The Timely Meet Up
It's a sunny afternoon in 2076 in a futuristic earth where technology can cure almost any disease or illness. Technology has advanced to nanotech and metal mesh that connect the worlds that the human race expands and lightspeed travel, which is what makes the impossible, possible and…… “Sigh…Oh my nonexistent God dammit what the fuck is that?” Cole said in a pissed tone unplugged his neural link and walked out to see both his older brothers fighting over a neural cord.
Kane said, “It's my turn you’ve been playing since 9 in the morning!”
Gray retorted, “Yeah and you played all of yesterday.”
Kane replied, “That's because you were working, and Cole was working on his thesis on interdimensional travel or whatever.”
Cole, looking disappointed, replied, “It was a thesis on quantum mechanics of time travel and the weighting of pros and cons of both. You ass and I told you that thinking you were listening had I known you weren’t I wouldn’t have bothered.”
Test subject named Voldo or Kane the second oldest/ middle brother was 23 and was an art museum owner and a critical art examiner of the fine arts usually can’t be biased on art pieces. Kane Thomas Simmons is a smaller build of a man and generally enjoys having power over people. Kane is a sadist and will go to a specific nightclub called “The Dirty Dog”. The only nightclub that uses masks for user confidentiality. The nanotech in Kane’s body was experimental and helps him see every little detail and makes his body flexible enough to do things most can’t. Kane was an experiment to see if nano-machines could alter bone structure to be more elastic and some of the other experiments were to see if the nano-machines could fix and improve eyesight. He was test subject-09 or codename Voldo.
Test-subject named Jozu or Gray, the oldest brother and 24 years old, was a part of a nano-tech experiment for the military to mix certain biochemicals and nano-machines. Gray is a vet with a certain amount of money and a medal of honor. Gray Able Simmons has a medium build with sculpted muscles, and a few add-ons to his nano-machines. Gray has the ability to turn parts of his body into diamonds by manipulating the carbon in his body. Gray works in a factory cutting metal and moving it as the manager of a group of guys he normally won’t tell them to do anything he can’t do. Gray has a passive personality and usually only fights back if it's absolutely necessary. Gray has a huge roleplay kink. Gray is subject-05 codename Jozu.
Test subject named Zero or Cole the youngest of the brothers and the only brother with a special type a nanotech in his body it’s a prototype called multiplying liquid-tech which is a nano-machine that starts off as shot and increases by shaping the white blood cells into nano-cell factories and allowing the human complete adaptability. Cole Will Simmons is 22 and has a bigger build then the other two brothers and the only experiment test subject to survive the prototype known as subject-00 codename zero. Cole has a Masters in Biomechanics and is working on a minor in quantum physics. Cole had a passive personality and was kind of the deciding factor on the stuff the brothers did. Cole never really had any kinks or fetishes. Unless you consider falling in love too fast.
The three brothers started arguing and getting into a verbal brawl with each other until multiple portals opened up and all three dropped into it immediately. The three brothers fell into each portal. Cole fell into the hole on the farthest left. Kane fell into the middle and gray the farthest right.
Cole was falling for a while and flew out of the portal with great speed. Then he hit the ground and was out for a little while. Trace opened his eyes and saw he was in a forest area where it was dark. Cole looking around saw light peek through the trees. Cole said sarcastically, “Did I just get isekai’d?”
That’s when Cole walked to a tree and then climbed up it. His hands turned into claws instantly so he could climb faster. Making it to the top, Trace looked around in all directions and saw houses with hay on top of them, he jumped down and walked northwest. Cole, thinking out loud, said, “I must have traveled back in time to the medieval era. Which probably means my brothers landed in the same or separate times as me.”
Cole hiding in bushes watched these anthropomorphic pony hybrids walk around and talk and hangout with one another. Cole, confused, looked on with more questions running through his head. Cole thought, “Why are there furriers in medieval times? Why are they dressed in regular clothes that you would see in the modern era?” Cole having his thoughts spiral out of control not paying attention to the two anthros walking up to the bush he was in.
The pink furry with a curly hair style said, “Twilight I swear on my pinkie promise something is watching us in this bush. My pinkie sense is never wrong.”
The purple anthro furry replied, “I don’t know why you think it has any relevance to the conversation we were talking about?”
Pinkie retorted, “You asked if there is any proof of intelligence outside our universe so I told you to look in that bush and you would find out.”
Twilight, not impressed, removed the bush and nothing was in it. Cole using camouflage was still in the spot of the bush not moving just trying to stay still so these weird furriers didn’t see him.
Pinkie walking up to Cole said, “I can see you mister!”
Cole thought to himself, “No you don’t, stop trying to play me.”
Pinkie giggling retorted, “Ha! I’m not playing so just show yourself silly.” Cole, pissed and clearly thinking pinkie caught him, deactivated his camouflage.
Twilight asked, “What the hell are you?”
Pinkie replied, “He’s your answer to if intelligent life was beyond our universe.”
Cole sarcastically with jazz hands said, “Surprise!”
Twilight looking at him and at Pinkie looked back and teleported back to her tree library.
Twilight with a curious look in her eyes asked, “Who are you? Why are you here? What is your purpose and are you evil? Ooh! Let me get my camera. I want pictures of you!” Cole, not speaking still in the magic bubble, pointed his fingers downward motioning Twilight grabbing her camera.
Twilight was embarrassed saying, “Sorry, let me get you down from there.”
Trace's feet now firmly planted to the ground replied, “I’m Cole, I don’t know, and I don’t know and no.”
Twilight, confused, asked, “How do you speak equish?”
Cole walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out a dictionary and opened it to read it replied, “I don’t have an answer yet, but my hypothesis stands not to what time did my brothers and I travel but to which dimension did my brothers and I get taken to? I assume the time comes later. Since we went through different portals.”
Twilight never was more excited in her life and said, “Brothers? You mean there are more of you sexy smart aliens!”
Cole, ignoring the sexy bit, realizing he can speak the language but can’t read it, replied, “My brothers and I had a few portals open under our feet while arguing who was going to use a neural cord to play a video game next and bam now, I’m here. It also appears that our language is the same but our symbols for letters aren’t.” Trace pointed at a word and asked, “What this word was?”
Twilight looked over and said, “Oh! That’s the word hypothetically.”
Cole, using his knowledge and crafting an alphabet based on the word and the rest of the symbols said, “All done! I can read your language now.”
Twilight replied, “How? That's the hardest thing for you to do considering there are 26 symbols in our alphabet, and you don’t even know if our alphabetical order is the same as your specific race of beings?”
Cole said, “There are 26 symbols in my alphabet to and when you told me that word. I arranged a small list of letters from that word that match my symbols and then I made a list of the symbols that don’t have a letter from my alphabet and I noticed you went in alphabetical order on your bookshelves, possibly in a Dewey decimal system with probably a break in the middle to relax your mind with a book from the shelf so you can read a book you haven’t read in a while and that’s how I figured it out.”
Twilight, looking at Cole with a fierce smile, asked, “So what are you doing later? because I was hoping we could test my hypothesis for an experiment?”
Cole replied, “Sure, What’s the experiment on because depending on what it is. I might say no.”
Twilight hitting on Cole whispered in his ear, “My theory on interspecies breeding and the evolutionary benefits it has.”
Cole, realizing the flirting and pretty frightened how fast he got hit on.
Cole rolling his eyes said, “Really, then that hypothesis must be on how the genetics of this evolutionary offspring will develop on both sides or which side will be more dominant in the genetic pool because if my hypothesis is correct then the offspring will be a perfect blend of that ass and our intellect!” Cole grabbed another book and looked at Twilight playing her game. Twilight flustered walked over to grab a book. Twilight was enamored with Cole and how he could send flirty words back.
Twilight, suddenly scared, asked, “You're ok with this right I know we’re moving fast but you got me going with your hypothetical talk and you seem like you are interested…….”
Cole putting his finger on her lips to shush her replied, “Firstly, I wouldn’t have played along with your sexy flirting if I wasn’t interested. Secondly, it’s a refreshing change to my everyday life to have a female flirt with me. Third and finally, I don’t get turned on easily so I want this plus I’ve never done this so it would be nice to do this with someone that’s new to this experience too.”
Twilight flustered asked, “How did you know?”
Cole replied, “It's not hard to see that. Plus, your kind and flirty talk seemed rather innocent.”
Twilight retorted, “What about you? I can’t see any signs that this is a new experience for you?”
Cole replied, “Oh! This is 100% percent a new experience for me. I just don’t think I’ve ever done interspecies breeding with a different dimensional being.”
Twilight giggling before pausing asked, “What about my friends, what if I wanted you to herd with them?”
Cole, thinking out loud, replied, “I don’t know, I’m not even sure this won’t be a one-night thing or just a booty calling situation.”
Twilight said, “but what if I want this to last and I want my friends who are single to be with you too.” Cole took his hands and put them on Twilight shoulders and looked around and realized something was off.
Cole asked, “How do you know they are single?”
Two Years Later
Gray landing on a ship on top of a short chubby anthro hedgehog character. Gray got up and saw a bunch of weird creatures with white fur holding spears aimed at Gray. Which activated his killer instincts for fighting Gray's hands transformed into fist made of diamonds. Gray leaping into action punching a few of these creatures and almost immediately noticed that a boot was about to hit him in the head as soon as that happened. Gray landed on the port side of the ship and saw this dark red-haired pony anthro with purple skin.
Gray with crystal skin on the side of his head looking at this female asked, “Who are you and what is this place and how did I get here?”
The female anthro replied, “I’m the second in command of the Storm Queen’s army and my name is Shadow Tempest. You're on my main vessel that I command, and I have no idea how you got here.”
Gray looked and the guard he took down and the ones scared and confused. He clenched his fist as if certain memories were entering his mind and slowly opened them, putting his hand together.
Gray in a tone of sadness said, “I surrender.”
Shadow Tempest said, “Why? You took out the majority of my guards and almost got the upper hand on me. It takes real skill to do that. How about you join the Storm Queen’s army and I’ll personally treat you right.”
Gray replied, “That’s not who I am anymore and why would I join an army when I was already a walking one-man army in my past?”
Shadow Tempest walked up to Gray and whispered, “I can make it worth your while and give you the best sense of pleasure.” Shadow Tempest backed off and gave him a wink.
Gray having mixed feelings. Walking over to Shadow Tempest asked, “Where do I sign?”
Shadow Tempest replied, “Good you start now, and we are heading back to the Storm Queens empire to report back to the Storm Queen.”
Gray, thinking about his brothers, said, “Wait, I’m looking for my two brothers. They fell through different portals then me so they might be in different parts of this world?”
Shadow Tempest, thinking out loud, said, “I don’t think I’ve heard of these brothers you speak of but maybe I’ve heard of their names.”
Gray replied, “My second brother’s name is Kane, and the third brother's name is Cole.”
Shadow Tempest shock said, “You mean your brothers are Cole the human that created a new type of magic and the commander of Canterlot's army and Kane the human that was promoted to the crystal empire's new strategic advisor and husband to Princess Cadence and Queen Chrysalis!”
Gray, confused, said, “When did this happen and how did they do this I’m pretty sure we all got out of the portal at the same time?”
Shadow Tempest replied, “Cole got to this world two years ago and personally knew the Storm Queen and Kane got here a year after Cole did and you at around the same time Kane showed up just a year later.”
Gray frustrated and confused said, “why is there a year difference between us?” Then he realizes the three Portals must have had a time difference so when they fell into the different portals the time frame of these were set for different times and places.
Two years earlier
Cole, looking at Twilight in confusion, asked, “How does magic work in this land again?”
