Well I just saw the season 3 premiere... and it was better than I ever expected! Also Twilight showed herself to be the best pony! (Even though Spike was the one to deliver the crystal heart.) I still think she was the greatest of all ponies! Well not exactly... but whatever. Also King Sombra was pretty intense. I think we just found Dustin's greatest enemy people. Shadow vs Shadow. That is where this chapter will probably end up.

"*GASP!* Oh...*cough cough cough* Ugh...my head..." I put my hand to my face to wipe the dirt from my vision.
[Are you okay?]
"No..."
<What did you break?>
"My ribs... all of them..." I realized right then, and right now, that I wasn't in my bed. No... and far from it. And that rainbow thing that slammed into me... someone tried to kill me and it was no accident.

When I stood up, I felt a sharp pain into my chest. then I get a good look at my surroundings and smell smoke. Their was a fire near me. I was on fire!

"Oh dammit!" I started to shriek in pain and panic when I got enough sense to roll my leg on the ground and put the fire out. It was the only part of me that was injured. Well my hands got burned as well, but the pain was so intense I couldn't think right. I looked down at my calf and had a sudden nightmare...

I remember this one time from very long ago, when this worker, some random man I had never met, got dragged into my house. The doctor refused to help him and claimed that the man would die. My family said they would help him (my mom's a doctor) and they tried to save him. I saw his leg, the black charred flesh and the bone showing, and I was immediately disturbed by it. It made me sick.

So when I lay here, on the ground in a place I am not familiar with, and my leg's all burnt up, I start to feel uncomfortable. I was scared that my leg would have been just like the guy's who died in my house. I didn't want that to happen.

[Why are you still waiting here?]
<Dustin! Fire! Go man go!>

I saw my leg and I felt my stomach churn. It was red, and inflamed. Far worse than a 3rd degree burn. The blisters that showed on my hands after I pulled them off my leg caused me to lose my lunch. But it was salvageable. I wouldn't die from this if I got attention right now. I hate burns. I always had. Even the smallest burn would annoy me more than anything. I just have always hated it.

I looked around to see where the fire had started, and it was surrounding me so it was hard to tell. Except for one spot, where the fire seemed to open up in a path. The inhabitants were burning me out of the woods. It's the most original method but it is very, very effective. So I hobble through the fire and flames, and as I did, I noticed I was holding a strange guitar.

"What's this?"
[The Clementine. She'll be our best friend for the rest of our lives.]
<Basically, it's a shape-shifting weapon.>
"Sounds effective."
[You might want to touch your back as well.]
"What the hell is on...my......What the hell is on my back!"
<You're wings!>
"Wings?!"
<You have royal blood... it's just been... awakened when you came to this magical world.>
"Magical world?"
[This is Equestria. Everything about this planet breaths life and magic.]
"Huh...amazing!"

I played with my wings and guitar as I walked towards the exit. I changed the guitar into a scythe, sword, hammer, a bow, whatever I wanted. I could even do guns! But I had best not start a war. I am in no condition to fight, let alone walk. I also decided to start talking inside my head so no one would think I'm crazy. Also the wings kinda protected me against the cold. I wonder what Twilight would say if she saw me? Oh well... I owe it to these two... little mes for saving me.

(I never asked you this. What are your names?)
<Alpha.>
[I'm Beta.]
(Well...Alpha and Beta, thanks for saving me I guess.)
<Welcome.>
[Prepare yourself, we're nearing the exit.]

I walked outside of the trees to see that I was being lead by a small group of cartoon ponies. I wanted to not believe in what I saw... I actually wanted to smack myself stupid for thinking I was seeing things! But instead, I played along with what they said.

"Wow, it's so cool!" the pink one said jumping around me.

"I thought you said he was dangerous." the purple unicorn asked the rainbow pegasus. "Why did you make me burn him out of the forest?!"

"He is...I think."

"You think? So what if he wasn't? You just knocked this poor guy into the woods Rainbow! We almost lit him on fire!" the orange cow-pony said. By this time, my headache had worsened. I tried to walk away but I had no more strength inside me. As I hobbled, I felt the guitar fall out of my hand and my legs quit working. Quickly I fell, and this time I couldn't get back up. I had blacked out again.

Meanwhile... at Earth...

I laid on the bed, continuing to cry and pour my sorrows into my pillow.

"Twilight, you in there?"

"No! Go away!" I shouted pulling my blanket over me.

"Come on Twilight! It's been 4 days! I'm sure he's fine..."

"What if he's not?" I asked him. Spike walked in the door and ran to my side, pulling the blanket away from me and picking me up. "Hey! Let me down Spike! Please!"

"No! You'll just go back to bed!"

"But-"

"Listen Twilight, you know Dustin would never run away. Now you need to get over it and start finding him. Laying in bed and crying all day while stuffing your face with TV dinners will not fix that problem!"

"...*sniff* It won't?"

"NO!" I jumped when he said that. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shout... but dammit Twilight, listen to yourself!"

"I need to find him... no matter what it costs."

"I can help." said someone knocking at the door. The man entered, and appeared to be extremely tall, with white hair, and a fang. Not two fangs, but I mean just one big fang. "Call me Q..."

In the future...

"Answer me right now Frost." I asked the queen who I had chained up to a table. "Who are you working for?"

"You already know!"

"Frost... do you really want to piss me off?" I asked as I opened a bottle of whiskey and poured it around her and on the torches. I held a matchbox in her face, giving her the message that I'd burn her alive just for the ironic feeling.

"I'm working for King Sombra!"

"Sombra? Never thought I'd hear that name again..."
[I hated that prick.]
<We all did. How long ago was it since we fought him?>
"30 years. It was the Equestrian Incident, remember?"

Back to Dustin...

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" I cried as I woke back up from my nightmare. It was intense and horrifying. I dreamed about my world... and everyone I loved dying. Not only that... but I think I was the murderer. Not my typical murder one annoying brat cream, but instead it was everybody.

"You scared the livin' daylights out of me!" The orange cow-pony said beside me. I was drenched in sweat and yet freezing in an awkward moment. I looked down to see I was chained and being watched by guards behind me. So I realized that I was stuck here, and would probably do everything I'm asked to do so I can leave quicker. "You can talk to me pardner."

"Or me instead of her."

"She didn't try to kill me..." I said pointing to Applejack. "Soo... I'll take my chances with her."

The other girls giggled, until just then a black figure opened the door! The light behind him was grey and thunderbolts fell from the sky and lit up the sky behind him. He walked in and closed the door to pull his hood off...

