As the train made it's way to Ponyville, Amethyst looked at Dinky sitting in my lap.

"She's taken quite the liking to you," she said with a smile.

I just chuckled and patted the filly on the head. I felt a strange urge to scratch behind her ear. Which I began to do and, as soon as I did, Dinky leaned into my touch, a happy smile on her face.

Ashley glanced at me, "So, they actually like that?"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Some people figured that ponies liked to be scratched behind their ears," she explained. "Don't really know why, but it always made for some cute art."

"Interesting," I mumbled, continuing to scratch Dinky's ear. As the train made its way to Ponyville, my eyes widened as I remembered something very important. "Crap!" I shouted, causing everyone to jump.

"Sean, watch your language! There are children in the car," Twilight yelled.

"Sorry, but I just remembered something that we forget to tell the Princesses about Devil Fruits," I said in slight panic.

Ashley looked at me in confusion, "What did we forget? We told them about the different types, their weaknesses, we warned them about a Logia-users biggest weakness--" Her eyes suddenly widened as she realized what I was talking about. "Oh no. How could we forget to warn them about that?" She took a deep breath, "OK, we need to not panic. I doubt they'll give somepony two Devil Fruits, but we do need to warn them against it." She then asked, "Spike will you send a letter to Celestia for us?"

The young drake nodded and pulled out a scroll and quill.

"Dear Celestia," I began. "There is something very important that Ashley and I forgot to tell you. We doubt that you would, but we urge you to not give anyone more than one Devil Fruit. While it was never shown in the the anime, it was said that if someone eats two Devil Fruits, it would kill them." Everypony gasped and Spike faltered in his writing. I continued talking, "I don't know if this is true here, but I would rather not test it and find out. Sincerely, Sean."

Spike finished writing and, after opening a window, blew fire on the scroll, sending it to the Princess. Only a few minutes later, Spike burped out a scroll. He quickly unfurled it and began to read it.

Dear Sean and Ashley,

You are correct, we had no intention of giving somepony two Devil Fruits. Even if they were trustworthy, having that much power would not be a good thing. However, I'm glad that you warned us about this. Now we can forewarn the guards that, under no circumstances, are they to consume more than one Devil Fruit if they are to find one. If you remember anything else that is important about them down the road, please let us know right away.

Sincerely,

Celestia

Ashley and I sighed in relief, glad that we'd warned them before anything happened and that they hadn't planned on doing it to begin with. As the relief washed over me, I felt a sense of sadness start to fill me. Dinky seemed to notice as she looked at me with worry in her eyes.

"Something wrong you two?" Twilight asked.

I glanced at Ashley and saw the sadness in her eyes. We both sighed. "I guess it's just finally setting in that we are in another world," I said.

Ashley nodded, "Yeah, while I'm glad that I could come here, my family's probably worried sick about us disappearing." She sighed again and leaned against me. I wrapped an arm around her. Dinky moved to sit on my other side.

"You're just now realizing this?" Rainbow asked incredulously.

"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity scolded. "They showed up in middle of an invasion, partied all night with the rest of us, told us about the strange powers they were able to use, and just about had a panic attack when they realized that they had forgotten something that could have been fatal. Until now, they haven't had time for it to sink in."

"Thanks Rarity, but it's okay." I smiled and squeezed Ashley's shoulder, "At least, Ash is here with me." She smiled and gave me a quick kiss.

All of them, except for Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, smiled at my words. I got the feeling they didn't really care for mushy things.

"Oh, Rarity," Ashley said gaining the white unicorns attention. "We were wondering if you could make us some clothes," she requested.

Rarity's eyes lit up, "Oh, I would absolutely love to!" She looked at both of us, "I was wondering why you two were wearing the same clothes as yesterday."

Rainbow Dash and Applejack rolled their eyes. "Believe it or not Rarity, but not everypony likes to change their outfits five times a day," the prismatic pegasus said.

The fashionista scoffed, "I know that perfectly well Rainbow Dash. I meant why they wore the same thing when they just wore it the day before."

"I repeat," Rainbow Dash started.

"How long is the ride to Ponyville," I spoke up, putting a stop to the conversation that would only escalate.

"It shouldn't be too long now," Twilight said, noticing what I was doing.

I reached into our backpack and grabbed the iPad. "I know of way to distract us for the rest of the ride," I said. I looked through the songs and came to a stop on a certain one. A smirk spread across my face and I pressed it.

As soon as the song started, Ashley stared at me, but I could see smile playing on her lips. "Really?" she asked. I just smiled and listened to the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-xcvrm9yU

As the song came to an end everyone was just staring at me with blank expressions. I chuckled, not really surprised by their reactions. The only ones not just blankly staring at me were my wife, who was just smiling, and Pinkie, who giggled the whole time.

"Really pardner?" Applejack questioned. "The love train?"

"Yep," I said, grinning. "I couldn't resist the irony of where we are and yesterday's situation." The train started to slow as we neared our destination. When it came to a stop and the doors opened, we exited the train.

When we exited, I was surprised to see an azure unicorn with a silvery mane standing at the station. She was apparently waiting for the others, as she walked up to us and said, "Welcome back everypony." She glanced at me and my wife in confusion, "Who and what are they?"

Before anyone could answer, Ashley asked, "Trixie?" Her eyes were wide in astonishment.

"How did--? Oh, you must have mentioned me," the mare guessed.

My wife stared at the unicorn for a moment before turning to our new friends. "OK, before I fly off the handle, how did you meet Trixie?" she asked.

