Author's Notes:

Another crossover, starring Kat Shifter from DJSkywalker's story Gravity of the Situation

Yeah made that pun with the chapter's title on purpose. Sue me.

Sephiroth stared at the wall next to the bed she was lying in. Her tears had dried for a while now and left only a painful feeling of betrayal behind. Why had this happened? One moment he was calling her a sister and in the next he had jumped her like a sex crazed beast. Anger filled her being as she remembered how her own body had succumbed to his advances, how she was completely helpless to stop any of it. She was Sephiroth. She was supposed to be strong!

So why? Why was she feeling like she was the one to blame?

He had warned her that he has been on some kind of abstinence and that it did bother him. Why hadn’t she thought of asking how to send him back in the first place?! She could have avoided this! She should have…

With a deep sigh she turned around in bed, facing the place where he had been for the first time since he left. Blinking in confusion she noticed something where he had been. It was small, black jewel softly glittering in the dim light. The diamond was roughly the size of her fist and had been left right where Max had once been. Thankful for any distraction she extended her hand and took it in her palm. It was obvious who left it there but for what reason eluded her until it suddenly clicked. Stunned, she stared at the gem in her hand. He left behind an expensive looking diamond right after having sex.

And just like that she exploded in rage. He had dared to pay her like a common whore. She clenched her teeth and her whole body shook as she tried her very best to crush the offending piece of glittery stone with her bare hand. When that didn’t work she threw it at the wall, where it embedded itself, only to be struck by a massive lightning bolt. “THAT SON OF A BITCH!!!”

"Hey! Watch the merchandise! Yer sending sparks all the way over here!"

Dumbfounded she ceased her spell and stared at the blackened hole in the wall and spoke words of such a high grade of creativity that they would be used for generations to come. “What the fuck?”

"Please stop blasting the diamond. I don’t need my troops thinking my phone is possessed.” A sigh came from the gem. “I’d better settle this out now before any more questions arise. Hang on."

Before Sephiroth could react, a swirling red and black portal opened up in front of the wall. A woman stepped forward, the portal disappearing behind her. She was moderate in height with long blonde hair draping over her back. Her black jacket was trimmed with red, but there were green splotches in certain spots, going down her dirtied khaki pants. She looked at Sephiroth with unamused, red eyes. “So you’re the one blasting my little, black gem?” She eyed her up and down, “Little under dressed, dontcha think? Not complaining, but this is strange time for a booty call.”

The silver haired woman contemplated if she should blast the other human instantly or give her the chance to explain herself, at least, while she drew the comforter around herself. Her eyes burned with wrath as she tried to bore a hole through the skull of the human in front of her. “You have one shot at explaining yourself before I will kill you.”

She stared at Sephiroth for a moment before smirk slowly formed on her lips. A low chuckle emanated from the woman, getting louder and louder before she was practically roaring with laughter. Each moment it went on, Sephiroth’s glare only grew colder and colder. After several long moments, the woman had finally calmed down enough to look at her with an equal glare. “I am Kat Shifter, the Queen of Gravity, and someone you have no chance in enfer to kill. You’re far too weak.”

Kat’s last words rang in her mind over and over again, taunting her and overriding any sense on their way with pure rage. “We’ll see about that.” A red aura enveloped Sephiroth and she vanished from the bed, leaving a shredded blanket behind. Not even a second later she stood in front of Kat and tried to slice her clean in two with her sword. Faster than she could even see, Kat stopped the sword mere centimeters from her head with two fingers.

“Your rage will not help you to stop me. Now stop acting like an enraged animal and put some satané clothes on.”

Sephiroth stared incredulously at the fingers holding her blade in place. That couldn’t be happening. No, she wouldn’t accept this. With all her strength she tried to push through the hold, growling dangerously.

Kat just stared at her as if she was bored. “I don’t want to snap your sword in two, so please stop this futility. I usually prefer to find out who is trying to kill me before they do so, so I’m finding your whole thing here rather rude.”

The silver haired woman wasn’t paying attention to what was said instead her struggle grew more and more desperate, while her expression morphed into one of despair and primal fear. “No! I-I can’t be the weaker one.”

Shaking her head, Kat yanked the sword back, pulling Sephiroth forward and decking her to the ground. “Normally, I would have let you off due to simple fear,” she said, popping the bones in her knuckles. “But you obviously weren’t going to stop until you were shown otherwise. For that, I apologize. Can we speak like civilized human beings now?”

