“Sister did I tell you that this is boring.” I rubbed my eyes in frustration. I just finished listening to a noble talk for five hours about the weather being too warm.

“Yes Luna you did, I think this is the 536th time you said it.” I sighed as I watched the noble walked out of the room just to be replace with a noble female unicorn that wore too much makeup and perfume. All I can smell right now is overpowering flowers.

“If I knew this would what I would be coming back to I would of stayed on the moon.” I glance over to Luna ignoring the noble with her problem. She had a problem with something to do with a street’s name being offensive or something.

“At least you didn’t have to deal with them by yourself, If I send you back to the moon I’m coming with you.” I joked with her. We both chuckled as the mare left and a stallion that was wearing a very expansive suit walked up and bow to us. Before he could start speaking yelling came from behind the main set of doors to the throne room.

“I don’t give a rat’s ass if the day court is in session, I need to talk to the Princesses and if the nobles don’t like it well sucks to be them!”

I blinked at the doors as I saw all the nobles turn to look at the doors as well. Luna leaned over to me.

“That was uncle, what’s he doing here?” She whispered. I shook my head as the doors opened and uncle and Applejack walked into the throne room.

“Alright everypony I have to ask you all to leave the room right now, it would take about five minutes to do.” He smiled at the nobles as they frowned at him.

“And who says that you can asked us that you peasant.” One of them yelled as the rest of them snickered. He just smiled and tilted his head to them.

“Oh you know this.” And he clapped his hands together and felt a wave of magic pass through me. I blinked a few times and saw all the nobles straighten and as one unit all walk out of the room. Even the guards went out as well. Uncle looked backed at us and smiled. “Ahh gotta love a good mind control spell.”

“You know that all mind control spells are now outlawed since two thousand years ago.” I told him. He just shrugged and puts his hand over his chest.

“Well now that I know that I’ll keep that in mind for next.” I heard Luna snicker to herself as I rolled my eyes and got up from my throne and stretched a bit and walked over to my uncle. As I got there with my sister I looked over to Applejack to see her rubbing her arm a bit.

“Applejack are you alright?” I asked her. She jumped a bit and looked at me.

“Oh umm sorry your highness, ah don’t want to be rude to ya just has a lot on my mind.” I knit my eyebrows together and was about to ask her what’s wrong as uncle came up to me and spoke to me is hush tone.

“It’s nothing for you to worry about, she has something to deal with and I’m trying to help as best as I can.” I looked at him for a minute and nodded. He stepped back and looked at both of us.

“Alright I know I didn’t send anything before have but I need to use the ‘you know what’ in the one room with the stuff in it, you know the big round stone thing with runes on it.” It took me a minute to get what he was saying and nodded to him. I went over to the wall by the throne and press a button and a section of the wall lifted up to show a room filled with objects. We all went in and walked in without a word for a few minutes.

“What in Sam hill is all this stuff doing here?” Applejack asked. I chuckled a bit and turn my head to look at her.

“Well my little pony in the past uncle used to collect what he liked to call ‘trinkets’ on his travels across Equestria, and I have to say he collected quite a horde for himself.” Uncle snorted as I said that.

“A horde you say, I remember you and Luna coming into this place and playing with my stuff from time to time.” I turn away to hid my blush. So he knew about us playing with them.

“Ah uhhh see, say isn’t that a stone head over there?”

“Yup it is! I call him George.” I chuckled a bit as we continued on. After a few minutes we all come up to a round stone platform with runes on the sides. Jace walked up to it and rubbed his hands together.

“Alright this will take a moment, hang on for a minute.” Uncle walked up to the platform and got on it began to do some spells.

“Umm princess Celestia ah got to ask, what is this thing and what is Jace doing on it?” Applejack asked me. I looked over to see Luna walked up behind her.

“This is what uncle call a planes gate, it has different names for it but that is what uncle calls it.”

“A planes gate? What in tarnation is a planes gate?” She asked Luna. I watched as the runes began to glow and uncle moved over to the other side of the gate to work on that side. I saw that his eye were glowing blue. I turn to look at my sister and the farmer.

“It’s hard to explain it to you in full detail about it without telling you about the planes, the short version is that there are different worlds or ‘planes’ that connect with one another.” Applejack frowned a bit. She looked over to uncle as he moved a little closer to us.

“So if these planes are different worlds, does that mean there are the worlds like where Jak and Steel are from.” She yelled to him. I frowned open my mouth to speak but Jace yelled back to her.

“Not really different multiverse different rule.” Jace casted a spell that made all runes light up and some rubble began to move. “Damn it all the one part is somewhat broken.”

I shook my head and looked back to the farmer, “Anyway there are different worlds and no other way to cross over to them unless you have means to or you're a planeswalker.” As soon as I said those words I put my hand over my mouth and looked over to Luna and saw her wide eyed and staring at me. I looked back at the farmer and she blinked at me.

