38th Floor, Neo’s Auction
“19 Dungeon Coins!”

“24 Dungeon Coins!”

“32 Dungeon Coins!” Pierce yelled as his friend looked at him. “My wife, Princess Cadance, and Princess Celestia, want them! Also, I like them too.” He spoke.

“40 Dungeon Coins!” Pierce looked worried as he turned to them.

“Do you have any extra coins on you?” He asked his teammates as if some shook their heads.

“Sorry.” Said Spark. “I was planning to buy a few as gifts for my friends.” She explained.

“53.9 Dungeon Coins!”

“61 Dungeon Coins!”

“(Gruff Female Voice) 100 HUNDRED DUNGEON COINS!” All the creatures turned to see a large muscular ♀ Gargoyle with centaurs who showed no expression. “I will take 500 of them for 100 coins.” She said with a smirk as some creatures backed away in fear.

“We have 100 Dungeon Coins! Anyone else, meow? Going once… going twice… Meow, Meow! Sold for 100 Dungeon Coins Meow!” Yelled Neo, who handed the basket of cherry tomatoes to the gargoyle who smirked at the other adventurers who looked angry and talked with themselves.

“Who are they?” Questioned a ♂ Reformed Changeling.

“I think I believed that they’re hunters of Scorpan’s.” Said a ♀ Pegasus. “I heard that they’ve made it to the 30th floor within 2 months, since they’ve never had magic and physically fought against monsters in their land.” She said as if some looked at them. Even Dragons realized they heard of terrifying creatures in their territory that not even their fire breath can defeat them.

“Why do they care about the cherry tomatoes?” Asked a ♂ Griffon, which made them suspicious.

“The next round of the auction begins meow.” Said Neo “Starting bid 5 Dungeon Coins meow.” He said as Pierce spoke out.

“I bid 40 Dungeon Coins!” He yelled in a hurry.

“100 Dungeons.” Said the Gargoyle as Pierce looked at his teammates.

“Can anyone spare some coins!” He yelled to one of them as the other adventurers looked upset and disappointed that they had no more coins.

“Sold!” Yelled Neo “Next round! 5-”

“200 Coins for the 1000! You heard me, 400 coins for all 2000!” She yelled as all adventurers’ jaws dropped in shock as Neo looked confused.

“Uh… going once…? Going twice…?” He said in hoping for the others to bid higher. “Sold!” He said as he passed the rest of the tomatoes to the gargoyle as she ordered her troops to carry them and moved out as the other creatures complained as Pierce pratfall.

“Damn it… I have a wife to impress!”

“My girl is going to kill me!”

“There goes my weight loss meals!” Neo was putting away the coins he earned as he looked at his sad customers.

“Don’t worry everybody! I may sell out on cherry tomatoes, but I have baskets of blueberries!” Their ears rose as he pulled them out. “60 in a basket!” Yelled Neo. “I have 50 baskets of them! 0.1 Dungeon Coins! One per customer!” He yelled as the other adventurers got in line to buy them, but there were only 45 of them as they got their basket of berries.

“It’s better than nothing!”

“Maybe I can bake them into muffins!”

“Glad that I got something for my wife!” Said Pierce as he had some leftover baskets. Spark appeared to Neo.

“Hello again, Neo!” She said happily.

“Hi Miss Spark.” Said Neo.

“Can I take more pictures of you with me? I have more cat treats for you.” She spoke. Neo’s ears went up for them but remembered something.

“I appreciate the offer but… I don’t want treats.” He said which shocked Spark.

“Huh? But why?” she asked.

“I was hoping for something different.” He asked.

“Different?”

“Like… salt, pepper, and seasonings meow!” He said which confused them as they pulled out containers of salt, pepper and spices, even butter.

“Like these?” asked Spark.

“Thank you, Meow!” He said happily as he and Spark posed for some pictures. Spark looked at the photos and smiled.

“We looked so cute! Thank you very much, Neo.” She said as he blushed.

“You’re welcome.” Spark turned to him to see his paws and smile.

“Those squishy paws…” She grabbed them and touched his toe beans “So… soft…” She said which made Neo look weird.

“What are you doing, meow?” He asked Spark let to go.

“Sorry!” She said she pulled out more cat treats. “Here you go!” She said and gave it to Neo who looked confused.

“Huh? Why?” He asked as Spark smiled.

“Because you let me play with your paws. It’s so cute.” She spoke.

“Meow? Does your race feel happier touching my paws?” He asked as Spark blushed.

