The next morning, I was heading to the train station. Amy wanted to see Ponyville again to ‘apologize to Dean’ and Megan said she wanted to follow me for some reason. “You sure you want to come with me? I’m just picking up a suit.”

Megan glowed some and shuffled her foot. “Well, I was talking to Appleslice and she said that one of her cousins was good with taking care of her garden, and I was wanting to talk to her.”

I sighed and shook my head. “Alright then, Let’s get to the train then.” We made it to the train station and I paid for our tickets. Once on the train the attendants kept giving me and Megan weird looks. What’s with the staring?

About halfway through the trip Megan was starting to nod off and Amy was looking... Nervous? Wasn’t expecting that. I would have joined Megan in slumberland if the attendant hadn't knocked on our door. “Would you like anything?”

I looked at the cart and picked out a cupcake. Amy ordered a cookie and Megan got some carrot cake. The attendant brought us our orders and gave a subtle wink to Megan. She looked as confused as I was and we both just shrugged.

Megan caught sight of my necklace as I turned to face the window. “Oh wow, Where did you get that?”

I smiled and lifted the gem for her to see. “It was in the box Death gave me. An old gift from home.”

Amy looked over and whistled. “Wow, haven’t seen that before.”

I scratched the back of my head a bit. “Yeah... She kinda did make me promise not to show or give it to anyone so long as I live, unless I had a kid. Then I was supposed to give it to them.”

Amy smirked. “Well that plan’s a bust... you’re kinda dead already.”

I smirked back and started waving the necklace above my head. “Exactly. I’m dead. So I can wave it around all I want! HAHA!!”

The next couple hours of the trip were uneventful, as it was just us talking about what we used to do before we died. I told Megan about how I played violin and Amy used to play cello Though she denied every last bit of it. She was a good player too.

Megan was a bit more interesting on her story. She apparently was studying to be a biology major of flora at some collage in Georgia. She was fascinated by gardening and the earth in general, so when the topic came up it made her a lot more open than she was when we first met.

It was hard to make her STOP talking. Amy was apparently able to keep up and continue talking to her, while everything else that was said flew WAY over my head and into the fucking arctic circle.

I’ll state what I managed to get out of it. Her favorite flower was blue roses, she knew about thirty different ways to grow a tree including things I was sure was total bullshit, and she doesn’t like excessive deforestation. Yeah, three things. Way to go attention span... Way to go...

“...and then all I had to do to graduate was finish the course.” Megan was smiling and seemed happy.

Amy frowned slightly with a knowing look. “Had?”

Megan’s smile faltered. “Yeah... I died only a couple days before my Finals.”

Amy smiled sadly. “Hey, don't worry. You’d be surprised at how nice this place is.” Megan smiled and looked out the window. “This place is beautiful, and I’ve only been here a day!”

I grinned “If you think this is pretty, just wait.” She looked at me in confusion until we passed through a tunnel, “Wait for it...” When we exited the tunnel, a valley could be seen in the midday sun. Megan looked out in wonder and I smiled. Amy did the same thing... only backwards when we reached desert. She always did like drier areas.

The train ride continued with me telling about what I’ve done since I came to Equestria. From my first encounter with Hamlet, to my run through Canterlot, and finally me and Amy told Megan about our little adventure with Alex leaving out the *cough* other details.

Megan looked at the two of us in surprise. “Wow...you’ve done all that?”

I grinned like an idiot and turned to her. “Eeyup.”

Amy flicked what was left of her cookie at me. “Stop imitating Big Mac... I met him once during the whole Infernal incident and I don’t need you doing his one liners.”

I started laughing and it was apparently contagious as everyone else started laughing for a while. When it finally died down the train was about seven miles away from Ponyville. The sun was starting to set and the town looked amazing from this view. “I’ll never get tired of that view.”

Amy looked out from across the car. “Yeah, Though it seems we won’t be doing any searching for your tux James.”

I sighed as I leaned back in my seat. “I know... Let’s head to the Inn once we get to town.” I looked into my pocket and pulled out a bag of coins. Taking a quick peak inside I counted about 134 bits. “We have enough bits to stay for about four days or so before we need to leave. That or we could shack up in the library. Though I’m not entirely sure that would be a good idea.”

