Nightmare's mouth was still open in disbelief at what she was seeing. Foalsville had perished in the battle of Redfall two thousand years ago. Crystal Justice and Celestia themselves had been the last two...or should she say one, to perform the final blow.

Jason was just as confused as she was...although actually attempting to remember what Nightmare knew about that day was difficult, as if their separation had dulled their shared memories. The Alicorn had noticed this as well however, and a single shared glance between the two was enough to convey that knowledge.

There was something else that was bothering him too...what did he do to the people that tried to stop him from entering Equestria?

"Did I hurt them?" He thought questioningly.

...He couldn't remember.

"Jason I do not believe we are in the right Equestria...or more specifically the right time." Nightmare said quietly.

Jason was about to reply until he suddenly saw...a Human. Said Human was running as fast as he could, almost as if something was chasing him...and were those tears?

"Moony what's-" Jason tried to say, only for Nightmare to put a hoof to his mouth gently to silence him.

"I remember Tia telling me about this...she was so upset." She told him sadly.

Nightmare quickly cast a spell of invisibility over the two of them...which required her to stay close to her lover.

"Not that I'm ever going to complain." She thought amusedly.

The two of them followed the Human and instantly noticed a Unicorn running after him, tears in her eyes as she called him, begged him to stop, to come back.

Said Unicorn had a pure white coat, teary blue eyes and a bleak orange circle as her Cutie Mark.

"It is Tia in her disguised form" Nightmare uttered, amusement laced in her tone as she recollected just how long it had taken the benevolent Alicorn to find the right "look".

They continued to follow the two of them until they realised that the Human had reached a dead end, Foalsville's own defence of uncountable bricks, reaching far and wide to protect the village from evil.

"The great wall of Foalsville." Nightmare told Jason quietly, awe held within her voice as she once again looked upon the great defense...with her new eyes.

"Tia just leave me alone. I said we are through and I BUCKING MEANT IT!"

Jason winced at the hatred in the Humans voice and pitied Celestia for having been on the receiving end.

"Why is he yelling at her?" He asked Nightmare quietly.

"You'll see, let's just watch. I've always wanted to know what they actually said." She replied, half sad for Celestia despite their differences. She could only imagine what she would feel like if Jason left her.

"Chris please don't leave me." Celestia pleaded. "I'm so sorry about Sapphire, I really am...but-"

"BUT NOTHING!" Chris interrupted furiously, tears really starting to leak from his eyes. "I could have escaped and given Sapphie a proper burial...BUT YOU ATTACKED ME, YOU STOPPED THAT CHANCE AND NOW SHE'S BEEN USED AS A CHEW TOY FOR REDHOOF'S DIRTY DAMN PET!"

Jason and Nightmare both flinched at the severity to his tone but couldn't stop themselves from watching this argument continue.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Celestia whimpered pitifully, moving closer to Chris as she did so.

Chris tried to back away from her but stopped as his back hit the wall. Celestia was so close to him that she could almost touch him now.

"I'm warning you Celestia!" Chris yelled, clenching his fists threateningly.

The young Princess stopped for a moment as she stared at her ex lovers fists. Said right fist was almost touching her muzzle, her breath warming the knuckle as it remained closed aggressively. Then without any warning she moved forward ever so slightly and licked the sore skin, although why it was so sore even Nightmare did not know.

"Tia what are you doing?" Chris asked...his voice still furious, but at the same time not quite as severe.

Celestia ignored him and merely looked up at him with her teary eyes, her tongue still lapping gently over his worn skin. Chris's eyes narrowed dangerously at her lack of response and Celestia felt his fist twitch angrily in response.

"Do it Chris." She said quietly.

"What?" He replied, stunned.

Celestia's eyes hardened suddenly as she turned her face so that her cheek was in full view.

"I love you so much Chris. And if hitting me is what you need then hit me, attack me, brutalise me until I'm a bloody smear that is unworthy to kiss your feet."

Chris's eyes widened greatly, as did Nightmare's and Jason's.

"I...she never told me about this!" Nightmare whispered furiously.

It made Jason smile though, that despite her what her sister did to her and what Nightmare herself is known to be. The dark Alicorn still quite obviously cared about her...to an extent.