Instead of answering, Sephiroth proceeded to curl up on the ground as tightly as she could and started shaking like a leaf, all the while whispering, “No… not again…”

Kat blinked, looking at the shaking woman. “Maybe I went a little too far,” she muttered to herself. She lowered herself down to crouch. “Hey, I’m sorry for hitting you like that. I should have gone with something less violent to stop you. Let’s start over, shall we? What’s your name?”

Haunted, teal eyes snapped to Kat’s and the owner of the former tried her best to distance herself without giving up her posture. Kat winced, now truly feeling upset. She sighed deeply, running her hand down her face. “Good going, Shifter. You went and traumatized an innocent. Stupid changelings, they’re screwing up all my good vibes. This is just like what nearly happened with Maxie… but in reverse surprisingly.”

She flinched hard at the mention of that name. Kat knew Max. And now that she thought about it Max had mentioned he had a sister named Kat. Sephiroth’s eyes widened in utter terror and, not caring if anyone saw her naked, she jumped up and over the bed in direction of the door. She had to get away as fast as possible.

An invisible force grabbed her from behind and yanked her right back to the far wall. She tried to get up, but that same force was now against her chest, pressing her there. “Okay, I get it,” Kat sighed. “I’m sorry for scaring you and for insulting you. Really, I am.”

Panicking, Sephiroth struggled against the force holding her. Images from being pinned to a wall flooding her mind and she began to scream. But what was noticeable the most was that she desperately clenched her legs together trying to move her thigh away from some unseen invader.

Kat was really unsure of what was happening now. She only had one last trick up her sleeve to end the situation before having to resort to… other methods. Walking right up to Sephiroth, she released the restraining force on the other woman. Before the silver haired woman could take advantage however, Kat wrapped her arms around her and pulled her in close. “Shh, please, just calm down.”

Suddenly feeling the comfort of the hug, she could do nothing more than to latch onto it and breaking down into tears once more. The pair slowly sank to their knees, neither letting go as Sephiroth cried her heart out. Kat just held on, softly rubbing the other’s back and saying calming words.

Being reminded of her own powerlessness broke down the last remnants of restraint and she stuttered between sobs. “H-he r-r-raped me-e.”

“It’s alright,” Kat cooed. “You’re safe now. No one can hurt you.”

Feeling the need to somehow justify herself she carried on. “I tr-ried t-to s-stop h-him… bu-t I-I couldn’t…”

Kat tightened her grip, but only slightly. “I know, I know. But it doesn’t matter now. It’s over and there’s nothing anyone can do to hurt you right now.”

Burying her face in Kat’s shoulder she cried for a while longer before she slowly began to calm down. It had actually felt good to say it out loud, to share her pain, so after another while she continued. “He said we were sisters… invited me to his wedding even. And then… he just jumped at me.” She tried to swallow the lump in her throat. “H-he was my first summon… so I didn’t know how to send him back…”

“Tell me,” Kat said, her voice dripping with venom. “Who… who would dare to do this?”

It took her a few moments to work up the courage and when she spoke she was shaking again. “Max… Max Caulfield.”

Her eyes went wide. “Wh-what? N-no… Maxie would never…” Kat started to tremble, but when Sephiroth looked, it wasn’t fear or disbelief in her eyes. It was just emptiness. “Max isn’t male. How could she have done this?” Her voice was completely void of emotion, somehow making it even more frightening.

“He told me… that he was male before… he got displaced. And then went through some kind of mirror portal into another dimension inside of his universe. He got turned into a male from it and that’s when I summoned him.”

“And he did this to you?” Now her voice was empty. “He forced himself upon you? My Maxie raped you?”

Sephiroth’s body somehow managed it to slump even more and she nodded. “I-it’s all my fault… he said he was suffering from sex deprivation but I just thought… he called me sister, how could it have been directed at me?” She gulped again. “I… accidentally obliterated our clothes and seeing me… naked or barely covered… seemed to drive him mad.”

Kat pinched the bridge of her nose, making sure not to let go of her embrace. Desperately she tried to calm herself down, but it wasn’t working. Kat snapped her fingers, opening a portal in front of her, but behind Sephiroth. She clenched her fist, causing the star on the other side of the portal to completely collapse into itself. Kat closed the portal before any of the feedback could burst forth.

With her anger subsided for the moment, she sighed softly. “I’m so sorry, miss. I am so so sorry for what he did to you. I can assure you that there will be consequences for this.”