Twilight replied, “Magic is something unicorns are born with as you can see our horns and Pegasus have wings and can walk on clouds and alter weather conditions which is where their magic shines and regular ponies have their cutie marks help them with their strength or skills to help them with their cutie marks job/ skill set and Pegasus and unicorns also have them which is how our unique skills and jobs are created.”
Cole looking at her said, “Then what about other non-pony creatures do they have magic and if so, why is the magic of friendship a thing?”
Twilight replied, “The magic of friendship is a valid magic. Ponies can use regular magic or artifacts, and even love magic is also a thing!”
Cole started to get it, thinking, “So if I checked out how it works and figured out what makes it tick, I can create my own magic that my brothers could use and help us work on a way to get home.”
Twilight looking at Cole while he’s in deep thought saw her friends walk in and said, “So what do you girls think of him yah or nah for herding?”
The girls similarly nodded and said, “Nah!”
Twilight was confused and asked, “Why? It is the best chance to herd with him and finally have someone who cares about us!”
Rarity replied, “And what about my Spikey Wikey?”
Apple Jack said, “Twi, we already have some ponies. Y'all need some pony like Flash Sentry!”
Rainbow dash, Pinkie pie and Fluttershy all nodded.
Cole, watching the other girls, said, “I’m not against you Twilight but I think you should take their advice, be with Flash Sentry not some monkeys like me.”
Twilight replied, “Why? I thought you were interested in the thought of having a herd?” Cole retorted, “It’s not like I’m not interested. But my belief is that you should never drive a wedge in a relationship. It does more damage to a friendship than you could ever know!”
Cole started to walk out of the tree library. Cole said, “Twilight you need to talk to your friends and learn more about them. Because it looks like you didn’t even know they had their own love interests.” Cole gently grabbed Twilights chin and forced her to look at him. Twilight, sad, replied, “But what if I want to be with both of you?”
Cole retorted, “I was always a one girl type of guy. I'm open to new experiences. So, if you want me to share you or you share me then I’m down. But don’t cheat on me or two time me because that hurts me more than you know.”
One Years Later
Kane fell on the floor of the Crystal Empires dining room table. Kane looked around and saw a pink pony furry eating a salad. Kane in a blank tone, said, “Wait, What!”
Cadence stopped eating and at the same time said, “What.”
Kane got off the table and noticed on the other side of the table and saw a furry in armor eating on the opposite end.
Kane, still in a stunned silence, noticed that the knight had a few weird looks.
Cadence stopped the guards from harming and dragging Kane to the dungeon cell.
Kane, confused, asked, “Where the hell am I?”
Cadence, trying to remain diplomatic, said, “This is the Crystal Empire.”
Kane, pissed, retorted, “No! Where did I end up? Like what Country, planet, year and time am I in? So, spill it where the hell am I?”
Cadence, a little annoyed, said, “This is Equestria, Planet Quora, Sun and Moon Era and it’s 5:28 pm. Happy?”
Kane even more confused, replied, “Equestria……Planet Quora, Sun and a Moon era what the fuck is happening.” Kane having a mini anxiety attack fell to the floor and going into a PTSD moment fainted. Cadence ran over to Kane along with Shining Armor, having the guards move him to a room in the Crystal Empire. Kane waking up heard two people talking as he sat up quickly.
Cadence and Shining Armor saw Kane sit up quickly and that's when he saw Cole sitting next to his bed not saying anything.
Kane asked, “How are you here right now?”
Cole grabbing a vial replied, “Firstly take this. I was the first to appear in this world. When we all fell through the portals, remember and it seems we fell into different years of time? Secondly, you ended up in the Crystal Empire, but it seems that the nanomachines in your body have deactivated due to the lack of energy. Thirdly, the vial is an upgrade to your nanomachine.”
Kane said, “Look, I want to go home. I don’t want an upgrade to the nanomachines.”
Cole, looking at Kane, asked, “Then tell me, where are the portals or can you create the technology to remake the portal and who says the place, we go back to is the same time and place?”
Kane, pissed, replied, “Ok, Smartass then what's your plan since you got one apparently?”
Cole retorted, “I have had to cope with being here so I have started a new life and you will have too as well.”
Kane, getting angry, said, “So, we have to start a new life. I’m not doing that again please; we have to find a way back.”
Cole frowning said, “We have no way, and we need to triangulate when Gray will appear.”
Kane rolled his eyes and replied, “Gray will probably show up soon like in a few days.”
Cole with a sad face said, “That’s what I said to myself a year ago too but here you are now.”
Kane looked at Cole and noticed his sadness and looked away and Kane met Cadence’s eyes, and, in that moment, Kane remembered seeing her run to him when he had fainted. Cole looked at both of them and said, “You should go for it.”
Kane, confused, replied, “Go for what?”
Cole said, “Really, I know that look and to be honest the guy talking to her was her ex, but they are friends now.”
Kane looked at the knight and said, “That guy looks off and maybe it's just me but is he a she to you?”
Cole looked at Shining Armor and then it clicked. Cole wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to a guard that handed it to Cadence. Cadence read it and said something to the guards and had Shining Armor in cuffs and sent to the dungeon. Cadence walked in and looked at Kane and then Cole. Cole got up and looked at Kane and winked.
Cadence asked, “How did you know that Shining Armor was a changeling?”
Kane replied, “Changeling? It’s just the subtle features that you have compared that the knight guy was off.”
Cadence, curious, said, “Wait, your brother told me that his brothers have different skills and abilities.”
Kane replied, “I mean he’s not wrong my nanomachines give me the ability to see every detail and it changes my bone structure to be more flexible or tougher bones, so I don't break easily.”
Cadence, now more interested, started asking more questions and Kane answering to the best of his abilities. Cole walked to the dungeon cell with Shining Armor in it. Cole standing in front of the cell with a blank face.
Cole looking at Shining Armor asked, “What's your plan?”
Shining Armor, looked at Cole and replied, “What do you mean? I was doing my job, why am I assumed to be a changeling?”
Cole said, “Cut the crap! Chrysalis I know you kidnapped Shining Armor. He didn’t show up to therapy two weeks ago.”
Shining Armor pissed transformed back into Chrysalis said, “Fuck you! Cole, why did you spoil my surprise!”
Cole, confused, replied, “Surprise....What!”
Chrysalis said, “Yeah, I was trying to come out and tell Cadence that Shining Armor changed and joined the Storm Army as Storm King's right-hand man.”
Cole looked away and in a sad face said, “I didn’t mean to cause that situation. I just wanted Twilight to understand that two timing two guys wasn’t ok.”
Chrysalis laughingly replied, “I’ve never seen anybody tear Twilight down and hurt her brother like you have. I mean it was beautiful how you turned Twilight into a villain and the scientific adviser of the Storm King. Talk about karma.”
Cole said, “I was trying to make an example of the anthros being hurt. It was never my intention to rip into Twilight and force a mind break on her like that. I didn’t know she was dealing with some mental issues.”
Cole turned around and started tearing up, “I loved her but doing what she did wasn’t ok.”
Chrysalis, now giggling, asked, “So, you let her suffer a mental breakdown.”
Cole walked away and back to the room with his head down and regretting the shit he did. The moment he opened the door he saw Kane and Cadence making out. Cole closed the door before Cadence or Kane could hear him and walked over to another room with tea set up and Celestia sitting with Luna talking. Cole sat in the chair across from them in a slump and signed loudly.
Celestia and Luna looked at Cole and back at each other and Celestia said, “Was your brother ok. You seem to be in a bad mood.”
Cole sat up straight and took a sip of tea and replied, “My greatest regrets follow me like a fly that doesn't want me to forget its existents.”
Luna frowning said, “The Twilight situation, I don’t know how the breakdown happened. But you need to focus on the good instead of the bad and believe me the issue has had the ability to bug you because you give it the power so don’t mind it.”
Cole remembered that day like a haunted house. Trace looked out the window and sipped more of his tea, said, “Whether I can consider the karmic effects or not I failed to see it happening. The outcome of that effect has swayed Twilight and her brother over to the Storm King.”
Celestia frowned in sadness and said, “The things we do can’t always help but at least she has her brother with her.
Cole replied, “Thats fucked up Celestia and too soon.”
Luna sneered at Celestia and said, “Indeed sister that is most unsightly to say.”
Celestia sticking her tongue out at Luna said, “I get it too soon. But I was hoping to get a chuckle out of you guys.”
Cole looked down with a tear falling down his cheek and replied, “I just wanted to prove a point and I warned her.”
Celestia and Luna stood up and hugged Cole in a frown and then Celestia sadly said, “Sorry, that joke was really in poor taste, and I get it.”
Kane walking over to the table with Cadence following him on his side laughing saw Cole with tears and Luna and Celestia hugging him.
Kane running to Cole asked, “What’s wrong, are you ok? Cole, tell me what happened?”
Luna looking up at Kane replied, “Cole has happened to be in pain from his last run in with a friend that he loved and to prove a point on her cheating on him. He tried to conduct an experiment to prove that cheating on people can create evil and it worked but the person he did it to was pushed to the breaking point and turned along with her brother.”
Kane saddened said, “I see, so you must be feeling the weight of this pain on you.”
Cole, still sad and tearing, said, “I just wanted to prove a point.”
Kane walked over to Cole and looked at the two Princesses and then at Cole’s face and realized that his eyes were a different color and that's when Cole stood up and started to walk to the exit of the castle just muttering, “I just wanted to prove my point.”
Kane, scared looking at the princesses said, “This is different, he is acting weird, and his eye color is different from earlier.”
Cole, still walking trapped in his own mind, saw Twilight in control of his body. Cole walked over to her and tapped her shoulder. Twilight, scared for a second, turned around and saw Cole frowning at her. Twilight said, “What are you going to do? You are powerless to stop me from killing you.”
Cole said, “I deserve it and would probably have killed myself sooner or later.”
Twilight pissed off said, “What do you mean you would kill yourself just because you deserve it. Why?”
Cole, turning away from her, replied, “Because I hurt you and never meant to. I just wanted you to understand that you hurt me when you decided you would two-time, Flash Sentry and I.”
Twilight, looking away now, stopped controlling Cole's body and said, “I was scared that you were never going to stay with me.”
Cole retorted, “I know you can’t control or hold on to the ones you love. But going around telling everyone that you never really liked me, and only did it because you wanted information on my world. Then told your brother that I broke your heart when I did no such thing. Was cold hearted and really hurt my feelings.”
Twilight said, “It’s too late to change my course now. The Storm King demands results, and this is the only way I can deliver.”
Cole, walking to the corner of his mind, said, “Just hope this is what you wanted and hope you don’t regret this decision.”
Twilight controlling Cole got him to a mountain cliff, looked back at Cole and Cole looked away not paying her any attention. Twilight makes Cole jump off the cliff in the split-second Kane and Celestia grabbed Cole’s arms and in that moment, Twilight dispelled the mind control not paying attention to Cole’s body, she disappeared. Cole in control of his body again looked around and saw Kane, Celestia, and Luna pulling him back up. Cole in his regular eye color said, "Sorry, I put you guys through this.”
Cole, sitting at the table from earlier, was looking out the window while the group of friends and his brother were looking at Cole and each other quietly. Cole looked at them and back out the window and said, “Twilight was behind this but though I know she to you guys has gone too far must realize that she regrets what she had to do…...”
Luna, pissed, retorted, “I’ll have her head on a pike!”
Cole, annoyed, said, “I wasn’t done talking, Luna. Twilight was forced to take action from the Storm King. We need to look at all sides of the mountain before we take action, Luna.”
Celestia asked, “So if I'm assuming this is correct. You want to forgive Twilight, why?”
