Canterlot (A few moments earlier…)

 “No way…”

Everypony near the scrying orb was staring in disbelief . Twilight and her friends made sure to aim directly at the Diabolic Esper, putting in all their strength so they would be able to encase the Tracer in stone. But now, he was standing there… Unharmed. Crackling with powers and cackling in laughter. Even Celestia was in disbelief.

“H-how is this possible?” She stammered. “That blast should’ve encased him in stone!!”

 That’s when they saw him move and begin to speak. “Oh my… wasn’t he a valiant one.”

  Ciela and Jane were wondering what he meant by “he” when the Esper was speaking. “Using himself as a human shield to protect his brother even after I rebounded that harmonic blast. That takes character.”

“R-rebounded!? How the hay is that possible!?!” An angered Rainbow Dash demanded for answers. “Matter of fact, what did that blast hit?”

Everypony’s question answered when the smoke cleared, revealing a true friend of everypony encased in stone.  The first to react was Pinkie, who couldn’t handle the sure amount of shock that was coursing through her. “NIIICCCKKKYYY!!!!”

“Oh god, this can’t be happening.” Ciela swore as she herself was on the verge of tears. The Chiliarch did not want to lose a son so soon after finding her children again in so long. But something else could be seen moving in the Scrying orb that wasn’t the Tracer. It was Anson. But his eyes were not filled with sorrow like the others. His were filled with Rage.

“Oh, well now.  Have you come to fight?” Eric asked him, menacingly.

 “No…” The strong tone caught everypony’s attention as he stared down his opponent with a ferocious pair of eyes. “I’m going to kill you.”

 “Ansy…”

 “You can not be serious.” The Esper laughed as he saw the gun that the Infinity Sword was holding inside his hands. “Do you honestly think that little pea shooter is going to harm me? You must be out of your damn mind.”

“True… but who said I was going to be shooting you?”

The question sent several individuals into alarm and panic as they saw the boy put the gun at his head. Even the boy’s father, Luke, questioned the move personally. “What the hell does he think he’s doing!?!!”

  “ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND!? HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP YOU?! YOU’LL JUST KILL YOURSELF!!” The Esper shouted as the voice rang through the halls. Anson though, just smiled and gave him his reason why. But for some reason, the ponies watching didn’t hear it and instead watched as the gun went off. But to their surprise, the action did not kill the teen, but caused shards of energy to form around the human and combine together, revealing a stronger ally that they never knew he had.

“THOU ART I AND I AM THOU. FROM THE SEA OF THY SOUL, I COMETH. I AM ORPHEUS, MASTER OF STRINGS.”

Ponyville (Present moment)

 Anson just watched as the Persona took form alongside him. He never expected anything like this to happen, for he had originally planned the gun trick as a bluff. But now, it was something much more. It gave him a fighting chance.

“So.” The Persona spoke.”Whatcha call me… I’m guessing it’s about this guy.”

Anson nodded his head. “You can say that. Mr. Jackass over here not only is responsible for the killings of multiple individuals and got himself imprisoned a thousand years ago for it, but since he’s been back, he’s more powerful and even reflected a blast from the Elements of Harmony that turned my brother to stone.” With the last statement, Anson pointed at the nearby statue of Nicko so the Persona could see what he was referring to.

 “Huh. I see…” The Persona said, a glint forming in his eye.

He idly took off the harp on his back and begin to strum it.

 “Shall we get this battle started?” He asks.

 Anson’s eyes narrowed and an eager smile is upon his face as he begins to hold both of his blades. The cracks from before had begun to repair themselves now because of what was happening and now, the Infinity Sword was more then ready to fight. “After you.”

The persona nodded and whipped one hand across the harp.

 “AGILAO!” He shouted, sending a fiery burst towards the Esper. Eric was caught off guard by the newfound attack for he had no previous data on the kinds of skills Orpheus was capable of. He raised his dynamo’s in defense, but the explosion that resulted from the attack knocked him backwards and skidding to his feet.

 “You’ll die like the rest of them.” The Esper snarled, his black eyes staring down the Persona.

 “I’d like to see you try.” Orpheus taunted.

