And my three bodies split up and each one recieves a name. The last one closes his eyes and looks for a purple point.

I'll name this body On. For he'll start everything.

The purple point is easy to find. Here at the void, everything else is white. But the purple point has something black on it, and right netxt to it, there's a white mare. She's a little harder to find.

They are Twilight and Rarity. They are floating in midair, unconscious. And Twilight is dressed as a french housemaid from the nineteen century.

They were killed in a different way than Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Greentalk just appeared and attacked them, without taking time to play with the unicorns.

They were lucky. Their death was not pretty, but at least it was painless.

On approaches them, but before revealing himself, he changes his body. He was invisible until now.

Now he has the body of a green earth pony. He's wearing a top hat and a black tuxedo. His fur is green. His mane is white. A pair of glasses cover his nose. He seems like any other pony of Equestria.

On pokes Twilight with his hoof. The mare doesn't seem to notice at first, so he pokes her again. And again.

And again, and again, and again and again.

And finally, after a few seconds, she's groaning and opens her eyes.

She shakes her head and tries to clear her mind. On ignores her and starts poking Rarity, waking her up too. The fashionista wakes up faster.

"Wha... Where... are we?" Twilight asks with a strange voice. She talks very slowly... It seems like she's still sleepy. "What happened? Who are you?"

"Hnnng..." Rarity opens her eyes and looks at On with a confused look. "What... was that...? Oh, nice hat."

"Thanks," answers On.

"And nice dress, Twilight. Black goes a lot with your color."

"Eh... what are you talk...?" The purple unicorn blinks and looks at her chest.

The silence covers the Void.

"What. I'm dressing like a -what."

Her voice sounds flat. She's not surprised, she's just starled. She's still too weakened to think correctly. There's a lack of question marks in that phrase.

On turns to Twilight Sparkle. "Are you okay? You're awake?"

"Well... yes, I think." The purple mare scratches her head. "My eyes hurt a lot, I'm dressed as some kind of servant and... wait a minute, are we floating?"

"Yes."

"Oh dear. Why are we floating?"

"I think we should ask where are we, Twilight." Rarity blinks twice and yawns. She scratchs her eyes, trying to stop feeling sleepy. "We... were just in front of my house a few minutes ago, and now everything I can see is white. I think it's a lovely color, but..." she rolles her eyes. "Who decorated this place?"

"This is the Void. Nobody decorated this." On looks around, at the endless whiteness of the Void. "Here at the Void nothing exist, but everything can be. A pony brain can't understand the nothingness, so you see everything white. It's the most simple color."

Twilight tries to approach On, but she doesn't know how to in the Void. She seems upset abour her dress, but doesn't say anything about it. "Do you mean that this is something like an... endless, void space?"

"It's called the Void for something", answers On.

"But if there's nothing here, how can we breathe?"

"Twilight, my dear, I think you left out a few things in your interrogatory." Rarity clears her troath and looks at my third body eye to eye. "Darling, mind you tell us what has happened? And, well, what is happening? And who are you?"

"Oh, right." Twilight blushes a little and then looks at On too. Her face is now completely serious. "Who are you?"

"The name of this body is On," answers him. "I'm somebody that wanders the Void, somebody who was defeated." My third body closes his eyes and sighs. "I'm a friend."

"And your eyes are green." Twilight frowns. It's easy to see that suddenly her mind is filled with suspicion. Her horn starts to glow in a menacing way. "Just like Discord when he shapeshifted into Spike..."

Rarity opens her mouth, but On interrupts her before she starts talking. "Rarity," he says, "look into my eyes. Are they the same color than Greentalk's? Aren't they a little darker?"

The fashionista blinks and turns to Twilight. "Twilight! This gentlecolt is not Discord! I'm sure he would not be able to dress like that!" She fakes a shiver. "Do you remember how did he transform Ponyville? That monster doesn't have any fashion sense!"

"Thanks for the compliment." On bows and takes off his hat. "As she says, Twilight, I'm not Greentalk. Although I can shapeshift, I'm just a friend of yours, who can and will help you."

