Author's Note

This chapter is a crossover with Deltorix's story, The Power Of Rock. Though I am sorry to say it is not published yet. Also, sorry for the long wait for an update. I kinda wanted to get a lot of chapters done for this story before posting more that you guys have more than just one chapter to read. That, and some IRL stuff had came up that kept me pretty busy so I hope you guys enjoy the chapters!

The Party Crashers At Everfree Castle

Fluttershy, with Kipo on her back, and Full Moon walked through the streets of Ponyville. The reason for their trip to Ponyville was because they needed to get some food for themselves and for Fluttershy’s animals as well as get some equipment for Full Moon so he can go do some hunting later since he and Kipo need meat to stay healthy.

“Momma, how much longer?” Kipo asked as she laid back on Fluttershy’s back.

“Not that long now, Kipo. We just need to get Moon’s hunting equipment.” Fluttershy said as she looked back at her daughter and Full Moon ruffled her hair.

“Yeah pup. Just be a little more patient ok?” He asked her and Kipo nodded.

“Ok.” Kipo said. “But it’s so boring though!”

Fluttershy giggled and smiled. “Don’t worry, we will be ready soon.”

“So Shy. WHat’s on today’s agenda other than the usual?” Full Moon asked his marefriend.

“Well, other than getting your equipment, not much.” Fluttershy said as she looked at their grocery list and Kipo pouted.

“Aw man! That means we’re gonna be bored all day! I can’t go to my friends cause they’re all busy! And I don’t like to go anywhere alone!” Kipo whined. “Wish we could do something fun today.” none of them noticed that someone had heard what Kipo said and was quietly following the trio before running in front of them which made them halt as the unknown pony ran by.

“Hey watch it bub!” Full Moon shouted at the retreating pony. “Some ponies.”

Kipo looked at the retreating pony and smelled the air before looking down and saw a flier. “Mom, what’s that?” She pointed it out to them.

“What’s what?” Fluttershy asked as she looked down, seeing a small flier. She then picked it up and read the big bold words that were on it. “Everfree Party. Come to the Everfree Castle at night for the biggest party ever held. No normies allowed.”

Kipo brightened up immediately. “A party?! Can we go?! Please! We have nothing better to do today!” Kipo begged her mom.

“I don’t know…” Fluttershy said nervously.

“Let me see that.” Full Moon looked at the flier before grinning. “Oh man we have to go, this is legit, I have been to her parties before, it is always awesome.”

“Who’s parties?” Fluttershy asked in confusion and Full Moon showed her the host’s name. “DJ V4mp0n3? I never heard of her.”

“She is an amazing DJ, though whenever I saw her and was close enough I couldn’t smell her.” Full Moon said while rubbing his chin.

“Couldn’t smell her? THat’s odd. Usually wereponies sense of smell are good.” Fluttershy said, curious about this V4mp0n3 character.

“Come on Shy, we can go and have some fun, maybe Kipo can make some new friends.” Full Moon said with a smile.

“Yeah! Please momma?” Kipo begged and Fluttershy didn’t have time to prepare for Kipo’s trump card aka her cuteness which made her sigh and nod.

“Ok fine we can go, AFTER we get what we need.” Fluttershy said.

“Yay!” Kipo cheered happily, making Full Moon chuckle a bit.

“Glad you agreed Shy, the parties are always the best plus you can be in your real form without worry.” Full Moon told her.

“I guess.” Fluttershy said with a sigh.

“Don’t worry momma. I’m sure we’ll be fine! If Mr. Moon says it’s ok then it must be ok!” Kipo said and Full Moon nodded his head.

“Yeah. The parties are always in places where normies wouldn’t dare to go.” Full Moon said as they reached the local huntsman shop. “I’ll be out in a minute. Go ahead and take the pup home so she can get some sleep. V4mp0n3’s parties always happen at night.”

“Ok Moon, don’t spend all our money.” Fluttershy said before kissing his cheek before he went inside and took Kipo home and during the trip Kipo had been looking at the flier that listed what was going to be at the party and one thing in particular caught her interest.

“Momma, why does this say there is blood being served at the party?” Kipo asked Fluttershy as she showed her the flier.

“Well…if there are more vamponies like me there, they may want to drink blood.” Fluttershy said in a whisper.

Kipo just tilted her head in confusion. “But you never did.” and it was only half true as Fluttershy decided to try and drink blood when Kipo wasn’t around so as to not scare her.

Fluttershy’s ears fold down. “Well…I do dear, just not around you. I didn’t want to scare you.”

“But I wouldn’t be scared. You’re my mom and I know you need it to stay healthy.” Kipo said, smiling at the pony who raised her.

Fluttershy smiled and nuzzled Kipo. “Thank you dear, I still think I will keep it away from you but it makes me happy you aren’t scared.”

“I’d never be scared of you momma!” Kipo said as she hugged Fluttershy. “Never ever!”

Fluttershy smiled and hugged Kipo with her neck. “Thank you sweetie.” The two soon arrived at their home and Kipo hopped off Fluttershy’s back. “Now go and get some sleep for tonight, don’t want you too tired for the party.”

“Ok!” Kipo said as she ran up the stairs while Fluttershy went to put the groceries away.

“I wonder why Moon couldn’t smell that V4mp0n3 pony.” Fluttershy questioned herself but decided to think on it later as she needed to make sure her animals would be alright while she was gone.

Later that night, Full Moon entered Kipo’s room to see that the half jaguar girl was sound asleep which made him smile a bit as he walked over to her bed and began to lightly shake the girl.

“Five more minutes.” She grumbled and rolled over.

Full Moon chuckles as he shakes her again. “C’mon pup. You don’t want to miss the party do you?”

Kipo immediately jumped out of bed, a huge grin on her face. “I’m up!”

Full Moon chuckled and smirked. “Go get cleaned up then put on something fun.”

“Like what?” Kipo asked, this was her first non Pinkie party so she didn’t really know how to prepare for it.

Full Moon tapped his chin. “Something that will let you move freely, something you can dance in and of course something you like and feel comfortable in.”

Kipo tapped her chin as she thinks on what Full Moon said then looked at her current clothes. “I mean, these should be good enough right?” she asked as she gestured to her white shirt and blue shorts along with the Wonderbolts goggles hanging off her neck.

“Sure pup, but just in case have your necklaces on.” He said with a wink.

Kipo nodded and grabbed her two necklaces that were on her nightstand and put them on. She also saw her Element and decided to leave it as she didn’t really need it for the party. “I’m ready!”

“You sure you don’t want that with you?” Full Moon asked while pointing at her Element.

“I’m sure. It’s not like it’ll be interesting to see.” Kipo said with a shrug.

“Alright but lock it up, we don’t want someone taking it.” He said before frowning and looked downstairs, thinking of Angel.

“Ok.” Kipo said as she grabbed her Element and reached under her bed and pulled out a small box with a lock on it. She then took a key out of her pocket and unlocked the box and put her Element in it and locking it back up again. “Done!”

“Good girl, now let’s get your mom and get to that party.” Full Moon said with a grin. Kipo cheered as they left her room and went downstairs, seeing Fluttershy already waiting for them.

“Come on momma! We got a party to get to!” Kipo said as she began to push Fluttershy out of the house.

Fluttershy giggled and started to walk. “Ok ok, calm down dear.”

“Can you blame her for being this excited? It’s one of the first non Pinkie parties she’s been to.” Full Moon said with a chuckle as he walked alongside his marefriend as Kipo went up ahead, trying to hurry them up.

“I know, but I am still worried for her.” Fluttershy said with a sigh. “What if this is some kind of trap?”

“Don’t worry, the flier was legit. Plus the parties are always under the cultists' radar so they don’t even know that we have these kinds of parties.” Full Moon reassured her.

