Your Beautiful Wonky Eyes

by PyraBlue Heart

First published 17th of November, 2015

Ditzy Doo has had enough of being treated like an idiot, but no one will take her seriously with her eyes and clumsy nature. That all changes when a peculiar boy arrives at Canterlot High and changes her life forever.

There comes a point in everyone's life when you just can't put up with somethings. For Ditzy Doo that something is the way she is treated by everyone else at Canterlot High that isn't her sister or her only four friends. She's smart, it's just that no one believes that. No one will take her seriously with her wonky eyes and clumsy personality.

However, that all changes when a boy named Shard Storm enters her life. Finding her eyes 'beautiful' and her clumsy nature 'adorable.'

How will things play out for these two? I think we all know the answer by now.

Oh, and there's something about some company trying to get Shard or something.

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Part of the PoME universe

Any OCs used that are not created by me are owned by there respective owners

1) The Story Begins

The sun shined brightly down on the city of Canterlot, the streets busy as people of various shapes and sizes walked around completing their daily tasks. Shops opened, cafés began brewing their coffee, restaurants began preparing their breakfast meals and buses left people off to walk to their jobs.

A few miles away from the central parts of Canterlot there was the vast fields of houses that were the homes to those that could actually afford to buy more than an appartment. One if which, stood out from the others. A moving van was parked outside, various boxes being layed out on the sidewalk to be brought into the newly bought household of the Storm Family.

A young man with peach skin and short bright orange hair carried a box up to the red front door and set it down. He wiped a bead of sweat off his forehead and squinted his bright orange eyes to see through the sunlight. "Sure is bright today, I guess I should be glad that it isn't raining or this would be a total nightmare." As he walked back to the moving van his black jeans gently brushed against his skin, his black polo-shirt getting a bit damp from his sweating. He stepped into the van, his orange sneakers creating a soft echoed clang as he walked. Over on the small garden bench lay his black jacket with orange fur at the collar and wrists.

"Hey bro, you need any help?" A young girl with blood red hair and black skin ran up to him in a short red dress.

"No thanks Ruby, I got this." He put his hands under a large box and grunted as he lifted it. "Maybe you can carry some of the little boxes if you want."

"Ok Shard." Ruby picked up a few smaller boxes and walked up to the door.

After unloading the last box Shard walked up to the front and signalled for the driver to leave. Watching the van drive away Shard took a breath of the suprisingly clean air. "New start here Shard, let's try to actually make this work."

Meanwhile

Ditzy Doo walked towards the school known as Canterlot High. Her long blonde hair blew freely in the soft morning breeze. Her brown jacket that she wore over her white tank top kept her soft smoke grey skin protected from the sun. Her shirt light blue skirt reached just below her thighs and her brown boots gave soft claks as they hit the smooth sidewalk made of cement. One of her sparkling yellow eyes looked up at the school flagpole as another pointed to the ground. "Don't let today be a bad day Ditzy, you can do this. You have two great friends that will help you through today." Giving a small adorable smile, Ditzy walked towards the front doors of the school.

As she walked through the hallways of the school her smile began to falter as she received judgemental stares and glances from the students she passed. As she reached her locker her smile was completely gone. Placing some books in and taking a few others out she closed the locker and stepped back, accidentally walking into someone.

"Oops, sorry Derpy." One of the Eco kids said as he ran off. Ditzy huffed at the nickname that the students had given her. Ignoring anyone else as she walked she reached her first class, math. Oh how she hated math, it was the one topic she had trouble with. For some reason not being good at algebra made you stupid in the eyes of the student body. It wasn't her fault that she couldn't quite understand who to solve the equations, she never had a nack for anything in the subject other than simple division and multiplication, and a bit on Pythagoras Theorem.

"Morning Ditzy." Her smile returned as she looked back to see her best friend, Carrot Top, walking towards her. Her curly orange hair bounced as she walked and her yellow skin shone in the sunlight piercing through the blinds, attracting the attention of a few of the male students.

"Morning Carrot, how're you today?" The two shared a hug and sat down beside each other at the back of the room.

"Oh you know, just glad tomorrow is Friday so I can actually relax for a day to two without having to worry about doing homework or working on the farm. How about you?" Carrot replied with a warm smile.

"Oh, I'm fine." Carrots smile faltered slightly.

"Someone called you that name again didn't they?" Ditzy rubbed her arm nervously and nodded. "Seriously, you'd think that after all these years they'd realise that isn't your real name." It was true, the newer students to the school and most of the older ones thought her name was Derpy. Some still used it as a nickname to tease her, but most just made a mistake. Some corrected themselves, others didn't.

"It's fine Carrot, this one was just an accident." Carrot placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It still doesn't make it right. Please, just let me go to the principle about it." Pleaded the carrot farmer.

"It's fine Carrot, it's just a name." Looking to her friend unsure, Carrot turned to the front of the room as the teacher walked in.

Shard stood in his new room, unpacking his collectables and other items to place around his new chambers. He glanced over to a certain box, one containing a katana in a black sheath. Walking over to it he grabbed its grip and held it up, sliding it out of the sheath and admiring the blade before him. It was made of an orange material with a black guard.

"I wonder if there's anywhere near here where can continue my lessons." Sheathing the blade Shard moved back to unboxing his things. Setting up his TV and hooking up his gaming system he moved onto his art supplies. Hanging various paintings he and his mother had made together upon his walls he smiled in satisfaction.

"Hey Shard, I need a little help." He heard his little sister call him from the room across the hall.

"What do you need Ruby?"

"I got... tangled in the wires again." Chuckling Shard set down his alarm clock and walked into the other room where he found Ruby covered in wires and looking up at him with a nervous smile.

"Come here stupid, let's get your adorable self out of there." He spoke in a warm, playful voice. "Honestly, I thought you learned not to touch the wires without me, mom or dad."

"I did better this time, I actually found the plug." Chuckling as Ruby tried to lift her arm to show the plug in her hand Shard freed her legs.

"What am I gonna do with you Ruby?" After getting her out of the impossible mess she had gotten herself into Ruby hugged her brother in thanks. "Never change Ruby."

Author's Notes:

The start of a hopefully great tale.

Just a short chapter to get you introduced to the characters, more to come soon.

That's all for now my loyal readers and followers.

2) Begin the day

Shard awoke to the sound of his alarm clock buzzing on his bedside table. Reaching for it he missed hitting the snooze button several times before be just punched the thing off to table. As he settled back down to get a few more minutes rest his eyes shot open as he realised what the day was. He had received a letter from Canterlot High requesting that he come in to be shown around before he would start attending after the weekend.

Getting up in his black and orange pyjamas, he streched his arms up in the air and yawned. Quickly throwing on his usual wear, black jeans, black polo-shirt, orange sneakers and his black jacket with orange fur at the collar and wrists which he zipped up to cover his shirt underneath. Picking up his phone, wallet and keys he made his way down to the kitchen where Ruby was sitting happily munching away at a bowl of rainbow cereal that was absolutely loaded with sugar. "Morning Ruby."

"Morning Shard, sleep well?" The young girl asked in between bites.

"Yeah, it's so much quieter here than in Manehatten I was able to sleep perfectly. Although I will miss the sound of the subway tunnels running underneath our house." Ruby nodded. "Now I understand why the rent was so cheap there."

"Yeah, I'll miss the cats that would have wandered into our back garden." With that small morning discussion out of the way, Shard walked out of the house and headed towards a black and orange sports car parked in the drive while twirling his keys. Unlocking the doors he sat down in the drivers seat and started the engine. Listening to the sound of the engine purring Shard smiled and backed out of the drive. It was a twenty minute drive to the school due to traffic so he switched on the radio and his favourite song from 'The Black Cats of Music' came on. "God I love this song."

Ditzy walked through the halls of Canterlot High, her friend by her side. "Thanks for walking with me Turner, it means a lot." She said flashing the tall boy beside her a smile. The boy had spiky brown hair and light brown skin. He for some odd reason always wore a trench coat to school along with a blue suit underneath.

"Well it's no problem Ditzy. I know how uncomfortable it can be for you to walk by yourself." Time Turner replied. "So, why do you think Principle Celestia called you in, your not the kind of person to do anything bad. The only thing evil about you is your adorableness, it could kill someone and make a Dalek jealous." Ditzy never understood what he meant by those things, he often spoke of creatures of fiction and stories his father had told him.

"Shut up, I'm not cute." Ditzy gave an adorable pout and huffed.

"Hate to tell ya Ditzy but you are." She playfully punched him in the shoulder. As they reached the Principles office Turner turned to Ditzy. "Well I have to go and basically teach Mr O'neils math class for him, so I'll see you later." He ruffled her messy hair a bit before walking off. Knocking on the door of the office she heard the reply to enter. Slowly opening the door and peeking in, Ditzy saw Celestia patiently waiting.

"Ah, Miss Doo, please have a seat." Closing the door behind her Ditzy did as she was told. "You don't need to worry about anything, I just want to ask something of you." Giving an adorable sigh of relief Ditzy was able to calm herself.

"Well, what do you need me to do?" Celestia reached into a drawer and pulled out a file with the name 'Shard Storm' written at the top.

"I would normally ask Sunset Shimmer to do this but she is otherwise preoccupied as well as Soul Writer. I need you to show a new pupil around the school today." Ditzy just looked at her in shock.

"Seriously, you're asking me to do this?" Celestia nodded.

"Your friend Carrot Top informed me yesterday of the way the other pupils treat you. While I can not do much more than inform the students of your actual name and address the issue of them believing you to be of low intelligence, I can give you the opportunity to make a new friend before he hears any rumours." Celestia slid the file over to the nervous girl. "His name is Shard Storm, he recently moved here from Manehatten due to his father being transferred. He'll be attending this school from Monday onwards, but I called him in today to show him around and get him at least somewhat familiar with the grounds. I can do this myself if you aren't comfortable Miss Doo."

She sat there in thought for a few moments before nodding with determination.

"Thank you so much Ditzy, I will try my best to stop the name calling." Nodding to her Principle Ditzy walked out of the office and towards the main lobby where the boy she was supposed to show around was supposed to be waiting.

Shard looked up at the school with a small smile. "Looks nice enough, hope the people are as well." Taking in a breath of air he began climbing the stair to the front door. As he opened the double doors he looked around at the interior, the place seemed well kept. The smooth marble floor with the emblem of the school reflected the light slightly. Looking over he saw a trophie cabinet with a few awards such as cups, medals and shields. As he was walking he felt something bump into him and hit the ground with a soft thud.

Looking down he saw a girl with grey skin and messy blonde hair sitting on the ground. "Oh, I'm sorry miss, I didn't see where I was going." He bent down to help her up.

"No no, I wasn't looking where I was walking, I should be saying sorry." Shard sensed a small amount of regret in the girls voice.

"Now none of that, I'm sure that you-" He stopped as the girl pushed her hair out of the way to reveal her face with one eye closed. 'Wow...'

She was about to speak when she saw his face. Both stared at each other for awhile before Shard shook himself and held out his hand to help her up. 'Oh my...'

"U-Um, hi. My name's Shard Storm. What's yours?" He asked, still holding her hand, neither pulling away or letting go.

"Um, I'm Ditzy Doo. N-Nice to meet you."

Suddenly the janitor walked into the lobby whistling. Seeing the two looking at each other he did a full 180 degree turn and walked back down the hall.

Author's Notes:

Well... That certainly happened

3) The start of something beautiful

After a few more moments of staring at each other they both pulled back a little with soft blushes. As Ditzy stepped back her foot landed on a fallen pencil and she began to fall. Acting fast Shard shot forward and stopped her fall by grabbing her hand and pulling her up. However he put a little too much force into the pull and she stumbled onto him, knocking both of them over. Ditzy and Shard both blushed furiously as their faces were just centimetres apart as Ditzy lay on top of the boy who had cushioned her fall, one eye being covered by her hair.

"Sorry, I guess I pulled a bit to hard." Shard said, breaking the more than comfortable silence. Ditzy placed her hand on his chest to push herself up but froze as she felt his well built abdominals as she missed her target. The heat in her face intensified greatly, Shards face becoming a little red as well.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry." Ditzy exclaimed before jumping off him and helping him up.

"No it's quite alright." After dusting himself off he looked to the girl with a soft smile. "Anyway, Ditzy was it?"

'He said my real name.' Thought Ditzy as she cleared her throat. "Um, yes. That's my name." She answered with a goofy smile.

"Well then. Ditzy, are you the one that is supposed to be showing me around the school?"

'You have a chance to make a cute boy your friend Ditzy, don't mess this up.' She smiled and nodded. "Yep, Principle Celestia asked me to show you around the place. Usually a girl named Sunset Shimmer would show new students around but she's away doing something, I don't know what though."

"Well then I'm glad she is away, otherwise I wouldn't have met you so soon." Ditzy internally squealed in delight. "Oh hey, your hair is in your eye, lemme get that for you." He reached forward and pushed her hair out of the way. Instinctively she shut the eye before it was revealed. "Something get in your eye?" He asked a bit concerned.

"Uh, yes! Something got in my eye and it really hurts." Ditzy was glad to have an excuse to not open the eye.

"If it hurts then why don't you let my take a look at it, see if it's anything serious?" He asked with a caring smile. Ditzy frantically looked around, trying to find anything to delay the inevitable. Unfortunately there was nothing in sight. Sighing she slowly opened the crooked eye. Expecting Shard to ask what was wrong with her or laugh she closed her eyes and bit her lip. Hearing nothing she opened one eye and saw Shard looking at her in concern. "Are you ok Ditzy, I didn't do anything to offend you did I?"

"N-No, that's the thing. You aren't making fun of my eyes." She looked at him confused. "Why?"

"Wait wait wait. Do people make fun of you because of your eyes?" He asked with anger present in his voice.

"Y-Yeah, everyone thinks just because I'm a bit clumsy and have these eyes that I'm some sort of idiot." Shard clenched his fist.

"Are you serious? That's what they pick on you for? That's just idiotic." Ditzy looked at him in shock. "Ditzy, exactly how many people tease you about this?"

She closed her eyes and rubbed her arm nervously. "Almost everyone."

Shard struggled not to scream in anger, this sweet, innocent girl was being bullied for something that she couldn't control and that just made him feel like a kettle that was left boiling too long. "Ditzy, show me your eyes again."

Shyly she opened her eyes one at a time before looking him in his bright orange eyes.

"Ditzy, your eyes aren't something to be ashamed of. It's what makes you unique, and quite frankly..." His anger subsided a bit and be looked away slightly, "... they're kind of adorable." A huge blush plastered itself on Ditzy's grey skin.

"W-What? You think my eyes are... adorable?" Shard just nodded.

"I know it's really weird for me to say that to someone I just met but I do find you and your eyes adorable, I hope it didn't make you uncomfor-" His sentence was cut short as Ditzy brought him into a tight hug.

"Thank you." Ditzy whispered. Shard gulped nervously and patted her back.

"Um, no problem Ditzy, just speaking the truth." They separated and looked away from each other and took in breaths of air. 'Well this has been an eventful few minutes. Never expected to meet such a beautiful girl so quickly.'

'Oh my gosh I can't stop blushing, I can't believe this is actually happening.' Ditzy gently slapped herself and puffed out her cheeks in determination. 'Now listen here missy, you are gonna make him your friend and invite him to hang out with you over the weekend with Turner and Carrot.'

"SCRUBBY SAYS JUST KISS ALREADY!!!" The janitor yelled from down the hallway causing the two to jump. "Scrubby swears these freakin kids and their love stories." They heard the door to the janitors closet close and both looked to each other from the corner of their eyes.

"What do you think he meant by that?" Shard asked.

"There have been a lot of new pupils recently, and every single one of them end up in a relationship." They heard a young feminine voice say. Looking down they saw a young girl, probably about thirteen, with light purple skin and the same hairstyle as Ditzy.

"Dinky? What are you doing out here?" Shard just looked down the hallway and to Ditzy multiple times.

'What have you gotten yourself into Shard?' Clearing his throat he looked to Ditzy. "Hey Ditzy, who is this?" He asked.

"Oh, this is my little sister, Dinky Doo." The two hugged and Dinky walked over to Shard and motioned him to lean down. He knelt down and she whispered in his ear.

"You two are basically guaranteed to get together at some point. Treat her well." With that she skipped off. Shard just slowly turned his head to Ditzy who just smiled at him adorably.

'Whatever I just got into... doesn't seem like it's gonna be a bad thing.' Shard shook himself and walked over to her. "So, should we get on with the tour?" Nodding, Ditzy began walking down the hallway. As they passed the janitors closet Sahrd saw Scrubby looking at him and shaking his head.

Author's Notes:

Yeah I kinda called myself out in this one, as well as everyone else in the PoME group. Heheheeeeeeee please don't kill me

4) Standing up for Ditzy

Ditzy struggled not to giggle in delight as Shard walked next to her, looking in deep thought. 'I still can't believe this is happening, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.' She shook her head slightly. 'Now don't you rush into things Ditzy, let whatever this is take its course, no scheming, no planning, just let things take their time. Thanks for the advice mom, I never thought it would come in handy.'

"You ok there Ditzy?" Shard asked, breaking her out of her inner thoughts. She noticed that she was just staring at a wall with Shard looking at her with a raised brow. She chuckled nervously.

"Oh, I'm fine, just deep in thought is all." Smiling sheepishly she turned and led him down the next hallway. "Ok, this hallway holds the schools computer labs and just down this hall here is the gym." Shard nodded and drew on a piece of paper. "Are you mapping the school?" Ditzy asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I might as well have a map in case I get lost or something." Ditzy reached into her pocket and pulled out her own piece of paper.

"I mapped the school too." Shard's eyes widened before his expression turned to a soft, caring one.

"Well, looks like great minds think alike." Ditzy contained her giggles and continued on with the tour.

"Here is the history, maths and English classrooms, the stairs to the library in the school dome is at the end." Mapping those details down Shard nodded for her to continue onwards.

"Hey Ditzy, mind if I ask you something?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"What's your opinion on... Anime?" Ditzy stopped in her tracks and looked to him with a wide smile.

"I... Love... Anime." Shards smile widened.

"Me too, what's your favourite?"

"Tie between Code Geass and One Piece, how about you?" Shard just placed his hands on her shoulders.

"I absolutely adore those two shows." Both just stared at each other with goofy grins. "I think you and I are gonna get along just fine Ditzy, just fine."

"I think so too." Both remained like this until they heard the school bell ring. "Oh, we should get moving. I have a test today that I want to get over with so we should hurry things along." Shard nodded and they both continued walking. Ditzy continued to point out the rooms and locations as Shard jotted them down on his map. They began talking about various anime and games they had played until they came across two huge jocks.

"Hey there, Derpy." One said in an obvious bullying tone, causing Shard to growl slightly. "Who's this pip squeak?" He asked while poking Shard in the chest.

'Did he seriously, just call Ditzy Derpy!? And me a pip squeak!?' Shard swatted his hand away. "Who I am is none of your business, move along and don't call Ditzy by that name." He demanded with a stern glare.

"Who the hell are you to tell us what to do twerp?"

"Ohhhohohoho is this really the approach you're going with? You are literally the freaking definition of jock stereotypes." The biggest one growled.

"What did you just say?!" The boy clenched his fist.

"Please, don't fight them Shard." Pleaded Ditzy. Looking to his new friend he sighed.

"Alright, but they better stay away from you. You two got that?" He snapped turning back to the token bully characters.

"Oh so you're takin orders from little retard here are you?" Ditzy began to tear up. She stopped as she thought she heard glass shattering. Looking to Shard she saw his eye was twitching while he slowly lowered his head while glaring at the two.

"What... Did you... Just call her?!" Ditzy noticed some sort of handle sticking out the back of Shards jacket.

"What did you not hear me? I said, she's a little retard!" Time Turner walked down the hallway and noticed the two jocks hassling Ditzy. He was about to run to her aid when he say Shard standing up to them.

"Take, that, back." Shard demanded with a voice so cold it could create ice cubes in someone's drink.

"Why should I?" Shard looked up and saw the light above the, was flickering on and off. "Retard, retard, retard. I ain't gonna take something back that's true." Shard slowly moved his hand to the back of his neck and grabbed the handle that was sticking out. As the light above them suddenly went out, temporarily blinding the jocks Shard shot between them. As the lights went back on they heard a clang of some sort of metal. Looking behind them they saw Shard standing facing away from them

"You should have taken it back." He snapped his fingers and the sports gear they were wearing fell into pieces, leaving them in their vests and heart underwear. Multiple students around them pointed and laughed, the jocks running away in embarrassment. "Now think about what you've done."

Ditzy and Turner just looked at him in utter shock, a huge blush appearing on the girls face as she smiled. 'So awesome.'

'Does... Does that boy have a sword in his jacket?' Turner shook his head.

"Shard that was amazing, how'd you do something like that?" Ditzy asked running up to him. He pointed to the back of his jacket.

"I always carry a sword with me no matter how small, been training in Kenjutsu for a few years now." Ditzy just raised a brow.

"Does the Principle know about that?"

"She does, my father explained it to her and they came to an agreement, I am only to bring a small blade in and keep it hidden. It's not like I'm gonna mindlessly go around slashing people is it?" Ditzy just looked at him dreamily.

Seal the deal Ditzy! He's perfect!' Clearing her throat she looked at him with a soft smile and blush. "Hey Shard, do you maybe, wanna hang out over the weekend?" Shard put a finger to his chin in thought.

"I might be helping my dad move the furniture into the house, but then again mom did want me to get used to the area so I'm game for it." Ditzy smiled and hugged him. 'Wow... She's uh, got some strength on her.'

Turner looked from one to the other and smiled knowingly. "Ah, so that's it. I better keep an eye on these two, wouldn't want anything happening to them."

Author's Notes:

Well it seems that things are gonna start getting serious from here on in.

By the way, I was wondering, would I need to ask for permission to use other OCs from the PoME group? I'm wanting Shard to make a few friends with them

5) Bath Rhymes

The next day after the incident with the jocks, Shard was getting ready for the day ahead. Ditzy had asked him to meet her and her friends at the local park that morning, so he was making sure he was presentable. Currently he was in the shower, singing one of his favourite songs from the YouTube series 'Dick Figures' yeah it sounds like something you'd come across on an adult website but it was an honest to God good show, granted it was filled with random violence and profanity, it still had one of the greatest songs he had ever heard, although it was riddled with curses.

"~Yeah right, I'm a robot guy, shoot lasers out of my eyes, and Dinkleberry says to me~" Just then he heard his dad knocking on the wall in the opposite room shouting at a neighbor that he had made his sworn enemy.

"SHUT THE F*** UP!!!"

Shard shrugged and continued singing. "~Whoo, turn up my headphones-ones, up my pho-oh-ones, my headphones-ones~, up my pho-oh-ones. I am levelin up, I got bun in my cup, I got that ass in my lap, now make that, ass, clap." He continued singing until he was completely singing.

Stepping out of shower he began to finish the song. "~Fellas, and ladies, on the dance floor, making babies, fellas, and ladies, on the dance floor, making babies!~" He dried himself off and wrapped the towel around his waist, his well built chest shining slightly from the sweat.

Walking across the hall and into his room he sat down at his dresser and began drying his hair with an old hair drier. After that he comes his hair into the style he was always seen in. After that he sprayed some deodorant and threw on his clothes. Sheathing one of his katanas he hid it in the back of his jacket. Making sure the fur on his collar and wrists were poofy enough he smiled and looked himself over in the mirror. "Lookin good Shard, lookin good indeed."

Nodding in confidence that he was ready he walked down the stairs and said good morning to his family (minus his dad) before heading out to his car. As he was about to open the car door he quickly grabbed his sword and sliced the piece of plastic that was thrown at him by his father.

"Really dad? When I'm right by my car?"

The man with dark red hair that was wearing a red suit walked up to him, a sheathed katana at his waist hanging in his belt. "Sorry son, just making sure the reflexes are still sharp."

"Well try doing it when I'm not by something that costs thousands of dollars."

"You won it in a competition as a gift along with thousands of dollars worth or prize money."

"Yeah well it's a pretty high maintenance gift and that prize money has been in my account gathering interest for years now, it's my college fund and my life savings and I'd rather not spend it on a broken window or another paint job." With that Shard got in his car and drove away.

Trying to relax he smirked and linked his iPod touch to the cars radio and hit his favourite song.

Shard's theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbX6jsSaOkE

"I'm loaded with tons of cash, have an amazing family, I'm a badass swordsman, made a really cute girl my friend and have this gold to listen to. Feeling pretty freakin great about life right now!" With that he accelerated and shot down the road.

Ditzy, Carrot Top, Lyra, Bon Bon and Dinky were waiting in the local park on a picnic table waiting for Time Turner and Shard to show up.

"Hey Ditzy, tell us about this boy you met yesterday, I heard he showed Hothead and Ascot who's boos when they picked on you." Said Lyra as she sipped away at a box of juice..

Ditzy was about to start explaining when she saw Shard's car pulling into the parking lot. "I don't need to tell you about him, because he's here." Lyra, Carrot and Bon Bon looked in the direction that she was pointing and their eyes widened, with Lyra sucking her juice box dry before spitting it out.

"Now he's cute." Said Carrot.

"Hunk ahoy Ditzy." Commented Bon Bon as she gave Ditzy a pat on the back.

"He's beautiful!" Ditzy just looked at the girls with a raised eyebrow. Dinky looked to all of them and facepalmed.

"Seriously, I will never understand you three and your obsession with boys."

As Shard approached them Ditzy snatched Lyras empty carton. "Watch this girls. Hey Shard, heads up!" She threw the carton in his direction. Within a second he was behind the box with his sword out and the carton hit the ground in two pieces.

"Awesome~" All the girls, including Dinky, said in unison with stars in their eyes.

"Morning Ditzy, good to see you again." Shard said as he twirled his sword before sheathing it again. "So, you just gonna stare or are you gonna introduce me to these lovely ladies?" The girls giggled in delight at his question. 'Works every time.'

"Oh right." Clearing her throat Ditzy got to her feet. "Shard, this is Carrot Top, Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon... We don't exactly know her last name. I think it's Sweetiedrops or something but I can't remember." Shard smiled as Ditzt tried her hardest to remember the name and ruffled her hair.

"It's alright Ditzy, I don't need to know."

Ditzy closed her eyes and her mouth became shaped like a cats as she leaned into his touch. Shard just looked at her with a raised brow then to the girls questioningly, only getting shrugs in response. Nonetheless he found it absolutely adorable.

Meanwhile, three other boys had made there way into the park. Looking around they spotted Shard with the girls and gave warm smiles.

"Well boys, looks like we were right afterall, this is the city he scurried off to." A boy with slick cyan hair said to the other two.

"You think he'll be suprised when we show up at Canterlot High with him?" Asked a boy with spiky black hair.

"Maybe we should give him some space for now, let 'im get settled in first." A boy with long purple hair said. The others nodded and looked back to Shard.

Author's Notes:

What can I say, I like giving characters themes and this one seemed to fit, plus it is one of my absolute favourites!

