I was walking down the street. It was a calm afternoon. Birds were chirping, flowers were blooming, and there was a small charm to the day that just made it feel good. It’s the little things in life I guess. This good feeling was then interrupted by the sound of a child screaming. I instantly bolted towards wherever the sound came from. I reached the edge of the Everfree Forest and I saw Dinky being cornered by a large timberwolf. There were other timberwolves of lesser size surrounding the area, waiting patiently for their cut of the meat.

My rage erupted at the sight. I swung my fist back as I shouted, “Hey you! Why not try this instead!? Gum Gum Pistol!” The move impacted the alpha’s head which caused it growl. Getting the message, the lesser wolves howled as they charged at me. I covered my fists in haki as I proceed to deliver a series of techniques to the beasts. “Gum Gum Gatling!” The lesser wolves were easily broken apart, but not without some wounds on my part. Some of those wolves got a lucky bite or two. When the lesser wolves were dealt with, I turned my attention to the alpha, who now ignored the child and turned his attention to me. “You want me?! Come get me!” The alpha snarled wildly as it lunged at me. I flipped backwards and once I landed, pressed on my legs and said, “Second Gear.”

I moved to the beast’s side and hit it with several swift punches. The wolf slid a few inches before whipping it’s head in my direction. It tried to pounce on me, but I ducked under it and kicked it in the stomach. Once it landed, it spun around and howled. Seconds later, I felt something clamp around my legs. I shouted in pain and looked down to see the wolves were back in one piece and biting me.

“Damn, if they keep doing that this is going to take forever,” I muttered. A gleam caught my attention and I threw my arm out. I felt my hand wrap around something metallic. I pulled my arm back and looked at the item. In my grasp was a red gear with a blue arc reactor in the middle.

My name is Jacob, but you may know me better as Iron Man. I am a prankster, warrior, an inventor, as well as a pal. If your intentions are good and you hold love in your hearts, I will be there to help you. If you need a shoulder to cry on, a partner in a mission, someone to talk to, or an ally in battle, just clutch this gear and call for my aid!

“I could use a little help Jacob. These things are more troublesome than I thought,” I said.

About three minutes after I said this, a blue portal opened. At first, nothing came out, but I could hear voices. An aged, yet cheerful voice said. “So, remember the introduction, right?”

“Um, nope,” replied a more feminine and bubbly tone. Something about it sounded familiar.

The male sighed. “Fine then, Jarvis, go to my playlist and hit ‘random’.”

A more gentle and refined tone replied. “At once sir.” A certain song then began to play. While it played, three figures walked out of the portal. The first and leader was a man in a black suit. He had a red bow tie that was hung loosely as he was holding a cane that had a blue orb on it. Said blue orb glowed with a powerful light. There was also a golden pocket watch in his right pocket. The second figure was a quadrupedal pegasus with a fluffy yellow mane as well as a white coat. The cutie mark was three purple balloons with flaming strings. The final one of the trio was a gentleman with trimmed black hair, red eyes, a monocle, a cell phone playing the song, as well as a dark suit. He looked human, but the look in his eyes seemed far too calculating to be organic.

“Okay okay, turn it off,” shouted the one in front. “It didn’t work, it did not work.” He then turned to me, “You were the one who called us, right?”

I fought the urge to shout as pain lanced through my legs. “Yeah, I could use some help with these things and protecting Dinky,” I said as calmly as I could.

“Good, then you have my services.” He then turned to his friends, “Jarvis, I want a perimeter set up. I also want you to protect the filly.” The butler nodded as he turned into a quicksilver like material and molded himself into a wall that kept the wolves in. It also kept Dinky out. “Great. Surprise, I want those lesser wolves burned to the ground, when you are done, get this guy to safety.”

Fire then proceeded to surround Surprise before she flew all over the place before shouting, “Flare flare, Blitz!” She then started shooting multiple comets at the at the muts that quickly bounced from dog to dog, until they were ash. “Got it!”

“Awesome, leave the big one to me.” The leader then calmly walked up to it before slapping it with his bare hand. Said slap flew him into the barrier that Jarvis made. When the dog got up, he charged at his attacker. The attacker then threw a punch at the timberwolf that shattered its foreleg. “It’s quite a shame, I thought that you would be a challenge.” He then grabbed the wolf by his neck as he proceeded to strangle him to death. The final moments of this fight shows the wolf coughing up leaves as its wood proceeded to fall apart slowly into a pile. “Try harder next time.”

I fell to my knees, unable to stand from the injuries. I looked up at the man, who I assumed was Jacob, and said, “Thanks. I didn’t know those smaller wolves could pull themselves back together like that.”

“That’s how an alpha is formed. Now, you need to get those wounds treated. We can talk later when you’re healed. You know where a hospital is? I may be a doctor, but I think that you may need someone who knows your medical history and what not.”

“We are close to Ponyville,” I said, panting slightly. “It’s over there.” I pointed toward the town. I winced slightly when Dinky ran over to me and hugged me.

“Are you OK Sean?” she asked.

“I will be. We just need to get to a hospital,” I told her.

The wall that was previously there formed back into the butler. “Sir, I have located the hospital. Due to this man’s blood loss, he might want to get to the hospital quickly.

Jacob nodded. “Understood.” He then slung me over his shoulder before jumping ridiculously high. After a few more bounces, we arrived at the hospital. “Before you ask, there was something that one of my old masters used to say. ‘Not flying, I’m just jumping good’.”

“You knew Samurai Jack?” I asked in disbelief.

Jacob chuckled. “It was actually a demon swordsman that looked like him.” He then got lost in thought. “Ah Jack, former prince of tartarus. I hope that the afterlife is treating you well.”

“Tartarus had a prince?” I questioned.

This got the man to go off on a tangent. “My version did, it was ruled as a peaceful nation full of colorful and slightly monstrous demons. One of the demons, a dark sorcerer named Aku, slew the king and became an evil tyrant that had the an ability similar to Jarvis’. He was eventually slain by me with the help of my late master’s sword and it’s now ruled by an assembly of beings that is currently being led by Lord Augus, my other teacher.”

I blinked several times, “You’ve been through quite a bit huh?”

The elder man sighed, “A lot can happen in a few years in what is basically hell.” The duo then proceeded into the hospital and got me with a nurse. The other guy was currently waiting in a chair with his two friends and Dinky. “So, anybody wanna play a game of cards?”

The nurse, Redheart I believe, saw my injuries and quickly called for a doctor. Not long after, Dr. Stable walked in. He saw me and quickened his pace. When he saw my injuries, he asked, “What happened?”

“Dinky was being attacked by timberwolves and I tried to protect her,” I began to explain. “However, I didn’t expect the smaller ones to reconstruct themselves after being shattered and they bit down on my legs.”

The unicorn sighed slightly and helped me onto a gurney. He and the nurse then took me to one of the rooms and began to heal my injuries.

