It was about four days since the party at Gasters world, and Holly has been spending time with Telyn, smiling and reclining in midair as she hung out with her girlfriend and my son, I was still answering Twilights questions. I mean, seriously, she had filled three books full of my ramblings, and I was just theorizing! However, I have taken great care to avoid anything that had to do with my powers, we do NOT want her to get the attention of anything that works for Mother…

Wait, Mother? What? That bitch has nothing to do with Equestria…

‘Yours may not, but ours does.’

I frowned and looked around before slenderwalking to my chambers “ Who is this, and why are you in my head?”

The voice chuckled ‘What? You think that your time wearing your brothers mask form had no effect? Your psyche is just as fragmented as his. Don’t worry, I’m quite similar to Bob’s passenger. I have no desire for our body, and I do not want you to die. That is all you need to know.”

I growled “What do you mean by ‘our’ mother?”

The voice chuckled “The being who made us what we are now. The one you so foolishly made an enemy of.”

I snarled “What should I have done? Let the Changelings go to war with us and mess up the timeline irreparably?!”

The voice hissed as it took over and made me look into the mirror as I saw myself, yet… my mouth was open and partially unhinged, and my eyes were bruised horribly, stitches all over me. ‘You should have asked her first! You have angered our mother, and now no force in the cosmos will protect us from Zalgo!’

I sighed “I will do what I must to stop him.”

I then heard a knock at my door. I answered it to find Telyn, who was no longer holding Arvir, him being held by Rose, who looked worried.

“Is there something wrong?” Telyn asked me.

I sighed “I have been having...premonitions… that a great evil is coming…” I shook my head “I just… I don’t think I should talk about this right now. Talk to me when I am alone.”

Rose looked to me in shock “Y-you don’t trust me?”

I looked to her sadly as Telyn walked off, leaving a note under Holly’s door. “I do, but I also know that if you knew what was coming, you would try to stop it.”

Rose then frowned “You make it sound like your premonitions… they include you dying…”

I smiled sadly “Nothing quite so simple, my dear.”

I then saw Holly and Bob coming down the hallway, them looking to me curiously. I sighed and looked to them as I put on the most difficult smile I had ever done. “Now, Rose, I need you to be strong, and just… just let me talk to Bob, okay?”

I looked to Bob as Rose reluctantly left, holding a squirming Arvir in her arms as Bob walked in, Holly shortly behind him. “Hey, you two… I need you two to help take care of Arvir, be there for him if something happens to me.”

Bob looked to me suspiciously “What do you mean, ‘If something happens to me’? What’s going on?”

Holly folded her arms “Yeah, I need to know what I’m getting into, before I agree to anything. It’ll probably be a yes, but, well, I need to know if I should begin prepping or not.”

Bob then looked to our sister in shock “Really?! You won’t try to stop him if it’s some suicidal mission?! From what he’s saying, he sounds like he’s not planning on coming back from this shit!”

I smiled sadly “I’m... probably not.”

Bob looked to me furiously and gripped me by the neck of my shirt “Your people need you, what are you going to say to them, huh?!”

I looked him in the eyes and I fought my hardest to keep my smile going. “I’ve already talked to the council, minus Rose, we are going to move dimensions to the nearest unoccupied realm.”

Bob began to look desperate “W-what about Nip?! Won’t she-”

I shook my head “She agreed. Her child came up in the discussion, and I mentioned they’d be safer if we did this.”

I looked to the doorway to see Rose was back, and most likely heard everything I had just said. She walked up to me and slapped me in the face, then ran away crying. Bob looked to me and frowned “Is this really what you want? You want to lose...everything… on a maybe?”

I shook my head “It is not a maybe, it is a soon.”

Bob slugged me in the face, tears in his eyes as he looked to me “And what about me, huh? Are you just going to leave me behind, just forget about me while you go off to die?!”

I smiled sadly “I talked with your girlfriends, you won’t be alone.”

Bob frowned “What?”

“HIIIIII!” Both Jinx and Eris yelled behind him and smiled.

“What’s up crazy head?” Jinx asked him with a smile bigger than Eris.

Bob looked to me angrily “You really think I’ll just forget this suicide mission, because you got the loves of my life to visit?! MY BROTHER IS PRACTICALLY COMMITTING SUICIDE!”

“Yeah, not my problem but… Eris! Open the door to my pocket home!” Jinx yelled. Bob blinked as Eris opened a door… that wasn’t there before. Jinx took out a mallet and hit Bob through the door and Eris walked in, closing the door as it disappeared. Jinx turned to me and her smile turned to a frown. “He has a point, this is suicide.”

I smiled sadly “I’m the only one that can hold him back long enough for everyone to get away.”

“Yeah…” Jinx looked away before pulling out a weird looking gun and pointing it at me. “Zap…”

The shot stunned me for a few moments, and burnt a hole in my clothes as she simply walked off down the hall.

I looked to Jinx and called after her “Jinx, I have a favor to ask…” She stopped and looked at me. Her hand still holding her gun.

“Take good care of Bob, and if you two have a kid… try to have them befriend Arvir...I don’t want him to grow up without friends…same for Eris...”

Jinx stood there for a few moments thinking, she then pointed the gun at me as I saw it build up before making a gesture of her firing. She simply waved and disappeared, not saying a word.

I then made my way out of the castle to Praximuses house, knocking on his door and sighing as he answered “Prax, is the message to our allies ready?”

Prax smiled “Yes, I sent it an hour ago, we have replies, but Jace has not answered, don’t know if he got it or not.”

I nodded sadly, regretful that things had to end this way.

I then looked behind me to see Father Ash as he was standing next to Rose.

“Hey there… I’m so sorry-”

Rose held out a hand “Don’t… Father Ash told me of your reasoning… I… I shall miss you. I have given Arvir to Holly, and she has taken him to Telyns realm.”

Father Ash sighed “I shall see you in the Forest of Ash, my descendant. You were a great king.”

I then heard the alarms blare as people began to flood the teleporter rooms, fleeing to any realm they could.

I grabbed my sword from mid air and slenderwalked to the fields outside the kingdom, finding corrupted corpses piling together, their flesh and bone melting together as they formed a sickening new body.

