Author's Notes:

This crossover was done with Guided By The Light, written by neokiva. Please do check it out.

Sorry about that people, but I had to spilt this one in half, because of how long it was getting at this point. This is an unedited one, sorry about that, but I'm busy trying to clear it up. So please be patient just a little while longer.

And as always, thanks for reading.

FIGHT LIKE HELL, FIGHT LIKE DOOM MARINES!

Ch.20: The Complexity of Love. Part 1.

(Bryan/Doom Marine, Train ride to the Crystal Empire, 2 weeks later...)

Okay, let's start off with a recap. First there was that whole dream fight thing, weirdest form of fighting I've ever done, and I don't even remember any of my dreams, or just don't have any dreams. After dealing with two annoying little shits, we encounter the Titans we killed. After some explanations and benefits, we woke up. Although, when Luna woke up, she was red in the face, and when she looked at me, her eyes widening and her blush intensified. Gaining a nosebleed out of nowhere, Luna rushes into her bathroom, with the shower running.

I don't know what was happening on her end, but it must have something to do with Chrysalis's dream. After all, she brought Cadence and Twilight over there. So what in Death's name was she even dreaming? All I felt from wanting to know the answer behind that question, was dread.

After all that, things, for the most part, returned normal. Canterlot was fully constructed back to stability, but the Nobles were getting even more restless and degradingly stupid. Surprisingly enough, The Noble Council put a stop to their whining and placing some new rules on them, for the duration of this war. The Nobility had no choice but to comply to these rules, or be stripped of everything, and have it distributed to the people. No idea where this all came from, but that works for me, now we won't have to deal with them for a while longer.

The Night Sentinels kept on coming in by the day, right now we stand at two thousand strong, at the latest. Of course, we talked with King Hydrax about some of the plans we wish to happen, such as the Everfree Castle, or Fort, but the latter was rarely used. So he sent in some teams to assess it and see what becomes of it. He even states that they are developing a new weapon on their side of things, calling it Reaper. Not sure what it does, he didn't go into too much detail, just said that it was still in the experimental trials. Oh, and he gave us his Thanks for apprehending Sombra's soul.

Then there were our discussions with our Titans. They went into detail about the whole 'Progression' thing. But here's the difference; my progress is slower than the rest! When I asked why's that, he merely responded with me being more stronger. We just stared at him, thinking he might be bluffing. He wasn't. But he warned me about not getting carried away with it, stating that there are ways of making me dead. I asked if there was a way to progress faster, and there was.

The problem was, that with your regular enemy that you would fight, for the most part, won't cut it anymore. Since they tend to die so easily with just one punch from me. I needed to fight more powerful, more experienced, more skilful opponents. That last fight within the dream counted, because of how real of a threat Sombra actually was, and for what he has committed back then. There might be even the rare case of gaining more from a certain mission. My Titan also warned me about some of the enemies I might end up running into, since they know about the whole Displaced thing and such. Thanks to Guardian telling them about it.

Speaking of which, we asked Guardian about Khorne. She said that she sensed his power and went to ask why he helped me. The only answer she got from him was that he's interested in me, and wants to help me. By giving me that Chainsword, in good time. Yeah, no pressure there. I just hope that's the only thing he gives me. Although, I wouldn't mind if he grants our Night Sentinels with Chainswords or Chainaxes. Question is, what do I have to do, for him to grant that? Also, the vaguest of his intentions.

Now then, for the twist of things; I finally let Tia make her apology to me. Yep, no lie. And I accepted it, but on the condition that she trains under either me, or Visilia, should I and the bros be in another version of Equestria. Hesitantly, she agreed to this, but she also knows she'll be needing to work real hard to earn Visilia's trust. Me? I trust her well enough to do what's necessary. At this point, she needs it.

As for Luna, well, for the most part, she's fine. Although she tends to blush when she's around me, sometimes even acts and says weird things too. Vincent believes Chrissy was having a wet dream, and as much as I want to deny and punch his face in, I believe him on that one.

After all of what we needed to do, Cadence got into contact with us, through Twilight's Comm I gave her. She said she was heading back to the Crystal Empire.

And so, here we are. On a train heading towards her kingdom. Unfortunately, Vincent's prediction to what happened in Chrysalis's dream was true. She had a dream of having sex with me, and Luna and that waltz right into it. Even got involved in it, too, by the look of it. Good thing a platoon of Night Sentinels were sitting in the next train cart. Of course, this didn't make it any less awkward. Kevin was with me, while Vincent stayed behind in Canterlot with Visilia.

All three of the girls were sitting opposite of us. Each of which looked and acted differently. Cadence was basically on the same level as Luna, sort of. Chrysalis had a deviant, seductive smile on her lips, definitely trying to get into my pants. Twilight wrapped herself up in her wings, hiding her entire being from me. All the while making these strange, subtle noises, which I could only think of as sounding submissive. If anything, whenever I try to talk or get close to her, her form shivers, as if that alone brought her to orgasm.

Even worse, Twilight's parents were here, too! Sitting right across from us! Her mother, Velvet, was blushing, like the girls themselves. The father, Night Light, looked at me with sympathy. Yeah, you would think he be mad, but no, that's not the case. He was scared for me.