Nightmare only cared for another more...and it didn't take a genius to guess who.

"Celestia what...what are you playing at?" Chris asked. The distraught Human was completely shocked that his lov...Ex lover was asking this of him.

"I'm not playing Chris." She replied seriously. "You're angry at me, so hit me. Attack me until that anger is gone!"

Chris began to rapidly shake his head and try to move around Celestia. The young Princess was having none of it however as she blocked his attempt every time by moving with him.

"Tia just...just get out of my way and leave me alone. I'm not hitting you!"

At this Celestia's eyes flashed dangerously, her blue eyes glowing as her form grew to almost match Chris's height. While she was distracted, Chris ran as fast as he could from her. Not in fear...but in a denial.

He would never hit her.

"Foal..." Nightmare muttered. "You can never run away from an Alicorn. They will always find you."

Jason gulped audibly at that which resulted in Nightmare grinning at him possessively.

"So no running from you then?" Jason asked questioningly.

"Nay, thou is stuck with me forever." Nightmare replied teasingly, putting her right wing around him and pulling him closer to her.

"I can live with that." He said lovingly, getting rewarded with a long lick along the side of his cheek.

Both looked back on the scene in front of them and frowned as they saw Chris having almost made it away from his Ex lover.

Unfortunately for him, Nightmare's prediction came true and he was magically pulled back over to Celestia, before being dropped next to the wall once again. Celestia in all her young glory walked over to him and stuck her cheek out again, her eyes hard and ready.

"You will hit me Chris." She said simply. "You will lash out at me or Solaris help me I will make you hit me!"

"I'm not hitting you Tia and that's the end of it!" Chris replied, a part of him truly terrified of what Celestia was threatening him to do.

Celestia's eyes stayed strong and steely for a few moments longer...before they rapidly softened and became flooded with tears.

"Why?! Why won't you just hit me for buck's sake?!" She cried, her face now turned to look at him whilst her hooves pounded against the ground angrily.

She suddenly rounded on Chris and began to pound against him as she spoke, the Human doing nothing but take her soft hits as they came.

"Just hit me Chris! I don't care if it'll hurt or if I'm a Princess, just get this hate out of your system!"

Jason and Nightmare were close enough to listen and thanks to a handy spell, able to see the expression's on both of the Ex lover's faces.

And Chris's eyes just looked empty.

"I'm not going to hit you Princess." He said tiredly, ignoring Celestia's soft poundings against his chest.

Celestia looked at him furiously as he said this and proceeded to shout at him angrily.

"YES YOU WILL! I WILL NOT LET YOU HATE ME! I WILL NOT!"

Nightmare winced as her sister promptly slapped Chris's face with her hoof, the Human simply looking stunned rather than in pain.

Celestia's eyes quickly widened in horror at what she had just done and proceeded to softly rub his cheek in an effort to replace the pain with whatever comfort she could.

"Oh no, Chris I am so sorry. I didn't mean too, I swear!"

Chris merely touched where she had slapped him, coincidently touching her bare hoof briefly as he did so, before pulling away from Celestia and merely sliding down the great wall.

Celestia sniffled at his continuous rejection to her touch...but she was never known for giving up. And she proved it, by slowly walking over to her Ex lover and laying down on the ground, uncaring about dirtying her coat. She placed her head against his side and snuggled into it carefully, watching for any reaction from Chris as she did so.

"How has nopony spotted Celestia yet?" Jason asked curiously.

"They're arguing on the west side of the great wall my love." Nightmare explained. "Back in the day the west side of the wall had loosened many bricks upon ponies and was quickly called an unlucky curse. Nopony comes near here anymore...I'm guessing that Crystal was counting on that when he was running from Tia."

"Sucks to be him then." Jason quipped, getting a small prod from Nightmare as a result.

"Tia if you really do love me then you'll leave me alone." Chris said quietly.

"I love you too much to do that Chris...mates care for each other." Celestia replied sincerely.

"We're not mates anymore Tia...We're not anything..."

Celestia's expression became very upset once again...before the mare breathed deeply and stood up, making her way to stand in front of Chris.

