“.... Damn it ....” I say aloud. I bring up my hands a rub my face a bit and sigh. This is a LONG story … to me at least. I look up at the ceiling and drift off in memory.

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I hopped out of the portal, barefoot, with burns on my feet. Why? I fought a fire spirit and my old ass mind forgot to put the fire ward on my god damn feet! Anyway I look down at my feet and sigh, “Time for new boots I suppose.”

I teleported to my home in United States, Pennsylvania. It is a old farm house passed down to me by my father thirty two years ago when he passed away. I have enough money here to buy a continent if I wanted to, but this house has been in the family for many generations and I guess I’m its final owner. I walk into the back door and go through the kitchen into the dining room and stop for a second and look at the mantle … there they are my four crazy freinds immortalized in a single piece of paper with ink. I can’t believe that happened only sixty years ago here … it happened so much longer ago to me … I light the candle on the mantel with my magic. I don’t believe in any religion, I just do it because they were all fire bugs. I walk away and turn on the holodeck in the living room and turned on the news the date was December twenty first, two thousand and seventy four …. only five years since I left huh? That means she is still alive … I’ll have to visit her after I get new boots. How old would she be … Eighty two .... the same age dad died.

I left the holodeck on, since it broadcasts through the house, so I could hear the news and what I had missed. I turn around and head upstairs and make a right and entered the master bedroom. I went to the closet and get out a new pair of boots. This happened a lot more often than you think when I was here. As I was stringing on the new pair of Black Hawk Tacticals I heard something on the news that brought a smile to my depressing face. “ This just in Dr. Anna Lynn ****** has just announced that she has discovered a way to travel between solar systems in less than one year and is planning to build the Jump Port to do so, and it should be done by next December! Here she is now! Do you have anything to say Anna! “Hehe, just mom I love you and uncle if you're out there … I finally did it … thank you for believing in me.” I smile at what she said … my little Anna finally did it. Anna is my niece by the way. Me and her got along ever since she was young and she always watched me work. After she hit age seventeen she decided she wanted to follow in my footsteps as a scholar and scientist to advance the human races technology. She decided to go down the space route, which I still helped her in, to the point I molded her into a problem solving machine.

I reach into my jacket pocket and walked back downstairs to the holodeck. I got out my phone and went into my contacts. I selected the one named Bear and clicked dial. I put it up to my ear and watch the holodeck.

On it I hear Requiem For A Tower, one of my favorite songs and smile. Anna's eyes go wide and she quickly get out her phone and tells everyone to shut up. She answered “Hello?”

I smile a bit more softer when I see a tear come down her face, “Good job Anna Bear, good job indeed.” I then hang up. On the holodeck I see Anna take the phone away from her ear crying … but with a smile. She then puts the phone away and walks over to her vehicle and drives off.

I put away my phone and then walked back into the kitchen. I head right and go to the cubert. I grabbed a wine glass and then summoned up some wine I got from a friend, that is almost more than a thousand years old. I poured some and then dismissed the bottle of wine. I sit back against the counter and sip on the sweet, exotic wine. I take a deep breath … the next thing on my list is not going to be easy and then the thing afterwards … that's going to be even harder.

I finished off my wine and washed the glass and put it back. I went back into the living room and turned off the holodeck. Nothing good was on. I walked back to the dining room and blew out the candle. I go out the back door and lock it. I looked out at the beautiful landscape and untouched land that has been in the family for generations. Not many places like this exist anymore. I breath in the cold air and relax … it’s been so long. I imagine the spot I need to be and teleport there.

I port to a open field area where the field is aligned with tombstones … an area, no matter how long I live, that I will never forget where I need to go. I walked for about three minutes until I found the four graves I was looking for. “Sup assholes.” I say to my deceased friends. “It has been quite awhile, for me at least, I just wanted to stop by before I head back out. Chad you would have loved where I just came from! That was the most anime like dimension I have ever been to haha! But that fire spirit was insane so … ya. Oh, I come bearing gifts!” I summon up four objects that I know my friends would love. “For you Jimmy a Dwarven sphere engine.” I use magic to imbed it into his gravestone. The sphere was about the size of a large marble, but it could power about ten trucks, with nothing more than a power source like a mana gem, for about five years before needing to be refilled. it is a fantastic piece of technology. “The next is for you Josh, a Dwarven axe.” the axe was a one handed francesca style axe that is made out of the special metal the Dwarves use. I could never understand the composition, or even what they used to make the metal, but it is on par with my enchanted blade. I brought the axe back and used magic to weaken the stone and drove it in, now there is a axe sticking out of Josh’s headstone. “This is for you chad. It took me awhile, but I found a universe with decent anime that was on dvd. This one resembles Rosario + Vampire a lot except the main character is a Elf that looks kinda like Link.” I took out the dvd and then embedded it in his gravestone. “And finally for you Alec.” I unsheath a sword. It is a short sword with a blue blade with distinct markings in a foreign language that says ‘To risk a limb, is to be a friend. But to risk a life, is to be a brother.’, the handle is a crimson red with the hand guard and pommel pure silver. “This is a sword given to those of the great warlords of Armada. It is only give to those who died in battle to protect a fellow warrior, or to someone who almost died doing the same act.” I channeled magic through the blade. I then brought it up and then drove it into his tombstone ‘Sword in the Stone’ style. The magic, just like the other items, infuses the sword with the stone so it can not be removed.