"She's the librarian," Twilight said.

"But aren't you the librarian?" Ashley inquired.

"She is, but I was before and we work together now," Trixie spoke up. "Princess Celestia asked if Twilight could stay with me in the library and I didn't have a problem with it." A blush crossed the mare's face, "She later became my marefriend."

I snorted at the use of mare instead of girl. I then glanced back at Twilight, who was also blushing. Shaking it off, she turned to Ashley. "Did Trixie appear on the show?" she asked.

Ash winced slightly, "Yeeah, she did."

"Did something happen?" Twilight asked in concern.

"Nothing like your probably thinking," Ashley said quickly. "I'll show you later if you want, but it isn't exactly good."

"Even if it's not, it isn't my Trixie that it's showing," the lavender mare said determinedly.

My wife smiled, "You are very right Twilight. Don't let someone's interpretation of somepony you know change how you see them."

After being introduced to Trixie, I felt something small collide with the side of my head. We all looked down and saw a glowing purple diamond. ‘I’m really glad I’m made of rubber. That would of freaking hurt otherwise,’ I thought. I knelt down and picked the diamond up and was shocked when I heard a voice in my head.

To anyone that is in need of assistance, I will answer your call, Symbol Shattered.

“What in the world?” I questioned.

“What’s wrong Sean?” Ashley asked.

“Hold this for a second,” I said, holding out the gem to her. When she took the gem, she froze and her eyes widened. “I guess I wasn’t hearing things.”

“Symbol Shattered?” she wondered. “What is this thing anyway?”

“It’s a diamond what else?” Rainbow Dash said.

“It’s more than that Rainbow,” I said, taking the diamond. “From the message, I’m guessing we can summon him. Symbol Shattered if you’re there, we would like to meet you.”

Suddenly the diamond glowed brighter and a portal opened up near us. We all stared it in shock. From the portal a figure walked out and made itself known. The figure was a boy that looked around the age of nineteen. He had long grey hair and purple eyes, he wore a grey trench coat, purple shirt, grey trousers and purple boots.

He looked around until he spotted us and smiled. "Ah, so my token did get here safe and sound then." He turned around and called into the portal. "It's OK, you can come out, it's safe." Just then another figure walked out, and the best I can describe her is a gender swap of Portgas D. Ace or Fire Fist Ace from One Piece. However, unlike Ace, she was thankfully wearing a shirt.

We all looked between the two in shock. We were not expecting someone else that looked like a character from One Piece to show up, at least not so soon after learning they were here.

“What in Equestria is going on?” Twilight asked, surprised and confused by the appearance of the two humans.

Symbol turned to her and looked shocked. "Wow, so we're in an anthropomorphic Equestria, that's a new one for me." He shook his head and began explaining. "Let's start by introducing ourselves shall we. As you two know from my token you just used, my name is Symbol, pleasure to meet you." He held his hand out to me.

"My name is Sean." I grabbed his hand and we shook. We both turned to the girls.

"My name's Ashley." They both said at the same time, then they looked at each other surprised while Symbol and I facepalmed, however a smirk worked its way across my face.

Ashley, my wife, shook herself and said, “I suppose you can call me Tashigi.”

I then turned to Symbol. “That’s the second time you’ve mentioned a token. Are you talking about this thing?” I asked, holding up the diamond. Symbol nodded and took it from me.

"Yes, this is what is known as a token. Mainly used for contacting beings in other universes or to summon displaced."

"Displaced?" my wife and I asked.

"A Displaced is someone who was sent to Equestria as the person they were dressed as at a convention. Ashley here is a Fire Fist Ace Displaced and you two are Luffy and Tashigi Displaced. I am what is known as a Displacer, a being that creates the Displaced with careful selection. However, there is a being known as the Merchant that will send a person to Equestria for shits and giggles, you two were unlucky enough to have suffered this fate." He explained with a sympathetic look. "I am afraid you are stuck here forever."

The sadness from before began to fill me again at this. Not being able to see my friends and those that had become my family again. I wrapped an arm around my wife and pulled her close. She returned the hug and I could see tears in her eyes.

"If it makes you feel better I can go grab the son of a bitch that sent you here so you can beat the shit out of him." Symbol folded his arms and waited for an answer.

I stood there and contemplated his offer. It would be great to teach the bastard a lesson, but I got the feeling that if he could send us to another world and change us into who we were dressed up as, then I wouldn’t really be able to do much. At least not now.

I shook my head, “No, that’s not necessary. Besides at least he had the decency to send my wife with me.”

My wife smiled and gave me a quick kiss.

"Suit yourself." Symbol suddenly froze. He slowly looked around the area with an ice cold glare.

"What are y-" My question was cut short as he put up his hand to silence me. His head turned to the direction of my wife and he began walking towards her. The instinct to protect her kicked in and I stepped in front of her. He effortlessly pushed me out of the way and placed a hand on her shoulder. He then pushed her to the side and punched a dark being that suddenly showed up behind her.

The creature was sent flying and crashed into a rock. Symbol clenched his fists and purple fire burned from them. "Everyone, get to Ponyville." He began to slowly walk towards the creature.

I ran up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, if there's something dangerous here let me help you." He just looked at me from the corner of his eye.

"That wasn't a request, get to Ponyville, now!" Ashley ran up to him and looked at him worriedly.

