A Future Altered

Chapters

A Future Altered – 1: Escaped and Showers
II - Advancements and Encounters
III - Questions and Revelations
IV - Rest, Repairs, and Recovery
V – Cleaning and Teasing

A Future Altered – 1: Escaped and Showers

AFutureAltered

A New Adventure

POV — Tsukino Usagi

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Setsuna did say that there was a chance that the future would be altered by our going to assist Misato… or as even Sailor Pluto knew her, 'Chibiusa'. But I rather doubt that she could have predicted what happened…. namely that Wiseman would team up with that mad Spirit by the name of Metallia.

He somehow returned despite us shattering the Malefic Dark Crystal with both my Maboro no Ginzinshou and Misato's, cackling that 'there are Forces beyond your comprehension at play'.

I don't quite understand what he means by that, but I'm startled by something… as well as someone, though it isn't Tuxedo Kamen… whom is apparently my future husband. A jet of golden red flames hit Wiseman full in the face and detonated with a yell of "Sol Senkō Yamakaji!"

My eyes widen slightly as I turn to see someone clad in golden armor, hiding all of his identity.

My eyes widen at Wiseman's voice as he snarls before I turn, seeing his unhooded visage.

"By the Goddess!" I find myself muttering in shock. I suppose the skull visage we saw previously was a manifestation of his malicious aura and intent.

I wasn't surprised that the other Senshi, including Pluto whom was glaring at Wiseman as well as three I didn't recognize, a wavy teal haired woman as well as a bob cut blonde, and the youngest whom didn't look much older than Misato, her deep violet hair swaying beside the soft cherry pink of my future daughter.

To my shock, cracks radiating purple smoke and dark purple flames began spreading as tremors of increasing intensity began spreading. My eyes narrow before I hear Queen Serenity's voice in my mind even as a silvery sigil forms, its glow radiating skyward.

"Unfortunately, daughter, his dark power as well as hers is far too strong for you and your Senshi at present. I have contacted an old friend whose mother owed me a favor. She and hers will shelter you, make you stronger even than myself and your grandmother. Unfortunately, if the Golden Crystal linked to Earth is destroyed… its holder will go with it," Queen Serenity whispered. "There is a small chance we will speak again, daughter. I will always love you,"

Moments later, the light intensified as they were engulfed and swept away into the unknown, though she did notice a greenish black blast before she was blinded. In a brief glimpse of Earth from orbit, she saw no less than three other burning comets leaving Earth…. before it was ripped asunder in a massive dark purple eruption of explosive force. The concussion of the planetary detonation rendered her senseless.

3ALR – Equis, Heavens over Equestria · Pharast 2

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A soft sigh escaped the young anthropomorphic mare as she gazed up at the heavens from the balcony of her home, the Golden Oaks Library. True, Twilight Sparkle was very aware she'd only Ascended to Alicornhood days ago after assisting to undo the unfinished spell of Starswirl the Bearded, even creating a counter spell to it employing the subtle Music Magic within the background of the world.

She blinked at an abrupt eruption of light before she saw no less than eleven colored shooting stars of dark green, pale gold, oceanic blue, icy blue, deep golden, emerald green, blood red, silver, light pink, and deep purple scatter. The last two shot towards the north, whilst the others shot in different directions. She noticed the emerald green one shot towards Canterlot, though she only noticed the last one, a rippling golden red, surging downward before she felt the ground shudder at the impact not two hundred yards from the northern edge of the town of Ponyville.

"The fact I felt that tremor even through the tree denotes how hard it hit. I'm almost certain whatever this is is something not planned by Princess Luna. No doubt anypony that was near the impact site will have been awakened by it. But I do intend to be one of the first there," she muttered to herself.

UnknownPOV

My awareness slowly filters in, keenly aware of my own Henshin Stick within my jacket. I doubt Usagi nor her friends realized I was there, not that it really matters. I'm used to not being noticed. They know of the Tàiyánzhàn, though they don't realize it's me. I make it a point not to interact with them beyond Rei and Makoto. I know all of them, even the Outer Senshi.

My eyes flutter open as I force myself to sit up with a hiss of pain. I know they're golden red in color, whilst my hair is a pale silvery white with dark grayish black tips. My clothes, unfortunately, most likely from my rather ugly landing, are shredded. I can feel the dull burning ache of wounds as I examine the crater.

‘6.2 meters wide and at least 4 meters deep. Whatever transported us here must have protected us enough to ensure our landings were non-fatal. I don't hear the Senshi, so something must have scattered us. Hopefully it's not a threat to us or the locals,’ I consider as I inhale slowly, fighting to my feet. I can feel my Chì thrumming just under my skin, urging its use. A slight smirk crossed my countenance before I bent my legs and pushed off. A surge of dust rises from the crater as I employ Shānbù to move at high speed as I notice shadows moving towards the crater before the clouds part as moonlight streams down in numerous beams almost like searchlights, I note. ‘Odd, as I doubt Usako can even manipulate moonlight in such a way,’ I consider. I close my eyes before letting them open, a silvery sigil floating and rotating slowly within my now pale bluish purple irises.

This Gift allows me to see the latent Chì as well as the balance between Yin and Yang within them. ‘Hmm. Curious. Varying balances, but the majority seem mostly balanced. Also varying amounts in terms of not just amount but control. Hmmm. That cream mare with the amethyst mane seems to have the most control compared to the majority,’ I note.

II - Advancements and Encounters

UnknownPOV — Equis

My gaze shifted as a surge of pale reddish mulberry light erupted before fading to reveal a winged woman. My Shénbiàn notices that both 'women' are, in fact, anthropomorphic ponies. From their bodies, they seem to be mares. I cannot hear what they're saying from where I'm at, but I do notice that an aura gathers around their horns before merged pulses of mulberry light with a slight reddish hue and pale cerulean light wash through the crater before I notice a subtle dull reddish amber glow in numerous narrow beams. I feel my wounds burn as a grunt escapes me as my fingers reflexively let go of the inner edge of the gutter I'm crouching above before I hear a sharp whistling sound before I instinctively push off in a somersault… though I know I don't have the strength to get the tight curl from the intense aching in my muscles as they spasm. My hand dips to the pistol at my hip as I'm well aware Rei and Makoto also have similar pistols before I slide a particular item into it.

NO POV

SHOTRISE! the Shotriser invoked as he flipped the Progrisekey open. Kamen Rider · Kamen Rider it continued before he pulled the trigger, the nanite infused bullet arcing around as he twisted, backhanding the bullet and shattering the frame before the nanites followed their programming, forming the armor as he hissed as he felt the wounds burning as the nanites healed them as he tightened his core, flipping so he landed on his feet with a deep crunch.

Shooting Wolf! The elevation increases as the bullet is fired.

UnknownPOV

My gaze was filtered through a glowing blue lens as I exhaled slowly. "Note to self… nanite healing whilst injured hurts like hell," I mutter under my breath.

I blink, cocking my head as I notice the winged mare glaring at me with a short combat spear in hand. The subtle dulled glint my visor picks up, however, gives away that this is, if not a fake spear, an old and dull one.

