“I think it's time for a little downtime, so how’s about a milkshake at Sugarcube Corner? My treat. Just something to get your mind off of things. Only costs a blue or a red rupee depending on what you want in it, or in your language, five to nine dollars.” Jeff offered, watching as Scott’s eyes lit up.

Scott smiled. “You got milkshakes here?! I’m in! Don’t know what a Sugarcube Corner is, but if it’s anything like the diner back in my Equestria, I’m going to enjoy this, and hopefully, a changeling doesn’t attack this time!” Scott remarked, jumping onto his feet.

“Sugarcube Corner is a hangout where ponies can order all kinds of sweets.” Jeff explained as he walked down the road. It wasn’t too far from Twilight’s Golden Oaks Library as they eventually came across a building which looked like a life-sized gingerbread house and a birthday cake on top serving as a chimney.

Scott was a bit confused at what he was supposed to say, but by this point, he’s stopped asking questions. Especially since this building, in particular, just felt like a headache waiting to happen if he had questions. So, he had none to ask. “Cozy, hopefully Hansel and Gretel don’t mind visitors.” Scott quipped.

Jeff let out a sharp tch of amusement before giving Scott a playful punch to his shoulder. “Cheesy joke is cheesy.” he said with a chuckle as they entered the building with a classic lil dingling of the door. Inside, at least looked the most normal other than the candy cane pillars here and there. In all honesty, this was the most normal Scotts scene since being Displaced as the whole scene looked like an old fashioned malt shop.

Scott smiled and let out a hearty chuckle. “Now this is something else, it looks like that old hangout spot that Burger Shack was going for, before they became more creative,” Scott approached the counter, noticing a small service bell in front of him. “Well, no better time to give this thing a ring-a-ding,” Scott lightly smacked the top of the bell, letting a ringing sound echo out. “Now, to wait.” Scott remarked.

After a moment of waiting, a tall and lanky stallion with curly orange hair wearing an apron and a hat approaches the counter. “Hello there! Welcome to Sugarcube Corner, how can I help you both today?” The stallion asked with a smile.

“Hiya Mr. Cake, same as before; a nice chocolate chip milkshake,” Jeff said with a nod as he took out a red rupee.

“And I’ll take a double chocolate and mint chip shake, extra whip cream, please.” Scott requested.

“Heh, we almost think alike.” Jeff said amusingly as he took out an extra red rupee, placing them both onto the counter.

Mr. Cake carefully wrote down the orders and tore the piece of paper he scribbled it on. “Fantastic, they’ll be ready in a moment.” Mr. Cake stated.

Mr. Cake walked to the back of the kitchen, vanishing from view as the displaced duo waited patiently for their orders. “And now, we play the waiting game… this game sucks on an empty stomach.” Scott commented.

Jeff let out a soft chuckle. “Let’s take a seat and in the meanwhile I’ll explain the rupee system just in case you earn any when you come to visit again.” he said with a nod as he headed on over to one of the tables, luckily for the two displaced, the tables were tall enough, most likely the Cakes being thoughtful of some of their less pony customers.

Scott sat down and could feel himself take a breather. “Man, it’s crazy to think we’ve been all over your Equestria, hyperbolically speaking. We’ve been to Cloudsdale, Sweet Apple Acres, the boutique, the library, it’s surprisingly lively,” Scott cracked his knuckles and leaned back in his seat. “So… how does one use the “Rupee” system, as you’ve taken to calling it?” Scott asked.

“It's pretty simple to use, it's kind of like our world currency, except its gems instead of paper and coins.” Jeff pauses to take out a variety of colored gems that also vary in size. “First, you’ve got the lowest, the green rupee, like the penny of this world. Next the blue rupee, the nickel in a way, then the red rupee which is like the quarter, except it's twenty instead of twenty five. The purple rupee, like the fifty cent piece, next the orange rupee, which is a hundred rupees, or kind of like a hundred dollars, next silver is two hundred, and lastly the golden rupee, the highest of the valued rupees capping at four hundred. Hopefully comparing it to our other world helped you understand?” Jeff explained.

Scott had the blankest expression. “Hylians sure like to complicate their own currency in this game, don’t they?” Scott questioned, a very confused smile forming on his face.

“Be glad I didn't include the Rupoor, which has this curse that lowers the value of rupees it is near." Jeff said as he put away the rupees quickly, not wanting any ponies to get jealous.

Scott yet again felt the need to ask questions, but he refrained and saved his questions for later. “I sincerely hope the education system hasn’t overcomplicated basic economics. If the Plumbers didn’t have to dumb down credits for a nine year old to understand, you’d think I’d understand this better,” Scott looked back at the counter, waiting eagerly for his shake. “Sure is taking a bit.” Scott remarked.

"Here, lemme point out that the numbers kind of go in a multiplier kind of way,” Jeff pauses to take out a napkin, and began to write down numbers using a very soft concentration of Din’s fire to burn it on. “One, five, ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred, two hundred, four hundred,” he wrote down, even including the colors for each.

Scott stared at the napkin and the numbers on it. He knew how to associate each number with the colors assigned to each number, but despite how all of it seemed to be complex to him, he was able to slowly make sense of it. “Well, that’s a seriously confusing system, but if I tag along in your world for a couple more days, I’m sure I’ll get a grip on it. It’s like riding a bike.” Scott remarked.

"If you can figure out the complexity of an Omnitrix, then surely you can learn how the rupee system works." Jeff said with confidence in Scott.