"Then I will leave you...on one condition." She promised, causing Chris to raise his head and stare at her uncertainly.

"What?"

"One kiss." Celestia said, her expression quite serious and yet...silently pleading for his agreement.

"Ohhh Tia you didn't. Not the one kiss plan." Nightmare crooned adoringly, prompting Jason to raise an eyebrow at her...unusual affection.

"Wha-?" He attempted to ask, only to be silenced once again by her hoof.

"Just watch. Ohh Tia has always been the manipulative one. Always with a plan...with a plan on top of the plan."

Chris stared at Celestia questioningly, as if trying to find whatever angle she was trying to get at. She had attacked him, betrayed him in one of the worst possible ways...he would feel nothing for her anymore...right?

"One kiss and that's it?" He asked, getting an enthusiastic nod in return.

Celestia slowly moved closer to him and leaned her chest against his, her face right in front of his own, breathing warm air on his lips, coating them with her love.

She looked up at his eyes quickly before she closed her own and proceeded to press her lips to his, moving against them lovingly, attempting to coax a response...which did happen. Chris's lips returned the oh so familiar touch, his eyes closing instinctively as his arms began to slowly wrap themselves around-

Chris suddenly tore his lips from hers and panted heavily, his eyes flashing the amount of love he had for her whilst also reflecting the hate he felt for her...both were battling with him and Celestia could see it.

"Chris..." She breathed passionately, her eyes searching his own for any response as she licked his lips tentatively. Her ethereal hair had strewn around her face, bestowing her with a somewhat wild if not...quite sexy look.

Intentional...perhaps.

"Wait for it..." Nightmare advised quietly.

Chris looked at Celestia's breath taking appearance for all of about ten seconds...before he quickly leaned forward and captured her lips with his own, Celestia moaning happily into it as a result.

"There we go!" The dark mare whispered enthusiastically.

And just as quickly as he had kissed her, he had ripped his lips from hers and pushed her away from him, his eyes staring at her angrily.

"There, you've had your kiss now leave me alone." He said sternly...but Celestia could hear the want laced in his tone.

"Oh, that wasn't supposed to happen." Nightmare muttered confusedly.

Celestia gazed at Chris sadly as his rejection finally hit her...he didn't want her anymore.

"Don't you love me anymore Chris?" She asked pitifully.

Chris looked at her with a mixed range of emotions clearly visible on his face as she asked this.

"You said you'd leave me alone Princess, so leave me alone." He replied, dodging the question.

Celestia let loose a few tears at this before she used her magic to teleport away from him, nothing but wet dirt as any clue to her having been there.

And like a trigger had been pulled, the world changed around them in the blink of an eye. The next thing the two knew they were in a small room with some merry music coming from below them.

"Whoa...what just happened?" Jason asked worriedly.

Nightmare looked around their surroundings for a few seconds before she opened the door to the room and stuck her head out.

"I do believe that we are in Bill Hoofingston's tavern." She replied, looking back at him with a grin on her muzzle.

"Bill?"

"Name's like that were more common two thousand years ago Jason."

They both suddenly flinched as Chris stormed past Nightmare and into the room next to them, slamming the door behind him. Nightmare's invisibility spell was obviously still in effect as the next thing they knew Celestia's Unicorn form had walked past her and made it to the next door.

"Chris please let me in." Celestia pleaded pitifully.

"Just go away Tia!" Was the response she got.

Celestia stomped her right hoof on the ground in frustration before she grimaced and quickly opened the door, stepping in and closing it behind her.

Nightmare grinned at Jason and used a particularly tricky spell to make them both intangible. Added with the invisibility spell this would be enough to knock a Unicorn out.

But for Nightmare all it did was give her a light ache on her horn...which was quickly kissed by Jason.

"All better now!" She thought gleefully.

Together the two of them stuck their heads through the wall and observed just what was going on between the two Ex lovers.

It was not pretty.

Celestia was in her original form but had barely made it a few steps into the room. Chris was facing her with a strange looking sword held by her neck.

"Get out Tia." Chris demanded scathingly.

"Chris can we just-"

"No." He interrupted. "Whatever Sunbeam and I did is none of your business. We're not together anymore Tia and I don't...We're not together and that's that."

