A Wielder and His Students

by Golden Flare

First published 21st of February, 2017

2012. The year that was prophesied to be the end of the world. But in reality, it was a test for humanity, and we failed. Well, except for a select few who passed, like me. Now I have my own Keyblade and live in a new world, teaching future wielders.

Inspired by Balance and Keybearer.

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2012.

The year that was long prophesized on the Mayan Calendar to be the year that the world meets its end.

But what it really was, was a test for mankind...but we failed. Miserably.

But, a selective few have passed the test and were able to move on in another world, me being one of them. God allowed me to have a Keyblade and sent me to Equestria from MLP:FiM, except...it seemed a little different, all of the ponies are anthro, meaning they are humanoid like. After arriving, I noticed the Heartless were running about, and took care of them and the problem.

Princesses Celestia and Luna, the rulers of this land, saw my potential and granted me permission to stay in Canterlot and teach her subjects about the Keyblade.

Yup, this should interesting.

At The End of the World

We were packing our things and loading them up into the truck, trying to get away as fast as we could. The end of the world was nigh, and we were all about to die. I can only guess what my family was thinking right now, "Why did this have to happen?", "How did it come to this?", I honestly had no idea why things would end this way for all of us. All I could think about was why everything bad happens to us; it was bad enough that we were struggling on payments, especially with my family's disabilities, but now this happens, I guess it's true what they say, "Bad things happen to good people."

Even as the world crumbled around us as we drove, I couldn't keep my eyes open, I felt like I was exhausted and wanted to sleep, but I knew if I did, I would be dead. But that didn't stop my tiredness as I dozed off...

When I woke up, I found myself in an empty white space, with a man bearing overgrown hair on his head and face, wearing Christian robes and holding a tome of some sort.

"Hello, my child." he said.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"I am who your people refer to as 'God'."

"God?!" I then realized something, "Am I...dead?"

He shook his head, "No. I simply liberated you from your world before it completely collapsed. The apocalypse was the result of a test mankind was given to see if people could change for the better...millions failed miserably, but a select few passed. One of them being you."

"So. What happens now?"

"I can send you to a new world with a power you can call own."

"...A Keyblade. And the power to bestow Keyblades to others."

God was silent for time, then burst out laughing as if I told him the funniest joke in the world.

"I...don't understand."

God finally caught his breath from laughing so hard, but he still chuckled from time to time, "It's just...you'd be surprised how many people have asked for a Keyblade." he clears his throat, "Which one do you want?"

"Master Xehanort's Keyblade."

God went wide-eyed, "That's a first."

"I just...thought it looked cool, that's all."

He smiles, "I know. I'm God, after all. Anything else?"

"A copy of the Book of Prophecies that depicts the future of the world I enter and a journal to chronicle my life there."

"Fair enough. All I ask is that you keep the book a secret until you find someone you can trust to know about it. We don't want to risk any temporal paradoxes."

"Agreed."

"Well, if there's nothing else, I will send you to a world with little hostility, that is almost in harmony."

"Thank you, for granting me this second chance."

"One last thing before we finish up here: will you be going with a different name or your normal name?"

"I'll be sticking with my original name, Devin."

"Very well, goodbye, my child."

God sent me away with a wave of his hand and I ended up blacking out.

I began to wake up, groggy from my sudden sleep, when my senses finally came back, I saw that I had two books with me: a blank journal and a Book of Prophecies. I picked them up and viewed my surroundings, I found myself just outside a city that appeared to be on the side of a freaking mountain with regal looking people with tall ears, long mouths, and tails walking around like nothing was wrong.

...Wait, what?!

I had to do a double take to see whether or not I was hallucinating, but I wasn't, it seemed like the people here looked like horses or ponies or something...wait a second. Could it be that I'm...in an anthro version of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?! Well, I wouldn't put it past God to send somewhere that was almost completely harmonic...if only the females of this world didn't look so hot...damn, now I feel like a pervert.

It was then I heard screaming, "HELP!! THE PRINCESSES ARE IN DANGER!!"

I knew that if I could help I needed to, so I checked to see if God gave me my other requested item, and lo and behold, there it is, Xehanort's Keyblade in all it's glory.

Now, I wasn't much for confrontation back in my world, but...I'm not in my world anymore, now am I? I flipped the hood of my hoodie over my head and rushed into the city, ready to help. When I made it to the city square, I saw all of the, um, ponies gathered there and decided to ask one of them what was going on.

"What's happening?" I ask.

"It's the princesses!" the mare spoke, "Somepony barged into the castle with weird black creatures and fought off the entire Royal Guard! Now he's holding all three of the princesses hostage!"

I see... I began to think, So the Heartless must be here, not only that, but Twilight must not have become princess yet.

It was then that a stallion with a red coat, snow white mane and tail, and sickly yellow eyes, wearing a black spying outfit walked up to the balcony with a mare's mane in his hand as he drug her with him; she had a rainbow like mane and tail, white coat, and purple eyes, wearing a yellow regal dress that appeared to be in tatters. That's when the crowd started shrieking in terror.

He brought her head up to his and addressed the crowd, "LISTEN UP!! EQUESTRIA WILL SOON HAVE A NEW RULER!! ME!!!" the crowd became even more frantic, "AND MY HEIR SHALL TAKE MY PLACE, LONG AFTER I'VE FINISHED HAVING MY WAY WITH THE PRINCESSES!!" with that, he left the crowd in shock, fear, and disgust.

Was he really going to...rape them?

My anger started boiling inside me as the mare spoke again, "This is horrible! If somepony doesn't do something, the princesses will be violated!"

"Roger! Over and out!" I said as I ran past everyone and made a beeline for the drawbridge.

"Wait, are you crazy?!" a stallion shouted.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?!" another mare asked and sighed, "What can a single boy possibly do?"

After jumping over the large fence, like how Sora jumped in his battle with Xemnas, I rushed to the front door, only to be blocked by the Royal Guards.

"Hold it! You can't go in there!" one of them said.

"The black creatures are too dangerous!" another added.

"Explain." I demanded.

"Do we really owe this kid an explanation?" a third asked.

"It's our job as the Royal Guard to protect, not just the princesses, but all of Equestria."

The three turned around to see a white coated stallion with a two toned blue mane and tail and blue eyes, wearing purple guard armor.

"So yes, we do." he approached me, "The stallion you saw was an old member of Princess Celestia's counsel, but he was fired because of his rash ideas and actions. Now he's back, and with reinforcements." he waved a hand to some of the injured guards, "My men were able to escape when we realized the creatures couldn't be defeated by normal means."

"The Heartless." I said.

"What?"

"They're called Heartless. They are what remains should anybody lose their heart to darkness."

"And how do you know this?"

"Because I've tangled with them before." it wasn't entirely a lie, I fought them in the Kingdom Hearts games, "I can handle this. Let me show you. The weapon I carry is the only one that can stop them."

"Show us."

I nod and with a wave of my hand, I summoned my Keyblade again. They were all surprised by my ability to conjure a weapon out of nowhere.

"So...that's it?"

"Yes. This is called a Keyblade. It's the only weapon that can destroy the Heartless."

"What do you say, guys?"

"I don't know, Captain," the first one said, "If we couldn't take those things down, what makes you think that this kid can?"

"He might." the second one spoke up, "I mean, if he carries the only thing that can destroy them, he may be our best shot."

"He still a kid." the third one added his take, "And like the Captain said, it's our job to protect others, so we can't let this kid in."

"Well, I, for one, think he's the best we got right now, and we have to trust him." the Captain said.

"That's two votes for two." the second guard said.

"Yeah, but I'm the Captain of the Royal Guard, so my votes outrank yours."

They grumble. "...No fair." the third childishly said.

The Captain turns to me, "You think you can do it?"

"I have to try." I said.

He looks hesitant, but I felt that deep down, he knew I had a point, "...Alright. What do we have to lose?"

"Other than the princesses' innocence?"

"...What." he said flatly.

"You didn't hear? I think that guy is planning to rape the princesses."

The Captain began to look extremely angry, "...I'm going with you."

If I knew one thing, it's never cross a man who's angry, "...Okay. But stay close."

He nods as the three guards reluctantly moved aside and we both rushed in.

"Don't worry, my dears," the evil stallion began as he gazed upon the princesses chained up and gagged forms, "I'll be gentle."

Before he could make a move on them, the sounds of a struggle were coming from the main doors to the Throne Room.

"Hmph, no matter, those doors are locked by a spell that only I can remove. Now, where were we?"

He saw a light washing over the room and looked back at the double doors to see that they were opening.

"What?! No! That's impossible!"

The doors opened all way to reveal Captain Shining Armor of the Royal Guard and...some kid with a weird sword?

I looked at the stallion who had a surprised look his face with a hint of defiance, behind him were the three princesses, whom of which I knew were Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, their dresses ruined but still covering what needed to be covered...thank God for that. They were wrapped up in chains, their muzzles gagged, and things on their horns that I learned, from fanfiction, were magic inhibitors, to prevent them from using their magic.

"Cadence!" The Captain rushed to the princesses, but stopped himself when he saw the stallion raise a sword to their necks.

"Not another move or they're headless!!" he barked.

With the utmost control over my emotions, I used my newfound magic to teleport behind the stallion like Aqua fighting an opponent when she collects the Teleport reaction command.

"W-Where did that kid go?!" he asked no one in particular.

"Surprise." I said, making him spin around to face me, only to be whacked in his face with my Keyblade.

"W-Who are you?!"

"Not who..." I took off my hood to show him I'm not a pony, "...what."