I gripped my sword and slenderwalked right behind him, trying to slice at his back, but him somehow instantly turning around and grabbing me by the wrist “Y͍̣̜͕͙o͖̺̝͚̦͢u͎̖̪̩͔͙ ̺̦a̶̧̝͚̰r͇͙̀e̡̨̞̺̟ ̀͏̟̟̻̰̫͔̝̭̗w̢̙͙̲̘̤͠é̷̱̣̹̺̻̮͎a̫̜͍͇̕ḱ̶̨͍͇̗…͇͎͓”

I grunted and tried to free myself, only for him to lift me up and punch me in the gut, knocking the air out of my lungs “Y̙o̮̘͖̺͓ú̴͍̖̱͔ͅ ͈̺̞̹̦̬̀a̵̞̭̗̙͙͖͎r͚͜e҉̧̘͙̫̙̲̺͙͠ ̶̵̧͉͕̦͉͕̣f̴̴̻̜͉̮r̹̕a̠̬̞̤̺̱͓͔ḭ̧̮̺͢ͅḻ̙̬͚͚̻͠…͏҉̴̫”

I got to my feet and smiled as I saw the tree disappearing, along with the city “I may be weak, compared to you. But I’m a hell of a lot smarter.”

Zalgo looked behind him and saw that the tree was gone, before roaring in fury “ Y̹͉̱̲̮̠̦͢o̡̨͕̖̭͓u̷̢͙̩͎̞̺͎ͅ ̶͇͚̜͉̀m̶̯͍̱͙a̝̭͕̪͙͉͘ý͈͓͇̘͓͝ͅ ̳̩͙̬̭̠̱͢ͅh̘̖̠̼̳̤̝͝ą̩͖̻͢v̸̝̗̰̹̖̺e̵҉̧̻ ̛҉͙̰c̪̘̠͖h̝͔̤͠e̥͉͟a̝͓͚̺̣͝ͅt̷̵͇̲̯͔e̢͓ḍ̵̥̣̼̫ ̴̛̙̩̪̼͍̹̩m̶̜̭̱̹̟̖e̝͘ ̴̶̪̠̩͉͙̝̪o̷͖͙̥̳̲ͅu̝̪̩̖̕͝t̙̱̹̗̪́ ͏̣̹̫̹ò̫͕̲̰̥͍f̡͍̫͟͢ ̘̼͙͕̳́͢m͏͍y̸̴̢̗̩̙̖ ̛͙̤̖͘͟t̥̱͞r͏̴̣̀e̸̢̯̠͖͉̤͝e͎,̛̟̗̕ ̧̡̲̜͇̟͚͚͙̠̼p̙͉̦͝a̢̮̣͕̳̙̤͘ͅt̩͖̝̦̺h̡̪̦̟͇̣̕͝e̵҉̠̝͕̠̜̬̫t͚̯̹̱̮͡į̲͉̪͈̙̦̭͈̕c̛̫̼ ̸̫̺͖̠̭͓͔w͚̲̼̟̜͝͞o̸͇̮̞͎̣̲̟͜r̢̛̫̪͓̩̙͢m̙̭͉…̀͏͈̰͙”

He then materialized a sword that was enveloped in corrupted fire. His face contorting in a wicked grin. “B̼̹͍̳̮͚̺́ų̟̤̗͇t̗͍̺͚̼̤̳̞ ̵͔̝͚̟̗̫̱I̝͉̞̻̟͙̠̦̲͞ ҉͎̳̫̻̝̤͎s̡̳̝̙h͕̤͖̠̪̳̤a̡̠̘͡͠ͅl̢͖̺̘̮̖̪̣͢l̸̼͔̺ ̳̬̰̲͇s̸̼͍͚̹̙͙̳̕t̵̨̩̠̼̳̣i̸̡͍̦̰̠̮̻͙͔ḻ̶̤̘̪̝l̷̴̡̯͖ ̦͞ĺ͚̕͟a̱̱͖̮͖͚͟͝y̬͔̗̦̕ ̡̥͚̝̱̜̯̘̬̻c͖͖̦̗̭͞ͅͅl͎͎͔͙͚̦͍͇̲͘͞a̞͇͇͍̪͎̗͘i̤̖̼̱͘̕m̵̨̱͍̪͡ ̴̫̞̟̗t̜̞͕̬̻̟̻͞o͉ ̭̭͢ṭ̢̦̙͕̗̲̩̥̕h͏͏͖̖̩̬̦i̴̯̦͠s̘̼̮͙͖̣̕ ͏͏̡̼̠̗̩̻͈̤̦͍w̧̗̯̹͔̼̱o͕̖̙̥͙͎̭͝r̼͉̥̬͕̜l̶̸̸̖̰̝̜̜̦ͅd̡̲̲̫̱̮̩̞̮͢,̴̺̼̗͖͎ͅ ̺͕͙̻͙̺y̕͟͏̝̫̞̖o͎̻u̵̦̫̺̹͎͍̫̮͝ ̵̮͔̞̘͚̦ẁ̶̝̻̙͓͖̗͉ͅr̼̫̟͢͠e̜̪̜̤̱̰͞t̡̗̣̬̥̰́͡c̙̼̣̱̳̻h̬̺̦̺̦̭̘͡͝ȩ̬̟̺d̹͇̣̪̞̮̰͖̜͟͡ ̩͚͞c̜͙̝͓̖̜̀͢ͅu͖̭͇̯̳͈͇͕ṛ͈̹͉̤̮͔̟!̨͏̳”

As the two beings fight, black chains came down from the sky, spreading black ooze tendrils that criss cross on the ground, corrupting the land itself. The clash of swords sent shock waves throughout the land, making the gods shake.

Though, one being high in the mountains, who was watching this happen, wasn’t really amused by this. He sighedthrough his mask as he saw more chains appear.

“Well this is something, more annoying that this is taking time out of my stroll,” the being said in a gruff deep tone. He watched as some of the corruption was heading up into the sky, trying to spread out of this world. He made a gesture with his hand, sealing this world so the corruption can’t spread. He looked down and sat cross legged as he watch the fight continue, waiting for the right moment.

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I gripped my sword in both hands and swung with my entire body as I collided my blade with his sword. As I pressed my sword against his, my aura blazed to life and fought against his corruptive flame. As I fought him, I felt the flames burning my hands, but held fast against him.

“You might corrupt this world, you might even kill me… but I WILL take you with me!”