Cole looked away and before he could speak Kane interrupted Cole and said, “Stop being so dramatic and just answer you idiot.”
Cole said, “I was then you interrupted me your ass. I believe everyone deserves a second chance and I am the reason she turned out the way she did.”
Luna, now angry, said, “I think that's on her you need to understand that she chose the dark path, and you chose the right path.”
Cole replied, “So you are turning into Nightmare Moon was the dark path then why should we give you a second chance?”
Luna realized the argument and said, “I see where you're coming from, but shouldn’t we take into account that she doesn’t want to change.”
Cole looked at her and retorted, “Did you want to change when you were Nightmare Moon? Luna, you need to understand that change is inevitable and that you can change for the worse or the better it’s about trying to move forward instead of backwards.”
One Year Later
Gray looked out of the flying ship at the Storm Queens country and Castle and said, “This is pretty nice, and I have to say the country is in a well-structured society.”
Shadow Tempest replied, “That’s because she took the information given to her and usurped the Storm King and created a better utopia for the Storm Empire.”
Gray looked over to different areas and said, “When do I get to see my brothers!”
Shadow Tempest replied, “I’m not sure but if you can get your brothers to turn to the Storm Queens side then we would win the war for sure.”
The ship docked in the hangar bay and all the soldiers had their bags ready to depart and head to the barracks. Gray, still on the ship, looked at Shadow Tempest who waved her hand to follow her to the Storm Queen's throne room. Gray said, “Your guy’s technology is pretty interesting.”
Shadow Tempest replied, “How so? We got a bit of info from Cole when we were not at odds with Equestria.”
Gray walked through the front door to the Throne room and saw a purple anthro pony sitting in a ruler's chair and reading documents. Shadow Tempest kneeled and waited. Gray, not kneeling, watched as she looked up and saw Gray and got excited. The purple pony got up and walked over to him and asked, “Are you one of Cole’s brothers?”
Gray looked around and replied, “Yes, are you ok you seem excited just meeting a different species?”
Twilight giggled and replied, “It’s just that Cole is the only man from your world that can match my wit so I was hoping one of his brothers could possibly match his wit.”
Gray said, “Well, I’m not sure if I can because my skills are of the militaristic variety and Cole is a true genius. He made a magnet lock pick from a small battery and a paperclip. Cole, if he wanted, could turn this world upside down if he didn’t have the kind feelings he does.”
Twilight said, “That’s fine, I just need information on how Cole will act.”
Gray thought for a second and said, “Didn’t I get here like two years after my brother Cole.”
Twilight looked away and scratched her head and replied, “I was hoping you could tell me. What you think his next plan of attack would be.”
Gray, confused, replied, “Aren’t you guys at war? So shouldn’t you guys be in a mass panic or something.”
Twilight said, “The war doesn’t start for another year and it’s not just me going to war, it's the Crystal Empire fighting with us.”
Gray replied, “So, the Crystal Empire is on our side of this fight.”
Twilight looked away and retorted, “Yeah, only because I used an old promise and forced my old babysitter/ friend to join my side of this war.”
Gray, excited, said, “So, Kane is on our side. Then Cole doesn’t stand a chance.”
Twilight, happy, said, “Why’s that? Cole is intelligent and has a massive army and other knowledge of his world he is clearly going to win.”
Gray asked, “So, you declared war. But did you guys discuss the rules to this war?”
Twilight, confused, replied, “So you want me to hold a meeting to discuss the rules to this war?”
Gray nodded and looked back at Shadow Tempest then back at Twilight and asked, “Am I able to write to my brothers?”
Twilight, thinking and processing the question, said, “Maybe but I don’t know if you're not going to spy on my plans and turn against my plans?”
Gray said, “I don’t much care for my brothers and if I could I’d have killed them both if possible.”
Twilight, not interested in his answer, asked, “I know your nano-machines can detect each other. But how do I know you aren’t connected to Cole’s nano-machines already?”
Gray replied, “unfortunately I don’t know too much of this stuff because Cole is the techy so you really can’t trust me I guess.”
Twilight retorted, “Then I’ll put my faith in you then but no you can’t because Cole has some sort of upgrade vial to make your nano-machines stronger and help you with magic as well. Trace was able to learn our written language in three minutes.”
Gray laughed and said, “That’s totally like Cole, he can't help but learn as much as possible.”
Twilight signed and replied, “That sexy jerk told me to just stay with the guy I used to like and said ”I don’t want to ruin a relationship that's meant to be.”
Gray looked away and in a pissed tone said, “That’s what I hate about him, he won't go out of his way to enjoy himself and will constantly focus on maintaining what he believes is right. That dumb sense of morality kills me.”
Twilight looked at Gray and asked, “You seem to hate him. Why is that?”
Gray turned back to Twilight and replied, “My brothers and I were test subjects and subjected to experimental torture and tests that would warp the mind of anybody. Well, when we had down time my brothers were supposed to relax but were forced to do more testing and painful experiments. But I was different. I was forced to kill like a soldier and was eventually turned into one. But Cole and Kane were supposed to be turned into unfeeling monsters that kill like assassins for the government. In the world we lived in, but Cole was fighting the nano-machines in his body and slowly regaining his mind. Which is what he said but I know what happened. The scientists broke Cole’s mind, and he went crazy and destroyed it.”
Twilight, scared, replied, “Are you telling me that Cole’s mind broke and he went insane and destroyed a government facility.”
Gray laughed and replied, “No, Cole reduced the whole country's government to the point that it took a new government to bring the country back from the brink of destruction.”
Twilight asked, “Cole was able to do that without magic. What would he be capable of with it?”
Gray replied, “I don’t know but as long as you don’t hurt or break him he won’t go crazy.”
Twilight walked over to her chair and teleported paper and a quill to her side and wrote a long letter to Canterlot and used magic flame to send the letter. Gray watching this go down walked over to Shadow Tempest and asked, “So, you down to go to a bar and get to know me a little better.”
Shadow Tempest replied, “Sure if I don’t need to come in early then I’m down.”
Gray happily turned back around and saw Twilight send the letter and then looked back at Gray and smiled. Twilight said, “So, what else do you know about Cole?”
Gray, chuckled, said, “Would you settle for a weakness such as he is weak to mental attacks and his healing factor is slower than Kane’s and I’s healing factors.”
Twilight said, “I know about the mental attacks, but the healing factor could probably be exploited.”
Gray remembered back in the day when he saw Cole standing atop the destroyed government building and as Cole turned around noticed that his expression was an emotionless calm look to Cole. Gray was holding Kane over his shoulder while Kane was out cold, watched Cole walk past Gray and said, “Speak off this to Kane or anyone and Cole won’t be able to stop what I do to you.”
Gray nodded his head in agreement and asked, “Who are you if I may ask?”
Cole turned around and said, “Zero or Nobody in particular.”
Gray unable to understand what happened that day snapped back to reality and noticed a ding* noise and a message playing in his head. The message said, “Come to the barrier of the Storm Kingdom and I’ll hand you the vial to take.”
Gray looked over at Twilight and nodded and Twilight smiled.
Later that Night
Gray outside the barrier looked around and saw a figure in a cloak covering his face walked up and handed him the blue glowing vail. Before Gray could say anything, the figure dropped the vial and disappeared. Gray, pissed, said, “You guys can come out, he left before we could set the trap!”
The light’s came back on and Gray picking up the vial looked at it and noticed that the guards and other soldiers came out of every nook and cranny and that's when Gray noticed that a group of guards were knocked out before the shadow figure appeared. Gray handed the vial over to Twilight after entering the Throne room. Twilight, excited, said, “Now we can replicate the vial of pure magic/ machine mix.”
Gray said, “Don’t get too excited. It looks like all the vials Cole makes to upgrade our nano-machines with small upgrades.”
Twilight said, “Oh No! I know what this vial is. Cole has spent two good years being the Canterlot Scientist helping with the understanding of technology. So, this is liquid knowledge in a bottle that only you can understand.”
Gray walked with Twilight to her lab with a ton of copies of the same vial but in a purple neon hue contrasted to the blue neon hue Cole made. Gray saw Twilight run to her machine and studied the vial only to get angry and said, “The data encryption is now impossible to break. I can’t replicate the vial/ nano-machines. This infuriating yet sexy bastard is always two steps ahead.”
Gray, confused, asked, “What is the encryption type? I'm a master of decrypting data. I have been doing espionage since I was a kid.”
Twilight moved to the side and replied, “Good luck, Cole has been encrypting his vials since I was spying……..”
Gray retorted, “I decrypted it.”
Twilight, pissed, said, “What! That's impossible, how?”
Gray, chuckled, replied, “Cole does picture encryptions, so It was a digital picture of him flipping the bird.”
Twilight looked and, in a frown, looked at the data and saw what she was missing and finally started to apply it to her other vials and watched as all her vials started to blink to show they are working.
Twilight jumped up and down and said, “Finally, I can now catch up to the rest of the other kingdoms and create an immortal army.”
Gray replied, “What you do realize is that it's impossible to create that you know.”
Twilight, smiled sinisterly, retorted, “Not if you based these vials off of magic more than machine and used forbidden spells and other types of DNA to create the perfect vial of immortality.”
Gray walked backwards and grabbed the new and old blue vial of Coles and drank it. The information entering his brain told him all he needed to know.
Gray looked at Twilight and said, “So, you aren’t Twilight!”
Twilight, turned around and in a serious frown, replied, “So what clued you in?”
Gray retorted, “Coles vial told me that you stole Twilight's body and Twilight took your body.”
Twilight's smile grew and said, “So Cole knew the whole time. It’s true, I’m not Twilight. My real name is Starlight Glimmer and I was madly in love with Cole. When he stopped me from time traveling to the past to ruin Twilight's future life. I realized how in love I was with him but he told me that he doesn’t like ruining the friendship with a relationship.” Gray listening to this and slowly backing up to the back lab wall and cringing at her story more and more.
Starlight, still going, said, “So, yeah that's why I stole Twilight’s body and ruined her plans to ever have a relationship with Cole.”
Gray looked around and saw the door which was behind Starlight. Gray with the new vial in tow used a magic freezing spell to make a Starlight popsicle. Gray grabbed one of the purple vials and knocked over the other vials. Gray ran to the border of the Storm Kingdom and jumped the fence border and into Equestria.
Two days Later
Gray sitting in a chair at the Canterlot dinner room table. Cole looked at the vial and analyzed the vial and sighed.
Gray shook his head and asked, “So is it possible?”
Cole looked out the window and replied, “In theory yes but in practicality no if you drink this and you touching anybody would sap their life force and kill them.”
Gray said, “Good thing I dumped the rest of them onto the floor.”
Cole stood up and signaled Gray to follow him. Cole with Gray walked next to him and entered a lab and Gray saw a lighter purple anthro in the lab reading results. Cole walked over to her and asked, “How’s the new test Twilight?”
Twilight stood up and said, “Great, Cole the healing magic you created is stable and the new medicine mix is blending well with each other. Plus the nano-machine synthetic body regrowth vial is coming along well.”
Cole, smiled, replied, “That’s good this is my second brother Gray he brought a vial that Starlight made tell me what you think.”
Twilight examining the vial frowned and said, “This would kill whoever drank this, not to mention all the forbidden spells would make the body crumble to dust.”
Cole walked over and said, “ what if we add a little bit of my blood to the mix?”
Twilight shrugged and said, “I guess we could try it but I don't know what would happen.”
