It was a peaceful day in Equestria, there were no signs of depression or sadness looming around, in fact all of the ponies and humans looked as happy as can be. It had been around two months since the forgotten hero died, all of his friends were enjoying their lives, they lived everyday now like as if Xander never existed.

     Jerald sighed while he sat at the table "So you've gone and gotten yourself a colt friend, Twi?" He summarized her conversation up.

    Twilight smiled "Yup! His name is Flash Sentry, but just call him Flash." She gave his info out to her friends.

    Pinkie smiled wide "Oh, I remember the reaction you guys had when you all found out me and Austen hooked up!" She said, remembering all of their jaws falling open.

     Jerald coughed "Umm... It was mainly because you were a bit nervous about how you learned that a human can impreganate a mare with a colt or filly...." He rubbed his neck "You gave a bit way to many details." He finished.

    Austen smirked "yeah, well at least we can say we aren't virgins!" He said, poking fun at all of them.

     Jerald chuckled "I don't care about the sex, I care about the relationship itself." He explained, while wrapping his arm around Applejacks shoulder, pulling her closer to him.

     The group of friends all giggled at the couple, they could all tell that they loved each other.

     A stallion flew up to them and wore a kind grin "Hey, Twi! Sorry I'm late! They had me stay for little longer than expected." Said the stranger.

     Twilight smiled "It's okay, Flash. Just come and sit down! We all got here only a few moments earlier." She said to Flash Sentry.

     Jerald stared at Flash, he observed him very closely. Everythime he heard about Twilight's new coltfriend he would get the memory of Xander itching at the back of his head.

     "It's nice to finally meet you. My name's Jerald by the way." Jerald said, extending his hand to Flash.

     Flash shook his hand with pleasure "It's nice to meet you! It's so awesome to finally meet you guys!" He showed enthusiasm.

     The group giggled at the gesture. They all enjoyed their meal together, laughing often, they had the appearance of a perfect group of friends, they looked like they've never had a tragedy ever happen to them. Even after they finished their meal, the still sat there and joked around. They all accepted Flash very quickly, he seemed to fill in a missing hole in the group.

     After the whole group said their goodbyes they all headed back to their homes.

     Flash and Twilght headed back to the library to enjoy personal time together, they walked like a happy couple back to the library, a few ponies smiling at the love oozing out of them. After they got to the library, they sat down onto the couch and spoke to one another about what they should do on this fine day.

    Twilight giggled at the motions of kindness Flash showed "Maybe going to the lake would be a good idea, it would definetely get us used to the summer time mood!" She said with a giggle.

     Flash chuckled "You'll have to be on point, all of the mares might get jealous of you." He said with a wink.

     Twilight smirked "I think some stallions would get jealous as well." She matched up with him.

     Flash chuckled "I guess we will have to just look out for each other, huh?" He asked.

     Twilight giggled "Yup! It looks like it!" She smiled.

      A few hours passed before the two actually went to the beach, but when they did, a mysterious guardian watched them.

     Twilight laid down on a beach chair underneath a umberella, she had a book about ancient hero powers levitated in front of her. Her boyfriend went off to take a dip in the lake, trying to cool off.

     "Damn, how long has it been now?" Said the mysterious man.

     Twilight jerked up "Huh?" She looked to see who it was and was greeted by the mysterious Samuel. She sighed before speaking "What're you doing here? I don't need you starting any trouble." She said bluntly.

     Sample put up his hands "Woah, woah, woah, what's up with you? A man's just trying to find out the fucking date and instantly is accused of starting trouble! I feel insulted." He stated.

     Twilight shook her head "The last time I saw you, you told me the story of why Xander hates you. After that day, I quite frankly hate you too." She said before going back to her book.

     Samuel wore a aggravated expression "Oh, look who wants to talk. If you want to be an ass then I will too. You brought up Xander, now you're going to pay, Xander has been dead, in hell, suffering, and all I can hear him scream is either that he wants to be back home, or he wants to see you again!" He spoke viciously.

     Twilight jumped up "Is that true?!? Did he actually say that?!?" She asked pity in her voice.

     Samuel nodded "Hell yeah he did, but what he doesn't know is that his best friend went and got a replacement. He doesn't know that he's been forgotten as well." He spoke with crossed arms.

     Twilight acted like she just got hit "What?!? That's not true! We're talking about him right now! Anyways, it's not like I was in love with Xander like I am with Flash!" She said while glaring at Samuel.

