“Frostfall, nice to see you again! How’s the integration going?” I asked. It was the next night, almost midnight and Frostfall came in a few minutes before I was going to get lunch.

“Well, Ponyville and Canterlot have been very accepting. As well as Applewood, but between you and me they just want pegasi to play their villains in the movies,” Frostfall said. “Fillydelphia is where we’re having the most resistance since that’s where Hurricane killed Starswirl.”

“Really? Never knew that. How about we get some lunch while we continue?”

“I... am a bit hungry,” She said, glancing around uncertainly.

“Great.” I stood from my throne and led the way to the dining room, ordering my usual basilisk eye stew.

“Now,” I said, pausing to take a bite. “I like that most places are accepting pegasi, but what of the ones that have joined the guard?”

“They’re showing up all the others even when they barely do anything,” Frostfall said as Silver set her tuna salad in front of her.

“Are they reporting any persecution from the other cadets?”

“Nothing they can’t handle.”

“Nothing but good news, then?” Frostfall hesitated, drawing my gaze from my food. “There is nothing but good news, right?”

She sighed and said, “A family of three was burned in their own home in Manehattan. The foal survived by jumping into the oven.”

Having lost my appetite, I set my spoon down and leaned back. “Where is the foal now?”

“Here in Canterlot, the hospital just on the edge of the city.”

I nodded and lit my hand, teleporting us to the main waiting room. I walked over to the nurse’s desk and asked, “Which room is the pegasus foal in?”

“T-two fourty-s-seven, Grandmother,” the nurse replied.

“Thank you.” I turned, walking down the hallway towards the indicated room.

“Y-your majesty?! What are we doing here?” Frostfall asked as she trotted to catch up to me.

“If he’s too badly hurt to move by himself, he’ll be moved to the castle’s medical wing. If he isn’t....” I trailed off, not wanting to say it yet.

We reached the room then and I pushed it open before Frostfall could respond. Inside, I saw a colt about ten just about to take a bite of a tray of food. He had a grey mane and a pale blue coat. His eyes were a soft green and he had no bandages on that I could see.

“Hello there, I am-” I began.

“Grandmother,” he interrupted, nodding his head. “I’m Lucky.”

I giggled. “In more ways than one, I’d imagine.” I walked over to the end of the bed and picked up the clipboard hanging there. “Hmmm.... Only minor smoke inhalation, a few first degree burns, and- seriously? Having a burned tail is considered an injury?”

I tossed the clipboard over my shoulder into the trashcan next to the door and sat on the edge of the bed. “Loo- you know what, no. I’m gonna be straight with you kid, I’d like to adopt you.”

His eyes widened in surprise and he said, “You’re serious?”

I wiped the smile off my face and gave him my most serious look. “No joke. You want me to adopt you, I will.”

He thought for a few minutes before nodding. “Okay, but on one condition.”

I heard a hoof hit flesh and turned to see Frostfall facehoofing. “Finally got that fly that was buzzing around?” I joked.

Frostfall jumped, lowering her hoof and glancing between the colt and me before she said, “Y-yeah, pesky thing wouldn’t stop bugging me. Heh....”

She really needs to work on that lying, I thought, turning back to Lucky. “Okay, what’s that condition?”

“I’m nowhere on the list of heirs,” Lucky said

“Very well then,” I said as I stood. I turned to Frostfall again. “That’s all for the monthly update?”

The mare shook herself and said, “Y-yes, Grandmother.”

“Then I’ll leave you to running PR.” I lit my hand again, appearing with Lucky in my rooms. “Now then, I might as well get you acquainted with the idea that there are other universes besides our own.” I reached into my bag and pulled out two tokens. One looked like a blue bone with a red and white ribbon of energy wrapped around it and the other was a cherry bomb the size of my palm.

“.... Why not? I was going to call them anyways to see if they wanted free food anyways. Yo, Chibi, Ammy, Great news everyone!”

“Hm? Why don’t we hear about it in person?” The voice of Ammy came through.

“.... I am summoning you, aren’t I?”

“Sorry, Ammy has the case of stupid, Coming over now.”

“Oh forget you!”

With a flare of light from the two tokens, The two familiar wolves were soon standing in front of us.

“So, What’s up?” Ammy asked before nudging Chibi, who was practically drooling.

“Wha- huh?!”

“Well, first I’d like you to meet my new son,” I gestured to Lucky who had climbed up onto the bed and was looking at the two wolves with interest. “His name is Lucky.”

“S- oh wait, are you sure he can hear us?” Ammy said, looking at the colt.

“Why are they not moving their mouths? And... why do their voices sound a little echo-y?” He finally asked.

“That answers that question.” Chibi said before yawning.

“Anyways, Ignore lazy over there. Name’s Amaterasu.” Ammy said, putting a paw in front of Lucky.

“His name is Lazy?” the colt asked, shaking the proffered paw.

“Nah. It’s really Chibiterasu, Or Chibi for short. It’s just a joke.” She explained.

“I still hate that name!” Chibi spoke up.

“It’s either that or Fluffy McFlufferkins the third,” Max said as she picked Chibi up and started rubbing his belly.

“Why does everyone do that to me!” Chibi shouted, struggling a bit.

