King Grinnail, Princess Falca, Luna, and myself sat in a private meeting room in my castle at Canterlot while the guards from both our respective groups sat stationed outside. The furniture within the room consisted of a small oval table in its center with 8 luxurious chairs surrounding it. Luna and I sat together on one end while our griffin guests sat on the opposite side. The room had no windows and only had a magnificent chandelier in its center to provide light. There were small runes lining the walls with spells that’ll help ensure the privacy of the room. After a court session with the House of Nobility to confirm that Undyne no longer needed the tracking collar, we finally got time to discuss more vital issues concerning the two siblings. After everyone got comfortable, I got straight to the point and asked my ally a question that had been on my mind since we left Ponyville.

“Why didn’t you tell us about Jack sooner?”

Just like his ancestors, King Grinnail carried himself with pride and presented his image as a resilient ruler. He only obtained this image through years of practice and work within the court of his own kingdom. He expected my question and answered without hesitation.

“I needed time. Time to obtain and ensure his loyalty to me and my kingdom. I received your notice a week ago, and I’m deeply sorry that I had to keep him a secret from both you two and his sister, but I had to take steps. Jack is simply too valuable to loose and I couldn’t risk having him run off with his sister as soon as he found her. By making him Warden of the Shattered Isles, he now has ties that bind him to my House.”

“You kept him away from his family just to ensure that you could keep him to yourself?” My sister asked with a raised eyebrow.

“I kept him away from Katy for only a week Princess Luna,” he said with a sympathetic voice. “Considering their circumstances, a week is surely a reasonable amount of time. Does it really matter in the end? Jack and Katy are finally reunited and they can move on to working on their new lives in our world.”

“We are supposed to be close allies King Grinnail, and allies are supposed to share and work together on important matters such as these. Alien life visiting our world is a matter that should involve all races, and we can’t work together efficiently if we are keeping secrets from each other.” I said in a stern tone.

King Grinnail didn’t appear intimidated in the least by my tone and already had a retort.

“Allies are also supposed to help ensure that their friends aren’t invaded by potential enemies. Equestria hasn’t pressured House Ridara enough on their nonstop military build-up, and it causes many members of my House to raise questions on our partnership. If we are the allies you say we are, then you would help me more with my concerns on House Ridara.”

‘So that is what this is all about,’ I thought with a growing worry as Grinnail changed the topic.

“My friend, I have cut off all legal trade betweeen House Ridara and my kingdom. I have warned King Stormbeak on numerous occasions that his shows of aggression will not deter us from coming to House Hialla’s defense. I’ve even convinced the Taurus Dominion to enact higher tariffs to condemn Ridara’s military expansion. If Stormbeak doesn’t come to the negotiating table sooner or later, his people will turn against him when they realize that their taxes would be better spent on a loaf of bread than a spear or sword. What more do we need to do?”

“Meet with Stormbeak face to face!” King Grinnail said passionately. “Show House Ridara that the sun itself is on House Hialla’s side and that the moon has just recently joined our arsenal. Griffins don’t fear Equestria’s armies or their young Elements of Harmony. Griffins respect Equestria’s alicorns, and they need to be reminded of the power you both wield. Stormbeak is getting bold enough to not even meet with me himself anymore. Instead, he just sent his ambassador to meet with me in our latest emergency conference.

Then it’s been getting far worse than I predicted. If a meeting was called to discuss tensions between griffin Houses, the leader of the Houses were expected to represent themselves. Stormbeak sending just his ambassador was the same as saying that King Grinnail wasn’t worth his time. This boldness could mean that Stormbeak may be willing to try much more daring actions in the future.

“Are you absolutely certain King Stormbeak will invade your lands?” I asked my ally carefully. Grinnail’s eyes never left mine as he made a determined nod and answered.

“I don’t wish it to be so, but I can find no other way to explain his actions. He claims to be preparing his people for whatever dark forces may come to challenge the Elements of Harmony. However, my network’s latest intelligence report shows that he has strained his forces too far for merely defensive purposes. Falca, show them the report,” He turned to his daughter and she walked over to us with a scroll clutched in one of her tallons.

I took the scroll into my telekinetic grasp and held it between me and my sister as we read it’s contents. I had to resist showing my surprise when I saw the numbers.

1,100,000 griffins in active military service to House Ridara.

600,000 griffins in reserve military service to House Ridara.

Sky Wielders (Special Forces Unit and Royal Guard to King Stormbeak) have personnel deployed on unknown assignments. The king himself only knows the identities and locations of these personnel. Our ability to acquire this information is impossible without compromising ourselves.

Sky ship production is up by 90%.

2,000,000 accumulated bits have been withdrawn from House Ridara coffers to hire winter dragons as mercenaries.

Modern weapons and armor of all types (Spears, swords, scale armor, plate, etc.) have doubled in quantity since last year. The totals from all known Ridara armories and stockpiles place the number near 3,200,600 for each type. Enough to fully equip each member of their military and more in the future.

Development of their automatic crossbow has been completed. Production and distribution is ongoing. (Forwarding their schematics in our next report)

Research is currently ongoing for an unknown sea ship variant.

56% of this year's agricultural yield has been distributed among military personnel and remnants are kept in private storage for later use.

Overall: House Ridara’s military strength is suitable enough to defend the Blue Star Mountain’s borders and large enough to afford an all-out military campaign.

Recommendation: (Reinforce our defenses along the northern borders of our colonies)

-Watcher Three

This information was very troubling if it was accurate. Both my sister and I combined were worth an army of a million ponies on the battlefield alone. Equestria’s current peacetime active and reserve forces totaled around 600,000. Equestria could afford to send myself, my sister, and 100,000 beyond our eastern borders should House Ridara attack, but this report could mean that it wouldn’t be enough to end any conflict quickly. The agreement I made with King Grinnail’s grandmother all those years ago guaranteed that the Shattered Isles and its lands would maintain a steady 500,000 active military force in their navy. I had their expensive and overwhelming armada mostly mothballed or converted into their vast trade fleet in order to allow them to focus on the rebuilding of what they lost from their war. House Hialla wasn’t demilitarized enough so that their people wouldn’t have enough to competently defend their territory, but they wouldn’t have instant access to counterattack measures if a war broke out. If House Ridara’s military numbers were over 1 million and climbing, then that meant a war against our alliance would be long, bloody, and economically exhausting for both Equestria and the Shattered Isles.

There was always the Elements of course. But even after besting Discord, they still weren’t ready for something as demanding as war.

‘I’ll not allow my student to undergo such pain,’ I thought determinately.

“This information is accurate?” Luna asked after she read the report.

