Even More Problems

"Mena," She liked the name. The name that Maud gave her was nice, but it never felt right. The one that Mr.Maxwell gave her was perfect. She could never be Pinkie Pie nor Pinkiemena; she was a clone and a poor one at that. Mena's first memory was seeing her other self--- and uttering the words 'Fun.' Soon enough, she found herself wandering out of Ponyvillie, searching for 'Fun.' Then the memories came; they were all disjointed and out of order, but one thing was clear, she was supposed to be Pinkie Pie.

"Are you okay?" Maud asked as she placed a hoof on her withers.

Mena nodded and looked towards the sky. The sun's rays shined over Dream Valley; It was a brand new day in Paradise. Currently, she and the rest of the inhabitants sat by or were taking a bath in the main river. Mr.Maxwell and his young companions were the first ones to wash. "Oi! Stop playing and wash yourselves!" The Human barked, but the foals didn't listen and kept playing. The former Party pony found it strange how the Human always wore something and was never truly naked. "Is it a Human thing?"

She watched as Sonata jumped into the river and reverted to her true form. The Siren picked up the angry Human with her hooves. "Let's play, Raven!" It was an attempt to get the Human to lighten up, but the Human grew angrier.

"Put me down this instant-Guh!" The Siren dunked Raven under the water before pulling him back up. "Alright, you asked for it, Shadow Step!" Raven disappeared and phased through Sonata's hooves as if he were a ghost. Sonata tilted her head in confusion and looked for the Human" Power Assult!" The next thing the Siren knew, she found herself knocked over into the water face first.

Raven stood on Sonata's back and looked at the Siren with contempt. "I am your senior; show some respect." He didn't mind the playfulness nature of children, but he would have none of it when it came to adults. Sonata quickly turned her body, grabbed the condescending Human, and splashed about. "You want more? I'll put you in your place." The Human said with a grin, while the Siren giggled as this all happened. In a show of feat of strength, Raven pushed the Siren over and stood over her again.

Mena watched all of this and giggled. It was the first time that she found the energy to laugh in a long time. "I think I'm going to like it here." she looked around and ensured that no pony other than her sister was watching. Mena held her head over the water and pulled her hood down slightly. A pony with a gray pink coat and long flat dark raspberry mane was in her reflection. "I'll do my best and help Mr.Maxwell, and I'm Mena it." The pink pony giggle snorted at her own terrible pun.

Maud smiled under her hood and hugged Mena. "I know you will; you're my sister, after all."

Snowy Mountain Pass

Grogar held an Equestrian News Paper in his yellow Magical grip as he walked up the mountain trail. "Impossible." The old ram growled in anger. Another Human in Equestria, and it's an adult from the looks of things. "Megan should have been the only Human, she even told me herself." The thought of her nearly brought him into a rage, but he quickly calmed himself. "Play Tyrant long enough, and a little girl with her pony friends and dragon gets lucky." Still, it was strange; Megan was weak in every sense of the word, yet she prevailed. "Her friends."

The old ram didn't need friends, but he could use allies. Creatures as wicked as him, like his creation discord. Grogar looked at the newspaper and considered this new Human but shook his head. "Too unpredictable." He needed to observe the Human first before he could make any decision.

First, Grogar needed to find the Bewitching Bell; without it, he was locked out of many fields of magic. Necromancy, blood magic, and Voodoo; he couldn't perform them without the bell, which meant he couldn't create more monsters. Thankfully, he had a few tricks under his hoof. "The bell should be u-" The Ram was interrupted.

"You can't be here; it's dangerous." An old stallion wearing a rusty bucket over his head and a dirty cape told Grogar how dangerous it was. The bucket-wearing pony went on and on about how treacherous the climb would be. The old goat blocked him out and placed a hoof on the pony's withers. The pony stiffened and fell over as soon as he did, unable to move.

Grogar smiled and admired his work. "At least my paralyzing spell still works. Now." He approached and loomed over the terrified pony. "Let's see what you have in that little head of yours." The bell could wait; he needed information about the current age, and digging through this pony's head, should do it. Hopefully, he didn't break the pony's mind; he had other uses for it.