The stallion readied his sword to fight, but with a single swing of my Keyblade, I sliced off the tip of his blade. I went for a downwards swing while he tried to block, only for me to chop his sword in half, making it completely useless. Dropping whatever was left of his weapon, the stallion walked backwards until he was grabbed from behind by the Captain.

"Armored Tyrant, you're under arrest for attempted rape, assault, and high treason against the crown."

As the Captain was cuffing him and placing an inhibitor on his horn, I walked over to the princesses, used my Keyblade to unlock their chains, ungagged them, and took off their own inhibitors.

"You girls okay?"

I didn't get an answer, they all leaped onto me, hugging and nuzzling me. I blushed majorly, I was expecting a "thank-you", I wasn't expecting this.

"Um...you're welcome?"

The guards came in and secured Armored as they took him to the dungeons while the princesses regained their composure.

Celestia wiped away some tears in her eyes, "We're sorry. We're just grateful somepony came to save us before we lost something precious to us."

"You're not kidding." I agreed.

Luna kissed my cheek, making me blush again, "Thank you, young warrior."

"It was no big deal." I tried to dismiss.

"Wrong, that was a very BIG deal." Cadence disagreed, "You put yourself in danger to help us, not a lot of kids your age would do something like that."

"I just thought I could help."

"Quite the modest one, aren't you?" Celestia said before kissing my other cheek, making my blush burn more.

"I-I-I-I guess, yeah."

The three of them giggled at my bashfulness.

Cadence cupped my face and kissed my forehead, "Again, thank you."

"Cadence?"

She turned to see the Captain, "Shining!" she jumped into his arms and they hugged, "You're okay!"

"I should be telling you that! Did he...?"

She shook her head, "No. Luckily the two of you came just in time."

Shining smiled and hugged her tighter, making me smile. Soon enough, the royal sisters embraced me from both sides with big smiles on their faces.

"We can't thank you enough for saving us." Celestia said, "Could you tell us your name?"

"...Devin."

"Devin. That's a nice name." Celestia seemed nervous about something as she blushed, "Would you like to stay for dinner?"

My stomach growling was all the answer she needed and giggled again.

"I'll take that as a yes."

Explanations At Dinner And Daily Outings

After that little fiasco, the princesses calmed the ponies of Canterlot and changed into more presentable dresses that were similar to the ones they wore. Night had fallen and the four of us were situated in the dining room with dinner served; spaghetti with tomato and basil sauce. I ate my dinner pretty quick, not caring if royalty was watching, yeah I was that hungry.

Celestia giggles, "I love a stallion that can eat."

That was enough to get me to eat a little less sloppily while I blushed a little, invoking a few more laughs.

I cleared my throat, "So, um, Princess Cadence—"

"Just Cadence is fine."

"...Okay, Cadence, where's that Shining Armor character I met? Will he be joining us?"

"No, he's working late to make nopony else breaks in." she sighs, "I just wish my husband wouldn't take things so seriously nowadays."

"Well, you and your aunts almost lost your...virginity," I cough nervously, "so if I were married to either of you, I would do my level best to ensure your safety and protection after something like that."

Luna gazed at me with her bedroom eyes, "Is that a suggestion of marriage?"

I choked on my spaghetti a bit before forming a coherent sentence, "W-W-W-What?! That's not what I—"

"So you don't think we're attractive?"

"That's not what I'm saying! You three are absolutely gorgeous! But...I..."

But it was too late to say anything else; the three of them looked at me in surprise, then smiled as they stood up and walked over to my seat.

"What? Did I say something wrong?"

Before I could say anything else, one by one they planted a kiss on my lips, making my blush come back full force.

"Thank you." Celestia said, "Whenever we tease stallions, they either blurt out embarrassing things or their true intentions. But you...you said you think we're gorgeous. Beauty is skin deep, you know."

"Um..." I was speechless, they were teasing me to see if I wanted something out of all of this, but what they found were my true thoughts. Yeah, they were downright beautiful, any sane person would think that, but the stallions that courted them either had an ulterior motive or were just plain stupid.

"I'll tell you what; if you can answer our questions, we'll each take you out for a night around Canterlot, starting tomorrow, what do you say?"

I couldn't answer any faster, "Yes! That would be great!"

"Good. Now then, what was the weapon you used against Armored Tyrant?"

"I agree, it is strange for a blade to cleanly cut through solid steel." Luna added.

"I'll do you one better, I'll show you." I stand up from my chair, back up from the table, and in a flash of dark light and static, my new Keyblade appeared.

"My word!" Luna said in awe.

"You can say that again! How did you do that?" Cadence added.

"Well...how do I put this?...this is called a Keyblade, it can either be a weapon of light or darkness, as one cannot coexist without the other, it's the only weapon that defeat the black creatures known as Heartless, and it can open any lock."

Celestia examined it as she walked around me, as if she scrutinizing my every move. Needless to say, I was a bit uncomfortable by this, when Celestia stood in front of me again, she lit up her horn with a yellow light, which wrapped itself around my Keyblade as it started to hover over to her.

"Hmm...interesting design..." she muttered.

But her examination didn't last long as my Keyblade vanished and reappeared back into my hand, surprising the girls.

"Uh, sorry. I forgot to mention that the Keyblade can only be wielded by the person it chooses." I explain.

"Incredible..." Celestia whispered.

"Can we wield Keyblades of our own?" Luna asked me.

"Yes, if they choose you. But..."

"But...?" Cadence coaxed.

"Keyblades are very picky about their owners, but with the power that was granted to me, I can bestow Keyblades to others."

"Really?!" Cadence exclaimed, "How'd you get a power like that?!"

I sigh, not liking this part of the explanation, "Alright...I'll start from the beginning..."

First I explained the Mayan calendar, which foretold humanity's end at the year 2012, I told them that an all powerful deity named God told me it was a test that only a selected few passed and I was one of them, I asked for three things as I was offered a new life in a new world; a Keyblade, journal, and a Book of Prophecies that predicts the future of the world I enter.

"...And well, here I am." I concluded.

The girls were flabbergasted, I guess they never thought a calendar could foretell the future.

"Wait...'Book of Prophecies'?" Celestia asked.

Oh, shoot.

"I'll show it to you three later, when we're in private, but this stays between the four of us." I state.

They nod as the doors to the dining room burst open by a unicorn pony with icy blue eyes, blonde mane and tail, wearing a fancy suit. He had this pompous air around him, and it made me want to yack up my dinner.

"Auntie! Why didn't you tell me dinner was served?!" he said, all whiny.

Celestia sighs in exasperation, pinching the bridge of her nose, "Well, my dear nephew, this was a private dinner for us and—"

"And what is a commoner doing in here?!"

I scowl, "Pardon my hearing issues, but I don't think I caught that." I pointed my Keyblade at him "SAY THAT AGAIN."

He gasps, "Auntie! This ruffian has just threatened me! I demand that he be thrown in the dungeons!"

"I shall do no such thing," Celestia refused, "this gentlecolt saved us from a fate worse than death."

"What?! But...but..."

"Leave, Blueblood," Luna demanded, "or we'll throw YOU in the dungeons."

He stared at the princesses wide-eyed, neither of them willing to help him, then glared at me as I glared back, finally he huffed and left the room, slamming the door shut on his way out.

I groan, "I guess rich snobs exist in this world too."

"'Snob'. That's one word to describe him." Luna says.

"Anyway, tell us more about your world."

I felt like this was going to be a long night...

After explaining to them about the ups and downs of humans and humanity, we all finished our dinner and went to bed. When I woke up this morning, I noticed something wasn't right...first of all, I feel like I'm being smushed, secondly, I also feel arms wrapped around me, and thirdly...I got a good look at who it was.

Celestia and Luna.

In my bed.

Without a stitch of clothing on them.

Now, normally this would be a perverted guy's paradise...but I'm not like that, so...

"AHHHHHH!!!"

Celestia and Luna were standing before me, now fully clothed and looking nervous as I paced around the room.

I rub my temples as if I had a massive headache, "Okay...at first I was going to scream at you two for your little...stunt. But I decided to let you girls tell your side. Now then. Celestia. Luna. Tell me. WHAT. IN GOD'S NAME. WERE YOU TWO THINKING?!"

Celestia sighs, "It was Luna's idea."

"What?"

Luna takes over the conversation, "You saved us and shared information with us willingly, I thought you deserved some kind of reward."

Something tells me there's more to this. "And?"

"Well..." Luna mumbles something I can't hear.

"Say again?"

"I and my sister wish to court you as our soon-to-be husband."

...

I could've sworn I heard my own heart skip a beat. "WHAT?! Did you ever think to ask me if I wanted anything to do with this?!"

Luna looked dejected as she stared at the floor, "I should've known you'd say no."

Aw, Goddammit! Why do these ponies have to look so irresistible?!

"I-I didn't say no, I'm just...surprised is all. Don't you think you girls are taking this a little too fast?" I say.

"We do." Celestia interjected, "But that is why I offered for us to go on dates for the next few days, for you to get used to us and grow a little more comfortable with the thought of marriage."

"Yeah, but...a few days? At best, I'm gonna need a month to decide something this major."

Celestia nods, "We understand, right Luna?"

Luna begrudgingly nods, "...Yes." her head pops back up when she thinks of something, "But we CAN still cuddle with you, right?"

I sigh, "Alright..." Luna looks absolutely giddy...too bad I'm gonna have to shut her down. "But keep your clothes on please. At least until I make my decision."

Celestia smiles smugly at Luna's unprincess-like whine.

Once that was over, Celestia and I left the castle and walked around Canterlot, attracting some unwanted attention and the nobles bowing before her.