I step back from their graves and look at what I’ve done to them. “Hehe, it looks right to me … good bye again my friends.” I walk away from their graves and head to the next set. On my way I listen to the sounds of my home world, my home universe. The sound of the snow falling and crunching under my feet with the mana rivers connecting all the planets and galaxies into one big web of energy that synchronize with a calming humm. All the unused, pure, raw power that seems to envelope you while you’re here.

In my admiration of my home plain I ended up at my destination. I look slightly down and I see them, “ Hi mom, hi dad.” I sit down in between there gravestones and put my hands on both “ Have things been good? I hope so. For me I have been doing good. I’ve learned a lot from my travels … and I even made a friend … I hope you are happy with that since you two always got on my ass about that.” I chuckled a little. “I haven't seen him in a long, long while though. It’s probably only been five years for him since that is the odd kink the D.A.A.U.R spell. For the everlasting life of me I can not figure out how to fix that without having constant portals to keep the timelines in link! And that can't be done because of the risk factors involved. Even if I put some in my H.O.M.E, but that is really hard to do since I made it using a active black hole … maybe make a second H.O.M.E using less dangerous means. I mean, BLAH! There I go rambling on again, hehe I never grew out of that did I?” I got up and stretched out with a grunt. “Well mom, dad I gotta go, I still have one more person to visit,” I bend down and kiss the tops of both headstones, just like I have done for many years.”love you both.”

I take a few steps back and then fired up my tracking spell and set it to find those that share my blood down to my mother and father. After three seconds I get a hit, close my eyes and instantly teleport to it.

When I get there I hear a constant beeping … and I then smell alcohol … no. I open my eyes and gaze around starting from my right. Theres a heavy oak door with a stainless steel handle (pretty odd considering todays day and age.) with a heavy lock above it. The walls are painted a soft purple with matching chairs in the corners. I look straight out from where i'm standing and see a beautiful view of a mountain range (hard to come by these days). I then look to my left … and my heart stops. There's a heart monitor along with IV bag connected to a aged women. Her hair is brunette color with some grey hairs here and there, a lot like what happens when you don’t dye your hair for too long. Her face has some wrinkles, but she still looks to be around forty or fifty. Her eyes are shut but I already know there color a gorgeous emerald green that you could never forget even if you wanted to. she was small but not super small around four eleven or five four, but don't let her size fool you, she will kick your ass. Ha, I should know she is my sister after all.

I walk over to her bedside and brush her hair back with my hand to get it out of her face. She stirred a bit and eventually opened her eyes. After a few seconds they settled on me. Her eyes widened. She surprised me with her speed and hugged me in a split second. It took me a moment to recover but I eventually hugged her back. “Hey sis hows it going.” She realed back from the hug with a smile … that instantly took the form of a look of anger and she slapped me with enough force that would leave a mark if it was not for my healing factor! “AGH, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR YOU OLD HAG!!!”

“FOR LEAVING OUT OF NOWHERE YOU IMMORTAL SOCIOPATHIC PRICK OF A YOUNGER BROTHER!!! I MEAN WHAT THE HELL I'M IN MY 80’S AND YOU HAVE A NIECE WHO ADORES YOU AND YOU JUST LEAVE!!!” she yelled at me with the stubbornness that is in our blood.

“WELL EXCUSE ME FOR LETTING MY CURIOSITY GET TO ME!!! AND WHO ARE CALLING A PRICK YOU BITCHY NAGGING SUCCUBUS!!!” I called her the name which she hated.

“FUCK YOU!!!”

“FUCK YOU TOO!!!” I intelligently retaliated and flipped her off.

“I MISSED YOU YOU KNOW AND SO DID ANNA!!!” she screamed back with tears welling up in her eyes.

