Agilis groans as he was carrying old style bags and baskets that seems to be as good as like it was made today. "Maybe this place likes the old ways." He mused to himself.

"Oh lord Artemis, guide me to find converts to the faithful." Agilis hears and looks to see a unicorn on a small stand that was talking to himself as he seemed to being bowing and praying and holding a medallion with a moon all over it.

Agilis tilts his head and walks over to him, wondering why this sort of pony is in this time and place. "Excuse me?" He asks.

The unicorn looks up to Agilis and looks curious. "How may I help you Draconius?" He asks.

Agilis looks to the medallion. "What are you doing?"

"Praying to the lord high of the moon." The unicorn says.

Agilis gains an oh face. "I see. So what were you saying before and why? There are barely any religions like this anyway."

"For Lord Artemis is the lord of the night and moon who watches over us as we rest and protects us." The unicorn says proudly.

Agilis just raises an eyebrow. "I see. Wait a minute. What's the year?" He asks seeing an old religion like he described in an old history book that he didn't pay attention to that much.

"Why child, it is year one hundredth and thirty first of the uc." The unicorn says. (1)

Agilis looks shocked. "The baskets and bags. The buildings. Oh shit." He cruised as he looks around and realized how long this town has been locked in time. He quickly looks back to the unicorn. "You mean this is the age of when Artemis is never banished?"

"A learned child is a blessing to the mother and father." The unicorn says as if quoting something.

Agilis groans out loud. "Dang it. Sentire woke up a thousand year old town. Give or take a half." He added the last one to himself.

Seeing Agilis no longer talking to him, the unicorn started preaching about Artemis and all he does is getting a few ponies to stop and listen.

Agilis then frowns. "I need to tell Sentire. Wait, did she know and wow he's drawing a crowd." He said noticing the amount of ponies looking to the preaching unicorn. Agilis then runs off to find Sentire before he gets too crowded to walk.

Sentire sighs in relief as she walks out of the makeshift old bathroom without a towel like a regular pony and looks over the old clothes on the bed. "Should get more." She said to herself as she walks around naked and looking over the many items she came with. "Where did he go?" She asks the demon dog after noticing Agilis wasn't there.

"To gather some supplies I think." The demons dog says in a demonic voice.

Sentire cracks a small smile. "Ah, good. This saves travel time. Now collect the chest and we go out." She said to which the dog just walks to the closed chest and walks through it and it disappears.

Agilis pants as he rushes in and closes the door behind him. "We have a problem." He said dropping the bags and baskets full of supplies.

"What did you do?" The dog asks eyeing him.

Agilis screams a girly scream at the sound of the dog talking and gives a girly scared pose. "It talks!"

"Told you, should have spoken before now." Sentire says.

"What and miss this?" The dog asks smirking.

Agilis eeps and hops to Sentire, stuck in his pose. "This town is about a thousand and a half year old by the way." He said normally while eying the smirking dog.

"Huh?" Sentire asks.

"They are in for a shock since we had to explain to the mayor what happened." Agilis says noticing the unicorn from earlier walking their way, a staff now in hand.

Sentire nods as she writes in a book with red ink…or could be red ink. "Yes, but since you are of this time period and more in tune with it, you had to."

"Ah, my young Draconius friend, heading out on the road as well huh?" The unicorn asks.

Agilis raises an eyebrow. "Yes, but you? What are you doing?"

"Continuing my pilgrimage and spreading lord Artemis' teachings to all those who will listen." The unicorn says.

Agilis chuckles nervously as he scratches the back of his head. "Oh boy. You are in for a shock."

"Yes, the world is far different than what I thought it be." The unicorn says.

Agilis goes wide eyed. "You know what has happened then?"

"Oh, you mean the strange creature attacking and then…my mind seems to have drawn a blank. Curious." The unicorn says thinking.

Sentire nods as she writes down his explanation. "Yes, that creature locked the town in time and you are officially a thousand years and a half older chronologically than you are physically."

The unicorn is silent for a few moments before speaking. "Oh well, all for the sake of lord Artemis." The unicorn says seemingly taking it in strides.

Agilis groans as he facepalms. "I just know this is going to be a wonderful life with you guys."

"Why not come with us?" Sentire asks.

Agilis goes wide eyed at her. "You must kidding?!"

"Sounds not a half bad plan my child. As if you are telling the truth. You will know the world better than I do know and if you are lying, it will soon be revealed to me." The unicorn says.

Agilis groans. "Am I being at least listen to here?" He asks as he was in between them.

"No." The dog said behind him and made him yelp.

Agilis glares at him. "Must you do that?"

"Because you amuse me." The dog says.

Agilis growls as he keeps glaring at him and the dog keeps smirking.

Sentire hums as she jumps while still writing in her book and lands on the dog's back. "Get on." She said to which the unicorn gets on behind her. "Let's go." She said and the dog prepares to run.

Agilis goes wide eyed. "Wait! I haven't even…" He was cut off as he tries to grab a part of the dog and grabs the tail…again. "Oh shit." He said before the dog takes off at high speeds and him yelling like crazy while flailing behind them. "Help me!"