Nightmare cocked her head curiously as she saw Celestia's eyes dilate to pinpricks.

Celestia just looked at his sword blankly for a few moments before she used her magic to throw it into the wall, surprising Chris so much that he lost his balance and fell over. To Nightmare, Jason...and most likely Chris's surprise Celestia let loose a primal growl before she pounced on top of him, leading the two into wrestling with each other.

Celestia pinned Chris down on his back with her hooves and despite his struggles, the Alicorn's hidden strength was obviously much stronger than his own. Her wings had wrapped around him tightly, holding him in place.

"Get...Off...Of...ME!" Chris yelled, struggling as best he could to get out of her iron hold.

Celestia remained silent but that feral look in her eye said enough to Nightmare. She knew exactly what was going on with her sister. With the two Ex lovers struggling loudly, Nightmare was able to lean over to her lover's ear and whisper without giving them away.

"Tis the Alicorn's way of claiming their mate." She whispered amusedly.

"What?" Jason whispered back.

"Alicorn's never give up their mate to anypony." She explained quietly. "I imagine that she saw young Crystal here doing an affectionate act with somepony else."

Jason blinked in surprise at this new revelation.

"So...are all Alicorn's as possessive as you?" He asked in a whisper.

Nightmare grinned and licked the rim of his ear gently.

"The Alicorn race has always been quite possessive when it comes to their lover's." She replied honestly. "And some are far more so than myself."

Jason couldn't help himself from shivering at what that actually meant. Nightmare was possessive enough as it was, and if there were ponies that were even more so...He shuddered at the possibilities.

Celestia was gazing down at Chris with her teeth bared and her iris's so small they were almost none existent. She seemed to be more or less in control of her actions however as she spoke to him evenly.

"I know you still love me Crystal." She said, a slight growl accompanying her voice. "And whatever that...that Pegasus managed to make you feel, I can make you feel better."

Chris didn't even get a say in the matter as he found his lips instantly claimed passionately by the almost primal Alicorn. The Human obviously tried to push her off of him and fight back, but Celestia was having none of it. Her horn lit up and Crystal was literally forced into a motionless position, as if his body had just become completely frozen.

Celestia grinned at this and retracted her wings from around him, as well as moving her forehooves from his arms and beginning to softly caress his cheeks. Chris couldn't move a muscle...only his eyes were able to move and they currently showed fear. Celestia noticed this and tilted her head curiously.

"Shhh my love, there's no need to be afraid." She crooned lovingly. "I'll make you feel so satisfied." She finished, a slight purr to her tone. She then began licking his cheek tenderly whilst gazing down at him adoringly.

Jason's eyes widened at what he was witnessing...was Chris about to be raped by Celestia?

He looked at Nightmare who was regarding this whole situation with a...rather cheerful smirk on her muzzle. In fact he could have sworn he heard her whisper "That's my sister."

"If I wasn't in love with her..." He thought dryly.

"T-T-Tia...d-don-don't...p-please."

Celestia blinked in surprise that Chris was still able to talk. Her paralyzing spell should have completely frozen his body.

"But I must my love." She replied, obviously trying to convince him of...something. "I love you so much! Nopony else will ever be allowed to compare with what I can make you feel...It's for your own good Crystal, it's for us!"

Chris growled furiously as he struggled to talk. But with his sheer willpower was he able to accomplish it.

"Y-You don't n-n-need to prove a-anything." He gasped, choking almost painfully against the spell. "Nopony will e-ever compare to y-you. B-But forcing m-me I-Isn't the right w-way, T-Tia..."

Celestia's dilated iris's suddenly expanded as she heard this, causing her to gasp and back away from Chris and into a corner of the room. The spell instantly dispelled from the tired Human and he instantly sat up, resting his body against the bed, breathing heavily.

"Paralysis spells always have a nasty after effect of exhaustion." Nightmare thought sympathetically.

