Far away from the land of Equestria, the last few members of a guild of assassins known as the Dark Brotherhood are wondering how they will be able to make their presence known outside of Tamriel.  They have been debating on this matter for a while, but one day, their mage, Festus Krex, had a brilliant idea.

"What if we were to perform a ritual that would allow us to clone ourselves and have those clones sent to another universe?  We would be spread across the fabric of reality and all would know of Sithis and our Brotherhood."  Their leader, Astrid, thought that this was the most brilliant idea that Festus had ever presented to her.

"Festus Krex, you have most certainly presented the greatest opportunity for the Dark Brotherhood in history!  You, Gabriella and Babette start preparing the Ritual and it's requirements, and I will give you three a 75 percent cut of our greatest paying contract."  At the mention of this, Babette and Gabriella went wide-eyed with amazement.

"You can count on us!"  said Gabriella and Babette in unison.

When Astrid mentioned this to the other members of the Dark Brotherhood, they certainly agreed that Festus Krex's idea was a brilliant one, but they wondered how they could help in preparing the ritual.  At the mention of this, Festus Krex arrived in the room to tell them how they could help.

"Tell you what, Babette, Gabriella and I will prepare the ritual, and the rest of you can go find the spell tome for transporting the clones to the other universe."

Astrid asked Festus where they could find the tome for transport to the other universe, and Festus replied with, "You will find the spell tome in a secret compartment below the College of Winterhold.  I hid the tome there while I was teaching Destruction magic at the College.  I will warn you though that there may be some Draugr and Ice Wraiths down there."

2 Days after Festus told the Brotherhood where they could find the spell tome, Nazir and Veezara went together to the secret compartment below the College of Winterhold.

When Veezara caught the scent of Draugr in the compartment he said, "Festus certainly wasn't kidding when he said there'd be Draugr down here, their stench is unbearable."

Nazir replied by saying, "That's for damn sure."  When they were attacked by the Draugr, Veezara swiftly dodged their attacks and stabbed the Draugr where their hearts would be, and Nazir used his scimitar to behead the Draugr that dared to attack him.  The Draugr that Nazir beheaded sputtered blood from where their heads used to be and collapsed to the ground.  As they got closer to the spell tome, Nazir could feel a noticeable change in the temperature.  "Does it seem colder?"  As soon as Nazir said this, Ice Wraiths appeared out of thin air.  

Veezara and Nazir fought off the Ice Wraiths, and melted them by using their torches as weapons.  When they reached a room that had no enemies in it, they noticed a spell tome on the desk.  "That must be the spell tome we need."  They took the spell tome, exited the secret compartment, and returned to their sanctuary.  When Nazir and Veezara returned, they gave the spell tome to Festus Krex, and they then chose to rest for the night.  The next day, after they woke up, Festus told them that the ritual was ready to begin.

Festus chanted the incantation for the cloning ritual, and as it went on, their shadows started to move on their own.  Eventually, the shadows started to rise from the ground and take physical shape.  As the ritual neared completion, the shadows gained the appearance of the members of the Dark Brotherhood.  When the ritual completed, the shadows turned into exact clones of the Dark Brotherhood members, even having the exact same memories.  When the original Festus created the portal, the clone members of the Dark Brotherhood walked into it, and when the last one entered, the portal closed.

*to be continued in the next chapter*