Megan looked at me in confusion. “Um.... Bits?”

I blanked before facepalming. “Wow, can’t believe I forgot to explain that.” I pulled out a gold coin and showed it to her. “This is a bit. It’s what the ponies use for currency.” She made a silent ‘oh’ face before turning back to the window.

The ride lasted about another hour and the sky was bathed in twilight as we headed for the inn. I looked at the setting sun and sighed.

Amy looked over at me as she stood in the doorway for the Inn. “What?”

I looked over and made a small ball of light. Unlike before, it seemed slightly unstable as it shook and warped. “It’s always at night when my powers go all screwy...”

The moon had risen higher as Amy looked at the ball in my hand. What is she thinking? She closed her eyes before making one herself. Slowly but surely, my sphere shrank and dissipated as her’s grew and solidified.

She blinked as she tossed the perfect silver sphere around. “Huh, so that’s why I couldn’t do it earlier... Neat.”

I gawked at her for a moment. “You didn’t even know what kind of power you had, and you could make an explosion with your fist!?” She nodded and I sighed when I passed her into the inn. “Let’s just get our rooms...”

Megan was walking behind me with Amy and I went and got us a room. We went upstairs and collapsed onto the three beds that were provided. Why are there three beds in this room anyway? I thought the standard in this world was two...

I shrugged it off and started falling asleep.

(OST)

Good. Fucking. God, not again...

I was back in that stupid colosseum for the... what third time now? I was standing in the arena where I landed the last time. I am going to beat the shit out of whoever is making this happen.

“I’d like to see you try~” Turning around I could see the ‘other me’ and he was grinning evilly. “It would be quite the show~!”

“Oh fuck you! I want an explanation as to WHAT THE HELL IS ALL THIS!?”

He chuckled as he gestured to the stands that surrounded us. “Don’t you get it yet? This is your mind! Your inner realm! YOUR VERY SOUL!”

I stared at him in slight shock. “What are you talking about? This is a dream! Nothing More!”

He laughed and my blood curdled. “Oh, it definitely is. Tell me, have you had any dreams as lucid as this one?” I glared at him as I tried to come up with an answer only for him to laugh. “That’s what I thought! YOU HAVEN’T!!”

I shouted at him as I felt my anger boil. “SHUT UP! NONE OF THIS IS REAL!! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT MY IMAGINATION!!”

He grinned and leaned closer. “You’re just too scared to admit it.” he floated back towards the edge of the arena, “but scared of what? Facing the truth? or Me?”

I aimed both guns at him and was ready to fire. “Like hell I’m scared. You’re not even real! You can’t hurt me, even if I wanted you to!”

His smile slowly fell as his eyes glowed. “We’ll see about that soon enough...” He suddenly shot forwards and stabbed his fingers into my eyes. I screamed as I felt him dig deeper into my skull. “Your mind, is the same as mine. So I’ll be visiting you, again, and again, and again. Until the day you cease to exist.”

I stumbled as I felt the ground give way, revealing a spiderweb of cracks that littered the ground. It gave way and I fell into the searing light once again.

I jolted up from my bed and saw that Amy and Meg were still asleep. I got up and stretched causing a small pop from by back. Damn it... It’s only going to get worse the longer I leave it... Maybe a trip to the spa... nah, suit first, spa later.

I looked out the window and saw that it was just after sunrise. Damn I missed it. I grabbed my weapons and put them in the holsters before I tried to find something to leave a note on. I might as well have just stayed where I was and waited for ten minutes because that’s how long it took for them to wake up. And I couldn’t find any paper anywhere!

Megan yawned and looked over to me. “Good morning James.”

I waved and politely smiled. “Morning.”

She stood up and stretched. “So, do you have any idea where your suit might be?”

I started to scratch my chin and pondered for a moment. Last place I saw it was the library so... “I think we should check the Library first.”

Amy yawned as she sat up in her bed. “Could you two be any louder?” Megan glowed slightly and I laughed. “Just get going... I need to find Dean if he’s in town this time.”