"Whoo! That's a pretty bad storm out there!" he said taking off the coat. He was a black pony, with silver cat eyes (exactly like mine, which change color due to my surroundings), brown spiky hair, and he instantly hugged and kissed the purple unicorn. If I didn't know any better... I'd say he was just like me. "...Hey Twilight..." he asked her. "What's...um...what's this?" he said pointing at me.

"Oh my apologies Mr...?"

"Shafer. Dustin Shafer, but you can call me whatever you want." I had better not risk causing a commotion.

"Well Mr. Shafer, my name is John Smith. I'm a human from the planet Earth. You see-" I started to go through the entire story... *sigh* AGAIN!

Meanwhile with Twilight...

"So you're telling me that you can help me?" I asked Q.

"That's exactly what I'm saying. You're a smart girl Twilight."

"But you don't want anything in return?"

"Nope. Nothing."

"...It's obviously a trap Twilight." Spike said beside me.

"Shh!" I said putting my finger over his mouth. "Dustin could seriously be in trouble!"

"Oh he is, I know it in my guy..."

Back with Dustin

I had just explained the story. Everything that I had just happened to me as well.

"Well jeez...I'm really sorry for before." Rainbow said.

"It's cool."

"So it's our fault that you're here?" Applejack asked. "Boy I feel mighty bad about that."

"What do you mean?"

"We had just banished Discord from Equestria." said a voice from behind me. I turned to see a large white figure with a horn and wings standing with the guards. 'Celestia' I thought in my head. So here I was, on a couch, in a library of sorts, tied up and shackled, and was about to talk to, without a doubt, one of the strongest people in existence. One bad move and then boom... I'm dead. "I'm afraid he took it out on you and your planet 'John Smith.' Did you honestly think I wouldn't recognize you?" she asked.

"Celestia? Well you're looking good for a princess."

"And what am I in the world you come from Dustin Shafer?" she asked making the others gasp except for the pony version of me, who just chuckled silently.

"You're my principle. At the school I go to. Celestia's Border School for Magic! Doesn't that have a nice ring to it?"

"I own a school here for the most gifted of unicorns!"

"Where I come from, everyone has magic inside them. Only about 8% of the total world population know how to use it though."

"Why is that?"

"People see magic as a curse and a weapon, so others want to control that weapon and others want to destroy it before it can hurt them. We... the magic users... see the world differently. Everyday is a fight for survival... and you're school is the only way we'll learn how to blend in."

"That sounds horrifying!" Twilight said.

"Actually it's kinda fun... unless your me who is hated by the rest of the world for another reason. Most other humans don't have tails or animal traits. Those who do are rare descendants from a time before. I don't want to go into anymore detail..." I said making eye contact with Twilight. "NO QUESTIONS." I say very clearly to make her sparkling eyes go away. "Actually that's ironic... I have a question."

"Yes?" Luna asked me coming out of nowhere.

"Why am I shackled up?"

"Because your dangerous."

"Weren't the ropes enough?" Fluttershy asked the other Dustin.

"No... because he cut them when he was 'sleeping'. Very clever other me." he said pulling the ropes off my arms. He was right. I did cut them silently and quietly. Now the others were getting suspicious of me and the tension only grew worse.

"So it was right of me to try and kill him!" Rainbow said, and I think accidentally. She must've been holding that in for a while, waiting for the right time to say it. Well she got it out in the open, causing everyone around me to argue. Even the princesses, and even the guards. While this happened, I got on the floor and moved across the library like a caterpillar.

(I'm leaving like a boss!)
<It's more like a demented caterpillar.>
[It's better than the Human Centipede.]
<Oh god dammit Beta.>
[Hahahaha!]
<As if it wasn't bad enough already!>

I moved onto my butt and drew out one of my claws, which I picked open the shackles with. I don't think I would ever make it far in life without my literally indestructible claws. I moved the metal cuffs, which weighed at least 40 pounds each by the way, to the side and watched them continue to fight and argue. I was bored so I opened a window and stared out of it. Seeing the town inhabited with ponies was a sight worth seeing.

I don't think I've ever seen a happier sight in my life. Everyone knew and cared for each other. They would all leave their houses, get together outside, and hang out as a group, kinda like the ones in the library with me. If only my Twilight was here. She'd make this scene so much better. I'd be a lot happier as well...

"What's he doing?!" Rainbow shouted at me. "So you're trying to make a run for it huh?" she asked.

"Nah." I said sitting back in the chair I pulled up and stretching my back. "If I wanted to run, I would've done it a while back now."

"Oh yeah?!"

"...Yes."

"Oh I'm sure that's what you would have done."

"Is she always like this?" I asked the others.

"Always like what?" she demanded.

"You take everything as a threat! I just wanted to look outside, I didn't know that was a big issue with 'RAINBOW DASH'. If your obviously so much more important, then why do you care about what I do?"

"...That's not the point!"

"And then she changes the topic..."

"What did you say?!" I stared at her with my left eye, not losing concentration with my stare. I was fed up with her right about now. "Oh...right." I made the motion with my hand for her to go back in the room and talk with the others. I let them talk amongst themselves as I saw a large white unicorn running as fast as he could for the library. I knew he was serious because he had an eyepatch.

"Twilly!" he shouted bursting through the door. "We've just received word that you have a strange and dangerous creature here!" he said right beside me. He didn't even bother to look at me. But I did recognize him as Shining Armor.

"Hey." I said.

"Shh... I'm busy." he said holding his hoof out in my face. I looked over at Cadence in the doorway who just shrugged her shoulders and we both looked at him.

"He's got a cool eyepatch." I told her.

"Griffon attack."

"Ah... that explains it. How long will this take?"

"A few minutes." I sighed when she said that and leaned back in my chair. I felt down to my leg to find the medicine stained bandage that wrapped around my burn wound. I also noticed the Clementine by the door. So I grabbed the guitar and placed my ear against it as Shining and the others argued.

I heard a low strumming noise. I wasn't play the guitar. No it was alive! It was a noise I had known since I was born! It was my heartbeat! Anamorphic heart rhythms are different than the average human. Mine is that of a low guitar strum. It's how I balance myself. I listen to my heartbeat and use it to pace myself through almost all everyday activities.

(Hello Clementine.) I say as the hum makes a louder sound, as if it's talking back to me. No one else heard it. (So...you have a mind of your own?) It makes no noise. (Or are you me?) The strumming picks back up. (Alpha, Beta, how am I suppose to know what to change Clementine into?)
<What do you mean?>
(I mean... What if I'm in a situation and I don't know what to turn the guitar into.)
[Then ask her to choose what's best!]
(Did you hear that?) She responded with a much louder strum. (Good girl...)

