I woke up and saw I was alone in my bedroom. I went to grab my clothes and head for the bathroom when I remembered Nightmare's words from yesterday about the bath. So I walked out the door and into the hallway. I was met with a pair of maids who were surprised to see me and as we looked at each other both mare's cheeks had a light shade of red on them. I looked down and saw I was wearing a pajama shirt and pants but the shirt did little to conceal my fitness, explaining the mare's reaction. I turned to leave when suddenly I realized I didn't know where this bath was so I turned to the maids who were still staring at me.

"Excuse me, could you tell me where the large bath is?" I asked.

"...Oh yes, please follow us, we shall escort you," one of the maids said as they began to walk down the hallway.

We walked through the castle and as we did the maids talked quietly amongst themselves. I decided to not listen in because it wasn't my business. Soon we arrived at a door with blurred glass in the center before the maids came to a stop.

"Here it is," the maid said.

"Thanks for the help," I said.

"Would you like us to help wash you?" one maid asked nervously causing me to recoil in surprise and left me speechless.

"Now now ladies I'm pretty sure the both of you have work to do," Rage said as he walked around the corner, much to my relief, before he shooed away the maids.

"Thanks for that, wasn't sure where that last bit came from though," I said.

"It's cool, mares do stuff like that when they take a fancy to someone," Rage said.

"Oh...well that's a little unsettling," I said.

"Why you gay or something?" Rage asked causing me to punch him across the face. "Ow...good hit but in all serious here, you gonna take a bath?"

"Yes why?" I asked.

"Mind some company?" Rage asked causing me to raise a fist. "No no I'm being sincere I was on my way here for a bath myself when I ran into you.

"Well I guess it's okay long as you don't mind bathing with a dead guy," I said.

"Now you're making this sound weird," Rage said.

"I'll hit you again," I threatened.

We stepped inside and saw a steam filled twisting hallway. I followed it and walked into a massive circular room with a large basin of water. Pouring from the ceiling and into the center of the basin was a waterfall of warm water. When I looked around the rim of the massive bath I saw grates that the water went into when it was overflowing and at the bottom of the colossal bath was a mosaic tile design.

I got out of my PJ's and stepped into the water and for some strange reason I could feel the water and it also felt really nice.

"Quite a place to get washed eh Bones," Rage said who had stepped in while I was lost in thought.

"Definitely but why I can feel the water is beyond me," I said.

"Must be the underground herbs that grow around the spring. Zecora said these herbs are used for regeneration and health improvement, also relaxation," Rage explained.

"Noted," I said.

"So Bones any ideas on what we can do today?" Rage asked.

"Not really, our stunt yesterday would have surely attracted some attention. Best lay low for a bit and wait for Elisa to go back to normal," I said.

"Good idea...What about Celestia?" Rage asked.

"What about her?" I asked.

"I think you might have finally knocked something into her head but she hasn't said anything," Rage said.

"If there's something she want's to discuss with me then I'll listen but if it's something not worth my time then I'll just leave cause I don't deserve to be treated like this just because of who I am," I said.

"Amen pal," Rage said.

Rage and I spent a good 15 minutes bathing before we got out and headed for the dining room where we saw everyone besides Evan was there but not everyone was in a pleasant mood.

"Morning," I said announcing our presence before we sat down.

"Hey you lot get this, Bones here is becoming rather popular with some of the staff, pair of maids even offered to wash him," Rage said causing me to shoot him a glare while everyone stared at me in shock.

"Nothing happened alright, offer was turned down," I said.

"Where are they now?" Nightmare asked as I noticed her grip her chair tightly.

"No idea," I said.

"Excuse me Bones...About yesterday, you said that you hunt down creatures like that Kishin Egg. What others are there?" Luna asked.

"Lot's thralls, ghouls, Kishins and Kishin Eggs, White Walkers, Sand Stalkers anything that's dead and will seek to harm the living," I said.

"I see," Luna said.

"I take it some of you have more questions for me," I asked

"Yeah what was going on with your sword yesterday?" Applejack asked.

"Oh...Well that was Hingure's spirit form. Much like Elisa's swords except mine eat's corrupted souls to become stronger so it can be labeled as a Master Death Weapon, which she is," I said as I summoned Hingure.

"What's so special about becoming a Master Death Weapon?" Twilight asked.

"It's a high honor for us weapons. It means we are worthy of being used by the Reapers who guard their world from darkness," Hingure said while still in her sword form startling almost everyone.

"Might as well reveal yourself if you're going to join the conversation," I said.

Hingure then turned into her spirit form before she gazed around at the others before her eyes rested on Gilda.

"Nice boot's," Hingure said.

"Nice coat," Gilda replied.