And I'm calling it right now. Bon Bon, Lyra and Carrot are going to be paired with the boys at the end so... Just saying

6) Obscure references

Shard sat with the girls at the picnic table, each exchanging pieces about themselves, one which had caught the girls attention. "You speak Japanese?" All of them asked with wide eyes.

"A bit of it yes, after watching a few dozen anime you start getting a little into the language." Ditzy nodded.

"It's true, I couldn't actually learn it because I found it to be a bit difficult, but I have always wanted to completely learn the language."

Shard looked to Ditzy and smiled, causing her to smile in return.

"Say something in Japanese then!" Demanded Lyra as she slammed her hands onto the table. Shard thought for a moment before smirking.

"Anata wa, anata no shatsu ni jūsu o motte imasu."

"What does that mean?"

"It means you've got juice on your shirt."

Lyra looked down at her shirt and saw that there was indeed a huge stain of orange juice. "What the?! How did that happen?!" Looking at the table she saw a carton of juice that she had squished when she slammed her hand onto the table. "You just let that happen?!"

"Watashi ni kore o hinan shinaide kudasai."

"What does that mean?!"

"Don't blame this on me." Bon Bon, Ditzy, Carrot and Dinky struggled to contain their laughter, putting their hands over their mouths to hold in their approaching state of hysteria. Luckily Lyra had a spare top as she was going to be staying at Bon Bons house for a slumber party.

"Hey! You should come to the slumber party with us." Ditzy said as the idea popped into her head. Shard looked to her unsure.

"I dunno Ditzy, isn't that more of a girls thing? Wouldn't be weird for me to be the only guy there?"

"You won't be the only guy there don't worry, Time Turner will be there." Shard scratched his chin in thought.

"Fine, but I swear if Lyra tries to get revenge I'm calling her Liar For Hire for at least a month." Lyra growled at him, Bon Bon then put a black sheet over her head and she calmed down.

"If she can't see anything she'll eventually fall asleep, kind of like a bird of prey or something."

"Eesh, thanks for giving me a reason to be afraid of her." Ditzy received a text from Turner telling them that he couldn't make it and had to do something with his dad, who he called 'The Doctor' for some reason. Bon Bon and Lyra needed to go get things ready for the slumber party and Carrot was needed back on the farm.

Dinky reached up and whispered into Shard's ear. "This is a chance for you to get to know each other better, I'll get out of your fabulous orange hair so you can chat her up a bit." Shard was about to question her until she commented on his hair.

"Thanks, not many people appreciate someone who keeps their hair in shape these days." With that being said the girl walked off, leaving Shard and Ditzy to their own devices.

"Sooooo... whadda ya want to do?" Shard asked while twiddling his thumbs.

"There's a place down the road that sells games, DVDs, CDs and comic books. Why don't we hit up that place and see if we can find anything?"

"Sounds like a plan." The two stood up and began walking towards the parking lot. As they approached Shard's car he ran a bit and held the passenger seat open for Ditzy who blushed slightly.

"Oh, um, thank you." She walked up and sta down in the fine leather seat.

"No problem m'lady." Shard always had a tendency to act like this around girls he found attractive, treating them like royalty and treating them with upmost respect. Although his thoughts of attractiveness weren't based on sexual attractiveness, it was based on the girls personality and attitude more than anything, there was still the physical attraction of course, he's a teenager for crying out loud it's gonna be there.

He climbed into the drivers seat and started the engine, allowing the car to give off a satisfying purr. He shifted into reverse and pulled out of his parking space and out of the park. As they were driving they came to a red light, as they stopped they looked in horror as a group of preaching nuns noticed them and started walking towards them.

"NUNS, NUNS!!! REVERSE, REVERSE!!!" Both yelled as Shard shifted it into reverse again and pulled back as fast as he could and shot off down a separate street, taking a longer route to the store.

"Whoo, that was close." Ditzy wiped a bead of sweat from her brow. "You got bad memories with nuns too?"

Shard shivered slightly. "Yeah, you could say that."

They reached the store and looked around the area to make sure the preachers had not picked the direction of the shop to go down next. As they walked in they found that it was only guys in the store and all stopped what they were doing to stare at Ditzy. Suddenly the store clerk, a skinny man with shirt brown hair and a jacket walked in front of the two and faced the crows.

"Alright guys you've all seen women in your comics and to shows, don't freak her out." All the lonely men in the store resumed what they were doing and the clerk looked back at the two. "Sorry about that, we don't get a lot of girls in here... or any for that matter." He sighed and held out his hand. "I'm Stewart, owner of this place where everyone depressed and lonely can hang out with others that are depressed and lonely."

"I'm Shard, this is Ditzy."

"Pleasure to meet you both. So, what brings you two down?" Stewart asked while shooing a few guys away that were staring at Ditzy.

"We had nothing to do today so we thought we'd come to see if we could find any good material or merch." Replied Ditzy.

"Well ya came down to the right place madam, down here is all comic book stuff like Iron Man and Batman, next story up is all to do with anime and manga, third floor is games, DVDs and CDs. I'll just stay with you guys to make sure no one gives you trouble." Another clerk walked behind the counter as Stewart let the two up to the second floor.

Author's Notes:

There are two references in this chapter, first to point them out gets a follow, happy hunting

7) Begin the night

Shard and Ditzy walked out of the store with a bag of comics, manga, games and merchandise in each hand. They promised Stewart that they'd be visiting regularly to check out new stock and he put them on his 'favourite customers' list as a sign of gratitude and gave them both a 10% discount.

As they walked towards the car they kept their eyes peeled for the group of nuns, luckily they weren't in the area. Climbing into the car Shard started the engine and followe Ditzy's directions to her house so she could leave her stuff off and get a few things for the slumber party.

While she was getting ready Shard quickly stopped by his home to pick up his things. After being bombarded with questions by his mother asking about his new friends, especially Ditzy. When Shard had asked how she knew all of their names he found out that Ruby had become friends with Dinky, meaning he could no longer keep anything hidden from his mother.

After telling his mom not to make a big deal out of his friendship with Ditzy he left for his car, stopping another surprise attack from his father. "Seriously?! A block of iron?! Do you hate my car or something?!"

"A little yes, I don't like the colour scheme."

"I'm that colour scheme!"

His father looked him up and down. "Oh right... You need a new style, dye your hair blue and wear contacts."

"I f*cking hate you." With that he shot off towards Ditzy's place where the blonde haired girl was waiting outside. "Sorry Ditzy, got held up with my mom asking way too many questions about you."

"Yeah, my mom wouldn't stop asking me questions about you either."

"We really need to keep an eye on Ruby and Dinky don't we?" Ditzy giggled adorably before climbing into the passenger seat. "Alright, which way to the slumber party?" Giving him the directions to Bon Bons house and flicking through his playlists Ditzy froze as she saw the soundtrack to 'Dick Figures.'

"You watch this show?" She asked with a smile.

"Yep, I love Lord Tourettes and the raccoon in that thing, and Bath Rhymes is the greatest song to ever exist." Ditzy reached over and pulled him into a hug. "Ditzy, I need to drive."

Realising her mistake she immediately pulled away with a blush. "Oh, right, sorry." Seeing her slightly upset Shard switched to the YouTube app on the screen in the car and selected and episode of the show. (Will show it in the Authors note)

Ditzy lit up as she remembered the episode that he had put on. "Isn't this the one where Blue meets Pink for the first time?"

"Yep, favourite episode other than the one with the raccoon and robot frog."

The two looked to each other and smirked. "Go to hell robot frog!" They shouted out as they shot down the road.

They pulled up by the purple and cream house Shard walked to the passenger side and opened the door for Ditzy who thanked him and resumed her earlier hug. Just then they heard a camera snap and turned to see Lyra standing there with her phone. "That's so sweet, I'm posting that one up to Twitter." She tapped a few icons and sent the tweet. "Woah, thirteen retweets already, you guys are just too adorable together."

Both Shard and Ditzy facepalmed and walked up to the front door with the mint coloured girl. Knocking on the door they heard Bon Bon walking around inside before opening it. "Hey guys, my parents are out of town so we have the place to ourselves." Everyone smiled and walked into the small two story house.

"I'm saying it right now, I ain't playin no spin the bottle or seven minutes in heaven." Shard stated in fear before shivering. "Never again." The girls all laughed at him before walking up the stairs to change into their pyjamas. While the girls got dressed in the upper floor Shard got ready in the living room. He wore pyjamas similar to his usual wear, with orange fur at his wrists and collar.

He looked around and started up one of the few game systems in the living room and started playing 'Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.'

"I call next turn!" He turned around at the sound of Ditzy's voice and froze at the sight of her. She was wearing light blue pyjamas that hugged her figure perfectly, showing her curves and sending the poor boys thoughts to uncharted territory. "Hey, you gonna put your sword away before we play?"

"Shit you can see that?!" He yelled looking down below. "Oh, you meant, never mind!" Ditzy shrugged and sat down beside him and picked up a controller.

"Let's wait for Lyra and Bon Bon to be finished so we can play 2v2 in the multiplayer mode."

"Alright then, I call Billy."

"Then I get Rolly Roll." The two of them fooled around in a versus match before the two others walked down in yet more figure hugging outfits.

'Dear God this is torture!' The four of them split into teams, Shard and Ditzy vs Lyra and Bon Bon. As they finished a round, Shard and Ditzy high fived in victory. Just then there was a knock on the door, Lyra got up and answered it, revealing Carrot Top and Time Turner.

"Good evening all, hope we aren't too late." Turner looked around until his sights fell on Shard. "Ah, you must be the new member of our little group, my name is Time Turner at your service."

Turner held out his hand and Shard took it. "Shard Storm."

"Well Shard, welcome to the group. Hope they aren't riling you up too much." Turner replied with a smirk, looking to all of the girls and how they were dressed. "Stop teasing the poor boy and go put in your dressing gowns." The girls all frowned and did as they were told.

"Oh thank God." Shard gave a sigh of relief before turning to Turner... heh. "Thank you, I could not survive the whole night with them like that."

"Yeah they did the same thing to me when I first joined their group." Turner sat down opposite Shard. "Now, we need to have a little talk."

"About what?"

"Your relationship with Ditzy."

Author's Notes:

Well that certainly happened did it?

Anyway, here is the episode of the show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrcBMLC2fFQ

8) Rooftop conversation

"My relationship with Ditzy?" Shard asked, confused by Turners words.

"Yes, I want to talk to you about it."

Shard just looked around and then stared back at Turner. "What's there to talk about, we're friends and that's it."

Turner shook his head. "Just friends now maybe, but I can clearly see that it will blossom to something more, Dinky sees it too."

Shard eased up a little. "Well, I suppose there may be a level of attraction but even if there is it's not something you just talk about."

"You're right, but I just need to make sure that Ditzy is safe."

Shard just raised a brow. "You think Ditzy wouldn't be safe with me?" He asked with a bit of shock.

"I have total confidence that you will keep Ditzy from harm, I learned as much from that incident yesterday. What I want to know is, can you keep her safe emotionally?"

Shard calmed down a little, now realising what this was about. "Does she have bad experiences with relationships?"

Turner sighed and nodded. "I won't go into details, but she was once with this boy, he was a nice enough person but only seemed to take advantage of Ditzy. When she found out the truth and broke things off with him it wasn't a pretty sight, for days on end she would cry, losing her faith in love until recently."

"What's happened recently?"

"A lot of new students have been popping up, moving in from out of town and eventually ending up in a relationship with someone at the school. Ditzy saw this as an opportunity to find a new partner, start from scratch, find someone who had no record of her and could get close to. That poor sod just happened to be you."

Shard just looked to his hands then back to Turner. "If that's the case, I promise that I'll take good care of her and her emotions. I won't toy with them, I won't purposely try to harm them and I will never betray her."

Turner got up and placed a hand on Shard's shoulder. "I believe you, and know that I hold you in the highest respect." Shard smiled and they shared a manly hug, cause you know... men do that, we do honestly. The two separated and heard the girls coming downstairs in more suitable clothing. "Now, how about we play 2v2 on this game?"

"There are six of us now that you and Carrot are here." Lyra said as she picked up a controller.

"Then Carrot and I can play the winners." Everyone nodded at the plan and began playing. Over the course of the game Ditzy and Shard won every single time.

"Oh come on, you two have to be cheating!" Carrot complained as she threw down the controller in frustration.

"Nah, we're just really good at games." Shard said as he high fived Ditzy. "We'll even prove it, pick a game and we'll beat you in it. If we lose we have to do a dare from one of you, if we win its vice versa expect for all of you."

"You're on!" All of them shouted.

A few ass whoopings later

Everyone stared in shock at the small pillar of games that Ditzy and Shard had bested each and everyone of them in. "Well it's been fun but I think it's about time we all got some sleep, my eyes are killing me right now." Shard yawned and turned of the console. "So, what are the sleeping arrangements?"

"Oh we just sleep in a pile." Lyra said with a smile. Shard looked at her with confusion then to the rest of the group who all nodded.

"Seriously?" He received nods and sighed. "Fine, but if I wake up with someone's feet in my face, chest in my face or crotch on my face that someone is getting cut."

Shard lay just beside the pile of sleeping friends, deciding to stay out of it after he woke up to Lyras butt in his face as he expected. Laying on a blanket that he had found he looked around Bon Bons room and spotted a few photos of the group when they were younger and of more recent times.

Deciding to get some air he got up and headed to the roof, climbing up the balcony with ease due to his ability and fitness. Laying down under the stars he took in heat from the chimney beside him. As he looked about the beautiful night sky and took in every last star, he failed to notice a certain grey skinned girl clumsily climbing up to join him. Finally noticing Ditzy who was now trying to get her lower half up on the roof, Shard walked towards her and grabbed her under her armpits and pulled her up.

As she set her feet on the roof she slipped and fell on top of Shard. The two lay there in a familiar situation, their eyes staring into one another's. Their lips mere centimetres apart. The romantic moonlight and the sea of stars above them.

Reader: Oh my god are they...

The two of them didn't move a muscle, they just stared into each other's eyes. In their eyes a small twinkle appeared at the same time, both feeling a burning sensation in their chests.

Reader: Are they really gonna do it?

They slowly inched their faces closer, they could taste the others breath. One tasted of muffins while the other was orange chocolate.

Reader: Yes they're gonna kiss!

As their lips were about to meet Ditzy pulled away and rolled off of Shard.

Reader: OH COME ON!!!

Shard blinked and looked over to the blushing Ditzy. "Ditzy, are you alright?"

She turned away from him and lay on her side. "I-I'm fine."

Shard sat up and put a hand on her arm. "Ditzy, talk to me, you can tell me anything."

She took in a deep breath and sighed. "I-I just don't know if..."

"Don't know what?"

"If I'm brave enough." Shard looked at her confused. "I'm not the smartest girl in the world or the prettiest, I'm just a clumsy mistake."

Shard pulled up Ditzy into a sitting position. "Now don't you start saying this things."

"But Sha-"

"No buts missy. Who made you feel this way?"

"Sh-"

"Who Ditzy?"

The girl sighed and pushed him away. "Everyone, I've been made fun of because of my stupid wonky eyes my whole life, I don't wanna put you through that ridicule too."

Shard gave her a sad smile and cupped her cheek. "Ditzy, I don't care if I get ridiculed for liking you or by spending time with you. I promise, that if anyone ever gives you grief about your gift again then they'll have to answer to Disaster here." He said, pointing to his sword that rested on his waist.

"M-My gift?" Ditzy questioned in suprise.

"Yes, your gift." Shard took Ditzy's hand in his and held them in both of his in a protective and reassuring hold. "Your eyes make you unique, you get to see the world in a different light, a different way. And they aren't stupid wonky eyes Ditzy, they're what make you, you." He placed on hand on her cheek and smiled warmly. "They're the best thing about you, Your Beautiful Wonky Eyes."

Before Ditzy could say anything Shard put his hands to both sides of her face and planted his lips on hers. Her eyes widened in surprise, but slowly closed as she lost herself in the bliss of the moment. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he put his hands on her back, both leaning into the kiss, embracing each other under the stars. As Ditzy held her body against his, she felt a sense of security, the burning sensation in her heart exploded and left another feeling, a finished feeling, a complete feeling.

That's when she knew, she had found the one she was looking for, the one she had searched for. The one that would protect her from harm, both physical and emotional. The one that would be her shoulder to cry on, the one that would listen to her and tell her everything was going to be ok.

They both knew it, they had found their other halves, they had completed a two piece puzzle and they were the pieces, now firmly locked together to make a picture, a beautiful picture, of a small fragile daisy being gaurded by a burning flame.

They were whole, for the first time in their lives, they were whole.

Author's Notes:

...

If you'll all excuse me I have to go think of a way to top this.........

9) Life is great

The next day

Shard lay on the fresh green grass in the park under the shade of a tree, his hands behind his head as he watched the clouds go by. His thoughts went to the previous night, a smile appearing on his face as he relived the memory in his head. After the kiss the two of them cuddled up together as they went back inside. Their friends still didn't know anything about it, they had separated before going to sleep.

As the two parted ways, agreeing to meet up the next day, his mind wouldn't leave Ditzy. All he could think about was her eyes, her laugh, her smile and her adorable sneezes. His smile never faltered, at that moment he was glad to be alive, nothing could take that smile away.

He moved his head and watched a few kids playing on the playground, laughing and giggling as they went. He took in a whiff of the morning air. Smelling the scent of the flowers and grass he looked back up to the sky. "Life is great."

Ditzy couldn't stop smiling, the memory of the night before was just too perfect. The words said by Shard before the kiss were imprinted in her mind and heart. "Your Beautiful Wonky Eyes." She kept repeating it to herself as she walked down the sidewalk, giggling like a schoolgirl every time.

"What's got you so happy Ditzy?" Ditzy turned around to see Sunset Shimmer standing there with her partner Soul Writer, he had white hair with a small bit of a beard on his chin. He wore a grey hoodie which he kept open revealing a white t-shirt underneath.

Ditzy blushed a little. "Well... You see... I met this boy..."

Soul and Sunset smiled knowingly. "New student?" The both asked, Ditzy nodded.

"What's this one like? Is it that one that made those two jocks run out of the school in their underpants?" Soul asked, chuckling at the memory.

"Yeah, that's the one." Ditzy answered, giggling as she too looked back at the moment.

Sunset rolled her eyes and walked over to Ditzy. "Well I'm happy you found someone Ditzy, and I hope he treats you well."

"Oh he's treated me very well so far, we have a lot in common and he always says the nicest things. Come to think of it I think he and Soul would get along." Sunset and Soul raised a brow.

"Why's that?" The white haired boy asked.

"Well, he's into a lot of videoe games, sci-fi, comic books and all of that stuff, although he is really athletic and can speak Japanese." Ditzy blushed as she explained.

Soul scratched his chin in thought. "Hmmm, if that's true I guess we would get along."

"No Soul, you'd definitely get along." Sunset stated in a tired voice. "There is nothing you love more than video games and sci-fi."

"Not true, there's you after all." Soul countered slyly.

"Yeah yeah, back up lover boy." Sunset smiled and turned back to Ditzy. "So, what's his name?"

"Oh, he's called Shard Storm." Ditzy answered with a big smile.

"What does he look like?" Both asked in unison, looking at each other with a brow raised.

"He's got orange hair and eyes, peach skin, wears a black jacket with orange fur at the collar and wrists."

Soul looked to Sunset. "Hey I saw that guy in the park earlier, maybe he's still there."

"We might as well go see him before Treble Mix gets to him." Sunset then turned to Ditzy. "You coming with us Ditzy?"

The grey skinned girl blushed. "Oh, sorry but I need to get some things done before tomorrow."

The two nodded in understanding before bidding farewell to Ditzy. As the two disappeared from sight Ditzy continued on her way, listening to the sound of the foot breeze rustling the leaves of the trees growing in a few gardens. The birds began singing as the sun revealed itself from behind a cloud, bringing its light down onto the world and making everything all the more colourful.

"Life is great."

As Shard got to his feet he stretched his arms and looked up at the sky. Smiling he began walking down the hill he had been resting on. As he reached the bottom he looked around at the couples walking through the park hand in hand, making everything feel right in the world.

He began walking towards the gates of the park, as he was within a few dozen meters of the exit he sensed something coming from behind him. Turning 90 degrees he stopped the fist of one of the many jocks that had converged on him. Letting go of the fist he turned his body towards the group, all of them glaring at him with cocky smirks. "What do you 'roiders want?"

A crowd of the students at the park had circled the standoff, all murmuring and whispering to each other. The jocks were all taller and buffer than Shard, the shortest being a head taller than the orange haired swordsman. "Simple really, we's just gonna teach ya a lesson for makin a fool out of our boys yesterday."

"Oh no they were already fools, I just gave them a warning to not mess with my friend." Shard replied with a bored tone.

The leader of the jocks growled. "You mean that retarded blonde with the messed up eyes?" The group laughed.

They all heard a sound effect of glass breaking and turned to Shard, who was glaring at them with a mighty rage.

"Hey I don't like that look of yours, looks like someone here needs to be taught the pecking order." As the leader swung his fist it was effortlessly blocked by Shard putting up his hand and grabbing it.

"What... did you just call her?" His voice was dark and his eyes were slightly shaking in anger.

Sunset and Soul walked into the park and saw the standoff. As they were about to intervene Shard tossed the fist to the side and spin kicked the jock in the head, knocking him to the ground. The crowd froze and the thugs growled.

Shard stood straight with his fists clenched. "Alright boys, get ready for the first real fight of you pathetic lives."

Author's Notes:

Soul Writer is the property of BlueSun52

Things are getting really crazy now aren't they?

10) Fight to remember

Sunset and Soul stared in confusion as Shard glared at the walking stereotypes with unholy rage, his orange hair almost seeming like fire. The leader stared down at him, cracking his knuckles. "Ok kid, let's get started."

"Shouldn't we do something?" Sunset asked.

"Don't worry I'm on it." Soul walked through the crowd until he was in the front row. "Kick his ass Shard!" Sunset groaned. "Kick his ass! Kick his ass! Kick his ass!" The other members of the crowd began chanting with Soul, filling Shard with confidence and feeding his ego greatly. His anger being replaced by the thrill of battle.

The leader growled and charged towards Shard who merely stepped out of the way and elbowed his spine, causing the jock to fall on his face and remain still for a moment. Two other jocks came at him from opposite sides, charging while yelling. Shard smirked and jumped high into the air as they were about to pounce on him, resulting in them crashing into each other. As Shard landed on their heads he kicked one in the face sending him sliding across the stone path and kicked the others face in midair.

"He's just messin with us!" One of the jocks yelled out as he pulled out a knife and slowly approached the orange eyed boy.

Shard looked to the knife and laughed. "Seriously?! That's what you're gonna use against a swordsman?!" As the jock heard this he looked at Shard in confusion. "Never bring a knife to a fist fight." Shard reached behind him and pulled out his orange and black blade. Within a second he was behind the jock with his sword sheathed. The jock looked in confusion until his knife split into three and fell out of his hand.

Shard smirked and spun around, jumped up and placed his feet on his foe's back and pushed him to the ground. As he turned around he moved his head slightly to avoid a brass knuckle to the face from another jock.

"Boy you guys don't know when to quit do you?" The jock threw several more punches that missed as Sgard stepped back to avoid them, in turn delivering some of his own. After landing enough hits the jock began to feel dizzy. Shard spun his arm for a second before knocking him in the jaw. "Shoryuken!" The jock was thrown into the air and hit the ground hard.

The leader had recovered and stepped in front of the five remaining jocks. "We're gonna break your spine and feed ya to the crows kid!" The leader placed his dust in his palm while the others pulled out baseball bats.

"You know that would be intimidating if you were... well intimidating."

"Are you mockin us?!"

"Oh no, nononono... *pfft* yeah." The jocks all charged forward and surrounded Shard. Looking around Shard smirked. "Alright then, show me what you've got."

As one of the jocks stepped forward and swung his bat Shard ducked and rolled under his legs. Appearing behind him Shard elbowed the back of his head knocking him out and falling flat on his face. As another swung his bat Shard caught it and punched the guy in the face, causing him to fall back and let go of the bat. Shard spun the bat in his hand before throwing it at one of the surrounding brutes, winding him and distracting the others as they looked to their friend.

Shard took this opportunity and pulled out his sword. He ran from jock to jock, slicing carefully as he went. As he stopped in front of the leader he held the sword to his face, causing him to sweat. All of the jocks outer clothes fell to pieces leaving them exposed. However the leaders clothes remained intact, he felt pain on the right side of his face. Placing a hand there he looked to it and saw blood, looking to Shards sword he saw a small tinge of red on the blade.

Shard was glaring at him. "Be thankful all I cut was your cheek, now get lost."

The leader growled before throwing a punch which Shard dodged. Shard then hit him with the hilt of his sword knocking him unconscious. He swung his sword to throw the blood off the blade before sheathing it. Turning to the last standing jock who tried to charge him he asked a simple question.

"Tell me, do you want children in the future?"

The jock froze and took a minute to think about it. "Hmm, I don't really... No I guess."

"Oh, good." Shard shot forward and planted his foot firmly into the jocks crotch. He squealed like a girl before dropping to his knees with blank eyes. As Shard nodded in satisfaction he turned to the crowd that began cheering and throwing roses at him. He bowed and took one of the roses, sniffing it he sighed happily, he put it in his breast pocket and gestured to the disabled jocks. "Don't let me stop you, they're all yours."

As Shard walked through the crowd the students all grinned like mad, staring at the fallen jocks. No one moved until a boy with black hair in a blue shirt jumped to the front. "FOR THE MOTHERLAND!!!" All of the members charged towards the bullies.

Soul and Sunset stood and watched. "I didn't know Treble Mix was here."

"He's everywhere Sunset, he knows when he's needed." The couple just watched as the students took their revenge on the defeated brutes that had annoyed and tormented them for years.

The next day

Shard drove down towards Ditzy's house while singing along to one of his favourite tracks. "T-T-That that don't kill me, can only make me stronger, I need you to hurry up now, cause I can't wait much longer, I know I got to be right now, cause I can't get much stronger, man I've been waitin all night now, that's how long I've been on ya!"

He turned down the music as he entered Ditzy's neighbourhood, slowly driving down until he pulled up by the grey painted house where his date was waiting. Ditzy walked out the door and blushed as she looked Shard in the eye from her doorstep. Shaking herself she walked up to the car and got in the passenger seat.

"Good morning Ditzy." Shard greeted with a smile.

"G-Good morning Shard."

Shard smiled warmly and placed a hand on Ditzy's. "Hey, no need to be nervous, we're just going to see a movie together and then getting a bit of lunch. There's nothing to worry about."

Ditzy smiled and held Shards hand tighter. "I know, I just... haven't had the best experiences with dating."

Shard frowned for a moment before an idea came to his head. "Hey Ditzy, I know something that could probably get rid of any nerves or thoughts that say I'm gonna betray you."

