Author's Notes:

Hello Kris here, hope you're doing well.

I would just say I have loved writing with Bronyparasite, and hope to do it in the future. (Hin, hint, war of Shadows, hint, hint)

But I hope you will enjoy our work and see you in the next chapter.

We slowly made our way through the dense forest heading towards Ponyville.

“So while we’re walking, what exactly do you want to drink… or do when we reach Ponyville?” I asked backwards at Jubilee.

“Well, there’s not much we Echo Displaced can do, but I’d like to try a milkshake from Sugarcube Corner, then I was thinking I could check up on how Silver is… I didn’t come here alone, a pony came with me… She’ll be waiting near the park, and she’s pretty patient. After we check on her, I was thinking of… Well, I guess I’ll improvise then on.” Jubilee shrugged.

“Ok, so… to Sugarcube Corner and get a milkshake and then check up on Silver, then improvise, got it.” I checked my watch and saw it was about midday, “And maybe have some cake if it isn’t too much trouble.” I could already feel my mouth watering.

Jubilee pointed up, “To Ponyville! Gentlemen, lead the way!” She started running up ahead, giggling like a schoolgirl.

I sighed and ran after her, she had a surprising speed, then I realised that she said Echo Displaced not just Displaced and began pondering on what that could be while running full on parkour through the trees.

We finally arrived in Ponyville, and ponies didn’t seem to care, or seemed friendly. Jubilee seemed to love this. Smiling and waving at random ponies as we walked the rest of the way to the sugar shop.

“Hi! Nice weather we’re having, right?” Jubilee called to a mint green mare with a lyre in her hands.

I froze when I saw the unicorn stare at us and remembered who she is… Lyra Heartstrings the human obsessed unicorn with an addiction on finding them, I just stood totally still and didn’t move… Ok, her vision is based on movements, so if I just stay perfectly still…

Lyra just looked at us, from one to the other and just turned and began walking away like nothing happened… though with her mouth agape.

“What’s her problem? I was trying to be nice! Oh well…” Jubilee sighed, but continued to say ‘hi’ or ‘good day’. We finally reached Sugarcube Corner, and Jubilee took a booth seat.

“Do they serve? Or is it like McDonald? Or is it a normal bakery?” She asked.

“I have no idea, but maybe it’s like la glace in Denmark… Yes I once travelled to Europe… and had cake in Denmark… and they serve.” I said.

Suddenly there was a pink blur and Pinkie Pie was standing at our table, “What kind of cake do you want?” She asked.

“Chocolate strawberry! I’ve been denied it for years! And now I don’t have Surge, Sylar, or my mother to stop me!” Jubilee cried, causing a stallion behind her to slap her with a newspaper.

“Can I have a slice of chocolate cake with white chocolate droppings and caramel sauce…” I looked at Pink… You know what I’ll just call her Pinks… Pinks that had a look at my face just to make sure she heard right.

“You know what? I’ll have a chocolate slice of cake, and strawberry milkshake… I’ve seen this place serve milkshakes before… Miss?” Jubilee pouted and crossed her arms.

“And could I have a chocolate milkshake please?” I asked as Pinks vanished in a blur, “So why are you making such a face? I didn’t do something did I?”

“No, I just thought she was staring at us a bit too intently… well, you too intently.” Jubilee shrugged, “It creeped me out, even when my Pinkie did it…” A sad expression appeared on her face, “Well, that was before… Nevermind… I don’t think you’d be interested...”

I looked at her with a curious look, “Before… what?” I asked trying to imply I was interested, “Why would you think that I wouldn’t be interested?”

She seemed surprised, “Not many Displaced care much about what happened… They were never interested…” Her sad expression only grew worse. “I haven’t been to my Equestria’s in years… My first one is locked off, and not even Time Spinner can go in to see his family… The second hates me, the third is…” She shivered, “Nothing I like to think about. The last one I got attached too… but… they were all killed… That whole universe was destroyed… Pinkie, Twilight, Rainbow… All of them died…”

I ran all the information through my mind, and at that the realisation hit me, “Oh.” I couldn’t say anything else, I could just sit there, but at last I moved my hand to hold hers, “You know what? I am on the brink of tears right here just by your description of it… so I can’t even imagine how you are feeling… But know I am here If you need me.” I put a piece of silver in her hand with the form of a small coin with a skeletal head on it.

“The pain… so much… pain…” Her eyes started to water, “I’ve never felt so much… pain…”

“It always hurts and it will forever, but you just have to live with it use it to make you stronger and in the end never forget it.” I felt myself let a few tears fall, “but no matter what you have to keep fighting. No matter what, never give up.”

Jubilee stopped crying. Only to start giggling, “You have no idea how funny that is… I can’t live with it!” Her giggling turned to full blown laughing.