"I think we're gonna get along just fine," Hingure said with a rare smile before she looked at Celestia. "And as for you bitch I don't care if you are a princess or a goddess. Disrespect my maker again and I'll show you a whole new meaning of the word hell cause you know nothing of the horrors we've seen and faced," Hingure said while pointing at Celestia and causing many to gasp at what Hingure said but Celestia didn't respond.

"Settle down Hingure I don't need you to interfere with my problems," I said.

"I'm your sword master, it's my duty to stand by you no matter the cause," Hingure said.

"Loyal one might give you a run for you're bit's huh Dash," Soarin said.

"Excuse me Hingure do you know Bones identity of when he was alive?" Twilight asked.

"No, wraith's had their life names hidden for a good reason. For you see if one wraith had an argument with another, one of the wraiths could target members of the living and so to prevent this, wraith's were given cover names or titles. Example with my master here he has the title "The Reapers Hand" so nasty incidents don't happen in the future but the wraiths will still be able to remember their lifetime before becoming a wraith," Hingure said.

"Hey you guys kill any wraiths before?" Rainbow asked?

"Rainbow Dash," Rarity scolded

"What we're all curious about that, besides this is the best opportunity to ask," Rainbow said.

"Yes in fact our first one was a Ferryman," Hingure said.

"Hingure," I said.

"What's wrong?" Chrysalis asked.

"That contract was a massacre when we arrived. It's one of the reasons why humans see us as monsters and why I put down rouge wraiths as quickly as possible. But the incident before that was a bloodbath and was way out of control before I could do anything," I said.

"Could you explain?" Luna asked.

"I can do better then that I can show you but everyone who can't handle mass bloodshed should leave now," I said but nobody left. "I'm surprised you all wish to stay, you too Celestia."

"I believe it's time I actually see what it is you do and who the real monsters are," Celestia said causing me to nod. I snapped my fingers causing the area around us to change to one of an ocean under a night sky and below us a single ocean liner sailed over the calm blue.

"Whoa this is a lot more different then a memory walking rune," Rage said.

"That's because this is a spell called "Eye of God" we're basically looking through the eyes of god on an event that has happened in the past even if I wasn't there," I said.

"Whoa neat," Rage said.

"This is quite fascinating," Twilight said as she looked around and scribbled something down in a notepad causing Hingure to mutter the word egghead under her breath.

"So is that where it happened?" Rainbow asked pointing to the ship causing me to nod.

I snapped my fingers and we appeared on the deck of the ship. We saw people on the deck of the ship slow dancing to the sound of a woman singing something in Italian on the PA. The music was lovely and as I looked at the dancing crowd I saw a little girl dancing with the captain causing me to give a sorrowful sigh which went unnoticed by everyone.

"I thought you said this was going to be a massacre," Rainbow said.

"Give it a second," I said.

As if on cue I saw a machine whirl to life which was attached to a wire that went around the deck. As the machine wound up all the loose wire no one suspected a thing when suddenly the wire was pulled from it's place and was retracted towards the machine. The wire was then pulled through the deck cutting down everything in it's path, including the dancing crowd, before it became taut leaving a vibrating sound in the air. No one, not even my fellow observers, moved. No one breathed. Everyone was trying to figure out what had happened. It was like standing in a frozen garden with ice statues.

I pointed at the feet of one of the humans on the deck and saw blood begin to pool at his feet at an alarming rate, and as one, all the passengers collapsed, all of them severed in two. But in the center, crouched low, was the captain with the little girl held protectively in his arms. I then saw I had made my appearance behind the captain just as soon as the top of his head fell off. The little girl looked at the fallen body before she looked at me and screamed, causing both me and my past self to fling our arms up to our ears and cover them while our bodies became disoriented for a few seconds before going back to normal. Once I had recovered I saw I was in my true form in the past providing no clues as to who I was.

I then snapped my fingers and we appeared in a pool area showing some of the crew, all armed with weapons, executing passengers and tossing their bodies in the pool. I saw one crew member was behind them and armed with an MP40 before he shot the crew members and left. I then showed everyone the hold where the rest of the crew came in and started looting the place. One then shouts and holds up a 5 kg gold bar. The rest of the crew then scramble to grab a piece when suddenly a beautiful woman in a red dress steps in unfazed by what was happening. The leading crew member steps away from the crew and gazes into the woman's eyes before he turns around and shoots the remaining crew. When he turns around to face the woman he is met with the barrel end of a gun before he's shot in the head. Once the body falls the woman tosses the gun away and turns to face a figure whose face was shrouded in the dark and was dressed in a tux. The figure stepped out of the shadows revealing a man in his mid twenties and blonde hair before he and the woman engaged in a kiss. After awhile when the man pulled away, the woman began to choke before blood spilled from her mouth. She collapsed to the floor but the man just gave a little wave as he watched the woman die before he left.