Scott opened his mouth and raised a finger, then he closed his mouth and put his finger away. “Touche, my elven friend… Touche. First, I have to figure out bits, then the Rupees come next,” Scott looked over at the counter again, steadily getting impatient. “How long does it take to make a shake usually, a couple seconds, a minute or so?” Scott asked.

“You can’t. rush. art.” An elderly pony at the next table said.

Scott frowned and sunk into his seat. “Starting to think we should’ve grabbed a bite to eat at the princess’s place. Would’ve definitely tied me over.” Scott remarked.

“It’ll be worth the wait, trust me.” Jeff said with a smile.

“Here I cooooommmee~” A young voice called out in a sing-song voice as the door to the kitchen swung open. What Scott saw made him do a double take, a plump pink pony with blue eyes, a poofy mane and tail on rollerskates. Scott officially felt like he’s lost his mind, but he was determined to make sure to not freak out. The pink pony sounded and looked a fair bit like Carniva, but a lot less like a mishmash of parts, and more like a peppy and happy pink pony. “Hope you’re thirsty, shakes are on the way to yooooouuu~” the pink pony called out.

Scott’s jaw nearly dropped onto the table, but he was thankful enough to not let that happen. “Jeff, I’ve never felt more frightened by the color pink, than I do right now.” Scott commented worriedly.

Jeff snickered and patted Scott’s shoulder. “Relax, she’s… relatively harmless.” Jeff reassured.

Scott gnawed on his bottom lip, feeling nervous, but he was able to keep himself relaxed. Soon enough, the pink pony rolls over to their table, setting two glasses full of their individual orders of shakes. “Two shakes, not stirred! Enjoooyy!~” the pink pony called out, smiling widely.

Jeff smiled and held his glass, while Scott tried to keep himself calm, grabbing his glass. Scott watches as Jeff takes a sip from his glass, clearly enjoying himself and his shake. Scott sighed and took a quick sip of his shake… it was good, like, impossibly good. Scott couldn’t remember the last time he had a good honest to god milkshake, but this was the best one he’s ever had.

Scott took out the straw and took a big chug of the shake’s contents, licking the excess shake off of his lips. “That’s pretty damn good! I guess the wait was worth it, funny how that works out.” Scott remarked, taking another chug of his shake.

“Whoooa, you shouldn’t chug it like that, you’ll get brainfreeze!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

Scott sat the glass down, almost emptied of its contents. “Please, I’ll be fine. I worked with Polar Manzardills and Necrofriggians, it’s gonna have to be as cold as he-” Scott could feel the lingering headache, and the frosty cold sensation on the roof of his mouth. His eyes widened as he slowly leaned against his seat. “Oh no… oh.. OH THAT HURTS! THAT IS RIDICULOUSLY COLD!!” Scott exclaimed through clenched and gritted teeth. He clutched the sides of the table as the cold sensation continued to persist.

“I waaaarned yooooou~” Pinkie Pie said in a singsung voice before she rollerskated away, only to return what looked like an orange ball with a tag: when under an emergency. She hands it to Scott. “Suckle on this, it’ll help it pass faster.

Scott took the ball and without hesitation, popped it into his mouth and started to suckle on it. Almost immediately, Scott was hit with a sudden fruity flavor, like it were an orange. It had a tangy taste to it, as well as something else. The more the human suckled on the orange ball, the more this strange something else started to intensify, like it was spicy. Scott didn’t know what he was suckling on, but he definitely didn’t need some kind of fruity, tangy and spicy taste on his palette.

Scott pulled the ball from his mouth and awkwardly placed it on the table. “That… was a cacophony of strange things. Fruity, spicy, tangy, might as well have told me you put chili powder in an orange soda,” Scott coughed a bit from the lingering spice in the back of his throat. “What in the high tides of hell was that anyway?” Scott asked.

“Just be glad it was only a brain freeze without the sugar rush, bouncing pain is not fun! That was a cure for brain freeze, something spicy to melt the cold.” Pinkie explained.

Scott was about to question the logistics behind that, but considering his brain freeze was gone, he decided to not question it, for the sake of his sanity. “Cool… anyway, you must be Pinkie, right?” Scott held out his hand for a handshake. “Nice to meet ya. I’m Scott Baristo, a friend of Jeff’s from another Equestria… thanks for the brain freeze cure.” Scott introduced.

“Nice to meet ya!” Pinkie said as she took Scott’s hand, quite literally shook it, causing both Scott and Pinkie to bounce. Her body was jiggling with excitement, while Scott felt like he was being worn out like a rubber band. Scott managed to pull his hand back, his hair was now in a mess, sticking out in various directions, like he got caught in a whirlwind. Pinkie smiled at the new visitor to Ponyville, but then her eyes were fixated on his watch. “Oooo, that looks like one heck of a nice watch! What does it do?” Pinkie asked, smiling widely.

Scott covered the watch with his hand, and looked over at Jeff, who seemed unfazed by the entire interaction, and still slowly enjoying his shake. “Jeff, I require your assistance?” Scott asked.

“It's a.. Well, it's a watch but it tells time in a veeeery fancy, you wouldn’t really get it.” Jeff said after a moment of nervousness.

Scott slowly nodded his head. “Y-Yes! It’s a very fancy watch that tells time… and nothing else.” Scott cautiously said.

Pinkie giggled and backed away from the pair. “Fair enough! So, what brings you two here?” Pinkie asked.

Scott sighed. “I’m trying to learn more about the elements of harmony, and Jeff is helping me get around, otherwise I’d be as lost as a rooster without its head, and just as senseless.” Scott explained.

“Ooooooo, that was a doozy of a day! Monsters everywhere, so many meanies, none of them appreciated a good laugh!” Pinkie pie said with a playful pout.