 “Heh, the last pony that had your tone was the father of Celestia. The same one who I enjoyed killing and will kill you the same way.” The Tracer then formed his hand like it was a finger pistol and pointed at Orpheus. “FORCE FINGER!!”

 The small, but powerful blast ripped through the air like a speeding bullet. The Persona was lucky to have Anson toss a spare sword to block the shot and deflect it to where it ended up through the window of Sugarcube corner.

“Be careful. Eric’s capable of a lot of things that can catch you off guard.”

  “Got it. I’ve dealt with his type once.” The Persona said, nodding.

“Bet you haven’t dealt with one that controls time and space.”

 Orpheus flinched a little. “Seriously?!”

“Yup. He came here as a Time Tracer, but then increased his power to the point to where he lost his sanity and is now at this point.”

“Sound like someone else I know. Never mind that.”

Anson was going to say something else, but had to jump out of the way when Eric unleashed a Gravity Buster right in between the two of them. Midair, he grabbed his second sword, Conwell and tossed a few blades in the air to perform the skill named Sword Fall, which was done to not only hurt the Esper, but to distract him as well so Orpheus could blindside him. Even though Anson never really told him to do that, that was the intent of the tactic that he was trying to execute. He just hoped that the other Displaced could see his intentions and follow along with it.

“I see… Gurentou!” He shouted as a side of the harp began to catching fire suddenly. The Persona jumped up and hit the Esper, completely blindsiding him. The Esper took the full force of the blow. However, unlike the last blow, he didn’t move. He stood completely still. This left Anson confused until he saw that Eric had his weapon at his feet, holding him down like ankle weights.

Then, he noticed the hands of the Esper begin to crackle. “Get out of there!! It’s a trap!!!”

“EMP SHOCK!!!”

 “Huh?!” Orpheus shouts, suddenly overcome with the power of the move. The Persona falls to the ground, stunned.

“Ok… That stung a lot more than it was supposed to...” He coughs.

“You alright, Orpheus?” Anson asked out of concern after seeing him take such a huge hit. It looked like the Persona had taken quite a lot of damage to the chest area where a human’s ribcage would be. If he were human that is.

The Persona stands up and gives a thumbs up. “I’ll be ok. I’ve taken worse hits.”

 “Okay- damn it, JUMP!!”

“VOID FIELD!!” The Tracer bellowed as he had the energy crackle from his hands. Objects around him began to float within the attacks range that were on the floor, being ensnared in the gravitational field.

Orpheus seemed confused for a second but then jumped as soon as he noticed the attack. Anson soon looked towards him the moment the two of them landed on a vacant rooftop that was not in Eric’s attack range. “Okay, new plan. You should focus on range attacks while I get up close and personal. Your reaction time seemed to be affected by the shock of the EMP he set off earlier. I guess your character has a weakness to lightning?”

Orpheus nods. “Orpheus is a mostly ranged character with an affinity to fire, which is obvious. He’s got an attack lowering skill however. His weaknesses are Dark and Electric so I’ll have to be careful.”

“Hmm, that skill that lowers attack? What is its name?”

“Tarunda. Learned it last week when Rainbow assaulted me for offending daring do.” At that thought, Orpheus winces.

One of my friends got himself in a similar situation, where he accidently took a Daring Do book she reserved in advance. But anyways, I’ll attack head on while you can back me up. Sound like a plan?” The Infinity Sword asked, wanting to hear a second opinion from his ally first before charging straight into battle.

“Sounds good.” Orpheus took a battle stance.

 “Alright. Let the games begin.”

With that, the red haired teen charged in with a volley of flying swords, just scraping the Esper as Anson slashed the sleeves of his outfit. Eric himself countered with a few of his Dynamo’s Time Blasts, but Anson knew what to expect after falling victim to the same trick earlier.

Orpheus shot a few flame balls at the Esper, trying to knock him off guard. Each were reflected back with ease, given the capabilities that the Tracer had. he tried another Force finger, but it struck Anson instead. Nevertheless, he ignore the pain and slashed a brutal cut with his main broadsword across the Esper’s chest.

“AGH!! You little BASTARD!!!!”

