A day has passed since Chief and Sunset's visit to Equestria, but now, we're on a dreadnought destroyer, located in another reality.

Kylo Ren stands in the bridge of his ship, looking at the vacuum of space, then an officer enters alongside Starkiller.

“What happened?” Asks Kylo with an angry voice.

“You haven't said anything since our battle in that world, what worries you?” Asks Starkiller.

“We were defeated by a bunch of teenagers, why am I the only one mad at it?” Asks Kylo, expressing his frustration.

“They have powers we didn't know, plus the fact that the other me and Master Chief were with them.” Replies Starkiller.

Kylo Ren began to analyze the events and made a conclusion, “After all our time fighting against The Resistance, this time they were desperate to vanquish us, and those girls, they are hiding something.”

“So, you mean that probably we'll find our way to Equestria in that world?” Asks Starkiller, who seems to comprehend Kylo's theory.

“In fact, we might have the golden ticket if we find that Sunset Shimmer. But how can we find her without the Blue Team hunting us?” Asks Kylo aloud.

The officer replies to Kylo's question by saying. “If I may say Lord Kylo, if they manage to find you when you arrived, probably they have some sort of portal-detection device, but probably has some range. If we start our search far from that place, you may have a brief window where you can find that person.”

Kylo and Starkiller look at the officer with amaze. “That's a wonderful idea, officer, prepare the portal, we're going back to that world.”

“Are you sure, sir? If you bring a squadron, they will detect right away.” Asked the officer worried about Kylo's decision.

“It'll be fine, only Starkiller and I are going, plus, we'll only go as a scout mission, we won't raise any suspicion.” Replies Kylo to the officer, right after that, he puts his helmet on and says.

“Let's get going.”

The duo goes to the lab, where a scientist gives them some backpacks.

“What's this?” Asks Starkiller.

“Some devices that'll help you, the kit includes a cloaking device, macrobinoculars, emergency teleporters, and communicators.”

“You have our thanks.” Says Kylo.

After preparing everything, the scientist gives the sign to start the travel machine.

Once activated, the duo walks towards it and after cruising it, they arrive to an alley at Canterlot City, Kylo takes a peek outside the alley, then he sees that they're next to a building.

“Where are we?” Asks Starkiller who is behind Kylo, in a low tone of voice.

“I don't know, seems like a cafeteria, we have to use the cloak devices before…” Said Kylo Ren before being interrupted by the door being opened sound and a person inside says “Good night Sunset”, he quickly peeks around the corner and sees a girl really familiar.

“You too, I'll come again tomorrow” Says Sunset, Kylo hides again and tells Starkiller, “it's our lucky day.”

Then, both use their cloaking device, and see Sunset walking to what logically be her home. They decide to follow her, and when they're next to a lone alley, Kylo and Starkiller get in position and then, Kylo pulls Sunset with the Force and smacked her to the wall.

“Ouch… What the F…” said Sunset before seeing Kylo decloaking and preparing his lightsaber to stab her.

Sunset kicks Kylo's hand to dodge the lightsaber, Kylo had released her due to the surprise of the hit, then Sunset lands a bunch of fast blows to him, and kicks him. Kylo got stunned by the hit for a bit, time enough for Sunset to do a sweeping kick, bringing him to the ground.

Sunset started running deep the alley to avoid them easier, but then, she sees Starkiller swinging his blade to decapitate her.

In a brief moment, Sunset manages to slide, dodging the hit. She runs even deeper but Starkiller throws his lightsaber, forcing Sunset to prone, when she gets up, is paralyzed by Kylo's force grasp.

“You really surprised me there, not using your powers and attacking with your fists.” Said Kylo while igniting his sword to land the final blow.

“Powers? Who are you?! What do you want from me?!!!” Asks a scared Sunset.

“Don't you remember us? After you forced us to leave this world.” Asks Starkiller looking at Sunset, surprised by her previous response.

“Hey guys, you have to be mistaking me, I haven't seen you like never before, I swear for my life.” Replies Sunset, in a desperate attempt to survive her unknown attackers.

“Lie as much as you want, you will tell us the truth eventually.” Said Kylo Ren while trying to search in Sunset's mind for the path to Equestria, he seems to struggle, so does Sunset.

But there isn't a path, Sunset's mind truly has no memories about these two individuals and knows nothing about Equestria. Kylo has no option but to release her.

“What did you find, Kylo?” Asks Starkiller while pointing his blade to Sunset's neck.

“She's saying the truth, she doesn't even know what Equestria is.” Said Kylo Ren, expressing a bit of disappointment.

"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Said Sunset, but Starkiller's blade stills points to her. “Listen, I think we can solve all our questions if we just find a quiet place and talk as civilized people, sooo..... Would you take that energy blade out of my neck, please?" Starkiller doubt a bit, but then turned off his lightsaber, so did Kylo.

"Then tell us… Sunset Shimmer, where can we talk? Oh, and don't try to do anything stupid." Asked Kylo while pointing to his lightsaber.

