Citrine was bored.

She was in the Great Caverns beneath The Mountain, as were all other dragons enslaved by the one known only as "Master".

"Master"... what a pity he never fought her head on. He only  sent the already enslaved dragons... he knew he had no chance to beat one of the proud quartz-dragons. After all, how could he, a mere mortal, hope to beat them? Especially her, under the protection of her father, the greatest dragon of all.

Noone could beat her father... and yet somehow he ended up down here too... she never knew if it was for her, or not. She never could tell when it comes to her father.

"Citrine" the hated 'Omniwatch' Creeping Madness said "you have a job to do."

Citrine sighed, before rolling over to her other side. It was such a pity she was unable to do a thing, chained down to the ground by those chains, only getting set free for when the "Master" needs her...

Her hate couldn't be described by mere words, and yet... yet somehow noone ever has beaten the "Master". She never fought him, and never planned to do so. She focused back on the reality, before Madness takes her silence as a sign of disobeyance.

Nodrake ever escaped, and nodrake ever was seen again after disobeyance.

"What kind of job?" Citrine asked. Madness turned around, before saying: "He will send a picture of a spirit into your head. Kill the spirit."

"I will do it." she said, causing Madness to chuckle:

"You have no choice, we both know that. Nothing has a choice." Madness then left.

'Who does that Madness think she is?' Citrine growled quietly. Already she could feel the chains trapping her wings weakening, allowing her to break 'free'. 'Whatever we hope to get, 'freedom' is just a dream for us', she thought to herself.

A picture started to form in her head... a bipedal figure wearing brown leggins and a blue hoodie with white hair was shown by it. Its skin seemed quite pale, indicating a frost-spirit. Citrine chuckled weakly, before thinking: 'Atleast I am not fighting something I can't beat... but where have I seen that face before?'

The walls of her prison crumbled away, leaving not even dust. Everything was black, the blackness of The Mountain.

The blackness of The Prison, the blackness of CJGKL.

It crept from everywhere onto her, seemingly dissolving her until nothing was left.

-----POV: Jack Frost-----

     "You should feel honored" a voice suddenly said behind me. I jumped up, turning around in my flight, only to be blessed by the sight of a dragon in front of me.  A ten metre tall dragon, covered in not scales but seemingly one single surface, a golden surface making you think you could see through it. Two horns were tipping out of the back of its head, made out of the same material like the skin of the dragon. It's eyes were a bright green.

It was roughly two times long its height. Its frontlegs had paws, its hindlegs claws.

     "Not many have a dragoness, especially a dragoness of the quartz-family, sent after their head." it... she said, while lowering her head so it's directly in front of me. "You have the honor of being defeated by Citrine the Fourth, Twenty-Sixth battleflyer of the sixth legion. Now, what is your name, Spirit?"

     I felt a sudden cold running through my veins, her whole appearance screamed P2 (pure power), so I only managed to stutter: "Jack... Jack Frost."

Paralysed of fear, I could only watch as she chuckled, lifted her right front-paw, and swiped at me. "You better run, spirit. The likes of you are nothing compared to us." she screamed after me, while I was sent flying through the air. Somehow, only the device-thingy of Iron Man fell out of my bag. It activated, showing an hologram of what I remember to be him, his whole armour visible, saying the same phrase I heard when holding it. 'Huh', I thought, 'seems like I can hear audio-messages without hearing them.'

I was quickly thrown out of my thoughts by a tree flying directly at me, stopping at an ice-wall directly in front of me. I grabbed the hologram-projector, shouted at it, "I HOPE YOU CAN SWITCH TO GRENADE-MODE!" before throwing it over the wall to the dragoness. And then I witnessed a beautiful sight.