“That’s only the first bit of pain that you will receive before we’re through with you.”

 “THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK!!!” The Esper shouted as the swordsman backed off. He had his energy pulsing violently around him.

“STARDUST SHOWER!!”

Before Anson even realized what was going on, he was bombarded with Chronospheres that detonated upon landing at his feet. The explosion rocked the town, causing the walls of the Apple Family barn all the way at the back of the town to shake. For a moment, Eric thought that he had got the warrior. But as it turns out, he was wrong.

  Anson was still alive, but now, he was different. Blood like magic flowed through him, enhancing his arms and legs. His passive ability, The Way of the Sword, just kicked in and the red aura around him was his Spirit of Destruction.

Orpheus watched with wonder. “Huh. Guess I shouldn’t underestimate these guys…” He mutters. He jumps down from the roof and stands back from Anson and Eric.

“Tarunda.” He whispered, casting the spell on the Diabolic Esper. Anson saw this as a cue for him to charge in as Eric was shocked to feel himself being weakened after receiving the full force of one of Anson’s swords.

 “W-what?!” Eric looked at his hands, which were now covered in a bit of blood from the extent of his injuries. He now looked at Orpheus, suspecting that he had something to do with it. “Grr… Get OVER HERE!!!” He yelled as he pulled one of his arms back, pulling the Persona with his control over gravity.

  “Sh*t!” Anson cursed.

 “Gaaah! Uhh…” Orpheus struggled to think. The sudden pull had caused him to drop his harp back in the shadows.

Thinking on instinct, Anson prepared one of his swords with a rope and performed the skill called Harsh Chaser to grab the musical instrument before it crashed to the ground. “Look alive, Orpheus!!” The boy had a theory that the Persona wasn’t able to fight without the Harp, so getting it to him was top priority as he threw it his direction.

Orpheus caught it as it was thrown and whipped it in front of him. “AGILAO!” He shouts, sending the explosive ball of fire to Eric. He took the full force of the attack, flying backwards towards the edge of town and standing on his legs. His body was covered with minor burns and scrapes besides the huge gash on his chest that was slowly beginning to heal on his own. Probably because he consumed a Recovery potion while the two Displaced were coming up with a plan on the rooftops. But right now, the Esper highly considered the option to fall back.

 “Give it up already,” Anson told him as a sword of his landed nearby Eric’s feet. “You got nowhere to run.”

Eric though, smiled at that statement and was beginning to laugh menacingly as the necklace around his neck began to glow. “That’s where you’re wrong.”

 Holding one of his arms out backwards behind him, he looked like he was grabbing hold of nothing. But in a swift movement of his hands, the Esper created a wormhole behind him that looked like a black hole.

“My research was for TWO purposes. The first was to find a way to counter Harmonic Magic. The second was to discover a way to cross between realities on my own with the powers I’m capable of. That way, when I was done with this world, I can just destroy universe after universe until I find someone strong enough to challenge me.”

 “Y-you’re INSANE!!!”

  “Am I? We’ll see about that soon enough.” The Esper told him as he turned around and floated into the Wormhole. Anson was now enraged. There was no way in hell he was letting him escape. But then, for a moment, he faintly heard a voice.

  A young, filly like voice.

“Orphey!! Help me!!!”

 Orpheus looked at the wormhole, terrified when he recognized who it was. “DINKY!” Something in him snapped. His face became one of rage.

 “HE HAD BETTER NOT HURT HER!” He roared, running into the black hole alongside Anson. This bastard had already harmed one person that was important to them. They were going to make sure that it didn’t happen again.

Meanwhile… (A few moments earlier)

 The young filly named Dinky Hooves was beginning to wake up to the sound of voices. But to her surprise, none of them were of her dear friend and protector; Orpheus.

“Who the heck are you?!” The voice she recognized as Thanatos yelled. Dinky herself was inside the shelters of the Ponyville Library as she noticed Twilight Sparkle in the living room.

“W-what's going on?” She asked.

“I’m not sure Dinky.” Twilight answered the young filly’s question.

 “W-where’s Orphey? He promised to take me to school today-.” came the next question. But moments after that question was asked, a loud crash ran through the library as something collided with the walls of the tree. What shocked the scared filly, was that the thing that crashed into there… was Thanatos.

