Author's Notes:

Hope you enjoy the chapter

*edit* published a little early, sorry about that

"You almost done in there you two?" I called in from the main room of the Carousel Boutique as Rarity had Symbol in for fitting. After finally getting him to go to Rarity to have a suit made for the wedding Symbol wanted to keep it private, so Rarity had taken him to the back rooms to have the suit fitted.

"Almost, we're finishing up now Ashley." I heard Rarity call back. "And there we go! Oh it fits perfectly, now go on, I'm sure Ashley will want to see you in this fabulous suit."

"Nope, she'll have to wait until the wedding to see this." I heard Symbol respond playfully. I pouted as I knew he was only doing this to annoy me. But I guess it would make the wedding more exciting for me considering I'd have to wait to see him wearing it. A small blush came to me as I pictured him in a tux. I shook the thought away before sitting on Raritys drama couch while waiting for the two to come out of the room.

"Ah, I see, give her something to look toward to. Now, just take the suit off and I'll store it away safely."

"Thanks Rarity, there's a bag of bits on your counter as payment. And no, I'm not going to take the money back. You used expensive fabric for this suit, you'll need that money to buy more."

I giggled as I remembered that in most cases Rarity would try to not get them to pay and take the order as a gift only to be paid back in some way, with how many universes Symbol has been to I'm not surprised he knows this. He walks out of the room with his trenchcoat off for some reason, wearing only a purple t-shirt, grey jeans and purple boots, his coat folded and held under his arm.

"Figured I'd take it off for now, it's a little heavy and it's hot out."

I couldn't really tell what the temperature was like, considering I'm made of fire and all, I'm kind of always warm. Not uncomfortable warm, more cozy night in warm. Of course I could change how warm I was, but it takes a little while because I need to change all the flames that my body was made up of, which wasn't too challenging since I can now control all of them, but it takes time. I did learn how to break my body up into flames and reassemble myself for when I was fighting or needed to get somewhere fast, after seeing what Psychotic was able to do I figured I could use my flames to do the same.

"Wait, it feels heavy to you? Can't you lift an insane amount of weight?" I asked as I got up, trying not to stare at his muscles. Yeah yeah get onto me about being too focused on his looks, but I'm just the kinda girl that likes that, I still like him for who he is.

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I don't feel the weight of things." He explained as he snapped his fingers, making the coat disappear. "Alright, I think I'll head out into the multiverse for a bit."

"Oh, can I come with you?" I asked eagerly.

He shook his head and summoned a portal. "No, you wouldn't like where I'm going, nor could your body handle it, please stay here."

"You're keeping secrets from me again, at least tell me where you're going." I groaned, knowing there was nothing I could really do to get him to take me with him.

He stopped as he was about to walk into the portal and turned his head to look at me. "Somewhere black..." That was all he said before walkimg just through the portal which closed behind him. I shrugged and took my leave, wali,g off towards the cabin to find something to do, maybe hang out with Marcus or something, try to get to know my fellow displaced.

Symbols POV

I stood on a dark black surface. The air around me made completely out of pure darkness. Even when I was just standing in this place I could feel the infinite darkness of this accursed realm, home and prision to one of my greatest enemies. The darkness tried to wash over me, consume me and make me its pawn, but it failed. I burst out of the blanket of darkness with a surge of purple fire which I then coated my body with to drive away the darkness. It was suffocating. This place is where all the evil in each and every reality was created and sent to. This was the Black Plain.

Everything around me may be bare and foggy, but that was only this one small area. The rest remained a mystery to me. I looked up and saw it, Xrams prison, a prision the size of a solar system. The size was needed to contain him, if he was allowed to have control over this realm once more he'd become the living manifestation of everything evil and dark in existence.

All I could see was a dim light shining from the distance, the prison.

"S͓̘̥͙͈̻o̼̊̌̇̐̊.͕̆͋̈ͫ͆̓.͖̦͓͍̣̠̞̇͊ͤ̑.ͤͩ͛̐̆̚y͖̅̌̑͒̏͛̾o͙̓̂ͮͩu̘̦'̺v̖̞̞̈́̊͛ͩ̆́̚e̹̪̮͂ ͬ̾̅ͬ͗̎c̳͑̊̎̿͛ͥͭỏ͎̼̻̳͓m̼̦̗̼̺e̠̮͕̝̟̖̘͆̓͂͊̓ ̩ͦ̽̓̊ͨͧͥo̽̒͂n͙̈́̃c̙̞̝̲̳ě͇̿̾ ̼̉̃a̼͕͑͑ǧ͖̱͚̮̾a̘̠̝̹̹̭͖̎̍̍̾ͥì̩͍͇̝͒̈́͐̄̊n̩͉̻̼̍.̺̼̖͑̉ͪ͂.̰.͇̐̋̎̃ͣͯͬ"̩̙̞

I hear True Xram speak all around me. "Someone needs to keep an eye on you."

"It'͠s͜ n̴o͡t̸ ͝ĺi̶k͡e ͡Į'̀m ͏go͢in͟g̸ ̷anyẃh́ere͠ ͘a͘n̡yt͘ime soǫn̢.̧..̨why do͘n͡'͝t͟ ̴y͠ou̢ ̕j̡u̶s͏t͠ w̕órry a̛b̢o̕u͡t my ̢ĺittle҉ ͘cǫpi͏es? ̵T̕he̡y͞'͝re̴ t̡h̶ȩ ͡r͘eal prob̀l͢e͢m͞ rig҉h̸t ̸ǹo̵w͡.͜..̵"

"Because they're just a distraction." I answered, to which he remained silent. "They're just things to keep us occupied while to hatch a little scheme to try and get free. I don't know what the hell Marx and Author are doing right now but I know their attention isn't on you and you want to take that opportunity to get something done, but I won't let you."

"҉We͟l҉l͟...a̵t ͝lea͢s͞t y͡o͘u'r̶e morę rel͡ia͡b̢le̵ th̕an ҉y̴o̡u̢r͟ fąt͜he͠r͡. B̵u҉t I'm ̴afraid̴ ̀t͘ha̸t͟ t̛h̴i̧s ͘iş where̕ w̕e̢ p̵ar̡t ͝wa͏y͞s.

I looked around me quickly and saw multiple Xrams beginning to surround me. Their power and the darkness of the map began to consume me before I punched my fiery fists together to cause an explosion to knock the Xrams away.

Once they got up I took a fighting stance and summoned more and more fire. I beckoned them forward before charging them with my fists.