A surge of information practically hits me upside the head my visor giving me the relevant information of this creature: name Rainbow Dash Doo, approximate age: 23, pegasi, height: 5 foot 11, weight: 100 lb, cup size: HH.

"How the heck does this thing know all that?" I thought, disregarding the extremely low weight as an error and barely considering the cut size measurement as possibly a quirk of the original creator of the armor.

I shake my head slightly as I turn, spotting the pair I'd been observing running over. My eyes narrow cautiously before I feel a tremor underneath my feet before four fingered hands clawed up from the soil before something close to eight feet tall broke through.

"What are those?!?" the cream furred, elegantly dressed mare shrieked as the mulberry furred winged mare gasped.

"A Reaver Hulk! Not good! Not good!" she cried out before an armored boot kicked the young Reaver Hulk back before numerous bursts of sparks detonated from its armored shell.

The armored male lowered the Shotriser warily as the beast staggered back away from the pair. "Get behind me. This thing is either going to flee… if it's intelligent… or if it doesn't…. something tells me that armored shell could be useful," he commented wryly.

"Who are you?" Rarity questioned, her carefully coiffed mane a bit messy from her unexpected scare.

"Vulcan… at least at present that is what you can call me. Now I strongly advise you take my advice and get…" he sighed before opening fire again, the loud pops and cracks as well as eruptions of sparks from the Reaver Hulk's clawed hand and arm a foot or two from Rarity's head startling the mares, near as he could tell as both mares yelped and darted past him, "away to safety," he finished.

He did notice Rarity darting past as data on her popped up.

———
Name - Rarity Belle
Age - 26
Race - Unicorn
Height - 6' .5"
Weight - 147 lbs
Cup Size - G cup
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He exhaled, ignoring the data but making a note of it. His eyes narrowed fractionally as he shifted his weight, his eyes on the Reaver Hulk.

He also ignored but noted the data that popped up on the other mare.

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Name - Twilight Sparkle
Age - 24
Race - ÆLÎ§Œ₹¡
Height - 5' 11.5"
Weight - 95 lbs
CupSize - LL
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He rolled his shoulders, ignoring the obvious glitch, before he flipped the Progrisekey of 'Shooting Wolf closed before he released it, replacing it with a very different one.

He flipped it open before squeezing the trigger. The nanite laced bullet shattered against his upper back, formatting into a different armor.

"Horobi-Okami! What doesn't kill me makes me more lethal!" the Shotriser invoked. His eyes narrowed fractionally as he shifted his weight, depressing the button on top of the Progrisekey as the blade extended a couple of inches, glowing an ominous purple.

"Sting Dystopia!!" it invoked as he lashed out, the forearm blade ripping deep into the Reaver Hulk's armored shell which was well known to be nigh invulnerable to magic. He twisted as his leg lashed out in a vicious spinning side kick that sent the beast skidding several yards back before it detonated in a massive fireball that ripped it into dozens of flaming chunks.

He didn't notice that he was behind the local spa and massage parlor as he dismissed the armor, revealing his bloody, shredded clothes.

III - Questions and Revelations

Third 🙇 POV - Vulcan

Vulcan winced as he staggered around the building, his body aching immensely as he dismissed the Shotriser as well as the Wolf and Scorpion Progrisekeys into his personal dimensional pocket so they'd not be lost or stolen. His gaze scanned around warily and cautiously.

His head was pounding as he staggered around the building, seeing nobody, thankfully. He took a deep breath, noticing that the air was warm and slightly humid, but cooling slowly but surely. He noticed the beams of moonlight roaming about as if searching before they receded, fading from thick, almost searchlight-like beams, to faint glittering streaks through the dissipating cloud cover.

He didn't see any of the mares that he'd run across, but did get the awareness of being watched. He didn't realize that the building was the local massage parlor and spa as he cautiously crept around the edge, spotting what he recognized as azalea bushes framing not just the building but also what appeared to be a packed dirt path rather than a sidewalk leading to the door of the building. He blinked as he exhaled softly, shaking his head.

"I would call this strange or abnormal, but my life hasn't been normal since that shit in Shinjuku," he muttered. His gaze rose to the clearing cloud cover, examining the constellations in the skies above.

"That crap was horrible, even looking through the records of it gives most greenies shudders." A woman's voice said. "Did to me as well."

Vulcan shifted his weight, instinctively shifting into a fighting stance. "Yeah, there was a shitload of corruption and that incident with Mad Gear overrunning the entire fucking district with their loyalists was what drew that fucking Shadaloo group into watching me… and what followed. Only reason I even know was because I found the files on the BLECE Project that Bison shared with Kazuya Mishima… of which there were three survivors. Kasugano Sakura, myself, and one Tsukasa Kadoya," he growled. If one looked closely, two jagged tribal lightning bolts were visible on his bicep… the visible Sigil of the DevilGene. His true name: Gabriel Azrael Tsukino.

"Too bad there's no Earth to go back to now," Gabriel grumbled.

"That is actually wrong. Thanks to the efforts of me and my compatriots in the SPD/Time Force timeline stabilization squad we were able to restore Earth. But considering what happened, we changed the history of the world to remove the event, so sad to say you still cannot return, Gabriel." The woman said, stepping from the shadows and revealing her similar outfit to a certain dog alien.

"Harmony ranger Queen but you can call me Tempe." She said as her armor disappeared revealing an eerily familiar mare.

"I personally volunteered for this task due to my family being involved." Tempe said "I look a lot like my mother/father I admit."

Gabriel snorted. He noticed her fur had the slightest red tint to it, though rather than a pink streak it was a deep reddish orange, borderline scarlet. Her eyes were a deep sea green as well. "You are aware that I'm not the only one that ended up here. So did the Sailor Senshi. Though it seems to me Setsuna's calculations were seriously fucked up… or she unknowingly played into someone's hands," he deadpanned. "Though where they landed, I have no clue. Though who else escaped that, I don't know, as I saw at least three other teleportation jets," he said grimly.

Unknown to him, in the dim light, the fact that his pupils were narrowed into slits that were glowing a slight golden shimmer was painfully obvious. If one looked closely at both his fingernails and toenails, they'd realize they were, in fact, denser than human fingernails with the slightest opalescence to them… despite being carefully filed to appear human. His long and wild, slightly wavy dark reddish black hair that fell to just beneath his shoulder blades hid the fact that his ears were, in fact, subtly pointed.

"I know." Tempe said sadly "What happened to change the future is now in a separate timeline, this one. We created copies of each of you who were displaced by the event, placing them in their proper places when we fixed the changes. Time will go on as it should but we can not interact with it as it once was. Timeforce regulates interactions with timelines typically only sending their best agents to separate out changes in history and alternate timelines. Another event that radically changed the future was the destruction of Earth via black hole and then the adverting of the mass extinction event of the dinosaurs before it happened to via mystical time travel via the energems both of which were linked we created a separate timeline based on the extinction event not happening when it did but still happening later allowing community to still evolve while not wiping out all of the species of dinosaur that were wiped out in the main timeline. That event was before I was placed on the timeline stabilization force. This is actually my first deployment as timeline stabilization has not needed to be enacted in a good 40 year period from the future's point of view."

