Fly to the Stars and Back
Chapter 9: Chapter 1 (Part 9): Looking Back
Previous Chapter Next ChapterBlitz groans as he reaches the bottom of the pole and starts blowing on his hooves. "Note to self, have gloves on standby."
"And this is the secret cave Blitzy has. He keeps all the fancy planes and everything." A bubbly voice said nearby and echoing in the cavern.
Blitz, hearing this, engages his invisibility. He sneaks around a few rocks and sees Pinkie and her sisters looking around with Sunshine riding Pinkie. "He's so cool, he even let me use the super strong cannon here. Still testing through." Pinkie said.
"He seems to have a bit of free time." Maud says.
Pinkie giggles. "Actually, he has an army of changelings do this for him and his army of mandalorians move in the furniture. He just asked for it."
"Nice use of a cavern." Marble says.
Pinkie giggles. "Yeah. He can even use a small piece of rock to kill others. Like Maud against the boulder, he's my shining knight or the darkness of shadows." She said dramatically.
All the sisters just look to each other before looking back to her. "Sister, do you ever think he might be hiding things at times?" Limestone asks.
"Hiding from Maud most likely. He has been terrified of ever since she attacked him with that saw." Pinkie says.
"I was worried." Maud said simply as the main door opens up.
"Ah, here it is." The owl from earlier said walking in. "I was wondering where he placed it. Hi Pinkie." The owl said passing them as Pinkie waves at him.
"Hi Matty." Pinkie said still waving. "How's Ash?"
Matt shrugs. "Oh you know, screeching."
Pinkie giggles. "Broke the bed?"
Matt chuckles. "And the sound barrier."
Pinkie giggles as the others just stare at him and Blitz facehooves.
"Come on, I'll show you his weapon room." Pinkie said hopping away.
Blitz groans. "I need to get out of here." He said quickly heading to the door and heading up before walking through the halls again. "I can't believe they are walking around like they…" He stops as he comes to the foal's playroom and sees all the foals with Twilight around a familiar pink cat.
"So you know a lot of magic?" Twilight asks.
Lati nods as she pets Arcane. "Oh yes. I am a master of all magic, even the dark ones. The others on my team know some magic, but the only one close enough is my mate. However, I do know the most dangerous magic that my mate has chosen not to learn. What about you?"
Twilight smiles and shows some books. "Oh, I am a master of all these and some strange ones at times."
Lati looks them over and smiles. "You're on your way, but try and go with caution. There are some things you might regret."
Twilight smiles nervously. "Yeah, I might have on one."
Lati smirks and starts scratching her head. "All will be forgiven in time. Now why not help me make a magic act for the young ones here?" She asks holding up Arcane.
Twilight smiles as the foals smile and cheer. "Sure. Let's try this one."
Blitz sighs as he continues on and hears the foals cheer from random magical pops. He soon just ends up wandering around and ends up at the armory and training center and hears some gunfire, old gunfire. He peeks in and sees Blazer staring at two figures. One dressed in the familiar ninja garb and the other dressed in street clothes of an old planet with holsters and ammo clasps on the belt.
The one dressed in ninja garb was throwing knives and periodically firing from an old bullet pistol at the targets at the end of the range. While the other one was just firing from two pistols that looked a bigger caliber while reloading at times from the clips on his belt by just slamming the gun at the clips before firing again.
"Excuse me?" Blazer asks.
Both figures turn to him and Blitz can see it was the female wolf and now he sees a male wolf. "Yes?" The male wolf asks.
Blazer gulps. "Can I join you and maybe figure out how to use those?" He asks pointing to the two swords resting on the tables for the range.
The male wolf looks to the swords as the female wolf turns back to the range. "Think you can handle it?" He asks.
Blazer nods and shows his swords. "Yeah, I got some training."
The male wolf smiles and snaps his fingers and a flash occurred and the stallion stood there, but seems to have scars all over him that has intricate designs. "This would be better since you still stand on all fours at times. Come on." He said picking up his swords and leads him to a small ring and they both drew their swords and took their stances. "Okay, nice stance, form and those blades. Huh, you got his blades. I wondered who he gave his blades to."
Blazer's stance wavered. "You know my father?"
The stallion smiles. "No, but I know the original owner of those swords. Why do you think they deal with energy so well?"
Meanwhile with Pinkie. "I sense someone is bullying Blazer." Pinkie says and Sunshine was now wearing mandalorian armor in her size.
The stallion smiles as he knocks Blazer down again. "Come on, hold that stance better."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Pinkie yells before tackling him.
The stallion yelps as he was knocked to the ground. "Pinkie! Training here."
Pinkie says nothing as she and Sunshine start smacking him with rulers. Blitz, seeing this, sneaks away quietly not wanting to get in the middle of Pinkie's anger.
He walks among the halls again and ends up at the kitchen to see the kitsune working with the other chefs in the kitchen and actually cooking herself with all twelve of her tails doing the work while she was wearing a fancy robe and has feathers tucked away in various places.
"Where's my sauce?" The kitsune calls out.
Somepony throws her a bottle and she catches it with one of her tails before putting it in her hand. "Cinnamon sauce, not salsa!" She yells throwing it back.
Blitz shrugs and heads down the hall again to see the window to the courtyard and finds the blue dragon standing on one leg on a post and staring at the sky. "You know, I'm wondering? What are they doing up there now?" She asks the flacon nearby.
The flacon shrugs as she works with, what looks like a modified omnitool. "I don't know. Probably taking a break or reading reports."
Blitz looks up as well and thinks on that as today is somewhat of a slow day. "I wonder myself."
Spike hums as he keeps placing the many ships around the planet and station as Ridley walks up to him. "Hey, you need something?" He asks without looking at him.
Ridley sighs and looks to the screen of the many ships they got. "Yes, I need to know the names of the groups you set up just in case of an attack and you can't get here in time."
Spike nods. "Okay, who do you want to know first?"
Ridley shrugs. "What do you got first?"
Spike smiles as he moves the screen around and stops on one group of the main battleships. "This one is called Wheaodnt." He said as the group lights up.
Ridley raises an eyebrow. "What?" He tried to say.
Spike nods. "Yeah, Wheaodnt." He said before panning to another different colored highlighted group of long rangers in the next step over. "And this is Whir."
Ridley blinks. "Were?"
Spike smirks a bit where he can't see it. "Yep, Whir." He said before moving another different highlighted group of destroyers. "And this is Weir team."
Ridley scratches his head. "Where?"
Spike holds a small smirk out of Ridley's view as the commanders and the other pilots try to keep working as they held back their laughter. "Yes, Weir team." He said before moving onto the next highlighted group of carrier ships. "And this is the Witch team."
Ridley tries to speak. "Which?" He asks looking very confused.
Spike nods as brings all of the fleet into full view. "Yes, so you got battleships as Wheaodnt, long rangers as Whir, destroyers as Weir and the carrier group as the Witch team. So now you got all the names needed."
Ridley tries to make motions with his claws and stops. "Which is which?" He asks looking to each as the commanders now snicker quietly.
Spike chuckles. "Witch."
Ridley nods as he gets more exasperated and annoyed. "Yes, which is which?"
Spike smirks. "Yes, Witch is Witch."
Ridley raises an eyebrow at him as he gains a frown. "Okay, let's start over. Which name does the carrier group have?"
Spike smirks inwardly as he knew he had him. "Witch."
Ridley snorts while still keeping the frown. "The carrier group."
Spike smiles. "Witch."
Ridley growls. "The name of the carrier group." He said louder.
Spike just looks slightly smug as he crosses his arms behind his back. "Witch."
Ridley growls as he seethed before sighing. "You're starting to sound like the owls I have been hearing about." He said pinching the bridge of his eyes. "Okay, you see the carrier group?" He asks pointing.
Spike nods. "Yes."
Ridley smiles. "Do you know the name of the group?"
Spike chuckles. "Yes."
Ridley looks happy and leans in. "Can you tell me the name of that group?"
Spike nods as he sees the other commanders now watching them with the other pilots with some recording this exchange. "Yes."
Ridley grins. "Then what is the name of that group?"
Spike tilts his head happily. "Witch."
Ridley now frowns. "The carrier group."
"Witch."
Ridley growls lowly. "The one that carries most of the fighters."
"Witch."
Ridley clenches his claws. "That group." He said pointing to the carriers.
"Witch."
Ridley grabs him and turns him around and zooms in to the carrier group. "This group."
"Witch."
Ridley grabs his clothes and takes them off before throwing it away. "Get rid of that Chris Pratt junker jacket and look." He said before pointing to the group. "See, there's the group."
Spike just shrugs. "Yes, Witch."
Ridley growls loudly as he tries to clench his claws and muscles as he claws his face. "Where is the group?"
Spike shakes his head. "No Ridley, Weir isn't here right now because they went on a mission."
Ridley seethed as he turns and growls in his face. "What is the name of the carrier group?!"
Spike just held a straight face. "Witch."
Ridley almost gains red eyes at that. "The carrier group!"
Spike smirks. "Witch."
Ridley roars in the air. "The carrier group's name!"
Spike rolls his eyes. "Witch."
Ridley roars all around now. "So which is carrier, what is battleships, where are long rangers and destroyers is were!" He yells counting off on his claws.
Spike smiles. "Now that's the most sensible thing you said."
"I don't even know what I'm talking about!" Ridley roars in his face.
Spike waves his breath away. "Geez, freshen your breath." He said calmly.
Ridley growls loudly. "I don't need mints!"
Spike looks to him. "What did you say?"
Ridley snaps his jaws at him. "I said I don't need mints!"
Spike goes wide eyed and smiles and points at him. "Oh, Mince is our scout group."
Ridley grabs him and shakes him. "Why I oughta…" He stops as everyone in the room applause at them. "What's going on?"
Spike just snaps his claws and a screen with all the names and the group types that he pointed out showed on screen. "Played with homophones and an old gag that's really funny."
Ridley looks to the names and sees how similar they are. "So…this whole time…?"
Spike laughs as he grabs his clothes again. "Time for a history and grammar lesson."
Blitz puts on his hat and his sunglasses. "Alright, who is coming with me to visit my cousin Fiddle Sticks and nephew Liner?" Blitz asks.
"We do! We do!" The foals cheer or some in their own way.
"Girls? Octy, I know you want to see your cousin." Blitz said as he leans onto her shoulder.
Octavia huffs and looks to him. "Of course I do. She's family."
"Ok." Blitz says as Azure comes up to his mother.
Octavia smiles as she picks up Azure. "Ready to see your cousin little Azure?"
"Yes momma." Azure says smiling.
Octavia smirks as she looks to Vinyl. "See, dignified."
Vinyl sticks her tongue out at Octavia.
Azure giggles and mimics Vinyl and sticks his tongue at her.
Vinyl just smirks seeing that.
Octavia frowns and turns Azure to her. "Azure, you should know better." She berates.
Azure smiles and leans onto her and smiles as he hugs her.
Octavia sighs and hugs him back. "I can't stay mad."
"He is your little colt." Blitz says.
Octavia smiles. "Yeah and he is yours as well."
"So anyone else coming with us?" Blitz asks as Daring rocks Venator.
Daring sighs. "Sorry, need to check on my apartment and the school and this little one is getting the VIP tour." She said holding up Venator as he giggles.
"Ok, Jackie, can you come?" Blitz asks.
Applejack smiles. "Oh yeah. I can do that. Just need you to carry me for a bit at times."
"Don't worry, I will. Let's see, the teams are doing a show so Rainbow, Soarin, Spitfire, Fleetfoot, and Shadow will be supervising." Blitz says thinking.
Rainbow snores as she lays on the couch while Fleetfoot just chuckles nervously and Spitfire shakes her head. "Yes, we will be busy at this time."
"Twi said she was going to going to Canterlot to see her parents. Pinkie is busy helping the Cakes. Fluttershy is off taking care of her animals." Blitz says.
Vinyl sighs. "So can we come?"
"You can Vinyl." Blitz says nuzzling her.
Vinyl grins. "Good, because I am family as well."
"I'm sorry you have to work love." Blitz says going to lean on Rarity.
Rarity smiles and nuzzles him. "It's fine. Do you want me to make anything for you? Suit, repairs?"
Blitz thinks on that. "How about fixing up most of my skinsuits? It's been awhile since I got to a tailor store."
"Only if you…" Rarity is cut off by Blitz kissing her.
"Happy?" Blitz asks breaking the kiss.
Rarity smirks a little. "Well…I could use something else."
Blitz smirks. "Okay then, how are you going to feel my beautiful big flanked mare?" He whispered rubbing her lower back.
"Now I would like that when you get back." Rarity says.
"You got it." Blitz says nuzzling the back of her head.
Rarity sighs as she looks to everypony else. "Think you can give everypony a dinner meal at your restaurant? Make it worth it for them?"
"What do you think?" Blitz asks booping her nose with his.
Rarity giggles and nuzzles her nose to his. "Bring me some takeout. I might be too busy to do anything else."
"You ok to go Dusk?" Blitz asks turning to her.
Dusk looks up to him. "Um…sure…can I get something to wear?"
"There is no need…why would you need something to wear?" Blitz asks.
Dusk blushes. "Um…to hide?" She squeaked.
Blitz smiles and walks over to her and lifts her head to him and gives a small peck. "Want to stand by me the whole way?"
Dusk nods vigorously. "Yes." She said quickly.
"Than just stand by me. Sorry about leaving you girls to handle the foals." Blitz says to the mares from when he and Twilight went to the other verse and his mother.
Mary waves him off. "It's fine. We just love the foals. Right girls?" She asks the others.
"Oh, who is cute, you are." E. Vinyl says tickling Blast's stomach.
Blast giggles and bites her nose and makes it squeaks with each bite.
"Looks like squeaky nose syndrome is passed through the vampire family." Blitz jokes.
"Looks like it." S. Vinyl says.
Blitz sighs. "Alright, we better get going and when we will come back, we will enjoy a lot of takeout from the restaurant and eat like a lower class family. No offense to anypony." He said to everywhere.
"Meh." Mary says.
"Meh." Spectrum says copying her grandmother.
"Meh." A guard said passing by with some takeout.
Blitz smiles to everypony. "Shall we?" He asks holding out his forelegs to the door.
"Oh, I wish Rainbow was awake to hear that." Mary says picking up Spectrum as they left.
"Got it recorded." Blitz calls out as the door closes behind them.
Rainbow snorts awake. "Huh, what? What's going on?"
Fleetfoot giggles as Minerva replays the video. Rainbow smiles as she holds Spectrum and nuzzles her. "Great job little buddy. High hoof." She asks holding up a hoof.
Spectrum looks to her. "Meh." Spectrum says before she boops the hoof with her nose.
Blitz knocks on the front door. "Coming." A voice calls and the door opens to Fiddle. "Oh, what are you doing here?" She asks seeing Blitz.
"Came for a visit." Blitz says smiling at her.
Fiddle smiles as well. "Ah, want to come in?"
"Thanks, I also brought a few others. You have yet to meet a few." Blitz says as Azure sticks his head over his father's to look at Fiddle.
Fiddle smiles as she leans close. "Aw, who's the cute little colt?" She asks ruffling his mane.
"My son Azure." Octavia says walking up.
Fiddle looks over and sighs in relief. "Cousin. Want to come in? I was about to make a meal." Fiddle calls happily.
"Sure. How are you?" Octavia asks hugging her.
Fiddle giggles and hugs back. "Just fine and your little nephew is aching to see his family again."
"I think he will like my foals." Blitz says.
Fiddle looks around. "Oh, where are they?"
"Here is one." Blitz says pointing to Azure.
Fiddle giggles. "And the rest?"
"Arcane?" Blitz asks looking around and then turning around, letting Fiddle sees another foal on his back.
Arcane smiles and waves at her. "Hi."
"Huh?" Blitz asks looking to his back to see Arcane on his back.
Arcane giggles and hugs him. "Hi daddy."
"There you are." Blitz says smiling at him.
"I have your adopted son here." Applejack says.
Blitz looks over and sees Blazer trying to slightly hide behind Applejack. "Hi daddy."
"Well we are all here." Blitz says as Vinyl grabs Azure and Arcane.
Vinyl looks to Arcane. "How did you get here anyway?"
Arcane grins. "Mommy Terra."
"Nope, it's me." Vinyl says before raspberrying his stomach.
Arcane laughs as he tries to grab her nose and bites onto it and makes it squeak.
"Sorry for dropping in unannounced." Blitz says.
Fiddle waves him off. "It's fine." She said before a clatter came from inside. "Oh dear." She said looking inside. "Looks like Liner dropped his bowl." She said going back inside. "Well, come on in. Make yourselves at home."
"He ok?" Blitz asks as they walk in.
Fiddle smiles as she picks up the bowl and places it back on the table as Liner giggles and claps his hooves. "Yes, he's fine. Forgot about you know who." She said heading to the stove.
"Hey Liner, remember me?" Lightning asks getting eye level with him.
Liner giggles and reaches for Blitz's glasses and takes it and puts it on himself and takes a pose. "Uncle Blitz." He said.
"You do huh?" Blitz asks smiling.
Liner smiles and claps his hooves and grabs onto his nose and climbs onto his head. "Uncle." He cheers.
"How is my nine year old nephew?" Blitz asks smiling.
Liner grins and slides down his neck onto his back. "Fine. Hungry."
"You know that look isn't complete." Blitz says thinking over the look before smirking and brings out a black scarf and wraps it around his neck loosely.
Liner looks himself over and takes off the glasses before tightening the scarf. "Cool."
Blitz chuckles as he ruffles his nephew's mane.
"Aw, he looks like his uncle." Fiddle says coming back with some cups of coffee.
"Oh Liner, you ready to meet your cousins?" Blitz asks.
Liner nods. "Yeah, let's meet them."
Blitz smirks as Vinyl sets down Azure and Arcane.
Liner jumps down and Azure and Arcane looks themselves over. "Whoa." They all said. "Cool."
"Blazer. Come on and meet your cousin." Blitz says.
Blazer comes out from behind Applejack as she takes a look around and he slowly walks over. "Um…hi." He said trying to wave.
"Cousin." Liner says hugging him.
Blazer squawks in surprise. "Um…cousin." He said trying to hug back.
"Aw, ain't that nice?" Applejack asks Fiddle.
Fiddle nods. "Yeah, at least he's getting out at times and he didn't get scared from the assault."
"So let's catch up cuz." Blitz says smiling.
Fiddle nods as the foals all go to play around the playroom. "So how's the assets?" Blitz asks as he sips away at his tea.
"Good, I took your advice and hired somepony to run it. I met quite the gentlemen who volunteered for the job, although his bodyguard called him godfather." Fiddle says.
Blitz raises an eyebrow. "Godfather and bodyguard?"
"Yes, I didn't give a second thought of it though. So that is Blazer's story?" Fiddle asks.
Blitz nods sadly and looks to Blazer who was playing with the others. "Yes, I'm trying my best though."
"Blitz here fought in the recent Griffon-Diamond war and adopted Blazer after he found his village razed." Applejack says laying on the couch and Fiddle notices she was pregnant.
Fiddle leans over. "How long?" She asks looking her over.
"Oh, a few months. Big guy there let me have it a little over half a year back." Applejack says.
Blitz hides behind his tea. "No comment."
"And you?" Fiddle asks Vinyl who was stretching.
Vinyl smiles. "Just a month ago. We had so much fun."
"I refer to my last statement." Lightning says.
"Oh quiet Cross." Vinyl says.
Fiddle looks a bit shocked. "Cross?!"
"Southern Cross to be more exact and a little quieter." Applejack whispers into her ear.
Fiddle looks to her. "Um…okay. So how's it going for you guys?"
"You're going tell the entire family?" Blitz asks.
Fiddle looks away a bit. "Well…I don't have much of a family expect you guys."
"And Braeburn." Applejack says before Blitz and her kept reminding her how big her apple family really was.
Fiddle sighs. "Okay, I won't tell."
"It's more for your protection. As Southern Cross, I have many enemies." Blitz says placing a hoof on her shoulder.
Fiddle nods. "Sure. Just need to know when you will drop by."
"I will let you know ahead of time from now on." Blitz says.
"Kind of hard to believe our Cuz who I used to pick on grew up to be Southern Cross, the pony known as the protector of our world huh?" Applejack asks.
Fiddle smirks a bit and leans a bit close to Blitz. "You would have made a good husband."
"Too bad I got to him first." Applejack says.
"So, wait, I thought Octavia was your wife?" Fiddle asks.
"She is, remember that edict Celestia passed several years ago?" Blitz asks.
Fiddle facehoofed. "Oh, that."
"Yeah, was caught several times to my humiliation and that was before they discovered my alternate identity." Blitz says.
