As the flash of light dissipated, I saw that we were standing in a in a long hall with a long red carpet on the floor. Looking around I saw a throne at one end of the room. Turning my attention back to the draconequus, I arched a brow at him.

My wife glared at him, "Why did you bring us here?"

He looked at us, "To find out what you two want." His hands started to glow and he narrowed his eyes, "If you are here to harm the girls I won't play nice."

Ashley narrowed her eyes back, "If we are going to harm them? What about you mister spirit of chaos and disharmony? You who tried to break up those six amazing mares friendship."

I saw guilt spread across his face, "Well, let's just say that I've had a change of heart." His expression quickly changed, "So, I'll ask again, why are you here and what do you want?"

I cut in at this point, "We don't know why we are here Discord. We were going to explain that with everyone so that we didn't have to tell it ten times."

He looked at me and smiled, "I was watching you when you appeared. How you saved that mare and filly and gave yourself up so that they could get away."

Ashley raised an eyebrow, "You saw what he did, but not me? Even with how powerful your magic is?"

Discord glanced at my wife, "After seeing what he could do, I decided to keep all of my attention on him." He stood up straight, "I suppose I can see your point in wanting to only explain yourself one time." He shrugged, "I guess I'll wait to hear your whole story." He snapped his talons again and we vanished from the room.

As the light died down again, I saw that we were now outside. The sound of someone finishing singing reached my ears. Blinking the spots from my eyes, I heard a sudden shout. Well, I say shout, but it was more like someone just raising their voice.

"Discord!" came what was apparently Fluttershy's voice. She flew forward and wrapped her arms around him. "It's good to see you," she said, looking up at him with a smile. He smiled back and returned the hug.

"I see you met Discord," I heard Twilight speak up. We turned around to see Princess Celestia, Twilight, and the others walking to us. It was then I noticed that Celestia stood three feet taller than the others, whereas Twilight and her friends were around the same height, which looked around six feet. Twilight glared slightly at him, "You didn't do anything to them did you?"

"Why ever would I do such a thing?" he asked, obviously feigning ignorance. All of them, with the exception of Fluttershy, raised an eyebrow at the exact same time. Seeing this happen caused me to start snickering. Discord looked at me with slight smirk, "No, as you can clearly see they are perfectly fine."

They all glanced at me and Twilight said, "He still seems to be himself and I'm sure he'd notice if something was wrong with his wife."

"Yes I would and bringing that up." I reached up and grabbed the draconequus' beard. Glaring into his eyes, "I'm only going to say this once. You do anything to my wife, and you'll have to deal with me. Got it?" He nodded frantically. I smiled and released him, "Good, we should get along fine then."

I looked over to see everyone staring at me in shock, even Princess Celestia looked rather surprised. "What?" I asked.

"Nothing, just haven't seen someone threaten Discord before," Celestia said. I just shrugged.

"Are you going to tell us about yourselves now?" Twilight asked.

"Is everypony you want to hear what we're about to tell you here?" Ashley asked.

"Not yet, but soon," Princess Celestia said.

As she said that, I felt another strange feeling in the back of my mind. It was very similar to when I had seen Discord. Looking back I saw a dark blue woman gliding toward all of us. The others noticed my diverted attention and followed my gaze. As she glided down, I noticed that her hands started to glow.

Noticing the glow herself, the Princess shouted, "Luna, don't! They helped us out earlier!" Luna seemed to hear her as the glow died from her hands and landed near everypony. As she landed I noticed she had a horn in addition to her wings like Celestia did.

"Did you say that they helped you?" she asked incredulously.

Twilight nodded, "Yes, Princess Luna. When we were captured by the changelings before we could get the Elements of Harmony, these two were caught as well. And after an... unexpected reaction, the Queen of the Changelings tried to use her magic on him and do the same thing she did to my brother. Somehow though he fought it off." Her brow furrowed and she looked at me, "How did you resist her magic?"

"I'm actually not a hundred percent sure. I was able to fight her off for a good while, but she eventually started to gain an advantage. When she was getting close to really start pushing me back, there was a sudden interference and her influence was gone. That's when I headbutted her away from me," I told them.

"I thought you said you fought her off," Ashley said.

"I did, just not completely. Like I said, it's going to take a lot more than her trying to force me to love her to make me leave you," I said, pulling her close.