“Ok, thank you for being here for us.” Fluttershy said and nuzzled his side.

“Aaaaw. That’s sweet.” Kipo said before she jumped up into a tree once they reached the forest.

“Be careful Kipo, I know you like to climb trees but you can still fall.” Fluttershy called out.

“No I won’t! I have cat-like reflexes, remember?” Kipo asked as she jumped onto another tree branch and didn’t fall thanks to her tail helping her keep herself balanced.

“I know Kipo, but accidents can still happen.” Fluttershy said while keeping an eye on her daughter.

“Come on momma, I haven’t fallen out of a tree since I was five! I’ll be fine!” Kipo said as she jumped onto another branch.

Fluttershy pouts a little. “Fine, but if you do fall I will tell you I told you so.” Kipo just giggled as jumps onto another branch but when she did, her tail brushed against a guitar that she didn’t see. The guitar played a small tune as her tail brushed against the strings.

A large portal opened ahead of them in the air then a loud metal beast came flying out of it. “Whoa!” It slammed onto the ground and skidded to a stop inches from Fluttershy and Full Moon, inside the metal beast was a creature similar to Kipo but with peach colored skin and obviously male, next to him was Spike the dragon, or at least someone who looked like him. Behind them flying out of the portal was a blue dragoness wearing a black shirt with a upside down bird on it, and Twilight Sparkle with a horn and wings?!

“Dude! That was awesome! We’ve got to do that again!” The Spike look alike said excitedly.

“I’ll admit, it was an interesting experience.” Twilight said.

“I'll admit I didn't see that coming hold on my check over my car.” The man said as he did something and the rumbling from the metal beast stopped and he jumped out. “Oh, uh guys we have some company.” He said pointing at Fluttershy and Full Moon who were both in their monster pony forms and were growling/hissing at the group.

“Who are you bunkers and where did you come from?!” Full Moon demanded as he bared his sharp teeth which made the dragoness pull out two swords.

“Whoa calm down Alessia, they don’t know who we are.” The man said before he looked back at them. “Um, short answer is I am Edword, and these are my friends Spike, Twilight, and Alessia.”

Fluttershy then remembered something. “Are you…are you a Displaced?” She asked Edward.

“Yep, I am.” He said with a nod. “Are you the one that summoned me or is your human someone close by?”

“I did.” Fluttershy said, noticing Kipo hiding up in the tree out of the corner of her eye. “But it was an accident.”

“Oh bummer.” Edward said with a sigh. “I was hoping to meet someone new, anyway if you need a lift somewhere I can probably fit us all in my car, I just need to check if that fall damaged it.” He pats the metal beast.

“The buck is a car?!” Full Moon asked, still growing a bit as he can smell something off about Edward and Alessia.

Edward patted the metal beast. “This, it is a …uh… self pulling carriage I guess would be the closest thank you guys have.” He explained then got down on the ground and shimmied underneath the car.

“I see.” Full Moon said, a bit calmer but still on edge as he doesn’t know how they’ll react to Kipo. He then noticed Alessia was sniffing the air.

“There’s something nearby. Something…unknown.” Alessia said and both Fluttershy and Full Moon tensed up.

“Do they smell like a demon?” Edward asked while under the car.

“If they smelled like a demon I would have said so.” Alessia said in annoyance before she continued sniffing the air.

“Well it’s the Everfree, there’s all sorts of weird things here. Tartarus knows I get confused when I smell something unknown as well.” Full Moon said, trying to get Alessia to stop sniffing the air for Kipo.

“If it isn’t a demon then we should leave it alone.” Edward said before he came out chrome under the car and clapped his hands together to dust them off. “Car is fine, if you want that ride then I can take us wherever you're going.”

“Why does Fluttershy look so different?” Spike asked.

“She actually looks like Flutterbat back when Applejack asked me and the others to help clear ehr orchard of vampire fruit bats.” Twilight said which confused everyone around them. “Long story short, we had Fluttershy use the Stare on them so I can get rid of their appetite for apples but the instincts of the bats transferred over to her and caused a whole series of events until she was cured.”

Edward looked between the two ponies and scratched his head. “I don't know how ponies are supposed to look like here but you kinda look….wolfish.” He said with Spike nodding his head.

“And don’t forget huge!” Spike said. “I bet they’re as big as Celestia! Maybe bigger!”

“Yeah, I was gonna say something about that, but they could be normal sized here.” Edward said with a shrug.

“I wonder how big their Celestia is.” Spike wondered.

“To us? Big. You? Probably a giant.” Full Moon said just as Fluttershy noticed something that made her gasp and nudge Full Moon before gesturing with her eyes towards Edwards car, making him freeze when he saw Kipo on the back of it, a curious expression on her face.

“Damn, if I meet her I will have to resist making jokes about her size.” Edward said with a chuckle and put a hand on the car. “So where are you two going? Do you know your world’s Displaced?”

“Y-you can say that.” Fluttershy said nervously as Kipo inched closer to Edward, he nor his friends not noticing her.

“Really? What are they like? I hope they are cool, I have only met one other, but he was kinda rude, though he did have his reasons.” Edword said before he turned to face the car and came face to face with Kipo.

“Hi!” Kipo exclaimed happily which made Edward jump back in shock while a hand was over where his heart was.

“Jesus kid! You almost gave me a heart attack.” Edward said while patting his chest. “I assume you are the displaced of this world, nice to meet you.”

“Yep! My name is Kipo!” Kipo greeted while Edward's friends stared at her in surprise due to them not hearing her at all.

Edward chuckled “Nice to meet you Kipo, so what are you and them doing out here?”

“We’re about to go to the castle for a party!” Kipo replied which piqued Edwards interest.

“A party huh? Mind if we join?” He asked with a smirk.

Kipo grew excited and looked at Fluttershy. “Can he?! Please momma! Can he please come with us?!” Twilight and Spike went wide-eyed in surprise when they heard Kipo call Fluttershy momma.

“I don’t know…” Fluttershy said, nervous of the strangers.

“I’m sorry did she call you momma, Fluttershy?” Twilight asked.

“Y-yes she did. She’s my daughter.” Fluttershy said nervously.

“That…is strange to hear, Fluttershy back home…doesn't have a daughter.” Twilight said before she sighed and shook her head. “I guess you were telling the truth about different worlds Edward.”

“Yep.” Edward said then the cars horn blared, shocking everyone and there was a scream from Kipo as she jumped up and latched onto a branch, shaking like a leaf.

“Ok who touched my car?” Edward said before looking at the driver's seat.

“M-me.” Kipo said, still shaking while Fluttershy flew up to try and calm down her daughter.. “I was c-curious and pressed s-something and I think I-I made it mad. I’m s-sorry.”

Edward raised an eyebrow. “It isn't alive, and you just pressed on the horn, it is used to warn people you're coming or to get someone’s attention.” He explained.

“Well it certainly might have gained the attention of the entire forest.” Full Moon said as Fluttershy managed to get Kipo down from the tree.

“Maybe, so about that party?” Edward asked.

“Well like the pup said, it’s at the Everfree castle which would take us a while to get there on hoof.” Full Moon said then sighed. “So I guess we’ll have to accept your offer of a ‘ride’ or whatever it is you said.”

“Cool, everyone get on, I won’t go too fast.” Edward said before he got into the driver’s seat and started the car. Twilight said down on the back, Spike sat down on her lap and Alessia sat next to her.

Fluttershy, Full Moon and Kipo were the only ones who had yet to get in as they were nervous but they also noticed the lack of room for all of them. “I-I think I’ll fly.” Fluttershy said and Full Moon nodded as he got in the front seat with Kipo sitting in his lap and Fluttershy flying above them.

Edward turned the car around and followed Full Moon’s directions. “So how long has Kipo been Displaced?”