“To be honest, we Crystal Ponies don’t have paws like you. My pet cat had them and always let me touch them for a treat.” She explained that Neo looked surprised.

“Really meow?” He asked as he looked at them (“So other creatures like her like my paws… it’s like Lone said, these creatures fall for cuteness.”) He thought to himself as a ♀ Griffin came with a camera and condiments (Ketchup, Relish, Steak Sauce, Tartar Sauce & Peanut Butter.)

“I heard you want these in exchange for pictures.” She said Neo nodded since Lone wanted them.

“Yes!” He said Spark took pictures of them making poses. The adventurers left as Neo placed them in his bag as a large cloud of dust was heading towards him as he jumped back in fear. As the cloud dissipates; revealing 4 teenagers of Gargoyles & Centaurs and a child Centaur.

“(Deep Voice) Are you selling those tomatoes! We’ll buy them.” Said the child as Neo looked at him. “I have a deep voice for a kid.” Said Neo angrily.

“Oh…” He said as he shook his head. “Sorry but it's sold out.” The group roared in anger “But I have blueberries!” He said as the child stomped his hooves on the ground.

“I don’t want those!” He yelled “I want the tomatoes!” He snarled as his group held him back as Neo felt sorry for him but smelled something.

“Huh?” Neo smelled him which made the kid angry.

“What are you doing?” He roared

“Your scent… you have the same scent as my supplier.” Said Neo which made them confused.

“What?” He said as Neo looked at him.

“Can you help me, please meow?” They all looked at the cat.

Lone’s Farm
Lone finished collecting all the tomatoes as he watched all baby PHBs were collecting pollen and regurgitating honey into Lone’s glass bottle.

(AUTHOR’S NOTE: That’s how bees make honey. Eating pollen and barfing it into honeycombs. Don’t judge, you all see where milk and meat come from.)

YOU HAVE EARNED 1 ml OF HONEY FROM CHERRY TOMATO FLOWERS.
YOUR FAMILIARITY WITH BEEKEEPING LV.1 WILL INCREASE MARGINALLY.
YOU HAVE EARNED 1 ml OF HONEY FROM CHERRY TOMATO FLOWERS.
YOUR FAMILIARITY WITH BEEKEEPING LV.1 WILL INCREASE MARGINALLY.
YOUR BEEKEEPING LV.1 WILL BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT LEVEL

“You all are doing great!” yelled Lone at the PHBs as he looked at the hive which started having some castle tower-shapes on it. (“My Beekeeping has level up due to Queen PHB’s babies.”) He wondered about something “I haven’t seen Queenie lately. Perhaps it's due to her laying more eggs.” He said to himself as he looked to see if there was more information about the Beekeeping skill.

[Special Occupation Ability: Beekeeping LV.1]

• You can engage in beekeeping if you own beehives.
• The bees occupying your beehive do not treat you with hostility.
• You can give more detailed instructions to the bees occupying your beehive.
• The bees occupying your beehive can travel longer distances.
• The Queen Bee spawns slightly faster.
• The Bees collect honey slightly faster.
• Chances of pollination increases slightly.
• Beehives under you ownership (1/2):
  Poisonous Honey Beehive

“I can own up to two hives but… Will they start a war with each other? Or will Queenie kill a newborn queen if it gets born?” He said as he saw the baby PHBs were filling his glass jar up. “I should have gotten Neo to buy me some jars in case I have too much honey.” He said as he put some thought into it “Perhaps I could get Neo to sell jars of honey to any adventurers?” He said as he looked down to grab a carrot. “Maybe later.” He said “But for now…” He pulled out one of the carrots “BUNNIES!” He yelled as he showed them one of the carrots he pulled out. “Let’s have carrots!”

Agility Carrot
You have harvested an Agility Carrot.
Your Occupational EXP will increase marginally.
Your familiarity with Harvest LV.2 will increase marginally.
You have earned 10 XP

“Finally… carrots can be harvested!” He yelled as if all the bunnies’ eyes were sparkling and drooling at the sight of the carrot Lone was holding.

“PII!!!” They all said as Lone continued to harvest the carrots as he got a pile of them.

“One for you, one for you.” He said while handing each one to each bunny. Some hugged their carrots, one started eating them as the rest bowed to Lone.

“PII.” They said to him,

“You don’t need to thank me.” He said as if they were near the fire as he looked at the carrot he was holding. “Agility Carrot.” He said “What do they do?”