"The hell?!" Another woman's voice said from a distance. "Timelines and time travel and all that? What the hell is going on!"

"I gave up trying to figure that out years ago, lass. Especially after that bullshit in Italy after the BLECE Project that essentially ripped my life apart from the roots up. I still have that Driver your counterpart made, Twilight," Gabriel grumbled as he half turned, seeing Twilight lingering far enough back that most wouldn't have even noticed her. He, however, not only noticed her, but could sense her quite clearly. "You too, Dashie. Don't think I can't hear your wings flapping. Just because I choose not to act like I'm aware of shit going on around me doesn't make me unaware," his tone was blunt and cool.

His hand dipped into his armored vest, pulling free a deep reddish orange USB with a opalescent silver tip. It had the word 'Spirit' emblazoned on it as well as the 'S' formed by a ghostly flame that was a deep blue upon a dark reddish gray background. "And just because we're technically 'displaced' from our timeline… just how exactly are you going to pull off my connection with Natasha Romanoff believably with a 'copy'? She was the one that found me in Italy… and it was a dumb luck encounter, as the one who'd actually had her appointment just happened to 'call in sick'... which we later found she hadn't been the one to send in the 'sick' call," he growled. A faint misty aura of deep green with hints of lighter emerald green and gold flickered around him.

"Have you ever heard of variants?" Tempe said "that's how we did it, literally a temporal clone of you from right before the change to the timeline."

Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Of course. As Kain put it, 'nature abhors a paradox'," he drawled sarcastically. He didn't notice the specter of both the Elder Vampire as well as his Wraith 'son' behind him, the former looking satisfied, though the former looked mildly annoyed.

"Are they going to just stand there?" Tempe asked, pointing to the group of mares. "Mom I get seeing me like this probably has broken her brain for a bit, but the rest that's getting creepy."

"Hell if I know. Never met them before, nor their counterparts. Only knew about that from a letter… which consequently burned due to an insane sociopathic Spanish nobleman turned serial killer who tried to shish kebab my ass and destroyed my bike instead," Gabriel drawled sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

To him, the dim moonlight made it closer to the equivalent of sunset rather than almost midnight.

"Um, where did you come from?"Twilight said hesitantly.

"And what did you do to your clothes? They look like you got into a fight or something, darling," Rarity interjected.

"I got into a fight with the ground, which do you think won?" Gabriel drawled sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Aunt Rarity, your vanity is showing!" Tempe teased not realizing that the joke hadn't been started yet.

Rarity's head tilted in mild confusion. "I'm not vain, darling," she commented. "Dramatic, perhaps, but not vain. Confident in my appearance," she continued.

"But you like talking about yourself, yes? Pretty sure that's vanity to a lesser extent rather than being arrogantly vain. So that's a good thing," he commented wryly, seeing her cheeks flush.

Gabriel was unaware that due to a certain pendant hidden beneath his vest which he'd found as a child, his body was, over the years, in fact, becoming less human and more feline in nature.

"So what are we going to do besides gathering the sailors?" Tempe asked. "Obviously something that has changed in this world seeing as something like a Reaver Hulk wouldn't have existed before the timeline shift."

"No clue. I do know the Scorpion Progrisekey was very effective against their species… but then that thing did look like a Kabutomushi on steroids," Gabriel sighed. "Though how did Metallia and Wiseman get taken out? True, you may be able to create 'temporal copies' but experience is far harder to duplicate," he deadpanned dryly, his eyes on Tempe. He didn't realize what was within the pendant was known by a very particular name… the EyeofOmens.

Rainbow snorted from where she hovered. "Who cares? You gotta," she started before the human cut her off.

"Go to the hospital? Not really necessary… what I need at present is a lot of rest and," Gabriel sighed before his stomach grumbled rather loudly.

"Something to eat, perhaps?" Rarity quipped teasingly.

"Sweet potatoes, if possible… something on the higher end on carbs, honestly," Gabriel sighed.

"That makes no sense! From the amount of blood…"Twilight started.

"Most of my injuries were borderline puncturing the dermis layer of tissue, some were, at most a fifth to a quarter of an inch deep but no deeper. Youmas, even when numerous, tend to go quantity over quality. They were trying to weaken me or capture me… I just didn't give them the opportunity. Though I do hope that Rei, Makoto, and the others are all right… though the fact that Misato was transported here with us has to mean something… despite the fact she was from the future," Gabriel drawled before he exhaled. He completely missed his Twilight was blushing as she shivered.

"Ponder later! Eat now!" an energetic voice quipped before he blinked as something was pushed into his hands. He looked down in confused surprise to see….

Louisiana Catfish and Shrimp Gumbo.

He blinked, cocking his head to see a new mare.

IV - Rest, Repairs, and Recovery

Ponyville, Equis, 3ALR

Tempe stiffened knowing that Gabriel would not like the answer. "Time Force has memory manipulation technology perfected from the time of SPD. We're able to copy memory, experience and other such mental constructs and apply them to others as a fast way of rehabilitating the worst. I don't agree with being able to give someone a whole lifetime's worth of memories by the flip of a switch but it's so advanced that even muscle memory is implanted." Tempe pulled a knife from her pocket dimension and played around with it to demonstrate the muscle memory she mentioned. "It's used in extreme cases to copy older rangers' experiences for a rapid deployment scenario against extreme numbers though it's not something we've done in over 30 years. I was the last subject to get the implantation, my mind's strong enough to differentiate the memories and experiences for my own luckily, not many species have such a strong mind."

"Then I'd wager you're aware of a particular fighting style that I learned… holding Chinese roots. I have not revealed anything about this style to the other Senshi. Though I'd wager you would recognize the name of the one who trained me… Kenshirō," Gabriel deadpanned dryly, his eyes narrowing slightly at the revelation of memory manipulation. He noticed that Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow were creeping closer whilst Pinkie was just rocking on her heels, watching them.

"Wouldn't that make you the sixty-fifth Grand Master of that style?" she commented innocently with a hum.

Gabriel didn't miss that she'd evaded his question about Metallia and Wiseman, but it really didn't matter that much. It was unlikely that they would run across either in the future.

"I was trained by a certain set of godly megazords." Tempe said revealing that she was as strong as Gabriel if not stronger thanks to her training. "Along with the two that you mentioned earlier at least a version of both. But let's get the girls together including Sunset Shimmer, the eighth element. They will need to help the sailors considering this is not their world."

Gabriel blinked. "I can pretty easily guess one… a certain blue ninja," he commented. "The only problem is, we don't know if our abilities will even work here… hence why Ami and I developed other ways as to not rely solely on our inherited gifts," he commented wryly. "Though she never did say which she'd developed for herself," he commented wryly.

"Look I understand your want to bring the elements together whatever is happening definitely warrants it but there are only six elements of harmony maybe seven if Sunset's geode in the human world is counted." Twilight said to the near doppelganger of herself. "The only other artifact I could think of that could be considered an element is the crystal heart but that is powered by love and light not friendship."

