Chapter 2: Trace and his strength

Trace was making breakfast and flipping pancakes. Twilight came down the stairs and hugged Trace from behind and said, “Good Morning!”
Trace, still focused on cooking, replied, “Good Morning to you Twilight how was your night?” Trace put the 24th pancake on the second plate stacking an even twelve on the two plates and put it on the kitchen table, before he heard her response he turned around and saw Twilight in just a shirt. Trace looked at her with a blank face and walked over to the table. Twilight blushed and said, “Well it was nice. But you could make my morning better if we had some fun.” Trace not responding wrote a note saying, “Wait for Trace and Twilight.”

Trace picked up Twilight and went down into the basement room in the library. In that moment Twilight giggled and laughed as Spike yawned and came downstairs and looked around for Trace and Twilight. Apple Jack, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash walked in and saw Spike confused.
Rainbow Dash looked at Spike and asked, “Where’s Twilight and Trace.”
Spike replied, “I don’t……….” Spike before he could finish his sentence heard Twilight moaning in the basement which could be heard by the other girls.
Apple Jack with a calm look said, “Spike can you go over to Rarity’s place tell her the train left earlier, then can you go to my farm and help Apple Bloom for a while and make sure she’s work’ in.”

Spike said, “You got it A.J.” Spike ran out and got to the Boutique as fast as he could and knocked on Rarities door.
Rarity opened the door in her pajamas and asked, “Spike, what can I do for you?”
Spike replied, “Apple Jack, told me to tell you that the train left earlier.” Rarity shocked closed the door and opened it in her regular clothes like she had used magic on herself. She looked at Spike and said, “Thank you, For the message Spike and can you keep an eye on Sweetie Belle so she doesn’t cause any more trouble.”

Spike nodded and ran to Apple Jacks farm and saw Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle talking and asked, “What can I do for you Spike?”
Spike replied, “Apple Jack told me to help you and make sure you do your chores and Rarity told me to watch you as well Sweetie Belle”
Apple Bloom smirked and said, “Alright, if you can handle it.”
Sweetie Belle realized what Apple Bloom was planning and responded, “Hey Spike after Apple Bloom is done can we go to SugarCube Corner?”

Few Hours Later

Trace sat at the table and all the girls sitting in their spots with food on their plates, his expression was a little frustrated. Twilight smirked and looked at the other girls and they all giggled. Trace, frustratedly, said, “Stop, doing that! I’m trying to focus, and you girls break my concentration, with your bodies and sexy swaying.”
Twilight smiled and retorted, “So, you think were sexy and we distract you.”

Trace flustered started eating his pancakes and just stayed silent. Twilight and the other girls laughed, which was contagious, and it started getting to Trace who was unimpressed and started looking at the particles. Twilight asked, “So, what kind of spells can you do and how can you see the magic particles?”
Trace, looked around and touched a few of the magic particles, replied, “It might have something to do with my body adjusting with magic or it has something to do with my body evolving, I really can’t tell you.”

Twilight stood up and the other girls walked out of the library. Trace walked out last and then walked a good distance away and held up his hand. A few particles floated into his hand and started glowing as his aura began to forcefully increase the fusion of the particles. The elemental energy from the three particles were emitting a strong energy and that’s when Twilight and the other girls watched him and with shock and fear.

Twilight looked at the girls noticed the fear in their eye’s, she ran up to Trace and shook him awake which he stopped what he was doing, and the three particles left Trace’s palm and floated away. Trace with the remaining energy in his body released it back into the surroundings. He watched as the grass grew and the nature grew wildly out of control.

Trace saw the plants grow out of control and looked at Twilight. She felt the energy that left Trace’s body watched as the energy went into the plants and watched them grow out of control. Trace said, “I don’t think I should’ve done that?”
Twilight smiled and replied, “It’s ok I’ll take care of this.”
Trace responded, “Are you sure?” Twilight nodded and Trace turned and saw the particles entering the forest and in his curiosity. Trace headed in and felt the particles guiding him deeper into the forest. Trace looked around and followed the path the particles were taking and walked to the castle ruins.