     Samuel chuckled "You don't even visit his grave anymore! You even deny your emotions for him! You're letting go! Admit it!" He accused her.

     Twilight shouted "Shut up!!! You're wrong!!!" She tried to glare at Samuel, but she only found him to be gone.

    Flash had jogged up "Are you okay? I heard you shouting." He asked.

     Twilight ran a hoof over her face "I-I'm fine, I just need to think for a little bit." She started to rub her temples and look down at the ground.

    Flash sighed before running off towards the lake again.

     Twilight thought to herself 'Is he right? Have I let go of Xander? I have stopped visiting his grave, and I have stopped mourning over his death, and I haven't really focused on topics involving him. Has he been forgotten? All of the others seem to behave the same way as me, maybe Xander isn't relevant anymore, maybe he truly is dead now.' She rambled inside of her head, only to make her head start hurting. She sighed and laid back down "I shouldn't worry about it. Samuel's just trying to piss me off." She said before picking her book back up.

     -In Hell-

     Xander sat in a caged cell, doing pull ups on the bars that sealed the steel cage shut. He had quite the stamina now, considering the fact that he had been stuck in there for a few years in hells time. Xander was never a fan of tight spaces, but it at least gave him time to plan his future.

     Xander hadn't spoke a word in years, he didn't need to. He had now lost most of his emotions, except for a few, like anger, and a small amount of love, but other than that he was empty.

     Xander would think about his child hood when he would get exhausted, it always got him fired up, he couldn't wait to have a moment with Samuel again, he would show him how he truly felt about him, sure he wanted to be a father now, but now it's too late.

     Xander dropped down and ate his left over bread that he had, that's essentially all his diet was, bread. He chewed a small piece of it, trying to eat as little as possible, he needed to perfect his body tolerance to the lack of food and water.

    The Devil had been kind enough to give Xander some time alone in a cage to truly train for his future, the future that Xander didn't really didn't care about, Xander never gave it much thought but his passion was pretty much training now, it was one of few things that truly let him unlock the anger hidden deep inside of his mind.

     Samuel would visit Xander a few times a year, but he never got more than a spit in the face from Xander, he would usually leave hell in a hurt state, at least mentally.

     Xander swallowed his small piece of bread before hopping on the ground and doing the rock climber exercise, he would always stare off into space while exercising, he wasn't truly in hell most of the time, he was usually inside of his head, he always looks at the previous life he had, a life of denial, a life of just pure denial, he had always ignored his anger, he had always forgave, he used to always be too nice, he had never made bad actions have bad consequences, but now he's different, he will keep the good alive, and the bad be removed from this world.

     Xander was close to being set free, and he was gonna come back ready for anything to be thrown at him.

     -Back in Equestria-

     The Princesses were aware of the heroes death, and they were sad about it, but they came to the conclusion of that the future danger of Equestria was no longer, and that he wasn't needed anymore so nature took its course and got rid of him.

     Celestia was always busy with managing her subjects taxes and political bullshit like that, while Luna was always busy managing the dreams of all of the ponies of Equestria.

     Celestia sat at her desk with a stack of bullshit papers that she had to approve. "Yes, yes, no, yes, shit no, yeah, yup." She would speak aloud while reading through the papers.

     One of her guards, the one and only captain of the Royal Gaurd, sat at her doorway, waiting for a moment to inform her of some information.

     Celestia paused and took a sip of her coffee before turning around to the sight of Shining. She chocked a little at the surprise visit from the Captain. She swallowed her coffee and spoke "What brings you here?" She asked with a surprised tone.

     Shining sighed before speaking "I've come to inform you of some strange information Princess." He said with the usual plain Royal Gaurd tone.

     Celestia nodded and waved for him to continue on.

     Shining continued "There have been a few sightings of dark holes in the Everfree forest, some of our Gaurds were tramatized when looking into the holes, they claimed they were scarred with severe anger in their minds." He finished.

    Celestia sighed "It's the Everfree, usually stupid shit happens there, I mean honestly, what else did you expect when going there? I'd say it's just another stupid abomination that the forest pulled out of its ass." She stated bluntly, before turning back around to the papers.

    Shining the spoke again "There's one more thing, all of the guards said that" he paused "The hero will be back" he sat with no emotion.

     Celestia dropped her writing utensil, before turning around slowly "Investigate this immediately" she said plainly.

     Shining tensed up and left the room quickly.

     Celestia wore a expression of like as if she just shat bricks "I hope he comes back on our side, if not then we are bucked" she said before making a piece of cake appear to only eat it whole.

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