Twilight sighs and looks around her. "Well... I guess you are not Greentalk, if Rarity says so. Your eyes are not the same color as Spike's, that's all I can see." The unicorn then looks at On. "You said you want to help us?"

"I'm helping you." On nods, and his eyebrows frown a little. "Right now, I'm talking with Rainbow Dash and Applejack, and I'm comforting them."

"Rainbow Dash and AJ?"

"Oh my goodness! Are they here too?!" Rarity raises a hoof and covers her mouth. "And the others? Pinkie, Fluttershy...?"

"They are not in the Void." On shakes his head and closes his eyes. "Only the defeated go here."

"You're talking a lot about defeated ponies." Twilight's voice warms up as her face starts to show some kind of concern. "What is this place? And what do you mean by...?"

"Everything will be told soon," On interrupts. "But before that, we need to talk. You two are not in your best condition right now, but you need to wake up and think. This is important. The rules of this world..."

"Excuse me." Rarity interrupts the green stallion with her high-pitched voice. "I think I'm correct when I assume this is some kinf of strange space where time doesn't run as normal. Right?"

Both Twilight and my third body blink, surprised by the fashionista. The purple mare smiles. "That is a good question!" she says. "And there's more. Giving the fact that we're in a story this place doesn't seem so strange, because voids like this are common in fiction. It seems like it's some kind of limbo, where gravity doesn't exist, right?. Judging by the lack of wind when I move I can guess there's no air, so this is technically a true Void? But our manes and tails and my, er, dress, don't float like they should in a 'gravity-less' environment. Does that mean that there's no inertia in this space? Because that would mean that we're out of our universe because the Laws of Physis are, well, universal, and that would mean that our space time is not the same than the 'normal' universe! If that's true, our timeline is entirelly different than the timeline of the world we live in... But then again, if the Laws of Physis are different in this alternate dimension, maybe the four dimensions (high, width, depth and time) are not the same. Are we in a four-dimensional space, a three-dimensional space or a two-dimensional space? I can guess we're not in a one-dimensional space because..."

On interrupts the endless speech of Twilight and turns to Rarity. "Yes, you're right," he answers. Then he turns to the purple mare again. "Yes. No. Yes. The Laws of Physis are different. Yes, the timeline is different. N-dimensional space, being N any real number. It can vary from one moment to another. Right now this is merely a three-dimensional space, but I can move in infinite dimensions." He rises an eyebrow. "And now that you know all this, a bunch of information you didn't need, may I continue?"

"But this is so fascinating!" Twilight Sparkle seems as happy as a baby with a new toy. "We're in a multi-dimensional space with variable dimensions? I didn't think such a thing could exist! No wonder this is a void, no physical idea or object could exist in a place like this without breaking apart in thousands of dimensional fragments! Which lead us to the question of how are we alive. If there's indeed no air..."

"Twilight, please." Rarity glares at her friend and makes her close her mouth. "I'm as interested as you in tha-well, no, I'm not going to lie: I can hardly understand anything you're saying, but that doesn't matter. If time doesn't runs as before, we have all the time we want, right?" She looks at On. "We can, as the less educated ponies say, take our time and do things slow?"

On sighs. Those two mares are more complicated than AJ or Dash. I can't just manipulate them, beacuse each one interfieres with the other. "I guess we can take our time, yes, but I really want to do this as quick as possible. You see, the situation is..."

"Then act as a gentlecolt and please explain us how did we got in here." Rarity smiles and blinks in a natty way. "Because you're a gentlecolt, right?"

"I second that!" Twilight rises a hoof and smiles. "The 'tell us about what happened' thing, not the 'gentlecolt' thing." She stays in silence for a moment. "Oh, no, I didn't mean you weren't a gentlecolt! I, um, I just..."

On rolles his eyes and interrupts the purple unicorn. "You are in the Void because, in-story, you were killed. So was I. And so were Applejack and Rainbow Dash."

That closes their mouth. The two mares look at my third body with a mix of surprise, worry and fear.

"Fluttershy and the others are still alive, at least canonically." On is still talking. "That's the reason why they aren't here at the Void.
You were right in front of Carousel Boutique, right?" My third body closes his eyes and remembers. "You were there, and then a strange creature appeared. You were starled by it, and..."

