“…so that about wraps up why we’re here” I said.

“Wow!” Po said “you guys are awesome”

“Thanks” I said, swirling the glass of Irish cream I was holding “but it kind of loses its charm after you fire off a Nova blast, I’m not usually the type of person to commit mass murder”

“And what type of person are you?” Tigress asked.

“One who will do what is necessary” I said “if anyone threatens my friends or family, then they better get ready to run, because I will stop at nothing to see them brought to justice”

“That’s what separates normal Toa from your kind, Vuur Koning” Jaller said, frowning

“Oh, I’m sorry” I said, chuckling “who was it who not only fried Mantax alive, but was also ready to perform a nova blast until you got transported to Metru Nui, and correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t Rahkshi technically intelligent life, we’ve all killed enough or those, am I right?” All the Toa and Neue-Toa conceded that point.

“What are Rahkshi?” Crane asked.

“Imagine slug-like things” I said “now imagine them controlling a mechanical suit, that’s a Rahkshi” Viper stuck the end of her tail in the air, in the manner one would stick their hand in the air.

“What’s mechanical?” she asked, all of the Toa and Neue-Toa responded by groaning and facepalming. I muttered several profanities and gestured to my elbow, where skin, flesh and bone gave way to metal, pistons and wires, much like it did on all the other joints on my body.

“You see all of this?” I asked.

“Kind of gross” Mantis said “but yes”

“This is what makes me what is known as biomechanical” I said “both living and mechanical, now imagine something without all of the living parts, that makes it fully mechanical, a robot, not alive”

“But you said that Rahkshi were intelligent beings” Viper said.

“The slug that controls them is still alive” I said “and bloody intelligent, plus three of them can physically merge into one entity. Anyway, who’s hungry?”

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*POV 3rd Person*

Teridax stepped through another portal and found himself standing on an Earth-like planet, he snorted in disgust at the blossom trees before walking down the pathway, after walking for a few moments he came across a hooded and cloaked figure, one with gold, predatory eyes. The figure stopped and looked up at Teridax, who discretely began reading the figures mind.

“Who are you” the figure asked.

“Lord Teridax” the Makuta replied “Soon to be the ruler of this universe, and I have a proposition for you, Tia Lung” at that moment a gust of wind blew the hood down to reveal the face of a humanoid snow leopard. Tai Lung smirked before saying.

“I’m listening”

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“…and I was like, ‘I don’t care if your Prince Blueblood’” I said, serving up the mushroom soup “‘hell you could be the only member of royalty in existence, I would never follow you, I’m related to the very first president of the United States of America, you’re just a snobby arsehole playing royalty’ and then I punched him in the face and broke his nose”

“How did you get out of there alive!?” Mantis asked, both Vinyl and Autumn looked at each other before saying in unison.

“Everypony hates him”

“Eeyup” I said, before passing a bowl of mushroom soup to everyone except the Toa “grubs up, hope you enjoy”

“Wow!” Monkey said “where did you learn to cook this”

“When I was living in Equestria for the first year I met this Zebra who really knew how to make a good mushroom soup” I said “I experimented with the original recipe by adding a few spices like ground garlic and onion granules, the result is what you see here today”

“You mean that Zebra that always speaks in rhyme?” Minion asked, I nodded “I never understood why she does that”

“Apparently it’s a sign of wisdom here she’s from” I said, shrugging

“What’s a Zebra?” Tigress asked, I pointed to one of the Equestrian guards as he walked past.

“Imagine one of them, but with black and white stripes” I said “now that we’re done playing twenty questions, we have a proposition for all six of you”

“Go on” Po said.

“As you all know, we’ve come here searching for those that could aid us in our quest” I said “What would you say to joining us, the decision is totally up to you and if you decline, I won’t hold it against you”

“It would probably be best if we spoke to Master Shifu about it before hand” Viper said

“Take as long as you want” I said “after what happened, I doubt we’ll be leaving for a few weeks, in fact, would you mind if we tag along, it would make it seem a lot more believable than just walking up to him and saying ‘some aliens want to take us away in their super-big space ship, would you have a problem with that?’”

“Yeah” Crane said “that would probably be for the best” at that moment a Sangheili walked past and all of the Furious Five and Po stared at him, The Sangheili snorted.

“What are you looking at?” he asked in a gruff voice, before walking off

“What was that?” Po asked, once it was gone

“A Sangheili” I said “also known as an Elite because of their fighting prowess, if you see one coming towards you with an energy sword, don’t even bother fighting it, just run”

“We never back down” Po said.