“The encrypted version of this letter came straight from our mole imbedded in Fort Harborage at their capital. Watcher Three has yet to fail my House and I would bet one of my Isles on the accuracy of her information,” Grinnail answered with conviction.

“This overwhelming force that House Ridara has created is precisely why I need Jack Krieger as a trump card,” the king continued. “He has displayed power and abilities I’ve never seen before in a non-unicorn. Not only did he defeat a fully-grown star beast, he continues to grow more powerful every day. Both he and the technology he possesses could be the deterrent we need to force Stormbeak to sue for peace. I also waited this long to tell you of him because I knew you would take issue with his dark magic”.

“You’ve known of his practice of dark magic all this time?” I asked not really surprised.

“During one of our conversations around the dinner table, he told me of how he amplified his power over the ‘Force’ by using the Dark Side. Something named the Dark Side simply screams dark magic, but he has shown to have a strong level of control over it.

“I would hardly label his display at the library as control,” I retorted.

Grinnail was about to reply but his daughter interrupted.

“Your Highness, if I may?” She said asking permission to speak. I nodded my head and allowed her to continue.

“What happened at the library was not the greatest example of Jack’s control over his powers. I’d even say it was terrifying considering the influence he had over my state of mind,” she said shuddering at the anger she felt. “But I’ve seen Jack show remarkable control over his dark power in a much more stressful situation.

I raised my eyebrow to express my interest.

“Like his sister, I believe that he has a connection to magic that is entirely unique to our world. His Dark Side of the Force may not have as much of an influence on him as dark magic does on the denizens of our world. Every living being that has used dark magic has always succumbed to its corruption, even you Princess Luna… my apologies,” she said bowing to Luna for bringing up the touchy subject.

It ached my heart to once again be reminded of my sister’s descent into darkness as Nightmare Moon and my failure to help her back then. In her search to find ways to outshine me as a ruler, she tried to master the dark arts and display to all that she could be superior to me in her control over magic. But in the end, dark magic had such a powerful hold on her that she even formed an entirely new personality from its corrupting elements of anger and fear.

Luna hesitated a bit before responding to the griffin princess’s apology.

“I acknowledge and take responsibility for what I did in the past, but it no longer haunts me. My sister, and even a new friend of mine, has helped me make peace with what I did. Please, continue with your argument.”

“Thank you, so as I said, dark magic has always corrupted those who make use of it. If used longer than just the briefest of moments, it can shatter our views of right and wrong. Dark magic users like Princess Luna have always required others like the Elements of Harmony to rid them of dark magic’s influence. But Jack didn’t need help when he saved me from the Aper Major. He had to make use of the darker nature of his power in order to win, but despite giving in to the darkness, he managed to bring himself back from its corrupting influence as if it was nothing.”

“As remarkable as that is, do you really believe that he can completely control this Dark Side of his in the future?” I asked.

The proud griffin princess puffed up her chest and gave me a determined look when she responded.

“I believe that he deserves the chance to prove himself. Jack’s discipline may have been lacking in Ponyville, but I know he’s strong willed enough to not become another King Sombra. I’ll be there for him like his sister will, and he’ll become the Warden that my people need him to be.”

I sat there contemplating the possible consequences if I allowed Jack to continue with his practice of the dark arts. He has had barely a week of training with his newfound powers, yet he has managed to influence other minds with his anger without even noticing. I shuddered to think about what else he could do if given the chance to grow stronger. Then again, he has the chance to become one of the greatest assets of harmony like his sister. After a minute of contemplation, I asked my sister of her opinion on Jack’s dark magic.

“Dark magic cannot be trusted my sister. Jack himself, Katy, our little ponies, the whole world is in danger if we allow Jack to practice his powers without our guidance. We should warn him of the darkness he is dabbling in and then-,” she paused for a few seconds, then spoke to me again in a soft tone. “My apologies sister, but given my history with dark magic, I don’t think I can give you an unbiased opinion.”

I nodded my head in understanding then turned to our griffin guests again to tell them my final thoughts on Jack Krieger.

“We’ll trust that Jack can learn to control this Dark Side of the Force for now. However, should he start to go down the same path that my sister and Sombra did, then we will take steps to ensure that the Shattered Isles does not become another Crystal Empire.”

Falca’s smile was as bright as my sun as her father spoke up again.

“We appreciate that you are willing to give Jack a chance to prove himself. So then, what shall we do next about House Ridara?”

“Declare another meeting, and make sure to let Stormbeak know that the Royal Sisters will be attending as well. Together, we will remind him that our alliance is not weak, and that our lands are not open for him to take and plunder,” I said with a stomp of my hoof.

“It will be done. In the meantime, I have a suggestion that will allow our two alien guests some time to recuperate with each other and enjoy some much-needed fun. It will require that Katy obtain a temporary pardon…

I was surrounded by an impenetrable blizzard. The cold stole the heat from my body as I trudged through knee high snow drifts. The Force refused to come to my aid, and I was left with just my armor to ward off the cold. I called out into the blizzard in the hopes that someone would come to my aid, but no one came. I trudged through the snow until I saw someone sitting on the ground slowly being buried by the snow. I picked up my pace and managed to see that it was a male griffin and called out to him. He didn’t respond.

As soon as I walked up to him, I began to recognize his golden feathers and touched his shoulder to get his attention. The griffin slumped backwards into the snow and I gasped in horror when I saw that he was dead and had King Grinnail’s face. I just barely broke away from the dead eyes staring up into mine, and I gazed upon the rest of his body to find out what killed him. I found a single cauterized cut along his chest cavity that looked eerily similar to a lightsaber wound. My hand fondled the lightsaber at my waist, and I was desperately trying to figure out what else could have left that wound.

A scream from somewhere in the blizzard caught my attention and I tried to determine its source. It sounded off again and I managed to determine the cry’s general direction. I moved hastily through the blizzard to help whoever was in trouble but was distraught when I found more bodies. Griffins, male and female, displayed similar cauterized wounds across their bodies. Some were missing limbs, others had stab wounds, while a few didn’t even have any heads on top of their shoulders. I even recognized a few of their faces. Takada’s face was frozen mid-roar, and her little brother Hyde had frozen tears across his beak. The scream sounded closer and I pushed through my grief to help whoever was in trouble.

The screaming was cut off mid-screech and I began to fear the worst. Whoever was screaming finally came into view. It was Falca, her body was strewn across the snow and I began to scream in horror for my friend. I rushed over to her and cradled her into my arms while begging her to be alright. I almost didn’t notice the cauterized stab wound in her chest.

“WHO DID THIS!?” I screamed into the blizzard. No one answered.

