"For every age there is a time of trial.The rocks faced such a fire before they were the strength beneath our feet.The plants braved vast winds before their roots could give us life."

- Samos Hagai, Intro Jak 2

=== Dream World ====

I've missed this, being in a dream I mean. Contrary to popular belief being turned to stone doesn't mean your mind goes to sleep while your body is stoned. While stoned I saw everything from the death of my buddy Starswirl to even my daughter's decent to madness.

Now while I dream all I see is...well I can't describe it. It looks like something you see when you get high. Ugh! It's so frustrating, the first time in 1/2 millennia and it looks like shit.

"Well this is a peculiar dream." said familiar voice.

I turned around to the owner of the voice to see my recently returned daughter. I don't understand how I completely forgot she could get in to the dreamland.

"Hello Luna." I greeted her. I noticed the guilty look she had. She must really feel bad about tne whole Nightmare Moon incident.

"Something wrong Luna, you know I'm always here to help." I asked worryingly. She has to let it go it's in the past, there's no changing it no matter how hard you try.

"It's just what would our subjects think of our return, will they accept with open arms or shun me like they did a thousand years ago?" she said with a tone pain and sorrow. I quickly emraced her telling "It's alright let it out" while she cried on my shoulder.

"Luna it never mattered what your subjects think about the night, it's what you think it is." I said trying to cheer her up.

"*sniff* Thank you Father." all of a sudden the dreamscape started collapsing."It seem you're waiking up, fair thee well father." she said while giving a hug goodbye.

=== The Harsh Reality ===

*THUMP* What the flying fuck was that. I woke up to the sound of someone hitting a tree.

*THUMP* Fuck that was coming from my tree. I decided hang upside down to check for the tree assailant. And guess who it is everyone's favorite country pony. It looks like she still hasn't noticed me yet so I decided to spook her.

"Boo." I said to her. That got her attention.

"Ahhh!?" she yelled with fear. That earned a buck to my stomach. I fell of the tree clutching me stomach in pain while laughing like a mad man.

"Who the buck are you!?" she shouted in anger. The anger quickly disappeared as soon as she recognized me. I looked at her now and she had a face of fear probably because she struck the Father of the two princesses who rule the land.

"If you're worried about getting arrested for kicking me in the gut don't sweat it it didn't hurt...much, anyway what's going on you're kicking the tree I was sleeping in." I told her while dusting myself off.

"First sorry about that, second why are you sleeping in one of mah apple tree's?" she curiously.' Why would he sleep on a tree in the first place?' she tought to herself.

"Well I don't have a place to stay so~ yeah also because being stone for so long that sleeping on anything wouldn't have any negative effects." I said in matter-of-fact tone.

"Um ok?" she said. Ha! I think I broke her.

"So what's up, need any help?" I asked trying to change the subject at hand.

"Sorry sugarcube, but Twilight already help me out." she said. So wait that means the tickets are coming soon.

"Alrighty then if ya ever need anyhelp just let me know!" I yelled over to Applejack. Now to find Twi and Spike.

There they are, now to wait for the message.

*Burp* "Here ye here ye you are here by cordially invited blah blah blah the Grand Galloping Gala, hey check it two tickets." Spike said. Apparently Applejack got here as if by fate or something. She started fantasizing what she would do at the Gala up until Rainbow Dash came in.

After RD's fantasy ended, she and AJ decided to arm wrestle for it. Twilight took the chance to sneak away. Time to give her a spook.

I then activated my invisibility, as soon as I was completely invisible I made my way to her. When I got close enough I snatched one of the tickets.

'This reminds me of Charlie and the chocolate factory' I thought to myself. Anyway back in reality, Twilight stood their staring dumbfoundly at the floating ticket. That is until she zapped me.

"Ow! What the hell Twi!?" I yelled. Getting zapped by magical electricity hurts like hell, meaning magic and eco do not mix.

"Sorry! I wasn't thinking straight." she said to me with a sheepish smile.

"It's fine but don't do it again. Anyway I see you got tickets to the Gala?" I asked. Though I'm pretty sure Tia only sent two as a joke. My daughter Trollestia.

"Yeah but I can't decide who to go with, what about you are you going to the Gala?" she asked. Maybe I should go, I could just go to be with Tia and Luna, and maybe bug a few nobles.

"Maybe, things like the Gala aint for me." i said, it's weird form me to wear something formal. Speaking of clothes I need new ones.

"But what about the princesses, shouldn't you go see them after all your their Dad?" she asked. Hmm, Here comes Pinkie. And they bumped in to each other, how can Twi not see a bright pink mare walking down the street.

"Ah! Bats, shoo go aw- hey look gala tickets!" Pinke said. Meaning it was time for me to leave. I should probably get my leaper lizard out of stone. How the fuck did I forget is beyond me.

=== On the trail to castle Everfree ===

In hindsight I probably should have just flew there. So probably wondering how I came to be, well wonder no longer my friends couse i don't give a flying fuck. Hold on a sec I hear something. Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good.