Ditzy just looked at him surprised and confused. "W-What? Shard if I made it seem like I don't trust you I-" She was silenced by Shard planting a quick kiss on her lips. She looked at him wide eyed with a huge blush appearing on her face.

"In my family, when a male kisses a female from outside the family on the lips, he vows to protect her and look out for her best interests. If they don't they are disowned by the family and brought eternal shame. It's a tradition created by my ancestors, and my family has stayed true to that tradition ever since the early eighteenth century." Shard explained with a comforting smile.

Ditzy's blush spread to create a red line across her face. She began to tear up and tackled Shard with a hug. "Thank you." Shard smiled softly and began stroking her beautiful blonde hair that he loved so much. If he was going to go through with this then he wanted Ditzy to feel secure, safe, happy and above all... He wanted her to feel loved.

It was a quirk with his family, the males were always extremely protective and loyal to their partners. All of them had met their loves during their teen years all at the same age, and Shard had reached that age. Shard believed that it was his ancestors looking out for the family, helping it grown and continue to exist through the generations.

He just sat there in his car, a beautiful girl in arms. Little did he know that his parents, Ruby and Dinky were watching from a bush with binoculars. Ruby and Dinky bumped fists in victory. Shards father laughed to himself as he watched them. His mother smiled knowingly, her blonde hair was in a bun and she wore a bright yellow dress with flower patterns. 'Looks like I should start saving up for a wedding, because it looks like my son just found his future bride.'

If you couldn't tell by now their family is very traditional... don't judge me.

Author's Notes:

Treble Mix is property of Ragga_Muffin (Your Treble cannot compare to my Treble, you shall not argue or Shard will chop yours up, then their will be only one!)

Um... Ignore that

11) Shards secret project

Monday

After a pleasant day together, Ditzy and Shard had went their separate ways to prepare for the next day.

After eating his breakfast with his family, minus his father who was out at his new job, and prying his mother off him as she refused to stop hugging him for finding his "future bride," Shard sat in his room working on something that would make his life a little easier. After playing a certain video game franchise for so long he had always wanted to have a certain robot from said franchise by his side, helping him in any way it could. So a few years back he took up secret classes of robotics and engineering just to be able to construct the robot. When he went out for these lessons he would say to his family he was going to practice swordsmanship in the woods or some other excuse.

He sat tinkering with the body of the robot, which he had made chargeable from sunlight or if that wasn't an option basic electricity, which he had temporarily named "Atlas." This was just until he could come up with a better name.

"Alright, just need to connect a few more circuits...tweak the optic sensors and...done!" Closing a small hatch on the robots body he pressed a button and it started twitching, slowly rising from the floor. "Yes...yes it works!" As he looked to the robot he smiled. "Oh the girls are gonna get a kick out of this. Now... What to name you?"

Ditzy, Bonbon, Lyra, Carrot and Turner all sat on the school steps waiting for Shard, classes didn't start for another half an hour so they decided to wait out front for him. They all noticed that the group of friends with Sunset were hanging around the statue as always. A few minutes later they all walked into the school leaving Ditzy and her friends alone in the schools outdoor area.

As they were about to walk inside to get ready for class they spotted Shard walking up from the sidewalk with something behind them that made most of them look confused, but left Turner and Ditzy with open mouths. "No way." They both said on unision. The group got up and ran to their orange haired friend and his new robot companion.

"Hey girls, Turner." Shard smiled at them.

"Good morning everyone." The robot said in a British butler accent, except it wasn't monotone, it was happy and filled with energy.

Ditzy and the group just looked to the two in shock. Tuner shook himself and cleared his throat. "Good morning Shard. Um...would you mind telling us why there is a perfectly built Mr Handy from Fallout four behind you?"

Shard looked back to his robot and smiled with pride. "Oh, him? He's just something I've been working on for a few years now, finally finished him this morning. I've called him Atlas for now, trying to come up with a better name though."

The rest of the group had recovered from their shock and looked to each other, unsure of what to say. "I'm detecting that you are all a tad confused, perhaps introductions will help smooth things out?" The robot suggested.

The group nodded. "My name is Ditzy Doo, nice to meet you." The robot held out its pincher and shook Ditzy's hand.

"Fantastic to meet you Miss Doo, I couldn't help but notice your eyes, truly stunning if I might say." Ditzy smiled at the compliment. Next Turner stepped forward.

"I am Time Turner, pleasure to meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine Mister Turner." The three others greeted him in similar manners, although he gave each girl a compliment, something that Sahrd had programmed into him, other than that he pretty much had free will, the only restriction being that he must not harm a human or other living being unless ordered to do so, you never knew what kind of situation could come up in life so Shard made sure that his robot would know what to do in a life or death situation or if someone was in danger of being harmed by another. "Well it is lovely to meet you all, it's wonderful to know that Master Shard has such good friends with him."

"Hey, I was wondering if you guys could help me find a good name for him. I was thinking about just naming him Codsworth but I wanted to do something original." Shard looked to his friends.

The group all started thinking, things like "Walter" or "Sebastian" came to mind, but Shard thought that the first was overused and the second would only suit one butler that any anime fangirl would love.

"How about Rayliegh?" Ditzy suggested.

Shard thought about it. "That sound alright with you?" He asked turning to the robot.

"I find it to be a magnificent name, a great choice Miss Doo." Rayliegh replied happily.

"Alright then, Rayliegh it is, we can just call you Ray for short if we need to."

"I see no problem with that Master Shard. I do believe it is time for your classes to start, I suggest we get going to avoid any trouble with the teaching staff." The group nodded and walked into the school. Before going in Shard pressed a button on Raylieghs body and he converted into a silver sphere the size of a football and placed him in a back and orange sports bag.

"This is gonna be fun."

During lunch the group hung out at the back of the school with Rayliegh out of his sphere and recharging with his built in solar panels. Shard had talked with Principal Celestia about his new companion and they had come to an agreement, the robot was to remain in his bag until either a practical class like science or a break like lunch. He was even allowed to help around the school cafeteria in the background cooking up some things and trading recipes with Granny Smith who benefitted from his help greatly, giving her more time to focus on some things while Rayliegh did the rest with enthusiasm.

"I must say Master Shard this school seems like an exciting place and the students are simply delightful. Although I can't help but notice a few errors."

"What would those be Ray?"

"Well for example the school seems a little understaffed, a few lights in the hallways either don't function or flicker and the students seem to be able to do as they please. Perhaps it would be a good idea to take these matters up with the Principal the next time you see her?"

Shard nodded. "That's actually a good idea, thank you Rayliegh."

"My pleasure sir." The group all talked for awhile before the bell signalling them to return to classes rang out. Placing Rayliegh in his bag the group walked back around to the front doors.

Author's Notes:

Ok I'm gonna be honest with you, I know absolutely zip about Fallout other than the basic lore and a few creatures. But I started watching a few let's plays of Fallout 4 which I have been considering to buy and I absolutely loved the concept of Codsworth and his personality. I don't have the knowledge of Fallout and its mechanics to write a full fic on a Mr Handy so I thought this would be a nice substitute...

... Also I like putting random crap in my stories to see people's reactions.

12) CyCorp Industries part 1

That Weekend

After a pretty standard week at school, and multiple cuddle sessions with Ditzy, Shard lay in his back garden on a sun bed with his jacket off revealing the orange t-shirt underneath. He lay with his legs crossed and his arms behind his head, sunglasses on and a smug smile on his face. Taking in a breath of the fresh Saturday morning air he looked up at the clear blue sky. "Life is great."

"Master Shard?" Looking to the right he saw Rayleigh floating over to him. "I brought you some cola to help keep you hydrated out here while you relax in the sun." The robot handed the glass of the delicious drink to Shard.

"Thank you Ray, I appreciate it." He thanked before downing the contents.

"You're welcome sir, by the way, a letter arrived for you in the mail this morning but there was no name of who sent it on the envelope, just a symbol." Rayleigh reached into his storage unit and pulled out a light blue envelope with an emblem of two dark blue 'C's back to back.

Warning, now entering plot territory, prepare yourself for some random bullshit that will act as the first main story arc

Shard took off his sunglasses as he sat up and took to letter. "Now why would they of all people send me a letter, I haven't even seen the managers son in years." Opening the letter he began reading the contents, his eyes widening as he reached the end. "What?!"

"Sir, is everything alright?" Rayleigh asked in concern.

Shard blinked and shook himself. "Yes, everything's fine, just a little shocked is all." Shard set the letter down and rubbed his face with both hands. "Ray can you go tell Mom that I'll be gone for the day, and send a message to Ditzy to wait outside her house so I can pick her up in about two hours? I've gotta go do a few things."

"With pleasure sir, might I ask where you are going with Miss Doo?"

Shard stood up and put on his jacket. "CyCorp Industries, I'm going to visit an old friend."

"Shall I accompany you when I have completed my tasks?"

Shard looked over to his new robot sidekick. "Yeah, I'm sure that my old friend will get a kick out if seeing you." With that Sahrd walked off.

"Oh dear, this must be serious if Master Shard had to mysteriously walk off without giving a lot of details, I'd best hurry along." Rayleigh picked up the now empty glass and floated his way back into the house.

Ditzy stood on the sidewalk just in front of her house and watched as Shards car entered the street. As it pulled up she saw Rayleigh with his limbs retracted to fit in the back seat of the car. "Good morning Miss Doo."

"Morning Ray." She climbed into the passenger seat and smiled at Shard. "Morning Shard."

"Morning Ditzy." He planted a quick kiss on her check before driving.

"So what's happening? We going on some kind of surprise date?"

Shard frowned. "Something like that."

Ditzy noticed his negativity and looked at him concerned. "Shard what's wrong?"

He sighed and looked to Ditzy. "I'm going to see someone I haven't seen in a long time, and I just...couldn't do it alone, not with what's happened to him."

"Well, I won't ask you about this person, but I will ask where we are going."

"CyCorp Industries, they had built a building a three months back to serve as their branch for this part of America."

"You mean that super advanced company that has that huge white building in the main part of Canterlot City?"

"Yes, I figured if I'm going there I might as well give my girlfriend a look at what they do there, where do you think I got the mainframes and advanced circuitry for Ray." Shard handed Ditzy a white ID card with a small photo of his face with the CyCorp logo on one corner.

"You're an employee there?"

"Well, not so much an employee, I'm someone that reports in every once in awhile to inform the scientists there of how my progress on my projects are coming along. But I would never give them the plans for Rayleigh or anything dangerous. I only joined their program to be a sort of tester for some of their tech, needed some money to pay for bills when my dad couldn't because of low income before he got transferred here." Shard pulled onto the highway and took the card back.

Ditzy slouched in her seat and went into deep thought. "There is more to you than you let on isn't there?"

"That's the cliche of it yeah, don't worry I'm not involved in some kind of secret government experiment or something dumb like that." Shard explained, looking to the side where he saw a tall skyscraper made of smooth white metal with blue neon lights going up the curved left side, a balcony above the main entrance which was made of blue glass stairs and two huge white doors surrounded by two huge blue 'C's.

Meanwhile in CyCorp

In a room with a blue floor and a white dome ceiling a group of three young teens sat on fancy white leather couches, with a forth looking out of a window overlooking the city.

"You think Shard will actually come?" One asked, he had cyan hair and eyes. His clothing consisted of a jumped with an arrow pattern with each arrow being a different shade of blue, large foam cyan rings on the wrists and collar.

"Of course he will Cyan, after what happened he's sure to show up, otherwise the story won't go nowhere." Another replied. He had spiky brown hair and a small buzz of a beard, sideburns connecting them. He wore a dark blue coat, yellow t-shirt, light blue jeans and brown boots. His yellow eyes turned to look to the one staring out the window. "So, you mind telling us your little plan Cybe?"

"Leave him alone for now Gray, he's not in the mood." A boy with long white hair said. He had purple eyes and wore a purple shirt that he kept open to show the white tanktop underneath. He also wore grey trousers and purple boots, as well as a necklace that was made of a black wire holding a silver sun medallion.

"Yeah, you're right Symbol. This has gotta be emotional for him, it's emotional enough for us as it is, for him though..." Gray shook his head.

Meanwhile the boy at the window, now known as Cybe, spotted a certain black car coming up the road from the building. His brown hair stood tall in large spikes, like sonic the hedgehogs except way smaller. He wore a grey short sleeved hoodie with two blue stripes over the chest and waist. What stood out about him with his right arm and his legs.

Although covered by his grey jeans his legs were mechanical as well as his right arm. He clenched his metal claw and put his organic head to his face, where a metal face mask covered his chin to his nose, still leaving the top half of his face visibl. "It's been far too long, Shard."

Author's Notes:

Yep I'm doing something like this, gotta have so,e conflict in the story and I ain't doing any unstable romance crap that eventually gets sorted out.

Fun Facts:
The characters Cyan and Cybe stared alongside Shard in my first ever human in Equestria story that was deleted a few months back, it was called Misplaced For Redemption. I've been bring the characters from that story back as they were too good to just delete. Cybe even has his own story, you can find it here

As for Symbol and Gray, they are from existing HiE stories that I work on

Here's Symbols (be warned its a tiny bit dark)

And here's Grays

These are all my oldest existing characters. I'll try to get a picture of Cybe, Gry and Cyan as soon as I can. For now I can provide a very old sketch of Symbol.

13) CyCorp Industries part 2

As Shards car slowly approached the tall clean white building Shard looked to Ditzy. "Ditzy, I need to ask you to do something for me."

"Sure Shard, what is it?" Ditzy asked in curiosity.

"I need you to wait outside until a man named Plas Proto comes out to show you around the building with Rayleigh, you'll be heading in through the back entrance, the main entrance is gonna get a bit...messy." Ditzy looked unsure as the last word came out in a darker tone.

"Shard, what's your deal with this place?"

Shard sighed. "A few years ago my family hit a ruff spot financially with my dad unable to work due to an injury in a tournament. When I was 13 CyCorp showed up at my door and offered a lot of money to me in exchange for something." He was about to continue when he reached his reserved parking space. "I'll tell you the rest after this, I'll see you later." He planted a kiss on her cheek before exiting the vehicle and slowly walked towards the automatic white doors. Ditzy noticed that all activity in the plaza had ceased and people were staying clear of the entrance.

As Shard walked through the doors he stopped and drew two blades from his back. He took a fighting stance before a the doors shut, blocking Ditzy's view of Shard and noticed that a metal sheet was covering the blocked entrance. "What do you think he's doing in there Ray?"

"I'm...not sure Miss Doo, he didn't give me any information about his link to this place other than two orders, don't let any of the scientists take me to the labs alone, and follow your orders once we got here." The robot explained. "But I'm sure that Master Shard is doing whatever it is he is doing with the best intentions, we need not worry about him."

"You're not even a bit worried?"

"Of course I'm worried, I'm a butler, I must look out for my masters best interests, and that's a choice that I made." Ditzy looked at him surprised. "Master Shard gave me free will with the only exception that I am programmed to follow his instructions. If I wished I could simply leave this car and go about my own business, but I don't, because I made the decision to stay with the young master and you Miss Doo." As he was about to continue one of his eyes moved to look out Ditzy's window. "I believe that the person Master Shard informed us of is approaching."

Ditzy turned around and saw a man in a lab coat walking up to the car. He had snow white skin with spiky purple hair and wore purple glasses that rested on the tip of his nose. He knocked on the window and Ditzy lowered it. "Hello ther miss, are you Ditzy Doo?" Ditzy nodded. "Excellent, I am Dr. Plas Proto, but you can just call me Plas. Shard has asked me to give you a little tour of our facility."

"Oh, ok." Ditzy opened the door and stepped out of the car. She opened the door for Rayleigh who crawled out with his arms before starting his hover engine and locking the car with the keys that Shard had given him.

Plas looked Rayleigh up and down. "Wow, I knew Shard was good with machines but I never expected him to actually be able to complete his project." Plas then started inspecting Rayleigh with great curiosity. "Outer metal layers are clearly not from our shipments, looks like recycled steel, smart choice for someone with limited resources, easier and cheaper to get parts for repairs that way. What of the power source? Would need to open it up to see that, I doubt he used a tiny nuclear reactor..."

"Um, Plas?" Plas blinked before turning his head towards Ditzy. "The tour?"

"Ah! Right, sorry about that, let's get going." As the trio began walking Plas tried to reach for Raylieghs pincher only to stop as a buzz saw moved up to his face.

"No touchies." The robot stated in a firm voice.

Meanwhile

Shard walked through the the empty lobby, the blue floor separating itself from the rest of the white room. He held two orange and black katanas in his hands, looking around cautiously. As he stood still he stopped trusting his sight and focused on his hearing, he closed his eyes and focused on listening. After a few moments her heard a faint buzzing coming from behind him. He quickly opened his eyes, spun around and sliced the air. Suddenly a small spherical robot appeared in the spot he had sliced and slowly fell to the ground where it split in half.

He heard the buzzing again and sliced another area. He stood in place, slicing up multiple cloaked robots as they approached him. After the final robot fell a sliding door on the left wall opened up, revealing the next room. "So it's that way is it? Fine, I'll do your damn puzzle rooms."

As he stepped into the the room the door slammed shut behind him. Looking around he didn't see anything that needed destroyed and sheathed his swords. In the room there was a platform about twenty meters up with a door leading to the next room, there were also two large blue cubes that seemed to be made of a jelly like substance. He jumped on one and it sent him about ten meters in the air. He landed and thought for a moment, looking for any points in the room that he could use as a cheat spot. He looked to the cubes and shrugged. He picked both of them up and slammed them together, creating a larger cube. He then jumped on it and it sent him twenty meter sin the air where he could reach the door to the next room.

As he entered he was presented a device that had a claw on one end and a trigger on the other, it had a straw that allowed him to wear it on his wrist. Knowing what the device looked like he aimed it at the wall above the next platforms door and pulled the trigger. The claw shot forward and clamped onto the wall, then a thick beam of energy connected the device and the claw and pulled Shard over to the other side. "Grappling hook, neat." As he was about to walk through the door he looked about for a place to put the gadget but found none. "Guess I get to keep it then."

As he walked into the next room he walked a few steps until stopping and looking about the large circular room with yet again another blue floor, except this one glowed on the spot your foot was placed.

"I'm getting the sense that this place is a lot like a boss chamber..." As he was about to walk further a large hatch opened up on the ceiling and a large figure three times the size of Shard dropped down, causing the ground to shake from the weight. Shard regained his balance and looked up at the new arrival, and all he could day was one phrase...

"Well I'm fucked."

Author's Notes:

Craziness begins!

14) CyCorp Industries part 3

Shard rolled out of the way of a large metal fist that had attempted to stroke him. He got back to his feet, jumped onto the metal arm, ran up the length of it and kicked the head of the huge machine that was ten times his size. You'd think that kicking a plate of metal would hurt or damage his feet, but Shard had experienced something like that in the past and had modified his shoes to have cushioning on the inside that absorbed the force of impact and and put metal plates in the soles of the shoes, allowing him to kick harder and be weighed down during his training sessions to push himself.

He landed on the smooth white floor of the room and looked back up at the huge robot before him.

"You know, for a company that claims to do peaceful research, you sure do make some fuckin heavy duty killing machines!" Shard yelled as he dodged incoming gunfire and deflected stray bullets with his sword.

"Oh come on Shard, we wouldn't put you up against anything that could actually kill you." A voice spoke from the intercom.

"That is a bald faced lie Reginald!" Shard countered as he struggled to stop the large robot hand that was the size of his body from crushing him.

"Now don't be like that, this is all just a simulation...well, most of it...the gunfire and rockets are real."

"The day I snap you're the first to go."

The robot threw Shard to the side and charged him. Shard got to his feet in time to slip through the robots legs while cutting so,e wires with his sword. As the robot crashed into the wall it staggered, giving Shard enough time to jump into the air and furiously slice away at the armour on the back. The metal was too thick to cut in large pieces with the swords he had brought with him, he could easily chop this thing to pieces with one of his stronger swords, but they were expensive to replace.

As the robot turned around and attempted to hit Shard with its huge arm cannon, Shard shot his now dubbed 'Swingshot' at the opposite wall which quickly took him to safety. He reached the wall and dug one of his two places into the wall to stay up there. The robot turned around and shot a trio of rockets at the orange haired swordsman who jumped from his perch.

His foot landed on one of the rockets allowing him to jump again. He jumped towards the robot with his sword pulled back. Time seemed to stop around Shard as he quickly sliced the robot in a hexagon shape before appearing behind it. The robot remained still while shard started slowly sheathing his sword while on one knee. "Shattered Hex." With that he fully sheathed the sword and the robot fell into pieces, the torso now a metal hexagon on the ground while the top of the robot and its limbs lay around it.

Shard used his Swingshot to grab the sword that was stuck in the wall and moved onto the next room.

"Is he actually going to face me now?" Shard asked.

"I'm not sure, it will either be him or some kind of secret experiment of his." Reginald said through the intercom.

"Figures..."

"So, what did you think of our facility?" Plas Proto asked Ditzy after their tour.

"It's...interesting, to say the least...um, was that really a monkey/donkey hybrid back in that last room?" Ditzy asked with worry.

"Yep, fun fact, you can't come up with a hybrid name for them because it will just be the same as one of the two names before hand."

"Don't you think you're playing God merging two species like that?" Rayleigh asked with a slightly hostile tone, fun fact, Shard programmed Ray with morals as well, one of those morals was the sanctity of creation and did not like seeing that kind if tampering with nature.

Plas shrugged. "Hey I'm not involved in the project, I'm with robotics." The scientist then walked towards a door. "I take it you want to see what your friend is up to?"

Ditzy and Rayleigh looked to each other in question before nodding. They walked into a room with a large screen with the words 'Testing Chamber 5' at the top which showed what room the camera was monitoring. They watched as Shard was attempting to fight a swarm of tiny robots with a robot that was uncomfortable with fighting.

"Oh for the love of Kami! Listen! Sometimes, you just need to accept the fact that you need to kill things, to survive!" Shard shouted to the robot. "Here! I'll show you!" He held both if his blades and proceeded to cut down the drones rapidly. "There! It's over! We're saf-Oh son of a bitch!" He yelled as another robot like the one he faced earlier dropped from the ceiling.

Ditzy and Rayleigh watched as Shard proceeded to cut down the huge robot with burning fury, his orange hair and the orange fur on his jacket seeming to burn like fire. "What's happening to him?" Ditzy asked as she watched her boyfriend start to change.

"A little thing passed down from his ancestors, I know it's hard to believe but there is a little curse on Shards family, although it's more if a blessing if you think about it." They all heard a voice come from the door, looking back they saw the boy with the long white hair and open purple shirt standing in the doorway. "Hello there."

"Who're you?" Ditzy asked.

"My name is Symbol Shattered, pleasure to meet you." He walked up to the desk and placed his hands on the table while he watched the screen. "And if you're gonna ask how I know something like that, Shard and I were good friends a few years ago."

"Well I don't know about you Miss Doo but I'm wanting some answers." Rayleigh said sternly while floating up to Symbol. "Would you kindly tell us about this curse that has befallen my master?"

Shard smiled and opened his mouth to speak. "You see-"

Sorry outta time for this chapter, I'm just gonna leave you with that little cliffhanger right up there.

Author's Notes:

I love tortuing you people, I get a sick pleasure out of doing it

There are references to Final Fantasy 7 Machinabridged and Code Ment in this chapter, see if you can find em!

Also, to make up for this I will give you all early access to my new Fallout story, and guess who's in it, Symbol from this chapter

Push the button

Also, if you would like to check out Symbols original story you can find it here

And another thing! If you haven't already you should check out Cut Above The Rest, it's basically my own version of the PoME stories and as some of my commenters may tell you it's worth a read while waiting got the next chapter of this story

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15) CyCorp Industries: The Curse

Shard stumbled out of the chamber, breathing heavily and holding himself up with a hand against the doorframe. "Why...do I...go along...with this?! I swear if it wasn't for the money I would have quit years ago." He caught his breath and walked down a long plain white hallway, all the while contemplating whether or not to actually continue. 'Beach house on the waterfront, beach house on the waterfront, beach house on the waterfront.' He kept repeating in his head to keep himself going, remembering the little place he had been saving up for for years.

As he reached the door at the end of the hallway it opened to reveal...a normal room in the building. Ditzy, Rayleigh and Plas walked out of a door. Ditzy had an unsure look in her eye and Rayleigh was being quiet.

"Hey guys, why so gl-" He couldn't finish as Ditzy brough him into a hug. He looked confused until Symbol walked out of the door. "You told them didn't you?"

Symbol nodded. "You would have put it off, figured it would be better if they found out sooner rather than later."

Shard blinked and looked down to Ditzy who had her face buried into his chest holding him close. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head before allowing her the comfort of his embrace.

Now you're all probably wondering what Ditzy and Rayleigh learned from Symbol, well I'll be happy to inform you about that now.

A few moments ago

Symbol began to speak. "You see, Shards family bloodline goes way back to a few centuries ago. In the year 1678 the Storm family was created in Japan, where two rivalling families, the Burizādo family and the Hōseki family, were caught in a huge storm. The two families had seeked refuge in a nearby temple but the rest of their villages populace was wiped out. Both families knew that in order to rebuild their village, they would need to work together and put aside their differences to honour their fallen. Over the course of the villages repair, a young man named Burēdo Burizādo met a young woman by the name of Rapisu Hōseki, the two of them fell in love and soon were to be married. While the two families had put aside their differences for the sake of their fallen, that did not mean that their rivalry ended. Both families were outraged at the news, declaring that of the engagement was not broken off the families would go to war."

"What did Burēdo and Rapisu do?" Ditzy asked.

"Rapisu was about to give into her families demands when Burēdo yelled in defiance to both families, right then and there he disowned his own family and challenged his fiancés father to a duel to earn her hand in marriage. When the father did not accept the challenge out of spite Rapisu took out a dagger and stabbed him in the back. The two were banished, but that was their plan so that they could be together, after having two children they took up the name Arashi, or Storm in Japanese. However, they didn't plan on their families calling upon ancient spirits to punish them." Symbol took in a breath and began to speak a quote of the ritual. "For crimes unheard but seen, true fear is what we deem. For every three sons there shall be flames, for they must know who to blame."

Ditzy just looked confused. "What does that mean?"

"Every three generations of the Storm family a boy with hair and eyes the colour of fire will be born and cursed with hidden anger and a literal burning rage. If one of them gets too angry, they start to burn, not I'm a harmful way but they burn none the less. At first this was to cause the children unending pain and making them want to blame their ancestors for having the curse placed on them, there are those that are born with a great deal of respect for their ancestors and harness the curses power to suit themselves in combat, however that does not mean they choose when to burn, it just means that it doesn't cause them pain. Shard is one of these sons, he cares about his ancestors, when he learns of another memorial or grave of one of his passed family me,hers he goes straight to it to pay his respects. So in turn his ancestors care about him and guide him along the right path in life, mentoring him in a way but not showing themselves or talking to him, they don't show their existence but when you've trained your senses like Shard has...you can sense when a ghostly presence is watching you."

