Xander jerked awake with pain that felt like the bones in his body were breaking and forming back just to break again. Xander let some tears fall down his face before falling out of the bed with a loud thump, he then felt like as if someone had stabbed him with a knife in the stomach while they twisted it. He gritted his teeth with pain and let a few tears fall down along with the sweat dripping off of his pale face.

    "Do you want it to go away?" A familiar voice said.

    Xander looked up weakly and nodded before seeing his father.

    His father, Samuel, had black hair and tanned skin, and he was stronger than before, he looked about the size of Xander. "Then get up, son."

    Xander painfully and slowly stood up before trying to balance on his feet.

    "I'm not alive." He said coldly "I am real, but I'm not alive, so don't think daddy will be here to cope with your destroyed emotions" he said with venom.

    Xander breathed heavily while having a hand put pressure on his stomach.

    Samuel closed his eyes for a few seconds before reopening them "I'll explain later, but let's deal with that pain you have. I understand the feeling since it happened to me while I lived here." He paused before continuing "put on your ring" he said pointing at the nightstand that was glowing white.

    Xander slowly walked to the nightstand before opening and put the white ring on. He cried profusely, the same for the sweat.

    Samuel then pointed at the window "you need to get to the top of this tree, it will have a better chance of letting the stored up magic out into the atmosphere. If you don't get there in...." He looked at his watch "five minutes then you'll essentially vaporize from the magic." He said plainly.

   Xander gritted his teeth before pushing the nightstand in front of the window, he then climbed up on the nightstand and opened up the window.

    The town slept peacefully, the night sky was still black with a beautiful full moon out tonight.

    Xander climbed out and grabbed onto a tree branch, he climbed the tree, yelling with agony, surely ponies heard it. Xander breathed heavily and sat on a platform built onto the tree.

    The ring glowed brighter and made Xander close his eyes before jerking them back open when the pain went away.

    Time stopped, it even reversed a little before jerking back to present and everything exploded, the sun came up and then was replaced with the moon, the rotation between the two happened for a few minutes.

    All of Equestria was panicking, the princesses knew exactly what happened.

    A black entity in the shape of a human flashed with black in a alleyway, he looked around before taking the form of Xander, but just with red eyes irises, he then proceeded to walk out of the alleyway with a devilish grin, he was currently in Manehatten, his destination was ponyville.

    Xander fell onto the platform, knocked out cold.

    The moon came back up in the position it was before the explosion.

    The ponies of Equestria were panicking, except for six, plus some humans, they were busy trying to figure out what happened.

    The humans and elements of harmony bursted into the library, wanting some answers.

    Twilight breathed heavily while running through the library trying to find Xander. Twilight stopped after realizing he's not there. "Where is he?!?" She asked herself, his car was still out in front of the treehouse.

    Jerald asked "where's who?" He asked with a worried voice.

    Twilight jerked around "Xander!!!" She yelled.

    Jeralds eyes widened "woah, woah, woah, he's been as happy as can be! He worked with us on the farm for a few days, and he said absolutely nothing about going anywhere." He explained.

    Twilight panicked "I know! That's why I'm worried!" she then jerked up.

    They all heard some moans of pain and a few thumps. They all looked at each other and ran upstairs to see Xander lying on the floor out cold.

    Jerald jerked to Twilight "I thought you said he wasn't here?" He said suspiciously.

    Twilight stared with a confused expression "he wasn't! He just got here somehow." She explained.

    They all saw his form, he looked fine, actually better than usual, he seemed to be stronger than the last time they saw him.

    Justin wore a worried look "I'm pretty sure he wasn't that strong before" he stated the obvious.

    Xander then woke up with a grunt "it's gone." He said to himself. Xander looked at his hand to see the ring gone "it's gone!" He said with surprise.

    Twilight sat down next to him "what's gone?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

    Xander jerked with surprise to her voice "U-umm... N-nothing, don't worry about it" he lied.

    Twilight sighed "okay, I'm not sure if you're aware or not, but something crazy is happening, and I'm sure everypony in Equestria is freaking out, even the princesses." She explained.

