Eventually arriving at the station, the group made it inside just before the train moved away and down towards Ponyville. Sitting on a spare seat near a window, Crystal glanced at Jason.

“How much can that cube of yours hold?” She asked him, referring to the cube he had showed her earlier. “I’m guessing it’s an infinite space thingy otherwise how else would it hold that sword,” she added, wrapping an arm around Freya as she sat next to her.

“Yeah, it's got an infinite space in it.” he said with a nod. “It’s very convenient.”

“So you put anything and everything in it. Must be handy to carry every possession you have with you everywhere.” Crystal said, twirling a lock of her pink hair.

“This cube you’re talking about sounds like what I can do whenever I grab something strange.” Pinkie commented, taking a rubber duck out of her mane. “See?”

Feeling the train go over a particularly big bump in the tracks, Crystal felt herself become a bit queasy.

“I think I’m going to be sick.” Crystal said softly, looking a bit green in the face.

“You two have been fairly quiet.” Twilight said to Jason and Freya, rubbing one of her eyes to get a bit of dirt out of it. “Is something wrong?” She asked.

“Hm?” Jason asked, looking at her. “Nah, I’m just having a conversation in my head.” He shrugged. “Sorry, I get lost in my head sometimes.”

“I’m still a bit weirded out by you guys honestly...” Freya muttered, casting a spell to counter Crystal’s motion sickness.

“Why? Because we’re not like the ponies you’re used to seeing?” Twilight asked her, raising an eyebrow and gesturing with her hand.

“Were you talking with Hodge?” Pinkie asked Jason while Crystal silently thanked Freya for the spell.

“Ye ah, that's it.” Freya nodded.

“Him and the other two that live in my head, Gram and Ormagoden.” Jason explained. “You don’t want to meet Orm.”

“I’m gonna say he’s a very bad voice. What about Gram?” Pinkie asked.

“I don’t know how to stop you from being weirded out then.” Twilight said with a slight frown.

“Gram is basically Clint Eastwood.” Jason leaned back, putting his hands behind his head. “There was another guy but he left.”

“Who’s Clint Eastwood again?” Crystal asked, breathing in and out slowly so that sick feeling wouldn’t come back.

“..Don’t make me slap you...” Jason said, his eye twitching.

“I may have struck a nerve.” Crystal said, biting her bottom lip.

“Maybe you should have paid more attention to pop culture.” Freya smirked, punching her arm.

“Maybe I should’ve. Was Clint Eastwood the one who starred in all those westerns?” Crystal asked, rubbing her arm where Freya punched her.

“You're damn right! The Man With No Name!” Freya extended her arm, mimicking a gun with her hand, pretending to fire it.

“This may sound stupid but I’ve only heard of him, and even then, it was in passing. So sorry for asking who he was?” Crystal said nervously, leaning towards the wall as much as she can.

“Eh you're fine, I just have weird parents.” Freya waved her hand dismissively. “I mean, she drunkenly sang, ‘The Real Slim Shady,’ to a group of nobles at the Gala.”

Crystal snorted with laughter as she tried to keep it contained at that.

“I’m sorry but...I don’t see myself getting drunk...” Rarity said, raising her eyebrow.

“You’re not the mom I was talking about.” Freya responded, crossing her arms.

“You have a second mum?” Crystal asked, looking at Freya and Jason with her mouth open slightly.

“Yeah, the woman who laid my egg, Empress Chrysalis.” Freya smirked, watching their jaws drop.

“I’m polygamous.” Jason smirked as well, “Blew your guys’ mind huh?”

“You … you, you, your second mother is Chrysalis!?” Twilight screeched, her jaw practically dropping to the floor.

“That explains it!” Pinkie said in triumph, hitting her fist into her palm.

“Actually, Rarity is my second mother,” Freya pointed out, “Not only that but changelings and ponies have been at peace since I’ve been alive, hell, they even live as one country.”

“What.” Rarity, Twilight and Pinkie said at the same time, feeling like their minds had blown.

“I’m just going to wait this one out.” Crystal said, eyeing the changeling and jotun.

“A few months after I first came to my Equestria, Chrysalis completely surrendered to Celestia and her hive was absorbed into the country,” Jason began, “Shortly after that, she was granted the old castle in the Everfree to be her hive’s new home. She then managed, with the help of Maud, another Displaced, and myself, to gather the queens of the other hives and was elevated to the role of empress.”

“The sister of the other me helped you out?” Pinkie asked.

“I didn’t know you had a sister.” Twilight told Pinkie.

“So you and Chrysalis helped her become Empress? What’s that like?” Crystal asked.

“Basically, she rules over the changelings as a race, but she’s still a part of Equestria. Fun fact, our Equestria is actually a hexarchy.” Jason pulled out a black crown, inlaid with emeralds, placing it on his head.