"Symbol, let us help with th-"

"DO IT ABIGAIL!!!" He suddenly yelled out, causing all of us to freeze. "OK, so we are going to forget that ever happened, get out of here now!" I looked at him cautiously and turned to everyone.

I glanced at the children that were with us, then said, "Let's go." Everyone nodded slowly and began running towards the town. I looked back to get a good look at the creature. It was made of some kind of dark purple substance, had two yellow circles for eyes and had four tendrils growing out of its back. Symbol and the creature stared each other down before charging each other. When their fists collided a large gust of wind swept across the area as they continued pushing against each other.

Deciding it best to not mess with something with that amount of power I followed my wife and Ashley to Ponyville, where I was going to ask the girl what that thing was and why it tried to attack my wife.

When we reached Ponyville, I turned to the visiting Ashley. “So do you have any idea what that was and why the hell it tried to attack my wife?” I asked, some anger seeping into my voice at the thought.

"I really don't. I don't even know why Symbol was that angry at it. I've only been in my Equestria for less than twenty four hours."

“Well, it tries that again and, no matter what Symbol says, I’m going to teach it not to try and harm my wife,” I said.

“Sean, I’m glad that you’ll try and protect me, but don’t do anything reckless,” my wife pleaded. I took deep breaths to keep myself calm. "If it makes you feel better, maybe you can just go check to see if Symbol is OK, and to make sure that creature is dealt with." I nodded and was about to shoot off in the direction of the battle but felt my wife pull me back. "Don't you do anything reckless. Symbol knows more about that thing than you do, so if he spots you and tells you to do something, you do it. Understand?"

I nodded and began running towards the battle. Once I got there I hid behind a rock and peeked over. My eyes widened as I saw the creature trying to crawl away from its foe. Symbol approached it with a death glare cold enough to turn water to ice. He placed his foot on its back and grabbed its head and began to pull. Eventually its head snapped off and it disappeared into a small puff of purple smoke before creating a small purple orb. Symbol picked it up and crushed it effortlessly in one hand. "I told you to go to Ponyville Sean."

I was taken back by his words. "Well, that thing did try to attack my wife, I wanted to make sure that this...thing, was dealt with." Symbol sighed and walked over to me.

"That kind of mindset will get you killed one day, trust me...I know." He shook his head and began walking towards the town. "Come on, everyone is probably worried about us."

I took a second to let his words sink in before running up and stopping him. "Look, I haven't known you long, but I can already tell that you're dangerous." He just looked at me with a neutral glare.

"That's understandable, not many people trust demons." He just continued walking.

"Woah woah, hold up! What do you mean by that?" I asked, confusion filling my mind. ‘Demon?’

"That's none of your concern, come on, we need to get back to Ponyville. And that's final." He stared at me before turning and continued walking.

I gazed after him for a moment, before following him into town. When we returned everyone rushed up to us asking what had happened.

I glanced at Symbol, before answering them. “It’s been dealt with. Symbol took care of whatever it was.” Everyone visibly relaxed at my answer. I was still wondering what the hell that thing was, but I didn’t want to get on Symbol’s bad side anymore than I had, so I kept quiet.

Unfortunately Rainbow Dash didn’t have my reservations as she asked, “What in the hay was that thing?” I slowly turned my head to see a Symbol looking at Rainbow with a slight glare. It was strange, when he showed up he seemed like a nice guy, but after that thing showed up he changed completely.

"Alright, I'll explain what that thing was, but I won't go into massive amounts of detail." He sat down and the rest of us did too. "That was a creature I have come into contact with many times in my life. It's like a parasite, it either enters a world and copies its most powerful fighters abilities or possesses said fighter, using the body as a puppet. It is known only as, and I quote, 'The Nightmare Fuel.' I have already told you that their are multiple Equestrias, and those Equestrias are The Nightmares main target due to the huge amounts of magical energy present in those worlds. As I said, The Nightmare is like a parasite, there are hundreds if not thousands of them lurking around the multiple worlds. Some are pathetically weak, while others are incredibly powerful. The one that showed up here was somewhere in the middle to these strengths."

"So why couldn't we just fight it off?" I asked.

"There is a catch to these things. That catch being only I can completely destroy them. You'd be able to defeat it yes but it would turn into a small purple orb and regenerate."

"How is it only you can kill them?" my wife asked with interest.

"That would be because of my father, a powerful Displacer known as The Author. He encountered a great evil alongside the Nightmare and managed to banish it with the help of his council of Displacers. Author knew that this evil would one day return, so he started preparing. Over the course of millions of years he began developing the ultimate warrior to finally destroy the evil that he could not, that warrior was me."

We all looked to each other in shock.

"Eventually, that great evil did return. It possessed one of my close friends and destroyed one of my other friend's homeworld. I tried to fight it off but ended up close to death. In order to form a plan of action I played dead to think. After my friend was freed from the possession the monster made itself known. In a last minute attempt to save my friends I sacrificed my very soul to perform one last attack, destroying the monster and returning my world to its former glory."

"If that's true how are you still here?" Ashley asked.

"I was fortunate enough to have a tiny piece of my soul find its way into a dimension known as the void. There a Displacer known as Roden Godswell, revived me and made me his pupil." As he finished his tale we all looked at each other with a look of sympathy and confusion plastered on all of our faces.

I sat there for a moment, before sliding a hand down my face. I inadvertently stretched my face, which snapped back in place as I lowered my hand. The others, minus Pinkie who was giggling at the sight, deadpanned at me.