The sound of crying suddenly hit everypony's ears and they all looked over at Celestia to see her holding her face in her hooves, her body heaving with sobs. Chris didn't react to this at all for a few moments...before the Human cleared his throat to get Celestia's attention. The distressed mare looked up at him pitifully as she waited for him to shout at her to leave...but was not given this nightmare. Instead Chris sighed in frustration and patted his chest, an obviously familiar motion to Celestia as her eyes widened and she stumbled her way over to him before she collapsed on the floor, her head on his chest.

"I'm so sorry!" She cried terribly, pawing at his clothing in an attempt to grasp onto some part of him.

"Shush, it was your instincts." Chris replied soothingly. "You told me about them, remember?"

"A month Chris...a month without your touch and then to see you kissing that mare...I couldn't...I'm so sorry!"

Chris remained calm throughout her sobbing and merely held her too him, an action that had obviously worked before as the young Princess began to calm down, her eyes closing as the comfort of her Ex lover washed over her.

"No...can't sleep..." She mumbled tiredly, fumbling against Chris in an attempt to look at his face.

Chris lifted her muzzle to his lips and kissed her briefly, before speaking softly in her ear.

"Just close your eyes Tia...go to sleep."

Celestia tried her hardest to fight against this, her eyes were closing and opening at a rapid rate.

"Don't leave..." She whimpered, her eyes staring up at him pleadingly...even as they began to close for the final time.

"I won't." He promised, stroking her cheek gently.

Nightmare and Jason watched as the Alicorn finally succumbed to slumber, before they moved away from the wall and spoke to each other quietly, unsure if Chris could still hear them through the wall.

"Okay I don't understand." Jason said simply. "One second he's yelling at her and saying that they're through and the next he's kissing her and tucking her into bed?"

Nightmare was about to reply but the room around them quickly dissolved into nothing, only to be replaced by a very beautiful garden. She quickly spotted Crystal and Celestia sitting by a large oak tree...yet they were not touching each other at all.

Crystal still looked quite hostile actually.

"You asked for me to be here Tia...why?" He asked warily.

Celestia was looking at him with kind eyes...albeit with some obvious despair behind it.

"I...I just wanted to talk to you Chris...about what happened two days ago." She replied.

Chris just sighed in frustration at this but sat down against the tree none the less and remained silent.

"Chris I...What I tried to do was wrong and I can't just entirely blame my instincts because...because deep down I really wanted to...to claim you."

The Human tilted his head questioningly at this but he still remained silent, offering her no reprieve from her apologetic confession.

Celestia moved closer to him and was obviously relieved when he didn't try to run away from her. She then bit her lip nervously before she slowly put her hoof on the palm of his hand, looking at him as soon as she did so as she awaited the look of revulsion that he would surely give her.

It never came however. Instead Chris closed his hand over her hoof and squeezed it gently, electing a happy if somewhat confused smile out of the young Princess.

"Chris-"

"Come here." He interrupted quickly, flicking his top outwards in some sort of familiar gesture to the Princess.

Celestia couldn't repress a small squeal of happiness as she more or less collapsed onto the ground and began to wiggle her way under his top. She wormed her head under it until she was safely relaxed under Chris's chin, all the while being mindful not to hurt him with her horn.

Nightmare looked at Jason and smiled blissfully at the thought of her doing that with him...she actually started to drool a little.

"I can't stay away from you Tia." Chris confessed reluctantly. "Every day I try to forget you but every day you're always there in my mind."

"Then don't stay away." Celestia pleaded softly. "Stay with me forever...I still believe in us Chris and I don't ever want to be apart from you."

Chris chuckled dryly for a few seconds, confusing Celestia who remained silent as he did so.

"Is there still an us Tia?" He asked quietly.

At this Celestia proceeded to nuzzle his neck rapidly and hum an affirmative.

"Yes there is Chris." She replied soothingly. "I still and always will love you...do you not love me anymore?"

Chris looked down at her eyes...eyes that were so close to his own, so doe-like and innocent.

Pleading silently for him to say...

"Yes...I do, I've never stopped." He sighed honestly, letting loose a content breath as Celestia kissed the crook of his neck happily in response.

"We will always belong to each other Chris." She breathed passionately. "Forever...and ever...and ever-"

"And ever." Came a voice from behind Nightmare and Jason.