She smiled and hugged me. "I wonder what that interference was," she said.

"It was me actually."

We turned to see Discord floating next to us. "You?" Ashley asked skeptically.

"That's right. I saw what Chrysalis was trying to do and how much of a fight he was putting up. So, since he did so much to help, I decided to block Chrissy's magic from reaching him," he said.

For the third time I felt that sensation in my mind, I was starting to get an idea of what it was. This time, however, it was much more intense, so I jumped to the side just as cyan beam of magic passed by where I had just been standing. The others jumped at the sudden beam of magic. Looking in the direction it came from I saw a black furred woman charging at me.

Celestia shouted, "Nightmare, stop! We are talking to them!" She appeared to either not hear her or wasn't listening because she continued her charge and occasionally fire blasts at me.

Not seeing any other way to stop her, I smiled and looked back, "You all ready to be surprised?" They all gave me looks of confusion.

Discord, however smiled and laughed, "Ooh, you all aren't going to believe what he's about to do. Though, you'll probably recognize what it is once he does it." This time Ashley joined in the confusion.

I ignored him and stepped forward. I was thinking of using the Gum Gum Balloon, but since she used magic, I was pretty sure that she had a horn. So instead, I intertwined my fingers and looked back at Discord. "You mind sending me up there?" I asked.

He grinned, "Sure." Before anyone could protest, he snapped his fingers and I found myself in the air, in front of Nightmare.

Her eyes widened at my sudden appearance and her wings flared as she tried to stop herself, but she had gotten too close. "Gum Gum Net!!" I yelled, stretching my fingers to form a net. Her eyes widened even more at the sight of me stretching. She was too shocked to try and escape as I caught her in my fingers. We started to fall from the air with her in my grasp. When we reached a certain height I released her and she quickly righted herself, as I continued to fall.

[POV Change: Twilight]

I watched in shock as Sean let Princess Nightmare Moon go and continued to fall to the ground. I turned to Discord, "Are you not going to help him back down?"

He lifted his paw and stroked his beard, "Hmm, nah."

We all stared at him in disbelief. Why would he help him up but not down? I started to prepare my magic to grab him, but was too late. He smashed into the ground with a loud crash. Fluttershy and Rarity screamed, Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked at the crater in horror, and Pinkie just stared at it. The Princesses and I glared at Discord, however he didn't seem to care as he focused on the hole.

Cadance and Shining Armor rushed over to us. "Is everypony alright?" she asked.

I opened my mouth to answer, when I heard laughing. It wasn't Discord's, but I recognized immediately. It was Sean, we turned to the crater and stared at it in astonishment as he climbed out of the hole. He stood up completely unfazed and seemingly unharmed. He began patting the dirt off of his clothes. He looked up at us and started snickering.

"S-sorry, I know you were probably w-worried about me, but y-your expressions are just so funny," he said.

"You really shouldn't laugh at them when they were worried about you," Ashley said.

"Hehe, sorry," he apologized.

"How?" I stuttered. They turned toward me. "How did you not even get injured from that fall?"

He frowned, "Hang on you're only wondering how I survived the fall? I mean, I know it's unusual, but you aren't wondering about me stretching my fingers?"

"We've seen something similar before," Princess Nightmare Moon spoke up. Ashley spun around and her hand went to her sword. Princess Nightmare stopped and held up her hands, "Please be calm. I saw the worry on everypony's face when he crashed into the ground. There's obviously more going on here than I thought." Ashley eased slightly, but she kept her hand on the sword's hilt. "That incident is actually one of the reasons that Discord has reformed from his completely chaotic ways."

They both glanced at the draconequus and then returned their attention to the Princess.

"Would you mind telling us about it?" Sean asked. "I'm guessing that it has something to do with Princess Celestia, Twilight, as well as Discord, being suspicious of us, why Pinkie seemed to know of us, but not what we were called, and why Princess Luna was about to attack us and you actually did attack."

Princess Celestia nodded, "We'll tell you after you explain how you got here and how you seem to know so much about us."

