"I want more than just to win, Eco Freak! I want YOU!”— Erol, Jak II

== The present ==

"So Dad what are you going to do today?" Nyx asked me after we finished breakfast.

"Well, I'm going to see if I can get you in to school then I need to find a nest of monsters I thought I got rid of a long time ago." I told Nyx.

"What monsters?" She asked me with fear in her voice.

"You don't need to be afraid they're never going to lay a finger on you." I said to her as I picked her up and booped her nose.

She giggled at that. We made our way to the schoolhouse and found Ms.Cheerilee.

"Excuse me Miss?" I said to gain her attention.

"Yes? Oh so you're the new pony everypony was talking about." She said as she turned around to look at me.

"Yes I'm the new PERSON everyONE was talking about."  I said as I emphasized person and body. People I'm not racist as the ponies.

"Um okay?" She said in confusion.

"Anyway I came here to enroll my daughter here." I said to Cheerilee.

"Then come with me, you'll need to fill out some forms." She said as we made our way inside.

It took 30 minutes for me to finish up the damn paperwork.

"There she can start tomorrow at 8. Now have a nice day!" She said to us as we made our way out.

"Ya hear that Nyx, school starts tomorrow so be ready." I said to her.

"Cool! So what now?" She asked me.

"Now you go and try to make friends with kids your age while I go and take care of unfinished business. Okay?" I said to Nyx.

"Okay. Please be careful Dad. I don't want to lose you already." She said to me in a depressed tone. I got down on one knee and hugged her.

"Shh don't say things like that and besides it'll take an entire army of the universes greatest warriors to get rid of me." I said trying to cheer her up.

"Yeah but please be careful!" She yelled as her grip on me got tighter and felt some tears on my shirt.

"I will be." I said as I made my way to the Everfree. I turned to Nyx and said " I'll be back in time for diner!"

== God knows where in the Everfree ==

It's been 4 hours since i started my seach to look for anything Metal-head related. I managed to find a couple of Dark eco infected plants and a few locked eco vents here and there but no Metal-heads.

I was going to turn back until I finally found some of them heading in a cave. 'That is so~ cliche' I thought as i made my way there.

Did I ever mention I suck at stealth. It didn't take long for me to get spotted by Metal-Grunts. They alerted the hoard with a howl and received a thousand howls in return. It sounded like that noise the zombie hoard make in Left 4 dead.

In the middle of the fight for my life using my blaster rifle on their ugly ass faces I couldn't help but sing out something I heard a long time ago.

"Do do do do Banana bus!" I sang out for some odd reason as I shot at the grunts.

In the middle of the relentless hoard of Metal-heads , a fucking terra blade from Terraria struck one of them in the face. It was hilarious.

I picked up the blade and heard someone speak.

"To those who find this blade, if you need a melee tank of fire, a mage, a ranger, or a summoner or even someone to talk to, give a ring, for I, Pyro, am ready to fight.” the voice said coming from the sword.I noticed a fuckton of Metal-heads coming this way. I decided to check it if this shit's for real.

"Dude if you're listening, I could really use some back up here!" I yelled at the sword and threw it at the nearest Grunt, stabbing him in stomach.

What happened next coused me to me bust my ass laughing. The Grunt I stabbed the sword with imploded and created a portal. I never laughed this hard in my life.

Someone walked out of the portal that looked like a teenaged Pyro from Team fortress 2.

"This better be good, I was in the middle of my nap." He said to me.

"Well if you count being in the middle an entire nest of Metal-heads not important then fuck off mate!" I said to him as blasted another one.

"Wait!? Metal heads as in the ones in the Jak and Daxter series!" he yelled as he used his axe and split a grunt in half.

"The very same my good sir." I said to him as blasted ones head off.

The fight lasted a few minutes now that I had back. After the last one was done I decided to explain to him the situation.

"So you mean to say that you thought you made sure you killed them all only to find survivors. Dude you fucked up badly." He said when I finished the explanation.

"Yeah whatever!" I yelled at him.

We made our way through the corridor and found a badly beaten Metal-Rhino. Now normally I'd shoot it but this one's different somehow.