The two of them spun around to see another...another Alicorn. Said Alicorn had the same colour coat as Celestia but her ethereal mane was akin to a billowing shadow and her Cutie Mark was a emblem of the Milky Way.

The whole world crumpled around them, leaving nothing but a white emptiness with the two Alicorn's and the single Human in it. Jason didn't recognize the new mare...although he really felt as though he should have.

Nightmare on the other hoof knew instantly who she was and was trying to actually cower behind Jason.

"Moony what's wrong?" He asked worriedly, turning around and cupping her face gently.

"It's her...don't let her see me!" Was all he got in response, the dark mare closing her eyes and attempting to bury her face into his stomach.

This new Alicorn merely smiled at Nightmare and gracefully walked over to her. Jason didn't move from his...somewhat protective stance, but one look from this mare was enough to convey that she meant no harm.

He moved aside and watched as the Alicorn brought his lover over to her and started to cradle her almost limp form in her forehooves. Nightmare's eyes were scrunched tightly closed in her refusal to look at the mare. To Jason's absolute surprise however, his lover actually started whimpering as the new Alicorn began to gently lick her face comfortingly, shushing her as a Mother would her child...

"No way..." Jason thought, completely stunned at what he had just figured out.

"I am not your foal Queen Era." Nightmare whispered, nowhere near as bold as she usually was.

"Are you not?" Queen Era replied, her voice echoing in such a soothing manner.

"I am not Luna." Nightmare persisted...although she still leaned into the Queen as she was nuzzled gently.

"I am aware of that Nightmare Storm." The Queen countered softly, surprising both Jason and his lover by using their unofficial married name.

"You did not birth me."

"Did I not?" Era replied amusedly. "Were you not a part of little Luna? Are you not now your own Pony? Your own mare with your own mate?"

Queen Era lifted Nightmares head to face her own, looking into her teary and for once quite innocent eyes, their draconic appearance replaced with a normal looking iris.

"I both acknowledge and recognize you as my own daughter, Nightmare Storm." She continued, her tone of voice very motherly and loving.

Jason couldn't help but smile as he watched his lover bury her face into her Mothers chest, acting very much like a sleepy foal. Era looked up at Jason and with a slight nudge against Nightmare, managed to convince the dark mare to rise and walk alongside her.

"Queen Era." Jason said simply, getting her attention as well as Nightmares who looked at him happily, her slitted iris having returned once more. "Era means time and we've been leaping from moment to moment within Crystal Justice's and Celestia's timeline. I imagine that we have been doing so because of you, if I am not mistaken that is."

The Queen smiled at him softly and he had to beat down the urge to simply lie down next to her and fall asleep sucking his thumb.

"No wonder Moony acted like she did." He thought dryly.

"Very astute my young Human, I can see why Nightie likes you." She said with a musical giggle. "But yes, I am the one who has been jumping you from moment to moment. Both to teach you two a lesson as well as a young regret...twill be such a tragedy when he remembers that anger again...although even now history repeats itself and they argue on the field."

Nightmare walked over to her lover and leaned against him, observing and listening to her Mother at the same time.

"They argue on a field?" Jason asked curiously.

"Indeed they do. The very field where the west side of the Great wall once stood...so long ago." Era replied sombrely. "Yet his resentment will not last the night...Celestia and Crystal have always been drawn to the other."

The Queen shook her head and smiled at the two of them.

"That however is their problem to deal with, not yours." She said. "For the lesson has been shown...yet to learn it you must downgrade your close bond."

Nightmares eyes widened at this as she hissed at Era angrily, standing in front of Jason and flaring her wings warningly, determined to protect her mate.

"You will not tarnish our love with your magic!" She growled furiously.

Queen Era merely smiled soothingly and touched Nightmares cheek, her smile becoming wider as her daughters angry expression became unfocused and blissful.

"I seek not to tarnish your love my daughter." She explained tenderly. "I merely seek to fix what your bond broke...namely your physical form."

Before Nightmare could say or do anything, Era had already lit up her horn and was pressing it against Nightmares. Nightmares horn lit up as well, as Era pulled her own back and retracted a very fuzzy and vomit coloured aura out of her.