I started out the door with Megan in tow when She looked at me and asked, “Who’s Dean?”

I sighed and rubbed the bridge of my nose. “Amy’s ex-boyfriend. He also turned into a wraith.”

She blinked. “Oh... I hope everything goes okay.”

You have no idea. We continued to walk down the streets of Ponyville until I saw a familiar purple dragon. “Hey Spike!”

Spike turned from the stall he was buying quills from and waved. “Hey James! How’s it going in Appleloosa?”

I shook my hand in the air. “Eh, Same old same old. Just having to deal with the crisis and emergencies caused by the crusaders.” I turned to Megan and grinned. “Meg, meet Spike the dragon. Spike this is my friend Megan.”

Spike grinned and held out a claw. “Name’s Spike!”

Megan was staring at Spike in fascination as she took his claw and shook it. “Wow... A real dragon.”

Spike looked at her pink hair and started to stare. “Woah, Deja vu.”

I blinked a bit. “Really?”

He nodded, “Yeah, you act kinda like Fluttershy.”

Megan leaned back in thought. “Oh, well... I wasn’t really expecting that.”

I leaned down to talk with Spike so he wouldn’t strain his neck. Not that it’s any better for my back! “Hey, you seen Twilight around? I think I left something in the library earlier.”

He shrugged, “She’s in Canterlot talking with the princess, Alex has been taking care of the library.” He shivered. “I’m glad he hasn’t blown it up yet.”

I nodded in understanding. “Agreed. Well, if you find a black box that has a ‘Me’ sized suit in it, come find me.”

He gave a thumbs up, “Okay!”

We left after waving goodbye to Spike, and headed down the road again. We came across the one building I never thought I would hope to find. Sweet Jesus a SPA! And no, that thought isn’t gay.

Megan stopped walking and stared at the entrance. “Um.. James?”

“Yeah?”

She glowed slightly. “D-do you mind if I go to the spa?” I raised a brow and she glowed brighter. “If that’s alright...”

I grinned and laughed. “Nah I don’t mind.” I pulled out ten bits and handed them to her. “That should be more than enough.”

She smiled and did a small curtsy. Didn’t think people still did that... “Thank you.”

I grinned as I put on a fake British accent and bowed. “No problem at all my lady.” She started to chuckle a bit. Which made me chuckle. And then we were both laughing as she leaned on the door and I fell onto the ground. “O-oh my sides!”

We started to calm down and she smiled at me. “Thanks James. I needed that.”

I gave her the biggest grin I could and saluted. “No problem! Just doing what comes natural!” We both laughed a bit and I waved her off. I started down the street and was looking for any sign of a black box.

Now where could it be? I proceeded to trip in a pothole in the road and ate dirt. Damnit.... I should just fly, but then I wouldn’t be able to find that suit...

~Megan’s POV~

I entered the spa and there was a pink pony with a blue mane standing at the counter. “Welcome to Ponyville Spa! My name is Aloe, how may we be of service?”

I looked around at the lobby before answering. “I’ll just get a massage please.” I felt a small twinge in my shoulder. “I’ve been a little tense lately.”

Aloe smiled up at me. “That will be four bits.” Wow. James wasn’t kidding about it being more than enough. “My sister Lotus is working on a different client at the moment, so if you’ll please follow me we’ll get a table ready for you.”

I smiled and followed her to a large room with four massage tables. There was a white unicorn and a yellow pegasus already there. A pony with the opposite color scheme was giving a massage the pus and a larger pony was filing away on the unicorn’s horn. The unicorn had a mud mask on with cucumbers on her eyes.

Aloe motioned for me to take the one next to a yellow pegasus and I took off my shirt and bra before laying down. The table was a little short, but I never was that tall to begin with. Aloe came back in with some lotion and started applying it on my back. I sighed as her hoofs started working out the knots in my shoulder.

The pegasus eeped the moment I made a sound and looked over after hiding in her long pink mane. “Oh... um, hello...” She seems kinda shy...

“Hmm?” The Unicorn looked over after lifting a cucumber off her face. “Oh, hello! We didn’t notice you come in.” She turned to the pegasus, “Are you alright dear?”