Sighing, I leaned back and stared up at the ceiling. I'm so confused about this whole love affair, I'm lost in it. I don't know how I'm suppose to deal with it, and I can't do it the way Dragons do it. Yes, Dragons practices polygamy. Well, the last time I was in their country, they were. I'm not sure if they're still doing it, or forsaken it. Either way, telling a dragon to stop doing this or that, is like telling a mountain to flatten itself out. The result; they won't do it, and will more than likely try and kill you.

Anyway, I tried to figure out a way for these three to sort their feelings out. Because right now, Chrysalis's feelings towards me, has effectively screwed up the other two's feelings. I can count on Luna to sort herself out, but Cadence and Twilight need some serious help. And possibly even Chrysalis. God knows I suck at romantic relationships...

"Dearest Bryan, what's wrong?" Chrysalis asked me, sounding so naturally seductive.

Groaning, placed my head in my hands, and said. "Chrissy, don't ask me like that, please?"

"Aw, but why? Is something the matter?" She asked again.

"Yes, there is. It concerns your feelings towards me." I told her. "Clearly, it has affected Cadence, Twilight, and Luna, that it scrambled their emotions. How do I know what you feel for me is real? How do you know?" When I asked her that, her and the girls drastically changed. Gone was their fondness of me, replaced with thoughtful, sad, depressive frowns. Even Twilight let her wings droop down, showing her one.

Sighing, Chrysalis answered. "Alright, I'll admit it, maybe I was feeling insecure about myself. Maybe I was just afraid of losing my life, without finding any purpose in life. Maybe I was just feeling absolutely lonely." She explained firmly. "Ever since I heard and read legends about you and your kind, I was astounded by it. Of course, some of us thought it was a folklore made up around a campfire, but one that we actually liked, nonetheless."

"Okay, so after hearing it all, what was it you were thinking?" I pressed on, and so did she.

"I was thinking of how amazing it would be to meet you. Learn more things about you. Find out where you came from. Discover the technological foundation of your rising civilisation. The more I thought about, the more I became obsessed with it. But, sadly, it was never meant to be, over the course of my life, I became a new queen for a new Hive. As for the rest, you already know of..." She lets out a sigh before continuing. "And yet, as soon as you showed up, I was surprised. But I was also angry at Celestia, guessing that she locked you up in that tomb. Over time, I began to learn more about you, or at least tried to. Your methods are always so direct, but they can also be seen as misguided meanings. But that's only because none of us really understand your motives." She's not wrong there.

"Well, you can probably also tell that I'm not one for explanations, or conversations. Because even I wouldn't know how to put it into words, and I've been so secretive, that I can't even express myself in any other way." I said to her. "Honestly, the only things I've ever felt, for the longest time, was anger and hatred, all wrapped up in a ball of fury and rage. Not to mention, buying shit from that Merchant without realising it'll send you off somewhere, it makes you feel kind of forced in a life you never thought possible. With no other choice but to try and make a living here." I explained to her.

“What was it like? Back home, I mean.” Cadence asked.

“... It was shit. That's how I remembered it.” I snarled, not at her though, I didn't meant it that way.

Chrysalis held onto her and Twilight, both. “Bryan, please, stop being such a sour puss. I know you don't like most things, but surely there was something you liked, long ago.”

“That's just it Chrysalis, it has been so long, that I doubt Earth is the same anymore.” I told her with a sigh. “Being stuck inside a tomb for over ten millennia makes you wonder just what the fuck happened? Either mankind has expanded across the stars, not without bloodshed, mind you. Or it killed itself off.”

“That's… Very depressing…” Twilight said sadly.

Before anymore talk could be made, Velvet squeaked and we turned to see what was up. That was when we saw her with a staff. Some wizard’s staff, of some kind. As she was holding it, her eyes widened as she seems to stare off into space. Getting up, I took it out of her hands and heard a woman's voice coming from it. “Ah, crap. It's a fucking Token…”

“I am the goddess Palutena, When you are lost or in danger grasp this staff and call on me, and I will be your guide to safety. Those who summon me with evil intent will face my wrath!” The message echoed in my mind.

Looking at Kevin, I handed to him and he heard the message too. “So, any thoughts on this one?” I asked him.

“She seems and means well. Perhaps she could help you out on your dilemma with Love?” Kevin suggested.

I shrugged at this idea. “I don't know, man. I mean, she may be a goddess and all that, but last time I checked, we had to deal with a lot of nutjobs worshipping Demons. I don't want another Zealotry popping up because of her.” I told him as I sat back down. “Not that I’m trying to blame her, or anything, I just think it might cause an uprise or something.”

“Alright then, when we get the chance, we’ll ask her for assistance, and see if she can clear this up for you, and the girls.” He stated and I nodded.

After a little while of talking, we finally arrived at the Crystal Empire. Speaking of which, I also brought that Shard of The Crystal Heart along, hopefully to at least help along the lines of this mess of mine. Moving out, there was a group of Crystal Guards waiting for us, with one of the Sergeants walking up and saluting to me, to which I saluted back. “Greetings sir! The Captain will like to speak with you all, there seems to be some development happening today!”