Panic settled over Sephiroth once again and she screamed. “NO! He-she’s pregnant!” Suddenly she fell deathly silent with an expression of unadulterated shock on her face, going completely rigid in the process.

“I know very well of what my ‘sister’’s condition is. This, however, will not excuse her from punishment nor judgement.” Kat was trembling again, this time releasing Sephiroth before punching the wall and nearly destroying it in the process. “I grew up learning many things from my father, and one of those things was that rape is unforgivable. Where I came from, your life was forfeit if you committed such a heinous act.”

Not paying attention to Kat, again, she muttered, “H-he… pregnant… he… he c-came inside…”

“You’re not pregnant, if that’s what you’re worried about,” Kat stated offhandedly. “Maxie, no matter what state she’s in, would never get someone pregnant without consent. … it wouldn’t hurt yourself to get checked, though. This is as little faith that remains in her at this point.” She stood up and started pacing around the room, muttering and rambling to herself.

Sephiroth felt cold all of the sudden causing her to hug herself, but something Kat had said caught her attention and dread flowed through her. “No. Don’t… don’t blame him. H-he has so much to care for… it’s alright… I’m alone, learned that my supposedly immortal lover took his life after my imprisonment just yesterday.” She let her head sink lower. “I’m not worth it…”

“‘Not worth it’?” Kat parroted, stopping in her tracks. She looked right at Sephiroth and repeated even louder, “‘Not worth it’?! Don’t you dare say you’re not worth it!” Kat’s voice got even louder as she continued. “There isn’t a single living being out there that deserves to be raped! Not you, not Chrysalis, not even putain de Tirek! Max will not be getting off with a warning on this, not one bit! He, or she as I know her, is completely at fault and none of it is on you. I don’t care how you see yourself or what the people of this world consider you to be, this. is. un. EXCUSABLE!” Her voice practically shook the entire mountain to its core.

Muffled shouts of alarm were audible through the door accompanied by the clatter of armor, but they didn’t seem to come closer. Sephiroth, for her part, felt the corners of her mouth twitch upwards slightly. “What they consider me…?” The titles listed by the king came to her mind, one in particular. “The Whore of Chaos… maybe they were right after all…”

A burning pain suddenly shot across Sephiroth’s cheek, finding herself on her side. She looked up, seeing that Kat had struck her. “ENOUGH! I will not hear you degrade yourself anymore! You are not a whore. You are not a waste of life. And you are NOT at fault.”

Shocked, she slowly lifted a hand to her cheek, before looking away. What was she doing here? She wasn’t the type to cry and drown in self-pity. Returning her gaze to Kat she felt some of the fire reignite in them. Without so much as a word she struggled to her feet and made her way over to a set of armored clothes, neatly folded on the bed. The ones she had gotten from the maid before this had happened. She put them on and bound a strap of cloth around her chest to cover what the bell shaped skirt could not. After getting that done she walked back to Kat and extended a hand for her to take. “Sephiroth.”

Kat smiled genuinely and firmly clasped the hand offered. “A pleasure to meet you. And I am sorry for what my ‘sister’ has done. We will be having words, that I can guarantee.”

Her gaze grew firm and she withdrew her hand. “Actually, no. And before you hit me again, hear me out. I’m more worried at the moment than angry.” She rubbed the bridge of her nose between two fingers and clenched her eyes shut. “Thanks for that, by the way. I couldn’t think clearly.”

“No problem, but I will be having words with her. This is something that will not be allowed to happen again. In repayment for what she has done, allow me to assist you in any endeavor you please.”

“I’m being serious here. I think he is not to blame.” She sighed and contemplated how she could explain what she thought. “I haven’t known Max for all that long. A day, at most. But I had the chance to get to know him enough to notice something now. He did not act like himself. In the moments before he… forced himself on me, he seemed to struggle with himself. He was very distracted and couldn’t even answer in full sentences anymore.” She hesitated a moment before raising her gaze to the ceiling. “And then there is what he said right before I sent him away. He said he tried to forget that I was even there. As if he had to fool himself into believing that he could only engage in masturbation.”

“It excuses nothing, and I will hear no more upon this subject. I still offer my services to you to make up for what has been done. I can assure that I can assist in anything you may need. Need taking down a higher power? Easy enough. Robbing a bank? May take a little time, but doable. Murder is out of the question, but an assassination is simplistic.”

“I do not decline your offer. But think for a second. I only learned yesterday that Celestia was possessed by a being Max called ‘Nightmare’. And I just can’t shake the thought that something forced him to… well force himself on me.”

