Interlude: Joker

Joker walked down the Royal barracks to the mess hall, ready get some food into his stomach. He already missed 'his' ship, along with his co-pilot, Rainbow Dash. Still, it can't be helped. There were no leads as of now and everyone went their separate ways until the call came. Plus, Dash had been recalled back to MageTech Advancements to give data on the Geth Cruisers, so all Alliance ships can updated by the data gathered.

Joker sighed as he walked by Destiny and Shepard, the former looking slight upset, while the latter looked like he was about to have a burst a blood vessel. "When I find her...I am going to rip her to shreds!" Joker raised an eyebrow as he heard Shepard promise of pain to whoever pissed him off. Shepard did not strike him as a Sadist, but hey, you learn something new every day.

Joker continued his trek, walking by Garrus and Tali as they were discussing...something. "Are you insane? What you are asking for will not only cause your gun to blow up in your face, but make it into a small bomb if you ask us to reinforce it as well!" Tali growled at the Turian Garrus looked at her in irritation, but Joker was too far away to hear his retort. Joker could only figure they were talking about weapon modifications.

Joker turn the corner and was nearly run over by Wrex, he managed to stumble out of the stomping Krogan's way. Joker took note of his worried face, wondering what was going on with him. He shrugged and kept walking, not his problem, he mused to himself.

He finally made it to the mess hall and got in line to grab his food. On the other side of the mess hall, Ashley and Kaiden sat, both of them having a serious discussion. Joker watched as Kaiden rolled his eyes at Ashley, no doubt he was against whatever plan Ashley cooked up. Ashley stood up, her tray in hand and marched out of the mess hall. She looked like she was on a mission. Kaiden looked up in surprise and quickly grabbed his own tray and followed her out.

Joker smiled as he reached the food line, his tongue watering as he saw it was Italian day. Pastas, noodles, and generally smelling like he walked into a Italian restaurant. He grab as much as he could before finally setting himself down on a clear table. Joker almost moaned as he took his first bite. 'I love Italian food.' Joker thought. He heard a sigh behind him, and saw the blue tentacle head of Lonar.

"Hey Lonar!" He said cheerfully. Lonar jumped in her seat, turning to see the Joker sitting behind her.

"Oh... Joker." She said.

"Some thing wrong?" Joker asked, seeing Lonar's depressed look on her face.

"Its...its nothing." Lonar only sighed as she turn back to her meal.

"Aw come on. You can tell me." Joker grabbed his plate before sitting next to her. "I promise I won't spread it around until your say so. " Lonar smiled at him, lightly shaking her head.

"Its...Nihlus's funeral is a day away, and I won't be able to make it. I'm stuck here until I find a shuttle off world." Lonar said, Joker frown a bit after hearing that.

"You need a way off world?" Joker asked. Lonar only nodded at his question. Joker smiled before getting up. "Then Joker is here to help! I got personal ship we could use. Its not as great as the Normandy, but it will get us there. No problem!" Lonar looked up at him in surprise.

"You are willing to do that? Travel half of the galaxy just to attend a funeral of someone you barely know?" Lonar asked incredulously

"Come on, Lonar." Joker said with a smirk. "I may be cynical sometimes, but I'm an Equestrian. It is practically instilled into us about helping others. Its why we have the Quarians and Krogan at our sides. We couldn't allow them to suffer, so we extended a hand to them. I have no problem in helping you say goodbye to your friend."

Lonar hugged him around the waist, her face buried in his shoulder. "Thank you Joker. Thank you." She whispered, Joker only smiled before returning the hug.

"Alright alright. No more frowns eh? Nihlus would no doubt want you to be smiling. Smile smile smile, as Pinkie Pie would say...or was it never break a Pinkie Pie promise?" Joker mused, before shrugging. "Oh well, lets get going. You need to say goodbye to a friend." Joker led Lonar out of the mess hall.

-In the Elements of Harmony safe-

5 beautifully crafted necklaces sat inside. One of the artifacts began to glow, the Element of Laughter began glow brighter before it started to shift its shape. The glow died down and a blue gem laid in the place of the former necklace. The safe door open and the item was picked up. Celestia smiled as she looked at the newly reformed gem.

"A new Element of Laughter has been chosen." She said quietly, before placing them back inside. "Now we wait for them to find their inner strength." She closed the safe. The gem glowed brightly, a whisper of a familiar laughter echoed out in the safe.

End of Interlude: Joker.

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Omake:

Shepard Tales: The Trixie Descendant

Shepard stared at the Unicorn standing before him, unsure how to react to her statement.

"You want me to what now?" Shepard asked in confusion.

The blue mare huffed, she whipped her tail at his hand, making him wince in pain "Lay with me." She growled. "I have devised a spell that will allow me to bare your child! With your magical strength and my knowledge, our child will bring the name Lulamoon back into the spotlight it deserve!"

Shepard stared at the unicorn, his mind trying to figure out how this happen. "Is this why you drugged me and tied me down?" Shepard indicated to his tied limbs. The Unicorn nodded her head, looking awfully proud of what she done.

"Yes. Now we can start. I have no doubt you will enjoy this...and I will definitely enjoy it. Soon, everyone will know of the return of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She said, her face becoming more lewd as she crawled across the bed to him. Shepard only nodded his head.

"Yup, time to end this." The entire room bathed in smoking darkness, the unicorn shrieked in surprise before being cut off. The smoke cleared itself, showing Shepard putting his pants back on, and a tied up unicorn laying on the bed. "I am growing tired of these crazy women." Shepard growled. The door burst open, Destiny jumping in, her horn glowing brightly. She faltered as she saw Shepard standing, looking fine and unmolested

"Oh, just in time Des." Shepard said. "Can you call the police?" Destiny only rolled her eyes.

"I thought you were in trouble." She said.

"I was." Shepard said as he put his shirt back on. "Thanks to someone leaving me alone in a bar filled with women." Destiny looked at him sheepishly.

"Sorry. The guy I was talking to got a little too wasted and I had to take him home." Destiny said. "When I came back, you were gone."

"Whatever." Shepard started to put his shoes on. "The guy couldn't keep his liquor down. It was kinda of sad."

"Leave Conrad alone." Destiny defend the guy she was talking to.

"Oh!" Shepard looked at Destiny in surprise. "Its Conrad now?" Destiny face flushed.

"Shut up!" Destiny shouted at him, then turn to the unicorn on the bed. "Who is this anyways?"

"Said her name was Trixie. Was named after her ancestor, or something." Shepard waved his hand. "Whatever, lets just call the police already."

"Only you John." Destiny said in tired tone. "Only you can walk away from something like this and not care what happen to you."

"Its a gift."