"Very well, Princess," Ashley said. "We aren't sure how we ended up here. We were attending something called a convention when we came across a booth with these swords." She placed a hand on the hilts. "The guy decided to give to us for free, which I suppose should have been our first clue that something was off. Anyway, I slipped mine into my sash, while Sean put his into the belt he wore. As soon as we did, we started feeling weak and soon fainted. The next thing we know we are here in Canterlot. As for what we know, Sean doesn't know anything about this world." She paused, then amended, "Well, except for what he knows of Greek mythology."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

She glanced at him, "You want to list some of the creatures and show them what I mean?"

He shrugged, and was about to say something when he was tackled to the ground by four small blurs. Turning toward where he landed I saw the CMC as well as Dinky on top of him.

"Is he the one Dinky?" Sweetie Belle asked.

The periwinkle unicorn nodded, "Yeah, he's the one."

"Sweetie Belle!" "Apple Bloom!" "Scootaloo!" "Dinky!"

They all winced and slowly got off of Sean and stood in front of him, their heads hung and ears lowered. He sat up, but stayed sitting on the ground.

Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Amethyst walked up to the fillies.

"You should know better than tackling somepony Sweetie Belle," Rarity scolded.

"You could seriously hurt somepony doing that kind of thing," Applejack added.

"They're right, squirt," Rainbow Dash said.

"I want you to apologize to him, Dinky," Amethyst said.

They all turned to Sean and said, "Sorry, mister."

He waved the apology off, "First off, the name's Sean. Second, it's fine. It didn't hurt me in the slightest." The four fillies all smiled at this. Amethyst opened her mouth to say something, but Sean continued, "However, that's just me. Others could get hurt from you four smashing into them like that. And even though it doesn't hurt me, I would rather not get knocked to the ground." Their smiles waned and they nodded in understanding. He smiled and tussled each of their manes two at a time, "As long as you don't do it again, it's fine. So, who are you three?"

"Ah'm Apple Bloom."

"I'm Sweetie Belle."

"Name's Scootaloo."

As the three took a deep breath, everyone, except for Sean, covered their ears. "And we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders!!"

Sean blinked several times and shook his head, trying to get the ringing out of his ears. He turned his attention to Amethyst's sister. "It's good to see you safe and sound Dinky. You and Amethyst didn't have any problems with the changelings after that did you?"

She shook her head, "No, we stayed in that alley until we heard two ponies fly down to us. When they reached us we got up and saw that it was two Wonderbolts. They were really surprised by how we looked, but when we explained it to them they understood. They took us somewhere safe while keeping the changelings away from us."

At her mention of it, we all looked at them and we all gasped at what we saw. Covering their dresses was some kind of red liquid.

"Were you two hurt?" Fluttershy asked worriedly.

Amethyst shook her head, "No, this is something that Sean did."

We all glanced at him. Before he could explain, Dinky spoke up, "Hey, do you have more of that stuff?"

He glanced at her, slight confusion on his face. He then seemed to remember, "Oh right. Yes I do. Ash, do you have the backpack?"

"It's with my clothes," she said.

There was a snap and a bag appeared in Sean's lap. "That it?" Discord asked, rhetorically.

"Thanks, Discord," he said. He unzipped the middle zipper and reached inside. What he pulled out revolted all of us, and Rarity, Fluttershy, Cadance, Pinkie, and the CMC shrieked in horror. He unscrewed the cap and held it out. "Here you go Dinky," he said.

She grabbed the bottle and, before anypony could stop her, she started to drink. Rarity and Fluttershy outright fainted at the sight and several ponies faces turned green.

Sean stared at Fluttershy and Rarity, then turned to his wife, "Did I go too far?"

We all glared at him. How in the hay could he ask something like that after giving Dinky a bottle full of blood! Before anypony could say anything Discord started to bust out laughing.

"Ahahaha! The looks on all of their faces is just priceless. I don't think you went to far," he said.

Ashley sighed, "Yeah, well your sense of humor is vastly different than the others. Plus, you actually know what it is."

"True, but I still find it hilarious," he said.

"What's so funny about that foal drinking blood!?" Princess Luna shouted.

Discord started laughing again, "That! The fact that you think that the guy who saved her would give her a bottle of blood. Look at her sister and you'll have an idea on what I'm talking about."

We all looked at Amethyst and were shocked to see that she didn't seem concerned. "Amethyst, why ain't ya worried about what Dinky's drinkin'?" Applejack questioned.

She glanced at her everypony, "That's what he used to help us out." Confusion spread across all of our faces.