The answer shocked Edward. “Since she was a baby.” Fluttershy told him.

“Really? That…is nuts, I have only been Displaced for two days.” Edward said.

“Yeah and he’s already done a lot.” Alessia said.

“Like what?” Fluttershy asked her.

“Well, I fought a ton of demons in Tartarus, found my new friend Alessia, drove out of Tartarus, drove to ponyville, then I took Spike camping.” Edward said while driving around a few trees.

“What are demons and Tartarus?” Kipo asked in curiosity.

“Uh...right little kid.” Edward rubbed his chin before saying. “Tartarus is a place for very bad people, like a superjail, and demons live there, they are very evil and plan on attacking my world.”

“But why?” Kipo asked.

“I don’t know, but they enjoy hurting others so it would be bad if they invade.” Edward explained.

“Yeah, that’s the only reason they need to invade.” Alessia said.

“Sounds bad, but uh…why is Twilight an alicorn?” Full Moon asked.

“Yeah! Why is Ms. Twilight an alicorn like Celestia and Luna?” Kipo asked and SPike answered their questions.

“Well Twilight did something that swapped her friends Cutie Marks and when she reminded them of who they were and stuff, she became the princess of Friendship.” Spike explained.

Fluttershy and Full Moon looked at each other worried. “That…can happen?” Fluttershy asked.

“I don’t know. It happened to our Twilight.” Spike said while Kipo had a curious look on her face.

“Wait, so if I do something, could I become a princess?” Kipo asked in wonder as she imagined herself as a princess.

Fluttershy giggled and flew near Kipo and rubbed her head. “Oh sweetie, you are always my princess.”

“I know momma.” Kipo replied with a smile. “But can you imagine me with wings!”

She giggled and smiled at Kipo. “You are perfect the way you are dear.”

“Yeah pup. Besides, you already have something to help you fly remember?” Full Moon told her.

“Oh yeah, my necklace!” Kipo said as she pulled out her necklace. “I forgot about it!”

“A necklace lets her fly? How?” Twilight asked.

“It’s something her adoptive uncle gave her. We don’t really know how it works other than she just needs to think of flying and she does.” Fluttershy explained.

“Fascinating, would you mind if I examined it later?” Twilight asked.

“Um, ok. Just make sure you give it back.” Kipo said and Twilight nodded just as Edward stopped the car when they reached the canyon that separated them and the castle where flashing lights and muffled music can be seen and heard.

“Well I guess we are here.” Edward said and turned the car off.

“So how is our group gonna cross? I don’t see a bridge.” Spike said as she looked around.

“The canyon doesn’t block every part of the castle, there are a few spots that we can use to cross.” Full Moon said as he walked in one direction.

“Alright but at least if we don’t find a bridge five of us can fly.” Edward said with a smile as he put his guitar and ax on his back before following the group. They didn’t have to walk far as they saw one part of the canyon that connects which allowed them to cross it and begin walking towards the castle.

“See? What did I tell ya?” Full Moon said with a smirk.

“Cool, this place is kinda cool, I will have to find it in my world.” Edward said with a smile.

“It’s spooky is what it is!” Kipo said as they approached the front doors which had two ponies guarding it. Except they weren’t regular ponies as their bottom halves were replaced by spider abdomens.

“Hey Full Moon! We were wondering when you’ll get here!” one of the spider ponies said to Full Moon in a friendly tone then looked at the rest of the group. “And I see you brought company.”

“Yeah, though some of them are from very far away.” Full Moon said while rubbing the back of his head.

“Fascinating, I've never seen ponies like you before.” Twilight said while she looked at the two spider-ponies.

“Stop staring you, uh…” the second spider pony began but stopped when she couldn’t figure out what to call Twilight. “Um, mino-pony? Ponitaur? What the buck even are you?”

“I am an alicorn.” Twilight said.

“We are from another universe and are just visiting.” Edward said.

The two spider ponies looked at each then at Full Moon. “They’re from a very distant land.” Full Moon told them.

“Ah, got it.” the first spider pony said as stepped aside while opening the doors. “Enjoy the party.”

Fluttershy had to hold Kipo back in order to keep the girl from running inside due to her excitement before they all walked inside. “Don’t tell somepony that you’re from another universe, me and Full Moon can understand it cause we’ve talked with Kipo’s uncle about it. But if you tell anypony else they’ll think you’re crazy.” Fluttershy told Edward.

“Right, I guess Kipo’s displaced status is a secret.” Edward said with a nod.

“Yes. Her existence is also a bit of a secret as well.” Fluttershy said.

“Man that must stink.” Edward said with a sigh. “Luckily for me I was Displaced as I was.”

“Stink? What do you mean?” Kipo asked him in confusion.

“Well…I can walk around in the open, sure when me and Alessia came to town they were scared of us, but that was mostly because of my car.” Edward said while rubbing his head.

“Oh, Kipo can walk around the open. We just try to keep her existence hidden from…certain groups.” Fluttershy said, not wanting to say who it was that they were trying to keep Kipo hidden from.

“Oh, well I hope things work out for you three.” Edward said then smiled. “Maybe after the party I can show the kid how to fight.”

“Good luck. Kipo doesn’t like to fight.” Full Moon said and Kipo shook her head.

“Nope! I don’t like fighting, it just makes people angrier.” Kipo said.

“Then I know just the fighting style to teach you, it is all about avoiding getting hit and using your opponent's force against them, you barely have to hit anyone with it.” Edward said with a smile.

“No! I don’t want to fight!” Kipo said while shaking her head. “I hate fighting!”

“But what if someone attacks you, don’t you want to know how to avoid getting hit long enough to escape or for help to arrive?” Edward asked, making a good point.

“But who would attack me?” Kipo asked, tilting her head in confusion. “Everyone in town is really friendly with me.”

“Maybe, but not everyone will be.” Edward said. “I am not saying to use it to hurt people or anything, just that it would be a good idea to learn how to just in case.” He then looked at Twilight. “Not everything in our world is peaceful right?”

“That’s right.” Twilight said, nodding her head.

“See? So just think about it ok?” Edward asked Kipo.

“No!” Kipo said and crossed her arms.

Edward sighed and slumped. “Oh woe is me will I ever find a student to teach.” He said, over dramatically.

Unfortunately this didn’t have any effect on Kipo. “I have an aunt who often tries that with me. But nice try though.” They then arrived at a large room where creatures of all shapes and sizes were dancing to the beat of what sounded like dubstep music. “Whoa! There’s so many different creatures here!”

“Dubstep? Not the best music but this stuff isn’t bad, better than the trash back where I am from.” Edward said as he looked around. “Wow, there really are a lot of cool people here.”

“Yep, all sorts of monster ponies here.” Full Moon said then saw something that made him rub his eyes and look again but it was gone. “Huh, weird. Thought I saw something.”

“What did you think you saw?” Fluttershy asked as Edward and Alessia headed further into the party.

“Don’t know. But it didn’t look like any monster pony I’m familiar with.” Full Moon said, “It looked like some sort of, I don’t know, giant ape or something?”

“Giant ape?” Fluttershy asked, just as confused. “Maybe I should go check it out.”

“Oh come on Shy, it’s probably nothing.” Full Moon said, gently nudging her side. “We’re at one of the greatest parties, tied with Pinkie’s parties of course, in Equestria. A party where we can be ourselves without discremination.”

Fluttershy sighed but smiled. “Ok, I trust you.” She nuzzled Full Moon.

“Don’t you always?” Full Moon asked her with a chuckle then noticed something missing. “Uh oh. I think Kipo disappeared on us.”

“What!?” Fluttershy asked and looked around in worry.

Full Moon sighs. “I’ll find her. You just enjoy the party ok?”