Scott nodded his head. “Must not have been a good day for going around, especially if Nightmare Moon was free. You represent the element of laughter, I assume?” The pink pony nodded her head. “I’ve got a couple questions, if you’d be willing to answer them. Do you have time for a quick break?” Scott asked.

“Sure!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed before planting her rear in one of the seats. Scott could have sworn he could heard a ‘boing’ sound when she sat. “Okay, what kinds of questions ya got for me?” Pinkie asked.

Scott sighed and took a moment to close his eyes, taking deep breaths as he thought carefully about the questions. Scott took a slow sip from what remained of his shake and sighed. “How did you pass the test to bear one of the elements, and what exactly does it mean to embody Laughter?” Scott asked.

“My test was super easy, I just told a very good joke to a group of trees with creepy faces like this-grrrr!” Pinkie Pie said with a poor imitation of the tree.

“She means this.” Jeff pauses to show a camera of what looked to be a very angry version of the scrub he saw back at the station, but with red eyes and orange leaves. “A deku scrub, mean plant-like creatures that pop out of their burrow to spit deku nuts at you.” he explained.

Scott was rather surprised and intimidated by the deku scrub in the picture, but if a pony like Pinkie could survive such an encounter, much less laugh about it, Scott feels rather convinced that this pink mare is quite capable. “Quite brave of ya to fight, much less laugh, at such a dangerous opponent. I’m impressed.” Scott praised the pink pony, even clapping his hands a bit.

“I know right? I had to bounce and dance around the hole we were in though.” Pinkie said with a giggle, giving Scott’s head an unwanted mental image.

Scott was confused at the mental image in his head, but decided to not question it. “Okay, but what does it mean to embody Laughter?” Scott asked.

“Do your best to help your friends whenever they’re down, make them happy, give them a little laugh, especially with a biiiig party with friends!” Pinkie Pie said with a happy hop, making her body jiggle with excitement.

Scott smiled and rolled his eyes. Scott hadn’t expected Pinkie to be so happy, it’s almost as infectious as her sense of joy. He thought about her words, and he intended to take them to heart once he got back to his world. After all, the summer sun celebration was coming, so after he’s done with the danger of Eclipsed Blackheart, he’ll party with his friends till he can’t party no more. He’ll tell them everything he saw and learned here. The good, the bad, all of it.

Scott nodded his head and gave a thumbs up to the happy pink pony. “Thanks, Pinkie, this’ll be a big help.” Scott thanked the pink pony.

“Anytime! They don’t call me the pinkie pie party pony for nothing!” Pinkie Pie said with a smile, causing Scott to blink at the tongue twister.

Scott sighed, smiling as he stood up from his seat. “Thank you very much, Miss Pinkie. Not just for the shakes, but again, for answering my questions. May you have a great day, and keep doing what you’re doing.” Scott stated.

“Which shake? The milkshake? The handshake?” Pinkie Pie paused to look toward the reader. “The harlem shake?” Pinkie asked suspensefully.

Jeff looks off to the side in confusion, wondering where she’s looking. Scott was also just as confused as his friend. Scott himself looks to where Pinkie is looking, but doesn’t see anything. All he sees is a couple empty tables near the corner of the room. “Okay… on that strange note, we better get goin’. Thanks for the milkshake, the handshake, and whatever else you said.” Scott stated, walking to the front door.

“Thanks for helping out though.” Jeff said with a nod as Pinkie took the empty glasses.

“Anytime, Jeffy!” Pinkie said with a pep to her step before skating off.

“..Never understood why she calls me that..” Jeff said with a shrug as he went to follow Scott outside.

As the two displaced leave Sugarcube Corner, the daylight is slowly becoming a bit more orange in hue, the sight of the sun slowly lowering towards the horizon was beautiful to see, but the day was steadily coming to an end, and soon, the night would be back in full swing. “Man, we’ve been making progress! We’re like a tabletop tag team, two adventurers whisked away into another world, and going on adventures in the local village till the sun goes down! Crazy, isn’t it? It feels like a couple days have passed, heck, maybe even a week, but it’s been a whole day!” Scott commented.

“Good thing we’re not rolling dice though.” Jeff said jokingly, reminding Scott of a tabletop rpg game that he used to play back during his time in the academy. He remembers his first game fondly, playing a halfling scout, and getting a natural one in the tutorial. He didn’t make it far in that game, but he remembers his time fondly.

Scott smiled, letting the memories of momentary bliss and good fun run free in his head, it was always a saving grace for Scott to remember his days as a rookie.

“So far, not a single monster attack.” Jeff said happily as he looked toward the sky, noticing Celestia’s sun was lowering. To Scott’s eyes the sun was moving.. Uncomfortably fast.

Scott rubbed his eyes, just to see if he was hallucinating, but as he moved his hands away from his face, the sun was still moving very fast. “Jeff, what’s happening to the literal celestial body that is the sun!? Should we be concerned about this?!” Scott asked, genuine concern and worry could be heard in the Plumber Cadet’s voice.

"Oh, right, I forgot to mention that Celestia raises and lowers the sun, it doesn't move on its own like the sun back on earth, meanwhile Princess Muna raises and lowers the Moon. And before you ask, no, it does not upset the balance of things, it's just how magic works, I mean I can do the same with the Sun Song, but that’s only if Celestia uses one of her sick days." Jeff explained.