Cole took some of his blood and mixed it in a beaker and then mixed it in the purple vial almost immediately the blood started taking over the purple vial and only a little bit of the blood disappeared. Cole took a new syringe and took the blood and put it in the mixer and created a new vial out of the information the nano-machines in the blood. Three new vials came out and Cole grabbed Two of the vials and handed Gray one and they both downed the vials. Immediately Cole and Gray coughed up this black liquid that they had no idea it was in their bodies. Cole got up and teleported Kane to him and Kane saw both brothers on the ground coughing up black ooze from their bodies. Kane ran to the third vial and before he could destroy the vial Cole grabbed Kanes shoulder.
Cole looked at Kane and said, “Take it and you’ll know why we took it.”
Kane taking the vial paused and then started coughing up the black oozes as well. Cole scanned the black oozes that came out of him and noticed that it was a dormant nano-machine factory that wasn’t part of the nano-machines in their control.
Cole looked at Gray and Kane and said, “It seems that the government was planning to take control of us from the looks of these black oozes.”
Kane looked at Gray and back at Cole then asked, “Why did it come out now of all times?”
Cole, thinking out loud, said, “Probably because the nano- machines in our bodies have learned to scan for the stuff that are useless/won’t help our bodies.”
Gray poking the black ooze replied, “So, other than the nano-machine control factory what else is it because this is at least 23 billion nano-machine cells.”
Cole, looking at the other factors to the black ooze, said, “It’s 25 billion actually, and from the inspection of these nano-machines. They were a fail-safe to control us and or chemically create docile beings used for mass destruction.”
Kane asked, “Does that mean we won’t destroy anything then?”
Cole shook his head and retorted, “Every single nano-machine in our body has the ability to help us control magic and other energies; the saying “walking one man army” doesn’t do a justice to our power.”
Twilight, jumping into the conversation, asked, “What kind of power do you guys think you're capable of?”
Cole looked at Twilight and back to his brothers, “We have our own use of the power we have but if my brother's nano-machines were like mine then the answer would be country crushing.”
Twilight said, “Then why not destroy the Storm Kingdom?”
Cole, annoyed, replied, “It goes against my principles and I swore I’d never let him out ever again.”
Gray, putting his hand on Cole's shoulder, said, “So, you do remember what you did.”
Cole replied, “Of course I do Zero is the repressed memories of the old me and I refuse to be that ever again.”
Kane, confused, asked, “What are you guys talking about?”
Cole looked at Kane and replied, “You remember when you passed out and woke up on the plane to Korea.”
Kane nodded and Cole continued, “I destroyed the entire American Government due to the repressed feeling I had and the scientist’s forcing me to fight other test subjects to create the most ruthless killing machine.”
Kane, shocked, said, “Oh my god, Why am I just learning about this? The only thing you guys ever said was the government was letting us go and that we can live a carefree life.”
Gray shook his head and said, “No, Cole ripped every single government scientist and official that could try controlling us and then destroyed the entire system and turned any documents on us to dust, making us ghosts that couldn’t be found.”
Kane looked at Cole who was cleaning up the black ooze and said, “Is that why you refused to go back to America?”
Cole nodded his head as he finished cleaning the black oozes, by dumping it in a furnace. Cole went back to studying new tech to fix problems in the Canterlot/ Equestria. Cole was shutting out his brothers focusing on his work. Kane looked at Gray and said, “He is shutting down again, what do we do?”
That’s when an unfamiliar voice replied, “Nothing, because I’m helping Cole cope with the lives he had to take.”
Kane and Gray looked at Cole and noticed him looking at them and slumped over in a relaxed form.
Kane, scared, asked, “Are you…….?”
Zero, sighed, replied, “Yes, I’m Zero, the part of Cole that lives in a repressed area of his memories. It’s not hard to enter and take over but I’m not the enemy. I protect Cole from the pain of the memories resurfacing so don’t take what I say the wrong way. But stop talking about the memories so I can sleep.”
Twilight, excited, said, “If you are a part of Cole does that mean you are conscious or asleep?”
Zero replied, “That’s simple sweet cheeks, I’m asleep but when his mind starts accessing old memories I wake up like an alarm clock and stop him from accessing them.”
Twilight wrote the answer down and walked over to her file on Cole and information on it had only one page on it and a subfile on Zero.
Gray left the lab bored of the conversation and noticed a guard acting strange. The guard out of the blue turned weirdly and walked over to her slowly and quietly and asked, “So, Shadow Tempest you just going to walk away from me and hide undercover or what.”
Shadow Tempest turned and replied, “How did you know it was me that's impossible?”
Gray, smiled, said, “Your walk and demeanor gave you away.”
Shadow Tempest replied, “Figures and I’ve been ordered to kill you on site and bring your head on a pike.”
Gray laughed and looked at Shadow Tempest then replied, “Oh you're serious. Well good luck, I’m impossible to kill you know.”
Shadow Tempest asked, “How? you seem the same to me.”
Gray, scoffed, replied, “Now that I have magic, I just need to learn what I can do and make my body a weapon of mass destruction. Plus, trying to kill me is useless because of my newly updated nano-machines of course.”
Shadow Tempest said, “I’ll be honest with you, the only reason I’ve been given this mission was because I brought you to the Storm Kingdom and now, I’m being used as an excuse to start the war faster.”
Gray said, “Then join us. If you go back with a fake dead body, then she would surely kill you to appease the neighboring country.”
Shadow Tempest with tears in her eye’s said, “I can’t, Twilight has what I need to make my horn.”
Gray said, “That makes no sense because the Storm Queen isn’t even Twilight.”
Shadow Tempest replied, “What?”
Gray retorted, “Yeah, her real name was Starlight Glimmer not Twilight Sparkle. The real Twilight is in the lab across the hall with Cole and my other brother Kane.”
Shadow Tempest walked over to the lab with Gray and saw Twilight talking with Cole. Cole earlier teleported Kane back to the Crystal Empire. Gray walked in with Shadow Tempest.
Twilight asked, “Heya Gray, what can we do for you and who’s your friend?”
Gray looked at Twilight and said, “Well my friend here needs your help.”
Cole with his back to Gray said, “Let me guess your friend works for the Storm Kingdom and needs help defecting from it and also needs help restoring her horn because it's broken.”
Gray looked at Cole unsurprised and said, “Yeah.”
Cole turned around and said, “Shadow Tempest please take a seat over at the corner of the room.”
Shadow Tempest moved over to the seat and Cole got a pill capsule ready and scanned it and injected a serum into the pill capsule. Gray grabbed Cole’s arm and said, “Don’t hurt her you got that!”
Cole replied, “Don’t worry It’s not going to hurt your precious girlfriend or marefriend if you say.”
Gray, flustered, retorted, “She’s not my girlfriend, we just get along well ok.”
Cole nodded his head slowly and then grabbed a glass of water and the filled pill. Cole handed the glass and pill to Shadow Tempest and said, “Ok, Shadow Tempest I need you to take the pill and water at the same time.”
Shadow Tempest put the pill on her tongue and then took the water. Twilight watched and was taking notes on the test and soon after Shadow Tempest looked around and didn’t feel any different. That’s when a weird feeling hit her and she fainted for a few minutes.
Gray grabbed Cole's collar and asked, “What the hell was that pill and what did you do to her?”
Cole not even phased replied, “She took a synthetic serum that scans the body and heals the damaged tissue or broken bones she will be out for a few moments.”
Gray removed his hand and looked at Shadow Tempest and saw the scar on her face disappear and her horn started to regrow back. Gray relaxed and heard Cole say, “Not my girlfriend huh?”
Gray turned around and replied, “She isn’t but if you keep bringing it up then I’ll kick you in the dick.”
Twilight, still taking notes, asked, “Hey, Cole, what do you think was the hypothesis correct?”
Cole walked over to Twilight and read her notes and replied, “Yup, we could probably put this in a full production and have the shareholders unable to replicate it or hoard it ok. This is for hospital use only.”
Twilight, excitedly, said, “Alright, glad to see that something I suggested was created for good.”
Cole replied, “It’s all you Twilight……”
Gray grabbed Cole and threw him into a wall and said, “You gave her an experimental drug?”
Cole grabbed Gray’s arms and started bending them to the point he was hurting Gray and as his feet touched the ground. Cole looked at Gray with an angry frown and replied, “It wasn’t experimental, it was a serum that had been tested and we were putting it into production after this. I would never compromise my principles to save somepony in need.”
Gray in pain went to his knees unable to stop Cole looked at him with rage, said, “Yeah, right I know you and I know you would do such a thing.”
Cole let go of Gray’s arms and shook his head. Cole walked to his desk and looked at a picture of a few guard buddies of his. Gray got back up and rubbed his arms in the spot where the pain was and noticed Cole looking at the picture.
Gray asked, “Why is he looking at that picture?”
Twilight replied, “He had a group of buddies in Canterlot, one of them was my brother. Starlight swapped bodies with me after teleporting to the past and killed everyone close to Cole. Including the people he loved. Which was Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, along with my brother and other family members.”
Gray replied, “I didn’t know I’m sorry for your loss.”
Twilight frowned and said, “Cole was able to save the Princesses but was too late to save his friends and my family.”
Gray asked, “Where are the Princesses?”
Twilight said, “They are in a coma thanks to Starlight. Cole hasn’t smiled in a long time. Because he tried to change Starlight and failed.”
Gray looked away and at Shadow Tempest who was awake looking in a mirror and inspecting her face along with a new horn.
Cole said, “Don’t use any magic for a few days so the serum can help your horn develop the rest of the way.”
Shadow Tempest grabbed Gray and ran out of the room and Cole looked at Twilight and said, “Did you really need to say that,”
Twilight walked over and rubbed Coles back and replied, “Your brother seems to think your pain is trivial and whatever you do isn’t good enough.”
Cole added a few drops of the serum to a specimen and that's when it woke up and started to move around and relax. Cole with excitement, grabbed the syringe of the serum and ran to the hospital as soon as Cole realized and teleported to the Princesses hospital rooms and injected the serum into the I.V. and waited twenty minutes later Celestia and Luna woke up and looked around, seeing Cole sitting between their bedsides. Cole started to tear up and saw confusion in their eyes.
Celestia looked at Cole and asked, “What happened and why are you crying?”
Cole, with tears in his eyes, said, “You guys have been in a coma for a little over 11 months.”
Luna asked, “Wasn’t Twilight the culprit I remember seeing before blacking out?”
Cole shook his head and replied, “No, that wasn’t Twilight that was Starlight Glimmer. She killed Twilight's family and my friends as well trying to kill you guys. Starlight is obsessed with me and how we are meant to be together.”
Celestia frowned and asked, “What happened to Twilight then?”
Cole replied, “She’s in Starlight's body and Starlight is in hers. She’s also helped me develop medicinal technology and healing magic.”
Luna and Celestia looked around and noticed the tech was better. Cole stood up and explained, “Even some of the viruses and genetic birth defects can be cured. The healing magic I developed can heal any injuries.”
Celestia and Luna before they could do anything more. Cole sensed bodies moving to the room and Cole used teleportation on Luna, Celestia and himself back to the lab.
Twilight studied the magic Cole could use and tried to mix it into her way of magic only to freak out when Cole appeared with Celestia and Luna.
Cole looked over at Twilight and said, “Hey Celestia and Luna woke up thanks to your invention.”
Twilight got up quick and ran to Celestia and Luna and hugged them in an excited squeal. Celestia and Luna, happy and confused, looked at Cole and signed, “Is this Twilight?”
Cole nodded and said, “Say, Twilight what are you working on right now?”
Twilight flustered replied, “I was seeing if I could replicate your magic power output.”
Cole chuckled and said, “You know why you can’t Twilight?“
Twilight frowning and shaking her head slowly and Cole smiling and answered, “Because you don’t have B.D.E……… I’m kidding, the real reason is because your magic pool can’t expand without emptying the glass that holds the magic.”