“But…but…” Fluttershy said while looking around, worried for Kipo.

“Relax, the monster ponies here are usually friendly plus combined with Kipo’s friendly and cheery attitude, she might even make some friends here.” Full Moon said, giving FLuttershy a reassuring smile.

“O-ok, but hurry, remember what Celestia told us about the last element of innocence bearer.” Fluttershy said.

“Yeah I know, the last bearer lost their connection with the Element when they lost their innocence but don’t worry, I’m sure nothing will happen to Kipo.” Full Moon said then kissed her cheek and began to walk off to look for the half jaguar girl. “You just enjoy the party, I’ll find her.”

“Ok.” Fluttershy said softly and watched him leave.

Meanwhile, in another part of the room. Kipo was giggling as she danced to the beat of the music, finding that she kinda liked dubstep. “This is fun!” Kipo cheered before bumping into someone. “Oops, sorry about that.” Kipo told the person, seeing that they were a giant orangutan. “Whoa, you’re a big ape.”

“I am not an ape, I am an orangutan.” He said a bit offended.

“But aren’t orangutan’s part of the ape family?” Kipo asked and the orangutan thought it over.

“I guess… who are you?” He asked.

“I’m Kipo Shy! What's your name?” Kipo introduced herself as she held her hand out to the orangutan.

“I am Gerard.” He said and just looked down at her. “Aren’t you a bit young to be out this late?”

“My mom let me come!” Kipo responded cheerfully. “So Gerard, where did you come from? I’ve never seen an orangutan, or any orangutan, like you before so I can guess you come from a different land?”

“Yes, far away land, I was on my way to the pony’s capital to deliver a message.” He said and took a sip of some juice from a red plastic cup he was holding.

“Oooh, what kind of message?” Kipo asked curiously.

“One meant for the leader of Equestria.” He said a bit too sternly.

“O-oh, ok. Sorry if I was being nosy.” Kipo apologized, stepping back a bit.

“My boss doesn’t want me telling others the message, I have to find a large white winged unicorn with a sun mark. That's what he said.” Gerard said with a nod, as if confirming he said the right thing.

“That’s Celestia. I actually met her once and she was very nice.” Kipo said with a smile on her face as she remembers the time Celestia let her ride on her back. “But if you’re supposed to be in Canterlot, why are you here at a party?”

“Heard music and was hungry.” He said simply.

“Long trip?” Kipo asked and Gerard nodded his head.

“Yes. What are you?” He leaned down and looked Kipo over closely. “Mute?”

“What’s a Mute?” Kipo asked in confusion. “I’m a human jaguar hybrid. At least that’s what my mom tells me.”

Gerard nodded in understanding. “Ah, then you are a mute, I know what a human is, so if you are a mix of things then you are a mute.”

“Wait, you do? Does that mean you know other humans?” Kipo asked hopefully as she kinda wanted to meet other humans besides her uncle and Displaced don’t count as some might not be human.

Gerard scratched his chin. “I wouldn’t say I know them, there may be some back where I am from.”

This made Kipo grin just as Full Moon found her. “There you are pup, been looking everywhere for you and-” he then stopped speaking when he saw Gerard. “Well I’ll be damned. I did see a giant ape.”

“Actually mister Moon, he prefers orangutan.” Kipo said before telling him. “He also knows other humans!”

This surprised Full Moon as he looked at Gerard. “You do?” He asked him.

“I do, we have them in my homeland.” He said before he started to walk over to the snack table. “Very far away, weeks of walking.”

“Is that how you got here Mr. Gerard?” Kipo asked him.

“Oh no, I have a Mute Flamingo that makes the travel much easier.” He said as he grabbed some snacks while Kipo and Full Moon were confused but before they could ask, they heard something break on the stage followed by the music stopping.

“Sorry folks, it seems to have some technical difficulties.” A heavily disguised and roboticized voice said from the stage, making a lot of creatures moan in disappointment.

“Don’t worry, I got this.” Edward said as he walked on stage. “When a show is in trouble, all you need is a roadie.” He said while walking up to the DJ equipment.

“What’s a roadie?” The DJ asked in confusion.

“Me.” He said with a chuckle and checked over the system. “Hmm, it seems you burned out a wire, easy fix.” He kneeled down and started working on it.

The DJ nodded and addressed the crowd. “Don’t worry folks, the technical difficulties will be resolved soon! I promise!”

Edward worked on the wires while saying. “Want some advice? Find a roadie, they usually hang out around concerts, get one to work for you and your equipment will always be set up on time, full working order, and if you want they can even find you some groupies.” The DJ equipment lit up as he finished the repairs. “A good roadie knows how to fix anything, get anything, make anything and when their job is done you’ll wonder if they were even there in the first place.” He said as he left the stage, sticking to the shadows.

“Whoa, he’s good.” The DJ said and started the music back up again, which made the crowd cheer and continue partying.

Edward made his way around the crowd to the snack table and smiled. “Hey little dudette.” He said to Kipo.

“Hi Eddie!” Kipo greeted excitedly, “Guess what? There’s humans here! Well, technically in another land but still! I can meet humans other than Displaced!”

“Really? That sounds good, I hope you get to meet them, kid.” He said with a soft smile. “Hey dude, is this food for anybody?” He asked Full Moon.

“Yep. Though I would check the punch first, it might be blood for the vamponies.” Full Moon said as he gestured to the labels on the punch bowls.

“Yikes, thanks for the warning.” He said, shaking his head. “I would hate to accidentally drink from the wrong bowl.”

Full Moon chuckles. “Yeah.” he said as he watched Kipo, making sure she didn't disappear again but she was content to just dance in the same spot.

“So how long have you and Fluttershy was it? How long have you two been together?” Edward asked while taking a bite of a cookie.

“Since Kipo was around seven.” Full Moon said as he took a burger off the table and bit into it.

“Oh? Well she is a lucky girl to have you watching out for her, though I pity anyone who tries to date Kipo.” He said with a chuckle.

Full Moon chuckles as well. “You would think that but not a lot of boys see her nothing more than a friend or ‘that jaguar girl’. Though she did catch the eye of a filly named Scootaloo.” he then looked at the guitar on Edwards back. “Why do you lug that guitar around with you?”

“I play now and then, it is also one of my weapons.” Edward told him with a smirk, then took it off his back and played a few notes making a burger float into the air. “I can also cast magic with it.” When he stopped playing the burger fell.

“Damn, that’s both impressive and interesting. Enchantments aren’t exactly easy, especially if you’re planning on using different kinds of magic with said enchanted item.” Full Moon said then got an idea. “Hey, how good are you at playing?”

“Good enough to earn some money and calm down some scared ponies.” Edward said then smirked. “Are you thinking what I think you are thinking?”

“Yep.” Full Moon said then glanced at V4mp0n3. “Hope they don’t mind us giving an improvement to the music.”

“I got an idea, do you play anything or want me to handle it?” Edward asked as he put the guitar back on his back.

“I sometimes play guitar, drums and a few other instruments.” Full Moon said while shrugging a bit.

“Hmm, give me a minute, I am gonna check if they have extra instruments.” Edward said before he headed over to the stage and got on it but was hidden in the shadows. “Hey DJ dude, got any extra instruments and would you mind me and my friends putting on a live show?”

V4mp0n3 looked at him. “Yeah I got some spares and I don’t mind dude. It might improve everyone’s night if they hear different music.”

“Cool, call over that blue dragoness, and the black earth pony.” He said before heading backstage.

They nodded their heads. “What’s the name of the pony? I can’t just call out black earth pony, there are a few ponies of that description here too you know.”

Edward popped his head out. “Full Moon I think.”

They nodded their head. “Yo! Can the dragoness and one Full Moon come on over here?” they called out and Alessia and Full Moon began heading towards the DJ booth.

