"I have fallen in love with life, for she will never leave me unless I do first." Unkown

PoV: Jak

Location: Castle Everfree, hidden lab,

Time: 5:00 P.M.

Hearths warming eve

After practicing a bit longer, I've asked Al to customize the Jet-board to have some extra push for the pulse jump and increase it's speed a bit for Scootalo. Al even spray painted the thing, insted of yellow edges, they were colored purple and the rest was orange. I even tried to test out how fast Nano could play the drums, so we played another song to see.

After the song was finished, it was time to head on home. Pyro went back to Fluttershys cottage and I went back to The library.

I got back home and went through the door and saw the tree fully decorated with lights and the star on top. I looked over to the dining room and saw everyone eating dinner and an empty seat with the food served in front of it.

"Hey everyone." I greeted them as I sat down and grabbed a fork.

"Just so you know, Scootalo, your gift will be at the lab, me and your uncles have been working on it." I said to her, gaining a happy nod from her. I turned over to Nyx and Twilight.

"Your gifts aren't really here, it's coming tomorrow at eleven thirty and it's from Haven City." I said, gaining confused looks from both of them.

"I'm sure you'll love it." I said as I turned to look at Spike.

"Yours is something a little different, come by the lab tomorrow after Twilight and Scoots get theirs." I said to him.

"Okay." He said as he ate another gem.

After a few minutes of conversating and explaining why there's a tree in the main room, it was finally time for bed. It has been a few weeks since Twilight and I decided to share the bed, as long as we don't do anything stupid. While I was changing clothes, I swear I could hear a distant shout.

"JOOOOHN CEEEEENA!!!!"

After the shout, music could be heard for a few seconds then everything went quiet.

"Jak, you heard that too, right?" Twilight asked while sitting down on the bed, looking at me.

"Yes but I'm choosing no." I said as I got on the bed, ready to sleep.

"But what if it's serious?" She said, laying down also.

"Shouting out John Cena doesn't make anything serious." I said as I shut off the lamp.

"Goodnight Jak." She said as she closed her eyes.

"Night Twi." I said, falling asleep not long after I shut my eyes.

I've been walking along the ruins of an old research facility with the third Reich symbols on banners that are scattered around the place. I stopped at a door and put my ear to ear and heard 'them' through the other side, so I decided to find another route.

"Jak, whats with the dream man?" I heard Al ask through the radio.

"Shit happens." I said to him as I activated the power generator of the facility, and gaining 'their' attention as they shouted for the rest of them.

I pulled out my rocket launcher and fired at the incoming hoard. I dropped the launcher and started running as fast as humanly possible.

I ran through a door leading me towards Ponyville.

"What the fuck?" I said to myself as I closed the door, making it disappear.

"Why does this look like that one episode in season five?" I said as I saw a large shadow Alicorn trying to pierce the dream realm.

"Yup, it's season five." I said as I was about to take out my assault rifle but stopped as I saw a large bipedal dragon run towards the Shadow alicorn and pinning it down on the ground. Then another dragon came in and flew up to the Alicorn as the shadow kicked the first dragon away. The second dragon grabbed the Alicorns left arm while the other grabbed the right arm and hold him in place just in time to get gut punched by a large four armed fire demon.

I raised my hands up and backed up as my vision was getting bright, meaning I was waking up.

"Fuck this shit, I'm out." I said as I woke up.

Morning, 10:00 A.M.

I woke up, feeling very confused on what I just saw but ignored it and got up from the bed. I looked back and saw that Twilight was already up, so I continued to make my way downstairs for breakfast. I stopped to look out the window and saw Ponyville covered with snow.

'I remember what I used to tell my mom whenever we joked around about the end of the world. I said to her, 'If we ever and I mean ever see snow here, that's it we're screwed.' I thought as I chuckled at the memory but let out a sad sigh afterwards.

"Never even got to say goodbye." I said to myself, letting a lone tear out and wiped it away. I then continued going downstairs and saw Twilight reading in the main room. She noticed me and smiled.

"Morning Sleepy head." I heard Twilight greet from the main room.

"Morning Twi." I said as I walked over to the kitchen and found something to eat.

After eating, brushing my teeth and putting on some clothing for the weather outside, I went back downstairs and checked the time. I smirked as I saw that it was eleven thirty. I heard the distant sound of a Escort ship getting louder each second, I walked outside and saw The Freedom League Escort descending slowly to the ground. The closer it got, I could hear music coming from inside.

"Jak, whats's going on?" Twilight asked worriedly.

"Well, I seem to remember you being a fan of Starswirl, so I called a friend of mine." I said as the ships back door was opening. Once it was fully opened, an elderly unicorn stallion stepped out holding a cane, wearing the Haven City governor uniform, he was soon flanked by guards as he was walking towards me, acting as if his age was getting to him.

"Well, you seem to be doing well for yourself." I said to him with a smirk.

"When you've been around for as long as me, without the petrification, you can do a lot of shit." He said as he threw the cane and hugged .