“Sorry, didn’t mean to do that,” I said, smiling sheepishly. “Anyway, I get why you told us to get away from it. If we ever run into one again, whether here or somewhere else, I'll be sure to be extra careful and get ahold of you.” Symbol reached into his pocket and pulled out his token. He placed both his hands on it and it glowed. When the light died down there was another purple diamond in his other hand which he tossed to me.

"That's a copy of my own token, if you need me just use it and I'll come as soon as I can."

I nodded and placed it in my pocket. “So how exactly would we go about making a token so you can get ahold of us for something or if someone else out there needs help?” I asked.

"Just take a small object and focus your energy on it, speak a phrase like what you heard in mine then a small portal will appear. After that just toss it in and wait to be summoned."

I began to think of what to use for a token. After a moment I heard a snap and looked at my wife. She had a pair of fingernail clippers. She clipped off a fingernail and hand the clippers to me. I looked at her in confusion before I remembered something from One Piece. I took them and clipped off a nail. I handed it to her and she placed them in the palms of her hand. She snapped again and two stark white papers appeared where the nails were. We each took our own and tore it in half. She took mine and placed the torn pieces next to each other. She used her magic to meld them together into one piece. She then summoned a pen and drew a jolly roger on it with a fedora on top and a marine symbol behind it.

I grabbed ahold of the paper and focused my energy into it. As I did, my wife and I spoke.

“I am Luffy the Rubber Pirate… I am Tashigi the Magic Swordswoman… if you need anything… whether it's help with a fight… or if you just want to hang out… call us and we will be there.”

I let go, but Ashley seemed to still be concentrating on the paper. After a minute she stopped and nearly collapsed, but I caught her.

“What were you doing?” I asked.

“I wanted it to work like an actual Vivre Card for whoever got ahold of it,” she said. “All they have to do is concentrate on who they want to find and, as long as they are on the same world, it will point them in the right direction.”

I was somewhat surprised she thought that far ahead. I glanced at Symbol. “So all we do is toss it?”

"Hang on." He lifted it up and duplicated it, he placed one in his pocket and tossed the other into a small vortex that had appeared. "There, now you just have to wait to be summoned. Don't worry, if it's a bad time or if you're busy then they won't be able to summon you."

“That’s good. Wouldn’t want to be summoned if we are doing something rather personal or if we are in the middle of a very important event,” I said. “So were you here for the Nightmare or was that just a huge coincidence?”

"Coincidence. I had brought Ashley here to meet another displaced, apparently I can't go anywhere with that damn thing showing up. Oh well, at least he's not here." That last part was said in a quiet voice, but I decided to ignore it, he already told us his story so I'll leave him be.

“Now what?” I asked.

“I get home and start on all mah chores,” Applejack said.

“Yeah and I’ve got my weather duties,” Rainbow Dash said. Everyone started mentioning the things they had to do.

“Pinkie, ya mind waiting until tomorrow to throw Sean and our Ashley their party?” Applejack asked.

She seemed to deflate slightly, but smiled, “Sure. I know everypony has work they have to do.”

“Think of it this way Pinkie. Now you have more time to prepare a party that would be perfect for us,” my wife said.

Pinkie grinned widely, “Good point!” She disappeared in a puff of pink smoke that was shaped like her.

I stared at the spot before I felt my arm being nudge. I looked over to my wife.

“Don’t think about it,” she said. “It’ll save your sanity.” I just nodded numbly as everyone started to head home. I was brought out of my reverie when Ashley spoke.

"Hey, Tashigi used magic earlier right?" she asked. We nodded. "How?"

"Oh, apparently there are Equestrian Devil Fruits, at least here there are, and she ate what we've decided to call the Magic-Magic Fruit or Mahō-Mahō no Mi if you prefer," I explained. "She can use different kinds of magic. So far, she's used chaos and pegasi magic."

"Interesting..." Symbol scratched his chin in thought.

"So what do you guys want to do now?" Ashley asked us. My wife and I looked to each other and shrugged.

"Hey Symbol, you can traverse dimensions right?" my wife asked.

"I can, yes." he responded.

"Well, how about we go see another world, maybe somewhere where we can have a little adventure or something?" Symbol looked at her and shrugged.

"I don't see a problem with it, hold on." My wife, Ashley and I stood in front of Symbol as he closed his eyes and held out his hands. We were enveloped in a bright light and found ourselves in a large hallway filled with doors. "This is what displacers use to find someone to displace and select their Equestria." He began walking along the side of the hallway until he came across a blue door. "You guys ok with an adventure course?"

"You mean like those jungle gyms for kids?" I asked with a raised brow.

"No, have you ever played any of the Sonic The Hedgehog games?" I shook my head but my wife nodded. "We're going to a place with a similar layout to the levels in those. You'll know what to do when we get there." He opened the door and motioned us inside.Once we were inside he shut the door behind us and we were pulled into a vortex. Once on the other side my wife and I gasped. We were in a world made of dark purple crystals, long pathways, huge amounts of obstacles and a few crystalic creatures.

"Welcome to my training grounds. This is a good place to get used to one's powers. There are fighting arenas if you want to have a sparing match, and these long obstacle courses if you're looking to test your agility." Symbol explained as he walked along one of the long pathways and motioned us to follow. "My teacher brings me here often, as it has any kind of training you can think of." He stopped and looked back at me and my wife. "I have noticed a very obvious weakness in you two, and I'm not talking about sea stone or water, it mainly lies in you Sean." He pointed to me.