Scott groaned in frustration. “I… I’ll have to see if that’s the same back in my Equestria, because this feels… odd, ironically enough,” Scott looked back at the sun, watching it vanish past the horizon. “Of all the things I’ve questioned, this… this, ironically enough, wasn’t anywhere near what I thought I should be worrying about… oh how wrong I continue to be.” Scott remarked.

“Would it make sense if I told you they’re two of the six goddesses that created Equus?” Jeff suggested, making Scott’s mind echo with Muna’s words.

Scott sighed. “I heard about that from Muna herself, but I’ll be honest, while it does kinda freak me out… I’ve come to accept that, and there’s an obvious reason why. Celestialsapiens, they’ve been known to be capable of anything and everything under the sun, moon and the stars that surround them… I’m more than willing to believe in goddesses, if things like Celestialsapiens exist. It’s like finding god all over again, only it’s not metaphorical. It’s quite literal.” Scott explained, taking a deep breath as he tries to keep himself calm and composed.

“Like when Nayru spoke to you when you had the Hylian mask on?” Jeff asked as his right twitched.

Scott nodded his head. “Speaking of which, it feels rather rude to not have greeted Nayru yet. Been here for what, three days, and I haven’t put the mask on? Feels kinda disrespectful, gimme a moment,” Scott unhooked the Hylian mask from his side and was about to put it on his face, until Jeff stopped him. “...you’re not making this easy, bud!” Scott remarked.

“Ah-ah-ah, not here. The ponies aren’t used to the transformations yet. Let’s take this to Twilights, she at least understands my Hylian magic shenanigans.” he suggested.

Scott thought about what Jeff was saying, and for a moment, he figured it was a fair assumption. Just because Fluttershy wasn’t negative about his transformation, doesn’t necessarily mean everypony else will be the same. “Damn it… okay, fine, let’s go back to the book horse.” Scott caved in, hooking the mask back to this side.

“Pony, Scott. Horse is actually a subrace name for the saddle arabians. Yes, yes, I know it's another horse pun.” Jeff said as he headed over to Twilight's tree house.

Scott followed close behind Jeff, the night sky slowly becoming illuminated by the moon, and the numerous twinkling stars.

After a long walk, Golden Oaks Library was finally in view, the lights were on, and the silhouette of an alicorn could be seen flying around. “I’m beginning to think you didn’t use that instrument to get us back here for a reason. Nothing says safe at night like wondering if a mugger’s on the prowl.” Scott quipped.

“I only use the song of soaring when it's across the map, while the Twil Portals are across the void’s multiverse, and then I’ve got Farore’s Wind, which allows short ranged teleportation, like returning to the start of a dungeon.” Jeff explained as he opened the door.

Scott walked inside and stretched his back a bit. “I’m just saying. Instantaneous travel across your world, to others, or just short ranges, it would save so much time, like, who needs a car, a train, a plane, or a spaceship for that matter, when there’s all that you got?” Scott questioned.

"True, but then you wouldn't get to see parts of Ponyville if we zipped around more often.” Jeff said knowingly as Twilight descended from the staircase.

Scott sighed and rubbed his face tiredly. “Fair point, but you have to admit, if those owl statues were standing everywhere, you would use them. I would if I could, if it was important enough.” Scott stated.

“I mean Miss C did make an owl statue in your world.” Jeff pointed out, using a nickname to address her without risking summoning or attracting her.

Scott furrowed his brow. “Yeah, and it’s all the way in Canterlot! Ugh, couldn’t even throw me a bone and just teleport us to Canterlot, had to give you a fancy statue, and I had to leg it the whole way there carrying a bunch of guards on my back!” Scott snarked.

-click, click-

Twilight blink in confusion as a bone… was thrown at Scott from a portal.

Scott looked at the bone, both curious and very concerned. “I’m going to hope with all the energy I have left, that this didn’t come from somewhere important… damn it, I asked for her to throw a bone, and what do I get… exactly what I asked for… I’d be more pissed if this wasn’t kinda funny, but still…” Scott remarked, a wry smirk forming on his lips.

“I’d ask a question, but I’m sure that can wait, from the look of things you’re a little tired.” Twilight said with a wave of her hoof.

Scott nodded his head, casually leaning the bone against the wall next to the front door. “Yeah, we’ve been all over just to find answers on the Elements of Harmony. We’ve talked to you, your friends, and though Jeff wasn’t with me at the time, I talked to Muna about them. Learned a lot, very useful information, but everything attached to me is demanding sleep.” Scott explained, a stray yawn escaping him.

“Be sure to give a little prayer though.” Jeff suggested as Twilight walked off to get the guest room ready.

Scott nodded his head, putting his hands together, and closing his eyes. “Nayru, thank you for ensuring that my arrival here was successful and unharmed, for keeping an eye on me as I walk through this beautiful and dangerous land to find the Hylian I can proudly call a friend, and for the information I have been given by the medallion bearers of your Equestria. Thank you, words can’t describe.” Scott stated aloud.

Jeff's right ear twitched. "..You might wanna also thank Farore and Din, one sounded jealous and the other upset."

Scott nodded his head. “To Farore and Din, I also thank you for letting Nayru guide me. Not just to save Deko, for his guidance to Canterlot, or for an audience with Princess Muna, but mainly, and most importantly, for letting me find my friend, Jeff, and gain his aid in my quest for information.” Scott stated aloud.

"Farore is now happy and Dins.. sounding a little cocky." Jeff said with a snicker.

Scott frowned. “How nice… Anyways, I’m hoping the guest bed isn’t bad. I’d hate for your foldout couch to be the only superior bed I’ve slept in comfortably since I got here.” Scott remarked with a laugh.