“You are seriously giving me the creeps right now.” I looked around to see the ponies looking at us…

“I was there when that universe blew up… I’m just an Echo Displaced… A Displaced that died and was brought back only half as good as they used to be!” She giggled, “Funny the things that slip your mind…”

“Uh, Jubilee would you please take your voice down… I think you are scaring the rest of the patrons.” I nervously looked around.

Jubilee stopped, and looked around. Her smile faded, and she seemed to take on a whole other personality. A shy one.

“I-I’m s-s-sorry… I’ve b-been working on that…” She said, barely above a whisper.

I was just as confused as all the others in here… And then Pinks came back with our cake and milkshakes and everything went back to normal. “Jubilee, you are really confusing me right now.”

“When I died in that universe, my Displacer was distraught. He used an ability to bring back his Displaced, which was me. Know, I’m what he calls an Echo Displaced. I’m like a zombie or a vampire… Or frankenstein's monster… I was brought back, but I can’t disobey a Displaced… I’m stuck doing whatever you, or any others tell me, and I have no say in the matter… But I’m still real. I’m the same girl that got Displaced. I just… died once, that’s all!”

“Ok… So I could tell you to do something and you would do it no objections?... Good thing I'm not one of those guys who would use that against you.” I said.

She sighed, “Thank you. I’ve told people, and they’ve done the, ‘why are you hitting yourself’ joke… for hours, and hours… and hours.”

“God damn, those guys are some jerks, why would you make someone destroy their face for their own pleasure, I really hate them all of a sudden.” I had gotten a little bit angry at them… and maybe not just because they would do it…

“Don’t tell anyone, who knows what they'd do…” She took her fork and cut a piece off and proceeded to eat it. “Did Pinkie hear any of this?”

I looked around and saw Pinks behind the counter with a walkman… A walkman? Fourth wall breaking or what? “No, I don’t think she did.” I said as I began eating my cake too.

She nodded, “Kay… So! Anything about the war you wanna know? I don’t wanna talk about the echo thing...”

I thought about it for a sec, “I don’t know if I want to know anything… Ok… I have a question, how much help will Folty need? From me to be exact… Other than helping him as a commander and friend.”

Jubilee shrugged, “Depends on how many Displaced Lee gets to help him… which is a bunch… I’m actually joining Lee as a minor commander… The reason I’m joining him is because my rival Sylar is a minor commander on Folteren’s side.”

“So I’m going to be fighting other Displaced? Who exactly?” I asked wanting to know my enemies.

“Well, there’s little I remember… but, I think they have Alduiin the dragon king, Metal Sonic, Liberty Prime, Sam Aran, Deathwing, the Powerpuff Girls, Jason Hughes, Delta Guardian Zinnia, E-102, etc… It’s a lot, I know…”

“I feel so fucked right now… And it feels great! I have never felt so alive!” I said as I lowered my voice a bit, “Liberty Prime? Fallout 3, I loved that game… though there is some I don’t know like, Jason and E-102… Other than that I’m pretty sure I know everyone… or at least the one they got Displaced as.”

“Jason is Ben 10, you know, the shapeshifter who can turn into aliens? And E-102 is a robot from Sonic the hedgehog… I’m kinda scared about the other side though… you know, the ones you’re with…” Jubilee shuddered.

“Eh, it’ll be fine.” I dismissed, “But my side is kinda fucked… before it began, though if Folty was a bit more of a social guy, we would have more men… other than an army of stupid battle robots…”

“Oh… Um… Yeah, about that… he’s got more than that. He has a Zerg Broodmother called Marsara, a psychopathic robot called Chaos Jenny, Evil Cole MacGrath- who can turn into the Beast, Maximillion Pegasus, and an army of Sith Pinkie’s… I’d say Lee’s pretty screwed...”

“Well, if you put it that way… Wait, we have an army of sith Pinkies?” I almost choked on the piece of cake I had in my mouth, “Are you serious?!” I asked after having coughed a bit.

“I think he cloned Pinkie, and since she’s his granddaughter, she had the force. He used the mirror pond to clone her…”

“Oh, the pool… That explains the Pinkie army… And Cole *squee* MacGrath?” I just couldn’t contain my inner fanboy.

“Yeah, he’s pretty spot on… He’s funny, but a bit sadistic… He has all the powers of the second game, even the Beast part.” Jubilee smirked, “What? Are you an InFamous fan?”

“If it wasn’t obvious enough yes, yes I am… *squee* I am going to fight along Cole MacGrath *squee*” I was too far into fanboying to stop.

Jubilee giggled, “He is pretty cool… be careful though, he’s a bit off his rocker after Time Spinner… well… Displaced him. Just stay out of his way or wear rubber, he’s a berserker.”

“I have been hit by Lightning multiple times so don’t worry… It was even within the same two minutes.” I said as I rubbed a sore spot on my back that would never go away.