Zalgo smiled, his mouths across his body all grinning at once “Y̥͔͉̗̙̞̝̺̖͖̞o̤̼͎̞͉̬̳̖͚͎̣̜u̬͚̭̥̱͇̥̳ ͓̯̼̙͎̜̩͖m̪̙̟̩̩̗ͅa̦̥̝y͓͎̦͈̝̻̟̫̠̺̯̼̝͚̖ ͙͉͖̜̬̮̳͇t̮͖̞̞̘͎̫͇͚̼̜̗̲̙͍h̟͎̖̠̗̝̹͕̳͈͓̟̩̲̫̗ͅi̩̫͇̮͖̭͕͖̫n̺̺͇̺̹͙̦͎̭͉̱̞̥͔k͇͉̱̖̪̝̟̙̫̺̭̫̪̦̙̠ͅͅ ̪͍͇̥̠̖ṯ̯͕̜̘̤̖̪̟̙h͉̹̬̗͖̻̺̞̹̰͕̻͎͔͎͎ạ̘̣̗̼̹̳͇̠̮̺͍̖͍t͎͉̬̲̫͓͍͎̗̗,͇̬̝͍͎͉̪̹ ̳̤̙̮̤ͅw͓͚̲͓h͎̤̠̬̖͓̲̟̱̠̤̤͕̹̮̜e̟̲͈̼̺͔ͅl̫͓͓̗̦̦̳̯̗͕̝̪p̳̱̝̱͉̝͔̲̯̱̭̦͕̮ͅͅ,̖̼̦̳͎̼̗ ̯͇̟͚̞̰̲b̪͓͙̭͚͉̥̪̺̱͕͍̮̻̺̹̘̭u̜͓̯̼̺͇̞̭̙͓̜͙̻̭̥̰t̪̖̝̭͍͖̙͔̫ ̜̼̜̬̻̫̣͚͚͚͖̯͍̭I̘̦͍̥͉͚̦̗͓̹̺̱͇̱͕͔̜̥ ̣̜̳̥̼̟̜͍͎̙̣͙̪̠̼͈̟F͎͔̟̩̫͍̫̼͉̪̪͔̟ͅͅA͓̤̜͚̩̘̥̞͍͎͚͖͕͎̟̱̺Ṟ̻̫͚̝ ͖̳̖͎̙͔̖̙ͅo̼͔͓͇̤̠̩̣͉͇̯͉u̟͕̠̯͉̬͙̻̞̘͇͓̠̲̣̣t͎̜̞̪̪͖m͖̭̹͔ạ̮͎̞͖̗̹t̟̱̙͓̱͔c̳͇̙̖͙̥h͓̳̲̺̥͇̙̳̼̥̞͚͖ ̦̮̤͎̩y̫͍̗͕̲̩͓̻̹̹̰̞̪̳̘̦̭̱̳o̟̬̪̭̫̫̮̩ͅu̫̞͙̭̼̠ ”

As he said this, I saw his flames increase in intensity, I grunted in effort as the flames licked at my flesh, pushing hard against his blade and struggling not to let him break through my guard as I twisted my blade and shifted my weight, sending his sword flying off into the distance before stabbing him in the shoulde

Zalgo grunted in pain as he grabbed my sword by the blade, ripping it out of him and throwing it aside, embedding it in one of his chains, which curled around it and absorbed it. “ Y̥͔͎̙͚̹̞͚̪̖̩͍͇̦̗o̤̬̼̰̞͍u͙̦̳̜̻͎̞͖̺̤̠̫͕̺̫̘̫͚ ̰͙̰͓̩̠̠̘̟̠̹͈ͅͅm̯̤̖̙̞̯͓a͍͉̯̥̪̞̼͓̦̩͖̭̱͚̜̻ͅy̭̼͍̮ ̞͚̝̯̫͇̞̦̜̖̱̦͇͔̳ͅh̞̯̝͓̤̗͈̪̯͇͎̦͚̗͚̠a̟̮̳̯͎̮͓̯̘v̜͉̰̭͓͚͍͕e̗̼̯̭͇̠͚͖ ̳̱͖͓̗̻D͍̰͙̺̤̩̦̘̘̼͍̖̬͓i̮̙̠͚͔̙͓̙s̻̳̫̫̯̺̫̫̗̫̠̹̩͓͖̪a͓̙̬̘̯̘̦̼͈̗̮̝̰͖̯͇r̲͙͙̟̦̘͎͙̠̻̠̖̞̤m̲̗̟͔͖͇̲̤̜̻̫ͅe̻̜̼͓̰̭͈̘d͉̮̝̝̞̤̟͚ ̹̭̗̺̪̪̗͎̪̥̱̫ṃ͕̮͓̲e̤̺̲̜̦͎̗̦͙ͅ,̺̭̠͇͖͕͍ ̗̱̗̼̘̦̦͚̤̺͖b̙͍͈̪̭̩͓̝͕u͚͕̰̲̯̼̪͍̥̜̟̱̲t̫̰̳̰̣͕̞̣ ͓͕̥̖̳̖̻ͅs͕͙̲̼͈̰̗̳͇̞̺̰̣̬ͅo͚̥͓̙̺̝̖͕ ̫͕̱̱͖͍̺̻͎h̝̫͉̠̖̻͉͕̲̳̝ạ̯̪̺̱͖͕͇̯̟̗͔͍̺s̹̯̜̮̖͚̣̫͇̺̼̙ ̩͉̰̗͖̯̭͇̩t̟̺̼̘h̜̰̠̟͕̦̺̘̯͕͖̪̬̻̪̥̤͍̱y̲͚̻̮͉̝̺̳̖̩̤̘̗̣͔̤ͅ ̝͚̱̣͈͓̪̞b̪͇̝͙͕͙̭̠̣͖͓͚͕̠͉ͅl̮̙̝̥͕͉͍̪̳͍ͅa̠̦̫͈͔͔̼͍̘̦̩͍d̜̙͍͇̤̮̟ḙ̦̝̰͖̝͉̫͈͍̱͚ ͈̱̠̳͚b͙͓͈̻͔͙̦̦̜̩̣̱͓̖̪̰̰̰̠e͈̳̩̬̳̜̫͇̟͍e͖̮̯̭̣̭̩͎̬̭̠͈͇͓͈͉n̬̬̮̦̙͎͕̯̲͍̼̹̪̩ ̳̘̲͇̣͎̠̩̠͕̯͚̘͓͍ͅl̝̩̥͍̹͈o̤̲̤͙͔s̙̤̻̯̦͕̫͕͔̥̪̪̙ͅt̙̹͕̰̫̫͈̻͕̠̬ ̤̗̝͖̤a̰̟̰͚s͎̮͍͙̦̜̩͓̳͖͈̭̗̪̲̦ͅͅ ̺̺͙̲͈͖̦̤̜̭͚͈w̩̪̟̻̬̺̖e̯̪̖̤̰͎̭̞̫̞͇̥͉̬ḻ̤̝̞̝̝̘̪̲̭͔l͈̟̬̝̫̫̣̬͖͎̬̯̩̮̝͈̫̬̖”

I grunted as my slendrils came out of my back “I don’t just know swordplay, you ugly fucking son of a bitch!”