Something fell from Falca’s talons and into the snow. I gently placed Falca onto the ground and tried to dig up whatever she dropped out of the snow. My hands grasped a hilt and I found it to be my lightsaber. My off-hand tried to find the hilt on my belt, and I was confused when I couldn’t find it in its proper place.

“What…why is it, I don’t understand, this has to be a dream right?” I began to back away from Falca’s body and stumbled when I felt a blue puddle splash onto my boots. I jumped away from the puddle and couldn’t understand how it could be here in the middle of a blizzard until it started to move.

A hand and head started to form out of the puddle and their features began to seem very familiar to me. Blue scales and a melting eye formed on the head and the hand began to reach out to me. Then I recognized the horrid creature for what it was when the head’s mouth opened and spoke to me.

“J-Jack, help mmmeee,” the head said in Katy’s voice.

Katy’s monster body had formed into an amalgamate, an entity that had melted and deformed from the intensity of determination. I tried to reach out to her, but I hesitated. I was afraid.

“J-Jack, help mmmeee,” she said again.

“I don’t know what to do,” I said hopelessly falling to my knees. The Force refused to come at my command, and I was surrounded by the dead. What was I supposed to do?

“This fear of yours’ is pathetic,” an elderly male voice spoke up from behind me.

I turned and saw Valkorion staring down at me as if I was an annoying child. Rage filled my being at the very sight of him and I got up to roar in his face.

“What is this? What’s happening!?”

He simply turned his back to me.

Rage overcame my common sense and I activated my lightsaber to cut him in half. Before the lightsaber could make contact he disappeared in a blinding flash of light. As soon as the light was gone and my eyes adjusted, I was staring into the dark mouth of a cave surrounded by snow. I spun around to find out where I was and what happened to Katy, but the blizzard blinded me to my surroundings. I called out to Katy until my throat became sore, and I cried when I came to the realization that she was gone along with bodies of my griffin friends.

Then I felt the Force again and it felt like a warm hug from a long lost friend. I felt the Force beckoning me towards the cave and I stared it into its dark depths . Something in it was calling to me and I began to take few hesitant steps. As soon as I reached the mouth of the cave I felt an odd sensation of falling.

SMACK!

“GAHH, my nose,” I said frustrated.

I smacked my head onto the wooden floor as I fell from the couch. The blanket that was covering me fell off my body as I stood up and I tried wrap my head around what happened in the dream. I was checking to see if my nose was broken when Katy came rushing into the room.

“Jack! What happened, what was tha- DAHH? Jack you’re naked!” Katy yelled, covering her eyes.

“Oops, sorry Katy. Forgot that the living room isn’t exactly private,” I said tying my fallen blanket around my waist.

“Since when did you start sleeping in the nude!?” Katy asked still covering her eyes.

“Around the time when we stopped using the bunk bed and got separate rooms when we were kids. It’s safe to open your eyes now,” I replied with my hands on my hips.

“Wait, that long?” She said opening her eyes. “Jeez, couldn’t you have at least left your boxers on?”

“I like the freedom it makes me feel when I sleep nude. Besides, after what happened yesterday I needed all the small comforts I could get,” I said scratching my head. My thoughts drifted towards the dream I had and the horrifying image of seeing Katy melted and deformed made me weak to my knees. Every vision I had so far had come true eventually. I rushed over to my sister and hugged her tightly.

“Wow Jack, you’re still that upset? I told you that together we will make sure that no one besides us touches that useless pyramid,” Katy said patting my back.

“No it’s not that, (sigh), sit down we need to talk.”

I told her all about the dream and how I’ve been having Force visions that seem to always come true. I told her how terrified I was of losing her and how worried I was that I may cause the deaths of my griffin friends. She twirled her hair like she always did when she was thinking or nervous, then she gave me a smile and spoke with confidence.

“Jack don’t worry, the future is not always set in stone. By knowing a possible future, we have the advantage to change it. We’re not going to lose each other Jack.”

“But Katy, it’s not that simple. Every future I see becomes true. Falca and the star beast, me turning into a sith pureblood-,”

“And at any time did you try to change the future?” She asked interrupting me.

“Well I… not really no.”

“Then we will change this one.”

“How?”

“By watching for signs and working together to change the outcome,” she said patting me on the back. “Besides we’ve got plenty of time, we’re not going to see any blizzards around here soon so that means that this future may not happen till winter.”

“Yeah I guess,” I said losing some of my anxiety. She surprised me by smacking me hard on the back and it caused me to lose my breath a little.

“Great! Now let’s stop brooding about the future and focus on the present. I’m going to give you a tour around Ponyville and you are going to have fun, you got that?” She said causing me to chuckle.

We got off her couch and I used her bathroom to change back into my armor. I grabbed my token and made sure the holocron was secure in one of my belt’s pouches before we left. Before Katy opened the door to leave, I sensed a harmless but annoyed presence outside the door. She opened the door to reveal a unicorn guard stallion who had his hoof raised to knock on the door. He hastily put his hoof down and greeted Katy and me.

“Uh, good morning you two,” he said before turning his head to address me. “Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Vigilant Star. I’m Katy’s handler during her sentence here in Ponyville. You must be her brother.”

He raised his hoof towards me to shake my hand and I wasn’t sure what to think of him at first. I saw him more as my sister’s jailer than her handler. I subtly probed his mind and saw that he was an honest soul at heart and that he sees himself as a fair pony. He was annoyed by something, and I probed a little further to find that he was annoyed by my sister for running off yesterday without his permission.

‘He’s just trying to do his job, nothing wrong with that’ I reasoned. I bent down to shake the small pony’s hoof and gave him a gentle smile, but left it at that. When I did not move the introduction any further, Katy spoke just in time before things could become awkward.

“So where were you yesterday Vigilant? I thought after I ran off on you yesterday you would at least try to make an appearance to make sure everything was okay.”

“I did, but you were unconscious in front of Town Hall when I arrived. Then when Princess Celestia and Princes Luna arrived they told me to get a medical team from Ponyville Hospital to get you two into better care. By the time I got back, I found out that you both woke up and made your way to the Golden Oak Library with the Princesses. When I got there, the Princesses were leaving with who I believe to be King Grinnail and his daughter, and they told me to leave you two to your privacy. By the way, I’m… glad you’re okay,” he said with a smile.

“Aww, thanks for showing you care Vigilant, I appreciate it. But if you were told to leave us to our privacy, why are you here?”

“I’m here because we there’s been an incident concerning your brother’s golem.”

“What did he do?” I asked worried and alert.

“Apparently he shot Ms. Fluttershy’s pet bunny.”

“HE DID WHAT!?” Katy and I screamed in perfect unison.