Mortified screaming filled the air, followed by evil laughter.

Canterlot Castle

Princess Luna wheeled herself through the Castle's vault. She wheeled past ancient relics, gold, jewelry, and the occasional forbidden spell. The night princess had another day before she could leave the confines of her wheelchair. This left her bored and anxious as she wanted to start training as soon as possible. Next time, she would pound that stupid monkey's face in.

Luna shook her head. "No, I'm doing this for Equestria and not petty revenge." The matter still stands; she would beat the crap out of the Human. "What can I use?" She was looking for a new weapon, her old sword and scythe wear nice, but she wanted an edge. Nothing in the Armory caught her eye, and the weapons she saw so far weren't anything special, a couple of enchantments, and that's it.

Then something in the far corner of the vault drew her eye. She could see a rusty sickle in a glass case as she approached. Upon a closer look, the weapon was unusable until it was clean and restored. The only thing that was remotely clean was the strange orb near the weapon's base; it looked like an eye.

Once Luna was in front of the case, she opened it and took the weapon with her magic. She could feel the sadness radiating from the weapon. "Are these the feelings of the previous user?" As she examined, the sickle's eye moved around and stared at the Princess of the Night. Luna nearly dropped the weapon as this startled her.

"Finally, I thought I would fade away before I could pass over my knowledge." A soothing male voice came from the weapon. Before Luna could say anything, the eye started glowing and engulfed Luna. "Your affinity with the Moons, stars, and darkness makes you both the perfect candidate. I wonder what path you will choose?"

The fading spirit poured everything it had for the transfer, and its final parting words were. "Let's meet in the next life, Noah." The spirit faded and was replaced.

The light faded, and the weapon looked the same. Although, Luna felt different, as if somepony lifted a heavy weight from her withers. "HAHAHA, I AM FREE! NOW I CAN HAVE MY REVENGE!" Luna heard Nightmare Moon's voice emanating from the weapon this time. This time she dropped the weapon, and the evil spirit screamed in pain. "GAAAAAAH! THAT HURT! Huh?" The Nightmare had a good look at her new body and screamed in horror! "AAAAAH! WHY AM I A WEAPON! Luna, you did this to me?!"

Luna just sat in her wheelchair dumbfounded. "I just wanted a new weapon."

Princess Celestia wanted to throw herself out the window. She would give anything to switch places with Luna if it meant getting out of this meeting. The Zebra delegate from Zebrica and the minotaur from Minoa were fine, but the Yak from Yakyakistan was on the other hoof. " THEN THE BUG PONIES INVADED; WHAT IF THEY INVADED YAKYAKISTAN?! IF PRINCE WAS IN SITUATION, HE WOULD SQUISH THEM LIKE BUGS!" Prince Rutherford was giving the Princess another headache.

Thankfully she kept her mask up and nodded every once in a while. The prince went on and on about all the mistakes she and her sister had made in the last few years. After forty minutes of the prince yelling, Princess Celestia stopped caring, and so did the other occupants. Her mind started to drift. "Farasi didn't even bother sending sompony, most likely because of Zebrica." Celestia wondered if the two nations would ever get along?

She wasn't surprised by the fact that the Dragon Lands and Griffonstone didn't send anypony. Last she checked, Griffonestone was still in a mess and boarded on anarchy. Meanwhile, the dragons were...dragons, not much to be said, if nopony bothered them, they wouldn't bother anypony else. Abyssinia has been quiet as of late. The diamond dogs keep to themselves as well, only interested in digging up gems and whatnot. Saddle Arabia was content for now. As for Hippogriffia, Celestia was concerned; they went silent out of nowhere and haven't responded since. Celestia Prayed that Queen Novo and her people were okay.

As for everypony else like the deerfolk, cattlekind, Sheeple, Longma, Alpake, Goatani, and Kirin, they didn't want anything to do with Equestria as a whole, and she couldn't blame them. Excluding the Alpake, Kirin, and Longma, their cousins lived in Equestria as second-class citizens. Try as she might, she couldn't get her ponies to see them as equals. The main problem was the nobility, as they didn't take kindly to non-ponies, and for some reason, they downright hated mules. Worse yet, an ancient species of hyper-violent apes have popped up. She just wanted to rip her mane out.