I lean over to whisper to her, "Um...if I do decide to marry you and your sister, ponies are gonna bow before me like they are right now to you, aren't they?"

"Most likely. Why? Is there something wrong?" Celestia whispers back.

"It's just...well, I'm not a big fan of being worshipped, especially for marrying royalty. I just want others to see me and think, 'oh, there goes Devin, hope he's doing good with his life,' not think of me like, 'sweet Celestia, it's him! Bow, you idiot of a pony!' It's makes me feel like I'm better than them, but I'm really not. You know what I mean?"

Celestia stifles a giggle, "'Sweet Celestia'?" I scowl at her not taking this seriously, "Sorry, sorry, I heard you, and I understand completely. In fact, that's how I think you're going to be a great ruler one day; not all stuck up and full of yourself. Now back to the other topic..."

"You gotta admit, you had to have heard some of the ponies taking your name in vain."

Celestia sighs, "Yes. It becomes quite...insulting after a while. Even if I make a law to prevent ponies from saying that, they'll still say it behind my back."

"Yup. An old saying where I come from, 'you're only in trouble if you get caught'."

"From what you told me about your world, such philosophy would give birth to crook and thieves."

"A little late for that now." I say bitterly, remembering the reality of my world.

Soon enough, we came up to a fancy restaurant and entered as the waitress set up a table for Celestia, and stopped me as I tried to sit down.

"Excuse me, but this table is for the princess. I can seat you somewhere else, sir."

"It's okay, he's my—"

"Guest!" I stop her before she says something we'll both regret, "I'm her guest for the evening."

The waitress and Celestia both look at me wide-eyed until the former cleared her throat, "Okay then, please take your seat, sir." I sit down and hear her say, "For a moment there I thought that the princess was going to say you were her date."

I chuckle nervously, "Yeah, crazy, huh?"

She gives us our menus and she leaves. I look it over and decide on the ravioli, but when I look at Celestia she doesn't seem very happy.

"What was THAT all about?" Celestia harshly whispers.

I sigh once again for today, "Sorry...I just thought It'd ruin your image if you were dating...well..."

"A commoner?"

I look away in shame, "...Yeah."

Celestia puts her menu down and cups my face with a hand, "Devin, look at me." I do so and see her most compassionate eyes staring into mine, "I don't care about my image, some ponies don't think I should be in power, I don't care about the naysayers." she smiles, "But it was sweet of you to put me before yourself. Don't be afraid or ashamed to admit to dating us, okay?"

I nod slowly, "Okay."

"Great!" she leans back into the chair and reads the menu, "The ravioli looks good."

My eyes went wide, "I was thinking the same thing."

Celestia smiles at me again, "Well, guess great minds think alike, don't you agree?"

I blush at her compliment, but I forced it away when the waitress returned and she took our orders, then leaving saying she'll be back with them soon. As we wait, we talk about various things; our worlds, our customs, even how romance works, but we kept our possible marriage hush-hush, didn't want anypony on the outside knowing, image or not. A waiter comes with orders and sets them down.

"For you, sir and madam." he then walks away, giving the stink eye.

"What crawled up his ass and died?" I ask.

Celestia shushed me, "Language!"

"Uh, sorry. Cursing was part of living in my world."

We chose to ignore what happened with the waiter and ate our food. Unfortunately, the waiter came back with some choice words.

"I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to leave."

"Wait, what?" I ask.

"You're bothering the princess and you don't even look like you're from Canterlot, so you'll have to leave this fine establishment."

"The princess invited me to dine with her, thank you very much, and no, I'm not from Canterlot, I'm from another world that is most likely been destroyed by now, so I'll thank you for leaving us in peace."

"Very well, it appears I will have to escort you out. Security!"

The three security guards gathered around me as I continued eating. Celestia looked like she wanted to intervene, but I was just nonchalantly chewing on a ravioli.

I swallowed my food, "You're making a big mistake, dude."

"And why is that?"

I glare at him from the corner of my eye, "...You have no idea who you're messing with."

I call my Keyblade and point it to the guard on my left, "Fire." I blasted him with a fireball as the one on my right tried to grab me, only to be hit by me swinging my Keyblade outward, knocking him unconscious, the last guard tried to restrain me from behind, but I back-flipped out of my seat, landing into a crouch as I swung downward at his back. The guard mumbled something before he collapsed into a heap, I turned to face the waiter who nervously held a kitchen knife at me.

"S-Stay back!" he ordered.

"Why?" I ask as I casually walk over to him, making him walk backwards in fear, "You're the one who had a problem with me and tried to sic the guards on me, so..." I hum as I tap my chin with the tip of my Keyblade and decided, "...I think I'm gonna let you slide."

The waiter blinks, "...Really?"

"Yup." I smirk and point behind him, "But THEY might not be so forgiving."

He turns around and his eyes bulge out in shock, a male pony who looked like the manager of the restaurant was glaring at him as well as some of the waitresses. He snaps his fingers and what looks to be his personal bodyguards show up and grab him by his arms.

"You're fired." the manager said before the bodyguards dragged him out as he was kicking and screaming, he turned to me and Celestia, "I am so sorry about my former subordinate's attitude and rash actions, as an apology, the food you ordered is free for today."

I nod, "Thank you for your kindness, but I think my date and I have had enough excitement for today." everyone gasps at the mention of 'date'. "Shall we go?" I hold out a hand to Celestia and she takes it.

"Yes, we shall." she says.

We headed back to the castle as the sun sets to cuddle for the night with Luna.

The moment we got breakfast was the weirdest part of the day; Luna was sitting on my lap, eating out of the same bowl of cereal as me, occasionally spoon-feeding me like a child. It got annoying at first, but then I remembered that Luna wanted to be my husband in the first place, so I let her do as she pleases...no, not anything like THAT! Get your mind out of the gutter!

"Are you okay? You're blushing." Luna asked, making me blush deeper, and she smirks, "Are you considering some...bedroom activities?"

"HUH?! Wa-Wa-Wait a minute! We're not doing anything like that!...not yet, anyway. It's too early." I say, making Luna smile bigger.

"You're really cute when you fumble with your words."

I blush and start shoveling my breakfast, hoping to get this over with before Luna ties me down to the bed. Once we finish, we talk a little bit while Celestia is in the Throne Room dealing with Day Court and selfish, whiny nobles. Then once night fell, Luna and I decided to take a moonlight walk out into the Canterlot Gardens. Truthfully, I enjoy the night, sure it means robbers and thieves come out to play, but I always felt a sense of peace within the blanket of moonlight.

Luna noticed me staring at moon and smiling, "Do you...love the night?"

I look at her, "Of course I do." Luna blushed at my words, "In my world, the nighttime was a time for criminals to run around and cause mischief...but to me, it's a sign of comfort, knowing that the moon and the stars shine a guiding light to those lost in the dark." Luna smiles at my philosophy, "Funny thing, something I've heard of, is that every star in the sky is another world. And the light they give off is shining down on us like a million lanterns."

Luna tackles me into a hug and kisses every part of my face, leaving me in surprise and bliss.

She stops and looks into eyes, "...Thank you."

We spend a long night kissing under the stars...

Today it was Cadence's turn to spend time with me, I refuse to call it a date because she's married and I'm fairly certain that Shining Armor isn't into sharing.

"So, ready for our date?" Cadence asked, wearing casual clothing that really showed off her slim figure.

"It's not a date, you're married. Plus, does Shining even know about this?"

"Oh no, he doesn't, he would flip if he heard I was hanging out with another guy."

I sigh, Guess we got a rebel on our hands. "Alright, but if he finds out, I'm not gonna be cannon fodder."

"Yay!"

We walk around, going into a few shops to buy clothes and a few...adult stores, for Cadence to buy some "toys", if you know what I mean. After the shopping was done, we dropped off her bags and headed for a local café for a coffee and a snack. We talked a little bit and enjoyed each other's company, but it didn't last long as the Heartless showed up; an Invisible, five Neoshadows, and several Soldiers, like ten or so.

I summoned my Keyblade and ran into the fray, "I got this!"

I was able to destroy some of the Neoshadows, a few Soldiers, but the Invisible was sneaky, so I followed it as it was trying to get away, when I did I noticed the Heartless giving up after the ponies ran inside their houses. But why? Somebody had to be controlling them, otherwise they'd break down the doors.

Which means...

"It's a trap!" I exclaim.

"Hey kid!"

I looked at where the voice came from and saw someone wearing Ventus's Nightmare Armor from KH:3D holding...the χ-blade?!

"What's the rush?"

Author's Notes:

Next chapter: a crossover with Balance

Stay tuned!

Meeting One of the Chosen

Author's Notes:

The beginning was co-written by BioQuillFiction in the third person.

“What’s the rush?” The Nightmare Ventus armored man spoke, jumping from his rooftop and across the street from Devin.

Devin pointed his Keyblade at him, threateningly, “Who are you?! And why do you have that Keyblade?!”

“Do I just look untrustworthy? This makes two times I meet someone from earth and they both point Keyblades at me… maybe it’s my armor?” The man questioned himself.

“That, and the fact that you have the most powerful and dangerous Keyblade in existence!”

“Well, that and the Heartless I sent to lure you out. Last attempt to find one of you guys left me waiting all night.”

“I'll ask about that later, why are you here?”

“Looking for you. I can explain everything, but first I wanna know something. How long have you been here, and what’s happened since then? You tell your story, then I’ll tell mine.”