“As I told you before, Sean. None of the doctors here are very well versed in light magic, so all we can really do is heal them as best we can and bandage them up,” he told me.

“Of course Doctor,” I murmured. After about half an hour he had finished healing me to the best of his abilities and wrapping the rest up. He then wheeled me back out in a wheelchair.

“Now, you obviously need to stay off of them. Come back in a couple days and we’ll check on them,” he told me.

“Thank you Dr. Stable,” I said as he walked back. “Sorry for troubling you guys,” I said to our three guests.

When I turned back I saw a scene that was rather confusing. Dinky, Surprise, Ashley, Jarvis, Brook, Twilight, Spike, and Jacob were playing poker. “Four of a kind!” said Jacob as he threw down four jacks. He then proceeded to put the small bit pile into his pocket.

“Well, that was my allowance,” Dinky said before walking out of the building. She called back, “I’m going to let mom and Amethyst know what happened to Sean.”

“You were playing poker with a filly?” I asked incredulously. I then turned to the others, “And you all went along with it?”

Jacob just shrugged, “She suggested it. Besides, poker is a valuable skill that she’ll need in life. As for the others, they were bored.”

Ashley ran up to me, “Are you okay?”

“For the most part,” I said. “My legs are still rather injured.”

“I could probably heal them the rest of the way,” Twilight suggested.

“I thought you said that you weren’t that proficient in them?” I asked.

“Well, two things. One, they’ve been mostly healed and two, there’s a big difference between healing skin and healing broken bones,” she said.

“True. Alright, that would be great,” I said. She knelt next to me and her hands were surrounded by a white aura. As she healed me, I turned back to Jacob, “Were you very surprised to see anthro ponies? I ask because Surprise, I believe you said, looks like a normal pony.” ‘Normal being a relative term in the multiverse,’ I thought.

Jacob gave me a calm look, “I’m afraid that I’ll have to say no to that. You tend to see a lot of crazy stuff in your life if you travel the multiverse enough.”

“I can’t even imagine,” I said. “Though I’m surprised to see someone else with the Flame-Flame Fruits ability.”

Jacob sighed, “Got that after helping out a Captain Ginyu displaced with a dragon ball problem. Shenron gave me excellent luck and I found the fruit and a sword on the ground.”

“I bet that, more than likely, it wasn’t a normal sword,” Ashley guessed.

Jacob snapped his fingers, opening up a portal before he pulled out a two and a half foot long katana with a green and white hilt as well as a white and silver sheath. “It has an adamantium blade, that’s about it.”

“I’d say that’s plenty,” I said. “I mean, it can cut through just about anything right?”

Jacob shrugged, “Almost anything. It does have trouble cutting through vibranium as well as mandalorian iron.”

“Never heard of the second one. What is it?” I asked.

“It is the only metal that I have that can resist lightsabers,” replied Jacob.

“Wow,” I said in surprise. Just then Twilight stood up.

“There, they should be fine now,” she stated.

I slowly stood up. They weren’t in pain, but they were rather sensitive. “Better stay away from Second Gear. Thanks Twilight,” I said.

“You’re welcome Sean. Glad I could help,” she said.

I turned to Jacob, “There anything you want to do while you’re here?”

Jacob mused to himself, “Hmm, I was planning on checking this place out for a bit, but I feel as though I need to do something important here.”

“What would that be?” Ashley asked.

Jacob put his sword away, “I observed the wounds on Sean’s body, specifically their angle. Each bite mark was made in areas that would hurt a lot, but are also not in front of him. Therefore, I have decided to help out Sean by taking him under my wing and training him so he won’t get his ass handed to him by some wooden muts.”

I rolled my eyes, “Very funny. But yeah, most of the fights I’ve been in have been either where I’ve had help or my opponent underestimated me. Hardly ever had to fight by myself.”

Jacob let out a smirk, “I do warn you though. My training will be intense and demanding. If your blood is not completely replaced by your bone marrow after a month, I have failed me. If I don’t hear you scream on the first day, I failed you. If you break during my training, we have failed your loved ones. Though, if you are strong enough in both your heart and body, you might come out with a ridiculous amount of power. It was how my masters trained me, and it is how I’ll train you.”

I started to sweat slightly, “Sounds more intense than Rayleigh’s training.” Dinky, Ditzy, Amethyst, Ashley, and, for some reason, Nightmare Moon suddenly flashed in my mind. Steeling myself, I said, “But if it’ll help me protect those I care for, I’ll go through with it.”

Jacob smiled, “Good, and, because I am not a complete jerk, I’ll let you bring one person of your choice to cheer you on.”

“I’ll do it.” We all turned to see Ditzy standing at the doorway. “I’ll go with him.”

I turned to Ashley, “You fine with that, Ash?”

She nodded, “Yeah, and, while not ideal, the two of you will get a bit closer.”

“Alright, lesson one, tracking, starts now.” Jacob then slapped me before dashing away in a blur. A note was on the ground. 'I am somewhere in town, find me in thirty minutes and you win.'

“Well, that was abrupt,” I said, before running out of the hospital. I focused on my Observation Haki and tried find the moving Displaced. After a minute, I felt something moving very quickly to Town Hall. I took off in that direction as fast I could.

When I caught up to it, I saw that it was a toy car that had angel bunny strapped to it. There was a letter on it that said, 'Eh, what’s up, doc?'

I couldn’t stop a smile from forming on my face and I called out, “You think you’re the Warner Brothers!?”

A robotic canary landed on the rabbits shoulder. “Nope, I’m the animator.” The bird was then tackled by Opal. The bird easily dodged her. “I think you’re wasting time.” He then looked down, “You are! You are wasting time! Five minutes exactly.”

“Shit,” I muttered, before I started running through town again. “You’re about as random as Pinkie, you know that!?” I shouted.

A poster rolled down a wall that read, 'Maybe, maybe not.'

I rolled my eyes, as I made my way to the library.

A set of dominoes fell down to spell out, 'Not here.' in cursive.

I shook my head before rushing over to Sweet Apple Acres. I paused when I reached the gate. “He could be anywhere if he’s here,” I muttered to myself as I walked through the trees.

A barrel of apple cider fell down and spelled out. 'I am not here, nor there. I’d give you a hint, but it appears as though I’ve given you one.'

I groaned before running back to town, “I take it back. You’re as bad as Discord!”

A crowd of ponies then held up letters, 'Oh come on, surely I’m not that bad at messing with your head.' A recorder was then found on the ground. “Think about it this way, I gave you a hint, it is spelled out in the cider, though it might be a little hard to take. Also, if my estimations are right, you got three minutes left.”

I ran what was spelled out in the cider in my mind. Unable to think of anything, I shouted, “Jacob, I haven’t the slightest idea what you’re talking about!”