"WHAT IF EVIL SHADOW PONY INVADED YAKYAKISTAN" Celestia's right eye twitched as she refocused on the conversation.
"NOW MOUNTAIN EXPLODED AND BIG SCARY APE AND DESTROY THINGS AND BEAT YOUR SISTER." Princess Celestia frow her brows as the yak said that. The prince was walking on thin ice. "WHAT IF HE INVADED YAKYAKISTAN?! IF YOU NO DO SOMETHING, THEN YAKS DECLARE WAR!"

"Mother bucking do it! I dare you, you bucking barbarians!" Celestia pushed that voice to the back of her mind. Equestria hadn't been to war in over a thousand years, but she was sure that she and her ponies would send the yaks packing. Ego aside, Princess Celestia cleared her throat. "I assure you that finding the creature is our top priority. " That was a lie, finding the pony of shadows was, but releasing that information would put her and Equestria into deeper shit. "And we have pinpointed his location." A half-lie, but anything to keep them quiet.

Memento

Raven couldn't be happier! Was it because he recently found the archives, or maybe because he founded a new nation? No, it's because he became a father last night. The man couldn't help but smile as he thought about it. Better yet, all of them became Elrians. If his father or adoptive father were here, they would be proud. His happiness was so powerful it made the Changeling drone that Ambrosia gave him uncomfortable.

If anyone or anything gets between him and his children, he will destroy them. Especially the Equestrians. The Changeling sensed the pure malice and scooted away from the Cyborg. Meanwhile, Raven remembered last night and all of their reactions.

Last Night

Xuez broke into happy sobs and tackled the Human's leg.
"ThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyou" The Colt said over and over. After all this time, the Pegazebra had somepony in his life that loved him, a father. Xuez couldn't be happier!

Moon Charm gasped! "EEEEEEE! Not only do I get to be a Knight, but I also get a daddy, too, Best. Day. EVER!" She flies over and hugs Raven's head. Discovering and freeing Raven was the best decision she has ever had.

The twins ran in around the circle and said, " DADDY TWISTER!" They flew up and hugged their new father with tears in their eyes. No longer did they have to be treated as outcasts!

Amber trotted forward with a quivering lip. "Are you really going to be our new daddy?" Raven nodded, which caused the filly to jump in the air. The Cyborg caught her with his claw and brought her close to his chest. Amber cried into Raven's chest, she would never forget her original father, but she would move forward with her new one.

Jade didn't need to babble anything and just hugged her father.

Oleander turned her head to the side and simply said. "My real father returned to Saddle Arabia after knocking up my mother." She looked back at the Human and smiled. "I can call you father without feeling embarrassed, but that's all you're getting from me, not 'Daddy.' 'Dad.'

Cozy Glow turned around and stuck her nose in the air. "No comment."

Raven's Heart broke slightly from that, but it was understandable. Still, sometime this week or next week, they had to celebrate.

Present

The sound of the elevator broke Raven out of his daydream. "Right, the reason why I'm bringing these Ponies with me" Raven held five books in his arms; four of them were for Alchemy and chemistry. The last one was the basics of magic, aka 'Magic for dummies.' It was for Amber and the reason why he brought the foal with him today.

Speaking of other Ponies, he brought with him, he also brought Oleander, The twister twins, Vinyl Scratch, Moondancer, and Sonata.... Wait. "What the fuck?! Why is she here, and where did she get those glasses?" No offense to the Siren, but there wasn't much going on upstairs. The elevator dinged, indicating that they were there. Letting out a tired sigh, Raven stepped forward.

"Today, I will show you the power of Alchemy."

(Start of ACT II)

footnote:

Luna

Class Change: Second Nightmare

NEW SKILL TREE!

[Luna's New Weapon]

Author's Note

Alright, got a new chapter out!

Okay, what path should Luna follow?!:

Liberator

Celestia

]Nyx Pieta

Vote now!

From: 6/9/22 to 8/9/22

also, if you wondering why I call it the second nightmare, because I can't find Noah's base class name so yeah. Sorry