Twilight watched him enter the forest and then used her magic to fix the plants given the energy and the other girls walked over to her.
Twilight turned to look at them and said, “What?”
Apple Jack, pissed, replied, “What nuthin you started with out us Twi and that’s not ok.”
Pinkie Pie retorted, “Yeah, Twilight that’s not fun starting ahead of the group. If we had not showed up sooner, you would have had our salt lick all to yourself.”
Twilight sighed and said, “I get you girls are mad, but would you girls believe me if I heard him talking in his sleep, something about [kindness] and how it affects him. He also started spouting an equation that I wrote down.”

Twilight led the girls up to her room with all her notes and showed the equation.
Twilight responded, “See, this equation is about the quantum mechanics and multiverse theory and then I got to thinking what the multiverse looks like, and then I plugged it into this , and this is what it showed.” Twilight plugged it in to a computer and on the screen was a little over two thousand dots. Twilight looked at the girls and showed them and said, “These dots show the universes and everything in them and these dots are just the first page look at this.”
Twilight printed the one page, and she showed that on the page bar it said, “page 1 of 1000.”

Rarity, sewing in the middle of Twilights presentation, replied, “Well, that’s all well and good. But don’t you think that’s an invasion of privacy of some sort.”
Rainbow Dash, reading a Daring Doo novel, responded, “That’s not true Rarity. Technically its ok because Trace doesn’t realize what he’s saying whilst being in his mind and hibernating.”
The rest of the girls looking at Rainbow Dash shocked and bewildered by the fact that she just said something smart.
Rainbow Dash, confused, said, “What I have the right to say what I think every now and again.”

Trace walking in a dried-up river bed looked around and saw where the particles were coming from, He saw a crystal tree that was releasing particles regularly.

Trace felt to other beings coming in close and turned to the direction of the two beings showing up. Two guys exited a portal in front of Trace. The first guy had a colorful feeling to him and the other reeked of murderous intent. Trace asked, “Who are you guys?”
The first guy responded, “Well, I’m Kevin and this is Andrew. We wanted to know if you know who Mason is and if we could talk to him about things.”
Trace, trying to be friendly, replied, “Well, I know of Mason but not where he is. To be honest he only talks to me in my dreams.”

Kevin quizzically rubbing the stubble of his goatee and Andrew asked, “How does he appear?”
Trace replied, “In a White Void I honestly can’t see anything other than the pitch white. He told me that it was impossible to comprehend what it looked like in the place he was in.”
Kevin looked at Andrew and then at Trace. Kevin then asked, “Is it ok if we take you to my headquarters?”
Trace felt the particles coming off the crystal tree and that’s when it whispered, “Don’t trust them, they plan on killing you.”

Trace stepped back and replied, “I don’t really know you guys and I would appreciate it if you guys left.”
Kevin and Andrew both looked at one another and then back at Trace and then smiled and Andrew said, “That’s surprising, I didn’t expect someone like you to know our true intentions.”
Kevin walked to Trace slowly and retorted, “How did you guess we were going to try something?”

Trace smiled and walked back just as slow and replied, “You guys have and off-putting energy.”
Andrew started charging a massive amount of energy started laughing and responded, “It doesn’t matter now!”
Kevin increased his power and launched at Trace and Andrew sent a blast at Trace.

Trace not moving in time got shouldered into the crystal tree. Kevin and Andrew walked to one another, and fist bumped. Trace up against the tree heard the same voice whisper, “Stop holding back. Let it all out!” Andrew and Kevin felt Trace’s body getting stronger, they both got startled by the increase of Trace’s power. Trace looked up at the other two and with a handful of particles, He had the particles spin and create a small marble.

