The sound of a ball-pen hammer tapping against the chisel echoed in the chamber that was a small pocket dimension made by me it has been months since my little excursion with Joe, Swagger and Daring and I haven't seen anyone since my guess the others were giving me time to grieve since I had to lay what once were survivors to rest but instead of despairing this has just given me hope that maybe just maybe others are alive somewhere my focus was suddenly broken by the sound of knocking.

"Ash you in there?"

"Yeah Spike come in." I called back.

The door then swung open and I saw Spike walk in with both Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

"Hey you three what's up?" I asked.

"What's up maybe you can start with why this room is now large enough to fit a house in it!" Twilight cried out causing her voice to echo around the room.

"And why are you using your feet to hold a hammer and chisel?" Spike asked.

"Ah well first off I can explain you see I'm training." I said.

"Training, what kind of exercise requires you to use your feet in place of hands like most people?" Rainbow asked.

"Oh I'm trying to master the Flash Step." I said.

"Flash Step what's that?" Spike asked.

"It's basically a technique that allows one to cover great distances at intense speed while barely moving. Using my feet in place of my hands is my training for that as is the room's size." I explained.

"He still has a way to go though."

The new occupants started looking around for the familiar voice while I looked over at the mirror.

"Yeah but still I've improved since starting." I said.

"Still couldn't beat me in a race though."

"Ok who in Tartarus is talking?" Rainbow growled.

I just pointed over to a mirror that showed Red standing in it causing Twilight to jump in fright while letting out a squeak that seemed to amuse Red.

"You ponies are so easy to scare it's amusing." Red said casually.

"Okay buddy who are ya you wanna piece of me." Rainbow said while landing on the ground and stood on her rear legs and looked like she was about to box but this just caused Red to laugh.

"Kinda hard to fight when I don't even have a physical form to fight with." Red said as he knocked on the glass of the mirror.

"But still I must commend your bravery for challenging me while being so afraid."

"Afraid I ain't afraid." Rainbow said defiantly but Red just sniffed the air.

"Oh the scent you're giving off says otherwise." Red said before he showed off his aura. "A word of advice, little one convince yourself before lying to me after all I've killed for less."

That seemed to take the wind out of Dash's sails as she got back on all fours.

"Red leave ‘em alone." I said, causing Red to retract his aura before turning to the group of three. "All seriousness though it is true Dash even over here I can feel your fear and he has killed a lot of people for less."

"Who is he?" Spike asked as he stepped over to Red.

"Red Reaper or Red for short he's...how would you describe our relationship Red?" I asked.

"Passenger...Tool for Revenge." Red said as he gestured to himself then to me.

"Right." I said.

"Sounds like a story there." Spike said.

"Sure it begins with Nunya." Red said.

"Nunya?" Twilight asked.

"Nunya fucking businesses." Red said it looked like Rainbow wanted to have a go at Red but all it took was a glance to shut her down.

"Wow, grumpy." Spike said.

"You'd be too in his situation." I said.

"Hmpf if you need me I'm gonna go over your memories for carnage." Red said as he vanished.

"So what did you guys stop by?" I asked as I went to pick up a vat of melted metal with my feet.

"Well it's been two days since anyone saw you so we thought we might check on you.”

I then looked at the three in confusion till I remembered I sped up time within here and then I hummed.

"That long huh?" I asked.

"Yeah we just wanted to check on you." Spike said.

"Well I appreciate the concern but as you can see I'm fine." I said.

"Indeed and it's not like the lad has been alone all this time."

Looking at the source of the voice I saw Mimir sitting comfortably on a pillow surrounded by piles of books with his nose buried in one of the cubic objects he also had on his head a metal band that had a pair of small thin metal arms attached to them that allowed him to turn the pages of the book.

"Mimir, you have arms?" Spike asked.

"Aye grand aren't they Ash had them made so now I don't need to ask anyone to do too much like changing the channel or turn the page of the book like so." Mimir said as one of the arms slowly moved to turn the page. "Still trying to get the hang of ‘em."

"Doing well so far." I said.

"Honestly surprised to see you here." Rainbow said.

"Are you kidding? Ash here has been a treasure trove of knowledge to me followed by all kinds of stories and facts and all from another universe not to mention that book of runes absolutely astounding these ones in particular." Mimir said as one of the arms pointed to a book near where Whispering Wind is.

"How so?" Spike asked.

"Well lad unlike the runes Joe and I know these ones are the written language of magic itself." Mimir said.

"Mimir I'd rather you not say that." I groaned as I gestured to a certain mare who was drooling over the mentioned book.

"You gotta let me read that." Twilight pleaded.

"The hell I do." I said.

"But I'm the element of magic, magic is literally my thing." Twilight said.

"So?"I asked.

"So! Dude didn't you hear she-" Rainbow started.

"I heard her just fine Rainbow Dash. I too have a Twilight Sparkle at home who bears the Element of Magic. The thing is if I haven't taught my Twilight rune magic why should I teach this one?” I asked stumping the mares.

"But why?" Spike asked.

"She is young and inexperienced don't get me wrong here in your world she is powerful like the Twilight in my world but when compared to the vast collection of dimensions and places I've been she still has a long way to go before even learning the most basic of runes besides you just can't scribble something down and call it a rune you need to have near perfect accuracy and know just what the rune is otherwise it's either useless and or can destroy the universe." I said stunning the group.

"Runes are that dangerous?" Spike asked.

"Oh they are lad." Mimir said "Ash learned from personal experience just how powerful they are, right brother?"

"Indeed I did...I was impatient and snuck a look in this book without my master's approval and wanted to try it I learned how to make them by reading but reading and doing it are two different things thanks to me I almost swept away a kingdom in a flood thankfully my master caught me before I could activate it and told me of what I nearly did. I was punished for it but I'm grateful for my master otherwise things could have been calamatic." I said.

“But don't be fooled, runes can also do wonderful things like create a crop that can survive the harshest of weather conditions and most unforgiving terrain." Mimir said.

"Truly? Magic like that could solve many world problems and even create world peace." Twilight said.

"So naive." I said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight asked angrily.

"Twilight with magic like this there is a responsibility with it. If and when you live for half as long as I have and have matured in both mind and spirit then we'll talk more about this and who knows I may even train you in runes." I said.

"Who was your master by the way?" Spike asked, trying to change the topic.

"His name is Merlin, he's basically the Starswirl equivalent in my world. Ask Joe if you want more details but anyway ." I said.

"Merlin!" Speak of the devil, here comes Joe. "We talking about the clutz who has to rely on a talking owl, the drunken idiot who found an alien race, or the magical powerhouse that could level mountains with an incantation?"

"The last one, the other two you either got from Disney or a Michael Bay movie."

"Eh, you never know in different universes. So, Mimir, how do you like having mobility again?"

"It's quite refreshing actually. As the saying goes, you never truly miss something until it's gone."

"Ain't that the truth. So, anyway, I came by to see if you were doing alright, though I'm unclear why you're doing things with your feet."

"He says it's to make him faster without really moving," Spike told him while eyeing a discarded gem I had on the table.

"Why not tie stones to your legs and back? Once you're able to run and jump with those on you, then you can really move once they're off."

"That would improve my leg strength which is good but what is needed is my foot for this not the leg." I explained while I pointed to the areas. "Besides you should see me in my armour."

"I can only imagine. Anyway, the other reason I came by was to see if I can try and help you get home."

"Oh, yeah. How's that?"

"By going back to the Edge and seeing if there's some way back to the universe you came from."

"The Edge?"

"Yeah, that floating landmass we met on. I figured it should have a proper name, and seeing how I found it at the 'edge' of my universe, I figured I'd call it that."

I rolled the name around my head for a bit before nodding in approval. "Alright, the Edge it is then."

"But first I have some unfinished business like the race with the walking colour pallet over here." I said as I gestured to Rainbow.

"Well about time...hey!" Rainbow cried out.

"Well, then do I have a surprise for you two." Joe slashed open another portal, leading to an underground kingdom. "First off, welcome to Herot." I took a quick glance around to see the Diamond Dog kingdom that Joe had told me about.

"Damn. Definitely different from the Diamond Dog kingdom in my world."

"Like I said. Different worlds, different rules. Anyway, follow me." Joe led us over to the mouth of an underground river where the entrance was lit with crystals. "The race starts here, the tunnel runs for at least four miles and ends up over there." Joe points to another tunnel that comes out near what looks like a longhouse. "Don't worry, the way will be lit."

"Obstacles?" I asked.