“What’s going on Edward?” Alessia asked him.

He grinned at them. “How would you two like to play for a live audience?” He showed them a drum set and bass guitar.

Full Moon grinned while Alessia just shrugged. “Buck yeah! I’m in!” Full Moon said excitedly.

“Meh, alright.” Alessia said next.

Edward handed Alessia the bass. “You do know how to play right?”

“Eh, so and so.” Alessia said while making the so-so gesture with her hand.

“Alright, give me a moment.” He dug into his pockets before pulling out an old cracked Ipod nano. “Here it is, let me find the right song.” He put an earbud into his ear and cycled through the songs until he found the one he wanted. “Here, this is the song we will play.” He let them listen to the song.

“Whoa, now that’s what I call a song.” Full Moon said, a grin on his face.

“Agreed, I’ve heard you play before but this is pretty good. I don’t know if we can match it.” Alessia said.

“Relax, this is for fun. Do your best and have some fun, once we get home we can practice more if you want.” Edward said while placing a hand on her shoulder and smiling.

Alessia nodded her head. “I’d like that. I don’t get many chances to try and practice back in Tartarus cause you know, trying to stay alive.”

“Yeah, maybe we can visit the guardian of metal and he can upgrade your bass into a battle bass later.” Edward said with a smirk.

“Guardian of metal?” Full Moon asked and Alessia waved it off.

“Don’t worry about it. Let’s just get ready to play.” Alessia said.

Edward worked on the set up a bit more before grinning. “All set, you two ready?”

The two nodded their heads as they stood next to or held their instruments. “Ready.” The two said while grinning.

Edward reached through a certain and tapped V4mp0n3’s back and gave them a thumbs up. V4mp0n3 nodded their heads and stopped the music which caused everyone to complain. “Hey, what happened to the music?” One monster pony complained.

“Sorry about fillies and gentlecolts, but I had to stop the music so you all can have a live performance from three of the guests here!” V4mp0n3 said enthusiastically which piqued the interest of everyone as they began to murmur about if this was a thing or not. “Now give it up to these guys!” And the curtains pulled back to reveal Edward, Alessia and Full Moon.

“Hey everyone, this is a song from my home, I hope you all like it.” Edward tapped his foot and counted down before they began to play. At first the three just played their instruments in a tune the crowd wasn’t familiar with but sounded pretty good and then Edward began to sing.

“♪This ain't a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for faith-departed
And I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud

It's my life It's now or never But I ain't gonna live forever I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)♪” Full Moon repeated after Edward.

“♪My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just want to live while I'm alive
It's my life

At this point the crowd was beginning to really enjoy the song the group was playing, even Kipo and Fluttershy who had met up after Full left to sing on the stage and they were beginning to dance to the song.

♪Yeah, this is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina, who never backed down
Tomorrow's getting harder, make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky, got to make your own breaks

♪It's my life
And it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)♪” sang Alessia after Edward just like Full Moon

♪My heart is like an open highway
♪Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just want to live while I'm alive
'Cause it's my life

Edward then began to perform a solo which really got the crowd cheering and when Edward sang again, the crowd joined in as well, seemingly knowing the rest of the lyrics. How they know nobody will know.

♪Better stand tall when they're calling you out
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

It's my life
And it's now or never
'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)

♪My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)

♪And it's now or never I ain't gonna live forever I just want to live while I'm alive (It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
I just want to live while I'm alive 'Cause it's my life!♪”

At the end of the song V4mp0n3 activated the stage fireworks for extra flare and that made the crowd cheer loudly, nearly making the old castle shake as they did.

“Hope about a hoof for our guest musicians!” V4mp0n3 said and the crowd either stomped or clapped their hooves in response, still cheering.

“Thank you, thank you!” Edward said bowing. “I am happy you enjoyed it.” When the curtains closed, they began to put away the instruments.

“That was awesome! Did you hear them?! They loved it!” Full Moon exclaimed happily. “I’ve got to do that more often!”

“Unfortunately you'll have to find bandmates from your own world, we have to go home eventually.” Edward said with a chuckle. “But if you ever need a roadie give me a call.”

“I’ll be sure to do that. If I remember where your summoning thingy is.” Full Moon said as they began to leave the stage, none of them noticing a certain half jaguar talking to V4mp0n3.

“Token, and it shouldn't be hard to lose, it is my guitar.” Edward told him with a chuckle.

“Yeah, somewhere in the forest.” Full Moon said.

“Wait, you guys didn’t bring it with you?” Edward asked, confused.

“Nope, I didn’t see the pup grab it so that means she must have left it behind by accident.” Full Moon said just as they see Fluttershy. “Hey Shy. How’d you like the show?”

“I loved it.” Fluttershy said as she nuzzled Full Moon. “You were amazing up there.”

Full Moon chuckled with a smile. “Thanks Shy, what did the pup think?” He asked and looked around.

“She loved it as well. Though she disappeared somewhere.” Fluttershy said as she looked around.

“Do you two mean Kipo?” Edward asked with a small smirk while he blocked their view of the stage.

“Yes. She’s disappeared on me again.” Fluttershy said just as different music began to play, one that was a bit upbeat compared to the one Edward and the others played.

“You didn’t think that was it did you? Well get ready everyone for this next song that’ll be sung by Kipo Shy!” V4mp0n3 said just as the curtains opened, revealing a slightly nervously Kipo with a strange helmet who looked at the crowd before taking a deep breath and putting the helmet on.

Music then began to play which the crowd started to slowly get into the beat of the music before Kipo began to sing.

“♪When can we do this again?

When can I see you again?
When can we do this again?
When can I see you again?
When can we do this again?
When can I see you again?♪”

“♪Switch on the sky and the stars glow for you
Go see the world 'cause it's all so brand new
Don't close your eyes 'cause your future's ready to shine
It's just a matter of time, before we learn how to fly
Welcome to the rhythm of the night
There's something in the air you can't deny♪”

“♪It's been fun but now I've got to go
Life it way too short to take it slow
But before I go and hit the road
I gotta know, 'til then,
When can we do this again?
Oh oh oh oh
When can I see you again?
Oh oh oh oh
When can we do this again?
Oh oh oh oh
I gotta know, when can I see you again?
(When can I see you again?)♪”

“♪Joined at the hip, yeah your sidekick needs you
Life is a trip down the road that leads you
Look all around at all the mountains you haven't climbed
It's just a matter of time, before we learn how to fly
Welcome to the rhythm of the night
There's something in the air you can't deny♪”

During the middle of her song, Kipo began to glow softly which caused a reaction among the monster ponies as they all began to since and dance along to the song. Even Eddie couldn’t help but dance.

“♪It's been fun but now I've got to go
Life is way too short to take it slow
But before I go and hit the road
I gotta know, 'til then,
When can we do this again?
Oh oh oh oh
When can I see you again?
Oh oh oh oh
When can we do this again?
Oh oh oh oh
I gotta know,
When can I see you again?♪”

“♪Don't close your eyes 'cause your future's ready to shine
It's just a matter of time, before we learn how to fly

Welcome to the rhythm of the night

There's something in the air you can't deny

So let me know before I wave goodbye

When can I see you again?

Oh oh oh oh

When can we do this again?

Oh oh oh oh

When can I see you again?

Oh oh oh oh

When can we do this again?

Oh oh oh oh!♪”

“♪Yeah, it's been fun but now I've got to go
Life is way too short to take it slow
But before I go and hit the road
Tell me when
When can I see you again?
When can I see you again?
Tell me when
When can I see you again?♪”

Everyone in the room began to cheer loudly, praising the girl for her performance and Fluttershy and Full Moon couldn’t help but smile when they saw Kipo bring so many smiles to the monster ponies that were here.