Zalgo raised his hand skyward and the black tendrils that had covered the ground at this point sprung skyward, forming a pitch black and fiery orange trident. “ Y͈͎͓̩̯͍̼̣̜̞o̹̫̟̩͎͍͚̩͇̜̬̣͇̙̳̻̞̭̹u͔̼̤͓̼̲̯̖̹͙̭ ͎̥̳̭͇̟ḏ͍̲̮̙̱͇̦̯͇͍ͅi̗̟̤͈̭͕̜̥͇̠̭̭̩d̻̣͔̫̣̺̼͔̮͕̺̦̝̳̼͖ͅ ̪̮̱̟̙n̦͖̦̘̰̱̭̣̤̲̗͓͎͙̱o͕̬̫̹̼̭͔̝͎̮t͙̝̮͙̼̱ ͈̰̻̫̹̩ͅt̗͚͈͈̦̣͇̙̣̤̱ͅh̹̟̞̞͎̻̫̟̗̰͍͈̟͕͉̖i̻̤̪̠̥̮̳̝̳n͉͖̤̖̟̗̼̼̝̜̬͖k̖͇̖̩̳̞̫̺͉̼̱̩̱̟̙̳̥̩ ̦̦̠̖̤͚͈̖̤͉̻̻̗̣̬ț͈̲͕h̩̭̖̣̬̜̤a̪̤͔̺̭̥̲͙̤̱̪̲̬̘̜̤͎ͅt̥̩͚͙̫̥͙̲̹̦̻̤̮ ͙̮̩̱̳͉̦̥̬̗̟̩͙̥̱̻͓̜̘w̫̻͕a̙̩͉̠̦̮̩̝̯̱̭̠͖͎̱̝͍̗̞s̻̳̪̰̼̱̥̠̘̰ ̬͈͔̝̗͓̙̳̻̺̘̱̤̭͈̯̝͔͚m͚͉͇̪͓̗̹̬̫̗̳͇̲͎̥ͅy̖̱͚̖͉̳͙̪̞͚͓͖̜ ̺̮̱̖͖̹̳̫̩͚̳̟͍̲͍̮̹̱ͅọ̞̗͉̥̫͔̘͈̗͚͙̠ͅn̩̘̘͓͇̖͔̺̦̬̩̣̼͙͉l͔̜̭̺̰̱͔̫̘͈y̫̻͙̹̩̮̳̹͔̗̥̱̠̟̦ ͖̗̺͓̩̪̗̲̣͍͈̰͍͇̩̯w͚̻̭̻e͍̱͇̮ͅa̙̰̟͍̺̞̭̺̪̰̟͓̩͕̯̳̮̬̘p̰͓̱̫̟̩͎o͙̺̗̖̰̟̳̪̲̰̱͇̭̠̖n̹̟͈̩̲̤̮̯̙̣̹̹͚,̦̯̮̝̦͙͍͈͕̮͖̗̭̟̦̼̰ ̖̺̙͍̙d͇͙͇̺̠̼̪̝̞͙̰͔̗i̟̟̰̖̝̟͎̝̰̳͔̝̦͎͉͕d͙̞͖̰̺ͅ ̳̟̤̯̞̟̼̭͔̲͕̯͈̹̼y͓̜̠͉̥̙̪͉͍̲̙̥̼̬̺̞͔o̞͕̜̰͍͈̜̖͖̩̙̮͕u͕̜̪?͇̤̲͚͇͓͖̱̼͎̘͕͖̖̤̰”

I grunted in anger, of course he was going to fight dirty, that’s rule number one, no one fights fair!

Right as I readied my slendrils to attack, Zalgo disappeared, and I sensed someone appear behind me, god damn it this is going to suck! I tried to slenderwalk away, only for him to be right in front of me, ready to stab me straight through the heart!

In slow motion I saw the trident coming towards me… then stop. I stared at it as Zalgo grunted in frustration.

I smiled and wrapped my slendrils around his wrist, tightening until I heard a loud crunch, him recoiling and grasping his hand as he looked to me hatefully, his mouths now snarling with contempt as I grabbed the trident from mid air, only to find it would not move, so I used my slandrils to break it into several pieces as Zalgo then came at me, claws outstretched as he tried to rend my flesh, but I now had the advantage.