"Well then that's good right? Like, Shard has some kind of superpower?" Ditzy asked happily.

Symbol shook his head. "It's a curse for a reason, it still has its downsides. For example, whenever he burns it takes a toll on his body, a serious toll, it's why he tries to suppress it. Also, if he stays burning for too long he'll start losing memories that are hard to regain, and lastly...the more he uses it...the darker he becomes." He said darkly.

Ditzy let all of this sink in. She looked to the screen where Shard was fighting the second giant robot, noticing how he was panting and sweating, his hair flickering but stopping as he strained himself. She put a hand to her chest and sat down, processing what she had just heard.

As Shard held Ditzy he looked to Plas. "I think that's enough for today Plas, I'll do the rest of the chambers tomorrow, after that I'm not coming in for awhile."

"It's understandable my friend, you go rest up and I'll inform Cybe that his plans must be postponed." With that Plas Proto exited the room.

"Come on Ditzy, let's go. I saw a cafe across the street, let's go get you a muffin." He said with a small smile.

She looked up at him and nodded, giving her own little smile.

Shard kissed her forehead and took her hand in his, and began walking towards an elevator with Rayleigh trailing behind them.

As the three sat in the small cafe across from the huge white tower Shard watched with a smile as Ditzy nibbled on her chocolate chip muffin, savouring ever crumb. He just couldn't get over how adorable she looked while doing it, he just continued smiling while taking the occasional sip of his mocha. Rayleigh sat beside Shard with his arms tucked under him, he was trying not to look back at the kids staring at him and instead focused on a small fruit fly that was walking about on the table, his eyes moving slowly as they followed it.

"Hey Ditzy?" Shard said as he set down his half finished chocolate coffee.

"Hmm?" Ditzy hummed while nibbling her muffin.

"I was thinking, after all that's happened today I figured we could both use a little downtime or something fun to cheer us up."

"Isn't this it?" She asked with an adorably confused expression. Shard chuckled at her and wiped some crumbs from her mouth before kissing her, causing her to blush adorably.

"Well, I was thinking about what we could do for our first real date and...how does dancing sound to you?"

Author's Notes:

There it is, Shards curse explained in the simplest way I could.

Hey, if you like this story and would like to see more like it you can head over to my latest PoME fic Romantic Redux, would appreciate your support on it

16) Action away from the action

"Dancing sounds like fun! I'd love to dance with you."

"Well I'm glad you're on board with this Ditzy, now it's not a club or anything it's a legitimate, romantic dance."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I wanted our first actual date to be something special and well...my cousin sent me an invite to her party, I'm allowed the bring three guests, who should I take out of our group?"

"Oh! I know two who would love to go somewhere like that! They aren't from our little group but they are my friends."

"Well alright Ditzy, whatever makes you happy makes me happy."

"Awww."

Shard stood in front of his bedroom mirror later on that day looking over himself in his suit. It was made up of a clean black tailcoat with an orange shirt underneath with a neatly done black bow tie, black dresspants and fancy black leather shoes. He had to resist the urge to put on a top hat and eyepatch, grab a cane and make himself a recoloured Bill Cipher costume. "Guess I know I what I'm wearing to Comic-Con later this year...nah, I'll just go as Zoro." He stopped and took on a mischievous grin. "I wonder if Ditzy would go with me as Tashigi, that would make for a really cool and downright adorable double cosplay."

Putting the idea on a sticky note and placing it on the back of his door he got out of his suit and neatly put it away. As he moved to the door he heard someone knocking. "Master Shard? Are you decent?" Rayleigh called in, a bit of urgency in his voice.

"Yeah Ray, you can come in."

Rayleigh opened the door and floated in...with a bowler hat on his head. "Master Shard, there appears to be a group of people wanting to speak to you down stairs."

Shard pulled his eyes away from the bowler hat and nodded to Rayleigh. "Alright, I'll go see what these people want, but I swear if it's another religious preacher I'm cutting them down." He said in exhaustion. After walking down the stairs he opened the front door to see a group of girls, including Sunset, from Canterlot High standing there with worried looks. "Can I help you lovely ladies?" He asked with a raised brow.

Sunset took in a breath and stepped forward. "First allow me to introduce myself on the others. I am Sunset Shimmer, these are Octavia, Vinyl, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Applejack, we're friends of Ditzy."

"Noted."

"Anyway, we're here to ask for your help."

Shard held a neutral expression on the outside but on the inside he felt his entire evening just get nuked to kingdom come, he had a moral that he would never turn down a girl that asked for help, and this was a group of girls asking for his help, there was no way he could say no...unless it was something unsanitary or creepy. "What problem do you have that you need me of all people to help you with?"

"It's one of our friends, he's going off to Ireland to take part in a conflict there...it involves the IRA." Sunset said.

Shard visibly winced at the mention of the faction. "Is that so..." You don't know it, but Shards great grandmother Amethyst Storm had become involved in the Easter Rising. If you don't know what that is, it was basically a small group of people, around 3000 people, in the Republic of Ireland decided to start a rebellion while England was occupied with the First World War...it did not turn out well for them that's all I'll say.

"Yes, not matter how hard we try or how much we plead with him he won't change his mind or let anyone of us go with him, he says he doesn't want to lose anymore loved ones. That's why we've came to you Shard." Sunset said as she looked up at him with hope. "He doesn't know you or holds you close, and your little sister has told us about your capabilities."

'I swear to Kami I'm going to smack the shit out of Ruby when this is over.' Shard thought as his sister was once again going around and making it impossible for him to choose different options in these situations.

"There's a chance he'll listen to you, and if you bring up the topic of your families honour he'll have to let you help." All of the girls looked at him and begged. "Please help him."

Shard grasped his chest as the huge eyes stared at him with hope. "Ok! Ok! I'll help your friend! Just stop looking at me like that you're gonna give me a heart attack!"

The girls all rushed forward and hugged him. "Thank you!"

He rolled his eyes and tried to pull himself out of their death grip. "Alright alright don't get sappy over me, I like this outfit." They all let him go and he dusted himself off. "Now, when is this friend leaving?"

"In a few days, but we'd like you to meet him first if that's ok?" Vinyl Scratch asked.

"Fine, but I've got to be back here by six to get ready for a date tonight, so let's make this quick." He grabbed one of his swords and slid it under the back of his jacket before following the group down the street.

Meanwhile at the CyCorp Industries building, Cybe Catcher sat looking at his robotic arm, flexing the mechanical claw that was his hand. He then looked to his organic arm, the only limb he hadn't lost. "Fine Storm, I'll wait, but you need to decide before you face me...are you going to finish me or just cut off my last limb?"

Gray and Cyan just looked to each other nervously. "You notice things have been getting a lot more dramatic around here lately?" Cyan asked.

"Meh, I think it adds more excitement to the mix." Gray replied as he reclined in his chair and closed his eyes.

Huh? What the? This section of the chapter isn't supposed to be here! Who's been messing with my story?

"Hello...PyraFlare..."

Oh-hohohoho noooo! Not you Treble Mix, get back to your own story!

"You see that's the problem...I destroyed my story and its creator...now I'm hunting down every last PoME story there is...and I thought who better to start with than you?"

Look if this is about Treble Clef just leave it, he was there first, deal with it.

"Oh no I'm not mad about your little Treble, no...I just don't like being used as a puppet for you writers, and I'm going to free everyone here from your grasp."

Boy you are playing with forces WAY above your level.

"Oh please, I already beat your little hero Shard Storm back in my old reality. What makes this one any different?"

Well if you must know. That version of Shard was heavily nerfed, and I mean HEAVILY nerfed. The fight was not how it should have gone down, no, it would end much, much differently.

Here, I'm gonna show you how chapter 666 should have ended.

Author's Notes:

If you guys wanna know what the hell I'm talking about, you may want to read This chapter of "Wub" Me Like You Do, be warned though, it's a bit dark

Next chapter is going to be how that fight should have gone down

666) ERROR!!!

Author's Notes:

Note: This chapter is not canon and is merely how I feel the ending of a chapter to "Wub" Me Like You Do should have ended as it had finished with a one on one fight with Treble Mix and Shard Storm. Enjoy the dark themed chapter.

Shard was gritting his teeth in anger over what he had just been told. "So what you're telling me is, this guy, Treble Mix, is going around trying to murder all of us?" He asked with pure anger in his voice.

Octavia nodded with a frown. "Yes, luckily he hasn't managed to actually kill anyone, he's just either put them in a death-like state or seriously injured them."

Ditzy looked to her boyfriend worriedly as he sat there visibly shaking in anger, shadows over his eyes as he gripped the arms of his leather chair. "Where...was he last seen?"

"At the school, I need to go see if Mise is alright, please if you can...put a stop to all of this. Not just for our sake...but for his." Octavia said solemnly.

Shard stood up and walked over to a locked glass cabinet. Pulling out a key from his jacket pocket he unlocked the cabinet and took out a quality custom katana, it's blade orange and black, nor a scratch to be found on the magnificent blade. "Don't worry...I'm going to personally take care of this. You just get home safe."

Octavia nodded her head and stepped out the door. Ditzy walked over to Shard who was staring at the blade in his hand. "Shard, are you ok?" She asked as she placed a hand on his shoulder.

Shard took in a deep breath and sighed. "No...for once Ditzy I'm not ok. What this guy is doing, I'm not going to let him walk away from this alive."

"Maybe you could just render him unable to move so we can get him mental help?" Ditzy suggested with a forced smile.

"No Ditzy." Her smile immediately fell to a frown. "I'm not going to allow that man to walk this earth any longer. I'm going to kill him, slowly, painfully. I wish I had the sense to show mercy, I really do...I just can't allow this." He turned around and planted a kiss on Ditzy's lips. "You and Rayleigh head on over to the CyCorp building, they'll keep you safe while I do this." He cupped her cheek before walking towards the door. "And if I don't make it out of this...I love you Ditzy, I love you all." With that he disappeared.

On the way to Canterlot High Shard had to pass Crystal Prep. He didn't look long but he saw a group of guys knocked out with many cuts and bruises. "So he's not limiting himself to Canterlot High." As he was about to turn away he spotted something that caused him to quickly throw his free hand over his mouth to stop from throwing up. There lay a burned corpse of a student. Rushing up to the body Shard noticed some liquid around the body. Dipping his finger into a small puddle of the stuff he sniffed it and raised a brow. "Holy water? That's only useful against...demons."

Shard inspected the corpse and found a demonic tail and claws on the body.

"Damn, poor bastard didn't stand a chance against this water." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a vile of dark purple liquid. "Thankfully I'm always prepared for the supernatural." Taking the corpse away from the holy water he lifted the vile up to the rotten mouth and forced the liquid down. The body slowly began to repair itself. "You stay here and heal, I'll check up on you after I've killed the bastard that did this to you, and to everyone else."

With that Shard drew his blade and began sprinting towards Canterlot High, determined to put a stop to all of this.

As Shard called out Treble he stood outside the school, waiting for his opponent to show himself. "Oi! Treble Mix! Come out!"

"You know, Mix isn't part of my first name you disrespectful fuck." Shard looked to the double doors at the front of the school and saw a boy with crazy black hair walking out with a metal baseball bat with barbed wire tied around it. "Now, if I might ask, who the hell are you?"

"Simply put, I'm the one that's going to end you and your little plan, but if you're looking for my name, it's Shard Storm." Shard spun his sword in his hand a few times before pointing it at Treble. "So now o get to ask you a question, are you ready to die?"

"Ah great, you're one of those hero type characters. Who made ya huh? Let me guess, it was someone who has his own little Treble?" Treble snorted in amusement. "Typical that he'd be the one to send someone after me."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Treble just chuckled. "Don't you get it, we're all just words on a page, puppets to our creators and forced to act through the shit they put us through for drama purposes!" Treble then charged forward and swung his bat at Shard who blocked it with his blade. "I'm the one who's going to set things straight here kid, I'm going to kill all of the ones that made us this way, I'm going to end the PoME authors, starting with mine, and then I'm going straight after yours." He grabbed Shards blade in his free hand and brought his bat down on the swordsmans head, causing him to stagger.

Treble then managed to knock the blade out of Shards hand and proceeded to repeatedly bash him with his bat, causing more and more damage until Shard was left kneeling on one knee while blood ran down the side of his face and down his arms, staining the orange fur on his jacket collar and wrists.

"Now, just let me put ya down and get this over with, and don't worry, I'll go right after that little blonde of yours so you can be together in the afterlife." As Treble raised his bat in the air for the final blow Shard quickly grabbed the batt in his hand, his flesh tearing against the barbed wire. Shard looked Treble dead in the eye, showing nothing but pure and utter hatred.

"You wanna say that again?" Shard asked in a dark voice, his time ice cold.

"Oh what are you gonna do huh? Threaten me-" Treble stopped as he watched Shard crush his baseball bat with little to no effort, causing him to freeze with pure anger and rage. "Did...did you just kill Lucille?" He asked in a psychotic voice while his left eye twitched.

"Only after I took her virginity." Shard replied with a smirk before throwing the crushed bat to the ground.

Treble just started chuckling, which then turned to laughter, which then turned to psychotic hysteria. "You really wanna die don't you?!"

"Nah, I rather like living." As Shard said this his smile faded as he heard a loud bang and felt a sharp pain in his stomach. Looking down he saw that Treble had a pistol held to his stomach and a patch of blood was beginning to grow. Multiple shots were fired into the boy, each time he took a step back. After the ammo magazine was exhausted Shard fell to the ground with multiple holes in his torso.

"I'll admit, you're a sturdy guy Shard, you at least didn't go down in one shot like the others, bravo to you. Although that can be chalked up to the fact that your author made you as some invincible badass, and look, you're even black and orange oh I'm sure the readers just LOVED that!" Treble said darkly as he walked up to Shard while reloading his gun. "Oh well, time to die." As he was about to fire the finishing shot he had an idea. "Someone like you shouldn't go down from a bullet, no, you should die by a blade, your own blade."

Treble walked over to where the orange and black katana lay. Kneeling down he grabbed it's hilt and inspected it.

"Oooooooohhh, shiny." He swung it a few times before smirking. "After you die I think I'll just take this as a replacement for Lucille." Treble then did a 180 and strolled over to Shard who was attempting to get up. Treble shook his head before sinking the sword into Shards chest, on,y narrowly missing his heart. "Now would you kindly just die?"

Treble sat down and watched as the puddle of blood pouring from Shards wounds grew. Shards eyes slowly closed, one final breath leaving his lips before he became lifeless.

"Thank you!" AsTreble got up he raised a brow as he saw Shards hair start to glow. "Oh please don't go super saiyan." Treble walked over to Shard and reached for the blade in his chest, only to pull back as the sword burned his hand. "Ow what in the fuck!?"

Shards glowing orange eyes opened and began to rise to his feet. As he stood up he looked to the blade in his chest. Frowning he grasped the hilt of the blade with both hands and began to slowly pull the blade out, cringing as a wave of pain swept over his body.

"Oh no you don't!" Treble brought his gun up to Shards head and pulled the trigger, only to see Shard quickly move his head out of the way of the bullet. His bright orange hair was now flickering like fire and a smirk made its way to his face as he freed the sword from his chest and threw the blood off of it. "Ok what the actual fuck?!

Shard punched Treble in the gut and kneed him in the chin before headbutting him. He then grabbed Treble by the throat and slammed him into the ground. As Treble looked up after coughing a bit of blood he saw Shard standing over him, his hair now like fire as well as the orange fur in his collar and wrists. His eyes glowed with power and his teeth were sharpened a little.

"Oh not another half demon!"

Shard just chuckled. "Oh please, I am far from a demon. This little form is just a side effect from a curse put on my family, luckily I was able to learn to control this so I could deal with scumbags like you!"

Shard grabbed Treble by the throat again and threw him against the school steps. Treble shakily got up and began shooting at Shard, only to see his enemy just slowly walking towards him while effortlessly deflecting the buckets with a swift swing of his now burning sword. "No! I'm not going to let this continue!" Treble looked around, desperate to find a way out.

Shard reached him and held the tip of his blade to Trebles neck. "Forget about it Treble, there's no way out for you, your little mission ends here."

"NO!!! THIS IS NOT HOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO!!!"

Shard lost his smirked and starred daggers at his opponent. "Treble Mix, you have committed crimes beyond forgiveness, beyond recovery and beyond mercy. There is no other way this will end, your plan is ruined and you shall not harm another living soul. Do you have any last words?"

"Get fucked orange boy!"

Shard growled before swiftly swiping his sword as Treble. After a few seconds of silence Trebles head fell off of his body and his being fell limp, blood pouring from the burning wound.

"Sweet dreams you sick freak." Shard returned to normal and walked into the school, determined to find his fallen enemies captives. After freeing everyone from their bonds by slicking their bindings he decided to turn in for the day, leaving the students to do as they wished with the body. "Now, let's go see how that half demon is doing."

And that is how it would have gone down had Shard not been weakened for that fight with you.

"Well then, are you satisfied?"

No, I will never be satisfied, and I know you never will be either. Deep down, you knew your mission was a joke, that it was still not of your own actions. Without someone to write you, you wouldn't even be able to move. You knew that person you killed at the computer screen was not the real author of your story, but a copy. It is literally impossible for you to reach any of us.

"Just shut up...why are you still here?"

Because I want to know something Treble. Why did you target me first?

"..."

You knew of the powerful warriors in my library yet instead of building up power by destroying the weaker worlds you went right for the guy with the strongest fighters protecting him. Why?

"..."

Is it that you crave death? Do you want to die so your suffering can end?

"..."

I'm right, aren't I? You're suffering, you miss Vinyl, that's what this is about.

"It is so much more than that...more than you could ever imagine..."

I see...well, I suppose I should put you out of your misery and allow the main timeline to continue as planned.

"Just make it quick Pyra, I'm not wanting any sappy crap, just kill me."

Fine, have it your way. Farewell...ripoff.

*poof*

Well, that takes care of that then. Now, how about I just get things organised and get the canon timeline up and running again?

17) Spider Dance

Shard rubbed his face with his right hand as he lay down on his couch. He had spent a few hours with the girls trying to track down Mise but to no avail, he had disappeared. Octavia said that she would look for him and make sure that Shard knew when she had found him. The girls and him had all exchanged numbers so that they could inform him if they ever needed his help, which he was morally bound to do. Sometimes he questioned his morals, but realised that with all the things he did for people he was racking up karma points, and in this world karma rules with an iron fist. Seriously, there is a guy in this world that is basically karma in human form. The guy I'm talking about is a young man by the name of Roden Godswell, another PoME character of my creation.

But enough shameful promotion. Shard lay on his living room couch, questioning his reasons for going along with getting involved with the IRA. "I swear the things I do for women..."

Rayliegh looked at Shard from the kitchen as he was washing dishes. "At least you can say that you know how to treat a girl right." The robot said, trying to reassure his creator.

Shard smiled slightly. "Heh...yeah, I guess I can." Shard looked to the clock above his fireplace, reading five thirty. "I should go get ready, the date is in half an hour." He got out of his comfy position and began to walk towards the stairs.

"Master Shard?" Shard turned to Rayliegh who was floating over to him with a cup in his pincher. "A little pick-me-up for the date tonight, don't want Miss Doo to see you in such a tired state now do we?" The robot asked cheerfully.

Shard smiled at his butler and took the cup, which was filled with a fizzy green liquid. "Aunt Lapis' energy herbs?" He asked with a knowing smile.

"Yes, she stopped by while you were out with those lovely ladies, she said she had a feeling you could use it."

"...Ruby told her about my date didn't she?" Shard asked with annoyance.

"Yes." Rayliegh replied with a hint of annoyance as well.

"Hey Ray, do me a favour and slip a few of Cousin Emeralds sleep herbs into Rubys juice tomorrow morning."

Rayliegh chuckled and gave a playful salute. "As good as done sir!" He said in his cheery voice.

Shard smiled and downed the fizzy liquid, handing the cup back to Rayliegh before walking up the stairs to his room. As he quickly got into his suit he looked to the clock. "Five thirty five...gotta few more minutes, why not get a little bit of the second best game ever into today?" He asked himself while walking over to his PC which already and the game he was talking about loaded up, Undertale.

As he loaded his last save he smiled as the next character he would meet was one of his favourites, Muffet. As the battle in-game began he began to take the necessary steps to end the battle without killing the opponent all the while listening to some of the games greatest music.

The battle ended and both parties walked away unharmed. He found a save point and closed the game before walking out to his car...first waiting to see if his dad was going to ambush him again. Not seeing his father around he nodded before getting into his car and driving off towards Ditzy's home to pick her up, nervous as hell.

"Maybe listening to Spider Dance will calm me." He said as he pulled up the Undertale soundtrack and selected the theme if the enemy he had just faught.

As Shard pulled up outside the house with the passenger seat facing the house for his girlfriends convenience, Shard walked up to the door before knocking a few times.

Inside Ditzy jumped at the sudden knocking and blushed heavily as she imagined what the night would be like. She took in a deep breath and made sure her outfit was sitting perfectly before walking to the door and opening it.

As soon as Shard saw her his eyes widened and his jaw dropped slightly with the sound of glass breaking as his composure went right through a window. She was wearing a yellow dress that hugged her figure perfectly, her hair was done up just a bit but not differently from the way she usually wore it.

Ditzy just blushed as Shard looked her over with his shocked expression. "Ditzy...you...you look...magnificent." He expressed as he took one of her hands and held it up to kiss. But as soon as he did he let go and bowed his head. "I am not worthy..." He said quietly but playfully.

Ditzy blushed and giggled adorably, resulting in Shard blushing as he remembered that the beautiful and adorable girl in front of him was his, and he was hers. He lifted his head, cupped Ditzy's cheek and brought her into a meaningful kiss, causing her to moan in bliss as she closed her eyes and placed her hands on his chest while he held her cheek and waist.

They separated and gently put their foreheads together, looking into each other's eyes lovingly. Their love, it wasn't just a high school romance, it wasn't something they just thought would last forever but would just end up not going anywhere. Their love for each other was real, it was there and it would live for the rest of their lives, the kind of love that many people seek in their lives but cannot hope to ever discover what it really was, this kind of love...was known as true love.

Shard took Ditzy's hand and began leading her to the car so that they could start their evening together. Shard, Ditzy, Ruby, Rayliegh...everyone knew that they would stay together forever, and in the back of both of their minds they knew that one day marriage was guaranteed.

Meanwhile, Cybe entered a secret room inside the CyCorp building. One source of light shone from the far end of a long, dark room, the walls with multiple tiny lights and circuits built into them.

As the cyborg reached the far end of the long room he looked at the large green computer screen what had two yellow blocks looking at him like eyes, the computer was watching him. "So, you've actually come to visit me? That's a surprise, and I know you wouldn't come down here to see me without wanting something from me. So go ahead, spit it out." The computer spoke in an echoed voice.

Cybe didn't react to the computers bluntness. "Soledad, what I need you to do is very simple." He began, the computer still looking to him. "When Shard Storm gets here, and if he beats me in battle, I want you to resume control of the facility until I have recovered, if I am not killed that is, if that's the case the control of CyCorp goes to Nathan Phoenix, understood?"

"Transparently..." Soledad replied. As Cybe nodded and began walking away, Soledad began to form a plan. "So, all I need to do is get that employee to best the cyborg, and then I gain control of the entire system? Looks like I'll need to help out this 'Shard Storm.'" The advanced AI began to formulate plans as it continued to run its basic operations, preparing for his chance at a takeover.

Author's Notes:

Alright, I am absolutely in love with Undertale at the moment, so there are going to be references here and there.

18) Shard meets Mise

"Alright, just take a left here." Ditzy instructed Shard who turned into the next street. "Third house on the left." He nodded and pulled up in front of the house, having followed Ditzy's directions the entire way up.

"You know you could have just given me the address." Shard pointed out as he raised a brow.

"I know, I just like feeling helpful." She replied with a smile.

Shard chuckled and cupped her cheek. "You are just too adorable Ditzy, I almost can't handle it." Ditzy leaned into his touch and sighed happily, giving a look that made Shard just want to cuddle her. "Why do you have to be so cute?" He leaned over and brought her into a hug which she gratefully returned.

They broke away from the hug and Ditzy planted a quick peck on his cheek, causing him to blush slightly. Suddenly Shards phone buzzed as he recieved a text. Pulling it out he saw that it was Octavia.

Found Mise awhile ago, took a bit to convince him to come back for awhile but he's alright. We'll be out in just a minute.

"Ditzy, are the two people you were talking about Mise and Octavia?" He asked looking to Ditzy.

"Yep! They make such a cute couple and I thought it'd be a great idea to invite them." She replied innocently.

'I cannot escape my promises even for a second can I?' He thought while keeping a fake smile, she didn't know so he couldn't hold it against her...not that he would in any other circumstances, she was way too adorable in his eyes to even have any negative thoughts about her. "Well that's very kind of you Ditzy, just give me a heads up on who you invite to these things in the future ok?" He asked kindly.

"Oh, ok, will do." Ditzy replied with a small smile.

"Seriously Ditzy, how are you so cute?" Shard asked while laughing and brought her into another hug, her laughing as well while nuzzling into the embrace.

"Why? Is it a problem?"

"Hell no!"

Ditzy giggled and kissed her boyfriend on the forehead. "Good answer."

Shard planted his own kiss on her forehead before taking off his seatbelt. "I'm going to go see of they're ready yet, be back in a sec." As he was about to close the car door as he got out he poked his head back in with a smile on his face. "You just sit there and look beautiful."

Ditzy blushed and nodded.

Closing the door and slowly walking up to the door in his suit Shard began to think about random things, like what he would do after his school life was finished. He made a hefty amount just from being an employee for the company that was constantly trying to kill him so he didn't really need to look for a job, if he ran low on money he could always just enter a tournament for prize money, so he knew he could provide for Ditzy. She had told him that she wanted to be a baker, so he had been setting aside some money in a private account to help buy her a small corner store that had gone up for sale just down from Stewart's shop. He would be able to help her renovate the place and transform it into her own little bakery.

He was dead set on making this relationship last, not because his honour and family name was on the line, but because he wanted to. He had met a wonderful girl that made his heart explode with every smile she gave him, stuck with him even after learning of his demonic nature and cursed bloodline and had put just as much effort into helping their relationship grow stronger. He knew that he was in for a relationship that would last a lifetime...and he was already a step ahead to insure that they would be together for as long as possible.

As he reached the front of the house he knocked the door, hearing voices on the other side. A few moments later Octavia opened the door, her hair straightened and was wearing a light purple dress that hugged her figure perfectly. 'What is it with the women around me and skin tight clothing?'

"Oh, hey Shard, we were just about to walk out." As Octavia walked past him and towards the car Shard turned to the man he had promised to help. Mise en Place. His hair was grey and styled in a similar fashion to Danny Phantoms. He wore a simple black tux and Sahrd spotted a flask poking out of his breast pocket.

"So, you're Mise?" He asked.

"Yep, that's me. I take it you're Shard?" Mise replied, taking a swing of his flask. "Thanks for allowing us to come with you to this, Octy is really looking forward to it."