“WELL I MISSED YOU TO! I MISSED ANNA TOO, SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME SUCCESSFUL!!!”

“YES SHE HA-” I interrupt her yelling with a big hug with many tears in my eyes.

“You idiot do you know how long it’s b-been for me! Because I lost track after ten thousand years, I don't even know how old I am! I have d-d-destroyed myself in so many ways and I have forgotten so much, but have learned so much more! Hell I have forgotten the names and faces of almost everyone from this universe and many others, but I never forgot about you or Anna, everyday you were in my thoughts, no matter what I was doing, where I was, or what spell or war I was in the middle of YOU TWO were always in my thoughts sister. You know I love you both.” I say while hugging her with so much force she cant even breath, but I can't stop. It’s been so long since I’ve seen her and my body is not responding, but she just ends up endearing it in her old age and grunts while hugging back.

After a few more seconds I let go and wipe the tears out of my eyes “Sorry about th-”

“SHHH, don't apologize I understand.” she smiles and I smile back. That’s the thing about my sister, even though I’m so old around her I’m nothing but a child. She has that effect on me, probably because of when we were younger I relied on her for emotional support so much that she is practically my second mother. We just sit there for a few minutes just enjoying eachothers presence in the silence. just listening to each other breathe and exist.

“Dust … I have somthing to tell you … and then something to ask you.” she says with a small smile … but it’s a cross between sad and happy.

I ignore the sadness and say “ Yes sis, what do you want?” with a smile while holding her hand.

She looks directly into my eyes with that smile and tears “I’m dieing Dust-” My heart stops and my blood runs cold. I knew it would happen one day but … not on the day I come home. “Old age caught up to my along with my stomach problems. I’m giving out, our blood might give our family the ability to look younger that we are, but on the inside we are a wretch.”

I don’t cry, I never do when someone I know is dieing or they are dead. I find It useless, but my monotone panic shows my feelings. “ I could extend your life and heal you. I just need a dragons heart, tree of life bark and a apple of eden, maybe even add some phenix tears to some lady of the lake water and combine it with the spell to slo-”

“Dust!” She say firmly interrupting my train of thought. I look at her with wide eyes, “ Please stop. I don’t want to be healed, or saved, or made immortal either by science or by magic. Dust I want to die. You and me are very similar, you know this. So if we really feel the same and think the same, and have the same old fashioned train of thought, then you should know why I don’t want to be saved … and what I want you to do my shinigami of a brother. You promised me this very long ago, that if I asked, and if I am in the right mind, you’d do it.”

I take a deep breath and then exhale “I also said then you have to have a reas-”

“What do you think the reason is! I’m in pain and I’ll be dead in a two months anyways, I just want to make the process quicker.” she said with a voice crack.

“What about Anna. What will she do because we both know I can’t stay here.” I ask her the serious question being imposed here.

“That is the second thing I want to ask you … I know you can’t stay here for long since you’d be on the run and can’t learn much from here so you’d eventually go insane, well, more insane then you already are. You crave entertainment so much you’d go against all morals and rules of creation to get it. You’d eventually destroy everything around you including all life in this universe. You are like a god of neutrality, never picking sides or abiding by rules set for you, or even morals that others look down upon. You don’t discriminate or harm out of anger, but you do it to learn and teach others. This is your greatest asset bud, but also your greatest flaw. For these reasons alone, and there are many others, you can’t stay here.” She puts one hand on my cheek and I lean into it and grasp it with my own hands. “ But I ask you to give Anna a way to keep her on her feet, a reason to go on, a enterprise to run a nurture further.”

“You want me to give her my company and possessions here don’t you?”

“Yes. You are going to leave, and don’t say you won’t, and even if you come back you will leave again. You have no need for them, so hand them down to the one person that could take care of the house and be your worthy successor. Please do this, as my final wish.” she smiles happily with tears running down her face.

I close my eyes in thought but it doesn't take me long to weigh the options and pros and cons “Ok.” I use my magic and summon up my will, the copy that left everything Anna. I have multiple copies that would leave it to the others I deemed worthy, the only problem is my sisters wish and also I forget who the others are in the first place. I place it in a safe that is in the room, I know Anna knows the code it is her safe after all. I look back at my sister with my expressionless look. “Are you ready sis?” I Ask with a emotionless tone. You can call it my natural safeguard I perfected over the years to deal with hard feats such as this.

She closes her eyes and lays down “Yes.”