-----POV: Iron man-----

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     I am so freaking bored!  I Have been walking for a couple of hours while trying to find the problem in my boot jets, and I had nothing else to do.  Oh wait, here's the problem, one of the boots needs rebooting. (Ha)  I wonder if I can bug someone with these glov- then I heard a voice in my head. "I HOPE YOU CAN SWITCH TO GRENADE-MODE!"  That was a surprising response, but as a friend of mine once said, 'You must find a positive light in anything so you can find your true enemies.' With a sad smile I ordered,  "Jarvis, activate the dimensional portal beams."  As soon as I said this,  the two red gauntlets that I had on fired a misty particle beam that opened a portal about the size of me opened.  I dove in and yelled, "Banzai!"

     After a while, I started to feel the effect of gravity as I was falling onto a hill.  I activated my thrusters and took a look at the situation I found myself in.  A large, golden dragoness was slowly walking towards an ice wall while breathing fire on it.  The only reason that the ice wall was still solid was because a pale, white-haired, boy with a long oak staff was keeping it frozen.  Even though this looked awesome, I couldn't help but notice that the Ice wall was weakening.

     I decided to do the thing that I do to all enemies that could easily tear me to pieces, annoy.  I fired a repulsar beam, which reflected off of the drake but did manage to get her attention.  "Another one?  "Who dares to interrupt Citrine the Fourth, Twenty-Sixth battleflyer of the sixth legion from finishing her kill?!" said a loud and deep voice that was trying too hard to scare me.

     I then proceeded to do the last thing that she would expect me to do.  I landed on a nearby hill and erupted a deep belly laugh that just seemed to piss her off.  "Okay lady, I'll give you my name.  I am: the student of Surprise Pie, ace pie thrower, inventor of the party bomb, traveler of universes, adventurer, the Iron Man, to a certain abridged vampire, I am known as Michele McDoesn'texist, and I am also the guy who is going to beat the crap out of you, but you may call me Jacob.  Now let's fight."

     I fired a few more lasers until I realized that they would do me no good.  I then said "Jarvis, got any options?"

  After a few minutes I heard the familiar voice say, "Well sir, because the lasers are not working and I doubt that bullets will work either, I recommend changing into the hulk buster armor to use brute force."  

   "Thank you Jarvis. I just hope that this still works"  While I was talking, Citrine was flying up and bearing her fangs.  I then stood completely still as I started the transformation process was working it's magic on me.  The armor increased in both size and density while the helmet widened and the rocket boots turned into hyper jump boots.

     I then shifted my body and jumped right at the dragon.  I then connected my head into her face which broke her jaw and also stunned her.  I the jumped off the hard foot that I had landed on and jumped up again, this time slamming right into her armor.  This broke a small hole in the armor which I stuffed a tear gas bomb as well as 10 flash bangs into.  I then walked away slowly as she engulfed me in fire.  While I was walking, the tear glass and flash bangs went off and  took out its sight, hearing and sence of smell.

My bunker buster on my shoulder came out and was aimed at her.  I then proceeded to chuckle darkly, "Do you know the new sensation sweeping the nation?  Bitches love cannons!"  I then blew her back with enough force to push her into my dragon party bomb trap with indestructible streamers which tied her up with the streamers.

     Seeing that the threat was eliminated,  I walked over to the ice wall to find someone passed out on the ground.  I turned my armor back to the original and poked him.  "Hey, wake up." I said in a firm yet quiet voice.  The young looking one woke up as I said, "So, what's your name?"

     "My name is Jack, Jack Frost, but you can call me Solveik [Solwei]. Thanks for the safe there, but... where DID you come from?" he asked, before continuing, "Oh well, I don't even know WHY she attacked me there. Said something about quartz and stuff like that, bit creepy. Is this yours?" he then walked over to the  hologram-projector and held it out to me. Behind us, the dragon was engulfed in darkness and vanished.

     I started at the device for a good minute before coming to the conclusion that my theory of things not staying in the void forever worked and that there were more universes that had received this.  I then relaxed and said in my most calm and happy voice,  "Well Solveik, my name is Jacob, but you may call me Iron Man if you want to.  As for your questions, I will answer them in order.   I originally came from either the same Earth or one similar to it, and was sent to an Equestria different from this one."