"Depends on your definition of obstacle." Joe gave us both a smirk before pointing down the tunnel. "Inside, you will face true terror, the likes of which you could only see in your nightmares. Pffftt Just kidding, though there are some stalagmites and stalactites in there, some cave Guivres, and worst yet, a chamber that leads to Herots sewage treatment plant. It's small, so you won't confuse it for a detour, but the smell, whew, and last night was enchilada night at the barracks."

"Disappointing you got my hopes up for a monster to fight while flying oh well." I said, startling both my opponent and a few onlookers. "So is there a starting line for us?"

"Yeah, give me a second." Joe took out his ax and aimed it to the right of the tunnel. Before I knew it, a beam of ice fired from the ax. Joe kept firing the beam across the river, creating a small dam of ice. "There, a starting line for you two speed-freaks. Also, now that I think about it, keep an eye out for Soul-eaters, those things tend to pop up around this place."

"You could have led with that when I asked for obstacles." I said while giving Joe a dirty look. "Anyway are you sure this ain't a God of War universe I stepped into cause the more I hear the more I believe it."

"How the fuck should I know? That game exists in your world, not mine. Anyway, are you two ready to race, 'cause I got some money riding on y'all."

"Oh yeah, who'd you bet on?"

"Now, now, no spoilers. Alright, get to the starting line." Dash and I made our way to the makeshift starting line as Joe went to the side. "Okay, to the winner of the race, goes this drinking horn" Joe pulled out a gold drinking horn that had a dragon on it.

Dash gasped at the horn before looking at Joe. "Joe, you'd give up the horn you got after pulling out that dragon's heart?" This made me raise an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I figured it'd make a good gift, plus I wanna forget that day. I almost lost Spike's friendship for this damn thing." He shakes his head before focusing on the task at hand. "Alright, enough of this crap, let's get to the race. One for the money, two for the ladies, and.....three for all the drunks who can't watch NASCAR!"

"Go!"

Just like that both Dash and I bolted off the line. I seemed to have the lead but Dash was at my legs and was keeping up which made me smile. The tunnel was a little cramped but it wasn't difficult to navigate since the place was well lit.

"C'mon Dashy I thought you said you were fast." I said over my shoulder.

"Oh you're asking for it!" I heard Dash scream before she picked up on the speed and was now right next to me.

The pair of us soon came across a couple of tight turns which was no problem for us to maneuver around.

"C'mon Dash I'm generally insulted if you're holding back here." I cried out to the prismatic pegasus.

"You want speed then I'll give ya speed." Rainbow said with an arrogant grin before taking off again.

I too decided to pour on the speed and soon we came to another turn and it turns out it was the final turn since it was a straight shot to the end of the tunnel since there was a large amount of light coming from the end but there was one final obstacle.

"Soul Eater!" Rainbow cried out when she saw the giant golem.

"It's mine." I cried out by dashing forward again.

As I dashed over to the behemoth, the creature opened its chest and fired a beam of energy. I got my shield out and ready to reflect the beam but as it got closer, I saw that the beam wasn't aimed for me. "Oh no." The beam bypassed me and headed right for my competition. "Dash, move!"

My warning reached the pegasus's ears and Dash barrel rolled out of the way of the beam which made me nod before I turned to face the beast ahead I then remembered a trick the Valkyries taught me for aerial combat I started with a barrel roll of my own but didn't stop spinning before wrapping my wings around me and angled them so the joints of my wings made a point turning me into a living flying drill. I felt my wings impact the giant golem but thanks to the speed and durability I drilled my way through the pile of rubble with ease and ripped out the damn thing's core while doing so before unfurling my wings and continuing towards the exit.

With the beast's core in hand, the two of us raced off toward the light at the end of the tunnel. We both struggled to keep the lead as we kept going back and forth. After what felt like an eternity, we both exited the tunnel at the same time, tying for the win, although once we exited, we didn't feel like winners after we both got drenched in some kind of green ooze.

When we landed and started getting the goo off each other, Joe came over with the biggest shit-eating grin I've ever seen. "You fucking asshole! You set us up!"

"Ha! Not really. I had the idea after you guys started," He told us while cleaning away some of the gunk from my shoulder.

Dash struggled to get back in the air while struggling with her own mess. "Gah, what is this crap anyway!?"

"Twilight's latest attempt at making Flubber. Don't worry, it washes off easily with cold water." Joe then looks behind us. "Ain't that right boys?" Before we could wonder what he was talking about, Dash and I were drenched in ice-cold water by Jack and Orion.

“How is it cold enough for you two?” Orion asked.

“I don’t know.” I said as I used my magic to remove every drop of water from Dash and myself before I turned to the two boys with a smirk. “Why don’t you stay still and find out.”

The boys' faces paled and before they could do anything the orbs made up of icy water landed on them leaving them soaked.

After soaking the boys with water, Joe chuckled while slapping my shoulder. "Well done. You got that anger under control."

"Yeah. Yeah, I guess I do."

"Yeah, the only problem now is," Joe started before pulling out the golden dragon horn. "Who gets this lovely horn?"

Being the humble man that I am, I pushed it over to Dash. "Let her keep it. Besides," I pulled up the core of the Souleater for all to see. "I believe I got my prize right here."

“Nice, a soul eater core. I yanked one of those things out when Maud was here.” Joe said.

“One of you say soul eater core.”

Looking towards the source of the voice I saw Brock walk out from behind a rock. I responded by holding up my prize before handing it to the dwarf.

“Not bad good quality in fact I think I may be able to add this to one of the newer items you showed me.” Brock said.

“Newer items you mean you're done with my revolvers?” I asked.

“That and more meet me back at my forge.” Brock said with a grin before he went behind the rock and vanished with the core I nabbed.

“Dwarves and their abilities to appear out of nowhere I swear.” I grumbled before I turned to the others. “Well, you heard the dwarf I better get a move on.”

“Hang on, I'll join you.” Joe said.

Just like that both Joe and I teleported to Brock’s forge where I saw him working at an anvil.

“Your fancy peashooters are on that bench over there. I’m almost done here.” Brock said as he pointed to a bench with his hammer.

I went over to the bench and saw my guns were there, but they were no longer a pair of Schofield revolvers, they were now a pair of Winchester 1876 Centennial Revolvers. One was made of gold and the other was silver with Damnation and Salvation written on the barrel in both gold and crimson and the handles were both made from pearl and had angels and demons carved into the respected gun. I then picked up the two firearms and looked them over. Both guns came with a swing out cylinder and automatic shell ejector also a switch that switched the guns from single action to double action and both guns had transfer bars installed.

“Nice.” Joe said.

“They're done. I’m sure these will suit you also.” Brock said as he placed 2 more guns on the bench.

One was an 1887 Winchester lever action shotgun the gun was silver with gold Victorian engravings and an ivory white handle the other weapon was another Winchester weapon. A repeater rifle the 1866 model the butt and foregrip of the weapon being made of polished mahogany wood while the rest was made with blackened metal and there was also a scope on the gun as well.

“I…never showed you these designs.” I said as I looked at the two new weapons.

“Yeah, you did, they were in the blueprints ya gave me.” Brock said as he gestured to the blueprints I gave him for my guns.

Putting down the revolvers I looked through the prints and found that the designs for the 2 guns were indeed here.

“Fuck me sideways I only meant for the revolvers to be redone.” I said.

“Welp too bad now to pay. What do you got for me?” Brock demanded.

“Brock.” Joe growled.

“No Joe it’s fine I must have left the prints in there by mistake, so I’ll pay for them now. I assume you added the core to one of these right?” I asked as I looked at the guns.

“Yeah, that long one.” Brock said as he pointed to the rifle.

“Okay…how about this then.” I said as I began to conjure up a sun the size of my fist.

“Is that a freakin sun!” Joe shouted.

“Yeah, so how bout it Brock? Will this do?” I asked.

“Yeah.” Brock said before he pulled out a jar and scooped up the sun and sealed it. “I’m gonna have some fun with this.”

"Hopefully not too much," Joe told him while patting his bald head. "So, after some drinks and feasting, what say we head back to that scrap heap in space? See if we can't find a way for you to get home."

"Sounds good to me." Joe led me through a portal heading back to Herot, towards the longhouse where the race had ended. "Nice place."

"Isn't it though. I modeled it after the original mead hall built by King Hrothgar and his Thanes. This is also where I was told that my children were on the way." We entered through the large doors where there was already feasting and drinking going on. "Make room boys, your king needs a drink!" A loud cheer went up as we made our way to the front of the hall.