"What are you talking about?" He walked up until he was in my face and motioned to my wife.

"You are unable to stay calm if she is not around so you can protect her." He then turned to my wife. "Your weakness is that you cannot stay completely calm when he is around. While it is only slight, it can be dangerous. You both need to overcome these weaknesses."

"What are you suggesting?" I asked with ice present in my voice.

"That, right there. You know there is a chance I'm going to ask you two to separate, and you start to become aggressive. What I'm suggesting is that I will take your wife to another area and I will teach her a few things, while you stay with Ashley so you two can hone your skills with your devil fruits, while also teaching you to remain calm while your wife is in danger."

I glared at him and clenched my fist. "Not gonna happen." I snapped.

"I wasn't giving you a choice." He snapped his finger and he along with my wife vanished. A few seconds later Ashley and I appeared in a large arena.

My anger sparked as he blatantly ignored me, however Ashley placed a hand on my shoulder and I looked over to her. Seeing worry in her eyes, I took calming breaths to keep from exploding.

“He’s just trying to help you know,” she said.

I sighed, “I know, but I’ve lost most of my loved ones, so I tend to be protective of my wife.” I grabbed my fedora and gazed at it sorrowfully.

“What happened?” she asked.

I took a deep breath, “My father was in the army and was killed while he was fighting fifteen years ago. About five years after that my mother disappeared without a trace. This hat is all I have to remember them by. They both made it themselves. That’s why I’m wearing it instead of a straw hat, in case you’re wondering. To me, it’s the importance of the hat not what kind it is. Considering our situation I’m glad that I decided on that because if I didn’t there’s no telling what would happen to it back home.”

"What about siblings?"

I shook my head, "I didn't have any. At least not biologically. My wife had a brother I got pretty close to." Ashley seemed to flinch at the mention of a brother. "Something wrong?" I asked.

"Oh, um. It's just...when Symbol displaced me, I was at a convention with my brother and his girlfriend, he was dressed as post-timeskip Franky and she was post-timeskip Robin. He's...the only family I have left, and I'll probably never get to see him again." She wiped a tear from her eye.

"If that's the case wouldn't you be blaming Symbol for separating you guys?"

She shook her head. "I know that the Merchant was at the convention, Symbol saved me from being displaced by him and he possibly had displaced my brother or gotten someone else to. Symbol is a nice guy, he just has an odd way of going about things." I looked at her and sighed.

"Hey, there's been something I've been wondering for awhile now." She looked up at me and tilted her head. "What's Symbols deal with the color purple?" This got her to giggle, I was glad I could lighten the mood a bit.

"Alright, we should probably get to training." I just froze.

"Uh, I'm not normally one for hitting a girl."

"Oh well, that'll make things easier for me then." She smirked and shot a pillar of fire my way, which I barely dodged.

"Oh it's on!"

[POV Change: (Sean's wife) Ashley]

I looked around the area that Symbol had brought me to. It was a long pathway with pits, obstacles and enemies like the levels from Sonic Unleashed... minus the loops, there was even grind rails. "Why bring me here?" I asked him.

"There is a reason I brought you here and sent Sean to the arena. You are capable of defending yourself in tight spaces, but you don't know how to use your agility. Sean is the reverse. He is strongest in large open areas while he will struggle in close combat, and his stretching abilities give him an edge in courses like this."

I nodded, “I suppose I see what you mean. With his stretching he can hit people farther away and, while he’s fought before, he doesn’t have much formal training. I’m more adept with using a sword and fighting right there.” I looked around the area we were at. “So, what should we do first?”

“We should probably get you used to your magic,” he said. “What kinds can you use?”

“I’m pretty sure all of them,” I answered. “As Sean said, I’ve used chaos magic and pegasus so far. Haven’t tried unicorn, earth pony, alicorn (if that’s a separate magic), or any other kinds that there might be.” I didn’t mention dark magic because I was unsure that, even if it didn’t corrupt the user, I’d want to use that kind of magic.

"I couldn't help but notice that you left out dark magic." I immediately froze and looked at him unsure. He studied my body language and gave a small smile. "I see. Very well, we won't go near that for now." I breathed a sigh of relief. "However, you will find that there will be a point where you will be required to use it, whether you want to or not."

I nodded in understanding. There probably would be instances where my hand would be forced, so better to have an understanding of the magic then to blindly cast it.

“What should we work on?” I asked.

“How about fighting without your swords? You may find yourself disarmed and you should know how to fight without them,” he said. He snapped his fingers and several monsters appeared a short distance from us. There were Red Rexes, Nightmares (from the game, not what Symbol dealt with), and Killer Bees. All three were of different sizes and varying speeds. “Try taking all of them out,” Symbol instructed.

I raised a hand and aimed at one of the monsters. I focused my magic into my hand and an orange glow surrounded it. Once I figured there was enough magic, I fired it at one of the Nightmares. My aim was right on target, however the power behind it wasn’t enough to destroy it. The beam just slammed into the monster and pushed him back. The others didn’t react, but the one I’d hit glared at me and started charging.

As it ran, it threw its arm forward, stretching toward me. I sidestepped the strike and grabbed its arm. I then yanked it toward me and charged magic into my hand. When it reached me I uppercut it, releasing the magic stored in my fist. The magic exploded outward, destroying the Nightmare.