"Should we kill this one to?" Pyro asked behind.

"No. You scout ahead, I'll stay here." I said as I put away my gun.

"Alright dude." he said as he went up ahead.

I got closer to the beaten up Rhino. It's injuries looked like were made by other Metal-heads.

"Why would your own kind do this to you?" I asked him. All it did was growled at me in return.

"Easy there I ain't ganna hurt you." I said as I put my hand on it's shoulder and healed it with my light powers. It looked at me in confusion when it was fully healed.

"I ain't going to kill you. I feel as if I could trust you and I don't trust Metal-heads meaning you are different." I said to it. I decided this is one of those times where I had to use my magic. I used a spell that allows me to know what he is thinking.

"So the Legends are true of the great Hora-qua slayer. I still don't understand why would you let me live?" He asked. Deffenetly a male.

"Think about, why have you NOT killed me as soon as I healed you?" I asked him hoping to get the answer I'm looking for.

"Unlike my brothers, I despise violence which have caused me to be treated differently as an outcast." He said to me.

"Then come with me. I'm sure I can help you out with the life you wanted." I said to the Rhino.

"But what of the populace, will they not fear me." He said.

"I can change the way you look and disconnect you from the hive mind." I said to him.

"Then do it, change my appearance." He said.

I decided to cast another spell. The first one changed from a normal sized Metal-Rhino to a Pony sized anthropomorphic Metal-Rhino wearing a set of badass Metal-head armor and a pair of jeans with a white shirt underneath the armor. The second one was to disconnect him from the hive mind.

"Done." I said exhausted. I never used that much magic before.

"Thank you friend. I'm in your debt." Rhino said.

"Just go meet us outside of the cave." I told him. He nodded and went on his way.

Pyro came back after a few minutes, telling me that he planted some bombs and ready to go. We ran our asses out of their because if what he said was true, we have about 3p seconds till detonation.

After we made it out of the cave to witness the fireworks go of, we meet with Rhino waiting outside, of course Pyro wasn't aware of what was going on but he just rolled with it.

"Listen thanks man for the help, couldn't have done it with out your help and for that I wanted to give you this." I said to Pyro as I sparked him with Dark Eco.

"No problem. It was fun to say the least. What did you do to me exactly?" He said.

"Gave an Eco power boost. You'll feel as if you're on steroids. No negative effects." I said to him.

Let me see if the shit I read was legit.

"Well Pyro, I'm no longer need of your services." I said. A portal opened up behind him.

"Give me a call if you need any help!" He yelled as he went through.

After that the portal closed and with that me and Rhino made our way to Ponyville.

== Ponyville ==

After a long trek through the forest we made back to the town. We made our way to the library and on the way I noticed ponies were giving Rhino some looks but not of hate or discrimination but of curiosity of the newcomer.

We made it to the library and went inside. As soon as we got inside I was tackled by Nyx.

"Dad you're home!" she said happily hugging me on the floor.

"Well why wouldn't I be?" I asked her as I got up with Nyx in my arms.

"Because me and Twilight saw a huge explosion in the forest and we thought the worst." she said as her grip gotten tighter with every word.

"What that? That was a friend of mine that did that." I said to her.

"Hey who's that?" She asked finally noticing Rhino.

"Come on man, I gave you the ability to speak while you were undergoing the transformation." I said to him as I remembered.

"Hello little one." Rhino said as he waved at Nyx.

"What's your name Mister?" she asked him.

'Your name is Rhino.' I told him using the mental link.

"My name is Rhino a friend of your father." He said.

"Cool.*yawn* Later Dad I'm going to sleep it's getting late." she said as she went upstairs. I turned over to Rhino.

"You can sleep on the couch till I can find you a place." I said to him.

"Thank you for everything" He said as he laid down taking off his armor.

"Don't mention it. See ya tomorrow." I said as I made my way to room.

After I got my room I grabbed some sleeping clothes and went to the bathroom for a quick shower. After the shower was done I went to bed for a goodnight rest. Next Chapter: A regular day? Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 39 Minutes