"Powered by love and light and not friendship! Friendship is literally a form of love Mom!" Tempe shouted. "Aunt Cadance even told you about the different forms of love, familial love, friendship love, true love, I can't remember what the last one's called but there are at least four major forms of love one of them as I just said is friendship! Cadance has the crystal heart as her cutie mark just as you have the element of magic as your cutie mark! She is one of the elements of harmony just at her artifact had to be reclaimed later due to a stupid Shadow creature's spell! I forgot how thick headed you were back then!"

"Shadow creature? What did he look like?" Gabriel said sharply, his eyes narrowed and, unknown to him, burning a hot golden color which revealed his slitted pupils in stark contrast. He knew of one particular 'shadow creature'.

"Thick headed? What did you call me?" Twilight snapped with annoyance before she felt an abrupt wave of exhaustion before her eyes drifted closed as she half slumped in a quite surprised Rarity's arms.

"The Anmian point, as most untrained know it as, though its true name is Níngjìn… is what most sci-fi nerds would know as the 'Vulcan Death Touch' actually targets… it and Wǎjísī, the vagus nerve," Gabriel sighed, shaking his head.

"You know what acupressure is?" Rarity said with mild interest. "I suspect that Aloe, Vera, and Lotus would be excited to pick your mind," she commented.

"Perhaps in the morning. As for now, I'd prefer a hot meal, a bath, and a quiet place to meditate," Gabriel commented with a small burp.

Pinkie giggled as she was passed back the now empty bowl. "You look like you enjoyed that. I'm guessing you're still hungry, though. Maybe a welcoming party in a day or two?" she said hopefully.

Gabriel shrugged.

"Not really Pinkie as you can already tell I'm obviously the child of Twilight and someone else so welcoming me might be too awkward. I hope Celestia and Luna do catch my presence though considering…" The Alicorn fanned her wings out. "In fact I'm surprised that they haven't caught up with us."

"Judging by their names, I'm guessing one has to do with day, the other night? Being that 'Luna' is Latin for 'Moon'," Gabriel drawled.

"You already saw the two of them. They were there where you first landed." Tempe said, inadvertently revealing just how long she had been observing the events going on.

"Not really, as the landing knocked me out colder than Makoto's punches in sparring. And I only saw those two from a distance… I didn't see anyone else," Gabriel deadpanned, flicking a thumb at Twilight and Rarity.

"Ah you were unconscious I thought you were merely just laying there adjusting to the pain. They showed up a little bit and left not a few minutes before Mom and Aunt Rarity showed up." Tempe said. "Guess that wasn't true."

"'Adjusting to the pain'... interesting choice of words… when I felt like I'd been run through a paper shredder… then hit by the world's largest flyswatter," Gabriel drawled sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "Doesn't help that all the turbulent energy in Tokyo was making it nigh impossible to actually get any rest," he grumbled.

"When exactly was the last time you actually got sleep, darling?" Rarity said, concerned.

"Hmm… 64 hours, I think. Give or take an hour or two," Gabriel sighed, unaware that was dangerously low levels of sleep he'd been getting.

"Hey if you want to fight at peak efficiency you're going to need some rest. I suggest we head over to Mom's castle and get some sleep for at least a few hours. I've been going for about 2 weeks but that's normal for an alicorn. For a human-like species such as yourself you may be able to stay up longer than normal but nowhere near a being powered by Magic itself." Tempe said.

"Castle?" Gabriel commented, cocking an eyebrow. He looked around as he saw no castle.

"The castle of two sisters. Mom was given temporary ownership of it to allow restoration efforts to go smoothly. What Castle do you think I was talking about?" Tempe said knowing that there would be another.

Gabriel cocked an eyebrow before he shook his head. "Hmmm… I dunno, maybe one that's visible from here?" he deadpanned dryly. "But I do have memories of the Solaria Castle… before its demise. I was fortunate to escape with two others," he whispered, his eyes distant as, unknown to him, his Senshi Sigil was flickering in and out of sight upon his brow.

He exhaled softly as he half turned away from the mares, unaware ghostly golden red wings fading to scarlet-indigo at the bottommost feathers flaring from his shoulders before dissipating into embers that faded into the air.

"A Phoenix hybrid," Tempe muttered "the files don't have everything about him after all. Still I can work with this as long as Alpha doesn't track me down quickly."

The group headed towards the Giant oak in the distance since it was closer than the Everfree castle. "Besides, with Mom passed out it would be safer to lay her on her bed." Tempe said before a fierce but oddly feminine roar was heard.

Gabriel blinked at the roar, cocking his head. "I'm guessing Dragons are a thing here. Would make sense that Dragons could be here, considering Unicorns and Pegasi, on Earth, are mythical creatures. Though that being said, it stands to logic that if 'good' mythical creatures are here, so could 'bad' ones such as cockatrice, basilisks, hags, and potentially even undead," he commented. He was unaware that more often than not, the last was the result of a curse.

"The shadow creature I mentioned is possibly an undead. Its name was Sombra. It looks like us wearing silver full body armor and is practically dead with only one physical remnant possibly existing right now." Tempe said worriedly. "Though it isn't evil just controlled by the thing that created it, it's true nature is one that just wants the pain to stop and is pretty much a child buried deep within the consciousness that overtook it."

Gabriel blinked before he exhaled softly. "In other words, a golem," he sighed.

"Not entirely," Tempe tried to clarify. "the real Sombra is a living pony but due to his unique birth he is part of a living a hive mind of red crystals called the Umbrum. Because of their hive mind, the crystal that spawned his body, his mother for lack of a better term was able to overtake his weakened consciousness and turn him into the monster he became by making him into her host."

Tempe looked saddened at the information she was revealing while the rest of the ponies listening in were shocked at the truth behind a creature they thought was evil incarnate even more than Nightmare in Disord in their insane states. "To be honest Aunt Cadance's mother was basically torturing him by not sending him away from the Crystal empire. The place that he took over in his mad state. She did have good reason though, she was worried that if he was too far from the rest of the Umbrum his life force would dwindle faster than being exposed to the Crystal Heart during the Crystal Faire. We now know that that is a moot point but at the time there was nothing known about an Umbrum pony. So Amore the last mortal princess of the Crystal empire and the Crystal empress herself played it by ear keeping him close and trying to ease his pain as much as possible during the times of great love and light of the Crystal Faire. In the end with all of those countermeasures in place he still fled the empire for the Frozen North hoping to escape from the pain entirely and found the only free pure umbrum left his mother. Now I say she was free but in truth she was free in the idea that she was outside of the seal that turned the Umbrum into crystals and trapped them beneath the empire. But until she forced her will upon her son and basically became Sombra as he is now, she was still just a talking red glowing crystal, the spell that created the seal also turned all of the Umbrum into the crystals that Sombra was so obsessed with during his time as a dark king. Nearly everyone believed that he was forcing the crystal ponies to mind Crystal for his amusement and to use as materials for his army and war engine but in truth he was trying to free the rest of the umbrum by digging down to the seal itself and breaking it open physically. They're still down there kilometers deep into the Earth held back by the crystal heart and the power of the Crystal empire itself along with billions of tons of pure crystal reinforcing the seal. The Umbrum are one of the only races beings that are so evil then being absorbed would be of benefit to everyone!" Tempe shouted this knowing that there was a being that could do exactly that who was observing them currently. She was hoping to kill two birds with one stone, have that being absorb all of the dark evil twisted monstrosities that the Umbrum truly were. Even though it would make the being an even more powerful foe in the end it would also remove a massive threat for future generations including her own, changing the course of history for the better.