Devin seemed hesitant, but the armored man appeared honest enough, so he lowered his blade slightly, “Alright. First off, I've been here for at least four days, Celestia, Luna, and Cadence were nearly raped by a former member of Celestia’s counsel after being hopped up on darkness and controlling the Heartless, I spent the past couple of days dating two of the royal sisters, and today I was spending time with Cadence, not dating, she's married. Now your turn.”

“Allright.” The man pushed a button on his shoulder and his armor reverted into a metal sleeve like in Birth By Sleep. After that he disbanded his Keyblade. “So to wrap up my end I’ve been doing this close to a month, or over? I haven’t entirely been keeping track of time. When I asked for the X-blade, I accepted the job that goes with it, keeping the worlds in balance. After a while I found out the X-blade can take me to parallel versions of the world's. The first one I went to was nearly killed off by Nobodies and a survivor of the Keyblade War. When that was dealt with I woke up after the fight a week later where I found out that, on that Equestria, a law stated that a hero who saves the kingdom is given the hand of the princesses… so yeah, only the other surviving people wanted in, not I have seven wives-to-be. Gave them all keyblades and the eight surviving kids… well, six of them, the last two are not even a year old yet.”

“...Wow. Your life sounds harder than mine. And the royal sisters wish for my hand in marriage, but I'm giving it a month before I decide. So, what's the reason you came to my Equestria anyway?”

“Getting as much help as possible. The first born Emblem Heartless is… well, let's just say that He’s pulling a multi-dimensional Xehanort from Dream Drop Distance. That’s not all though.” Zeke pulled out something from his pocket, and tossed it to Devin. When he picked it up, he was stunned.

“What the hell?!”

“358/2 days. He has access to earth.”

“Well, ain't that lovely?! Now what?!”

“I’m searching the worlds, every reflection, trying to find people willing to fight to win against Core. I think I can count on Huxley, but… how old are you?”

“Eighteen, going on nineteen in a few months, why?”

Zeke just tilted his head. “Seriously? I’m nineteen and like a foot taller than you. I thought you were like, fourteen!”

Devin sighs, “I was short when I was a kid, but I outgrew my older brother by an inch, and I'm STILL short?!”

“Well, in any case. What are your plans for this Equestria?”

“Well, I was going to fight some Heartless like any other wielder, but apparently I have to make a decision about whether or not I'm gonna marry the princesses, tell them about the Book of Prophecies, and give those I consider worthy Keyblades.”

“I’ve already given over a hundred people in my dimension Keyblades.”

“Well, that's good, I suppose, but I got a Book of Prophecies from God that depicts the future of this world and I haven't even read through it yet.”

“You mean this?” Zeke asked, pulling out Devin’s book.

“What the—?!” Devin pats his pockets for his book, but nothing.

“Had one of the Heartless pick it out of your pocket on the way here. Not very observant, are you?” Zeke opened the book, skimming through the pages. “Looks like you’ve got quite the life ahead of you. Seems we’ll meet again many times after this.”

“That's great, but could you please give that back? I don't want anypony seeing it and getting any wild ideas for the future.”

Zeke tossed it over the Devin. “Now then, I have a personal question to ask?”

Devin sighs once again, “Alright, but it better not be TOO personal, or we’re gonna butt heads.”

Zeke pushed the button that made his armor reappear, and summoned the X-blade. “I need to test just how strong you are. The luna in my world can take me on one-on-one, let’s see how you do.”

Devin shrugs, “Okay, but keep in mind, I've been practicing my sword skills since I was little, so I may just give you a challenge.”

Zeke rushed forward, swinging his blade as Devin. Devin managed to summon Gazing Eye in time to block, but was thrown to the side like a ragdoll. “And I was taught to kill since I was little.”

Devin picks himself up, “Seriously?! Do you come from a family of hunters or something?!” he rushes forward to deliver a downward strike as Zeke raises his blade to block.

“My name, is Zeke Ventral. You should know that name if you watch the news.” Zeke punched Devin the the stomach with his free hand, once he was distracted, and Zeke spin kicked him into a wall.

Devin coughed, “Damn. You're better than I thought you were.” he gets into a fighting stance, “But playtime’s over.” Devin uses Teleport to disappear and reappear behind Zeke and attempted to bum rush him, but he was too quick and swung behind him in wide arc, making Devin slide under his blade and his wide open legs, he then stood up and used Fire on him, but Zeke jumped out of its path and onto a rooftop. “C’mon! Take the beating like a man!”

“I guess you really never heard of my family before. I suppose it’s possible.” Zeke arched his back, and to Devin’s shock, Xehanort's Guardian heartless appeared behind Zeke. “You fight well though, so this will be interesting.”

“I don't listen to the news, too boring. But I will give you a fight you won't forget!” Devin leaped up to the rooftop and tried to land on top of Zeke with his feet ready to crash, but he dodged the attack and Devin only managed to destroy part of the building...and started hopping on one foot. “Owowowowow! That really hurt! Son of a bitch!”

Zeke snapped his fingers and Green Requiem appeared. “Heal him.” The Heartless floated over to Devin and sprinkled a small amount of green dust.

“Huh. Well that worked.” Devin gets back into his battle stance, “Shall we continue?”

“Perhaps somewhere without risk to property damage.” Zeke points to the half broken building behind Devin.

“Ehehehehe, right.” Devin chuckles nervously.

“Alright then, let's hope your girlfriends don’t kill you over this.” Zeke taunted as his opened a portal with his Keyblade and tossed it into the air, turning it into a glider. “Follow.”

Devin jumps in carelessly, “Last one in's a rotten egg!”

As Zeke enters the portal, he sees Devin screaming as he is tossed and hits the walls of the portal… Yeah… it’s kinda funny. He thought to himself. After a short while, the portal spat them out, and Devin rolled around the floor after he landed. Zeke landed next to him. “You should have turned the Gazing Eye into a glider.”

Devin stood up, wobbling as he was still dizzy, “Granddad, you ran another stop sign.” he slurred.

Zeke slapped him. After Devin returned to his senses, he looked around, and saw the rusted Keyblades around him. “Yeah, this place.”

“The Keyblade Graveyard?”

“Last place out Keyblades saw battle, right?” Zeke said as he jumped a distance away from Devin. “Seemed appropriate.”

Devin smirks, “I agree.” with one step, he pushes forward into a breakneck dash and clashes Keyblades with Zeke, holding them in a deadlock.

Zeke smirks and hits Devin with a nearby Keyblade he grabbed. “Keep your eyes not just on the opponent… GAH!” Zeke screamed as his fell to the ground. The Keyblade he grabbed was pulsating.

“Whoa! You okay?” Zeke continued screaming, his eyes started to glow both black and white. “It's that Keyblade!” Devin rushed towards him and attempted to knock it out of his hand with a single swing.

The Keyblade was thrown somewhere in the distance, leaving Zeke breathing heavily as he tried to regain his calm. “T… It…. IT hurts!”

“Dude, what the hell just happened?!”

“K, Keyblade… They hurt! They want wielders! They’re dying. They need wielders… Kept screaming.”

“You're not making any sense, man! Are you saying the Keyblades are still alive?!”

Zeke managed to nod. “Need, need wielders. Make the pain go away, stop blood, forget war…”

Devin was at a loss for words, Zeke is acting way differently than he was before. Devin picked him up and put his arm over his shoulder as he raised his Keyblade to open a portal, “C’mon, let's get the fuck outta here.” the portal activated and he threw his Keyblade in the air, turning it into a glider, it looked similar to Terra’s. They left the wretched graveyard and returned to Devin’s Equestria. They rested nearby the area where they first started their battle.

To Devin’s worry, Celestia and Luna were both walking down the street towards them, both looking rather cross. When Devin checked on Zeke, he was muttering and twitching still. “Great.” He said.

“Devin, what is the meaning of this?” Celestia demanded.

“I wish to know as well.” Luna added.

“Alright, I'll explain.” Devin explained the whole situation from start to finish, when he was done, the sisters looked like they a mix of anger and shock.

“Why didn't you get us to handle this issue?” Celestia asked.

“Do you not trust us?” Luna asked with pouty lips.

“No! I DO trust you two! It's just...I wanted to handle this myself, I felt like this wasn't your problem, that it was mine. I'm sorry.”

Celestia sighed, “I suppose I can't stay mad at you, but what about him?” she motions to Zeke.

“Well…” Devin rubs the back of his head, not knowing the answer to that particular question.

“Can we not just send him back?” Luna asked.

“...I can try, but I don't know if it'll work.” Devin activated another portal and checked it to see it was exactly the world Zeke came from, “Close enough, I guess.” he picks Zeke up and tosses him in, “SORRY, DUDE! HAVE TO PICK THIS UP NEXT TIME!”

No sooner after Zeke was thrown into the portal, he fell out, grunting and muttering. “F, f. Forget the war.” He managed to say.

“Well, that failed.” As Devin went back to pick up Zeke, Zeke screamed a noise that was inhuman, shattering windows and even cracking the ground around him. Devin and the princesses backed up.

Zeke soon stopped abruptly, and stood up. His expression was blank and his eyes looked almost hollow. “Forget the war.” He said, and the Keyblade that started all this appeared rather than the X-blade. “Forget the blood.” Several more keyblades appeared, but they were stuck into Zeke’s body like needles in a pin cushion. “Forget the darkness.” A small group of Keyblades appeared and were floating around Zeke. “We. Want. New. Wielders.” Zeke’s voice sounded like a hundred different people talking at once.

“Oh. Crap.” Devin said. Zeke ran towards them, faster than should be humanly possible. Devin brought up his Keyblade to guard, but Zeke passed him. “What in the fuck?!” As Devin turned around, Zeke’s real target became clear. He was after the princesses. “Nooooo!” Devin charged after him and launched a beam from his Gazing Eye that erected a barrier that protected the princesses, like Aqua did for Terra in the battle with Xehanort and Vanitas.