“What kind?” I asked him.

“The political one, sir!” He answered.

“Ah, Hell dammit all! Who the fuck’s here?”

“The Dragons, Minotaur, Gryphons, and Zebras sir! Follow me please!” As he said that, he and his men formed up around us, but me and Kevin stepped out. He was about to ask, until he saw our Night Sentinels, which shocked him and his men. “My word, it's true… You do have an army.”

“Wait, how the Hell did you know of this?” I questioned him.

“Sir, haven't you been watching the news? They caught you lot with your armies, along with finding that third Doom Marine.” He answered, still shocked by this display.

I groaned and shook my head. “Let's just get a move on…” As I said that, we started walking towards the city.

Upon entering, everything seems to have been repaired. The people here were a little shocked to see us and our forces, but they bowed to us. Even the children were in awe to see us. Then there was two familiar faces I remembered when I first came here; Golden Light and Silver Terra. Golden Light was a Unicorn mare, with a golden yellow fur colour, a two-toned coloured mane and tail; white and pink, and baby blue eyes. Her body was lean and beautiful, even more so. Silver Terra, an Earth pony Stallion, had a Dark brown fur colour, with a silver mane and tail, and purple eyes. He was mildly built and fit in body.

As they saw me, they waved out to me, and I waved back at them. I wonder if they're together?

Unfortunately, the calm was shattered when a couple of Dragon Legionnaires dropped in front of us, all armed to the teeth. Growling, I drawn out my sword and pointed at them. “What the fuck is going on here!?”

When I asked them that, they flinched from me, meaning I’m still a top dog in their Society. Good. One of them answered me. “We were asked to bring you along with us… My Lord.” From the sound of things, these were just young teenagers, and they were scared of me.

“Tell the one in charge that I can fucking walk over there. And if he or she got a problem with that, we can fight it out, if they like?” I snarled at them, making it clear that I’m not in the mood for this bullshit of theirs.

Nodding quickly, they took flight and flew back to the castle. Sighing, I placed my sword on my back again, and waved for us to continue onward. Once we reached the castle, we saw a larger Dragon waiting outside. Of course, this one was female, because of how lean and flexible this one looked, not to mention the armour design for such a fighter. That was when we saw her transform, shifting from her quadruped feral form, to a biped anthro form. She was about the same height as me and Kevin, and her scales were orange, with yellow eyes.

As she took her first step towards us, I went to grab my sword and she stops, getting the message. Then she spoke up. “My Lord, please, I apologise for my rash act towards you. But, when we heard the news about you, we were anxious.”

“Oh for Damnations sakes, will you all just calm down! Christ, I haven't even seen your Kingdom for a long time, and now with my return, you act as if it's the end of the world!” I growled at her. “I past all of your trials, killed off any and all political corruptors and oppressors, and stopped Hell’s army from invading you lot next! And now you think you can claim me like some fucking trophy, or whatever the fuck you believe in!?”

“I-I-I’m sorry! It won't happen again, I promise! I’ll even send word back after this meeting!” She sputtered as she bows before me. “Please, don’t kill me!”

“Oh god, enough with the begging already! Now, why are all of you here?” I questioned her, as she got up.

“Well, we were hoping to lend some of our support towards the Crystal Empire, and pray that we might meet up with you. Thank the Heavens you have arrived.” She explained.

“Heaven can go fuck itself with a rusting Spork, for all I care. Now, let's get this horseshit over with!” When I said that, she just looks at me in stunned awe, until she falls to the ground and starts laughing. “And you all still remember how much I swore my head off, don’t you?”

She snorts before saying. “My Lord… With how you… Tend to act… it's still funny!” She said this between laughs. Once it has passed, she gets up and stands besides me. “Anyway, we must go. The others are waiting for us.”

Rolling my eyes, we started to move towards the stairs. But that was when we saw Cadence, Chrysalis, Twilight, and her parents, went towards the Memorial Stone. Seeing as they need time to themselves, we continued on without them, moving up the stairs and into the castle.

After some time of walking about, we found ourselves within the Throne room, where the hole I made was patched up, and a long-ass table was set up. Of course, the Representatives from before, in Manehattan, were here as well, seeing as they saw us come in.

“Ah! The Doom Slayers have returned. Good, now we can explain things to them.” The Gryphon said with a smile. “And what do you know, they have an army with them!”

“That was quite the surprise, to say the least. Everyone thinks you're going to conquer the world, all because of our sins.” The Minotaur said with a snort. “Moronic doomsayers, always preaching about some nonsense!”

“I’ll say, you should hear what they say back in the Dragon Kingdom! Most believe that the Doom Slayers have come to reap vengeance upon the world that have wronged them, for all the good deeds they did to protect us.” The Pony that represents the Dragons said.

“Please, can we move this on, and not keep our Lords at bay? They wish to know why we are here.” A Zebra said.

“Hunter, you can handle this. I’m just gonna sleep this off.” I said as I grabbed a chair and dozed off, not wanting to get caught up in this stuff.

“Heh! They really don't like politics…” I heard the Minotaur said before everything get shuts out of my mind.