    Xander stared at her with fake curiosity "why would the princesses be freaking out?" He went along with the lie.

    Twilight exhaled and explained "Magic has been released that was at least one-hundred times more powerful than theirs, and if that exist then it could destroy the whole planet!" She spoke with wide eyes "Which is why we may be getting a visit very soon!" She finished.

    Xander nodded and went to his closet "Well, I suppose I'll get dressed." He then took off his sleeping clothes and searched the closet.

    While he did so the others discussed what just happened.

    Pinkie spoke out "I was just sleeping and then I heard a boom louder than a sonic rainboom!" She exclaimed while making gestures with her hooves.

    Applejack nodded "same here, but when I saw the moon and sun rotating, I thought the end of the world had come." She gave her mind on it.

    Justin spoke "Twilight, what do you think it is?" He asked hoping for a answer.

    Twilight sighed "The only time this was told would be in The story of Samuel." She answered.

    Xander heard that and widened his eyes, acting like he had no clue what that meant.

    Twilight continued "In the legend it said he was the hero and he could kill any threat shown, lucky he died a few years before nightmare moon rose in the story, or else princess Luna wouldn't be alive right now, according to the story of course." She continued.

    Xander put on his dark grey shirt and blue jeans, along with his new black and white shoes he had specially made for him. Xander pretended not to hear anything.

    Justin scratched his head "So... According to the story, the only being that can kill a princess is a hero?" He asked.

    Twilight nodded "Exactly, so if this were to be a new hero then... Equestria will essentially have the most powerful thing ever to exist in a thousand or so years." She explained.

    Xander clapped his hands and wore a wide forced smile "Hey! How about we get ready to meet the princess? Maybe she will have some answers!" He changed topics.

    Twilight nodded "that sounds like a good idea! Thanks for reminding me." She smiled before leaving the room, while the others followed behind her.

    "You have a pretty smart friend." Samuel said, standing in the middle of the room.

     Xander tensed and responded "I'm guessing I'm the only one that can see you?" He asked.

     Samuel nodded "yup, also, that ring went inside of your body, just in case if you're wondering." He stated.

    Xanders eyes widened "Fuck." He said before asking the main question here "Am I the hero?" He asked plainly.

    Samuel smirked "Like father, like son." He essentially said yes.

    Xander hung his head "but how? I'm not strong, at least not in protecting." He said with confusion.

    Samuel shook his head "You'll see, I'm not gonna spoil it but let's just say you'll have a life changing event." He said before dissipating in thin air.

    Xander stood there, confused as hell "This is one big brain fuck. Apparently my father was here over a thousand years ago and now I'm a hero that also can speak to my father, the old hero." He shook his head, walked out, and headed to downstairs.

    The princess was already standing there with a confused expression "So none of you have had anything odd happen? No apparel with a white glow?" She asked with concern.

    All of the humans, except for Xander, shook their heads no.

    The princess looked at Xander "What about you?" She asked desperately.

    Xander spoke "Nope." He lied. 'How the hell did I do that? I'm a horrible liar.' He thought to himself.

    Celestia sighed and sat down "I guess I should explain." She sighed before continuing "Well... The heroes legend is real, and a new hero is here, which means there will be danger coming, he will only come if planet threatening dangers come. According to the last hero, we have one or two years to prepare, but we need to find the hero, and from my experience last time, if one of these humans start to train frequently, then one of you need to tell me, just so I can investigate." She explained.

    Twilight processed it all "so... One of these three are lying?" She asked.

    Celestia nodded "Yes, one of them have also had a visit from the previous hero." She said.

    The girls eyes went wide and stared at the humans with suspicion.

    Celestia thought for a few seconds and turned around "I suppose I should LEAVE!" She shouted the last word due to her shooting a powerful blast towards Twilight.

    Xanders pupils shrunk and put his hand out with panick.

    Time froze.

    Xander sighed and picked up the magical bolt only to throw it on the ground.

    Time unfroze and everything was fine.