“You’re a prince!?” The four girls asked at the same time.

“How the hell did you become a prince?” Crystal asked, looking at the crown on his head.

“Alicorns have divine right to rule.” Jason shrugged. “It was Celly’s idea anyway. I rule over the Everfree forest and Valhalla, the village that sprung up around the old castle.”

“That makes sense, I suppose.” Twilight said, having gotten out her scroll from earlier and jotted down whatever Jason said. “Valhalla is a village you helped create?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, the influx of nobles from Canterlot after that thing with Fenrir certainly helped...” Jason got a far off look in his eyes as a memory replayed in his mind.

“What’s a ‘Fenrir’?” Twilight asked.

“If your dad is a prince, what does that make you?” Crystal asked Freya.

“Fenrir is my great uncle, a giant wolf who ate the All-Father Odin at Ragnarok and whose sons devoured the sun and moon.” Jason snapped out of it, looking up. “He died several million years ago and Canterlot mountain grew over his bones.”

Twilight, Rarity and Pinkie crowded around one of the windows and looked at the mountain they were currently descending.

“I don’t think Fenrir is in this particular world.” Crystal called out to them but they stayed near the window. “He’s not, is he?” Crystal whispered to Jason.

“No he’s not, I imagine he’s tied to Norse universes.” Jason snorted. “And again, he;s been dead for MILLIONS of years.”

“Girls, come back here.” Crystal called them over. Hearing her this time, the three of them came back and sat back down. “Fenrir isn’t even here, and if he was, he’s long gone ok?” Crystal assured the three of them.

“And if he was, I’d kill him.” Jason said simply, running a hand through his beard.

“I don’t doubt that.” Crystal said with a bit of fear in her eyes. Pinkie looked out the window as she felt the train level out.

“We’re almost at Ponyville.” She said boredly.

“You sound bored.” Freya turned to her. “Got nothing to cheer ya up?”

“For once, I don’t have anything to cheer me up. But once we get to Ponyville, I know I’ll brighten up!” Pinkie answered with a smile but her face still showed that she was bored.

She nodded, leaning on Crystal’s shoulder. “I’m uh...not going to get swarmed by an angry mob am I?”

“I honestly have no clue. This is the first time we’ve seen a changeling since the wedding so who knows?” Twilight said with a bit of concern on her face.

“You could always disguise yourself.” Crystal suggested. “It may not be what you want but it could work,” she added.

“I refuse to hide myself.” Freya growled. “I shouldn’t have to do that to appease some racist ponies.”

“It was just a suggestion.” Crystal muttered.

“I don’t really know how the town will react so we’ll just have to see.” Twilight said with a soft smile.

“I’m not afraid to lay the fuck smack on some ponies.” Jason got up, cracking his neck. “Come on, trains pulling into the station.”

Getting up, Crystal stretched her arms and cracked her neck, getting the crinks out of it. After having done that, she, along with the rest of the group, walked out of the train and into the town proper. Freya took her hand, squeezing it a little as they stepped off the train.

“It’ll be fine.” Crystal said to her, squeezing her hand back. Leading the group further into town, she then realised she had no idea of where to go to. “Where do we go? I’ve never been here before.” Looking up as a shadow fell over them, Crystal found that the shadow belonged to a blue-skinned pony but this one was wingless. Seeing she was opening her mouth, Twilight immediately shut it with her magic.

“Rainbow, don’t say a word. Come down here and we will explain, okay?” She said and kept her magical grip as Rainbow glided down on a cloud of air. She was wearing a dark-blue shirt along with denim shorts with a slit in the back for her tail to poke through. On the shirt was a white cloud with a multi-coloured lightning bolt on it.

“So? I’m waiting. Why is there a changeling and two weirdos with you?” Rainbow said, crossing her arms and tapping her foot as she waited for some sort of explanation.

“A lot of things happened while you were helping out the Empire. That’s where we met these three.” Twilight said, gesturing to Crystal, Freya and Jason. She then proceeded to explain why they were all together as a group, along with showing the notes she had gathered by talking with them.

“So these three are not from this world and you trust them just like that?” Rainbow asked.

“Yes, because Jason helped defeat Sombra and the other two helped out with various tasks.” Twilight answered.

“Sorry. I still don’t buy it.” Rainbow said and splayed her hand, sending a harsh burst of air towards Freya but that was only because she was the closest one out of the three of them.

“Oh it is on!” Freya snarled getting to her hooves. She snorted, bringing her hand down and sending a bolt of lightning onto Dash.

Bringing her hands up to try and deflect the bolt, Dash felt the lightning run through her, causing her mane to spike up. Getting a bit of mobility back, she clapped her hands together and sent a ripple of air to the changeling. The air she sent was slightly electrified due to her body still going through the after effects of being shocked.