Blitz chuckles. "Remember Twilight?"
Applejack grins. "Oh yeah, obsessing over you and Cross at the same time enough that she couldn't see it was love for you and infatuation with the mystery that was Cross. But I don't think that mare ever had a love life before you. In fact, her love life was books."
"I would make a joke, but I'm afraid she would somehow know and teleport in here and smack me. Oh and she is Arcane's mom Fiddle." Blitz says
Fiddle looks back to Arcane. "Well that explains the horn and wings."
"Yeah, she is also very protective of him." Blitz says as all four kids laugh as they play.
Fiddle looks to him. "How much?"
"Nearly vaped that one pony…vaporized." Blitz says after seeing Fiddle was confused.
Fiddle nods. "So how big is your family?"
"Somehow it feels like it gets bigger every day." Blitz says facehoofing.
Fiddle giggles. "Hate it getting bigger?"
"No, he is referring to what happened recently." Applejack says before explaining the incident with Twilight, Spitfire, and Soarin.
Fiddle glares a bit. "Why the heck would they ruin a life like that?"
"You remember how sometimes pregnancy really messes with your judgement?" Octavia asks.
Fiddle sighs. "They really need to pay for this."
"And yet I had to be the one to take responsibility." Blitz says.
Fiddle looks to him sadly. "Sorry, is she okay?"
"Yeah, adjusting well, I think though that maybe partially to do with Soarin being gay when she was a stallion." Blitz says thinking that over.
Fiddle looks surprised. "He was gay?"
"Well-kept secret by him." Blitz says.
Fiddle was still surprised. "Wow, he was good."
"Yeah, had a thing with Big Mac until Big Mac ended it and in a few months started dating a mare." Blitz says.
Fiddle hisses. "Ouch. That must have hurt."
Applejack sighs. "At least he was holding up well enough to get by on his job. Before the two crazy mares decided to make a few improvements."
Blitz nods. "Yes, but she's adjusting now and trying to like life. I was able to convince her at least."
Fiddle waves her hoof. "Okay, away from the disappointment here."
"Oh, don't worry, I had a long talk with those two after comforting her." Blitz says.
Fiddle sighs. "So…more tea?" She asks holding the pot.
"Oh yes please." Blitz says smiling.
Octavia and Applejack holds up their cups. "Okay, hold on." Fiddle said as the foals run by.
"Oh do you have to go so soon uncle?" Liner asks.
"Unfortunately, I do nephew, but I will be back soon. Your cousins will want to play with you some more." Blitz says.
Liner smiles. "Thanks uncle. It was great to see you again."
Blitz chuckles and ruffles his mane. "You too squirt. Well, gotta go. We all have jobs and everything."
"Take care of yourselves." Fiddle calls.
"Don't forget Fiddle, we are to meet next week to practice." Octavia calls back.
Fiddle nods and waves. "I will be there. Just make sure you don't forget like last time."
"I think that went well, don't all of you?" Blitz asks.
They all murmured at him as the foals smiled a bit.
"Oh come on, I know you at least enjoyed yourself Octy." Blitz says.
Octavia nods and smiles. "Yes, it was great to see her again."
"Jackie." Blitz says.
Applejack chuckles. "Oh, just great. I was able to see family again in a short family reunion."
"Vinyl." Blitz says.
"Meh." She said shrugging.
"Oh Azure, I think that Vinyl needs to have some fun." Blitz says smirking.
Azure grins and jumps onto Vinyl and starts getting away from her hooves as she tries to grab him. "Come here you."
"Arcane, your turn." Blitz says.
Arcane cheers as he jumps on her too and starts braiding her mane.
Vinyl cries out under the assault of the two colts.
They all laugh and snicker at Vinyl as she cries out at everything. "Does she ever calm down?" Twilight asks walking over with some saddle bags.
"Under that assault." Blitz says as Twilight sees Azure and Arcane playing with her.
Twilight smiles as she walks with them now. "So how was your visit?"
"Somepony let it slip. What, they call me on the job." Blitz says.
Twilight rolls her eyes. "Oh Blitzy. Come on. I have the changelings making a big meal for us."
Blitz holds up a paper bag. "What about the takeout?"
Twilight shrugs. "You can eat that if you want. Now let's go." She said dragging him along with the others hurrying up.
"So has anyone come back?" Blitz asks.
Twilight smiles. "Here and there. All of the family is back surprisingly. Rarity too since she asked for a takeout."
Blitz grins. "Well then it's a good thing I got some for us. And nice try, but all my stealth units are linked to where I can detect them with my communicator." Blitz says behind him.
Twilight sighs. "Oh Blitz. Let's just hurry up and eat. I'm sure everypony else wants to eat as well."
"I want to see who tried to sneak on me." Blitz says turning around before he felt somepony boop his nose with hers. "I know this nose."
Soarin smiles as she brushes her tail under his chin. "Hi honey."
"Oh Soarin, getting into my toys, huh?" Blitz asks holding Twilight in place by her tail.
Soarin smirks. "Yeah, you left a chest open and by the way, can I use this?" She asks holding up a hilt for a blade.
"Oh no, that is a very dangerous weapon. One mistake and I may lose my Soarin." Blitz says petting her as he takes the darksaber without her noticing.
Soarin looks over to Twilight and smiles. "Oh, hi bitch." She said calmly.
"Soarin, not in front of the foals." Blitz says.
Soarin smiles as she looks back to him. "Yes my stallion."
"Twi, don't you have something to say?" Blitz asks.
Twilight pushes her hooves together. "Um…I'm sorry."
"For?" Blitz asks.
Twilight sighs. "For everything I did to ruin you."
"And?" Blitz asks.
"Can you forgive me?" Twilight asks sincerely apologizing.
Soarin stares at her for a few before sighing. "Okay. You're forgiven."
"Thanks." Twilight says before Blitz kissed Soarin.
"That is my way of saying thanks." Blitz says.
Soaring giggles drunkenly. "Oh good. I need more."
"You got to earn more you." Blitz says lightly pulling her tail with his magic.
Soarin eeps. "This might be fun."
Blitz grins as he pulls both mares in the castle. "Oh yeah, a fun relationship."
"Please make me a mare again tonight my stallion." Soarin says.
Blitz smiles as he nuzzles her. "Don't worry. I won't miss a beat."
"My stallion." Soarin says leaning into him.
Twilight looks to him confused. "My stallion?"
"That is her way of saying my husband apparently." Blitz says.
Twilight sighs. "Let's just eat. I'm starving."
Soaring giggles and nuzzles him. "My stallion."
Twilight rushes into the castle. "Hurry up with that order!" She yells inside.
Blitz chuckles as he wraps a hoof around Soarin. "Oh, I love my family."
Twilight sighs as she walks around the castle many times now before ending up in what she can only describe as the throne room. "Huh." She said to herself walking in.
"Thinking about something?" Blitz asks walking in.
"Mainly why did I get this castle?" Twilight says.
Blitz hums as he looks around. "You know, I have never questioned that either…is that a small chair?" He asks looking to the small crystal chair next to a bigger one that had Twilight's cutie mark on it.
Twilight smiles as she looks to it. "Guess that is for Spike. Guess not anymore."
Blitz smiles as he looks around and sees the other chairs with more marks. "Huh, where's the rest of our family?"
"Applejack and Rarity are, well…they are currently in the medical wing." Twilight says.
"Why are they in the medical wi…labor?" Blitz asks.
Twilight nods. "Labor." She said before he rushes out and heads down the hall. "Oh Blitz." She said before following him.
"I'm here girls." Blitz says rushing in.
Applejack sighs in relief. "Good. Meet your new foals." She said as Rarity smiles and looks to him tiredly.
Blitz walks over to the two. Applejack showed her bundle. "First, meet your daughter, Surgere Apple." Applejack says showing a unicorn with a light brilliant gamboge coat like her mother and a pale, light grayish olive mane with a single dark blue streak in it.
Blitz smiles. "She beautiful and really takes after her mother." He said petting her mane and she yawns as she still tries to sleep.
"Now darling, it is time to introduce your new son." Rarity says showing her bundle. "Meet Liberum Star." Rarity says showing a pegasus colt with grey coat with a red mane and tail with a black strip running through it.
Blitz chuckles. "Oh yeah, he's going to become prince charming." He said moving over and petting his head as he yawns and tries to sleep as well.
"Oh there you are son. Was looking for you." Mary says poking her head in.
Blitz smiles as he looks over to her. "Meet the new additions to our family."
"I know. You know I've helped with so many births, I'm considering filing for a license to be a maternity nurse." Mary said smirking as she walks over.
"Maybe you should." Blitz says putting sponges full of cool water on both of the new mother's heads.
Mary grins. "Yeah and maybe get away from all the troubling crimes."
"Aren't you already?" Blitz asks.
Mary rolls her eyes. "Um…no. I still have to hide from those from Manehatten."
"Like they know anything about Mary. Almost no pirate knows you're Captain Kidd." Blitz says comforting his mother.
Mary pushes him away. "Just be with your new family."
"You're my family too mother." Blitz says.
Mary chuckles and walks away. "I mean with your new foals. They need to bond with their father."
"Come here mom." Blitz sys bringing her into a hug.
Mary sighs and hugs him back. "Just be with your foals."
"You regret having to leave me behind. I can tell mom." Blitz says.
Mary pushes him in between the two mares and the foals. "Just be there."
"You're here now mom, that's what matters." Blitz says.
Mary nods. "I know. Just that you have to be there too. I never got the chance, but I like to take it slow."
"Take all the time you need." Blitz says.
Mary smiles. "I will. Now spend some time as you do with every newborn, would you?" She asks giving him puppy dog eyes.
Blitz chuckles and lets her go. "Ok mom. You mind sending all who are waiting outside in now?" Blitz asks.
Mary grins. "Sure. Have fun." She said walking out.
Blitz smiles as he sits down between them and sighs. "So how are you feeling girls?"
"Tired." Rarity says.
"Almost as tired as when I tried to harvest the entire crop years ago." Applejack says.
Blitz chuckles. "Yeah, Twi told me about that. Nice try though."
"And yet, unlike then, I am happy." Applejack says.
"Oh, look Sunshine, new siblings." Pinkie said bouncing in with Sunshine.
Sunshine cheers and hops onto the bed and coos at the bundles who squirm a little.
"Nuh hu, Sunshine, not so hard yet." Pinkamena says grabbing her.
Sunshine groans as she pouts and crosses her forelegs.
"How you doing Jackie?" Rainbow asks.
Applejack sighs as she pets Surgere Apple. "Just fine. A bit sore."
"Yeah, I was that way when I had my twins." Rainbow says as Blast peaks out of her mane and Spectrum from her back.
Rarity sighs. "Yes, I'm fine over here too."
"Can I get you anything?" Fluttershy asks.
Rarity smiles. "A bit of water for me."
Blitz smiles. "Twi, you got some thought?"
Twilight smiles. "You two did a great job." She said looking over the bundles.
"Yeah, sleep well my little apple." Applejack says.
Blitz sighs as he leans back in his seat. "All right. Let's all rest for now. We all are going to need it."
Rainbow smiles. "All right. Sleep tight you two." She said heading out.
Pinkie grins. "I'll have the cake and party set up soon." She said bouncing out with Sunshine.
"Need a few blankets?" Fluttershy asks returning with a bottled water.
Rarity shakes her head. "No, let us keep them warm." She said drinking afterward.
"Ok." Fluttershy says.
"Don't worry Flutters, I will take care of them. You go and relax." Blitz says.
Fluttershy nods. "Okay, sleep good master. Bye girls. Bye little ones." She said softly before leaving.
They all wave as they settle down again. "Get some sleep girls. I'll watch over you." Blitz said relaxing in his seat.
"Thanks my prince." Rarity says closing her eyes, holding her son close.
Applejack smiles as she does the same. "Thanks for this life Blitzy."
"Thank you Jackie." Blitz says before kissing both his mares and pets his foals.
Twilight hums as she looks over the books while sitting in the chair in what could be the throne room. "Why is this here?"
"Hey sugarcube, what you looking at?" Applejack asks looking a lot better than last week.
Twilight looks up at her. "Books about crystals and this castle…or what I can find. I'm trying to figure out why this castle was made."
"I see." Applejack says sitting in the chair where her cutie mark was on.
Rainbow smiles as she bounces Blast and Spectrum on her back. "Hey girls. How's it going?" She said sitting in her seat that had her cutie mark on it.
Applejack smiles. "Twi is trying to figure out about the castle and why it's here."
Rainbow blows a raspberry. "Oh please. We beat Tirek, got some super cool powers and this sweet castle. End of story."
"Um…Rainbow, what about meeting Blitz and everything from then?" Rarity asks walking in and taking her seat.
Rainbow blushes. "Well…those parts are great too."
"I think it's amazing we don't have to clean up as much. I make so much messes when cooking." Pinkie said hopping in with Sunshine and takes her seat on a seat that had her cutie mark.
"And those poor changelings have to deal with it." Fluttershy said coming in and sitting her own seat.
Twilight sighs. "But it still doesn't explain much. Why this castle and not another type?"
"Maybe it's because of that crystal empire." Blitz said walking in.
"Blitz?" Twilight asks.
"Hey loves. Oh Twi, we got something through the portal." Blitz says.
Twilight looks to him. "What is it?"
Blitz was about to give the parcel to her when the marks on the chairs somehow came off in a translucent form and came together before spinning and going into the floor in the middle of the room and soon crystal shards started popping up from the chairs and leads to the middle of the room before forming into one and then a flat circular crystal piece came spinning out of it before stopping as a large table with, what looks like, places in Equestria as the pictures come out again from the middle and starts moving around the table.
Blitz just stares at the sight. "Was that always there?"
Twilight just drops her book. "No. Never have I seen this before."
"Doing some remodeling love?" Blitz asks.
Twilight glares at him as he inspects it. "Wow. It looks like this thing has all the places of Equestria on it." He said getting near a farm and moving a hoof around it.
"Hi mom and dad." Pinkie said leaning down to her home rock farm before Blitz drops his hoof on it and goes wide eyed.
Blitz looks between her and his hoof. "Whoops, heh, sorry Pinkie." He said lifting his hoof and shows its fine. "Must be like a hologram…wait, is this in real time?"
Twilight leans down to where Canterlot is. "Maybe…" She said before she gets an eyeful of a couple in the bedroom and jerks her head away. "Alright, nopony lean close."
"Why?" Pinkie asks.
"Cover the foals' ears first, all of you." Twilight says.
They all cover the ears of the foals around them and Twilight sighs. "Just saw a couple going at it in Canterlot. I mean, really going at it. How does she bend like that?"
Blitz raises an eyebrow and leans close to Las Pegasus and jerks his head back too. "Oh yeah, it's real time."
Twilight rubs her head. "But why this? To keep spying on everypony?"
Blitz shrugs. "Well, bright side is, just in case of an attack, this could come in handy. Wonder if it will show the tunnels as well or can zoom into a certain point."
"I think we are about to find out." Rarity said as she points to their marks as it stops before heading in a certain direction and the map seems to move and zoom in on a certain spot, following it, showing a small town while hovering over it.
Blitz tilts his head. "Oh yeah, it's handy. What's the town's name?"
"Let's see." Twilight says looking at another map. "Um…it doesn't seem to be listed." Twilight says double checking.
Blitz looks at the town on the table as it seems to only the town and the surrounding desert. "Maybe it's new and they are having problems getting settled in. Might be a good idea to check things out."
"Well, if anything, our cutie marks are telling us to go there…well the six of our cutie marks." Twilight says recalling Blitz flank was bare.
Blitz looks to his flank. "Oh yeah. That. But I'm going. No way am I letting my wives and mother of my foals getting into more trouble."
Rainbow clicks her tongue. "Please. My name is Rainbow Danger Dash."
"I thought your full name was…" Blitz was stopped by Rainbow covering his mouth.
Rainbow shushes him. "For the foals." She whispered, letting him go.
"What it is, cute and very feminine." Blitz says smirking.
"Blitz, package?" Twilight reminds.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry." He said giving her an envelope.
Twilight opens it and pulls out a letter. "Let's see, oh, it is from Sunset Shimmer." Twilight says starting to read it in her mind. "Huh, seems they are getting along fine and sent a few pictures of her and the gang." Twilight says pulling out one to see it was of both her and that universe's Blitz.
Blitz leans over. "Wow. It seems to be really working out. Too bad he's missing one of the gang."
Twilight says nothing, dumping them all out so they can all look at the pictures.
"Hey, here is one of my other self and him." Rainbow says.
Blitz looks over her shoulder as does the foals and sees Rainbow playing soccer with Blitz. "Woo, go other me." Blitz mock cheers.
"Huh, who is th…oh, seems you were wrong love." Twilight says showing him a picture of his other self and a Twilight in a lab coat in the science lab.
Blitz smiles. "Well, the gang is back full circle…mostly since we got Vinyl and Octavia here, but it's back full circle."
All the mares smiles and comments on their pictures as they look it over. Blitz chuckles as he looks to the map and puts a hoof on it and makes it move before seeing a train track. "I'll schedule a train for us to take us to the town. Keep looking things over." He said leaving as Arcane and Azure peek around the doorway. "Don't bother them too much boys." Blitz says passing them.
"Is that Spit and Fleet?" Rainbow asks.
Twilight leans over. "Oh yeah. They are assistants to the coaches for the team and seems to have the same everything like the ones here."
"Actually on the team love. They are in same grade as all of them." Blitz reminds, coming back in with a camera for the table. "Got us Luna's train. Ready for us at the station."
Twilight looks at him. "What are you doing?"
"Taking pictures to document it and create a file." Blitz says starting to take the pictures.
Twilight raises an eyebrow. "For who?"
"Us, for a reference guide that we may or may not release someday." Blitz says.
Twilight sighs. "Now we have to figure out about packing, the foals and the others."
"Can we go?!" Arcane suddenly asks from atop Blitz's head.
"Sorry sweetie, it could be dangerous." Twilight says.
Arcane slouches. "Aww."
Blitz chuckles as he takes Arcane off his head. "Hey, I got a job for you."
Arcane looks at him excited. "Really?"
Blitz nods. "Yep, work with Blazer and Azure and keep watch over everypony. Think you can do that?"
"Yes daddy." Arcane says smiling again.
Blitz chuckles and nuzzles him. "Good boy." He said before putting him down. "Now run off and play. I got to see your grandmother or your step mothers."
"Yes daddy." Arcane says before touching Azure. "Tag!" He says before running.
Azure runs after him. "Hey!"
"You girls get ready to go, ok?" Blitz asks giving Twilight the camera.
Twilight smirks as the rest of the girls look confused. "Our bags?" They ask and the changelings drop some bags at the door. "Done." She said walking to the bags.
"Cheat!" Blitz calls.
Twilight rolls her eyes. "It's not cheating if it's already done."
"So that is the situation, you think you three can watch all the foals?" Blitz asks Mary, Lightning, and Dusk.
They all salute. "Ay, ay captain." They jokingly said.
Blitz shakes his head before hugging and nuzzling both Lightning and Dusk before just hugging his mom.
Mary chuckles as she hugs him. "Be careful. Terra has a feeling about this place."
"She does huh? Minerva, on second thought, use my briefcase with the hidden compartment and the invisibility spell Twilight put on it to make it undetectable by magic!" Blitz calls.
Minerva leans her head from her seat. "You got it." She yelled back.
"Huh?" Dusk asks.
"She's connected with the planet. It kinda pays to listen to the planet." Blitz said.
Lightning raises an eyebrow. "Huh."
"I'm a unicorn who can plot hyperspace jumps in his head and yet I don't fully understand it." Blitz says.
Lightning still stares at him. "Okayyyyyyy. You better get going as the train might leave without you."
"Just got to grab a few thing." Blitz says walking away.
They all wave as the foals play behind them. "Oh boy." Mary said before rushing off to play with the foals.
"Mary, we have to watch the newborns as well." Dusk calls running after her.
"I want to play with the grown up foals." Mary calls as Lightning sighs and rubs her head.
"Daring love, I need a huge favor." Blitz says seriously.
"Yes?" Daring asks.
"I…need to take some stims with me as a precaution." Blitz says with a smile.
Daring glares at him. "What?"
"I can't take Terran with me even though I wish I could. So I need something in case something happens." Blitz explains.
Daring pokes his chest. "What did you promise me?"
"I know, but I have been warned by Celestia and Luna's mom that she has gotten bad vibes from where Twi is dragging me off too and I can't bring Terran with me." Blitz says pleading.
Daring stares at him before sighing. "No more than three. Take more or something stronger and you would be sleeping on the couch, none of us are sleeping with you."
"Thanks love." Blitz says before kissing her before ruffling Venator's mane as he nursed from Daring.