"Follow me." Says Sunset. The group moves to her place, thanks to the cloak of the night, they were unnoticed, the trip was a bit long but now they have to clarify what is going on.

"Nice place that you got, seems... rustic." Says Kylo while looking around, a design of a home never seen by him.

"Well thanks, but let me change my clothes because of you, I got my best outfit ruined, and don't worry, I won't go anywhere nor do anything stupid." Said Sunset while leaving Kylo and Starkiller in the kitchen.

Starkiller approaches to Kylo and tells him. "So, we found Sunset Shimmer, but she's not the Sunset Shimmer we're looking for, what now?" Kylo proceeds to remove his helmet and placing it on the table right next to him.

"We'll listen to her story, once clarified all this mess, we can think of what we'll do." Replies Kylo to Starkiller's question.

Sunset returns, she wears her pijama, she leans in the corner of the kitchen's wall with a confident smile and talks to Kylo and Starkiller.

"Y'know that I heard everything you just said? Now speak, who the hell are you and why did you almost kill me?" Says Sunset, who quickly changes her smile into an angry expression.

"My apologies Sunset, as you said before, it was a misunderstanding. Let's pretend that didn't happen and let me introduce us properly. My name is Kylo Ren and my companion here is Starkiller, we come from another universe."

"You serious? Like the theory that stablishes that our universe is just one of many in a sea of infinite realities?" Asks Sunset, the excitement can be slightly noticed in her voice.

"It seems you're aware of it, that makes our job easier, what else do you know?" Replies Starkiller.

"If you come from another universe, it means that you have the technology to do it at will, am I right? what is it? Black Holes?" Asks again Sunset, it appears the topic really excites her.

"Basically, yes, but we manage to open those portals thanks to external energy, which is the one we're tracking right now?" Replies Kylo, seemingly surprised by Sunset's words. He can't help but to ask her, "how do you know so much of the multiverse if this is your first encounter with people that come from another reality?"

Sunset stays silent for a bit, then she explains, "I became an enthusiast of all the multiversal matter after something that happened encouraged me to learn more about it, although every scientific article is a theory yet, Sci-Fi is a good tool that help you create an image of how the multiverse would be."

Kylo Ren keeps something that Sunset said, "something that happened...", with that aknowledged, he asks Sunset.

"Pardon my intromission Sunset, but you said that something happened to you, would you mind to explain?"

"It was time ago... but it stills angers me every time I remember it." Sunset gives an expression that shows off some restrained fury. "I wished that I could make her pay." adds Sunset.

"May we sit then?" Asks Starkiller pointing at the couches in the living room. "If it's a long story, we better get ourselves comfortable, don't you think?" Adds Starkiller.

After that, everyone sits, and Sunset takes a breath, and with a bit of sadness in her face, she starts telling her story.

"It was time ago, like 6 years or somethin' like that. Middle School was about to start, I was so excited, being in a new school, meeting new people, *sighs* I still remember that my parents told me to go to bed early, I didn't listen to them. The day arrived, my parents didn't do it because I always wake up by myself. Anyways, when I got up from bed, it was late, I was in a hush to catch the bus, when I arrived at the school, I went through the main door, and was looking for my classroom. When I found it, I had only to knock the door, but when I peeked through the window, I....saw...myself right there, sitting in the classroom."

Sunset makes a pause to take a deep breath, she was controlling her emotions, after that, she continued her story.

"I couldn't believe it, another me?!! It had to be a fucking joke, that was impossible, she was wearing my same clothes. After that, I decided to hide, wait for the classes to end and confront her, I mean, I've been practicing martial arts since I was a kid, I would connect 6 blows minimum."

"Did she threatened you when you faced her?" Asked Kylo, who is really intrigued by her story.

"When I managed to call her attention, we went to the school backyard, where no one could see us. I was nervous but at the same time I was trying to settle things and trust me, that Sunset was nothing like me, she was rude, agressive and even threatened to erase me from this world, when that happened, I couldn't even clench my hand, I was a kid dammit!!!" Sunset stands up from the couch and keeps saying.

"I was scared of her, what kind of being is she? why the hell she looks a lot like me? And, what the fuck is she doing here? I had no other option but to surrender, I couldn't fight against something you don't even know. That day, I was forced to leave my life behind and begin to survive on my own."

Kylo and Starkiller cannot believe what she said, there are two Sunset Shimmers and the one that lives in this world, hates the other one, an opportunity is now before them.

"Do you still hate her?" Asks Starkiller to Sunset, his intentions seem clear.

"Absolutely, I'd say that even more than before." Replies Sunset while taking her phone and searching for something.

"Look." Says Sunset and shows Kylo and Starkiller some videos at her cellphone gallery.

Videos of the Sprin Fling showing Sunset's demon form, another video of the Battle of the Bands showing the Dazzlings levitating and transforming, and a last video showing Midnight Sparkle fighting Daydream Shimmer at the Friendship Games.