Joe then led me over to the table where we both sat down looking at the spread. I saw one of my favourite Gaulish dishes was on the table.

"Nice roast boar." I said as I reached over and ripped off a leg before I bit into it.

"Yeah, Chef really knows how to roast a good boar. Though his best dish is his salty chocolate balls," Joe told me as he cut off some of the hindquarters. "Mmmh, my second favorite ass." As we feasted, Joe would tell stories of his adventures to his subjects. "And that my friends, is how I took out the Sirens, by playing a few songs by Jet, AC/DC, and of course, Disturbed."

"Hm y'know I always wondered what happened to the sirens from my world." I wondered.

"Wait, you're saying you didn't fight them back in your world?"

"Uh, no. To tell you the truth, I was in a coma for a few weeks after my own fight with Tirek."

"Coma! What kind of warrior goes into a coma?"

"Oh, like you haven't done something that put you into something like that."

"I did, a few times actually. But I was only under for a few hours, and one of those times, I sired my two sons."

"Not like that you Jackass! I meant like in a fight with a villain or something like that."

"Oh don't worry, I had scrapes like that before. Chrysalis knocked me out for a few hours, same with Sunset when she swung a sledgehammer in my face. And yes, even Tirek caused me to call lights out for a few hours."

"Damn, why did Sunset hit you with a Sledgehammer?"

"She tried to get Twilight's crown one last time and needed me out of the picture for the time being. Anyway, from what happened to my sirens, their power was stripped from them and last I heard, they were working at some version of Taco Bell."

"Hm well anyway I believe I have a legitimate excuse for my coma. Tirek used my love for Luna to trap me before the smug prick blew a hole through my armor and chest we’re talking all the way through.” I said before I summoned my old armour to show Joe. "The only thing that kept me alive was willpower, a life support system that was in the armour and a one off healing factor that kicked in later."

Joe went bug-eyed after seeing the giant hole in my armor. "Fucking hell. I'm surprised you're still not under."

"Just lucky I guess."

"I had a hunting dog named Lucky once. He had one eye, no tail, and no nuts. Luck doesn't cut it, Ashley."

"Yeah I did say willpower was one of the factors that played into it, even that orb of power that my father in law provided for me." I said choosing to ignore the nickname he gave me.

"I see. Anyway, how 'bout you regale us a tale from your Equestria, before the invasion if you please."

"Hm well I told you about Tirek...how about my battle against Grogar, The Hollow Shade incident and finally the battle beneath the eclipse." I suggested.

"Sounds interesting." Joe gave me a horn of ale while I told him and the dogs around us of those three adventures.

(An hour or so later)

"And that's how I defeated my evil twin and started my journey to becoming a god." My three tales left Joe interested while the dogs all had mixed reactions, ranging from shock, interest, and even horror.

After a moment of silence, Joe finally said something. "Fuck." I waited for him to say more, but he just sat there and kept drinking.

"What. nothing else to say?" I asked.

"Sometimes a simple 'Fuck', is all that is needed." Joe went back for his drink before he noticed his sons running in. "Boys! You just missed a great story from Ash."

"Later dad, we got trouble." This piqued my interest.

"Oh boy, what did your sister, aunt, and Sweetie do now?" That got me to laugh, seeing how those three are always causing some sort of trouble.

"It's not that. Jack and I were told that someone spotted a pair of trolls near the outskirts of town."

Not even skipping a beat, Joe unstrapped his ax and finished off his horn before heading out the door. "Don't worry boys, I've got this."

"Hey, mind if I tag along?" Always wanted to fight a troll.

"Sure, just try not to cause too much collateral damage when you fight one."

"What, me? Never." I said in mock offence before following Joe making sure Whispering Wind was strapped onto my back.

"Yeah, I've heard that before, from Dash. Now come on, the longer it takes to find those two, the worse the damage to the town will be." Joe slashed open a portal to the edge of town where we jumped through. "Alright, have you ever faced a troll before?"

"I have, but not the kind we're about to deal with."

"Alright, well when you fight one, be careful with its choice of weapon, it can be a bit-" He was cut off when he was slammed across the town by a giant stone pillar.

I called out to him from the pile of rubble Joe landed in. "Umm, I'm guessing that's what you were talking about?" His response was giving me the bird while still in the rubble.

"Alright, no need for that." I said before I teleported over to Joe and heafted the colossal pillar off of him and noted there were Nordic runes carved into the rock runes for elemental use. "Your brains all intact?"

"Think so. I just hope I didn't brain my damage." Joe gave his head a quick shake before a look of determination was plastered on his face. "Alright, let's get those fuckers!"

"Here see how they like it when you throw something at them." I suggested as I held the pillar out to Joe.

He smirked my way before grabbing the pillar with one hand and launched it right at the troll's gut, sending him tumbling back towards its friend. "You get the other one. This one is mine." He told me before heading over to the downed troll while making his hand into a claw.

"Okay." I said as I looked around for space that wouldn't cause any collateral damage like Joe asked.

Suddenly a roar echoed before me and I saw the other troll charging at me with one of its own pillars and attempted to bring the thing down on me like a hammer but I used both my hands to stop the monolith cold.

"Okay big guy I'll fight ya but first let's just get this out of the way." I said before I used the strength in my hands to crush the rock pillar.

This seemed to surprise the troll as I dusted off my hands.

"There we go no-" I started before the troll decided to kick me into the air and over a couple of houses before I landed on grass. "Okay gonna feel that one later." I groaned as I began to sit up.

There was another roar and I saw the troll was charging through the streets chasing ponies and I saw the brute had managed to grab a mare and looked like he was about to eat her so I quickly conjured up a fireball ant tossed it at the troll hitting it in the side of it's head causing the monster to drop the mare but I used my magic to get the mare to safety while the troll recovered from the blast.

"Oi this way ya bastard we ain't done yet!" I cried out.

The troll then roared at me in rage before he charged again. It then tried to use it's hand to try and crush and grab me but I kept on dodging it till I rolled beneath the troll's arm as it made a swing at me before I grabbed him by one of his tusks.

"Hold still, handsome." I said as I punched the troll in the jaw sending the troll's head reeling.

I then charged up my arm with demonic energy giving my arm it's demonic appearance the troll then looked back at me and as I went to punch the troll moved it's head resulting me to punch it in the eye causing the beast to scream in pain and the barbs on my arm were making it difficult to dislodge myself so placing my foot against the beast I ripped my arm out of the troll’s eye socket resulting in more screaming before it held a hand up to its face and began to stumble around in search of me.

"God damn it's fucking mushy in there." I groaned in disgust while trying to shake off any lingering 'bits' of troll that were still on my arm while trying to avoid the troll stumbling around.

It was then I felt myself being backed against a tree till I got an idea. I then ripped the tree from the ground and saw it was a pine tree before I placed it before me and looked to face the troll.

"Hey pal." I said getting the troll to look and walk my way before I pinned the troll's feet with my magic causing the beast to trip and impale it's head on the pine and I held the tree still as the troll began to slide down the spear made from bark before I let go before I took a breath but instantly regretted it.

"Sweet mercy the hell you've been eating?" I asked nobody in particular as I held my arm over my face in disgust. (not the one I used that plunged into the troll's eye.)

With the troll dead I then went in search of Joe.

As it turned out, I didn't have to look very far. Over at the hill, by the lake, Joe was dodging swipe after swipe from the troll while landing a glancing slash every now and then.

After a minute or so, Joe was through playing with the beast before jumping towards its head. Once there, Joe grabbed onto its tusk before jumping down, dragging the monster with him. Once the two were on the ground, Joe grabbed the giant head by the tusk and forehead before giving it a quick jerk.

When he was done, he got up, dusted off his hands, then went rummaging into the beast's tattered clothing. "Umm, what are you doing?"

"Looking for treasure, and any possible evidence that this thing attacked an innocent civilian." Joe continued to rummage before pulling out a few glowing green rocks, a large red rock, some gold coins, then finally, an old dented helmet from an Equestrian guard, "Oh no, looks like he got a guard." He tucked the helmet away while pocketing everything else. "I'll give this a look over when we get back then notify next of kin."

"Damn, that is sad. Hey, what was that other stuff?"

"Huh, oh, right. The green rocks are Hearthstones. They give the body a quick heal while also getting rid of poisons and curses." Hmm, might come in handy. "And these red ones here, they give you a bit of adrenaline while also going into a bit of a berserker fit. And the coins are just bits that the troll must have taken from wells or something like that."