“What’s a planeswalker?” I looked over to Luna again and she started cross her hand over her throat, telling me to stop talking. I didn’t know what to say but before I do anything the whole place began to shake and we all watched an archway came together from the rubble. As the last piece place a wormhole opened and uncle walked up to us and looked at Applejack.

“A planeswalker is a mage with a talent with using the 5 manas, and before you asked no Twilight isn’t one of them and I checked since I’m one myself.” Luna and I looked at him shocked. He looked at us and shrugged. “They are going to find out sooner or later so there’s no real point prolonging it.”

Uncle turn around and walked up the gate and a table looking thing came up from the ground. He began to push somethings as the three of us came up beside him.

“Okay I kinda get this whole planes thing,” Jace snorted,” So what here is a planes gate then?”

“You see AJ a planeswalker can go to other planes whenever they want, you see I and any other planeswalker can open a gate to another plane from anywhere they want.” He pushed a few more buttons and pointed at the archway that began to change colour from a blue to a red. “But a long time ago a group of both planeswalkers and others found a way to make gates like this to let normal people or other races to travel to other planes with the need of a planeswalker. Me and a friend of mine built this before I got stoned and sat around doing nothing but count leaves for a thousand years.”

“Then there’s other out there? Why haven’t we seen any of them then?” Me and Luna looked at him for a minute. Why haven’t we asked that question before. Uncle frowned and push the last button.

“Because you don’t want to see what’s out there, there’s things that you don’t want to see.” He walked up to the portal and looked back to us. “Well shall we.”

Applejack moved up to him and they both walked through the gate and it closed behind them. We waited and turned to Luna. “Well I guess we have to return to the throne room and resume the day court.”

“Uggg do we have to, can’t you just let it end and go on doing something else.” I frowned at her and turn to leave the room.

“No we can’t”

Jace PoV
Place: Ddewrder, Plane of Valor.

As soon as I stepped out of the gate the first thing that I saw as a battlefield. Broken weapons and armor laid across as far as I can see. Craters and siege machines are also what I was. To my left I saw trees that dwarf Twilight’s home and to my right what looked like a colosseum looking building. What I heard was wind, some sounds of armor moving and a groan from behind me. I turned to see AJ bent over with an arm holding her stomach and breathing deeply.

“Yeah I should've said that the first time through a gate with do that to you. At least your doing better than most people.” She looked up at me and I saw her look a little green.

“Yeah? What happened t’ ya when you went through for the first time?” I looked away from her and rubbed the back of my head.

“I ahh threw up in a brush the minute I stepped out of the gate.” I heard her laugh and groaned a bit. After a minute of rest we both started to walk away from the gate and towards the trees I saw.

“Where are we if ya don’t mind me asking.” I didn’t looked back to her and hold my cane close to me in my left hand and looked around me as we walked closer to the trees.

“Ddewrder”

“Dde-what now?” I rolled my eyes, and turn my head to her.

“Ddewrder, or the plane of Valor, used to be a place of war and bloodshed.” I turned to look in front of me and raised my left arm and pointed to the Colosseum. “About twenty thousand years ago there was an endless war going, sixty clans were at war with each other for some reason. It was going until about three thousand years later the new heads of the clans grew tired of all the fighting so they made a deal, they will put up their best fighter to fight one another to see who is the better clan but there was a problem, so many of the fighters wanted to fight and bring honor to their clan so they made more challenges for each fighter to prove that they were the best of their clan to fight for their clan.”

“So they fought their family and friends just t’ prove a point, that’s dumb.” I nodded and picked up a mace and shield that looked halfway ok and didn’t break and handed them to her. She looked at me with a frowned. “What are these for?”

“Just in case something jumps us, I doubt that would happen but I don’t want to take any chances.” I turned to continued walking. “So where was I? Oh yes so for about a thousand years they did this and was getting nowhere until a planeswalker showed up.

The planeswalker saw what was going on and decided to stop it and joined into the fight as the sixty one clan and to make a long story short he beat them all and became the ruler of this world and had the Colosseum built and the law of valor was made.” We walked up to the trees and stopped as I took a look around to see if I was going the right way.

“The Law of valor? What’s that?” I shrugged and pulled a water-skin out of my bag and took a sip and handed it to her.

“It’s a law that said that if there a major problem between the clans, both clans with put up a fighter from both sides to duke it out in the ring. But that doesn’t happen often mostly the fights are between gladiators and people make bets on them.”

“Well that’s stupid.” Again I shrugged. We started to walk into the forest and went for ten minutes before AJ talked again.

“What’s with the cane if ya don’t mind me asking.” I stopped and looked at her.

