"She knows," I said.

"Who knows what?" Fluttershy asked. "What are you talking about?"

"SHE knows!" I yelled. "She knows where we are! She knows where we're hiding!"

I just couldn't believe it. The one person- er, pony, that I didn't want to know about our hiding spot knew. Celestia was going to get me and either throw me in a dungeon or kill me, or SOMETHING!.....

..... And then it dawned on me.

"We have to get back!" I screamed. "Grab what you have to, then hide in the castle in the Everfree. When you get there, hide in the room with the Organ to the Outside. I'll meet you there when I can."

"Alright," she responded. "What about you?"

"I have to go help the others," I said, running out the door.

I ran through the forest, aiming for Zecora's hut and running as fast as I could. As I ran, I thought about what the note had said. How did she know? What gave us away? Why did she want to catch me so badly?

Well, I had a theory for the last one. She probably thought that she was the 'leader' person, and that I was the bad guy. I'm not a bad guy though. I sure as hell didn't plan on 'leading the world to peace' but I didn't want to 'bring despair' to it either. But still, if I wasn't the bad guy, who was? I doubt it's Celestia, but who is it?

That question would have to remain unanswered, as I heard a shout of "Come out! We know you're in there!" Shit, that must have been part of Celestia's guard! But what luck! Just when I get to the clearing in around her hut!

"Hey!" I yelled at the guards before I noticed that there was about fifty of them. "Um... Leave them alone! you're here for me. Right?"

The head guard walked up to me and said, "Yes, we are. You are under arrest."

"Under what charge?" I asked. "Surely you have a reason for arresting me, and it's not just because Celestia ordered it."

The guard was stupified. Clearly, he didn't expect me to say that. "Grr! GET HIM!" he screamed at his men. "And get the ponies in the hut! For all I care, they're traitors to the crown!"

"I thought I told you to leave them alone!" I yelled at the guards as they charged into the hut. I pulled a branch off a nearby tree and started smacking the guards out of my way as I ran towards the door. What? I didn't want to hurt anyone.

When I finally got to the door, I saw that the guards that had made it in were being fought back by Zecora and Renkinjutsu. I ran through the guards to help them. When I got to them, I realized that I had wandered into a battle that we couldn't escape from..... Unless....

"Zecora! Renkinjutsu!" I screamed at my companions. "Get close to me!"

"What to you plan to do?" Zecora asked. "They won't just show their backs to you."

"I know that," I said. "But that doesn't mean that they won't blink. Renkinjustu, NOW!"

At that, the alchemist threw down a capsule that let out a loud bang and released a bright light, stunning the guards in the room. I grabbed the pony and zebra in my company and jumped backwards, the three of us turning into a shadowy substance before fading to nothing.

We reappeared at the castle of the Pony Sisters.

"I can't believe it." Renkinjutsu said. "We ran from a large battle./'Tis a shame on us."

"Oh can it." I said. "We got out of there and we're sa-"

I was cut off when I saw the one figure that I sure as hell didn't want to see.

There, in front of me, stood Celestia. She was dressed in golden armor similar to that of her guard. A halberd floated on her left, and a large metal war hammer was clipped to her right.

"You shall go no further," she said. "You cannot escape me again."

"That's what you think!" I screamed in defiance. "Drake! I need help!"

Drake flopped out of a portal and got up before yelling at me. I noticed that he was almost completely naked, in fact, he was only wearing his underwear. "What the hell man! Me and Fluttershy were about to.... you know! It took her months to work up enough courage for that! And you just-"

He was struck with Celestia's war hammer before he was able to finish. As he was hit back into the portal he screamed, "Goddamn it Dox!"

Well shit....

Celestia returned her attention to where I was, she was surprised to find that I was running off further into the castle.

Further in the castle, I found Fluttershy waiting for us. I'm glad she made it here alright.

"Okay, we're all here," I said. "It's time I tell you guys why we came here. We're going to enact Urahara's fail safe just in case something like this were to happen."

"And that is?" Zecora asked. "Surely you can tell us this."

"We're going to hide in the soul society." I said. "Just let me open the portal."

I walked over to the organ and played the keys that Urahara told me to play.

C-Bb-F#-Eb-Chord of Eb minor

A portal opened up next to the organ. I could see the gates of the Seireitei just beyond the portal. Before anyone could pass through, however Celestia burst into the room.

"That's it!" she screamed. "This is your last chance to come with me. If you don't comply, then I'm going to have to kill you."

"Go." I told the ponies and zebra. "I'll be right behind you." I turned towards Celestia and unsheathed my sword. "I won't run. But you won't take me!"

"Such a shame then," Celestia said, charging up a spell. "You could have lived peacefully in the dungeon."

"That's not living!" I screamed. I charged my sword and brought it above my head before bringing it down and yelling, "HIT STREAM!" and sending a beam of energy at Celestia.

Celestia said nothing, instead shooting her spell straight at me. It collided with Hit Stream and pierced it, dispelling it in the process. The beam continued towards me and struck me.

The last thing I remembered was pure pain.

Fluttershy, Zecora, and Renkinjutsu stood there, baffled. They just watched their friend and comrade get incinerated by the solar monarch.... Yet, there wasn't even so much as ash where he stood. What had become of their friend?

Elsewhere, the entity that had come to be known as Dox floated in front of a large astral being. Who this was was a mystery to him, and would be for as long as he 'lived'.

"Welcome to my realm, Champion," it spoke.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"I am, who I am." it said. "I am everything, yet I am nothing. I am the void, yet I am not."

I stood.... floated, in awe. This was the Dungeon master! I thought the dungeon master was me, but.... Wait, he called me the champion. I was a rule that I made up! This was the real dungeon master!

"Yes, Dox." it said. "I am indeed the Dungeon Master. You are the Champion. Before you ask me, you are not dead. I have brought you here before you would have died. Your body has sustained a lot of damage, enough that a normal player would have died. You are not a player, though. As such, I am keeping your body here so it may recover. You may use one of the other bodies I have here in the mean time."

In a flash of light, two figures approached into the void. The first one was most definitely an alicorn, the other was humanoid.

The second figure appeared to be an elf with some kind of mutation, the poor guy. He looked at me with a scowl and crossed arms. It stared at me for a solid minute before raising its left arm and flipping me the bird.

"Two characters to use," the DM said. "One old, and one new. One from this universe, and one from a different campaign."

Author's Notes:

So, THAT happened.
Don't worry, the story's not over, in fact, far from it. This is just the best (and easiest) way to introduce a character you'll meet in the next chapter, as well as a few other things.

Oh, and if you are a D&D Nerd, then you should know the unspoken rule.
For those of you that don't, spoiler but always have a spare character ready.
Oh, and if you can guess what that 'other campaign' is, you get a prize...... Kinda like that last random OC feature, but this one gets an actual role, in which I will PM you about.