Raising my hand again, I took aim and focused the same amount of magic into it as before. However, instead of shooting the Nightmare I aimed at the Red Rex. The small bulldog headed dino burst into purple smoke. Smiling, I took out the rest of the Rexes in a similar manner. I then watched the Killer Bees as they zoomed around in the air.

Focusing on my pegasus magic, I lifted myself off of the ground and charged at them. When I got near, one of the bees shot toward me. I charged toward it as well and tried focusing my magic into my leg. My pegasi magic was cut off, but my momentum kept me going for the moment. I noticed my leg start to glow and kicked the bee into another that flew into it’s flight path. After reactivating my pegasi magic, I heard buzzing behind me and I spun around just in time to see a bee heading at me with its stinger pointed at me. Not being able to dodge in time, I threw my arms up and braced myself for the attack. When nothing happened, I looked down and was shocked at what I saw. I had a hole in my stomach. However, there was an orange glow surrounding it.

I smiled as I realized what this meant. I was a Logia-user. ‘Now to make sure I don’t get overconfident with that,’ I thought. I willed the hole to close and it did. Launching myself forward I started taking the Killer Bees out with quick kicks and punches. After they all were dealt with I looked down at the Nightmares. Sudden inspiration hit as I remembered a game Sean played. I cut off my pegasi magic and started falling. As I fell, I gathered magic into my hands. When I landed back on the ground I slammed my fists down and sent out an orange shockwave of magic obliterating the remaining monsters.

I stood up and dusted myself off, “How was that?”

"Very good, you seem to already have a grasp on your powers. And since this means you can literally do anything you can imagine there isn't much more I can teach you outside of magic balance."

"Magic balance?" I asked with a great deal of curiosity.

"It's when your body is in perfect form, a perfect balance between dark magic and light magic. For many creatures that can use magic they only require one type of magic, mainly light. You on another hand, possess every type of magic from your Equestria. If your body should ever configure itself to only use a set type of magic, then you will be left extremely restricted with what you can do. Regardless of whether your magic is from a devil fruit or not."

“So what should I do to prevent that?” I asked warily.

“Keep using different kinds of magic,” he said. “Don’t just focus on just one or two, switch things up. It’ll also keep your opponents from guessing what you’re going to do.”

“I’ll keep that in mind. What should we do next?”

"Next we will test your agility." Symbol gestured towards a nearby course. "Complete that course as fast as you can, I will be waiting at the finish line to give my judgment." He snapped his fingers and disappeared.

I turned to the course and examined it as much as I could. After examining as much as I could, I started running through it as fast as I could. I decided to refrain from using pegasi magic unless absolutely necessary. Didn’t want to get too reliant on it. As I ran, the monsters charged at me. Since this was to test my agility, I didn’t fight any of them, but instead did my best to dodge their attacks. A few grazed me, but thankfully I focused on phasing through them and was left unharmed. Ahead of me, was a pit that more than likely had spikes at the bottom. I gathered magic into my hands and, when I reached the pit, I fired the magic at the ground, propelling myself over the hole.

Once on the other side, I raced forward and continued through the course. I soon came to a grind rail that was suspended above some kind of purple liquid. I didn’t see any other way across other than to use the grind rail. I contemplated on how to do this, when I had an idea. I took one of my swords and jumped up. Holding onto each end of the sheathe, I used it to slide across grind rail. As I neared the end, I saw a big group of enemies waiting for me. Not seeing another way around them, I tried to think of a way to deal with them quickly. I suddenly had an idea and I began to charge my magic into my sword. When the grind rail ended, I quickly returned the sword to my side and gripped the hilt. After landing on the ground, I slashed sideways releasing my magic outward. The released magic formed an orange slash that cut a path through the monsters. I sprinted through the opening, dodging or phasing through every attack I could. Some managed to nick me, as there were too many to keep track of.

I made a rush for a large pit to gain some momentum. As I jumped I slipped and fell down the hole. I looked down at the spikes that I was eventually going to get to know and started to panic. I looked to my right and saw Symbol quickly grinding down a rail and launch towards me.

He caught me and held me bridal style as he jumped from wall to wall until he reached the top. He landed and set me down. "You OK?" He asked as he knelt down beside me as I lay on my back trying to catch my breath.

"Yeah... sorry I failed the course."

"I never said you'd have to finish the course. I said I would wait at the finish and judge your abilities, and you got further than me when I first attempted this course so there's that." He chuckled as he sat down beside me.

"Really? But you were such a badass when you saved me and you grinded on that rail like you were actually Sonic."

"I wasn't always like that, the first time I grinded on a rail was when I first met one of my brothers, his name is Epidemic. I struggled to keep my balance but I couldn't afford to fall off."

"Why not?"

"There was a giant crystal snake chasing me." I laughed and sat up.

"You seem to have had a few adventures, mind telling me about one?" He put to finger to his chin in thought.

"I don't see why not." I summoned a bucket of popcorn and listened to his tale. "In my Equestria before I fought the great evil I was investigating a cult that had somehow predicted my arrival. I found one of their temples and began searching for an artifact that was supposed to be in the main chamber. After solving a few puzzles I made my way into the main room and the artifact was there. But when I took it, the temple decide to go Indiana Jones on me and started collapsing. I ran along the long hallway I had traveled down and found that the CMC had followed me in there. So I grabbed them and ran from the collapsing ceiling that was chasing me. Then the hallway suddenly started to get longer and the large stone doors that I had entered through started to slowly shut itself as the hallway grew. Now this was before I had any powers or anything so I had to sprint for my life as well as the filly's lives. I can tell you that I barely got out of there as the second I jumped out the door it slammed shut."