"Everyone thinks is an animated video but I've seen every single one of them, these events were actually real, all the magical stuff that happened, it has to be something from another world." Says Sunset after showing Kylo and Starkiller the videos.

"Well, it seems your doppelgänger is now beloved instead of hated." Says Starkiller.

"That's not even the worse part." Says Sunset, who then starts explaining with frustration. "Recently, she appeared in a musical video alongside some other girls from another school, and they were dancing like they were good friends. The other me, she had that good girl face the whole time, now everyone thinks she's a kind person, but guess what?!!!" Asks Sunset aloud.

"What?" Replies Kylo, amazed by her anger.

"She also appeared in the Daring Do movie, she was an extra in the movie of one of the most acclaimed sagas in literature's history!!!" Sunset then builts up more anger and says. "What about me?!! Since she appeared I left my home and had to earn my money by being waiter at cafeterias, working at the movie theaters, at a moving company, even supermarkets and now I'm working at bars as a singer and I can barely get my bills paid. Why the FUCK is she living my life like nothing happened and I'm left to rot here, HUH?!!!" Sunset breaks to tears, she can no longer hide her emotions. "And now everytime I see her, all I want is to beat her so damn hard. Tell me, am I wrong for asking for some minimum justice?" Asks Sunset with tears on her face.

"I cannot imagine the pain that you've gone through, Sunset. I can only understand your anger and hatred, which is comprehensible, you're only a victim of Equestrian magic."

"What's your obsession with this Equestria anyways?" Asks Sunset while slightly sobbing.

Kylo then replies to her. "Remember that external energy I mentioned earlier? Well, it comes from a world called Equestria, but that energy is out of control, it leaks into universes creating alterations that affect that universe's population. We've been looking for it for years, but there are some individuals that get in our way, they called themselves The Resistance and condemned our actions and they've befriended with your doppelgänger and her friends, but they don't understand it, we want to seize control over this Equestrian magic to prevent any more anomalies from happening."

Sunset, who has calmed down, asks. "Don't you think that Equestrians would be trying to fix those anomalies?"

"It would be the logical answer Sunset..." Said Kylo while getting up from the couch, "...but they are not even aware of the consequences they're undirectly provoking, tell me Sunset. Would you leave such a great power in hands of its so irresponsible owners?" Sunset remains silent, "We have to make sure chaos doesn't prevails, for everyone's sake. Only imagine it Sunset, with that power we can change everyone's lives for better, no more wars, no more famine, none of that will exist." Adds Kylo, Sunset, who is now doubtful of their true intentions, asks Kylo.

"So, you want the power of this Equestrian magic to fix the whole multiverse at your image?" Kylo seems reflexive, after a short bit, he replies.

"I only want to stop this senseless conflict, think of this, everyone thinks of good and evil, right or wrong, but they miss something important, determination. If you want to make changes for the better, there will always people that'll be against you, if you ask me, getting rid of them is a sacrifice for a greater good, isn't it?" Asking Sunset.

"It depends on how you see it, but under your perspective, seems like a factible plan. I have a question though, why are you telling me this?" Replies Sunset, confused of Kylo's intentions.

"Because you can be a crucial part of this plan Sunset, we can help you to finally consummate your revenge against your doppelgänger." Says Kylo, after listening at Sunset's story and witnessing her true feelings towards her counterpart, he's certain that she will accept his offer.

"Revenge? How can you do that?" Asks Sunset, intrigued by Kylo's proposal.

"We have an ability some would consider unnatural..." Kylo said before pulling a flower pot with The Force and giving it to Sunset. "...But for us, we call it The Force. It connects every living being in harmony and allows us to manipulate our environment at will." Kylo makes a pause and then adds. "After all our time researching the Equestrian magic, we manage to learn that works in individuals as The Force does, its fueled by the user's emotions, it can be mastered through practice and it becomes much more stronger with emotions such as anger."

"You want to teach me that?!" Asks Sunset amazed by this ability.

"I'm afraid we can't assure you that for the moment, but if we find a way to use magic as them, we might have a chance of winning." Said Kylo, who seemed to wait a response directly from Sunset, which eventually happens after a short bit.

"I can help." Said Sunset, Starkiller, who's been quiet until now, says. "The girls use geodes as collars, they activate them at will and grants them superpowers, superspeed, superstrength, ability to make things levitate and a few more. We might need to find a magical artifact that matches theirs."

Kylo thinks of Starkiller's commentary and asks Sunset. "Thanks for lending us your aid but Starkiller's right, where would you look for any magical artifact that ressembles theirs?"

"Maybe in the woods or caves, I mean, if magic has been growing in this world, it has to be in a place where common folk can't notice it, plus, I know how to go incognito, so I won't raise any suspscions." Replies Sunset, she really seems determined to help Kylo.

"It's settled then." Kylo then lends Sunset with the communicator and macrobinoculars he brought, "What's this?" asks Sunset while trying to understand the devices.