“It’s my cane.” She raised an eyebrow.

“And why do you have it.”

“For reasons.” I turned and started to walk.

We walked for about fifteen minutes until we got to a clearing. I stopped and looked at Applejack.

“Ok I have to ask you to stay here and stay hidden until I say so.” She looked at me and scowled. “ I mean it.”

I turned and started to walk into the clearing. As I walked I let used my magic to enhance my senses a bit and looked around slowly as I moved my hand to my cane. As I near the center I got the feeling that someone or thing was watching me and narrowed my eyes a bit. When I got to the center I heard a rush and three steps coming to my right. I turn and pulled my cane as a flash of steel came out and blocked a blade that was aiming for my neck and I looked at my attacker.

He’s about two inches taller than me and he looked like an albino lion that stood on it’s hind legs, he had a scar over his left eye that was all milky and his right was red. He wore what looked like studded leather armor and welded a short sword. He also smelled like a big cat. I push him off of me and took a swing at him in which he blocked without trying. We went on going for a few minutes slashing, thrusting and parrying but I saw that he was getting bored. I threw a fake overhead strike for a right slash but he predicted it and jumped back and moving quickly forward and kicked me in the stomach which launched me about 3 feet and was on the ground on my back and losing my grip on my cane sword. Before I could get up he was on me with a knife at my throat.

“JACE!” I heard AJ and out of the corner of my eye saw her charging toward us. I put my hand up to get her to wait and stared at the lion's eyes for a few minutes. Then he spoke.

“Your lost your edge there Jace, I could of killed you a few time there.” He said with a low growling voice. I rolled my eyes at him and scowl at him.

“Yeah yeah whatever, you try fighting after you got out from being stone and made a lawn gnome for four thousand years. So what’s the score.” He chuckled at me.

“It’s 64 to 86, my win. You're getting close but still have a way to go to beat me.” I frowned at him and growled at him.

“If I could use my magic I could of won, but we both agree on no magic and no killing each other, anyway can I get up now a rock is poking me in the back.” He snorted a laugh and moved away and extended a paw to me and lifted me up. I brush myself and went to grab my sword and sheath. I went back to see AJ looking at the lion with worry.

“Jace can ya tell me who or what this thing?” I looked at the lion and saw looking at her.

“You better watch your tongue there hours or you’ll lose it.”

“Hey who you calling a hours!” I sighed and moved in front of them to make sure they don’t go at each other's throats.

“Applejack this is Ajaxs, an old friend of mind that saved my live a few times and I saved his. He’s also a planeswalker like me.” I looked over to Ajax. “Ajax this is Applejack or Aj for short, and where she’s from she’s a anthro pony.” He stared at me for a minute.

“That’s a weird name for someone.”

“Hey that’s ma name you oversized cat!” Oh boy here we go.

“Oversized cat! Do you want to die!” Ajax yelled as I saw him reached for his knife. I placed a bubble of magic around him and moved him over away and looked at AJ.

“Applejack it’s best to not to get him angry, he won’t hesitate to kill you if you don’t.” She looked at me and and her face soften a bit.

“Ah’m sorry bout that Jace, I don’t really know what came over me there.” She looked down and frowned. “I really don’t know what came over me, I’m used to be a cool as a cucumber back at home.”

“That’s because you in the plane of valor, it’s filled with red mana and for some reason it affects everyone here and they lose their temper all the time us included.” I heard Ajaxs said as he walked up to us. I frowned at him.

“How did you,” He looked at me and shrugged.

“I learned a few counterspells over the years, so what are you doing here Jace I don’t think you're the type for the Colosseum fights.”

“Well I came here looking for you I have a job for you.” He raised an eyebrow at me and crossed his arms.

“Oh and what is that if I may ask.”

“Well after I got out of my stone prison I saw that the guards have gotten, soft so I was wondering if you can come over to train them.” He looked at me and frowned then looked away from me.

“No.” I blinked at him.

“What do you mean ‘no’.”

“It’s what it sounds like, no I’m not going to go and train soldiers that probably haven’t seen a battle in their lives.” I keeped a straight face at him but I had to agree with him. I don’t think they seen a fight before. Applejack was going to say something but I raised my arm to stop her and winked at her.

“I understand Ajaxs I’m not going to beg for your help.” He snorted at me as I turn to AJ.

“Good because if you started to beg I woulda-”

“I guess that it’s too much for you to handle, training soldiers to fight and stuff.” I grinned at Applejack.

“What did you say.” I could feel the anger in his voice.

“Like I said it’s too much for you to handle and I’m not going to force you to do it. Well then Applejack I think we should go to the Colosseum to see if we can find someone there that can do it.” As soon as the last work came out I was wiped around and was facing a pissed of Ajaxs.

