third Person*
*Location: Somewhere on the other side*

Right now, there was a section of the cartoonish city known as Springfield. In one direction, there were all the houses, buildings, power plant and whatever was found on the show. There was a particular building with the sign up right above that said the word, “Mo's.” And the doors slowly open to show the person using the form of Jet, from Cowboy Bebop. He was currently wiping his brow and taking a good look around, while holding on to a red tool case in his left hand. He even had a belt to hold a couple of other tools, but all of the rings were empty aside from a single gold Hammer hanging from the right side of his hip.

A few seconds after turning his head from his left to the right. Did he notice something that caught his attention and he immediately ran over. Soon, he was standing where there should have been one of the randomly placed hair salons to fill in some of the missing plots of land. But instead, there was a smoldering heap of rubble and an ominous black hole that was rapidly opening and closing several times over the course of a single second.

There were even bolts of lightning that could be seen on the inside, as it gave very bright flashes that caused Jet to reach into his pocket and pull out a set of sunglasses that seemed oddly the same as the ones that Daddy wears. Jet then grumbled to himself, while giving it a scrutinizing gaze from behind the dark shades. The right side of his lips even curled into a snarl as his brows could be seen knitting themselves.

He reached out his free hand, while keeping several meters away and tilted his head down. This was before turning his lips into a frown to show that he was concentrating. Said frown only drooped lower as he let out a very disappointed sigh and reach down for his hammer in his belt. He then tossed it into the air a few times in order to grab it. When it came to the fourth time, he did this. The item grew until it was more than twice his own height.

The round section in the front, along with the curved part in the back to remove nails, morphed into a hammer with two flat ends and was now brightly giving off a strong glow of white and gold. There were all of these intricate patterns running along the handle, as well as the hammer section. In an odd way, it gave off a Roman feel to the aesthetics as the long handle strongly resembled one of those marble pillars.

The gigantic hammer was still being held in only his right hand without any trouble at all. He then said with an exasperated voice. While, slowly putting down the tool chest and gripping on to the weapon with both hands and taking on a position where it was held over his head and ready to be smashed downwards.

“This just reeks of Bart's energy... That brat… How many times have I told him to not blast bits of our home away just because he gets bored from time to time. He's lucky none of that energy managed to escape through the barrier, or it could have hit something outside. And here I thought I'd finally get to relax after putting the last of the toilets in.”

Once that was all said. The hammer was brought down and as it slammed. The gold energy that was being given off by the weapon ran in all directions as a wide field of energy covered everything within half a mile. Suddenly, there were cubes rapidly forming in the air at random places and swiftly flying towards the large hole in a nearly unending flood. Over the course of several seconds. Many of the cubes would get disintegrated as soon as they even got near to it.

But it was overwhelmed by the sheer number, until it was filled up in the same way that a brick wall would if someone smashed through the middle and was fixing it. As soon as the last of the cubes fell into place and all the lines that would indicate that it was filled with a number of small pieces now vanishing and giving the impression of a solid wall without any weak points.

The whole began to flicker out of existence until there was just the ruin building left behind. Jet then raised up his weapon once again and slammed it to create the same effect. Although, instead of creating a bunch of blocks to fill up a hole. This made the many pieces of the broken-up building lift into the air. From there, it reorganized themselves until they came back together just as a jigsaw puzzle would.

Jet was just about to return his hammer back to normal by the way it was starting to shrink. But stopped the transformation and returned it to its full size. He then had this very manic look crossing his face. Along with a toothy smile that was anything but nice. He then snapped his fingers and caused the tool chest on the ground to disappear.

From there. Jet began to stroll towards the building that they all stayed within. But as he was walking, he made sure to go at a very slow pace and was playing with his hammer and practicing a few swings. He then started to have this fake maniacal laugh as he said the following in a sing song voice that had a few hints thrown in ever-so-often of malice. “Oooooh~ Baaaaart~. Can I have a few words with yoooooou~. It won’t take too looong~.”