"Huh didn't think these guys had an interest in currency unless of course it's the materials they're after but judging by what I saw these guys ain't all that intelligent also before we go back if you wanna pick through mine then go ahead and the smell I got off his breath might mean the guard must have been killed a few weeks ago if his corpse was turned into food for them." I said.

"Is that what that is? I thought you just let one go." Joe went through the other trolls' things, earning more glowing rocks, and the rest of the guard armor, guess I was right, unfortunately. "Alright, ready when you are."

"Hold up." I said before I shot both trolls with a fire ball engulfing them in flames. "Rotting corpses of that size ain't good for populated areas like here now ready to go Fluffy." I said with a smirk.

Joe growled at my nickname for him before leading me back to the castle. We went up to the map table where Joe inserted a key into a slot that appeared on the table.

Once the key was in, A holographic image of Yggdrasil appeared on the table. Instead of him poking at one of the orbs that no doubt led to the other realms, he poked at the trunk of the tree. Once selected, he pushed the key further into the table, allowing a glowing door to appear in the room opposite us. "Well, age before beauty." He gestured for me to go on ahead.

"Yes, too bad there's no one here to fit the quality of beauty."

"Laugh it up ya twice baked jackass. Just remember who helped you find your way home." We both made our way through the door, leading us to the world tree itself. On the trunk, we found the floating landmass dubbed, The Edge, and made our way back there. Once we landed, we headed back to the tavern where we met. "Okay, so where exactly did you spew out of?"

"Over yonder." I said as I gestured to where I came from suddenly the ground began to rumble.

Looking towards where I had pointed I could just make out three giant shapes coming towards us.

"Uh oh." I said.

"What uh oh?" Joe asked.

Before I could answer something large wet slimy and pink ran across my body followed by another and another before going back to the first.

"Agh ugh yuck no stop it you three ugh yeah I'm happy to see ew ugh I'm happy to see you too." I said as I was slobbered on by the three wolves.

"Wait a sec Fenrir, Skoll and Hati here." Joe said in shock.

The three then looked towards Joe and took a sniff before taking a very aggressive stance to which Joe pulled out his axe.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa you three no, no down you three down Joe's a friend Joe put it away they're cool."

Joe stopped his growling, before turning to me. "Are you fucking kidding me!? These three are responsible for bringing about Ragnarok, and you want me to back down!" The three wolves growled over at Joe when he mentioned Ragnarok. His response was to go full Lycan. "Just try it you three!"

"Joe, stop! These three are under my protection and watch, not to mention these three are from my world, so no biting."

The three children of Loki went over to Joe and started sniffing around him. Once they gave him a good sniffing, they started rubbing against him and even licked him.

Joe, no longer seeing a threat, started petting the overgrown wolves. "Haha, alright alright, I guess you three aren't so bad after all." He gave the three a pat on the head each before heading over to the spot where I came out. "Huh, you know, those three ain't so bad. Though I thought for sure they could smell my lineage."

"What, your werewolf lineage?"

"No, not that one. You see, Arminius wasn't just the first werewolf, he was also the mortal son of Odin."

"Ah...Joe do you know why these guys ain't a fan of the Aseier?" I asked.

"I know the legends. Odin had Fenrir imprisoned on a small island by tricking him with a silk rope made by the dwarves, as a test. As for the other two, they were chasing the sun and moon, so I don't even want to hear it. Look, your world may not follow the rules of legends and prophecies, but where I'm from, the tapestry of fate has already been sewn."

"Perhaps, but did anyone stop to ask the wolves what they want?" I asked only to receive no reply. "No the fates decreed that Odin would be killed by a giant wolf so in his paranoia he chained them up and left them to rot while the wolves who were locked away all based on what is essentially a what if situation were left to fester in their own anger." I said before shaking my head. "It's funny really Odin essentially doomed himself the moment he figured he could save himself.

"I won't argue that. Stuff like that happens all the time, in fact, I may just see about my Fenrir when we're done here. However, you cannot argue that Loki and Surtur still want to cause Ragnarok."

"Well, you got me there." We kept walking through the strange world while trying to find the spot where I fell out of.

While I looked for the drop zone, Joe's head was on a swivel with all the things around us. "It's weird, you know, some of these buildings look like they belong in the future, yet they look like they're about to crumble. And over there, that looks like that thatch hut village over there was only built a week ago. Gasp Do you know what this means?"

"No, what?" Might as well humor him.

"It means. Matt Lauer can suck it!" The five of us stopped as we all stared at Joe as if he had a screw loose. "Meaning, we've been sent to a place where space and time sort of clash together to form its own unique landmass."

"Ah, Land of the Lost right?" I asked.

"Ohh! You have that movie in your universe. Nice." After five minutes of walking, we found the place where I crashed. "So, judging by this trench and face-shaped crater, I assume this is where you landed?"

"That would be correct. Now we just have to find out how I ended up here."

"Well here, look around the area and see if there might be some sort of artifact that brought you here."

"Yeah, that could work." We searched around the area to see if there was an artifact or even some sort of rip in the fabric of the universe, sadly, I couldn't find any. "Hey, Joe, any luck?"

"Nope, don't see an artifact, but check this out." Joe came over with a whole bunch of crap in his arms. "Look, schematics for a Manta sub, a vinyl album of Foo Fighters, and look, a talking Bart Simpson doll." Joe then pulls the string.

"Eat my shorts." After the doll said that, Fenrir came over and ate the shorts off the doll.

"Hey!" Joe throws the doll away before pocketing the rest. "Sorry man, I can't seem to find anything here to help you."

"Great...don't suppose you could pull something out of your ass that could help, could ya?" I asked

"No, not me. But I know a certain blue dwarf that might." We took the three wolves with us back to Joe's universe and toward Brock's workshop.

The minute he saw us, it looked like he shit his pants. "What in the ever-loving fuck are you doing!?"

"Long story Brock. Look, do you have some way for us to access the portal that brought Ash to that part of space?"

After gaining control of his bowels, Brok contemplated our situation. "You know what, I think I just might." Brok rummaged through his bag before pulling out what looks like a mold for some sort of trinket. "Meet me at the castle in an hour."

We looked at each other before going back to the castle with the wolves in tow.

(An hour later)

Joe and I sat in the map room with the rest of the girls and princesses, who were backed in the corner in the presence of the giant wolves. "I told you guys before, those three are not going to eat you."

"At least someone is taking this in stride." Joe pointed over to the wolves where Fluttershy was seen giving them belly rubs.

"Oh, they're not so bad. They're just three little puppies who need a little love." Shy told everyone while continuing with the rubs.

Soon enough, Brok came in with the mold and a freaking tiger. "Alright, I think I got the answer to your little problem."

"Okay, but what do we need with a tiger?" Suddenly, Discord popped beside the tiger and gave him a hug.

"You monster! What are you planning to do with Hobbes?"

I leaned over to Joe. "Hobbes?"

"Long story involving Shining's bachelor party in Vegas." Shining had a bachelor party?

"Fuck off you serpentine turd. And don't worry about your little pussy cat, I just need the sound of his footfall." Brok led the tiger over to the map before heading over to me. "Hold still," Before I could ask what he meant, he plucked a few hairs from my head.

"Ouch, what was that for?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you wanted to get your sorry ass home?" I grumbled at his choice of words before letting him continue his work. He took the hairs and placed them in the mold. "Hey, batshit, give this mold a beat from your wing."

"You know, I'm getting really tired of that mouth of yours," I complained over to him while flapping my wings over the mold.

"Perfect, now where's that tiger?" Brok had Hobbes the tiger press his foot down on the mold. "Alright, now who wants to fire this bad boy up?"

"Yeah, I got it." Joe got up from his seat and set fire to the mold.

After the fire show was done, Brok spat into the mold, cooling it in an instant. Once it was cool, Brok pulled out a blue glowing key. "There, that should get you where you need going."

I took the key before eyeing it a little closer. "So, how does this work, exactly?"

Brok snatched the key from me and went over to the table. He then inserted my key into the slot like how Joe did with his. In a second, another hologram appeared on the table, only this time, it was a different universe.

"Fucking shit, it actually worked!"

"What were you expecting it to fail, master dwarf?" I asked.

"Say that to my face you duck bat hybrid! Anyway, I knew it was going to work, I just didn't expect it to work this well."

"Okay, Brok, thank you for the key, I'll be sure to compensate you for the materials, but for now, get your blue ass out of here," Brok grumbled as he made his way out of the castle while giving us the bird.