“About that, I had to put together two beds considering you and Jeff’s height.” Twilight stated.

“Eh… I can sacrifice some of the size anyhow.” Jeff said with a wave of his hand.

Scott raised an eyebrow in confusion, but he was too tired to think, his body felt like jelly. “Not even gonna elaborate on that, I’m steadily becoming less and less awake, and I know I won’t understand anything Jeff says when I fall flat on my face. I’m going to head to bed, I’m exhausted, and my body is shutting down like a machine.” Scott commented. Another yawn escaped the Plumber, and he slowly tried to shuffle forward.

Jeff gave a silent nod to Scott before holding onto his howling stone, concentrating on the Twili magic within. The hylian's body shrinks down, taking on the form of a wolf with red shaggy fur, grey lines on the edge of said fur, and grey underbelly. The middle of his chest had a star shaped scar.

Twilight let out a soft whine. “I really wish you and Cadance would tell me how that works.” she pouted.

Jeff shook his head in amusement and said nothing, but Twilight knew the answer as Twili Magic was difficult to wield. Twilight heads Scott over to the guest room, warning him a few times to duck his head, but he eventually reaches the bed, falling and collapsing into it. Wolf Jeff meanwhile slept at the foot of the bed, allowing the alien to take the rest.

Scott bundled himself in the blanket, immediately falling asleep on the comfy mattress, peacefully and blissfully sleeping away.

Scott’s sleep was dreamless that night. No nightmares, no racing heart, but no Muna this time. Slowly as the light returned to vision, he smelt something good, much better than Jeff’s cooking.

Scott sat up and yawned, stretching his back as he got up. “I don’t know what smells so good, but I know I want a piece of it,” Scott got up and walked out of the room, making his way downstairs, nearly tripping over himself, as he was still waking up, but he eventually found his way to the kitchen. “Morning… what smells so good?” Scott asked, scratching the back of his head.

Scott found Twilight cooking at the stove wearing a purple apron. In her magical grip she was flipping pieces of what looked like frenchtoast in a pan, but what got Scott puzzled was that the other pan to the left was cooking gems? And it wasn’t even the rupee currency but smaller less glamorous gems.

Scott blinked his eyes a couple times, even pinching himself to see if he was dreaming. Lo and behold, he now felt particularly sore in his neck, and was still confused. “Uh… princess? I don’t know if anyone’s taught you how to cook, or if that comes with the territory of being a princess, but I’m pretty sure it’s likely a hazard to be cooking gems in a pan… Why are you cooking gems in a pan at all?” Scott asked, walking over to the coffee machine.

“This is for Spike, he likes his gems cooked. Is that not common in your world’s Spike?” Twilight asked curiously as the mentioned dragon walked in with a yawn with a lazily half away Volv on his head.

Scott rubbed his face, he was not expecting that to come up in conversation so soon. “That… is a hard question to answer. In my world, my Twilight, Gleaming Dusk, she doesn’t seem to mention anything about a dragon being in her care, and I sincerely doubt Celestia and Luna know anything about a dragon in Canterlot… I’m not sure what my world’s Spike is like, I’m not even sure if he was ever born… Your Spike certainly reminds me of the first dragon I saw, but that’s not saying much, that just opens up a whole other can of worms…” Scott explained, still shuddering at the image in his head.

Volv’s head perked up at the mention of worms as she suddenly went scrambling around the room, only to pause and pout that she doesn’t find any.

Spike softly blinked as he looked at Scott in confusion. “...Another Hylian?” he asked. Due to how focused he was on trying to get back his sandwich yesterday, he hadn’t noticed Scott.

Scott sighed, letting a tired smile form on his face. “Not a Hylian, I’m human. Name’s Scott, Scott Baristo. I’m a friend of Jeff’s from another world, and like him, I’m a hero… or rather, I’m more so just doing my job.” Scott introduced, pouring himself a cup of coffee. Luckily for the plumber, Twilight has prepared it for him, no black and thick coffee this time.

“I never could wrap my head around the whole multiverse thing, Honestly I find it scary there’s multiple versions of ourselves out there..” Spike said with a shudder.

Scott smiled. “It’s not as bad as you may seem. I’m lucky to have not run into another me, I’d probably shut down if I did, it’s a new experience that hardly anyone is prepared for,” Scott sat his cup of coffee down on the table and took a seat. “Think of it this way. If you ever meet another version of yourself, it gives you a whole new perspective on you as a person. You could be frightened by it, you could not make sense of it, or, you could learn from it and gain confidence in that you are who you are, and no matter how many versions of you exist in the multiverse, as long as you remember to be yourself, you’ll essentially become something greater. Never give up, never succumb to fear, all you have to fear is fear itself, and that can be conquered.” Scott explained.

Spike tapped his claws onto his chin in thought. “Maybe I’ll meet a power ponies version of myself?” Spike said giddily.

Scott shrugged his shoulders. “It’s possible, the multiverse is infinite in possibilities, you may even meet a pony version of yourself, or a Hylian, ya never know.” Scott stated, sipping on his coffee.

“I-infinite?” Spike said before giving a rather familiar look that reminded Scott of himself.

“I tried explaining the same thing, but his young dragon mind just can’t handle it yet..” Twilight said with a sigh as she hovers a cooked gem over Spike’s noose, snapping him out of it.

Scott chuckled lightly. “It was worth a shot, he is still a kid, after a-” Scott was then cut off by the sound of shouting coming from upstairs. It sounded like someone was going to war or something similar to one. Scott sighed. “I’ll be right back, I’m betting five bits that’s Jeff.” Scott remarked, chugging the last of his coffee as he made his way to the stairway. Scott would find Jeff swinging his sword at what looked like a dummy, although a poorly made one at that, just a stick with arms, rusted armor, and a pumpkin for a head.