Zeke stopped just in front of the barrier, touching it with his free hand. “Chosin.” He said, as Celestia and Luna clutched their cheats as two of the Keyblades floating around Zeke vanished. He then ran off towards a random direction.

“Now where is he going?” Devin shook his head, “I'll deal with him later. Celestia! Luna! Are you two okay?!” The two moved, and seemed fine as they got up.

“Y, yes I believe so.” Celestia answered. “It hurt, but like getting pricked by a needle.”

“Good, now we gotta deal with Zeke.”

“I feel… odd though.” Luna stated. “Like… something is new.”

Devin felt worried about this. “What do you mean?”

“I feel like… I can’t quite put it. I just know something is different.” Luna stomped in frustration. As she was gonna hit the air in the same froze when a flash of light appeared in her hand, and what was there was one of the two Keyblades that vanished from around Zeke. “That’s it…” The blade was long, decorated like the night with the stars and dark sky as the blade. The base was a full moon, and the top was a crescent moon. The Keychain was a star. “So...now I have a Keyblade as well?”

“...Yeah, it looks like it.” Devin said, not believing what just happened.

“Perhaps this is all he is doing?” Celestia said. “Devin, you said the Keyblades at the graveyard were still alive, and Zeke heard them screaming when he touched one, right?”

“Yeah, but how is giving ponies Keyblades a good thing? The Keyblade can be either light or dark, therefore even the Keyblade can corrupt somepony.”

“Idiot.” They all turned around, and saw a man in a blank mask and dressed in purple robes. “Keyblades aren’t just given out like candy on halloween. A Keyblade chooses it’s master, meaning it searches for a master that’s compatible, otherwise it can’t keep a connection to them. Basically only someone with a largely dark heart can posses a Keyblade of Darkness.” He said.

“So what? Not all Keyblades are of darkness, and judging by your words, you seem to know too much about them and the darkness.”

“I believe Zeke was trying to get you to help end me. I’m Core, and right now we need to stabilize Zeke, or everyone, good and bad, will be getting new weapons.”

“How do I know I can trust you?”

“Kid, to me, you’re worthless, but I need Zeke. Right now he’s being controlled by every Keyblade from the Keyblade Graveyard. Those rotting blades are too mad to think, they just want wielders. Your options are either trust me and get Zeke under control, or you’re gonna be teaching this whole world about Keyblades.”

Devin looked back at Celestia and Luna for a counter-argument, but they looked just as unsure as him. With a growl, he said, “Fine! But if you try anything funny, I'll end you myself!”

“God himself tried, and failed. But we’ll see how you do after this is over.” Core turned around to face the road. “I can trace Zeke’s energy. I just need to get close enough for him to pull out the X-blade. Once that’s done, the X-blade will do the rest.” Core ran off, and Devin, Celestia and Luna followed.

“So, you're sure this'll work? Any defects? I should know if this plan blows up?”

“By themselves, Keyblades are no real match for the X-blade, but the whole Graveyard is taking advantage of Zeke’s situation to control him and keep the X-blade from keeping them away.”

“Okay, where is he then?”

“... Feels like he made it to… the castle.” Core jumped across rooftops, staying a distance ahead of the three. It took a while, but the three caught up with him in front of the castle gate.

“Where is he exactly in the castle?”

“... coming right at us.” Core jumped back, dodging the door’s sudden burst open. “Figured they come after me.”

Zeke looked at Core. “Purify. Save.”

“What gibberish is he saying?”

“It’s the Keyblades. They’re alive, but they’re so worn they can only speak their basic functions and actions. I am a Heartless so they’re gonna target me.” Zeke rushed at Core, a barrage of Keyblades following the attack. Core blocked them all without effort. “Told ya.”

“Yeah, whatever.” Devin summoned the Gazing Eye, “Let's thrash him till that X-blade pops back out.” he rushed Zeke, ready to strike.

Three Keyblades met Devin’s attack, stopping him mid air and tossing him aside. They followed after Devin, swinging as if someone else was holding them. “Brother. Why fight us?” The Keyblades asked.

“First off, I'm not your brother,” Devin began, “second, you guys are going crazy and I gotta stop you!” he pushed back, trying to gain some ground.

“Wielder. Silence. We. Speak. To. Brother.” They said, and the Gazing Eye flashed with light for a second. “Wielders. Forget the war.” Several more Keyblades went after Devin, until Luna jumped in and blocked them with hers.

“HOW DARE YOU FEEBLE WEAPONS TELL MY FIANCÉ TO SILENCE!” Luna booms with her Royal Canterlot Voice, “HE IS MORE NOBLE THAN ALL OF YOU COMBINED!!” Luna pushed them all back with little effort and they all were flung and embedded into a nearby wall.

“New. Wielder. Sister. You. Are. Well?” Luna’s Keyblade flashed white for a second. “Sanity? We need wielders. Forget the war. Regain sanity.” Out of the ground, a mini hurricane of Keyblades swallowed Luna, and she screamed in pain. “Wielders. Sanity. No difference.”

Devin was struggling not to lash out at the Keyblades, he knew he had to think rationally about this, maybe fighting them won't help, but perhaps talking to them… “Wait.” The Keyblades halted their advance on Luna, “You don't need wielders to be whole, and you also don't need them to regain your sanity. Look into your hearts, you know this is wrong, please, just let my friends go.”

The Keyblades looked at Devin. “Keyblades heart is wielders Heart… body’s heart is like fathers heart. Father made us. One Keyblade for every sentient being.”

“Whoever this ‘father’ is, he wouldn't want you to do this, there's always another way. Don't take away other being’s lives to make yourselves whole again. We can find you new wielders, just not by force.”

“Father made us. Are you there, father?” As hoped, the Keyblades summoned the X-blade, and raised it to the sky. “Father. What are we to do is we lack wielders?” The X-blade glowed, shooting a beam of light into the sky, making all the clouds swarm around the beam. After a bit, Kingdom Hearts hovered up in the sky above Canterlot. “Father! Make us forget. Make us forget. MAKE US FORGET THE WAR!”

“I’m out.” Core said as he fell into a dark portal.

“Hey! Coward!” Devin exclaimed, but let it go for now. He finally made headway with the Keyblades, and felt it was best not to keep fighting.

Kingdom Hearts lowered some light over the Keyblades controlling Zeke’s bady, and they began to speak. “We want wielders father. You made us incomplete. We need wielders. You made us this way. Give us our chosen wielders.” They stood silent for a time. “Can such deed be done?” Silence again. “Thank you, father.” The Keyblades took the X-blade, and stabbed it into Zeke’s chest. “Complete at last.”

“What the hell?!” Devin said, “What was that about?!”

Zeke’s whole body arched, facing Kingdom Hearts. An orb of light left Zeke’s body and in the light of Kingdom Hearts, turned as blue as it, and went back inside of Zeke. The Keyblades around him disappeared and soon Kingdom Hearts vanished, leaving Zeke lying on the floor.

Devin ran over to Zeke’s unconscious body. “Zeke! You okay?”

Zeke grunted. “What? What the heck happened?” He asked as he got up.

“You were possessed by every Keyblade in the graveyard, and we had to snap you out of it.”

“Really? That feels… really?”

“You are not hurt, are you?” Luna asked.

“No, I feel fine. Great actually.” Zeke noticed Luna’s Keyblade. “Oh, when did Devin give you that?”

“I didn't. When you ran off, you said something and Celestia and Luna were grabbing their chests in pain, then all of a sudden, Luna got her Keyblade.” Devin explained.

“That… that happened?” It’s true. “Who said that?”

“Said what?”

“Someone just said ‘it’s true’, right now.” In Luna’s hand. Zeke looked at Luna’s Keyblade.

“Uh… I think Luna’s Keyblade spoke?”

“Really?” Devin looked at Luna’s Keyblade, “The other Keyblades talked, but we were able to hear them. So how come only you can hear Luna’s?”

“I can answer that.” Zeke spoke, covering his mouth in surprise as that voice wasn't his.

“Uh…” Was all Devin could say.

“That wasn’t me.” Zeke said.

“It was me.” The other voice spoke from Zeke again.

“What the heck? Who are you?” The X-blade appeared in Zeke’s hand. “I didn’t summon it.”

“I summoned myself.”

Zeke looked at the X-blade. “M, my Keyblade is talking through me… How?”

“Well, the father of all Keyblades, myself included, Kingdom Hearts, basically turned you into… well, a human Keyblade.”

“Wow. That's...pretty cool.” Devin said.

“How in the flying hell did that happen?!” Zeke screamed.

“Well, the decayed Keyblades from the Keyblade Graveyard wanted wielders, but Father was on Devin’s side in this argument. Since you already had a connection to him through me, he just basically turned your own heart into another version of himself. You can store and purify every decayed and insane Keyblade you come across. Welcome to the family brother.”

Devin pats Zeke on the shoulder. “Congrats! You got a new family!”

"I have a family! Twilight, Fluttershy, Luna, Celestia, Hearts Care, Rune, and Rainbow Dash! How in the hell am I gonna explain that I became a Keyblade?!”

“Well, just tell them the truth, if they're truly your family, they'll understand.”

“Pardon.” Luna spoke. “But my sister and I have never met you before Zeke.”

“And I imagine Twilight would have wrote about having a special somepony.” Celestia added.

“You forget I’m from a parallel version of your world.” Zeke said. “I just know Rune’s gonna try and swing me around like a Keyblade… How long was I on that Keyblade possessed rampage?”