Kevin looked scared and Andrew chuckled and said, “What’s that tiny little ball going to do.”
Kevin retorted, “Let’s talk about this Trace.”
Trace pulled his arm back and responded, “Too late.” Trace threw the marble and Andrew still laughing and Kevin opened the portal and jumped through and closed it. The marble hit the ground by Andrew’s legs, he noticed too late, and the marble turned into a micro-blackhole beneath his feet. Andrew being sucked in unable to get away saw Trace holding out his hands as if he was controlling the micro-blackhole. Andrew disappeared and Trace still holding on as best as he could started to use the fusion energy in his body to compress the blackhole and turned it into a microburst of energy.

Trace after using too much energy fell to his knees and saw Kevin comeback and noticed that Andrew was gone and saw Trace pretty much out of energy. Kevin smirked and said, “I can’t wait to turn you into a pile of bones.”

Trace, hearing the voice now, said, “Let me take over from here.”
Trace stood back up and smiled and replied, “You wanted me now! You got me.”
Kevin shocked and confused said, “Mason! I thought we would have to kill a lot of versions to get you to appear.”
Mason in Trace’s body replied, “Only, Trace and Cole needed my guidance. I believe this is giving them both a nudge.”

Kevin smirked and said, “You can’t influence the people in a different dimension.”
Mason said, “True, but is it the same rule if you are in the same dimension?”
Kevin realized what Mason was saying and was trying to open the portal. Mason watched Kevin fail to open the portal. Mason cocked his head sideways and said, “Did you think I was going to let you leave alive only to tell the others where I am.”

Kevin, scared, asked, “What if I have a force of my faction waiting to come through?”
Mason, uninterested in what Kevin, said, “You remember what you said to me right?”
Kevin feeling the amount of suppressive energy. Mason retorted, “Remember, you said that either I go with you, or you destroy the dimension I was living in. You know I was lucky to find both those items. The [creators] energy and the [traitors] essences helped me see who we really needed to create.”

Kevin, pissed, shouted, “You don’t deserve to have those items. I should’ve destroyed you and that dimension you were in.”
Mason created two blackhole the size of his hand and then opened the portal to both factions. Mason frowned and replied, “Let me do you a favor.” Mason threw both the blackholes into the too different dimensions and closed the portals. Kevin watching in disbelief and walked slowly to the portal and ended up on his knees with tears in his eyes. Mason looking down on Kevin forced is mouth opened and stuck a glowing marble in and uppercut Kevin in the jaw. The marble broke and imploded and Kevin from the jaw was being sucked in, the gargling and snapping of his bones could be heard as Kevin’s body kept swirling and then the moment it got to his feet the blackhole popped and only his feet remained.

Mason turned the feet into dust and then left Trace’s body. Trace unable to move due to the amount of power Mason used, was on the ground. Trace watched the sky change from day to night, he heard talking and the sound of someone walking up to him. The anthro in question was Flutter Shy, who stood over Trace. Trace looked up at her and said, “Hi, Flutter Shy what can I do for you today.”
Flutter Shy replied, “Why are you laying on the ground?”
Trace moved his head left and right and then looked back up to Flutter Shy and responded, “I’m currently drained of energy and my body can’t move.”
Flutter Shy looked confused and then she lifted her sleeve to reveal a weird wristwatch. Flutter Shy looked at Trace with a devious grin and transformed into a changeling.

Trace confused asked, “Who are you?”
She kneeled and replied, “I’m your new master and you’re going to be my slave and do everything I tell you to do.” She pulled out a metal neck cuff with a chain attached to it, she put it on Trace who she tried to drag him. Trace’s body not even moving an inch and the changeling looked at Trace and asked, “Why are you so heavy?”
Trace replied, “I don’t know. Why are you so weak?” She looked at him frustrated and then sat next to Trace and frowned. Trace looking at her and said, “What’s the matter? You look like you know I can’t move until I have enough energy to do what you say.”
She looked at him pouting and giving him the silent treatment. Trace whistling loudly, the changeling looked at him and then heard a voice calling out to Trace. She panicked and covered his mouth, she looked at Trace in anger and said, “Stop licking my hand you weirdo, I swear I’ll cut off your tongue if you keep doing it.”