An apple that had a recorder in it said, “Fine, if you want to know what the hint said? Think about it like this. Hard cider is an alcoholic beverage, while not my favorite alcoholic beverage, I still like it. Now, where would I find that beverage? At a tavern maybe? You have forty five seconds left. I suggest that you move quickly.”

My mind raced on how to get there in time. Only one choice really stood out. I contemplated it for a moment, before muttering, “Well, there might be times where I’ll be forced to.” With that thought, I activated my Second Gear and took off through the town, pain prickling in my legs.

When I got to the bar, I saw Jacob sitting on a bar stool. A large stallion was passed out in front of him while he was still chugging. When he set it down he said, “You guys are a bunch of pansies! I’m barely buzzed. Hey Sean.”

I let the Second Gear defuse as I flopped next to him. I stared at him for a moment before asking, “You don’t have chaos magic do you? Because that’s the only explanation I can think of for what you were doing.”

Jacob chuckled, “Nah, I have a distilled version of it called 'Party magic'. I believe that Pinkie might know more about it.”

“That sounds impossible, but would actually explain a few things,” I said. I then chuckled slightly, “Then again we’re on another world as characters from shows that we know.”

“Yeah. I also have a confession to make. I lied about this lesson. This isn’t a lesson in tracking. It was a lesson in patience and mental clarity.” Jacob then set his drink down, “On the battlefield, there are many moments that require patience, especially when the foe is not physically there, but is capable of tearing you apart emotionally and mentally. As for mental clarity, I believe that you can finish that one.”

“Well, I’m normally rather calm and so my mind isn’t that muddled. There are times that isn’t the case though,” I sighed. “I’m getting a bit better, but I’m still having troubles.”

Jacob raised an eyebrow, “Oh? It seems that I’m gonna have to work to get that scream. Very well, lesson two is endurance. We are going to sprint for fifty miles. We will be running through the Everfree until we get to part three of my daily lesson plan.” He then proceeded to line up, crouch down, and jog before sprinting.

I jumped from where I was sitting and sprinted after him. I had to pick up my pace in order to keep up with the guy. As I caught up, I decided to chat, “So, what’s happened in your Equestria?”

Jacob just shrugged, “Oh nothing much. My team and I just ripped Tirek a new one, and I had to deal with alternate futures.”

I stared at him in disbelief. “I don’t know who Tirek is, but that’s nothing? What the hell is something?” I asked as we entered the Everfree.

Jacob gave a shrug, “Well, he was able to beat me, but thanks to my friends, we were able to come back swinging harder than ever.”

“Damn, and I thought killing Sombra and running into my mother who had disappeared for ten years of my life was something,” I said.

“Hey, Sombra sucked for me as well. That bastard caused a lot of crap to happen, including but not limited to, me being frozen in stone for about one thousand years.”

“You were trapped for a thousand years too? The bastard caught my mom with the spell he used to make the Empire disappear,” I told him. “He also threatened to kill Dinky. Which is one of the reasons why I ended him.”

“Damn, I had to kill him due to the fact that he would only grow more powerful and more evil with every step he took. He also threatened to kill Surprise, my adopted sister, after she got out of a dark crystal petrification that lasted for one thousand years. The trick that I used to be able to fight him was that I used the Crystal Heart that was transformed into a warhammer by Sombra after filling it with dark magic. I counteracted the spell inside it, causing the heart to fill with love magic. This caused the crystal heart to balance out Sombra’s magic, while making him fall to his death by impalement. I burned the body and now the crystal empire is ruled by my good friend, Queen Chrysalis.”

“Huh. The Sombra here ate the Dark-Dark Fruit. Not sure if you know about that Devil Fruit, but it was a pain to fight him. Thankfully, I had help from a friend of mine named Jack. He distracted him long enough for me to smash the tyrant’s horn then, after surrounding my hand in Armament Haki, ran it through his heart,” I said.

“Intriguing, so, how about we play a game while we run?” asked Jacob.

“Sure. What did you have in mind?” I asked.

“Twenty questions?” asked Jacob.

I shrugged, “Alright. You want to start?”

Jacob put a hand to his jaw, “Sure, umm, what was your oddest experience?”

“You mean besides being sent to another world?" I asked with a cheeky smile. "Hmm, oddest experience. Well,” I tapped my chin in thought as I ducked under a branch. “I feel it’s insulting to say it was odd, but I certainly wasn’t expecting for Ditzy to kiss me.” I blushed slightly, “It was wonderful though.” Shaking my head, I asked, “What about you?”

Jacob chuckled, “I was training with Surprise a long time ago to learn how to use her abilities, and I ended up going through a montage. There was music in the background and everything.”

I snorted in amusement, “That’s certainly odd. Alright. What’s your relationship with the Princesses like?”

Jacob grimaced, “Rocky, yet stable. Turns out that my version of Celestia is kind of racist to the extent that she only cares about her little ponies. It also doesn’t help that I am also a knight of the newly established Crystal Hive.”

I winced, “To be honest, I’m not sure how the Celestia here would have reacted if we hadn’t arrived when and done what we did.”

“Then I guess that brings me to my question. How did you and Celestia meet?”

“With her hung upside down in changeling goo and me and my wife captured by Chrysalis’ changelings,” I said.

“Hah! We met on much darker terms. I was being blamed for the destruction of the Crystal Empire as well as the murder of all of its citizens about a week after my first fight with Sombra. I was tied up, gagged, and put up on a mock trial full of nobles that were pretending to be witnesses as well as an infant as my defence. I lasted about five minutes in there due to the fact that my defence needed a nap. I was then sent to a fate worse than death. Being stuck in a statue, being unable to feel or speak to the world, forever witnessing as everything around me dies, rebirths, burns, and repeats until the end of time.”

I grimaced before scowling, “What the actual fuck, Celestia? I feel weird saying this, but please tell me you got her back for that.”

Jacob smiled, “I did. After I got out, I worked hard and founded Alloy International. With it, I was able to jump start a scientific revolution as well as an age of thinking for the other two more powerful countries, Moscow and Quillxing. I also gain great political favor and fame. With my newfound political immunity, I was able to get Celestia to publicly admit to all of her ponies as well as plenty of news bots of all of that she wronged me of. I ended that day with me getting pardoned of all crimes, past, present, and future, as well as a gladiatorial based fight for Surprise’s honor. It’s a long story."

I chuckled a little, “I’ll be honest, that’s better than what I’d have done. I mean, seeing and knowing that all my friends passed, I would have probably lost it and tried to beat the hell out of her.”

Jacob raised a finger, “Tell me, my student, what is the least destructive way to kill a god?”

“Tear them down in front of their subjects?” I guessed.

“Almost, you have to take out the perfection,” said Jacob while he nodded sagely.

“Perfection?” I questioned a confused look on my face.