“Um…” Devin counted with his fingers, “Half an hour, give or take a few minutes. Why?”

“How many people here did the Keyblades choose and give themselves to? Other than Luna and Celestia?”

“I have no idea. Maybe we got lucky and they didn't get anyone.”

“Oh, they did. About twenty people, including the princesses.”

“Damn.” Zeke said

“Who, exactly?” Devin asked.

“Not sure. The ones we got in the castle though were a guard, a pink version of those two, and some blond unicorn.” The X-blade said.

Devin’s eyes bulged out of his head, “Oh, God, please no.”

“I think the Keyblade that chose that guy was… I think it was our youngest brother, Ultima. Yeah, he picked that guy. He rarely chooses a wielder. Most of the time he mimics me and has wielders make or earn his Keychain.”

Devin could not believe his ears, “...WHAT?!?! THE BIGGEST ASSHOLE IN EQUESTRIA HAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL KEYBLADES EVER MADE?!?!”

“As Keyblades we see a person's true nature by seeing their heart. When I tell you that we pitied that sad guy, it was like looking at a wet, kicked puppy. Ultima saw something in him though, and his past wielders he chose kept the worlds safe for years.”

Devin wanted to argue more, how Blueblood was physically, mentally, and morally unfit to wield even one normal Keyblade, but he knew he wouldn't win with the wisest Keyblade of all, so he just grumbled in annoyance.

“Well, the last few I didn’t quite catch who they were… except this one other oddball. Looked like a Centaur, watch out for him. His heart was as black as they come. And don’t blame me, Keyblades of darkness were trying to find wielders too. Luckily it was just the two.”

Devin sighed, “Fine then. So now what happens?”

“Well, as the X-blade, first forged Keyblade by my father, I declare that you Devin, Personally train those that were given Keyblades and keep an eye out for the two dark ones. Also, keep an eye on Ultima for me. Strong he may be, he’s still the baby of the family.”

“Thank god, I can talk now.” Zeke said.

“So, guess I'm a teacher now.” Devin said. “Not the worst job I've had. But what about the other dark Keyblade?”

“Void Gear? Meh, just look for some girl with an itchy sweater and huge glasses that hangs around a library even when a crazy Keyblade person is in the room. Void is very troubled by the way, last wielder he had was someone with part of a heart, but only the darkness in it. Same guy tried to wield me, worst migraine ever after I broke and exploded.”

“Oh boy…” Devin groaned, rubbing his temples.

“Well, I’ll be off. This guy needs to have a talk with his finances.”

Zeke shook his head. “That’s going to take some getting used to.” Zeke used the X-blade and opened a portal. He then turned it into a glider and jumped on. “Good luck with all this… We both need it.” He flew into the portal.

After resolving that whole mess, we returned inside the castle to rest after a long day, Celestia, Luna, and I cuddled for the remainder of the day, until something was gnawing at me.

"Is something wrong?" Luna asked.

"I just can't shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something..."

Meanwhile, the sun begin to set as Cadence remains seated at the café, waiting for her date, as she calls him. Finally, she groans in annoyance and leaves the establishment.

"When I find you, you're gonna get it, Devin!"

Enter The Mane 6

"Note to self: never forget about Cadence...ever again." I take note as I limp out of the infirmary.

After everything that happened yesterday, I completely forgot about Cadence and needless to say...she really laid into me. Now I have to have pain killers handy for the next week until the pain completely subsides. Damn, for a pampered pony princess, she sure hits hard.

Now, I'm on my way to Celestia's bedchambers to inform her of my condition, once I enter, she rushes over to me and treats me like I'm glass.

"Celestia, I'm fine. Nothing a couple pills won't fix...temporarily." I say.

"I still can't believe Cadence could do something like this, over a date no less." Celestia said.

"It wasn't a date, we were just hanging out as friends. Besides, she's married, and I don't Shining's gonna agree to a harem."

"A what?"

"A harem. On my world, it means being in a relationship with more than one person."

"So, it's like a herd in our world, where ponies mate with more than one life partner."

"Precisely. And that practice is looked down upon in my world."

"Well, it's not that way here."

"Huh?"

"You're allowed more than one wife or husband in Equestria without fear of being ostracized."

That shocked me, I thought she'd be against it...then again, she agreed to Luna's crazy idea of a hare—ahem—herd marriage. "...O-kay." I say, uncertain.

"But," Celestia adds, "you have to let everypony in the herd know that you're adding another mate, and they only join if we all agree."

Annnnd there's the kicker, "Fine by me, I don't see myself marrying anypony other than you and your sister." Celestia was about to ask, but I stopped her, "And no, I haven't made my decision yet."

We began talking about a few things for a little while until a purple unicorn barged in with her friends; she had deep purple eyes, long indigo hair and tail with two streaks in it, pink and purple, wearing a pink button-up blouse that was loose around her torso, a dark purple short skirt with a six pointed magenta star that hung around her waist, covering what needed to be covered, and indigo sneakers with magenta laces.

The other unicorn was an ivory white, curly purple hair and tail, and ocean blue eyes, wearing a baby blue shirt, a greyish white skirt with three blue diamonds on it, and fashionable shoes. Everything about this girl screamed fashion victim.

One of the pegasi was sky blue, messy rainbow hair and tail, and rose eyes, wearing a sports tee with a cloud and lightning bolt with the three primary colors, red, yellow, and blue, tight spandex shorts, and rainbow-ish cleats. This was obviously the athlete of the group.

The other pegasus was yellow, long, flowing pink hair and tail, and aqua eyes, wearing a white blouse, a long green skirt that reached her shins and was marked with three pink butterflies, and what looked to be nurse's shoes. I honestly think this one is some kind of peacekeeper.

Then there were the two earth ponies, the pink one had puffy dark pink hair and tail and baby blue eyes, wearing a blue shirt that looked like it was slightly stained with cake and frosting, a pink short skirt marked with three balloons, one yellow, two blue, that looked a little too short, and yellow high top sneakers. Seeing the smile on this one reminds me too much of my older brother, cheerful and random.

Lastly, the orange one, she had blonde hair and tail both tied into a ponytail (ironically), and green eyes, wearing a plaid shirt, denim pants, and work boots marked with three red apples on each one. This girl looked to be some type of hard worker.

After I finished examining the girls who suddenly broke in here, I motion to Celestia to see what the problem was.

"My faithful student and my loyal subjects, what is the problem?" she asked them.

"Well..." the purple one hesitates, "I think it's best if you see for yourself."

She takes a couple steps back and holds her hand out, in a flash, a Keyblade materializes.

Celestia gasps, "Twilight...you have a Keyblade?!"

"Huh?" they all say.

Now's my time to step in, "Okay, okay," everyone turned to me as I addressed Celestia, "I'll take it from here." she nods and I walk over to them, "Alright, it's like this..." I explain to them everything I know and remember about the Keyblade; what it is, what it can do, and what it means for the girls should the others wield one, "...And that's pretty much all I can tell you."

The girls stand there, processing all this information I gave them. The first one to snap out of it was the purple one, who looked at me with eyes of wonder.

"I can't believe it! This is so amazing and exciting! There new magic that all of us ALL OF US, can learn! I can't wait to get started! When DO we get started?!"

The blue one pulled her back before her tangent could go any futher, "Slow your roll, egghead." she looks at me, "Besides, how do YOU know about this whole 'Keyblade' thing?"

I hold my hand out and show them my own Keyblade as it appears.

"Freaky-deaky!" the pink one says.

"While it is impressive...the design seems a little...dull." the white one comments.

"Gee, thanks." I sarcastically remark.

"I don't think Rarity meant anything bad by it. Oh, I'm Fluttershy..." the yellow one whispers.

"I'm Pinkie Pie!" the pink one introduces.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle." the purple joins in the introductions.

"Ah'm Applejack," she says in a country accent, "an' this here's Rainbow Dash." she pats the blue one's shoulder.

"You already heard my name, but I'll be ladylike and introduce myself, I am Rarity." she said.

"It's nice to meet you all." I said, "Honestly can't believe you're all personal friends with the princess."

Twilight was wide-eyed, "How did you..."

"When you barged in here without knocking first."

Twilight blushed as Celestia laughed, "It's okay, Twilight, you're welcome anytime."

"Anyway, now that that's settled, how many more of you have a Keyblade?"

They all looked at each other, then me as they summoned their Keyblades; Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity respectively.

"Whoa..." I uttered.

"WAIT A MINUTE!!" Rarity shrieked.

"W-What?!"

Rarity got a little too close and examined me, or more specifically my clothes; a red shirt with small holes all over hidden under a black hoodie with a hole at each sleeve, a broken zipper, and a torn right pocket, and my blue denim shorts that the color faded a little bit, but my red sneakers with black laces were brand new.

"This outfit is absolutely horrendous! There's holes everywhere, your hoodie looks like it was tugged every which way, and...IS THAT A HOLE BETWEEN YOUR LEGS?!"

I blushed since I knew what she was talking about, my shorts were so worn out that the fabric started tearing on its own.

"No, no, no! This will not do! This will not do at ALL!" Rarity grabs me by the wrist and proceeds to drag me out of the room, "Come with me, I MUST fix your clothes!"

"That's NOT th' real issue here, Rarity!" Applejack called.

Celestia giggled, but then frowned, "I hope she goes easy on him, he's still recovering from his injuries after all..."

After about an hour, I've had all I can take with this Rarity pony; fixing my clothes is fine, but lecturing me about how I dress?! I like my clothes simple and not over the top! Who does she think she—ahem—sorry, I'm rambling, I do that when I'm angry. Let's get back to the story, shall we?