"The first one is a communication device, it was adapted with the design of a watch, in order to make it a discrete tool, it has a contact in it, you can call it and I will answer, and the other device is basically binoculars but have a much larger range." Said Kylo, who picked his helmet from the table and is now heading to the exit with Starkiller.

"Wait, are you leaving already?" Asks Sunset. "I'm afraid yes Sunset, we've stayed more than we could, its just a matter of time before they find that we were here." Replies Kylo, while opening the door but before leaving, Sunset interrupts him.

"Kylo.." Says Sunset, he turns around and sees Sunset with a glimpse of happines in her eyes, "...thanks, I haven't talked properly to someone until now. And, thanks for listening to me.'" Kylo gives a smile and says, "Don't worry Sunset, by the way, I have a question, why didn't you escape when you had the chance?" Asked Kylo.

"Well, I knew that I wasn't match for you, so fighting was not an option and I don't have anywhere to go nor anyone that may help me, so staying here was the smartest choice and I haven't survived this long by making foolish decisions." Replied Sunset, Kylo only agreeds with his head and says. "Wise choice my friend, I'll be looking forward to our next meeting." Kylo stretches his hand to Sunset, she replies to the gesture and shake hands. Then, Kylo and Starkiller leave and go back to the alley where they appeared.

"It appears we got ourselves a useful ally." Said Starkiller.

"Yes, her hatred might be helpful to our cause." Replied Kylo Ren while putting on his helmet.

After that, the duo uses their teleport devices to return at their ship, leaving not with their hands empty, but with an ally that might help them in the near future.

A new day begins and by petition of Rarity the mane 7 go at the mall to make up their minds about everything that has happened until now alongside some hamburguers.

"So, Sunset, how went your visit to Equestria?" Asks Applejack.

"It was better than I thought actually, although I was extremely nervous, Chief managed to get Celestia and Luna's trust, suddenly after that, Shining Armor came in and attacked Chief because of his unknown procedence, but Chief won." Replies Sunset.

"Woah, Princess Twilight's brother? That's surprising, what happened next?" Asks Twilight.

"Well, Chief commited to help avoid The First Order from infiltrating in Equestria by installing some alarms throughout the land, but it was a close shot, for a moment, I thought that he'd fight against Celestia... or Luna... or both." Answered Sunset, the stress could be heard in Sunset's voice, fortunately, it was nothing a bite on her hamburguer can't fix.

"Then....What now?" Asks Rainbow Dash to Sunset.

Sunset swallows the food he was chewing and replies, "I was wondering that, The First Order is going to come after us and the Blue Team won't be always there to help us, so we need to learn how to defend ourselves against them in order to protect everyone."

"But what can we do? Every threat we've faced uses magic just as us, there's nothing like a Kylo Ren in this world?" Asks Fluttershy.

"Oh Oh, I have an idea..." Says Pinkie aloud, once she has everyone's attention, she asks. "...What if Twilight and Microchips create a super tough robot so that we can practice our abilities by taking it down? I mean, beating up a super strong enemy will make Kylo Ren look like nothing."

Everyone shows their confusion faces at Pinkie's proposal, the silence was broken by Sunset's commentary. "That's not how it works Pinkie, Kylo and Starkiller have abilities that escape our knowledge, actually... Chief said to me back in Equestria that our training was starting tomorrow... or was it today? Time moving differently is really affecting me, anyway I think he might have an idea of what can we train to fight The First Order. By the way Twilight, what happened to those schematics?"

"Oh right, yesterday when the Blue Team left me at my home, I gave the schematics alongside some advices to Fred, I think he has already given them to Mr. Tesla." Replies Twilight.

"You really are a fan of him, aren't you?" Asks Pinkie Pie due to Twilight's noticeable excitement.

"I admire his job, after all, he created the basis of modern civilization, and he is also known as Human History's One and Only Sorcerer, just the fact that he asked personally for the schematics of my invention, brings joy to my whole career as a researcher." Answered Twilight, whom got excited by simply answering that question.

"By the way girls, where's Rarity? She's the one that proposed that we met here in first place." Asks Sunset while looking around.

"Oh, I texted her and she said that he's on her way here, but something came up and she's delayed." Replies Applejack.

A while ago at the Infinity, Chief is at the lab with Tesla, discussing some topics.

"Tesla, did you want to tell me something?" Asks Chief.

Tesla takes off his coat and replies.

"Well, I made some progress in our investigations, thanks to Twilight's schemes we manage to create the tracker we need, the thing is, we could only make two, one has been installed at the portal room, and the other one is made for portable use. Also, Galen brought some metals from his world, and we made an alloy with your blades, now they should withstand more effectively the clash between them and lightsabers, but also I need to warn you something about your blades." After that, Tesla takes the blades from an experimentation table and throws them at Chief.

"What is it?" Asks Chief while catching his blades and attaches them to his back.

"The runes of your blades, the demonic energy that they hold, is like a poison, while you're using the blades' power, that energy flows through your whole body, if you use them nonstop, you'll become as violent and merciless as the demons themselves, fortunately for you, that poison gets out of your body as long as you're not using it, I suggest a moderate use of the blades in order to make them a versatile weapon." Explains Tesla.