"Hmmm. You're thinking of the Soul Reaver, aren't you?" he commented, sensing the dual presences he'd picked up on briefly become more intent. "Hmmm… you're here, aren't you two? Kain, Raziel?" he commented, unaware that on either side of the Sigil glowing a reddish orange upon his brow was a golden orange heart over a cross, as well as a deep purple Sigil resembling scythe merged into a lowercase 'H'.

Rarity cocked her head, noticing the odd markings, not recognizing them for what they were: astrological Sigils. "What are those?" she commented curiously.

"What are what?" Gabriel said, cocking an eyebrow as he walked, noticing Pinkie skipping on Tempe's other side as he slung Twilight's arm over his shoulders, not even noticing the grateful look Rarity gave him as a result.

"Actually while they would be of help there's a beast from the ancient times that can absorb magic itself. These beasts, the Umbrum, in their current state their pure concentrated magic energy in the form of glowing red crystals." Tempe said not wanting to reveal everything she knew about the future for fear of changing it so drastically it wouldn't happen. "I have a feeling this creature that can absorb Magic has been using remote viewing ever since the timeline shifted to watch us. It grows stronger with each bit of magic it absorbs but honestly having it absorb those creatures would be a blessing in disguise. It would eliminate the threat and possibly slowly destroy them from the inside out with how dark and twisted the Umbrum are. Sombra was a relatively pure being outside of his circumstances of birth and now he's feared as a king of darkness even after his supposed death. That was the power of one not relatively strong Umbrum corrupting someone. Imagine what that kind of power could do to someone already steeped in darkness. It would tear them apart from the inside out, making them weaker mentally in the process of gaining that power. The soul reaver could probably do the same thing but we know that they are just as susceptible to corruption and darkness as anyone else and I don't want them to risk what little light they have within them left."

"Curious that anyone would care about us, especially after that damn Hylden Lord damaged my physical body to the point of employing a healing coma, though you broke Morbius' and Mortanius' corruption on myself, Raziel," Gabriel could hear Kain mutter. Gabriel's head half turned before he saw the Elder Vampire's eyes widen slightly in surprise as their gazes met. He could see a faint silvery blue aura clinging to his astral form.

"Kinda funny that I can see you two… though being that you're technically 'dead' that may be why I can feel the cold darkness of Saturn's energy tingling at the back of my mind. I'd wager, however, that you were drawn here for a reason… I would say that I suspect reincarnation, but I doubt that, as I may not recall everything from the Solaria Castle nor my life there… but that's the past, not the present. I do have a suspicion, however," Gabriel commented. He had a sneaking suspicion it was what flowed through his veins that was the answer.

"You do know that one of them lives within a sword so you should be seeing three of them." Tempe hinted, knowing of the lore of the soul reaver sword.

"Aye, but Raziel is the one within the sword," Gabriel drawled before he saw both Kain and Raziel jerk as if surprised someone other than them knew that fact. "As I recall, Raziel, the idea of being trapped within the Soul Reaver sword scared the hell outta ya…" he commented. "Until you passed on the purified Spirit Reaver to him… knowing that its purified state would leave you unconsumed by the madness caused by Nupraptor, the Mind Guardian. Ironically… the very Soul that fully purified the Reaver… was your predecessor as Balance Guardian, Kain," he commented.

"But that makes no sense," Raziel commented.

"Anymore than living on a world of anthropomorphic ponies and being able to talk to a vampiric Wraith and his 'father'?" Gabriel countered with a smirk. He blinked as he realized something.

"You look like you just had a metaphorical lightning bolt blow your mind, darling," Rarity commented.

"You know… I think we're gonna have to get this 'Cadence' as well as 'Celestia' and 'Luna' as well as your friends here. Something tells me this isn't a coincidence. I'm guessing with the polychromatic Blue Angel there as well as you and Sleeping Beauty, lass, your friends number… six," Gabriel commented wryly. He saw her eyebrows rise as if surprised.

"Yes, but how did you know that?" Rarity commented on surprise.

"How many Senshi would you guess there are? Not including Misato and myself?" he quipped.

Kain's eyes widened as he got exactly what Gabriel was implying. "You're implying that this World's equivalent of Nosgoth's Pillars," he started.

"Has effectively doubled, aye," Gabriel drawled, finishing Kain's thought easily. "Though the real question is where your body is," he deadpanned.

What he didn't expect was Kain's hand to point what he sensed was northward.He didn't realize that far to the north was the Crystal Empire, but to the west of it, hidden far beneath the ice and snow amongst the mountains was a location both Kain and Raziel knew well…. for it was the Stronghold of the Vampiric Clans of Nosgoth.

Rarity only thought Gabriel was staring into space, unable to see or sense the astral entities that were not quite in the Physical Plane nor were they upon the Spiritual Plane. She tapped his shoulder, seeing all three Sigils softly glowing upon his brow fade away. She cocked her head, thinking as his gaze met hers before she had to tear her gaze away as they weren't far from Golden Oaks Library.

"So…" Tempe started as they entered the library but before she could continue she lept in front of Gabriel blocking gouts of blue and green fire with her own black fire.

"So what?" Gabriel commented as he cocked his head, swirls of Golden Celestial Flames flickering between his fingers and coalescing into orbs floating just millimeters above his palms. His legs bent slowly, ready to push off.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Get the fuck out of our house!" Two voices shouted from the other side of the room.

"Big sis, Ember shut the fuck up!" Tempe shouted as she stepped forward. "Mom needs to lay down and you two this close to waking her up!"

"Considering I was tempted to use my flames against yours, letting her diffuse the situation with words seems more prudent," Gabriel drawled sarcastically as he shook his head, seeing both female dragons jolt at his voice as he'd quietly slipped through the shadows closer to them. He didn't realize his clothes were in lousy condition, nor did he realize that his sharper toenails due to his rather tattered and holy pants, and fingernails, which looked closer to claws, were in obvious sight.

"It's so big!" Ember said, drooling.

"No kidding, he matches my length!" Barb said, her eyes wide.

"Dude, are you related to Wolverine and Sabretooth? Because you certainly have his claws right now!" Tempe said not noticing the two dragonesses staring at Gabriel's exposed member.

"I've met Victor and James, but I'm not related to them to my knowledge," Gabriel deadpanned, unaware of his exposed body. He blinked as a breeze blew past before he heard a distinct ripping sound. He distinctly heard purrs of surprised interest.