Sentire looks over her shoulder to the unicorn. "Your name?" She asks, her quill posed to write.

"Arkon." The unicorn says.

Sentire nods and writes down his name before writing everything else about him. "Good. Now what are plans with us?"

Arkon smiles. "Simply to spread the word of Artemis."

Sentire nods. "Making sure of your intentions. Now then, we must deal with a spirit in the next town and this one is where our real journey must start."

"Then we shall we be off, shall we." Arkon says.

"Help me!" Agilis yells out as he still hung onto the dog's tail.

Sentire looks to Arkon. "Yes, but there may be more dangerous creatures than what the town had. Stay out of my way if that is true."

"So what kind of spirit? One from the fade or one that shares this world with us?" Arkon asks.

Sentire hums as she looks to her book. "Unknown, as I have been told that it is troubling the town to which it needs spirit intervention. From the description of the problem that has been caused, a demon might be the culprit."

"Very well." Arkon says.

Sentire hums as she looks up to the horizon. "You all have to stay back as my magical properties is going into fluctuation as we near the area."

"Help!" Agilis yells still hanging on.

Arkon reaches back with his staff for Agilis to grab. Agilis quickly grab on and Arkon pulls him behind him and Agilis hangs on tight around his waist. "Thanks. He doesn't have that much of a likeness of me." Agilis said glaring to the dog as it held a smirk.

"So this settlements are like what now?" Arkon says in awe with his hood up.

Agilis groans as he still rest his hands. "More modern than your town. It's primarily a farming town for basic farming crops."

"Still quite impressive." Arkon says before holding up his medallion and prays for protection.

Agilis shakes his head. "Still finding that annoying." He said to himself.

Sentire cracks a smile. "I find his lifestyle very knowledgeable. Now than, stop." She said to which Agilis goes wide eyed at the last incident and was launched off their doggy ride and makes an implant into a wall.

"Ow." He groans as he pulls his head off the wall.

"Agilis needs to learn a better grip." Arkon says finishing.

Sentire nods as she jumps off. "I find it comedic to my amusement. Now then." She said landing on the ground and starts walking into town as Agilis tries to give the middle talon to the dog.

"The settlement seems…deserted." Arkon says noticing nopony on the streets.

Sentire sighs as she takes out her scythe from her back and grows into a larger blade that was bigger than her. "That is the fear of walking right to the demon." She said before seeing a batpony walk through an alley with a piece of paper and keeps looking around and at the paper as he wore some regular traveler clothes with a small backpack on his back.

"Ah, a batpony. He must be of the clan that serves Artemis." Arkon says before walking towards him.

The batpony looks up as the unicorn approaches. "Hello there. Are you from this town?"

"No, I am not. I just arrived here. Tell me, does Lord Artemis' name mean anything to you?" Arkon asks.

The batpony chuckles. "Ah, my kind's own favorite ruler. Nice stallion."

"Ah, so refreshing to run into a brother of the house of the lord." Arkon says happily.

The batpony now raises an eyebrow confused. "House of the lord?"

"Why those who worship lord Artemis." Arkon says.

The batpony rubs a hand behind his head. "Um…hate to break this to you, but I don't worship him or his brother. I'm just living the life."

"This is depressing. How could one of the clan not worship Lord Artemis?" Arkon says depressed, now in a corner with a dark cloud over him.

The batpony just scratches his head completely confused. "Okay, onto finding a job." He said walking away.

"Um…I wouldn't do so child." Arkon says doing a 180.

The batpony stops and reels back as Arkon was suddenly in front of him. "Um…why?"

"There is something evil a hoof. Can you not feel it in the air?" Arkon asks.

The batpony blinks and looks around. "Um…not really. Like I said, just looking for a job." He said trying to step a past him.

"Would you not trust the word of a cleric?" Arkon asks.

The batpony stops and stares at him. "I take words like this with caution these days."

"Then you should stay close." Arkon says.

The batpony keeps scratching his head. "Right. I'm going to the blacksmith." He said pointing to it to which it exploded from a ball of fire. The batpony sweatdrops. "Um…the butcher shop?" He asks himself more than anypony as it faces the same fate. The batpony grins as he looks to his finger. "The whorehouse." He said to which it exploded. "Wow, I got the power of destroying things with my mind." He said looking to his finger.

"Um…no child. That is a rage demon that is coming to kill us." Arkon says.

The batpony looks up at the large snake and fish like magma creature that he seemed to miss near the town square. "Oh, well that's just a bummer." He said as the creature turns to him. "Everypony for themselves!" He yells as he runs away.

"Back foul demon. In Artemis' great name, I shall not allow you to harm anymore!" Arkon calls.

Suddenly Artemis drops his cup with wide eyes.

"Something wrong brother?" Solaris asks from the other side of the table as he ate in peace.

"I sense my name being praised and worship." Artemis says.

Solaris looks up to him mid bite. "Really now? And what are you going to do with this worshipper?"