Fluttershy and Rarity regained consciousness, just as Dinky lowered the bottle from her lips. "I love strawberry!" she said.

Everypony froze upon hearing that. Strawberry?

"She's telling the truth everypony," Amethyst said. "I tried it myself when he showed it to us. It's pretty much just strawberry juice."

Sean nodded, "Yeah, I use this stuff to prank people and I tried to think of other ways I could use it to do that. I then thought of drinking it, but none of the ones you could by were drinkable. So, I made my own and added strawberry flavor so that I could easily show people that it was fake." He turned toward Amethyst, "It's also easily washed out of clothes, so you don't have to worry about that."

She sighed in relief, "That's good. Mom would have killed us if these were ruined."

"Why isn't she here?" Sean asked.

"She didn't come."

"Shouldn't she be here with you?"

We all fell silent, having an idea on why she didn't come.

"She didn't want to have to deal with the nobles," Amethyst said. She was probably hoping that would be a good enough reason for him to not press the matter.

He paused and seemed to think on her answer. After a minute he nodded, "Well, if they are anything like nobles are usually portrayed, then I'm not surprised."

"They are," his wife said.

"You were going to explain something before you were interrupted," I said, trying to get back on topic.

Ashley spoke up, "He was, but when I think about it, that's only slightly relevant to what you're asking. So, how about he tells you later. I'm sure you have questions about our world anyway." We all nodded in agreement. "Alright, so you asked why we know so much about you all. Well, I told Sean everything he knows, so I'm really the only one who knows about you all."

"And how do you know so much? Are you spies?" Rainbow Dash accused her.

"Rainbow!" I reprimanded.

"Didn't ya'll learn your lesson when ya accused Twilight of that?" Applejack asked.

Ashley just stared at her before muttering, "I never thought I'd be accused of that. Much less by Rainbow Dash herself." She focused back on us, "Anyway, in our world there is a cartoon-"

"What in the hay is a cartoon?" Rainbow interrupted.

She paused and, as she thought, seemed to remember something. "Oh, I can just show you. Sean can you hand me the iPad?"

"Sure," he said. Opening the back zipper he reached inside and pulled out a flat tablet with a leather cover over it.

Unlatching the cover, she opened it up. There was a snap and a table suddenly appeared in front of her. Glancing at Discord, Ashley said, "Thank you. Now this is what's called an iPad. It's a device from our world that has a great deal of functions. Me and Sean, however, mostly use it for music, games, and watching shows." She pressed a button on the top of the tablet and, much to all of our surprise, the screen lit up and showed a picture of the night sky. She then slid her finger across the screen and it changed again, this time, behind several icons, it showed a picture of a planet. She began pressing the screen and changing what was shown. After a minute, she moved out of the way and we all were looking at a black screen.

"Did you break it or something?" Rainbow asked.

"No, I didn't," Ashley said.

She pressed the screen again and after a second the screen lit up again, but this time the pictures were moving. It was like a movie was playing on the small screen. We watched in absolute shock as it showed all of us go through what we did when I first met the girls. We were still unicorns, pegasi, earth ponies, and alicorns, except that we were quadrupedal instead of being bipedal like we are. As the 'cartoon', as Ashley had called it, ended, we all stared at the device in absolute shock.

"So you know all about us?" Princess Celestia asked.

Ashley shrugged, "I'm not completely sure." She handed the iPad to Sean, who put it back in their backpack.

"What do you mean?" Princess Nightmare Moon asked.

She pointed at the Princess, "You and Discord are what I mean. In the show when you were defeated, you pretty much disappeared and all that was left was Princess Luna. Discord did get reformed, but it didn't happen until much later in the series."

The Princess paled, "I disappeared?"

"Well, in the show you are the manifestation of her anger and resentment, so when she's hit with the Elements of Harmony, that all vanishes," Ashley explained. "I'm sure you were different, right?"

Princess Nightmare Moon shook her head, "No, that's exactly what I was like. Why didn't I disappear like the Nightmare Moon you saw?"

"I think that's because of us Princess," I spoke up. She turned to me. "You see when I was standing against you, I was sure that I saw something in your eyes that showed you weren't sure anymore that you still wanted to cause eternal night. So, when we used the Elements, I focused on separating you and Princess Luna from each other. After learning how important friends are, I figured that maybe if you had some that you could live like anypony else."