"Rouge Wraith," Rainbow said.

We then appeared in a hallway showing dead bodies and foam pouring from their mouths indicating they were poisoned. My past self then appeared and walked down the hallway when we heard sobbing. My past self followed the sound when we found the little girl. We saw her looking at two bodies, most likely her parents. My past self began to walk up to the girl when suddenly the Wraith appeared causing the girl to look at him before he shot her in the stomach causing everyone to gasp while Elisa growled fiercely. That's when my past self appeared next to the Wraith and used Hingure to sever off one arm before he cut off the other and drove Hingure into the Wraith's chest then pinned him to the wall. My past self then went to check on the girl but only after one second of holding her, the little girl gave her last breath. That's when my past self put down the body and looked to the still struggling to get free Wraith. My past self then grabbed the wraith by the throat and stared into his eyes causing fear to appear on the Wraith's face. My past self then lifted the Wraith into the air leaving Hingure to cut open the Wraith. My past self then grabbed Hingure before he pulled her free then reached in and pulled out the Wraith's blackened soul before he dropped the disappearing body and engulfed the soul in Death Fire before disappearing himself just as the area around us returned to the castle dining room.

"So one Wraith has the ability to do that?" Twilight asked.

"Lure fish in with bait and wham you're dead. The gold was the lure but that woman was the hook. She seduced the men into doing it and, well you know the rest," I said.

"Damn...Got anymore?" Rainbow asked shrouding the table in silence.

"Seriously," I asked.

"Yes but I pick this one," Rainbow said.

"Kay what do you want to see?" I asked.

"6th of June 1944 Normandy," Rainbow said causing Rage to spit out his orange juice.

"D-Day!" Rage shouted

"Yes Ash never showed us, hell not even told us what it was like during World War 2 and it's been bugging the hell out of me. All we've seen is Ash flying a plane and a little combat with him in it," Rainbow said.

"Perhaps it is better that we don't know Rainbow," Luna said.

"If you're sure Rainbow I'll show you but be warned that fight was nothing to mess around in, trust me I saw the entire thing," I said before I snapped my fingers causing us to appear on a beach where an explosion went off beside us startling everyone before I selected a song to listen to while we watched.

I looked around and saw concrete bunkers siting on the beach cliffs gunning down soldiers with machine guns. Metal blockades were going along the beach to prevent tanks from getting through and a lot of dead American troops were on the ground. Finally I saw the ocean had turned red with blood from how many soldiers had died in the water. Explosions appeared in random spots blowing soldiers apart while some hid behind cover screaming their throat's raw in terror.

"Sweet me, Ash fought his way through this?" Faust said as she looked around at the carnage.

"No one said war was pretty but this place has nothing on Operation Market Garden," I said.

Just then I saw an explosion blow a couple of marines to bits before I saw a soldier beside me get cut down by a machine gun. I saw one trooper was walking around with a missing arm which looked to have been ripped off. He seemed to be looking for something and when he found it and picked it up I saw it was his missing arm. Suddenly I saw a landing boat go up in flames probably the result of a flamethrower being shot. The group stared on in horror as they watched the flame covered soldiers rush for water to douse the flames or get shot by the Germans.

"Is there any way to find out where Ash is?" Luna asked.

"I say he'll be along shortly," I said.

As if on cue a landing craft arrived beside us and before the ramp could lower a soldier vaulted over the ramp armed wih a M1-Garand and ran into the battlefield. The Germans then brought their focus on him and fired but the soldier kept running and dodging ,even jumped into an explosion like it were nothing before he ducked behind cover alowing us to see it was Ash. His face had been hardened and scared by war. The Germans continued to rain bullets down on Ash but soon gunfire sounded off behind us coming from the rest of the soldiers who were on the landing craft. I saw they were aiming for the bunker giving Ash time to run out of cover and further up the beach.

"Wow slippery bugger that one," Soarin said.

"Eeyup," Mac said.

"C'mon let's see where he's going," Rainbow said causing everyone to follow.

We watched Ash run into the heat of battle only stopping in cover to take a breather. As we followed I saw corpsmen tending to the wounded. I then watched Ash as he ran over to a soldier who had his gut's spilled and was trying to hold them in while crying out for his mother. He picked him up as best as he could and dragged him over to cover where he tried to flag down a corpsman. Everyone could only stare as the man screamed in utter agony before the life left him. Ash stayed with the man the entire time till he died before he glared at the bunkers in utter hatred and I saw his eyes were an icy unforgiving blue. Ash then charged towards the bunkers. He tossed a grenade at the barbed wire, blowing it up before he ran past the busted wires and up the beach cliff dodging an MG nest's wrathful bullets. When the MG overheated Ash drew a pistol and ran towards the MG nest and shot the occupants.

"Corporal!"