I opened my eyes to see the ponies still yelling at each other. A good 8 minutes has gone by... and I'm tired and cold. I would play the guitar, but I didn't feel like it. So I went back to looking out the window! Then I saw a strange portal open up in the sky... I think I recognized it. When I was free-falling! I saw the same dark portal! Damn!

Twilight's POV

"*gasp* No wait!" I cried out when I woke up. "Spike?" I asked the figure beside me. I got a closer look and saw it was Dustin. I instantly started to cry. "Oh Dustin! Where did you go?" I cried into his chest.

"Shh... hey, It's gonna be okay Twilight. I just need you to stay quiet and pay attention."

"Where are we?"

"A magic world inhabited by ponies." he said seriously. He was wearing his favorite black denim vest and a sweater underneath. "Thanks for bringing me clothes Twilight!" he said hugging me tightly. "I've been forced to wear nothing but bandages and pajamas for the past several hours."

"You're welcome sw-... wait... hours?"

"I've been in this world for about...Mm...4 or 5 hours now, telling by the position of the sun."

"Dustin you've been gone for 4 days!"

"...What? No I haven't!"

"Yes! *sniff* Why did you leave?"

"Oh hey... shh shh shh... please don't cry."

"But I...you...*hic*" I felt my voice leaving and was unable to talk. He pulled me in for a hug.

"I am so sorry Twilight. I didn't know. I didn't want to leave you." I continued to cry in his arms, feeling unable to do anything else. I was afraid to do something else. What if I lost him again? "But don't cry. We're back together again. And you're safe. That's all that matters to me."

"*sniff* Really?"

"Twilight, do I care about anything other than you?"

"...Well...No...But you could!"

"But nothing makes me as happy as you do!" this brought a smile and blush to my face. "Ah... there it is. There's the smile I needed to see!" he said poking me on the nose gently. I moved up to kiss him, but realized that I was still weak and accidentally pulled him down on top of me. "Um...Twilight?"

"I'm sorry!" All the blood went straight to my blush as I turned my head from him.

"We're still in the woods."

"Woods?"

"I ran out here, saved you, and now I'm gonna take you back to the library." He picked me up and both of the backpacks that I packed. I was still feeling lightheaded so I closed my eyes. The entire time.

Dustin's POV

My prayers had been answered! Twilight's safe, sound, and she's hear with me! Sure I had to carry her on my back... and her backpacks which weighed a good 30 pounds each, but ever since the whole 'royal blood awakening' as the little mes put it, I've been so much faster and stronger.

(Speaking of which...what did you two mean when my royal blood awakened? I have anamorphic blood! I'm not a king!)
<No no no, every one else has regular anamorphic blood. You're obviously different.>
(Explain please.)
[It's Twilight's destiny to become Queen. You have the blood, the power, and the skills to get her there!]
(But that only happens when-! When I marry her?!)
[That's right.]
<She'll get the wings, and the blood, and the everything!>
(The everything?)
<As in you fill in the blanks dude.)

Well this sent a feeling of pure delight to my brain. I was so happy to know that I'd play such a huge part in Twilight's future! She actually needed me and it was written in the timeline that we be together. There is no greater feeling than the one I am experiencing right now. However... well... I'm not sure how people would react to that. Their queen and king... anamorphic beings... who wants that kind of person in power? No one in their right mind would... or maybe I'm just thinking of the dark side of life.

Meanwhile in the future...

I was opening the capsule I had delivered to me by a guard. I put on my goggles and work gloves as I played with a dark piece of magical jewelry. It was a large steel necklace with a red diamond inside it. This was from the battle with Trixie and when Sombra possessed her.

I looked over to the sleeping Ice Queen in the jail cell. Should I do an experiment or should I just stop and think to myself for a moment. Hmm... I'm done thinking.

"Hey Frost." I said knocking on the wall. "Got you a present."

"What is it?" she asked as she walked closer to me. I slapped it on her throat and watched the metal shift around her neck. She fell down screaming as red lightning shot out of the necklace. She twitched and screamed as she was slowly possessed. I reached over and ripped it off, leaving her breathing heavily. "What did you do to me?"

"This...was what King Sombra would've done to you Frost. He would have possessed you. Made you his mindless slave. And you were willing to accept that. Do you see the damage that you would've brought?"

"Oh no! I'm so scared!"...Okay. That was pure sarcasm. Only one thing to do. I quickly threw the necklace back on her neck and watched her fall down screaming again.

[This is gonna be awhile.]
<Yep.>
(I'm in the mood for hot chocolate. Anybody else want some?)
[<WE DO WE DO!>]

I walked out of the prison knowing that Sombra couldn't possess Frost. I killed him long ago. It was just... a very painful torture, that necklace. I had to remember what happened that day...Let's see... I remember being in Equestria for a little over 2 months. Which was the equivalent of 2 years on Earth. I'm trying to remember how I killed Sombra... but I can't put my tongue on it...

The past... 2 month later however...

"Twilight?" I asked as I walked out of the library.
[Where did she go?]
<I'm too tired to deal with this.>
"Twilight what's wrong?"

"I'm just thinking Dustin."

"What's wrong?"

"We've been here for 2 months now!"

"Yes we have. Or at least last time I check we did."

"Dustin, I can't help but think. You were gone for 4 hours here, and you were gone for 4 days in Earth time!"

"What are you saying?"

"How long in Earth years have we been here?"

"I don't want to think about that." I said pulling a jacket over her. She left in a hurry. "It's cold out here Twilight."

"You don't have to look out for me every minute of the day." I know what's wrong with her. I'm not going to say however, for she would take her menstrual anger out on me. I can smell the blood either way, so that's how I know it's the 'time of the month.' I let her walk off into town. Twilight knows her way around here better than me. We've become a part of this small town. So... we might not even want to go back to Earth.

"Hey mister!" the Cutie-Mark Crusaders said to me.

"Oh hey kids. What can I do you for?"

"We've been wandering..." Is this my chance to finally open myself to these kids who enjoy hearing people's back stories? Wow! I feel amazing right now! "Do you know where the others are?" By others, they mean the other Twilight and Applejack... the ponies alright?

"*sigh* In there." I said putting my thumb on my shoulder pointing to Pinkie's place. I pulled my scarf over my nose and walked away from town to go on a walk. I thought to myself as I walked towards the end of the road. It was a cliff which showed off the sunset beautifully. I sat on a stump and strummed on my guitar silently as I talked to Alpha and Beta.

(Hey guys, is their a way to get back home?)
[You want to go back?]
(Yes. I'm getting worried now. Twilight's paranoia has finally gotten to me.)
<She has a reason to be. That madman Discord who tricked her to coming here is probably trying to conquer the world right about now, right?>
(...Why do I keep forgetting these details?!)