“Anyway, there are more, like a Nightingale, but I don’t know much about them… I think Time is going to bring in Metroplex for Lee… But I think he has a way to even it out with CJ’s mechanical building…” She leaned closer to me, “I think she’s gonna make Trypticon… Don’t tell anyone.”

“... The heck is Trypticon?” I asked as I scratched my head.

“Ever play Transformers? Or watch the old TV show? Trypticon is a giant Decepticon that is on equal footing with Metroplex.”

I gave her a deadpan look that said ‘No I had no money for it’ “I have never seen or played Transformers… Only heard of it.”

Jubilee sighed. “Wow, you know all these things, but the one of the few things Hasbro has made that is cool you don’t have a clue… I guess you’ve never seen My Little Pony G4?”

“I have at least seen that… Or I would be blind to this world… And that was only by accident… I just scrolled through my channels… when I had enough for a little tv for my small apartment and saw that show wondered and researched… Never really got caught by Transformers though.” I was a little awkward about it… But hey, I just never got caught by it.

“Geez… I found the show after watching Transformers Prime… Okay, simple explanation. Transformers are a race of living robots that change into electronics like cars, trucks, airplanes, space shuttles, etc. Except the few interesting ones like: Beast Wars were the Transformers turn into animals, Unicron who transforms into a planet that eats other planets, Metroplex and Trypticon who turn into cities, the Dinobots who turn into dinosaurs, Insecticons who turn into giant bugs, etc. Got it?”

I just took the explanation in without question, “Ok, I wish I saw Transformers… But hey, I can still do it, with just a little chaos magic and I will have a tv that can watch all of it.” I ended it with a small maniacal laughter just to finish it off.

“Just don’t watch G2, G1 was the best even after the movie… I cried at during that one…” Jubilee giggled, “Don’t judge, I was eight and I hated what they did… The newer movies sucked though, too many retarded jokes…”

“And by retarded jokes you mean?...” I never really saw much tv or watched many movies… Too much training.

“It was just stupid… Jokes about sex, in the second one of the characters was walking around with his pants down, the main human was an asshole who hogged up the movie and was overrated, in the first one the director killed a fan favorite just to mess with fans… fourth wasn’t too bad, and the MLP reference was to die for, I mean, a Rainbow Dash plushie transforming into an assault rifle! That was cool!”

“Well, now I have something to look forward to… But no spoilers.” I said now really wanting to check out Transformers. “So wanna’ check on Silver soon? Since we are both done with cake and milkshakes.”

Jubilee nodded, “Yeah… Tell me what you thought of the G1 Movie when the war comes around, I’ll be the one who picks you up.” She stood up, bringing the tray to the counter. “Thank you, he’ll pay.”

I walked up to the counter, “So how much?”

“About ten bits.” Pinks said happily.

I pulled out my bag of bits and took twelve bits, “Keep the rest.” I said as I put the money on the counter and walked out with Jubilee.

It didn’t take too long until we got to where Jubilee said Silver was. Jubilee ran over to a brown-ish orange-ish mare with a white mane. What looked like a wrench adorned her flank, and her silver eyes were new. She was on all fours and looked like the normal show instead of Anthro.

“Inconceivable!” She yelled in anger, “This is the fifth time it’s broken down!”

“Hey Silver Spanner! Over here!” Jubilee called over. Silver Spanner looked over to us, a look of relief written over her face. She galloped over to where we were, and hugged Jubilee’s leg.

“This world is awful! Three girls keep trying to get their cutie marks in…” Silver shuddered, “Grooming…”

“Ah, the Cutie Mark Crusaders is on the loose… move a bit to your left, about two meters.”I said with a serious look.

Silver whipped her head in that direction, and Jubilee gave it a glance.

“They are trying to capture you so move two meters to your left… Now.” I said trying to save her from the impending doom of the cutie mark crusaders.

Silver moved three meters to the left and in just that moment a net fell over the spot she just stood on. Silver jumped, and Jubilee’s eyes widened.

“The heck?” The Echo said.

“I guess it’s kinda like Pinkie’s sense… So don’t question it.” I answered.

“Not that! Where the heck did the net come from!?”

“The tree right over there.” I pointed to a tree almost right over us.

Jubilee looked in that direction, “Okay, who’s up there!? I have half a mind to call your families about animal abuse!” Silver glared at Jubilee, clearly offended. “And this isn’t yours, she’s mine.”

After those words were spoken, Spanner glared harder. “I am not your pet…” She mumbled.

Also after those words three ‘awww’s came from the tree and out came the Cutie Mark Crusaders, looking a bit down over the failed cutie mark quest.

“We’re sorry...”

“We didn’t mean to offend…”

“Sorry for that…”

Jubilee smirked, “S’okay, I did something like that once… I’m Jubilee, and you must be the C.M.C. I’ve heard about… Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, right? Your reputations precede you young troublemakers.” Her smile only grew.