“Because, you’re too cute to be left alone. Although....” I gave him a devious look before picking up a quill from my desk in my magic. “Maybe you’d prefer tickling instead~!”

“Oh no.” Ammy said, sighing.

“Please no. I’ve had enough from Sweetie Belle!”

“Oh, fine. Since you said please,” I said, setting Chibi back on the floor and scratching him behind his ears a little.

“Not to sound rude, but was this all?” Ammy said, sitting down on the floor.

“No.” I stood and teleported two scrolls into my right hand. “I wanted to invite both of you to my wedding in four months.”

“Wedding?! Who’s the lucky man?” Ammy asked, jumping up.

“A Displaced named Lance, his costume was from a game or anime -- I forget which -- named Gunvolt.”

“Why does “Gunvolt” sound so familiar…” Chibi muttered.

“Probably because… I dunno.”

“And two days before that there will be a babyshower,” I dismissed, tossing the scrolls to Ammy. “Some of the details are in there, but I’ll send an updated schedule as we work out the kinks.”

“Wow. I guess this proves that our universe moves slower than yours.” Ammy muttered, looking through the scroll.

“I think it’s been a little under three months since you were last here to me. I know it’s been two months since I first met Lance.” I looked out the window and continued, “Only four since the Princesses were killed....”

“Hey, Max?” Lucky said, getting my attention. “If you still hurt from that, why are you getting married?”

I smiled a little and walked over to the bed, sitting down next to him. “Because I’ll always hurt. A poet from my homeworld named Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote a poem with a specific line in it, one that has been remembered for over one hundred and fifty years. It said ‘I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all’. I.... I never knew what it truly meant until Lance....” I debated for a moment about giving him the talk but dismissed it, telling myself that he was a few years too young. “Lance and I had a wonderful time at a party.”

“Awwww. That’s actually kinda sweet.” Amaterasu remarked.

I sent her a clip of Lance pounding into me, smirking evilly. “Yeah.... Very sweet.”

“I DIDN’T MEAN I WANTED TO SEE THAT!!!” She shrieked, falling over.

I laughed and sent her a picture of his nervous face when I took his coat off him. “In all seriousness, he’s so sweet and almost naive about some things, but he’s also.”

“Oh yeah, I actually think I remember hearing about Lance from… Damn what was his name?” Chibi started muttering, Ignoring Ammy’s wailing.

“Well, he’s told me everyone he’s met and you’d only be able to know one of them if they know about him and this. The only two he’s sent invitations to so far is Golden Freddy and Sun.”

“Sun! That’s his name!”

“So how’s Lance’s supposed cousin? What character is he?”

“He’s apparently Sun Wukong from some anime or somethin’ called RWBY.”

“He-.... DAMMIT! Now it’s going to be weird!” I crossed my arms and pouted.

“Wait, What’re we talkin’ about?!” Ammy shouted, recovering quickly.

“The happy-go-lucky anime character named Sun Wukong and the fact that he’s now Lance’s cousin.”

“I guess he’s a cool guy. I think my Sweetie Belle likes him.” Amaterasu shrugged.

“Sun was the best character in the anime and... well, I used him when I was in the Everfree.” I gave Ammy and Chibi a short memory of me fingering myself while looking at the tailed man. “So it’s going to be awkward when I meet him in person.”

“Please stopppp!!!!!” Ammy cried, covering her head.

“It’s kinda not the same…” Chibi whined before being slapped with a paw.

I giggled and said, “Maybe if you’re a good doggy, I’ll take you on a walk.” I gave Chibi a pair of bedroom eyes.

“ Isn’t that technic- You know what? I should just be quiet.” Ammy muttered again.

“Yes, yes you should,” Chibi said, wagging his tail.

“Pervert.” She coughed. “Anyways, Should we even be talking about this in front of the kid?” She turned her head to look at Lucky.

“My parents gave me The Talk last year,” Lucky said.

“That’s a weight off my shoulders,” I sighed. “I wasn’t looking forward to giving that.”

“Well. I guess that’s good.”

I gave Ammy a saucy look.“You know, I could-”

“No.”

“Come on, I could totally-”

“No.” She replied again.

“Fine, but you might want to have Chibi-”

She lowered her eyes into an unamused stare.

“Come on, you don’t want a lover? Someone to hold you at night and tell you you’re beautiful?”

A bright red glow spread over her muzzle. “Well… I-....” She closed her mouth in the middle of a breath and flattened her ears.

“See? I could hook you up with a male version of Amaterasu!”

“Wait- What-”

“Nono -- the moogle that Displaced me -- is going to visit me in a few months and let me buy anything I want with the extra tokens I have. I could buy a token that would summon him.”

“I…” She looked over at Chibi, Who has lost interest and started to play with lucky, before responding. “Nah. I’ve got someone back home who I need to work the courage up to ask.”

I caught her glance at the smaller wolf and gave a knowing smile. “You know, I can use an illusion spell to change my voice to yours. All you have to do is let me ask him for you.”

“I-I…. No! This is something I need to do myself!” She squeaked, the blush on her muzzle growing.

“It’s a very simple spell.... Won’t even take a second to cast.” I lit my hand with magic, playing with it in front of her. “It would be the least I could do to make up for teasing you.”