"Because you're a fool Dustin Shafer." I turned to see Princess Celestia.

"You scared me Tia. I honestly thought you were Discord for a second who came to finish me off."

"You'd know if it was him or not."

"True. What may I do for you Princess?"

"Nothing my future King."

"I hate how you read minds."

"Only the ones I'm interested in."

"Still... what's wrong?"

"I have received a message that I figured you and Twilight could use to get back home."

"Really?"

"Yes. The Crystal Empire has returned."

Future Dustin...

Yeah I'm starting to remember now. Celestia came up to me and was all, "You're a fool Dustin! Oh hey! Would you like to go home?" I said battering my eyelashes like a princess should do. No instead she gave me that stare! That 'Pay attention to what I have to say' stare! I mean Fluttershy is the stare master, so it wasn't that bad... but still I have expectations too!

[No you expected her to pop up to you in a maid's outfit!]
(Hehehe... Celestia had the biggest boobs...)
<You're drooling.>
[Didn't she do a Playboy shoot?]
(No she did a damn Maxim coverage.)
[Such a shame...]
<Dustin! Focus! Sombra!>
(Twilight didn't mind putting on a maid outfit though.)
[She didn't mind jumping on your d-]
<GUYS GODDAMMIT!>
(...Relax asshole.)

So as I was thinking... Celestia came up to me on my spare time. I remember going to that frozen wasteland... running in the blizzard from the King... being in the village... talking to the others. I actually spaced out during a majority of it. I mean honestly... whose idea was it to make ponies out of crystals? Bah! I don't care... because we had a similar situation here.

Past Dustin...

"Huh..." I said to myself as I stood in the Crystal Library. Both Twilight's were standing and swinging in circles looking around the library. I don't even know what's going on other than the fact that we ran away from that giant shadow king like a bunch of pussies. Well Shining stayed behind and then he had his ass handed to him! I would've one though. Did anybody ask the shadow user about how to stop the giant shadow? Noooo! Instead it was all, 'Get moving you idiot!'

I walked around the streets of the Crystal Empire, doing what the others asked by finding out some intelligence. Sadly, every single person was a depressed, in-emotional asshole. I hadn't felt this bad since the time I got fired from my directing job...

Flashback...

"What are you doing?" Niko asked walking the stadium as I video taped that Bieber kid.

"I'm doing my job. All I get is this one camera, I brake it and get fired, but that's the only rule!"

"No, I mean why are you helping this faggot?"

"Fag?"

"Yeah! That guy!"

"Guy? I'm helping a young lesbian fulfill her dreams!"

"Yeah, a faggot."

"A faggot is a bundle of sticks!"

"Dustin..."

"What?"

"That's a young boy. Justin. His name is Justin." I sat perfectly still in my chair, and dropped the camera shattering it like glass.

"You're fired!" the director shouted from the chair beside me. I didn't move a single muscle, but Niko picked me up and took me home.

End of Flashback...

"Ugh..." I felt my body shake and shiver by the thought of that kid. I yawned as I talked to another pony who was pointing to the main tower.

"Their is something missing... but what?" she asked.

"Oh my god..." I put my hands to my face. "The crystal heart! The only heart! Do you not remember it?"

"I don't want to remember it. Sombra won't allow us."

"I...*huff* I don't know what to do! I'm losing my mind over this!"

"What kind of pony are you?" she asked.

"I swear to god if I have to answer that question one more fucking time... I'm not a pony!" she turned and ran away. "Oh...dammit. Way to go Dustin."
[Don't worry! There are other emotionally depressed ponies for you to talk to!] Beta ran over and threw an arm over Alpha. [Emos! Emos everywhere!] he said pointing to the space around us.
<You're over thinking things.>

I turned around and saw Pinkie Pie wearing a spy suit and run into a pole, passing out on the ground.

(...Does that answer your statement?)
<Yes...yes it does.>

I sighed as I rubbed my head. The entire place had this feeling of unsteadiness to it. Cadence's magic was wearing off. Speaking of Cadence, why is she so goody-goody two shoes here but a fucking bitch in my world? No offense Shining Armor but you're in love with a bitch. Or at least in my eyes she is one. Then Applejack ran up to me.

"Human Dustin!" she said to me happily.

"Just Dustin would do AJ."

"We have a plan."

"Great!"

"We're going to throw a fair!"

"Like...a carnival fair?"

"Kinda, but more crystal-y. I got to spread the word."

"Alright, I'll go help set up the booths."
[Well we have a plan now.]
<But how is this fair gonna work?>
(It'll revive the broken spirit of the crystal ponies! It's genius!)
[...It's not gonna work is it?]
(Not at all...)

Back to the Future... Oh I've always wanted to type that.

"Hmm..." I thought to myself as I sipped on a cup of hot cocoa.

"So you think Sombra is going to attack here?" Twilight said.

"I know he is."

"Their haven't been any reports of the crystal empire though!"

"No their hasn't been any reports. Still, Frost is under some form of spell. That or her people worship Sombra and everyone like him."

"Maybe she was mad about what we did to Discord."

"...I'm not. I think it's honestly downright funny."

"What about that necklace? The one we took from Trixie?"

"I slapped it on Frost. It's a torture device by the looks of it."

"She's not possessed?"

"Not yet at the moment."

"You're hoping that she is?"

"I have some questions for Sombra. I just hope he remembers me."

"I'm sure he will... would you like me to go with you?"

"I'd appreciate it."

"I love your honesty."

"And I love hot chocolate."

"Me too." We both stood on the outside of the prison bars watching the newly possessed Frost stand up.

"Ah...you two. The ones who killed me."

"I didn't kill you. I just brutally maimed you."

"I shall have my revenge!" he said jumping at the bars and reaching for us. I dumped the cup of chocolate in his face. "AAAAAHHHHH! Hot liquids!"

"He's not use to Frost's body yet. So hot things are his current weakness." Twilight whispered.

"Good eye Twi." I said in my best Applejack impersonation. "I'm going to find Trixie. Be right back."

"Be careful." she said kissing me on the cheek. I grabbed my famous black overcoat (As in it's my signature) and walked towards the maximum security prison on the outskirts of town. The prison was built when Tartarus was destroyed. Boy wasn't that fun, chasing down all those monsters and locking them up again. As the knights escorted me to Trixie's cell, my number of questions began to increase.

"Hello Great and Powerful." I said pulling up a stool on the other side of the cell.

"Dustin."

"How's life treating you?"

"Shitty..."

"Hey I need to ask you something."

"Of course. What other reason do you have to be here?"

"Do you remember King Sombra?"

"Oh yes. Such a wonderful man..."

"Pay attention." I said snapping my fingers. "You're going to tell me where I can find him, or his power supply."