"Remind me, why I let you talk me into the train instead of one of my rides?" Blitz asks a day and a half later on the train ride.
Twilight smirks. "You suggested it."
"No I didn't." Blitz says glaring at her a bit.
Twilight chuckles. "Oh boy. Stop pouting my stallion." She said patting his head.
"I'm kind of surprise you brought a briefcase like Rarity." Rainbow says.
Twilight taps it. "My personal information and helper."
"Was actually talking to Blitz." Rainbow says flicking her tail.
Blitz grabs her tail and drags her over. "Just needed it just in case of trouble."
"Yes! I am owning you!" Pinkie cheers as she plays on her omnitool with Sunshine on the other end on a video game.
"What, our husband is packing clothes just in case." Rarity says.
Blitz chuckles. "Yep, I am packing 'clothes'."
"I guess we should have too as it is in the mountains and can get cold." Fluttershy says.
Blitz nods and looks to the map. "Yeah, it might, but luckily it's still summer so let's enjoy it."
"Still snow on the mountains." Twilight reminds.
Blitz waves his hoof. "Details and high altitude."
"Speaking of altitude Twi, how is it coming with those amulets that allow to change ourselves to other, as Blitz puts it, sub-breeds? You figure out how to do all three or still stuck on just switching between two?" Applejack asks.
Twilight sighs. "Switching. Haven't figured out the three change up."
"You will love." Blitz says patting her head like he does to one of the foals.
Twilight frowns and swats his hoof away. "Oh shut up."
Blitz smirks as he sticks his tongue out.
Twilight sighs as she keeps working. "How much longer is this ride?"
Blitz smiles and turns on his communicator and makes a map appear over the table. "About an hour or so..." He said looking at the two blinking dots before the train comes to a stop. "Huh?" Blitz asks looking out to see the track just ended. "Huh."
They all look up and sees the end of the line. "End of the line ponies. Time to walk." Twilight said packing her things and stepping out.
"Starting to think these ponies are isolationists or a part of a cult." Blitz says following her as the train shuts down and some guards stands by.
Twilight shrugs as the others come out. "Maybe they wanted to start anew." She said as they head to a nearby cliff.
"You give others too much optimism." Blitz says as he and the rest follow.
Twilight smiles. "I try to see good in others." She said before she stops. "Huh, that's a weird layout." She said looking past the cliff.
"Cult." Blitz says seeing the small village being two straight lines and one road leading to one house.
Twilight sighs. "Alright, let's see what we got."
Blitz zooms in with his glasses. "Well they all have the same creepy as hell smiles and the same cutie mark." Blitz says with a straight face.
Pinkie quickly takes the glasses of him and looks through it. "Those smiles, are just not right."
"Pinkie, those don't fit you." Blitz says as she had to hold them in place.
Pinkie shrugs as she gives it back. "Stand back. I got this." She said before rolling down the hill and hides behind a rock.
"Go pink ranger." Blitz jokes following.
Pinkie waves them over and hides under the rocks before coming upon big one before it crashes on top of her and then it slides across the ground. They all follow and get closer before getting on top of the rock as Pinkie comes up with them.
"Alright, approach plan." Blitz asks.
"We walk right in." Applejack says as they all, but Blitz, start walking.
'This is going to end badly.' Blitz thinks, having no choice but to follow.
Blitz raises an eyebrow as he looks to the townsponies as they say welcome. "Welcome." One mare said in a creepy drone out voice.
"Permission to freak out?" Blitz asks the mares.
"No." Twilight says.
"Permission to choke the next one who does that creepy welcome?" Blitz asks in morse code.
Twilight looks back at him. "No." She said in morse code.
Blitz was about to ask something else when one white pony gets a little too close to the girls for his liking. "Excuse me sir, ever heard of private space?" Blitz asks in a warning tone.
The white pony still smiles. "Well hello there. Are these mares part of your group?"
Blitz frowns. "Yes, what's it to you?"
The white one still smiles. "Because we never had an alicorn before."
"Well she is the princess of friendship." Applejack says.
'Magic!' Blitz yells in his mind.
"Well you certainly come to the right place for, friendship." The white stallion says emphasizing the last word weirdly.
"I don't like the way he said that." Blitz says pushing Twilight back a bit and starts taking note of all the angles and ways he could kill.
Twilight tries to smile. "I see. Can we speak to whoever runs this town?"
Another stallion comes over and they both looks over to each other and lead them to the house at the end of the village and both knock on the door at the same time. "Creepy." Blitz whispered and receives a hit in his side. "Pinkie is with me on this, right?" Blitz asks.
Pinkie just keeps staring around with a frowny look. "Of course, this detector is going crazy." She said pointing to her head.
"Huh?" All the other mares and the two creepy smiling ponies ask.
Blitz and Pinkie have a stare off with them before they all went inside and call out. "Starlight, we have new guests." The white pony asks.
Blitz glares at the door before it slowly opens to a mare with a neon ponytail and mane. "Welcome." She said.
Blitz raises an eyebrow. "What the…?" He asks before leaning over. "Remind you of anypony?"
"Huh?" Twilight asks as he looks at her.
"Aria Blaze, though she does seem to have more than just gloomy as a personality." Blitz says.
Twilight just looks back at the mare as she starts looking them over and their flanks. "Nice cutie marks."
Blitz steps in front of them. "Look, can we ask how everyone is treated here before I take your interest personal and snap your spines in half?"
The three stare at him before smiling. "Oh yes. Follow me." Starlight said leading them out.
Blitz sighs. "Better be without a song."
"I can't believe it was with a song, even more, a creepy song." Blitz said as they walk the town again before stopping. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, time out. What about medical care?" Blitz asks Glitter.
Starlight looks to him. "I'm the healer."
"But if everyone is equal, how good are you?" Blitz asks.
Starlight smiles. "We are the same around. I just have the books that anypony can read and cast."
"So there is nopony who specializes in medical care? What if a foal gets sick, what if somepony has a heart attack, what if somepony falls off a roof while fixing it and breaks their back?" Blitz asks before they all heard a cry of fright, followed by a cry of pain, and somepony yelling. "My back, it's broken!" Blitz looks to the source and back. "Whoa, what timing." Blitz says in shock.
Starlight's eye twitched. "Enjoy the town. I'll be right there." She calls to the pony who fell as she rushes over.
"It will rain hay tacos from the sky." Blitz reads a sign Pinkie is holding confused. Starlight looks back at him before continuing onto the pony. Pinkie looks up, panting like a dog expectantly.
Twilight sighs as they start walking again. "Come on."
Blitz frowns as he keeps hearing welcomes. "Okay, that's getting annoying." He said as they sat down at a table before looking at Double Diamond. "Is he following us?" Blitz asks as Rarity tries to say nothing about the fashion for sale in town.
Twilight looks to Double Diamond and he smiles and waves before she waves back. "We're fine here." She said as a mare comes up.
"Seems someone is keeping an eye on us. Should I use one of my clothes hangers to poke them out?" Blitz whisper to them, touching his luggage bag.
Twilight shakes her head. "No, I have a feeling that it was because of this. This town and how it is. Equal, might be good on paper, but it won't work on the long run."
"Saying nothing, wishing I had a flamethrower though." Blitz whispers as Pinkie orders muffins.
Rainbow rolls her eyes. "Oh Blitz, when are you going to calm down for one day?"
"How about when I am six feet under?" Blitz says as nopony got that.
Pinkie giggles before taking a bite. "Mmm…ugh." She stops before spitting out the muffin and stops and looks to the surprised mare. "Mmm, it's good." She tries to say before the mare walks away and Pinkie starts wiping her tongue.
"Excuse me, but it seems like you're disagreeing." The mare asks as she comes back with some napkins.
"Married ponies do that sometimes." Applejack says.
The mare tries to smile. "I see. But you are now agreeing."
"What, you don't have married couples?" Blitz asks.
The mare smiles. "Oh yes. We have to as Starlight says so."
Blitz and Applejack raise an eyebrow the same way.
Twilight smiles. "Why don't you have married couples based on Starlight's words?"
The mare smile. "Oh, it's for the protection of numbers of the population."
"Not too different from that edict princess Celestia released a few years ago." Fluttershy says before touching her stomach.
Blitz smiles as he holds her hoof. "How is the little one feeling?"
"Oh, I was just remembering what brought us together." Fluttershy says.
Blitz chuckles. "I believe it's when I saw you in the moonlight. Shining bright and showing the ultimate niceness that I almost thrown up from it. Too much kindness." He said humorously.
"Oh you." Fluttershy says giggling, pushing him a little with her hoof.
Blitz smirks and wraps a hoof around her. "Oh my beautiful mare of the night."
"Meet me in the basement before you leave." The mare says before heading back in quickly.
"I got an idea, but Pinkie, you're going to need to eat all of them muffins." Twilight says.
Pinkie instantly panics. "Me?! Why me?!" She asks trying to hide.
"You have the strongest stomach here." Applejack says using logic.
Pinkie just stares at the muffins in distress.
"I'll feed you proper muffins when we get home Pinkie." Fluttershy said as they walk down the stairs as Blitz stayed to watch Double Diamond.
Pinkie squeaks as she lands on the steps before coming to a stop at the bottom. "My tummy doesn't feel so good." She asks green in the face and bloated.
Blitz watches Double Diamond as he is now facing in his direction with the menu up. Blitz taps his hoof until he lifts up his own menu. 'What do we got?'
Double Diamond was looking at his menu before he puts his down and Blitz brings his up. "Hmmm." He said before looking at his menu again.
By the time the mares come back out, they see Blitz and DD take a drink before lifting back up their menus.
Fluttershy leans over to him. "Blitz, we have to go."
"Fine." Blitz says grabbing his luggage. About half an hour later, DD was still waiting to hear the sound of him taking a drink or raising his menu. 'Come on, what are you waiting for?' He thinks.
Blitz sighs and looks around the cave. "So what's going on?"
Fluttershy leans close. "We are going to see the cutie marks. Seems the ponies gave theirs up."
"Ok, you gotta be fucking with me." Blitz says looking at her.
"Blitz, this isn't the time, but maybe the place." Fluttershy says.
Blitz scoffs as he still looks at her before looking ahead and stopping. "What the fuck?" He asks seeing the large wall.
"When did you start spewing so much profanity?" Twilight asks.
Blitz just stares at the many cutie marks. "When I saw that."
Starlight smiles as she grabs a large stick from a pedestal. "So, you want to try out losing your cutie marks and living our culture?" She asks waving the stick around.
"One of you fill me in quickly." Blitz says before the situation is explained to him. "Gotcha. Ok, three things Glitter." Blitz says.
Starlight smiles as ponies appear from all around. "Yes?"
"First, you a bitch." He has giving her the hoof. "Second, just like glitter, you are all shine and no substance. And finally, you would be surprised the variability the telekinesis spell is. I can even use it to crush your windpipe whore!" Blitz yells the last half before using his telekinesis to grab her by the throat and slams her against the vault and start crushing before being hit by a two by four from behind, knocking him out.
Starlight gasps as she fell down and glares at Blitz. "Enough of this." She said before pointing the stick at him and sends a magical beam at him and brings him up a little. "Now what cutie mark do you have?" She asks as she moves his clothes slightly and looks to his flank to see it bear. "Nothing?! No matter, I can still take yours. Somepony as strong as you must have a powerful one." She says zapping the mane six as well.
The mares just watch as his flank appears to shine a bit before a shooting star appears on his flank and was then ripped right off and the mares groan in pain as they felt a ripping pain and their cutie marks rip off as well as an equal sign appears on them.
"Take them to the houses." Starlight says containing each mark.
The ponies around them all picked up the unconscious and weak bodies and takes them away as the mares look to Blitz in pain.
"Good work knocking him out Double Diamond. Now tell me how many stallions do we have now, including him?" Starlight asks.
Double Diamond looks to her. "One more than what we can support."
"I see, so we have one too many for my plan. You remember the plan we have in place for such a situation, right?" She asks.
Double Diamond nods. "Yes, I'll get the lottery set up."
"Good." Starlight says looking at Twilight's and Blitz's cutie marks with interest, now that she was alone. "The cutie mark of the element of magic, but what about you, do you allow your bearer to come up with such variation?" She asks herself.
Blitz groans as he opens his eyes and gets up slowly. "Did somepony get the number of that train?" He asks as he looks around. "Hello?" He asks the empty room. He then examines himself to see he was stripped of his clothes and his communicator is gone and to his horror, the same cutie mark as the rest of the town was on him.
Blitz looks at it horror. "No. No!" He groans before heading for the door and tries to open it. "Hey! Let me out!" He yells banging on the door and stops. "Wait, when was I such a wimp?" He asks looking at himself again. He then goes quiet as he notices that the outside had several torches.
"Greetings friends!" He heard Starlight call and sees her on a stand.
"As you all know by now, we have one too many stallions and need to equalize the number for our breeding plan. So, for those that have your ticket, get ready. Before you think about it, I have the ticket for the stallion that has just joined us." She said spinning a sphere cage full of balls.
'What are you up to?' Blitz thinks.
Starlight smiles and stops the cage before digging into it and picking out a ball. "And the winner is…" She said before looking at it. "Number 23." Starlight says checking the ticket she had.
A long silence passed before Double Diamond walks up to the stand.
Starlight smiles. "We have the winner. All right Double Diamond. Head to my cabin and wait there. If you hear screaming, it's just the change." She said following him.
'What change?' Blitz thinks as he watches them head out of sight before ducking to where nopony could see him.
Blitz sighs as he peeks out again and looks across the street to see Fluttershy looking out the window. "Fluttershy." He calls whispering. Unfortunately she was too far away to hear him and it looked like to him she could even see him somehow. "Great, which must mean the rest of the mares were captured too. I wish I had brought Terran. He would have snapped the pony who blindsided me in half before I finished her off." Blitz says quietly to himself.
He looks out again and sighs before hearing a scream of pain that turned into a high pitched scream before quieting down. "What the fuck?" He questions before recalling what Starlight said. "Must be from the changes. Ok, let's try magic blasting the door down." Blitz says walking away from the door before charging his magic as much as he could.
He then lets it go and it just came to a sputter as a very tiny magic ball hits the door leaving only a small scorch mark. "Dammit, even my magic." Blitz says before calming down. "If I have lost my magic and physical prowess, then I must turn inward." Blitz says before sitting down and breathing deeply. 'You must draw the force from within and focus it.' Imperious' words echoed through his mind. 'I have never been able to do this in the physical world and have mostly been learning philosophy from Imperious till now, so it is time to see if I can use what I have learnt.' Blitz thinks before meditating. Time passes as he looks within himself for his answers until the sun started to peak over the mountain nearby.
Blitz sighs as he opens his eyes and looks to a loose pebble on the ground before pointing his hoof at it and thinks on it before he lifts his hoof and it rises shakily. "Good enough." He said letting go and goes to the door. "Standard old lock. Let's hope I remember the tumblers." He said to himself and moves his hoof to the lock and starts moving the tumblers around it before it clicks back into place. "Dammit." Blitz says before he was about to go back to meditating now noticing that stupid voice repeating when the door unlocked. The door opened to reveal Starlight.
Blitz just glares at her. "Hello there. Are you reformed?" Blitz gives her the hoof, hoping she would come in so he could try and beat her to death. "I see, well, I guess I should get a good look at you. Go in and get him." She says as a stallion enters. The stallion walks up to grab Blitz, but he head-butts him into the face. The stallion staggers back, not expecting this before Blitz tackles him to the floor, before starting to wale on his face, punching him over and over, sending blood out of the stallion's mouth before grabbing him by the throat and starts lifting his head up before slamming his head into the floor repeatedly.
Starlight glares at him and uses her magic to pull the stallion away. "If you won't try it that way, then how about this pony?" She asks as she pushes a white mare in. "Start talking and lead him out once I open the door again." She said dragging the stallion away and closes the door.
"Oh, why don't you send in the pony who blindsided me? I'll do far worse." Blitz says to the door.
"That…that was me." The mare said.
"I believe you know Double Diamond." Starlight says through the window. 'This one is not like most ponies. He is a fighter, even though I took his cutie mark, he still managed that.' Starlight thinks, looking at the bleeding stallion before starting to heal him.
Blitz looks to the mare. "What?" He asks in disbelief.
"We have a breeding plan in our town. With you, we had too many stallions for this generation so we held a lottery to decide who is taken out of the category in a few definitions." DD says.
"Ah, the lottery last night." Blitz says turning back to glaring and weighing if he should try and strangle the new her.
DD just shrinks back a little. "I'm sorry."
Blitz says nothing and keeps glaring before Starlight opens the door again. "Time's up, we will try later." She says.
DD takes one last look before heading out and doesn't take another look at him.
Starlight closes the door and locks it. "This one is quite the fighter, isn't he?" Starlight asks DD as she walks beside her.
DD nods. "Yes, he is."
"After considering it all night, I have decided you and Night Glider will be assigned to him." Starlight said.
DD nods again. "Yes ma'am."
"Go find and inform her." Starlight says entering the house.
"Um ma'am, don't you still need to visit the mares?" DD asks and Starlight opens the door, backs up and walks to the house with a slight haste in her step.
Blitz sighs as he looks out the window again as he sees Starlight approach the mares' house and opens it. He watches in despair as he sees them file out and sees their cutie marks. "I failed as a husband." Blitz says looking away and goes back to the center of the room, this time not to meditate, but to despair as he thought about the girls until his thoughts drifted to Arcane, Azure, Surgere, Blazer, Liberum, Blast, Spectrum, Sunshine and Venator. Blitz's eyes shot up with a fire burning in them and resumes his meditation. "Not yet." He said closing his eyes. Blitz looks inwards once more as Imperious' word echoed in his head once more. 'For my ally is the force and a powerful ally it is. You must feel the force around you. Between you, me, the leaves, the rocks, the land itself. It is all connected by the force in a great plan that we all cannot see.'
"Night Glider." DD says behind Night Glider, causing her to stumble and drop the tray she was carrying.
Night looks to her. "What is it?" Night Glider asks, not recognizing the mare. "Who are you?" She adds.
DD tries to smile. "I'm Double Diamond. Starlight asked us to watch over the new stallion."
"Oh that's right, we had that plan come into effect last night…wait, does that mean we have been assigned that stallion for the plan?" Night Glider asks.
DD nods. "Yes, we need to do it."
"I see, has he even eaten?" Night Glider asks.
DD shakes her head. "No, she's given us the food needed to be eaten though."
"Am I free to take it to him?" Night Glider asks.
DD nods. "Yes, let's go." She said leading her to the house.
The stallions block the door when they approach. "Starlight asked us to convert him faster." DD said.
The stallions look to each other before looking back at them. "Proof?"
"Let them in!" Starlight yells from her door.
The stallion look to her before unlocking the door and stepping aside, letting them through.
The two walk in to see Blitz, to their shock and confusion, meditating. "Excuse me?" Night asks as the stallion closes the door behind them.
Blitz opens one eye to look at them and says nothing.
DD looks away a bit. "Can you please talk to us?"
Blitz snorts as he keeps looking at them with one eye and spies the girls looking through their window through his window. Blitz sighs and opens his other eye. "What do you want?" Blitz asks.
DD looks at him carefully. "We are too…convert you."
Blitz rolls his eyes a bit before sighing and sitting up. "Try it and die. I don't care that you are mares, I will kill you."
Night looks shocked. "Okay. Double D."
DD sighs and walks over to him before stopping slowly next to him. "Okay, do you like us or maybe the town?"
Blitz clicks his tongue as he works the lock on the door with the force. "What do you think? You took my wife's cutie mark and you had the audacity to keep me away from her."
DD looks away a bit. "Sorry, but you will be happy soon enough."
Blitz chuckles darkly. "Yeah right. I would be happy to live here without my wife and my life would be split."
Night grimaces. "Look, we would make sure you are content and happy here."
Blitz stands up and glares at her. "Give me my wife back and set the others free."
Night presses her lips together. "I…I can't."
"The yellow one that is pregnant, right?" DD asks.
Night Glider looks alarmed hearing they were keeping him away from his unborn foal.
Blitz glares and turns to her. "What do you think?"
"I will inform Starlight later. But we were just informed we are assigned to you as our stallion for the plan." DD says.
"You really believe in her or this way of life, don't you?" Blitz asks raising an eyebrow, but unable to do so like he normally does.
DD nods. "Yes, she's lead us out of trouble and brought us to a better life."
"Do you really think that…or is there another reason?" Blitz asks.
DD looks to him. "She will lead us to a better life."
"You loved her, didn't you?" Blitz asks suddenly.
"She will lead us to a better life." DD said simply.
"I see, so how much of the outside world do you know about?" Blitz asks.
Night looks to him. "Outside world?"