She went quiet before responding “F-fine…” She said, most likely in a private thought.

“What was that?” I said distractedly. “I was too interested in what Chibi and Lucky are doing to hear you.”

“I-I.. You’re probably gonna do it anyways so Fine.”

“Oh, I wasn’t going to do it unless I had your permission. So, what would you like me to say?”

She sat there still for a second before taking a deep breath. “Meet me…. In the clearing that’s nearby to our cave…” She muttered before wincing. “God I hope that doesn’t sound cliche… It probably does. ”

A loud crash sounded out from where Lucky landed. “Be careful, Lucky. I’d rather not try out that repair spell I read over briefly.” I turned back to Ammy. “Now what was that?”

“... There’s a clearing nearby our cave. Meet me there…” She repeated.

Another crash from Lucky landing. “Be careful, Lucky. I’d rather not try out that repair spell I read over briefly.” I don’t want to do this, but I’d rather it came from her instead of a spell, I thought as I turned to face Ammy. “Now what was that?”

“... Fuck it.” She stated, walking away.

“No, wait wait. I almost heard what you said that time! Third time’s the charm.”

“Nope! The mood’s ruined! I’ll d-do it later…”

“You say that now, but you’ll chicken out every single time. I can hear it in your voice. Come on, just one last time.” And this time I’ll make sure Chibi hears her.

“I said I.. I’ll do it later…”

“What’ll you do later? I want to hear you say it, so I’ll know you’re serious about this. Or you could tell me what you want to say and I could do it for you.” I turned up the range of her telepathy a bit to where Chibi would be able to hear it.

“I’ll… I’ll ask him out later!”

“Who will you ask out?” I probed.

“LANDON!” She shouted, most likely using Chibi’s real name.

“Uhhh…. D-did you call?” Chibi muttered, his muzzle slightly flushed.

I ignored him and asked, “Why did you shout? There’s no reason to.”

“I-I… Don’t have to answer that!”

Okay, let’s try it this way. I rewound to before Chibi spoke and said “Why’d you shout? There wasn’t any need to.”

“I... got kind of angry and soon,” She let out a internal breath, “I wanted to ask him out, is what I was trying to say.”

I smiled and pointed towards Chibi without saying a word.

“I.. think we’re going to need to talk a bit more back home…” Chibi muttered, slightly dazed.

“I’ll let you two go then,” I said walking away, motioning to Lucky to follow.

“Cya then.” The both muttered.

“Okay, See ya at the wedding, and bring some pictures of the kids!”

“Wait- What?”Ammy muttered before vanishing in a burst of light.

And that’s why I like messing with everyone I summon. “Okay, now let’s see if I can pull off a transformation spell,” I said, lighting my hands with the spell.

“So what are you going to turn into?” Lucky asked.

I slowed, going from two legs to four as the spell moved from my hand to my horn. “A white Celestia.” I opened the door to the portal to Lance’s world.

“Just remember, we have a press conference at four,” Sol said.

“I know, I’m just going to say hi to Lance and get the girls back.” I picked up the jug of moonshine I left next to the portal and stepped through into darkness. Shit. Oh wait, I have night vision.

I closed my eyes and pulled on the darker part of my magic, using it to improve my sight. Booyah! Max has light without light! “Lucky, grab onto my tail, I’m going to lead us out of here,” I whispered. “We need to be quiet if we’re going to sneak up on Lance.”

“Okay,” he whispered, grabbing onto the end of my tail.

I led him through the dark halls until I saw Lance talking to a golden bear. I stopped all but myself and Lucky and said, “Okay, now we’re good to talk. I’m going to put an illusion over you and that corner,” I motioned to a random corner, “And then I’m going to sneak up to Lance when he turns this way, see if I can try to get him to believe I’m his world’s Celestia.”

“I don’t get adult humor” Lucky shook his head.

I let time flow slowly, letting Lance know someone was watching him from the darkness before stopping it again and trotting around behind him. I covered his eyes and said in Celestia’s voice, “I think you need practice with sensing where someone is.”

I felt him smile and say, “Is that you, Max?”

“That mare you’re gonna marry? Nope, though I’d like to *hic* get her to try some of my sister’s moonshine.” I removed my hooves from his face and floated the jug up to his mouth. “Wanna try some?”

The Adept sighed. “No thanks… Also, even though you might know me… I was never properly introduced to Celestia… Plus, your energy is the same as hers, not like when I saw her briefly earlier today.”

“Aw, you had to see through my disguise that fast?” I said, a wave of gold magic flowing down me.

“To be frank, I never saw through your disguise. I could just feel your magic in the room.” Lance said. Turning around, he kissed me briefly on the cheek before remembering about Freddy.

Freddy blinked and glanced at Lance. “So this is her then?”

“Yes it is.” Lance said as he made his way to the bear. “Max, I would like you to meet Calvin, or as he’s known in his world; Freddy Fazbear. He was doing great with the kids earlier today.”

Freddy gave me a mock-salute and then turned back to Lance. “Oh hey before I forget, remind me to have a chat with your worlds Pinkie Pie about etiquette when dealing with sentient beings.”