"I ain't got no problem saying anything to that little blue turd I don't care who the fuck he is." I said to no one in particular.

"Eh, for the most part, I just ignore it. Anyway, wanna see if that key works?"

"Please." I said

"Well, alright then." Joe went over to the key and turned it. The table hummed and looked like it was about to open another door, but at the last minute, it went on the fritz before powering down. "Uhhh, that wasn't supposed to happen."

"Should I call tech support?" Joe's response was yet another growl. "Just kidding."

"Brok, what's the problem here!?"

"Hmm, might need some sort of channeling stone between universes. Problem is, I don't know if one exists."

"A channeling stone?" I asked.

"Yeah, one of these things." Brok went and banged the table with his fist to indicate what he meant.

"What Twilight's friendship map we have one of those back home but...," I began.

"But what?" Joe asked.

"Well I didn't enter through Twilight's map. My entry was in a valley not too far from where I'm living. It was...a rift in the fabric of reality." I explained.

"Interesting, don't care. Just find a suitable channeling stone and you can get your ass home." Brok then got his stuff before heading out. "If you need anything else, find someone else."

Joe came over with a thoughtful expression. "I think I may have a solution to your problem. Be right back" Joe stepped out for a few minutes. We all wondered what he was up to before he came back in with a giant slab of crystal. "Alright, this ought to do it."

"Joe, where did you get that slab?" Twilight asked with a raised brow.

"Oh, nowhere in particular. By the way, don't look at the east-facing side of the castle, it looks terrible."

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East-facing side of the castle

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Spike had a slack jaw as he kept staring at the giant hole in the castle. "What is this? There's something wrong with the castle! I don't like change!"

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Back to us.

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"So, what do you propose?"

"Simple, we take this over to the Edge and set it up somewhere, and use it as a focusing device."

"Okay just let me grab my gear and we can leave." I said before snapping my fingers and just like that my bag appeared. "All set ready when you are."

"Hold on, manners first." Joe gestured over to the others in the room, who got over their fear of the great wolves and started petting them as well. "Best to say your goodbyes."

"Of course." I said with a fond smile before I stood up and approached the group. Once I was close I cleared my throat causing the group's attention to fall on me before I gave a bow. "I wish to thank you all for your kind hospitality you've shown me these last few days."

"It was our pleasure to have ya here partner."

"It was nice to entertain an interesting guest such as yourself. Hopefully, my counterpart won't be too harsh in your punishment at your departure."

"Thank you for coming. It was interesting to see all sorts of different magic while you were here."

"Twas a pleasure darling, although I wish you would allow me to have studied that other me's fashion designs."

"Good to have you. Sorry for insulting you when you first got here."

"It was good to meet you, and thank you for bringing these new friends"

"It was great to have met you Ashy. Too bad I couldn't throw you a farewell party."

"Later bud. Hope to see you again sometime."

With a warm smile and a nod I then turned to Joe.

"I'm ready, let's get out of here before I change my mind." I said.

"Can do." Joe opened up a portal leading to the trunk of Yggdrasil where we then went over to the Edge again. "Alright, let's find a place to put this bad boy."

Joe and I then started looking around inspecting suitable places that we could place the slab of crystal till we came across a massive set of ruins that seemed like it was an elf structure once upon a time but the interior was a jumbled mess of different designs some I could identify others that were not.

As we looked around the interior of the place, neither of us could help but wonder who or what created such a place, or at the very least furnished the place. Finally, we found a room that was spacious enough to fit the slab and wasn't cluttered with crap. "Ah, now here's a spot. Yes, the perfect place for" Joe paused for a second as he started sniffing the place. "Have we been in this room already?"

"No...this is the first time I've seen this place. Why?"

"It's just odd. I'm picking up your scent here, only I don't smell that manipulative bitchs scent. No, it's more" Joe took in another whiff of the air around the room. "perfumed."

"Bitch...oh right." I muttered realising the alicorn he was talking about.

I had decided to heighten my own nose and I began to smell all kinds of scents including the one he mentioned.

"How odd but have you also been getting the feeling we've been being watched for some time now?" I asked.

"Indeed, though I doubt it. This place looks like it hasn't had any organic lifeform in a while if it ever did."

"What do you mean?"

"Come on, it's Sci-Fi 101. This stuff was obviously sucked out of other planets or they're the remains of one. So whatever living thing that might have been sucked through, they either died on the journey here or they survived but quickly expired after running out of supplies or not being able to find any."

"What about that bar we landed in? Stuff like that survived."

"True, but even I'll be the first to admit that one can't live on alcohol."

"True that." Our conversation was put on pause as we centered the slab in the middle of the room. "Okay, now what? Brok happen to give you instructions?"

"Nope, but I have an idea." Joe got out his own key and placed it in the center of the slab. Before our very eyes, the key turned the hunk of crystal slab into a table with what looked like tree roots surrounding it. Near the spot where the door was, a keyhole formed. "Looks like it worked."

"Let's see." I said as I pulled out my own key and then went to insert it into the keyhole.

Once the key went in, the hologram of my universe showed up on the table.

"Okay so it shows my universe but what do we do now?" I asked.

"Well, now that we know it works, let's see if it does what Brok said it would, and try and open a portal to your universe, from my universe." Joe went up to the table and replaced my key with his, showing his universe. "There, now it has my universe."

Before more could be said, the table started to shake. "Uh, what's it doing now?" While we watched, the hologram minimized and showed three different images. As I looked at the three holograms, I noticed that while one looked like Joe's universe, the other looked like mine, but, what was that third one? "Any clue as to what's going on?"

"Do you not pay attention to video games? This is like a quick travel map you use to get from point A, all the way to point Z."

"Point Z?"

"There are multiple points than just A and B. Speaking of multiple points though, what's this one here?" Joe went and touched the third hologram where it enlarged to show a very familiar heap of floating space junk. "No way. Is that"

"Here? Yeah, I think it might be."

"This place is huge!...You said this was leftovers from other planets right?" I asked.

"I said it was a possibility. Nothing is ever certain when it comes to Sci-Fi. But looking at this place from a new angle, I'm thinking that might be the case."

"Begs the question...just how many and what was destroyed to make this joint?" I asked myself more than my companion.

"You've seen movies where worlds were destroyed, it could have been a Deathstar, a giant monster from the cosmos, an ancient deity so old that it was created before time but acts like a child, someone set off too many nukes, the possibilities are endless and could have happened to many of the worlds that make this place up."

"Y'know when you say that it just hits home on just how vast everything...out there is." I said as I gestured to the area outside.

"There's a theory about the multiverse. The theory is that it all started with one universe, and one habitable planet. Then, once decisions started happening, another universe with the same planet was created where the other option was taken. In a sense, every decision we make creates a new universe, creating infinite worlds."

Yes I am aware of the laws of multiverse reality even had a little run in with it awhile back...and it seems we've gotten off track so this portal thing you seem to be well versed in it what's next?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh, right, sorry. Okay, let me just..." Joe scrolled out of the Edge and went to his. "Okay, we'll test and see if we can teleport back to my universe with this new table. If the test is a success, then we use the map table at my place to open a portal to your universe."

"Great demonstrate and I'll observe and learn." I said.

"You're worried about getting electrocuted or something and you want to see a show?"

"I take my comedy where I can find it."

Joe rolled his eyes before selecting his Equestria and pushing the key in. Like before, a doorway opened showing us the castle's map room. "Aww yeah, who da man? Who da man?" Joe gloated while walking through the portal.

"And here I thought you were a god slash werewolf not a man." I said before following after Joe before ending up back at Joe's world inside his version of Twilight's Map Room I then looked at the three wolves who were being pampered by affection. I almost felt compelled to refrain from interrupting but sadly these three don't belong here. "Okay you three time to go." I said, causing the three to whine. "Don't do that you know you can't stay here and besides there's a Fluttershy in my world.”

The three wolves then stood up before they began to nuzzle the group but each one decided to give Fluttershy a slobbery kiss that covered her in wolf drool before they went through the portal.

Joe and I stepped back into the Edge where we left and the three wolves were waiting for us. "Well, I guess this is goodbye for now."

"I guess. It was nice meeting you, Joe. It was fun to hang with you, a bit on the crazy borderline insane side, but fun nonetheless."

"Likewise." Joe went over to the wolves and brought them into a hug/grapple. "Alright, you three, time to head home." The wolves started licking and roughhousing while Joe laughed and returned the favor.