"And then, a ray of light." Twilight's eyes are open whide. She's frowning and looking at her hooves. "I can remember it now. We were screaming, and this dress appeared, and..."

"Green light." Rarity has tears running down her cheeks. On realizes she's thinking about her life, about what she's lost. Sweetie Belle. Her parents. Her friends. Her whole family. "A green ray of light. Emerald green. Like..."

"Like Greentalk's eyes," On says. "Everything about Greentalk is made of that color." He's frowning. His words are filled with hate. "He... she... Them. Their words are green, Chrysalis' eyes and magic is green, and Discord uses the color to hide himself."

"Greentalk... is two people?" Twilight looks at On. "Chrysalis and Discord? But how...?"

"The talk exactly the same way." On smiles. "Clever, right? Chrysalis can shapeshift and Discord is able to change his body too. The changeling queen impersonates the characters, and the draconeequs helps her, invisible, using his magic to fool everybody and make you think Greentalk is omnipotent." His smile dissapears. "And sadly, that's almost true now. Discord and Chrysalis hardly ever split, but when they do, they have a plan.
They split you at the hospital, remember?"

Rarity looks at On too. The tears are gone. She seems determined. On thinks the two unicorns may know now that they're not completely dead yet, and she wants to know.

Their eyes are enough for On to know he should keep talking.

"The timeline was crushed then. I... don't know why," says my third body. "You were separated in teams of two. But that wasn't Greentalk's plan. They wanted you to be alone, but your... nature interfered with Discord's spell.
Pinkie Pie and Aragón. Fluttershy and the other Pinkie Pie. Rainbow Dash and Applejack. And you two."

"What... do you mean with 'nature'?", asks Rarity. "We are unicorns, but the others..."

"It's complicated," answers On. "And I'm afraid I can't tell you. I know everything, here at the Void..." He stops for a moment. "Well, almost everything. There's a few things I can't understand because of my own nature. But I can guess the truth." My third body looks at the unicorns. "You should do the same."

"So... you can't tell us about the 'nature' thing?"

"No." On closes his eyes again. "The timeline was broken, as I said. You couldn't notice, of course. The story stopped being chronologically organized, but you, as characters, saw everything as normal as before. But the readers and Greentalk, who could see the story as a whole, saw a number of little fragments, each one about a different team of characters."

"The readers read about us in anachronistic order?" Twilight frowns and Rarity looks at her. "But that..."

"That allowed Discord and Chrysalis to be in two places at the same time." On opens his eyes. "Can't you see why, Twilight? Applejack and Rainbow Dash landed together in the Everfree forest, but Discord wanted to talk with them privately. He then used each one's conversation to fool the other and... kill them."

They gulp.

"Can you guess how?"

"I..." Twilight shakes her head. "I... I think I can, but..."

"Magic?" asks Rarity. "Maybe Discord teleported, and..."

"No." The purple unicorn frowns. "I'm sure it's not so simple. They used some kind of... trick. The rules of this world. But..."

"Ah!" Rarity turns to On. "The rearers! The readers thought the events were in chronological order, right? That... means something!"

On nods. "Exactly."

"The readers... the readers..." Twilight scratchs her head before smiling and looking at Rarity. "Of course! The readers thought that, so it was true until Discord wanted to show the truth! So... he used each one's conversation to...?"

"He talked to Rainbow and forced her to cry, for example." My second body looks aside, trying to avoid talking about AJ and Rainbow's defeat. "And then he used the... information he had got to harass Applejack. For the readers, the two conversations were exactly at the same time, so it made sense. It seemed logical for Discord to have that knowledge. But then, when he finally defeated Dash, he revealed that everything had happened a couple hours ago, thus defeating Applejack."

"It seems... complicated."

"It is." On nods. "I'm telling you this because it is very complicated, girls. You need to understand that, in this world, knowing the rules and being in a high level is far more useful than magic or the Elements of Harmony. Greentalk knows that. Greentalk uses that." My third body grins. "And you need to do the same."

"So we can turn back." Rarity talks with relief. "The way you said that... we can go back, right?! We're not dead! I can go back to Sweetie Belle, and...!"