"He means the rest of Equestria." DD says.
Night tries to think. "And the other countries. Like the Griffon kingdoms, the Zebra tribes, the Diamond Dog clans." Blitz says.
Night groans as she holds her head. "Other countries?"
Blitz looks carefully at them. "If you trust me more than her, get me my communicator."
"You're what?" They ask.
"Metal cylinder that was on my left hoof." Blitz clarifies.
"You don't need that." DD says.
Blitz glares at her. "Why should I not need it?"
"I would make you different." DD says.
Blitz glares slightly. "You can't change who the pony is. Only what they are, but never what defines them." Blitz says switching tactics.
"What?" DD asks.
"I look at this from a different viewpoint. Think about it, what lies beneath the body?" Blitz asks.
Night looks at him carefully. "What?"
"Look past the physical form and you will see we are all the same, we all have souls." Blitz says.
They both look confused. "Um…why does my head hurt?" Night asks holding her head.
"Maybe you just haven't thought on it as deeply. All things in this world in this galaxy are connected. We unicorns have a faint sense of this and use to create what you all know as magic." Blitz says.
Night groans as she keeps holding her head. "I…I gotta go get something." She said walking out.
DD looks intrigued as she looks to him as he keeps sitting there. Soon, Night returns with a glass of water before downing it. "You see this thing that links us all is called the force. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings, we be not this crude matter that we can touch. You must feel the force around you. Here between you, me, the chair, the pebble, it is everywhere." Blitz continues.
DD blinks a few times. "Wha…what are you trying to say?"
"The divide you and Starlight seek to eliminate is but an illusion created by us when we don't look on such things on a level. We see details like hair, colors, all of this is something we perceive as the containers of who we are." Blitz says.
DD keeps blinking. "I…have to see Starlight." She said before stepping out.
"You are unlike her, you have come to question this way of life I can tell." Blitz says.
DD groans as she steps out as Blitz waits with Night as she keeps rubbing her head. "What's…what's going on?"
"You seemed more interested in what I said on other countries. What if I told you there is far more than that out there? Places and things nopony, griffon, Diamond dog, or any other thing that lives on this world has ever seen. Species we have never met on these worlds that are so much like ours and world that are completely opposite of them." Blitz says. Night seemed to be enthralled by this.
"I'm back." DD said as she drops a cylinder on the ground. "What did I miss?"
"I will show you." Blitz says slipping it on before bringing up a map of their galaxy.
When DD and Night Glider left, they had much to think on. "Well you two spent quite a while in there. How did it go? Any progress?" Starlight asks.
"Some, we managed to get him to open up a bit, but Starlight ma'am, that yellow one who is pregnant, she is his." DD says.
"I see, will have to take that into account with the plan." Starlight says as Fluttershy follows her.
Both Night and DD look to each other before looking back at Starlight. "Ma'am, shouldn't she be with him?" Night asks.
"No, not till he comes around." Starlight says.
Both of the mares looked at each in worry. "We have to help. You can't keep them apart. It's a rule of the plan." Night said.
"Night, don't worry, we have to follow the procedures like the one where all new members stay at my house." Starlight says with a sweet voice with a small twitch in her eye.
Both DD and Night still looked worried. Blitz sighs as he leans against the back wall and calls up an encrypted line. "You there?"
"Cross, what's with the call?" A mechanical voice asks.
"Cult, start of communism, tell Sharp and Rough to get a platoon together and head to our location. Tell Sharp sorry from taking him away from his new bride Trixie. And get the group together. We have a keter class object dangerous to ponies." Blitz says hearing something. "Got to go, I am under observation." Blitz says disconnecting and hiding the communicator behind some books before a stallion passes by the window.
Blitz watches the stallion with a glare as the stallion just smile creepily at him. "Still freaky." He said to himself before proceeding back to the center and starts meditating once more.
Twilight sighs as she leans against the wall. "You think Blitz is okay?"
"I got a peek at the stallion Starlight dragged out of his cabin. He looked pretty roughed up." Pinkie says sounding more like Pinkamena.
Twilight looks up. "Bring her out. We are more use to her with that voice. It's really strange and actually making us more depressed."
"Can't, she refuses. She is still screaming profanities and yelling threats." Pinkie says.
Rainbow sighs as she hangs from a speaker. "Got the old omnitool working?" She asks Twilight.
"They took those, remember? I'm just glad they didn't take my hat. Bet they don't even realize what they took." Applejack says.
Rainbow huffs as the speaker starts up before she kicks it and turns it off. "Stupid propaganda." Rainbow says holding her hoof, now throbbing.
Rarity looks down. "Do you think Fluttershy is doing okay, being pregnant and everything?"
"I have faith in her." Twilight says looking out still.
Rainbow clicks her tongue. "Let's hope she doesn't freak out."
Applejack chuckles. "Please, she's part vampire. A creature of the night. She'll be fine. Oh and never get between her and her foal."
"I hope you're right." Rainbow says.
Blitz sat, reaching out with the force, feeling everything that surrounds him. To the stallions watching him, it was like he went to sleep, sitting up. The night progressed further and further along. "Arcane." He whispers, thinking of him.
Arcane was sitting on the balcony of the castle, looking out to the sky, hoping to see his mother or father when he hears Blitz's voice. "Arcane."
"Father?" Arcane asks looking around trying to find him.
"Arcane, what are you doing?" Lightning asks finding him.
Arcane keeps looking around as he keeps trying to listen. "Dad?"
"Arcane, your father isn't here. He is several miles away." Lightning says picking him up.
Arcane keeps looking around as he looks around. "Dad?" He asks one last time.
"Come on Arcane, you had a long day, time for bed. Your dad and mom will return soon." Lightning says taking him inside.
Blitz kept meditating, feeling as if his senses had been increased since before he began. The stallion kept peeking in as they just see him sitting there, having been told by the last group he hadn't budged to their knowledge on their shift.
The sun soon rose and feeling the rays on his face, Blitz breathed in deeply. He felt as if he had awaken from an illness, his senses sharp and his mind clear. He focused on the pebbles in front of the door, out of the guards view and he lifted it without even shaking. 'Maybe coming here was good for me.' Blitz thinks.
"Alright everypony! We are going to see our progress in an hour!" Starlight announces as she walks outside and Blitz looks to the window.
Blitz hears the door unlock as Night and DD soon entered. After the door shut behind them, they noticed something different about Blitz from last night, but couldn't place it.
Blitz smiles a bit. "Want to learn more?"
"We came to check on you. What has changed?" DD asks.
"I feel like I have finally awakened. What I told you last night was the philosophy my master taught me about the force, but now I feel it instead of having it described to me. It is hard to put into words and I feel a strong sense of peace." Blitz says.
They both look surprised at him. "Really…then can we learn more?" Night asks.
Blitz looks to the windows and door before grabbing his communicator from under the books. "Let's begin. But first, you know no matter what magic is used, it generates an aura, correct?" Blitz asks.
They both nod. "Yeah, why?" DD asks.
Blitz says nothing and they notice the pebbles on the floor start to move as if on their own will.
"Wow." Night said as she watches them dance around.
The pebbles soon lifted into the air and started to revolve around each other. "This is proof of the force existing." Blitz says.
DD just watches as they all seem to form a dance with each other. "Who knew?" DD says.
"You were hesitant to believe me before, but how about now, do you believe?" Blitz asks.
DD slowly nods as she watches the pebbles take a shape similar to what she saw on the communicator last night.
"There are many different species in this galaxy. The Asari are an all-female blue color species with no hair, they can live for a thousand years. The Turains are more of an avian heritage, but lack wings. They come in a variety of colors with mandible like things on their faces. The Salarians, a reptilian species who are generally mostly like scientists. Then there is Humans, the most genetically diverse. They come in many colors each with their own mane color and eyes. These four species are at the head of the alliance of species and make up the council. Our world has recently joined them as we make the next step in our species journey. We have explored all of this world. It is time to look to the stars and wonder what awaits us, abomination of the likes of Tartarus or fascinating sights and species whom we can befriend. For we are not alone in this galaxy." Blitz says after letting the pebbles drop.
The two were just staring slack jawed at him. "Aw, touching history lesson." A voice said behind them and they quickly look to see Starlight as Blitz glares at her. "Now get back out there." She yells to the two mares who quickly run out.
"You cannot intimidate me, nor can you deny the reality of the truth." Blitz says calmly, not showing the fury he had days ago.
Starlight chuckles. "Watch me. Your wife has already joined me and you will follow."
"You don't believe, do you?" Blitz asks.
Starlight clicks her tongue. "Please, species beyond the stars? We are the only ones here and nopony can deny it. Just ask the ponies outside."
"I will shake the very foundation of your beliefs then. You know my magic is far too weak after what you did to me, correct?" Blitz asks.
Starlight leans down to him. "Yes, what are you going to do about that?"
"I will reveal to all the true thing that binds us all together, not this similarities you are pushing." Blitz says.
Starlight waves him off. "This is my own creation and you will follow. You don't have a choice."
"What you seek to eliminate is but an illusion. Deep down, we are all the same already, we bleed when cut, we all have a soul, and we are all connected to the force as god has designed." Blitz says making Starlight raise an eyebrow.
Starlight shrugs. "No matter, you will follow soon and your wife is already joined. And soon your foal once born." She said walking out.
"No, that will not happen." Blitz says calmly getting up and walks outside.
Starlight raises an eyebrow at him. "Ready to join?"
"No, tell me, without magic, it is impossible to do things like telekinesis?" Blitz asks, the entire town hearing him.
The unicorns in the crowd started to murmur amongst themselves as Starlight huffs. "Of course it is. Nopony can make things move without magic."
"And no matter what type, magic always has an aura, correct?" Blitz asks sitting in the middle of town. The girls shocked at how calm he was. They had never seen him so calm or relaxed.
Starlight glares. "Yes, do you join or not?"
"I am about to break those universal laws that we, as a species, has by proving that there is something more. It is called the force and it is the lifeblood of all the galaxy." Blitz says causing Starlight to actually laugh at the notion.
"You…you think you can do magic without your cutie mark? I like to see you try oh great user." She laughs.
Blitz breathes deeply and closes his eyes and reaches out with his left hoof.
Starlight looks around as she smirks. "Well that was a whole lot of nothing."
Blitz makes no other movements as Starlight still smirks before many things start to rumble in the background.
She looks around and sees the rocks, furniture not nailed down and clothing stands start to shake. "Wha…?"
"There is only the Force." Blitz says as the objects start to rise with no magic aura.
Starlight looks shocked as all the objects starts to lift higher and move around. "Wha…what's happening?"
"You see this thing that links us all is called the force. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings, we be not this crude matter that we can touch. You must feel the force around you. Here between you, me, the chair, the pebble, the land, the sea, it is everywhere." Blitz says what he told DD and Night last night. "I must thank you forcing into that house alone. It forced me to cool my head and actually establish my connection to it. Now I can feel it flow through me." Blitz says.
Starlight looks shocked as she kept watching everything before she feels water drench her. "Hey!" She yells behind her.
Blitz smirks as he dropped everything. "Go Flutters." Blitz says getting up. "Are there any who doubt me?" Blitz asks as he walks to the girls' house and unlocks the door.
Those who responded all shake their heads as they keep looking to the objects used while others were in shock as they felt their realities crumbling having seen the impossible as they understood it.
Blitz smiles as Twilight steps out first. "Twi, I have been meaning to ask, why didn't you call the changelings?"
"Something making my magic too weak to call and none in range of what I could." Twilight says walking over to him.
Blitz sighs in relief as he looks over everypony. "I'm glad to see you're all alright. I actually gave up hope for just a moment. I actually called myself a failure of a husband." He said before everypony hugs him.
"S…so, that is what you have been learning?" Rainbow says in disbelief.
Blitz looks around. "Oh yeah. I can use the force like Ahsoka and the other jedi. Surprise."
"Looks like the ponies are startin to notices somepony has a cutie mark." Applejack says.
Blitz looks back to Starlight as he notices she had a different cutie mark than all the rest.
"It seem you have also been living a lie." Blitz says as bring his hoofs to one side. "Here, another example of the force's powers." Blitz says before launching a force push at her, sending her flying back.
Starlight yells as she flew to a wall and smacks into it before falling. She groans as she tries to get up. "I still am more powerful." She growls as she looks to them.
"You overestimate yourself. The force is the very lifeblood of the galaxy even if you defeat me. You will never be even a faction as powerful. You are no god." Blitz says picking up and throwing a barrel that was near her.
Starlight flinches as she jerks away from the crash. "You can't intimidate me."
"I don't have to, but we both know you're scared not of me, but being faced with the truth there is something far beyond magic." Blitz says as several ponies had ran off to the cave.
Starlight growls and glares at him. "You won't beat me. Not now, not ever." She said before running off to her cabin.
Blitz puts a hoof out to the cabin, slamming the door in her face.
"Ow!" Starlight yells. "My nose!" She yells holding her hooves to her nose.
Blitz lifts his hoof up and Starlight, to her horror, felt herself being lifted up.
Starlight tries to grab at something as she was lifted away. "Girls, head inside and find our cutie marks." Fluttershy said.
Blitz throws her to right in front of him as the girls try and open the cabin door. "You have already lost, you know that right?" Blitz asks as cutie marks start shooting all over the place.
Starlight growls. "You still haven't beaten me."
"No, the citizen of this town have. By the way, what is the name of it?" Blitz asks.
Starlight just looks at him with a glare.
"Seriously, you didn't even name it?" Blitz asks an eyebrow raised.
Starlight huffs at him.
"Stand back everypony." Night yells before she breaks down the door of the cabin.
Blitz watches this before being blinded by an illumination spell from Starlight that acted as a flashbang. He looks back to where she was and looks down the street. "Get back here coward!" He yells running after her.
Starlight looks back at him and starts tossing spells at him as she destroys almost everything around him before she hears a roaring sound and looks up to see something metal fly in. "What the…?!" She yells as it flies close.
Blitz smirks. "You see, we are not alone in the galaxy. That is a dropship with four more coming." Blitz says as they start to land.
Starlight kept running as she watches as bipedal things come out of the open hatch in the back of the dropship and rush over to her. "Arrest her!" She heard Blitz yell.
Soon she was tackled to the ground by changelings and soon other ponies before they slipped a magic restraining collar of Twilight's design on her.
Blitz sighs as he stops running and watches as they take her away before looking back to the village and sees something coming his way. "Huh?" He asks before being hit by a streak of light and groans as he feels his flank being heated and then dropped to the ground. "Ow."
Blitz gets up and shakes himself, feeling no longer restrained and looks to his flank and sees a shooting star. "Huh, so I got my cutie mark huh? Oh well, nothing changed." Blitz says shrugging it off as not a big deal before stopping. "Hey, I got my attitude back." He said smiling a bit, running a hoof through his mane, pushing it back a little.
Twilight sighs in relief as she comes out of the cabin and sees Blitz walking down the street. "Blitz, are you okay?" She asks running up to him with the rest of the girls.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Blitz says as they reach him.
Fluttershy smiles as she walks up and hugs him before noticing his flank. "Wow, you got your cutie mark."
"Yeah, not a big deal." Blitz says.
"Yay! Blitzy's back!" Pinkie yells hugging him.
"And Pinkie is a ball of energy." Blitz says.
"What kind of ball?" Pinkie asks.
"Bouncing." Blitz jokes.
Rainbow chuckles. "Geez Blitz. When did you become a mouthy one?"
"I always have been, just didn't compete with you." Blitz jokes.
Rainbow grins as she hugs him. "Missed ya Blitzy."
"Same here. Now what are the rest of your waiting for? Pinkie to send you invitations?" Blitz jokes.
They all laugh as they all hug him tightly. "We love you Blitzy." They all said.
"Same here." Blitz says nuzzling them before looking to the cave.
Blitz frowns as he stared at the wall that held the cutie marks as the SCP were all over it. "So, how dangerous was this?" One of them asked.
"Not quite sure, didn't get a chance to study it. Yours now." Blitz says walking away. Once outside, Twilight started talking.
"Blitz, two mares want to talk to you." Twilight says.
"Gotcha, mind if I speak to them alone?" Blitz asks.
Twilight nods as she looks in the cave before walking in. "Most of the houses are unoccupied right now and so is Starlight's cabin." She said before talking with the SCP about the wall.
Blitz sighs as he pulled her out with the force. "Leave it Twi. Best we forget about it. But look, I got you something." Blitz says holding up the staff.
Twilight looks it over before stopping. "It's just a piece of stick." She said throwing it away. "And it's keter!" She yelled into the cave.
"I would think you would recognize it. I did from those books on Star Swirl you had me read." Blitz says walking away as she looks it over again.
Blitz chuckles as he hears her cheer and jump around as he comes across the two mares waiting at Starlight's cabin as they watch all the changelings, ponies and mandalorians around the town. "Surprised?"
"Never thought I would see it in person." Night says as Blitz looks her over to see her coat was a more lustrous azure and her mane and tail had more of a wild style reminding him of Spitfire and the other flyers mares he had.
"Come on you two, inside." Blitz says.
They both look to each other before following him inside and he sits down at the table. "So, what's this about?" He asks as they took a seat.
"Well it's just that…" Night starts before DD cuts to the chase as Blitz looks her over to see her coat was the same, but her mane and tail had a more unkempt style that he would usually attribute to a surfer or snowboarder.
"Can we continue on with you like the breeding plan originally had for us?" DD asks.
Blitz actually looks to them as he heard a honk from somewhere. "Well that came right out of left field to me." Blitz says.
Night sighs. "Starlight wanted us to replace the yellow one for you until you converted then add more. She would think that keeping you away from the foal would help speed things up."
"Well she has been exposed and won't be doing it again." Blitz says before calling out. "Twilight!"
Twilight peeks her head in the door. "Yes?"
"Here. Now. These two want to join. Interview them." Blitz says pointing to the chair next to him.
Twilight raises an eyebrow as she walks over and sat down. "Why do they want to join?"
Blitz taps his horn to hers and shows her for in a brief moment with a spell. "Got it?" Blitz asks.
Twilight looks to him before looking at the mares. "How much do you want to be with him?"
Blitz gets up to go make coffee as he hadn't had it in days and these girls hadn't had it in a long time. Blitz waits as the coffee boils as they continued to talk, ignoring it for their privacy.
"Blitz?" Twilight calls.
"One moment, it's about done." Blitz calls back.
Twilight smirks. "Get rid of your clothes." She says walking out.
"Twi, haven't been dressed since was knocked out…by the way, where are my clothes and suitcase along with the other girls?" Blitz asks.
Night pushes her hooves together. "In her room, but she burned the clothes."
"Well she didn't burn the suitcase. If she did, this building wouldn't be here." Blitz says as the coffee finished.
Twilight rolls her eyes. "We're staying here for the night and then heading back home. Spend some time with our new additions."
"Coffee?" Blitz offers getting some cups he found.
"Sure." DD said. "Same." Night said.
Blitz smirks before putting them down and filling them with coffee. "So let's talk." Blitz says.
Blitz awoke in a bed with the two mares the next morning. "Girls?" He asks quietly.
"Wow." Night says.
"Yeah, wow." DD said.
"So how was it being the mare? I know you had done the plan with Sugar Belle at least once." Night says.
DD shrugs. "It's fine."
"Oh I see through that act of yours. You enjoyed it far more than being the stallion didn't you?" Night asks.
"What about you? I know this was your first time as you only recently turned 18 for the plan to take you into account." DD says.
Night blushes. "Yeah, I always wanted a stallion to bed me. Never realized it would be like this."
"Well now you have." Blitz says petting her.
Night giggles and nuzzles his chest. "You're so cute."
"So what about you or should I call you a snow bunny?" Blitz asks DD.
DD blushes bright red. "Um…wow. Maybe…if you want."
"Ok, also how about you show me how to ski?" Blitz asks leaning his head onto her.
DD smiles and nods. "Sure, maybe later."
"Want to join Night?" Blitz asks.
DD nods. "Yes, you are really nice."
"Um…I have never been skiing." Night says from his chest.
DD smiles. "I will teach you."
"Come on girls, time to get up." Blitz says.
They both smile as he got up and they start to follow. "So what are you going to do now?" Night asks.
"Food and coffee." Blitz says walking downstairs. "Morning Sharp, how is your wife?" Blitz asks passing him.
Sharp looks to him. "Just fine. Kinda pissed I left."
"You can return with the first ship that is taking Starlight away." Blitz says.
Sharp nods. "Thank you. What about this town?"
"Oh, they are going to have to adjust. I blew their minds before you guys arrived and with bringing in a few other species, how more blown have their minds been?" Blitz asks.
Sharp chuckles. "A lot of minds out of proportion."