Luna and Celestia asked, “B.D.E.?”
Cole Laughed and replied, “Big. Dick. Energy. It’s the joke I kept throwing around to mess with her.”
Celestia and Luna started giggling and Twilight flustered, crossed her arms and frowned for a little and then smiled seeing Cole have a laugh and smile.
Cole looked at Celestia and Luna and said, “So, can you tell me what you guy’s think? Can we help Twilight?”
Celestia scanned Twilight’s body and said, “We can’t because Starlight soul was swapped with Twilights so the only way, we could help Twilight is stopping the swap, but we don’t have the time and place when it was swapped.”
Twilight, sad, said, “It’s alright I can manage in this body. Not like this was going to change the fact that my family is dead.”
Cole walked over to her and gently wrapped his arms around Twilight and Celestia and Luna joined in. Twilight feeling the love started to tear up and cry. Cole, still hugging her, looked at Celestia and looked at Luna.
Cole grabbed Twilight’s chin and said, “I will avenge your family. But remember You promised me that you would go to therapy ok.”
Twilight nodded and said, “Ok, you also said that if Celestia and Luna woke up you would consider taking all three of us on a date.”
Cole nodded and realized that promise and said, “I am a man of my word and intended to keep the promise.”
Cole walked out of the lab and heard girlish screams of joy and stopped and walked back in only to see Celestia, Luna, and Twilight looking around the lab and Twilight talking about what tools do what. Cole turned around and walked out again then heard the girlish laughter and kept walking to his room.
Cole opened his door and saw a bunch of unfinished techs that Cole worked on when he wasn’t in the lab and for the most part, he couldn’t sleep for the past 11 months so he kept tinkering away in his mind and just worked until he had to go to the lab to do more work. Cole sat on his bed and finally passed out. That’s when Luna, Celestia, and Twilight entered and said, “Which one do you want to go on a date with first………….”
Celestia and Luna saw Cole sleeping and walked around to see all the unfinished tech and noticed a dairy with an opened page dating back two days ago.
Cole wrote, “It’s been 11 months now and I’ve shut myself out from the rest of the world and feel my sanity slipping. Thankfully my brother Gray appeared a couple of days ago on the temporal radar and thanks to my spy Agent Sweetie Drops and her abilities at espionage. I assume Starlight had Gray wrapped around his fingers and would turn him into her pawn. Thankfully he ran to Canterlot at 4 am to get here and give us the information I needed to counter her plan’s. Starlight seems to be acting in accordance with her delusion and fantasies of being with me. I can’t help but feel responsible for this. I left the notes on Time travel open when Starlight was hiding her personality and now. I have blood on my hands not from the actions I’ve taken but because of my overreaction and now the people I care about are either dead or in a coma never to wake up or probably forget me and never remember me. Hopefully it’s false and I can beg for forgiveness and make it right.”
Has the Princesses and Twilight read this and wonder how Cole has been dealing with this pain they flipped to a page in the middle of the book and read, “This part of the energy slowly turns to generate the power needed to run the lights bulbs I invented that have no light pollution so the population can still see Luna’s Star light in its brilliance……. I’m obviously trying to distract myself from the waking nightmare. I'm living in the pain of seeing my dare I say friends and Twilight’s family members drive this pain in my heart. I know, I hide the pain of what I’ve been through but after accessing memories of my past before coming to this world I saw that my parents willingly gave up my brothers and I to the organization that created Zero for a quick buck. This feeling in me I don’t like this. It’s definitely something that makes sleep impossible, only tell I can help those stuck in a coma-like state. They loved me and all I did was stand there stuck in place watching in disbelief that this was happening. I wanted to move but the cause of inaction was due to my belief that action taken could kill the ones I love. But now I see that inaction can kill as well and for that I have given Zero control of taking action and I control the inaction or passive action. I feel my sanity being driven to a corner with how desperate I am looking for power to reawaken my loved ones. The look of them sleeping in the hospital bed is so peaceful that they could wake up any second. Twilight has shown up in a different body telling me that Starlight was the one that did this. I couldn’t say Twilight was the one that did this. I know that even though we had our problems, It seems that Twilight wasn’t her. Starlight seems to have taken over Twilight's body before I came to this world. I didn’t believe that until I scanned her mind for anything on me and found out that she was telling the truth. Naturally, I had to tell her what happened and helped her cope with her whole family being dead. I don’t think we both slept that night. I believe I had her help me make some adjustments to one of the heart monitoring devices I developed to help her get her mind off the pain. Naturally, we stopped several times so she could relax and cry for a while and tell me how bad her parents must think she is when the last thing they saw was her grinning like an insane person. While they were confused why their daughter was stabbing them. I tried my best to comfort her but am unable to due to Zero’s emotion stabilizers keeping me levelheaded. I wish he would let me access this pain so I could cry with her, but I can’t. I feel it slipping. My rage and anger keep swirling in me like a tornado slowly growing to the point even the stuff I’m working on doesn’t stop the rage from growing and even the smallest inconveniences turn me into a monster. I fear that soon this rage is all I’ll have left and zero will have to pretend to be me for a while.”
Luna and Twilight left to check out the rooms Cole changed and moved out of several times. Luna opened the door to the first one Twilight saw Cole in before he moved and noticed that it looked regular until an anthro pony maid walked by.
Twilight asked, “Excuse me, what did this room look like before it was cleaned?”
The Maid, scared, replied, “I was told never to reveal what happened to the room’s Cole stayed in after the incident.”
Luna, pissed, said, “Tell me, now or suffer a fate worse than death!”
The Maid replied, “The room was fixed by Cole himself but I saw a glimpse of it and let me tell you it looked like a wild animal and a rock golem got into a fist fight in that room and let me tell you the rooms after that didn’t look better in fact they were worse…….much worse.”
Celestia read another page of a different part before the incident. Celestia read, “The sister’s are really helping me. I think they like me as a friend but…….I’m feeling something more, I mean I’ve gotten to know them for a year and I want to hang out with them more but the fear of me getting teleported back to my world is what kept me from dating or establishing any kind of relationship. But I helped my brother Kane get into a relationship with Cadence and Chrysalis and to be honest. I lied to him about not having a way back home. I figured it out several months before Kane showed up. I just don’t want to go back to a world that could turn me back into a monster again and Kane is happy here so when Gray gets here then maybe he’ll find love and or joy like Kane has. I don’t think I’ll miss the day’s I used to chill out and have relaxing night sleep where I dream about nothing. I guess what I mean is that now I’m plagued by the thought of Celestia’s curves and Luna’s beautiful figure. I know I shouldn’t write about them in this since they could peek at this, but I find them both sexy and I can’t choose who to be with but if I had to choose then it would be bo…….”
Celestia, startled by Luna grabbing her shoulder, jumped and made a feminine, ”eep! What?”
Luna said, “You should come with me sister and bring the book.”
Celestia followed Luna and in a flustered glance at Cole and closed the door. Luna made it to the tea table with the Maid and Twilight sitting drinking Tea and when Luna made it to the table and saw Celestia walking to the table a little slower.
Luna looked at the Maid and said, “Tell my sister what you told Twilight and I?”
The Maid looked at Celestia clutching the diary now frightened and said, “Cole has destroyed several rooms in this castle and each time he did it was worse than the last room. Then whenever he needed to blow off steam or anger. He left and disappeared for a while and then would show back up with bruised knuckles and sweating like he was beating the tartarus out of something. Then I followed him and watched him go up to the tip of the summit only to watch him beat the crap out of the mountain wall until it was a cave and that’s not the first time he did it. This one time a couple of months ago I watched him shove his hands into lava and pull out nothing but bone. The scream that I heard could silence armies make even the strongest of wills weep in sadness at the pain he was putting himself through.”
Celestia in tear’s knew from hearing this said, “That does make sense.”
Luna, confused, replied, “What, how? He is hurting himself.”
Celestia handed the book to Luna with her finger saved on the page of Cole’s confession. Luna realized how the pain of inability to stop Starlight turned Cole to Zero and made him a Monster.
Celestia, crying, said, “Do you get it? Cole was unable to tell us and for that he slowly drove himself to do what he did.”
Luna started to tear up and Twilight crying got up and ran back to the room Cole was sleeping in and quietly opened the door and set the diary on the work desk and all three snuggled up to Cole still teary eyed.
Cole, after the best dream he’s had in 11 months, wakes up with Celestia, Luna, and Twilight sleeping/ snuggling him, Celestia being the big spoon and Luna being Cole’s little spoon and Twilight being spooned by Luna unintentionally. Cole was unable to figure out how this happened. That’s when he looked around and saw his unfinished projects and teleported out of bed without waking up the princesses and Twilight. Cole went to the kitchen and asked the Chiefs to make room for him to cook. Cole was good friends with the cooks and regularly helped them. That’s when an hour went by, and Cole walked with a few magic spell hands carrying the feast he created. Cole opened the door, and the princesses were still sleeping with Twilight spooning Luna in the middle of both Celestia and Twilight.
Cole teleported a table into his room moving the projects he hadn’t finished yet.
Cole, setting down the food on the table and teleporting a few chairs, sat down and opened his diary to a new page and wrote, “The rage I’ve been feeling has subsided thank’s to Twilight helping me develop the cure for the people being stuck in a coma. I have been able to sleep for the first time in 11 months and I want to pose the question to all three. I want to date Luna, Celestia, and Twilight but I fear the idea of rejection. But for some reason my fear isn’t plaguing my thoughts. I feel like I can finally finish every project in my room and stop the clutter. Celestia, Luna woke up yesterday night after testing finished in the morning. I got them out of there before they could even get discharged. I wish my regret didn’t eat at me but in order for me to progress. I need to live with the pain and move on.”
Cole finished writing in his diary for the day and looked at Celestia looking at him and Luna slowly waking up along with Twilight who was confused why she was spooning Luna.
Celestia asked, “So, you have food brought to you and don’t even wake us up to get our own food?”
Cole replied, “I didn’t order. I made this food by hand and made your guy’s favorite food and brought it here for you guy’s to eat and enjoy.”
Celestia, shocked, retorted, “You cooked us food? I didn’t know you could cook food?”
Twilight, answering Celestia, said, “Yeah Cole cooks his own food and I’ve had some of his food and I got to say it’s tasty.”
Celestia got out of bed with Twilight and Luna still clutching a pillow all sat down and saw Cole walk over to the silver bowl that keeps food warm and took it off and all the food appeared after the steam of it lifted out of the silver bowl Cole handed each there plate of food. Celestia had two eggs sunny side up with pepper and salt with buttered toast and five stacks of chocolate chip pancakes with cream cheese frosting in between each stack and chocolate syrup on it. Luna had oatmeal with fruits and scrambled eggs with two waffles and blueberries on it with blueberry syrup. Twilight had six hay bacon strips, seven stacks of pancakes with whip cream and regular syrup on it and eggs scrambled with melted cheese mixed in.
Cole sat down at the table and watched them eat and before they could say anything, Cole said, “I will date all three of you and before you glomp me I need to know something?”
Celestia with excitement in her voice said, “What is it you want to know?”
Cole in a soft tone said, “I want to know what you think of me and I also want you to know I saw you guy’s reading my diary and I know the Maid told you everything.”
Luna, answering Cole, replied, “First off, I always thought of you as a friend and I would definitely want to date you. Secondly, I figured it out because I couldn’t sense your mind in the dream world.”
Cole, looking at Luna nodding, looked at Twilight to hear her answer.
Twilight, trying to take a monster bite out of her pancakes, replied, “Well, I find you attractive and very caring but I think you should be with Celestia and Luna.”
Cole looked at Twilight and asked, “What if I included you in this?”