I walk over to her and brush the hair off her forehead. I look and my sister and think back to all the fun times and hardships we have been through together. You’d think i would hate to do this but … I happy to. I get to give my sister rest, a rest I’ll never get. Yes I am sad to see her go but I’m glad at the same time. She deserves rest, she has worked hard in her life, and she has dealt with me! Ha! That's enough to give anyone a peaceful send off. I lean down towards her forehead, and give her a simple kiss on the forehead. Once my lips connected, her body went cold, her breathing stopped, and the heart monitor flatlined. The Kiss Of Death, a spell only known by a few, and for good reason. Just one kiss, anywhere, to end a life. I just sat there staring at her lifeless body brushing her hair-

“DUST!!!!”
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I jump from the sudden shouting of my name. I look around and see all being in the room looking at me worriedly. “What!? What’s the matter!?” I ask with urgency in my voice.

Pandora grabbed my shoulder and asked “Are you alright?”

I give off a single laugh. “Yes, I’m fine, why do you ask?”

“There is b-blood coming from y-your eyes.” Say Cadence shakely.

I reach my hand up and touch my face and yes, there appears to be blood coming from my eyes like tears.

“I’m fine, just a little tired that's all, it’s been a long day for me. Is there anywhere I could bed?” I respond with a reassuring smile while I use magic to rid my face of blood.

“But the question-” frantically blurts Purple.

“Twilight, he needs rest.” interjects Celestia.

“But, but, bu, okay.” says Purple while putting her head and ears down.

“You could room at me and dads castle! I’m sure he’d love to meet you!” offers Pandora.

“That sounds lovely, why don’t we go now?” I ask whistle standing up.

“Okay, just give us a moment to change.” she responds with a wink and a part of her tongue sticking out the side of her mouth. It was serpent like by the way … and the look was pretty cute as well.

I give her a thumb up and turn around to give them privacy. I hear some rustling and the sound of clothes being moved a manipulated on the women. Fifteen minutes later (Holy hell that took way longer then it should have!)

“Ok we are done.” signaled Luna. I turn around and see the five women in some very casual outfits … at least I think there casual. Luna is wearing a red T shirt with what looks like a anime esc design on it (I will be so happy if there is anime here!). She also has a pair of white and blue basketball shorts on in conjunction with silver and blue slippers on (Well … that's interesting.)

Twilight has a more librarian look to her. She was wearing her hair down, brushed back behind her ears, and has on a white collarless dress shirt. She then has on a long blue skirt and black dress shoes. In addition she has earrings that were just purple six pointed stars.

Celestia has a small gold tiara on her head with pearl earrings (Hmmm, how old is she?) with a red bolero jacket. Underneath that is a yellow v neck shirt with a pearl necklace. She has on a pair of jeans that were were tight and showed the form of her legs and some gold slippers that had a ruby in them.

Now Pandora … I’m not sure on what to think on what she is wearing. She has on a grey hoodie that comes down to her hips with the hood up with her horns going through it, and a small spiked collar with her tank top underneath. On her hips is a studded belt that is running through her pants and hanging off on her left. Her tight pants look to be made out of different shades of black and grey leather material patched together with a pair of boots that match the colors of her legs. Also her fingerless gloves match the colors of her hands as well. (Can’t say I completely agree … but I don't hate it at all.)

Cadence was the simplest out of the bunch. She’s wearing a frilly sky blue sundress with a modest sapphire necklace with a gold chain. Her shoes are slippers that matched the color of her dress. Finally her hair is up in a ponytail and she has a gold ring on her finger. Again not the most dressed up of the bunch, but she can pull it off.

I clap at them with a smile and say, “You all look very nice and casual. I expected you to get super dressed up because you are royalty and a child of a god, but I’m glad that you didn’t.”

Celestia chuckles and responds with “Weekends are our days off so we tend not to get dolled up that much.”

“I understand, one time I ruled a Kingdom until a new king could be selected and I had to wear the robes and crown and have on jewelry and the whole nine yards. So anytime I had a moment to myself I walked around in nothing but my underwear and socks.” I sympathize with a sigh.

Celestia quirked a brow at that response “You were a king once? Why are you not one now?”

I look at her with a bored expression “Yes, I was a king several times and those are stories for another time. Also the reason why I’m not one now is because I don’t want to be one. I have no desire, and never did. All those times were when I stepped up to keep kingdoms with potential afloat. Now then let’s get a move on.” I say while clapping my hands together once.

Pandora jumps up to me and leans down slightly with her hands clasp behind her back “ Alrighty!” She then stands back up straight and lifts her right talon up in the air and flicks her fingers.

There is a big flash of light, and I can already say two things. One, ow, my eyes. Two, I already feel sick.

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