[Agility Carrot]
Grown in the Dungeon, the carrots are full of nutrients and flavor. When consumed, they each dissolve 10g of body fat, boosting agility by 0.1 for 10 minutes. You may apply up to 10 effects simultaneously within an hour. When consumed, they each dissolve 10g of fat and improve our vision.

“So, these break down body fat but also improve vision… All the Centaurs will enjoy these aiding their archery skills.” He said while eating them.

“PII.” Said Warrior.

“Carrots… sacred food of Centaurs.” He said while he ate to the end. “We need to harvest and split our share.” He said as the Wheelbarrow & Back Backet were collecting the carrots in their tools. Sickle and Shovel were making a storage for their food, opposite Lone’s. Warrior and Mage help to separate their pile from Lone’s. Warrior fell in front of Mage.

“PII?”

“Huh? Warrior, are you okay?” Asked Lone as he checked on him, who was munching on a carrot. “HEY! NO STEALING CARROTS!” Yelled Lone as Mage summoned her book and hit Warrior on the head, which gave Warrior a huge bump on the head.

“PII!” she yelled in anger.

“I see you completed your 3rd storage for carrots. I can’t wait to grow carrots.” He said as he noticed his alerts.

You have harvested an Agility Carrot.
Your Occupational EXP will increase marginally.
Your familiarity with Harvest LV.2 will increase marginally.
You have earned 10 XP
You have leveled up.

“Oh… I forgot about that.”

You have reached LV.10
You have earned 1 bonus stat
You have an Extra Quest

“An extra quest?” He said as he turned to the screen of the Administrator. “Did you make that?”

THE ADMINISTRATOR SAYS IT WASN’T THEM.
YOU MUST PASS THE LEVEL 10 OCCUPATIONAL QUEST.
ONLY THEN CAN YOU EARN AN OCCUPATIONAL TRAIT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

“An occupational trait…?

IT’S SOMETHING WHEN ANY CREATURE WHO PREVIOUSLY INVITED IN THE TOWER GAIN A JOB.
ITS RELATED TO THAT CREATURE’S JOB, IT INVOLVES FIGHT CERTAIN NUMBER TYPE OF MONSTERS OR HEAL A NUMBER OF ALLIES

“Is that so…” He said “So these extra jobs will mostly involve growing more food or harvesting. “Let’s see… expand the farm by 1800 square feet.” He looked to see the open patch of field. “This will be hard since I don’t know much about distance unless it's killing prey.” He said to himself.

Ponyville, Castle of Friendship
Twilight was looking at the Map of Friendship which didn’t call them after she became the new Ruler of Equestria. “*Sad Sigh* Why hasn’t the map altered any creature of a friendship problem?” She said as she looked out the window to see the Black Tower. “Could it be the Tower? I mean it brought creatures together but for the wrong reasons. Treasures, wealth but also showed some hidden crimes from ponies of the past… Even the Pillars of Old Equestria.” She said sadly.

“(Old man’s voice) I’m afraid so.” Twilight turned around to see Starswirl.

“Starswirl!”

“I have heard of your actions.” He said as he looked down “I… I never thought Scorpan would become a tyrant. From Celestia and Luna’s letters… I find it hard to believe.” He spoke.

“I’m afraid it’s all true.” Said Twilight “I’ve been given so much hatred from the orphans I freed.” She said “I’ve never seen hatred created by friendship. I never believe harmony can create it.” She said as Starswirl looked down.

“I’m afraid that it's real.” He said to Twilight as he looked out “I’ve seen that myself.”

“You have?” Asked Twilight.

“It involved 3 Sirens.” Said Starswirl, which Twilight’s eyes widened.

(“Adagio, Aria & Sonata!”) Starswirl looks out the window.

“As you recall from our history of banishing the Sirens and Stygian becoming the Pony of Shadows. I was collecting some material for some potions when I saw a group of ponies gathering carts full of garbage and illegally dumping them in the ocean.” He explained which disgusted Twilight.

“Didn’t they think of the damage they’ll create?! The demise of marine life?! The pollution!?” Yelled Twilight.

“They didn’t care because they believed magic would solve it for them later.” Said Starswirl, which Twilight looked back on her battles and adventures; magic always solved everything.

“I went to stop them, but they were attacked by a pod of Sirens who were fed up with ponies polluting their home. The leader blasted them away with water magic but when she saw me, she was enraged.” Twilight looked confused.

“Enraged?”

“I banished her 3 daughters.” He said Twilight looked shocked.

(“Starswirl met The Dazzlings’ Mother!!!”)