"So what did you do with the CMC?"

"I made them clean my house as payment for saving them from their own stupidity."

I giggled at his joke. "I bet Scootaloo was complaining the whole time."

"Oh she was, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle seemed fine with it though. Scootaloo and I never had any real interactions after that though. The only two fillies in the town I ever spoke to on a regular basis was Applebloom and Dinky. Although that would have to be because Dinky's mother was my best friend."

"You were friends with Derpy?"

"Yeah, I didn't get involved with the mane six that much. My friend group was Derpy, Vinyl, Lyra, Octavia and Bonbon. I occasionally hung out with Twilight on missions from Celestia, one of which I had to turn into a pony." I looked at him expectantly. "What?"

"Show me what you look like as a pony." I said excitedly.

He sighed. "Fine." With a flash of light his body transformed. He was now only three feet tall. His fur was dark blue and his mane was grey. His cutie mark was a necklace with the symbol of the sun on it and his eyes were sapphire blue. In a few words, he was adorable. "Happy?"

"Not until I get a cuddle." I picked him up and hugged him like a teddy bear. I had never seen a real MLP pony before as my world was full of anthros. I always wanted to hug one of the ponies and, while I’m sure I’d like hugging one of the anthro ponies, there was something about picking a pony up and hugging them.

"You will tell no one of this..." The adorable grumpy pony in my arms said in a car keys voice, but it was hard to be intimidating with that little body. I slowly reached up to his ear, but before I got close, Symbol said, “Don’t even think about it.”

“You’re no fun,” I pouted slightly and set him down. He changed back to his normal form and arched a brow at me. “What? Sean scratched Dinky behind the ears and she liked it. I wanted to see if it worked on you,” I said innocently.

"Fine, only because Tashigi is my favorite character in One Piece aside from Vivi." He changed back into a pony and I picked him up again. "Just get it over with..."

I smiled slightly, but, even though I wanted to try it, I didn’t really expect much of a reaction out of Symbol. He was pretty serious after all. I started scratching behind his ear and waited to see exactly how he’d react.

His eyes widened a bit and his frown became a straight line. His tail started wagging and his eyes became half lidded. Hard to believe that the big, tough Symbol that had just forced my husband out of his comfort zone and had these great dangerous adventures was now putty in my hands as a little pony. I smiled and began stroking his back slowly, which caused him to smile.

"OK, I think it's time we got back to training." He was about to change back to normal, but I continued hugging him.

"Just let me cuddle you a little while longer."

"OK how about this. If you can disarm me in a sword duel without using your magic I'll let you carry me back to the arena."

"You just like to be held like this don't you?" I asked with a smirk.

"I never got any love as a child just give me this." I looked at him with shock. "Crap..."

"You never got any love in your childhood?"

"Another story for another time, now let's get back to training." He jumped out of my arms and turned back to his human self. I just watched him carefully as I got up and we readied our swords.

[POV Change: Sean]

I dodged another Fire Fist and threw my fist toward Ashley. It was coated in Haki, but it wasn’t complete Armament Haki. She dodged my attack and I quickly retracted my arm. We both stood there panting rather heavily. She’d managed to cause several small burns here and there and a few of my attacks had connected as well. I had no idea how long we were fighting, but it felt like it had been awhile. She suddenly charged forward, her fist alight in flames. I focused on my arm, trying to coat it in Armament Haki. It suddenly glowed and turned the familiar black color. Not wasting time, I charged at her. When we reached each other, we threw our fists forward and they collided. The ground cracked from the force of our strikes.

We were thrown back and we both hit the walls of the arena. We got to our feet and walked out of the dust clouds, staring at each other with determination. I then shot forward and began swinging my fist rapidly. "Gum-Gum..." She yelped and put her arms up with Armament Haki. "...Gatling Gun!" I sent a wave of fists at my opponent with blinding speeds, making it look like my arms had multiplied.

Suddenly my attacks stopped. I looked at my hands and saw that Ashley had grabbed my wrists.

"Clever girl." She smirked and began spinning, causing me to lift off the ground as she turned. She then started slamming me into the ground before throwing me up into the air and sending a huge wave of fire after me.

I wasn't able to get my Haki up quick enough and I suffered some serious damage from the flames. I took in a deep breath and blew the fire away. I swung my head backwards and my neck stretched. "Gum-Gum Bell!" I shot my head towards Ashley and delivered a mighty headbutt. My head stretched back into place and I smirked, until I saw that the spot I had hit had turned to fire. Her face reformed and she looked at me questioningly. "Right, forgot about the Haki for a second there."

She shrugged and launched two fire fists my way. A few minutes later we were both lying in the center of the arena with our arms and legs sprawled out while we breathed heavily. I heard a few clashes and looked over to a platform not to far away from us in the sky. It sounded like someone was fighting with swords. "Well I guess we know where Symbol and my wife went."

Suddenly the sounds ceased. There was a cheer of victory that I assumed to be my wife, and someone congratulating her, who I guessed was Symbol. "Sounds like those two are having fun up there," Ashley said as she sat up.

“Yeah, my wife always did like to fight with swords. Though it was usually with ones that couldn’t cut you in half,” I said, sitting up as well.

“Obviously,” she said. She glanced at me, “So you’re still calm, even though you figure that they’re using actual swords?”