Twilight replied, “I’m happy you wanted to include me.”
Cole said, “Then I want to date you. There is no way out of this.”
Cole looked at Celestia who was eating small bits of food. Celestia, looked at Cole and started getting flustered then replied, “I have had a revelation. Reading your diary and it opened my eyes. Cole, I want to get to know you and date you. The fact that you hurt yourself in a fit of anger and pain to feel the constant pain and even put your hands in lava just to punish yourself. I want to protect your love for us, and I want to feel your love in everything you do.”
Cole, now embarrassed, said, “I was hoping nobody was watching that but for the Maid to have followed me up to the summit and watched that really does answer the question I was going to ask.”
Celestia got out of her chair and hugged Cole from behind and said, “My sister and I were in that coma due to Starlight but you never forgave yourself huh?”
Cole looked away from the eye line of Luna and Twilight. While unable to see Cole’s eyes Celestia replied, “I know that you started feeling like you wanted to be more than a friend for us.”
Cole retorted, “I did but I need to know. How long did it take for you guys to feel the same?”
Celestia and Luna looked at one another and didn’t answer. Cole, still looking out the window, got up and looked into Celestia’s eyes and waited. Celestia sighed and said, “I don’t know how long it took Luna. But I saw you playing with those orphan kids when we were taking a break on building a better home made me realize how loving and capable as a father figure you were and at that time, I started to have feelings for you.”
Luna, had to admit now too, replied, “I started to have feelings for you. When you took me to the weekend market and used that disguise spell so I could look at everything without being harassed or annoyed.”
Cole looked at them and asked, “How long were you guys waiting for me to ask you guys out?”
Celestia and Luna, at the same time, said, “The month before we were in the coma.”
Cole walked over to the window and looked over the land and the feeling of loneliness. That's when Celestia moved over to Cole and grabbed his chin to move. Coles face over to meet her eyes. Cole looked at her and that’s when Cole moved his face to meet Celestias and as their lips met. Luna got up and a jealous fit walked over to them. Luna grabbed Cole's face and forced a kiss as well and that's when Cole started laughing and walked over to Twilight and kissed her as well.
Cole, still laughing, said, “Finish your food. I’m going to the lab.”
Celestia looked at Luna pissed and replied, “Alright…………Why did you do that? We were having a moment.”
Luna smiled retorted, “I thought it was unfair for you to play the true lover when I could or Twilight could.”
Twilight giggled and said, “I enjoy your banter and I still got a kiss so I’m good with not being the true lover here.”
Luna frowned and said, “Twilight, you got to be assertive in this situation. We are his true lover’s and if you want to prove your worth then show it.”
Twilight, still eating, replied, “I believe we can all enjoy what we love about him while also having our time together with him too.”
Cole walked to the lab and saw Gray there. Cole walked over and Gray turned around and looked at Cole and said, “Hey I have a question. What did you do to Starlight for her to act like this?”
Cole rubbed the back of his head and replied, “You’ll need to sit down for this because after Twilight told me what she found in that house and after I look for myself I’m pretty sure she was deranged to begin with.”
Gray sat down and looked at Cole with a look of curiosity. Cole sat at his desk and said, “Starlight has the ability to time travel and also as a skill learning forbidden magic. She traveled back in time and swapped bodies with Twilight in order to get close to me. Well for some reason in the future Twilight and I go to the town she was in control of. Starlight was caught doing something that I don’t remember because she changed the past and the future changed as well. So, Starlight took over Twilight and turned her into a crazy crackpot that joined the Storm Kingdom and then left. Well after she left a few days later she killed my friends and Twilight’s family probably because of future events. Starlight before the incident told me she found a way to see into the future without traveling to it. I told her that's dangerous because if you change the past you could make a worse future for the world. Starlight still in Twilight shut down and started acting strange and saying phrases that confused me. My guess is that those were future phrases that I was supposed to know for my past self. Well, anyway the incident happened and she teleported to the Storm Kingdom and took it over without any problems. That’s when Twilight in Starlight’s body showed up a couple of days later and told me to follow her so she could show me what Starlight did. Starlight's underground lab had dissected creatures such as little animals all the way to dragon’s and even an anthro pony was dissected too. That’s when I figured out when she traveled and what she did. Starlight stole Twilight’s body when she was a kid and locked her away in the back of Starlight's body as a prisoner and only escaped by sheer luck. Starlight stole Twilight's childhood and didn't care who she affected. My best bet is Starlight traveled to the past and forced Twilight's soul into her child body and kept her caged. And had two Starlight souls in control but after Twilight forced Starlight’s soul out of her body and that's why she started to say phrases that made no sense before the incident.”
Gray, listening to this, realized he just gave a psychopath all the info on his brother and even told her that his battle tactics were less than basic. Gray, freaking out, said, “I told that crazy bitch all about you and even taught her how war’s rules work.”
Cole replied, “Hang on, Gray I figured you were or already did so that’s why I never intended to let her off with any give in this fight.”
Gray looked at the Lab and noticed the battle plan. Which caught him off guard, Gray looked at Cole and said, “What kind of a battle plan is this?”
Cole said, “It’s the only one we got thanks to the problem of Starlight and her bullshit.”
Gray retorted, “This isn’t a plan. This is a massacre.”
Cole said, “The majority of the Storm Kingdom are mindless drones that have no feeling.”
Gray remembering those soldiers getting off the fly vessel and hugging family members and getting hugged by their kids. Gray shook his head and said, “This is just as bad as Zero and what he did to the government in the other world.”
Cole replied, “Don’t put those demons on me, this is our only option and if Starlight escapes, we'll have to start all over because she’ll run and hide, and she could do something worse like take control of you guy’s or all of us and make us what we don’t want to be.”
Gray walked out in a fit of rage and went back to his room. Gray opened the door and closed it quietly because Shadow Tempest was sleeping. Shadow Tempest woke up in a cold sweat the same time Gray sat on the bed Shadow Tempest clearly naked covered herself in the bedsheets, looked over and asked, “What’s wrong Gray baby?”
Gray smiled and replied, “You first wild style!”
Shadow Tempest rolled her eyes and retorted, “I had a nightmare about Starlight hunting me and you down.”
Gray looked at her and said, “I get it, I get those kinds of nightmare’s to thanks to Cole destroying the government that I worked for scared me. That one day we would be taken back in and forced to do more harm than good.”
Shadow Tempest smiled and realized that Gray’s pain wasn’t just similar, it was the reason why they got along so well. Shadow Tempest replied, “Well, other than that Starlight has the ability to travel back in time and make it where I don’t exist or where I never met you.”
Gray thinking out loud said, “What if we got Cole to go back in time and stop her from touching you.”
Shadow Tempest replied, “We could see?”
Cole, sitting in his chair listening to Gray’s explanation, replied, “I can’t do that. Firstly, If I time travel to the past to save Shadow Tempest there is a possibility that she would rather be with me and not you. Secondly, time travel is such a messy thing that if I go back I’d have fixed everything before this conversation even happened. Thirdly, changing the past will and could destroy the future or ruin it more than fixing it. So, you need to hope she won’t do what she did……”
Cole looked around and looked at his hologram screen and saw four people connected to the system in Cole’s server. Cole looked at the four people on the server and noticed the number was “ST128900” Cole pissed, got up and left. Gray walking with him asked, “What is it?.”
Cole walked out of the castle and to the summit with Gray still confused. Cole made it to the cave and saw a vial and a dead body and Cole took a syringe and injected it into his blood stream. Cole had an upgrade in his nano-machines and the info entered his body.
Cole saw a recording of himself in the future looking at the video camera. Cole said, “Ok, so Cole if you are watching. I’ve used the nano-machines to sap all my life force and kill myself and yes, we did time travel but the only thing we did was save Shadow Tempest. I also have the full story on what happened with Starlight and apparently Twilight did something she wasn’t supposed to do. She in another timeline helped Starlight become a better person. But the karma of the world balances out on each world. So, Starlight became a good person there but got worse here. Every world is connected to another like a seesaw.” Cole listening to this saw himself use magic to suck out the nano-machines and kill himself.
Cole shook his head and realized that there was another reason for him to save Shadow Tempest then just to help Grays love life. Cole walking back down the summit of the mountain noticed Twilight was back in her body and Starlight was no longer just some enemy but a gene-splicing mad scientist that was stealing the best genes to create her best body.
Cole in his lab didn’t feel like working, just sitting there looking out the window and wondering what else he compromised for the sake of fixing a few problems and now has to live with. Kane walked into the lab and noticed Cole’s cold distant gaze made Kane not noticing and wonder other things than Cole.
Kane asked, “What’s wrong with you! I mean your expression seems pretty much the same. but the energy around you is different.”
Cole replied, “How would you feel if your future self-went and gave someone you would never take longer than ten minutes to talk too and save for some dumb reason.”
Kane, looking at his sheet, asked, “Well, that depends if I know the reason or not?”
Cole looked around and said, “No, you don’t not like that matters!”
Kane, confused, asked, “Why?”
Cole, now very frustrated, said, “Because it’s all wrong and before you ask how I’ll tell you. This lab was mine with the help of Twilight who was stuck in Starlight glimmers body. We were about to go to war with Starlight glimmer in Twilight’s body and you were forced to join her due to her playing the Twilight card with Cadence and now you're here helping me in my lab and I time traveled to the past to stop Starlight from taking over Twilight’s body and turning Grays lover from changing teams, yet I have no idea why?”
Kane opened Cole's pupil and asked, “What’s your name?”
Cole, confused, said, “Cole, why?”
Kane looked at Twilight and moved Cole over to a chair with a helmet and goggles. Cole said, “What……what did I say that was wrong?”
Kane replied, “You never refer to your real name, you go by Zero.”
Cole finally noticed that Kane had a military buzz cut and retorted, “Why? I don’t like my test subject name.”
Kane turned on the device and all Cole’s memories came out and as they saw all of it, they realized that he was their Cole but with different memories. Kane asked, “Do you remember the last thing you were doing?”
Cole said, “Yeah, arguing with Gray why time traveling is a big mistake and the ramifications of doing so.”
Kane said, “Because you were talking to your friends and telling them what they should do tonight.”
Cole asked, “Who are my friends?”
Kane said, “You know the guards and Celestia and Luna.”
Twilight slowed down what happened when she saw her kill her own parents and put the Princesses in the hospital and that's when all that time Cole was breaking his body and punishing himself. Kane watched this in pain and started to tear up wondering what could turn him like this and as soon as he backtracked noticed when the Princesses were in a coma the rage started to build and noticed Cole wasn’t sleeping.
Kane told Twilight to watch Cole and Kane leaving to go talk to Cadence and Chrysalis.
Kane asked, “Do you guys know where Celestia and Luna are?”
Cadence and Chrysalis looked at one another and said probably with that cute guard Zero set them up with.” Kane ran out of the castle and got to the picnic that Celestia and Luna were at and Kane walked up to them. Before Luna and Celestia could say anything. Kane said, “Code Black, He is having problems.”
Celestia and Luna stood up and excused themselves and teleported to the lab with Kane and saw Cole strapped to the device. Cole saw them appear.
Cole said, “I was hoping nothing bad happened to you guys.”
Celestia asked, “What do you mean? Zero, you said it was ok and not to worry about you.”
Luna said, “Yeah, you said that I see you guys as friends and that's it.”
Cole, confused, said, “Zero? What are you guys talking about? My name is Cole?”
Kane interrupted, “That’s not what I mean by Code Black, we scanned Zeros brain, and his memories are different, check it.”