“The kid has a lot of talent.” Edward said with a smile. “Maybe she could be a professional singer, one day at least.”

“Who knows.” Full Moon said as Kipo went backstage while the curtains closed.

“What a beautiful performance by Kipo! How about giving her a round of applause eh?!” V4mp0n3 said and the crowd did just that.

“Come on, let’s go congratulate her on her performance.” Fluttershy said as she began walking towards the stage and the arrived to see Kipo nervously waiting for them.

Edward followed them and smiled at the happy family. “You did good kid, everyone loved it.”

“I-I heard.” Kipo replied, a shy smile on her face. “I-I honestly thought they wouldn’t like it but I’m glad they did.”

“Well you did amazing kid, maybe you can try again later.” Edward said with a smile.

Kipo smiled and nodded her head and Twilight asked her something. “Hey, how did you perform that glow spell?”

“Spell?” Kipo asked in confusion.

“I think she means what you were doing while you were singing.” Edward clarified.

All they got was a confused look. “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“Huh, must have been this world's musical magic.” Twilight said and wrote down some notes.

Both Fluttershy and Full Moon knew it wasn’t that but didn’t want to say anything about it. “Well how about we celebrate Kipo’s success of giving the crowd a beautiful song?” Full Moon suggested.

“Sounds good to me.” Edward said before ruffling Kipo’s hair.

Kipo giggles as she playfully swats his hand away but before they can walk over to the snacks table, one of the spider ponies from before crashed into the room, his body layered with multiple cuts and burns. The music stopped as everyone looked at the spider pony who was struggling to get up, “C-cul….cul..” he then coughed up some blood.

“Hey, what is it? Was it a beast of the Everfree?” a snake pony asked him and the spider pony shook his head. “Then what?!”

“Cult-” an arrow pierced through his skull, silencing him. Then bursting into the room was an army of ponies in armor with the symbol of Celestia’s sun adorning them.

“CULTISTS!!” a monster pony shouted and what happened next was complete pandemonium! Monster ponies left and right were trying to find any means of escape except they were all blocked off by the Cultists who began to shoot the monster ponies down with arrows and magic.

“What the hell is going on?” Edward asked as he took his ax off his back and Alessia took out her twin short swords.

“Cultists! They view monster ponies as abominations that need to be killed! They shouldn’t be here! This place is too far into the Everfree!” Full Moon said as he was shocked to see Cultists this far in the Everfree. “We need to get out of here now!”

Edward frowned and his ax burst into flames. “Then let’s make an opening.”

“Normally I'd be all for killing Cultists but there’s too many of them and they came prepared.” Full Moon said while gesturing to a few Cultists who sprayed some sort of mist at the vamponies, making them gag and gasp for air which meant that the mist was garlic or powdered silver while another groups' weapons were burning away at some wereponies flesh which meant they were silver.

“Then let’s see if they have something for me.” Edward growled as his skin turned red and large wings grew out of his back. “Rah!” He charged at the nearest cultist.

The cultist didn’t have time to react before Edward chopped off their head with his ax. “Demon!!” a cultist shouted while pointing at Edward.

Edward frowned at the cultists. “You want to fight a monster? Then focus on me ya armored pussies.” He taunted while spinning his ax and moving away from the monster ponies.

A cultist then threw a bottle at Edward and when it shattered against him, it started to hurt like hell. “Holy water. Your kind are not fans of this if I remember right.” A cloaked cultist said while Edward screamed in pain.

“Fuck, where the hell did you get this?” Edward asked as he shook it off. “That fucking hurt.” He ran at the cultists and swung his ax.

The robed cultist pulled out a staff made of silver and blocked the swing before jabbing it into Edwards gut, knocking the wind out of him but before they could hit him again, Full Moon tackled them while his jaws were locked around their neck and with a strong pull, ripped out their throat. “You ok?” he asked Edward after he spat out the chunk of flesh.

“Yeah, just didn’t think holy water was a thing here, or that it would hurt me.” Edward said before he frowned. “Maybe I should try long ranged attacks.” He switched to his guitar.

“Like I said, these buckers are prepared.” Full Moon said as he looked around then spotted an unguarded door. “I see a way out of here. But even with Fluttershy helping us fight, we’ll still be outnumbered. We’ll need some help.”

“Then let’s get organized.” He started to play a small tune before, when he finished, a wave of energy washed out around him, making all his allies’ weapons glow. “Good thing I remembered how to play that.”

“Why are your dragon friend’s weapons glowing?” Full Moon asked as he looked at Alessia, who was busy stabbing or burning multiple cultists.

“I just played a music spell that rallies allies and gives them a small boost to their attack power.” Edward explained.

Full Moon grins. “Thanks! This will make clearing them a lot easier!” he then looked at Fluttershy, SPike, Twilight and Kipo. “Come on, everyone needs to help fight. Even you pup.” But Kipo was frozen, her eyes were wide and fill with terror as flashbacks of her being nearly burned alive flashed before her eyes.

“I-I…I can’t..” Kipo said in terror.

“Spike, guard Kipo.” Edward ordered before he started strumming his guitar making lightning strike some cultists.

“U-uh right.” Spike said as he stood next to Kipo who was beginning to shake like a leaf.

“Full Moon, you should get the other monster poonies to fight with us, if we fight together we can win.” Edward told him while strumming his guitar, the more he strummed the more it glowed red hot.

“It won’t do any good. They’ll want to get away from the cultists as soon as they can.” Full Moon said as he clawed a cultist.

“Twilight, got any magic to stop this?” Edward asked as his hands got burned from his overheated guitar.

“Stop what exactly?!” Twilight asked as she used her magic to keep any cultist away from Kipo and Spike.

“I don’t know, maybe start teleporting the monster ponies out of here?” Edward suggested as he used his flaming ax to cut one of the cultists.

Twilight nodded and focused her magic on some monster ponies but an arrow nearly hit her in the head.” I-I can’t! There’s too many cultists around and everyone is all over the place! I’ll need someone to protect me while I try to focus!”

“But all of our fighters are already busy!” Spike exclaimed and he was right, Edward, Fluttershy, Full Moon and Alessia were all too busy fighting off cultists. Edward then looked at Kipo.

“Kipo, we need you to protect Twilight so she can save the others!” He said while blocking a sword with his ax.

“B-but I..I..I-I…” Kipo stammered out.

“Kipo, we need you!” Edward said before kicking a cultist away. Kipo started breathing heavily as more flashbacks of the Cleansing Chamber appeared in front of her eyes. “Kipo!” Edward shouted again and Kipo just turned and ran away, disappearing into the crowd of monster ponies.

“Kipo wait!” Fluttershy called out and was about to fly after her but Full Moon pulled her away from a swing of a cultists sword.

“We have to focus on them first, then we can go find her.” Full Moon told her before kicking one of the cultists.

“B-but Kipo-” Full Moon cut her off.

“Can take care of herself, but we are surrounded by cultists, if we don't deal with them first then we will all end up in cages or in the ground.” Full Moon told her.

“As cold as it sounds, Full Moon is right, we have to stop these guys first.” Edward said before cutting one of the cultists in half.

Fluttershy still looked torn between finding her daughter and fighting the cultists so they could escape. Eventually she sighed and nodded her head before flying at a cultist attempting to stab Spike with their spear and punching them square in the face, breaking their neck instantly. “There might be a secret passage somewhere, castles like this often have one. Look for it.” Fluttershy told them.

Edward looked up and whistled. “Everyone, get under a hole in the ceiling, I am gonna bring the house down!”

The monster ponies did just that, choosing to believe Edward if it meant getting rid of the cultists faster. Once all of them were under a hole, they nervously looked at the cultists that were beginning to surround them.