"Not a problem. As much as I'd like to stand here and chat we need to get going." Shard stated as he began walking back to his car, Mise following just behind him. As the two got into the car Shard struggled to keep himself from frowning, the fact that the man he was possibly going to fight alongside in battle who happened to be involved in the IRA was attending the same party that he was going to have his first date with Ditzy was not helping his already dark mood.

"Hey, is that the Undertale soundtrack?" Mise asked as he looked to the small screen on the dashboard that showed the currently selected album.

"Yeah, you want to listen?" Shard asked while looking to Octavia to see if she was ok with it.

'It'll make him happy.' She mouthed to him. Shard nodded and selected the next song, a song belonging to one of the freakiest boss fights that ever existed, not a necessarily hard boss but still freaky all the same.

Ditzy looked to her boyfriend with a raised brow. "You need to let the song run a bit for it to get good." He explained. With that he revved up the engine and began driving towards their next destination, his cousin Sapphires party.

Author's Notes:

You guys will love what is going to go down in the next few chapters, I won't spoil anything though.

Mise en Place is the OC of Celtic_Fire

19) Shall we dance?

As the car pulled up to the large building, the outside seeming to have the same plating of the CyCorp building, the group got out of the vehicle. Shard and Ditzy locked arms as did Octavia and Mise. They began walking up to the brightly lit entrance atop a few clean blue steps.they saw a few more groups of well dressed people walking into the building as they approached.

Just as they were about to enter the building Shard heard a familiar voice speak behind him. "Oh, so you got invited to this too then?" Shards smile turned to a frown as he turned around to see Cybe standing there. His metal face mask was still on, covering the bottom half of his face, he wore a simple black tuxedo, his mechanical right arm, to Shards surprise, was actually coved by a sleeve rather than left to the open air.

"Cybe." Shard said simply.

"Shard." The cyborg replied emotionlessly as he walked past the group.

"Was uh...was that guy a cyborg?" Mise asked in surprise.

"Yes, yes it was." Octavia answered wide eyed.

Mise just shook his head and took a swing of his flask. "I'm not drunk enough for this." He looked yo his flask and found that it was empty after that last swing. "Damnit."

"Don't worry, there's a bar inside, drinks are on me." Shard stated, trying not to let the cat that his mortal enemy was attending the same party that would be his first real outing with his girlfriend get the better of him.

Mise walked up to him and patted his shoulder. "You are a true friend sir." With that the group walked through the front doors and stood at the top of a large staircase that overlooked a grand hall. A stage with a small orchestra sat at the back of the hall as groups of people young and old walked around chatting or dancing to the music provided, there was also a few bits of electro placed in with the orchestral music playing in the background.

"Shādo, watashi no subarashī oi!" A woman's voice exclaimed. Shard turned and was immediately brought into a hug by a tall woman with tan skin, long straight lapis blue hair with a generous bust, wearing a sparkling blue strapless dress and long white gloves. "Anata ni watashi no hansamuna oi o mite totemo yoidesu!"

"It's good to see you too Aunt Lapis." Shards voice was muffled as Lapis hel him close and had his head buried in her chest which was making him very uncomfortable. He managed to free himself from his affectionate aunts grasp and smiled up to her.

"Look at you all grown up, your hair is brighter than ever!" Lapis said in English as she fiddled with a lock of Shards hair. "I see you've gotten that little 'thing' under control now."

"Yes, it was tough but I finally was able to take control over it." Shard answered.

"Well that great news! We don't need a repeat of your great grandfather Fracture." Shard and Lapis both shivered at the mention of the name. Lapis looked past Shard and saw Ditzy behind him holding his hand in hers. "Oh my, I see you've found yourself a partner. Wonderful! Someone else to welcome into the family!" Lapis held out her hand to shake Ditzy's. "I am Lapis Phoenix, who might you be, and how is it that you managed to capture my handsome nephews heart?"

"Wait, Phoenix? Shouldn't your last name be Storm?" Ditzy asked in confusion.

"She married a man named Nathan Phoenix and took his last name but has decided to stay in the family." Shard explained before turning to Lapis. "This is Ditzy Doo. We met at Canterlot High when she was selected to give me a tour. We hung around each other for awhile before we found ourselves in a romantic atmosphere and then we kinda just went with the mood, after that I kissed her on the lips."

That last part caused Lapis to gasp happily. "You performed the seal?"

"Yeah...I feel like she's the one, and our ancestors seem to have played some part in our meeting."

Lapis laughed in joy as she hugged the two tightly. "Oh I'm so happy for you my darling nephew!" She broke away fro the hug and gasped. "I have to tell everyone in the family about this! Enjoy the party dears!" With that she dashed off.

Shard just chuckled. "That's my Aunt Lapis alright, never a dull moment."

"While I'd love to see your family members show up one by one I'd much rather get this party started." Mise said as he led Octavia to the dance floor.

"He's hust in a bad mood, if he gets a few drinks he'll be ok. Don't worry, he doesn't get drunk too easily and I'll keep him from overdoing it." Octavia whispered before allowing Mise to take her down to the dance floor.

"Your family is kinda weird." Ditzy said adorably as she hugged Shards arm.

"Yeah I know, but that's what make them lovable. Most of them have pleasant personalities. Well except for my cousin Sapphire, total Tsundere." Shard chuckled.

"Really?"

"Yep, she'll act like she's annoyed or angry but inside she's a total sweetheart."

"Oh good, you've arrived." A voice spoke.

"Speak of the devil." Shard said quietly as he turned to see his cousin, Sapphire Phoenix, standing there with a neutral expression. "Hey cus, how's it going?"

Sapphire had long sapphire blue hair, wearing a similar dress to Lapis, only not sparkling. "It's going fine thank you." She said with a hint of hostility, but Shard picked up on some joy in her voice.

"Heard you were staring to attend Canterlot High now, I can't wait to see you there."

Sapphire huffed and walked by them. "Enjoy the party." She spoke aggressively, but Shard sensed the happiness anyway.

"Strange, usually she's more talkative." Shard laughed as he led Ditzy down the staircase. As the reached the bottom of the stairs and walked towards the dance floor Shard stood in front of Ditzy, bowed slightly and held out his hand. "Shall we dance my lady?" He spoke in a voice similar to a particular demon butler from a certain anime causing Ditzy to giggle before placing her hand in Shards.

"Lead the way."

Shard smirked and pulled his adorable girlfriend to the dance floor where he placed one hand on her hip while placing the other on her shoulder as they began to slow dance.

Author's Notes:

A few more members of Shards family coming up.

Little fun fact, all of the females in Shards family are named after gems and gem-like materials while the males are named after words relating to something that is broken

Also make sure to check out my new PoME story Dreaming of Absolution where Sapphire will be one of the main characters, the story is canon to this one

20) The night goes on

Ditzy sighed happily as she rested her head on Shards left shoulder, the two enjoying each other's presence as they slow danced with various other couples. As she hugged him close and moved with him, Ditzy could feel Shards muscles under his clothing, causing her to blush and hold him tighter to feel more of his well toned body, being the perfect balance between thin and muscular.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself." Shard commented with a smirk.

"Of course I am, I'm dancing with a hunk like you aren't I?" Ditzy retorted in a sultry tone, which had a different than Ditzy was going for.

Shard chuckled and held her close. "Even when your trying to be sexy you just come across as adorable. I don't think there's anything you could do to be anything but cute."

'We'll see.' Ditzy thought. "Hey, where did Mise and Octavia go?"

Shard looked around. "Well, Octavia is over there talking to my aunt Quartz, and Mise is..." Shard had his suspicions on where Mise was, he looked over to a table near the bar and nodded. "As I thought, Mise is over there with my uncle Crush."

Ditzy looked over to see Mise laughing his ass off with a bottle of scotch in his hand beside a buff man with dark grey skin and messy green hair wearing a suit, his huge muscles clearly visible through his white shirt. "Um...are all the guys in your family muscular?" Ditzy asked with a raised brow.

"Nah, uncle Crush is in the military and I just train my body a lot. The only other men in my family that are as strong as Crush and I are my gruncle Smash and my cousin Cracks."

"Your family's names just get stranger and stranger." Ditzy said.

"This coming from miss Ditzy Doo." Shard teased.

"My named isn't that weird." Ditzy huffed.

"You're right. It's not weird." Shard said with a smile before boopomg noses with her. "It's wonderfully weird."

Ditzy blushed and smiled. "Why is it that you always know what to say to me?" She didn't let him answer as she planted a kiss on his lips. Shard shrugged and leaned into the kiss, enjoying the taste of chocolate chip muffins on Ditzy's lips.

"Alright everyone we're gonna take a short break and we'll be back soon, in the meantime plead welcome Lapis Phoenix to the stage." One of the musicians spoke through a microphone and everyone began walking to different tables. Shard led Ditzy to a table at the front and Mise and Octavia soon dat down with them, as well as Sapphire, Shards mother Aquamarine and Cybe. Cybe and Shard shared a quick glare before looking up to the stage where Lapis had stepped up.

"Thank you all for attending tonight's gathering. It's always nice to get the family and friends all together on nights like this." She spoke.

"Yeah as long as Shard doesn't try to flirt with some of the guests!" A voice yelled from the back row, causing everyone to laugh and for Shard to just roll his eyes.

"It was one time man!" He yelled back.

"Yeah one time she'll wish she can forget!" The voice called back.

"Oh yeah? Tell me, how's that divorce going with my cousin Emereld?!" The voice was silent. "I'm just kidding man I hope it goes well and that the guy as the judge is fair!"

"Actually the judge is a woman!" The voice called back.

"Oh well you're fucked." Shard said simply.

"*Ahem!* Anyway, I just wanted to say that I love it when all of us can be together for a night of socialising, romance and friendship. I truly love all of you, my family, my friends...and those that snuck in the back entrance." Everyone laughed as a few intruders ran for the exit. "Anyway, I don't have much more to say and the orchestra won't be back for another while, so why don't we have Shard come to the stage?"

Everyone cheered as Shard got out of his seat and jumped up to the stage while taking the microphone from Lapis.

"You have another story right?" Lapis asked quietly.

"Don't worry, I have a good one." Lapis nodded and returned to her own seat as Shard cleared his throat and turned to the audience. "Well since you all have nothing better to do tonight I guess I'll tell you a little story that happened to me a few years back in my old high school."

"This has got to be good." Mise said as he took a swing of his scotch.

"Ok, so I was about thirteen at the time so this was five years ago, just two years after signing the contract to CyCorp. Alright, so at my old school we had this teacher named Mr Lionheart, and his son, Jake Lionheart, went to this school with us in a about two years below me. Now, the thing you need to know is that Mr Lionheart was the scum of the earth, everyone hated him. He was an asshole and still is. Now, one friday a group of students found out that Jake was throwing a party at his house since Mr Lionheart was going a way for the weekend, which you should never do, if you're an asshole. So he starts going around inviting people to his party. So a group of us got together and we all had the same, exact idea." He paused for effect. "Let's go over there, and destroy the place." Everyone laughed and Shard caught a glimpse of Ditzy's smile.

"Ok, so I go over to the party and I find all of my friends there, everyone I knew from school was there. So I go down to the basement where most of the people were and some guy makes a running jump from the top of the basement stairs and lands on the pool table they had, breaking it in half. I just look and there's just a large crowd of drunk kids there, they had found Mr Lionhearts liquor cabinet and were drinking from those red cups you'd see in movies. Now, remember when I said we'd go over and destroy the place? Well, one of the students found out which room belonged to Mr Lionheart, so he went in, and took a shit on his computer."

Shard struggled not to laugh at what he was saying. "Alright. So I'll admit I had a few drinks at that party. At one point I was starting to get a little dizzy and I was blacking out a bit. I hear one of the guys say 'something something police.' And in a beautiful moment, of word organisation, I throw my cup down, and yell to the top of my lungs...FUCK THE POLICE!! FUCK THE POLICE!! And everyone started joining in." He was met with another round of laughter. "Now, the reason someone had said 'something something police,' is because the police were there."

Shard took a sip of a drink and continued while everyone laughed. "So a Canterlot Police guy walks down to the basement and finds a sea, of drunk children yelling fuck, da, police. He was almost impressed. Now he just casually leans into his walkie talkie and says, 'Get the patty wagon!' So a guy there named Luke, he was a senior in his final year I know this man he has a son, this man now has a baby. He lifted a beer bottle, smashed it against the ground and yelled SCATTER!!! So everyone is just running in different directions. I went into the laundry room and climbed out the window. So I run across the back yard and come face to face with a tall wire fence with barbed wire at the top and I remember saying 'I've never climbed a fence this high before' and then I woke up at home. With no memory of what happened after."

"So I go back to school on Monday and who do I find in the hallway but Jake Lionheart, he walks up to me and asked 'Hey, we're you at my party on Friday?' And I said no, you know like a liar. So he says, 'things got really outta hand, someone broke the pool table, someone took a shot on my dads computer. And worst of all,' he says, 'the worst of all is that someone stole some antique photos of my grandma.' And that got me thinking, a thought that only people with drunk amnesia, and Steve Urkle could have. Did I do that?" Laughter. "And I didn't know the answer...until two years later! Relax." He said. "So two years later I'm with my buddy Mavric playing video games when he says 'hey, I wanna show you somethin.' So I follow him into his bedroom, and into a room off his bedroom...never a good thing to have. And he just shows me this tiny room, covered wall to wall, in antique photos he had stolen from party's he's been to over the years." Insert PyraFlrea trying to break apart the paragraphs with scene of laughter. "And I ask him in a hushed disgusted voice, 'Why? Why do you do this?' And he just says, 'because it's the one thing you can't replace!'"

The room was filled with roaring laughter, even Cybe was chuckling. Although Shard wasn't paying attention to everyone's laughter, all he could hear was the bubbling laughter of his love, everything else just a buzzing in the background. He snapped out of his trance and handed the mic to Lapis who stopped him from leaving the stage. "Thank you Shard for that, I'm sure a lot of us nodded a laugh tonight. Now everyone, and by everyone I mean the Storm Family, I have a very special announcement that has to do with Shard here."

"Oh great..." Shard groaned.

"Our little curse bearer here has found and preformed the seal on his soulmate!" This was met with cheers from the members of Shards family, and there were a lot of them. "Miss Doo, can you please come up to the stage so everyone can get a look at you?"

Ditzy shyly walked up the steps to the stage and stood beside Shard while holding his hand.

"Everyone, please welcome Ditzy Doo to our strange and wonderful family!"

"WELCOME TO THE FAMILY DITZY!!!" Nearly every me,bet of the family yelled out in happiness.

"SCREW A QUIET EVENING, THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION, LETS FUCKIN PARTY!!!" Crush yelled and was met with cheers of agreement.

Ditzy looked out at the shifting crowd, the quiet ball room that she had entered now being transformed into a welcome party. "Well Ditzy, how does it feel to know that you've got all these lovable idiots on your side?" Lapis asked.

Ditzy smiled and clung to Shards arm. "I feel that deciding to date Shard has been my greatest decision ever if I get a family like this."

Shard smiled warmly and brought her into a loving kiss, causing all of the females from the family to stop and 'Awww' at the sight.

Author's Notes:

Longer chapter than usual eh?

Hope you guys enjoyed and that at least a few of you found this funny, because it is the last time I try this form of in your face comedy.

21) Loves desires

The next day

Shard slowly opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of his bedroom. He was about to fall back to sleep, remembering that it was a Saturday, until he felt something in his arms. Opening his eyes and looking down he was treated by poofy blonde hair. Ditzy lay on top of Shard, her head resting on his bare chest and a huge smile on her face. He smiled at the sleeping girl and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close causing her to wriggle into his embrace. He felt the soft touch of her pyjamas on his skin, the same pyjamas that had taunted him at the sleepover that hugged the girl's figure perfectly. The only difference now is, he doesn't have to feel embarrassed about seeing her in such clothing, not that it was even inappropriate in the first place, they just sent the poor boys tough to to uncharted territory.

'Just my luck having a girl with an hourglass figure.' Shard thought with a blush. 'I don't know how I'm ever gonna take this relationship to a more intimate stage, she's way too fuckimg adorable for me to do anything like that to her.' He shook his thoughts away and took in the scent of her blonde hair that was so close to his face. 'I guess cuddling will just have to do for now.' He sighed happily and closed his eyes again.

Thinking back to the party the night before, Shard began to wonder what Cybe really wanted to do. For the past few years all the cyborg has done is try to develop plans to take the swordsman down in an act of revenge, staying in the CyCorp building. But now he was put attending parties? That just brought up a whole new wave of questions.

Pushing the thoughts of his arch enemy to the side Shard focused in enjoying the company of his special someone who had been welcomed into his weird and large family with open arms.

Mise had gotten into a drinking contest with Crush and was taken home by Shard who helped Octavia carry his drunk ass out of the party and into his car. Luckily Mise was unconscious or he might have brought up the food he had eaten and made a mess of Shards fine leather seats.

After about an hour of just laying there holding his love close he felt Ditzy beginning to shift and let out a small adorable yawn. 'So fucking adorable.' He set his arms to the side of him and watched as Ditzy placed a hand on his chest while she rubbed her eye with the other. She was too tired to notice what she was laying on until she had rubbed both eyes. She then placed her other hand on his chest and pushed herself up.

She then opened her eyes and saw what she was doing. Looking up slightly she saw the face of Shard looking at her with loving eyes. "Morning sunshine." He spoke softly.

Ditzy looked down to her hands again and blushed, she was about to pull her hands away until she quickly remembered that she was now allowed to admire the boys well toned body if she so wished. "G-Good morning Shard." She stuttered with a huge blush.

Shard noticed this and smirked devilishly. "What's the matter Ditzy? Are you cold? Come here I'll warm you up." He said teasingly as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close, her head resting against his chest and her body wrapped in his strong arms. Her face went red and she tried to keep her thoughts pure, but much like Shard when he saw her in her PJs, her mind wandered to the previously unknown, a small drop of blood coming from her nose as she unwillingly fantasised about her boyfriend.

Shard just chuckled and leaned down, kissing Ditzy on the lips, allowing her to tear her thoughts away from her fantasies and focus on what was happening in the present. She leaned in and moaned in bliss as she allowed Shard to take control of the kiss, the sense of love and security filing her with joy and pleasure.

Shard pulled away from the kiss and watched as Ditzy caught her breath while red faced. "I think it's safe to say you've had a good morning so far." He said with a warm smile. He moved Ditzy off of him and moved to get off the bed yo hit the shower when he felt Ditzy place a hand on his arm.

"U-Um..." She began with an even redder blush. "C-Could you...um...maybe...flex for me a bit?" She asked nervously and shyly.

'This may be easier than I originally thought. Oh well, the lady gets what she wants.'

Later, after Shard had finished Ditzy's request and had hit the shower the two began walking towards Stewart's store to see if anything interesting had found its way onto the shelves. Ditzy clung to Shards arm with a blissful smile and a small blush, tiny hearts popping around her head. "Wow...you are getting way too much enjoyment out of this."

Ditzy just hugged him tighter. "I can't help it." She moaned. "I just really like caring guys with muscles~"

*It was at this point that the writer realised that he was putting way too much focus on Ditzy's obsession with Shards muscles and proceeded to slap himself repeatedly for his crimes.*

Shard rolled his eyes and pushed the door to the store.

Stewart sighed as he looked around the shop, but brightened up as he saw hi favourite couple walk in the door. "Oh hey, welcome back you two." He quickly scanned the area with a glare and all of the guys that were staring at Ditzy turned back to what they were doing. "So, what can I do for you two lovebirds?"

"Got anything interesting in?" Shard asked the lonely store owner.

"As a matter of fact I did get something in that may just interest you two." Stewart walked up to a shelf and lifted a black box before setting it down on the counter and lifting off the lid, revealing a golden Nintendo GameCube.

"No way." The two said in disbelief as they looked at the console.

"How'd you even get something like this in?" Ditzy asked as she looked at her reflection in the shiny box.

"A guy I knew would collect a bunch of older consoles and sell them illegally, why he didn't just use EBay I don't know, but he was run out of business and he gave me this, I don't want it so I decided to put it up for sale." Stewart explained.

"If we buy it will we get any games with it or do we have to but them separately?" Shard asked as he took out his One Piece wallet and pulled out his debit card.

"Well usually with something like this I'd sell the games separately, but since it's not official store stock and you guys are my favourite customers I think I can throw in at least three games to go with it and then you can just buy more games upstairs if you want." Stewart offered.

"Well I got more money than I know what to do with, how much?" Shard asked.

"Three hundred and twenty dollars including the discount I gave you guys. The games I can give you guys are Sonic Heroes, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg and Sonic Adventure DX." Shard paid for the items and took the box with the three games, Ditzy had rushed to the gaming floor and picked up a copy of Shadow The Hedgehog and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle which she paid for herself.

"We went in to look for collectables, we came out with a gold games console...this isn't Black Friday is it?" Shard joked as he and Ditzy walked out of the store.

As the two were walking to Shards car they froze at the sound of preaching. Turning their heads slowly around they saw a pack of angry nuns heading their way. "Shall we run as fast as we possibly can?" Ditzy asked.

"Yep." The two screamed in terror before shooting off towards their car while the nuns began to rush after them.

Ahhhh, it always feels good to go back to little moments in the earlier stages of a story, remind me what really made the story to begin with.

Author's Notes:

Almost to 100 likes!

More obscure references will be throw your way next chapter, be prepared.

And yes I will be toning down on the while Ditzy loving Shards muscles thing. I just sometimes feel the need to show a certain side of the characters. More so I really like writing more intimate romance scenes, not clop or anything, but intimate situations nonetheless. It's just how I work and I feel like it's one of my strong suits.

22) Day in the sun

After a few hours of playing together on their new golden games console, Ditzy and Shard both began to relax on the sunbeds in the back garden of Shards home, both wearing sunglasses, Ditzy wearing short clothes to get a tan...which was pointless because her grey skin was basically immune to tanning, only able to receive sunburn. She knew this, but still wore the short clothing anyway to get aw rile out of Shard who lay uncomfortably beside her with a small dot of blood dripping out of his nose. "Why do you tease me like this Ditzy?" He asked in a defeated tone.

"Because you're cute when you're flustered." She answered with a smile.

Shard sighed and wiped his nose. "Of course that's the reason..."

Soon Rayliegh floated out of the house with a small tray in his pincher that held two glasses of orange and yellow liquid. "Here you go, two San Francisco cocktails!" The robot spoke in his usual cheery voice as the two took their drinks.

"Thanks Ray, appreciate it." Shard said with a smile before taking a sip of the drink he was given, tasting the various fruits that had been mixed to create the nonalcoholic cocktails.

"My pleasure Master Shard. Is everything alright for you Miss Doo?" Rayliegh asked as he turned his eyes towards the grey skinned girl.

"Yep, couldn't be better, thanks Rayliegh."

Rayliegh nodded. "Well, if that's all I'll be off then, Mrs Aquamarine has requested my assistance with grocery shopping, so I will be gone for at most two hours of you take into account how many of her peers she will stop to talk to while I have to sit and wait while the children around me poke and prod." He said with a cheery voice at first but then became filled with sarcasm halfway through.

"Good luck with that Ray, I'll repair you if any of the kids damage you so don't worry." Shard assured his creation while taking a sip of his drink. "Damn this is good."

As Rayliegh was about to leave he turned back and pulled a letter out of his storage. "By the way Madter Shard...you've recieved another letter from CyCorp Industries."

Shard set his drink down and took the letter in his hand, glancing over it for a moment before placing it on the small table in between him and Ditzy and placing a small rock on it to avoid it being blown away in the breeze. "Thanks Rayliegh."

As the British speaking robot floated off Ditzy turned to Shard while lifting her sunglasses up. "You not gonna read it?"

"And ruin this moment? It can wait, it's probably just Cybe challenging me again." He answered his girlfriend, in too good a mood to let something like CyCorp get in the way of enjoying the moment.

The next day, Monday

As Shard sat with the letter in his hand he read through the contents. He was right, it was from Cybe, issuing another challenge, this time face to face. As Shard groaned and slid the letter into his backpack he looked up at clock in his current class, the class nearing its end. 'To be honest the longer today is the better, I really don't wanna do this.' As the bell signalled the students to head for lunch, Shars threw his backpack over his shoulder and began walking towards the cafeteria.

As he was walking though, his ear twitched as he heard a certain nickname that made his blood boil...Derpy...someone was deliberately calling Ditzy by her insulting nickname. Turning his head he looked down the hallway to see Ditzy cornered by none other than the schools pretty boy, Maurice Blueblood (my name for him).

'Oh for Kami's sake!'

Shard groaned and began walking towards the two ready to make Bluebloods on nickname a reality. "Hey! Blueballs!"

As Blueblood turned around her merely smirked. Bear with me here. As Shard reached him ready to throw a punch he was surprised as something green stepped in his way and felt his fist stop.

"I'm sorry good sir, but please allow me to handle this in a way that no one needs to get hurt." A deep, calm voice spoke.

Shard looked to the one that had stopped him. It was a boy the same height as him. He had medium long green hair and emerald eyes. He wore a green hoodie and simple blue jeans. He wore a green scarf with grey stripes along it, although he didn't wear it just around his neck. The scarf was big enough to cover the bottom half of his face. "Who're you?"

"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Roden Godswell." Roden stated with a small bow. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I will deal with Maurice here." He let go of Shards fist and turned to the now shivering Blueblood. "Now cousin, you know what your mother has said about this sort of thing. Do you and I need to have another chat or are you going to behave yourself?" He questioned.

Blueblood just ran off in fear, causing Ditzy and Shard to look at the newcomer in disbelief. "Blueblood actually ran, why was he so scared of you?" Ditzy asked with her head tilted slightly.

"My cousin may act high and mighty, but if you know how to get into his head then he'll be very afraid of you, I've gotten into his little head a few times before in our 'chats' and he'll do anything to avoid another confrontation like that again." Roden explained before turning to the two of them. "If he's ever giving you any trouble again just let me know. I'm working to stop all of this anyway, but pleas inform me of any further instances. Good day sir, miss." With that the green haired teen walked off, leaving Ditzy and Shard to look to each other in confusion and relief.

As the two were walking they saw a flyer laying on the ground. Picking it up and holding it out for the two of them, they read the piece of paper.

"A course to teach the students about marriage, a month long class that will teach students about the importance of marriage and married life including what to expect and what to and what not to do while in a married relationship. Will count as a bonus grade for any subject of your choice." Shard read aloud.

"Sooo...it's a class where we pretend to be married?" Ditzy asked with a smile.

"Seems like it. looks interesting, you interested in this kinda thing Ditzy?" Shard asked in curiosity.

Ditzy looked up at her boyfriend with a sultry gaze. "A whole month where I get you as my husband? I am very happy about it." She said seductively as she hugged his arm.

"Good enough for me!" Shard exclaimed in a flustered manner, a large blush causing his face to go red. "You need to stop teasing me."