I grabbed him by the wrists and used my slendrils to grip his horns and rip them out, causing him to bellow in rage and pain. “ Y̝͇̪̮̳̖̠͈̫̟̭̮̗̠ͅO̼̤̖̞̪͕͔̬̙͈̹͈̭̭U̦̝͕̬͇̥̠ ̝̤̪͙̠̞̟͍͎̻͕͓͇͎̳̖M̯̜̦͉̯̘̗̱̘̘̝̜̟͍͈̺̗̠I͇͇̭̹̩͓͚̹̦ͅS̥̻̯̩͚͍͈̹͙̘̬̞E͍̹͙̰̞̬̭̜̫̖͕̝̣ͅR̦̳͉͕A͇͈̤̺̱̲̫̰̦͍͍B̮̙̪̭̮̥̤͇͔̜̣̤L̘̻͉̝̞̭̬̪̩̣͍̺̘E̼͈͓̩̯̬̜ ͈̟͎̥͇̦̗͕̳̣̳̪̱͔ͅC͉͔̲͚͔̺̖̳̺̙̤̠͙̮͔U̞̱̳̥̱͍͈R̜̩̗͇!̩͉̣̣ ̥̟͕̮̭̟̟I͖̟̻̪̭ ̩̬̮̲͇͈͚͚͙̮͕̝͇S̩͉̙̝̗̖̥̱̳̗̮H̥͚̺̯̪̻̤̮̯̮ͅA͓͎̺̪̦̟̫͍͙̫̭̻ͅͅL̩͙͍͙̟̬̝͚̜̥͇̮̱̣͖͔͉ͅL̻̘̗̘̞̫̥͕̯̭̟͕̫̻͙͔ ̘͖̯̻̦̙͍̱̞̻M̦̜͇͎͔͓A̬̱͈̳̳̺̞͈̦K̳͕̟̘̞̗̪̟̥̺͉̭̖͓̮̪E̩̤̙͎͓̙̯ ̝̬̭͔̭̬̪̰̣̝̗̲̗Y͉̪̞̤͖̹̯̠̯̼ͅͅO͚͖͔͖̳̰̠̹̯̠̺̺͈̯͖̳U̮̻̦͚͓͕͚͈͕̟̟̙͓̺͓̥ͅ ͇̼̹̮̤̖͓̠͓͕͚̝̪S̰̝͖̘̺͚͖̲̜̞̰͍̝̙̣͍ͅͅͅU͎͉͕͎͉̲̲͕̠̼̟̯F̥͚͔̬̦F͖̰̙̯͇̳̹̳E̜̞̲͖̘̼̝R̙̝̜͚̦̰̲͙̗̖̗̹̗͈!͔͍͕͔̗͙̦͉̮̬͔̳̮̟̯͍̝̺ͅ ”

“And, stop,” a voice rang out. I felt my body freeze and strain to move. Not able to slenderwalk as well. Zalgo was in a similar situation as he too strained to move as well. I then started to hear footsteps coming towards us. What I saw was a man wearing dark leather clothes with a top hat and plague doctors mask.

“Now this is something, two beings fighting to kill each other,” he looked at me. “A Slender like man thing and…” he looked at Zalgo. “Whatever you are, honestly I can’t remember what all of the races in each universe that was made.”

“ R͉̬̜̖͙͙̜͕̝̙e̙̺͙̻̻̲͎̠͓͎̟͚l̠̰̗̱̱͇̼͍̼̟͓̣̮͉̖̺̻e̙͖̝͓͍̰̜̹̬̲̩a̮̹͈̞s͓̞̮͚͔̞̣̼̼̦e̘̠͎̣͎ ̭̱̖̰͇̩̯͍͎m̯̟̻̹̪̟͍̼̝̼̲̖͕͖̯͉ḙ͕̝̜͓̻̻ ̺̗͎̙̫̗̪͔̻̻̭̦̱̤͈̬̦̫ͅa̘̣̱͙͎̤̟̲t̝͈͔̯̹ ̙̼͓̪̻̩ͅo̱͍͚̘̤̟̳̪̞͓̳̳̱̘̮̙͖n͓͔̹̥̱͖̯̻̙̘̩̺͚̝̰͍̭c̼̫͉͍̱͓͙̮ͅe͎̻̯̱͎̫̭̟,̩̦̠̝̺͚̟̦͔̱̟̫̤͔ ̱̝̰s̼̞̱̼͇o͈̘͔͖͉͎̫͕̲̞̭̼̝̥̱̰̟̟͕ ͖͎̼͚̫͓̺͚̭͉͖͙t̯̖̻̹̫̳͎̠̝ͅh͚͙̙̫ͅa̼͍͉̳̥̟̭̹̜t̥̫̝̤̪͉̙͕̲͍͔̗̤̩ ͔͇̪̦̫̘I̯̩̞̞̖̜̺̮͙̜̹ ̲̗͙͎͖m̦̗̘͇͈̼̰̹̺̟̮̠̳͖̣͉̭̙a̼̣̩̤̼̩̬͉̜̦͖̱͙̮̬y͓̝̦̮̣̮̪͕ͅ ̮̫̮̱͖̪̠̭̦̦̺d̙̯̘͕̞͍̮͈̭͖e͕̦̣̪̝̱̥̥͍s̤̮̙̦̲̯̰̯t̪̥̞͇͈̺͇̰͈ͅͅr̻̝̺̮̣̖͍̲̪̯͖͍̹̲o͎͔̘͉͕̩̫̖̹̱͍͕̙̱͈̯y̩̫̜̟̪̦͉̙̺̩̱͇̯̺͚̺͓̭͇ ̠͈̗t̻͚͓̹̞̜̼̠̞̻̩͕̲ͅḫ͈̙̼͍̤̹̠̱͍̲ͅi̼̭̬̥͙͍͖̘̗͍̲̘͖͖̣͖s̗̤͓͇̟̖̝̻̙̦͖̼͙͓̥̤͖͎̺ ̳̝̜̘̹̠̲̤u͈̠̬̲̼̜̰̖̪͔͖̮̳̞͇̘r̼̙̯̘̙̭͕c̼̥̩͎̮͚̠͍h̗͇̲͕͔͎͙͔̤̯̳̗͖̤͉̩͓i͇̗̱̩̱̙̺̩̥̼n̰̯̹̞̭͖!͉̟̪̮̖̮͕̥͍̻̹̦ͅͅͅ” Zalgo grunted out angrily

I grunted as well “I suppose it is you who helped me earlier? You have my thanks, but may you please release me, so that I may destroy this Evil bastard?”

“Hmmm, no,” the man said as his finger twitch, causing Zalgo to hit himself. “You see, I was simply out for a stroll when I sensed you two fighting, when I came all I saw was a world destroyed and covered in corruption and other junk.”