The changeling noticed the girls who saw Trace laying on the ground with a changeling holding the chain to Trace’s neck. Twilight, pissed, said, “Release, that sexy human. You shape-shifting bitch.”
The changeling smirked and replied, “To late he’s my sex slave already, he’s fucked me rather hard.”
Trace retorted, “No we haven’t and if anyone owns me its those girls because they’ve fucked me more than anyone here.”

The changeling worried looked at the girls and said, “It doesn’t matter the collar has a seal on it to make the user your slave.”
Twilight smirk and replied, “Oh really, then does that mean you made him submissive to anything you say.”

The changeling responded, “Well, it works on stallions so as long as the creature has the collar on, they do whatever the master tells them.”
Trace as the conversation was going on, he sat up and then used some particles to speed up the rusting of the collar and then broke the collar. The changeling still distracted by the conversation to realize Trace wasn’t there. Trace stood up and then walked over to Twilights side. The changeling stopped for a second and then looked down at the rusted collar and then looked back at Trace and responded, “WHAT. THE. FUCK. You were fucking with me this whole time?”

Trace replied, “No, I couldn’t move. It’s just I recharged enough of my energy to move and use a little of my magic.”
The Changeling scared used her magic and disappeared. Trace watched her and then looked over at Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight Sparkle. All five of were eyeing Trace and unhappy.

Trace shrugged his shoulders and asked, “What?”
Rarity replied, “Why were you laying on the dirt unable to move and as much as I love you, I would rather not have to search for you every night.”
Trace responded, “Ok, I was laying on the ground because of the energy depletion and it wasn’t on purpose.”
Twilight retorted, “How did you deplete your energy? When you had enough to rival Celestia and Luna combined?”

Trace sighed and said, “I was trying to keep this a secret but, I was attacked by two people who wanted to recruit me to be a spy, but I refused, and they wouldn’t take no for an answer, I killed one of them and the other left before I could get him, and he came back. I didn’t have enough power and had to rely on Mason to help me.”
Pinkie Pie giggled and replied, “So, Mason is the guy who keeps stealing you during your dreams.”
Trace looked at Pinkie confused and then said, “As shocking as it is to hear that. It’s pretty accurate for what Mason does.”

Trace patted himself down and looked at Twilight and noticed her and the other girls standing their ground. Trace turned around and sighed and whispered, “Ok, fine you girls win.”
Twilight, smirked, replied, “Sorry, I couldn’t quite catch that?”
Trace squeezed his fists and punched the air and kicked the ground in a little fit. That’s when Trace had an idea run through his head and he started to grin. Trace, with a skimming grin, said, “I guess I’m heading back to change my clothes and perhaps take a shower and go to sleep. Do any of you girls want to join me? I can make it up to the girl who join me of course.”
Twilight lifted her hand up and the other girls stayed in place and frowned and looked disappointed. Trace said, “Ok, guess I’ll just go then.”

Trace walked away and kept going tell he made it back to the library without looking back, he opened the door and saw Spike sitting at the table with the horse sculpture. Trace walked over to Spike and noticed he was sleeping. Trace remembered how he always wanted a younger brother; he picked Spike up and carried him to his bed. Trace placed Spike in his bed and covered him in his blanket.

Trace stood up and walked out of the room and looked back at him and smiled, Trace walked back downstairs and headed to the basement. Trace headed to the shower and started enjoying a warm shower that’s when he heard a voiced say, “So, you killed them and then destroyed their bases of operation huh?”
Trace, not even turning around, replied, “All I did was kill one guy. Mason killed the other guy and destroyed the two bases.”

Trace hoped out of the shower and saw Tyler standing in the dark corner. Trace covered his lower body with a towel and said, “Why are you here Tyler?”
Tyler shrugged and responded, “I can’t see my favorite enemy and how he is losing his [kindness].”
Trace left the bathroom and changed into his clothes, he fell to his knees and started feeling the lives he took and his tears came out like a waterfall to the point he was crying after he realized how he killed people. The tears and his pain came out, he stopped for a second and put a sound barrier around himself and in that moment, Trace finally let out a blood curdling wail and the tears wouldn’t stop. Tyler standing in his own little dimensional crack watched Trace unlock his infinite [kindness], Trace’s power released and everyone who was killed and or hurt by Trace was healed and or brought back to life.