"I must admit, your shoes are quite fashionable, but wearing too much red is just not done, I think to match your ensemble you need some yellow to complete your red shirt and blue shorts, oh but then your color scheme will be on par with Rainbow's Cutie Mark..." she continues her tangent.

I desperately tried to tune her out, but being the nice and sociable guy I am, I couldn't just ignore somebody talking to me, my mom raised me better than that.

"Sir? Is something wrong?"

It was at that point that I realized I deep in thought and unintentionally ignored everything else she said. Unfortunately I had a bad habit of zoning out most times.

"S-Sorry, I was lost in thought, what's going on now?" I asked.

"I was just saying that I finished fixing your outfit." Rarity answered.

I looked down and saw that she was right; every hole I had was sewn up, the pocket on my hoodie was stitched back together, the gaping holes in my sleeves had extra black fabric added and sewn together to nicely patch them up, and she even went to the trouble of replacing my broken zipper with a brand new one. Guess she really DOES know what she's doing.

"Thank you, Rarity, I appreciate it." I said.

"Oh, it's no trouble, though I would never wear it myself, you DO pull it off either way." Rarity says.

"Are ya finished now, Rarity?"

I didn't know when the other girls came in, but there they are, even Celestia and Luna who were watching in amusement, and Applejack was the one who spoke.

"Yes, Applejack." Rarity answered, stiffly.

"Okay, NOW can you explain what's going on here?" Rainbow asked me impatiently.

I spent the last hour telling the girls what I told Celestia and Luna already. I even told them about parallel Equestrias and the situation we were stuck in with Zeke and the whole Keyblade Graveyard controlling him, giving the Keyblades new wielders, and this Emblem Heartless named Core, not only that, but Zeke was recruiting other wielders to his cause to defeat him. After I was done, the girls other than Celestia and Luna had varying reactions such as shock, fear, determination, and excitement.

"So, lastly, I have to deduce that the Keyblades from the Keyblade Graveyard have chosen you six as their new wielders." I conclude.

"This is astonishing!" Twilight cheered.

"I suppose so." I said, "And now, I have to take you girls on as my apprentices."

"Wait, what?" Rainbow asked, confused.

"Well, I know more about the Keyblade than you all do, so it makes sense that I become your teacher. But..."

"But what?" Twilight asked.

"I'm...not exactly a Keyblade Master yet." again, they looked confused, so I elaborated, "Keyblade wielders can become Keyblade Masters if and when they pass their Mark of Mastery exam."

"Exam?!" Twilight's eyes twinkled.

"Yes, but it is performed differently for each Master and student; some have the students keep a still heart in a state of hostility, most have combat."

"Combat?" Rainbow suddenly looked eager.

"Yes, but it's not a battle for supremacy, there are no winners, only truths, for when two equal powers clash, their true nature is revealed."

"And this is normally how the Mark of Mastery is found?" Luna asked.

"Normally, yes, but there ARE other ways to conduct the exam."

"So lemme see if I got this right," Rainbow began, "you can only teach us by becoming a 'Keyblade Master', and to become one, you need to pass some exam?" I nod, "Then what are we waiting for?!"

"A week for my pain to go away."

"Huh?" they all said again.

"The doctor said after Cadence knocked my block off for leaving her at the café, I have to take pain pills for a whole week till the pain stops completely."

"Ohh...wait, Cadence did what for what?!" Twilight shrieked.

I had a feeling Cadence was in for it now.

After an entire week of healing, and Twilight giving Cadence a chewing out session, the time had come for me to begin my Mark of Mastery exam. Twilight organized the whole affair, Rainbow and Applejack chose to be my sparring partners for this, Pinkie prepared a "Devin Passed His Keyblade Exam" party, Fluttershy's role in this was to be a nurse in case I get any injuries unlike the ones Cadence gave me, and Rarity made me an entirely new outfit for the occasion and I made sure it was durable as well as fashionable. Luna was going to be my final test, for she already has the hang of her Keyblade, minus the Kingdom Hearts magic, of course, Celestia, Cadence, Shining, all of the Royal Guard, and even Twilight's parents, Twilight Velvet and Night Light will be spectators at this exam, making me slightly nervous.

After I put on my new battle ready outfit, a red tunic with yellow shoulder pads that are hooked to matching chains wrapped around my torso in an X with the symbol known as Terra's Mark from the Land of Departure in the center, red shorts with yellow and blue accents, and red and yellow shoes with blue laces, and steeled my nerves, I walked out into the Royal Guard's training area where the exam was taking place and was met with cheers from my viewers. I guess everypony is rooting for me to pass. With no further delay, I walked up to Luna, who was also overseeing this examination, placed my hand over my heart, and bowed like in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep.

"Devin Freeman, young warrior, hero of princesses...are you ready for the Mark of Mastery examination?" she asked me and I nodded, "I must warn you, this will be done similarly to the Royal Guard's training regimen, but more difficult and intense with these Keyblades we now possess. This will be no easy task. If you wish to back out now, speak. If not, remain silent." everyone was quiet, awaiting my response...but I was silent. I knew there was no turning back now. "I will say again, this will be far from easy."

I stand up straight and gaze my blue eyes into Luna's with an expression of sheer determination and confidence. "Fine. Let's jump right in."

Luna nods, "...Then let the examination begin."

Here we go.

Author's Notes:

Next chapter: an interlude involving the week my character was incapacitated.

Stay tuned!

Interlude: Book of Prophecies

After being situated in my bedroom, I laid down on my bed to sleep off the headache I got from Rainbow Dash's complaining. After a while I could hear Twilight yelling at Cadence from a few rooms away, making my headache worse. Knowing that I wasn't gonna get any sleep, I picked up my Book of Prophecies from my nightstand and started reading.

After Zeke left this world, Devin had been beaten by Princess Cadence for leaving her at the café.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got that part already, what about later?" I flip through the pages impatiently.

Devin lets his soon to be students and wives in on the secret of the Book of Prophecies and tests out their own theories, making them ecstatic, especially Twilight, whom of which was very curious about the future.

"Hmm...interesting."

I continue to read until I finally pass out, the last thought running through my mind was how was I going to tell them about the Book of Prophecies.

Everyone gathered into my guest room for the week and I began to explain to them about the Book of Prophecies, that it is a tome that reads the future of this world, needless to say, Twilight was ecstatic, just as the book predicted. Thank you God.

"I can't believe it! A book that can see the future!" Twilight said as she squee'd.

"Shh!" I shushed, "Do you want all of Canterlot to hear you? We have to keep this to ourselves, we can't risk any temporal paradoxes."

"But we can still read through it, right?" Twilight asked, giving me the puppy dog eyes.

She didn't need to do that, I was gonna loan them the book anyway.

"Okay." I said, making Twilight jump for joy.

She snatched the Book of Prophecies from my hands and started reading through it.

"For the record, can't you just ask for me to hand to you like a normal hu—ahem—pony being?"

Twilight realized what she did and blushed in embarrassment, "I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to—"

I cut her off with a laugh and patted her head, "I was just kidding."

Twilight puffed her cheeks in annoyance and began reading. I had a feeling this was gonna be a good and funny week.

After a while, I was able to get out of bed without any help and wander around the castle, wondering where the girls went, if they're planning to screw around with my book, then I better keep an eye on them just in case things go south. Eventually I found Rainbow and Pinkie at the top of one of the castle towers holding a giant water balloon filled what God-knows-what. I approach them quietly to overhear what they're saying.

"Do you see him yet?" Rainbow asked.

"Nope! Like the book said, he's supposed to be entering the castle with his complaint at 1:00 PM on the dot." Pinkie answered, quoting part of the book.

"Okay, so what time is it?"

"12:58." I say, startling both of them.

"Where'd you come from?!" Rainbow asked me.

"Been here for less than a minute, what are you two up to?"

"Oh well we read that some ex-waiter from the restaurant you and the princess went to once gave you a hard time and we read that he was going to complain to the princess about you so we decided to get him back for ruining your date!" Pinkie ended her tangent with a squee.

"...Wow. You'd probably give my brother a run for his money talking fast like that."

Pinkie just smiled and checked her watch, "Ohmygosh! He's almost here!"

Rainbow lifted the massive balloon with ease over the tower's edge, "Ready!"

We all looked down to see a male pony, who was indeed the same ex-waiter from the restaurant, storming his way to the castle gates, seemingly muttering to himself, unaware of the fate that is about to befall him...

The stallion was seething.

Not only did he lose his job, but he lost the benefits that came with it; parties with the nobles, free food from the restaurant, and a slowly growing rank in the nobility. But now it was all gone. Nobles laughed at him, no restaurant gave him a job, and he lost his ranking.

All because of that peasant.

He was muttering something nopony could hear, "When I get my hands on that child, he's gonna—"

SPLOOSH!

A large object fell on top of him and splattered an orange-ish substance, some of it got in his mouth, which he spit out in disgust.

"SWEET CELESTIA, IT'S URINE AND HOT SAUCE!!"

We laughed and laughed and laughed until our sides ached from doing so, once we were done we looked back down to see the entire city laughing at the stallion's misfortune. He ran away screaming and crying like a little kid as we high-fived each other.

I knew this was gonna be fun.

I decided to rest in bed for today, because my pain killers were taking forever to work this time around. Later on, Celestia and Luna joined me in bed and snuggle and cuddle, which relieved some of my pain. I suppose marriage with these two didn't seem so bad after all.