The pegasus nodded and hid behind her mane.

I glowed slightly. “Sorry if I scared you... I’m Megan.”

The mare started to look down. “Um... I- I’m Fluttershy...”

I smiled kindly. “I’m sorry, I couldn’t quite hear that.”

The mare blushed slightly. “I’m Fluttershy.” Oh, so this is Fluttershy.

I smiled at her as I looked between her mane and my equally pink hair. So this is what Spike ment by Deja vu. “It’s nice to meet you Fluttershy.”

The unicorn gasped dramatically, “Oh where are my manners, My name is Rarity. It is a pleasure to meet you Megan.”

I glowed faintly and looked at my hands, “...Likewise...” I spent the next couple of hours at the spa and my massage was done before I knew it. Rarity and Fluttershy were wonderful ponies to talk to. I learned that Fluttershy was the local animal caretaker and Rarity was a tailor. I think I’ll come back and visit Fluttershy some time.

I left the spa feeling relieved when I heard shouting. “QUIT BITING MY LEG! TAKE THE HEAD! TAKE IT!!” I ran to the noise for a while and I could hear James yelling. “CALL OFF THE MUTT! CALL OFF THE MUTT!!” I turned the corner and say him on the ground and a woman pulling back on a really big wolf.

~James POV (five minutes earlier)~

I was walking down the streets and sighed. “Six. Fucking. Hours of talking to ponies and asking about my suit and not ONE had even seen a glimpse of it.” I turned the corner and stopped when I saw a bag sitting in the middle of the road. Uh.... what?

I walked over to the bag and looked at it. The smell coming off of it was rancid as all hell and there was a glob of... something bloody, laying on the ground next to it. That’s disgusting...

I looked in the bag and... oh fucking god... are those severed heads?! I heard growling from behind me and slowly looked over my shoulder. There was a rather large wolf behind me and it looked hungry. Oh god damnit... not again.

Looking at the wolf brought back memories of my last encounter with a wolf. Went after my jugular not two seconds after it saw me.

I started to slowly back away only to bump into the bag. “Easy boy, easy...” The wolf charged and started biting my leg. I shouted in pain and tried shaking him off. “Let go damn it!”

The wolf started shaking his head and tore into my leg some more. I reached around for something to smack the wolf with but the only thing in reach was the bag o’ heads. Oh this is going to be gross. I grabbed a head from the bag and started waving it at the wolf. “QUIT BITING MY LEG! TAKE THE HEAD! TAKE IT!!”

Sarah jumped down from a roof about then and I realized that the wolf was Feral. Oh that figures... “CALL OFF THE MUTT! CALL OFF THE MUTT!!”

Sarah ran over and grabbed Feral by the waist. “Get off him Feral!” she smacked him lightly on the nose. “Bad wolf.” She turned to me. “You alright James?”

I was starting to pull myself up when I saw Megan running up to my. “OH MY GOSH! Are you alright!?”

I turned to her and suppressed a groan from the pain in my leg. “Don’t worry Meg, I’m fine.” I stood and leaned on my good leg. “I’ve had worse. Man that wolf has some bite to it’s bark.” God did I just say that?... that joke was awful.

Sarah just stared at me. “What did you expect from a wolf bigger than most people?”

“I expected him to go for my throat. That’s what happened last time...” I felt a small shudder run up my spine. That other one was bigger than Feral... by about three inches.

She shrugged her shoulders. “Sucks to be you.”

I laughed at the statement. If I had a dollar... “Well when you’re as unlucky as I am that’s kind of a given.”

I was a little shocked at what she said next, but I hid it the best I could. “What’s the most unlucky thing to have happened to you?”

My smile faltered. How many times have I been asked this?... And how many times have I said THIS SAME! DAMN!! ANSWER!! I frowned slightly as I dwelled on the memory “Losing both my parents.”

That would be it. Those moments. Those two moment in history that started the longest chain of insufferable assholes, tear-filled nights, and psychological pain I’ve ever endured.

She seemed lost in thought for a moment. “Well, better than torture and rape for most of your life. At least you have a reason to be sad or angry, one that isn’t fucking relationship issues.”