"You have no idea how good it is to see you again, my friend." He said as he let go and searched in his bags for something and pulled out an old spell book.

"Here ya are, never before seen spells." He said as he gave me the book. He pulled me in to whisper something.

"Avoid page thirty four, I might have been drunk that time." He whispered to me and let go. I checked the page out and read a few sentences then immediately closed the book and glared at Star.

I looked back at Nyx and Twilight as they were staring wide eyed at the stallion in front of me. Twilight was the only one to come out of her shocked trance.

"You-you're Starswirl!?" She exclaimed, making me and Nyx facepalm.

"Yup, who else can keep Haven in check, by the precursors, it's like cleaning your house only for someone to come in and BOOM! everything is chaotic again." He said as he grabbed the cane from a guard who picked it up.

"Hey, it's should be doing better since the war." I said as I raised my hands and walked over to Twilight.

"Not only did I made you be able to meet Star but I got a new spell book for you and Nyx." I said as I casted a duplication spell on the book but ripped out the page Star said to avoid.

"Why did you do that!?" Twilight shouted at me. I whispered to her the contents of the pages, making her blush madly.

"Why did you rip off that page dad?" I heard Nyx ask next to me.

"Star wrote down something stupid because he was drunk." I said making her laugh at Stars embarrassment.

"Ha ha, very funny Jak but you said I needed to meet someone important." He said.

"Remember your egg that never hatched?" I asked him, gaining a glare from him.

"Yes, and I thought I told you never to speak about it." He said in an angered tone. I smiled and turned to Spike and signaled for him to come over.

"You're looking at him." I said as stood in front of me. Star kept looking at him, then closed his eyes. He gasped as he opened them again. He was surrounded by a small torrent of flame and came out in his bipedal dragon form.

"Zeik?" He said as he walked towards him. I pat Spike on his shoulder, gaining his attention.

"Dude, it's your dad." I said to him before he was grabbed by Star.

"It is you!" He said as he embraced his long lost son. Spike got out of his shocked state and hugged back.

"This is even better than the time you and your alter egos became brothers!" Star said, letting Spike down back on the floor.

"I'm a nice guy, what can I say." I said as I put an arm around Twilight, letting her rest her head in my shoulder. I raised my other arm to check the time and saw that it was almost lunch time. I told Star that he's welcome to stay for the rest of the day, he waited no time in accepting. We began to walk towards the forest and on the way we greeted Pyro and Fluttershy. I introduced Star to Pyro, telling Pyro that this was Star, the governor of Haven City and amazing inventor.

After a few minutes of conversing with Pyro and Fluttershy, we all said our goodbyes and continued towards the Everfree castle.

Everfree Castle, Throne room

Time: 1:00 P.M.

It was a short walk to the castle, once we were at the throne room, Star decided to comment on the castles condition.

"This place has gone to shit!" Star exclaimed with a laugh.

"It's almost as bad as the time we tried to remake Dead town, it still hurts when I think about it." He said while rubbing his right arm. I walked up the steps to Tia's throne and pushed it back while Star went towards Lunas and pulled it, making the throne rooms stone floor turn into two large mechanical doors. The hatch opened up and we all went inside. While on the way towards the Precursor robot room, we could hear music coming from the same direction we're heading in.

We entered the room and saw Al and Zii moving along with the music as they worked on the robot and Nano using the stereo pads I installed on his shoulders.

"Hey Jak!" Al said as he leaped of the robot and landed on his feet in front of us. He then looked over to Star and smiled at him.

"Star~! Long time no see! How have you been?" Al said as he patted Star in the back.

"Great, now that I've found out that I had a son!" Star replied to him. I told Scootalo to follow me and for Twilight, Nyx and Spike to wait.

I lead Scootalo towards the workshop and went inside. Once inside, I went towards the work bench and grabbed the customized Jet-board.

"I know much you liked the Jet-board, so I got Al and Ziis help to make you a customized one that allows you to go faster than the normal one and I added an extra jump boost to it for extra air time." I said as I activated it, showing her the new color scheme for it.

"Happy hearths warming, Scootalo." I said as I gave her a quick hug, then gave her the Jet-board. She hugged and thanked me before grabbing the Jet-board and turning it on. I turned to look back at the work bench and saw a fully customized blaster rifle with reflex sight and a laser sight. I grabbed it and started walking back towards the group with Scootalo hovering at a steady pace next to me. I went through the door and arrived back to everyone.

"Hey Spike." I said, getting the drakes attention.

"Happey Hearths warming buddy." I said as I tossed him the gun.

"Sweet~! Thanks dude!" He said, taking a good look at it.

"You can practice with it but you only can use it in case of an emergency. I'm putting a lot of trust on you, so don't disappoint." I said with a smirk as Spike took aim and looked through the reflex sight.

"I'm not sure if Zeik should have a weapon, he's just a child." Star said.

"He's fifteen, he's not a kid anymore." I said to him.