Jacob nodded, “Exactly. When you think of a god, you think of them as a perfect being with no faults whatsoever. However, like an egg, you never know what it is truly looks like until you crack it open and see. When that happens, the one note and perfect white shell, suddenly becomes confusing, yet complex mess. Do you see the analogy that I am making here?”

“I believe so. While the outside can look perfect and flawless, the inside can be full of flaws just like everything else,” I said.

“Precisely, even I, in my awesomeness, am flawed. I am an alcoholic. I tend to get carried away. I have been accurately called insane at many points. I don’t always know the answer. I have trust issues. I suffer from stress and anxiety to the point where I am kept up at night. The other point that I am trying to make is simple. You will have many faults and problems in life, both from others and yourself. The thing that matters most is that you don’t let your faults or other people’s faults consume you. Instead, use those faults to make a connection with others, even your worst of enemies.” Jacob then pulled out a tea cup. “What? Zebafrican red tea is great for energy. It’s a pity I can’t get any in my dimension. Want some?”

“Sure I’ll try it. Never heard of it, but show it to my wife and maybe she can probably give you some,” I told him.

Jacob gave the cup to me as he looked me dead in the eyes. “Just remember what I said in the future, okay?” After a few minutes of running, we made it to a clearing surrounded by trees that were the size of large hills. “Perfect.” Jacob then walked over to the middle of the clearing as he concentrated before opening a portal that allowed what I can only describe as a massive ship decked out with a plethora of weaponry and technology. “That is my airship. We will be sleeping in this for the foreseeable future. Any questions?”

I stared at the ship in shock. “Wow. Well, uh, is Ditzy going to be staying with us?” I asked as said pegasus touched down next to me.

Jacob smirked, “She will have access to a teleporter that will allow her to watch in on your training while still being able to have a life. Plus, I’d love to hear the reactions that the others have. The last pupil that I trained had a sister, and her kick broke a few of my ribs for a while.”

I winced, “Well, as I said, my wife’s here so you might have to deal with that again. You’re just lucky my mom is in Canterlot or you’d have to deal with both of them.”

Jacob continued to smirk. “I have dealt with beings who moved faster than light as well as logia type users. I mastered swordplay as well, so I would love a good spar.”

I arched a brow at him, “You realize they would probably double team you and they’re both logia types.”

Jacob smiled as he held up his fists. With a little bit of focus, his left fist became black and metallic at the same time. On his right fist, it was glowing in a oddly familiar aura. “Sounds fun, plus, I got two of my most trusted allies with me. Plus, if things get too hairy, the rest are just a snap away.”

Ditzy rolled her eyes, “Are you two done yet?”

“No, it’s common for an egotist to back up what they say,” said Jacob. “Plus, I find this a fun little exercise for my patience.”

“It’s certainly letting me get to know the guy better,” I said.

Ditzy sighed, “Whatever. You said you had something so I could keep an eye on him?”

Jacob tossed Ditzy a key, “Here, this let’s you activate the teleporter that I had Jarvis set up in your house. I figured that it would help you out for more than just checking in on Sean, so I made sure that you could teleport anywhere with it.”

“Well, thank you, but how did you know I would even need that and when exactly did you tell him?” she asked.

Jacob smiled, “When Sean was chasing after me and my little traps.”

“But how-? When did you actually-?” She paused and shook her head, then said to herself, “Never mind just treat it like you do with the things Pinkie does.”

“Actually, I had thirty minutes. It wasn’t that hard to do that.”

“I still think setting up those traps, telling Jarvis about the teleporter, and drinking those stallions under the table would take longer than that,” she said.

“Remind me to tell you about that later, alright?” Said Jacob.

“So what should we do now?” I asked.

“Simple. I wanna spar to test your physical capabilities now, so that when I do my final test, you’ll be able to compare how you did. For now though, I’m gonna meditate, you are welcome to join.”

I nodded and followed Jacob, “Sure, I actually started meditating a little while ago with Zecora to try and get my anger in certain conditions under control.”

We sat down for a while, not saying a word. The sound of leaves and birds were prevalent. The feeling of the wind against my skin felt chilling yet calming. There was a direct feeling of nature in and around us at the moment. “This is necessary for me.” said Jacob. “This allows my head to be clear and my patience to be restored. When we fight, there are some things that I will need you to remember. Number one, there will be no weapons used by either party. Everything that we do is by our own power. Number two, I will not kill you. You need to be calm and precise in a battle, otherwise, you are sure to get caught up and you will fail pathetically and quickly. Finally, number three, I am not your friend in this fight. Nor will I be during your training. I may be after training hours, but not now.”

I nodded, “I understand. You need to push someone for them to get better after all. When shall we start?”

“Whenever you want, I’ll even let you have the first shot.” He got up and pointed to his face.

‘Better not underestimate him,’ I thought, standing up. I got in an offensive stance. We stared at each for a moment before I threw my fist forward at his stomach.

Before my fist could connect, Jacob grabbed my arm with an iron grip. He then proceeded to fling me into his fist covered in haki multiple times. After about twenty hits, he then swung me into a nearby tree. “Well that was a good warm up.”

I pushed myself off the ground and began throwing my fists forward rapidly. “Gatling!!” I shouted.

Jacob then said, “So we’re naming moves huh? Alright.” He then coated his pointer fingers in haki, “Block poke.” He then did numerous finger jabs that blocked and rebounded my fists.

“You didn’t train with Goku did you?” I asked, as I whipped my leg at him.

Jacob shook his head as he hopped over my leg, “Nope, but I did meet Captain Ginyu once, and I have access to ki, so there is that.”

I rushed toward him, while throwing my arm back and twisting it. “Rifle,” I then brought it forward at his chest.

The impact caused Jacob to flinch. “Not bad. Maybe I should try some offence.” He then proceeded to run at me, jump over me, land and then deliver many pressure points to my back with haki fingers. This caused me to lurch downward in pain. “Pain Pressure Points.”

“So I noticed,” I muttered, coating my arm in haki and swinging my elbow at him.

He caught my elbow and then proceeded to make a breathing sound. My arm felt both hot and cold at the same time during this. When I pulled my arm back, there was patches of ice over my arm. “Riddle me this Sean, what happens to rubber when it gets to absolute zero?”

“Pretty sure it snaps,” I said rubbing the ice, before throwing my leg forward in a kick.

Jacob calmly jumped up to a branch. “Correct, but the more effective answer would be, “it won’t stretch until thawed.” He then proceeded to deliver a series of haki laced kicks from multiple angles all over my body. For every kick that he delivered, he used my rubber body as a springboard to get another branch.

When he neared me for another kick, I threw my arms to the sides and grabbed two trees. The momentum from his kick sent us backward. I smirked slightly before launching him away from me.

Jacob landed on the dirt, “Gotta admit, it has been awhile since I had a fight that lasted this long.” He then proceeded to get into a stance as he charged up an orb of energy in his hands. “I dare ya to dodge this. Kame, Hame, Ha!” He then unleashed the destructive wave which flew straight at me.

