Twilight and DJ were lost in the moment for a little bit, relishing in being home once again. They simply stood there outside their home, while their vehicle began to draw a crowd. DJ was the first to realize it and turned to Twilight.

“I need to grab something out of the house. Be right back,” he said. DJ ran into the library, thus, leaving Twilight to explain to the mayor why a giant mechanical thing had rampaged through town. DJ entered at a break-neck speed and rushed downstairs to his old bedroom. He stopped at the old wardrobe and pulled open the doors. Inside was all of his old human clothes, but DJ was looking for a certain set. He found them in a special container and pulled out his Nightmare Night costume from his first year: the Assassin’s outfit.

“Omnitrix,” called DJ.

“How may assist you, sir?” replied the device.

“I need you to scan these clothes and apply them to my human and saiyan forms.” The device around his neck let out a light that moved up and down the equipment. After a few passes, the light retracted back into the watch.

“How do you wish for these to be applied, sir?”

“Armor type.” A beep came from the omnitrix.

“It is done, sir.”

“Thank you.” DJ put the original set back in storage and rushed out of the house to find Twilight and Mayor Mare in an argument.

“…stand that you are a princess now, Miss Twilight, but I cannot simply allow this to fly by. Now, please explain what this monstrosity is and why it was running amok through Ponyville!” complained the politician.

“I wish I could, Mayor, but I have no exact idea what this is. All I know is that is called a car; at least that was my husband calls it,” Twilight tried to explain.

“That it is,” DJ interrupted causing both mares to look toward him. “I am very sorry for our little joy ride, Mayor, but we must be going. We are needed in Canterlot. Don’t worry, though. We will be taking the ‘monstrosity’ with us. Human up.” With a flash of light, DJ returned to a human. He moved toward the armored car and opened the passenger door and beckoned to Twilight. “M’lady,” he offered. Twilight giggled and jumped back into the car.

DJ got in on the other side and started the car. He rolled down the window and addressed Mayor Mare. “Again, sorry for the noise and any other disturbances.” With that, DJ floored it and the vehicle sped off and out of Ponyville. They were on the dirt path towards Canterlot, a trip that would take a day or two travel by walking. With a super car, roughly three hours. Enough time for Twilight to question the car.

“So, DJ. What did you all do to this ‘car’?” she asked.

“What didn’t I do?” he offered in return with a smile. “With the lightsabers giving me advance mechanical understanding and alchemy, I was able to trick this thing out! I was able to transform and update every single part on this thing; even made the engine into a pure electric. Now I don’t have to worry about running out of gas. Will need one of those eternal battery spells, though. The armor was put on so that the cool parts of the car would be protected by magic. Once this fight is over, I am taking off all of the plating. Goodbye train rides, hello family road trips!”

Twilight was beaming with the new information as DJ continued to explain all of the modifications as well as cars in general. By the time the in-drive lecture had finished, they were soon pulling up to the Canterlot gates. The guards at the gate crossed their spears, attempting to bar entry. DJ drove right up to them and asked Twilight to explain, since he was human at the moment. She poked her head out the window.

“Greetings, royal guards!” she said with a wave. “Mind letting us through?”

“Princess Twilight?” asked one of the guards. “Is that you?”

“Yep! We need to see Princess Celestia, can we go through?”

“Apologies, your majesty. We didn’t recognize you because of the …uh…”

“Car,” Twilight provided. “It’s a new kind of carriage that my husband and I have been working on.”

“Ooohhh,” the guards said in understanding. They stepped to the side and opened the gates. “Enjoy your stay, your highness.”

“Thank you,” she said as DJ drove into the capital city. He pushed the armored vehicle as fast as he could through city traffic, trying to avoid as much attention as possible. Didn’t work quite well, but at least he tried. They pulled up to the castle after a few minutes and parked outside. DJ powered down once he got out and stowed the keys away in his coat pocket. These guards were especially surprised by a giant metal beast stopping in front of them, but they relaxed when they saw its handlers exit and move towards them.

“Greetings, gentle-stallions,” said DJ. “Would either of you mind keeping an eye on my vehicle? It’s quite a rarity after all and I would hate for it to be stolen or vandalized.” The guards looked between their prince and the car and then at each other. They shrugged in response. “Great! I don’t want to see a single scratch when I come back!” he warned. As DJ and Twilight proceeded inside, he called back to the two guards: “Not a scratch!”

Twilight smiled at her husband, glad to see him in a good mood. She knew he was simply hiding his pain, but now was not the time for it. Since Twilight knew the castle’s layout better than anypony, the two of them were standing outside the throne room doors in no time. Together they pushed the doors open and strode right in, with DJ greeting everypony who was there.

“Heyyo! Look whose back!”

Three princesses, a prince, five of the Elements of Harmony, a young dragon, and a small alicorn filly looked in surprise as the loving couple strode on in. This look quickly turned to joy as they rushed the two of them. Nyx and Spike jumped at them, with Twilight catching Spike and DJ grabbing a hold of Nyx.

“We knew you’d come back,” said Nyx after hugging her father.

“I didn’t doubt you for a second,” added Spike.

“We were so worried,” said Applejack from the group. “We thought the worst until Genie said that you both were still alive. What happened to the two of you?”

DJ’s expression turned sour for a moment. “We’ll explain on the way, but for now we need to come up with a plan to stop Sombra. Anypony got one?” he asked hopefully.