I couldn't help but smile at the group as they roughhoused with each other and it went on for a while before Joe walked back over to the portal but stopped before looking back at me and all I did was smile and nod which prompted him to nod back before he stepped through the portal.

"Ok you three oversized balls of fur let's get back to our universe shall we." I suggested before I walked over to the table and tapped on the hologram of my universe before I activated the map by inserting and twisting the key which caused a set of blue ethereal rocks to appear before forming an archway and inside the archway appeared a wooden door which opened by itself that showed the valley where I first appeared from.

"Alright now we're talking." I said before Hati approached the door and began to sniff it before walking in soon followed by his brother and then their father. "Okay then now it's my turn."

I then decided it was time for me to go so I grabbed my key and made my way to the portal but before I could enter I felt a pulse of energy go through me making me freeze in my tracks I looked down and saw a summoning circle appear below me meaning a mortal was making an attempt to summon a devil for a deal or rather summon me in this case and judging by the magic I'd say whoever is summoning me was an Equestrian but it was different from the magic back home or from Joe's world so wherever I was going was not somewhere I'm familiar with.

"Wow this ought to be good." I said to myself before I snapped my fingers changing my attire to that of black leather clasp boots that went halfway up my shins and tucked into the boots were a pair of black coloured straight pants I was also wearing a black button and my favorite black coat and to give myself a bit of a classy appearance I decided to go with white gloves upon my hands and finally since I was being summoned by Equestrians from a word I knew about I decided a disguise may be in order so I pulled my hood over my head and placed an illusion over my face to make it seem that there was only darkness beneath the hood and just in time because the magic for transporting me was almost ready. "Here we go." I said before I closed my eyes.

I felt the magic then lifted me from the ground before I felt the magic lurch me in a direction really fast before slowing down and lowering me onto the ground which was when I opened my eyes and saw I was in a dark room but I could smell smoke from candles that had just been extinguished so I snapped my fingers reigniting the columns of wax to illuminate the room and before me I saw many anthro ponies before me each and every one of them seemed to be cowering from me I then proceeded to brush some dust off of my shoulder which must have fallen on me from the rafters when I appeared before I took a closer look and began to recognize this lot as the ponies from the village Starlight lived in when she was a tyrant speaking of Starlight was here so that must of meant that Twilight hadn't met her here but there were two small issue with that theory I had come to upon a loser inspection one the villagers all had their cutie marks on their shoulders and among them was a certain former student of Celestia's one Sunset Shimmer but I shook off my thoughts when I remembered that I was summoned here for a deal.

"Who summoned me?" I asked calmly but in reality I was hoping to be done with this quickly.

“W-We did…”

Looking at the source of the voice I saw it was Starlight and like the others she was scared of me.

“P-please…help us. We-” Starlight started.

“Argh!” Sunset screamed as she clutched at her head with both hands and I saw the aura of magic vanished followed by several other unicorns which means a spell they were working on most likely a shield spell and a large one considering all the unicorns working on it had suddenly shattered if the groans and screams of pain from the unicorns was any indication.

“Hand of the Devil!”

Looking towards the source of the voice which just so happened to be Starlight who proceeded to get on her hands and knees before me.

“Please, Hand, please drive the enemy Caribou back! If nothing is done, the mares will all be turned into their personal playthings and the stallions will be killed! We heard of how you freed the Crystal Empire, and this was the only way we could think of contacting you! I beg of you, Devil’s Hand, protect our village! I’ll offer you my very soul!”

Every single word that came out of the mare's mouth baffled me a Hand of the Devil had been picked after the spot had been vacant for so long and somehow this bunch knew about it before I did and also there is a war in this world against the caribou also the fact that these guys were trying to summon the Devil's Hand and not me and Starlight was willing to exchange her soul for this deal made me want to groan in annoyance since that is what everyone assumes it's the soul I want but I used all of my will power to hold it in before releasing it all with a sigh before I brought myself back onto the main topic.

"I'm not the Hand of the Devil hell I didn't even realize Satanael even got a new one." I said as I began to walk forward towards the door but stopped when I was beside Starlight my words seemed to have just shattered their hopes and I saw Starlight was filled with despair which became confusion when I placed a hand on her head and gave it a rub. "Also in future don't be so quick to gamble with your soul."

"Wait, does that mean you'll help us?" Sunset asked.

"I may not be the Devil's Hand like you wanted but I can assure you that I am not inferior to him. Stay put and watch the show so we can discuss the payment for the contract after I dispose of these vermin." I said before I proceeded to the door.

Opening the door I then stepped outside and immediately I saw the village was an exact replica of my world's only this place was being raided by caribou right now a massive column of caribou was marching up the street with what I could only assume was their leader riding a War Beast up front and was dressed in heavy armour I stopped in the middle of the streets and turned to face the opposing force just as the leader held up his hand to halt his troops.

“What’s this? Either a fellow male to tell us where the fresh batch of slaves are? Or a foolish traitor who thinks he can go against Lord Dainn?” He mocked.

"Okay I've decided...You'll die last right after I finish off the rest of you." I said, causing the hoard of caribou to laugh.

"You kill us." The commander said with a laugh before turning back to his forces. "Seems we have someone here who thinks he's the Devil's Hand himself." the commander said before turning back to me. "I don't know who you are but let me tell you this fool you're going to die real bad just for uttering such words to me."

"Then what are you waiting for an invitation? Come here and try before I die of boredom." I said which angered the caribou leader before he commanded his War Beast to charge forward which was what I wanted.

As the beast charged forward I just stood there till I moved aside my coat to reveal my gun belt and holstered guns I then pulled out Salvation and aimed it at the War Beast I then decided to channel the burning flames of the sun itself into the gun which covered the firearm in golden flames before I then squeezed the trigger till there was a bang quickly followed by a trail of golden embers from the barrel the projectile fired from my gun hit the commander's mount dead centre of it's forehead and instead of blood and the beast collapsing the beast was reduced to the same golden embers that were ejected from my gun causing the rider to commander to topple forward and hit the ground and skid towards me and all I did was raise one of my legs and stopped the commander's skid slide when he reached my foot.

My opposition and audience were in shock and awe at what I had done but I knew the who wasn't over yet so I reeled back my leg and kicked the commander in the shoulder back towards his troops as if he were a ball and all the while I could only smile.

"Your move boys." I said as I held my arms out for the caribou.

“Gah! A fortune of gold and a batch of the finest sluts to the one who puts a bucking bullet in his head! I’ll even allow you to join me in taking back Canterlot so that we may indulge ourselves with that Sun Slut and the two Moon Bitches!” the commander roared.

"Bitches as in more then one how interesting but later first thing's first." I thought while summoning Whispering Wind onto my back and drawing it and changing the blade to become an estoc sword before using my magic to select a song.

As the music started a War Beast charged but with a single flick of the wrist I sliced the beast in two right down the middle and watched as the two halves slid past me before coming to a stop and before the enemy could realize what was going on I ran forward and used the point of my blade to impale one caribou through the eye before slicing through the head to remove my blade and used the momentum to slash two more caribou before moving onto the next the length and edge of the blade made it good for mowing down opponents in a large area around me especially in these open spaces I heard a scream from behind me and stepped out of the way of a desperate lunge before I snaked my arm around the one who made the foolish attempt before giving his neck a sharp twist resulting in a loud crack before the body fell.

I then noticed I was surrounded and decided to teleport back to the area where I stood before charging in I then quickly returned Whispering Wind to normal and sheathed him before summoning one of my new guns the repeater which I had dubbed Final Sentence of Fallen Souls or just Final Sentence for short pulling the gun out I then cocked it before firing leading to the bullet to strike a caribou in the head.

"Don't make this too easy boys, at least attempt to fight for your lives." I said simply while sliding the lever to load a new round into the chamber.

The next shot I fired seemed to cause the caribou to scatter for cover but I still managed to down many of them and each time one of them poked their head out they got their head blown off till finally my next shot only resulted in a click meaning I was out of ammo and right now I didn't have anymore suddenly I saw the caribou begin to take aim with their own guns so I made a wall of earth spring out of the ground to provide me with cover so I can switch out my repeater for my revolvers before I smiled and stepped out of cover firing the guns as I went down the street all the while working to avoid the hail of bullets.

"Ash behind you in the alley and on the roof." Epsilon said.

Spinning around I drew one of my knives and tossed it at the corner of the wall of dirt I created before taking aim at the shooter on the roof and I watched as the caribou on the roof's head jerked back thanks to the bullet while my knife ricocheted off the wall and into the ally I then took a few more shots before I pushed down on a lever next to the hammer that allowed the cylinders to swing out before tilting the guns back and ejecting the used shells before I rolled the cylinders along my gun belt and used my thumbs to push the new rounds in before flicking my wrist to slide the cylinders back in place.

