The Story of The Godfather

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. -Joseph Campbell

Chapter 5: Regeneration and Loss

-Twilight POV-

We were running after the Godfather, for an old man he sure could run, down a flight of stairs on some planet in a whole different universe! I was 3 steps from the bottom when I heard an explosion over to my left. I turned and saw the godfather being launched away from what used to be the fans. The only problem being, he had lost his right arm, and both legs in the explosion. When the smoke and dust cleared, Celestia and Luna ran over to his side while I only walked very slowly. I don't deal with seeing dismemberment too well, as it is with basically everypony. I mean, seriously, who can look at dismemberment and not throw up? Then again, the Princesses were doing pretty well right now. He seemed to be unconscious right now so that was good for him.

"His regeneration isn't working right now! It could be another 30 minutes before it does. Only problem is, he might be dead by then." Luna said.

"Well, he is really good with staying alive, but your right. He might not make it this time." Celestia said.

"I thought you knew me better than that. I'm ashamed in you two."

"Godfather?" The three of us said in unison.

"No, this actually a security thing believe it or not. This is actually the TAMDT talking right now. Didn't he tell you I was alive?"

"He didn't tell me." I said.

"Yes Twilight, I know you didn't know but these two have already seen the future of you and the Godfather so they should know this. Guess not. Anyway, he'll be okay for the 30 minutes. I'll make sure of that."

"Oh," I said,"How are you talking to me right now?"

"Telepathy."

"Oh, thought I was just going crazy there for a moment."

"You might be."

"..."

THIRTY-THREE AND A HALF MINUTES LATER

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAH" The Godfather's scream startled everyone around him. The TAMDT had come and taken them to Twilight's library in the correct time era, so they took the Godfather and put him in the library bathroom to help keep the blood from damaging the TAMDT since there were circuits under the carpet that could get damaged. When he had woken up, Twilight had already convinced Spike to believe her that they were the real Twilight, Luna, and Celestia. Just as they were getting ready to check on the Godfather, he screamed. They all ran up to the bathroom and saw him looking over his wound as if they were just paper cuts. He looked at them and smiled.

"Hello ladies." He said.

"How are you just acting as if this is just an everyday thing to you? You have one arm and no legs! Also, are you going to die?" Twilight said.

"Hm. You know how your adults tell you that everything is going to be alright but you know there lying to make you feel better?"

"Yes."

"This time, I'm not lying. Everything is going to be alright."

The without a word, a golden aura surrounded him and even made the outline of his missing limbs. He then did something to shock everyone watching. He stood up on the outlines of his legs and walked out of the bathroom. He was still covered in the golden aura as he walked.

"How the hay are you doing that? And where are you going?" Spike said.

"Well I don't want to catch your house on fire. That wouldn't be polite now would it? As for how I'm walking dear Spike, I don't even know, nor do I care. It's a miracle, lets put it like that."

He then walked over to the TAMDT and walked in. He came back out before anyone could even open the doors carrying a pair of white slacks. He slipped them on over the leg outlines along with socks and shoes that he didn't have earlier. He walked over and opened the door. He looked outside for a moment before stepping out into the street. There were several audible gasps as he did so. He looked around, gave a two finger salute, then the golden aura started getting brighter. It then shot out from his arms, legs, and head and blocked out his features.

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When it was over, instead of the dismembered man standing there, there was instead a completely different man in front of him. Instead of a older man with white hair, there was a young man, six-foot eight, Caucasian man with fiery red hair and bright teal eyes that seemed to literally glow with their own light. he walked back into the library and looked at the shocked faces of Spike, Twilight, Luna, and Celestia. He smiled as he looked at them with a knowing look.

"Wild huh? Whoa, new voi- hmm. New teeth too. Always a weird feeling." he said with a much deeper, younger, voice with a strong southern accent. He looked over to the mirror on the wall by the shelves and he smiled even bigger. "Strange combination, still look pretty damn good though." He turned before snapping his fingers and looked at Twilight with  strange face before grabbing her by the shoulders and staring into her eyes with a dead serious look. "The Alpacalypse is starting!" He said in a dead-serious tone while shaking Twilight by the shoulders before promptly passing out.

10 MINUTES LATER

They put the Godfather in a makeshift bed which consisted of two air mattresses pushed together with a blanket over it. While he was sleeping on that in the librarian's loft, the TAMDT had changed them back to their normal forms while the Godfather was still humanoid. Of course if anything happens in town that looked like strange magic coming from the Library, most just ignored it because of the owner. But throw in a alien, that gets attention. Rainbow Dash saw his regeneration all the way from Cloudsdale where she was finishing up with the weather management offices. She saw the gold aura fly up and thought something bad had happened. She flew non-stop for ten minutes to get to the library. But when she got there, she saw something the last thing she was expecting. She saw the Princesses sitting and having a casual conversation with Twilight like it was just a tea-time norm. She also heard loud male snoring that definitely was not Spike's. It was much deeper and louder, almost like that of a grown stallion. Almost like....

"Hi Rainbow." This voice also seemed to confuse her even more. It was like Luna's, but quieter and less "Royal Canterot Voice-ey". She turned to the source to confirm her suspicions. It was just as she had guessed. It was Princess Luna, talking normally. She looked to Twilight for help.

"What the hay is going on here?" Rainbow shouted.

"Uh, well, Rainbow, that's Princess Celestia and Princess Luna ten-thousand years from now drinking tea." Twilight responded.

"Buh, whuh, huh? Who is that snoring? 'Cause its not Spike for sure."

"A fifty-two thousand, one-hundred ninety-five year old time and reality traveling Spacelord from a different universe." Celestia responded this time. "Oh and his name is the Godfather."

"... WHAT?!"

"Not the Godfather as in a mafia boss, the Godfather as the caretaker of a foal if the parents can't." Luna responded

"No, not that. He is how old?"

"Fifty-two thousand, one-hundred ninety-five years old." Twilight said.

"And he's and alien?"

"Yes."

"And he is sleeping in your house?"

"Yes."

"Why is he sleeping in your house? And what was that golden explosion thingy I saw?"

"Oh that," Celestia spoke up. "They both tie in together so I'll just say it in order. He was in another universe and he was saving their planet from a death from disease. Didn't take him very long though to find the source. Though somepony, or rather someone, knew he would be there and rigged it to explode. He took the explosives and threw it into the source to destroy it, but in the process he couldn't out fast enough and was hit with the blast. He lost his arm and two legs and was close to death. But being a spacelord, he can regenerate. That's what the 'golden explosion' was. He regenerated and now he has his arms and legs back and is young and healthy again. Though when he regenerates he uses lots of energy to do so. So he passed out from exhaustion. That's why he is asleep upstairs."

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