Scott walked over and cleared his throat, hoping to get the Hylian’s attention. “Morning, but it seems to me you’ve already gotten back on the grind of training. How’re ya feeling?” Scott spoke out.

“Good but not for long, Everfree alerted me via telepathy that a Armogohma she just drove away is heading this way while apologizing profusely.” Jeff explained as he took out his camera, showing a semi rough pic of the creature, it looked similar to the Queen Gohma but armored with silver scales and skin and a lot more spider looking, plus with its head located on its back.

Scott shuddered at the picture, less out of fear, and more out of disgust. “Why couldn’t it be one of the smaller ones… Well, looks like we’re gonna be neck deep in some serious shit this morning, how do you usually defeat one of these creepy overgrown wall crawlers?” Scott asked.

“The last time I fought one was in the temple of time, but in a different time period due to time travel. If I had to take a guess, either a baby of the original, or this bastard survived my golem’s attack.” Jeff explained as he looked out.

Scott sighed and could remember how difficult those statues were, he was still perplexed how he was able to cut one in two, but this “Armogohma” thing sounded like a real dangerous prick, and if it was making headway to Ponyville, something had to be done. “Must be tough, if it could survive those golem things you made. But, that not-so-itsy-bitsy spider hasn’t faced two heroes at once, so we got that advantage.” Scott remarked.

“Another usual morning?” Twilight asked with a sigh as she made her way upstairs.

“Another usual morning.” Jeff said in confirmation.

Scott nodded his head. “Something called an Armogohma is coming to town, and from what I saw in the picture, that’s a large bug that needs squishin’! What’s the game plan, Jeff? This is your world, your turf, you got the reins on this one.” Scott asked.

“We aim for the eye, any kind of projectile will work. Don’t bother with the rest of the body, not unless you’ve got something in your alien arsenal that can melt its armor, or if you’ve got a big or strong form.” Jeff explained, earning a curious look from Twilight.

Scott shook his head. “Never thought I’d be unlucky to not have To’Kustar DNA on hand for such a situation, or a Polymorph… but, I do have a couple tricks up my sleeve. All I ask is that you focus on the eye, I’ll keep the gargantuan tarantula focused on me.” Scott stated.

Jeff nodded to Scott before looking at Twilight. “You know the drill, split your friends to the four corners, north south east west, no doubt she’ll coming in with a army of her children, or start laying them to try and kill off the civilians, and yes, Scott, she can reproduce them like crazy similar to Queen Gohma.” he explained, causing Scott to look rather disgusted, but it’s nothing he can’t handle.

Scott nodded his head. “Then what’re we waiting for? Let’s send the spider queen crying back to her hovel! It’s Hero Time!” Scott proclaimed proudly.

“Heh, you’ll make Ben proud with that one.” Jeff said as Twilight teleported herself away, meanwhile Spike ran into the basement, he was young afterall and not ready for monster slaying.

The duo quickly run down the streets of Ponyville, everyone is in a panic, either running the opposite way, or trying to seek shelter in any building nearby. Regardless, Ponyville was under attack, and soon, the Armogohma could be seen up ahead, skittering around on its spider legs.

Scott shuddered. “Man, it’s even uglier in person! Jeff, you go after the eye, like we talked about. I’ll make sure this bug works up an appetite, one she’ll never get the chance to satisfy!” Scott remarked.

“Be sure to watch out for its laser eye.” Jeff said before dashing away with master sword and hylian shield.

Scott’s eye twitched. “Laser eye- YOU COULD’VE SAID THAT SOONER- damn it! No matter, laser eye or not, it’s time to put the plan into action. Hopefully the Altnetrix is feeling generous,” Scott activates the device and scrolls to Moodstone’s icon. “Okay, Altnetrix, now would be a good time to not give me the wrong alien. I need Moodstone. Not Smudge, not Needlepoint, give me what I need. Come on, Moodstone!” Scott pleaded, pushing the core down.

In a flash of turquoise light, Scott was replaced by the alien he requested, the moonstone golem himself, Moodstone. Moodstone looked himself over, and was very satisfied. “Good, that’s the hard part out of the way… now, it’s time to play prey. HEY! ARACHNOPHOBIA!! How’s about you chew on something with a bit more bulk to its body!!” Moodstone called out, trying to get the Armogohma’s attention.

Moodstone managed to get her attention, making her look at the golem- aaaand she’s already firing a fiery laser at him, telling the alien hero that The Armogohma had some serious business with the Hylian Hero, Jeff.

Moodstone rolled out of the laser’s way, and started running towards the Armogohma. “Hey! When a hero gets your attention, you take what you can get, spider freak!” The alien quickly tried to find another way of getting the Armogohma’s attention, and soon got an idea, looking at the orbs on his body. “Let’s see if we can’t make this spider throw a fit. Now, I just need the emotions to make it really hurt… and I know just where to get all of that emotion from.” Moodstone remarked, looking straight at the Armogohma.

The sound of an arrow screams the air, making an impact onto the spider’s eye, causing it to spin around to look at Jeff in pain and anger.

With the Armogohma focused on Jeff, it gave Moodstone the opportunity to jump onto it. Moodstone quickly moved towards the beast’s head and placed his orbs onto the Armogohma’s head. “Relax, let’s see if we can’t alleviate a bit of that anger you’ve got, spider beast!” Moodstone remarked, trying to absorb the emotional energy from the Armogohma.