“You must be crazy for using that, but then again what’s it say about me when I do this!?” I shouted as I activated Second Gear, then intertwined my fingers and covered my fists with Armament Haki. When the blast reached me I slammed my fist into the beam.

“I am crazy!” The blast and my willpower were both at odds with one another. Two wills working against each other. The strongest would make it out, the weak would not. It was as simple as that. “Kaio Ken times two!” The blast then nearly lurched in size.

“Oh, you have got to be kidding me!” I yelled, as I felt myself being pushed back. However, I held my ground and focused all my strength on redirecting the blast upwards. With a shout of effort I succeeded in sending it skyward.

Jacob smirked and moved the blast around a little so that whatever it hit would be affected to a certain degree. He then used the beam to carve, 'Hi Luna, Bye Luna.' on the moon. Tired, Jacob cut off the beam and sighed, “Can’t wait for the reaction.”

I stared at the moon for a moment as Second Gear dissipated, before saying, “You will have more than just Luna to worry about I’m afraid.”

“Hey, if worst comes to worst. I could always go dimension hopping.” After he said that, he bent down low and got into a defensive stance. “Now to fight smart.” Jacob then proceeded to move faster than the eye could see as he attacked from all angles especially blind spots. “If I know anything about Luffy’s technique, it’s that he is stronger in armament haki, than presence haki, and, if my assumptions are correct, you tend to focus more on armament haki as well. It’s kinda funny, your mother was known for her twenty twenty presence haki.”

“What the hell do you know about my mom?” I frowned as I tried to block his attacks.

“I know that she is a genderbent Kizaru displaced and that Kizaru was known for his astounding presence haki. That and the fact that I learned all of this from a little poker game as well as your own mouth.” Jacob then handed me my hat before smiling like a cheshire cat.

I narrowed my eyes before taking it back. “I’d watch it if I were you. I care about this as much as Luffy cared about his,” I told him. I quickly handed it to Ditzy before moving back and throwing a kick at his head.

Jacob kept that same smile on as he grabbed my leg and said, “Don’t worry, I took good care of it. I even dusted it for you.” He then dropped my leg as he proceeded to punch me in the gut with a black fist. “Besides, I am here to help. In more ways than one.”

I coughed from the blow. “Sorry, just care deeply about it is all. Only thing I have left of my father,” I explained, before jumping up with an uppercut.

Jacob sidestepped it before saying in a calmer tone, “Ah yes, the pain of losing a loved one is strong. I would know.” Before I could ask how, I was slapped into the ground.

I pushed myself up and shook my head before throwing a haki covered kick at his torso.

Jacob was pushed back a few feet as he stood up again, “Funny huh, there are so many ways to harm others. You could injure and kill millions with a button. You could slice and tear through people with swords. Hell, you could make up your own weapon and use it. The thing is though, people always come back to fist on fist. You wanna know why? The carnage and thrill of fighting someone face to face, mano y mano. It is very personal when you fight like this. The glory and pride of winning, mixed with the pain and shame of losing, all mixes together to create a beautiful symphony of nature. You and I, are merely different composers in this blend of styles. Therefore, let’s continue this song.” He then dodged a punch as he proceeded to uppercut me.

I was knocked back a few feet. I looked at him, “That was deep, rather dark, and kind of random.” I threw my fist forward and, when it was a good distance, gave my arm a pull, making it look like a barrage of fists were heading at him.

“Thanks,” replied Jacob. “I try.” He then jumped on top of my fist, pulling back all of the fingers. He jumped off as I clutched my hand.

I arched a brow at him, before rushing forward and punching at his side.

He charged back and ended the fight with a haki punch to the chest. I shouted in pain as a loud crack was heard before the victor was decided. He then proceeded to say, “I think I’m done, I got all the information that I need. Come with me, I’ll get you to the med bay.”

I winced before nodding and began to follow him, but stumbled.

Ditzy fortunately caught me and asked, “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Well, except for that last blow,” I muttered. “That one had a good deal more force behind it.”

Jacob smiled, “That, was one tenth of my power. You got a lot to learn. Now for the more important things. Can you walk?”

“Kind of. I think I’m going to need Ditzy’s help getting to where you want to go,” I said.

“Figured as much.” We then climbed up a ladder onto the vessel, Ditzy flying me up, where we found a door. Jacob led us to a room with a red cross as well as Jarvis in a doctor’s suit. “Please lay down on the table.” I laid down as the doctor’s hand liquefied and soon turned into a medigun. A red beam came out of the barrel as it slowly healed my ribs as well as any other minor wounds. “All healed.”

I was able to jump to my feet without any pain whatsoever. “Damn, I bet that’s helpful,” I said.

“You wouldn’t believe the amount of times that I used that,” said Jarvis dryly. “Anyways, Surprise is currently cooking, so you may want to show our two guests around the place.”

“It would be cool to see what you have in here,” I said, Ditzy nodding in agreement.

Jacob smirked, “Reminds me of when I had to show Whitebeard around the place.”

I froze, “The real one or a Displaced? Either way that’s one hell of a person to run into.”

Jacob looked back in thought, “He was a Displaced. We had a great time. I even let him have my complete, hand drawn, manga set of One Piece. Had to give it to him by the crate load.”

I chuckled, “Considering how long that manga series is I’m not surprised.” I then raised a brow at him, “You don’t think that would mess with the inhabitants’ heads if they read it?”

“Nah, his crew wanted to read it. They should be safe, provided that other pirates don’t get their hands on the series.” Jacob then smiled, “Speaking of books, here is the library.” Jacob opened up two large doors to reveal a massive collection of books. “I had a ridiculous amount of free time on my hands.”

Ditzy and I looked at the huge library in shock. We then looked at each other and simultaneously said, “We better keep Twilight away from here.” We both chuckled.

Jacob chuckled, “Trust me, if she is anything like the last Twilight who came in here, the only way to get her out is to distract her with something more captivating.”

“We could try and convince Trixie to persuade her to leave,” I said, with slight smirk making Ditzy giggle a little.

“Yeah that might work. Remind me to test that later.” Jacob then pointed to the library, “Sean, I want you to keep your mind active during this, thus I want you to pick out any book you want out of here.”

I glanced around the many books and wasn’t sure where to start. “You have any suggestions?” I asked as I looked at some of the titles.

“I recommend something engaging and interesting. I recommend either a novel, manga, or one of Shakespeare's works.”

I looked through the shelves of books and saw a familiar name. I pulled it out and looked at the blue dragon on the front. “Eragon,” I murmured. “Only ever read the first. Never got to the rest before being sent here.” I looked at the remaining three books in interest. “Would these work?” I asked grabbing the books.

Jacob shrugged, “Man, as long as you don’t break or burn any of these, you could be holding my diary for all I care.”