We looked at the source and saw four men link up with Ash, two of them were armed with Thompson sub machine guns and one with a flamethrower.

"Sir what now!?" One shouted

"We clear out these bunkers, lighten the load for our boys and push our way forward!" Ash shouted.

Ash and the soldiers ran up the rest of the way and began shooting at the Axis forces before they stacked up at a bunker. Ash tossed a grenade into the bunker and let it explode before he turned to the soldier wielding the flamethrower.

"Wade smoke the son's of bitches!" Ash shouted.

Giving a nod the soldier walked in front of the doorway and unleashed a torrent of fire which engulfed the insides of the bunker. I showed the Germans scrambling to escape the flames by an means necessary.

"Don't shoot let em burn!" one of the allied troops shouted.

"Was that ours?" another one asked.

"Doesn't matter let's keep moving," one soldier shouted.

We watched as the allies swarmed up the beach. During the fighting we saw Ash was caught in a melee fight with a German SS commander. Ash then grabbed a shovel from off his back and drove it into the commanders shoulder then took his pistol and shot another trooper.

Soon the Germans surrendered and we watched Ash walk along the lines of surrendered Germans. Then he stopped and looked at something he walked along the lines, drew his sidearm and shot a surrendered German wearing a uniform of the Nazi SS commanders in the legs forcing him to his knees before shooting the commander in the head. All the while Ash's face held no emotion as he executed the trooper, that's when I ended the spell. When I looked at the others I saw all of them were shocked at what they saw, even Rainbow looked like she regretted watching that.

"He executed that man even though he surrendered...Why did do that?" Twilight asked in disbelief.

"SS troops, that bunch were by far one of the most hated soldiers during the war for good reason. Each and every one of them was to be executed on site when found even if they surrendered," Rage said

"To think our fight with Celestia looked like a mere preschool roughhousing compared to that," Dream Catcher.

"And the fact Ash went through that...blood bath is something else entirely how long did the war last Rage?" Shining asked.

"Six years in Europe and eight years in the Pacific. As for America, it lasted four years," I heard someone say and I looked up and saw Evan entering, as well as others.

I looked at the new arrivals and saw it was Elisa and Evan's version of the royals I saw their Celestia wore blue shorts and a pink shirt but her mane and tail weren't flowing, instead they were pink. Luna wore some kind of gaming shirt and black jeans and like her sister, her mane and tail weren't flowing and were light blue. Cadence was wearing a simple pink dress and as for Shining it turned out his counterpart was female and wore a tight white shirt and blue jeans. Next came Faust wearing blue skinny jeans and a tank top. Then Lucky Shot wearing her vault-tech jump-suit then Wrathful Blaze wearing a brown stetson and pants, as well as a white tank top. (Introduced to the last three on our trip from their world to here.) And finally I saw Evan was wearing a black tux with a red tie and had a slight buzz atop his head.

I looked at the group and saw most of them were staring at the royals in shock and I saw the new arrivals had similar expressions on their faces.

"Didn't tell them where they are?" I asked.

"I did, but I may have forgot to add the fact that there were other versions of them here." Evan said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

I looked at the other Celestia before I got out of my chair and walked towards the door.

"Bones?" Rage began.

"If this Celestia decides to put me on a leash like the other I swear to the lord almighty I'm going to do something very violent," I said before I left

I walked out the door and down the hallway not really a care where I was going till I stumbled upon the doorway to a music room. When I peeked inside I saw a shiny black piano was sitting in the room. I walked inside and saw no one around so I walked over to the instrument and tapped on a few keys and saw it had been tuned. I then looked around and made sure no one was here before I sat down and started playing on random keys. Suddenly I felt something take control of my hands and began to play a song on the piano.

The music was beautiful and also haunting but I let the music carry me away. I just let my hands do the work as I became lost in thought. I didn't even know I had stopped playing when suddenly I hear clapping coming from the door. I spun around and saw Nightmare and the two mares Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody were applauding me.

"A superb performance," Octavia said while she continued to clap.

"How long were you all there?" I asked.

"Awhile now but I didn't know you could play on a piano, you've been holding out on us," Vinyl said.

"Believe me I didn't know either till now," I said.

"Pardon for asking but what was that song?" Nightmare asked.

"Hm...Moonlight Sonata I believe," I said as I looked at the piano before I looked back at the others. "So haven't seen you two since Ponyville, doing alright?"

"Sure am horn's back, we're not being raped, I'd say we're doing great," Vinyl said.

"Although I wish none of this happened in the first place," Octavia said with a sigh.

"So what brings you here Nightmare?" I asked.

"Two Celestia's are a bit too much even for me," Nightmare said.

"Fair enough so want to do something together?" I asked.

"What?" Nightmare asked.

"Well I'm board as hell and I'm not planing on going back into that room unless I'm sure I won't have two pains in the butt yelling in my face," I said.