Pinkie jumped up, "Yeah, and when the Elements activated we could feel how she felt about you and what she wanted to do."

"Some of us didn't exactly agree, but we decided to trust Twilight on what she felt," Applejack added.

Princess Nightmare Moon looked at me, "So I have you to thank for my new life?"

I could feel my face heat up, "Well, it was initially my idea, but it was because of all of us."

"That may be true egghead, but if it wasn't for you, Princess Nightmare Moon might not be here," Rainbow Dash said.

"She's right darling. If you hadn't felt so strongly about it, we wouldn't have done what we did," Rarity put in.

I looked down at the ground to hide my growing blush. As I looked at the ground I didn't notice Princess Nightmare Moon move forward and enveloped me in a hug.

[POV Change: Sean]

I watched as Nightmare Moon hugged Twilight with not just her arms, but her wings as well. It was interesting to see someone get hugged with wings.

"Thank you Twilight Sparkle. Thank you for giving me a chance to live an actual life," she said.

I smiled at the scene in front of me. I heard a quiet gag sound and turned around to see Discord and Rainbow Dash pretending to gag at the sentimental display. I narrowed my eyes at the two of them. They noticed my gaze and grinned sheepishly. I continued to glare at them for a minute before turning back to Twilight and Nightmare Moon.

"I'm glad that I was right about you wanting to live a normal life and that you've enjoyed it," Twilight said, her face as red as an apple. "And I'm happy to call you my friend Princess."

Nightmare Moon opened her eyes and pulled back slightly. With an arched brow she asked, "If we're friends, why do you still call me Princess?"

Twilight looked at her and began stammering, "W-well- I mean- You're a Princess-"

Celestia spoke up, "Nightmare don't tease the poor filly. You know exactly how she is when it comes to the three of us."

"That's another thing," Nightmare Moon said. "It's only us and not Cadance."

"Well, she was Twilight's foalsitter," Luna said. "They spent years getting to know each other and become very close to one another."

Nightmare sighed, "You're right, but if we're friends, I don't want her referring to me by my title."

I thought about their dilemma, when idea hit me. I thought I heard a 'ding' and, when I looked up, I could swear I saw a light bulb. Shaking it off, I spoke up, "How about this? When it's at times like this, when it's only friends and family, you just call them by their names. And when there are others around, you use their title."

They all looked at me in slight surprise. The Princesses glanced at each other.

"Why in the hay did we not think of that?" Nightmare Moon questioned. Her two sisters shrugged their shoulders. "Do you two agree with what he proposed?"

Luna shrugged again, "I told the ponies of Ponyville to just call me Luna already. They sometimes still call me Princess, but they also just call me by my name, so it's fine with me." She glanced at Celestia, "Tia?"

She looked slightly conflicted at the question. "Well, I don't really want to force them to call me by my name," she paused. "but I would really like it if they wouldn't refer to me as Princess."

I glanced at the others, "So, what do you say? They all would like you to address them by their names rather than Princess. Plus, it's just in situations like this, when it's only people you know that are present."

All of the ponies looked rather uncomfortable, even Pinkie Pie looked slightly uneasy. After awhile, probably the last pony they thought would say anything spoke up.

"I suppose that I could do that," Twilight said. Everypony looked at her in shock, even Ashley and Discord looked astonished. Soon, everypony started muttering their agreements.

"If I may ask. How should we address you?" Ashley asked.

The Royal Sisters looked at us and walked over and began talking to each other. After a minute, they turned back to us.

Nightmare Moon spoke first, "Normally, Luna and I would say that you should show us the proper respect and call us Princess."

Luna spoke next, "However, given that you helped our citizens, freed Celestia, and fought the Changeling Queen."

Finally, Celestia said, "There's also the fact that you aren't part of our kingdom, so we can hardly make you refer to us by our titles. So, we decided that you don't have to call us Princess." She smiled warmly, "After all, you seem to be very different."

There was the thing that had been bothering me for awhile now. "You mentioned something similar before. How you had seen something similar to what I can do."

Everyone's expression became serious. "Yes, when Discord broke free and was messing with us, another being appeared," Twilight said. "He looked similar to us, but had noticeable differences. We didn't think much of his sudden appearance, until he suddenly vanished and reappeared in front of us."