“We already have an army built up and are ready for service,” explained Celestia. “We were just preparing to embark right now. Excellent timing as always you two,” she said with a smile. Twilight and DJ both returned it in earnest.

“Well, then what are we waiting for?” asked DJ. “Let’s get a move on ponies!”

**********

Several hours later, Celestia, DJ, Shining Armor, Cadence, Twilight and her friends were on train-ward bound for the Crystal Empire. DJ had used his alchemy to alter one of the train cars so that his battle vehicle could be lugged along as well. After they left the station, however, DJ secluded himself in a cabin near his car. This left Twilight to explain what happened after Sombra attacked them.

She went into full detail about the world that her lover came from. From the cars and houses that were everywhere, to the people she saw and met. Eventually, she came to the part where they had a reunion with DJ’s family. Needless to say, her friends were aghast with what occurred.

“I can’t say I support DJ’s actions, but I would say that they earned it,” huffed Rarity.

“Why those low life, little… If I ever see either of those two humans, I’m gonna… I don’t know, but it won’t be pretty!” said an angry Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie and Fluttershy were content with just having a mad looks on their muzzles. Shining was shaking his head disapprovingly, while Cadence did the same. Celestia and Applejack were just as upset as Twilight about the whole thing.

“I knew he said that they wouldn’t understand his decision, but flat out trying to strike the love of his life? Family doesn’t do that; family respects each other’s decisions,” said AJ.

“That’s why they aren’t family; not anymore,” said Twilight. She once again had their attention. “After DJ explained that staying on Earth long term would kill him (because of the hole where his heart should be), his last words to them before we left were that they were no longer family. He basically disowned them.” Everypony were once again aghast with what had occurred. They all knew how DJ felt about family, and he turning his back on them wasn’t something they thought possible.

Celestia turned her head towards the car where DJ sat alone and headed towards it. Once she entered the car, she noticed DJ had transformed into a human and was polishing his lightsabers. Probably to pass the time. She didn’t know what she would say to him, but knew that she should say something.

“DJ?” she said to get this attention. He stopped polishing for a moment and regarded her. He removed the sun glasses from his eyes and looked right at her. The princess was standing right in front of him, eyes of worry and despair present. DJ’s eyes were distant, however, as though he was still in deep thought. “I-I see that you are busy,” she said hastily. “I’ll leave you to your work.”

Princess Celestia began to turn away, but a hand reached out and grabbed her wing softly to stop her. She was startled for a moment, but looked back to DJ who was looking at her with pained eyes. Celestia donned her motherly tone and returned to standing in front of him. “Do you wish to talk about it, DJ?”

DJ let out a small breath, now looking down at the floor. “I just don’t know anymore, Princess.” Now, she was worried. DJ never referred to her as ‘princess’ when they were together and only rarely any other time. “I feel like what I said to my birth parents was right, deep in my heart. But they still raised me and gave me a home. Did I do the right thing by leaving everything behind?”

Celestia gave him a warm smile in return. “That is not a question that I can answer, my little pony. That is something you must answer for yourself. All I can tell you is to listen to your heart; it will never lead you astray.” DJ seemed to relax with that reply, as unhelpful as it was. She retreated back to the door that would take her back to the others, when DJ spoke back to her.

“Thank you for the advice.” He took in another breathe. “Thank you… mom.”

Celestia’s eyes bugged and her jaw went slack. What seemed like a long time ago, after she had adopted Pixel Berry and had been told that DJ was her brother, Celestia had offered DJ the same opportunity. He flat out rejected it, saying that since Twilight also considered her a mother, it could make things very awkward between them. Now, however, it seemed that he was willing to accept her offer. Still, Celestia couldn’t believe her ears.

“What was that, DJ? Di-Did you really…?” asked Celestia.

DJ still was looking at the train floor, but smiled softly all the same. “If your offer still stands, I could really use another mother right about now. Especially one that isn’t trying to control every aspect of my life and isn’t threatening my family. Will you still have me?” He looked up into her eyes with hope when he asked.

Celestia walked back over to him and pulled him in for a hug with her wings. “I would love to have you as a son, DJ. Welcome to the family,” she said with moist eyes. DJ simply smiled and sighed as he enjoyed her embrace. After a few moments he spoke again.

“This is going to be completely private, you understand? I still have an image to keep up as blood-thirsty monster, after all,” he said with a smirk. Celestia snorted a little at his attempt to lighten the mood.

“Of course, my son,” she said with a soft voice and sly smile. “This will stay only between our families.”

“How did I know that you would turn that against me someday? Yeah, I suppose the others can know about this, too. But after we put a certain black unicorn down. Ok?”

“Alright, DJ. You’re right.” She looked out the window behind him and her smile faded. “We are arriving,” she said with a quiet voice. DJ turned around to see the Crystal Empire in shambles. Buildings were destroyed and rubble was everywhere. Fires burned all over. It was practically hell on Equis. DJ let out a small exhale. Then he stood and straightened himself. He then slammed a fist against the omnitrix symbol on his shoulder. A bright flash occurred and Celestia witnessed her son’s attire change from his casual jacket, t-shirt, and jeans to that of a cloaked warrior. DJ’s look hardened and his voice was serious in every form.

“It’s time to get back in the battle.” He strode off towards his vehicle, clipping the polished lightsabers to his belt. “This war ends…today!”