“I’ll be careful,” I said. “I don’t want to damage them either. God only knows what Twilight would do if she found out something like that happened.”

We then went over to a room sealed away with blast doors. “This is my lab, the mobile one at least. It is where I make all the things that go boom, or stop me from going boom.”

I chuckled a little, “That has got to be the least scientific way to say inventing I’ve heard.”

When he opened the doors, it showed a clean and orderly lab. There were many devices strewn about the facility as well as many racks with chemicals in them. There was even a half finished gauntlet on one of the tables.

“Very impressive,” I said looking around.

“What’s this?” Ditzy asked pointing at the gauntlet.

Jacob calmly shrugged, “That is a project that I am working on. When complete, it will be able to handle and allow the user to control infinite power. Sadly, I had to put this off for quite some time due to work. This is more of a hobby.”

“You mean the Infinity Gauntlet?” I asked slightly warily.

“More like a recreation of it.” He then muttered to himself, “Only got to use the real one once anyway.”

I started to sweat a little and asked rather quickly, “So, what else are you working on?”

Jacob brightened up before showing off some other inventions. The first inventions looked like a pair of sandals. “These may look like ordinary sandals to you, but they do something great, trust me. Why not try them on?”

I shrugged and unlaced the boots I was wearing. I then put the sandals on. “Alright, now what?” I asked.

Jacob smirked, “Say the words, 'go up now'.”

I raised an eyebrow and said, “Go up now.” I was suddenly lifted up off the ground until it felt like I was floating. “Holy shit,” I yelled in shock.

Jacob then shouted, “Anti-gravity sandals!”

“So, I’m guessing to go down, you say ‘go down now’?” I shouted down at him. After I said this, I gently landed down.

“Yep,” replied Jacob.

“You’re lucky I don’t have vertigo or something like that,” I muttered.

“Don’t worry, I didn’t use the vertigo gas anyway.” said Jacob dismissively.

I stared at him, “I’d wonder about that if it weren’t for the fact that there was a mutant from Marvel with that exact power.”

Jacob just shrugged, “Meh, I haven't been doing much inventing any way. Too busy with stuff I guess to spend hours on end making something.”

“Well, from some of the things you’ve told me you have been through, it’s understandable,” I said.

Jacob replied with a nod before smirking, “Wanna see the next room? I got a feeling that you’ll like it.”

I nodded, “Sure, lead the way.”

We then proceeded to enter a room that had something special to it. It was a large stone garden that had plenty of sunroofs as well as many flowers that produced great smells, but in the center was a gigantic apple tree that was littered in fruit. “My stress relief room.”

“This looks amazing,” I said, in slight wonder, Ditzy nodding in silent agreement.

“You are welcome to use this provided that you don’t destroy it. The room after this is the captain’s deck, and after that is the kitchen. Do you wanna skip the captain’s deck and go get something to eat, or do you wanna see the captain’s deck?”

“Well, unless there’s something you want us to see there, I say that we get something to eat,” I said. “What about you Ditzy?”

“I’m getting rather hungry myself,” she answered.

“Unless you wanna see a star trek like command center, then you won’t be missing much,” said Jacob before he led the group over to Surprise, who was cooking up a small feast. We all sat down while Jarvis served out the dishes and proceeded to take over cleaning the dishes so that Surprise could join. “Well, dig in. We burned a lot of calories anyway.”

“Yeah and will probably continue to do so for a while,” I said, taking some pasta, garlic bread, and some fruit. Jacob was eating some soup with some garlic bread while Surprise was having a plate of spaghetti. Ditzy was having soup as well, a daffodil sandwich, and had several pieces of fruit. “So, you said that Surprise is your adoptive sister? How did that happen?” I asked, deciding to make small talk.

“Let’s just say that the laws were rather loose a few centuries ago,” said Surprise.

I stared at the pegasus for a moment, “You know, something about you seems familiar, but I just can’t seem to put my finger on it.”

Surprise giggled, “I dunno. Perhaps you met my descendant. An anomaly known as Pinkie Pie.”

I blinked several times, finally seeing the similarities. The bubbly personality, look of pure joy in her eyes and, the most obvious, the poofy mane. I facepalmed, being sure to infuse my hand with haki so I could feel how stupid I was in not noticing. “It’s completely obvious now that you say it,” I muttered. “The only excuse I can make is the fact that you look like a pony while everyone here is anthro.”

Surprise then laughed, “I got a trick that would make me look anthro.” She then pulled a necklace out of her mane and put it on. She then said. “Activate.” Her whole form glowed while Jacob quickly threw a robe over to her before the glowing stopped, revealing a five foot seven mare with white pristine wings, a cute yet tough face, and a fluffy blonde mane.

“Well, wasn’t expecting that,” I said, shocked at the sight.

Jacob grinned, “Made that a couple months ago. It really helps out when we are sneaking through an anthro universe. It also lets her use the Flame-Flame fruit’s trademark move.”

I smirked a little, “Fire Fist Surprise, huh?” I thought for a moment and asked, “Considering the things you can do, does it actually have a surprise to it?”

Jacob deadpanned before rising. “It appears as though I have been issued a challenge.”

Surprise tried to stop him, “Jacob please, he’s just a kid. His mind won’t take it.”

Jacob turned back, “Just because we reach the thousand year mark, it still doesn’t make him any less of a man.” Jacob then smirked darkly, “Time for the ultimate wtf challenge.” He placed a device on my head and a patch on the back of his neck as we both blacked out.

When I was able to see again, I was surprised to see that I seemed to be on Sabaody Archipelago. The giant trees with numbers written on them and hundreds if not thousands of bubbles floating in the air.

“What the hell?” I muttered in confusion. “How am I in Sabaody?”

“Actually,” said Jacob as he sat on a bubble. “You’re in your own subconscious.”

“That makes a great deal more sense,” I said. “Though with all the things that have happened, I wouldn’t be too surprised if this was actually here.” I turned to Jacob and asked, “So what exactly are we doing here and if this is my subconscious how are you here?”

Jacob pointed to the device on my head as well as a patch on his neck. “These are known as mental interfaces. They allow the user to enter the mind of the person who is wearing the helmet. I usually use this to help out people with mental issues, but it has other uses.”

“Huh. This is very interesting, but what does this have to do with my question and why did you seem so serious before?” I asked him.

Jacob shrugged, “Simple, you challenged one of the few things that remain certain about me, my chaos. Therefore, I took you to the one place where nothing makes sense, the mind.”

“I have no idea what you mean by I challenged you, but if I did then I think we should get started. I’m sure Ditzy’s rather worried by the fact that you practically knocked me out,” I said.

A bubble floated by that showed the memory of me saying, ‘Considering the things you can do, does it actually have a surprise to it?’

“You basically said that I was unsurprising due to my chaos,” Jacob pointed out. “So it appears that I need to up the ante.”

