Bryce honestly, did not want to stop his mental conversation with Luna. They had some minor fun in his mind, and got off to a great start. If that wasn't something, they he was unaware of what was. But still, he was now sitting on his bed, with Celestia, Luna, and Blueblood in his room as the three changelings were dragged away to the dungeon. Bryce wouldn't admit it, but he got lucky enough to have another one of those moments, where Jayce showed him how to use the Hammer.

Now the trio stood before him, Blueblood looking at Bryce with new wonder, considering he had just knocked out three changelings like flies to a flyswatter. Celestia, was pinching the bridge of her muzzle while Luna had her arms crossed and grinning. Bryce was definitely glad he put his clothes back on. “So… Let me get this straight… You were in your room… woke up to three changelings inside there and then just blasted them?” Celestia asked him, finally removing his fingers from her face.

"Yes, Princess." He answered with a smirk. Celestia rolled her eyes at his formal attitude. Luna chuckled alongside Blueblood. “Luna sensed an illusion spell in my room while I was asleep. Earlier when I fought ‘em, they had some sort of illusion going on, so I made a connection. Luna woke me up in the nick of time, honestly.”

Luna shook her head at the praise. “You are most welcome, Sir Bryce.” She replied earnestly, giving him a smaller smile. “We’re sorry about the disturbance in your rest, yet also happy the wards in the castle worked.” Luna was surprised when Bryce waved her off with a grander smile.

“No worries Luna. And please, none of that Sir on me. I ain’t that old.”

Luna giggled from his response, only to cease it and follow the actions of everyone else in the room, when a flash happened outside, seen through the window in Bryce's room. Curiosity and awareness flooded the room as they all looked out. Then Bryce's face changed to one of a blank stare as he picked up the Mercury Hammer and sighed. “I swear if I see one more god damn changeling…”

Celestia and Luna nodded at each other. Celestia turned to Blueblood, who tugged on his jacket, and gave them a raised brow. "What? You think I would sit this out? No offense Auntie, but fat chance. I'm coming with you." This got smile's all around, and Bryce found himself gaining more respect for the noble. Celestia snapped her fingers, and the group teleported outside to the gardens. A twist of the handle, and the Mercury Hammer switched to the Mercury Cannon, the light on his shoulder turning blue, surprising his party. He looked back and smirked. "What? You think this thing is just a simple hammer?" He said with a cocked grin. The trio of royals rolled their eyes, and the party continued forward under the cover of night.

They eventually saw a silhouette, standing alone in the darkness. As they approached, they turned to the group, eyes staring at them curiously. Then a male voice spoke. "Eris..."

Bryce responded in kind. "Who the fuck is Eris?" He answered gruffly, glaring at the figure as he aimed the cannon. "Anyone got a light?"

The figure responded in kind before the princesses or their nephew could reply, the figure summoned a rune above their head, lighting up the area. “Does that count?” The figured, clad in belts and an outfit Bryce never saw before, and strange tattoos on his arms answered. THe mixed reactions were to be expected. Celestia and Luna each looked to the rune with wide eyes, while Blueblood and Bryce looked to the human before them with two different degrees of shock. Blueblood's was mild, while Bryce's was...

“Woah! Holy mother of-I nearly shot a kid!” He said, dropping the Mercury Cannon as his mind raced.

The human however, dissuaded him from that. “I’m not a kid. I was 18… if you don’t tack on the seven years I was encased. Then I would be 25.” He answered, looking right at Bryce, making him freeze. “Well, I guess we should introduce ourselves. Ladies first.”

Celestia and Luna bowed their head to the human, shutting their eyes as Celestia introduced them. “I am Celestia, Princess of Equestria and Diarch of the Sun. This is my sister, Luna, my fellow Princess and sister, and Diarch of the Moon.” Both princesses smiled as they stood up straight after the introduction.

“Well, I am Nicko Nocte. Rune Slayer and Displaced. If that counts as a title… but whatever. There’s still some differences I need to get adjusted to between here and there.”

“Pardon us, but could you define here and there?” Luna asked, picking up on what he said swiftly, and tilting her head with curiosity. THe human before them sighed, politely.

“Certainly, but to understand it a little. I might need to pick your brains a little… Figuratively, I might add. Not actually.”