Cole unplugged after getting up and walked away while they were distracted with the memories. Cole making it back to his room opened it and saw two anthros getting in the mood and before they noticed him, he closed the door and walked tell he got to his room by checking all of the previous rooms. Cole opened the door in the middle of the hall and saw a room of destroyed furniture and broken walls with a bunch of finished projects.
Cole out loud said, “What have you done you foolish man?”
Cole waved his hand, and everything started to fix itself with magic and as he walked to the desk, he saw a different colored diary with handwriting of his own and this Zero writing about the stuff happening and how he hates the life he is forced to live. Cole reading started to feel the rage grow inside of him. Cole used magic to light up his hands on fire and the diary started to catch on fire and burn on the desk. Cole sat there and watched the sun go down and the room get darker.
Cole when he left while nobody noticed him. Kane looked at the Princesses and said, “So, if Zero went back in time to change the future. Why does this weird Zero exist and why did our Zero end himself?”
Twilight replied, “Zero didn’t go to the future. It’s Cole who went to the past and changed the future. Zero wasn’t feeling good before you came into the lab Kane, and He left to go to the summit to think as he always does. Then Cole came back with Gray who seemed to be happy around him for some reason.”
Kane figured it out and retorted, “Zero was depressed and even said he wasn’t happy anymore, so he killed himself. That’s where Cole came in; he was brought here from another dimension where things were different. Zero before dying said that different dimensions were connected like kids stuck on a seesaw.
Celestia watches the other Zero and the other her kiss and starts to tear up. Luna seeing the same thing with her and Twilight wondered. Twilight noticed Cole call Starlight, Twilight and remembered that she swapped bodies with Starlight.
Kane writes down all the changes to the other world compared to this one. That’s when Cole was writing down an equation and created a new kind of magic. That’s when Twilight notices the use of it and how it could heal wounds and pretty bad injuries, and even cure viruses.
Kane looked at his body and back at the screen that’s when he noticed Cole was coughing up black liquid and then Gray did and Kane did. But the issue wasn’t that Kane looked different but looked fancy which pissed him off. Kane turned around to ask Cole but noticed he wasn’t there. Kane looked around and asked, “Where is he?”
That’s when all of the Princesses and Twilight turned around and didn’t even realize Cole disappeared. The Princesses ordered the guards to find Zero.
Cole, still looking out the window expressionless and not moving kept looking out at the expanse of nothingness. Cole heard a voice say, “So what do you think of this world?”
Cole not moving replied, “Nothing about this world is great it’s all wrong Zero you fucked me on this one.”
Zero talking in Cole’s head retorted, “On the contrary now you're alone and will always be alone. Now you are back to square one and right where you deserve to be. A loser and a piece of shit.”
Cole looked down at the darkness of the desk and started to cry. Cole said, “Just leave me alone. Why won’t he just disappear you god damn fuck.”
Zero replied, “Because I’m you and you are me but not me, we are nothing and everything. You stared into the void, and I stared into paradise and as we stared, we saw each other.”
Cole, still tearing up, heard the door slam open and that’s when he turned around and saw Kane looking at him.
Kane walked over and in a pissed tone asked, “Why are you crying pussy? That’s not what Zero does you pussy.”
Cole pissed stood up fast and grabbed Kane by the throat and said, “Bear in mind that my tears are of my pain and sadness, but my power is stronger and at a higher level than you so if you mock my pain and anger then be prepared to suffer the consequences.”
Kane, trying to break out of Cole's grip, said, “How are you able to do magic?”
Cole replied, “I have knowledge of my world's magic and this world’s magic not only that, but I have Zero’s knowledge and I have mine still so I’m pretty much a god.”
Cole released Kane and dropped to the ground coughing and looked up at Cole and said, “Zero never shared his way of using magic and if you know how to use magic why did you share it with the other versions of us.”
Cole, confused, replied, “Because you guys were my brothers, and I couldn’t let you guy’s figure it out by yourselves.”
Kane, now really confused, said, “What, that makes no sense? We don’t know each other. In the other world we weren’t brothers, just work associates. We aren’t brothers!”
Cole looked at Kane and replied, “In my world my brothers weren’t my real brothers either, they were just test-subjects that showed me kindness when I was alone. After I destroyed the government that tried to turn me into a weapon of course.”
Kane, now scared of Cole, noticed Zero’s eye color in Cole’s eyes and said, “Why do you think the other you went by Zero? That’s because the government won and turned you into a machine!”
Cole, starting to get pissed, asked, “Then why don’t I show you something…...”
Cole immediately fell through the floor and almost as if the world caved in on him. Cole woke up with his head on his desk. That’s when Cole heard a voice say, “I sent you back to your world but I need you to not time travel anymore.”
Cole looked around and asked, “Who are you and how did you know I traveled through time?”
The voice said, “You can call me Mason. I saw your body move through the dimensional gaps while I was looking for something.”
Cole looked around and Twilight, still in Starlight's body, walked in and asked, “I have to ask, are you still a virgin?”
Cole, smiled and whispered and replied, “Thank you Mason, Yeah but trust me I have the ability to talk up a good game.”
Twilight retorted, “Well, if it makes you feel in control.”
Cole got up and hugged Twilight and said, “Follow me for a little bit.”
Cole walked to his room where Celestia and Luna were still looking around the room on the unfinished projects. Cole walked in and grabbed both Celestia’s and Luna’s hands and dragged them close and immediately teleported them to the cave Cole created by destroying the summit.
Cole sat the Princesses down and Twilight sat down along with them.
Cole looked at them and said, “I want to be the man you want. I don’t care if the world is against me, I want to marry all of you and have as many kids with you girls as possible. I will not force you girls to decide but I want to hear your answers now or in a few hours.”
Celestia, confused, said, “Why do you want to speed this up?”
Cole replied, “Because I’m taking my brothers and destroying the Storm Kingdom in a few months and before I do that I’m going to marry and fuck you three and put as many kids as possible in you three. I get it that I’ve dropped this on you guy’s before I could date you girls, but I realized that I’m not going to rest knowing she could kill you and turn me from a human to a monster.”
Luna and Twilight feeling the words of Cole realizing he is and will do everything he says. Celestia is a little scared by the fact of Cole turning into the monster she read about.
Cole stood up and said, “If you girls need me I’ll be finishing the projects in my room.”
Cole left and the Princesses and Twilight sat there and stayed silent.
Luna asked, “What are your thoughts on this sister?”
Celestia replied, “Well, as much as I want to, and I know you want to. I think we should calm down and talk about this for a few hours.”
Cole worked on the rest of his project and that’s when Gray and Kane opened his door and looked in. Cole, still working, said, “Come in, we have a lot to talk about.”
Kane and Gray entered and closed the door and then Cole grabbed his rag and wiped his hands on it. Cole said, “As you guys know I disappeared this morning and reappeared a little over an hour ago.”
Gray, still confused, asked, “What are you talking about?”
Kane, realized, replied, “That’s why you disappeared, and I couldn’t find you anywhere or on the map.”
Cole retorted, “That was because my future self time traveled back to the past in order to fix the future but he made it worse. The problem was that I was sent to another world thanks to him and then made it back to this one. From an entity named Mason.”
Gray, confused, said, “I don’t get what that has to do with us?”
Cole said, “We are going to deal with Starlight ourselves in a few months. So, if you guy’s need to marry or have kids with your lovers, do it in the following months.”
Kane asked, “Ok, why do you want to take care of her now?”
Cole, getting angrier, replied, “Because I’ll be damned if I let her run amuck holding my fears over my head.”
Kane retorted, “Ok but that still doesn't answer my question!”
Cole said, “Kane, I can take you back to our original world. But I’m not gonna go back to that world because the government will eventually try to take us alive again and I’m not going back there ever again.”
Kane looked at Cole with anger and asked, “What world did you go to that got you like this?”
Cole replied, “One where we weren’t brothers and that one was shit so I’m never going to leave because this world is perfect, and I never want to leave.”
Gray looked at Cole and said, “Ok, whatever you saw it must have scared you. So, we’ll stay in this world with you.”
Kane said, “Now hold on, I don’t want to stay if we can go back to our original world.”
Gray held up his hand and retorted, “Hold on, I’m sure Cole has a good reason.”
Cole said, “The world I went to this morning was different, it was all wrong. I killed myself, Kane was a military general, and Gray was a fruit basket that acted like a soy-boy. The world was crap and the other me was named Zero and he hid that he could use a different way to generate magic.”
Kane, surprised, said, “How come we were different?”
Cole replied, “That’s because the government stopped me and turned me into a robot and turned you guys into spies.”
Cole turned away and used magic to display a video of the other timeline. Gray and Kane are unhappy with the look of themselves in that dimension. Cole kept working, not focusing on the video. Kane and Gray looked at Cole and said, “We’re in and are we able to get the other way to generate the magic.” Cole pulled out to vials and said, “Careful, this way involves not just chaos energy but turning it into pure magic energy. That requires a horn from a unicorn or making a magic crystal and having it in your body. The pain will be unbearable so be careful.”
Kane and Gray asked, “What if you mixed the nano-machines with the process and upgraded the red blood cells to process the chaos magic.”
Cole wondered if that was possible and said, “The red blood cells already have other things. I think increasing the amount of red blood cells and having the body just constantly swirl magic around on the inside creates a vortex or vacuum to suck up the energy and make some of the nano-machines process the magic and make it pure energy.”
Gray replied, “You said that you need a piece of crystalized magic or a unicorn horn.”
Cole retorted, “Yes, but the process forces a lot of pain to crystallize your veins or bones. The crystal will have to come out of the skin.” Cole showed them what to do. The chaos energy started to swirl in his hand and condensed the energy into the size of a pea. Then the energy entered through the skin and almost immediately Cole started to tense up and winge in pain. The energy started to crystallize and turn into pure energy and that’s when Kane and Gray saw the crystal come out of his skin on the knuckle of his fist.
Cole immediately fell to the ground and said, “See, incredible pain I can help you guys create the crystals.”
Kane and Gray sat on the ground and Cole pressed his hands on both backs. Cole putting the pure energy into both brothers started to swirl into a ball and condense; that's when Gray and Kane tensed up and started to grunt. Kane started to cry out in pain and Gray joined in and started screaming but then Both brothers stopped immediately. Cole stopped and saw both of them breathing heavily and relaxed themselves.
Cole grabbed both their hands and saw the crystals on the back of their hands. Cole saw the colors on the crystals were different. Cole asked, “So, what do you guy’s think of the magic?”
Gray replied, “That wasn’t so bad.”
Kane said, “Yeah I thought it was going to be worse than that.”
Cole laughed and retorted, “The crystal on your hands is like a baby unicorn's horn. We may have the information on how to use magic without a horn. But with this crystal we have linked our bodies to a new magic system.”
Gray, confused, asked, “New system, I don’t get it?”
Cole replied, “This magic is something I created from the two different forms. The me from the other world and from this one.”
Kane looked at the crystal on his hand. Kane replied, “So, what happens when we have an adult horn?”
Cole said, “Well the crystal will simply grow bigger or more crystals will appear on our bodies to increase the amount of power.”
Cole looked over to the window and saw the stars and thought, “I'm going to destroy that bitch as fast as possible. But naturally it will never end will it.”
Several Months Later
The Brother’s standing in front of the border with Starlight and her army standing on the other side of it. Cole walked to the borderline and Starlight did the same.
Cole asked, “Are you positive you want to do this Starlight?”
Starlight, smugly, replied, “Why, scared to follow your friends to hell with you.”
Cole, sighed in uninterest, retorted, “I just want to know if you want to surrender, because once this starts you can’t back down and can’t stop the genocide that will happen.”
Starlight asked, “Where is your army? In hiding I assume.”