I blanked for a second before chuckling and shaking my head. Good god! That was the best dis on Amy I’ve ever heard! And she does have a point. That would suck all kinds of balls. “Yeah, I guess you gotta point there.”

Sarah started staring at me with this really creepy grin. “Hehe, yeah, I do don’t I? I really fucking do...”

I looked at her confused. What is she... My face paled as I realized what I had done. “Oh... shit you weren’t joking. Fuck me, I’m sorry.”

“Oh no.” She leaned close to my face and smiled. “it’s perfectly fine. It’s not like the scars and the missing arm were any hints. An honest fucking mistake, I’m sure.”

I looked between her and Feral, my nerves shot from the panic that was starting to creep up my spine. “I honestly thought that you got those from training him... I’ve seen some other trainers and they had twice as many scars.” It’s true, I met a guy who trained wolves that had so many scars that they all merged into one gigantic super-scar. Thing was fucking epic, but that’s not exactly important right now.

She narrowed her eyes at me. “Think about it, I can’t have been in Equestria for that long, and Feral is an Equestrian breed of wolf. Even if the scars were from that, they would still be healing.” I stared at her in fear as her cheeks were starting to actually split from how wide her grin was getting.

Then what she said sank into my head and I deadpanned. “God, I’m an idiot.”

Started pulling on my sleeve getting some distance between me and Sarah. “I-I’m sorry but we need to go. Right James? You still need to pick something up from the library?”

I tried to respond but Sarah seemed to warp in front of where we were going. Her cheeks were split half way, revealing a maw of sharpened metal teeth.

“Oh don’t go~” She started walking up to us. “I wanted to talk some more~” Her eyes started to glow blood red before her body was covered in static and shifted into... Oh god, IT’S HIM!! “James~”

(OST)

I fell back onto the ground. “No.... no.. no...nonono!” I slid myself backwards away from him as fast as I could with one leg. “S-stay away from me! Y-you’re just a figment of my imagination! That’s all!” How is this even POSSIBLE!?

Megan was backing away in fear as she stared at me and Sarah. “J-James?”

“I told you~” In an instant he leaned down and got within inches of my face. “I’m very real, James~ Very, very real~”

I screamed in terror as this nightmare brought to life laughed right in my face. “I told you James~” I got onto my knees and started to crawl away only for him to stomp on my back. “I am extremely real~! And I can cause you very real pain~” His body seemed to jolt between Sarah’s and his own like a bad TV. Both had bone chilling grins. The collective maw that their faces formed started to open when Sarah’s seemed to dominate for a moment.

“J-James...”

I looked up at her expecting to be killed at any moment.

“James, you need t-” She cringed as he started to take over again in a flash of static. “To listen to m-me. You have a g-gun, right?” Her face turned back to his for a moment. “Don’t you fucking Dare!”

I continued to look at her in fear before fumbling to grab my gun.

“That thing-” She shifted to him again and he clutched his head. She soon reappeared and looked at my gun. “t-that thing can turn into d-different weapons. R-right?” I shakily nodded. “G-good," Her face changed back to his for a moment, "got a sh-shotgun?”

My throat was dry as I looked down at my gun. “S-Scatter shot.” The gun formed into a cobalt sawn off and I stared back at her only to find him looking at me angrily.

“Don’t even try it James! If you do, I will make your entire existence a living hell!”

The face switched back to Sarah for a second. “S-shoot me-” Her face swapped between his and hers for a second. “Shoot me in the head... The trauma s-should rattle her enough to- to let me get control b-back.” Her?

I looked up at her. “W-wah?”

He formed again. “THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING JAMES! DON’T YOU DARE!”

She glared at me as they continued switching. “I- I have a f-fucking titanium skull!”

“NO!” My hand was trembling as I looked into those red eyes.

Sarah appeared one last time as she looked at me in pain. “I’ll fucking l-live, shoot!”

I flinched and the recoil made my gun slam into my head as I fired. I blacked out seconds later.

Author's Note

ANOTHER CHAPTER HAS MADE IT OUT OF MY ASS!! HALLELUJAH! or should I say Hallurjah?

Whatever.

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