Edward jumped into the air before slamming onto the ground while playing a loud power cord which makes an earthquake happen. The earthquake caused the oldcastle to crack and crumble before the ceiling fell and crushed some if not most of the cultists.

Everyone stared in shock at Edward before FUll Moon snapped them out of it. “Now’s our chance! Get them before they recover!” This caused the monster ponies to snap out of it and rush the remaining cultists and said cultists could barely fight back before they were all slaughtered.

Edward stood up and used his ax to cut off the spear tip of one of the cultists, then got in his face. “Boo.”

The cultist screamed and tried to run away but a vampony tackled him and bit into his neck before they began drinking his blood. “That’s the last of them.” Full Moon said.

“Now we have to find Kipo!” Fluttershy said in panic and worry.

“I’ll help.” Edward said as he put his ax on his back, then he felt a buzzing and checked his pocket to find his fire tribute counter, and it was going up.

“Thank you.” Fluttershy said with a nod of appreciation.

Edward hummed before putting his counter back in his pocket. “Let’s go find her.”

They all nodded. “We’ll have to search the entire castle first in case she hid in one of the rooms here.” Alessia said.

“Yeah that is a smart plan…I hope I didn’t fuck up with my plan.” Edward said with a sigh.

“I’m sure you didn’t.” Full Moon said and began to sniff the air. “I can help out the most with my sense of smell, if she is here, I’ll find her instantly.”

“I just have my normal senses, I'm not enhanced.” Edward said before he shivered and changed back to normal.

“Can we please find my daughter?!” Fluttershy exclaimed before flying off.

“Right, let’s do this fast.” Edward said before he headed for one of the towers.

“I’ll stay here and help tend to the wounded.” Spike said, gesturing to the wounded monster ponies.

“Same here, my magic might be able to heal up their injuries.” Twilight said and Full Moon nodded.

“Alright. But keep an eye out, who knows if there are more cultists.” Full Moon said then he and Alessia split up.

Everyone was back in the main room of the castle after spending at least a couple of hours searching for Kipo yet none of them had any luck. “W-where is she?! She wouldn’t go too far from me! She couldn’t have gone into the forest right?!” Fluttershy said while pacing back and forth.

Edward crossed his arms and thought out loud. “She was terrified, I saw that look before, she has PTSD…she will go somewhere she feels safest, the question is where is that?”

“W-well that would either be my home or the clubhouse.” Fluttershy said and Full Moon nodded.

“Right, we’ll split up, half of us will go to the clubhouse, the rest go to Fluttershy’s.” Full Moon said. “Who’s going where?”

Edward hummed in thought. “I can follow Fluttershy to her home.”

“I’ll follow you to this clubhouse of hers.” Alessia said while she put her swords away.

“I-I’ll go with Full Moon to the clubhouse.” Spike said

“Guess that means I’ll go with Fluttershy to her home then.” Twilight said and they walked to their chosen partners.

“Alright, looks like we have our parties. We’ll all meet back at Fluttershy’s if we don't find her.” Full Moon said and everyone nodded.

They all left, and got in Edward’s car and drove out of the forest, stopping for only a moment to find and recover Edward’s token. They continued on their way till they made it out of the forest and Edward turned it off. “Alright, we split up from here.”

They nodded their heads and got out of the car. “Ok, good luck Shy and I hope Kipo is ok.” Full Moon said to Fluttershy who nodded in agreement.

“Same.” Fluttershy said before they all split up with Fluttershy’s group heading towards her home which only took about a few minutes of travel. When they got there, they were shocked and filled with dread when they saw the front door broken in half. “O-oh no.”

Edward took his ax off his back and frowned. “Got any unfamiliar scents?” He asked quietly as he made his way to the door slowly.

“N-no, my animals make it difficult to identify someone by smell.” Fluttershy said as she too made her way to the door.

“I can try scanning for anyone with my magic.” Twilight suggested.

“Wouldn’t that give us away though? I mean your magic is bright.” Edward said quietly.

“Not really, and my magic isn’t that bright. Only when I perform more advanced spells.” Twilight said.

Edward sighed. “Let Fluttershy decide, it is her home.”

Everyone looked at Fluttershy who nodded her head. “Do it. I don’t want to rush in there blindly and end up getting us all killed, including my daughter.”

Twilight nodded and her horn glowed while she stared intently on Fluttershy’s cottage for a few seconds before the glow went away. “All I sense are animals and one person upstairs.” Twilight said.

“Alright, Fluttershy, you seem to be the fastest of us, you should go in first just in case they aren’t friendly and you need to strike.” Edward suggested.

Fluttershy nodded and walked inside and when she did she saw that her animals were nowhere to be seen. She then heard squeaking and snorting and looked over to see both Mandu and Angel waiting at the bottom of the stairs. “Angel, Mandu, who’s here right now?” she asked them.

‘It Kipo cub and…’ Angel then paused and gained a worried look. ‘Kipo cub hurt, arrow in shoulder. Angel did best he could.’

Fluttershy’s heart nearly stopped when she heard that. “Thank you for telling me this! I’ll tend to her right now while you invite my friends inside!” Fluttershy then rushed up the stairs and towards Kipo’s room which was being blocked by some of her animals but they moved aside for her. When she entered, she was greeted with a sobbing Kipo with one hand holding her shoulder which was wrapped in bloody bandages laying on her bed.

Kipo quickly turned her head to Fluttershy and upon seeing her cried even harder. “M-momma! It hurts! P-please make it stop!” Kipo begged while Fluttershy quickly rushed over to her and held her in her hooves, quietly shushing her.

“I know baby, I know. But I’ll make it better.” Fluttershy reassured as Kipo cried into her fur while Mandu walked in with a first aid kit in her mouth. Fluttershy took the kit and placed it next to her. “Now, I’m gonna remove the bandages so I can treat it properly. Ok?”

Kipo just gave a shaky nod and Fluttershy began to remove the bandages wrapped around her shoulder so she could see how bad it was. She was a bit relieved to see that the wound wasn’t that bad, just a standard arrow wound that didn’t go too deep into KIpo’s skin. “Don’t worry Kipo, it’s just a small cut.” Fluttershy reassured.

“B-but it hurts so m-m-much! Small cuts d-don’t hurt that b-ba-bad!” Cried Kipo while Fluttershy’s heart broke upon seeing her daughter in this much pain.

“Don’t worry, I said I was going to make it better and that’s what I’m gonna do.” Fluttershy said as a few birds flew in with a wet towel and gave it to her and she was about to clean the wound but KIpo flinched away.

“N-no! It hurts when you t-touch it!” Kipo said, covering the wound with her hand.

“Kipo, I won’t be able to help it heal if you don’t let me. I know you’re in pain and afraid but I promise you that you’ll feel better soon.” Fluttershy said in reassurance and Kipo just sniffled. “Ok?”

Kipo sniffled again but nodded her head. “O-ok.” She then removed her hand and Fluttershy began to clean the wound while Kipo gritted her teeth in pain and Fluttershy comforted her until the wound was clean.

“Now this next part is going to really hurt so I need to bite on this ok?” Fluttershy said as he gave Kipo part of her blanket and Kipo nodded before biting on the blanket while Fluttershy got out new bandages along with an ointment to help the wound heal quicker. Fluttershy then began to apply the bandages around Kipo’s shoulder while Kipo bites down on the blanket, new tears in her eyes. “It’s ok, we’re almost done.” Fluttershy comforted as she continued to apply the bandages.

This went on for a few seconds until Fluttershy was finished and was now hugging Kipo while rubbing her back soothingly. “M-m-momma, why do the m-m-mean ponies hate u-us so much?” Kipo asked Fluttershy. “W-we didn’t do anything t-to them! So why?”