“You mean with Kai? I’m sure she’ll be somewhere…”

He nodded. “Yeah. Kai, and every other one of the Pokemon that I’ve produced or led to the production of, all of them are sentient. I’m kinda miffed by one of them being shipped around like that…”

“Kinda figured they would be sentient and sapient,” I said. Lance himself sighed, trying his best to catch me up to speed on what they were talking about. It took some time, but soon, everything was explained to me. Now came the hard part.

“So… do you think Freddy can be a great uncle for the kids? They enjoyed being with him earlier. Especially Rainbow.” He asked as Kai brought the kids back into the room. Rainbow, immediately made her way to Freddy and jumped on his shoulder. “Teddy!!”

“Sure. Oh, that reminds me.” I turned to a corner and said, “Lucky, come meet your sisters and father.”

“Lucky?” Lance asked.“Wait… Did you adopt another child?”

“Maybe.... Yes. He barely survived being burned alive and I wanted to make sure there wasn’t another attempt on his life.”

Lucky appeared with a pop and Lance was surprised to see the youngling so quickly. “So… The girls now have a Brother? Not to mention Calvin as an Uncle."

“Yep. Wow, I just noticed that we’re going to have five children once our son is born.”

“Yeah… Hey Max, is our son…… well…… How should I put this…” He said before whispering the next part. “Human?”

“I went to the medical wing after I got ran over by a team of nine reindeer and a sleigh to see if our son was okay and the doctor said that he was growing too slowly to be a colt, so I guess that means that he’ll be human,” I said, walking over to Kai and picking up Golden.

Freddy put a paw to his chin in thought. "Still... I can't help but wonder which of you he'll take after. Time powers versus lightning septima and all. Or he'll get both..." Freddy looked up at the two. "Welp, the next generation's gonna destroy us."

“You got run over before you visited me?” Lucky asked.

“Hey Max? Mind if I come back to your world for a second? I need to take care of a couple of things.” He asked her as the rest of the girls joined them. “Oh and did you give Freddy the Wedding invitation?”

The golden bear shook his head. “I have been invited to nothing!”

“Well, lets take a moment to fix that. Max, do you have an invite?”

“I don’t have one for him, but I can get one of the ones with a blank where the name is,” I said. “I made several for those you want to invite and what was that about you wanting to take care of two things?”

“Well first, I wanted to send an invitation to my cousin, Sun Wukong, and ask him to be my best man. Second… I want to meet these ‘Reindeer’ that you told me about a few moments ago.” The Adept replied, putting his coat on. “Plus, the blank invite can work. I can write his name in there for him.”

“The reindeer have been taken care of. Yes they ran me over, but it didn’t hurt and they have already apologized. Besides, that happened last day.” I snapped and two scrolls appeared in my hand.

Lance took one of them and wrote Freddy’s name in there for him before handing it to the stuffed bear that the children saw as lovable. Afterwards, he told the bear that he was allowed to leave anytime he wished, especially if he was being serious about his talk with this world's Pinkie Pie. The Adept then sighed. “Still though, I wanted to make sure that this doesn’t become a repeat incident. I don’t want the word on the street being that ‘Grandmother got ran over by a reindeer’.”

“That was the headline for Equestria Daily this dusk. I liked the irony of them not knowing that’s the name of a song.”

“ …… Can I still come anyway before I say goodbye to the kids?” The Azure Striker asked.

“You can come through the portal whenever you want, that’s the reason we had it opened,” I dismissed.

“Can I have another sip?” Lucky asked, holding up the jug.

“Well, if that’s everything, then I’ll come with you for a minute before I have to go. Wanna make sure that Lucky is adjusting well to being with us beforehand.” Lance did bring up a good point.

“Sure, just don’t drink the entire jug. That’s the last until I find where Luna left her recipe.”

“What recipe?” came a curious Breezie that now entered the room and sat on Lance’s shoulder.

“The one for her moonshine. I’ve looked all in her rooms but haven’t found a secret panel, so I’m looking in my office.”

“Isn’t that Alcohol?”

“Not my Luna’s. It can affect breezies like alcohol, but for ponies it’s just a sweet, fruity drink. I think I read something about her finding out about it by experimenting with how dense she made moonlight,” I said, taking Luna’s diary out of my bag and flipping through it. Maybe that’s all it is, liquified moonlight?

“Right… So, shall we go?” Lance asked. “We don’t want to keep your Twilight waiting or anything like that.”

“Yeah... about that. I actually had her get all of her friends so they could work with their counterparts from here.” I put the book back in my bag and turned towards the portal.

“But they still don’t know about me… well, except for your Twilight. Maybe this’ll be the chance to meet them.” The Adept replied, now noticing Rainbow crawl on top of his head and poking at Lumen. Rainbow saw the act as playful, however, Lumen didn’t like the feeling of a huge hoof on her face.

“Rainbow, please stop poking your aunt.”

“Aww… Aunt Lumen so cute!!” Rainbow argued.

“You can cuddle her, though. Just make sure you don’t cuddle too hard,” I said, plucking Light from her flight.