"Why would I do that?"

"Because if you don't, then I'm going to give you the death penalty."

"...You wouldn't do that."

"Watch me." I said standing up and heading for the door.

"Wait!"

"Yes?"

"It's the Crystal Empire!"

"Where is this empire hidden Trixie!"

"I...I..."

"Tell me right now!"

"...I don't have to tell you." I grabbed her neck and pulled her closer. "Eek! It's in the Arctic Circle! Their is a cave hidden at the North Pole! Please don't kill me!"

"...And I was hoping for you to resist me. Pathetic. But thanks for the info. Come now Lightning." I said to my personal guard. "Do you have an input on this?"

"Not to my knowledge. What if she was lying?"

"I hope she was. I hate the Arctic."

"I'll get everyone together and we'll head out sir!"

"Okay." I watched Tombs run off towards the tower. I imagine he'd go get Twilight, Niko, and Brandon. Dawn won't come because her baby will be born by the end of this week. I don't want to pull any of the others in as well. Well maybe Rarity would come to see the empire herself. Then Applejack would go to take care of her friends. Then Fluttershy can babysit the kids!

I decided it would be best if I left my guitar here. The last time I fought Sombra...didn't go so well...

Back in the past...

I was sitting behind the booth of a pie stall. I was selling pies. Why couldn't I do something cool and productive like play a song? Oh because none of the ponies here have heard of any of my songs. So I just said fuck it and decided to take it up the ass. Do you want to know what else I haven't gotten to do in 2 months? Eat meat! I can not wait to get back home.

"Hey." My Twilight said sitting beside me. I realized that in my angered state I had fallen asleep. The portal that Cadence was keeping up had disappeared.

"Hey."

"So we may have a problem." she said pointing to the evil unicorn dude.

"Apparently. This Sombrero guy is the problem?"

"Sombra."

"I'm gonna call him Sombrero."

"You disgrace me." the King said facing me.

"Yada yada yada... OH look at me! I'm so scary!"

"...I don't sound like that."

"No, this is what you sound like." I jumped inside his shadow and took control of him for a second. "I am the Gay King of Sombreros! Fear me!" I jumped out and smiled at what I did to him. "So that's what it feels like to suck at life. Icky..."

"Enough! I'll destroy you two like Discord has asked!"

"I get it! You're DIscord's bitch!"

"What?"

"Yeah! He was imprisoned in stone, you and Nightmare Moon were both servants, and it all makes sense now!" I had finally stroke a bit of genius! "I know exactly what he's going to do Twilight!"

"You do?" she asked.

"Yeah Discord going to take over our world. *sigh* We should get back. Hey Sombrero-"

"Sombra!"

"Do you know the way back home?"

"I'm not going to tell you-" I pulled the shadows away from him and tackled him to the ground.

"TELL ME!" I shouted as I bashed his head against the pavement.

"It's this entire Empire! After you put the heart up and save the day, the empire will go to a different universe!"

"...Isn't that crazy?" I asked Twilight. She was studying him and focusing on an idea in her head. I let go of Sombra for one second and he picked up my guitar which he used to hit me upside the head with.

"Ah...so you're the reincarnation of Grimm?"

"Who?"

"I thought there were 4 of you."

"What are you talking about? Who is Grimm?"

"Grimm Reaper. Human. Male. Late 40's, completely insane."

"I think I know who he is." Twilight said. "Our teacher."

"O'Schavver? Okay, that makes even more sense."

"Now feel true darkness!" he shouted covering the entire town with his cloak. I was being thrown around but caught myself. I could see perfectly fine in the shadows. So when I saw Sombra flying up to the sky to grab Spike and the crystal heart for some reason, I grabbed his hair and pulled him back in. "How dare you impede me!"

"Oh shut up already!" I started punching him as we both fell for the ground. "Hey Sombrero, do you know my favorite season?"

"I'm going to guess a nice winter?"

"...Fall." I turned him so he was below me and smashed him into the sidewalk.
[Oh snap! We just made the greatest seasonal pun ever invented!]
<No one will ever use that!>
(I'm pretty sure Schwarzenegger did.)
<Damn!>

I looked to the sky and saw Cadence and Spike put the heart where it belonged and the entire kingdom emit a large shining light. The entire town was exorcised of darkness, blowing up the body of Sombra and knocking me down. I saw Twilight, my Twilight stabbed with my guitar.

"Oh jeez! He wounded Twilight!" I ran to her side. "Oh no! Come on Twilight! No no no no!"

"*cough* I'm still alive!"

"Okay. Listen. I'm not sure how to save you... but I'm going find a way." I put my hand on the guitar and absorbed it back into my body for safekeeping and without making her wound worse. I wrapped her chest with a shadow covering the wound. "Just hold on Twilight."

"Dustin, I don't know how you can save me."

"I do. I know an old spell. If I sacrifice something I love, and give you some of my blood, then I can fix it." I closed my eyes and started to concentrate on the Shadow Pact. It was a holy agreement used only by Wizards from the first years for when they wanted to... get... with someone. I sacrificed the colors of my tail. My pride as a tiger. So now I just had regular black ears and a black tail. "Man... I loved those stripes. Oh well!" I grabbed some glass and cut my hand. "Bottoms up." I said putting it in her mouth.

[What is the Shadow Pact?]
(Basically... it's the magic version of being married.)
<You're marrying Twilight?!>
(RIGHT NOW!)

I looked to my left hand to see a large crystal ring form with a purple crest on it. She had a similar one on her hand but with a black and red crest in it. It was working. And I'm sure she would understand why I did this. If I didn't, she would die. God dammit!

(You didn't tell me the guitar could be used by others!)
[Sombra and us must be connected somehow!]
<Dustin, only you could use it!>
(What are you saying? Sombra is another version of me?)
[He must be.]
<It's the only possible explanation.>
"I just want to get back home!" I shouted. I looked around to see all the ponies leaving. They left the empire. The ground has been shaking for some time but I didn't think it was anything important. So I picked up Twilight, and headed for the tower.

"Dustin..." she mumbled. I put my hand to her head to feel a fever. She's having a reaction because her body is adapting to some changes.

"You just need to hold on for a few more minutes Twilight. I know it's gonna hurt, but you have to trust me on this!" I shouted so she could here me.

(Why are all the ponies leaving?!)
[The tower! It's the portal!]
<Yes! Good eye Beta!>
[Thank you Alpha.]

The ground beneath me shattered open and revealed a large black hole. I lost my balance and fell through it, and ended up falling onto a bed. Dust shot out everywhere and the bed's legs broke. I looked around and noticed the purple wallpaper, and the dressers. I was back in my bed! I was back in my room!