Fluttershy was now crying as well. “It’s because w-we are different from regular ponies.” Fluttershy told her.

“B-b-but we’re just like them t-though! We live n-normal lives just like regular po-ponies!” Kipo said as she cried into Fluttershy’s fur again. “We’re not d-different from them!”

“Unfortunately that's just how some people are.” Edward said from the doorway. “But you can show them you are better than what they think you are by living a good life. Care for your friends, protect your family, and enjoy life.”

“B-but those mean ponies w-will just ruin it again! T-they’ll keep taking things t-that make me and others h-happy!” sobbed Kipo.

Edward sighed and looked down. “Yeah, they will keep trying, but that just means you and those you care about need to get stronger, so they can’t push you around.” He looked up at Kipo. “Kipo, life is hard, and you will have to face your fears one day, but until then…get stronger and keep close to your friends and family, and if you ever need my help I am just a strum away.” He set the token guitar next to the door.

Kipo sniffles a bit and nods her head. “O-ok Mr E-Edward.”

Edward smiled with a chuckle. “Please just Ed or Edward, Mr Edward makes me sound old.”

“O-ok Eddie.” Kipo said then yawned.

Edward smiled and shook his head. “Get some rest kid, you have your whole life ahead of you.”

Kipo nodded and laid down on her good shoulder. “E-Eddie? Can you….c-can you play me a song?”

Edward rubbed his head. “Sure kid, give me a moment to think of one.” He said as he sat down and got his guitar out. He then figured one out and smiled as he played his guitar softly.

“♪We may not have sunshine
Or starlight or weather

But we've got each other♪” Edward sang before Fluttershy sang next while Edward played.

“♪And that's even better

You don't need the sun to keep you warm
When you've got arms

Wishes come from you
And not a random shooting star♪” Kipo yawned while closing her eyes, beginning to fall asleep.

“♪We may not have storm clouds
But the sky's always blue

We've got something special here
And what we have is you
What we have is you
What we have is you.♪”

Kipo was snoring softly, a peaceful look on her face which brought a smile to both Fluttershy’s and Edwards faces. Fluttershy then gently covered Kipo up and kissed her cheek. “I love you my little bundle of joy.” Fluttershy said softly before she and Edward began to leave her room while both Angel and Mandu hopped onto the bed and laid down next to Kipo.

“She is a good kid, I hope I was able to help some.” Edward said softly.

“She is and I hope so too. But after tonight, I fear that she’s even more traumatized than before.” Fluttershy said, a sad look on her face as she closed the door just a bit.

“I don’t know much about this world but you should find her a therapist to help her through her PTSD.” Edward told her and they two walked down stairs.

“I know, Celestia paid for a therapist for her. Though we only visited him once and he says she’s hiding something from even herself.” Fluttershy said, before frowning. “He does have a way to help her but I’m not sure about it just yet.”

Edward crossed his arms and hummed in thought. “What is his idea?”

Fluttershy sighs. “He wants to hypnotize her. It’ll let him speak to her subconscious so he can find out what is troubling her.”

“Hmm, well I can understand your concerns, but if he agrees to let you be in the room when it happens I don’t see why not.” Edward suggested with a slight shrug of his shoulders.

“B-but even then, I’ll still be nervous because the thought of hypnotizing someone, even if it’s to help them, never sat well with me.” Fluttershy said. “Plus, Kipo isn’t normal like everyone, what if the treatment causes side effects? Bad ones that would forever affect her?”

“Hmm. well I must say this, humans do have a type of hypnosis therapy, so it should be fine.” Edwprd said as he scratched his in. “Perhaps you can talk to her about how hypnotism works and ask her what she wants.”

Fluttershy was quiet for a few seconds before responding. “I…I suppose I can asked her if she wants to. Though, it’ll have to happen sometime after she’s recovered from this night.”

“Probably a good idea.” Edward said with a nod. “Unfortunately we're stuck here until morning, but I can help out around your house until then.”

“What do you mean you’re stuck here until morning?” Fluttershy asked in confusion as she walked over to the busted front door and looked it over.

“From what I know, only the person that summoned me can send me home.” Edward explained before he looked at the door as well. “This is an easy fix, five minutes tops.”

“So you have to wait until Kipo wakes up in the morning in order to go home then.” Fluttershy said with a sigh then pointed out. “Also, the door is broken in half with several pieces missing.”

“Not a problem.” Edward said with a smile. “Give me five minutes.” He cracked his knuckles and headed outside.

“Um, ok?” Fluttershy said before she began to clean up all the wood bits on the floor.

After a few minutes Edward came back with a door made of freshly cut wood. He begins to remove the old door and install the new one. After five minutes he was finished. “It ain’t pretty but it will keep the weather and bugs out.”

“But how? You were gone for five minutes, it usually takes a bit longer to make a door.” Fluttershy said, surprised to see Edward make a door so fast.

“I am a roadie.” He said with a grin. “Like I said it ain’t pretty but it will do.”

“Well I think this roadie job is more productive than others.” Fluttershy said just as Full Moon and the others walked up to the cottage.

Edward chuckled while rubbing his nose. “Just tell me what needs fixing and what to leave alone and I will get to work.”

Fluttershy giggles a bit. “I’ll be sure to let you know but for now, I think everyone can use some rest.” Fluttershy said.

Edward shrugged with a smile. “I can rest when I am dead, if I am stuck here I may as well be useful.”

“So I take it the pup is ok?” Full Moon asked them as he and the others walked in.

“Sort of. She was hit by an arrow in the shoulder but the wound wasn’t all that bad but it really hurt her.” Fluttershy said sadly.

Full Moon growled a bit but didn’t do much else. “Damn it, I wish I could have protected her.”

“I did too but there wasn’t anything we could have. We were outnumbered left and right.” Fluttershy said while patting his back. “Let’s just be thankful that Kipo only made it out with just a minor wound." she then sighed.

He looked at her with worry. "You ok?"

She slowly nodded her head. "Yeah, just wondering how Dr. Brum is going to help Kipo after this incident. Though I'm not sure if he can given how terrified Kipo was so she might not talk about it."

“Hey, I'm sure he can help her. I mean, Celestia did suggest him after all. She wouldn't have if she didn't believe he could help her.” Full Moon reassured.

Fluttershy was still doubtful but nodded her head. "I guess you are right but I'm still a bit worried."

Full Moon wrapped a hoof around her and gave her a hug. "I know, but you must have a little faith." he then yawned a bit. "Maybe we should get some sleep. It's been a long night."

Fluttershy nodded in agreement then looked at her three other guests. “I have a guest room one or two of you can use.”

“Eh, I’ll sleep on the couch.” Alessia said while pointing a thumb at said furniture.

“Guess me and Spike are sharing then.” Twilight said with Spike nodding in agreement. Then everyone began to head to bed except for Fluttershy as she had some things to do which Edward might be able to help with.

The next morning, everyone was outside of the cottage, well, almost everyone. Kipo was standing next to the door frame, refusing to leave the house. “S-so this is goodbye for now.” Kipo said to Edward who was seated in his car along with Alessia, Spike and Twilight.

“Yeah, sorry about that kid, but like I said, if you need me just strum that guitar and I will come to save ya.” Edward said while giving her a thumbs up. “You remember that ok?”

“O-ok.” Kipo said while nodding. “U-um, how do I send y-you home again?”

Edward smiled. “You say, our contract is complete.”

“Our c-contract is complete. Bye Eddie.” Kipo said while waving goodbye.

Edward waved as a portal opened below the car and it sank down into it. “See ya around kid, and remember, you don’t have to be a monster, trust your friends and family with your pain, lastly, keep moving forwar-” Edward was cut off as he passed through the portal and then it closed.

“What was he trying to say?” Full Moon asked and Fluttershy just shrugged.