"Soru," my wife and I muttered.

They looked at us in confusion. "What?" they asked.

I glanced at Ashley, "Are you able to do it?"

"I managed a few times," she said. She began kicking herself off the ground slightly. After the eighth bounce, she tensed her legs and suddenly disappeared.

Everyone gasped and started looking around for my wife.

There was a sudden shout, "Hey!"

They spun around to see her standing several feet away from them. All of their jaws were practically on the ground. Except for the Royal Sisters and Discord, although they looked just as surprised.

"That's exactly what he did!" Twilight exclaimed. "How did you know about it and how were you able to do it?"

I reached into my pocket and took out my wallet. "Well, the way we look are actually characters from an anime. We didn't look like this before," I told them. Opening my wallet, I showed them a picture of me and Ashley. I was a blond with green eyes and a completely different build than now. I was much taller before and I was slightly bigger. My wife had the same black hair, but her eyes were blue and, while she was by no means fat, she wasn't as skinny as she is now. "We've become the people we were dressed as and gained their abilities and strength. The person you fought was most likely a character from the show. What did he look like?" I asked.

The Mane Six, as my wife called them several times, gained thoughtful looks. Rarity spoke first, "He was wearing a black suit with a white tie and top hat."

"His speed was insane. Even without that Soru thing, he was fast," Rainbow Dash said.

Pinkie Pie spoke next, "He had wavy hair that went down to his shoulders."

"The way he talked while he attacked us seemed like he enjoyed it," Applejack said with a shudder. After hearing this, a feeling of dread rose in me.

Twilight spoke up, "He was very pale, a strangely shaped beard, and had oddly arched eyebrows."

I really hoped it wasn't who I thought it was.

"He also had a pigeon," Fluttershy whispered.

"Are you serious?" I asked. They all looked at me with confusion. I stared at them in complete shock. "I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but you all fought against Rob Lucci and survived?"

"Normally I'd be insulted, but that guy was crazy," Rainbow Dash said. The others nodded in agreement.

"So what happened?" Ashley asked. "You said that he had something to do with Discord reforming."

They all nodded. "Yes, we all fought against him. Thankfully Discord decided to give me, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy our horns and wings back," Twilight said.

"He gave them back?" Ashley questioned.

"Yes, he said and I quote, 'I just wanted to cause chaos, not kill you'," Twilight told her. "So, after beating all of us, except for Fluttershy, until we couldn't move, he turned his attention to Discord."

"Hang on. Why not Fluttershy? He isn't the type to not attack someone who won't fight back," I said.

"Really?" Rarity asked. I nodded. "Oh, I knew it was a good thing that we hadn't run into Fluttershy yet."

'Ah that makes sense. Can't hurt somepony who isn't there,' I thought. "You were saying?"

"Right. Lucci said that he had seen the kinds of things Discord was capable of doing," Twilight continued. "After he said that, he suddenly changed form. We were completely shocked when it happened. He gained the traits of a leopard." She paused then asked, "Why was his ability so much more different than yours?"

"I'll explain later," I said.

"Alright. So after changing, he held up his hand and made a fist at Discord. What happened next is probably best explained by Fluttershy," Twilight said.

We all turned to the timid mare. She squeaked and hid behind her mane.

"Fluttershy?" I said. She squeaked again. "Will you please tell us what happened that day? We'll wait until you feel comfortable enough to tell us."

After a couple minutes, she peeked through her mane and looked at me. I smiled at her comfortingly. She smiled slightly back and took a deep breath, "Well, as I walked through the maze, I suddenly heard several loud noises and, as much as I didn't want to, I followed them because I thought that was where the girls were at. It turned out that I was right and I found them, on the ground and beaten." Tears started welling up in her eyes and she whispered, "I'm sorry."

I stepped forward and wiped them from her eyes. "Hey, it's okay. It was a horrible experience for all of you. Take as much time as you need and you can tell us when you are ready," I said. She looked up at me and the tears began surfacing again. She suddenly threw her arms around me and began crying into my shoulder. I was taken aback the suddenness of the action. However, I slowly smiled and rubbed her back comfortingly.