*RoAr* What the fuck is that!?

I turned around only to meet with what looked like a Manticore. Probably got infected with Dark Eco, dumbass probably thought it was water.

"Well fuck." was the only thing that came out of my mouth when the Dark Manticore swept his paw at me sending me to a near by tree." That's it you overgrown fuzz ball, I will reap you apart with my bare hands!" I yelled at the beast. Finally I get to go Dark Jak, fair warning when in my dark form I won't be able to feel any emotion.

"Ah!" I yelled those words for my transformation. Time to tear things apart.

The beast roared at me probably calling me weak, I don't care what he said really.

I pounced at him stabbing my claws on it's back, as soon as I made contact with the Manticore, it fell on the ground roaring in pain. I took my chance to keep slicing the back of it attempting to to make his spine show. As soon as I made contact with the spine I began to pull it with all my strenght. The spine came out with a sickly snap. Another roar of pain could be heard from my prey, after that I started clawing it's lungs. With that done I ripped off it's heart and started to devour it. After eating the heart decided not to keep attacking a dead corpse.

"Call me sick but that heart wasn't half bad." i said as I changed back to normal. I went along to find a river or lake to wash the blood off of me. After a few minutes of searching I found a crystal clear lake."This'll do nicely." was the last thing I said before jumping in.

=== Skipping time all the time ===

After the little wash I had, I finally got the castle and freed the leaper lizard and began searching high and low for something of mine. You see back in my heyday, I stumbled upon some Precursor artifacts. The were: the time map, the holo cube and the precursor prism.

I decided to check Lunas old room, she used to love the artifacts in an artistic way, so she began taking some of them putting them around the her room. So yeah hopefully the artifacts are still there.

Finally found her room, it looks nice, never really been up hear before. I was stoned already when they built this place. Yes they're here, snatch and grab motherfuckers.

With that done I should get back but before I do, I need to find some Kangarats.

=== Not even putting the search for one ===

Finally back at Ponyville and the first thing I see is Twilight and Spike running from a mob. I decided I had enough and rode my leaper towards them. The crowd stopped what they were doing to look at the Leaper Lizard I'm riding. As soon as Twilight was in grabbing range, I pulled her up to the leaper.

"Ah!? Oh no not you to!" she yelled at me. Basically imagine a classic Benny hill chase scene. After the we lost the entire  mob, I took her back to the Library. I got off the Leaper and helped Twilight down. She still didn't looked convinced that I didn't want the dumb ticket. So she went inside the tree with me in tow.

Twilight left the room to do her panic attack upstairs in her room, while I decided to read Indi- I mean Daring Do.

After a few short minutes the rest of the girls showed up yelling at each other about 'the ticket is mine'.

"You five should be ashamed of yourselves, trying to win Twi over for some stupid tickets. Right now she's in there probably crying to herself about it's not fair." I told them not even looking up from the book.

"Did we really do that to the poor dear?" said Rarity. No shit sherlock, what exactly did i say a few seconds ago.

"Yup, answer me this. What kind of friends fight over something stupid?" i asked them in a bemused tone.

"Horrible friends" said Pinkie with her mane flat and her bright pink fur turned into a darker shade of pink.

"And what you are going to do now?" I asked, never in my life had I ever acted like this.

"We are you going up there to apologize to her." said RD. I signaled them to go ahead and apologize to her now. Finally I can enjo-

"What!?" yelled the five mares upstairs, so the only thing I could do to shut them up is to shout.

"FINLAND!" that shut them up. After five minutes the mane six descended from the stairs with tickets of their own and Twilight had a scroll in her other hand.

"Excuse me um...hey you never told us your name haven't you?" she asked realizing she didn't know my name.

"You have to earn my respect to earn my real name, but call me Jak." I mentioned. My name...I abandoned my real name long ago but remembered it so I could remember my family.

"Anyway, the princess sent you a letter." she said handing me over the letter.

The letter was almost exactly as the one Twi got earlier today except there was Tia's handwriting telling me to go as formal as I can please.

"Guess I am going after all." i said to them, then took a look at Spike.

"How come I don't get a ticket." I heard him mumble then burp out another letter.

"Hey I got one to!" he sounded excited, that is until he noticed the stares he's been geitting.

"I mean ugh I guess I have to go." he corrected himself. The girls had a laugh at that, while I gave him a brofist.

"Welp it's time for me to find another tree to sleep in."  I said to myself, apparently Twilight heard those words.

"You can stay with me, I have a guest room on the other side of the hallway." she said to me.

Well today was... I don't even know it was good? I guess i got to kill something and free my leaper which Fluttershy has asked if she could look after it and my precursor artifacts. I really need to find those eco crystals who knows what could happen if gets in the wrong hands.

Questions for later now it is sleep time. Tomorrow is a new day, may the precursors brings us to a brighter future. Next Chapter: Q&A with a side of griffon Estimated time remaining: 5 Hours, 26 Minutes