“I take it you don’t use weapons” I said, they all nodded “so you’re better off running, otherwise you’ll end up with an energy sword through your chest, those guys don’t muck about, they won’t hesitate to kill you if they get the chance”

“Then why do you have them on your side?” Tigress asked, eyeing one warily.

“We destroyed their ships” I said “they don’t have anything better to do, plus they’re bloody good in battle, Grunts? Not so much” I watched some grunts as they stood one on top of the other in a tower about ten grunts high to try and place a panel back onto the hull of the Jörmungandr, except they were currently nowhere near the ship and were stood in the middle of a clearing, with the top grunt holding the panel whilst trying to direct the other grunts on which way to go. Scar face palmed and shook his head.

“Hey, free dinner and a show” Mantis said.

“Yep” I said, watching them try to get back to the ship “not the brightest bunch around”

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I was stood in complete darkness, I looked around in confusion, but all I could see was darkness, save for my arms when I held them out.

“Hello?” I called out, my voice echoed before fading.

“Vuur Koning” I heard Princess Celestia say, I saw a point of light which expanded until it took the shape of the regal white Alicorn, I went to walk towards her only to hit some kind of barrier.

“What…?” I said, putting my hand against the barrier, two more points of light appeared until they formed Teridax and Jul ‘Mdama “Celestia, behind you!”

“After what you did” Celestia said, walking towards me, a scowl on her face “I realised that the true threat wasn’t Teridax, or ‘Mdama, it was you”

“What are you talking about?” I asked, the black void began to give way to a cell of some kind, with myself inside, and Celestia, Teridax and ‘Mdama of the outside.

“I cannot let you live with the knowledge that you could willingly destroy everything” she said.

“But I would never…” I said, only to be cut off.

“Henceforth” she said, stretching out her wings and causing me to back away until I was stood with my back against the wall “I banish you to the sun” her horn began to glow and her eyes turned white, I felt myself being lifted up and I desperately grappled at the wall, but to no avail.

“Celestia, please!” I begged, I was now five foot in the air, I felt myself accelerate before stopping

“ENOUGH!” a voice shouted, the entire scene dissolved into white and Celestia, Teridax and ‘Mdama all shrieked before disappearing, I dropped back down to the ground and landed with an inaudible thud. As I stood up to my full height the white void dissolved into an endless field, Princess Luna appeared in the sky and flew down “Vuur Koning, do you know what’s happening?”

“No” I said “where are we?”

“Your subconscious” Luna said “you were having a nightmare, a powerful one at that”

“So does this make it Lucid dreaming now?” I asked, she nodded and I thought for a moment before the scenery changed to a road lined with red brick buildings and trees in the distance. Luna looked around, confused.

“What is this place?” she asked.

“Auschwitz” I said “or rather, what I remember of it”

“Why would you change the scenery to a place like that?” she asked, looking just a little horrified, I shrugged.

“This place is significant in my mind” I said, walking along the road “plus it was the easiest memory to conjure up, if we find my earth, I might just go back there, you’re free to join me”

“Why would you go back?” she asked, following me.

“To show Autumn and the kids” I said “and so I don’t forget, we must learn from our past mistakes if we are to make progress” Luna raised an eyebrow.

“1.6 million People were murdered here” I explained “we can’t let that be forgotten”

“I get the feeling you’re trying to steer the topic away from why I’m here” Luna said.

“I’ll admit that was part of the reason” I said “also, I’ve always wanted to try lucid dreaming”

“Nightmares are always tied to the subconscious” Luna said “I want to know why you would have a nightmare about being banished to the sun”

“I think it has to do with me unleashing a Nova blast” I said “but I’m never the type to have normal dreams, let alone nightmares”

“Everyone has dreams” Luna said “you just don’t remember yours”

“Right” I said “why would I have such a specific dream though? I mean, Jul ‘Mdama and Teridax beside Celestia”

“I fear that something was affecting your subconscious” Luna said.

“But I have mental shielding, just like you do” I said “the only reason you were able to enter my subconscious was because it’s you duty and you’re will is strong enough to work around my mind shielding”

“Which makes the fact that someone else was able to enter your mind even more disturbing” Luna said, her body began to fade “my time here is over, you mind is now yours to explore” and with that, Luna disappeared. With nothing better to do I started walking through the not-Auschwitz.

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Within a dark cave a mechanical figure laughed manically as he withdrew from Vuur Koning’s mind

“Ha ha, soon, Artahka my brother, soon” he said in a quiet voice “whilst those mortals wage their petty conflicts, I will be gaining power, heh heh, they might have killed me once, but it won’t happen a second time…” whatever he was going to say dissolved into insane laughter.

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