Bryce, finally controlling his nerves, rubbed his chine before he picked the Mercury Cannon out of the grass and twisted the handle in a certain way, watching with a smirk as it collapsed in on itself until it was in Hammer form again. He then stuck the butt of the pol in the ground and grinned, leaning against it. “Fire away! I’m just giddy to see I’m not the only human! Just got here earlier today.” He said, his grin turning to a genuine smile.

“Well, this may be a bit of a surprise for you then.” Nicko said to him. “There are others, but they’re not here. They’re like me. They’re Displaced.”

“And what does that term mean, Sir Nicko?” Luna asked before anyone else could, crossing her arms again. The grin NIcko gave them told Bryce that he wasn't gonna like the answer.

“Displaced means Dimensionally Misplaced. According to the Multiverse theory, they’re are multiple versions of Equestria. Some with differences that could range from small to big. Where I’m from, Celestia doesn't have a little sister, but a little brother named Artemis.”

'Aaaaaand there it is. Figures I ain't the only one to end up like this.' Bryce thought to himself. Blueblood, finally got his own question in. “But what other proof do you have that shows your speaking the truth?” Blueblood asked, a cautious expression on his face. nicko answered with a smile, first.

“Remember when you asking me who was Eris. Well, maybe you should meet her.” And then, just like that, a strange being that Bryce had never seen before came out of Nicko's body. She, whatever she was, was a mix-match of creatures from what he could tell. Celestia and Luna seemed to recognize who or what she was themselves, and grew cautious, while Blueblood's eyes shot up in surprise. Nicko, however, did his best to calm them with a few gestures.

“Easy there. She’s a friend of mine and my companion. We’ve been through a lot together and where I’m from, she’s Discords daughter.” The princesses frowned, still a little weary of Eris. Blueblood was rubbing his chin in curiosity, while Bryce? Scratching his head. Again. 'What. The hell? Who the hell is Discord? This is his daughter....She seems nice enough.' He thought to no one in particular.

He just resumed scratching his head and trying to take it all in. Magic. Being sent to Equestria. The changelings. He replied to Nicko either way. “Well. That kills my mood. So there’s more like me, and now I’m a Displaced? What a day….Oh, crap. I almost forgot. The name’s Bryce, by the way. Pleasure to meet you both.” He then gave a grand smile and extended a hand to Nicko.

Nicko shook it firmly. “Same here, Bryce. We should continue this conversation inside where there’s a bit more light. I don’t want to burn all of my mana by keeping this rune up.” He then started shaking his foot, gunk flying off of it. “Oh yeah, you might want to take that Changeling right there into custody. It’s unconscious, but I think I might’ve stepped on it and popped one of it’s arteries on accident.”

Upon noticing the changeling that he had apparently been standing on, the entire time, and the blood pooling from it, Celestia shot several signal flares from her horn, calling for a medic and guards. The arrived just after Eris entered Nicko again, and tended to the changeling before taking it away. Blueblood yawned, and then pardoned himself with a small smile, claiming that they day court had run him dry, and left to get some sleep.

As Blueblood left, the group made their way to the Hall of Elements. Bryce had yet to have been in this area of the castle. Not that he minded. He enjoyed it so far, especially the stained glass windows, which seemed to tell a story... “So, do you have any other questions?” Nicko suddenly asked, snapping Bryce back to him and the others. Before Bryce could get a word in however, Celestia did.

“I have one, if I may.” She began. “If what you say about there being multiple dimensions is true, then how were you able to travel to ours?”

“Ah yes, a very good question if I do say so myself.” The Rune Slayer answered her. “Well, the thing with each Displaced is that they each have something called a summoning token.” NIcko reached into a pocket, and tossed something to Bryce. The new Displaced quickly caught the item and inspected it. A rune. How ironic. “That one is mine, A Mark of the Rune Slayer. As I was saying, different Displaced have different Tokens and either you can summon them to you or you can summon yourself to them; either on your own or accidentally get pulled in like a magnet.”

This got Bryce's attention. So he already had a mark that was sent out across the multiverse. Though, what it could be, he had no idea what so ever. Luna however, wanted to know more than he did, asking before he could get a word in. Again. “And what kind of token did you find to bring yourself here?”