Rainbow snatched up the tiny pony, hugging her and almost losing her balance. “Yay!” Lumen sighed, snuggling with Rainbow after she got use to her hugging her and realizing that there’s probably no way out of this. Kai decided to stay behind while everyone else went through the portal connecting Lance’s domain to mine. The Pokemon didn’t mind though. It gave him the chance to meditate in peace without any distractions… For a little while of course.

By the time that me, Lance and the kids had returned, Sol and Mun were waiting outside the doorway and expecting their arrival.

“You do know I won’t let you threaten my guests, right?” I asked, seeing the prince in the throne room. “I’d rather be known as a gracious host than someone with an over protective husband.”

“I understand that… I just want to assure that it doesn’t happen again-.”

“Ah, Madam Maxine. You have returned-.” came the voice of a familiar individual as he trotted over. Lance turned to see the Reindeer that had just entered the room, Antlers and everything. “Pardon me, but who is this?” He asked, pointing a hoof at him.

“My apologies Prince Rutherford, this is-” I started

“Daddy!” Rainbow interjected, plopping herself on top of Lance’s head and snuggling it. At the time, Lance noticed Rainbow holding a plushie doll of Freddy. He chuckled upon seeing that, but for the Reindeer, he was still confused.

“Come again?” the prince asked.

“My name is Lance Walker. Max is my fiancee.” The Adept told him.

“Lance heard about that little... ruckus last day and was concerned that it would happen again,” I said, rolling my eyes.

“Wait, so he was the one that ran you over-?”

“Unintentionally! I was just being escorted. My drivers though sometimes don’t pay attention and act like idiots from time to time if I do say so myself.” The Prince sighed at the last statement after the sudden outburst. But there was one thing he wanted a better understanding of first. “Still though, I heard you define Maxine as “fiancee”. Does that mean-?”

Lance nodded his head. “We’re getting married in a few months, yes. Only a few ponies know though, so for now, lets keep this between us.”

“My snot is sealed. Still though, congratulations to the both of you.”

“Why thank you… Speaking of which, I had an idea for the invitations Max,” The Azure Striker turned to face her while he was speaking. “Why don’t we include a family photo? We can take one in the garden if you want to simplify things.”

My eyes widened and I said, “Why didn’t I think of that? Yeah, let’s do that.”

“It’ll have to wait until tomorrow; there’s a press conference in twenty minutes,” Sol said.

“Twenty minutes? What for?” Lance asked, a little bit curious.

“Quill said something about letters asking if I was insane or wanting to expand Equestria,” I said. “And then there were the questions I read in the paper this dusk, so I had it scheduled.”

“What kind of Questions?” Lance said, “Besides, where is this even being held at?”

“Most were very similar and were pointed to what kind of ‘mare’ I was. It’s going to be in one of the ballrooms, I think.”

“Well, why don’t we do the photo by the Statues of Celestia and Luna? It’s on the way isn’t it?” Lance suggested. “Also, do you need me there for the conference or are you okay on your own?”

“No time to find a camera and get it set up,” Mun interjected, catching Light before she hit the floor.

“I really think we should postpone the wedding until next year. If only to ke- wait, what am I saying?” I stopped, rubbing my head in confusion. “When did I start caring that much about public appearance?”

“It happened gradually, I think,” Sol said.

“Hmm… Would you think the media would want to talk to Rutherford first beforehoof? Buy us some time?” Lance said, remembering the Prince’s presence in the room. “I believe they might have some questions for him as to why he’s here and what not.”

“I am actually taking a well deserved vacation. You have no idea what my brother is like,” The prince said. “But, I suppose I can do a few questions. Ah, I almost forgot; my brother would like to ally Reinia with Equestria.”

“We’ll have to work the details out later, but you can tell the reporters that you’re currently discussing it with me-” I caught myself and turned to Mun. “You’ve forgotten that I keep a camera in my bag at all times?”

“Well, I guess we have a gameplan then.” Lance replied confidently. “Come along now, kids. Show me the way.”

“Okay, daddy!” Taking the lead, Rainbow pushed against the throne room’s doors, struggling until I humored her and used Time to help her open it. The children guided both of their parents to the statues outside the throne room as they moved in a playful gallop with Light even flying a bit off of the ground using her wings. Rainbow even tried to join in on that as well. “Here we are!”

“Okay, come on! everyone gather around Celestia’s statue,” I said, handing my camera to a guard.

Lance joined them, the fillies in front of both of us. “Should Sol and Mun be in the picture too?”

“You have to ask?” She pulled the two over, making sure they were in the camera’s view. “Okay, now we’re ready!”

“Okay everyone, smile! One… Two… Three!” The camera flash went off with everybody in the room looking towards the guard. Soon Lance walked over with me towards the guard. “How did it turn out?”

“Good, except Grandmother put her fingers behind your head,” the guard replied.

Lance turned to me, who he saw was giggling to herself. “Was that Necessary? We are sending the photo with the invitations.”

“It was a family photo as well!” I defended. “Besides, I couldn’t resist doing it at least once.”

Lance facepalmed at the response. “Should we try one more or are you okay this?”

“Why not? It’s a good picture anyways.”

Giving it another look, Lance then sighed with a smile. “Yeah, I guess you’re right.” He then attached the picture to the second invite Max gave him before making a copy of the photo and giving it back to her. With that, he placed Sun’s name on the invitation and casted it into the void before returning to the kids. “You kids did great with the photo. Be good for mommy okay?”