Moodstone could feel the energy he was taking, and it was a lot more than he thought he could handle. All of the orbs on his body were now brimming with a red rage, burning like a roaring fire, whipping around like a whirlwind, but it was all too much. Moodstone groaned as he felt himself get tossed off the Armogohma’s back, landing in a nearby alleyway as the creature continued to fixate its attention on Jeff.

“You remember me all too well..” Jeff remarked as the charging armored queen forced the Hylian roll out of the way. As Armogohma turned its body around, Jeff was setting up with another arrow nocked into his bow.

Moodstone picked himself up and ran back to the fight, grabbing one of the Armogohma’s legs and trying to pull it back. “You are the most persistent pest I’ve ever seen! Where’s the god of exterminators and pesticides when you need one!” Moodstone looked over at Jeff, and could see him setting up another shot with his bow. “Jeff, hurry! This thing’s putting in a lot of work to see you off to the afterlife, and it’s kinda pissing me off that it won’t fight me!” Moodstone called out.

“Smash your arms into it!” Jeff exclaimed as he kept running to try. “The thing’s gotten faster than before.” he said before cursing in Hylian to himself.

Moodstone wasn’t sure what smashing his arms into the Armogohma would do, but he did notice that the little emotional energy he was able to take was stored in the orbs on his arms. “You got it!” Moodstone quickly climbed the Armogohma’s leg, feeling it try to shake him off, but he persisted. Moodstone got on top of the body and jumped as the Armogohma tried to throw him off, sending the alien golem into the air. Moodstone blocked his face with his arms, and let himself start to fall back towards the beast. “Time for you to get squished, you monstrous insect!!” Moodstone roared out.

Moodstone came crashing down onto the Armogohma’s back hard, causing the beast’s legs to buckle and end up in a stunned state. “Now, Jeff!! Poke this damn thing in the eye!” Moodstone exclaimed.

“Got it!” Jeff yelled out as he slid to a stop; spinning his body around to line up the fire; din’s fire dancing along the arrow’s tip. He releases the arrow, piercing the spider’s eye and setting a part of its body on fire. It let out an angry scream as it started flailing around like a bull trying to buck Moodstone off.

Moodstone clung to the Armogohma the best he could, but then he heard the Altnetrix timing out. “Oh man, I hate that sound!” In a flash of white light, Scott was turned back into his normal form, and soon lost his grip, landing head first against one of the nearby house’s walls, and landing on the ground in a daze. “Oww…” Scott groaned in pain.

“I seriously hope you find the Master Control on that thing..” Jeff helped out as the Armored Queen focused on Scott. Raising its abdomen, it started spitting out its offspring, and the sight of it did not sit well with Scott.

Scott heaved and shuddered, feigning a worried expression on his face. “I can’t help but feel like I’m underprepared,” Scott reached for his bat, and let it crackle to life with magical electrical energy. A smirk forms on his face. “There, that’s much better… So, any other plans on how to stop the spider psycho from taking the town?” Scott asked.

“Hold up, get the Hylian mask on, since it-!” Jeff cut off his sentence as the spiderlings went charging at him, forcing him to focus his arrow’s shots on them. Unlike its armored mother, they were dying in one shot via the eye.

Scott quickly unhooked the mask from his side, putting it on his face without hesitation. In a flash of blues and purples, Scott was now in his Hylian form. “Astounding, now it’s time to play a bit of guess who with the Armogohma!” Scott kicked one of the spiderlings into the air and smacked it away with his bat, hitting the Armogohma’s abdomen directly. “Yoohoo!! Freaky arachnid abomination of nature!! Can you guess which of us is which?” Scott taunted.

Armogohma’s eye… eyes? All fives of its eyes looked straight at Scott before charging; its armored legs loudly stomping toward him.

Scott laughed heartily and started to sprint away, with the Armogohma going after the false Hylian. “I believe I got its attention! Take your shots where you can, my friend, I’ll keep the queen hungry!” Scott exclaimed.

Jeff quickly leaps up onto the building to get a better aerial view of things before lining up the shot. Suddenly the Armogohma fires its fiery laser at Scott, turning up the heat. Scott narrowly managed to move out of the way, but he did notice that part of his clothes were a tad bit singed. “No appreciation for good fashion nowadays, you’d think a queen wouldn’t act like such a hoity-toity pain in thine ass!” Scott quipped, continuing his distraction.

Scott had to go on the defensive as the queen kept firing heat beam after heat beam. After dodging another shot, Scott could hear Rarity exclaim from a far distance. “Ack! Gohma blood, this stuff is always so hard to wash out from hair!” Rarity exclaimed.

From far away, Rainbow Dash's voice called out, yelling something about ripping till its done.

An arrow makes its impact on Gohma’s eye for the third time, forcing it to close as it starts to madly rush into things. “Oh, NOW it's starting to get smart.” Jeff said with a groan.

Scott quickly jumped out of the way of the Armogohma’s mad rush, but it was starting to destroy a lot of the homes and buildings in the village. Scott gritted his teeth and gripped his bat tightly. “That’s it, I’m gonna pull that thing’s eye out!” Scott ran towards the Armogohma, rolling out of the way of its huge legs, and began to climb onto one of them. “This thing’s gonna get the tasing of a lifetime!” Scott exclaimed.

Its eye suddenly opened, spinning around creepily as it zoned in on Scott; its eye now building up fire. Scott growled and held onto his bat like his life depended on it. Scott wasted no time in getting to the eye, and raising the Thunder Bat over his head. “Spin your webs in hell, spider!” Scott exclaimed, slamming the thunder bat as hard as he could, mustering more magic into the spell than he ever did before, hoping it would make this arachnid terror finally drop.