After awhile, she slowly began to calm down. She pulled back and began to resume telling us about what happened. "I saw who was responsible for hurting my friends and was terrified by his appearance. He looked like he was part animal, but something about him was off. He seemed more bloodthirsty than even some animals that I've seen. He was holding out a fist toward Discord, with his index sticking out slightly. It didn't really look like much, but I had a nagging feeling that it was very dangerous. So, taking heed to that feeling, I flew forward as fast as I could and pushed Discord out of the way."

"His attacks hit her instead," Discord said. Her wings fluttered slightly as she seemed to remember the experience.

"It hit your wings!?" Ashley yelled, concern in her voice.

"Yes, but thankfully it was only a slight injury," Fluttershy whispered.

Discord decided to pick up the story, "I was shocked to say the least. That she would risk her safety to save the one responsible for tormenting her and her friends was the last thing I was expecting."

"Nopony, not even you, deserve to just be hurt," she said.

He smiled, "The Element of Kindness through and through." The yellow mare blushed. "So, when Fluttershy selflessly pushed me out of the way and took the attack for me, I felt something in my heart. Something I'd never felt before, like I could become close to somepony. So, after gently laying Fluttershy on the ground, I used my magic and brought the Royal Sisters to where we were. They looked at the situation and, of course, thought that I was responsible for it. Don't blame them really, but boy were they surprised when I fired a beam of magic at, Rob Lucci you said?" I nodded. "Right, they were shocked that I had actually attacked him, as I usually just cause chaos. They turned their attention to who I had attacked."

Celestia then spoke up, "Seeing this strange and obviously dangerous being, I thought I should to try and talk to him, but he immediately attacked me. Luckily, I was able to teleport away from him. Luna and Nightmare were shocked at the sudden action. Turning to Discord I asked him if the one who had just attacked me was responsible for what happened to the Elements. He told me that he was."

"After learning this we were ticked," Luna said. "So, as much as we didn't want to at the time, we combined our magic with Discord and trapped Rob Lucci in stone. Of course, it wasn't anything like what the Elements could do, so we sent him to be imprisoned in Tartarus."

"He's in Tartarus? That's a hell of a place to get sent," I said. Ashley sighed and I looked over to her in confusion.

"Really Sean? Tartarus is a hell of a place?" she asked in exasperation.

I thought over what she said, then bust out laughing.

"What in Equestria is he laughin' about now?" Applejack asked.

"I'll explain later," I gasped out between laughs.

"Are you going to explain why you and Lucci's powers were so different?" Twilight asked.

"I think it would be better to leave that for some other time Twilight. I mean, we all have quite a bit to process after those bombs we dropped on each other," I said.

Everyone looked at me in confusion. "Bombs?" Celestia questioned.

Discord began to snicker, as my wife spoke up. "You're going to have to watch what you say Sean. They don't have the same kinds of expressions we do," she told me.

"Ah, right. Well, as Ashley said it's just an expression. It's when you announce shocking or startling news," I explained.

"You have a point. We should take a moment and let this information process," Celestia said.

"Besides we got party to enjoy, right?" I questioned.

Pinkie gasped, "You're right. Let's leave all this seriousness for later and Party!" The pink mare rushed off and rejoined the festivities.

I grinned, "I have a feeling me and Pinkie'll be good friends." I snatched up my backpack and raced after her. Noticing the DJ, I headed over to them. As I approached them, I saw that DJ was a white furred mare with electric blue mane and tail. She wasn't dressed like someone would for a wedding. She wore a white tank top that practically vanished against her white fur and blue jeans. "Nice music."

The white mare jumped, "Whoa! Dude don't sneak up on me like that!"

"Sorry about that," I apologized.

"It's fine and thanks for the compliment," she said. She stared at me for a minute, before lowering her sunglasses. "Dude, what the hay are you?"

I snorted at the use of hay instead of hell, before answering, "I'm a human. From another world, if you believe that."

"Considering the things that happen in Ponyville alone, I don't find it that hard to believe," she said.

I looked down at her turntables and saw something familiar. "Is this what I think it is?" I muttered to myself.

"Huh?" she questioned. She saw I was looking at the protrusion on her turntable. "Oh, that thing. The pony that makes these just had what he called a jolt inspiration and put these into all of his turntables. Nopony really knows what it's for, not even him, but it's obviously connected to the table, so it does something. However, since it doesn't effect it's performance, nopony really bothers with it."