“Kay, Daddy!” Rainbow said.

Lance smiled as he hugged Rainbow. “That’s my girl. Stay strong okay?”

“I will, daddy!” Rainbow replied. “Goodbye, Auntie Lumen!”

“I know you have things in your universe you need to do, but mine needs to know you, too,” I said, giving Lance a kiss on his cheek.

“I understand that, Max. But I don’t want a Panic to ensue because of it.” He looked at Lumen as they made their way towards the room that held the portal, leaving Max with a kiss on her Cheek to return the favor. “After all, Duty calls.”

“Dooty!” Light said.

“No, not that kind!” Lumen shot back.

“Actually, that was her first word.” I told the Breezie, using a finger to poke Lumen in the belly before going over to Light.

Lance’s partner now looked back at him with an exhausted expression. “I’m never going to get used to this now, aren't I?”

Lance chuckled. “Call me if you need anything else, okay Maxie?” With him seeing me nod my head, he walked through the doorway that would lead him back to his world before saying one last thing to me, looking at Light. “Kids sure do grow up fast now, do they?”

“They sure do. I just hope they don’t grow too fast.”

The Adept smiled, looking at her one last time before stepping in and fading away with Lumen. As they disappeared, Rainbow turned to me. “Mama?”

A tear made it’s way down my cheek as I picked Rainbow up and said, “He just has some grownup things to do, sweetie. He’ll be back before too long. I just hope he doesn’t miss a part of you girls’ lives.”

“When will he be back?” The filly asked. It was a good question. An honest question that some ponies would agree with. But Max just focused on being positive.

“He’ll be back when he’s done.” I hugged Rainbow, trying not to let my voice waver. I just hope it’s soon.

A few minutes later, I strode out onto a stage that had been set up in one of the ballrooms. “Let’s get this started,” I muttered before clearing my throat. “I know all of you have questions from the general public about what is going on, and I will do my best to answer all of them- why do I hear arcing electricity?”

I looked down at Lance’s token and noticed the purple lightning coming from it, striking the floor between the stage and the front row of seats. Three human forms appeared, the first was female, wearing a yellow trench coat, with black cargo pants, the second, a male, wore all black clothes with a smaller trench coat, and the last was pale, with a white trench coat.

“Wazzup peeps!? The names Time Spinner, got it memorized?” The white one said, then pointed to the others. “And these are Jubilee and Sylar!” The male sighed, and rolled his eyes, while the female seemed to be wiping blood off her clothes.

“Great, an Axel wanna-be,” I joked. “What’s next? You’re gonna pull out a pair of chakrams?”

‘Sylar’ growled, “Can I go Surge? I’ve been around too many heroes…”

‘Jubilee’ face palmed, “CAN WE JUST GET THIS MESSAGE OVER WITH!? I’VE GOT BRAIN MATTER IN MY HAIR!!!”

“Ugh, I know how hard it is to get that out. Had to bash in a cockatrices head back when I first arrived. Passed out after I did and woke up with its brain in my hair,” I said with a slight shudder.

Jubilee gestured to me, “Finally! Someone who get's me! I’m sick of y’all callin’ me a wimp…”

Time Spinner rolled his yellow and red eyes, “Anyway… Lance told me to tell you that he’ll be a while… He got… caught up in a… problem… I might have caused…” He chuckled nervously.

“And why is he cleaning up a mess you caused?” I growled through clenched teeth.

“Let’s see,” He started counting his fingers, “An endangered Displaced, War of Shadows is starting up, worlds colliding, possible loss of life on Equestria… Shall I name more?”

He was about to continue, until Sylar smirked, “Course, Lance never had a choice… This idiot kidnapped him and pretty much cut off all communication to you.” Time Spinner winced.

It was quiet in the room for a minute, everyone noticing the awkwardness and impending wrath in the air. “You did what?” I asked in a low, calm voice, pulling the numbers into view and freezing the ones attached to his powers.

“It was either a frying pan, or I used a sword. I didn’t have much of a choice! I was acting on time travel. It happened, so I did it… Plus I was bored… Kids a bit weird, I don’t see what you see in him.”

“And so was your downfall…” Jubilee remarked.

My eye twitched and a tunnel of black formed in the corners of my eyes as I surged forward, punching the sorrowful look off Time Spinner’s face hard enough to send him flying towards the doors close to half the speed of light. Before he could hit though, I caught him by the throat and threw him into the wall above the stage.

I slammed into him again as he fell, putting an even bigger dent in the wall. “You hit him over the head and kidnapped him!?”

Time Spinner groaned, “I was on a tight schedule… At least he’s alive…” He gave a cocky smirk, “Nice punch, I’ll overlook it if you ask nicely~”

I slammed my hand down over his throat, making sure he still had enough room to talk. “The same way you asked nicely?”

He choked a bit, then, “... I guess? Nah, I never was good at talking… Two more chances to let me go before I sic Sylar on you…”

I relented and tossed him out the doors, tearing them off their hinges and sending them flying off out two unlucky windows.