"Well I will leave you to it…and we need to fix that door." Blitz says noticing the front door was still knocked off its hinges.
Sharp smiles. "Yes, we'll have it fixed soon."
"Well anyways, let's go girls." Blitz says leading them out to the rest of the girls.
Fluttershy smiles as she sees Blitz walk over. "Blitz, how did it go?"
"Meet the two new additions Flutters." Blitz says a little embarrassed.
'Oh boy, we got another one like Soarin.' Rainbow thinks seeing DD.
Twilight smiles. "Welcome to the family you two. All new ponies have to go through a small orientation and we will do that once we get back home."
"Orientation?" They ask.
Fluttershy grins while holding a smile. "Meeting the foals is the start." Fluttershy says.
"Go easy on them Flutters." Blitz whispers into her ear.
Fluttershy looks to him with a grin before giggling. "Love ya Blitzy. I missed you." She said nuzzling him.
"No, to breakfast and then we will all be going skiing before heading back." Blitz says.
Fluttershy pouts cutely. "But I want to spend time with you."
"You will having fun." Blitz says petting her mane once.
"So Blitz, you said you made your connect to the force, right? What does it feel like?" Twilight asks.
"I…it is hard to describe." Blitz says.
Twilight nods. "Yeah, most young unicorns have that same reaction."
"I'll tell you this, it is like feeling a heartbeat at times. The heartbeat of the galaxy." Blitz says.
Twilight smiles. "Glad you feel that way and now you can brag to Ahsoka about this."
"She is away back in the war love." Blitz says.
Twilight grins. "You can still call her."
"We shall see and for those who can't ski, our Snow Bunny here will be teaching." Blitz says.
Most of the mares snicker. "Snow Bunny?" Rainbow snickers.
"It's what you call skiing mare." Blitz says smirking at those snickering.
Fluttershy tries to hold it in. "You think if we dress her up in a bunny costume, Vinyl wouldn't notice?"
"She would probably ask, did Fluttershy's Angel reproduce." Pinkie comments.
Blitz chuckles as he grabs her. "Hey Pinks. How is she?" He whispers, nuzzling her.
"Good. Pinkamena smiled when they hauled Starlight away, but wishes to still knife her." Pinkie whispered most of it onto Blitz's ear and Blitz starts petting her.
"Daddy!" Arcane cheers with the other foals as Blitz and the others stepped inside.
"Hey there my foals." Blitz says grabbing them with his magic and hugging them. "Oh Daring, good news. I didn't need the stims." Blitz calls. "They took them away when we got captured." Blitz says putting down the foals before she tackled him.
Daring huffs. "Good. At least something good came out of getting captured."
"More than you know." Blitz says as Daring noticing something was different about him but couldn't tell what.
Twilight smiles. "And we got two new members of our family. Meet Night Glider and Double Diamond." She said pointing to the ponies behind them.
"Um…hi." Night says waving, feeling a little intimidated.
"Oh Soarin, you here?" Twilight calls.
"My stallion!" They hear before Blitz was tackled to the ground for the second time.
"Soarin, could you come with me and Double here, we have something to talk about." Twilight says.
Soarin looks up at her. "Um…sure." She said following them.
"What they got to talk about?" Spitfire asks from the couch reading, hearing that.
"Well you se…" Blitz says before explaining about the cult and what happened to DD.
Most of the mares who didn't hear about that place gasps. "Why treat them like some sort of piece of wood?" Dusk asks.
"More like numbers and machines. That is sort like we call communism where the government controls everything about anything. It sounds good on paper, but it doesn't work so well in real life." Blitz says.
Mary huffs. "And that's why we lived by certain codes and deal with things on our own."
"Oh mom, there you are. Meet your new daughter in law." Blitz says pushing Night up to her.
Mary looks her up and down. "Keep him safe and I won't kill you."
"Mum is a former pirate captain." Blitz explains.
Night just stares. "Whoa."
"So how do you think Soarin is reacting?" Fleetfoot asks as Shadow keeps snoring.
Blitz shrugs as he goes over and pets Shadow's mane and holds up a hoof and leans down to her. "Oh my dark bolt, I'm wearing the suit and ready to 'fly'." He whispered.
"You know we can't with me at this stage." Shadow mutters in her sleep before Blitz kisses her head.
Blitz chuckles as he looks back to the others. "Probably shocked that she isn't the only one in the changed gender department."
"Come here." Fleetfoot says reaching out to hug him.
Blitz grins and grabs her in a hug. "I love ya girls."
A few hours later they heard the doors open. "We are back." Octavia says walking in, carrying her Cello and Azure on her head.
Blitz smiles as he looks over. "Ah, the maestro returns."
Octavia giggles as she sets Azure down and he runs off. "Yes well, I just got accepted into a big concert in Canterlot. I'm going to be paid big time."
"And Vinyl?" Blitz asks.
"Distracted her with brandy and games. Really easy like with the bunny." She jokes.
Blitz laughs before he sighs. "Well, want to hear about what happened while we were away?"
"Not much, we have all just been doing our own things." Octavia says before kissing his cheek.
Blitz holds her there for a moment. "What does Vinyl know about cutie mark removal?" He whispers into her ear.
"Never heard of it from my knowledge, why." Octavia asks.
"Take a look." Blitz says and she looks at his flank. "I will feel you in on all the details later."
Octavia kisses his cheek again. "Congratulations."
"I didn't earn it like you did love, but will explain it to you later with the others." Blitz says before kissing her neck.
Octavia moans and leans in close. "Tease."
Blitz chuckles as he grabs her and pulls her onto his lap. "Looks who's talking, waving that flank around." He said now holding her.
"Hey Blitzy." Vinyl calls walking in drunk.
Blitz grins. "Vinyl, take a load off and sit right here." He said patting his lap.
"Oh my pillow is here." Vinyl says before collapsing on him.
Blitz chuckles and pets her head. "I love you girls. You and my family and I'm never letting you down again."
Octavia looks to him. "Again?" She asks waving the alcohol smell away with her hoof.
"Will explain later." Blitz says before reaching behind him and grabs Azure.
Azure frowns. "Aw dad. You ruined it."
"You've improved. I didn't hear you till you started climbing my son." Blitz says laying him onto Octavia's lap and ruffles his mane.
Azure huffs. "I still beat you."
"Yeah, you did this time." Blitz says smiling.
Azure looks to Vinyl who snores loudly. "What's with the aura on her? It's kinda wonky."
"She drank too much of her favorite drink and she's just sleepy my son." Blitz says.
Azure nods and looks back to him. "Cool."
"Huh?" Octavia asks.
Azure laughs. "Daddy looks awesome now."
"How so?" Octavia asks.
Azure smiles. "There's two of him and they are both cool."
Blitz raises an eyebrow at that.
Azure looks to Octavia. "You're still the same."
"Ah, I think I get it now, you see my connection to the force." Blitz says ruffling his mane.
Azure chuckles. "Yeah, it looks cool."
Blitz smiles and ruffles his mane. "Ok, you hungry my boy?" Blitz asks.
Azure nods. "Mmh huh."
"Because it is dinner time." Blitz says.
Azure cheers as he carried him and Vinyl to the dining room where the others were waiting. "What are we having?" Blitz asks as he sets Azure down with the other foals and puts Vinyl in a chair and tries to find the best position for her to sit up.
Twilight rubs the back of her head. "Um…it's from our new friends." She said as the door to the kitchen opens and the kitsune walks in with many trays on her tails and arms. "Hey guys. Eat up." She said setting them down. "Don't worry, its vegetarian and meat for the griffon." She said heading back into the kitchen.
"You still ignoring them?" Twilight asks.
"Ignoring what?" Blitz asks.
Twilight sighs. "Lati has been teaching me some tricks for my spells. She's good, I'll tell you that."
"Come on Sunshine, open up for the spaceship." Pinkie says making noises as she bring the spoon closer to Sunshine. Sunshine giggles and opens her mouth and bites down on the spoon before taking the spoon with her. "Sunshine, you are not supposed to eat the spoon." Pinkie said throwing it away into a pile of eaten spoons and grabs another one.
"Did my daughter just eat metal?" Blitz asks.
Sunshine looks to him and creepily smiles the same as the ponies on the village were having.
"Sunshine, that is not for your dad. Show us all a real smile." Pinkie says picking her up.
Sunshine giggles and hugs her while smiling.
"There we go." Pinkie says.
"So where are Jackie and Rarity…are they nursing?" Rainbow asks noticing the absence of the two as she feeds her twins.
Twilight nods. "Oh yeah. After all that trouble back in the village, they just want to spend time with their foals."
"I see and them not even being a month old makes them really want to get attached which reminds me, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle recently got back, right?" Blitz asks.
They all look to each before looking back at him. "Not really."
"Minerva, status on the CMC." Blitz requests from the pregnant cyborg.
"They are currently at the Apple family ranch." Minerva says in between stuffing her face.
'Reminds me a little of Twi when the fillies were all about Twilight time.' Blitz thinks before calling Sweetie Belle.
"Hello? Who's this?" Sweetie Belle asks as she answered the call.
"Your brother in law Sweetie." Blitz says.
Sweetie Belle looks carefully at the screen. "Oh Blitz. Need something?"
"Yeah, we are having dinner. Want to join with your friends and sister in law over there?" Blitz asks.
Sweetie looks at something off screen. "Sorry. Spike has us working on things while we're down here. Too busy so sorry."
"Well at least you and Apple Bloom can spare a few minutes to come visit your sister right?" Blitz asks.
Apple Bloom appears in a corner. "We'll try."
"We got a surprise for you two and Scootaloo will get some quality time alone with our purple dragon." Blitz says.
They both frown a bit before sighing. "Okay, just give us a bit of time."
"Ok." Blitz says before they cut off the line.
"They are having a fun time being their advisor." Fluttershy said.
"No comment." Blitz says leaning to her and whispers. "So how did they do?"
Fluttershy smiles. "They just leaded him on an escort mission. Got a lot of information for him because there was an ambush waiting for him."
"I meant the new mares." Blitz clarifies.
Fluttershy grins. "They are ready. More bugs as words."
Blitz sighs. "Why do that to them?"
"They don't remember it, they are just prepared for more sessions. Night was so shy at first and DD being a former stallion. I had my work cut out for me educating her. I mean I literally needed a chalkboard to explain things to her at times." Fluttershy whispered.
Blitz raises an eyebrow as he runs a hoof across her mane. "Tell me, when did you have fun last?"
"The skiing was fun even though I only just started learning." Fluttershy says.
Blitz nods and smiles and grabs a hooful of mane and pulls a little. "You ready for a lot of fun after you give birth?"
"Oh no, I have so much to do." Fluttershy says before going off on full mother mode.
Blitz sighs as he lets go. "Good pet." He said humorously.
"And then the crib I must measure it for exact purposes. Twilight, I will need your help." Fluttershy says.
Blitz kisses her cheek. "Go be a mother."
"You couldn't stop me even if you tried." Fluttershy says.
Blitz smiles. "I won't." Blitz says before going back to eating.
"Rarity, you in here?" Sweetie Belle asks.
"Sis, ya'll here?" Apple Bloom asks.
"Girls, over here." Applejack said waving at them from their beds.
"Sis, why are ya in bed?" Apple Bloom asks coming over.
Applejack smiles as she moves the blanket a little and shows the bundle. "Meet your new niece."
"Oh, what's her name?" Apple Bloom asks leaning down excited.
Applejack chuckles. "She's our little unicorn named Surgere Apple."
"Rarity, does that mean?" Sweetie Belle asks as Rarity moved the covers to show her bundle.
Rarity nods and moves the blankets a little. "Meet your new pegasus nephew, Liberum Star."
"Oh hey there, little guy." Sweetie Belle says leaning in to touch him and Liberum manages to grab her hoof and start sucking on it.
Sweetie giggles as he keeps sucking on her hoof and smiling at her. "Aw, who's a little Prince charming?"
"He is." Rarity says smiling.
"So um, you two just got don nursen?" Apple Bloom asks.
Applejack smirks as Surgere burps. "Yep. These little ones are full."
"Ah, so this is why cuz wanted us to come and see y'all." Apple Bloom says.
Applejack raises an eyebrow. "Yes and getting away from work. He told us that you two were still working on things for Spike when he called. How is he by the way?"
Sweetie Belle still giggles at Liberum sucking her hoof. "Busy. But he's making do for personal time."
"I see. Apple Bloom, I also have a request for you and Big Mac." Applejack says.
Apple Bloom looks up from making faces. "What is it?"
"Could you two inform the rest of the family of the newest addition here?" Applejack asks.
Apple Bloom smiles. "Sure." She said before going back to making faces.
"Thanks and I see ya switched your bow for a hat." Applejack says.
"Like you stopped wearin your mane brands." Apple Bloom says.
Applejack smiles and runs a hoof through it. "Personal reasons. But I think our little friendly dragon would like a scarf on you. Maybe green color and apples on it. You would look better."
"Nah, I like ma hat." Apple Bloom says.
Applejack chuckles. "I meant adding onto it."
"Not yet." Apple Bloom says before booping her nose to Surgere's.
Applejack chuckles as Sugere giggles and tries to grab at her. "Yer really good with foals."
"Maybe." Apple Bloom says petting Surgere very lightly.
Applejack grins. "Maybe good enough to take care of dragon pony hybrids."
"Don't go there sis." Apple Bloom says.
Applejack snickers. "Yer with Spike, ain't cha?"
"So Dusk, Lightning, how were the foals while we were away?" Blitz asks petting them both after every other pony went to sleep.
They both purred in pleasure. "Troublesome." Lightning said.
"But quiet after putting them to sleep." Dusk said.
"I bet you sang them to sleep, didn't you." Blitz says with a knowing smile.
Dusk tries to look at him. "They missed their father and mothers terribly."
"I know, but I know they like you singing them a lullaby so they can sleep." Blitz says.
Dusk smiles. "They are starting to like me."
"Told you so, now how is my Lightning?" Blitz asks bring both into a hug.
Lightning sighs. "Tolerable with her around now."
"Oh there is the big and tough mandalorian I trained." Blitz says before he and Dusk started tickling her.
Lightning tries to hold in her laughs as they assaulted her. "Stop!" She laughed.
"Avoid the stomach Dusk, she is ticklish in her joints." Blitz says.
Lightning keeps laughing as she stares up at them. "Don't you dare."
"I'll hold her, you get her." Blitz says holding her.
Dusk smirks as she tickles Lightning's leg and she tries to hold them back. "Stop it!"
Blitz kisses her as Dusk stops and chuckles.
Lightning glares at him as he lets go and she tries to catch her breath. "Bastard."
"You are happier now, admit it Lightning." Blitz says smirking.
Lightning stares at him until she sighs. "Yes."
"Good girl. Come on you two, I'll hold you tonight." Blitz says.
They both giggle as Blitz carries them away. "What are you going to do?" Lightning asks.
"You're both pregnant so we can't do that." Blitz reminds.
"Ok, so we ready to start the experiment?" Blitz asks looking at Twilight.
Twilight nods. "Yep, give me a second and charge it up." She said lightning her horn.
"You sure about this Twi, aren't age spells dangerous?" Blitz asks.
"I have to fix up Celestia and Luna." Twilight said.
"Twi, Terra fixed that, they are running the country again." Blitz says.
Twilight sighs and turns to him and accidently sends the spell at him making a blinding flash. "So how is…oh no, oh no." When the smoke clears, there on the ground was a little colt version of Blitz with no cutie mark and his clothes not far away. "Blitz?" Twilight asks carefully.
"Where am I?" Blitz asks getting up and one hoof on his head.
Twilight steps close slowly. "Blitz?"
"Who are you?" Blitz asks backing up a bit looking intimidated.
Twilight goes wide eyed. "Mary! Colt emergency!" She yells to the door.
Within moments, Mary kicks open the door. "What's wrong?!" She calls causing Blitz to try and hide in the corner.
Mary goes wide eyed at the sight and slowly walks over. "Twilight, please tell me that's not Blitz?" She whispers to her.
"Unfortunately, it is, we had a little accident with an experiment." Twilight says.
Mary knocks her upside the head and slowly walks toward Blitz. "Blitzy, it's your mother. Please come out of that corner." She said softly.
"Mom's dead, I don't know you." Blitz says curling up.
"He seem to be unable to remember anything." Twilight says.
Mary leans down to his height. "Well I can be your new mother. Want to be part of a family?"
Blitz shivers in fear of Mary. "Blitzkrieg, this is your true mother, your sister at the orphanage found her." Twilight says.
Blitz looks up at Mary trembling a bit. "Mo…mom?"
"That's right my little colt, I am your mother." Mary says leaning down to his level.
Blitz tears up before launching himself at her and hugging her. "Mommy!"
"Shh, it's ok sweetie. Mommy is here." Mary says wrapping him in her wings.
Blitz sniffs into her coat as Twilight sighs in relief and looks through the books again. "I need time."
"Come here my little colt, I will take care of you." Mary says before turning to Twilight. "I think you have ponies to inform on what happened." Mary says.
Twilight nods and grabs some books. "Let's go." She said as Mary nuzzles Blitz and keeps holding him as they walk to the playroom and finds most of the mares and foals there. "Everypony, we have a problem." Twilight said and Mary sits down at a chair. "Meet our new or rather old foal, Blitz. Before you start asking questions, meet me in the other room." She said as Mary unfolds her wings and shows Blitz as he tries to hold the wings up.
'Oh you're so shy.' Mary thinks nuzzling his head.
Blitz whimpers as the foals all watch him before Luna walks up to him. "Blitz?" She asks.
Blitz covers himself with Mary's wing as the mares leave.
"Explain now!" Rainbow says poking Twilight's chest obviously mad.
Twilight gulps as she backs up. "Um…well…I turned Blitz into a foal!" She yelled.
"We got that part. Now the why." Vinyl says also looking mad.
"Well you see, me and him were researching the age spell to prepare in case another situation like Luna and Celestia turned into foals happened and I got distracted and looked away from the little tree that was to be the test subject and at him and shot the spell by accident." Twilight says touching her forehooves together.
"What setting do you guys want the gun at?" Lightning asks messing with her rifle.
"Not yet." E. Octavia says.
Twilight holds up a hoof. "But if it makes it fair, I'm working on a counter spell."
"How old?" Applejack asks.
"Pardon?" Twilight asks.
"How old is he?" Applejack asks.
"I'm not sure, but he doesn't remember anything that happened past how old he was, so maybe before he was abducted as he remembers his foster mother is dead." Twilight says.
"So around nine." Applejack says.
Twilight peeks into the doorway crack and sees Blitz peeking out a bit but still holding the wings around him. "Yes, but not even the foals he remembers. So until I get a spell working, we're going to treat him like one."
"Give me a minute." Applejack says walking out and towards Blitz and Mary.
They all watch as Applejack walks to the two and Blitz whimpers. Applejack leans down to him before smiling. "Jackie." She said pointing to herself.
"J…Jackie?" Blitz asks actually peeking through a bit.
Applejack lays down and looks at him. "Jackie." She nods.
Mary smiles before picking him up and walking out with Applejack following. "Never would have pictured Blitz as the incredibly shy and scared type as a foal." Spitfire says.
Twilight looks to him with worry. "Guess that Mandalorian training really hit him hard."
"He killed for the first time at the age of ten by your species timeframe. From there, he toughened up quickly." Minerva says.
Mary sighs as she bounces Blitz a bit. "My baby." She whispers.
"Mommy." Blitz says just holding on.
Mary sighs as she looks to Twilight. "At least I can try to be a mother again to what was lost with Blitz here."
"I'll keep working on the counter spell. Luna just told me she and Celestia will try and cover for him till we can." Twilight says to the communicator.
Blitz whimpers as he peeks at everypony. "Mommy, who…who are they?"
"Oh um…they are the…mares who will help me take care of you." Mary says having to think on it.
Blitz still whimpers as he still tries to hide from view. "And the other fillies and colts?"
"They will be a part of your family." Mary says not having as hard of a time explaining that.
Blitz gulps as he looks out again and sees the foals peeking around the doorway at him. "Why are they staring at me?"
"You look a lot like their father." Mary says.
"Where is daddy?" Blitz asks.
"He…he is gone sweetheart, he died before you were born." Mary says a little sad.
Blitz looks up at her with a small smile. "What about you?"
"I'm here for you my little colt." Mary says smiling at him as Applejack comes in with a blanket.
Blitz looks up at the blanket. "That's my…!"
"Your blanket cuz." Applejack says smiling at him and ruffles his mane.
Blitz smiles as she gives him the blanket and he hugs it tightly and wraps it around himself.
"I'll go start lunch." Applejack says as Mary smiles to Blitz before kissing his forehead.
Blitz giggles as he looks up to her. "Mommy."