"Discord killed you." On interrupts the mare. "Or maybe Chrysalis. I'm not really sure. Greentalk killed you, though. That's undeniable."

"But..." Twilight smiles. "That's not everything, right? This place..." She points at the non-existent floor, the non-existent walls, the non-existent ceiling. "The Void... It's the place where the ones who died in-story go. But we still exist, and this is part of the story!"

My second body smiles. "Of course. Both of you read books. What happens when a loveable character dies?"

"You remember him." Surprisingly, it's Rarity who answers, not Twilight. "When I read the first novel I not only liked, but loved, I cried for a week when the protagonist died," she explains. "I was just a filly back then, and my mother said... She said that Kam Ina was still alive, because he lived in my heart." She giggles. "She sad the same when my goldfish died and I thought it was a lie, but when talking about Kam Ina..." She shrugs. "I could always re-read the part where he was alive and using his giant robot to fight the evil empire, so he didn't seem so dead after all."

"I want to read that book," mutters On. "But you're right, of course. If you are remembered, then you can go back. It's not that hard for an author to resurrect a character after all. Even if he has to use a Deux ex Machina."

Twilight grins... and then frowns. "But Discord and Chrysalis... Greentalk may know about this. Maybe they have a plan, and..."

"It's possible." My third body nods. "But right now, your friends are in danger. You and Rarity were dangerous to them, so Discord killed you without any kind of game. Now Fluttershy and the others are the same. They need help, and they need it now."

Silence. The two mares are thinking about On's words, concentrated on the strange rules of this world.

"Applejack and Rainbow..." Twilight looks at the green stallion's eyes. "How did they...?"

"They weren't as dangerous, and Chrysalis needed food." On bits his lip. "Discord talked with Rainbow and fed the changeling, and then she went with the other Pinkie and Fluttershy. Discord went with Applejack and defeated her too." My third body sighs. "They fooled the reader, and thus the entire story, to think there were only one of them to talk with Rainbow. And at the same time, because the timeline was broken, Chrysalis was able to talk with Pinkie and Fluttershy and Discord with Applejack. Because for them everything was lineal, and for the readers too. But the two lines weren't the same."

"So... the two lines crossed?"

"They fused. The two lines became one and three at the same time." My third body laughs, but he doesn't feel any happiness. "I told you it was complicated."

"I can understand it, I think..."

"I can't." Rarity sighs. "But there's one thing... you said they used Rainbow's love. What kind of love...?"

"I'm afraid I can't answer that question." On shakes his head. "I can't tell you some things because the story needs to be interesting, but this is not one of them. I just want to... respect their privacy." The stallion smiles. "They will tell you if they want. But first, they need to talk with each other. I can't..."

"Darling, you don't need to worry." Rarity smiles and puts one hoof on On's shoulder. "We understand. You have a kind heart."

My third body can't do anything but laugh at that comment. If Rarity knew...

The two mares look at him, confused. "Eh... are you okay?" asks Twilight. "On?"

My third body nods, still grining. "Yes, yes, of course...
But we've been talking too much time, girls. It's time for you to reunite with your friends. But before that...
I need to tell you something." On's face turns serious one more time. "And we need to hurry, so don't interrupt me."

"You..."
"First of all," says my third body, "you shouldn't ask AJ or Dash anything. They'll told you when they want to. Second, you are far more important than you think. Every single character is necessary to the story. You can defeat Greentalk.
Third: Twilight, you and the other Pinkie are the most intelligent ones. Use your brains. Think, plan, use the readers. Your friends can help you, but sometimes they have to be fooled. Every single detail of what has happened is very, very important. Think.
Fourth, the readers are important. Very important. You know why. They can also interact with the story, but their help can be... not very helpful sometimes.
Fifth..." On smiles. "The author is not so bad. There are hints that can show you what to do, what to expect. Think about the whole story. The tags are very important.
And the last thing..."

My third body aproaches the two mares and grabs them.

"Don't move. We're going with your friends."

And before they can say anything, On travels trough the Void and carries the unicorns with him.

And he finds the other bodies, and they reunite, and I have just one body once again.

And I return to my real form.