At this point in time, Eris took her leave of Nicko's body and appearing behind Luna. Bryce blinked as she pulled the old magic trick, "Behind your ear," Before floating something extremely familiar to Nicko. He recognized it immediately. A deep blue tear dop the size of one's thumb, with a strange, darker blue marking on it. 'A tear of the Goddess. You gotta be FUCKING kidding me!'

Nicko held the token out as he explained it's presence. “This lead me to here. A little bit of magic channeling lead to me opening a doorway that brought me here once I entered. Next thing I know, I’m in your garden.”

Bryce took a moment before chuckling as he looked at Nicko's mark. "Figures that would be my mark. Was considered as a well recommended item in the game my hammer and outfit come from. It's a Tear of the Goddess. It's a mana regeneration item, but with a second ability. No idea if that one has it, but for every spell cast, the Tear grows stronger, giving the bearer a larger mana pool." He explained before looking back to Nicko.

The sisters were extremely curious at Bryce;s explanation of the item. Though Bryce did not know it yet, such item's were truly rare and considered extremely valuable for their capabilities for unicorns. Or just for show. "Again. This is all new to me. Like I said, I got sent here earlier today. By a frickin' moogle too." Bryce finished as he made to give Nicko his token back.

“I understand man. Oh and keep the token. You can use it to summon me if you’re in trouble or anything like that.” The Rune Slayer reassured him. Bryce chuckled and pocketed the token. I’m also curious about something else. How do you fight with that weapon of yours?”

Bryce blinked. Once. Twice. Then, he explained the abilities and capabilities of the Mercury Hammer/Cannon Form, about what the abilities did, and about the Hextech Core inside the hammer that allowed for it to be lighter while it shifted itself. Course, what he didn't say was that for some odd ass reason the hammer was nearly as light as a feather. Maybe weighed about a pound. Weight, but not an uncomfortable one by a long shot.

Luna, looking for a change in subject, brought up a fine point.“I’m curious on one thing, Nicko. What kind of magic do you use?”

“Rune Magic.” He answered her.

“I’m sorry. Did you say Prune?” She asked for clarification. Bryce facepalmed.

Nicko shook his head in denial. "Rune. With an R." He said, conjuring a smaller version of the rune from the garden in the palm of his hand.

Bryce, curious as ever, set his hammer on the ground and walked closer, leaning over and staring at the rune. “Huh. Kinda like Riven’s sword from League, though in a magic form…” He then shook his head and backed off. "But, that was just her weapon.”

Celestia did her own examination of the rune, humming with curiosity as she inspected it. Soon enough, she smiled gently and backed away as well. "It explains how you summoned the light, Nicko. Though we do not have that here.” She suddenly giggled as a thought came to her. “I am glad my student is in Ponyville. She would be bombarding you with over a thousand questions right now.” Luna chuckled at the remark. Bryce was wondering who the fuck she was talking about exactly.

“I see what you mean. The Twilight in my world would do the exact same thing. In my world though, they did have that magic. But it was an old sorcery that was thought to be lost with the death of Starswirl the Bearded. But I can do more than just conjure runes.” Nicko replied.

This got all their attention back on him, but mainly the two royals in the room. . "Oh? And what more can you do with such magic?" She asked him, slowly locking her fingers together to try and contain her excitement at the prospect. Nicko gave a small smile, and looked to the silent Eris. The Draconequus formed what seemed to be full on transparent cube in her forelimbs, before it suddenly covered the entire room.

Eris started to explain herself before the princesses freaked out. “Calm yourselves, my dear princesses. It’s just a containment spell. That way, we don’t accidentally damage anything within the Hall of Elements.”

Celestia smiled at the thought the two visitors put into the gesture, slowly calming down alongside Luna. . "Sorry. Our Discord has been reformed and all, but even his spells still make my sister and I jumpy." While they conversed, Bryce had picked her hammer back up and was leaning against it again, the biggest shit eating grin on his face.

"I can't wait. If the Tear has its abilities, then it'd be a good thing for you to keep on ya, Nicko. More mana, and less time for it to take in coming back." He explained in a small reminder.

“Tempting, but I’ll pass. Anyways, my runes can take many forms. For example, I can conjure them to have them Detonate as an explosion, have them form blades of magic, slow down my opponents passively and form fire. In addition, I can enhance my powers for a brief amount of time using Phoenix Talon. Of course though, thanks to the teachings of a fellow Displaced named Ryu, he taught me how to use my powers in multiple methods. Diversity can lead to Mastery.”