"So, only use the blades' power in extreme situations, got it, what else?" Asks Chief, he's going straight to the point.

"Everything fine Chief? You seem more serious than usual." Replies Tesla, Chief only stares at him for a bit and then he says.

"It's.... *sighs* about those girls, Kylo Ren knows that they have powers, he'll probably have his sight upon them, that's why I need to teach them how to fight, I've been thinking of ways to teach them how to enhance their physical capabilities and make a more effective use of their powers, that's why I've been more serious."

"Oh about that..." Tesla takes some papers from a desk nearby, "... After the events at the testing room, I got more excited to investigating the truth of their powers, they say it's magic, but once we manage to understand the fundaments of their powers, haha, then, we would have a great advantage against The First Order. So, if you're going to train them, please let me know." Tesla said to Chief, he is now curious about something else. "I will but, what about The Force? That's Kylo and Starkiller's greatest advantage." Asks Chief.

Tesla stares at Chief, then he says. "I'm actually going to run some tests with Galen to comprehend how it works, then I will ask to Stark if he wants to lend me a hand developing a system to counter it."

"Got it, I'll be leaving now. Good luck Tesla." Chief said while turning his back and exiting the lab, heading to the barracks to reunite with his team and get some rest, but on his way to the barracks Cortana appears on his hand and asks him.

"Chief, what's bothering you? Since we came back from Equestria, you've been thinking of something, but I haven't figured it out yet, what is it?" The question was really straightforward, Chief stopped walking and looked at Cortana, whom goes back again to Chief's helmet, the walk is resumed and Chief says.

"After reading Flash's report, the idea of counterparts became real, and after witnessing it by myself, I had no doubt about it. There's a another Twilight, and I saw a picture at her castle where she was with her friends, another Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy. The problem now is regarding Sunset Shimmer, if the one living in this world is the Equestrian counterpart, what happened to the version of her that lives in the other world? What if Kylo Ren ends up meeting her and therefore, kidnapping her thinking that she's the Equestrian Sunset Shimmer?"

Cortana remains silent due to the shock of the question itself, "Now that's..... a really good question, maybe we should look for her before The First Order finds her." says Cortana.

"You're right but, where do we start looking?" Asks Chief, Cortana thinks of many possibilities, after getting a conclusion, she replies. "I think I have an idea, but we need to be subtle."

A new day has begun and back at the hideout, Flash's practicing with his guitar in his room, the voice of a woman voice is heard downstairs.

"I'll be leaving now sweetie, be careful!"

"Sure mom, good luck." Said Flash, then his mother replied, "Oh and if you see John again, tell him that he owes me a favor for leaving, and not cleaning his bullet shells mess at the garage." Flash seems amazed by that, "Wait, there were more? I thought I cleaned most of them." he replies. Then, the sound of the door closing can be heard, his mom just left, after that, he receives an incoming call from Kelly, he picks up the phone and the conversation starts.

"Hey Kelly, everything fine?" Asks Flash in a cheering tone.

"So far so good, by the way Flash, are you home right now?" Replies Kelly.

"Yeah, but I'll leave soon, what happened?" Asks Flash, in a worrying tone, like if something bad just happened and they need his help.

"Oh nothing super important, John and I will use a portal to get there, Chief just wanted to make sure if someone was there." Replied Kelly.

"Ok, I'll be waiting, see you soon." Says Flash before ending the call.

After a short time, a portal is opened in the lab, Chief and Kelly came through it, but with different looks.

Chief wears a leather coat, along armored bracers that resemble the ones of his Spartan armor and his blades attached to his back.

Kelly wears a green leather jacket, black pants and a blue shirt, although she also wears armored bracers but are more subtle than Chief's.

"Hey, where are you going?" Asks Flash after seeing them wearing such normal clothes.

"John is here for a mission and I'm here for another reason." Replies Kelly

"Oh really?" Asks Flash, "what is it? Equestrian magic? The First Order? Another threat that remains unknown to us?" adds Flash with a slightly worried tone.

"Don't worry kid." Replies Chief, "I'm here because residual energy of a portal was detected in this world and I was sent to track down anything that could've come through it and Kelly's here to do some shopping."

"Really? Only that?" Asks Flash confused by that particular reason.

"Of course, this are the only civilian clothes I have, the whole team needs to wear something that doesn't weight hundreds kilograms, and Chief's outfit was made for missions where he needs to go unnoticed." Replies Kelly with an excited face.

"Ok, I'll see if Rarity can help you with that, Chief, do you want me to go with you? Y'know I can fight." Says Flash.

"Thanks but there's no need kid, if there's a big threat, I don't want you to get involved. Mostly because we don't know what came through the portal and if anything were to happen to you, your mother wouldn't forgive me." Replies Chief. Flash stares at him with a face of "Ok, if you say so." but then he remembers something.