An hour or so must have past, since I was woken up by Chrysalis. “Bryan, don't you think that was rude of you to sleep in the middle of a meeting?” She asked me.

“Who has the fucking balls to say no to me?” I answered her with another question.

“Bryan, please. You can't brush this off, even if it's something you don't like.” She stated to me. “Besides, that Dragoness and mare was sneaking in some ‘goodbye’ kisses in your sleep.”

“Really? I mean, really?”

“Yes, really. I can even feel their emotions, and I say they're drawn to you and Kevin. You with the Dragoness, and Kevin with the mare.” She explained. “Anyway, they’ll be staying for sometime.”

“Great.” I said sarcastically, before Kevin texted me.

“Bryan, I think it's time to call her.” I groaned as I was having second thoughts about this, but there was no turning back now, I guess.

Getting up, he passes me her staff, and I took in some deep breaths, before talking into it. “Hey, uh, Pally? If you have the time, I need help with something.” When that was done, a portal opens up...

(Goddess Palutena)

The train was speeding along to Canterlot so we could join 'Tia and shore up our defenses, when my musing were interrupted, “Hey, uh, Pally? If you have the time, I need help with something.” echoed in my mind, I drew out a long suffering sigh, attracting the attention of everypony in the train cabin.

“Something's come up I’ll meet you there,” I said as I gave Twilight and Theia a kiss on the forehead.

I opened a portal and walked through it.

(Bryan/Doom Marine)

… From there, out came a… Alicorn? Well, that was surprising, to say the least.

“Greetings, I am Palutena, goddess of balance, crafting and wisdom, how may I be of service?” Palutena introduced herself, with a sweeping and graceful bow leaning on her staff to keep balance.

“Um, wow. This is something...different.” I said awkwardly. “Sorry, not used to this whole ‘god-like’ theme. Although, where to start?” Now I’m at a complete lost.

“How about at the beginning? What is your name?” She suggested with a patient smile.

“It's Berserker.” I told her. “And no, you can’t learn our real names. It's protocol.”

“Ah? Just like Fate/Stay night.” she said with a smile. “Well Berserker, it's a pleasure to meet you. From the sound of your voice you are the one who called me, how can I help you this day?” She asked with a tilt of her head.

“Right, well, this is gonna sound stupid, but, I need help in...understanding Love.” I said to her. “And let's just say, we’re older than we may appear.”

She frowned. “Why not ask Princess Cadance, the princess of love? Is there a specific reason you came to me rather than her?” She asked me. “Oh, and not appearing like your age is common amongst immortals. You’ll get used to it and it's better if you ignore it from now on otherwise you are going to be a very lonely guy.” She added in addendum.

“Let's just say that both her and Twilight are...lost and confused as well.” I answered her. “Also, I didn't say we were immortal, and I’ve always been by myself. More or less.” I added in.

She raised an eyebrow at me before sighing. “Okay, what specifically is the problem? I could just read your mind but I doubt you’d like that.” She said as she stretched and stood straight.

“That, and I don't want you to...well, it's complicated. Anyway, the reason why those two are in such a dilemma, is because circumstances kind of pushed it. Remember Sombra, by any chance?”

“Oh? Crystals McGee? He hasn't shown up in my Equestria yet.” she replied.

“Well, let's just say that Ball-less Twat wouldn't stay dead. So he started haunting both of their dreams. When Luna found out, she had us go in there and kill him off. Although, while we were in there, he said that the reason why he was targeting them was for his personal reasons, besides wanting to resurrect himself and take control of the world, he wanted to make both of them his Queens and wives, but I didn't take too kindly to his plans and started fucking up his imaginary army.” I explained to her.

Her face grew darker, as many forms of magic began spilling out of her like that of a super saiyan as she was shaking, the ground began to shake as her the whites of her eyes turned black, her iris turned red and around it was a ring of light and rainbow. Shadow leaked out of her right eye, while light leaked out of the other. “He wanted to do what to my daughter!?” She said her voice reverberation and sounded distorted, in her now obvious rage.

“Relax, he’s dead for good. His soul is now trapped within Tartarus, thanks to King Hydrax. I doubt he's gonna get any mercy from him.” I told her.

Palutena began doing a hand movement in and out as she breathed, “mustn't get stressed, calm down.” She said between breathes before sighing and returning to be normal.

“Apologies, I don't like it when people threaten my family, even if they are alternate versions of them.” She said sounding apologetic.

“Who the fuck doesn't feel that way? Wait, don't answer that, I might go on a killing spree throughout the Multiverse! Let's not do that.” I waved it off. “Anyway, while I was busy trying to kill him off, Luna had sent Cadence and Twilight over to Chrysalis’s dream, and well...let's just say that's where it all started.”

“Oh so they are horny? Like the female version of blueballs?” She asked me.

“Um, more or less. Only because Chrissy was having a wet dream...about me.” I said with a sigh. “Problem is, that I’m with someone already, but within the shortest amount of time, Chrissy has already developed feelings for me, which affected Cadence and Twilight, possibly even Luna, since she got dragged into the sex scene… FUCK!” I growled as I tried to calm down. “I was never good at this shit.”