Freya smirked before cracking her neck. “Haste!” She shouted, her movements looking like she was in fast forward. She darted toward Dash, laying punch after punch before throwing her to the ground, spitting some goo at her and in a flash had her cocooned.

Dash barely had time to bring her arms up to defend herself before the changeling cocooned her in the blink of an eye. “Hey! What gives?” Dash shouted as she struggled in vain to get free of the cocoon.

“That's what you get for being a racist and attacking me.” Freya smirked, crossing her arms.

“I’m not racist. I only attacked you because you happened to be the closest! If it was one of your friends, then I would have attacked them instead.” Dash protested, ceasing her struggles for the moment while she caught her breath.

“Still you attacked me for no reason so...in the cocoon you stay!” she smiled starting to walk away.

“Don’t walk away from me! I attack things I don’t trust!” Dash shouted at her as she began to struggle harder than before to get out of the cocoon.

“You’re not going to get out~!” She called back, cackling at the top of her lungs.

Dash could only scream in response.

“Rainbow … you should have learnt by now to talk with new people instead of attacking them out of the blue.” Twilight told her entrapped friend with a raised eyebrow.

“It’s more fun if I attack first, ask questions later.” Dash snorted.

“It’s also a really stupid thing a child would do.” Jason looked down at her. “Should I reduce you to a child as well? It might be good for you.”

Dash eyeballed Jason before realising he was talking seriously. “No, I’m good thanks.” She answered, knowing that she had no idea what these people were capable of.

“Smart choice,” Jason said with a smile before walking past her, following Freya.

“You attack people because you don’t trust them? That is not a good start to getting new people to trust you.” Crystal said, leaning down to look at Dash better.

“So? The talking bit comes later after I explain why I attacked them.” Dash answered.

“Does it work?” Crystal asked, stepping to the side as she began to follow Jason and Freya.

“Less often than not.” Dash replied and looked at Twilight pleadingly. “Can you help me out of here?”

“No can do. I think it would be better if you stayed there for a bit to think things over.” Twilight said with a shake of her head. Leading the other two to where Jason and Freya were, both of them mouthed that they were sorry.

“Oh yes,” Freya called back, “I should tell you, if you don’t get out of the cocoon quick enough, you’ll be converted into a changeling~! So if I were you I’d hurry up!”

“What!?” Dash squawked at her, immediately working double time to get out the cocoon.

“Is that true?” Crystal asked.

“I’m not telling~” Freya smirked, continuing on her way.

Crystal gave Freya a frown and scratched the back of her head. “Where we going anyway?”

“Twilight?” Jason asked, looking over his shoulder.

“I need to report in to the Princesses and tell them what happened so I figured we could just go back to the library.” Twilight answered, gesturing to the giant tree they were walking towards. “Oh, by the way, one thing you should know about Rainbow that differs from your one. She’s … had her wings amputated. I got no idea how or why because it happened before we met.” Twilight added, saying the last part softly.

“Ours had her forelegs cut off.” Jason stared at the ground. “We made her new ones.”

“I hope she’s happy with her new legs.” Crystal said, closing her eyes for a bit.

“Of course she is, they let her punch holes in reality.” Jason laughed. “You have no idea how big her ego is now.”

“I imagine it would be.” Rarity said with a smile. Twilight opened up the door and lead everyone inside, calling out for Spike at the same time.

“Spike! Can you come down?”

“Yeah?” Spike called back, and upon seeing the group, took a step back. “Um, Twilight? Who are these?”

“These are friends we made in the Crystal Empire. Long story. I’ll tell you sometime later.” Twilight answered, rubbing her forehead.

“Sup?” Freya asked, looking down at Spike.

“Nothing much.” Spike answered, trying not to freak out at the changeling.

“You’re a dragon. I thought seeing pony/human hybrids was weird enough.” Crystal said in disbelief to him.

“Of course I am! Why wouldn’t I be one?” Spike asked the one who spoke.

“No idea. I’m Crystal by the way.” Crystal replied, walking up to him and circled around him slowly.

Spike followed her with his eyes until she disappeared behind him. He looked over to the third person and waved at him. “Hi! I’m Spike! What’s your name?”

Jason just laughed. “I’m Jason but you can call me Jay. I’ll be staying for a while to beat Crystal into shape and maybe teach anyone else who wants to learn.”

“That reminds me! Spike, I need you to write a letter to Princess Celestia.” Twilight said with a grin. Promptly grabbing a piece of parchment and a quill off the nearby desk, he stood at attention and listened to Twilight as she recounted the events of what happened at the Crystal Empire. Reading it over and repeating it back to her, they both gave a nod at it being correct and with a puff of green fire, sent it off to Celestia.