"Fair point but what can we do?" Nightmare asked.

"Got me I'm just about ready to slam my head into a wall to entertain myself," I said causing the mares to snicker

"As amusing as that would be I have a better idea. Luna has some game consoles in her gaming room that we can play just as long as we don't do anything to mess up her games," Nightmare suggested.

"Hmm...I'm down with it, beat's beating my head against a wall," I said.

Well you two lovebirds have fun," Vinyl said as we left before Octavia elbowed her in the ribs and when I looked at Nightmare I saw she was blushing.

Nightmare led us to the gaming room and I have to say Luna really likes her games.

"Wow," I said as I looked at the mass collection of games.

"Now then how about we start off with some simple shooters," Nightmare asked.

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Hours Later

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Nightmare and I played countless games for hours and she seemed to take great pleasure in rubbing in the fact she had won whenever we played against each other, which happened to be a lot. I then heard Nightmare's stomach growl much to her embarrassment before I offered to go get something for her to eat. When I arrived at the kitchen no one was around but sadly there were no already prepared meals so I was forced to make something. I didn't know an recipes but thanks to me watching Pinkie making pudding once I decided to make one by using ingredients I know for certain taste good, judging by everyone's reactions at desert time. Once I was done with it I put it in the oven to bake and once it was done and I took it out, the scent became intoxicating. I then grabbed a knife before I covered up the pudding before I took them to the game room. Once I arrived I saw Nightmare was scrolling through songs on the IPod before she put it down when she saw me.

"What's that?" Nightmare asked.

"Just some pudding I made," I said as I set it on a small table.

"Made?" Nightmare asked.

"Don't sound so surprised I think I did well if the smell is anything to go by," I said.

"I'll be the judge of that," Nightmare said as she reached for the pudding but I slapped her on the hand. "Ow What in Tartarus Was That For!?"

"Still hot you're going to need to wait for it to cool down," I said causing Nightmare to huff and go back to her chair.

"What were you listening to?" I asked.

"More like I was going to before you arrived," Nightmare said.

"Don't let me stop you," I said before Nightmare selected a song and let it play.

When I first heard the song I was confused on why Nightmare would want to listen to this. When I looked I saw she was just as surprised. I saw she went to stop it but she ended up swaying her head to the song and I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it myself. I walked up to Nightmare and offered her a hand to dance. She stared at me in shock but then she smiled before she took it and once she stood up we held each other at a comfortable distance and began to slowly sway to the music. As we did Nightmare rested her head on top of mine. At first the feeling was awkward but I shrugged it off and continued till the song ended and when it did Nightmare and I looked into each other's eyes before we stepped back from each other.

"I've never danced before," Nightmare admitted with a blush.

"That's fine I doubt I've ever done dancing when I was alive," I said as I rubbed the back of my head and tried looking for something to end the awkwardness. "I'd say the pudding has cooled care for a slice?"

"Did someone say pudding?"

Nightmare and I jumped when we heard the second voice and saw this world's Luna standing in the doorway.

"Luna how long were you there?" Nightmare asked.

"I just got here but real question here is what are you two doing here?" Luna asked as she stepped into the room.

"We were kinda bored so I suggested we come here to play some shooters," Nightmare said.

"I see now what's this I hear about pudding?" Luna asked.

"Your welcome to have a slice not like I can eat any myself," I said as I cut a piece each for the two mares.

Once I handed the mares their pieces they took a bite and their eyes widened and remained still as stone. I thought I may have done something wrong but that changed when they scarfed their pieces down with looks of bliss.

I take it that it tastes nice?" I asked.

"Nice, this is heavenly. I think you may have been more of a brilliant chef in life then a warrior," Nightmare said.

"I have to agree," Luna said.

"Well glad you like it," I said.

Suddenly both mares go for another piece and when they noticed the other going for the pudding the two growled at each other.

"What do you think you're doing the rest is mine," Luna and Nightmare said in sync

"Whoa you two there's enough for another slice," I said.

Suddenly the two mares lunged at each other and started to fight for the pudding. A large dust cloud was created and I could see limbs appear every once and awhile from the two. I then looked at the pudding and decided I best get it away from them before things got out of control so I grabbed the treat and left the room. I walked down the halls thinking about what I should do with this pudding and I saw this worlds Celestia walking towards me and stopped in front of me.

"Bones," Celestia greeted.

"Celestia," I greeted in return.

"Where are you off to and with a...pudding no less?" Celestia asked.

"Long story but I...," I started before I was cut off.

WHERE IS IT!

"Damn they're quick," I said as I looked down the hall just in time to see Luna and Nightmare tumble out of another hallway. "Listen Celestia I..." I started but I saw a piece of the pudding was gone and I saw a large smile on Celestia's face and she was chewing happily. "Oh crap."