“Those men don’t know how to fight or see what I have seen.” I blinked at him and smiled.

“So I guess you’ll do it?” I raised my hand up and he grabbed it and almost broke my it.

“You got yourself a deal.” He let go of my hand and I broke into a big toothy smile.

“Great! I knew that you would.” He looked at me and blinked a few times as he replayed what just happened in his head.

“You planned this didn’t you.” I just smiled at him.

“I have no idea what you're talking about.” I turn and started to walk back to the gate with a grin on my face.

“Why you little, if I didn’t agree to the deal I would rip your throat out!” I waved him off and I still walked on.

“Yeah yeah sure you would now come on we got one stop to do until we get back.”

Applejack PoV

The three of us walked back to the gate thing as Jace walked in front of me and the big cat monster named Ajaxs walked beside me. I keeped hold on my mace and shield and was a foot away from him and glanced his way a few times during the walk. I heard him grumbled a bit at what Jace got him into.

“Do you have a question for me or you like to stare at me.” I jumped when he asked me that I almost dropped the mace.

“Ah ummm didn’t mean to, it just ah never seen anything like ya.” He turns her head to me and stared at me for a minute then nodded.

“Well I have to say that I haven’t seen anything like you before but after traveling from plane to plane you seen a lot of strange monsters and creatures and I get the feeling that I’m going to meet a lot of your kind.” I nodded and looked back at Jace as we got up to the gate. He was pushing buttons and looking at a notebook from time to time.

“Hey can ah asked you a question.” Ajaxs looked at me and I stared at him.

“Go ahead.”I looked over to jace again and saw him throw the books down and scratch his head and picked it back up again.

“How much do you know and trust Jace.” He looked at Jace and scratched his mane.

“Well I know him a bit since we traveled together and I can tell you that he’s a wise ass bastard that is about as crazy as a group of goblins, maybe more so.” I frowned a bit and looked at Jace. I remember what happened on the train to Canterlot.

“Ah see, so what about trusting him.” He looked at me with both of his eyes that made me jump.

“Well, I trust him with my life and then some.” I looked at him as he continued. “Other than the fact he’s a bastard he’s the most loyal friend I have, he would do anything to help anyone out even if it would get him killed. One time I got thrown into a prison that was said that no one can escape and you know what he did.” I shook my head as he snorted and smiled at Jace as he looked at the notebook and flipped it upside down. “He blown open the front doors of the place and tore the place down. So he may be crazy and a bastard but I trust him with my life and I will never think otherwise.”

I nodded and looked down and got lost in my thoughts. ‘He figured out my secret in a day that I keeped from my friends and to Applebloom for her entire life, he said that he want’s to help with this.

I snapped out of my thought as I heard Jace yell in triumph as the gate opened and it looked more silver coloured. He looked at us with a big grin.

“Alright it’s open, time to head out.” I started to walk up and looked to see Ajax not moving.

“Where are you going?” He asked him.

“Scintillula” Ajaxs looked at him and crossed his arms.

“The plane of Crystals? Why are we going there?” Jace looked at him and rolled his eyes.

“You remember Sylph.” Ajax raised an eyebrow at him.

“Yeah, she’s a bit of an airhead sometimes and alway,” He rolled his paw a bit, trying to get the right word. “Happy.”

“Well I was talking to her and she’s coming with us to AJ’s world.” He walked up to the gate and looked back to us, “Well come on we’re burning daylight.”

And with that he walk through. I heard Ajax sighed and watch him walk forward. I heard him grumble a bit as he went through and I followed behind.

Jace PoV
Place: Scintillula, Plane of Crystals

I waited for the two of them to get out of the portal before I took a good look at the place. I have to say it lived up to it’s name. The whole place was made out of, well crystals. It looked like we were in the middle of a canon of crystals. It looked beautiful and again I wished I have a camera.

“Wow I never thought I would see something like this in my life.” I turned to see AJ walked up to a crystal wall and knock at it. “It’s really made out of crystal.”

I nodded and turned to start walking. A minute later I turned to see Ajaxs looking around with a worried look. “You alright there Ajaxs, you look like there something going to jump at you.”

“It’s not that it’s,” He looks up the crystal wall, “How do you know this place is safe?”

“Ajax why do ya say that?” Applejack said to him. He shook his head and looked at her.

“Do you know what would happen if a large crystal falls on you, I do I’ve seen it happen.” Applejack began to look worried and looked at me. I just rolled my eyes.

“Come on Ajaxs don’t be a scaredy cat, what’s going to happen.” It seems that the universe was listening to me because a huge chunk of crystal came down and landed on the planes gate, destroying it completely. We all blinked at it and both Ajaxs and Applejack looked at me.

“Well shit.”

Author's Notes:

This is why you should never mess with the universe...

See you all in the next chapter.