Deciding to go along with him, I arched a brow, “And how are you going to do that?”

“Simple, show off some hidden thoughts of your own.” He then proceeded to jump from bubble to bubble until there was a large net containing many bubbles. He pulled out a dagger and read the label, 'Don’t touch, very volatile!' Jacob put a hand to his chin, “Hmm, to cut the rope, or to not cut the rope, that is the question.” He stared into one of the bubbles that showed Nightmare on the other side. “Well, your choice.” He proceeded to toss the dagger down next to my feet.

I pulled the blade out of the ground before asking, “And what exactly would cutting that open do?”

Jacob chuckled, “It would release all of these thoughts to the forefront of your mind, good and bad.”

I tossed the dagger up a few times before throwing it at the rope. “You’re going to have to explain to everyone what happened if anything goes wrong,” I warned him. Memories and thoughts rushed to the front of my mind and I fell to my knees, clutching my head.

Jacob walked over to me, “What do you see, tell me.”

“Plenty,” I muttered. “My father’s funeral, the day I found out my mother vanished, me killing a thief that threatened a child I cared about.”

Jacob gained a sad look, “Yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either hide it away, or you can learn from them. The choice is up to you.”

“I plan to,” I said. “I don’t want the one’s I care about go through what I did in losing someone I care for. I plan to get my anger under control so that I don’t kill anyone else in a rage.”

“But,” said Jacob. “You can’t let your quest for perfection fool you, nor your arrogance in thinking that you can stop death. Things will happen, that is the only certainty in life.”

I snorted slightly, "You don’t have to worry about the first one. I know very well there’s no such thing as perfection. As for the second." I sighed, "Yeah, no matter how much you want to, you can’t avoid death forever.”

“Yes, while it is possible to cheat death, hell, I did that many times, it will even come to the immortal eventually.”

I scratched the side of my head, “Is that the point of bringing me here? To show me the mortality of life no matter what?”

Jacob shook his head, “No, it is to show you to enjoy life and live it as you like.”

“My mother said much the same thing,” I chuckled humorlessly. “I guess I should really listen.”

Jacob chuckled darkly, “Enjoy her while you have her.” Before I could ask further, we faded back into reality.

I blinked several times, trying to get the blurriness out of my eyes. When it was finally gone, I saw Ditzy standing over me, a worried look on her face. I placed a hand to my head, “Hey Ditzy. You alright?”

“Me!? What about you!?” she exclaimed.

“Eh, I’m okay,” I said, glancing at Jacob. “Better look on life now.” I stood up and gave Ditzy a peck on the cheek making her blush. As she stammered, I chuckled, “What? Nothing wrong with a peck is there?”

Still blushing furiously, she glared slightly at Jacob, “You could have warned us what you were going to do. I was scared out of my mind until Surprise managed to calm me down.”

Surprise, now back in pony form, smiled, “I try.”

I glanced between the human and pegasus, before saying, “While I do appreciate the life lesson, you do realize the question I asked was directed at Surprise right?”

Jacob gave an embarrassed smile, “Kinda slipped my mind.”

Surprise however, gave a cheeky smile, “I didn’t really think about it.”

We suddenly heard a loud banging that sounded like someone was punching the ship.

“What the hell is that?” I questioned.

Jacob groaned, “Hold on, I’ll get it.” He walked down the hallway until it led to one of the front doors. “You need something? I am currently having a meal with my student.”

I followed him and, looking passed him, saw a very angry looking Luna and Nightmare Moon. Celestia was there too and looked torn between amused and sympathy for her sisters, although it looked like amused was winning.

The two night Princesses glared at Jacob. Luna questioned, “How and why is there a message on our moon?”

Jacob kept a calm but annoyed tone, “How is easy. I fired a giant beam at Sean and he redirected it upwards, carving into the moon. The why is even more easy. It was for shits and giggles.”

Nightmare Moon’s gaze hardened and I saw her hand flash. I jumped between them. “Easy, Nightmare. I’m sure Ashley or Discord can easily fix it,” I tried to calm the lunar Princess.

The two took breaths trying to calm themselves. “We still don’t appreciate our moon being defaced in such a way,” Luna said.

“And why exactly was he attacking you Sean?” Nightmare Moon asked, a bit of steel in her voice.

“Training,” I said simply hoping it would calm her down.

“And he fired a giant beam at you as part of your training?” Celestia asked incredulously.

“To be fair, I wasn’t really trying then,” Jacob pointed out.

The Princesses stared at him in disbelief. “Really?” they asked simultaneously.

“I’d be happy to show you it when I’m trying, but I don’t want to bust a planet or anything,” said Jacob nonchalantly.

I couldn’t help, but chuckle at the ponies dumbfounded expressions. “I think you’re going to break their brains if you keep going,” I said.

Jacob shrugged, “You know, they are taking this extraordinarily well. My princesses locked me in a mental asylum for saying that, but I broke out.”

“I think knowing we’re from another world, that there are other Equestria’s out there, and meeting a talking skeleton numbed them a bit,” I told him.

Jacob continued, “So, do you have any other business here or are you good?”

“As long as nothing serious happens to Sean and no harm come to my little ponies, I think we’ll be fine,” Celestia said. “After all, like Sean pointed out Ashley or Discord can fix the moon.”

Jacob smiled, “As long as you don’t mind his screams echoing throughout the Everfree, then I don’t think that we’ll have that many problems.”

The Princesses all gave me a worried look, especially Nightmare Moon. I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose, “Don’t tell them things like that. You’re freaking them out.”

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Celestia asked me.

I nodded, “Yes, Celestia. In order to protect those I care about.” My gaze briefly flicked over to Nightmare, “I will go through with this.”

She gazed at me for a minute before nodding, “Very well. We will respect your decision.”

“But sister--” Nightmare started to protest.

“We aren’t going to be able to dissuade him Nightmare,” Luna spoke up. “So, let’s just head back.”

She hesitated before nodding, “Alright.” With that they all took off and started heading back to Canterlot.

“So, you and Nightmare..?” asked Jacob.

I shook my head while blushing, “No. Though I think that I’m developing feelings for her if I’m interpreting how I’m feeling correctly.” Ditzy looked at me in surprise.

Jacob nodded, “Alright, that reminds me for whatever reason, I don’t think that we finished our game.”

“You mean the twenty questions?” I asked.

“Now that we aren’t running, I was thinking of changing it to a game of truth or dare. It should still give us information as well as a more fun experience.”

I shrugged, “Sure, but how should we do it? The spin the bottle way or just take turns?”

“I think that spin the bottle would be more fair, but only if there are three people.” Jacob gestured to Surprise, “You wanna play?”

“Sure,” replied the mare.

“OK, so you have a bottle?” I questioned.

Jacob pulled out a soda bottle. He chugged it before setting it down, “There we go.”

“So who’s going to go first?” I asked.

Jacob and Surprise both shouted, “Not it!”