Zalgo growled “ H̼̖͚̟̳̤̠̞o̭͖̗̮̻̠̪̤̺̜͖̯̰ͅw̱̮̟ ̘̼̼̻̠̞͚d̳̻̪͎͓̩͉̭̮̮̣a̮͍̹̝͎̼̜̱̘̯̼͔̹̫͉̬r͚̝͓͍̰͔̳͎̫̼̼̲̤̼͉͙͙̫e͚̜͇̭͓͍ ̜͖̟̭̟̰͉̯y̰͚̬͚͈̩o̬͇̤̣̣̮̹̞̱̝̬̩u͍͕̳͓͕̩̳ ̠̼̼̜͍͕̟̤̥̖i͖̦̺̜͈̰̲̻̬͙͖ͅn̥͍͎̼̱̝͉̱͖̙̝͖s̯̙̖̥̻͔̦̞͚͍̜̲͉̳̟͇͚̹u͔̘̻͔͈̞͉̪͈̠͚͖̬̰̞̟̮͈l̙͈̥̠̲̦t̗̻͙͙̗̥͉̻̟̺͚̰̤̲͈̬̬̠̯ ̲̭͍͈̻͕̠m̗͓̼̠̦̲͖̪̳̞̳̯̱y͕̩̣̳̠͚̻̫̮͈̼͚ͅ ̖̦̲͉͈̭̳̲ͅb̺̦̙̻̫̮̼̘ͅe̳͚̪̖͚͓̺a̭̻̺͚̹̺͈̙̙̹̪̜̟u̮͍̺̭̜̦͖t̻͖̣̺͇̺i̫͔̱̭͙̖̟̱͍̪̬͍̠͖͚͚͇͉̠f̠̺̥͈͈͔̞̬̼̜͉̖͙u̹̮̱̱̙̺͖̝̫ḷ̖̣͎̼̠̣̫̤̳͔͍̙̗̹̞ ͇̺̫̼͕͚̟͔̲͙͔͎̖̭̘c̜̘͚̘̻̮͖̯̠͖̤̣̭̙͈̯͖ͅo̗̥̝̞̟͔͈̲̙̬̬̯̼͓͔̹r̠̯̹̦̜̜̮͓̱ͅr̮̦̙͔̳̯̞̠ͅu̯͕̫͉͔̭̜̫̦͔̦͕͔͎̫͚͇̫p̼͎͎̭͈̱͙̯͍̬̮̤̼̙͔̦t̰̪̭̮̜̯͎̠̺̥͙i͓̻̘̙o̙̤̲͖̫̞n̲̰̝͍̘̟̞̝̩͇̝̠̬̰̦̺̣̹̲!͍̫̰͇̱̤̹̻͇̼̟ ”

“Call that beautiful? It looks like tar, and not the good kind of tar,” the man looked at me. “You know what I mean? The smooth black tar that looks so nice and black, the corruption look more like… lumpy tar.”

I chuckled “Yeah, well, Ugly bastard that Zalgo is, I’m not surprised that he finds that stuff pretty.”

Zalgo grunted even more as he willed his corruption to attack the plague doctor and me, but while I saw it rise up, It never reached us. “ W̭̲̣̜̗̰͓̝̟͇̳̜̺̭ͅͅḫ̯͎̯̠̟͎̻͚a͉̥̪̟̩͓̟t̰͈̱͉̙̮̠̹ ̻̹̳͖͚̮ͅi̗͓̠̼̳̤̠͚ͅs̲͉̰͔͙͖ ͇͕͚̞͍̱̗̞̞̹͕̰̪͔̬͇t͓̘̫̻̺̰͚͚h̯͔̩̤̰̟͔i̲̫̣̩͕̗s̗̩̜̞̬̠͎͙̳̯̦͉̳͕̝̺?͕̫̭͎̙̹͉͉͙̥!̯͇̘̥̺̺̤̘͖̼̩̻̺̰̖ͅ ͕͓̺̫͉͎̠͖̱̺ͅͅI̬͖͍͖̗̻̫̲̹͎̠͎̪͔̳̥̗̗ ̹͚̻͚̟̤̙̪̤̩̼̠̯͕̻̲̟ͅa̭̲̥͙͎̼̤m͙͙͖̹̮͇͕̞̭̹̰ ̘̩̪̦̺͓͇͈͍͎̝a̮̬̹͉̰̪̥͍̪̹̦͙ ̳͕͇͈͕̺͓̮͔͙͇̦̜̪̞d̞̖̗̫͓̥̳̭̘̩̼͍̳̬ͅe͔̭̹̲̯̯v̫̜̰ͅo̟̣̗̱͕̥͈̖̣̩͚u̺͚̤̥͈̣̜̞͈̰̼͇̪̱̻̱͖͖̩r̥̫̖̟e̦̼̖̝r͈̞͍͈͈͙͖͍̦͚̙̮͖ ̼͉̱͉͍̗̫͍̻̜̝ͅͅͅo̥̟̟̰̩̪f͈̞͕͇̳͖̥͍̝̪̦ ̱̮̮̤w͖͚̙̱͈̙̖̤ͅo̯̻͕̝̩͖̹͖̟r̗̹͈͕̳̲̞ḽ̗͙͉͎̼̦̣̯̫ͅd̥̬͎̲̠̭̪̰̣͉̱͙̙͉͓͍̖̳̬ș͍̻̺!̤͕̥̳ ͇͈̹͔̪̣͇̮̱̞͍̻̥͉͎̦͕H̘̠͕̗͓̫͖̰̖͕͉̪͈̗̻̖͍̪̩o̮͕̬͈̫w̘̪̗̥̪̭̮͉͖̥̯̮̰ͅ ͚͍̞͈̙͎̪̙̣̜̲͕͇ͅc̲̗̝̬̳͚̤̼̙̲̥͎̹̦͙̻̭a̰̯̼̭̞n̤̖̬̥̲̮͈̙̳̻͉͇͉ ̙͎̖̩̹͙̣̤̠͈̙̤̟͕̗̗͈y̥͖̯̜̻̺̤̥̟o̬̣̖̰̫̗͙̱͉u̬̝̤̫̟ ̲̳̲̣̖̣͉͕̼p͖͎̯̗o̟͖̫̦͓̮͚̰͚s͓̬͓̣̯̮̺̤͓̞͍ͅs͉̰͔͉̺͈̞͈̬̳͍̲̟̬̼͕̞̬i̗̜͖̩̱̜̻͔̝̺̪b̜͙͔̹̘̥̥̜̯ͅl̻̠̰̹̗̗̳y̯̩̞̼̜̤͍̞͔ ̖͉̙͕̙̙͔̟͇̩̺̗̥̺̱̠̣͉̮r̝̹͙̭̩̥̭̰̩̮̘̬ͅe̬̫͖̰̘̱̱s͔̺̣̗i̖̥̱͓̭̙̝͈͍̼̲͚̲͍̤̹̻s̰͍̱̖̟̲̮̫̩̼̭̯̭̜͎̟t̯̩̤͖̟̝͔̳̜̝̰̟̙͎͙̻̙̺̱ ̭͓͍̜͓̠m͔̞͓y̟̪̭̫ ͔̥̮͉̲̥̰̹͖̭̺͈̘̼̗p͚̦̘̩̩̘̣o̮͓̲͎w̮̟̘̬̬͙ͅe͎̺͙̪r͍̟̝͇̫̝̭̬̠̰̤͍̙͓̺ͅ?̘̟̱͎̭̮̭̞͔͉!̘̞̼̖̭̜͇̺̥̰̝͉͖̦ͅ ”

The plague doctor looked over at the corruption for a moment, then at Zalgo and laughed. “This? Please, this is nothing. A child is stronger than you,” he turned towards Zalgo. “Unless you think you can take me.”