Suddenly I hear a war cry on my left and I look to see a caribou making a mad charge towards me with the intent to impale me but I just suck in a breath and breathed fire onto the bastard when he got close which cause him to fall backwards and try to roll along the ground trying to smother the flames.

"Bloody nuisance." I muttered.

I then looked and saw the caribou charge in mass with blades drawn.

"Must have run out of bullets." I said to myself as I holstered my guns and drew Whispering Wind.

Turning to face my foe I then held Whispering Wind before me in two hands before pulling the blade in two but the enemy did not stop it's charge so I took a breath and waited for them to get close before I used flash step to get in get out of the way and slash at one caribou before I used flash step again to move and get in close to slash at another and did so again and again till I cut each and every caribou before I moved back to where I once stood before I attacked and started walking backwards with arms and blades held outward in a relaxed stance while keeping my eyes on my enemy who was confused suddenly one by one the wounds suddenly decided to open as if the flesh just realized it was not meant to be hold itself together anymore geysers of blood sprayed into the air before the caribou collapsed I then looked around for the commander and I saw he was nowhere to be found I then sheathed Whispering Wind before I sent out a pulse of magic to detect souls and saw there were a few who were in their camp and the only ones in the village was myself the villagers and only one caribou who was hiding from me.

"Is it over?" a voice asked who I knew was Starlight.

"Not quite." I said before I drew Salvation I decided to see if could still curve a bullet and remembering where I sensed the caribou I then swung my arm in an arching motion and fired sending the bullet flying down an ally before giving Salvation a spin on my index finger and holstering the gun after a few seconds I saw the body of my target fall out of the ally.

"Town should be clear. I shall head over to the camp and deal with the stragglers after that I'm gone." I said

"I see." Starlight said.

I then started on my walk towards the camp intending to finish what I started to be honest the place kind of reminded me of one of those roman marching camps complete with watch towers and trenches they were small wooden but quite defendable things I teleported to one of the watchtowers and took out the sentry before he could even utter a peep I then looked at the lay out and saw a large cage wagon where they were keeping the females and it seems that most of the entire force in the camp had gathered in front of the officer's tent perfect for me and judging by what I saw the commander seemed to be attempting to salvage this situation which was admirable I would give him that but there was no way I was going to let that happen.

Leaping off the watchtower I landed on the ground causing the males to turn their attention to me but I didn't even give them the chance to react before I flash stepped forward while drawing a talon knife and plunged the blade into the closest male's jugular before ripping it out before I spun around behind him and slashed at the second with two strikes to the belly before pushing him I into the group I some caribou had taken aim at me but I just created a platform of earth below me to launch me up and over the group and while I was in the air I created dozens of threads that wrapped around most of the group but spared the commander before I landed behind the group.

"Monta's Crimson Thread." I said before giving my arms a jerking pull which resulted in the ones who were entangled to be torn to shreds.

I then stood up and turned to the cage where the mares were being held before I made my way over to it before ripping the lock off the door before opening the cage and was greeted by a group of terrified females.

"It's okay I will not harm you, I'm here to help." I said as I held my hand out in a calming gesture before stepping back to give the group some space.

The mares seemed to talk amongst themselves before they began to exit the cage slowly I noticed the commander go for a pistol but I snapped my fingers to trap the bastard in a gravity well making him groan and grunt in pain.

"Sorry about that, now let's see about getting you all back to 100%." I said as I took a step towards the group but as I did they all stepped back. "It's okay I'm on your side."

One of the group a unicorn mare stepped forward so I nodded in thanks before I started off with removing her collar with a simple flick of the wrist before conjuring a small flame of Life Fire I then went to place the flame against the stump of her horn but she flinched away from me.

"It's okay this is a type of healing magic I swear." I said.

It seems the mare was convinced before she stepped forward again before I applied the flame and slowly the flame began it's work in restoring her horn.

"There." I said, causing the mare to reach for her horn and feel the restored appendage before she hugged me while crying tears of joy. It was then the others gathered around me and I did the same for them all and once I was done I gave them all a blanket for warmth.

Suddenly I hear a groan come from not too far away so I step towards where the sound originated from with my hand on my gun. I step around a tent and see several males who are tied to posts and look to have been brutally mistreated.

"Those males were brainwashed."

Looking at the source of the voice I saw it was one of the females, a zebra mare.

"When the Crystal Empire was freed so too were they from Diann's evil magic they tried to stage a mutiny but were overwhelmed." the mare said.

I simply nodded before I got to work on freeing them and getting them treated before I stood up and released the commander from the gravity well.

"Now where were we?" I asked the commander.

I reached forward to grab the bastard around the neck but stopped when I felt a new but familiar presence appear I then noticed that time around us had all but stopped but the commander was the only one besides me that wasn't affected and when I realized on who the presence belonged too I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Well, well look who stepped out of Hell." I said as I looked at the presence to see what most would interpret as a regular man but I knew better he stood about 7ft and is wearing a long black hooded trench coat, a dark grey button up collared shirt, black slacks, and black boots his head was covered by the hood on his coat and his face was mostly obscured by shadow except for two glowing red eyes. "The devil himself."

"Nice to see you again Ash." Satanael said.

"Likewise but I hate to make this brief but I have a contract to fulfil before I head back home." I said as I turned back to the trembling commander..

"Ah so that's why you're here." Satanael said.

"Yeah they originally wanted to summon your hand but got me instead my guess they mucked up a rune or two and this loser here even mentioned his name so that would mean that you have tasked your hand to do your work here wouldn't it?" I said as I turned to The Devil.

"On the money as always Ash." Satanael said.

"So who is the sad sack of sins that has caused you to send out your best hunter and speaking of who is the new Hand?" I asked.

"My newest Hand is one known as Dimitri Lockdrom. Are you familiar with the name?" The Devil asked.

"Mm can't say I have should I?" I asked.

"It doesn't matter as for why he's here, it's because the Sins are loose." Satanael said.

"Well sounds like something I should hear." I said as I summoned a bottle of Old Number 7 along with a pair of tumblers before I invited The Lord of Hell to sit down at the table that the commander was using to strategize.

And so he did and he told me everything. The bottle was half empty by the time he was finished and I just made a clicking sound with my tongue.

"Well I can only say that you seem to have this in hand despite your Hand and the Saint being here and both of them are good friends at that...wow what a twist." I said before I finished off my drink before I plucked a compass off the table and began infusing magic into it.

"If you're going to blame anyone for that you should blame that oversized pigeon Michael." Satanael said.

"There is no need to insult someone, Lord Satanael."

Looking towards the source of the voice I saw it was the Archangel in question.

"Michael." I greeted with a nod.

"Ash Blade." Michael greeted with a nod of his own.

*sigh* "What are you doing here Michael?" Satanael asked with an annoyed tone.

"Same thing you are, I'd imagine." Michael said.

"I'm here under contract Michael, the summons was supposed to be for Dimitri Lockdrom but they botched the circle and got me instead and since the situation is like the one back home I decided to help out a bit." I explained.

"And I assume he is part of the contract?" Michael asked while gesturing to the commander who was being held in place by chains thanks to Satanael.

"Yeah and as for where he ends up you both know the rules it's up to my boss on who gets him." I said.

"Now that you know why he's here you can just fly on back to The Silver City Michael." Satanael said.

"I will but before I leave I wish to ask you Ash Blade to convince the Hand to give up on his actions." Michael pleaded.

"If you know what's good for you Michael you'll leave now before I rip your wings off!" Satanael roared as he stood up so quickly he knocked over his chair and his eyes glowed brighter in fury.

I then let out a loud sharp whistle to get the attention of the two great powers before I too stood up.

"Listen fellas I'm not here to interfere in a man's choices ok but I will say this at least try to avoid having the Saint and the Hand shed each other's blood. I would rather not be called away from my world just because you two don't like each other." I said, causing the two to nod before I picked up the bottle and handed it to The Devil. "You can have the rest." I said to which Satanael nodded in thanks before taking the bottle. "Now as fun as it was to catch up I have some work to do."

"Of course and also one is trying to make a break for it he's almost at the gate.." Satanael said before he released the commander and turned to him. "I bet I'll be seeing you soon."

With that the two celestial beings vanished and time returned to normal and I turned to the gate in time to see a lone caribou scrambling to get out.