“Emotions are rarely logical, for Twilight and Luna the solution is simple enough, assuming that is if like my Twilight and my Luna they have a crush on each other. Chrysalis will be harder to deal with, Cadance is married so that should resolve itself.” She says to herself as she is thinking about possible solutions.

“Oh god, Shining Armour…” I said as the memory of seeing him dead before me comes back. “He didn't have to go out like that, or ever.”

“Oh buck me sideways! He’s dead? Fuck! fuck! fuck! And I can't in good conscience resurrect him after he got his eternal repose! Damn it! Now I wish I was there when he died! Well that complicated things a fuck tonne!” She groaned in exasperation.

I gave a dry chuckle at that. “How ironic is that? The first thing I do when they wake me back up, is to fight a war they were mere inches away of losing. Saved Canterlot and travelled to the Crystal Empire, only to find it in enemy control. What do I do? Stormed right in here and fucked as many idiotic people up, saved Cadence, murdered Shining Armour’s killers with my bare hands, and destroying the Crystal Heart, which they have poisoned and corrupted. Turning this Kingdom’s greatest defenses, against oneself. Hell, one piece of it survived.” Pulling it out, I showed it to her.

“Pass it to me, I can repair it, at the very least.” She asked me.

“No, Our fair Lady.” The Shard spoke up, which surprised her.

“Why do you reject being repaired little one?” She asked curiously.

“We cannot return. The Mantle of protecting the Empire, now falls to its people, and Fallen. We must help the Doom Marines, wherever it need be.” It explained.

“Would you object to being changed alongside the praetor armor so you can remain close to them?” She asked with a warm smile.

“Yes, we would. For it is not needed.” It answered.

“Very well little one, as for your conundrum, this isn't going to be an quick and easy fix, well at least not without invasive alterations, gather the… afflicted. While you do that I’ll sit down carrying sextuplets is murder on your ankles.” She said as she sat down on the nearest chair.

I nodded as Chrissy and I went to find the others. I just hope they're alright…

(Kevin/Doom Marine)

“So mr tall, demonic and silent, are you going to ask me anything?” Palutena asked me. I just shrugged at her, while tapping on my throat and shaking my head. Hopefully she gets the message.

“Ah, your mute, my condolences.” She said while offering a sympathetic smile.

I nodded at her, as we wait for Bryan and that to return.

“You know i could help you with that if you want? The being mute thing, I mean. I could give your Armor text to speech or I could straight up fix your throat if you want? No catches, no cost.” She offered sincerely.

But I shook my head, answering her with a ‘No’.

“Not even giving you telepathy?” She asked, which I shook again.

“Fair enough, but be careful, principals are good until they start costing you, like when I committed genocide in defence of another version of this place and I have to live with that for eternity.” she advised with a tinge of sadness in her voice.

Searching through my pockets, I found and pulled out a Datapad and given it to her. I texted her a message saying. “If that's true, why are we still around? Can you answer that one?” I asked her.

“Because, you're good people, selfless and foolish people. All heroes are likely to lose so much, yet keep going. That in itself is virtue even if it is still foolish.” She chuckled ruefully.

“Is that so? Well, maybe I’m not the one who is stupidly foolish here. Because we never said we were heroes, but nor are we the villains of this story.”

“It all comes down to perspective, you personally may not think you're heroic. But others do, those that you saved. Whether you wanted recognition or not, whether you believe that you can't be a hero because you’ve done reprehensible things. People still cheered my name, branded me a hero, even after I caused so much death and forever altered the environment of the empire with my attacks.” She sighed

“Tell me something, how old are you? I’ll tell you ours.”

“Slightly over a thousand a number like any other, age doesn't breed wisdom.” she replied.

“No, but it breeds experience. And I should know, because we’re over ten thousand years old.”

“Heh, and Bryan thinks he's not immortal.” She chuckled, and she put a finger over her lips “it may be limited but I'm still omnipotent.”

“Dumbass, he said we woke up. What does that tell you?”

“That you woke up, out of your sarcophagus. Do you think that doom guy wasn't immortal prior to that? Though I wonder what definition of immortal are you using?”

“We are not immortals. Period.”

“Fine, I’ll stop, but we’ll know for sure in a couple of centuries as long as you don't get killed.” she said with mirth in her voice. Only to have something big and heavy dropped on her head, and can you guess who did it? “Grrr! Alright, who the fu--!?” She stops as she looks at the anvil, it has the mark of the Blood God, Khorne.

“Khorne! You ass raping clown! I’ll remember this!” She scowled at nothing.

“You do know Slaanesh does all the ass raping, and the clown is The Laughing God, right? Not to mention they outrank you.”

“It isn't only Slaanesh’s, and honestly the laughing god can keep clowns,” she growled, “so why is the hemophiliac dropping anvils on me? It better not be because of spoilers.”

“Because you are a dumbass in believing we are immortal, that's why. All four of them knows us. Don't believe me, ask Tzeentch.”

“oh? You still haven't told me what definition of immortal you're working off of,” she asked again.

“Where we live forever. That one.”

“well I go with immortal means, ageless but can still die from wounds and unnatural causes,” she said shrugging, “anyways, what can you tell me about this war you're fighting?”