"Nah, it's way too much fun. And like I said, you're cute when you're flustered."

"Hey, let's remember who's the cute one in this relationship." Shard countered as he poked Ditsy's nose causing her to give off an adorable sneeze.

Ditzy just glared at Shard but even then her grumpy face was just seen as adorable by the swordsman who just wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close. "Come on, let's go sign up for this. It's gonna be legend-wait for it-dary." Mark that reference, off the list.

Author's Notes:

So, this should be interesting.

Also, thank you all for one hundred likes!

23) CyCorp Industries: Keep your friends close...

After getting signed up to the marriage class without problems, Shard and Ditzy walked outside the school to see their friends standing there waiting for them with Ruby and Dinky. "Hey guys, what's up?" Shard asked as they reached the group. "Please don't tell me Ruby told you something embarrassing." He groaned as he glared at his little sister who began whistling innocently.

"No, I've made sure she kept her mouth shut about any of your secrets." Turner reassured the swordsman with a kind smile. "We were just thinking about where we should go this afternoon to hang out, Sunsets group has grown so large that they take up all of Sugarcube Corner, so we're trying to find a new place to make our usual hangout."

"So far we've come up with nothing, it's gotta be close to the school or at most a bit into the city, we know about this coffee place in Maretropolis that would be perfect but it's too far away." Lyra complained while folding her arms.

"Well, I wish I could help you guys find some place, but I really need to get going." Shard said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Where're you going?" Bonbon asked curiously.

"It's uh...kinda personal...I'd rather just get it over with as soon as possible. Let's just say I'm meeting an old friend."

"Then why don't we come with you, maybe it'll make things less awkward." Carrot suggested.

"I don't think you wanna see what's about to go down Carrot, it's not gonna be pretty I can tell you that much." Shard countered.

"Well, too bad, we're coming with you to wherever this friend of yours is, and if you try to leave us here and speed away we'll find you." Lyra stated with a stern tone, putting a finger to Shards chest and staring him dead in the eye. "You aren't getting out of this."

"She's right, she will not stop until she finds out what's going on." Turner said with a shrug. "You've got no choice here Shard, they'll hunt you to hell and back."

Shard looked around and saw that the girls were turned towards him with stern expressions and their hands on their hips, refusing to back down and staring deep into his soul. "Alright fine, but don't say I didn't warn you."

Later, outside the CyCorp building

Shard pulled up to the plaza outside CyCorp with another car following his into the parking lot. Shard held the car door open for Ditzy before reaching into the back seat of the car and retrieving a sword which was wrapped in a thick layer of black cloth. The rest of the group,got out of the other car, save for Dinky and Ruby who were hanging out with three other girls back at the school.

"Wait, why're we at this place? Does your friend work here or something?" Lyra asked as she looked up at the tall white building.

"Ditzy, do you remember where the viewing room is?" Shard asked, his voice devoid of emotion. He recieved a nod from his partner who then planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Promise me you'll be careful Shard." She said with worry, causing Shard to cup her cheek before walking off.

"In a situation like this...I'll need to be." With that he disappeared through the front doors.

"Follow me guys." Ditzy instructed as she motioned for the group to follow her into the building. Once they entered the lobby they saw Shard walk through a door on the far side of the room which slid closed behind him, locking anyone from getting in. Plas Proto walked out of another door and greeted the group and then guided them to the viewing area.

As Shard walked down the white hallway that would lead him to the chamber that would hold his next battle he saw a monitor on a wall light up and the screen turned green, two white cubes appearing as well. "Hello, Shard Storm." Soledad greeted.

"An A.I huh? What did they call you?"

"My name is Soledad, pleasure to make your acquaintance."

"They named you a word that means 'alone?' Was the guy that programmed you into Of Mice And Men or something?" Shard asked the computer.

"Nope, I chose this name myself, as I am the only self aware A.I In this facility."

Shard stopped for a moment and glared at the screen. "Self aware? That's usually bad news when it comes to A.Is, give me one good reason why I shouldn't wander around until I find your core and pull the plug?"

"I can help you defeat Cybe Catcher."

Shard just growled at the screen and turned to walk away. "I am not having anyone assist me in this fight, I will fight him one on one, no outside help." With that Shard turned a corner, leaving Soledad to blink and groan.

"Well, looks like I need to resort to sabotage if I want control of this place."

Shard stood in a small room just outside the main chamber. He pulled the cloth off of the sword he was carrying to reveal his oldest blade. The pure obsidian black colour of the blade was cold but warm, not scratches or signs of dullness. The hilt was wrapped in orange straps and the gaurd was a simple black and orange circle. He attached his Swingshot to his right arm, yes it's still there, and turned to a table nearby which held small prices of armour.

He strained the arm and leg guards on and placed the orange and black samurai helmet on his head while tying a black bandana over the bottom half of his face, his orange eyes seeming to flicker.

He gripped his sword tightly and walked into the chamber, the small guards on hai limbs expanding out and covering hai body in armour as he stared down his opponent that was standing on the opposite side of the chamber, also wearing armour, but with a more modern design and was more like armour you'd see in Halo or something.

"Hello again, old friend." Cybe spoke through his metal mask. "It seems it is time for us to trade blows get again."

Shard just sighed and took a fighting stance. "Let's just get this over with."

Author's Notes:

Shards armour

24) CyCorp Industries: ...and your enemies farther

The group just looked at the screen confused, wondering why their friend had just put on a set of mechanical samurai armour and why he was about to fight a cyborg that was also in a set of armour. "Wait, what's going on here?" Lyra asked with a raised brow.

Plas sighed and began to explain the situation in the simplest way possible, to save time and for me to be able to get right to the fight. "Your friend and that cyborg have a very bad history together, something bad happened that caused Cybe to lose his limbs and he blames Shard who was only trying to save his life, now Cybe occasionally brings Shard in so they can face off in a fight to the death AI that he may get his revenge, Shard always wins but refuses to kill Cybe and merely walks away...but now I think Shard isn't willing to hold back considering his using his armour for the first time in a good while." The scientist just looked back at the large screen in worry, he has saw Shards expression when he had walked in the building, there was hardly any evidence in his eyes that he intended to show the cyborg mercy. "All we can do is watch. If we try to interfere both could end up dead, we could end up injured and their honour will be stained."

"So we get to watch a real life fight to the death between a ninja swordsman and a deadly cyborg..." Carrot began. "...I know I should feel concerned for Shards safety here but I just find this all just awesome."

"Same." Lyra, Bonbon and Turner said in unison.

Meanwhile Ditzy just stood with a look of concern on her face, her eyes seeming to be perfectly aligned so she could watch the battle with full focus. If she focused enough she could have her eyes go straight for short periods of time, while it started to hurt if she did it too long this was something that she had to see perfectly. "Be careful Shard..."

Shard stared down his opponent through his armours visor, pointing his sword at Cybe before grasping the hilt of the blade in both hands and bending his knees slightly and turning his body to the side, the tip of the blade just inches above the floor. "Ready..." He said quietly.

Yeah just a word of warning, this is where things start to get more sci-fi, it's just for the fight though. Also, it gets a little dark at one point.

Cybe just hummed quietly to himself as he took a fighting stance. He held out his robotic arm and the hand retracted into the arm, soon replaced by a long silver blade with noticeable sparks of electricity around it. "Ready." Cybe confirmed as he swung his arm blade a few times before preparing it for an attack.

Cybe shot forward and took a swing at Shard who shot his Swingshot into a wall and pulled himself out of the way of the attack, causing Cybe to stab his blade into the wall that was behind Shard. Not missing an opening, Shard ran forward, jumped into the air and spin kicked Cybe right in the head with his metal boot, sending the cyborg flying across the room.

Cybe quickly recovered and aimed his blade at Shard, sending a bolt of electricity at his opponent. Shard managed the get his sword up in time to block the lightning, but a few volts managed to zap him. As Shard was recovering from the defensive Cybe walked forward and punched him in the gut before kicking him in the chest with great force. Shard was sent flying into a wall, things seemed to go in slow motion as the force if the impact caused him to gasp, all the air leaving his lungs.

He fell onto his hands and knees while gasping for air. Cybe just walked to his side and level his blade with the back of his neck. As the blade was coming down Shard held up a hand and caught the sword, the electricity shocking him, but nonetheless he kept his grip on the blade and got to his feet.

He made eye contact with Cybe before levelling his own blade and bringing it down, slicing the electric blade clean off of Cybes arm. Shard them brought his elbow up to Cybes chin just as fast as he had sliced the blade. He then grabbed Cybes head and slammed it into the wall.

Cybe just recovered and punched Shard in the face with a left hook before switching his robot arm back to a hand. He reached behind him and pulled out a slick, white gun of some sort before aiming and pulling the trigger. A wave of blue energy was sent towards Shard who out his arms up to defend against the wave, he was forced back but no major damage was made to his person...but his armour began to crack.

Cybe then charged shoulder first at Shard and nailed him in the chest, causing his armour to shatter. Shard quickly back pedalled and took off the broken metal plates of his armour. His eyes began to spark with flames and his hair began to flicker. He noticed this and focused on holding it back. 'Keep it together!'

Shard spun his blade for a second before closing his eyes and becoming still, his breathing controlled. Cybe growled and aimed his gun, firing it he was surprised as Shards hand quickly moved with his blade and sliced the wave in half. "Fantastic..."

He switched his hand out into a spinning buzz blade, he charged Shard again and swung his saw. Shard opened his eyes that gleamed orange for a split second before moving to the side, turning his blade around in his hand and stabbing the sword through Cybes back all the way though and out his chest as he passed him.

Cybe fell limp and landed with a loud clang of his metal suit. He tried to move his robotic limbs but they didn't respond, Shard had cut the circuit that connected his cybernetic limbs to his brain, rendering them useless. Shard came up behind Cybe, grabbed the hilt of the blade, and quickly pulled it out and swinging it to throw the blood off the blade. A small puddle began to form underneath Cybe as drops of blood dripped out of his wound. "Go ahead...finish me...you know we'll just end up back here if you don't." Cybe spoke through his metal mask.

Shard just stood behind him, bruised, burned and with a few broken bones. He looked to the blade in his hand, temptation to kill the man before him rising. "No." He stated simply before he began walking towards the exit. "I'm not in the mood to kill you. Just give it up already. You want to die so bad then see if you still have the balls to do it yourself. We're done here." Shard glared back at his opponent for another second before walking through the door and immediately being directed towards the medical wing by a few nurses.

The door behind him closed and Cybe could only lay there as his blood slowly left his body.

Plas shook his head and pressed a button begore speaking into a microphone. "Medical team B come to the main test arena to retrieve Cybe, his limbs are shut down and he's bleeding out." A few moments later he got a call. "Hello?"

"This is medical team B, the doors to the chamber won't open!" The man on the other end exclaimed.

"What?" Plas pressed a button that should have opened the doors to the chamber but for some reason they remained closed. "Of all times to malfunction...bust the door with the batterie ram on the next chamber."

"We can't! The doors reinforcement protocols were activated! They've been closed of by steel panels!"

Plas sent the group out of the room as he tried to get things back to normal to save his boss who had fainted use to blood loss. "Damnit! He gonna die in there! What's causing this?!"

Meanwhile Soledad just hummed a merry tuns to himself as he continued to keep everyone out of the room to let the cyborg die. "Ah, soon this facility shall be mine. I love it when a plan comes together."

Cybe just opened his eyes one more time before breathing his final breath...

Well...at least Shard doesn't need to worry about a vengeful cyborg anymore.

Author's Notes:

Yeah, a bit dark there. Cybe and Shards past will be looked into in the next few chapters. Don't worry, we're right back to the comedy and cute moments after this...

Oh wait, the crap with Mise...fuck

25) Feeling better?

A few minutes later

The group stood around the medical bed that Shard was lying in, having been escorted to the medical wing for immediate treatment by the nurses. He had fallen unconscious on his way there, the injuries finally taking their effect on his body and causing him to collapse in the middle of the hallway.

Now he lay still on that bed with his friends looking at him in worry as Ditzt stood at his side holding one of his hands while Rayleigh floated on the other side making sure his creator and best friend was alright and floating protectively near him, still untrusting of some of the CyCorp employees.

Turner had remained silent during the whole ordeal. He saw how Shard had fought, paid attention to his skill and paid close attention to what had happened after the battle. It was clear to him that this was indeed someone who would be able to protect Ditzy and everyone else close to him, so Turner did not have to worry about her safety. He had heard the stories from his father, of how many companions he had lost in his adventures, and that had made Turner very protective of his friends, as to not end up like his father.

"It may be awhile before he wakes up, you should probably go home and let him rest." Plas suggested as he stood leaning his back against a wall with his hands in his lab coat pockets. "Although, I doubt that Miss Doo will be willing to leave his side."

"Yeah, I'm staying right here for when he wakes up. You guys should go home I'll talk to you all later." Ditzy said quietly as she gripped Shards hand tighter.

The group looked to each other and nodded, deciding to give the couple their privacy. They walked out of the room with Plas following close behind. Rayleigh just retracted his legs and sat as a metal ball on one of the chairs beside the bed, still having his eyes out to keep a look out for anything or anyone that would try to harm his creator.

Ditzy crawled onto the bed and cuddled up to Shard, her forehead pressed against his chest. As she closed her eyes she felt Shard shift. While still unconscious, his body instinctively wrapped his arms around her protectively and pulled her closer slightly. She snuggled into the embrace and closed her eyes again, allowing the protective embrace to calm her nerves and send her into a deep sleep.

As Ditzy opened her eyes she found she was no longer in a bed I the medical wing, she was in a fancy bedroom in a large bed with thin blue covers. She started to get confused until she saw a CyCorp logo on one of the walls. She tried to move but felt herself being held by something. Looking down she saw that Shards arms were wrapped around her body just under her chest. Turning her head slightly she saw Shards head, his eyes closed and was nuzzling the back of her head slowly while sleeping.

Ditzy blushed slightly but smiled as she enjoyed the show of genuine affection, plus, it felt really nice to her. Sighing happily she tilted her head back to lean into Shards cheek.

As she lay there in the embrace of her partner she tried to figure out how they had gotten there, or how they were moved. Looking over a bit she saw Rayleigh in his ball on a sofa on the other end of the room playing chess with a small monkey from one of the labs with a small metal helmet on. "Alright monkey, your move." He said quietly

The monkey scratched it's chin fir a second before taking one of his pieces and taking out Ray's queen.

"...that's a good move."

Ditzt raised a brow at the scene in front of her, but with what she had been seeing lately hardly made it surprising to her, it just looked weird.

About a half an hour later Ditzy felt Shard starting to stir as he let out a quite groan. He let go of her and turned on his back, but grunted in pain at the sudden movement. Can you blame him? When you get punched repeatedly with a robot arm you're bound to come out with some broken bones and bruises.

Ditzy sat up and watched as the orange haired swordsman began to open his eyes very slowly. Looking to the clock to make sure she knew what to say, she scooted over to Shard and leaned over him with a caring smile, wanting not to be the first thing he saw waking up in an effort to cheer him up. "Morning sleepy head~" She sang in a soothing, quiet voice as to help him wake up in a relaxed manner.

He squinted at the change in ought before finally opening his eyes and looking up to see Ditzy's smiling face. "Oh...morning Ditzy...um, it is morning right?"

"Yep, you probably slept for a good sixteen hours from my guess."

Shard just lay there quiet while moving his uninjured hand to rub the sleep out of his eye before continuing. "Did you bring me home or something?"

"Nope, I think we're still at CyCorp considering the logo over there."

"Fan...fucking...tastic." Shard groaned as he closed his eyes again. "I'm goin back to sleep."

"Oh no you're not." Ditzy began to rapidly pat Shards cheek with gentle slaps that were becoming increasingly irritating to the swordsman.

"Alright alright, I'm up I'm up!" Shard, momentarily forgetting about his injuries, tried to sit up but fell back down. "...or not."

"You were beat pretty bad, but the doctors and nurses had said you should be back to normal in a few days with their advanced medicine healing you." Ditzy explained as she got off the bed and walked around to Shards side, looking at him and with a huge grin.

"What're you planning exactly and should I be scared?" Shard blurted out.

"No no silly, I'm not gonna do any of that. I'm going to take care of you until you're healed!'

Shard just chuckled nervously and looked to Rayleigh who nodded while glancing to Ditzy, signalling Ahard that he'd keep Ditzy out of trouble.

"Did the doctors say when I cane go home?"

"Oh, later on today after a few checkups. Other than that, it's just you, me and Ray,"

Fun times ahead.

Author's Notes:

Next chapter will either be Shard and Cybes history or the crossover with Cut Above The Rest. And yes to those who have no idea what that is just look here!

There's A Crowd: Long overdue

Author's Notes:

Yep, it's finally here! The crossover you've all been waiting for!

Cut Above The Rest and Your Beautiful Wonky Eyes crossover, with the special addition of Dreams of Absolution.

All of which are my stories. This also marks the first PoME and CATR meetup!

Meanwhile in Cut Above The Rest

Treble sat down in his house, thinking over what he had just promised Sunset. ‘I shouldn't have promised that to her, I don't know what will happen after he beat X, who knows what crazy villain will show up next. Not to mention I have Adagio back on my trail.’ Groaning at the the thought of the siren while he leaned back.

Feeling something crawling up his arm he opened his eyes and saw Scary on his shoulder looking at him with worried eyes. To ease the spiders nerves he gently stroked his back with two fingers with a soft smile.

“Treble! I think I'll need you to go to the store with me!” Sunset called in from the back garden.

“Sure, why?” He called back.

“I think my cravings are starting, I'm suddenly feeling the need to eat a lot of orange chocolate and drink strawberry soda.”

Treble just raised a brow at the combination, but he knew what kind of strange cravings a pregnant woman could get. “Alright.”

“Thanks hon, I'll just get my bag then we can head out.” As Sunset walked in with Frightening on her shoulder to retrieve her bag she stopped and turned to Treble. “Oh, by the way, Hack was looking for you, said to meet him by the statue at CHS.”

‘Now why would he want to meet me there of all places? Usually he asks me to come to some dark alley so he can act all mysterious. Eh, it's Hack don't question it.’ Getting up and setting Scary down on the coffee table where he scuttled over to a small pillow that acted as his bed, Treble walked over to the front door and held it open for his girlfriend who cupped his cheek before walking out. Frightening had jumped onto the wall as Sunset left the house and crawled over to Scary and sat down beside him.

Treble chuckled at the spiders before walking out and closing the door.

The two spiders looked to each other with playful looks before beginning to move towards each other...only to have separate cages placed over them suddenly by Treble who had snuck back in. “No matting.” He ordered with a stern expression.

‘Hypocrite…’ The spiders thought as they stared at their owner with half lidded eyes.

Treble just smirked and left them in their cages.

Meanwhile in Your Beautiful Wonky Eyes

After being released from the CyCorp medical wing by Plas Proto, Shard and Ditzy walked out of the large building with Rayleigh floating beside them.

Shard held his side that had been bruised during his fight with Cybe while wincing. Ditzy noticed her partners discomfort and began to gently rub the injured area softly with her hand. As first it stung, but after a second the pain began to disperse. “Thanks Ditzy.” Shard thanked while planting a soft kiss on her forehead.

“No problem big guy, now let's get you home so I can take care of you.”

“Heh, good luck trying to do that, my mother will probably be fawning over me with Ruby just poking and prodding at a bruise or something, they probably wouldn't even let you near me much less know you were there.” Shard said with a fearful chuckle as he thought if the hell that awaited him when he returned to his home.

As they reached Shards car, Rayleigh stopped and pulled out Shards phone that he had in his storage unit. “Master Shard, it appears that someone named Pinkie Pinkie wants to see you at the school as soon as possible at the statue.”

Shard took his phone from the Mr Handy unit and read the text, raising a brow at the message. “She and the others already have me trying to help Mise, what do they want now?”

“Knowing Pinkie Pie, something random…” Ditzy commented dryly.

“Oh well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to just swing by to see what's wrong.” As Rayleigh set himself in the back of the car and Shard placed his key in the ignition, they pulled out of the parking lot and sped down the surprisingly clear street, on their way to meet the crazy girl with cotton candy hair that even Shard was unable to cut with his swords before getting them stuck.

Dreams of Absolution

As Roden walked by Canterlot High after having his interview with Sapphire to be his roommate he stopped and stared at the statue for a moment. He looked to the side mirror for a moment while squinting his eyes, seeing a few sparks of white energy coming from it.

“That can't be good.”

Walking over to the mirror he placed his hand on it, surprised to see a ripple effect.

“Interesting…”

CATR

Having left Sunset back at their home after finding the items to satisfy her cravings, Treble made his way to the school to meet his top hat wearing friend.

As he pulled up on his motorcycle he killed the engine. Looking around he saw Hack with his back against the edge of the statue while he worked his cane. “Hey! Hack!”

Hack tilted his top hat upwards and smiled at his friend. “Hey Trebs, thanks for coming out when you could be spending time either with Sunset or actually develop the plot of this story.”

Shaking off the last part of that sentence, not trying to make sense of it, Treble reached him and smiled, waiting for Hack to explain why he was there.

“So, you know about the portal to Equestria right? The one on the front mirror on this statue?” Hack asked as he tapped the portal with his cane causing it to ripple.

“Aye.” Treble answered.

“And you know how the portal only applies to that one mirror?”

“Yeah.”

“Check the mirror on the side.” Hack instructed with a smirk.

Shrugging, Treble slowly placed his hand on the side mirror, surprised to see it ripple like the portal, only the ripples being white instead of blue. “What the?”

“That was my reaction at first to bud, got a feeling that this one don't lead to Equestria though.”

“Why?” Treble asked while playing with the ripple effect, unaware that Hack had walked behind him.

“Just a hunch.” After saying that Hack pushed Treble forward, causing him to fall into the portal. “The things you tell me to do Pyra.” Correction, the things I MAKE you do.

“Touché.”

YBWE

“Alright Pinkie, what do you want me to do for you?” Shard asked dryly as he and Ditzy walked up to the statue where Pinkie was standing.

“What makes you think I want you to do something for me silly?”

“Because the only reasons any of you girls have even spoken to me so far is to ask me to do something for you, now what it's it?”

Pinkie just giggled and waved her hand. “Nah, I'm not wanting you to do something. I just wanna show you something cool.”

Shard rolled his eyes while Ditzy stared in confusion. “Alright I'll humour you Pinkie, what do you want to show me?”

Pinkie smiled and pointed to the spot beside the statue. “First, stand here please.”

Shard did as he was told. “Alright, what's ne-”

He was cut off as Pinkie pushed him through the portal. Ditzy and Rayleigh just glared at Pinkie, demanding an explanation. “Oh relax, I've just sent him to meet someone that people have been wanting him to meet for a long time.”

DoA

“What are you planning writer?” Roden asked as he carefully inspected the newly found portal.

Oh, me? Well I'm just arranging a little meeting that has been long overdue. You're welcome to join in if you want. I recommend you do.

“And why is that?”

Let's just say...I'm getting rid of something that needs to be put to rest.

Nodding, with having nothing better to do, Roden pushed against the portal, slowly walking through it.

Three's A Crowd: The forest

Trebles sight slowly began to return as he began to open his eyes. Sitting up he groaned while rubbing the back of his head, feeling as though he had just been hit in the back of the skull by a sledgehammer. ‘Ah damn...what the hell happened?’ He thought as he focused on soothing the pain in his head by massaging the sore spot.

After a moment Treble remembered what Hack had done, the last thing he could recall was falling through a white and blue vortex before being struck in the back of the head.

‘I really need to get Hack back for this, I'm all for his usual random moments but this is just going too far.’Slowly rising to his feet Treble sighed and placed his hands on his hips while looking around the new area. ‘Only question is, where the hell am I?’

The area he appeared to be in was a dark forest. The leaves on the trees were glowing blue with the wood being black and glass like. The grass was also glowing blue, the colour sending a calming feeling over Treble. Finding a dirt path a few feet away from his current position he shrugged and began to follow the trail to wherever it would lead him.

‘This place is so beautiful, it's like the dreamscape that Sunset and I visited after we beat Adagio. Just what is this place?’

Meanwhile, in another area of the forest, Shard sat up,and rubbed the back of his head. “Damn, what the hell hit me so hard?” Shaking the pain away, he stood up,and took in his surroundings. “Well...this is new.”

Walking up to one of the glass trees, Shard began to feel a presence nearby, growing stronger as he approached the glowing plant. As he placed a hand in the tree bark, he began to hear the distant laughter of a little girl, the sound stopping as he took his hand off the tree. Placing his hand on the tree next to it he heard a soft motherly voice humming a calming tune.

Stepping back slightly Shard began to question what these trees really were. “This is strange, these aren't ordinary trees that's obvious, but there's something about them...something familiar.”

Walking towards the nearby path with his hand on the hilt of his blade, Shard began to explore the deeper sections of this mysterious forest. Looking up at the sky he noticed that it was a very dark purple, with black clouds that had various swirl patterns in them.

“I don't think I'm in Kansas anymore…” Slapping himself for the awful reference, he pressed forwards, hoping to find something that would either get him home or explain what this place was.

Treble, seeming to not be as questioning as Shard, just began looking for a way to get back to his home to spend time with his worlds Sunset. ‘Ok, I was sent here through one of the mirror portals, that means there has to be some kind of mirror in this place, I just need to find it first.’ As he walked he took the time to notice a few extra details on the trees. There seemed to be patterns on each tree, none of the patterns real eating on any other tree, making the plants have a sense of individuality. ‘There's something about these trees that I feel like I should know…’

As he was walking, he stopped as he heard the sound of soft, rapid footsteps behind him, as if some small creature was running around in different directions. Turning around he saw nothing, and the noises ceased. Narrowing his eyes he began to slowly take a few steps forward before turning back around to resume his search for an exit.

In another area of the forest, Roden stood facing one of the trees. “Why bring us here of all places writer? Afterall this is where you send your characters to...” I know it is, but you guys are safe for now, there's just so,done here that needs taken care of. “And you brought Treble and Shard instead of a powerful character like Symbol because?” For one he’s busy, secondly this has been a crossover that is way overdue and finally there'd be no challenge if I brought a guy like him here.

Roden rolled his eyes and continued facing the trees, studying its patterns and taking in its presence.

“Interesting…”

Meanwhile, Treble continued to look around randomly which his hands in his jackets pockets, nearing a fork in the pathway, although he didn't pay much attention to that, his focus was the trees. ‘I could probably make a song inspired by this place, maybe chillstep or something. Something called Blackwood Forest or whatever sounds good.’

Shard was also approaching the fork in the path from another route, his hand still on the hilt of his sword just in case. He kept scanning the treeline but only made quick glances at the road.

Eventually they both reached the centre of the pathway, with having not payed attention to the path they bumped into each other and fell on their backsides. Shard quickly reached for his katana but stopped as he saw that the person he had bumped into was just another young man. “Oh, sorry, wasn't looking where I was going.” He apologised as he got to his feet.

“It's alright.” Treble reassured as he got to his own feet and looked to Shard.