"Right here my little colt." Mary says as most of the foals at the door follow Applejack.
Blitz smiles and nuzzles her as she sits down before hearing a growling sound. "I'm hungry." Blitz said rubbing his stomach.
"Jackie went to make lunch my little colt. How about we play a little?" Mary asks.
Blitz nods. "Okay."
Mary smiles and uses her wing to bring a ball close.
"Sharp, you there?" Twilight asks calling.
Sharp yawns as he gets up. "What is it?" He asks turning on a light.
"Sorry, am I interrupting something?" Twilight asks.
"Sharp please, your wife Trixie is feeling a little needy right now." Twilight hears and sees a blue hoof hook around Sharp's chest.
Sharp chuckles nervously. "As you can see, I'm a bit preoccupied. But what's the problem?"
"You and the others will have to cover for Blitz for a while. Something…has come up that makes him completely unavailable." Twilight says.
Sharp nods as he gets pulled back a bit. "I got that. I'll tell the others soon enough. Is that all?"
"Yeah, get back to Trixie. Twilight out." Twilight says cutting the connection before exhaling. "Oh I just remembered." Twilight says before paging all vampire mares to meet her in the lab.
"What's this about?" Vinyl asks walking in with the others.
"I just thought of something, Fluttershy remember what Blitz and you had sessions on?" Twilight asks.
"…oh that!" Fluttershy says in realization after thinking it over.
Octavia and the others looked confused. "What?"
"Younger Blitz, if he remembers nothing, is horribly afraid of vampires. I mean up to the ceiling clinging to what he can scared." Fluttershy says.
They all look to each other before they look to Twilight. "Where is he?" Both Vinyls and Octavia asks.
"With Mary I think, but you girls got to avoid showing you are vampires around him." Twilight says.
"She is right girls, if he is confronted with a vampire at that age, he could have a panic attack." Fluttershy says now worried.
Twilight sighs. "Let's ease him in. Fluttershy is the least vampire out of all of you so she shows him first and the rest of you follows."
"No Twilight, we should do what vampires have mostly done through the ages and hide, we are vampires." Fluttershy says.
Twilight rubs her head. "Just ease it in if he spots you."
"He won't, the only reason Blitzy figured us out was he spent years researching vampires because of Bloody Mary and that hasn't happened yet." Octavia says.
Twilight frowns. "Just be careful. He still thinks you girls are just friends of the family."
"Ok and you hurry with that spell." E. Vinyl says poking her chest.
Twilight backs up a bit. "Already am."
"Good." E. Vinyl says before leaving.
"What about succubus?" S. Vinyl asks before being dragged away by the others.
Twilight sighs and sits down. "What have I done?"
Blitz yawned as he rose from the bed. "Morning my little foal." Mary says helping him up. It has been a week since Blitz was turned into a foal and for the majority, he has not left Mary's side when he could help it.
Blitz's stomach growls. "Breakfast?" He asks hearing it.
Mary giggles hearing that and lifts him up with her wings. "Ok then. Did Luna come visit you in your dream my little one?" Mary asks.
Blitz nods. "Yep. She made me a space soldier and she's really nice."
"That's nice sweetie." Luna says teleporting in.
"Ms. Luna!" Blitz cheers.
"Hey there my favorite blue colt." Luna says before raspberrying his stomach.
Blitz giggles as he tries to grab her mane. "Stop it!" He laughs.
"Ok, I will." Luna says smiling as she walks around with him on her head. 'Grandfather, you are too cute as a foal.'
Blitz laughs as he hangs on as Luna leads him to the kitchen. "What do you want?" Mary asks.
"I came to see you and Twilight." Luna says setting him on Mary's lap.
Mary smiles as she pets Blitz's mane. "He's fine and Twilight is almost there."
"I came to drop off a few things she requested." Luna says before walking out, but not before waving to Blitz once more.
Blitz giggles and waves. "Bye, bye Ms. Luna."
"So how are you holding up?" Luna asks entering the lab.
Twilight sighs as she looks over the books. "Close, maybe. But it's a small chance."
"I got the items you requested." Luna says putting them on the table.
Twilight looks to them. "Good. Want to stay and help get this done faster? I got it set up."
"I see you used the spell on the tree and turned it into a sapling already so you figured it out for there is five in here." Luna says.
Twilight nods. "Yeah, but this will make it stronger."
"You figured out the incantation for it yet?" Luna asks.
Twilight sweatdrops. "Help me with this last rhyme."
"Sure, you are my grandmother after all." Luna says smirking.
Twilight smiles. "Still can't believe that."
"Why, you did care of me and my sister, did you not?" Luna asks.
Twilight looks away a little. "Yeah, let's get this done and have our Blitz back."
"Yes, let us get grandfather back." Luna says.
Blitz smiles as he takes a big bite of the cake. "Thanks for this Ms. Pie. This is the best." He said eating the chocolate cake.
"Oh you are just so cute." Pinkie says hugging him. 'I can't believe this is our husband.' Pinkamena says in their head.
Blitz laughs as he keeps eating as Mary smiles at him. "Aren't you going to eat?" Pinkie asks her.
"I'm just enjoying this." Mary says.
Blitz looks confused between them before eating again. "We got it." Twilight calls out as she comes in the dining room with Luna behind her.
Blitz smiles. "Ms. Sparkle. Ms. Luna." He said trying to eat.
Twilight smiles at him. "It's time Blitz. Time to see the real you."
"Huh?" Blitz asks.
"It was nice while it lasted. Come on my little foal." Mary says picking him up.
"Mommy, what's going on?" Blitz asks confused.
"You will see soon, but you are about to learn about magic." Mary says before walking with him. 'A part of me doesn't want to let go and just run away with him. But it wouldn't be right, even though I wish I could turn back the hands of time, I can't.' Mary thinks as Blitz touches the new golden locket that she was wearing. Within it contained a picture of her and Blitz in this state. 'You are my foal. The greatest good I have ever brought into this world. I want to keep you for myself, but then I would be denying your foals to grow up without their father to guide them and I can't do that. Oh my beautiful little colt, only now do I truly realize what a mistake I made back then at Manehatten. I should have left the life of a pirate behind me and raised you somewhere in this country, letting captain Kidd die in that fire.' Mary thinks crying a bit.
"Mommy, what's wrong? Did I upset you?" Blitz asks.
Mary sniffs as she wipes her tears a bit. "No honey. Just that I'm happy you're with me and in my life once more."
"Mommy." Blitz says hugging her as Twilight and Luna picked up on her hesitation.
Twilight looks sadly to the necklace. "Mary, it's time."
"I…I know." Mary says putting Blitz down.
'Poor great grandmother, this must be so hard for her.' Luna thinks as Mary pets Blitz's head on last time before walking away, tears swelling in her eyes.
Blitz looks confused as Twilight puts the necklace on and a blinding flash came from him and Blitz gasps in surprise as he becomes his own age. "Dang, that was an experience."
Blitz breathes carefully and looks to Twilight. "Never again and we are making some alterations to the lab." He said taking off the necklace. "And I remember." He said before rushing off where Mary went. Mary was crying alone in her room when she felt something hug her. "Mommy."
Mary sniffs and looks up to see Blitz hugging and smiling at her. "Mommy." He said.
Mary chokes on her sobs as she smiles and hugs him back. "My baby."
Blitz smiles and nuzzles her. "Yeah and I'll always be your son."
Mary sniffs and nuzzles him back. "I love you…my baby boy."
Blitz chuckles a bit. "Yeah." He said before looking to the door and sees Luna peeking around it. "Oh come on over and hug your grandfather and great grandmother." He said before feeling wings and hooves around them.
Luna smiles holding them. 'My family…I have an idea.' Luna thinks.
Blitz smiles as he looks to Mary again. "Hey mom?"
Mary sniffs as she wipes away the tears. "Yes sweetie?"
Blitz grins. "Care to read me a bedtime story?"
Mary looks at him before starting to break into an uncontrollable laugh. Blitz smiles, seeing her no longer crying, but laughing.
Luna sighs as she watches the two before walking away. "It's great to have you back grandfather."
Blitz chuckles. "Great to be back, little Lulu." He said smirking.
"So when are you going to tell grandmothers?" Luna asks not too amused with the name.
Blitz smiles. "Maybe a little later. First and foremost is my mother here."
"Ok, see you later grandfather." Luna says.
"Come on mom, let's get you some rest. You haven't slept much since I was a foal." Blitz says escorting her to bed.
Mary smiles. "Guess I haven't, but you were so cute."
"And you to me were beautiful and tough. Somepony I wanted to be like. I had forgotten what I was like as a foal." Blitz says.
Mary giggles. "Well you experienced it and I became the mother I never thought I would be."
"And now you're a grandmother. The foals will need good role models like you mom." Blitz says.
Mary sniffs. "Thanks for giving me the chance to be your mother again Blitz."
"You never stopped being me mum." Blitz says tucking her in.
Mary tries to giggles and sniffs. "Yes and I'll tell you a story later. Maybe about your da."
"I would like that. Now rest mum." Blitz says petting her mane.
Mary hums as she closes her eyes and turns over. "Good night Blitzy."
"Good night mum." Blitz says smiling before turning out the lights and closing the door quietly.
Luna smiles as Blitz comes out of the room. "She is a good great grandmother as you are a good grandfather."
"Luna, give her good dreams, ok?" Blitz asks.
Luna nods. "I already got one prepared. Better tell grandmothers that you're back."
"Ok." Blitz says before hugging her. "You have your grandmother's good heart." Blitz says.
Luna smiles and hugs him back. "I love you grandfather."
"Ok, I'll let you get to it…and sorry I was never there for you." Blitz says.
Luna sighs. "Not your fault. You weren't my grandfather until that accident."
"Actually…" Blitz starts.
"I know, but time travel is very confusing and I wish not to think on it too hard." Luna says.
Blitz chuckles and pats her back. "Good girl. Now get going."
"I also have my grandfather's brain." Luna says smirking.
"Yeah, yeah." Blitz says smirking.
Luna giggles as she trots away. "Bye grandfather."
Blitz smirks as he walks away as well before grabbing something around the corner. "What do we have here?" Blitz asks smiling holding Venator. "Did you give your mum the slip?" Blitz asks before raspberrying his stomach.
Venator giggles and tries to grab his snout before nuzzling him. "Da." He coos.
"Oh hey my little genius, look at you already saying words." Blitz says smiling.
"Blitz?" Daring asks hearing him.
Blitz smiles as he puts Venator on his head and walks to her voice before bumping into her and she becomes surprised. "Surprise." He said as Venator cheers.
"Blitz." Daring says calming as she starts hugging him.
"Hey love, you enjoy spending time with me as a foal?" Blitz asks.
Daring smiles. "Yeah, you were really cute. Calling us all Ms. and playing with the foals even though they knew you were their father."
"And you dressed me in those explorer clothes and put that hat on me." Blitz says smirking.
Daring blushes. "You remember that, didn't you?"
"I remember everything from it. Though it is weird like watching someone else's life through their point of view." Blitz says.
Daring sighs. "Sorry about that."
"Oh and you were just gushing over me." Blitz says smirking.
Daring smiles and nuzzles him. "It's great to have you back."
"Yes it is my mare." Blitz says before kissing her.
Daring giggles into the kiss and holds him before breaking it. "I love you."
"Love you too." Blitz says.
Daring sighs. "Better show everypony else."
"Let's see, what all did all of the mares do while I was a foal…hum, Twilight I didn't see, most likely working nonstop on the counter spell." Blitz says as they walked.
Daring nods. "Yeah, we pushed her, but she got through."
"Let's see, Jackie was acting like my sister or second mother." Blitz says.
Daring smiles. "You never forgot about her."
"Well I did grow up with her. Now let's see Pinkie was…well Pinkie and Pinkamena never came out." Blitz says.
Daring giggles. "Yeah, she didn't want to scare you."
"Then Rainbow, mum wasn't too appreciative. She took me flying when she wasn't looking, but I enjoyed it a bit after I got past the shyness and looked down." Blitz says.
Daring grins. "And you had a dream of flying."
"I bet Rainbow had the biggest grin when I held onto the back of her neck during being infatuated with the view." Blitz says.
Daring chuckles. "Yeah and the others were a bit jealous."
"Rarity well…what did Rarity do with me?" Blitz asks.
Daring raises an eyebrow. "Dressed you."
"I also recall hugs…lots of hugs." Blitz says.
Daring giggles. "Yeah, wanted to know that she loves you."
"Flutters well, I didn't see her much…and never saw Terran at all." Blitz says.
Daring sighs. "She and other vampires stayed away for your own good. Terran…after hearing about you, he stay with Minerva at the ship so you won't have a mind break."
"I remember spending time with my Vinyls and Octys." Blitz says.
Daring raises an eyebrow. "Really? Must have missed it."
"Let's see, then there was Soarin, she took it well I think." Blitz says.
Daring looks to him. "She was really trying to keep control."
"Spitfire and Fleetfoot help put me down for a nap with Mary that time." Blitz says.
Daring smiles. "They were crying at that time after coming out of the room."
"I remember they gave me a kiss goodnight on my horn." Blitz says.
Daring giggles. "Yeah and you laugh whenever somepony looked at you."
"I'm guessing it's time to bring Night and DD up to speed to what kept them away." Blitz says.
Daring nods. "Yeah, they were worried."
"I remember our siren sang me to sleep with mum when the storm was raging outside." Blitz says.
Daring sighs. "Yeah, you kept screaming and waking us up. We had to do something."
"Sorry." Blitz says looking sheepish.
Daring nuzzles him. "It's okay. You were just a foal. A very cute one at that."
Blitz sighs. "And then there was Lightning, dressed as my favorite dream, a space soldier. Seems more like she was trying to unlock some memories."
"Yeah and was handling what matters she could on mandalorian business. She wants to know how you keep up with it all, keep it all straight, and still have so much time for us and the foals." Daring says.
"That is my little secret and that just leaves my Shadow." Blitz says.
Daring smirks. "She did held you while Mary was away. You cried a bit, but she calmed you down after she spent time with you."
Blitz smiled at that. "You know what." Blitz says before whistling for Terran.
Terran barks and rushes at him before tackling him and licks his face.
"Hey there bud. I see you missed me." Blitz says.
Terran barks and sits down on his chest.
"Ok, ok, boy, let me up we got to go see the others." Blitz says.
Terran barks and licks his face before getting off of him.
"Good boy." Blitz says picking Venator back up and sets him onto Terran's back.
Venator laughs and hangs on as Terran walks besides Blitz. "Great to be back." Blitz said to Daring as they enter the dining hall. "Hello everypony."
"Twilight, we are installing this anti-magic enhanced blast shield in the lab." Blitz says again to Twilight.
Twilight sighs exasperated. "Yes, I know. I'm sorry."
"I said I forgive you. This is so that doesn't happen again. What if next time it is Arcane?" Blitz says.
Twilight sighs. "Guess you're right. But still, come on."
"What, I'm lifting it in with the force." Blitz says, Twilight, not happy she couldn't lift it with her magic.
Twilight frowns. "I hate you."
"Oh and what if I do this?" Blitz asks grabbing her from behind and starts tickling her.
Twilight tries to hold it in. "Stop." She whines.
"Not a chance." Blitz says getting here most ticklish spot.
Twilight holds her mouth together until she bursts out laughing. "Bl…Bli…Blitz!"
"Try and say it now my loveable alicorn." Blitz says. Twilight keeps laughing as she was held and soon Blitz stops as he keeps holding her and she panted in exhaustion. "I'm not mad. I'm actually happy you did that, because you gave me a new perspective on everything along with the fact that you made my mum happy that she can be something she never had a chance for." He said leaning back in a chair and holding her.
Twilight smiles and lays her head into him.
"Now speaking of motherhood, do you see what I see?" Blitz asks seeing Arcane trying to hide.
Twilight smiles. "Arcane?" She calls.
Arcane eeps and pulls his tail out of view and Twilight got up and started stalking him. "Oh Arcane?" She cheerfully calls as she stalks him around everything in the lab.
Blitz smirks as he watches this as Octavia comes up behind him and hugs him with Azure with her.
Octavia sighs as she looks around his head. "I missed you Blitz."
"I do too." Blitz says reaching back and ruffling Azure's mane as they watch Twilight.
Azure smiles as he looks to him. "Hi dad."
"Miss me my boy?" Blitz asks as Twilight pounced.
Azure nods. "Yeah, what happened?"
"An age spell gone wrong my son." Blitz says as Twilight and Arcane laughed as they rolled around.
Azure smiles and hugs him. "Welcome back dad and I had a lot of fun with you."
"Oh you figured it out my smart little colt." Blitz says smiling cause Octavia to smile.
Arcane looks up at him too. "Hi dad…again. Why did mom change you?"
"You figured it out too?" Blitz asks bringing Arcane to him with his magic.
Arcane nods. "Yeah, the magic is…familiar."
"An age spell sweetie and I didn't mean to." Twilight says walking up.
Arcane shrugs. "He was still fun."
"Come here Arcane." Twilight says tickling him after she grabbed him.
Arcane laughs as he was held and tickled and Blitz did the same to Azure. "Who's the best parents now?"
"You all are!" Azure says immediately as Octavia joined in.
Twilight giggles as they kept tickling them before letting up and they try to catch their breath. "Dad?" Arcane asks.
"Yeah son?" Blitz asks.
Arcane looks a bit confused. "Did you call me a long time ago when you and mom went away?"
"Huh no, I didn't have my communicator almost the entire time I was there." Blitz says.
Arcane scratches his head. "I could have sworn I heard you." He thought to himself.
"Oh, did you miss your daddy while we were away?" Twilight asks before nuzzling him again.
"Oh Twilight, Venator said his first word earlier." Blitz says.
Twilight smiles. "Really?"
"Yes, he tried to say dad. He's not even a year old." Blitz says surprised.
Twilight sighs. "That's our foals. Growing up now."
"Speaking of which, everypony is here so dinner." Blitz says.
Twilight nods. "Yeah, let's gets some." She said getting up.
'And maybe I can get some mare dessert later.' Blitz thinks, both mares recognizing that smirk.
They both giggle as the colts looked confused. "What's going on?" Azure asks.
"Oh nothing sweetie." Octavia says.
"Arcane, want race your brother?" Twilight asks.
"Race ya!" Arcane yells as he runs with Azure right behind him. "Wait up!"
Blitz chuckles. "How about a little appetizer?" He asks still having the same smirk.
"Blitzy, not the time or place." Twilight says booping his nose with her hoof.
"Huh, are those feathers from Azure?" Blitz asks noticing Azure blue feathers on the floor.
Octavia looks down at it. "Oh dear. This might be tough to explain. Fluttershy?"
"Could be he is going through his first molting which mean somepony will have to preen him." Twilight says.
Blitz hums. "We need a pegasus. Have Fluttershy do it and you can be there for him Octavia. She is the most motherly."
"Or any other of the mares pegasus can do it. Maybe even Night or Soarin to help them feel more attached to him." Twilight says.
Blitz shrugs. "As long as they are being watched. Azure will be feeling uncomfortable."
"Ok come on you two." Twilight says.
Blitz chuckles as he gets up and starts walking with them and rubs their backs. "I'm still hungry for you girls."
"So why am I here my stallion?" Soarin asks walking with Blitz down the hall and stopping in front of a door.
"I need a favor Soarin, something has come up." Blitz says.
Soaring nods. "What is it?"
"Azure needs his first preening and Octy being an earth pony has no idea how to do that. So could you help one of your foals with this?" Blitz asks.
Soaring nods. "Of course my stallion. Where is he?"
"In here and he is nervous." Blitz says opening the door.
Soaring smiles gently as she sees Azure being comforted by Octavia. "Hey Azure. First preening huh?" She asks walking over.
"I'm nervous. Will it hurt?" Azure asks as Soarin lays beside him and Octavia.
Soarin smiles gently. "Just a little poke at times, but it will be fine. The feathers will just fall down. We are just pushing them to get away from being caught."
"Everything will be fine sweetie, all pegasus go through this every so often." Octavia says petting him a bit.
"O…okay" Azure says before scooting over and sits in Soarin's lap.
Azure waits until Soarin runs her mouth across his wings and feathers start to come out after being bit and pulled out. "See, it doesn't hurt."
"You're doing great son." Blitz says watching as he noticed Soarin acting a little more feminine as she continued and less stiff and unsure.
Azure nods and looks to him. "What about bro?"
"He isn't old enough to start molting yet, but with every feather you lose, a new and stronger one will grow and soon you will be able to fly." Blitz says smiling at him before Soarin kissed the top of Azure's head before going back to preening him.
Azure blushes a bit. "Can I do it myself?"