“You know that Canterlot Wedding where Chrissy invades? She was set up by her sister Cocoon to do so, just for her to backstab Chrissy and claim Equestria as hers.”

“Yes I am aware of the show but anything past season five is murky. But really, betrayed by family? Now that sucks,” she replied.

“What the fucking Hell are you on about? What show?” I asked her, confused as to where she was taking this, or what she's talking about.

“Oh me you don't know do you? This world, all the displaced Equestria's come from a show called My little pony friendship is magic, or generation four. Produced by the Lauren Faust who created the powerpuff girls etc. depending on how much a displaced influences it. The world almost always follows the show.” she explained in a serious tone, she conjured a stack of papers, “these are the show transcripts, they will be slightly different from this world though,” she warned as she handing them to me.

“Well, okay, but I don't think it matters much anymore. Besides, as much of a mindfuck this is, what isn't fictional made reality?” I texted as I handed them back to her.

“Well my main concern was simply knowing about possible future events may give you an advantage. For example, Tirek escapes Tartarus. When Cerberus leaves his post.” She explained.

“Yeah, we know that, but it’s already past and dealt with.” I told her.

“Damn how far ahead is this world, gah whatever.” She groaned.

“You do know with different elements, changes the entire story, right? Meaning in this one of ours, it's not heading in the same direction.”

“you mean the butterfly effect, where changes to established history even tiny ones have far reaching and wide effects?” she asked, “also shouldn't they be here by now or is Berserker just being mobbed by horny mares?”

“You know, for a Goddess, you’re not that good at sensing things out.” Came the voice of Berserker.

“I can but that's just boring, and he is totally being mobbed by horny mares,” she replied with a smirk. Only to lose it when he walked in with them looking just fine.

“Huh? Maybe that was an alternate timeline.” She pondered.

“Then that makes you an easy target, if you lose yourself within somewhere else, instead of focusing on the here and now. You are a failure as a Goddess.” Berserker stated harshly.

“Oh sure you say that but you try being omnipotent all the time, oh goddess you must know everything. Please tell us what shall we mere puppets do, even though we break and are so fragile,” She growled, “ and you try and be nice you help to the best of your ability without totally giving everything away because that is just asking for trouble. Then you have to deal with snarky mortals who think they can do it better!” She snapped.

“Do you know how many fucks I actually give about the shit you produce? None. Because it isn't my problem, and I didn't bury myself in that mess. You did. So you dig yourself out of there! Besides, I didn't call you here for a history lesson, or for any of that TV bullshit.” He replied to her.

“No you called me because you can't deal with being loved, you can't deal with being with someone because you are too scared of breaking them. You called me because that Cocoon bitch is part of the fact those girls are horny. So perhaps practice what you preach?” She does know that's a two-edged blade phrase, right?

“I can say the same about you, too. Besides, I did break a woman's heart, not because of fear for not returning them. But the fear of losing her to the Demons of Hell. Do you honestly believe I want them living in a Hell-hole, filled to the brim with nothing but death and destruction, at the hands of either mine or theirs? Woman, you don't know shit about me, so don't go around thinking you do!” He countered, while he also confessed about breaking a woman's heart, for her sake of living.

“No, I do not believe you want that. Look, let's just bury the hatchet, forget what we both said and start a new. I don't need the stress as it is, and we need to sort out this problem.” She sighed tiredly.

“Why don't you need stress? Is something wrong?” Twilight asked her, although she was hidden right behind Cadence, who hid behind Chrysalis.

Palutena gave her a deadpan look, “because I’m pregnant with my fiancé, Celestia's six foals, that is why,” she explained in response, which surprised most of us. Most of us.

As for Berserker, well, he wasn't too thrilled by this news. “Tia…” he growled as he clutched his right fist. “Why that no good, motherfucking…”

“Whoa! Whoa, hey, Berserker calm down! No need to get protective about it! Really, it's fine!” Palutena tried to calm him down, which didn't help at this point, and only made him yell at her.

“HOW!?” He shouted which made her jump back.

“Well it's simple really my Celestia is a futanari, that is a hermaphrodite and well, peg a inserts into slot b,” she explained while blushing, only to make Berserker stomp his boot onto the floor, which created cracks along it.

“I KNOW HOW FUCKING PROCREATION WORKS!!!!! WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS TIA! SHE ISN’T TRYING TO GET YOUR HOPES UP, IS SHE!?” Berserker yelled at her.

“Whoa, of course she isn't getting my hopes up! Here,” Palutena pulled off her ring that Celestia gave her and gave it to me to read, “inside the band is a message,” she added. It was gold and decorated with Celestia's cutiemark and inside the band was a hand engraved message from Celestia to Palutena. The message read,”To my beautiful light, Palutena. I, Celestia, pledge myself to you now and for eternity as your wife.”

After telling Berserker about this, he finally calms down and reads it himself. “Okay, this is proof enough. Sorry, it was Tia who locked me up, and I was the last Doom Marine. So, yeah, I’m still going to have trust issues with other Celestias. Fair warning.”

“Oh and my world's Luna and Twilight are dating, just thought you should know before we continue. So that there no more surprises come out.” she said, poking out her tongue, until she saw Berserker going for his sword. “Oh for goodness sakes, Berserker, stop! It’s not even happening in yours!”