"Damn, boy. You're hung, ain't ya?" Rainbow snickered. She held the majority of his pants as she hovered.

Gabriel blinked before he glanced down, realizing that his jeans were barely qualified as shorts at the moment, with maybe an inch and a half of fabric on one side hanging against his hip and the other side hanging perhaps two inches lower, hiding perhaps a third of his soft length. A hint of an engorged orb was noticeable before his fingers brushed his thigh. He blinked once, then a second time. "Okay… I'm pretty certain that I didn't have a good quarter inch layer of golden orange fur when we were transported from Earth to here," he deadpanned.

"Eh, Equestrian magic tends to adjust people if they have the hidden attributes of its people that can be brought out." Tempe said with a shrug. "Not for the first time someone has entered a version of Equestria human and come out like an Abyssian."

"Abyssian? I'm guessing that's a feline race like the Khajiit, hmmm? Though I'm pretty sure, call it a feeling, that they have feline tails… I don't," Gabriel drawled, unaware he was not becoming Abyssian… but something else. A feline race, indeed, but not Abyssian.

Rarity tilted her head, noticing a faint red glow beneath his shirt. "What's that glow coming from?" she commented curiously.

"Glow? Eh?" Gabriel commented, confused. His head dipped before he noticed the glow himself. "Odd," he muttered as he tugged free the pendant which resembled an open mouthed lion, revealing the uncut ruby within being roughly thrice as wide as a shooter marble. The ruby was glowing softly, radiating a soft slightly golden red glow. Had he looked closer, he might have noticed the golden white slit forming a slitted pupil deep within the gemstone but slowly revealing itself as if surfacing from the depths of the gemstone.

A sudden ripping sound rang out as someone decided to make their presence known. "16 inches long and half a millimeter thick at the edge, this thing is a masterpiece!"

Gabriel cocked an eyebrow at the speaker as his grip on the blade shifted in his grasp, unaware he had all he needed to complete it.

"I would be cautious about touching it… especially after what happened when I was forging it," he deadpanned dryly. What had occurred was a lightning strike.

"You're welcome!" The mare said. "The blade needs its sheath though. By the way I'm Screwball!"

Gabriel blinked, cocking his head, unaware his slightly feline ears twitched. "You're named after a mixed drink?" he deadpanned.

"Screwy!" Tempe shouted surprised but elated. "How'd you find me?!" The Alicorn rushed towards the chaotic Demipony, hugging her tight before kissing her on the lips. "I used Time Force tech, not my own time travel Magic?!"

"Dad tracked you, mom was worried about you and asked me to follow you." Screwball said before turning to the pink and yellow mare "Speaking of, hi Mom!"

Fluttershy looked quite confused and flummoxed.

"Yeah, trust me, time travel is about as easy to understand as randomly picking the winning lottery numbers," Gabriel commented at the kind mare's confusion.

He grimaced as he looked down at himself. "The first thing I need is a good hot bath… and probably a deep muscle massage… as my muscles feel like they're doing an impersonation of petrified wood," he sighed.

He saw both dragons, which he absently noticed wore dark blue and dark purple for the royal blue and warm purple dragoness respectively. He also noticed what seemed to be skirts or nightgowns, though he rarely paid attention to such things.

"Perhaps you can join us at the spa tomorrow, as Fluttershy, Twilight, and myself were planning on going. For Twilight, it is also a celebration," Rarity commented thoughtfully.

His gaze shifted to Screwball. "You said something about a sheath for this? Speaking of… I don't quite know why it feels… incomplete," Gabriel drawled, unaware that the surfacing slit within the ruby within his pendant shimmered an iridescent golden blue rather than a dull pale amber at his words.

"I can fix that!" Screwball said with the snap of her fingers "In fact I can make it even better by giving the sheath its own bits that it's missing!"

In a flash of white light an armored gauntlet that looks like it could hold the incomplete blade attached itself to Gabriel's arm before rapidly unfolding into a biomechanical yet still robotic looking set of golden lion armor.

As the armor activated, a low metallic cracking sounded as a red surge of light shot from his chest moments before the armor covered it, spiraling around him no less than five times before it settled into the empty hole within the blade's cross guard. Barely visible claws held it in place as the slit shone brightly as both golden and warm emerald electricity arced over his body as the armor fully formed.

Gabriel exhaled in surprise before he noticed distinctive blue electricity arcing over the sixteen inch long dagger's blade before he blinked, cocking his head.

"Huh I guess you were hiding the War Stone." Screwball said "I mean I did incorporate the tech stone into the gauntlet so that it would fold out into the armor but other than that the other stones are missing."

"In my experience, ‘missing’ tends to mean ‘have not been found yet’, rather than ‘are not going to be found’," Gabriel commented wryly before his head tilted. "Though if you found this gauntlet and this 'Tech Stone' on this world that implies that the others are somewhere… simply not found yet," Gabriel drawled before he paused. "Though I have no idea why we're here in the first place. Presumably to get stronger to go back and deal with Wiseman and Metallia… though I can definitely say that Wiseman was one ugly bastard without that cloak," he deadpanned. He had considered the idea that the cloak could, in fact, have been limiting Wiseman's power levels.

He exhaled softly as his head tilted as the armor began retreating into the armored Claw Shield. He grimaced at his rather ripped up clothes.

"Don't worry. I'll prepare you a few outfits," Rarity quipped teasingly, "after we drop off Sleeping Beauty," she commented jokingly. "And don't think you're getting out of getting clothes to blend in too, missy," she commented, pointing at Tempe's muzzle.

"I'm not sure if I should be amused or scared," Gabriel drawled sarcastically.

Rarity just smirked. "Considering I intend to clean you up while I'm at it? You tell me," she purred teasingly.

Gabriel blinked, having forgotten about the detail, that he'd been bleeding pretty good earlier. He shivered slightly in anticipation as he saw her head into the, no pun intended, 'tree house' with Twilight.

V – Cleaning and Teasing

Equis, 3ALR, Erastus28

Gabriel exhaled softly, his gaze rising to the heavens as the clouds began to break up, letting starlight shine through. "Always was more of a 'night owl', myself," he muttered thoughtfully.

He felt his ears twitching before he half turned warily before he was distracted by a tap on his shoulder.

"Hey!" Twilight said revealing that she had woken up when the aura had formed around him. "Who are you and what are you doing in my house?! I know it's a public library but this late in the day we're usually closed!"

"Name's Gabriel Tsukino. And as to whom I am.. it doesn't matter. Besides, better that you wake in a familiar place than an unfamiliar one, wouldn't you agree? Besides, I have my friends to find… and my cousin," he commented as he turned away before he paused as he felt the dagger twitching in his grasp as if to get his attention. He felt something guiding him as he lifted it until the War Stone, or as it was also known, the 'Eye of Omens', rested in front of his third eye as words that felt intimately familiar yet at the same time foreign escaped him.

"Sword of Omens, grant me Sight beyond Sight," he invoked. In that instant, the cross guard expanded to frame his eyes as they shone a bright gold as the slitted pupils within the stone shone a prismatic light blue.