We found out where HK parked the ship yesterday when Katy, Vigilant Star, and I got to Fluttershy’s cottage. The Fury was behind the cottage and the black metal hull contrasted sharply with the cottage’s vibrant green, nature loving setting. Rainbow Dash was furiously pacing back and forth outside the cottage’s door and her demeanor suggested frustration. Her ears perked when she heard our footsteps coming closer then when she turned to us I immediately sensed her hostility towards me. She flew right up to my face with an angry look and I had to resist the urge to Force push her a 100 meters away from my personal space.

“What is wrong with you! First, you mess with our minds back at the library and make Fluttershy cry. Then you order your stupid metal trashcan to shoot defenseless animals!”

“I didn’t order him to do any of the sort,” I said trying to defend myself. “I told him to just protect the ship, that was it!”

“Oh and that’s another thing! Your loud, slow little airship there scared off most of Fluttershy’s animals when it landed. We barely got Fluttershy to stop crying last night after what you did to us, and it didn’t help when we got back to her home to find most of her animal friends gone. Now she’s sad and afraid that her little Angel won’t move again after that trashcan shot him. You are going to pay for this, understand me!” She said grabbing me by the collar of my armor roughly with her hoof.

I was too far gone to care of her rough treatment of me, as I was too busy beating myself up over what has happened. I just made the life of Equestria’s kindest pony a living hell and I did it without even intending to. I made the sweet little pony cry again just because I wasn’t careful enough in my arrival to Ponyville and my assassin droid wasn’t making things any better. I felt a deep pit grow in my stomach and I was desperately trying to find ways to fix my recent mistakes. It didn’t help that a TV show character was yelling in my face.

‘Oh come on, why do I keep fucking things up? I’m supposed to be smart right? I even have the Force now for crying out loud! I didn’t want to… its because you’re stupid and worthless Jack! You were a waste of time, love, and money to your parents, and you’ll never be the perfect human being even when your wildest dreams come true and incredible powers are practically gift wrapped to you. You screwed up when you took that bastard Merchant’s offer and you’ll fail just as you always- no stop, stop! I don’t think like that anymore, I-I can’t afford to think like that anymore,’ I thought holding my hands over my ears trying to block out the yelling and tried to center myself through meditation. This just made Rainbow Dash even angrier and she started to shake me with her hoof.

Everything, including my thoughts, were silenced when Katy’s blue-scaled hand grasped Rainbow Dash’s hoof in an iron grip and stopped her throttling. Her determined cat-like eye glared at Rainbow Dash and she threw her up into the air where she hovered for a bit stunned by my sister’s actions.

“Jack is going to fix this Dash, and he’ll have my help. Jack knows he messed up and he doesn’t need you yelling at him for it.”

“But he needs to-“

“No he doesn’t,” Katy interrupted. “He needs to fix this, and you’re not helping by yelling at him. Go to Fluttershy and be there for her while we deal with HK and figure out how we can help Angel,” She said pointing to Fluttershy’s door as she gave her order to the rainbow pegasus.

“Undyne, she won’t let anypony in. I’ve tried knocking on the door and calling out to her but she doesn’t answer. I don’t know what to do,” Dash said defeated.

“Then wait and be ready for her when she does need you. We’ll be at the ship dealing with the ‘metal trashcan’ if you need us.” Katy finished as she pushed me behind the cottage and towards the Fury with Vigilant Star in tow.

“Thanks big sis,” I said as we neared the ship.

“Your welcome little bro, but I could tell you were falling back to your old habits again weren’t you? You were belittling yourself in your head right?” She asked me with a raised brow.

“Yeah, but it was very brief okay. I’m not going to hurt myself like I did back then.”

“I know, I’m just being a worried older sister right now. It’s okay to beat yourself up once in a while. Hell I’d even say it’s healthy considering it means you know when you’ve done wrong. But I just don’t want you to take it to the extreme like you use to.”

“I won’t, that’ll never happen again,” I promised.

We found HK patrolling around the ship and he immediately moved toward us when he sensed our presence on his scanners. Vigilant spoke up to ask a quick question before we reached the assassin droid.

“Why would he shoot a bunny?”

I sighed when I deduced how HK may have interpreted my orders yesterday.

“I ordered him to protect the ship while I stayed with Katy at her cabin. I made sure to let him know that he’s not to hurt any of the ponies in town if they got curious. But curious bunnies were not the list of ‘Do Not Hurt’.”

HK gave us a salute when he reached us.

“Statement: Master, your ship has been well guarded thanks to my constant vigil. Any curious four-legged meatbags ran for their insignificant lives when they saw me marching on my patrols.”

“Caution: Will we be leaving anytime soon master? Despite the cover that wooden building provides, this is not a very defensible position.”

“Not yet,” I said before sighing for what I’m about to ask next. “HK, why did you shoot a harmless bunny?”

“Query: You mean that filthy little meatbag cretin that dared to challenge me?

“Statement: Master, that thing is certainly not harmless. At first it just kept yapping unintelligent noises at me and shaking it paw angrily. Then it started throwing some sort of orange vegetable at me. When the meatbag dared to tarnish my handsome durasteel chassis it made itself known as a clear hostile. It only took me 0.16 seconds to render it unconscious with a stun bolt. It’s certainly learned its lesson by now and it should consider itself lucky that I didn’t kill it outright.”

“HK that bunny was someone’s pet and we need to help him.”

“Query: And why should we care?” he said with a tone that suggested irritation.

“Because we are guests on this planet, and guests don’t go shooting other people’s pets just because they’re irritating. Now come on, how do we help the bunny? I’ve been hit by a few of your stun bolts during our training sessions but I’ve always managed to shrug them off with the Force. Do we have any medical equipment that can help restore the bunny’s nervous system?”

“Answer: (sigh) yes master, some bacta is probably all the little cretin needs. I have a med kit full of it for emergency meatbag purposes, but I’ll need to scan the cretin so I can know the proper dosage.”

‘That’s a relief, because I’ve yet to study how I can heal others besides myself with the Force. It’s a good thing that all the companions from the game could act as healers if you wanted them to.’

“Good, then follow me.”

“Statement: Very well master.”

“Sarcasm: My circuits are a-buzz with anticipation of what your next task will be for me that does not involve ending the life of an organic meatbag that deserves death.”

I ignored him and just thought about how I was going to get Fluttershy to let me help Angel. She is undoubtedly afraid of me, but maybe I can appeal to her sense of kindness and tell her that I seek her forgiveness. If I made myself look small and miserable, maybe she’ll take pity on me and open herself up to my help. It shouldn’t be too hard considering I already feel miserable for making her cry.