"More," Celestia said with a crazed look in her eyes.

"BONES GIVE ME THAT PUDDING!" Luna and Nightmare roared as they ran towards me.

"Shit," I muttered.

I then tossed the pudding into the air and teleported behind the fast approaching Nightmare and Luna, which were moving so fast they failed to stop before running into Celestia. Once the pudding came down I caught it and ran off with three pudding crazed mares hot on my heels. Nightmare constantly tried to grab me with her razor sharp nails that could cut through a caribou's flesh in a single slash which spurred me to run faster. Now I know I shouldn't be worried about them in my condition but still that would seriously hurt and I'd rather avoid that. I then saw a small table at the end of the hallway and saw it was casting a rather large shadow so I ran for it, leapt into it and slid along the ground into another hallway, hit a wall and let out a groan of pain.

"Well that's one way to make an entrance."

I looked at the source of the voice and saw Discord hanging from the rafters like a bat with his tail holding onto one of the elegant stone beams.

"Hi Discord if I may ask what are you up to?" I asked.

"Oh just doing a bit of deep thinking my time spent in the inferno has given me a new thought on the world around me," Discord said.

"I hear ya not a place one expect's to go is it," I said.

"Now what exactly are you doing at this moment?" Discord asked.

"Running and hiding. Your sisters Luna, Celestia and also Nightmare are going crazy for this pudding I made," I said.

"Hm that wouldn't happen to be a caramel and marble chocolate pudding would it?" Discord asked.

"Yeah but how did you know?" I asked.

"Celestia has an addiction for marble chocolate especially if it's on a cake. Luna has a deep love for caramel and I can only assume Nightmare has the same love for that stuff. If you put those three together no wonder things got crazy," Discord said.

"Oh great...Any chance you can help me?" I asked.

"Get in-between those three and that; Bones, I may be crazy but I'm not stupid. You're on your own for this one but don't worry I'll save a prayer for you," Discord said before he vanished.

"I'm touched," I said in an annoyed way.

"Yeah Discord will do that."

"Gah!" I shouted and leapt away from the source of the voice only to see Pinkie. "Damn it all to hell Pinkie if I wasn't dead already you would have scared the life out of me."

"Sorry but what are you doing here Boney?" Pinkie asked.

"Trying to get rid of this," I said as I looked down at the pudding but I saw a piece of it was missing and when I looked at Pinkie I saw she was chewing on something before I looked at the pudding again and connected the dots just in time to see a creepy look appear on Pinkie's face as she slowly looked at me. "Aw man give me a break."

I then ran down the hallway while Pinkie screamed for more of the pudding and as I passed by a hallway I saw the three alicorns had caught up to me. So putting everything I had into my feet I ran as fast as I could but suddenly I was tackled by all four mares. We went sailing through a set of doors that lead to a large balcony where the pudding was thrown from m grip and went over the edge.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" the mares all shouted in perfect sync at the loss of the desert.

"Whew glad that's over," I said as I stood up I was about to go back inside when I heard sniffling and when I looked I saw the mares were staring at the end of the balcony where the pudding disappeared and had tears in their eyes. "Damn it I'm gonna regret this," I thought as I walked in front of the sniffling mares. "Alright I'll make a new one for dessert tonight just as long as this incident doesn't happen again deal?"

"Deal!" the mares shouted.

I left the balcony and walked down a random hallway but I felt a presence behind me and when I looked I saw Celestia.

"Something you need from me?" I asked.

"Listen Bones I know things haven't been...stable between us," Celestia said.

"You tried to kill me several times," I said.

"Yes and attempts I've come to regret now that I see what you do for everyone. I've always seen Death as a cruel master that just seems to take those closest to me and even after living for so long I still think so. His latest conquest was Ash which is the reason I hate you...Ash was probably one of the best sources of happiness my sister had since her return only to be claimed by Death in the end which is why I hated you...I blamed you for destroying my sisters happiness and for that I am sorry," Celestia said causing both of us to stare at each other in silence.

"I can see you mean it Celestia but I need to remind you one day soon I'm going to need to give up this heart and you know what that means," I said as I tapped the area of my chest that held the heart.

"I'm aware but-," Celestia started.

"No but's Celestia I know what you're saying but please understand this is for the best," I said.

"I...Very well," Celestia said.

Celestia and I stood in silence when suddenly I felt a very familiar pulse of magic that brought back dark memories.

"Bones what was-," Celestia started but I didn't hear the rest because I ran down the hallway in search of the source of magic.