“I’m Edward and I will be staying in town for a few weeks… Jubilee just came here to visit for a bit… And she is quite right, your reputations do precede you, though we may have heard some different things.” I smiled my own smile as well.

Jubilee’s hands sparked, “You girls like fireworks?”

“Yes, we do, miss.” They all said… even I said it… just for the jokes.

Jubilee’s face turned mischievous, and threw her hand in the air. A blast of colorful energy went up, and exploded like a normal firework, but more colorful.

“Then you’re gonna love this!”

She did the same with the other. Again and again she sent up energy, not stopping for a second. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were in awe, and Jubilee seemed to be having fun herself.

She sent both hands up, sending a huge energy blast into the air. It exploded, causing a massive fireworks display. It was the biggest I’d ever seen, and it ended up making more and more, seeming to never end. But after a minute, it ended.

“And that’s how I do it!”

“Wow, I just… Wow.” I said sounding a bit like an idiot, then out of nowhere I pull out a horse mask and put it on, “I love it!”

“She’s been working on it for a day… I’ve seen better from her…” Silver said.

“I never said it was my best work, I just can’t remember what else I’ve done… So! Eddie said he liked it, but I’d like to know how ponies see it… What’cha think?” Jubilee asked the Crusaders.

The three fillies were just sitting there looking at Jubilee in awe of what just happened, “How did you do that?” the three of them asked simultaneously.

“I guess you’d say I have a gift, others say it’s a curse. I’m a mutant, and I create these,” Her hand sparked up, “Just like a Unicorn can levitate… Though, I can say for a fact it isn’t all perfect. I mean, who likes it when they get something they want, then it blows up in their face! It’s awesome, don’t get me wrong, but it isn’t all sunshine… I got nothing...”

“And that was lesson one of non-magical powers, now go try to find your cutie mark.” I said as they sped off to try something else, “And don’t spy on us!” I yelled after them, then hearing three ‘aww’s in the distance.

“Aren’t you going to adopt the orange one?” Jubilee asked.

“I want to make sure she is an orphan or not, so patience everything will have it’s time.” I said with an impersonation of an old wise sensei.

“I’m curious now… In my fourth world, Scoots wasn’t one, in the first one, she was made by a mad scientist. But in Folteren’s and a couple others, she is one… I just don’t get it. The multiverse confuses me sometimes… You like Fallout 3?” Jubilee changed the subject, “I’ve been to a Fallout Equestria before… It was badass!”

“Yes I like Fallout 3… Because when I first got a phone I found the thing called Youtube and began watching a lot of play throughs on different stuff, the one I liked the most was the Fallout series… And you’ve been to a Fallout Equestria! You have to show me someday!” I began fanboying again.

“Yes… When Equestria doesn’t have nukes! Give them a magic bomb with radiation… Turns out ponies and zebras don’t like each other very much…”

“I read it… By buying the hardcover books from a website… then read Horizons on Gdocs, I know they hated each other… Hated and hated wanted something the other one had.” I said.

“Well, be careful if they hate each other here… This might be a Fallout Equestria waiting to happen.” Jubilee sighed, “I don't have much more time… Anything you wanna do before I go?”

“Well… No… But… Nah… Ah… Nope… No I have nothing… Even my chaos magic has nothing so I guess this is goodbye for now…”

“I say see you later, cause that’s what I’ll do! Oh, I’m guessing you’ve got my token, right?” She held up her red shades, “Looks like these.”

For comedy I pulled out a girl’s handbag and looked through it, looking for a red pair of shades… Finding no- ow, I was hit in the head by a pair of red shades falling from the sky. “Yes now I have your token… These tokens really know when to pop in.” Unannounced I thought the last part.

“Well… I’ll see ya bro!” She yelled as a vortex opened up under her and Silver.

“Shit!” Yelled Silver.

“I thought this was only supposed to happen to Lee!” Jubilee screamed as they fell. The vortex was closing, and I was about to be left alone again… Was that brain matter on the ground?

I quickly ran over to the not yet closed holes and yelled in, “You talked to the human crazy mare Lyra by the way…! She’ll be after me now!”

The reply I heard made me laugh, “I don’t give a fuck! I’m falling!”

I laughed for a bit as the vortex closed and then I walked away from there with a smile on my face and a happy feeling in my gut.

When I got back to the hotel I entered my room and took a piece of paper and a quill.

To Miss Maxine Caulfield.

Hi Max I hope you’re doing well… I was just wondering if I could fly an airship… Since I read that you were making one… That is though apparently not directly connected to my magic which means resting for me, but still it would be nice if I could get to fly one again.

From Captain Edward Kenway.

Then I threw it into the air and a hole appeared and sucked it in.