“I will cross that bridge when I get to it. Leave the family matters to me. But, if you have a plan to strike at something that may have been a factor upon this… Well then my dear, allons-y.”

Sephiroth smiled for a moment. “If you’d allow me to answer your former question again. I’m Sephiroth, Godmother of all Children. And, as I see this, the newest member of Max’s family. So these so-called ‘family matters’ concern me too. Sadly I do not have any kind of plan. If there is a being possessing Max, or trying to, then I’m powerless.” Behind clenched teeth she added. “Again.”

“Hmm,” Kat rubbed her chin. “I am not the best expert on magic, I’ve always prefered the logic of physics, but… I think I might know someone who could shed some light on this. Barring she’s alive in this reality.”

“Well, I was more on the lines of something Max had said when I asked him if it was possible for the being in Celestia to be removed and put into its own body. He said that his Discord might be able to do that. So why not let him rip the being out of Max.” Her face darkened. “And then it belongs to me.”

“Because I highly doubt it’s in Max, for starters,” Kat told her in a stern tone. Almost as if she were reprimanding a child. “If this… thing has been in Celestia for what I’m guessing to be a thousand plus years, then suddenly removing itself for Max is nigh implausible. More than likely it simply extended its will into Max, possibly through a point of contact. I’m more concerned with the original source than whatever influence it pulled over Maxie. I also have little trust over that chaotic connard. A Discord’s loyalties are never so simple and almost always play out as a deal with the devil. No, if we want this handled, we need to stop the source that has infested your Celestia. And to do that, we’re going to need an expert on such magicks.”

Blinking confusedly, the silver haired woman lowered her gaze again. “No, the being in Celestia never left her. And I wasn’t referring to it either. Max’s universe has had his own version if I remember correctly, and his Celestia is dead. But consulting an expert would help us either way, so who is this you’re talking about?”

“We need a pony who knows the mind, inside and out. One who knows what lurks within the darkness of ponies’ and other creatures’ minds and what can affect them. A certain special pony who can destroy that darkness.” Kat smiled. “We need Luna.”

Sephiroth stared at Kat for a while before averting her gaze. “Yeah that could be a problem in more ways than one. First, Luna never existed in this universe. Nightmare Moon was the original princess of the night. And second, she is held captive by Celestia, who used the bearers of the Elements to brainwash her into an artificial persona, called ‘Luna’.”

She chuckled darkly. “Brainwashing, eh? Very simply to undo. All we need is to get in and out. We don’t even have anything to worry about, there’s no one to stop us.”

The silver haired woman lifted an eyebrow. “Even if it’s done by the Elements? And please, refrain from hurting anypony other than Celestia.” She sighed. “Man that’s weird calling the being Celestia. But I just can’t get myself to use this name Max had for her. ‘Daymare Flare’ or something. Thanks to Max I view every being, which is not an immortal or at least three hundred years old, as a child now and I have a really protective streak concerning children.”

“I don’t need to harm them. I have many ways to knock a pony out or keep them out of the way. And try ‘Solar Flare’ if you don’t want to say Celestia. That other one just sounds lame. And yes, the Elements can be cancelled out. I have a tool that can completely negate it; I’ve used it before so I can confirm that it works.” Kat smiled a little. “Don’t take me for a novice, Sephy. I have been at this for quite a while now.”

Groaning she facepalmed. “Great, a nickname.” Then she shook her head and actually blushed a little. “About that. How can you and Max be so freakishly strong? I can beat this world’s Celestia and Nightmare at the same time but for you and him, my power seems to be no more than a joke.”

Kat chuckled under her breath without mirth. “I cheated. I stole a fair amount of my power from enemies I killed. Mix that with certain portions of my power, it makes me nearly invincible. Plus, it helps that I started out on a military world where Celestia only gained power over the years. It took most of my strength just to beat her into the ground way back when.”

Contemplating something she gained a faraway look for a few moments before cautiously selecting her words. “Say… hypothetically. If a planet were about to come crashing down on the one you are on, could you stop it?”

“I could shatter it into small enough pieces that they would burn up in the atmosphere. And without touching it,” Kat smirked with that addition.

Sephiroth shook her head and shrugged. “Don’t think I’ll just accept my defeat. Max learned the hard way that I’m a sore loser.” Then she began to grin. “Someday I will provide you with a real fight.”