     I took a moment to get my thoughts together.  "As for the other ones, she was most likely paid to do it as a Mercenary or as a distraction, but I don't know enough about this world to know who sent her or why she would be a distraction.  Now about the divide.  What you are holding is basically a telepathic cell phone.  It can send a mental message to someone in this universe that you have previously met, or me.  This also has a hologram recorder as well as a super computer.  It also can act as a beacon for me or a rope for you so denominational travel is possible.  This is also useful for defence, it contains a micro energy field that absorbs attacks that involve kinetic energy.  This used to be mine, but I can see that it is in good hands, so keep it."

    "Wait, so... you can travel to these devices? Huh, sounds like an improved essence-container." Jack said, seemingly lost in thought. "If you can improve essence-containers like that... I wonder what else is possible. Maybe I can give a bit of my power into one?" He then closed his eyes, breathed deeply a few times and then a small box out of ice appeared in front of him, containing 3 shards of ice. "I can't say how great it is you showed her who's the boss, but take this. These shards... if you break them, they will freeze everything they touch and the air in ten metres... seeing how you can break things at a distance, that shouldn't be a problem for you. Welp, is there anything else I should know?" he asked. He then added after a short amount of time,  "Oh, and are there more people like you? That would be great, and it would explain those weird messages..."

    I took a moment to look at the shards before thinking, "I could use these." I then straightened myself and cleared my throughout. "In fact, I do have something to say to you. If you come across a mare with the last name of Pie, sing a duet with her before introducing yourself and she will recognize you as a family friend.  Also, thanks for the shards, I will use them wisely."  I then thought back to the gauntlets.  "There are also more people, like yourself, who have been sent to Equestria with the powers of whatever the hell you were wearing.  If you happen to have a pair of gloves that belong to a Mr. Gilgamesh, use them as well.  He seemed nice, even if I never met him."  I then straightened my back and asked, "So, what is this world like?"

    Jack then started to laugh, before telling me, "To be honest? I have no idea. I've been stuck in a shard like these for seemingly a millennia, and all the rabbit men are extinct. Whelp, I do know that his is a 3-layer-universe, first the physical-layer, the essence-layer and the code-layer. Huh, there are ponies here inhabiting the world now... let me think... oh, right! Their guards are doing clean-up duty after some sort of battle between wizards, can you believe it? As if it wouldn't be bad enough they shaped a formation looking like them on the moon..." he mumbled, seemingly angered by the whole idea of changing the moon.

    Rabbit men? Meh, I've seen weirder. "Oh, that's were you are.  Well then, I can honestly give you three pieces of advice.  On the 1000th Summer Sun Celebration, keep watch on the Castle of the Two sister located in the Everfree, if you observe but don't interfere, then you shouldn't have to deal with the moon being messed up.  If you meet Celestia, do not mess with her cake.  And if you see a magenta unicorn mare flying on a chariot with a baby dragon, keep tabs on her."  I decided that I should be as vague as possible so he could figure out more on his own. " Also, whenever you think that I have been staying in your hair for too long, just say, "Our contract is complete.  Earlier you mentioned that people were rebuilding something, and you have a look in your eyes says that you want to go somewhere.  It doesn't take a genius to know that you want to go help, that being said, mind if I help?"

     He gave me this weird look, before saying: "Sure you can help, just... they're going to freak out. You know, I got the powers of Jack Frost including the not-being-seen-rule, so... they never saw something like you before. The reconstruction-site is this way." and then he threw me out lead me to the forest, I could swear I have seen something rustling in the bushes during the walk, until we reached a town... so we are in the Everfree? "It's just down this street" he said while pointing through the walled gate "the third house to the right."