"Oh Chief, my mother said you owe her a favor, it appears there were more bullet shells in the garage." Chief only replies, "Oh, sorry, please give her my thanks if you see her before I do."

"Ok, if there isn't anything else to discuss, I'll be leaving." Says Flash while taking his keys and his guitar. "Where are you going?" Asks Kelly. Flash opens the door, Chief and Kelly exit the house. "I need to buy a new pair of strings, practice session with my band and I'll be hanging out with someone, I'll probably come back home late, so if you need me, you have my number." Said Flash while locking the door and putting his guitar in his car.

"Alright, please send my regards to Sunset Shimmer." Says Kelly while Flash turns on his car, after hearing that, he blushes a bit and replies with a "I will, take care you two." Flash then leaves the house, after seeing him leave, Kelly asks Chief, "Do you want Rarity to come with me?"

"Yes, I've never been witness of your fashion taste so it's safer if a connoisseur goes with you." Replies Chief.

"Hahaha, so you have a sense of humor after all, fine, oh, and don't worry about the other thing, I will also look for any clue that leads us to the other Sunset." Says Kelly, she really didn't expected Chief to make a joke.

"Thanks, I will be heading to the coordinates of the portal." Replies Chief, after that, both of them take separate ways.

Chief arrives at the alley where Kylo and the human Sunset met, then he starts inspecting the zone, noticing some curious burn marks.

"Cortana, what cause these marks?" Asks Chief while scanning the marks.

"Judging by their direction, these marks are slashes from a blade, most probably a lightsaber." Replies Cortana.

"So either Kylo Ren or Starkiller were here, or maybe both of them, in any case, they fought against something or someone, but what happened after that?" Asks Chief, while looking at the sorrounding to catch any minimal detail.

"Chief look!, there are some footprints at the end of the alley." Says Cortana, then Chief sees that the footprints lead to the street.

"This track leads down the street, but it dissappears right away." Replies Chief after taking a look at the direction the footprints point.

"It's better to have this clue than nothing, I suggest you follow it by using the rooftops, then I can have a better look to any other clue that may appear." Says Cortana, Chief then presses a button in his bracer and activates his cloaking device before doing some parkour to get to the rooftops and replying, "I'm on it."

Time later, we're now at the mall where Kelly and Rarity are exchanging some words.

"So this is how it looks a mall." Says Kelly after seeing the liveliness of the place.

"Kelly, have you ever come to a mall before?" Asks Rarity confused by Kelly's previous statement.

"Well...I mean, yeah of course I've been in malls but, all of them were in warzones so they were destroyed, burnt or have collapsed, so it's not like I had many things to see.

After hearing that, Rarity couldn't stand still after hearing that and took Kelly into a tour through every store at the mall.

A time passed, Rarity and Kelly are now walking together with plenty of shopping bags in their hands.

"And that's how you go shopping darling." Says Rarity, with a triumphant smile.

"Hahahaha, sure Rarity, I never thought that this could be such a lively place, I mean, excluding the fact that many of hte things we bought were a bit expensive, I really liked coming here." Replies Kelly.

"Uhm, Kelly, you sure you can handle those bags? They seem heavy." Asks Rarity offering Kelly some help, but she replies with a overrelaxed tone.

"Oh, this? Nah, don't worry girl, I've lifted much heavier things for longer time, this is a piece of cake. Actually, where are we going now?" Asks Kelly.

"Oh, I already had some plans with my friends before meeting up with you, and is already late so we're heading there, I hope it doesn't bother you." Says Rarity while checking the hour. "Bother me?" Replies Kelly, "I'd be more than glad to hang out with your friends." she adds.

Few minutes later, they arrive at the Food Court meeting up with the rest of the Mane 7.

"Hello darlings, sorry we kept you waiting." Says Rarity while waving at her friends, Kelly does too with more excitement, once everyone's together, Kelly says.

"Hey girls, sorry to have stolen your friend for a bit, but I really needed an expert at shopping." She said while putting the bags on the floor and taking a seat after Rarity did.

Pinkie Pie is the first one to greet Kelly. "Oh hi Kelly! What are you doing here? Oh! Don't tell me, you're here to try the new line of cake at the bakery shop?" Asks Pinkie.

"Haha, although I wanted to, I'm not here to try a whole new kind of cake, that's why I only bought one of them, I hope the team likes it. Anyway, Chief had a mission here and I wanted to buy some new clothes for the team." Said Kelly.

"Wait, a mission? What happened now?!" Asks Sunset with a worried voice.

"Relax girl." Replies Kelly, "I can't tell what is it because of 'protocol procedures', but what I can tell you is that John was the one assigned to this mission, so rest assured that everything will be just fine. Oh, before cominig here, John told me that your training will start tomorrow."

"Yeah, what kind of training actually?" Asks Twilight.

"I don't know, but probably is going to be very tough, you need to be ready for anything." Replies Kelly.