Rainbow Dash was still knocking on the door trying to convince Fluttershy to let her in. She stopped to turn around when she heard us coming and was surprised by HK’s presence. I spoke up before she could say anything.

“Don’t worry he’s tame, he won’t hurt anyone so long as I’m here. He has medicine that can help get Fluttershy’s bunny moving again.”

“Okay, but I’ll be watching him and you. You better not make Fluttershy feel any worse,” she said with a glare.

“Don’t worry, I’ll make things right,” I said as I walked up to the little door.

I had to bend a knee to knock on the door properly, and I waited for a few seconds before calling out to Fluttershy in the gentlest tone I could manage.

“Fluttershy? My name is Jack, I’m Undyne’s little brother and I’m here to help with Angel.”

I sensed her presence behind the door with the Force and could hear her shuffling her hooves. After not getting a response, I continued to speak.

“My droid HK-55 has some medicine that could help Angel recover much faster.

“Please go away,” she said suddenly in a meek voice. It was hard to hear her from behind the door.

“Okay, I’ll go away. But can I first apologize to you for causing you so much trouble, if that’s okay with you?”

After waiting for a minute for her to respond, I heard her whimper a little before responding.

“Okay.”

“First, I’m sorry for landing my ship next to your home without asking for permission. I didn’t know my droid would land it here when I jumped from it. I was so eager to see my sister again that I didn’t care where he would land it. Because of my recklessness, my ship scared away most of your animal friends and I’m very sorry for that too,” I paused for a bit as I considered what I would say next.

“When I came to Ponyville, I was so happy and excited to see my sister again. I was also confused and... angry. I heard that the ponies of Canterlot put an animal collar on my sister and I needed answers immediately. I didn’t like the answers that Princess Celestia gave at the library and I just got angrier. I got so angry that I even lost control of my powers. I made you feel my anger and scared you with it. I am so, so sorry for making you and your friends feel that… I should have had better control of myself but I didn’t.” Emotion reached my voice and it was difficult trying to get the words out. “I’m also sorry for what HK-55 did to your bunny. He doesn’t know any better and he was just following my orders to protect my ship. I ordered him to not hurt anypony, but I neglected to order him to not hurt any animals either. Your bunny’s pain is my fault too and I’m deeply sorry for that as well. I didn’t want…” I choked up a bit as I tried to finish my sentence.

“I didn’t want to hurt anyone when I came here but I still did it. I hurt you most of all and I’m willing to do anything to make it up to you. I know you told me to leave, but please give me a chance to try.”

The upper part of her door opened a crack and I could see her peeking through it with her teal colored eyes. I got on my knees completely and tried to make myself as small as possible. I bowed my head towards the ground and begged her.

“Please”

I heard the door open up completely and I slowly raised my head to look upon the timid yellow pegasus. She kept her right eye covered with her pink mane and she slowly approached me with a few clops of her hooves. Her voice was still weak but I could hear her more clearly now that she wasn’t hidden behind a door.

“Oh dear, I’m sorry that I made you feel this sad.”

I started to chuckle at her own apology as I got up to meet her at eye level

“It’s okay, you don’t need to apologize. So does this mean you’ll let me help?” I asked.

She looked towards the ground for a little bit before nodding her head. I smiled and was glad that she gave me this chance to make things right with her. I turned towards HK and motioned him to come up to us, slowly. I turned back to Fluttershy to introduce him and tried to reassure her that he was harmless now.

“HK won’t hurt anything or anyone so long as I’m here. He has this medical substance called bacta that can help your bunny shake off his stunned state. Can you take us to him?’

She nodded her head and lead us into her home. I turned back to the others and saw Rainbow Dash slack jawed, Vigilant Star was scratching his head in confusion, and Katy just smiled while giving me a thumbs up. They followed me in to the cottage and I admired how it looked almost exactly like it did in the show. Except it felt like there was a certain emptiness to it now that most the critters were gone. Fluttershy led us to Angel, who was stuck in a cartoonish pose on his portion of the couch with his paws raised and his face frozen in complete surprise. HK knelt next to the couch and took out a portable scanner from a compartment within his chassis to examine the frozen little devil.

“What are you doing with that metal box?” Fluttershy asked the assassin droid.

“Answer: I’m using this to scan his biology in order to determine how much bacta is appropriate for a meatbag of his size.”

A green light emitted from the scanner and a thin line traced Angel up and down in three successions. Pages of data roamed across the holoscreen and HK read it all in just a few seconds. He stood up and turned to us to report his findings.

“Diagnosis: An injection of 100 microliters into his hindquarters is all the little meatbag requires.”

“An injection?! Oh no, Angel hates needles. Can’t we give him the bacta some other way?” Fluttershy asked.

“Answer: There is! The only other way for him to receive the bacta is through oral intake. As soon as the bacta finishes repairing his nervous system, he’ll be suffering from stomach indigestion for months. Can we us this method master, it’s the least this insufferable little meatbag deserves?”

Before I could respond, Katy asked HK a question.

“Can’t we just wait for the stun effect to wear off?”

“Enthusiastic Answer: That is even better! My rifle’s stun setting was designed to focus on much larger meatbags than him and the stun bolt’s effects should wear off in about three to four days. Without a way to feed himself properly he’ll be starved and miserable by the time his nervous system repairs itself naturally.”

Fluttershy whimpered from HK’s enthusiasm to see her pet suffer. I knelt down and gave her a warm smile before giving her my advice.

“Don’t mind him, he’s just performing how he was made to act. I would recommend that you let him give Angel the injection.”

“But every time he gets an injection he’ll squirm around so much around the needle that he’ll often get himself hurt,” Fluttershy softly argued.

“HK’s got a good grip. I trust him enough to make sure that Angel won’t move around too much. Besides, Angel will still get hurt if we try any other method,” I argued back.

Fluttershy sighed and slowly nodded in agreement. I told the assassin droid our decision.

“Disappointment: Very well master, if you insist. This won’t take long,” he said as he raised his left hand and surprised all of us when his pinkie finger sprung forth a tiny little needle.

“Recollection: I remember when I used this to assassinate a Balmorran droid industry tycoon during one of his frivolous dinner parties.”

“What does assassinate mean?” Fluttershy asked me.

I laughed nervously before responding.

“Assassinate from where he comes from is another way to say heal. He meant that he healed the tycoon because they probably ate something poisonous from the food at the party.”

“Musing: I suppose you could say that I ‘healed’ the galaxy after I assassinated the tycoon.”