"I know I shouldn't but I'll kill myself later if I didn't." I said as I looked at the commander.

I then felt the spine whip my brother gave me extend from my arm before I flung it at the caribou just as he exited the gate.

"Get over here!" I shouted in my best imitation of Scorpion.

I then gave the whip a yank pulling the buck back and sending him flying towards me I then unsheathed Whispering Wind and when the buck was close I bisected him before quickly sheathing Whispering Wind and retracted my whip before I looked up and saw Starlight and the other villagers.

"Good timing, I was just finishing up." I said before turning to the commander who was trying to get away from me by crawling but I caught up to him and brought one of my legs down onto one of the commander's legs resulting with a loud crunching sound and a scream from the commander it was then I decided to show him my left eye.

"Remind me you said you'd give a fortune of gold and a batch of your victims to the one who put a bucking bullet in my head while even allowing them to join you in taking back Canterlot so that you may indulge yourselves with the princess am I right?" I said coldly.

The commander could only shiver in fear but I wasn't having it I grabbed the sack of misery by the antlers and dragged him over to a mirror before I smashed his face into it before doing so again and again and then I pressed him against the glass before I proceeded to drag his face across the glass slowly all the while the buck screamed in pain and when he reached the bottom I tossed him aside before I opened a portal.

"This is where we part." I said over the howling winds of the portal before I moved to leave.

"Wait the payment...for the contract!"

Turning to who spoke I saw it was Starlight.

“I-I mean…you did what we summoned you to do so…” Starlight said as she stepped forward and I saw her cheeks burned with embarrassment. “You said my soul wouldn’t suffice, so I could instead…o-offer you my body.”

“Starlight no!” Sunset called out.

“Don’t give yourself to him! Even if he did save us!” Sugar Bell added.

“What about Sunburst?!” A stallion cried out. “You wanted to see him again, didn’t you?!”

"Well what would you give to the one who saved our necks!" Starlight shouted while looking back at the rest of the villagers. Starlight then looked back at me to speak only to stop when I raised my hand.

"What I want is for you to deliver this to Dimitri Lockdrom." I said as I summoned the compass I was channeling magic into before into my left hand before holding it out to Starlight.

"Huh?" We all collectively asked.

“Who’s…Dimitri Lockdrom?” Starlight asked.

I was about to answer till I noticed a translucent figure standing not too far away

"You'll find out so will you do this or would you prefer I take your soul?" I asked.

"No, no we'll do it!" Sunset said before snatching the compass from my hand. "What's it for anyway?"

"It's to help him find someone I'm sure he's looking for." I said before I stepped over to the portal and began to enter.

"Wait what's your name!" Starlight cried out.

"Ask Satanael!" I shouted out before the portal swallowed me.

Reappearing just over the crystal mountains or rather at the very summit of the tallest mountain I sealed off my rampant aura before I opened a portal and a black book fell into my hand which was This world's Book of the Dead I started flipping through the pages and came across some names that troubled me.

- Fancy Pants
- Igneous Rock
- Shining Armor
- Thorax

I could only shake my head at the names that I saw in sadness before I closed up the book and sent it back to where I got it from before I teleported to Pinkie Pie's family farm.

Upon appearing at the farm I started looking around and soon came what appears to be a collapsed mine using my magic I sensed several bodies within the mine most were caribou and only one was an Earth Pony teleporting the body out I saw it was Igneous Rock or what once was his body parts were flattened my guess from the mine collapsing.

I then decided to give the pony a proper burial after I had restored him to his natural state so using my magic I closed the wounds and restored the flattened areas before I set to work on making the stallion a proper coffin made from marble since the stallion had passion for stone I set the corpse of the stallion into the marble coffin before I took the coffin to a small hill and placed it down before I began to carve a message into the lid of the coffin.

Here lies Igneous Rock

Beloved Husband & Father who gave his life for those he loved and who loved him in turn.

Once I finished I made flowers bloom around the coffin before I removed my hood so I could say a prayer before I donned my hood.

My next destination was the Crystal Empire or rather a Garden just outside the walls and I saw a few changelings were about tending to what appeared to be the remains of a pyre.

"This must have happened recently." I muttered.

I then placed a spell over myself called Phantom Presence. It basically makes me like a random stranger walking down the street. You see them but soon after you forget what they look like if you even remember them at all.

I then spotted Chrysalis this world's version of her that is who was still in her changeling form from when she invaded Canterlot but she was in a wheelchair and she was carrying a bouquet of white roses and the one pushing her was Cadence I decided to watch the two as Chrysalis placed the bouquet at the edge of black grass before she began to cry meanwhile Cadence was right beside her hugging her I then decided to do something summoning some seeds I used a little wind magic to blow the seeds over to the pyre then using my magic I made the seeds sprout and grow before blooming into gorgeous flowers very similar to the plant known as Heart's Desire but this ones stems were bright pink and it's leaves and petals had a crystalline appearance that glowed with an aurora of colour while a pink glow emitted from the whole plant.

Chrysalis and Cadence along with the changelings were shocked by flower's sudden growth and I just smiled suddenly Cadence looked my way I decided to give a small bow before I departed making my next and last stop at Canterlot making my way to the cemetery I wandered the grave stones and soon came across Fancy Pant's grave I then decided to offer the stallion of bouquet of Day and Night roses before I giving the stallion a moment of silence before I moved on to the last grave on my visit.

In the center of the Canterlot cemetery there is a pedestal with a statue of Shining Armor, dressed in his armor and holding a spear standing atop it. On a plaque on the pedestal were the words, 'In loving memory. Father, husband, brother, Captain, friend. May he continue to stand tall for those who cannot on their own.'

"You earned your rest, Captain." I said as I made vines of Night and Day roses bloom along the Pedestal but never covering the plaque or the statue and as a finishing touch I made the crystal flowers from before bloom at the base of the pedestal with a bunch in the shape of a heart right in front of it. "I wish I could do more."

Offering up the statue a sharp salute I held that position for a bit when suddenly a voice called from behind startling me.

"Hello there."

Turning just enough so I could see the one who spoke I saw it was Celestia and Luna and both came bearing roses most likely for the fallen captain.

"Greetings your highnesses." I said as I turned to the princesses and quickly bowed so I could keep my face hidden.

"Raise your head my little pony I see you have come to visit our former captain." Celestia said, causing me to do so but quickly turn away.

"Yes, not just him actually." I said.

"Were you an acquaintance of his?" Luna asked.

"No milady but I felt he deserved a visit nonetheless." I said.

"That is very kind." Celestia said.

"Sister look." Luna said while gesturing to the flowers I made grow.

"Truly beautiful...Did you plant these?" Celestia asked.

"I did." I said.

"I have never seen such beautiful flowers before, tell me where did these come from." Luna asked.

"A far away place highness but if you seek the source I am it I breed these flowers the ones on the pedestal are Day and Night Roses on account that the golden ones bloom in daylight while having the appearance of a small sun and the Night Roses grow in darkness but have all the comforts of the night sky but as for the ones at the base I have yet to find a name for them." Ash said.

"Incredible, tell me mind if we ask for some seeds so that we may decorate the palace with these we'd be more than happy to compensate you." Celestia said.

I just simply reached into my coat and pulled out two bags of the two seeds before handing one of the two to the respected princess.

"Consider them a gift, your highness." I said and as the princesses looked down at the bags and opened them to gaze at the seeds I teleported away.

I reappeared on the summit of Canterlot Castle before I let out a deep sigh before I figured it was time to get home.

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Aephoceria Present Time Third Person P.O.V.

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"I then created a portal back here, met up with Rage, filled him in and now I'm here and that's what happened when I was gone." Ash said as he sat on a chair in his personal study while everyone sat and listened to him.

“So you traveled to alternate Equestria’s?” Twilight asked.

“In a nutshell, yes.” Ash said.

“Wow you had one super duper adventure.” Pinkie said while bouncing around me.

“It wasn’t all that.” Ash said.

“I must say, hearing about how we look like regular ponies from your homeworld Ash while in another Equestria is rather... bizarre.” Rarity said, causing me to nod in understanding.

“So Ash the other Rainbow...would you say she’s faster than me?” Rainbow asked, causing me to roll my eyes.

“Well I think it’s about time I go meet the newest member of the family.” Ash said.

“Uh Ash about that,” Twilight said.

“What is it?” Ash asked.

“Well it’s Moon and your lovers we haven’t told them you were here yet.” Twilight said.

“WHERE IS HE?!”

“Uh oh.” Ash muttered.

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