I was laying in bed like yesterday, the only two differences is that the princesses didn't join me and I was reading through the Book of Prophecies to see what the future had in store for me.

Not long after completing the Mark of Mastery exam, Devin's Keyblade suddenly reacted and opened a portal to another world. He chose to check it out, but not even a minute later, he falls out of it backwards screaming and shaking in fear. Naturally, everypony goes to him to make sure he was alright, but all he said was, "I'm not going back in there."

"Huh? That's strange. How bad could this world have been to scare me out of my pants?"

Guess I'll find out soon enough.

A while had passed now and I was able to walk around with no problem, but I still need to go to the doctor on the seventh day to be sure that the pain is completely gone. Right now I was trying to find Twilight, who had the Book of Prophecies for the day and was analyzing it in the Canterlot Castle Library...now if I only knew where it was. After about five minutes of searching, I nearly bump into Princess Cadence, who looked guilty upon seeing me.

"Hey." she said.

"Hey." I said back.

An awkward silence occurred.

"Look, I'm sorry for beating you up, I wasn't thinking straight." Cadence apologized.

"And I'm sorry for forgetting about you and leaving at the café by yourself." I apologize back.

"It's okay. How about we start over?"

"Sounds good to me. Hey, do you know where the castle library is? Twilight has the Book of Prophecies for the day and I'm trying to find her."

Cadence giggles, "Of course she would do that. C'mon, I'll show you the way."

I nod and follow her to the library. I'm glad we got things patched up between us.

Today was the day.

Today I was going to hear from my doctor about my condition.

My possible wives and Princess Cadence were sitting with me in the doctor's office, waiting as he did some basic tests for pain and reflexes. After he was done, he wrote some stuff down on his clipboard and turned to us.

"Well, Mr. Freeman, it seems the pain has finally stopped, but I would advise not doing anything strenuous for the rest of the day should you have a relapse."

"I understand." I said as we left the hospital, the princesses hugging me all the while.

"So what should we do to celebrate?" Cadence asked.

"Hmm..." I think for a moment, then snap my fingers, "How about we have Pinkie plan a party for my recovery?"

"I think it's perfect. Let's go inform the girls, shall we?" Celestia said.

Little did we know that Pinkie had already planned ahead and surprised us with a surprise party and invited nearly everyone in Canterlot, the banner up top said, "CONGRATULATIONS FOR RECOVERING!" In no time at all, the party started up and everypony was having fun, even me, despite the fact that I had to stay out of some of the party games. Today, I will have fun with my new friends and future wives.

...But tomorrow, my true test of worth begins.

The Mark of Mastery.

Author's Notes:

Sorry this was so short.

Also, thumbs-up for anyone who can guess the Boondocks reference

Mark of Mastery

The moment my exam began, Luna conjured several suits of armor that surrounded me, at least six in total, their eyes began to glow a blue color and started moving on their own, drawing their swords and wielding them in both hands. I summoned my Keyblade and me and my opponents readied our battle stances, the first to attack was from one of the armors and I raised my weapon to block, but it had the momentum advantage and pushed me a ways across the battlefield. I recollected myself and readied for another attack, which soon came from a different armor as I clashed blades with it, locked in between each other as one of us tried to gain an edge over the other.

Eventually, I was able to push it off and follow up with an old three hit combo from the Kingdom Hearts games and a Fire spell, which made it disperse into nothingness.

One down, five to go.

Unfortunately, I let my guard down too long and let yet another armor strike me across the field, the same with another and another until the whole field became one giant pinball game, and I was the pinball. I had enough of the onslaught and prepared to hit the armor I was being knocked over to and sliced it out of existence, I did the same thing to another armor that tried to get the drop on me except I dispatched it with a Blizzard spell, I didn't know I had that one.

Okay, half of them are done, now for the other half.

This time I was focused as an oncoming attack from behind was blocked by me and redirected its blade to its side and slashed across its chest, destroying it. The other two ganged up on me and used their swords against my Keyblade to keep me pinned down. Luckily, I was able to slide under in between one of the armor's legs, making their sword crash to the ground as I picked myself up and dragged my Keyblade across their backs, causing them to disappear. Then, the crowd started cheering for me, happy that I cleared my first test.

Luna walked up to me, "Well done, Devin. Now, on to your next test. Miss Dash, Miss Applejack, you know what to do."

The two nodded and walked in front of me a few feet away as we returned to the center of the field.

"Ready?"

We all readied our own Keyblades for battle.

"Begin!"

We all charged forward in a rush of wind and collided each our Keyblades.

I knew I was in for a rough battle.

After conducting a bunch of skills and tricks during our fight, we were so exhausted that we could only hit each other's Keyblades very weakly, as if our arms were limp noodles.

Luna giggled at our tiredness, "Okay, that's enough, it is clear that you are all evenly matched, so Devin passed." Luna became serious, "Which will make this harder for me."

"Huh?" I ask.

"After you take a break, you'll be up against me. If you couldn't defeat Rainbow Dash or Applejack, what hope do you have against me?"

I was rendered silent all throughout the break.

Rainbow and Applejack sat with me on a bench, "C'mon, Devin, you can't get yourself get down because you can't beat Luna." Rainbow said.

Nothing.

"It'll be okay, Sugarcube, you can handle yerself."

Nada.

"Well...we'll be with the others in the stands, you get ready for your final test. See ya!" Rainbow said as she and Applejack left me alone.

I began to think to myself, if I can't beat Luna then why did the Book of Prophecies say I passed? It should be pretty much impossible! Unless...I'm missing something.

Just then, I remembered what I told the girls about the Mark of Mastery.

"Yes, but it's not a battle for supremacy, there are no winners, only truths, for when two equal powers clash, their true nature is revealed."

"Of course...!" I utter.

I get up and steel my nerves for my final trial against Luna. As I enter the battlefield once again, I see Luna waiting for me, Keyblade in hand and her dress replaced with full body armor, and the crowd looking quite anxious, but I remain confident, yet serious. The moment I stand a few feet away from Luna, she speaks to me.

"This, is your final test. Are you ready?"

I nod and notice Luna looking nervous to battle me, it's time I gave her some words of encouragement, "There are no winners, only truths, for when two equal powers clash, their true nature is revealed."

Luna was slack-jawed at my words, but then smiled and nodded, then we both get into our battle stances and prepare for a fight. We rushed forward and met in the middle, our Keyblades clashing and sparks flying as we tried to push each other back. Luna had more strength than me and shoved me backwards, but I didn't stumble as she predicted and charged at her with an uppercut swing, knocking her Keyblade off to her side, then quickly going for a downwards swing, which she retaliated by swinging inward and redirecting my Keyblade's path to the ground as she jumped to the side to get away. I wouldn't be denied so easily as I rushed her again, swinging sideways as she raised to block, holding us in another deadlock, which I broke by sliding under her in between her legs like I did with those suits of armor, good thing she wasn't wearing her dress anymore, otherwise it would've really threw me off...anyway, I went for a thrust the second I was behind her, but she swiftly spun around and knocked my Keyblade away from its desired target, instead I was able to cut her arm, but not close enough to slice open a vein, thank God.

Luna was surprised at her sudden gash on her arm and turned to me with a smile, "Impressive. Nopony has ever been able to land a blow on me in over a millennia."

I break my serious face and smirk, "Guess I'm the first in a long time, huh?"

"Verily, surely you will make a grand husband."

"Care to disperse with the banter?"

Luna smirks confidently, "Gladly."

We charge again, but instead of locking in the middle, we slashed and clashed our Keyblades multiple times in several different directions, sometimes raising a block, trying to land a hit on each other. A good five minutes has passed as we kept going strong, but then Luna raised her free hand in front of her as I was going for another strike.

"Enough. The battle is over."

I disband my Keyblade and kneel before her, waiting for her verdict of my test.

"Devin Freeman, you kept a still heart in the most trying of circumstances, never gave up even though you became tired, and managed to survive in a blade fight with me, Princess of the Night...with that said..."

She raised her Keyblade and tapped both my shoulders with it before making it disappear.

"...You have truly shown the Mark of Mastery. Rise, Master Devin."

I did so, and the crowd went wild, cheering at my victory as my friends dogpiled and hugged me, making me laugh at their boldness. Today was truly a good day.

Soon, my victory party came around and everypony from Ponyville and Canterlot were invited, even Blueblood...unfortunately. I met a lot of ponies who became quick friends with me and today couldn't have gone better. But before I knew it, my Keyblade appeared in my hand and shot a beam in front of me, opening a portal to another world.

Everyone was staring at it as I walked up to it, until Celestia grabbed my wrist, "Are you sure it's okay?"

I shrug, "Won't know unless I try."

Reluctantly, Celestia let go and I entered through.

Time to see what was so scary.

Once I was on the other side of the portal, I was in some sort of office with dim and flickering lights.

"That's weird..." I spoke.

Just then, the power went off leaving me in the dark. Shortly after it did, creepy music started playing in the background with mini-lights flashing all around, unnerving me more.

"Okay...how can there be music playing if the power's out?"

Suddenly, an animatronic bear wearing a top hat appeared out of nowhere and screamed as it tried to grab me, making me scream back as I fell backwards back into the portal, landing on my ass and the portal closing immediately. Everypony rushed to my side to see if I was okay, but I was still shaking with fear.

"Devin, are you okay?" Celestia asked me.

"I'm not going back in there." was all I said before passing out from the rush of anxiety my body felt.

In my unconscious state, I could still hear that bear's screech...

Author's Notes:

Yeah...Five Nights At Freddy's gave me freaking nightmares, so I made this last part to show that this world was a one time thing and will NOT be shown again.