After seeing everyone's face of doubtness, Kelly says with a encouraging smile. "Hey quit the grumpy faces, I've seen you work together, and if I may say, you have a coordination that exceeds the average standards, you'll do great, I'm sure of it."

The girls respond with a cheer smile, the pressure was relieved for a bit, then Rainbow Dash says to Kelly.

"Wow, you are a lot less intimidating than Chief." Kelly replies with a smile, "Oh, John always takes everything seriously, plus he's not very open to strangers, and keeps his emotions for himself but..." Kelly seems to be thoughtful about his childhood friend, then she replies, "...It's just a matter of time, y'know? His actions are always motivated by his duty and that's what makes him intimidating, but the truth is that most of the time he follows his own code, he worries about his team and the people under his command, he doesn't show any kind of emotion when someone gets hurt but inside him, there's a hurricane of emotions, it's complicated but, once you understand him he's..... kinda cute actually."

"Aw, you really are close friends." Says Fluttershy.

Kelly smiles due to what Fluttershy said, nostalgia is evident in her face, then she replies. "Of course, we know each other since we were six years old, you learn a thing or two eventually. Anyways, I've been looking forward to enjoy my free time here, so, what funny stuff you normally do when you're free?" Asks Kelly.

"Well, If you're so eager to find out, what about if we show her all the fun she can get while in our world?" Asked Applejack to the group with an excitement smile.

"Yeah!! Let's do this, you won't regret it Kelly!!" Said Rainbow Dash with even more excitement.

The group then gets up from their seats and heads to a new destination. Meanwhile in the woods, Chief seems to be stressed about something.

"John, it's been hours since we started looking for any more clues than those footprints and we haven't found any other solid evidence." Said Cortana, despite being an AI, her voice shows a bit tiredness.

"I know but, if we keep looking, we might find something useful." Replied Chief, his voice shows even more tiredness than Cortana's.

"Chief, our search started at the city, we're now in the middle of the forest, I think we lost track of the footprints quite a while ago, don't you think?" Asked Cortana in a comical tone.

"Fine, let me use the magic tracker just to verify there isn't anything important here." Said Chief while pulling out a device that ressembled Twilight's design, but a less colorful and with a more subtle design.

The device has a dim reading, the coordinates lead to a cave nearby, without hesitation, Chief follows it and arrives at the cave.

"Now that's weird, Chief you better be careful, I'll record everything." Said Cortana, Chief draws his handgun and proceeds with caution.

At the beginning, it seemed like a normal cave, but as Chief went deeper, crystals began to appear down their path.

"What kind of mineral are these?" Asks Chief while examinating one of them, it seemed like an ordinary crystal but pitch black in the inside.

"They don't seem like any new mineral, but it appears they had something inside, but now they're empty. Keep moving Chief, the signal came from the deepest part of the cave." Replies Cortana.

Chief keeps moving downwards, the cave becomes darker and the path turns even rougher, Chief attaches his flashlight to his gun and lights his way, few more steps and Chief faces a small cliff just right ahead.

"The signal came from whatever is down there." Said Chief before jumping off the cliff, once he lands, he proceeds to attach his flashlight to his chest, holsters his gun and unsheathes his blades, then he quietly moves forward, expecting any possible threat.

"Chief, I know there's something going up down here, but this place seems really off." Said Cortana.

"I know, since we entered the cave, I felt this cave was dark but not in the logical way, whatever emitted the signal, it has some negative vibes." Replied Chief.

The echo of waterdrops hitting the ground floods the path, sleeping bats hanging from stalactites, the sound of Chief's steps on puddles and the lack of knowledge about what could be in the depths of this cave, create enough tension in the atmosphere for Chief to clench his blades. After five minutes walking into the depths of the cave, a dim light is visible at a corner, Chief peeks at the corner and sees some sort of natural altar at the center sorrounded by a small pond, its reflection was the one emiting the light.

At the altar, a crystal similar to the previous ones can be seen, but this one is bigger but has a missing part at the top.

"What is this place?" Asks Chief while looking around and sheathing his blades, then he turns back to the altar.

"The crystal at the altar was the source of the signal, and like the rest of the others, it's empty, but also has a cleave, like something's been cut from it." Replied Cortana while scanning the altar.

"It was a medium sized fragment, it couldn't be erosion because the whole cristal would have crumbled, someone was here, I have no doubt about it." Said Chief while examinating the empty space of the cristal.

"John, whoever did this, was really cautious, there are no fingerprints, the only things I see are the marks that show usage of a sharp tool to cut the crystal, however, this evidence still don't lead us to the culprit." Says Cortana, who appears on Chief's palm.

After thinking for a bit, his face expresses more doubt than resolution, yet he concludes. "I know is not enough, but this helps as a background, that crystal had Equestrian magic, most probably every other crystal in this cave, so whenever we detect a similar frequence as this one, we'll end up facing the one who came to this cave and took that fragment." Replied Chief, "Did you take photos of this place?" Asks Chief to Cortana.

"Of course I did." She replies, "I have recorded every possible data about this cave and the altar, but I suggest we tell the girls about this, probably they can help us finding out the culprit." Adds Cortana.