Artemis didn't hear him as he was at a map, doing calculations to determine the source and starts going into conspiracy theories.

Solaris sweatdrops. "Oh my dear student Dusk, you may have a field day if this turns out to be true."

Arkon was batting away the demons fire stream with a barrier. "Stop foul demon!"

The creature growls and keeps firing at him, hoping to light the minute creature up. Until it feels a wind blow behind it and quickly turns to see a female with a large bladed that he quickly recognized and moved away from as Sentire planted it into the ground when she missed.

Sentire sighs as she pulls the scythe out of the ground. "Distract it and don't get in my way." She calls to Arkon as she starts running across the slightly destroyed walls.

"Feel the power of Artemis!" Arkon says before casting a spell called the northern winds, blasting the rage demon with freezing cold winds.

The creature growls at him as it tries to moves toward him before Sentire cries out and slices the back of it and makes a large gash before running away before its tail tries to slap her. "Get the ground!"

Arkon casts another spell and makes the ground sink slightly. The creatures roars and quickly turns around and whips its tail toward him to which Agilis comes in front of Arkon and grabs it tail. "Get it now!" He yells out.

"You're mine!" Sentire yells before slicing through it.

The creature roars out to the sky before it goes silent and all the magma in it seems to die down and become solid rock as it becomes a statue. "Not bad you guys." Agilis said breaking his arms away from the now stone tail and breaks off a few large chunks of it.

Sentire sighs as she walks past the statue and makes her scythe decrease in size and puts it on her back. "Now this problem has been averted." She said taking out a book and writes in it.

"Well it is good to be doing Lord Artemis's work." Arkon says spying the batpony from earlier.

Agilis groans as he wipes his arms. "I wish you stop with saying, doing Lord Artemis's work."

"But it is true as Lord Artemis protects us from demons and it is the duty of his priesthood to spread his word and hunt demons." Arkon says proudly.

Agilis rolls his eyes as he points to the very proud unicorn. "Do we have to bring him along?"

"He is more useful that you." The dog says.

Agilis glares to him. "Shut up. I am a good dragon helping her."

The dog smirks. "For a servant."

"Why you…!" Agilis yells jumping at him as Arkon was now preaching to the frightened town ponies coming out of their homes.

Sentire hums as she looks around and marks down the results. "I see." She said as she heard a breathing behind her. "Can I help you batpony?"

The batpony reels back from trying to look at her book. "Um…well…I saw you guys took down that lava…magma…thing. Not bad, but since this town is mostly destroyed and I'm not that good at rebuilding…can I come with you?" He asks hopefully in a slight begging pose.

Sentire looks closely at him, almost as if she is looking into his soul.

The batpony chuckles. "Yeah, I can be good with the traveling since that one I was mostly doing when finding a job and…"

"Just stay out of my way." She said flipping a new page and writes down his description.

"Um…" Arkon says walking over before chuckling nervously. "Um…shall we leave as the pony is well…?" Arkon says blushing as a blue mane mare unicorn gives him a hand sign for call me.

Agilis frowns from behind pinned under the bored dog who was yawning at his attempts. "How did that bastard get a mare and I had a hard time for a few years?!"

The dog just suddenly drops himself more and makes Agilis yelp. "Because you can't even respect them."

"I didn't ask you!"

"What do you look like under there anyways?" The batpony asks.

Arkon smiles. "Just a few markings to my devotion, but can we continue this someplace else?" He asks looking out the side of his eyes to the mare still watching him with a grin.

"Ok, I think we are done here." Sentire says.

"So where to next?" Arkon asks.

Sentire flips a few pages in her book and shows them a map. "The middle of the map. That is where we will go as most of the spirits and creatures are converging there."

The batpony looks closely at it. "The capital or the little town called Ponyville next to it?"

Sentire looks to map herself. "The little one. They seem to have more trouble than anywhere else in this land."

"How so?" Arkon asks.

Sentire shrugs. "They just told me that Cerberus, annoying vines, a chaos god and some little bugs called parasites recently invaded the town and then went away in just a day or two."

Arkon blinks a few times before saying. "Sounds like that town need my help more than anywhere."

Agilis groans as the dog tries to make more weight on himself. "Can we go already?" He calls out as some bags and baskets of food and supplies were brought near them.

"Um…yes lets." Arkon says recalling the mare.

The batpony chuckles seeing the mare peeking around a corner. "Looks like somepony has an admirer." He said following Sentire as she keeps writing.

"Artemis also teaches how a good flank kicking is good for a pony." Arkon says cryptically.

Sentire cracks a small as the batpony and Agilis stare at him. "Wait, what's your name?" Agilis asks the batpony.

The batpony looks proud. "Caligo. Caligo Tenebris."

"And thus our group grows." The dog says smirking.

Agilis tries to hit his side as Arkon moves most of the supplies onto the now bags on the side of the dog. "Shut up. We don't need the peanut gallery talking."

The dog chuckles. "Like you."

Agilis thrashes under him. "Shut up!"

Author's Notes:

(1) - Uc: Unification Calendar