     "Ok, I also have a plan about the being scary part."  I then shouted in a dramatic pose, "JARVIS, activate stealth mode!"  As I was saying this, my armor began to shrink and darken while my ark reactor went from blue to red.

     Solveik then started to say, "How is the costume change supposed to prevent ponies from seeing you?"  I then chuckled as said, "like this."  I then turned invisible and then walked right next to Jack and said, "I think that that solves that."

     "...it does..." he admitted. "And here I was, hoping I would see people freaking out... never saw people freaking out like... ever! Huh, now that I think about it... I probably should visit the surviving wizard later..." he then motioned me to follow him, and went down the street. "Oh" he said "they have finally managed to disperse the crowd?"

  "If them freaking out, but not causing chaos is what you want, then I think I might have a way to get them back."  Before he asked me to explain, I used my teachings from Surprise and I pulled two party bombs out of nowhere, threw them up, set up twenty firework launchers in an instant, then I turned visible right when the bombs landed.  I was also holding a cardboard sign with the words "Iron man" written in blue crayon.  He then processed what the heck was going on and tried to stop me, but I was on a roll.  I then shouted, "Hello party ponies, I mean you no harm!"  This resulted in about half of the ponies running away in terror and the rest just stood there with "what the hell" faces on them.

     He seemed on the edge on a panic, until he realised exactly what happened. He then laughed harder than I would have thought possible for him, while the ponies started to party, all the while singing a song about partying and building up a house. There was a lightgrey mare with hair the same colour, and a rock as a cutie-mark, who looked around, and seemed to think after a few seconds: "Eh, why not.", grabbed me and got the crowd to cheer: "Iron man! Iron man! Iron man!"

     I then heard a voice say: "We did not expect to see something like this a night after the battle..." and when I turned around, I realised two things:

1. Celestia has come here in this short amount of time

2. Celestia back then used the royal 'we' too.

     She turned her head and looked at Solveik, then back at me, and asked, "What exactly ARE you doing here?" While the ponies threw me up yet another time (ponies are super-strong!)...

    After the ponies set me down as I was moving towards Celestia, I took a bow and said, "Simple Celestia, I am throwing a party.  Would you like to join?"  I stood there for a while until Solveik pulled me aside and said, "What are you doing?  She meant to ask what we plan on doing here, she probably did notice that we are clearly out of place."

    I then said "Oh, um, sorry then."  I then turned to Celestia and said in my calmest voice that I could muster, "Celestia, My new friend and I wish no harm to anyone in your fair kingdom.  I can't speak for him, but I am traveler from a far away land, spreading cheer, and hell to my enemies, wherever I go."  I then stood up and shoved a random cupcake in Celestia's mouth before she could ask where the aforementioned faraway land was.

     She calmly chewed the cupcake, and then said: "That is fine with me, but you still should have come to me immediately, I'll have to speak about politics with the rulers of your country as soon as possible..."

     Solveik rubbed the back of his head, and said: "That could be a problem, you see... my friend here comes from too far away to play politics already... right, Jacob?"

   "My apologies fair princess." I said in a faked noble' s accent "but due to the circumstances of my arrival, the last thing on my mind was to go see you."  Celestia then got an inquisitive look on her face.  "What were these circumstances that you speak of?"  I could tell that she could tell that I had a smirk on my face.   It was almost like she could see through my helmet.  "My friend and I were fighting a large crystal dragon."  Celestia then raised an eyebrow while everyone else gasped.  

     "Really? Because the only dragon we could see in the past week was a quartzdragon... Citrine, the daughter of Physics to be exact." she answered while trying to hold back a smirk. "So your arrival was today? That is an explanation we can live with."

     I gave a quick sigh of relief, "Thank you for understanding Celestia.  I would have explained more, but due to the content, I would prefer it to be in private."  Celestia then said, "Okay then, Perhaps later we may hear of this.  As for now, we see no reason to keep you here, so be gone.  I reverted back to base form and walked to the nearest pony, who happened to be the one who grabbed me earlier.  I looked down to her and said, "You know we're I can find some cider?"