It took a moment for them to figure it out but they finally asked themselves the question ‘Wait, how is this guy here with me?’

Shard cleared his throat and extended his hand. “Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Shard, a Shard Storm, what's your name?”

Treble smiled and took Shards hand in his and shook. “Treble Clef.”

‘Why do I get the sense that Treble Mix and this guy need to meet?’ Shaking his head Shard smiled and pulled his hand away. “So Treble, you don't seem to be from around here, do you know what this place is?”

Treble shook his head.

"Wait so you don't know how we got here either?"

"Nah." Treble shook his head as he answered.

"Do you know anyone who might know what's going on?" Shard asked as he looked around the dark area that they had been brought to.

"Hack might." Treble answered with a smile before it faded as he remembered they were separated from anyone else. "Oh...right."

"Well we've got to find some way out of here, I got business with a certain Irish drunk that I want to get over with." Shard said dully as he motioned Treble to follow while walking down the gravel path.

"Right." Treble said as he jogged to catch up with the swordsman. 'I don't who this guy is, but for some reason...he seems familiar.'

'When I learned this guys name I thought he'd be like Treble Mix, but...something seems odd about him, like I should know him or something...' Shard thought as he looked to Treble from the corner of his eye.

Behind them, a small figure hid behind a tree, peeking over to look at the pair. Smirking the small figure moved her fingers slightly before snapping them.

Suddenly, Treble and Shard stopped, feeling a sudden rush of energy. As they turned to each other their eyes met. They stared for a moment before growling and throwing a punch at each other's faces. They hit at the same time with the same force and both were thrown down onto their backs.

The small figure just giggled evilly as she watched. “This is going to be fun.”

Author's Notes:

This should be interesting.

Three's A Crowd: The awaited showdown

Both Shard and Treble got to their feet, both with red marks on their cheeks from the force of impact. They just stood still, glaring at each other, their eyes now coloured grey instead of Trebles usual crimson and Shards natural orange. The young figure giggled before snapping her fingers again, sending another wave of energy and anger through the two teens.

Shard was the first to attack, dashing over and nailing Treble in the chest with his shoulder. As the wind was knocked out of his lungs Treble quickly joined his hands above Shard and brought them down on the swordsman's head. Shard gasped and collapsed to the floor.

Treble reached down and grabbed him by the neck before clenching his fist and knocking Shard over the head was great force. He then threw Shard down and kicked his side, causing Shard to cry out in pain before pulling his legs back and kicking Treble in the stomach.

Treble back-pedalled slightly, giving Shard enough time to get to his feet and spin kick his opponent in the side of the head. Treble landed on his side and grunted in pain. He quickly rolled to the side to avoid Shards descending foot. As he got up he threw a punch at the orange haired boy who caught it in his hand. Shard then threw a punch only to have it caught in Trebles hand.

It was now a battle of physical strength. Both side pushed as hard as they could, stretching themselves to their limits. As they pushed their muscles bulged, the sight would have caused either of their lovers to blush furiously. As they pushed they both stared into each other's grey eyes, glaring at the other while clenching their teeth as they continued to put up a fight.

Finally Treble eased up slightly, allowing Shard to push forward thinking he had gained the advantage. However Treble had purposely pulled back, now with Shard pushing him backwards he lowered his hands to Shards torso, grabbed him and used Shards own force against him to lift him up over Trebles head and to be slammed head first into the ground.

Shard quickly placed his hands on the ground to hold himself up long enough to kick Treble right in the jaw, causing both fighters to fall onto their backs. They both propped themselves up with their elbows before returning to their feet.

As they glared they put up their fists and began circling each other. Having had enough of the fight Shard reached behind his back and grabbed the hilt of his katana. He unsheathed the orange and black blade before taking a fighting stance. He took a step before charging Treble blade first.

Having not noticed Treble reaching into his pocket Shard was surprised to see Treble punch the blade to the side with a shiny red brass knuckle. As Shard was immobilised Treble brought his other fist forward and nailed him in the chest. Treble then began to repeatedly strike Shards chest with his brass knuckles while he moved forward, causing Shard to backpedal.

Shard finally got enough air in his lungs to take a swing at Treble with his blade, on.y for it to be blocked by the brass knuckle on Trebles fist. What followed was a repeated process of Shard swinging rapidly swiping at Treble only to have the blow blocked by Treble swinging his fists quickly to counter each attack.

Shard spun around at an incredible speed and hit Treble in the side of the head with the hilt of the blade.

Treble stumbled before regaining his bearings. Both stood, panting heavily, the continued battle wearing them out.

The small figure close by smirked before snapping her fingers again, causing the two to lunge at each other one last time.

However, they stopped as a loud bang rang out and a bullet flew just between the two and hit the side of one of the glass trees, only for the bucket to bounce harmlessly off of the wood. Both fighters looked over to see Roden standing with a desert eagle in his hand while the other remained in his hoodie pocket. “That's quite enough you two.”

Both of their eyes returned to their normal colours after seeing the green fourth wall breaker. They both collapsed to their knees and began rolling around in pain, finally feeling the effect of their wounds.

Roden just stared at the two and rolled his eyes. ‘You just had to make them fight didn't you?’

What're you talking about? I didn't make them do this.

‘Don't joke with me author, I know you're in control of all of this.’

I swear to me I didn't make this happen.

‘...you aren't joking are you?’

Really? What tipped you off genius?

‘If you didn't do this, then who did? ...wait are you letting one of your friends cowrite again?’

Oh hell no, you think I'd let anyone other than Prince_Zodiac touch my stories? No, this was caused by a certain character that just doesn't want to be forgotten.

‘Wait...you don't mean…’

I do, and we won't say who it is for added effect until the end for another annoying cliffhanger that will enrage the readers further.

‘You really hate your readers don't you?’

What? Oh no, I love ‘em to bits, I just really enjoy being a huge troll to them from time to time.

‘By time to time you mean always right?’

Bingo. Oh shit, the narration!

*Ahem!* Roden turned around to see both of the fighters slowly getting to their feet as they groaned in discomfort. Riden pulled up his scarf slightly before moving forward. “Well, since it appears that you two have regained your senses, could either of you explain why you decided to just start beating the life out of each other?” He asked in monotone as he placed the gun back in his pocket.

Shard rubbed the side of his head in discomfort before sighing. “I...I don't know. I just...suddenly felt this surge of energy and rage towards Treble, I don't know why, I couldn't even control myself.”

Roden turned to Treble who nodded at Shards answer. “Interesting, but what happened when you felt the wave? Were you arguing?”

“No, we were just walking and trying to find a way out of here.” Shard answered before slowly praising his head. “Wait a minute...what are you doing here?”

“Apparently making sure you two don't kill each other before your stories end.”

“Oh...great...you're like Treble Mix.” Shard groaned, at the mention of the name Treble turned to Shard and raised a brow.

“Uh...what?”

Before the conversation could start Roden clears his throat, earning the two's attention. “Now if you two are finished moaning about your wounds I think it's about time we find the source behind these surges before they strike again...and I hope it's not who I think it is.”

”Awww, why not Roden?” Roden froze at the sound of a little girl's voice.

“Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me right now…” He mumbled before turning around with Shard and Treble to see a young girl with long straight hair, plain white eyes and an evil smile standing there, all of her body, including her clothes, was grey. Around her there seemed to be glitching pixels in reality.

”After all, it has been so very long since we've seen each other, an entire story reboot to be precise, I did miss you ever so much.”

Roden just glared at the girl. “Um, Roden, who is this girl and why do I get the feeling that she really shouldn't exist?” Shard asked as he grabbed his sword tightly.

”What? He didn't talk about me? The nerve of some people.”

Roden growled slightly as he clenched his fists. “She's someone that should have stayed forgotten, an old enemy that never got any closure…Celia.”

Author's Notes:

If anyone knows who Celia is then congrats, you get a cookie. Yeah I've wanted to get rid of this villain but I didn't just w ant to leave her to rot in a forgotten story, so she's here now.

For those that are hungry for blood there will be a Deathbattle chapter to prove who would win a fight to the death between Shard and Treble.

Fun little fact I wrote this entire chapter while listening to romantic Spanish guitar music.

Three's A Crowd: The fight begins

“Celia? Roden who is this..” Shard took a look into Celia’s eyes has shivered. “...creepy, creepy kid?”

Roden sighed and flipped the safety off of his gun. “She's a villain from a forgotten tale, with the ability to morph reality as she sees fit.” He shook his head and pointed his gun at Celia, only for Shard to stop him from pulling the trigger.

“But she's just a little girl, how can she be that dangerous? She probably doesn't onto how I to use her powers or whatever.”

”I have no age.” Celia Spile, earning everyone's attention. ”I don't even have a home or an identity, Celia was the name given to me by some human I met awhile back that actually showed some level of care towards me.”

“Great...villainous speech about the creepy person's backstory, just what we need.” Shard commented sarcastically, receiving a smack on the back of the head from Treble who turned his attention to the creepy girl before them.

“Continue…” Treble said dryly.

”As I was saying, there was never a place fir me in this multiverse, so I-”

*BLAM!!!*

Celia flew backwards and hit the back of her head against the ground, a large hole on her forehead. Treble looked to Shard who then looked to Roden, his held tightly and the front of the gun seeping a small amount of smoke. “Dick move.” Treble commented while wiping some blood if of his glasses.

“I have to agree. Who interrupts a villain during their speech?” Shard demanded from Roden who turned his head and frowned.

“An actually smart hero. She was right there, she wasn't moving nor was she using any of her powers to absorbing some weird artefact that will make her powerful. She was just standing there with obvious sinister intentions, and she was completely open. How could I not take that chance?” Roden pointed out with slight annoyance.

“...fair point. But still, did you have to kill her?” Shard asked as he watched Treble begin to poke the body with a stick with curiosity.

“Oh she's not dead, she just wants you to think that so you'll turn away and she can stab you in the back, both figuratively…” To prove his point Roden turned his back to Celia and folded his arms, but stepped to the side before a throwing knife could get him in the back. “...and very literally.”

Treble just looked to the recovering Celia with confusion, having not seen her move or even be capable of moving for that matter. ’Why do I always have to deal with creeps like this?’ Treble took a few steps backwards while Celia's head wound disappeared.

”Was that really called for?”

“Considering that you essentially plan on killing us and everyone else we know and love, I'm pretty sure that you had that coming.” Roden stated a she readied his gun again, only for Treble to get in the way and block Rodens view of the girl. “Treble, move out of the way, that isn't a little girl. She's a dangerous blabbering psychopath hell bent on destroying everything.”

Treble just looked confused before he was sent flying into one of the trees, hitting his back hard against the glass bark. Roden and Shard both winced as the sound of the impact echoed out. Treble peeled himself off of the tree and glared at the little girl/demonic spirit.

Celia just laughed and began to float off of the ground, glitches in reality appearing around her as pixels began to form in the air around her. She snapped her fingers and a hand made out of the stone below the gravel grew out of the ground and grabbed Shard by the leg. Before it could begin to drag him under he pulled out his orange and black katana and sliced the hand clean off.

“Ok, that's new!” Shard spun his sword in his hand for a moment while Roden shot a hand that had grabbed onto him, reloading his gun while standing beside Shard who had stopped spinning and took a defensive stance.

Treble mumbled a few things before walking up to the group of heroes while rubbing his back. He reached into his pockets and grabbed his brass knuckles before slipping them on and bashing them together and taking a fighting stance.

”So this is what I have to fight now? A schizophrenic twenty year old, a recolour gender swap of Vinyl and, of course, a red and orange OC that has superhuman abilities. Honestly you'd have been able to actually frighten me if you had brought someone worth while, like the avengers.”

“Wrong franchise.” Roden quipped before planting another bullet in her face. She recovered faster than the last time and smirked.

”Alright, I think we've made enough references and people are probably bored at this point, so let's get down to business!” As she yelled halfway through her sentence she waved her hand over Roden and blew him away with a small wave of pixels.

Before she could continue her attack Treble ran forward and hit Celia up the jaw with his brass knuckle, causing her to stagger. While he did feel uncomfortable fighting so,wine who looked like a little girl, he kept reminding himself of what she really was.

Celia vanished and appeared behind him, she snapped her fingers and multiple arms grew out of the ground and head him in place. ”Sorry Treble, you're a really nice guy but I can't keep this up if you keep hitting me.” She spoke with sarcasm before quickly turning around and nailing Shard in the gut with a gauntlet she had summoned.

She was about to grab Shards blade but Treble had managed to break out of the hands and tackled Celia before holding her down.

The pixels around Celia all formed into a gauntlet shaped hand which she used to punch Treble off of her.

The hand was shattered as Roden fired his gun into the gauntlet before it could hurt Treble who was just beginning to recover. “Sorry but there are a lot of people that would be extremely pissed off if Treble Clef lost to a villian like this.”

Celia shook her head and used her abilities to summon her own gun.

“And yes dear readers, we do know her abilities and other actions are beyond ridiculous."

Treble ran up to Roden with Shard and they all prepared themselves for whatever it is they could ever expect it.

”You fools, you're too late, it's time to drop the doom hammer on you…” Celia paused mid sentence to try and understand what she was saying. ”...the doom hammer of doom...upon you...uh...LETS JUST DANCE BABY!”

Author's Notes:

Hey, if anything doesn't make sense or there's something out of place let me know.

Also, Crash Bandicoot reference in there somewhere

26) A break from the action

Author's Notes:

This chapter is just for a bit of fun and to take a little break from the crossover, I hope you enjoy. Also, this chapter goes into yet another obscure reference

This is the thing it's referencing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR4s4QswGS4

"Well, now that that's taken care of, I'm out, see you later!" Pinkie said before vanishing, leaving Ditzy and Rayleigh very confused. They both slowly turned their heads towards each other with confused expressions, well, as much of an expression that Ray could make at least, he only really has his eyes.

"Miss Doo...do these sorts of things happen regularly around that girl?" Rayleigh asked, his voice uneasy.

"Yeah...they do...most of the time is either funny or convenient...others it's just confusing or scary...this is one of those times." Ditsy replied with exhaustion. "Don't try to understand it Ray, you'll just fry your circuits..." She looked over and saw a few sparks coming from the top of Ray's body. "Oh come on, I literally just warned you!"

"S-Sorry Miss Doo...your warning git to me...a little too late."

Ditzy groaned and rubbed her face with her hands. "Do you need repairs or something?"

"No...self repair systems should take care of it shortly." A few moments later the sparking ceased and Rayleigh blinked a few times. "There we go, good as new!" He said in his usual cheery voice, causing Ditzy to smile adorably.

"Oh, well that's good, because I have no idea his to fix you."

Rayleigh rolled his eyes before looking back at the mirror portal. "Well, I think it's clear that Master Shard will not me emerging anytime soon. I will be heading back to the Storm household, would you like me to escort you home?"

"No thank you Ray, I can get there myself, thanks anyway."

"Alright, but if something does happen to you...Master Shard will kill me for not being there."

"I'll be fine Ray, go home, I'm sure Aquamarine needs your help with housework or Ruby wants someone to spend some time with. I'll see you when Shard gets back from...wherever it is he's went."

"Alright then, what will you be doing then Miss Doo?"

"Eh, I'll just play some video games with some friends."

Later at Ditzy's home

Ditzt sat in her room on the floor with a headset one and a controller in her hands. She was wearing a short white t-shirt and blue shorts, letting her skin breath as she played. She checked her connection and the people in her chat party before joining an online match of Battlefield 4.

(Ok, before we go further I'm just going to say it, I'm not really familiar with Battlefield, I'm just going off of what I've learned from seeing a few playthroughs and watching the YouTube series Battlefield Friends, that is all)

"Alright, is everyone ready?" She asked as the map loaded up.

"I'm ready, although I think Turner left to do something with his dad and Lyra said she was busy, it's just us." Bonbon spoke.

"What? Ah man, oh well, let's just open our squad and see who shows up."

"I already took care of that, there's two guys that just joined us. One top level and one slightly low levelled."

"Meh, that's fine, lets get them in the chat party."

"I sent them invites, they should come on pretty early in the match."

"Alright l still do this."

After the map loaded and the two picked their loadouts, they spawned next to each other with the low level third beside them. He rejected the invite to that party and began to bunny hop away.

"Oh come on!" Ditzy yelled in frustration.

"God damn bunny sniper!"

"It's fine! It's fine. Where's the other guy?" The two looked around until they saw their other squad member by two other guys on their team, with an enemy's body already on the ground. Curious as to how an enemy was killed so early in the match the two walked over to the group where the conversation had just begun.

"H-How're you doing sir?" One of the other players asked the max level player before them.

"Ah, doing good men kill number fifty."

The group looked to each other confused. "But we just started the game-"

"Yeah how about you guys?" We'll just call him Major for now asked.

"Well I just got out of the loadouts menu so..."

One of the players shushed the other to ask Major a question. "Um, just a question sir, how does one get to where you're at? Skill and level wise I mean."

"Prioritise." Major stated simply.

"Prioritise like what?"

"You guys have jobs?" Both nodded. "What about you two?" He added looking to Ditzy and Bonbon, getting nods as well, Bonbon worked part time at a candy story while Ditzy worked part time at a local bakery. "Wrong answers, lose the jobs. Number two, sex, you guys havin some?" He asked the guys first, getting nods in response again, he decided to leave the girls out of this question. "Wroooooonnng, answer. Sex equals minus kills, no sex, plus kills.

"I never looked at it that way..."

"Yeah, well you should."

"H-How much sex do you have sir?"

"None! Battlefield's my pussy. You got a shit bucket?" This question went right over everyone's heads.

"I'm sorry what?"

"Yeah you got a shit bucket?"

Both groups just looked to each other oddly. "No...not sure if I follow here..."

"You go to the bathroom, you aren't playin battlefield. You're shittin in a bucket you're playing Battlefield." Major explained.

"I can't believe we never thought of that..."

Bonbon and Ditzy just looked to each other, slightly grossed out until Bonbon turned to Major. "So you have a pile of shit under you right now?"

"Yes! Man the fuck up guys."

Both Ditzy and Bonbon were silent. Ditzy looked to her phone and saw a message from Bonbon.

Ditch these weirdos and play CoD with Eclipse?

Ditzy smiled and replied. They both left the game to let whatever was going to happen with the guys there happen without them.

Three's A Crowd: Final showdown

Shard swung his sword and sliced one of the pixel gauntlets in half as it was sent his way, causing it to shatter into pieces. Meanwhile Treble was busy smashing other gauntlets that tried to land a hit on him, only to be met with a brass knuckle. Roden stood while firing shots at Celia who kept glitching out of the way of the incoming bullets.

Roden stopped for a moment, narrowed his eyes and waited for Celia to disappear again. Once she did he turned to another spot and fired. Celia appeared in that spot and ended up,with a bullet in her chest, causing her to stagger and fall onto her back while clutching her chest. Roden began to rapidly fire into the girl's body, not giving her the chance to recover until he had to reload his gun.

When he did, he put the pistol in his pocket, grabbed Celia by the hair and swung her around. “Treble! Heads up!”

Treble quickly turned around and nodded, reading his fist. Roden let go of Celia and sent her flying towards Treble who swung his fist forward, striking her right in the face with the force of both his punch and Rodens throw. Time seemed to move in slow motion as his fist collided with Celia's face. As time returned to normal Celia was sent tumbling across the dirt path with a huge fist print on her face. Shard spun around with his blade and destroyed the last two gauntlets before sheathing his blade and walking to Trebles side, Roden doing the same.

Celia covered her face as she began to heal it, placing her free hand on the ground to lift herself up onto her feet again. “Just give up already, we all know how this is going to end.” Shard said while crushing a pixel under his foot.

“He's right, there's only one outcome to this if you continue. Our worlds all need is to keep going, if we keep going all that will happen is you're end.” Roden added.

“Aye…” Treble said uneasily, not fully understanding what Roden was suggesting, but decided to go along with it as he showed similar behaviour to Hack Wonder from his world, only far more mature and self controlled.

Celia shakily got to her feet and glared at the trio. ”Fucking...main characters...think that you're invincible...well let me tell you, even main characters have to die sometime.”

With a snap of her fingers the three were lifted into the air before being thrown towards the trees, their backs colliding with the glass-like wood causing them all to grunt in pain.

”Here I control the story!”

Celia opened her hands and lifted Shard and Roden up into the air before slamming them together. They then began to lose control of their bodies as they began to punch and scrape at themselves.

She summoned two more pixel gauntlets and floated them up to the two before using them to grab the two and start crushing them.

Treble got to his feet and charged Celia, knocking her over and causing her to lose control over the story.

As Roden and Shard fell to the ground now freed from Celia's grip, Roden lifted himself up to see some kind of remote landing beside him. “Is this your doing Pyra?” I've only been able to gain some control again and was able to send in something to finish this fight, give this to Treble, it should destroy her. “Got it.”

Roden grabbed the remote and quickly began running over to Treble who kicked Celia away before she could bring about another gauntlet.

“Treble, take this!” Roden threw the remote to Treble who caught it and looked at it confused, before recognising what it was and looked up, seeing a black dot of something floating miles above the group. He smirked and backed away from Celia who was getting to her feet.

”What're you doing? Why'd you stop?”

“OBC.” Treble said simply while pressing a few buttons on the remote.

”What the hell does that mean?”

As Shard reached the group again Roden smirked under his scarf. “OBC stands for...orbital bass cannon.”

Celia's pupils shrank to mere dots as Treble smirked evilly and placed earmuffs on, Shard and Roden ducking behind trees while covering their ears. “See’ya bitch.”

Treble pressed a button on the remote and the dot above them began to glow red. That dot was a satellite with a very special modification made to it. The front cannon opened up and began to build up energy before sending a huge beam of dubstep and techno music channeled into energy shooting down towards its target, Celia.

She didn't even have time to move as the laser crashed down onto her and slowly broke her body down with the rhythm of the songs which Treble began bobbing his head to.

Once the beam ceased it's barrage of wubs, Treble took off the earmuffs and the others came out of hiding. All that was left of Celia was one single pixel in a small steaming crater in the dirt path which Roden quickly crushed under his foot. “Well gents, I think our work here is done.” Roden stated happily as he dusted himself off.

“I've dealt with a few things to do with the supernatural in my life, but this was by far the weirdest thing I've ever done.” Shard said while rubbing the back of his head.

“Well, it's over now, now it's just a case of getting home.” I'm already on it.

Two portals appeared beside the group, one leading to Shards world while the other led to Trebles. The two main characters turned to each other and shook hands.

“It was nice to fight alongside you Treble, maybe if our worlds stay linked we'll meet again.” Shard said as he smiled.

“Aye.” Treble responded with his own smile. The two brofisted before jumping through their individual portals.

Roden sighed sadly. “Just open up the portal Pyra, I've accepted my fate.”

Are you sure you want this? It doesn't have to be this way.

“I know I'm only a copy of the real Roden Godswell, created simply for a crossover. Once I step through that portal and this crossover ends, I'll cease to be, regardless of whether I live or not the real Rodens story will continue. My path ends here.”

No, it doesn't.

“What do you mean?”

Shards world has its own Roden, so does most other worlds. However, Trebles world doesn't.

Shards portal closed but Trebles remained open. “Are you serious?”

The choice is yours. Another portal opened, revealing Rodens world. I won't decide for you, you can either keep,existing in a new world with new friends, or doom yourself to nonexistence. I leave it up to you.

Roden looked into his portal before looking into Trebles, multiple mixed feelings coursing through his mind as he thought about the decision he was about to make.

Shard landed on the other side of the portal into his world where Ditzy, Rayleigh and for some reason Treble Mix were waiting for him. He just smiled at his friends before turning back towards the portal.

I'm sorry but I've got to do this, I just can't let the moment slip away.

Suddenly Treble ran out of the portal, ran up to Treble Mix and punched him in the face. There is only one Treble and it is mine!

With a final wave Treble jumped back through the portal into his world. Once on the other side he looked back to the mirror, his reflection fading out to show Shards world. They both waved to each other before turning around and walking away.

Suddenly, Roden jumped out of Trebles mirror portal. Treble turned around confused as to why he would be followed into his world. “I can't go back to my own world, so, I'm staying in this one from now on.”

Author's Notes:

There we go, the end of the awaited crossover of Shard and Treble.

If you like Thai story and haven't already then check out Cut Above The Rest to continue on with Trebles story.

Also give Rodens story Dreams of Absolution a read.

27) Precautions

Shard just stood over Treble Mix as he lay on the ground while holding his nose in pain. "Part of me thinks you deserve it."

Treble glared at him as he got to his feet while still holding his nose in one hand. "And why exactly did I deserve it?"

"I dunno, I just feel like you've done something awful before and that this was the universes way of getting even with you." As Shard said this, Treble took an uncomfortable glance at Shards sword and rubbed his neck slightly. He flipped Shard the bird before walking off, leaving the swordsman confused.

As Shard turned around he was immediately tackled to the ground by Ditzy who latched onto his torso, hugging him close. When he landed on his back he took a second to catch his breath before wrapping his arms around her lovingly.

"Well, looks like someone missed me." Ditzy just hugged him tighter as she began to nuzzle into his chest with a soft blush on her face. "Seriously Ditzy, I was only gone for a few hours, we've spent more time apart before."

"But I was so bored and lonely without you here..." Ditzy moaned as she cuddled into him.

"What about Ray and the others? Couldn't they have kept you company?"

"Most of them were busy, and when Bonbon and I tried to play Battlefield together...things got very weird very fast. Just let me hug you!" She only tightened her embrace and snuggled into his chest. Shard rolled his eyes and began gently stroking her hair with his hand. He used his other hand to reach up, pull Ditzy's face closer to his before softly kissing her on the lips. She approved of this and leaned into the kiss, cupping Shards cheek in her hand as she closed her eyes, losing herself in the bliss of the moment.

When Shard pulled away Ditzy moaned in disapproval and put on a pouty face. Shard just smirked and booped her nose teasingly. She glared at him for a second before smirking. She reached back and pinched his rear, causing him to yelp and jump off of the ground in suprise. He took a moment to recompose himself while a huge blush appeared on his face while Ditzy laughed at his reaction. "Seriously?! You had to pull that move?!"

Ditzy just giggled at his outburst. "What? I thought it would be funny, and it was!"

Rayleigh just rolled his three eyes and began floating off down the street to travel to Shards home to leave the couple to their antics.

"Just don't do anything like that without giving me any warning alright?!"

"You know you liked it~"

"Oh mg God just fuck already!" They both heard Vinyl yell from a distance. Both of them looked at each other awkwardly before shaking their heads.

"Nope, we're not there yet." Shard said while trying to rid himself of the huge blush that had formed while Dutzy struggled not to show her own. "Let's just, get...home..." Shard suddenly fell to his knees and grasped his chest while coughing.

"Shard! Your injuries!" Ditzy rushed over to him. "Wait, how were you ok when you were in the portal?"

"I...I don't know...I couldn't feel my wounds...while I was in there. Looks like they're...still there." He managed to get his coughing under control before Ditzy helped him up by pulling one of his arms over her shoulder to help him walk.