"We'll see, for the moment, let's get out of here." Said Chief while going back where they came from.

Once they're out of the cave Chief receives a message.

"Who is it?" Asks Cortana, "It's Kelly, she says that if I'm free, I can head to these coordinates." Replies Chief.

"Oh ok, then let's start moving before we arrive late, I'm tired of following tracks." Says Cortana, Chief makes a face of fine, whatever and starts walking

"But I was the one who's been walking the whole time." Replied Chief, Cortana gets angry but realizes that's a joke, then she replies. "Oh, but I was analyzing a thousand possible clues while you were just walking and pointing out stuff." Chief comprehends the sign and both start a war of arguments that were trying to blame each other for spending the whole morning in this mission, but at the end, Cortana ends up laughing and Chief shows a very small sign of a smile.

Chief and Cortana were arriving ar the coordinates Kelly sent Chief, it's Sweet Apple Acres, but there's some music sounding aloud, Chief heads to the garage and finds the girls playing their instruments and Kelly singing along them with passion.

🎵 "...We'll carry on, we'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
Your memory will carry on" 🎵

🎵 "You'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches, oh..." 🎵

John remembers that song, it was in Kelly's playlist, unfortunately, he arrived at the song's end, but it surprised him to hear Kelly singing for the first time. When the music stops and the group laughs and Kelly excites, Chief asks.

"Was that Welcome to The Black Parade?" Everyone turns at him and Kelly is the first one to reply.

"Sure it was, the whole day has been a bomb, I've never had so much funny in my whole life, hahahaha!! You should hang out more often with them."

"Oh really? What have you done until now?" Asks Chief and looks to the girls looking for an answer.

"Well..." Started saying Pinkie Pie popping from Chief's back, startling him for a bit. "...We played bowling, then Kelly challenged Rainbow Dash to a race, after that we went to the amusement park and Kelly insisted on seeing us playing music and we invited her to sing and minutes later, you arrived."

"Hey Chief, you here to join us?" Asks Sunset with a smile.

Chief sighs while looking at Kelly, like he didn't want to let her down but doesn't have any other option, then he says. "I would've liked to but as Kelly probably told you, I was on a mission and I found something that I need to report back to the infinity."

"What is it, did you find Kylo Ren or a strange creature?" Asks Twilight, who's being a bit paranoid about it, Chief then replies.

"It's more related to the first thing, remnants of a portal were found in an alley here in this world, I went there and I found lightsaber burn marks and footprints that led downtown, I followed the track but found nothing, time later I ended up in the woods where I used the tracker Tesla made thanks to Twilight's schemes and received a weak signal that came from a cave, this is what I found there." Applejack closes the garage's gates so that no one sees whatever Chief is gonna show or say.

Chief proceeds to show the group images of the cave from his bracer's holo displayer, the crystals, the altar, the broken crystlal, everything seems genuinely new for the girls and Chief notices it, so none of them could be culprit.

"What kind of crystals are those?" Asks Rainbow Dash.

"That's still unsure but they seemed to contain something within them, but now they're empty and so is the main crystal at the altar I showed you." Replies Chief while interleaving the images.

"Wait, the crystal at the altar seems broken, what happened to it?" Asks Rarity pointing the altar image.

"Someone else went to the before before me and used a sharp tool to break the crystal at the altar, but I couldn't find any evidence that led me to the culprit." Chief said then he turns off the holo displayer, Applejack opens the garage's gates.

"And now I need your help." Add Chief after the gates opened.

"Our..help?" Asks Fluttershy, she seems dubious and wonders what does Chief mean with that.

"Yes, I have other business to attend to at the Infinity, I was hoping that you could lend us a hand finding our culprit. Don't take it as a full time job, I don't want you to put your responsibilities away just because of what I'm asking you to do, so let's leave it on, if you find anything suspiscious, let me know, Cortana already put my contact in all your phones so you won't have to worry about my number."

"Don't worry Chief, nothing will escape our sights." Said Rainbow Dash, she seems really commited to this.

"Alright, oh! before I forget it, on my way here I received a transmission from Tesla, he wanted to discuss some matters regarding the magic from your world, he insisted that was for the sake of understanding how it works and how can we use it. So stay put because he may call you later." Said Chief.

"Ok girls, you heard him, from now on you're members of The Resistance, and I can personally say that I'm glad not simply because now we're teammates, but also because we're friends." Said Kelly with a heartwarming voice.

The group then ends up chattering about any other stuff, that moment symbolized a beggining of a new friendship, one that will probably endure for years in the far future, doubts become present but trust will be the light that'll guide them to the truth.

END OF CHAPTER.

Author's Note

Hi everyone!! I know I took a while writing this chapter, but since I was lacking a good design for the human Sunset, most of the story was focused on writing and not so many images to make reference. I hope you like this chapter, which is the longest until now, but probably won't be the last.

Thanks for your patience and see you on the next chapter.