    Celstia wore a shocked expression to see the bolt of magic sitting on the ground like a piece of glass "He froze time. The hero is here!" She said like a little school girl.

    Xander gulped and looked at Twilight to see here wear a shocked expression.

    Twilight whispered to herself "He is real, he just saved me." She said with shock.

    Celestia sighed before saying "Girls, watch these four like Hawks, report to me if you notice anything strange." She said before disappearing.

    They all just stared at the shattered magic bolt.

    Jerald shouted "THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!!!" He referred to the bolt shattering.

    Twilight nodded "One of you are lying, I don't know why, but you are. I'm just shocked to know that I'm friends with the hero!" She said with a excited tone.

    Xander rubbed the back of his neck. He was the hero and he was lying because... He just felt like he needed to, but he also had a new mind set, a more Equestria based mind set, like for example, before he couldn't tell who's attractive and not attractive, but now he can.

    Twilight stood up and whispered into Xander's ear "Youre not the hero, are you?" She asked in a nice tone.

    Xander slowly turned his head to look at her "N-no! I'm not!" He lied.

    Twilight giggled "Okay! But if I find out if you're lying then I'll tell the princess!" She sounded like a little kid.

    Xander sighed 'what am I going to do?' He panicked in his head

    "Just keep going, if they find out, very little will happen, if they don't find out, nothing will happen" Samuel explained in Xanders head.

    Xander thought 'so if I tell them then nothing will happen?' He asked.

    Samuel sighed 'Yes, my wi- Celestia will get in your way by asking too many questions.' He explained.

    Xander nodded 'okay' he then ended the conversation.

    Twilight had everyone leave the house. Twilight sighed and spoke "Look, you seem very heroic, that's the only reason why I think it's you, but no matter what, you're my best friend." She said with a smile.

    Xander smiled "Don't worry, Twi, it won't hurt to not know." He said to comfort her.

    Twilight hugged him and then went upstairs to get more sleep.

    Xander smiled "looks like spending a month together upgraded me to best friend." He joked.

    The humans had been there for a few weeks, they spent a few days meeting up and hanging out, but they usually were busy with helping the girls out.

    Xander walked up the stairs and to his room, but before he laid down he had a burst of energy rush through him, making the desire for exercise strong. Xander stood back up and thought of a few exercises to do at home, he then got the idea of trying a few fighting skills.

    -Hours later-

    Twilight walked into Xanders room to see the window open and the human sitting on the bed, drenched with sweat.

    Xander looked at Twilight and spoke "Good morning, how did you sleep?" He asked.

    Twilight raised one of her eyebrows "Umm... I slept good but it's not the morning, it's one in the afternoon." She spoke with concern "Are you okay? You're sweating a lot." She asked.

    Xander smiled and responded "I was doing my morning workout, you know I exercise." He stated.

    Twilight nodded "Okay, but if I see you exercising more than usual then I'll have to report that to the princess." She explained.

    Xander slowly nodded "Okay, Twi." He then stood up and walked past her "I need to take a shower, I'll see you downstairs or something like that." He spoke while heading into the bathroom.

    Twilight sighed, went down the stairs, and picked up The book of Samuel. Twilight proceeded to open The book of Samuel before studying every detail of the sentences put down on the page.

    Xander took about thirty minutes with the shower and about another ten minutes fighting with his hair to make it spike up. Xander walked out of the bathroom with the same outfit on before he had started to exercise. Xander approached the steps and walked down them to see Twilight reading a very thick book. Xander peered over her shoulder to see a familiar name, Samuel.

    Twilight looked back at Xander "Are you sure you're okay? You look a little pale." She asked worryingly.

    Xander nodded after gulping with nervousness "Y-yeah, I'm fine. I just need to... Work on my car! Yeah, that's what I need to do!" He said before rushing out of the door.

    Twilight wore a confused look "He seems to be nervous about something, maybe he's actually the hero." She said to herself before continuing to study the book.

    Xanders true personality is about to reveal, he will show his true colors, he will be the new hero.

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