“O-ouch…” The yell of the Persona echoed as no other response came. The Persona now laid unconscious on the floor of the Library as they began to see who his attacker was, which scared the young filly.

 “Pfft… Pathetic Sack of Flesh he was.”

  Dinky’s fears were grabbing a hold of her like a dragon’s massive claws. Even Twilight herself was feeling scared. Like she was looking at Nightmare Moon.

“Oh? Now who do we have here? A youngster and a Unicorn who doesn’t know any better.”

“What do you say!?” Twilight retorted, trying to blast whoever this individual was with her magic. However, the Esper’s dynamo’s moved on their own and with a single thought of his mind, deflected the small blast.

 “Like I said, A unicorn that doesn’t know any better.”

  Dinky was beginning to fear for her life. If only Orpheus were here to protect her. As the individual crept closer, Dinky shouted out a Plea, hoping that someone or somepony would hear her cries for help.

 “ORPHEY!! HELP ME!!!”

The Esper was confused by who the little filly meant by “Orphey” and just shrugged it off. But unknowingly, was not prepared for what came next.

Crashing through the wall was Orpheus and Anson, who were recently spat out of the same warphole that Eric had used. Unlike Anson, who hit the deck seconds after coming out, Orpheus continued flying forth and kicked the Esper with his metal hoof like feet.

 “You. DARE. harm her, You’ll get a mouth full of dirt.” He threatens, panting.

“ORPHEY!!” Dinky cheerfully rejoiced, jumping onto him.

  “Glad to see you too..” He sighs, casting his eyes onto Thanatos’ limp body. “Is… He ok?” Twilight herself, places a hoof where his heart would be and sighs.

 “He’s knocked out cold.” The Unicorn told him. “By… whoever that is. Care to fill me in, Orpheus?”

Orpheus points to the teen on the ground, who was just starting to get up. “Talk to him. I honestly don’t know other than he’s killed a lot of innocents.”

  “Oww… My freaking face!!” Anson said as he shook his head. “Okay, guess I got Displaced again. Three times a charm I guess.”

 “I’m sorry, what?”

Anson turned towards the sound of the familiar voice, surprised to see Twilight as a Unicorn and not like the Alicorn he had seen a few times before. “I can explain later. Name’s Anson, by the way.”

“I was just about to say I never got your name… Guess it’s too late now.” Orpheus shrugs.

“Yeah, but we right now have bigger issues to focus on.”

Anson was right on this point as Spatial energy was beginning to form around Eric as he rose from the ground.

“All of you…… WILL DIE!!! PARANOIA!!!!!”

“RUN!!!” The Infinity Sword shouted as he jumped for cover.

Orpheus quickly grabbed Dinky and jumped behind a desk. “The destruction of Twilight’s tree is supposed to come in season four! I hate how I change the seasons!” He shouts.

Anson just raised an eyebrow as he thought to himself ‘What the hell is he talking about?’ But on another note, Anson had to use his Harsh Chaser skill so he could yank Twilight to safety and out of the way of Eric’s incoming Hyperactive Skill.

The Distorted Cracks of Space and Time exploded, causing the roof of the young Unicorn’s “Treehouse” to get blown off and crash into a nearby lake. “Now… You’re next!!!” Eric declared in a snake like tone with distorted energy following behind him. Charging straight at Anson.

 “Over my dead body, MURDERER!!!”

 “Alright, let’s make that come true then.”

Both their weapons clashed in the center as the two of them continued to try and ravage at each other’s defenses. Anson himself relied a lot on the two swords he had and even switched his grip on them to attack at new angles while the Tracer was trying to continue his assault without any new ways to catch his opponent by surprise. Then, something happened. All the crackling energy that was around the Tracer before… disappeared.

“No no no no no NOOO!!! NOT NOW!!!”

Like with all states of extreme power, they always will run out eventually. For Eric, his Nasod Armor’s energy gauge decreased the longer he was attacking his opponents. The fight with Orpheus and Anson in Ponyville and his Paranoia skill had left his gauge at critically low. Now though, was when it finally ran out. And left Anson with a chance to finish it.