Jason felt his chest become lighter at that moment, as if a great weight had been lifted off of it.

"What did you do?" He asked, walking over to Nightmare and stroking her cheek to get her attention.

"I removed the third personality your bond had created." She explained. "I also corrected the faulty magic that prevented Nightmare from regaining her Physical form whilst allowing her to retain her ability to...become one with you as you were previously, albeit with a more Jekyll and Hyde relationship."

"Jekyll and Hyde?" He thought questioningly, looking at Era for an explanation but only getting a secretive wink in response.

Jason pondered on what that meant exactly but placed it to one side for now, his concern for his lover far more important than any magic Era could perform.

"So we will be fighting for control instead of sharing it?" Nightmare asked, frustration laced within her tone as she had apparently figured it out.

"Twill be a lesson for you both to learn." Queen Era soothed. "But for now I must share with you both some knowledge...take heed of it."

Nightmare and Jason both looked equally annoyed at Era's meddling...although secretly Nightmare was elated that she had a choice between switching back and forth between her physical form and partially bonding with her lovers mind and soul.

She wondered if Celestia had something similar but just hadn't realised it yet.

"Two warnings and a hope I can give you both." Queen Era said softly. "First of all Jason Storm, there will be a temptation that you can take or refuse...but to take it will separate you from Nightmare."

Jason looked at Nightmare and shook his head instantly, despite not knowing what the temptation was.

Why would he ever leave her?

"Secondly my dear daughter, beware the Unicorn. He will betray not only you but everypony you call family."

Nightmare nodded at this and frowned as she planned to talk to all the Unicorns whenever she eventually made it to the right timeline.

Queen Era stopped speaking after this and smiled at the two of them, before turning around and walking into the whiteness, fading from sight.

"Mother wait!" Nightmare called, smiling when Era appeared half faded in front of her.

"You said there was a hope?" Nightmare continued curiously.

Era looked at the two lovers and smiled serenely, before she kissed both of their cheeks and bringing a light blush from Jason as she did so.

"Indeed the is a Hope." She said, her form fading slowly. "She looks just like her Mother...and has her Fathers eyes."

And with that the form of Queen Era faded from existence...and the two lovers felt themselves snap back together.

The whole world faded away...

The next thing they both knew was black smoke around them, the sound of clopping, voices and somepony drawing a sword.

"Tia the shadow!" Came a frightened voice that sounded a little bit like...

"My shadow?" Jason thought confusedly.

"It might be mine lover." Nightmare added amusedly.

They could both feel...that emptiness that had previously been filled. The third persona...both of them combined...gone now.

Instead was the feeling of a rope connecting the two, with both merely holding it for now, but with the knowledge that whoever pulled the hardest would be the one in control.

The smoke cleared around them and together they both looked up at the face of Princess Celestia.

And alongside her was...

"Crystal? But he was sent away..." Nightmare thought, her tone slightly shocked.

They could also see Princess Luna and another Human that they didn't recognise.

"Another Human? We...We are all in a relationship with an Alicorn, and all of you are in a relationship with a Human...What's going on?"

"Forgive me for interrupting your thinking time my love...but I do believe our dear Celestia may be about to attack us."

Jason looked back at the Princess in question. Said Princess was slightly taller than the last time he saw her...then again it was two thousand years ago.

Celestia was looking down at him...them, with an expression of pure shock.

"Oh we're in so much trouble Moony." He muttered out loud, a smirk gracing his face as he heard Nightmare laughing in his mind.

"Perhaps...but none the less, it's going to be fun." She replied, still laughing darkly as she stared down her sister through Jason's eyes.

"Nightmare Moon..." Celestia whispered, her shock slowly being replaced by anger as her horn lit up.

"Here we go." Jason said quietly, his hands lighting up with a black aura as he prepared for the fight of his life.

TO BE CONTINUED IN IMMORTAL LOVERS

Author's Notes:

And there you all go. Help Thy Lonely Soul is done.

Now I can finally continue on with Beyond My Wildest Dreams. And you know what? Tony actually has a fucking decent life XD

Until next time. I won't be updating for a while though, so keep re-reading. It'll prepare you all for the Main Story :D