“There we go. Since the three of you are staying for a while, we need to figure out accommodations.” Twilight said, dusting her hands.

“Where’s a place that can house three beings from another universe?” Pinkie asked, tapping a finger on her chin.

“There’s a hotel nearby but I don’t think they would take kindly to you three.” Rarity said with a puff of air and looked out the window.

“We can just shack up in the Everfree.” Jason shrugged, leaning on a wall.

“The what?” Crystal asked, taking a quick look out a window to the distant trees. “That the Everfree?”

“Yup, that's where we live in our universe, rebuilt the old castle into our hive.” Freya sat down, putting her hooves up on the table

Crystal hummed and idly played with some fire in her palm. “We could train there as well. It’ll be out of the way of the town.” She suggested, turning around and leaning gently on the window.

“And we can use the timberwolves for practice.” Jason said, popping up the dial of his Omnitrix, flipping through it.

“Do you have a timberwolf form in there?” Twilight asked, gazing intently at the watch.

“What’s a timberwolf?” Crystal asked, feeling very stupid at asking these questions.

“A timberwolf is just that. A wolf made out of magical twigs.” Pinkie answered, grabbing a random book off the shelf and flipping through it. “See?” She asked, shoving the book into Crystal’s hands.

“It’s made out of twigs.” Crystal said bluntly, looking over the picture.

“Yeah, they're kinda stupid too.” Jason added.

“So they have all the brains of a rock. Good to know.” Crystal said as she poked her tongue out the side of her mouth as she looked through the rest of the book.

“I’ll have you know, rocks are actually smart! So it’s an insult to rock kind to say they’re dumb!” Pinkie protested.

“Okay, sorry. I didn’t think rocks actually had brains because they’re … well, rocks.” Crystal immediately backed down, leaning further into the window in an attempt to dislodge Pinkie’s hard stare. “You’re scary.” Crystal added in a small voice.

Twilight looked like she was going to say something but was interrupted by the sight of Princess Celestia touching down in her chariot just outside. “Why is Princess Celestia here?”

“I dunno, probably to see the otherworldly visitors.” Jason didn’t look up, still moving through his watch.

Sidling away from Pinkie, Crystal looked at the front door as Spike opened it up. She saw an alabaster Alicorn walk through, a white robe flowing from her shoulders with gold trim. Crystal saw out of the corner of her eye, Twilight, Pinkie and Rarity quickly bow before the princess before straightening up.

“Permit my asking, why are you here, princess?” Rarity asked.

“I am here, Rarity, to see these three creatures Twilight spoke of in her letter. And I can see that her descriptions were spot on.” Celestia answered, closing the door behind her and looking at Crystal, Freya and Jason. “You must be the three. How did you get here?”

“Transdimensional teleportation.” Crystal answered, folding her arms. Looking over to Jason, she sighed. “What are you looking for in that watch?” She asked, twirling a lock of pink hair around her finger.

“I like to keep stock every now and then, helps me to remember what I have and what I don’t.” He explained, never looking away.

“Interesting. And, Freya is it? What do you have to say for yourself? It’s not everyday a group of aliens show up.” Celestia asked the changeling, taking a step closer to her.

“What?” She asked, looking up at her. “I just got pulled along with me dad.” She shrugged, putting her hands behind her head.

“And that must be Jason?” Celestia asked, looking over to the bearded man.

“Yup.”

“Pleasure to meet both of you.” Celestia said with a soft smile. “Crystal, you can make fire, is that correct?” The princess asked her.

“Yeah, why?” Crystal asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I just wanted to confirm something.” Celestia replied and gestured for Twilight to walk outside with her. Once the door closed, Crystal let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding.

“Is it just me, or did she seem subtly intimidating?” Crystal asked.

“She’s just a blow hard, she shrugs off all her problems on Twilight and her friends.” Jason shrugged.

“That’s a bit lazy of her then. Should we start walking to the Everfree or hang out around here for a bit?” Crystal said with a thin-lipped smile and crossed arms.

“I don’t see why not, they can find us if they need us.” He put the dial back down, moving toward the door. “Come on Freya, lets go.”

“Alright, alright sheesh.” She got up, stretching. “We should probably check on Dash while we’re out.”

“Good idea.” Crystal said and followed them, waving to Pinkie and Rarity as she did. “I wonder if she’s gotten out of the cocoon,” she wondered out loud, stretching her arms behind her head. The trio walked past Twilight and Celestia and were soon on there way to the Everfree. They stopped by where they knew Dash would be though to check up on her.

Author's Notes:

Only one more chapter for this crossover, and then I'll make a few ordinary chapters after.

More info on the spell:
Final Fantasy
Haste - http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Haste_(ability)