"Twilight! We did it!"

"That's...good..." I went to move her hair behind her ears when I noticed that her ears were gone. "Is something wrong?"

"I...uh..." I just blinked and blushed at the sight I saw. Twilight was anamorphic now! I put my hand up and touched her new ears which were the same black shade as mine now.

"What is it?!" she said putting her hands up. "Dustin what happened!"

"We...um... we're married now Twilight."

"What?! I have ears! And wings!" she reached back and pulled her skirt up. "And an adorable tail! Oh I feel lightheaded..."

"Shadow Pact. I had to save your life!"

"I'm too young to be married!" She got up and inhaled some of the dust. "*cough cough* My senses are all off!"

"It's not so bad, trust me."

"You know I do! It's just... I thought I was going to die!" she put her hand to her chest and felt the bloodied shirt she was wearing. "Ew... help me get these clothes off!" I did what she asked and threw them away.

"What happened to our room?" she asked.

"Maybe you were right. About the 'we've been gone for a while' bit you talked about this morning."

"But how long?!"

"Hold on." I walked into the living room and saw even more cobwebs and dust particles. Our entire living room had been ransacked. No computers, no TV, no games, no food, nothing. I crouched down to Pal's box and saw something which brought tears to my eyes. It was his collar... and inside it were the skeletal remains of my pet. "Oh nooooo... No oh oh oh...*sniff* Oh god please no!"

"Oh no..." Twilight crouched down and picked me up. "Hey. Hey come on Dustin."

"Why! Why did you do this to me Discord!" I shouted to the sky. "God no... not Sir Pounce-a-Lot!"

"We'll bury him. Dustin. Look come on. I know you and I haven't had the best time of our lives the past 2 months, but we've made it this far. I might have cat ears and a tail... and wings... but we'll get through this together. I'm your wife now, and I'm going to take care of you from now till the day we die. Together."

"Yes...Twilight. You're right." I wiped my tears away and picked the skeleton up. "Look at the rate of decomposition."

"It's definitely been more than 2 months."

"Years. It's been years."

"Okay. Yes it has. Our place is trashed. Our cat is.... gone... but maybe we can still salvage something."

"I know!" I wiped away the last of my tears picking back up on the hope that Twilight was holding on to. I reached below the bed and pulled out all of our savings and our collectables. "We can sell these things." I said holding her some of my comics and packages.

"But Dustin, you've collected these since you were a baby!"

"In case we had a situation like this!" I opened the dresser to see we still had clothes. I threw away my old, beaten up, torn down vest and grabbed my gray/black overcoat. I put on some different pants and grabbed my boots. My converse had been completely torn and damaged. Hell my toes have been sticking out for the past month! Twilight changed into another casual outfit, instead of her uniform like I expected her to use.

"Do we pack anything else?" she asked grabbing a duffel bag.

"Clothes, water if we can get any, collectables, pictures, anything we can use." After an hour of packing, we left the room. The entire school was in bad shape, and no children were left behind. Outside was different. The entire town had changed. It was more beautiful and it had moved around a lot. Nothing was the same as it was before.

"What are you two doing here?" A voice yelled at us. "Stealing from the school? How disrespectful." I turned to see a large cop. He had security armor, which had a steampunk fashion to it. I looked up and blinked to see he had short red hair, a goatee, and bright hazel eyes. "What the... no way. I'm imagining things." he rubbed his eyes. "D-Dustin? Twilight?"

"Uhhhhh..." he picked me up in a hug. "It is you! I didn't recognize you! Your ears and tail have gone black man!" I know this voice. How could I ever forget it?

"Niko!" I returned the hug.

"Oh my god, you two are alive! Hah hah! The others will be so glad to hear that!" He dropped me and ran towards Twilight and picked her up. "Oh how much I've missed you two!"

"I've missed you two big guy!" she said. He stopped and looked at her ears and her left hand. He played with the Pact ring on her hand and grabbed my hand.

"Did you two get married?"

"Uh... heh heh... Kinda." I started to scratch the back of my head.

"Alright Dustin! That's my man!" He went back to hugging us. "Okay, I got most of that out of my system..."

"Niko, this is going to sound weird, but how long were we gone?" Twilight asked.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"About...Mm...2 and a half years. I think so, yes. Why? Did you two disappear or something?"

"Dustin..." said Twilight.

"Yep."

"I'm going to pass out now." I held my arm out and caught her quickly.

"What's her damage? And hey, did you grow wings?! Man, what have you been doing this entire time?!"

"Niko, catch me. I'm going to pass out too." I laid Twilight down and passed out into Niko's arms.

Meanwhile... in the future...

"You know what I just though of Twilight?" I asked as we were on a plane towards Alaska. She wrapped her white and pink scarf around my neck and kissed me on the mouth.

"What?"

"If it wasn't for Sombrero, our marriage wouldn't have happened so early."

"Well I think we made it work."

"How did he make in this world?" Lightning asked. "I thought you said he was taken care of."

"He must've survived! If Celestia and Luna couldn't kill him, then we couldn't back then either!" it was starting to get louder as the plane door opened. "I'll explain more later! Everyone ready?" I asked as the planed landed.

"What's the plan?" Applejack asked, tying her boots and gloves.

"We're gonna split up." Twilight spoke. "Dustin and Lightning take East."

"Got it." Lightning said. I nodded in approval.

"Applejack, Rarity, you two have South and West."

"Why do they get two and we get one?" Lightning asked.

"Because due East, their is much more land and terrain."

"Oh okay. Twilight what about you?"

"I'm going with Niko. We're going to check out South. Every check your watches. At 5:00, we meet back in town." The time is now... 11:00 a.m. We all got off the plane and separated.

"So Lightning, how's Liz doing?"

"She's doing great Dustin."

"Sorry to take you away from her."

"It's fine. My duty belongs to serving you and Queen Twilight."

"Please Johnathon, you don't need to be formal all the time."

"I know. But it's best if I keep at that, in case something else happens."

"Have ever heard of the Crystal Empire?"

"From the stories you've told."

"That's it? Well it's this giant beautiful place! It's glorious! Amazing in every way! I mean yeah, sure I slept during a majority of what happened, but I remember a good bit of it."

"Sounds wonderful."

"You okay?"

"I'm cold."

"I got a thermos. Want some hot tea?"

"No thanks."

"Suit yourself." I said pulling out a cup and filling it up. I stood their, with the wind blowing in my hair and scarf, sipping on tea, while Lightning stood beside me shaking like a leaf. "...You didn't put your pajamas on underneath that did you?"

"What?"

"That's my secret anyways. I wear my pajamas, the fuzzy blue ones, underneath my suit in the winter. It's really effective."