Nothing else had mattered at the moment. Everything, including the crystal heart, was screaming at me to find the source of the magic. I put everything into my legs and sent out pulses of magic to help me find the source of what I felt and when I found it I ran towards it. When I arrived I saw it was behind a set of doors in a room so I pushed open the doors and let them slam against the walls. What I saw horrified me. There on the ground, drawn in chalk, was the same transmutation circle that covered my left eye and powerful but familiar magic was pouring out of it which I remembered as Twilight's. I summoned Hingure to my back, ran towards the circle and clapped my hands together and placed them on the circle. Suddenly I appeared in a blank white void. I looked around and saw a massive familiar set of stone doors with a strange tree shape engraved on it and in front of the door was a blank figure that looked equine in shape and stood on two legs. The only visible facial features on the figure where faint lines that made a mouth and I saw the figure had a black aura around it. I then remembered the figure's name was Truth, suddenly Twilight appeared out of nowhere and looked like she was reaching out for something.

"How was it?" Truth asked.

"Now I see my theory on living transmutation wasn't wrong after all it only need's one more ingredient to work and the answers are in here. Please, I need you to show me again, I need to bring him back," Twilight pleaded as she placed a hand on the gate.

"Sorry but the toll you paid cost you everything," Truth said causing my eyes to widen in horror.

"Toll what do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"This," Truth said as the fingers on Twilight's left arm began to disappear and reappear on Truth and slowly Twilight's entire arm began to disappear. "This is the law of Equivalent Exchange."

I ran towards the two and drew Hingure before I ran into Twilight and grabbed her. As I passed Truth I glared at it and saw Truth had a surprised look on it's mouth. I cut a hole in reality and tossed Twilight through and I was about to jump through also when suddenly something grabs me and I see it's a long black thin arm with tiny fingers on the end and it was coming out of the stone doors. Soon more and more grabbed a hold of me and began to drag me to the doors but I managed to sever some with Hingure and let the rest tear off pieces of my body before I ran through the portal. I made it out and tumbled to the ground on the other side before I looked back and saw more of those arms were racing for the portal I made so I slashed the portal with Hingure dispelling it and shattered a piece of the ground with my hands which had a part of the transmutation circle on it ending the circle's magic. I took several deep breath's out of instinct then suddenly I hear screaming and I look to see Twilight clutching a bleeding stump which was once her left arm. I move towards her as quickly as possible cringing from the pain Truth left me with. I saw a lot of my bones were showing but my clothes were unharmed I then placed my hands on Twilight's stump and started applying pressure to the massive wound.

"Bones whe...where's-," Twilight started.

"Save...your strength," I said weakly.

"Where's...." Twilight began but she fell into unconsciousness

Suddenly I heard something behind me and when I looked, the only thing I could see was a twisted moving corpse. The body had it's organs all over the place and it's bone structure was a mess. The only thing I could recognize was a head and an arm which was trying to drag itself closer to us before it went limp. I then heard footsteps running towards us and when I looked I saw someone enter the doorway and I saw it was Rage, his face can only show horror as he took in the scene.

"Twilight...hospital...now...dying," I said still exhausted from the recent event.

Rage didn't hesitate to grab Twilight and disappear in a flash before I dragged myself over to a wall and sat against it and stared at the mess around me. Suddenly Celestia arrives and she had the same reaction as Rage and seconds behind her is the rest of the princesses, mane 6 and Elisa and Evan's group appear as well along with Evan himself

"What happened?!" Evan yelled as he looked around the room.

"Living...transmutation," I said weakly gaining everyone's attention.

"Bones what happened?" this world's Celestia asked in shock.

"Twilight...in...hospital," I said weakly causing Twilight's friends along with, both Cadence's and both Celestia's to leave while the rest of the group stayed and stared at the result's of Twilight's transmutation before Nightmare walked over to me, picked me up and became a way of supporting me to stand. "Thanks."

"Why is she in the hospital?" Evan asked with a serious tone.

"Let's just get to the hospital and I'll tell you everything I know," I said before I shuffled my way over to the deformed corpse and grabbed some hairs from it.

Nightmare's horn then lit up and we appeared in the hospital ward. I asked a nurse on Twilight's location but the poor mare fainted at the sight of me so this world's Luna went ahead and asked another member of the staff on the location and asked them to attend to the unconscious nurse. The staff member pointed us in the right direction and once we arrived I saw Twilight was on a bed still out cold but her stump of an arm had been wrapped in several bandages but those bandages were beginning to turn red with blood while the others watched over her.

"The doctors have placed Twi in a stable condition but she's lost a good deal of blood so she should be out for awhile," Rage explained when he saw us.

"Bones please tell us what happened," Rarity pleaded causing me to sigh before I sat down in a vacant chair.

"Alchemy has many abilities as you all know...," I started.

"We're not here for a alchemy lesson Bones!" Rainbow shouted but Rage held his arm out to stop her.

"Go on," Rage said.