"Yeah, Jak says that the only reason I don't look my age is because the lack of meat in my diet." Spike said, gaining a nod from Star.

"Alright then, but do be careful, I don't want to lose you again." Star said, gaining a hug from Spike.

"I can take care of myself, dad." Spike said as he let go. I felt some one tap my shoulder, I turned around and saw that it was Twilight.

"Me, Nyx and Scootalo made you something." Twilight said as she revealed a necklace with an amulet shaped like her cutie mark with a dark midnight blue feather and an orange father acting as if it had wings.

"It was Nyxs idea, she found the amulet you carry around sometimes, so she came up with the idea of our own and made this. The feathers have a spell so they don't decay and the amulet itself was made by an eco crystal Nyx and Scootalo found, it was a very white crystal, so we painted the edges to look like my cutie mark. Merry Christmas Jak!" She said as she gave me the necklace. I put on the necklace and hugged Twilight.

"Come on Nyx and Scootalo, you two were in this also." Twilight said as she used her magic to pick them both up and putting them down next to us, and joined in a group hug.

"Thanks girls, I love it." I said as I grabbed the amulet and looked at it. I then gave kissed Nyx and Scootalos foreheads as i hugged them.

After the group hug ended, we had to set up the stage in Ponyville for our performance. We had the help of Twilight, Star and Nyx as they carried the drumset and the stereos while me, Zii, Al and Nano carried the rest. On the way back, we stopped by Fluttershys cottage to pick up Pyro.

I used my light abilities to blink inside the cottage were he was helping out Fluttershy put away some of the groceries. I grabbed Pyro by the collar of his shirt.

"Sorry Fluttershy, I'm taking Pyro to the middle of town were we need to set up."  I said, gaining a nod from her, then blinking back outside with Pyro.

"Ow my eyes! What even was that!?" Pyro shouted as be shut his eyes.

"It's called Light blink, it's a complicated explanation so I'm going to be blunt with ya here. I can teleport anywhere and get there in a blink of an eye." I said to him as we began walking again.

An hour later after setting everything up

We got to the middle of town, were the mayor gave us the stage again and set up everything. While putting everything how it goes, ponies started crowding the place. Once everything was set up, Twilight took the girls with her and found a bench with a good view of the stage, Spike and Star sat up on top of the escort ship. We all got in position and I tapped the mic to see if it worked.

"Good evening and happy hearths warming everypony!" I greeted them, gaining some cheers and claps.

"You ponies know the drill, same as last time. Now this song is dedicated to those who serve the country." I said as I signaled for the guys to start.

As the song ended, the crowd erupted in cheers for another.

"The next two are for those who have served the guard but were discarded, homeless, divorced and are suffering because of P.T.S.D." I said as I signaled for Zii and Al to start.

Lyrics id you want to sing along

I spoke to God today, and she said that she's ashamed.

What have I become, what have I done?

I spoke to the Devil today, and he swears he's not to blame.

And I understood, cause I feel the same.

Arms wide open, I stand alone.

I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.

Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.

I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.

The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, righteous side of hell.

I heard from God today, and she sounded just like me.

What have I done, and who have I become.

I saw the Devil today, and he looked a lot like me.

I looked away, I turned away!

Arms wide open, I stand alone.

I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.

Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.

I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.

The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.

I'm not defending, downward descending,

Falling further and further away!

Getting closer every day!

I'm getting closer every day, to the end.

To the end, the end, the end,

I'm getting closer every day!

Arms wide open, I stand alone.

I'm no hero, and I'm not made of stone.

Right or wrong, I can hardly tell.

I'm on the wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.

The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side of hell.

The wrong side of heaven, and the righteous side, the righteous side of hell.

Next song, lyrics in the video

As the song ended, I could see most of the ponies saluting, hugging and giving friendly handshakes to the ones in armor and veterans. I looked over to Twilight and saw her with a teary smile.

"This last one for the night is to lift your spirits up from the ashes of sorrow, to never give up and be strong." I said as Nano began along with Zii, AL and Pyro. This time, I had the help in singing by Pyro.

Last song, Lyrics in the video so quit your bitching

Once the song ended, the guys stepped up next to me and gave them a bow, then proceeded to get off the stage.

I saw Twilight walking towards me with the girls following behind.

"You were amazing, Jak." Twilight said before kissing me.

"Don't get used to me singing like that, it hurts my throat." I said after the kiss was finished and turned to Nyx and Scoots.

"You guys were better than last time!" Nyx exclaimed as she flew up to me. I wrapped my arm around her to carry her and looked over to Scootalo. I did the same to her and stood up while holding both of them.

"Merry Christmas, Dad!" They both said as they hugged me. Twilight soon joined in the the hug.

"Merry Christmas, Jak." She said. I started to tear up a bit as I smiled at them.

"And happy hearths warming, to all of you." I said with a small laugh.

'Look at me mom, I told you I'll be a better man than dad ever was!' I thought as we walked out to spend the rest of the day as a big happy family. Next Chapter: Poison Joke, my ass! Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 34 Minutes