Twilight blushes and tries to look away, “Lulu and me dating? No, that’d never happen, nope,” Twilight tried to sound convincing, that is, until she looks at Berserker. “H-Hey, uh, Berserker? Say t-that we were all together, you wouldn't mind if t-t-the girls and I mingle with each other, would you?” Where the Hell did Twilight’s mind run off to?

As for Berserker, he sighed and moved his hand away from his sword. “If we did hook up, and you wanted to do that with each other, then go for it. But Twi, I’m not sure how this is going to work, even if the Dragons were still doing Polygamy, I won't be around for that much to be with you. I just know that there are wars that need to be fought and won. Otherwise, I would have started a family with you lot right then and there. No more worries, no more fighting. Just living and living it good.” He said with a shake of his head. “God, why does this suck balls so much?”

“Because you all know you can't hang up your armour.” Pally guessed.

“Yes, because of that.” Berserker sighed again before saying. “Wanna know what I did after I’ve liberated the Crystal Empire and avenged Armour’s death? I built a Memorial Stone. No bullshit, I dragged a large enough rock, out from the frozen wastelands, back to where the Crystal Heart used to be, set the fucker up and started on it. With the help from the Crystal Guard, of course, since they written up the many names. That took us about two days or so to finish it, and I didn't really sleep until it was nearly done.”

“Well that was a good way of honouring the fallen,” Palutena complemented, “So, what were you guys up to before you called me?” She asked, “I need some cathartic release and your enemies seem like the perfect target,” she declared as she stretched,

“what if you get hurt!?” Twilight exclaimed, with worry evident in her eyes. The Goddess gave her a deadpan look and conjured a one handed short sword and without flinching lopped off her left arm, causing the ponies present to run around screaming, with us two facepalming at them.

“Are you insane!?” Twilight screeched.

“The jury is still out on that one,” She replied nonchalantly as her left arm regenerated and shoved her old arm into her body to be reassimilated.

“I am fully immortal and functionally invulnerable, at most being cut to pieces is merely an inconvenience at worst it's annoying,” Palutena continued and shrugged at the shocked expressions.

“That's if you can find them. We don't even know where their Hive is located.” Berserker answered her.

“So if they aren't here, why are you guys here?” She asked

“Cadence wanted to come back, stating she's willing to rule again. You could say everyone wanted her to have some time away from ruling and recover however possible.” Berserker explained to her. “So, yeah. That's about it.”

“That's understandable dear, and you have my deepest and sincerest sympathies,” Palutena told Cadance and hugged her.

“Thank you. But, can I ask you something, about these feelings?” Cadence asked her, as she hugs her back.

“which feelings do you mean child? I can think of a few but I want you to tell me which ones,” Palutena asked.

“My feelings for… the Doom Marine.” She answers her, which made Berserker stiffen up a bit.

“Ah! Of course. Well those feelings when did they first surface? Dreams are made of your memories and it is the brain’s procedure for working through your day's events but dreams cannot directly influence you. So, logically, your feelings came before you had your Chrysalis dream encounter. Again I have an idea of what might have caused it but I want to hear it from your mouth,” Palutena asked Cadence.

“Well, yes, you’re right. But before that, I never really had such feelings for him, other than the fact he scares The Celestial Light out of me, but I never hated him. When me, Twilight, and Luna went to see Chrysalis, only to walk in on her special moment with him, something just clicked. After that whole thing, my feelings for Berserker changed, starting of small…” Cadence explained.

“I have a few theories as to why you are feeling this way, my first theory is that you did have feelings for him, but your fears were distracting you and seeing him in the dream most likely destroyed that fear or at least allayed it enough for you to notice your new feelings. Theory two, you were vulnerable after Shining Armor passed on, and after the trauma you experienced, the one who saved you made you feel safe somewhat even if you were consciously afraid of him as well and eventually those feelings slowly morphed into a crush over time and the dream just pushed you over the edge so to speak. Theory three and this is highly unlikely but also the simplest explanation, the dream did affect you because it wasn't your dream. Occam's razor, “the simplest explanation is often the correct one”.

“I’m not sure if it was any of those, but they were pretty close. I guess, overtime, I saw him as a fierce warrior, one that was unrestrained, which still scared me, but I can also see him caring for me and my family's welfare, along with anyone else who is suffering. Not to mention, his sheer hatred and distrust for the Government, of any kind. And that also includes Equestria’s one. Anyway, back to it, as I said it started of small, and it only grew with each night I dream of him. Even though he was of a completely different species from his own, it was still him, nonetheless…” That last part had us confused, at least, me, Berserker and Pally. The rest seemed fine by it.

“What kind of race was he then?”

“A hybrid of sorts; a wolf and a dragon.” Cadence answered.

Palutena turned to look Berserker up and down, “he doesn't look like a wolf or a dragon. Still I am not one to talk my true form is that of a four eyed, six winged feathered dragoness. Though I used to be human,” she said, not sure if Cadence meant it was metaphorically a hybrid or not.

“I think I know what she means by that.” Berserker spoke up.