Cole smiled and replied, “This is it. My brothers and I are it and I want you to know we were already walking one man armies before and now. All I have to say is your fucked.”
Starlight retorted, “I wouldn’t be so sure.”
Cole looked at his brothers and said, “If you're confident then cross that line and see for yourself what happens.”
Starlight pulled out a remote and then clicked it and out of nowhere. Three large crystals of artificial magic gathered around her and as soon as the energy started to envelope her in a cocoon of power, she transformed into a Nightmare Glimmer with demon wings and had three horns two of them were demon horns.
Cole didn’t even finch or hesitate. Cole standing strong asked, “If you're done with the shit transformation? I have dinner with my wives to get to and I’d hate to miss it.”
Nightmare Glimmer pissed and replied, “You must be bluffing! Why would you marry? I’m your bride and if I can’t have you then when I’m done defeating this sad excuse of an army then I’ll kill your wives and turn you into my sex slave along with your brothers.”
Cole retorted, “Good luck, my brothers and I have so much power that you don’t even come close to 0.001% of our power.”
Kane in the telepathic group chat asked, “Is that even true because I feel like 50% is more accurate?”
Gray replied, “Kane’s right, I can feel her power emanating off her.”
Cole retorted, “If you guys don’t see it then you need to scan with your magic better.”
Kane used more magic along with Gray and figured it out. Cole, still smug, kept egging Nightmare Glimmer on until she used teleport to attack and Cole with his pinky finger stopped her glowing claw attack. Cole, still smiling, said, “That attack is too weak to kill or hurt me even remotely. I know you are holding back on power because if you use too much your body will disintegrate due to too much power.”
Nightmare Glimmer gave an evil laugh and said, “I find that laughable. I used the crystals as the level max now comes the fun part.”
Cole now with shock noticed all of Nightmare Glimmer's army giving her their lives and as each and every one of her soldier's souls entered her body the amount of power grew to the point where even the brother's shoulders slouched in disbelief of this crap.
Nightmare with only a hundred devoted souls was empowered to the point she looked down on the three brothers and said, “This fight is going to be boring now so just attack me with all you got.” Nightmare Glimmer made a magic chair appear and sat on it sharpening her nails with a magic file to mock the three brothers.
Kane, shaking in fear, looked at Cole and Gray and back at Nightmare Glimmer that was giving off an intense bloodlust. Gray swallowed his fear and held a fighting stance and saw Cole walk to the front line and back at his brothers and nodded in sadness. Kane and Gray knew what he was going to do were about to run to him, but Cole enveloped them in magic and teleported them back home.
Cole looked at Nightmare Glimmer and started a chant in a language she didn’t understand. Cole's body started to suck up magic from all directions to the point where everything was dying. Nightmare Glimmer feeling her magic getting eaten almost like a few strings being pulled towards Cole. Glimmer seeing Cole's body being enveloped in darkness to the point it was a growing ball of darkness like a blackhole just a few steps below it.
Cole in the darkness said, “Still think all that forbidden magic is enough to take me?”
Nightmare Glimmer was scared and realized Cole was stealing her magic to increase his. Nightmare Glimmer replied, “I’ll just sacrifice more to my soul snatching ability. Cole if a hundred made me this powerful then imagine the kind of power a million or even a hundred million will provide me.”
The dark ball stopped and slowly started to go into Cole and Cole, frowning, retorted, “The more souls you absorb the faster you burn your life force and another thing I'm not Cole.”
Nightmare Glimmer saw the darkness outline Zero’s figure. Zero started walking toward Nightmare Glimmer and almost immediately she sent a magic laser at the dark figure and the laser hit but then went in but then at the end it faded into Zeros body like a light going through a foggy black tunnel.
Zero laughed and said, “Starlight, you know why you lost?”
Nightmare Glimmer replied, “I haven’t lost yet my little bitch.”
Zero retorted, “It’s because you wear your sins on your shirt like an achievement when you should do your best to let the virtues you have be in control. But you spend too much time focusing on what you want, and you don’t focus on what you already have. Once you have the item you wanted. You whine and complain about the next best thing and offend. When you met one incredibly stubborn roadblock trying to steer you right you saw it and needed that roadblock like that cardinal greed told you. You needed it so bad that greed turned that need into a lustful desire. You take and take like some monster and think of your own mercy or forgiveness. Let me tell you what you deserve. You deserve to suffer at the end of time and never be given a chance to be redeemed in the darkest abyss. If something takes pity on you, take note it probably realized you belong there with it.”
Zero saying this speech was walking toward her and put his hand on her forehead. The moment his hand touched her forehead Nightmare Glimmer started to be eaten by the darkness and disappeared into nothingness. The personality of Cole came back out and that's when he sent all the magic he absorbed back into the dead surroundings. Changing all the grayscale surroundings and bringing back the color and other life energy Cole took. The moment Cole finished he collapsed and laid on the ground starting to fade only to hear a familiar voice but this time he was standing over Cole and said, “Well, that looked pretty brave.”
Cole looked up and replied, “I didn’t do it for recognition, I did it to protect the people and my loved ones.”
Mason wrote a rune and retorted, “I know but I’ll save you, so you’ll live to see the end of your life with your loved ones.”
Cole stopped fading and slowly came back from fading and asked, “What is happening?”
Mason revered the flow of time to the point before Cole teleported his brothers away and that's when Mason behind Nightmare Glimmer said, “You owe me Cole remember this and keep training Because a greater enemy lurks in the dark of every dimension and every corner of the multiverse so be prepared for my return for you and your brothers.”
Cole looked at Mason and asked, “How long do we have?”
Mason replied, “A long time before then like several decades of time. So, train tell that plateau in abilities. Then I’ll show you the next mountain to climb.”
Kane and Gray watched Mason look at them and make Nightmare Glimmer revert back to her form. Mason nodded and disappeared after he turned Starlight into stardust like a poof of smoke.
Cole turned around and teleported his brothers back to Canterlot.
Kane and Gray looked at Cole and in confusion, asked, “Who was that?”
Cole turned his head and replied, “That was Mason and I’m pretty sure we’ve been enlisted into a war with a stronger entity.”
Kane said, “So, when do we start?”
Cole replied, “Right now, we are training for the next couple of decades. So, be ready because you guys will wake up in a training facility when you least expect it.”
Gray asked, “What about our loved ones and do they know about it?”
Cole, smug, replied, “I never said I wasn’t going to tell your wives about this.”
15 Years Later
Cole sat by the lake and read the newspaper about the political economy and laughed.
His kids were playing in the pool all ranging around 14 to 12 his oldest was 14 and also named Sunny Star and the middle child was Eclipse and the youngest was Dawn Rise, Cole with his sunglasses on watched his kids splash and play around. Kane and Gray walked up and said, “Here’s your beer bro!”
Cole grabbed it and Gray said, “So, regret retiring with Celestia, Luna, and Twilight?”
Cole replied, “Nope, the politicians should figure out the problem and not rely on me to solve its issues. Besides, my kids are enjoying the new cabin here outside of Ponyville.”
Cole asked, “How are you guys' kids anyway?”
Kane replied, “Good, Artsy Heart and lovely Eye are with Cadence and Chrysalis today while I’m out.”
Gray responded after Kane, “Well Daisy Spark, is with Shadow Tempest and Cadence and Chrysalis and your wives having a lady's day out.”
Cole, still chilling out, said, “That’s why Celestia giggled, and Luna said only the ladies are hanging out today.”
Kane shrugged and Gray walked over to the grill and replied, “They are having a girl's night out and we are having a guy’s night, I guess. The burgers and Hay burgers are almost done.”
Kane responded, “Nice, say have we plateaued in power?”
Cole replied, “Yep, but don’t worry I’ve gotten the next step that Mason brought to me yesterday.”
Gray turned his head and retorted, “Why does Mason only visit you?”
Cole took off his sunglasses and said, “Mason visited all of us but said the phrase “Squad nano”.” Gray and Kane froze for three seconds in place and started to remember all Mason taught and realized what they needed to focus on next.
Kane and Gray coughed and laughed. Cole replied, “Not so in the dark now are we.”
Gray replied, “Why didn’t I think of that.”
Kane thought out loud and said, “So, it can be done.”
Cole stood up and flipped the burgers in Grays stead. Cole chuckled and said, “Kids dinners ready!”
Sunny Star pushed Eclipse into the water and saw Dawn Rise already at the table waiting for his food. Sunny laughed and said, “Coming Dad!”
Eclipse, getting his head up out of the water, replied, “Coming!”
The sons sat down waiting patiently and Cole walked over to hand out their food. Cole kissed each one's forehead and said, “Dig in, you little monsters!”
Cole made his burger while Kane and Gray sat down on the opposite side of the kids and started to eat. Cole walked over to sit down to eat.
Cole looked at the sky and just enjoyed the breeze and other senses. That’s when a portal opened and Voldo Kane from the other timeline came out with Jozu Gray and a zombie version of Zero all appeared and saw Cole, Gray, and Kane eating a burger. Voldo Kane said, “Good so I’m not a complete pussy.”
Jozu Gray replied, “I can’t believe I look so uncivilized and a completely crazy man.”
Zero in a deep and gargoyle tone said, “Let’s get this over with. So, I want to go back to being dead.”
Cole, standing and facing Zero, asked, “Who brought you losers here?”
Kane asked, “What do you mean a complete pussy?”
Gray, pissed, said, “I’m going to rip this fucker throat out and turn you into a rug since you think me being uncivilized is the issue.”
Zero replied, “This female type named……NONE-of your damn business!”
Voldo Kane responded, “I mean you eat meat so not such a pussy like This version of Gray.”
The three bros’ standing in front of their counter opposites. Cole, Kane, and Gray getting ready to attack and Zero, Voldo, and Jozu stood in their own fighting styles. Cole got out of his stance and said, “I doubt you losers can beat us.”
Voldo Kane asked, “Are you sure about that? Because we've been given techniques and other types of power by the women in black.”
Cole, sighed and replied, “I guarantee you borrowed powers; losers can’t win with shortcuts, and this Lady in Black is nothing like the multiverse man that's been helping us.”
Zero perked up and said, “You mean Mason. That loser stopped the Lady in Black in his universe but started a war in the multiverse. How sad.”
Cole grabbed his inhibitor bracelet and his brothers walked over and grabbed there's. Zero, joking, said, “What are you guys going to transform into the mighty morphing power rangers!”
Cole, smugly smiled and said, “Nope these are inhibitor bracelets made to stop the release of 99% of our power.”
The three brothers took them off and as their power raised to the point the other versions could feel the gap widening more and more. Cole laughed and said, “Even if we had a mighty morphing transformation, we’d still kick your ass up and down my lawn and there's nothing you could do.”
Zero grabbed a syringe and almost immediately started to look like Cole’s normal self.
Cole, pissed, said, “YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED BURIED.”
Zero said, “You can’t beat the woman in Black. She will find your weaknesses sooner or later.”
Cole holding out his hand with his brothers blasted the evil versions out of existents. Cole turned around and frowning said, “Training is going to take place in the time chamber for the next five years!”
Kane looked over shocked and replied, “We can't, that's too dangerous. Plus, you said it wasn’t done yet.”
Gray said, “I agree with Cole. If any fast progress is made, the best thing we can do is the time chamber.”
Kane sighed and replied, “Fine, but my wives are going to hate you.”
Cole retorted, “Why? well only be gone for a day.”
The three brothers sat back down eating their dinner talking and having a good time with Cole’s kids. As they had a Lake day fun day.
Author's Note
This took me so long to type so please no hurtful criticism. I'm trying to be better so typing won't come out all the time. now on to the next topic Mason the Human will finish the best way possible but remember. His adventure isn't done.