“ORPHEUS, do your thing!!” By thing, he meant Tarunda.

Orpheus nods. “Tarunda…” He said with a little difficulty. He slides down onto one knee after using the skill. Anson personally thanked the Persona as he gripped both of his blades and prepared to finish this fight, once and for all. Running towards the weakened Esper, he caught the villain in a series of strikes that left severe scars across his body. Especially around the Legs and Arms. That way, he wasn’t able to run away or fight back.

“This one is for Nicko.” The Infinity Sword said as he jumped back into the air. Swords at the ready as his Sigil glowed brightly.

“MAELSTROM RAGE!!”

A whirlwind of swords sprang forth once Anson tossed his second blade onto the ground by the Tracer’s feet. Slicing at him from all directions in an all out frenzy as Anson used what remained of his power to control the direction of the blades. The Esper was losing control of himself and from taking too much damage, he began to disappear into black dust as the final blade struck him right through his heart.

“G-guh… T-this… can’t be…” Eric moaned, dropping to his knees. “Y-you fool!! Don’t you know that killing me won’t bring your brother back?!!”

“I know.” Anson told him as he yanked the Tracer’s necklace off from around his neck. “But at least this way, you can’t harm anypony else.”

Blood soon rushed to the Tracers throat as he fell backwards, closing his eyes for the last time as he faded away into nothingness.

(Castle of the royal sisters)

“Tsh idiot of a brother, you think he would of know that there are stronger displaced humans other than himself.” Said the female Esper watching the battle take place. “But then again he wasn’t the kind of person that listens so there’s no surprise that he would lose.”

“Mistress Amelia, we should be going back home now.” Said Sweetie Belle who was wearing a time tracer outfit. “You still haven’t recover from what happen to you 5,000 years ago.”

“I guess you’re right, tell Applebloom and Scootaloo that the mission is complete. We’ll head back home and see if we can find another one of my brothers clones.”

“Yes Mistress Amelia Der Vogelweid!” Sweetie Belle said while saluting her.

“I really wish you stop doing that.”

“Sorry Amelia force of habit, you think I would of stop doing that by now.” With that being said Sweetie Belle teleported off back to HQ.

“The sooner we find out where Eric is hiding, the sooner I can relax for a while.” Amelia said as she two teleported off.

Canterlot (Amy’s World)

 The once crowded Hall of Elements was now empty. All the ponies that were originally in there had returned home. Even the Princesses had returned home. The only one that was there was Amy. The Crimson Avenger was leaning on a railing overlooking the massive city, staring at the glowing moon. Her wounds from before had recovered, but some wounds that weren’t so visible could not be healed. Especially if it involves losing a very good friend.

 She sighed to herself as she watched the children play, mares be with their gentlecolts and old Prince Blueblood complain for the most obscene of reasons. Normally, she would be one of the ones causing trouble. But tonight was different. Maybe it was because of what she had seen. What Anson did against Eric. Maybe it was waiting for the teen that felt like waiting forever for the impossible to become possible. Nevertheless, she waited.

That was, until a dim blue light appeared in the room and as she turned around, the Infinity Sword she was thinking about a few moments ago walked in. “Uh… Hi?”

SMACK!!!

“Oww!” Anson yelled a little after getting punched by Amy. “What the hell was that for!? I just got back!”

 “THAT was for making everypony worried sick about you.” The Crimson Avenger told him. “You’ve been gone almost the entire day!! We didn’t know if you were dead and Eric’s-.”

“-dead.”

 That shut up the Crimson Avenger immediately. “D-dead?”

“Yes. Followed him through the rift he created, ended up in Orpheus’ version of Equestria, and then killed him myself once his Nasod Armor ran out of juice. Had to rest because I passed out there and just came back recently after talking to Twilight over there.”

 “But how did you get back?”

 “Eric used his research to have the crystal on his necklace to allow him to cross between worlds. I just thought of Canterlot and you guys and BOOM! Here I am.”

Anson’s explanation just made Amy snicker. “You’re just full of surprises, aren’t you?”

“Heh…… you have no idea.”

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