"I'll teach you later you cute little colt." Soarin says before nuzzling him similar to how Octavia does it.
Blitz smiles. "I'll leave you guys alone." He said walking out.
"I'll see you soon." Soarin calls.
Blitz hums as he heads down the hall again. "So nice to be grownup again. It was boring dealing with being young. But at least my mom was happy."
Mary sighs as she looks back on Manehatten still burning before she removes her headdress, letting her mane flow freely and starts to remove other articles of clothing, all the while holding the bundle in her hooves or wings. Once she had effectively strip, she lowered the front of the bundle a bit to see a sleeping dark blue unicorn. "Let's go my little Blitzkrieg." Mary says.
Blitz coos as he turns a little in his sleep.
"Don't worry, momma is here for you." Mary says before unfurling her wings.
Mary flew for a while as she leaves behind the burning city and heads west and keeps taking breaks and such until she sees a large castle ahead of her. She frowns and looks around until she sees a small town down in the valley below and heads down there until she lands behind a house and looks around until she spots an inn.
She smiles a bit and heads right in as Blitz fusses a bit. "Shh, shh. It's okay." She softly said as she walks up to the counter and drops some bits. "Single room." She said and got a single key in return and heads down the hall until she finds her room and enters it. "You're going to be safe Blitz. You won't be taken away from me anymore or anyway."
Mary lays the bundle with Blitz in it on the bed before climbing in herself and wraps her wing around him before following to sleep. "I love you Blitzkrieg."
Mary smiles as she opens her eyes again before going wide eyed and sees Blitz gone. "Blitzkrieg?!" She yelled out and the door to her room bursts open to Blitz.
"Mom? What's wrong?" Blitz asks quickly walking over.
"Oh there you are my little colt!" Mary says bringing him up into her wings.
"Mommy, I'm ok." Blitz says blushing and tries to push her away.
Mary looks around and notices she was not in the hotel room, but in a bedroom.
"Mommy, I'm hungry. Can we go get something to eat?" Blitz asks looking up at her.
Mary smiles at him. "Sure, want to go out?"
"I…I don't know." Blitz says very shyly.
"It's ok my little colt, come on." Mary says starting to walk with him in her hooves.
Blitz kept pushing. "Mom, I'm not a foal."
"Yes you are. You are only…four years old." Mary says not sure where the last part came from.
Blitz huffs and crosses his hooves. "I'm not a foal."
Mary giggles at this and nuzzles him. "Come on, to the market." Mary says before grabbing a bag. When they were outside, they see many ponies walking around. Mary keeps carrying the now slightly shaken Blitz who moved to her back and was hiding in her wings.
"Morning Mary, how are you doing today?" A pony at a stand calls.
Mary smiles. "Just fine. Came to find some groceries for my house so I can make this pouty little one some breakfast." Mary says as it was the most natural thing in the world to her.
The pony chuckles. "Alright, want some tomatoes or apples because the Apple family got a fresh batch in."
"Oh, that would be lovely. Tell me, how is those foals of them Apples?" Mary says getting bits out.
The pony smiles and gives her some tomatoes. "Just fine. I think they have their foals there helping out. Maybe this little one would like to see them." The pony said pointing to Blitz who kept cowering.
"I think him seeing Applejack again would be good." Mary says looking back at him.
"He still has the biggest shyness thing I have ever seen." The pony says.
Mary smiles. "That's my Blitzy."
"Oh good morning Ms. Reed." A new voice calls. Mary turns to see a young Mayor Mare walking up with a mane of pink and wearing a track like suit.
"Oh mayor, on your morning run I see." Mary says.
"Yes, oh, is that little Blitz? My, look how much he has grown. It only seems like yesterday that he arrived with you in Ponyville those four years ago." Mare says.
Mary smiles. "Yeah, four years." She said rubbing her head a bit.
"Oh, your head still hurting you when you hit it on that low hanging beam?" Mare asks.
Mary looks around for a bit. "Yeah, must be that. I think I need those herbs again."
"Oh don't threat dearie and I'm a little surprised that you are not packed to go to Cloudsdale thought." Mare says.
"Cloudsdale?" Mary asks.
"Don't tell me you forgot about those legal papers you need to file with many other pegasus for the country's population count survey." Mayor says.
"Oh right, that." Mary says looking sheepishly.
"I must say, I don't envy you since you will have to go through several other things as those documents that were in Manehatten still haven't been found. Poor dears, they are still trying to restore order over there after those guard's actions and the pirate raid. Maybe the documents were destroyed by the fire like many other things." Mare says.
Mary smiles. "Yes well, at least we would get back in order soon."
"Yes and it's a shame you have to take your little foal there as well. Although the princess is at least having the government supplying a place for all the pegasus who will have to do that to take their foals to be taken care of." Mare says.
Mary frowns. "He's staying with me."
"You will have to take that up with the government Mary, not with me. Beside at least there, he won't fall through the clouds up in Cloudsdale. I mean it is a daycare for that purpose." Mare says.
Mary still raises an eyebrow. "Not letting go."
"Yes, I mean if he were to fall off you somehow, he would fall right through Cloudsdale. It mainly is for his safety." Mare says.
Mary sighs. "Fine."
"Oh look there, seems the Apples finished setting up their shop." The stallion says after Mary paid him.
Mary smiles and nods. "Okay, bye now." She said walking away.
Both Mare and the stallion wave back as she heads to the stand where she saw a big yellow coated stallion. "Ah, Ms. Mary." He greets.
Mary smiles. "Hi there Mr. Apple. Got any apples for me?"
"Sure do. Applejack darling, could you hoof me a few apples?" Mr. Apple asks.
Applejack looks up at him before picking up two apples with both hooves and gives it to him.
"Thanks darlin. So is your little one with you?" Mr. Apple asks.
"Yeah, he is trying to hide in my wings like he always does." Mary says smiling.
Mr. Apple chuckles. "Just as shy. Little Applejack loves playing with him."
"Who knows, maybe she's my little Blitz's future mare." Mary jokes as Applejack gets out her lasso.
Blitz yelps and hides more.
Mr. Apple chuckles as Applejack throws her lasso at him.
Blitz screams as his legs gets wrapped and gets dragged away. "Help me!"
"Oh, it's so cute watching those two." Mary says as Blitz managed to escape from the rope and was running away from Applejack who was giving chase.
"Ma offer is still open to move in with us if you ever want to. The family knows its hard bein a single parent." Mr. Apple says.
Mary smiles as she looks to the foals playing around. "I…I don't know."
"The offer is always opened." Mr. Apple says.
Mary nods. "Thank you. Can Blitz stay with you guys for a bit?"
"Um…sure, if ya'll got some errands to run the…this about goin to Cloudsdale?" Mr. Apple asks.
Mary nods. "Yes, I don't trust them with my son."
"I wish we could, but we are required to take our foals with us and we also have to go get registered so we have to leave the farm unattended for a while." Mr. Apple says sighing, not sounding happy about the counting thing himself.
Mary sighs. "Dang it. I thought it was just pegasus."
"Nope, unfortunately it's for all of the residence. I think a few guards will be posted in each settlement while this happens though." Mr. Apple says as Blitz hide behind his mother as Applejack tried hopping after him with her lasso, tying her hooves together.
Mary smiles at them. "At least they would still be around."
"Well, I'll be seenin y'all around and please come visit some time, ma wife would love to have you over." Mr. Apple says before helping Applejack get untied and Mary paid.
Mary nods. "Sure. Come on Blitz." She said carrying him again.
"Mommy, that filly scares me." Blitz says shivering a bit.
Mary smiles. "She's just playing dear."
Blitz whines as he looks up at her. "Doesn't feel like it."
"Oh my silly little foal. Come on, with these I can make us breakfast." Mary says before nuzzling him.
Blitz still tries to push her away. "Mom."
Mary chuckles as she walks into their home.
"Here we are at last." Mary says flexing her wings as she had landed on Cloudsdale, Blitz fastened to her back still.
Blitz looks around and smiles. "Cool."
"You have to stay in the seat sweetie until we reach the daycare." Mary says feeling him try and fiddle with the straps.
"Aw!" Blitz whines.
"Now let's see." Mary says walking around with no idea where to go for a while before sighing and asking a nearby pony who happened to be wandering around for directions. "Pardon me, which way to the daycare for all the population count survey?" Mary asks.
The pony just raises an eyebrow and points behind him. "This is the building." He said pointing at the building.
"Thank you." Mary says walking in when the stallion noticed the colt on her back was a unicorn.
"How the heck…?" The stallion asks himself.
Mary smiles as she enters the building and sees many ponies lined up or waiting and follows the signs to the daycare that had a mare at the desk in front. "Hello, I'm dropping off my son. He's a unicorn…so…"
The mare suddenly turns her chair around and Mary sees a familiar wavy mane and tail. "Of course. Just drop him off in there and he won't fall off the clouds." Luna said winking.
"Thank you." Mary says signing her and Blitz's name.
Luna giggles as Mary walks in. "Mommy, aren't I staying with you?" Blitz asks a little scared, connecting the dots on what is happening.
Mary smiles and nuzzles him. "My smart boy. I'll be gone for a bit. But I promise I'll be back soon. Just play around with the foals a bit and I'll be back before you know it."
"But, but…" Blitz started tearing up a bit.
Mary sighs and kisses his forehead. "You'll be fine Blitzy. You're my brave little colt, right? Ready to protect mommy?"
"Ye…yeah." Blitz says sniffing.
"Mommy will be back soon, ok? When I get back, we will go get something to eat and have some fun, ok?" Mary asks.
"O…okay mommy." Blitz says.
Mary smiles and ruffles his mane. "That's my colt." She said before leaving the daycare and passing the mare outside who kept watching her. 'Weird.' She thought heading to the survey center.
Blitz looked around at all the different foals almost all pegasi flew around having fun mostly. Having not noticed him yet, Blitz moved into a corner hoping to avoid notice all together till his mother came for him.
"Excuse me?" A filly asks as she stood in front of the unicorn, trying to get his attention.
"Yes?" Blitz asks looking up a bit and a sees a rainbow maned and blue pegasus with a cream coated and pink mane one behind her.
"Can we play with you? Nopony else wants to with us." The rainbow maned one asks as the pink maned one walks slowly up to him.
"Um…um…" Blitz tried to say.
"Fluttershy, I think he speaks your language." Rainbow says looking to her.
Fluttershy was silent, hidden half behind her mane and tries to say something before just she eeped.
Blitz peeks around at her as she tries to hide. "Um…well…"
"Please?" Fluttershy manages.
Blitz watches them before nodding slowly. "Sure."
"Hey look, it's Rainbow Crash and Klutzershy." A colt says getting a laugh from the other two pegasus colts.
Blitz frowns as he listens to them. "What do you guys want?" Rainbow asks turning to them with a frown.
The three just ignore her and kept teasing them. "Oh, what is that? Is that one of those horn ponies? What, couldn't get accepted by your own kind?" A light gamboge coated pegasus mocks.
"Back off Hoops." Rainbow growls.
Fluttershy squeaks and hides behind her. "Yeah…um…back off. If you don't mind." She said meekly.
"Why don't you make us." A dark brown colt challenged.
Rainbow snorts. "I'd be happy too." She said scratching her hoof against the ground.
"No fighting children." A caretaker called.
Rainbow and the colt kept having a stare down before Blitz steps in between them and stares down the colt. "What did you say about me?"
"I said, not even your own kind will accept you." Hoops says.
"At this, I will do as my mommy taught me." Blitz says.
The colts laugh out loud. "Oh and that is?" Hoops asks before the next thing he knew, he felt a throbbing pain from his head when Blitz head-butted him.
Blitz snorts. "That." Blitz says.
Hoops growls as he holds his head. "You're going to pay for that you horned freak!" He yelled before launching himself at Blitz as he dodges to the side.
"Come on bro, let's go." One of the other three said unnerved that Blitz fought back physically.
Hoops kept growling as he kept trying to hit Blitz rather sloppy. "Shut up and let me hit him!"
Blitz tilts his head to dodge a hoof. "There is more mommy taught me." Blitz said before grabbing his hoof and slamming him into the floor.
"Come on man, let's go. This isn't fun anymore." The other said.
"I'll get you next time horned freak." Hoops says running away with his tail between his legs.
Blitz sighs in relief before looking to the two fillies. "You okay?"
"That…was…awesome!" Rainbow cheered.
Blitz blushes. "Um…thank you?" He tried to say.
"Finally it is over. Thank you for keeping me company Mr. Blaze." Mary says finally finishing her paperwork.
Blaze chuckles. "No trouble. Sometimes the burden of being a parent does take its toll, but it's worth it." He said organizing the papers he had.
"Oh, you have one of your own?" Mary asks.
Blaze nods. "Yep, my little filly. Rainbow Dash. Takes after her mother very much. Even has her fiery attitude and I love her for that."
"My colt Blitzkrieg is here as well, though I didn't want to bring him. He is a unicorn like his late father and I keep worrying if he fell through the clouds." Mary says as they head back to the daycare.
Blaze smiles. "Well I'm sure the floor is still holding. There are some earth ponies here too. Just in case, maybe you should learn the cloud walking spell when he's ready. Might come in handy in case he meets anypony here and wants to meet them again."
"Oh Celestia no. He can't even do telekinesis yet. He has a little trouble drawing out his magic. Sometimes I wish I were a unicorn to know if that is normal or something is wrong with him." Mary says worried.
Blaze nods. "There is a hospital down in your town right? Maybe they can figure it out. Sometimes foals can't do the things they are born with. Like my filly's friend. She can barely fly as it is and Rainbow can fly so fast, she's leaving the competition behind. I think the same is true for unicorns and earth ponies."
"Maybe, but speaking about others, I hope is ok. He is not good with others most of the time. Terribly shy you see." Mary says.
Blaze chuckles. "Yes well, the same is true for the other filly. She's too shy like her mother, but she's like family and we love her all the same."
"Y…you…talking about me?" A mare asks joining them.
Mary looks behind them to see a heavily garbed pegasus with her eyes barely peeking out and no mane or tail to show. "Yes…um…are you okay?" She asks carefully,
"Oh that is her mother I told you about. How are you today Cloud?" Blaze asks.
Cloud whimpers. "Fine." She whispered.
"Come to pick up your little foal as well?" Mary asks.
Cloud nods. "Yes…um…she must be so scared."
"Any trouble with your paperwork?" Blaze asks.
Cloud tries to look ahead. "Well one thing. Why the question on 'Were you in Manehattan in the five years?'"
"You or me?" Mary asks.
Cloud looks at her. "You too?"
"Yeah, I had to do extra work because they think mine and my little colt documents were destroyed in the fire." Mary says sighing.
Cloud watches her. "I see."
"So what about your foal? My little one is a hooful, can't even leave the house without trying to hide in my wings." Mary says smiling.
Cloud smiles. "Mane here."
Both mares giggle at finding common ground.
Blaze sighs. "Mares." He said continuing to head to the daycare center.
"What was that honey?" A blue mare asks walking up to him.
Blaze sweats. "Nothing hon."
"That's what I thought." The mare says as Mary and Cloud giggled at that display.
Mary smiles. "Your wife I presume?"
"Yes, this is my love, Spectral Dash." Blaze says leaning into her shoulder.
Spectral smirks. "And he's my stallion that listen to me always without question. So who are you?"
"I'm Mary Read. I met your husband in line for this whole thing." Mary says.
Spectral smiles. "Nice to meet you. So you going to get your foal?"
"Yes. Blitzy time to go." Mary calls walking into the daycare.
Blitz looks up from the whole fort of blocks. "Hey mom." He said smiling.
"Come here my little colt." Mary says picking him up and smiling.
Blitz smiles and turns to the two fillies still in the block fort. "Bye guys." He said waving to them.
"Oh, did you make some friends?" Mary asks nuzzling him.
Blitz smiles. "Yeah, they're real cool."
"So where is this little one's dad, back home?" Spectral asks.
"Unfortunately no. Blitz's father never got the chance to meet him. Life at sea is a hard life. Almost as hard is being a single mother in a room of stallions in heat." Mary jokes at the last part as she straps Blitz to her back.
All the adult mares blushes at that. "Trust me. I know." Spectral said wrapping a hoof around Blaze.
"So…um, he was a sailor?" Cloud asks as Fluttershy hide behind her hooves.
"Yeah, we both were. That is how we met, my ship was recruiting some new blood." Mary says smiling now that Blitz was fastened.
Blaze smiles and redid a strap. "Get this one fixed. Its threads are starting to become undone. And let me guess, he was the only one who didn't try to go after you?"
"Oh no, he was the only one brave or stupid enough after I broke a few of them over the stern." Mary says smirking.
All of them laugh as Mary tests her wings. "Well, I have to go now. Blitz's old friend might get lonely."
"Mommy, lunch." Blitz reminds.
Mary sweat drops. "You guys know any good shops?"
"There is a good cafe near the Cloudsdale Stadium." Blaze says as he and Rainbow give Spectral a smirk.
"Alright fine, we'll go see the wonderbolts show today." Spectral says.
Mary tilts her head. "Wonderbolts?"
"A performance team of fliers these two can't get enough of them." Spectral explains.
Blaze and Rainbow grin. "They're awesome!" They cheered.
"Are they really that good?" Blitz asks.
Rainbow nods. "Yeah, they're the most awesome team ever."
"Mommy?" Blitz asks.
"Ok my little colt, we can go watch them." Mary says ruffling his mane.
"Yay!" He cheers.
"You mind showing us there? I hate to admit it, but I can't navigate this city." Mary says embarrassed.
Blaze smiles. "Sure. You're like family now."
Spectral pushes her husband forward. "Sorry about him."
Mary smirks. "What for?"
"For getting fresh." Spectral says more to Blaze than Mary.
Blaze looks away. "Well, I always treat friends like family."
Mary giggles as the three foal were confused as they walked.
"So you joining us Cloud?" Spectral asks.
Cloud nervously nods. "Sure." She said walking with them.
Mary smiles as Blitz and Rainbow were talking freely as they left the stadium with a Wonderbolt hat and toy in Blitz's hooves.
"That was awesome!" Blitz cheers.
"I know right." Rainbow says.
"Seems your colt really liked the show." Spectral says.
"Yes, though it isn't too surprising. He really enjoys me taking him flying." Mary says smiling.
Cloud looks to her. "A unicorn liking to fly? Must be tough."
"He takes after me. Loves to fly and feel free." Mary says smirking.
Blaze chuckles. "Our daughter would really love playing with him."
"Maybe we can arrange for them to play more." Mary says before she exchanges residence information with them and Cloud.
Cloud smiles. "My little filly would love it."
"We will see what we can arrange. Well, we best get back to Ponyville." Mary says smiling at the tired Blitz.
Blitz yawns. "Bye guys." He said trying to wave.
"See ya." Rainbow calls.
"Bye." Fluttershy manages.
Blitz keeps waving as Mary takes off and waves at them too and heads to Ponyville. "Did you have fun?" She asks as she goes into a gentle flight.
"Yes mommy." Blitz says yawning as Mary flew through the night sky, his souvenirs safely tucked into Mary's saddlebag.
Mary smiles and looks to him. "Rest now my little colt." Mary says reaching back and pets his head.
"Okay mommy." Blitz yawns and laying his head down as Mary continues to fly with him.
Mary smiles and sighs. "I love you my little colt."
"I love you too mommy." Blitz says before falling asleep.
Mary sighs in relief. "Hard to believe this happened." Mary says before flying a few more hours to see her home come into view. Mary lands and goes to the front door.
"Pardon me ma'am, I'm looking for a Mr. James Kidd." A gruff voice says behind her that she recognized from her past.
Mary looks behind her and raises an eyebrow. "Who wants to know?"
"An old friend." Says a large black stallion dressed in a captain's outfit.
Mary frowns. "I'm sorry. He's in Canterlot, next to the guard barracks and wanted posters of you."
"Yea still the same as you were when you were a captain Kidd or would you prefer Mary Read?" The stallion asks.
Mary scoffs. "I left that behind. Now let me live my life here and with my son."
"I intend to. Our way is of freedom and you were within your rights." The stallion says.
Mary still frowns. "And what are you doing here?"
"Wanted ta find out why you left. Was thinking maybe ya found a treasure you wouldn't share or maybe ya found yourself a lass. Now do I see it was the former." The stallion says.
Mary huffs. "Yes and now you know. Now you can leave."
"Alright Kidd." The stallion said turning to leave. "Take care of that treasure of yours." He says leaving.
Mary stares at him before looking at Blitz who was sleeping soundly. "Mom…" He said quietly.
Mary smiles before heading inside of the house, locking the door behind her before taking and tucking him into bed. "Good night my treasure." Mary says.
Blitz snorts in his sleep.