Kevin and Andrew back in there bases of operations were brought back to life and that’s when they both watched all the people who were disintegrated and turned into nothing were being brought back and as all the of them were brought back. Trace’s infinite [kindness] erased the memories of him in all their minds.

Trace fell to the ground of the basement floor and passed out. Tyler smiled gently and looked at Mason and said, “So, two out of the three are ready. What next?”
Mason turned around and looked at Tyler and replied, “Cole is the last one and then we can bring the [chosen one] back but they aren’t fully powered up, so we need to wait and have the battle plan ready.”
Tyler retorted, “So, you realized around the same time I did when our own groups were actively working against our wishes?”
Mason looked back out the window and responded, “Leon said something about a female voice guiding him and that’s when I realized the [cheater] is actively working to take this webbed multiverse away from the [creator]. The [cheater] must have absorbed the [traitor] and gained more power.”

Tyler chuckled and asked, “How long has it been since we have worked together?”
Mason, shook his head and smirked, replied, “Too long takes me back to the good old days when we were fighting strong enemies. You created by accident of course, but it was fun back then.”
Tyler walked over to Mason and said, “Naturally, those bad guys kept saying you made me, and I had amnesia back then so I couldn’t remember.”

Mason, lit up and laughed, said, “You kept saying I made me too, to them which was so funny back then.”
Tyler with tears in his eye’s sighed and said, “How did she absorb the [traitors] powers?”

Mason was about to talk and then a female voice said, “She did it threw the only way most men and women create life.” Tyler and Mason turned around and saw an anthro female right behind them. Mason said, “why are you in the body of Cadence and what’s your name?”
She replied, “My name is Candance and I inhabit the body that is best suited and easier to control.”

Mason, pissed, said, “So, you stole the power of the [traitor] and slowly corrupted all our subordinate’s.”
Candance retorted, “Did you know that entities with a [blank] can absorb the negative energy in the negative zone. The [traitor] absorbed enough to reincarnate but I didn’t I kept going and turned the negative zone into my home. I also used it to create a portal to re-enter this multiverse. Thanks to this power I’ve corrupted a lot of places and took the reincarnated body of the [traitor] and this body and have created the ideal body to recreate the [cheaters] body only this time I’ll change the [blank] that the [creator] and his [friend] forced on me.”

Mason angry and Tyler frowning said, “You know it was never about you right. The [creator] and the [traitor] were always fighting, so why are you trying to ruin this fight between us?”
Candance replied, “I only cheated because the [traitor] had what the [creator] didn’t, and that’s a bigger dick and a passion for rom coms.”
Mason frowned and retorted, “So you are a whore. That’s why he called you that.”
Candance, scornfully, said, “What? The [creator] called me a whore.”

Tyler laughed and said, “The [traitor] said you were his first and pretty much the best there ever was.”
Candance pissed and blushing teleported away. Mason nodded to Tyler, and he teleported away.
Mason walked back over to picture of Celestia and with tears in his eye's said, "I'm so tired of this shit. I just want to go back to your dimension and enjoy your company."

Trace in a black void this time created by Zero saw him sitting in a shadowy throne.
Trace chuckled and said, "So your finally able to dream walk, Zero."
[Darkness] smiled and replied, "You can call me William or my past name in Murim I went as Kong Xing."
Trace responded, "Ok, William is what I'll call you then."
Cole sighed and retorted, "I'm still going to call you, Zero no matter how cringe it is. I think its funny how you thought none of us were to find out about it."

William turned red and said, "Don't be an ass you stingy fucker."
Trace in a confused tone said, "Why have you called us William?"
William, looked over at Trace, replied, "I thought it would be cool if we talked to get to know one another and maybe help each other utilized and create our own versions of each one power's."

Author's Note

This took longer than anticipated because of a two-week training course and a move in jobs.