The swing interrupted its attack as the electric was quickly conducted onto its armored body, causing it to let out the most ear piercing scream. Its scream caused its offspring to come rushing over to its mother, soon firing tiny beams from their eye at Scott in an attempt to save her.

Scott felt a bunch of the beams hit him from all sides, and while it did hurt, he mustered enough strength to hop off the Armogohma. He got back on his feet, propping himself up on his bat. “This thing is relentless! There’s a thing called being dramatic, you overgrown bug!” Scott exclaimed.

Jeff leaped off the building as he came down on Gohma, reaching into his pouch to pull out a metal hammer. WHAM! The sound of his hammer making contact with its eyes caused its body to come crumbling onto the ground before Jeff quickly leaped off to put some distance between him. “You managed to buy me enough time to use my Megaton Hammer on it.” Jeff said as he gestures a thumbs up to Scott.

Scott smiled and gave a thumbs up in return, then he pulled the Hylian mask off. In a flash of light, Scott was his normal self again, and he hooked the mask back to his side. “Nice to know that’s over… That thing just didn’t want to die, but it certainly wanted you dead, though. Let me know in advance the next time I ever come by for a visit if a monster’s got a personal vendetta against you.” Scott quipped, laughing a bit.

“It's not over yet though.” Jeff pointed out as its offspring came charging at them; their eyes glowing red. The rest of the remains was pretty much a clean off job for the two heroes and the mane six.

Scott groaned, readying the thunder bat as he glared at the Armogohma’s offspring. “I’m not usually one to advocate for this, but I guess it’s time to crush some bugs… again.” Scott remarked.

After what felt like, and was actually a good couple of hours making sure each of the Armogohma’s offspring was defeated, Ponyville was saved from danger yet again, thanks to the Hero of Hyrule, and his Alien Ally.

“At least there weren’t any casualties or anypony being foalnapped.” Jeff said with a nod as he went to rinse the green blood off of his Megaton Hammer at the nearest pony fountain.

Scott nodded his head in agreement, dunking his head into the fountain to wash off a bit of the blood on his face. Scott pulled his head back up and shook his head, spraying water around. “They sure like being pests, that’s for sure, so we had to treat them as such. I’ll be honest, you surprised me with that big ass hammer, where did you even pull that from?” Scott questioned.

"It's all monsters have; just wild instinct for survival, going after whatever will be the death of them,” Jeff exclaimed before pulling the hammer out of the waters. “Oh this? It's the Megaton Hammer, pulled out from my pouches which are magically enchanted to shrink down items and store them away. It’s.. kind of like an infinite pocket dimension.” he explained hoping it’d make sense.

Scott nodded his head. “Infinite inventory space, just like a video game… guess I shouldn’t be that surprised, but still, fascinating,” Scott brushed his wet hair to the side to get it out of his eyes. “We really got ourselves into quite the struggle. What was that thing’s problem with you, anyway? I know when a beast has been pissed off, and that thing was vehement and determined to see you put six feet under.” Scott questioned.

“Like I said, I fought it before when I had to time travel into the past, back when the Temple Of Time was in its prime,” Jeff pauses to look at Scott. “Which mind you was five hundred years..” Jeff explained.

Scott sighed. “Whether it’s my old world, or your Equestria, Time Travel is still a headache. For the sake of my sanity, I’ll believe you. So, I guess I got all the information that I need… I guess it’s time for me to go.” Scott said solemnly.

“Time Travel I take quite seriously, so yes, it can be a headache.” Jeff said, deciding to not go into a long winded exclamation about it. “And hey,” Jeff began as he placed a hand onto his shoulder. “You’re always welcomed to come back, it doesn’t need to be a visit with me though, but please be sure to send a letter so I can make sure the Twili portal is stable. You could have turned into an animal when you went through it.” Jeff cautioned.

Scott chuckled a bit. “I’ll be sure to remember writing the letter. It still surprises me that you get mail via dragon fire, that’s insane,” Scott gets up and dusts himself off. “Well, time to see what all has gone on in my world during my absence. Because I know for damn sure, if there’s a problem, I’ll have to fix it. Let’s see, I have everything, don’t I?” Scott felt around his pockets and his whole body. “Let’s see… Hylian Mask, Picto Box, Thunder Bat, Gasha Seed, Book of Mudora… I think that’s it, am I missing something?” Scott asked.

“Actually there is something you’re missing. You explaining everything to me, and I am NOT going to waste this opportunity to learn about other worlds.” Twilight called out as she appeared in a burst of magic energy.

Before Scott could think about it any further, he was suddenly enveloped in her magic, and was pulled to Twilight’s side. Scott tried to move himself, but he was immobilized. “Uh oh. Uh- Jeff, I can’t move!” Scott exclaimed.

“Telekinetic magic, Scott. You won’t be able to move till she releases you.” Jeff said with a laugh as Scott is taken away to the Golden Oaks library.

Author's Note

And that's the end of the second cross-over I've done with DisplacedWriter. Go check out his story, it's great, seriously, go give it a read if you haven't already.

Scott's stuff he got after the cross-over:

x1 Gasha Seed

x1 Book of Mudora

Scott's clothes were fixed, got a new Jacket and shoes

Information on how the elements of harmony work, will make finding his world's bearers easier.

x1 Pear Butter's music box (A gift for Scott's AJ)

I hope you enjoyed this cross-over, we certainly enjoyed writing it. The story will continue onward in the next chapter.