“Sol, Mun, if his lackeys so much as twitch towards us, give them a double dose of overcharged Hellbore,” I said as I lowered myself to the floor and started slowly stalking towards Time Spinner in his crater.

“Oh, you don’t want to do that~” Sylar said as he started glowing with radiation, “You may not die, but what’s to say this world won’t?”

Jubilee just walked away, not caring what happened. “Don’t call me a lacky! I never asked for this!”

“You might want to reevaluate your stance, Mr. Sylar,” Sol said.

“We weren’t made in any universe,” Mun continued.

“And we can think and act faster than any living thing,” They both said as their hulls turned their main guns towards him.

“I guess you don’t care for life… Just stop fighting…” He started levitating off the ground, “But, I do wonder what makes you tick… So, what’ll it be?”

“We have scanned you, and know your powers. You have nothing that would get through our combined might and barely anything that would protect you from our guns.”

“Then you missed the fact that I have a healing factor. I don’t need to protect myself. I guess it’s a stalemate.”

I reached down with my magic and pulled Time Spinner up right. “Now, I would like answers to my questions,” I said.

“If you asked, I’d’ve told you the answers. One more chance to have a civil chat instead of a brawl. What is it I can help your feeble human mind with?” Time Spinner mocked, patting my head as if I were a child.

I swatted his hand away. “Don’t you mock me. I’m going easy on you since I’m pregnant and don’t want to do anything strenuous. Why didn’t you give Lance a choice? And don’t give me that bullshit about ‘it happened so I had to’.”

Time Spinner’s face brightened, “Congratulations! I’d give you a present, but I don’t think I know you well enough… And as for the reason… I told you. I am a time traveler, and I get impulses to do things for fixed points. It's like when the Doctor goes to pompeii, and makes history happen. How he goes to that Equestria is getting hit over the head with a frying pan, then, a minute later, he, and everypony in his group who stayed to help, get’s summoned by Lee Connors to battle his Ex, which starts the Timey-Wimey-no-no zone. Can’t mess with that. Lance’s and Lee’s token’s get shut off, and no more summoning until the proper time… Did I mention that I’m happy for you? I’ve been talking too long, my family always said I do that too much.”

I glared at him before floating up to put my face in his and saying, “If my lover doesn’t come back to me healthy, you won’t be able to find a place to hide. No place, no universe, no time, will protect you from my wrath. And if he dies...?” I shook my head. “I’ll think of something.”

“Look, spoiler: he get’s out without so much as a scratch. It’s my Displaced you should be worried about… anyway, he’ll be fine, I promise. And if anything did happen, I’d heal him or revive him. Now, can you stop attacking me for no reason other than taking your lover for a couple days? Or are you going to throw me into another crater?”

I opened my mouth to give him a retort, but stopped. Again.... Why am I acting like this? I sighed and said, “I’m sorry, ever since Hurricane killed Celestia I’ve had a short fuse when it comes to family or someone that hurt my family.”

Time Spinner waved his hand dismissively, “I understand, which is why I gave you three chances to stop. I’ve gotten that way before, but the other guy didn’t make it out…” He chuckled, “Lance actually reminds me of myself… So many similarities. Of course, he’s way more serious than my liking…” He stopped, and pulled out a silver locket, he opened it, and looked fondly into it. “Family is such a fragile thing…”

I looked to Sol and Mun and nodded. They nodded back and powered their guns down. “I know. Maybe not as intimate as you, but I do.” I walked over to Sol’s hull and sat down, tears forming in my eyes. “I lost Celestia, I almost lost my daughter.... I-I don’t want to lose Lance.”

Time Spinner walked over to me, and surprised me by hugging me. “It never gets easier, but you’ll find comfort in the fact that he’ll be back in a few days… I’ve lost people too… a lot. And I’ve learned that it always gets better… Trust me…”

I closed my eyes and returned his hug. “Please, be his guardian angel. Protect him when he can’t, and makes sure he comes back. I-I don’t want to lose another husband.”

“Consider it done… And call me Surge if you want to, it’s my real name.” He started rubbing my back up and down.

I bit my lip and lightly pushed him away, an almost seductive look on my face. “Keep that up, and I might let you stay the day and keep me company, Surge.”

He gave me a deadpan, “Really? Ugh, you humans and your sex jokes… You’re taken, it’s just… wrong…”

“Lance and I have agreed to have an open marriage, so I can sleep with whomever I choose as long as he says I can. Anyways,” I glanced down at the rest of him, lingering on his privates like I could see his boxers. “I doubt you’d last longer than Gilgamesh.”

He backed up, “You- what!? Well, I never!” He crossed his arms, “I dislike you more and more! First you beat me, we have a heartwarming moment, then you try and seduce me, and now you’re joking about how long I can last! I’m a Displacer, I can do things even Discord couldn’t dream of! And I didn’t mean it like that!” His pale face was now beet red, “I’ve met some rude humans-”

“Like me.” Sylar cut in.

“Like him, but you take the cake… Ugh, I’ll still keep Lance safe…”

I giggled cutely and said, “Sorry, I like messing with everyone I meet. I am sorry about throwing you around, though.”

“He’s just cranky because he’s never done it before!” Yelled Jubilee. Surge glared, crossing his arms.