I facepalmed and told HK to stop talking and work before he could corrupt Fluttershy. The assassin droid nodded and gently took Angel into his right hand. As soon as some of the bacta was emptied into the little demon’s ass, Angel started to move again and he squealed as loudly as he could. He was trying to do everything he could to get out of HK’s grip by shaking and biting the droid’s durasteel hand. Nothing had any affect, and HK only released Angel until after he safely injected all 100 microliters. After the deed was done, Angel leapt from HK’s relaxed hand and sought sanctuary from his overjoyed owner. Fluttershy was shedding tears of joy at the sight of her little Angel moving again.

“Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! I don’t know what I would do without my little Angel.” Fluttershy said hugging the little demon.

“You’re welcome,” I said with a smile. The sight of Fluttershy happily hugging her pet bunny relived much of the guilt I felt since yesterday.

Angel was growling angrily at HK-55 but he wasn’t intimidating the droid in the least. I was about to suggest that I could help Fluttershy find all her animals but I sensed a few familiar presences return to town. King Grinnail and Falca have returned to Ponyville with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.

After I told everyone in the cottage of the princess’s return, all of them including Fluttershy followed us to the Ponyville Town Hall where a whole throng of Ponyville’s citizens gathered around Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Falca and her father were surrounded by their guards and talking with the alicorn sisters about something. The rest of the Mane 6 were also there and Twilight was happily sitting next to her mentor. Katy was striding next to me and I could tell that she was irritated that she had yet to show me around Ponyville like she wanted to do this morning. I was just surprised that the royalty had returned so soon.

Falca smiled at us and waved us over to her as she broke off from her conversation with the alicorn sisters. By the time we got to her she seemed very excited to tell us something.

“Katy Krieger, I am very excited to tell you that my father and I have managed to convince Princess Celestia to grant you a temporary pardon to spend more time with your brother! We also would like to invite you to our Shattered Isles and spend your family bonding time on the luxurious Isle of Gaiety.”

Katy and I were baffled.

“You got me a pardon!?” Katy asked excited.

“A temporary pardon,” Falca emphasized. “Your pardon will last for five days and my father and I would be honored if you spent that time on our most entertaining island. The Isle of Gaiety is an island resort where griffins and travelers from all species have created a melting pot for all forms of entertainment. It is a home for the arts and a bastion to individuals who need to relieve their stress and be themselves. My father and I figured after all the chaos you’ve both endured these past few weeks, you deserve a chance to unwind.

“Uh, sure, I’d be honored to go to your island,” Katy said laughing excitedly. “I don’t know how to thank you.”

“You can thank me by having fun with your brother,” Falca replied with a smile.

Katy hung her arms around my neck to hug me and I joined in her enthusiasm by hugging her back. We were so happy that we almost missed Pinkie Pie popping up between Falca and us.

“Wait! You two are leaving already? I had this whole brother and sister reunion party planned for tonight. I had to reschedule last night because Undyne’s brother scared everyone by making us all angry and mean. I was so excited to see you two have fun together in one of my parties,” Pinkie said disappointedly as she moped and laid herself on the ground with her forehoofs splayed out in front of her.

Falca looked confused on how Pinkie Pie seemingly popped into existence in front of us and Katy laughed at the pink pony’s antics as she moved away from our hug. Katy knelt down to pet Pinkie’s head and she smiled when she spoke.

“Hey I got an idea Pinkie! Jack and I will return on the last day of my pardon, and we’ll have the party then. How does that sound?”

Pinkie jumped a few meters into the air from the excitement and joy I sensed in her.

“That’s great! It will give me more time to plan and get together more stuff for the party. Oh wait, do Jack’s griffin friends want to come to the party?” She said turning to Falca. “Do you want to come to my super-duper awesome brother and sister reunion party Princess Falca? I’d like to try and throw a party again with a griffin after the last one didn’t go so well,” she said leaving Falca even more confused.

Falca formed an uneasy smile as she answered the happy pony.

“Who am I to refuse a party invitation by the Element of Laughter? I would happily attend Ms. Pie.”

Pinkie jumped even higher as her joy increased.

“This is so AMAZING! Wait, I have to get this right,” Pinkie said as she pulled a pencil and notebook from her mane. “What is your favorite color, party food, and type of pastry?

Falca rubbed the underside of her beak with her talons in silent contemplation before she responded.

“My favorite color is red. My favorite kind of pastry are cupcakes. Lastly, well this is kind of a guilty pleasure, my favorite kind of party food are fried prawns served with tartar sauce.”

A few ponies listening in on our conversations trotted away looking sickly after Falca mentioned she liked to eat animals. Pinkie however didn’t seem disturbed at all as she wrote everything down. She stuffed the notebook back in her mane before she stared to hop up and down like a mad mare.

“Oh this is so exciting! I’ve never thrown a reunion party for lost family members before. Oh I could just-,” Pinkie took one huge hop and flew far into the sky before she could finish her sentence. I managed to trace her ascent but lost sight of her after she passed the clouds. She still didn’t come down after we waited a couple minutes.

“Should we be worried?” Falca asked.

“Don’t worry she’ll be fine. Pinkie does weird stuff like that all the time.” Katy answered.

“Oh dear, I hope she’ll be alright,” Fluttershy said voicing her concern.

“I’ll go get her,” Rainbow Dash said as she flew up into the clouds after her friend.

Falca shrugged her shoulders and asked us to follow her to her father and the royal sisters. The princesses smiled at our approach and Twilight looked like she was eager to talk to us about something. The purple unicorn controlled her enthusiasm and waited for her mentor to speak first.

“Princess Falca must have already told you of the pardon I granted you Undyne. I hope that you’ll enjoy your time with your brother as you experience the Shattered Isles. However, I expect you to be back and ready to serve out the rest of your sentence by the end of the fifth day.”

“Don’t worry my friend, she’ll be in good talons while on my isles,” King Grinnail assured her. Celestia nodded to the griffin king and then turned to her faithful student.

“Twilight would also like to explain some revelations she made last night while she was studying your token Undyne,” Celestia said as Twilight used her magic to teleport Katy's token next to herself.

“Your token’s magic is unique compared to every kind of magic I’ve ever experienced. Every magic signature is unique, however, there are similarities between signatures that can allow them to be categorized amongst a species or type of element of the world. Your token’s signature is completely exclusive to anything Equestria has discovered and I’m at a loss on the kind of spell the magic is forming within it. From what you told me yesterday, the spell within the token could be a teleportation enchantment of some sort but I can’t be sure. Whenever I try to use a scanning spell to determine the spell I reach a barrier of some sort. I tried to bypass the barrier but every unlocking spell I’ve tried falls short. The only method I know of that can break the barrier is if someone knew the key spell that will unlock it. Maybe if I examined Jack’s token as well I could-,”

“No,” I interrupted surprising Twilight.

“But Jack-,”

“You don’t need it,” I interrupted her again.