“You’ll need speed as well as power for that, but let’s focus here. Shall we, hmm?”

“Yeah, you’re right. So you can actually get Nightmare back? She was my best friend once.”

“Oh definitely. I just need to get in close. Oh, but there is one small problem and it’s considering the Elements.”

The silver haired woman tilted her head slightly and lifted an eyebrow again. “That being?”

“I can’t harm one of them. I can’t bring myself to do anything harmful to Fluttershy, even with words. Even if she isn’t here, I cannot harm my own granddaughter.”

She waved it off before halting in the middle of the motion. “I know it doesn’t change anything but I just have to ask this, considering Max had foals for himself. Granddaughter by blood?”

“No, I can’t give birth. I adopted her ancestor in the olden days. I hope Celestia is keeping an eye on her back home, they are family now after all,” Kat mused to herself aloud.

Without any visible prompt, Sephiroth sat down on the bed and buried her face in her hands with a long and deep sigh. “Shit. I just realized something.”

“Hmm?” Kat asked, quirking an eyebrow. “What? We have someplace to break into at the moment.”

“I had one revelation after another since I was freed from my prison. And that was yesterday. Cut me some slack, okay?” She sighed again, then rose to her feet. “It’s not important right now. You don’t have to worry about the Elements. Fluttershy actually tried to console Max and that was when he was known as an accomplice to me. Also I think I gave their leader enough to mull over in that lavender head of hers. She seemed to be very bright, at least.”

“That would be Twilight Sparkle, Celestia’s private pupil,” Kat informed her. “Be careful with your assumptions. She’s strong headed, but has been known to do anything to appease her teacher.”

Sephiroth groaned. “Great. Another alicorn that hangs on her every word. That’s exactly what I needed right now. Also I think I should inform you of another possible threat.” She breathed deeply, trying to steel herself. “Discord is dead in this universe, but it needed a god of chaos to balance the order, so a new one took his place. And that’s the problem. I know nothing of this new god and he has lived with Celestia for the last 8 centuries as it seems.”

Kat scowled. “A variable, not good.” She reached into her pocket and pulled out a strange cylindrical device with four prongs near the top that surrounded a green bulb. She started fiddling with it, causing it to glow and make some strange noises. “Chaos magic is a hard thing to play with. But I should be able to keep us safe from it for about… 90 seconds at most. So if we run across this being, we’ll have to move quickly.”

A stern expression overtook her features. “If we come across the new god, leave him to me and concentrate on Nightmare. Discord-” She flinched.”-was a very close acquaintance and I’m practically immune to chaos magic thanks to him.”

“Then we’re set.” Kat’s signature evil smirk came out. “Allons-y, Sephy. Allons-y.”

Sephiroth blinked uncomprehendingly. “All on- what?”

“It’s French, okay? I can only say certain things in French. When you’re brainwashed, not everything can be reversed, okay?”

Her face darkened. “Not everything? So I can only hope it will be enough for Nightmare to become her old self again.”

“It usually just strange quirks. Maybe she’ll just randomly spout off ‘praise the sun’. It’s never anything to worry about.”

A chuckle escaped her. “More likely ‘praise the moon’, but I digress. Can you teleport? Because I can’t.”

Kat snapped her fingers, opening a portal that showed… an empty mountain. “What the? Where’s Canterlot?” she asked, rubbing her head.

“Canter… ahh I think Max said something about this. You see the capital had never been moved from the Everfree. Maybe due to the fact that Celestia was possessed for a thousand years and managed to stay hidden for just as long.”

“Oh, that’s so lame. Canterlot at least looked nice, mountainside view that let’s you see the whole of the kingdom? Sounds like a good idea to me. Ugh, making a castle in the middle of a cursed forest just made no sense at all.” She snapped her fingers again, the view switching to the grandness of Everfree City. “....mountainside city is still better.”

“What’s that about a cursed forest? The Everfree is a nice piece of art from nature itself. No Pony has ever had to fear any dangers in it.” She went over to the portal and examined it. “That’s really a neat trick.”

“Gravity is one of the oldest forces in existence and a major power of creation,” Kat beamed. “It can be used in a multitude of ways, including making powers like Maxie’s worthless.”

“Way to make me feel underpowered. At least you don’t talk about sex all the time and tease me to no end.” Looking back over her shoulder she smiled. “I think I like you.” Then she hopped through the portal.

Kat stayed behind for a moment. “As long as you don’t want to be like me, Sephy.” She walked through, closing the portal behind her.