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?" Asked my wife 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?" Asked Ashley.

"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 of it 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.