In a fraction of a second, images surged in his mind's eye. He saw no less than five stasis pods in various locations, though he couldn't guess where they were if he tried.

The next thing he saw was no less than fifteen gleams of light merging with a central one before they exploded into golden flame. He didn't feel his grip loosen on the blade nor did he feel his legs give way without warning as his senses fled from his conscious awareness.

Rarity's eyes widened as he invoked what seemed to be a spell before he abruptly dropped the blade, which landed point down as his legs weakened abruptly. Her eyes widened fractionally more as she noticed partially healed cuts reopening on his shoulders and arms, staining his intriguing golden orange fur red.

She saw Barb also dart for the collapsing feline-human.

"Damn it, you're supposed to have a clear mind and sound body when you use that power!" Tempe shouted mad at Gabriel. "Sis, Screwy, Mom let's get them on the bed and get him bandaged. Rarity boil up some ripped sheets. Right now I don't think we have anything at the hospital that could treat him. That armor is probably going to try to heal him as well but I don't know how well that's going to work without the other stones!"

Gabriel's eyes were slightly open, his irises glowing a deep crystalline greenish teal. "His healing factor is quite fast for a human… but with 78% of his musculoskeletal frame severely bruised or cracked, it will take time for the minor injuries to heal," a whispered masculine voice muttered. "Whilst he heals, I will talk with him," the voice whispered as the crystalline glow faded from his irises, leaving them their natural reddish amber.

"Right. Should we get those rather tattered clothes off so we can make sure we get all of them, darling? I rather doubt that the ones we can visibly see are the only ones," Rarity commented.

"Whatever that curious wand he had was it radiated an almost dangerous level of magic. Wouldn't it be dangerous to us?" Twilight rambled cautiously. She was unaware that Gabriel was able to access said magic regardless, though the wand did make accessing that power easier.

"Mom, that was not a wand." Tempe said flatly before picking up the sword of Omens herself, the Eye of Thundera glowing bright in response to a being pure of heart and worthy of wielding the weapon itself. "This is the completed Sword of Omens, the stone in the center of the blade is called by many names the War Stone, the Eye of Thundera, the Jewel of Omens etc, it is one of the most powerful weapons in the entirety of the known universe the armor Gabriel is wearing is actually the sheath to the sword of Omens typically in the form of a gauntlet that looks like a lion's paw when another one of the special gems that work with this technology is inserted into the gauntlet get them folds into the full set of armor there are at least four other stones that I know of. They're all artifacts similar to The Elements of Harmony and the Infinity Gems. Each a set of six that grant incredible power when used in conjunction with each other."

Twilight blinked, cocking her head. "But it appeared to be," she started.

"Ugh… bloody hell… my head feels like it was used for a drum in a Metallica concert… fuck me sideways," Gabriel groaned. "And that 'wand' happens to be what's known as a 'Henshin Stick' admittedly, the name isn't imaginative… but it essentially acts more like a key to a lock… though I can access my abilities without employing it, it's easier to do so with it," Gabriel said slowly as he spotted Rarity returning with steaming strips of fabric floating in a softly shimmering slightly cornflower blue aura of light. He also noticed absently that she had several soft washcloths as well as a couple of bowls filled with soapy water that was also steaming a bit. He did notice that a couple of bottles were floating in what he guessed was her aura.

"I think we should get that dirt and mud off him as well as make sure those wounds are clean before bandaging them. Not to mention that your mane is a mess, honey, so if you don't mind, we can wash that too," Rarity commented.

"Though what I'd like to know is what caused these injuries in the first place," Twilight commented.

"Youmas and those Kuroi Kesshōgūjin… were the cause," Gabriel said slowly. He shrugged at Rarity's comments, fairly certain that she would essentially pamper him regardless. Admittedly, he'd never had anyone bathe him in the way Rarity was speaking of, even in a medical sense. He watched her spread towels around the table before he let his gaze sweep around the room. "Quite a beautiful little library here, lass. I'd wager there isn't a book in here you haven't read at least twice," he commented.

Rainbow snickered. "She's the resident egghead, so it's very likely," she commented jokingly.

"And you're the resident jock who lets her ego speak as often as her heart, eh?" Gabriel quipped teasingly, seeing the cyan furred anthropomorphic Pegasus mare blush a bit at the surprisingly inaccurate description of herself.

He felt a tugging at his shirt before he exhaled softly as he managed to lift himself on somewhat trembling arms which made removing the rather tattered shirt easier, leaving only his belt and the remnants of his sweatpants. He saw Rarity's aura fiddling with his belt before he unlatched it with a flick of his fingers before letting it slide loosely free. He noticed it was a couple of inches of fabric remaining before he tugged it free, tearing it in twain with a surge of strength.

He didn't see Rarity and Rainbow both blush a bit as he tugged free the remnants, unaware that part of him was starting to show attention.

"Oh my," Rarity whispered breathlessly before she cleared her throat. "It is a good thing I tend to pay attention when waiting for my own pampering at the spa, or I wouldn't know a bit about pampering others," she commented with a small smile.

Rainbow snickered as she was passed one of the bowls as well as one of the washcloths. She smirked a bit at the unsure looks both Tempe and Twilight had. "You know, we can build a friendship with him, you know. I mean, he's here for a reason, isn't he? Even if this is intimate… and new for us and likely him as well, no reason to be nervous about this… after all, how did we meet, Twi?" she commented before snickering.

Twilight grimaced. "You and your damn 'Rain-blow Dry' which I still insist had I been a stallion, would have been an extremely dirty joke," she muttered.

"The fact you even think about that shows you have just as dirty a mind," Rainbow snickered. "So, what, we each take one limb, then team up on the rest?" she commented with a smirk.

Rarity smirked a bit in amusement. "Well, you two? It's up to you if you want to help or not," she commented.

"Barb want!" The purple dragon shouted as she grabbed onto Gabriel's shoulders. "He's mine and Ember's, maybe mother's if she wants to join in."

"Maybe we should talk about the man as if he's right here!" Tempe growled a little pissed that her sister's Greed would get to her like that after seeing Gabriel. "It's his choice, talk to him about it first!"

"You know, I don't mind you bathing me… though I am rather curious why you think I'm yours, considering your initial greeting was an attempt to set me on fire, though it wouldn't be the first time someone did that, frankly," Gabriel commented as he booped the purple dragoness' nose to distract her. "The only difference is that you initially assumed I was a threat… unlike her," he deadpanned dryly.

"Barb tends to go for those that give her incredibly rare gems." Ember chuckled at Barb's cute scrunching of her snoot. "I think she is heavily attracted to the stone in your armor and blade, you're lucky that she's one of the few dragons that would never eat such beautiful gems the same with me if I'm being honest."

Gabriel hummed. "That's probably a good thing. Who knows what these particular gems might do to you if you did eat them. Better we not find out, hmm? Though I will say you two are cute. I wouldn't know about being in a relationship with multiple people, though," he admitted shyly. "As Tempe likely realizes. However, I'd wager that there's a disparity between males and females here, hai?" he commented wryly, his gaze flickering to Tempe before shifting to Twilight.