“May we ask why she doesn’t need your token?” Celestia asked with a raised eyebrow.

I was desperately trying to find a legitimate excuse, but I was taking too long to answer as everyone except Katy gave me a weird look. Katy was thinking as hard as I was to figure out an excuse but she was coming up with nothing. I looked back towards Celestia and Twilight, then noticed how unnervingly still they were. In fact, no one was moving at all.

I gazed around my surroundings and found that everyone was standing perfectly still, including Katy. I tried to shake her shoulder and was surprised when my hand passed right through her. I stared at my incorporeal hand and tried to figure out what was happening until I heard a familiar low elderly voice.

“It seems like you’ve backed yourself into a corner,” Valkorion said as he passed through Clesetia’s body like a ghost. The sight of him caused a spike of anger to grow within me but I controlled myself long enough to ask my question.

“What’s happening?”

“You’ve asked me that question twice today,” he said as he circled me, passing through ponies and griffins alike as he walked. His avoidance to my question amplified my anger further but I had enough control over myself to simply glare. After failing to get a rise out of me, Valkorion finally answered my question.

“We are speaking telepathically through the holocron. By the time we’re done speaking you’ll have an answer for the mistress of the sun.”

He walked over to Katy and examined her critically while stroking his beard. He continued to speak after he was done with his examination.

“In order to dispel the barriers from your holocron and your sister’s helm, you must infuse the tokens with your essence. This will activate the tokens and The Merchant will begin to shower replicas across the multiverse. As you both infuse your tokens, you can leave a message for other Displaced should they ever find them. If I were you, I would choose my words carefully when making the message. After all, you’ll have no choice but to serve them for seven days should you allow yourself to be summoned.”

“How do you know all this? Aren’t you just a gatekeeper for the holocron’s knowledge?” I asked suspicious.

“I’m no ordinary holocron gatekeeper as you’ll soon realize. To answer your first question, The Merchant gifted this holocron with knowledge of the multiverse and the many Displaced that reside within it. When the situation becomes necessary, I will enlighten you on any questions you may have about the multiverse.”

I absorbed everything he told me and frowned when he said he’ll tell me what I want to know at his leisure. As I stared at him, two questions kept burning in my mind.

“I have two questions and I expect you to not turn your back on me again.”

He just stared at me and waited for me to continue.

“I want the knowledge that lies within the holocron. I risked my freedom in order to obtain a way home for me and my sister, but I expect the blessing to go with the curse. So how do I prove myself worthy of the knowledge?”

He frowned at my question.

“A test of conflict will present itself to you at some point. When this test comes, you must come at it with the full might of your power without any constraints holding you back. Only then will you prove yourself worthy of the power given to you and the knowledge I safeguard.

“How do you know I’ll even be tested? This world is peaceful, and any significant conflict that’s bound to rise will already have the Elements of Harmony to face it,” I asked confused and frustrated.

“Tests of conflict always present themselves to those gifted by the Force. This is not a presumption, this is a fact. However, if you seek out a significant conflict, then you must face it before the Elements of Harmony. Was that your second question or do you have another?”

I hesitated a bit before asking my next question. I really, REALLY needed an answer to this next one.

“Is there a way for me to prevent what I saw in the vision this morning?”

He smiled and turned his back on me again. He started to walk away and a red hot fury swallowed my every thought.

“VALKORION!!!”

“Jack are you going to say something?” Celestia asked finally moving again.

I took a step back and tried calm down before my anger got the better of me again. Valkorion must have ended the telepathic link and it pissed me off to no end. As soon I got myself under control, I looked around to see everyone staring at me with worry. I smiled to try and ease their fears before speaking.

“Twilight doesn’t need my token because I already know how to lift the barrier.”

“You do?” Katy asked me.

I whispered into her ear that I would explain later as I continued my explanation.

“Me and my sister must infuse the tokens with our essence. That is the key spell that Twilight’s talking about. When we do this, it’ll activate the tokens and other Displaced like us will be able to summon us to their dimensions. Give Katy her token back and I’ll demonstrate.”

I took out the holocron that acted as my token and thought back to what Valkorion said. I concentrated and willed the Living Force that was a part of my body into the token. A soft red glow emitted from the holocron and I felt something unravel itself within. I thought long and hard about what my message will be to my fellow victims across the multiverse, and I voiced it for all to hear.

“I am Jack Krieger. I am a Sith, a lover of science, and most importantly, a brother. If you have need of me, say my name while holding my holocron and I will answer your call. Use of this token comes with a huge degree of trust on my part, and if you betray that trust, you’ll never see me again and my big sister will come after you.”

Katy snickered on that last part as I finished activating my token.

“Now it’s your turn Katy.”

“Just infuse the helmet with my essence. Okay, shouldn’t be too hard. How do I do that?” I asked my brother.

Jack chuckled at my expense and tried to explain the process.

“Imagine everything that is you. Remember every bad and good memory, anything that played a role in making you into what you are today. Imagine a piece of that flowing through your arm and into the helmet. Then be calm, and carefully word out what you would like the other Displaced to hear when they pick up your token.”

I followed Jack instructions and tried to sort through every memory I had. Joy flooded my mind as I thought about the first Christmas I could remember. How I ran down the stairs with a 2 year old Jack in my arms and saw a line of presents underneath the Christmas tree. Then sadness and anger filled my thoughts when I remembered another of my old suitors. How he showed his confusion and disgust of me when I told him that I was bisexual. I remembered all of that and more as I tried to will a piece of it into the token. The helmet began to glow blue and I thought about how I should word the message. When it came to me, I spoke it out loud.

“I am Katy Krieger, now known as the heroine Undyne, protector of the innocent and the spear of justice. If you require my aid simply . . . . . . . Okay you know what? SCREW THIS FORMAL BULL HONKEY!!!!! I AM THE ALMIGHTY BADASS KNOWN AS KATY BITCHES. 'Dear god don’t let a child find this'. *ahem* AS I WAS SAYING! I AM KATY BITCHES, GUARDIAN OF EVERYONE’S HOPES AND DREAMS, AND I LOVE HUGGING RANDOM STRANGERS. IF YOU WANT TO SUMMON ME, BE SURE YOU'RE NOT A PUSSY AND SAY MY NAME LOUD AND PROUD. KATY! FUCKING! BITCHES! *snicker* 'that sounded so wrong.' AFTER YOU GLORIOUSLY SHOUTED MY AMAZING NAME THAT I TOTALLY DIDN’T JUST MAKE UP, SHOUT AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS: NGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! Then I will come to your aid, so let’s have fun!”