“Oh do elucidate us then?” Palutena asked with a look of curiosity.

“First, the wolf. Before the five of us have ever met, we were Lone Wolves, each finding our paths in Life, while experiencing some things along the line; the good, the bad, and the ugly. We were our own selves, our own little warriors, with our unique set of skills, cunningness, strengths, and weaknesses. Once we have met with one another, we completed the circle, creating our little Wolf Pack. From there, we’ve learned and teach one another about things, becoming more like brothers than friends. Even if things turn to shit, and that shit hits the fan, before heading down South, we had each other's backs.” Berserker explained to them, to which I nodded in agreement. Yeah, those were the days.

“Okay so where does the “dragon” come in then?” Palutena bade him to continue.

“You know how aggressive, straightforward and brutally honest they can be? Yeah, that's why, because that's how I can be. I can be really fierce to dumbasses that think they're better than me and everyone else. Also, I had quite the Hoard, if you know what I mean?”

“oh i can relate,” Palutena said as she opened a rift directly to her treasury vault, with a smirk. It was filled with gold, bits, gems, books and jewelry. She also opened a rift to a library filled with tons of books. The latter making Twilight drool, as her wings flared.

“Good god, Twilight, you better not have had a Nerdgasm right now.” Berserker said to her, which made her blush and covered her face with both hands.

“Heh, that's adorable,” Palutena commented with a chuckle.

“Well, that actually does sound a lot like you. Anyway, in the dream, I would always meet up with you, and we would go out into town, spending some quality time with each other. We would also pass by your other brothers, they too as hybrids. A wolf and something else within the mix. Every time we did this, it always felt so special, we even flew together, you leading the way to what you found…” Cadence explained her dreams, grabbing our attentions once more.

“Just a heads up if anyone wants wings, I could give you them or I could just improve your jetpacks if you have them,” Palutena interjected. Only for me and Berserker to shake our heads, which made her right eye twitch a bit. “What is up with everyone refusing my offers?”

“Because we didn't ask for them, nor do we fucking want them. For Christ sakes, shut the Hell up, woman. You were saying Cadence?” Berserker told Pally off, before having Cadence continue on. Much to Pally’s annoyance.

“Well, it kept changing to new scenes for a couple of nights, until it came to that point, where we...actually made love.” She blushed at that, as we all guessed at what she meant. “Honestly, that was pretty intense and we were going at it for a long time. At least, it felt like that. And you were carrying quite the package, I wonder how you move around with something like that in your armour, or clothes.”

“... Now that you mention it, I’ve been questioning that, too.” Berserker stated, which also got me thinking about my own. How do they fit inside this armour, without causing any form of discomfort?

“M-Moving on! There was a bit of a time skip, somewhere along the lines, I remembered that we were married, because of a special wedding ring you had custom-made from the Dragons. Besides that though, I was...was…” Cadence’s blush intensified as she hugs herself and looks away from Berserker, until she starts drawing a circle with her finger...around her stomach.

“Wha--!? Really!? You were pregnant!?” Berserker asked, sounding excited by it, all of a sudden.

She nods her head. “Yes, and you could never keep your hands away from our little one. Always sneaking in a feel whenever you get the chance, although you were very overprotective about us. Possessive even, whenever we were alone in our room, you would lick my belly. I think I was six or seven months into it.”

“Well, well, well! You really are a stud underneath that armour of yours.” Chrysalis teased with a mischievous grin. “And what do you know, he even has Dragon instincts, and I bet that tongue of yours wasn't the only thing you used to mark your territory?”

“Not that this isn't riveting,” Palutena deadpanned, “but I am going to go to Canterlot now,” Palutena said as she began to walk off.

“Hold up! You forgot something.” Berserker called out to her.

“And what would that be?” Palutena asked.

Reaching for his pockets, he pulled out our Token and threw it to her. “Our Token. With that, our contract is complete. If I remember that correctly.” Oh, right, Guardian told us how to send other Displaced back to their own dimensions.

Nothing happened and Palutena stood there looking at us, before she turned away and began transforming into her true form.

“I said I was going to Canterlot not home. All aboard who's going there as well.” Palutena said

“Goddammit! The last thing I need you to do is piss off some people, or get pissed off by one of ours!” Berserker growled at her.

“A tad too late about that last one berserker, however I am not going to cause trouble. I am going to see if they need some help, I am certainly not needed here,” she stated with a tinge of venom in her voice.

“No, no one needs help. But you know what, fine. Hunter, go with her!” Berserker begrudgingly relented and I went up next to her. “And if you happen to run into him, or he into you, don't help her.”

Palutena rolled her four eyes, “come along then Hunter,” she said waiting for me to jump on. Everyone, besides me and Berserker, gaped at her size, which was three times higher than Celestia.

Shrugging at this, I jumped onto her.

She ran out on all fours and threw herself into the sky. Her six wings began flapping alternating between each other, picking up speed until she performed a sonic boom, shattering the visible light spectrum, I almost lost my balance and crouched down to lower my center of gravity.

Half an hour into our flight, I could see Canterlot clearly, an arrow whizzed past my head, “ how rude,” rumbled Palutena as she erected a shield around us.