---POV: Solveik----

     "You know where I can find some cider?" Jacob said, while I was complete and utterly confused. I heard a voice answer: "Cider? What is that?" before a thought settled in: There was someone... some dragon out there called Physics??? Sounds a bit arrogant to me... I mean, it's not like somebody could control the physics, right?

"So that dragon... Physics, wasn't it?" I asked "Why exactly is he called Physics?" Celestia, who was about to leave, stopped for a moment, and answered: "The records say, he can move faster than anything else, and weigh in one moment one pound, and in the next a couple of trillions. It's even said that he can create huge explosions without moving at all with him in the center, and surviving it without even so much as a scratch. There are several more feats, that earned him that name, but the main reason is, that he said himself he doesn't obey physics, physics obey him."

    I watched her leave, before muttering: "Wow, that IS kind of a super-powered dragon... Hey, Iron, you have to show me how you got those firework-rockets... I've been trying to get a hold on them for a millenia!"

    He then started to think for a while before telling me, "I actually prepared a song for this."  Well, this is either going to be really good or really bad.  He then preceded to fly up and clear his throat and say in a peppy voice.

"First you take a cup of blasting powder add it to the mix,

Then you pour some hydrochloric acid not a lot just a pinch.

Making these fireworks is such a cinch, just be sure to add some color.

Work it a little more, don't you dare snore or else you'll start a fire,

FIREWORKS!

So colourful and crazy,

FIREWORKS!

Don't be too lazy,

FIREWORKS, FIREWORKS, FIREWORKS!"

     He the concluded his song with a series of fire works and fresh cupcakes falling from them.  I could only stare and wonder if he ever frowned when a cupcake fell in my hand. He then descended and said, "He sound a lot like Discord.  In fact, I think that if you use his ego against him, you could probably best the dragon.

"Eh, sure?" I said, before realising something: "Wait wait wait, DISCORD? The guy who terrorised the Sercor-, Jrio- and Vrosh-tribes? The guy who could create anything out of nothing? But that guy's a myth!" before I stopped myself "Wait, if somebody like Physics exists then its possible Discord exists too... wow, I'm in a weird, weird world."

    The lightgrey mare, I later found out she was called Rock Pipe, grabbed us and pulled us back into the party. I remember eating tons of cupcakes, even some cupcapes, playing games, but not exactly WHAT happened. Seems like Jacob introduced cider to my world, there goes my promise to never get drunk.

-----The next morning-----

     I woke up, and looked around. Everywhere were partystreamers, and ponies were asleep all around me. I looked around, but Jacob... Iron Man was nowhere to be found. "Seems like he has gone home already..." I muttered to myself.

"Indeed, he has", a voice sounding like my own was to be heard from behind me, "before you wonder why I sound like you, that is because I was you... this universe has strange Displaced."

I blinked, before turning around: The 'me' talking still had my blond hair, but he let it grow so it's a huge mess, wore a black jeans with red lines on the site, and a green t-shirt with the Fnatic-symbol:

He also had some sort of smartphone in his hand, but I had no idea what version or from what brand it is, I never had one.

"Who are you?" I said "I mean, you already said you are me, but..."

He interrupted me, chuckled and said: "You mean to ask after what I represent. You see, I don't know it myself... there was no show telling about what I am. But call me Solveik 5.0. I only came here to tell you something:

See you in a thousand years! Perhaps..."

He then tipped around on his smartphone, and vanished. I then realised something: Rock Pipe (HOW DID I KNEW HER NAME???) was able to see me... this is either really good or really bad...

...wait, their leader knows about me...

...I hope they don't decide to tatoo a unicorn on my butt like they did with the moon... Next Chapter: All what remains so far Estimated time remaining: 47 Minutes