"If you don't mind, I'd like to try something," I said.

"As long as it doesn't break my turntable, I don't mind," she said.

I reached into my backpack and pulled out our iPod.

"What's that thing," she asked.

"Well, Ms.--" I paused.

"Vinyl Scratch," she said.

"I'm Sean," I introduced. "This is called an iPod Touch. It's a portable device used to listen to music and you can also play games on it."

"You can listen to music with that? I can kind of believe the games part with that screen on it, but music? It doesn't even have speakers," she said, skeptically.

"Not that you can see, but it has some built into it," I said. I lowered the iPod and connect it to the dock connector. The records started to slow and the music stopped.

Vinyl glared at me, "What did you do to my turntable?"

"Just hold on a minute," I said. I scrolled through the music and paused at a certain song. 'Equestria Girls? I'm pretty sure I heard someone mention that name,' I thought. Nodding to myself I selected the song and it began to play.

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Everypony was looking at me in shock at the song that had just played.

"How--" I glanced over at Vinyl who looked completely shocked. "That song had my stage name in it, but I've never heard of it before," she said.

"Did it? You'll have to ask my wife about that. I'm sure she'll know and can explain," I told her. I looked at the microphone in front of me and grabbed it. "Hello, everypony. My name is Sean and I'll be borrowing Vinyl's turntable and playing some music from my world. This first song isn't exactly one you'd hear at a royal wedding, but I'm sure the Princes of Love won't care, since this is a love song. Isn't that right, Princess Cadance?"

"Not at all!" she called over.

"Wonderful. You ready Shining Armor?" He turned toward me in confusion. "Because I think this song describes rather well how we feel about our wives." I scrolled through the songs and, after finding the song I was looking for, I pressed it and it began to play. As the music began, I felt a strange sensation start to come over me. It wasn't a bad sensation, so instead of fighting it, I let the feeling flow through me. When the feeling reached it's peak, the song started and I brought the microphone to my mouth and began to sing.

Like a summer breeze floating across the water
Softer than a whisper on my skin
I can't begin to tell you how it moves me
It's so intense I burn within

When she gets close to me my emotions break free
And I just wanna hold on to her permanently
It's like nothing else my heart has ever felt
It's unbelieveably heavenly
When she gets close to me

She walks across the room just like an angel
And I get that funny feeling deep inside
Pulls up a chair and sits down at the table
I come to laugh whoa there's nothing like

When she gets close to me my emotions break free
And I just wanna hold on to her permanently
It's like nothing else my heart has ever felt
It's unbelieveably heavenly
When she gets close to me

Wow no one has ever touched me like this
Set me on fire with just one sweet gentle kiss
Amazing that's what it is

When she gets close to me my emotions break free
And I just wanna hold on to her permanently
It's like nothing else my heart has ever felt
It's unbelieveably heavenly
When she gets close to me
Anywhere close to me
When she gets close to me

As the song ended, I was completely stunned at what had just happened. I'd never sung in my life. "What the hell just happened?" I questioned.

"That's part of the magic in Equestria," I heard next to me. Looking over I saw Ashley. "It would happen a lot in the show. The ponies would break out into song randomly. It's seems that it affects us as well," she told me.

"That's interesting." I was shocked when I heard cheers and applause. Looking around I saw the ponies seemed to have enjoyed the song. "You all want some more?" I asked them. They all shouted their approval. "All right, this next song is going to be slower, so those with dates can dance together and those who are wanting to start, this would be a good song to confess to." I selected the song and pressed play. As it started, I felt the same sensation as before and began to sing.

There's a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight?
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far

And can you feel the love tonight?
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best

I breathed rather heavily as the song ended, having never sung before. Glancing around, I saw a great number of ponies dancing in each others arms. Disconnecting my iPod, I took my wife's hand. Addressing Vinyl, I requested, "Hey, you mind playing some slow music for a while?"

"It's not usually my thing, but sure. I brought some because it was a wedding," she said. Changing the records on her turntable, Vinyl began playing a slow song. Perfect for dancing with the one you love.

"Thanks," I said. Me and Ashley walked on to the dance floor and began dancing. We spent the rest of the night enjoying the reception, until it got too late and everyone went to bed to get some rest after the stressful events of the day.