I rolled my eyes and spun the bottle. After several spins it landed on Surprise, “So, truth or dare?”

“Dare,” said the pony.

“Alright, I dare you to fly ten laps around the room upside down,” I said.

Surprise spun herself around till she was dizzy, ended up turning upside down in midair, and then flew ten laps around the room.

I chuckled slightly as she staggered slightly back over to us, “Your turn, Surprise.”

She then spun the bottle until it landed on Jacob. “Truth or Dare?”

“Truth,” replied Jacob.

“What is the worst thing about being frozen in a statue?” asked Surprise.

Jacob thought, “I can’t decide between bird crap, or a two year long back itch.”

“Alright.” Jacob then proceeded to spin the bottle as it landed on Surprise. “Truth or Dare?”

“Dare,” replied the pegasus. Jacob then quietly said, “I dare you to turn anthro, and then kiss Ditzy on the mouth, just to mess with her sometime during this game.”

“Welp, it is a dare,” replied Surprise. She then spun the bottle and it landed on me. “Alright Sean, truth or dare?”

Still reeling slightly from Jacob’s dare for Surprise, I thought for a moment, “Ah, what the hell. Dare.”

Surprise thought long and hard, “I dare you to run around Ponyville in a banana suit.” She then proceeded to pull out a banana suit and a teleporter.

I stared at them for a moment, “You two come up with the weirdest dares.” I grabbed the suit and put it on while walking over to the teleporter. Turning it on, I suddenly found myself on the side of town opposite of the Everfree Forest. I began running through town and decided to kick it up a notch and sang a certain song. The ponies were staring at me in shock and absolute confusion. I eventually returned to the ship, laughing my head off. “Oh, the looks on the ponies faces,” I chuckled. “Ah, that was hilarious.”

“Your move Sean,” said Jacob.

I grabbed the bottle and gave it a spin. It landed on Jacob, “Truth or dare?”

“Truth,” said Jacob.

I raised a hand to my chin in thought, “You talked about Celestia, but what about Luna? What’s your relationship with her?”

Jacob reflected, “She seems to turn a blind eye to her sister’s acts on me for all but one time. She was the prosecutor for my stoning trial back in the day. So all I can say about our relationship is that it is better than Celestia’s.” He then spun the bottle as it landed on Sean. “Truth or dare?”

“Truth,” I said.

Jacob instantly shot off a question, “What would you have done if you were displaced alone?”

I frowned, “I’m not really sure. Considering when I landed I still would’ve helped with the invasion, but after? I’d have probably been in a depression. Not sure if anyone would have been able to pull me out of it.” Ditzy wrapped her arms around me, causing a smile to spread across my face, “Though I think several ponies would have tried their very best to.”

"Heh, that’s great to hear. The ponies helping you part, not the depression part,” Said Jacob before gesturing to the bottle.

I spun it. It landed on Surprise, “Truth or dare?”

“Truth,” said Surprise.

“What exactly made you adopt Jacob as your brother?” I asked.

Surprise then thought back, “Well, he didn’t have anyone at the time and he seemed like such a nice guy. I tried being romantic but he quickly showed that he wasn’t into ponies, so we became friends, then roommates, then later, I offered to adopt him as my older brother. He didn’t want to at first, but a few centuries in stone and the thought that I died seemed to change his mind. Due to the fact that I filled out the paperwork back then, I was able to adopt him officially when I got out.” She then spun the bottle until it landed on Jacob. “So Jacob, what is one of your most humorous failed inventions?”

Jacob scratched his chin before chuckling, “Well, I ended up creating a superhero who called himself Darkwing. All I did was create a clone out of batman’s DNA and a ducks.”

I laughed at that, “What the hell were you thinking?”

Jacob laughed with me, “I wanted to create a new species of duck and I didn’t want to use my DNA. I technically succeeded.” He spun the bottle till it landed on me. As for Surprise, she had a cheeky grin on her face while Ditzy looked embarrassed. “Truth or Dare?”

I glanced between the two pegasi before saying, “Dare, I guess.”

Jacob grinned darkly before saying, “I dare you to go to my library, in there, you will find one book that acts as a switch. When pulled it will reveal a tunnel of sand with a chest at the end of it... I want you to get me that chest from the end of the tunnel.”

“Oookay,” I said before heading to the library and started looking for the switch. I eventually found a book that was labeled traps, surprises, and things. ‘Sounds like that might be it,’ I thought and pulled it. The bookcase swung open revealing the tunnel. I then started to walk through the sand to the chest. I got the chest and hurried back to Jacob.

He fiddled with the combination locks before pulling out a blue fruit with white flames on it. “Can you guess what this fruit is?”

I stared at it for a moment before saying, “The only thing I can think of is a stronger Flame-Flame Fruit.”

“Well, it is fire related. It's the Phoenix-Phoenix Fruit.” Jacob said as he tossed it to Ditzy. “Figured you might need one in case things get explosive here.”

Ditzy looked at the fruit, “I suppose it would be good to have in case something happens and the others are away.”

“Just make sure that you’re ready for it Ditzy,” I said. “These things shouldn’t be eaten without care.” She nodded in understanding. I then glanced at Jacob, “Good thinking, I suppose. She does have two daughters to protect after all.”

Jacob’s eyes widened, “Wait, before you eat that I have two others that you might be interested in. He produced two more fruits. The first was a fruit that was purple and pineapple shaped. “This is the Chop-Chop Fruit. It allows you to be able to break apart your body as many times as you want and still be able to move them around.” The second one was shaped like a mango and it had a white and grey color to it. “This is the Plume-Plume Fruit. This logia type fruit will allow you to turn into smoke when ever you want. The choice is up to you.”

Ditzy glanced between the Devil Fruits. After a moment's contemplation she grabbed the Plume-Plume Fruit. However, she decided not to eat it just yet and placed it in the bag she had with her. “Thank you,” she said.

“Don’t mention it,” said Jacob as he put away the other fruits in the chest. He got up and then said, “I need to organize tomorrow’s agenda, so I need you to go to a guest room and sleep. You should find them one floor beneath this one.”

I nodded, “Thanks for all this by the way.” Jacob gave a nod. "See you tomorrow," I said to Ditzy giving her another peck, this time on the lips.

Her face lit up and she mumbled, "See you tomorrow."

I then began making my way to the floor below. When I got there, I saw that it was rather spartan in design. There was a single hammock and a bookshelf in there. There was also a note on the floor. 'I had this room set up to help train your will as well as your body, can’t have you being too comfortable now.' I sighed a little and thought, ‘It's going to be this rough all the time isn’t it?’ Unlacing my boots, I jumped into the hammock and tried to get some sleep for the days to come.

Author's Notes:

Crossover with Ink Sword's Buck you, I'm Iron man. If you haven't read it, be warned that his character is well ahead of where he's at in his story.