Now satisfied with the message, I turned to see everyone’s reactions. Jack was giving me a thumbs up with his lips in a straight line trying to suppress his laughter.The royal sisters were trying to suppress their laughter as well but tried to present themselves as poise and regal in the presence of their subjects. Twilight was trying to write down everything I said onto a notebook floating in the air while her friends displayed their disbelief and shock. Fluttershy and Angel were covering their ears to ward off the intensity of my voice. Rarity was aghast that I would dare to use such foul language in front of the Princesses while Applejack just gave me disapproving stare. HK wasn’t fazed at all (‘what was I expecting, he’s a droid?’) and Vigilant Star facehoofed himself in embarrassment.

A boisterous laugh emanated from King Grinnail catching everyone, including his daughter, by surprise.

“HAHAHAHA! Oh my dear, I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard in months! Hahaha, thank you for that.”

I chuckled at everyone’s reactions and gave Twilight the helm back so she could see if the barrier was gone. She took it into her purple telekinetic field and began to cast a few spells on it. When she was done, she had a grin that nearly took up half of her face.

“I take it that the happy smile means that the barrier is gone right?” I asked Twilight

“It’s like it never existed in the first place! I have complete access to the magic within the token and the enchantment it forms. I’ve never seen an enchantment quite like this before. The magic is powerful and ample yet is it is perfectly contained and designed in a way I’ve never seen before.”

“Do you think you can understand it?” Jack asked.

“I don’t know,” Twilight hesitantly. “I’ve never seen a more complicated enchantment. I’m not sure I’m suitable for such a challenge.”

“Nonsense,” Celestia said out of the blue, drawling everyone’s attention to her.

“You are my student Twilight Sparkle, and I am more than confident in your capabilities. I’m sure you’re up to the task.” The princess said causing her student to blush from the praise. Celestia turned her gaze towards me before speaking again. “Now then, before we send you off to enjoy your pardon with your brother, I have new orders for your handler.”

She walked up to Vigilant Star as he stood at attention and threw her a salute.

“Sergeant Star, you are hereby relieved of your duties as Undyne’s handler until her pardon has ended. Your new orders are now to escort her and be her bodyguard during her time on the Isles. Keep in mind that this means you have no jurisdiction on Undyne’s actions, and as her bodyguard, you must obey her every order so long as it doesn’t contradict your duties as a royal guard to Equestria. Are you up to this task?”
“Of course your highness! I assure you that I’ll carry out this assignment with the utmost professionalism,” Vigilant said enthusiastically.

King Grinnail came up behind the sergeant and gave him a friendly pat on the back before speaking.

“I do hope you’ll allow yourself to enjoy some of the pleasures the Isle of Gaiety has to offer as you perform your duties. It is after all a place where members of any species can come and relax. Now then, we should be off! Our alien guests must enjoy my island together while they still can.”

Just before the king began to lead us off towards Jack’s ship. Jack himself interrupted everyone before we were underway.

“Before we go, I would like to introduce Fluttershy to a friend of mine.”

“Oh my goodness! She’s so beautiful and nice,” Fluttershy said as Jack’s badass looking 15 meter long varactyl licked her face.

It was so adorable! Fluttershy’s face was as bright as Celestia’s sun when she saw Jack bring his mount down the Fury’s ramp. They both ran towards each other and I could immediately tell they would be the best of friends. Since Jack accidently scared off almost all of Fluttershy’s animals, he thought he would give her more company until her animal friends returned. Jack was going to let Fluttershy take care of the varactyl since we both were going to be occupied for the next five days. I enjoyed watching Angel bunny seethe in his jealousy as Fluttershy paid more attention to the newcomer.

“Now she is a herbivore, and while I don’t have any plants from her native planet, she does have a craving for beats and spinach. She must at least eat 60 pounds per day, and I generally divide it up into 4 meals. 1 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and the last one in the evening. I’ll take care of the costs when I come back, so save me the bill,” Jack instructed as Fluttershy enjoyed the affection the varactyl was giving her.

She stopped the reptavian creature long enough to fly over to Jack and wrapped her hooves around his torso. Jack was astounded by the shy pony’s actions, and he smiled warmly as he hugged her back. I was so proud to see that Jack managed to patch things up with Fluttershy after the disaster that happened yesterday. I would shed a tear if I wasn’t so badass. Fluttershy seemed to realize what she was doing and slowly broke off from the embrace. She returned to her normal quiet self and apologized when she thought she was being rude for hugging him without his permission. Jack didn’t mind at all, and told the shy pony how thankful he was for taking care of his mount.

We were off to Jack’s ship and I couldn’t be more excited. I was going to fly in a freaking spaceship! It was always a dream of mine to fly in the clouds with the finest of aircraft in modern times. But I never believed I would actually fly in a ship that came straight out of science fiction.

While I was enjoying the time of my life as we headed up the ramp, Vigilant started to look nauseous. We all waved goodbye to the princesses and the Mane 6 as the ramp drew itself up, then I patted Vigilant on the back to reassure him. He looked up at me and I threw him a confident grin as an irrepressible idea came to mind.

“Don’t worry buddy, this ship is nothing like those airships or carriages you guys fly around Equestria. This thing will fly smoothly, especially when I’m the one piloting it.”

Author's Notes:

IMPORTANT!!! READ IF YOU WANT A SNEAK PEAK ON THE NEXT CHAPTER

Wow, this chapter took much longer than I expected. I even had to skip the deadline I originally set up for myself. However, not everything goes exactly as we all plan.

But, I finally got a chapter out for everyone! Believe it or not this chapter was going to be much longer. I was typing nonstop and had to stop somewhere when I reached the 10,000 word mark. But this also means I've already started on the next chapter and it's going to be a fun one for me.

I know a few people were disappointed that Jack didn't tear the nobles of Canterlot a new one in the last chapter. Although, you are assured action and violence in the next one from both our main characters. There will be blood, passions will be inflamed, and the world will see a glimpse of the power both Undyne and the Empire's Wrath can wield.

Since Jack got the spotlight for most of this chapter, the next one will mostly be from the perspective of Katy/Undyne.

*SNEAK PEAK*

“I’M GOING TO EVISCERATE YOU. FIRST I’M GONNA RIP ONE OF YOUR LEGS OFF AND USE IT TO PUMMEL YOU AS BEG ME FOR MERCY. THEN I’LL USE A PIECE OF YOUR INTESTINES AS A CONDOM AS I FORNICATE WITH YOUR SKULL!!!”

“W-What?” My soon-to-be victim stuttered as he backed away.

Jack was slowly moving away from my warpath, but paused just to explain what I said.

“She’s going to skull fuck you.”

“But she is a female,” my victim argued.

“That’s not going to stop her,” my brother replied.