“She hated me for taking her daughters away from her. I told them about what they were doing but she said it was punishment for our kind for dumping our garbage where their home was. She demanded that I bring her daughters back but…”

“But?”

“I refused. Not only because they were a threat to Equestria, but it would undoubtedly revoke our victory.” He said which made Twilight’s eyes widen in horror “I took away a mother’s children from her for fame and glory. She cursed me and all my companions saying that one day, our ego will turn an innocent evil. Who knew she was right.” Said Starswirl which made Twilight feel guilty.

“And is she…”

“She and her pod still live due to her hatred towards ponies. That negativity kept them healthy and strong. It even got worse when we met once more after we saved Stygian from the Darkness. She called me a murderer.” Said Starswirl which shocked Twilight.

“MURDERER?! Why?” she asked.

“Because she can no longer feel her daughters.” He said which confused Twilight “I’ve learned that a Siren’s gemstone on them is more than their source of magic like a Unicorn’s horn, it has a mental & magical connection with parent and child.” He explained that Twilight’s eyes widened and looked scared.

“You mean… if their gems are… destroyed?”

“Their mother knows that they’re gone forever.” Said Starswirl who looked down “Take this as a lesson from me, Princess. Every action has a consequence. Whether it is good or evil, there is a price to pay. Harmony makes us ignore the price until guilt hits you hard.” He said as trot away “Even we can create harm. The Pillars and I would never believe we would harm others but… we were only thinking of our race, not other races.” He said sadly as he teleported, leaving Twilight thinking back on what she did years ago.

“What have I done…” She said to herself as if she got on her hooves and flew to one pony to ask for help.

Lone’s Farm
You have completed the quest.
You have been rewarded LV.11
You have earned 1 bonus stat.
You have earned 10 Dungeon Coins as a quest reward.
You have earned 1 occupational trait as a quest reward.

“Ugh… all finish…” Said Lone as he was panting and all the ground, even the bunnies were on the ground exhausted as he looked at his reward.

Your occupational trait gives you XP for every 30 square feet of new farmland.

“We got it done after planting the leftover carrot roots, but I'm worried that I’ll run out of space in this hole.” He said as he looked up. “We need more space or less crops.” He said as he yawned. “Time for bed. Good night.” Lone went to his bed as Mage and Warrior waved.

“PII…” They said as they went home but Hubby stopped them.

“PII?” Said the kids.

“PII-PII.” Said Hubby as he shook his head and slammed the door on them.

“…” They were dumbfounded by their dad’s actions.

“PII!!! PII!!!” Wheelbarrow and Shovel pound on the door, wanting their parents to let them back in while some started crying as Lone noticed the noise.

“What the?” He looked at the situation and realized the situation. “Oh… sorry but now that you’re all adults, you have to move out and make your own home like you parents did when they moved here.” He explained that the 1st gen kids looked sad to hear that. “But… we’re too exhausted. Let’s do it tomorrow.” He said as he relaxed on his bed. “You can crash at my place for the night.” He said as 1st gen bunnies were happy to hear that as he took a nap as some of them were sleeping on his body or his head. (“This feels familiar.”) He said as he remembered how his brother holds on to him (“Aro… I wish we could talk again.”)

38th Floor
“Oh…” Groaned Pierce “What are we going to tell the princesses.” He said to Spark and the others didn’t know how to answer.

“Hey pony!” Yelled Aro who had Neo with him to Pierce “The merchant said something about I smell familiar to him!” He snarled as Neo looked a bit scared in saying something to offend him.

“What are you doing with the peddler?” Asked Pierce. “And what do you mean by Aro smell?” He asked as Neo cleared his throat.

“I wasn’t offending you, young Centaur but… you have the same scent of the one who saved me.” He said as Aro raised his brow.

“Who is he?” He asked.

“He refused to say his name to others to hide from his enemies.” Said Neo.

“Smart creature.” Said Aro.

“He did have a completely rusty dagger.” Spoke Neo which made Aro’s eyes widen.

“Rusty dagger?!” He yelled as Neo noticed his changed expression.

“So, you know who I’m talking about?” Said Neo who smiled and looked at Pierce “Are you and this child’s group in the same team?” He asked as they nodded. “Are you interested in making a deal, meow?”

Author's Note

It looks like Neo found Lone's little brother and is hoping to make a contract with them from the outside. Aro might be a bit skeptical but hearing a rusty dagger gives him hope and lowers himself from being a little shit. Leave a comment and have a nice day.