My face lit up in glee. “Oh, another virgin I can teach my skills to?”

“He just never got the chance to do it with his lover…” Jubilee said, and Surge smacked her upside the head.

“That’s it! Can we switch the subject!?” Surge growled, glaring at the teen.

“So you don’t want any of this?” I asked, letting my dress open and fully reveal the sparse metal barely covering me.

Surge yelped, backing up into a barely paying attention Sylar. Jubilee covered her eyes and started walking away, mumbling something about “Now I know what Eddie was talking about…”

The Displacer’s hands glowed, and my dress went back on me. “Please, I’m loyal to my lover, and why are you so adamant on this!?”

“What can I say? I like messing with others from different universes and their... eccentricities make it very interesting in bed. But I’ll stop messing with you.”

Sylar just shook his head and walked over to where Jubilee went. Surge was also shaking his head, but stayed put.

“I’ve Displaced more than twenty people, saved a whole universe -four times-, I’ve deceived millions and have three kids… And I get stunned by a crazy woman who’s all about messing with others… I hate humanity…” The Displacer sat down on a the ground, massaging his temples.

“At least you can change your gender at will.” I sighed, summoning a cushion for him. “I had no choice in the matter.”

He took the cushion and set it under him. “It isn’t as fun as you think. I’ve woken up forgetting who I was and being the other gender… That day still haunts me… I don’t really care about gender now.” He pulled out the locket again. “I hate being this… I’m not a pony, nor am I human. It’s a thing I’ve grown used to… Time travel isn’t as fun as you’d think either. So many people want to kill you for no reason, come to find out you blew up their house with fireworks, or slapping them with a fish because you thought they were a Timberwolf… That one was actually funny.”

“I think it’s a good thing I’m only Time’s master, then. I’d hate to come across something I have no recollection of, only to find out that I did it in my own future.”

“Meh, I’ve gotten used to it…” He opened the locket, “Took three lifetimes to master it. But I’ve seen everything I need too.”

“Well,” I stood up and held out my hand to Surge. “I have a conference to get back to and a country to run. I doubt you don’t have somewhen you have to be.”

“Yeah,” He took my hand and I pulled him up, “I’ve got stuff to do. And good luck with your family.” He turned and whistled. “Jub! Sylar! Get your butts over here!” He turned back to me, “Anything I can do? I’ve kinda made your… husband? Away from you… S’there anything you need, want, or wish you had? Information too.”

I thought for a moment, then pulled out my camera. “Well, how about a picture to start with?”

“With me?” He pointed at himself, then shrugged, “Sure. Want the others in it?”

“I was going to suggest it.”

Sylar and Jubilee arrived, and gathered with Surge. “You going to be in it?” He asked.

I handed my camera to Mun and slipped in between Sylar and Surge, putting my arms around their shoulders. “Okay Mun, take the shot.”

Right before the flash went off, I gave Sylar a kiss on his cheek. To which he jumped, and looked at me in surprise. Surge and Jubilee started laughing.

“The other things I would like are a model of Balthier’s ship from Final Fantasy Twelve that actually works, and the plans for it,” I said as I placed the picture into a scrapbook.

Jubilee glared at Surge, “You wouldn’t…”

“I would, and will. None of us were going to use it anyway, and I’d hate for your and Spanner’s work to go to waste~” Surge cooed, causing Jubilee to fall over. Schematics appeared in the Displacer’s hands, “These are the plans to it. I don’t know exactly how Jub put it together, but it holds out. I’ll have Sylar deliver it.” He handed me the plans. “Jube always had a way with machines.”

“Thanks, you guys are welcome here whenever you want to visit,” I gave Sylar a saucy look, “Especially you, handsome~....”

Sylar glared, and Surge rolled his eyes, “Trust me, the last one who got close to him was killed in their sleep. Dude doesn't know how love works. I don’t think we’ll be back anytime soon… But, if you meet any of my Displaced, tell them I said hi.” A list appeared, “I’ve got a bunch, and you never know.”

A vortex opened behind the group, and Sylar stepped through it quickly. Followed by Jubilee, who yelled, “Banzai!”

“I’ve got a war to start…” Surge whispered to himself as he walked towards the portal.

“Just make sure that war doesn’t follow Lance home,” I said.

Surge turned to me. “It’ll be in another universe. Don’t worry. And even if it did, he wouldn’t die. It’s a non-lethal war, like a game. I’d ask if you wanted to join, but…” He gestured to my stomach. “Safety first. Give your kids my regards!” As he said that, he jumped into the portal, and out popped a bunch of toys. A Venom action figure, a toy lightsaber, a teddy bear, a plushie of Pinkie Pie, and a book about Daring Do.

“I will!” I called into the portal just before it closed and revealed all the reporters standing in the ruined door frame to the ballroom. “.... Well, shit.”

Author's Notes:

These crossovers are brought to you in part by:
New Dawn
FrostTheWolf
Archon The Manic
and Bronyparasite

Next chapter will be an in universe Q&A. You can ask Max any question you want -- including about the future (Yes, I'm lifting my no spoilers ban for the next chapter only) -- and she (me) will answer truthfully. Remember though: it has to be In Universe.

I will not post another chapter for this story unless I get at least twenty-five questions.