"But there are certain types that are a taboo to perform. The one you saw the result of was one of the most forbidden, living transmutation or rather human transmutation. This transmutation is used to create living sentient beings or...bring someone back from the dead," I said causing everyone to gasp.

"B-b-b-but why would she do that?" Fluttershy asked.

"I don't know but the reason this transmutation is forbidden is because there were those that thought others could create an obedient arm but the main reason is because most of those who do commit the taboo will either go insane, die or be changed forever," I said.

"Changed how?" this world's Celestia asked.

"No idea depends on what Truth showed them," I said.

"Who in tarnation is Truth?" Applejack asked.

"Truth is an it. It's all and it is one. It could also be either you or me or anyone here," I said.

"So it replaced somepony?" Rainbow asked.

"No it sees what we see and hears what we hear and speaks what we speak but it doesn't interfere with what we do. What Truth is is the greatest collection of knowledge anywhere. Bigger and more vast then an library you can think off," I said.

"But why is Twilight missing an arm?" this world's Luna asked.

"Truth took it as payment for the knowledge it showed her. Truth would have taken her entire body and soul had I not interfered," I said.

"That's the reason why you never commit that crime. I remember two brothers who wanted to bring their mother back. It cost one boy his arm and leg, the other his entire body. Luckily the first boy was able to attach his brothers soul to a suite of armor before truth could take his soul." Evan said as he looked at Twilight with a disapproving gaze.

"I know those two as well but you're wrong about one thing the elder brother who lost his arm and leg actually lost his leg to Truth and sacrificed his arm to attach his brother's soul to the suit of armour," I said.

"What happened to them?" this world's Faust asked.

"No clue," I said.

"That's nice and all but I think the main question here is what was Twilight doing with such a...disastrous transmutation circle?" Rage asked.

"I was trying to bring back Ash."

Everyone's eyes turned to the bed and we saw Twilight was trying to sit up but she clutched her arm in pain and fell back to the bed. Just like that this world's Celestia rushed over to check on the lavender alicorn like a mother would with her child.

"Impressive, most people would have been out for longer then what you've had and the fact you seem rather calm right now only impresses me more," I said.

"Twilight what do you mean you were trying to bring back Ash?" Celestia asked.

"When Luck Shot brought it up I couldn't handle it anymore. I also thought if I was able to bring back Ash we could stop the caribou much sooner," Twilight said while sobbing slightly.

"Twilight as much as I wish to see Ash once more I will not accept or have my subject's harmed just for that and even if I did what would he say upon leaning of this?" Luna asked.

"I-I didn't think on that but now I may have just killed Ash a second time," Twilight sobbed as she gripped Celestia tightly while Celestia gently rocked her back an forth.

"No...you didn't," I said.

"What?" Twilight asked.

"I pulled a few strands of hair off the body you made Twilight I want you to look at them and tell me what colour it is," I said as I got up and placed the hairs before Twilight before I sat down again while Twilight studied the hair.

"Blonde," Twilight said.

"Exactly and I saw Ash's hair is jet black with a silver streak in it," I said.

"But I could have just put Ash's soul in a different body," Twilight said.

"Wrong again, from what I saw the body had no soul signature and it only had enough energy to move one arm before it gave out. What you did was just create a deformed corpse," I said causing Twilight to smile.

"Thank you Bones," Twilight said.

"Now Twilight I need to know how you learned of that circle," I said.

"Well...it's on your eye," Twilight said causing me to place a hand over my right eye. "I saw it was an alchemy circle and decided to look it up and found out what it means."

"Well as interesting as this is I say it's time we ended this Q and A session," Hingure said who was standing in the doorway.

"For what purpose?" Rage asked.

"Twilight committed a very serious crime now she has to face the consequences like the others," Hingure said as she turned her right arm into a blade and aimed it at Twilight causing Celestia to hold Twilight tightly. "Move aside."

"No if you're going to kill her then you'll need to kill me too," Celestia said.

"Since you're protecting her it just makes you an ally and must also be eliminated," Hingure said as she prepared to take a swing at them but I grabbed Hingure's arm stopping her. "Master?"

"This isn't her fault...it's mine," I said.

"But master," Hingure said.

"I should have told her the do's and don'ts of alchemy so as her teacher the blame lies souly with me," I said before Hingure transformed herself into a katana and placed herself on my back. "Sorry her sense of justice is strong, she commit's herself to righting wrongs and giving wrongdoers what they deserve but sometimes she tends to go overboard," I said as I began to make my way out.

"Wait Bones if that mark is on your eye then does that mean?" Rarity asked stopping me.

"Yeah...I also committed the taboo," I said with a sigh.

"What did you give up?" Applejack asked but I let the question hang in the air for a bit before I placed a hand on my chest before answering.

"My heart...Now if you'll excuse me I have a body to take care of," I said before I left.

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