Twilight cleared her throat. "For every stallion, there tends to be between four to six mares born," she said slowly.

"That sucks," he replied.

"Not like I'm tempted to," he heard Rainbow whisper, his ears twitching. Based on the fact that nobody commented on her mumbling, he gathered they either didn't hear or ignored her comment. He hadn't noticed that Rarity had changed her clothes for a comfortable, fluffy robe, but had the sleeves rolled up. He inhaled softly as he heard soft splashing before he felt something very warm and soft massaging his lower thighs as he felt chills tingling throughout his body. His eyes drifted half-lidded as he felt the softness massaging over his legs before moving back up before he blinked as he saw light green eyes staring into his as he saw her smirking a bit.

It was then that he saw two subtly scaly breasts covered with soap as he felt the same sensations on his arms and hips before he closed his eyes seconds before half of his head was engulfed in Barbara's sudsy breasts even as she washed one arm, Ember doing the other. He gasped as she straightened, shifting to stand nearer his left shoulder as most of his head and ears were now soapy. His still messy mane, however, was not. Damp, it was, but not soapy. He shivered as he felt four pairs of hands massaging his muscles, moving not only inward and downward, but upward as well.

"You are so lucky that we cleaned off that table earlier today," Twilight muttered. She noticed that the only parts of him not soapy, other than his back, was his now engorged cock and his hair. She tried to tear her gaze away from his slightly twitching length.

"So, Rarity already called dibs on washing his mane, but who washes that? Though I suspect we may have to… relax him," Rainbow snickered as she spoke.

Gabriel could hear them, but couldn't see them. He felt something wipe over his eyes before he blinked, seeing alabaster fur.

"How will you decide who does it?" Rarity commented with amusement.

"Jankenpō," Gabriel drawled.

"What's that?" Rainbow snickered.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors," he commented wryly.

"Oh," a quartet of voices commented, including Twilight.

"It's Rochambeau, you dumbass." Tempe muttered as she was getting pampered by screwball and Fluttershy. "So are we going to not address the human in the room about me and Screwy being from the future and the daughters of two of you? Or are we just going to ignore it like we do with Pinkie Pie's chaos abilities and fourth wall awareness?"

"Why not, darling? It isn't like we can do anything about it at present. And I do think Twilight and Sunset would be so cute together," Rarity commented teasingly.

"You are aware I'm Japanese, hai? Hence my mindset tends to be in Japanese," Gabriel drawled before he blew a layer of bubbles from near his mouth and nose with a huff of air. He didn't consider that Tempe had revealed her last name.

"Hell, if what she said is true, then my friends and I come from her past, which implies time is kinda like cracking ice… different choices make different timelines," Gabriel sighed. He jolted as he abruptly felt something cradling his balls even as something wet bobbed over his length. He could hear very lewd gulping and gagging sounds before he looked down to see Rainbow bobbing her head over his length even as the light purple scaled dragoness smirked as she teased his balls.

"Oooh, these feel nice and full. I think we're gonna work to drain them, hmm?" Barb commented before she saw him watching her before she purposely let one hand drift to the cyan furred Pegasus mare's head as she bobbed down with a lewd slurp before she pushed her head down until her muzzle brushed the shin at his base before she let Rainbow's head up before repeating it, this time several times in quick succession as she smirked. She saw his body shudder as he groaned.

Ember smirked as she watched her sister 'assist' Rainbow. "Call it a sneaking feeling, but I suspect that he'll be able to satisfy more than one of us," she muttered.

"Ah, fuck," Gabriel groaned.

"Maybe later, cutie. For now, let's just choke Rainbow," Barbara quipped jokingly as Rainbow gagged as her head was pushed down again over his engorged length. Barb also noticed that despite the rather rough treatment, she could see Rainbow's fingers shoved into her Rycra Shorts and from what her nose was telling her, she was trying to get off and wasn't far from it.

Gabriel shivered as he felt fingers teasing his balls again before he felt his balls tighten before he heard lewd gulping as he heard a muffled moan before he heard more gulping.

Rarity's eyes were wide as Rainbow pulled her head back, only to get a couple of thick spurts on her muzzle and face. She tore her gaze away as she took a slow breath, trying to ignore the potent scent now in the air. She slid a bucket beneath the feline male's head before she poured warm water over his mane, noticing the fire orange and deep scarlet roots in his hair before she heard Rainbow's protests as well as soft cooing purrs, ignoring what was happening as she focused on his mane.

Gabriel, however, had a full view of the blue dragoness licking the remnants of his release from the Pegasus mare's face before he saw the purple dragoness smirking as she shifted before she deliberately drizzled something that looked pale bluish white between her breasts before his eyes widened as she engulfed his length between them before she started pumping them around his length slowly. It made him very, very aware of the slightly rough skin as well as the heat between her breasts as she used them to wash his length thoroughly even as fingers massaging his scalp distracted him as his eyes drifted closed at the sensations as his hair was washed. His gaze shifted to the alabaster furred mare as well as the two and a half inch long rounded horn a few inches above her deep sapphire blue eyes framed by subtle slightly grayish lavender eyeshadow. "Damn, you are beautiful. The eyeshadow only emphasizes both your fur and eyes," he muttered before he saw her cheeks flush for a moment.

"Not many would note such details. But I must admit that it's refreshing," Rarity commented quietly.

"Well call me a octogonal peg in a round hole for being detail oriented," Gabriel drawled teasingly.

He exhaled softly as he let his eyes close, focusing on the sensations tingling through his body.

He barely reacted when he felt his hair rinsed before he felt fingers working something through his hair again.

He yelped when he felt a warm washcloth wiped over his face before he felt cold water splashed over him as he heard Rainbow's raspy snicker.

"You can roll over if you like, darling," he heard Rarity comment as the washcloth was massaged over his face before being removed. He felt his hair draped over his head so it hung over his head but exposed the nape of his neck. He noticed the distinct scents of gardenia, roses, honey, and just the barest hints of milk.

"Damnit, Fluttershy, you had to be in heat!" Tempe muttered as she began to feel heated herself. "How did your cycle get so out of balance?!"

"Thought that was the conditioner," Gabriel muttered, noticing hints of lavender and the slightest hint of what reminded him, oddly, of applewood smoked bacon. He was unaware the money and milk scents were the conditioner. The rest could be summed up in two words: horny mare. He was unaware his own pheromones most certainly didn't help the situation.

He took a careful breath, his eyes half lidded as he felt Rarity's fingers working the conditioner through his hair before he jerked as, unknown to him, a pair of cyan furred legs straddled his hips just below the small of his back before two hands began massaging his muscles. He didn't see the mildly surprised look Rarity shot Rainbow Dash as she smirked.

"I do know how to give a good massage, being that it makes for a really good way to cool down and prevent cramps after a workout," he heard her slightly raspy voice comment as if it was nothing. He jumped slightly at a sudden coolness on his back and shoulders, unaware Barb had squirted body wash onto his furred skin. He did, however, notice the scent of sea salt seconds later.