Zalgo growled “I̲̻̜̠̰ ͍̮̝a̬m̹͕͕̯ ͙̦̙͍̳̯̣t̗͍he͉͙̲̦̹ͅ Ne̙z̘͈͓̭̮p͔̬͇̦̹̱̫ḙ̖r̹̥̰͍̖d̩̜̻̗͇̬i̫a̯͖̥̰̜ͅn͙͙̳͖ ̝̬͓̪ͅh̫͔͖͓̫̼̳i̫͉̳̠̞ͅv̰̣̝̠e̝͙̪̜-̟ͅm͖i̟̹̤͍̱n̫̫̖̼̬͚d̜̠͔̪̦̳ ̜͚̮͍̝̱͓o̪̭̻̭̗̥ͅf͈̞̩̰̫ c̰͕̞͉̖͉̻h̘͕͉͎̠̲a͉̳̬͖̫̟o̰̬̮s̤̘̞̜̹̱.͙̟̪͖! ̼̲͉͕̖̗I̞͇͇̝̻̘̪ ̩͓am̺ ̪̜̙̘̤̯h̝͚e͇ ̙̦w͔ho̻ ͓̝̪͖͍Wa͔̺̻̻ͅi̠̝ṯ͕̻̖̻s ̮̟̼̪B̪̜̘eh̫̟i͍̮͈̖͕̬̣n̺͎̱d̜͈̙͎ ̫͓̠̣Ṱ̥̲̹h̞̙̱̟̣͖̥e̲̙ ̝̣̝W̺̙͎a̩̯̯͓̯̱l̬l͉̼͕̲̺̬!”

I chuckled nervously “I really don’t think he cares…”

“͎̬ͅ I̥̮̞͖͓̼ ̩̹̗ͅA̠͇̹M̰̠ ̞̳̭̞͙̞ͅZ̗̫͈͖̞A͎L͕GO̼! ͉H̲̜͔͙̥̹o͈w͈̞̺̳͙̭ ͚̲d͖̥a͖̲̞͍r͈e̤̼̘̱̺ͅ ̟̬y͕͕͓̗o͔͚̖̘̮u͚̯̩̘̫ b̗i͍͈̯͔n̞̥̭̯d ̣͚̝me̪̼!͓͇̩ ” He snarled at the plague doctor.

“Ummm… I think that’s a bad idea…” I tried to say

“ ̤͚̦̠̭̗No̻͕̦͓̘̖w͙̜̗̙̰ ̳͖l͕e̳̖a͔̮͕v̥e͍͖̳͍̞̲ ̖us̰̺ ̺̭͎̯̜̩ṱ͈̩̫͚̥o͙͚̰ ̻͕̪our̲̭͖̘ ̲ba̻̫t̳̘t̹̯͖̯̩̳l͚e̥̱̖,͇͕̼̠͈̺ ͙̯̠̼͇̹s̪̣̲̪̺o̫͔͈̟̳ͅ ̠͓͍̟̙̩̳t̪͈̗̬h͔̘ạ̖̤ͅt̯̩̰͖ͅ I ̦m̟̰ay̤͉̭ ̥͕̘f̦͔̦͖̼͔̞ḛ̥̗̪̣̟a̝s̪̭̤͕͔ͅt͕̜͙̳!̳̣̣̳̹ ”

The plague doctor simply stared at Zalgo before turning away, making Zalgo roar in frustration… until some black bug thing chomped down on him.

“Oi! What did I saw about eating others!” the man yelled as the bug thing chewed Zalgo up before swallowing him. It chirped a few times which made the man shake his head. “Okay I was wrong, the corruption was ugly but somehow tasty.”

I grunted a little “Ummm… could you let me go? My butt itches, and my right leg is numb.”

“Huh?” the man said, looking at me. “Right…” with a flick of his wrist I saw thin wires begin to unwrap from around my body and into his glove.

I eagerly jerked my leg around and scratched my ass before I felt better. I sighed “Welp, I am stuck here for the foreseeable future. Who knows if Zalgo will come back. And if he does, I gotta keep him here.”

“He’s in the Void,” the man said as a cane appeared, the large bug monster now gone. “If he does come back, he will be eaten over and over again.”

I looked to him curiously “Excuse me, but who are you? How do you command such power, yet I’ve never heard of you?”

“Well, in sort of a way, I’m a god, well the first god,” he paused for a moment. “Correction, the second god, the shadow of the first.”

I nodded slowly “So… I am probably stuck here, huh? I sensed the connection to other realms get severed.”

“Sorta,” he said as he snapped his fingers. I felt myself become... shorter? I looked at my hands and saw that I was… normal. “You’ll turn back, just showing what you are missing.”

I laughed “I am missing a lot more if I don’t go back to my new family. I have a wife, a son, hell, I have friends” he looked at me as he turned his head.

“Normally I would say ‘Do you want to go back to your old world with you brother and sister’ but that’s a big fat ‘Nope’.” he said with a chuckle.

I nodded “yeah, biiiig nope. I couldn’t do that to them, they have found love, they are happy, whole helluva lot more than at our old home.” I looked to where the Elder Oak was, and sighed “I’m going to miss them… I don’t suppose you could tell them I’m okay? Maybe tell them I love them?”

“Why?” he said. “You’ll go back.”

I looked to him curiously “But… I can’t leave this world, the corruption, it would go through any link made that I could travel through..”

“This world is cut off from the rest, being… cleansed,” the man said as he snapped his fingers and I saw my world on fire.