"Whose idea was that?"

"Mine."

"Figures."

"Twilight does it too. So does Niko. Brandon did... when he was still with us."

"God rest his soul."

"Let's keep moving." We walked along the tundra, holding lamps and watching out for each other.

"Found something." he said reaching down to wipe the snow away. It was a block of ice with a book inside it.

"Good find." I kicked the ice open and pulled the book and a skeleton's arm out. "...Ugh. Gross."

"Do we put it back in?"

"Sure... I think?" I placed the arm back in the ice and covered it with snow. "Oh spirit of the fallen! Please forgive us for... finding you! Thanks for the book and whatnot!"

"Way to not make a scene."

"I tried alright?"

"You only made a lot of noise!"

"Yeah and I also happen to be the best Assassin around, so I don't need to hear this! Frustrated Grunt!" I turned and marched back up the snow. "Actually I forgot my lamp." I said walking back down.

"Onward my lord?"

"Onward!" we both continued to walk until we found a cliff. "Oh hey! Look Shadow! You got a cliff, an ominous cave, in the wall, and creepy noises coming from it. Isn't it perfect for an assassin like you who loves to explore?"

"..." I looked at him with a indifferent face. "Fuck my life." I put my hand in Lightning's shadow and used it to descend to the cave. "Alright I'm in! Take the book to Twilight please!"

"Be careful!"

"You too!" I saw him turn away in a hurry as I ran inside. I reached into my pouch and pulled out my mask. I placed it on and rotated the 3 right lenses until I found the night vision.

(Well this is nice.)
[Nice spacious cave... constant dripping sound...]
<Oh! Who can forget the glowing mushrooms made out of crystals?>
(...Oh quit complaining. You two are just like girls. Help me try not to make a sound-)

*Final Fantasy 7 Victory theme*

"God damn phone..." I went through all my pockets and pulled out the device. "Hello?"

"Dustin, I'm kinda in a jam. Their is a giant door with riddles and I don't have any way to know how to get past this."

"Oh hey Twilight."

"Where are you?"

"I'm in a cave. With bats. And loud scary noises."

"Lightning?"

"I'm sending him back. We found a book."

"Do you know what it said?"

"Didn't have a title. Also found a skeleton with it. I think it might help you."

"Great! I see Lightning now! Hold on... yeah... Niko says hi."

"Hi Niko."

"He says hi. Yeah. I'll tell him. Niko says get back here quickly. A storm is coming."

"Okay I'm heading back now." Who knows where this cave would take me. So I turned back and flew out of the cave. I didn't want to fly, the snow made my wings cold, but I was forced to. But I made it back to the town in 2 minutes. "You weren't kidding about that storm."

"Where is Applejack and Rarity?" Lightning asked.

"Oh jeez... I'm going back out. Lightning, Twilight, you two decipher that book. Niko on me!"

"Let's go!" he shouted picking me up and running outside. "We can cover more ground if we fly!"

"But we have to go twice as fast! The temperature is falling rapidly!" We both drew our wings and took off. I had developed a tolerance to the cold many years ago, but their is no exact way to get use to this kind of treatment. We both stayed together and headed Southwest, where we found them both unconscious. "Someone attacked them. Look at the snow."

"Yeah... these are marks of a struggle." he said rubbing his hand against the tentacle mark in the snow. "Let's get back."

"Let's." I picked up Applejack and Rarity and Niko escorted me back to the town. "Twilight let us in!"

"Hurry up!" she said opening the door. We ran inside and put the girls on the couch. "It's freezing!"

"Get the fire started!"

"I can't get a spark going." Lightning said with a tone of sadness in his voice.

"I got this." Niko said picking up a rock and some rough leather. He made one stroke and lit the fireplace. "Also Johnathon, I'm telling you that lightning doesn't always start fires."

"But it should! Something's just wrong with me! I swear I've done this before."

"Stop arguing!" I shouted.at them. "Twilight, they were attacked out there."

"Then we don't split up in teams anymore. Shining Armor and Cadence are on the way."

"Good." I looked back at Applejack and Rarity and couldn't help but stare.

"Dustin, it's okay now. You saved them." I looked away from them.

"We're putting our friends at risk. Call in the jet, I'm getting them outta here."

"We'll be fine." Applejack said sitting up. "I'm made out of tougher stuff than a few shadow people."

"How dare they attack like rapscallions! I may prefer beauty and adorableness, but I'LL RIP THEM TO SHREDS!" Rarity said getting up.

"..."

"Does that mean you change you're mind?" Niko asked.

"...Okay. I change my mind, but we stick together! No matter the cost!"

I can't help but think about how lost I would've been without these people. The people I call friends. The friends I call family. I mean... the day I made it back home with Twilight... these were the only people who supported us and helped us in our time of crisis. I already lost Brandon, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash to Discord and Nightmare Moon... I'm not gonna lose another friend to Sombra. This asshole may think he's tough... but he's fucking with the wrong Shadow Wizard/Rogue/King/Entrepreneur!
[Entrepreneur?]
(...I'm still working out the kinks.)
<What about Clementine? She wants to get revenge for what he did to Twilight!>
(But isn't Sombra like an evil Mexican version of myself?)
<I'm not sure about Mexican... even if he looks like he'd wear a sombrero... but... yeah I'm sure Clementine understands.>
[If she didn't, she'd just pop out of his chest and demand to be used. Like every other time.]
(This asshole is gonna pay. With his life. Nobody fucks with my friends.)

Back in the past year of 2014...

"Wake up!" Niko shouted dumping a bucket of water on me.

"Gah! What the hell!"

"Ah get over it scardy-cat. Look, I brought you two back home."

"Home?" Twilight asked waking up.

"Evergreen Fields."

"Oh thank you Niko! Thank you thank you thank you!" I jumped up and hugged him.

"Ah! Get off, you're wet!" I did what he asked and quickly wiped the water from my face. I walked down the dirt road, with the leaves crunching under my boots. I was so happy to finally make it back home! To the place I held dearest to me... but something was wrong. It was quieter than usual. And Niko had his own place... what happened in these past 2 years? "Dustin, Twilight, I need you two to wait!"

"Why?" I asked him.

"Because something bad has happened. Okay first... your family doesn't live here anymore Dustin."

"WHAT?!"

"You're parents went to Fillydephia with Sarah and Jared. Lilith lives in Canterlot. And Cody..."

"Where is he?"

"Dustin I'm sorry!"

"Where's my brother!" I felt the tears coming down. He just turned his head. Twilight ran over and hugged me. "Why is this happening to me?"

"He was a good soldier. Braver than anyone else. He was lost in the battle of Faust Fall."