Breathing deeply, I said, “I admit that I’m worried as hell that she might be injured, but there are going to be times where we either aren’t together or we’re separated and I need keep myself under control. If I don’t, others might get injured or worse. And I’m sure that Symbol would do his best to make sure that he didn’t hurt her to bad.” I winced slightly as I tried to stand, “Besides, I’m too sore to try and do anything.”

Ashley giggled before wincing as well, “Yeah, I’m not in much better shape.” Just then two balls of light appeared out of the middle of the arena. A ball floated to each of us and entered our bodies, our injuries healing quickly and our energy returning. "Well...that helps."

I got to my feet and looked up at the platform that my wife was currently on. "He was right." Ashley looked at me confused. "I need to learn how to keep calm when she's not around." I looked to her. "He's been acting different ever since he said the name 'Abigail', any guess on who this person was?"

She shook her head. "I'm guessing she was a close friend or relative, I'll ask him about it later. She was obviously important to him." I nodded and we began walking towards the exit of the arena. We began walking along a long spiral walkway. On the way up we saw my wife walking with something blue in her arms, Symbol was nowhere in sight.

"Hi honey." I greeted her as she reached us. I looked to the thing in her arms and found it was a small pony, which was just adorable with its little grumpy expression while she held it like a teddy bear. "Where's Symbol?" She giggled and pointed to the pony in her arms. Ashley and I just looked at the pony as it blushed slightly.

"It was the only way to get her to train." The pony sighed. "Go on, get it out of your system." We both started laughing. My wife just punched my shoulder with a great deal of force which caused me to stop.

"Ow, what was that for?" I complained.

"It's just that Symbol told me a pretty tragic story from his past and you're laughing at one of his insecurities." She just stared daggers at me as she gently stroked Symbols mane.

"Then why don't you have a problem with Ashley laughing?" I asked gesturing to the girl that was now on her back laughing.

"Personal reasons," Symbol dryly stated. "I'm not telling the story again, let's get you two back to your world." He jumped out of my wife's arms and transformed back into his normal human form. With a snap of his fingers a door appeared and he held it open for my wife and Ashley. As I was about to walk in, he closed it and looked at me.

"Hey! Open the door." I was starting to lose my patience with him. He just inspected me and shook his head.

"Still no improvement." I quickly realized what he meant and I backed off. "This needs to change or you're going to cause more harm than you prevent Sean." He ordered in a stern voice. With that he opened the door and walked through. I walked behind him, thinking about what he had said.

[POV Change: (Sean's wife) Ashley]

As Ashley and I walked through the door, it suddenly closed behind us. We glanced back at it in confusion, but after a minute it opened and Symbol walked through with a stern look on his face.

Sean followed behind him and muttered, “Damn it. This is going to be harder than I thought.” He sighed and stood next to the rest of us. I was somewhat confused about what he was talking about, but decided leave it be.

Symbol held out his hands and we were enveloped by a bright light again. We were back in Ponyville, exactly where we had left from.

“How long were we gone?” I asked.

"Just about three hours." Symbol looked at us. "Be sure to keep practicing your magic and sword skills Ashley." I smiled and nodded. "And Sean, you know what you need to do." My husband nodded and looked at me with a slightly concerned look. "Remember to summon me if another Nightmare shows up. I'll be checking in with you guys a few times in the future. Also, I'm going to go kick the Merchants ass for you two." We both smiled at him and thanked him. "I just want to ask you something before we leave." We looked at him with confusion. "If I kill the Merchant, which I've been meaning to, I can take responsibility for your displacement."

"You don't mean?" I looked at him wide eyed. He smiled and put his hand on my shoulder.

"Yes, if you want, I can become your Displacer."

Sean smiled, “We’d be honored Symbol. You’ve helped us a great deal and you brought something really important to my attention.” He held out his hand, “I hope that we can be friends despite the rocky start we had.” He took my husband's hand and shook.

"OK, when I have killed the merchant you will receive a purple band on your right wrist with a blue sun gem. This will let other Displacers and Displaced know you are under my protection so they won't mess with you, they'll most likely try to help you out." Ashley looked to her wrist and saw a band appear. "OK, I need to get Ashley back to her world, I'll see you two in a bit." He was about to snap his fingers when he stopped. "Oh, and if someone called Epidemic passes through this world, you hide the bands and if he asks you if you know me you say no." We looked at each other confused before nodding. "Good. Goodbye for now."

"Goodbye you two." Ashley gave us a little wave before they vanished.

"That was an interesting and enlightening experience," Sean said.

I nodded, "It sure was. While it really shouldn't be, I was kind of surprised to meet someone with the same name as me. And what are the odds that they were the first Displaced that we met?"

"It was a pretty big coincidence," he agreed.

We began walking back to Ponyville, a few minutes later the bands Symbol mentioned appeared on our wrists and his voice could be heard. "There we go, the Merchant that Displaced you is dead and I am now your Displacer. If you ever need me just use my token or speak into the band while pressing the gem."

The voice ceased and we were left to think about what had happened during the last few hours. It was nice to know someone like Symbol was watching over us. He was very mysterious and threatening, but from what he told me earlier his actions are pretty much justified.

"Well I'm starved after all of that, wanna go get a bite to eat?" Sean asked as he wrapped an arm around me.

"Yeah, that workout really took a lot out of me." He smiled and we made our way to the nearest restaurant in Ponyville.

Author's Notes:

Crossover with Ashes in the Wind by PyraFlare. Give it a read if you haven't already.