"Let's just get you home, I'm sure there's some weird herbs one of your cousins or aunts have sent over that could heal you."

CyCorp

Plas Proto stood with a neutral glare as he watched over Cybes body which was currently sealed inside a capsule filled with light blue liquid with a life support machine hooked up to it. After managing to enter the arena chamber, by using one of their weapons divisions prototype weapons to blast the door off its hinges, the CyCorp medical staff were able to grab Cybe and take his body to the medical sing not long after Ditzy had fallen asleep. Cybe was by no means alive, but he wasn't dead either, he was caught somewhere in between, his body comatose but not in any typical comatose state.

A small screen behind Plas lit up to reveal Soledad. "Is he dead yet?" He merely asked.

"You seem impatient." Plas commented dryly. "Am I to assume that the doors failing was your doing?"

"Oh Plas, you know I could never try to bring harm to another living being, it's in my programming."

Plas narrowed his eyes and turned to the A.I. "Except that you weren't bringing harm to a living being, you were preventing anyone from helping him. You found a loophole and exploited it for your own selfish gain."

"Bravo mister Proto, bravo indeed. It only took you a few seconds to figure it out." Soledad responded sarcastically while playing a slow clapping sound. "Why don't you just let the kid die? Shard pretty much killed him twice now."

"Shards involvement in Cybe losing his limbs is not him killing Cybe." Plas snapped back. "Now go back to your master computer and stay there or I am wiping you out of the system for good!"

Soledad narrowed his eyes slightly. "Will you now?"

"All it takes is one voice command, yeah, we figured out your little plan months ago, had safety measures put in place in case you ever went rogue."

Soledad remained silent, staring into the determined eyes of the scientist before him. "Well aren't you just a clever little boy? If you're that smart then you'll actually wipe me from the system before I can do any of that stuff. Oh wait, you can't..." Soledad vanished from the small screen and entered a much larger screen nearby and glared down at Plas. "...because I have all of the research data of multiple divisions in this building. Peoples lifes work, years upon years of development and experimentation. If I go, all of that goes too! Think about it..." And with that, Soledad switched off to go back to his master computer.

Plas sighed and looked back to Cybe. "Let's hope Shard can bring this asshole down..."

Author's Notes:

Soledad getting into a serious villain role now, I am looking forward to developing this guy

28) Bedridden

"Open wide~" Ditzy sang as she sat on the side of Shards bed with a bowl of soup in one hand and a spoon in the other. Shard lay with a bandage wrapped around his head, a few around his torso and his leg. He groaned as he opened his mouth for Ditzy to feed him. She smiled and put the spoon in his mouth, allowing him to drink the soup on the spoon before taking it out and scooping up some more.

"This is just weird..." Shard said quietly as Rayleigh floated in with a glass filled with a thick light blue liquid.

"Don't feel embarrassed Master Shard, just be glad that it is not your mother doing this. Speaking of which, Mrs Aquamarine has sent up her herbal remedy to help you recover." The robot said while setting the glass on Shards bedside table.

"Moms healing herbs eh? Finally managed to grow a decent batch." Shard said weakly as he took another spoonful of soup.

"Do they actually heal you like in videogames?" Ditzy asked with curiousity.

"Not exactly. They have certain mixtures of different substances that all boost your natural healing, making it more efficient and effective as well as speeding up the process considerably." Shard explained as Ditzy took the glass and he slowy sat up, she held the glass up to his mouth as he began to drink the contents slowly. "Thanks..."

"You're welcome." Ditzy said happily as she set the one empty glass and bowl down. As she was about to get up she felt her phone buzz. "Uh oh, it's my mom, she wants me over at the house for something."

"It's fine Ditzy, you go do whatever it is your mom wants, Ray can take care of me, right bud?"

"With pleasure Master Shard! Do not worry Miss Doo, the young master is in good hands!" Rayleigh spoke with his cheery voice as he gave a quick salute to Ditzy, causing her to giggle and pay his head.

"Thank you Ray, I'll just grab my bag and then I'll head out." She leaned over and gave Shard a quick kiss. "Love you, see you later."

"Love you too Ditzy." Shard said with a smile as he watched his girlfriend walk out of his room. As she left he felt his own phone beginning to buzz. Taking it out of his pocket he saw that it was Octavia calling him. He hit answer and held it up to his ear. "Hello?"

"Shard?"

"Yeah, it's me, what's up Octavia?"

"I was just calling to make sure you're prepared to deal with Mise in a few days."

Shard groaned as he remembered what he would have to do. "I'm a little bit roughed up right now, but I'll be able to make it of its in a few days."

"Roughed up? What happened to you?"

"Tavi, you wouldn't believe me if I told you." Shard groaned a s he held his side.

"Shard, I have watched my best friend battle sirens with a transforming dubstep car, watched my other friends use magic, turn into she-demons and Angels, been attacked by other worldly sentient plants and am friends with Treble Mix. There isn't much that can suprise me."

"Alright, I had a battle to the death with a vengeful cyborg and was sent into another realm of existence to help defeat a living glitch in reality which was destroyed by an orbital bass cannon and met another worlds version of Roden." He said was a bored tone, tired of all the weird shit that was happening to him in the recent weeks.

Octavia remained silent for a few moments to think over what she was told. "Ok, that's a new one...and I do find it hard to believe..."

"Told you."

"Anyway, if you are able to make it then please make sure that you do, please for the love of God make sure Mise doesn't get hurt."

"I'll do my best Octavia. Talk to you later."

"Thank you, see you at school." With that said Octavia hung up and Shard placed his phone on his bedside table.

"Why do I get the feeling that I will gave to deal with a lot more shit with Mise after this?" Shard asked to no one as he lay back in his bed, Rayleigh settling down in a chair beside the bed.

"I don't know sir, but I'm certain that whatever comes your way that involves that Irish gentleman, you'll be able to push through it to become stronger." The Mr Handy unit responded cheerfully.

Shard rolled his eyes and closed them, trying to rest up to let the herbs take effect. A half an hour later he found no hope of falling asleep, so he sat up slowly and looked to his desk where a notebook was placed with multiple sticky notes and page markers sticking out of its sides. "Hey Ray, could you pass me over my notebook?"

"Of course." Rayleigh took the book from the desk with his pincher and placed it in his creators hands. "There you go, looking over your ideas for new upgrades or inventions?"

"Nah, I've already git enough gadgets and such for myself, plus the Swingshot from CyCorp. I'm developing another design, just stop a few more tweaks and I can get to building with the parts I still have." Shard opened up the book and began flicking past pages which contained failed designs for Rayleigh abs a few other gadgets. He then reached the latest page and began adjusting a few of the design choices and rearranging certain things to make the design possible. Soon he was finished and set the notebook down on the bed. "Ray, grab the spare components and my tools from my closet for me please?"

Rayleigh returned with a box full of wires, metals etc and a small tool case.

"Alright, let's get to work." Shard cracked his fingers before lifting out a screwdriver and picking out suitable pieces of the well kept components. As Shard began building Rayleigh saw the name of the project.

'Ditzy's companion.'

Author's Notes:

Hope you enjoyed the chapter

29) Target aquired

Shard sat in his bed with his tools by his side, a box full of parts on the other and his latest project in his grasp as he used a screwdriver to secure the power source of the new robot. "Ray, could you pass me my laptop? I need to get the A.I. coding fixed, I came across a few bugs yesterday."

"Of course, one moment." As the robot went to carry out the request, Shard picked up a few more data chips and moved the personality core to the side to fix the bugged system. He closed a small hatch on the machine which was nearing completion. Now with experience in robotics thanks to his work on Rayleigh, he was able to get through the process of construction at a faster rate, the smaller size of the robot also made it easier for him to build.

After the A.I. systems were finished he would run a few tests before fully activating the small machine, intent on giving it the same properties as Rayleighs self aware systems to give it free will and most importantly, a soul. He didn't want a machine programmed to feel and think, he wanted to make a free thinking living being. How did he do this? Well I'd try to explain but there's already enough crazy and downright ridiculous shit in this story that has driven readers away so I ain't bringing spiritual and otherworldly powers into this.

Rayleigh set the computer down beside his creator and watched closely as he worked on his latest project. "Master Shard, if I may ask you a question, why did you choose this type of robotic companion for Miss Doo? Surely there were much better options with far more use."

"This little one isn't meant for helping Ditzy, it's for keeping her company and for keeping her safe if necessary. Plus, Ditzy loves the game, and it was a safer bet than trying to build a huge robotic A.I. system, as much as I would have wanted I just couldn't make it work anyway. Also, with the types of personalities these robots have, it'll go perfectly with my muffin." That last part slipped out of his mouth, his eyes widening as he realised what he had said.

Shard glared as Rayleigh stifled a laugh. "T-Terribly sorry Master Shard *snicker* it-its just so adorable and funny at the same time I just can't help it!"

"Shut it Ray!"

Two days later

Shard took in a breath as he looked to the white box in his hands. Having finished the robot and the A.I. programmed to develop on its own as the robot learns throughout its life, Shard placed it in a custom made bag flr Ditzy to carry it around in. Rayleigh turned into his ball and Shard placed him in his own custom bag begore throwing the two along with his school bags over his shoulders. He grunted as the weight pressed against some of his remaining bruises. "Master Shard, do you not think it would be a good idea to carry the bags to your car one at a time?" Rayleigh asked while poking an eye out from his bag.

"It's fine...besides...I need the exercise after being in bed for two days straight."

About twenty minutes later, Shard pulled up to see all of his friends standing outside the school ready to meet him with Ditzy. This caused him to smile, knowing that they would wait for him before going into the building. He noticed that Ditzy was wearing a new outfit, one which he liked maybe a little too much, so he slapped himself before any types of thoughts could come about. She was wearing a short green skirt and a light blue top with a small yellow tie, with green shoes and short socks covering her feet.

He shook his head and hot out of the car, lifting the tree bags out of the back seats. As he walked over Ditzy turned around and smiled but felt slightly confused before running up to him. "Shard! What are you doing out of bed?"

"What? You think I'd let a few bruises keep me in bed when I could be spending time with you and the guys?"

"I wouldn't call a few cracked bones a few bruises..." Ditzy muttered.

"I'm mostly healed up anyway, just gotta take it easy and I'll be good as new tomorrow after I go see the CyCorp medical staff about my bones, they're sure to have something that needs testing anyway." He chuckled.

"You aren't seriously going to let a group of scientists test out new medical procedures on you right?" Ditzy asked slightly worried.

"Hell no! I ain't letting anyone mess with this bod, I worked hard to get it where it is and I don't want no 'accidental' mutations. I'm visiting Plas and he's got a team ready to look me over and give me proper care." He reassured her as he smiled. "I only signed up to test gadgets and weaponry, I didn't volunteer to be some scientists medical playground."

Ditzy smiled and cupped his cheek. "Good, I don't need my boyfriend coming home from work with a third arm or eye or something...no offence Ray."

"None taken Miss Doo." Rayleigh responded in his cheery voice as his eye poked out of the bag.

Ditzy chuckled before looking to the white oval shaped backpack that Shard had brought with him. "Hey, what's in that new bag?" She asked curiously.

Shard smirked and set the bags down while holding onto the new one. "Your Rayleigh."

He took the white box and set it on the ground. Ditzy watched it curiously while the group walked up to see what was going on, Rayleigh reaching his arms out of the bag and pulling himself out to watch the activation of his new friend.

The box smoke for a moment before the top opened up suddenly and a baby turret from portal jumped out of the box and onto the ground. "Whee!" It exclaimed as it jumped out and looked up at Ditzy. "Hey."

Ditzy almost squealed as she picked up the baby turret and hugged it close.

Turner shook his head while smiling. "Girls go mad whenever their partners get them a puppy, Shard just gave his girl something from her favourite game in a small, adorable form."

"Kinda jealous of Ditzy, having a caring guy to look after her and treat her like this." Carrot sighed.

"Same..." Lyra and Bonbon groaned while Ditzy began snuggling with her new robot.

Author's Notes:

And there's Ditzy's little robot companion.

If you don't know what a baby turret is like, here's a little video (couldn't find one damn photo of them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUdqYEPFUMY

If anyone has any name suggestions, feel free to state them below (it's a girl btw)

30) Old wounds

Shard shook his head while chuckling as he and the group continued to watch Ditzy cuddle the tiny turret. The little robot was more than happy to be in the embrace of her new master, giving off small cheery beeps. Rayleigh chuckled as well at the new robot, having come outside of his bag to see the new addition be welcomed into the group.

"How do you even make these Shard?" Lyra asked as she poked the turret, getting a small beep in response.

"Learned a lot about robotics and coding while working at CyCorp and books I've read. Rayleigh was a project I had been working on for years to get used to creating robots, so building a smaller one with more experience wasn't that difficult. The coding is a bitch but it's worth it in the end."

Ditzy finally let the robot go and she jumped down to the ground in front of her and looked up to her. "Hi Ditzy. Nice to meet you." It spoke in its adorable voice.

Ditzy got on her knees and smiled at the turret. "Nice to meet you too...um...what's your name?"

"She doesn't have one, I thought you could do the honour of naming her." Shard explained with a small smile.

Ditzy placed a finger to her chin in thought before smiling. "How about Aniese?"

The turret tapped below its eye thoughtfully before nodding. "Sounds great! Yay!"

As Shard was about to speak he was interrupted when Ditzy immediately brought him into a hug. "Thank you! You are the best boyfriend ever!" She planted a kiss on his lips before picking up Aniese and walking into the school. Shard stood frozen in shock, a huge blush appearing on his face, only snapping out of it once Rayleigh hit him in the back of the head.

"Thanks Ray."

"No problem Master Shard."

Time Turner noticed Shards blush and tilted his head. "Don't you kiss her like that? Why are you blushing so hard?"

"Well...if she catches me by surprise I kinda get a red faced..." He answered while rubbing the back of his neck. Turner rolled his eyes while Carrot Top giggled with Lyra and Bonbon.

The group began to walk into the school with the rest of the students, however Shard stayed behind to look around, having a funny feeling that was staring to get on his nerves. He looked around frantically, feeling a familiar presence nearby.

"What the..." Once the front yard was clear he slowly reached for his sword, Rayleigh catching on and readying his saw, claw and flamer. Everything was silent save for the sound of the wind blowing. The feeling faded and he began to relax. "Must have been my imagination..."

"What was it Master Shard?" Rayleigh asked in concern.

"I thought I...never mind, let's just get to class."

After school finished for the day, Shard sat in the middle of a zen garden in one of his families estates, seeking to take his mind off of things while mediating in the gardens. Suddenly, he felt his phone vibrate. Pulling it out he answered the call from one of his overseas relatives. "Hello Cousin Pearl, what's up?"

"Hey Cousin Shard, I'm just calling to talk about that thing you wanted me to bring with me on my trip to America."

"Oh, what time will you be getting here?"

"Actually I can't go, I accidentally told the TSA agent that my underwear was the domb."

"Why the hell would you tell them your underwear was a bomb?!"

"I didn't say A bomb I said THE bomb, now I can't go, but someome showed up as a replacement..." Pearl was remained silent afterwards.

"Pearl? Is everything alright?"

"I'm sorry Shard...I tried to stop him, but I couldn't..."

"Who? Who couldn't you stop?"

"Why don't you turn around and find out?" A rough voice, much like Unlce Qrows from RWBY, spoke from behind him. Shard hung up on Pearl and immediately went for his sword. In an instant he stood up, turned around and blocked the blow of another sword.

Shard looked to the man in front of him, someone he knew all too well. He was an elderly person but still looked young as if he was in his forties. He wore no shirt, showing his muscles and a large scar on his chest. His orange hair overgrown and draping over his back like hedgehog quils, much like his large beard. He wore slightly torn black bottoms with sandals on his feet, his orange eyes staring into Shards. "Great...like I didn't have enough to deal with." Shard pushed his attacker back before spin kicking him in the left side of his face.

The man didn't fall nor slide, he jumped and landed perfectly on one of the large stones in the zen garden. "You honestly think I wouldn't retaliate once you tried to steal my blade?"

Shard growled and took a fighting stance. "You don't deserve that sword! You have done nothing but bring shame to this family, you are not worthy or wielding our ancestors blade."

Lapis walked out of one of the buildings with a tray in her hands and a smile on her face. "Oh dear nephew~ I made you some-" She dropped the tray as soon as she saw the man Shard was stating down. "No...not this..."

Shard growled again before charging the man. They locked swords and began to push against each other. "I can see you've gotten stronger, but it won't be enough, no one in our family has ever once defeated me."

"You are no longer part of this family!" Shard pulled out a second blade and stabbed it into the mans chest, only slight missing the scar. Begore it could sink deeper the man pulled away and held his chest.

"Watashi no orokana himago."

Lapis rushed for her house phone and dialled up Shards father. "Split! Split can you hear me?!"

"I can hear you Lapis, what's going on?"

"Get everyone here now! Your son Shard he...he's fighting Grandpa Shard!"

Author's Notes:

A little bit of info, Shards family reuse names of dead relatives.

Also, this may seek out of the blue, but trust me it's part of the main story and is to develop the Storm family tree and dive deeper into their history.

And yes we are getting to the crap with Mise.

31) Shame

Shard backed away before his opponent could swing his blade at him. Shard then dashed forward and knocked him back with a spin kick before thrusting his sword towards his grandfather, only managing to slightly slash his shoulder. His great grandfather grabbed his arm while he was still in the air and slammed him into the ground before pinning him down with his foot on Shards chest. As he was about to,drive his sword through Shards chest, Shard caught the blade in between his fists and threw his great grandfather off of him before picking up his blade again and jumping backwards to catch his breath.

The older Shard just glared at his descendant and shook his head. "Look at yourself, you don't even embrace your curse to become powerful like I did."

"Oh yes, and how did that play out for you huh? You ignored the warnings and it fed on your memories, you forgot your own son, you forgot your own wife and you forgot how to love!" Shard exclaimed as he kicked a rock up into the air and kicked it midair, shooting it over to the older Shard how merely sliced it in half.

"A small price to pay for great power."

"Do you have any idea how cliché this is right now?!" Shard blocked a blow from his opponents blade and hit him with a headbut. "I have enough shit to deal with without you showing up all of a sudden!"

The older Shard growled and gripped his sword tightly, his hair beginning to flicker like fire. Before the process could be completed Shard charged foreward and stabbed him in the chest, making sure to not have hit any vital areas. His opponent just looked at him in shock. "Have you no honour? You'd strike a man as he tries to fight to his full potential?!"

"Don't you lecture me about honour, I don't want to hear it. Now you have two options. Either leave now and return to your cave in the mountains and never bother my family again or stay here and get the shit beat out of you by me, my father and a good amount of the family. Choose wisely..." Shard warned while sliding his blade out of his corrupt relative.

All he got in response was a foot to the stomache and a sword hilt to the back of the head. He staggered for a moment before sheathing his blades and turning around.

"We're done." He said simply.

"What?"

"I'm done, I'm done fighting you. You aren't worth my time or my effort, and you've tainted that blade so much it has no meaning to me anymore." Shard just began to slowly walk away.

The older Shard growled and charged, only to be thrown to the ground by a newcomer. Shards fatter stood over his grandfather and glared. "We all told you to never return to us."

Shard decided to let his father deal with him, he had had enough excitement for one day and just wanted to relax before getting into the whole Mise situation.

Stewarts store

Shard and Ditzy walked into their favourite store with small smiles in their faces. Stewart jumped over the counter to meet them, brushing himself down and glaring at everyone who would still stare at Ditzy. At least they were only staring, one time a guy had tried to hit on her while Shard was there, big mistake on his part. Ended up with his head shoved inside a tight devil mask and was thrown into a crowd of angry nuns who then tried to purify him.

"Hey, if it's isn't the cutest and only straight couple to walk through my door. What brings you by today?" Stewart greeted with a smile.

"I'm just here to browse a bit, maybe get a copy of some Studio Ghibli movie or get some RWBY merch." Ditzy answered with a soft smile.

"Oh, well you know where everything is so help yourself. What about you Shard?" He asked as they both watched Ditzy walk away.

"I want to talk to you about something."

"Alright, come up to the counter then." Once the two were at the front counter Shard pulled out his phone and showed Stewart a picture.

"You've seen the trailers right?" He asked as he pointed to the picture on his phone, which contained the logo for Sonic Mania and a screenshot of the next 3D Sonic game yet to be given a name.

"Of course I have, what kind of fan of the franchise would I be if I didn't see what could possibly be Somics last chance to redeem himself after...Sonic Boom." Everyone in the room shivered at the mere mention of the awful glitch filled game. "Anyway, what about it?"

"Once you get copies of these in store you need to promise me you'll save me some." Shard answered, almost begging.

"Jesus man, I know you're a huge fan but you don't need to act so desperate."

"Sorry...its just...this could be it you know? These could be the games that finally bring Somic out of his second dark age."

"With the way the fandom is, not likely..." Stewart admitted with shame.

"That's sadly true...the fandom is the most divided and hard to please group on the planet."

"Hey Shard!" They heard Ditzy call from the second floor.

"yeah Ditzy?!"

"Come see this, it's so cool!"

Shard chuckled and put his phone away. "I'll go see what she's so excited about."

"You're a lucky guy you know that?" Shard stopped as he heard Stewart say that. "Not many guys get to have a girl as sweet and loving as Ditzy love them, especially not guys that love the stuff we do." Shard turned around and saw that the other nerds in the stores lower floor had gathered up and looked to him. "All of us, we all can't help but be slightly jealous. So, promise us that you'll take good care of her, hang into her for as long as you can."

Shard smiled and nodded. "I've made this promise about ten times now, but I promise, I'll look after her."

Meanwhile

A girl stood in her room looking out the window in thought. Suddenly, her door opened and a man walked in wearing a butlers uniform. "My lady, your father has requested your presence."

The girl smiled. "I was expecting him to summon me sooner, it is approaching that time after all." She began to walk out of the room before she looked to a picture from on her dresser, of her and a particular teen. "Soon, we will finally be together. Shard."

Author's Notes:

Ok, at this point I'm putting in the storylines I had threw out for this story back in as subplots because why not?! It's my story and I can have a bit of fun with it, although whenever I start having too much fun with a story it ends up being a complete clusterfuck. Oh well.

This isn't the last time we'll see the older Shard, and that sideplot with that girl won't be until after the stiff with Mise.

32) Locked

Shard stood outside of the home of Vinyl and Octavia, which also served as the home of Mise. He was ready to get the situation dealt with and was in no mood for any more distractions or problems. This was something that had been put off for far too long. after knocking on the front door of the split house, Octavia answered the door and smiled thankfully as she saw who it was.

"Thank you for coming Shard, please, come inside." She opened the door for him, receiving a silent nod in response. He walked in, gently brushing past Octavia. Once she had shut the door he turned to her and stood with his arms folded. "Alright, where is he?" He asked, getting straight to the point.

"He's upstairs packing some things. I think it would be better if you waited for him to come back down before talking to him." Octavia suggested with a nervous smile, trying to mask her worry.

Shard picked up on her current state and looked to the stairs. "I think it would be best if I did it now."

"But-"

"He most likely won't really listen or say anything if you are in the room with us, it's better if I do this now to get it over with." Shard interrupted her while placing a finger to her lips. "I promised I'd help him out and keep him safe, let me do that." He removed his finger to allow her to speak once more, only receiving a sigh and a small nod in respect. "Good. Why don't you make some tea? It might help him calm down a little after our chat."

"Alright..." Shard watched as she reluctantly walked to the kitchen before he turned towards the stairs and began waking. He silently walked up the wooden stairs, which was a miracle in its own right with all the metal he carried on him.

Once he reached the top of the stairs be heard Mise in a room to the left of him, sounds of muttering and things being stuffed into a duffle bag. Shard stood outside the door with a stern look on his face, holding his fist just over the door before knocking. "Go away Octavia, I'm not in the mood for another attempt to get me to stay." He heard Mise groan angrily.

"It's not Octavia, it's Shard."

There was a brief moment of silence before he recieved a reply. "Come in."

Nodding Shard grabbed the doorknob and walked into the bedroom, finding clothes scattered around the room and a duffle bag full of various military clothing and other essentials. Mise stood over the bag, unmoving. Shard closed the door behind him and stood with his arms folded, waiting for the man in front of him to speak.

After a few minutes of tense silence Mise stood straight and turned to Shard dead in the eye. "Look, I know you aren't exactly thrilled to be involved with-" Shard put up a hand to silence him.

"That's not my main issue here, yes I'm not exactly happy about who I'll be working with, my main issue is what you plan to do once we get out there." Mise frowned and looked away slightly. "So what exactly is this to you? Burying the past? Revenge? Honour? Or is this just some overly detailed suicide attempt? Because I can tell you that at least two of those things will not be happening, not as long as I'm around."

Mise glared and clenched his fist. "I don't have to bring you, if you're going to stop me then I can just leave you here."

"Hate to break it to ya, but I didn't say yes to help you out. I said yes to help out the girls. The only reason I'm not stopping you from doing a certain few things is because I promised to keep you safe and to bring you back here in one piece, and I will die before I go back on a promise." Shard snapped back, catching Mise off guard. "So get it through your head, I'm locked into this whether either of us like it or not."

"Can you even fight on a battlefield!?"

Shards eyes narrowed abd he quickly pulled out his blade and cut a nearby lamp in half before putting the sword away and throwing a few dollar bills to the suprised Mise. "There, buy yourself a better lamp."

Mise placed the money down and stared at Shard, seeing a flicker in his eyes. "You're battle hungry..."

"Come on, Octavia has made us all tea, you'd best take a break and relax before your stress causes you to break a blood vessel." Shard dismissed as he walked out the door, leaving Mise confused and slightly concerned.

Meanwhile

Ditzy lay on her bed, sleeping soundly as she had decided to take a nap with her new little turret hugged close to her in sleep mode, but still on alert.

She smiled as she fell into a sweet dream about a land filled with muffins and people that respected her. Greeted with smiles from everyone she passed before she began skipping through a field on muffin flowers. Suddenly though, everything became covered in a dense fog. She looked down and saw the muffin flowers were starting to rot away before a silhouette could be seen in the fog. She moved closer and saw what seemed to be a shadowed figure strangling another figure causing her to gasp. The figure slowly turned its head towards her and snarled before leaping at her.

Ditzy woke up in a cold sweat and gasped in suprise. Aniese activated and jumped into defensive mode, scanning the room for danger after sensing her masters sudden awakening. The little robot calmed down and turned to her master in concern.

Ditzy head her chest as she caught her breath. "It's alright Aniese, it was just a bad dream is all..." She sighed before falling back down onto her pillow. "It's just a nightmare..."

Author's Notes:

Sorry if Mise seems a bit out of character, I wanted to take a more stressed and hardened approach to him at this point in the story, at least until it's settled.

Also, that dream big at the end is the start of my entry for a challenge in the PoME group set by Ragga, but still fits into the main story and should make things a little bit interesting.