"Faust Fall? Do you mean-"

"The King and Queen are dead." we both fell silent. All because of Discord? This one guy? Ohh... I'm gonna make him pay for this! "Celestia, Luna, David, and Murphy are taking care of the empire now. The princesses are the rulers, and the others are bodyguards."

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph..." I said to myself. It's not a good thing when I say all 3 names in vain. "Niko, has anything else happened?"

"Yes. It's about your family Twilight."

"Oh no..."

"Their was a battle... a changeling battle if I'm correct. I was stationed in Dodge Junction during this so I'm not quite sure about what happened, but apparently when the changelings were being pushed back, some of them came here..."

"No! You can't be serious!"

"Shining tried to protect them. He was injured pretty bad. Your parents were taken hostage by the Queen changeling. They... *sigh* They were good people Twilight."

"Oh god..."

"I shouldn't have brought you two here." I held the crying girl in my arms, her face buried in my chest.

"Where do you live?" I asked.

"My old place. My folks moved out a while back. I decided I was gonna keep it though."

"*sigh* Geez... thank you for telling us what happened Niko. It's better off you told us now then make us find out for ourselves." I felt Twilight nod. "She agrees."

"I'm sorry for dropping such heavy news..."

"No it's okay."

"You two can stay with me if you want."

"I have to check something first." I told him. "Twilight come with me."

"Alright! Be careful!" he shouted out to us. I waved bye and took Twilight to my home.

"Why are we here?" she asked, still sniveling.

"Because, my parents left something for me. They always talked about it." I said dumping the bookcase to the floor in the living room. Their was a large panel with a knob in it. "See? Dad was always secretive like this." I stuck my tail in the knob and grabbed the crank in the far back and pulled it out, causing the wall to slowly slide down.

"How did he do this?"

"Must've been done when I was gone."

"How did you know about the knob then?"

"He showed it to me once. Said you could hide something behind here." I grabbed a torch. "Let's find out." I said holding out a hand. She gripped it tightly and followed me down the stairs. On my way down, I set off a hologram version of my father.

"Hello Son."

"Hey D-"

"If you're hearing this, then you actually payed attention to me for once and remembered the hidden entrance I told you about."

"Dad I-"

"I don't know why you left. Disappeared with that Twilight girl... but maybe you had a good reason too. Doesn't matter. Times have changed. You should well know that things are very different now." I felt my ears drop in sadness. I wanted to talk to my dad, not some hologram he managed to build. "I love you Dustin. I also love Twilight. I want you to take care of that girl."

"*giggle* I always liked your dad."

"She's probably the best thing to ever happen to this family. Still. I'm going to leave you with a few things. My old assassin uniform, some weapons, and a book on our family history. It's got some things in there that will completely blow your mind!"

"I love you dad."

"...I love you too son." Did he hear me? I don't know! The hologram disappeared!

"Dad! Dad!"

"Dustin, you're dad is an assassin?"

"I don't know... I thought he worked in an office. *huff* Let's keep on going." I walked further down the catacombs to see we were in a giant cave, with a waterfall in the distance.

"He built this cave behind the old waterfall?"

"Apparently."

"Dustin... this is absolutely incredible!"

"Well now I know why he was secretive." We continued to walk until the end when I found an old door. I planted my hands against it and pushed it to the side to reveal the room he hid here. Inside was a clothing rack, holding a dark overcoat with a mask on it. A very old, robotic mask. Clockwork from the looks of it. I also found a small folding blade, which should be helpful. I put on the new coat and felt very comfortable with it on.

"Look, the book!" Twilight said finding the small brown item. It had a lock on it, but the key was beside it. I opened it for her to only be as amazed as she was. "Dustin... you're family were the first bodyguards of the King and Queen!"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that before anamorphic beings were hunted down, your family protected King and Queen Faust."

"But those two were the ones who issued the execution of our kind."

"Well they payed for it now huh?"

"I didn't know you had a grim sense of humor Twilight."

"Well considering what's just happened, I could use a laugh."

"Haha... okay. I wonder what else is down here..." I walked further down when the hologram kicked back on.

"Now you're ready. It's time to put you to the test Dustin. You are the only person who I have faith in. Your brothers and sisters can't do what you do." By that he meant magic. "And you are the only one who has enough self respect around these parts to know what's right and what isn't." And by that, he compared me to today's standards.

"Can you hear me?"

"I can. I'm sorry I'm not there to talk to you face to face. Now Twilight, I can see that you two have used the Shadow Pact. It's a very holy agreement actually. I did the same thing to your mother." ...I did not know that. "Now Twilight, I need you to always take care of my son."

"I will." she responded.

"Thank you. Now when you go forward, the entire history of Earth will be revealed to you. How gods lived among us. How we were betrayed... and how you can save this world. But I must warn you... it's not something every person can handle." the hologram cut back off leaving us to question ourselves.

"Should we do this?" Twilight asked.

"...I have to." And down the cave we will go.

So I decided for myself to get Halo 4. I don't regret it. It's actually the most fun I've had in a long time. I also got to spend some quality family time with...my family. I also got back with my girl. Yeah we were fighting about some stupid thing, but we both got over it and realized that we shouldn't fight. Now that I have a good paying job, a girlfriend, and a house, I think I might start a family soon.

Not that I'm going to do it now of course! Families take lots of time, and planning, and dedication! I mean probably in like... 3 years or so. I planned on uploading this chapter a while back but I just kept on adding and adding to it. But the story is really coming together. It all mainly focuses on the relationship between Discord and the other villains. Dustin and Twilight are the only two who know how to fight back.

So I'm switching between a futuristic and a past perspective. And if you're confused with the story since I kinda bull-rushed the part with the Crystal Empire, then let me just put it in a nutshell for you. Dustin and Twilight were in Equestria. Twi gets hurt, Dustin used the Shadow Pact, they get married, saves her life, then they go back home. Everything in their world had changed however.

The King and Queen are dead. Dustin's brother Cody is dead. Twilight's parents are dead. So many people are dying! Why? You'll find out. Then Dustin's father was a well renown assassin apparently, leaving him to take back up his father's legacy. Now Dustin's father and mother are actually immortal. So is Dustin and Twilight. Mainly because of the Shadow Pact. It's basically how royal members get married in secret.

Now Discord is the main bad guy here. He used Nightmare Moon and King Sombra (I swear he sounds like Sombrero) to his advantage, which I'll cover more in the next chapter. I'm not going to tell anymore because I don't want to spoil my story! But I will say that I'm going to use the Pinkie Pie clones for another large conflict. I'm actually surprised their hasn't been a cupcakes version of this episode uploaded already...ah fuck. I told too much information. Now somebody's gonna do it...