Mary smiles and cover him with her wings as she laid beside him.
Mary sighs as she opens her eyes again and sees Blitz gone. "Blitz?" She calls out.
"Here mom." Blitz calls trying to climb up and look into her chest.
Mary's eyes widen and rushes over. "Blitz, not in there." She said pulling him away and closes the chest.
"Why not?" Blitz asks confused as Mary was now holding him in her wings.
Mary sighs and locks the chest. "Because you are not old enough to understand what's in there." Mary says taking note that he was now a little bigger.
"Ah!" Blitz whines a little.
Mary smiles. "Come on, let me make you something and then we can head to Canterlot and take you to the school. This thing needs to work its muscles and examined in case something is wrong." She said poking his horn.
"Alright mommy." Blitz says nuzzling her side.
Mary smiles and nuzzles him back. "Now what do you want?" She asks poking his stomach.
"Your specialty breakfast." Blitz says smirking.
Mary grins. "Oh, a challenge. Alright, but you have to clean up your room."
"Ok!" Blitz call out running off to his room.
Mary smiles. "Such a good boy." She said heading to the kitchen. Mary starts cooking adding cinnamon and sugar to the pancake batter as it cook. "Blitz, breakfast is ready!" Mary calls.
Blitz rushes out of his room and to the table Mary smiling as she spies him wearing his favorite bucket hat with the wonderbolt insignia on it.
Mary sighs. "Blitz." She said exasperated.
"What mommy?" Blitz asks tilting his head a little.
Mary points a spatula at him. "Hat."
"Oh right." Blitz says taking his hat off at the table.
Mary smiles and hits the handle and sends the pancake onto his plate. "Eat up."
"Aren't you going to eat mommy?" Blitz asks.
Mary shakes her head. "Nope, this is your special day. So walk me through what you are going to do."
"We are going to the Canterlot School for gifted unicorns to have them examine me to see if there is a reason I can't use my magic well and then tomorrow we are having a surprise party where you invited all my friends." Blitz says surprising Mary he knew that latter part.
Mary smiles. "Wow. Such a smart colt."
"Mommy, why do you think I can't use magic well even though I am nearly seven?" Blitz asks.
Mary sighs. "I don't know sweetie. That's what we're going to find out."
"Mommy, please eat, you worry me when you don't." Blitz says.
Mary smiles at him as she grabs a cup of coffee off the counter. "Then you have to eat."
"I will." Blitz says as she sits next to him. Blitz smiles as a little of his mane fell over his eyes and he uses his breathe to try and push it out of his vision.
Mary giggles. "Cut your mane sweetie."
"Please, it is annoying me." Blitz says.
Mary tilts her head. "It looks cute though."
"To keep the mane out of my eyes is why you got me my hats mommy." Blitz says.
Mary rolls her eyes. "Yes, that too. Though you like to style that thing."
Blitz notices the brush on the counter and goes back to eating after Mary started to brush his mane.
"Now what are you looking to do? Medical?" Mary asks brushing his mane.
"I don't know mommy." Blitz says enjoying being brushed by her. "Maybe I will help manage the weather team here." Blitz says.
Mary smiles as he leaned into her brushing. "Most foals your age hate being brushed my little colt."
"Why, it feels nice." Blitz says.
Mary smirks. "Embarrassment. Not many would want a brushing mane from their mother anymore."
"They let that stop them?" Blitz asks confused.
Mary sighs. "Eat up and I'll get our things ready. Be ready for some prodding." She said getting up.
"Only if you say its ok mommy." Blitz says going back to eating the last two pancakes on his plate as Mary kissed his head as she walked by.
Mary chuckles. "Only if you do the best you will do when you get tested."
"I wonder how Jackie is doing." Blitz says.
Mary giggles. "Oh, she will be fine."
Blitz seemed unsure as he finished and took his plate to the sink to wash after putting the stand in place for him to reach it.
Mary smiles as she packs their bags. "How do you feel honey?"
"I feel fine." Blitz says walking over to her.
Mary nods and gives him his bags. "Alright, you ready?"
"Ready mommy." Blitz says putting on his favorite hat.
Mary chuckles and ruffles his mane and leads him out. "Alright, hang on, because it's going to be a while." She said picking him up and putting him on her back.
Blitz smiled as she took off. "Mommy, how much longer will you be able to carry me around?" Blitz asks suddenly.
Mary looks back at him before sighing. "I don't know dear. We may have to find another way to get you places. Maybe a private ship of our own?"
"Can we afford an airship?" Blitz asks.
Mary grins. "Not if we build one ourselves, have the fast and sleekest one around."
"Ok mommy." Blitz cheers.
Mary chuckles and smiles as she thinks about it. 'Not much different than regular ship. Except it flies.'
"Is that the city?" Blitz asks after a while.
Mary nods and flies over as she looks over the buildings. "There it is." She said seeing the school and lands in the courtyard. "Alright, all passengers off. Please put your tray tables in their upright lock positions." She jokes as Blitz gets off.
"Mom." Blitz says smiling at the joke.
Mary grins. "What?"
Blitz shakes his head and runs off before falling down a short ledge and lands on somepony. "Owie!" She heard two voices yell and rushes over to see him crashed into a purple filly unicorn. "You two okay?"
"I'm fine." Blitz says rubbing his head.
The purple filly groans. "Same. Oh no, my books!" She yells and rushes through the books all over the ground. "I think this is yours." She said giving him one.
"Let's see, introduction to aviation. Yeah, this is mine." Blitz says as she noticed he had sophomore ratings on the book level.
Twilight tilts her head. "I'm Twilight. What's your name?"
"I'm Blitzkrieg." Blitz says putting the book away as Mary glides down and starts checking Blitz over. "Mom."
Mary smiles. "Can't be too careful. You okay dear?" She asks Twilight.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Twilight says getting her last book.
Mary nods. "Good, you better get going to wherever you were going. I think time is less for you now."
"Oh, you are right!" Twilight calls running in.
Mary giggles as she helps Blitz up. "Come on. The testing and exam will start soon." She said leading him inside.
"You want to watch before they examine me and see if why I can't use my magic?" Blitz asks looking up to his mother.
Mary nods and leads him to the nearby nursing station. "Let's see why you can't perform magic that well."
"Ms. Reed, correct?" A mare in a lab coat asks walking in.
Mary nods. "Yes, I believe I schedule this for my son."
"Yes. You wrote about him not being able to use his magic." The mare says reading a paper.
Mary nods. "Not even the basic telekinesis."
"Ok, let us see then." The mare says before starting to conduct tests. About an hour later, she stopped. "Well, I have it figured out." The mare says.
Mary leans in. "Yes?"
"He has a rare yet easily fixed condition called magconorious. Basically, his magic is contained within him and the cork has not been remove to let it flow freely. This is easily fixed by a parent helping the foal draw out their magic with their own. Like wiggling the cork back and forth until it either shoots off or comes off." The mare says.
Mary blushes. "Um…I'm a pegasus."
"Yes, that is why you didn't know how to deal with this. I can fix this, but we should do it in the practice yards as well because when this is done, the foal instinctively does a magic blast." The mare says.
Mary nods and the nurse leads them out to the yard and Blitz raises an eyebrow before looking up to see a window where he can see a filly working on something while some mares and stallions were watching her. "Huh."
"Ok little one, I need you to focus on that dummy over there. That is a magic blast training dummy those who are learning to become guards use. It will absorb the blast from you when we unleash your magic." The mare says.
Blitz nods and takes off his hat before looking to the dummy before groaning and points his horn at it and tries to fire his magic at it, but feels a strain on it. The mare lights her horn and concentrates on Blitz's as he found less of a strain by the second.
Blitz kept straining against it and keeps building up power in his horn. "How…much…longer?" He groans.
"Almost there." The mare says.
Mary sighs in relief as she watches it all. "At least he can finally learn." She said before an explosion happened somewhere near Cloudsdale and sends a shock wave of rainbow colors coming their way. "Oh dear." Mary said quickly before feeling a shock wave hit her and the mare and sends them to the ground as Blitz yells out and finally fires a beam of magic at the dummy and destroys it and the wall behind it before finishing off the houses behind it until it stops midway into a house and shows a stallion trying to scrub himself in a tub before he realized he wasn't having any privacy anymore.
"Go away." He said closing the curtains.
Mary groans and tries to get up before a roar sounded out and a dragon broke through the roof of the school and whips its tail around before being covered in a purple aura and shrinks down into the building again. She then looks to Blitz and what lies ahead of him. "Blitz!" She yells rushing over.
"I feel funny." Blitz says sounding nauseous.
"S…such raw power?!" The mare said alarmed.
Mary looks concerned at him as he groans and tries to get up before unexpectedly firing another beam from his horn and hits another dummy that obliterates it. "Make it stop." Blitz groans out.
"Shh…it's okay my little foal." Mary says petting him getting him to calm down and the magic died down with it.
Blitz looks to her before rolling his eyes in a confused way before falling on his back out cold. "Excuse me?" A voice asks behind them.
Mary looks to see the princess of the sun herself looking astonished.
Celestia then gently smiles and looks to Blitz. "He has a great immense power and gift. Those dummies can even hold up to my regular shots of power. To take them out like that is quite dangerous. If you would allow, I would take him and another foal under my wing to train them. You can visit if you want."
Mary wraps her wings around Blitz protectively, not sure what to make of all of this.
Celestia smiles motherly. "I'll take care of him like my own son. He can get the care he needs just in case of another accident like this. If you try yourself, you may not be able to handle the fallout."
"I…I will stay with him. If you want him as a student, you must let me take care of him." Mary says.
Celestia nods. "Of course. I will allow you to let you even stay as it is your own home."
"Very well." Mary says holding Blitz.
Celestia sighs and looks to the building. "If you'll excuse me, I need to deal with another little filly that fell into somewhat the same problem."
Mary just smiles as she pets Blitz's mane.
Blitz groans as he opens his eyes at her. "Mom?"
"Its ok sweetie, everything's fine." Mary says.
Blitz groans. "What happened?"
"You unleashed your magic. It was incredibly power my little colt." Mary says.
Blitz tries to smile. "Good." He said before falling asleep.
Mary picks him up and then his hat on the ground and follows Celestia before noticing a shooting star was on his flank.
Mary smiles. "Oh Blitzkrieg. Congratulations."
"I'm telling you Twilight, the calculation is wrong. It won't work." Mary hears a now fifteen year old Blitz talking from the other room.
"And I'm telling you it would work." Twilight said back.
"Fine, I will be outside waiting for the explosion. Coming Spike?" Blitz asks.
"Coming." A high pitched voice said.
The door opened and out came Blitz, his hair covering one of his eyes while he wore a dark blue hoodie and a beanie cap.
Mary smiles. "Hi honey, playing well?"
"You might want to duck behind the couch with me mom." Blitz says as he and Spike take cover.
Mary giggles as she still stands before an explosion happened and a wall of smoke came out of the room. "Let me guess, forgot to carry the one?" She asks humorously.
"And displaced a few decimal points." Blitz adds.
Mary chuckles as Twilight comes out coughing. "Learned your lesson?"
Blitz and Spike walk past them and soon open a few windows. When he walked back, he gave Twilight a wet towel.
Twilight sighs and starts wiping herself off. "Sorry."
"Next time, please listen to me on the math." Blitz requests.
Twilight nods. "Sure, just don't get in my way."
Blitz rolled his one visible eye as Twilight tied her mane back into a ponytail.
Mary smiles as she turns to Spike. "Let's grab some clothes and mops."
"Already done." Spike says holding a mop.
"Twi, take a break and come out to a nightclub with me." Blitz says.
Mary glares at him. "Blitz."
"What, she needs to take a break from studying." Blitz says.
Mary still glares. "Anywhere but a nightclub."
"Ok, a dance club. Those are not as fun as the bat ponies prefer the night club. Though maybe hanging out with the college mares will be fun." Blitz says.
Mary smiles. "Good, now grab some bits, but not much and head out."
"You heard her Twi." Blitz says dragging the struggling Twilight by her tail.
"Hey wait." Twilight calls out.
"Come on, if we are lucky, we will find you a coltfriend." Blitz says.
Twilight frowns. "I don't want one!" She yells in his face.
"Ok, ok, a marefriend." Blitz says.
Twilight growls as she was dragged off. "Strange things nowadays." Mary said cleaning up.
"Hey Vinyl." Blitz says greeting the white mare outside the dance club.
Vinyl puts her headphones down. "Hey Blitzy. What's up?" She also bumping his hoof.
"Nothing much, just dragged my peer here to have some fun and yes, I literally had to drag her by her tail until we got out of the castle." Blitz says slipping on his shades.
Vinyl giggles. "Well lay back and have some fun. And drink something. Who knows what might pop up?"
"Also you think you can find her a companion, she is looking for a mare friend." Blitz jokes.
Vinyl grins. "Sure, maybe one for you too."
"Meh." Blitz says.
"Come on, I'll introduce you to my roommate." Vinyl says in a sing song voice.
Blitz chuckles. "Oh, is she a tough mare to get?"
"She's already inside." Vinyl says leading them in.
Blitz follows till Vinyl points out a yellow mare with a fire bolt for a cutie mark.
Blitz leans over. "Who's she?"
"Hey Spits!" Vinyl calls getting her attention even over the loud music.
Spitfire looks over and smiles. "Hey V, what's up?"
"I told you I would get you a date before graduation, which one do you want?" Vinyl jokes.
Spitfire chuckles. "I'll take the stallion."
"Very funny. So how long have you known Vinyl?" Blitz asks as the four sit in a booth.
Spitfire smiles. "Ever since grade school. She was the music pony and I was the one who hung in the back with her."
"Blitz." Blitz greets offering a hoof.
Spitfire shakes his hoof. "Spitfire. Who's the mare?"
"A fellow student." Blitz says.
"Twilight. Twilight Sparkle." Twilight says annoyed.
Blitz smiles at her. "Aw don't feel so bad. You'll always be my mare."
Twilight flicks her mane into his face.
Blitz smirks as he looks to the other mares. "See, she likes me."
"I've heard those names somewhere." Spitfire says.
Blitz shrugs. "Guess we're just famous just because."
"Wait, you're the students of princess Celestia." Spitfire says in realization, but thankful the music drowned her out.
Blitz smirks as Twilight hides behind her mane a bit. "Yep and it's getting real fun watching her blow stuff up."
Twilight huffs. "Still got nothing on you. Your first magic blast obliterated 4 and a half houses before dissipating." Vinyl says.
"I was seven." Blitz reminds.
Twilight looks away a bit as she kept huffing.
"And Twilight pulled off the next to impossible with her hatching a dragon's egg." Blitz says.
Twilight raises an eyebrow as she looks back to him slightly.
"So Spits, you go have fun with Blitz while I seduce the mare here." Vinyl says.
Spitfire smiles and gets up before dragging him off. "What do you want to do?" She asks as Twilight tries to hide herself as Vinyl gets closer.
"So you have fun?" Blitz asks walking to the castle with Twilight.
Twilight sighs. "Yeah, but…"
"You really showed up Vinyl. She wasn't expecting that left hook." Blitz says chuckling.
Twilight smiles. "Yeah, that was really funny."
"Twilight, if you keep pushing yourself you will burn out. Today's incident shouldn't have happened. You are too smart to make such an obvious mistake." Blitz says looking to her.
Twilight nods. "Yeah, I shouldn't have done that."
"You're burning yourself out and messing up Twi. Please stop pushing yourself so far." Blitz requests.
Twilight looks back to him. "I'll…I'll try."
"Thanks." Blitz says continuing on.
Twilight looks at him before looking ahead again.
"Oh, I'm going on a journey for a bit." Blitz says to Twilight.
Twilight quickly looks back at him. "Journey?"
"Yeah, I'm going to follow Starswirl's example and travel on my own for a while." Blitz says.
Twilight stares at him before sighing. "I…um…"
"Already cleared it with Celestia and mum. I just wanted to give ya a bit of a heads up as I leave tomorrow morning." Blitz says.
Twilight looks away from him. "Well…um…" She sighs. "Do whatever you want."
"Take care of yourself Twi." Blitz says walking away.
Twilight sighs and looks to him again as he walks away. "Oh Blitz." She said quietly.
"Hey mum." Blitz says sitting at the table where Mary was sitting across from him. Blitz takes off his beanie cap and sets it on the table as the clock neared eleven o' clock.
Mary hums as she pokes at her food. "Do you ever think of anypony else?"
"You know me mum. You raised me after all." Blitz says smiling at her.
Mary raises an eyebrow. "And your friends?"
"They've known for a while, only one who didn't was Twi, but that is mostly because she can be such a recluse." Blitz says reminding her of how she was at one point hot blooded and full of wanderlust.
Mary smiles a bit. "Yeah, but there is the idea of those missing you. Telling the last pony, might do harm."
"Better than not saying anything at all." Blitz says.
Mary sighs. "You better go talk to them again. One last time and let them speak their mind."
"Nah, it is fine this way, beside can't go to Cloudsdale or Ponyville and be back before morning and haven't seen some in years and only write to them." Blitz sys.
Mary smirks. "There is still Twilight."
"Take after her for me mum, after all she needs someone to reel her in at times." Blitz says.
Mary giggles. "Yes she does, but do come back. I don't think any of us would want you to get hurt."
"I will someday mum. Hard to believe I'm nearly sixteen now. It only seems like yesterday you were taking a four year old to your room so I could sleep." Blitz says.
Mary smiles. "Yes, you were so young and shy and now look at you. Always have great friends and not so shy now. Even powerful enough to take down a part of an army. Is Celestia giving you an airship?"
"Nah, setting off with just a single bag of provision." Blitz says.
Mary sighs. "Just be safe. None of us don't you hurt."
"I will mum…thanks being there for me mum." Blitz says getting up and putting on his beanie cap.
Mary looks down to her food as Blitz leaves. She then looks to the back door. "Come in." She said before Twilight walks in. "You have a chance you know."
"I know." Twilight says, but doesn't go after him. "I can wait though."
Mary smiles. "Good. He might change, but his feelings won't. He would still love you all."
"I hope so." Twilight says leaving.
Mary smiles as a single tear runs down her face. 'My baby boy.'
Mary opens her eyes and looks around to see a familiar room. "Grandmother?" A tiny voice asks behind her. Turning around, she sees Azure.
"Hey my grandson." Mary says picking him up.
Azure smiles and hugs her back. A few knocks came to the door and it opens to Blitz standing there. "Hey mum. You okay?"
"I'm fine dear." Mary says smiling as she thought about what he has now.
Flair: Well that was a long chapter.
Yeah, considering we added a somewhat of side story. Kinda interesting to see how the story would have gone if you changed one thing.
Flair: It is like the butterfly effect theory. So shall we permit any requests to make the side story a full one?
I don't know. For some reason, I'm attached to this story only but it sounds cool to play with different universes.
Flair: Not saying we give up on this story just we develop the other universe where technology hadn't really came to Equestria yet and Blitz was fully taught the ways of magic instead of the ways of the Mandalorians.
Yeah, but then it would just turn into an adventure where he just teaches and we would be limit by that only. With this one, we have double the idea and the idea of multiple universes is still in play here in this story alone.
Flair: I meant we work on and post it if we get the urge to write Blitz in more of a mage role. I mean, let's face it, Blitz is almost completely a tech pony and only just coming into the force and most likely isn't going to change. Also with mage Blitz, we can have adventures like him fighting gargoyles and more mystical creatures instead of more alien things. By the way, Luna, how did you make such a diverse world that actually is possible in her dream?
"Oh I didn't, it was an interdimensional viewing spell. She lived the memories of herself of that universe with only slight edits." Luna says.
And those edits are?
"Me being there!" Luna yells excitedly.
*Staring at her* Nice, but needs work. You just wanted to see Blitz as a foal again, didn't you?
"Maybe." Luna says.
Flair: At least she doesn't do as much as Pinkie does.
Like the latest episode with her shaking and grabbing the camera?
Flair: Yeah had to redo the entire scene.
Especially with the metal gear box. Now they went all out with references since its Discord. At least we got this far done. And that Who's on first joke took a while.
Flair: Yeah, it did. Now Pinkie is finally out of our hair for why she is trying to find what the names of the baseball team is.
We did ship groups and types.
Flair: You did and I asked her to get me the names on who is on first, second, and third base. *smirks*
Shut up. Now then, back to Act 1 and the good old recon mission and away from moms crying for a bit?
Flair: Alright, by the way, you know the bullet we dodged with Pinkie being distracted?
Nope, wasn't paying attention.
Flair: A giant robot walrus riding a bike. I am not joking. *shows the papers*
I am not questioning her anymore and listening to our favorite, Pinkamena.
Flair: Ok, remember to read and review.
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