TO further explain/demonstrate his skills with his runes, Nicko used them on his feet, and went from one end of the hall to another, definitely impressing Luna and Celestia. Bryce let out a low whistle.

And then went on to shake his head as he started to get a headache again. All these god damn magics, and he still wasn't used to it. "Sheesh, Nicko. You could probably hand it to me in a fight, even IF I knew how to fight with this." He said, tapping his Mercury Hammer. "But please do go on. What else can you do?"

“Quite a lot of things, but it all relates to how I use my Mana. Additionally, I have a trump card for if a fight is dragged out too long, but that’s in extreme cases.” He explained in response. “Additionally, there’s the passive ability of mine called The Way of the Sword, which in return refers to the spells I cast and the attacks I do.”

Eris suddenly summoned two clones of Nicko. One was light blue, and the other a dark red. Bryce raised his brows as this happened. “The one on the left is when I obtain the Aura of Vitality, which in turn means that it’ll take less mana for me to cast spells and restore mana over time. On the right, there's Spirit of Destruction. An enchantment that adds more strength to my attacks and can also stagger opponents if they try to hit me. However, these enchantments don't last long, but are useful in emergencies.”

As the trio encoded what he just explained into their minds to fully understand it, Luna rubbed her chin as she made a connection. "Hmmm. It reminds us of the spells unicorns in the guard are taught when supporting a group of their fellows. Though, they can only cast and keep up one spell like this at a time, and each spell has only one effect. Concentration is key in that field."

Celestia nodded. "Indeed, Luna. While such spells so not require too much aptitude, they need to be constantly maintained in a battle, and the amount of strain on the user increases for every other the caster is lending power to."

Bryce chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Wow. And I thought spell casting was easy for you all."

“Like with anything, it takes time. I learned my abilities through my skill book. I bet you’ll become accustomed to your skills once you know how to control your weapon.” Nicko explained to the newly displaced human. “You can probably use both forms of your weapon to assist you in more ways than one. Like launching yourself forward for a boost of speed with your cannon.” Bryce deadpanned, and soon gave off an expression of pure agony as he realized he was right. If he fired off a charged shot and launched himself through an Acceleration gate....He wouldn't wanna be the poor shmuck he hits with the hammer...

Nicko chuckled as he saw the expression on Bryce's face. “Uh, Nicko. I hate to ruin all the fun, but we gotta go back.” Eris told him. “Faith and Yuri are probably waiting for us for Dinner.”

“Ah crap, you’re right.” Nicko responded with, having looked at a nearby grandfather clock, seemingly surprised by the time. “My apologies for having this meeting be cut short. I got places to go and people to catch up with. Turns out, I have a niece who’s stuck in the same situation as I am.”

“Alright, safe travels to both of you!” Celestia said, wishing them well. Using one of Nicko's tokens, theduo opened up a portal in the room.

“You too. Oh and Bryce, if you need any help at all, go ahead and summon us. I’ll be glad to assist.”

"Same here Nicko! Maybe when you call I'll have a few tricks to show off! By the way! What's your niece's name?" Asked happily, and curiously as he stuck his hand out for one final shake.

“Her name is Faith.” The Rune-Slayer answered, before he vanished into the portal with Eris. As he did, the containment spell faded, leaving the human and the princesses in the Hall of the Elements. Bryce, rubbed the back of his head and sighed. Luna copied that sigh, shaking her head.

“Well, I think I speak for everypony when I say that we should catch up on our sleep.” Celestia said, smiling. Luna chuckled.

"Yes sister. And we must get back to the Night Court!" She said, turning, with a nod to Bryce, and left.

The human nodded back before he set his hammer on his shoulder and smirked. "I'm gonna go get some fresh air before I go turn in again Celestia. Need to clear my head. It's been a long day for me." The princess nodded and left the Hall. Bryce soon followed, and made his way outside, back to the gardens, and looked at the night sky. "Displaced huh.....What a fucking concept...."

Author's Notes:

Welp! First crossover done! Though, to be honest, it was done awhile ago. I had shit to do though. So thi was done with Frostthewolf for my story and his newest one, Of Magic and Machines

I sincerely urge you guys to look at his stuff, it's all glorious, action packed, and over all a great read!