I sighed as I looked to the Everfree, seeing the trees of our kingdom burn, as well as all of my homeland with them… “I suppose I have to be cleansed too, being a resident of this world?”

“You were,” he said, gesturing to me. “Old form, not corrupted.”

I looked to him with slight worry “But… do I still have my powers? I can’t protect anyone like this… not to mention my wife won’t recognize me.”

“Do you want your old powers back?” he asked. “I’ll give you the form you were back, a few scars as well to indicate you were fighting, but is that it?”

I thought a moment “Could I also have my powers from when me and Bob are combined? I need to be a capable, able bodied ruler. And many nobles have been whining about my… unconventional powers… even some have been funding the rebel deer.”

“Hmmm, fine,” he said, snapping his fingers. My form didn’t change, but I had a feeling when I return, I would look like my old self… err... new old self?

I smiled at him “So… is there anything I could do to repay you? Maybe make a statue to you or something? I’m pretty certain Gods like statues… there are tons of them.”

“No,” he said quickly. “I don’t want statues or anything to be repaid.”

I shrugged as I looked to him “So… you play checkers? I don’t know how long it’ll take for me to be able to go home, and you seem like a guy who’d like a good game of checkers."

“I prefer chess but sadly I have to leave, already meddled in this world's affairs,” he said as he turned away. A door appeared beside me as he did that. “That will keep you entertained for a while, just watch for the train.” with that he was gone.

I shrugged and walked through the door, seeing a massive TV and the Netflix Logo loading, I decided to take advantage of this opportunity and catch up on MLP, seeing about two new seasons had came onto netflix. Sweet~! Maybe I’ll learn some more about the world.

[one season later]

...This… these season finale is terrible! Why would Discord betray them?! WHAT THE FUCK IS A TIREK? Does he eat magic? What the fuck!? And how did Hasbro not get sued by Dragon Ball?

[A little later]

...why? WHY, In GODS…Name…. Did Big mac dress that way? The clothes did NOT go with his coat, and he sounded completely pompous.

And what about the Tantabus? Is that going to come back? Maybe I should talk to my new worlds Luna about this…

Also, maud is amazing, best straight mare ever!

As I shook my head and went to see if there was anything else on I heard the sound of a train whistle. I looked over and saw a door the wasn’t there before.

I looked to the door curiously, looking left and right, wondering if this was my train, or if it was The strange plague doctor coming to see me. I looked behind the door, and there was nothing behind it, just open air. “I have a feeling that this is my ‘train’, even though there is no locomotive.” A shame… I like trains. I opened the door and got a blast of steam into the face. I coughed and waved away the steam and saw the thing that made the sound.

...Sweet ass train. I looked for a door onto the train, and smiled as I found one right where first class would be opening for me. “Sweet~”

I walked over to the door as a being walked out. He looked like a fourteen year old wearing a suit with a yellow shirt underneath. He looked around until he saw me with his yellow eyes.

“Ahhhh, there you are,” the being said, twirling his cane.

I looked to him cautiously “Who are you, and how do you know of me? You a friend of the plague doctor guy who fed Zalgo to a bug?” If he said no, I should probably be wary of him… same if he said yes, actually, either way, he could be quite powerful.

“Eeyup! Names Ryan, or THE GREAT RYAN! Great at parties, surprises, and bacon,” the kid said with a smile.

I nodded slowly “So… can I get on the train? Maybe go see my family?” I did not want to offend someone who was strong enough to be considered an equal of that guy. He reeked of power, hell, he burned an entire dimension. I then remembered what Prax said about time between dimensions being different, how a few minutes in one could be hours, or even months in another. “Hey, how much time has passed for them?”

“I don’t know, get on,” the kid, Ryan, said before turning and getting on the train. I blinked at him before following him on, wanting an answer. When I got on I saw that the car was meant to be first class; amazing looking seats, indoor food and drinks, pillows... it looked really fancy, basically. As I looked around I noticed Ryan standing to my left with another person. He look exactly the same only with a blue shirt and eyes. He also seemed more… soft... than the other one.

“Hello,” the blue one said with a wave.

I nodded politely “Sooo… I assume you two are related? Or… the same species at least? I really hope I’m not being rude. Your resemblance to each other, aside from the color scheme, is uncanny.”

“You can say we’re twins,” Ryan said.

“Yeah, oh I’m Nayr by the way,” the blue said, waving again.

I smiled and held out my hand to him, in an attempt to shake his hand “I’m Greg, although I have a feeling you two already know that.”

“Eh, I heard it somewhere,” Ryan said with a shrug. “Now, let me get this thing started.”

With that, he went through a different door, leaving me and Nayr alone.

I looked to Nayr “So… are you a partymeister too? And… can I ask what he means by being great at Bacon, or do I not want to know?” Nayr put out his hand and put one finger up.

“Nope,” second finger, “It’s just Great,” third finger, “and just because.”

I nodded slowly “Ookay… Ummm… do you play any games? I’d hate to be a boring guest on this train. I mean, I know that the Plague doctor guy said he didn’t want me to repay him, but… If I can’t help him, I want to at least be a nice guy to his friends.”

“Uhh, not really…” Nayr said, looking away and being uncomfortable. “I uhhh, should see what’s talking Ryan so long.” With that he left and I was alone.

I looked to where Nayr went and sighed before sitting down and looking in the fridge “Welp, I guess I fucked that one up. Wonder what food is here… maybe I could offer Ryan some Bacon. He seems to like the stuff.”

As I looked around I heard a loud noise coming from a speaker on the wall. ‘Hello? Hello hello? Is this thing on?’ some tapping sounds coming out of the speaker. ’ Right, so all passengers sit down in their seats and get ready to head out!’

I smiled and chuckled before sitting down, holding a BLT with cheese and a glass of root beer. “I hope I got some good food, I have no idea if they’d like this.”

‘We’ll head out on the count of three,’ Ryan said. I smiled at the thought of seeing my family again… then frown at what happened next. ‘THREETWOONEGO!

With that I was pushed back into my seat as the train went full throttle forward, my sandwich only staying together due to my hand landing atop it and holding it in place, luckily this train had cupholders. I heard laughing as I looked out of the window, seeing everything outside going past us at lightspeed.

‘Good thing I’m not like Bob, else I’d be so sick right now.’ I thought as I remembered my brothers motion sickness.