Spending time with Jenny like this showed me a side of her I've never seen before. Her childlike wonder and innocence. The race to the castle was fun. A few noble ponies did receive some frights, but where quickly assured that everything was fine. I lost, Jenny cheated. Dinner was awesome. The next Day I met Cript in my castles tallest tower. Here the statue of Den was placed on a small shrine, alongside texts Consequence told me where the old kings scrokbooks of his armory, Treasury, and detailed documents of all current known Nobodies.

“How are you doing?” I asked, back in my normal form with my cloak on after having a joyous day with Jenny.

“Good. Lot of texts you'll wanna read later on. So, your final test.” Cript said.

“Yes, my final test...whatever the hell that is.” I said honestly. “What is the final test if I may ask?”

“Your final test is in two parts. Diplomatic security. We'll see how well you handle these things. Lastly is the second part. Controlled War.”

“Oh boy, a whole lot of talking and then leading into me playing an RTS.” I said. “Can’t wait.”

“First we will handle your diplomatic relations skills. In a few moments your eldest siblings will be arriving to inhabit your newly added territory. I had them select two leaders, and while they build/creature comfort their respective territory. Your job is to figure out how Equis and this new land and species will coexist with their differences.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “This is gonna be interesting...and a pain in the ass.”

“The war will be, depending on how your diplomatic part goes, easier or harder. An unspecified amount of Shadow Creatures, Heartless, Unversed, and Inhumans that I will spawn in will invade from all sides. No one will die, just knocked out. Keep them from breaching the castle and grabbing the statue of Den, for three days, you pass.”

“Oh…” I muttered. “That’s...gonna be a thing.”

“A leader must be able to handle both social, political, and situational issues with proper action. This will prove to those struggling to follow you that you can lead this world.”

“So no matter how I do this I will have things attacking my castle?” I asked honestly.

“Yes. A proper king is more than just an authority, they must be someone the people can, without hesitation, trust to keep them safe. If you want the citizens to know this, don't let the enemies even reach your castle walls.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “This...is gonna be a bit annoying to be perfectly honest...wasn’t good at RTS style stuff...I know this isn’t a game but still.” I said, taking a deep breath as I already tried thinking of the hundreds of ways to defend this place with my supercomputer level intelligence.

“Your sibling diplomats should be arriving soon. Good luck.”

“Shit…” I muttered. “Well...this is gonna be a nightmare.” I muttered, taking a deep breath and mentally preparing myself for this.

“Later then. I’ll check in when you are all done.” Cript said, leaving in a blink of the eye.

“Can't wait…” I muttered. “Consequence, where's Luxu? Gonna need my generals help.” I sighed out.

Consequence appeared. “I shall inform him at once.” He said, vanishing again.

I headed back to my throne room. The walk was long enough that Luxu was there already. “So, I like what you’ve done with the place.” Luxu said, looking around. “New castle, new realm entirely, and a extra two worlds fuzed into one. Gotta say this is pretty impressive.”

“Yep, but the extra worlds were because of Cript and...I have no idea why Equestria jumped here to begin with.” I shrugged. “But glad you like it. So, I suppose Consequence told you why I needed you?”

“Yup. And, I suspect it jumped because you are tied to this realm now that you are it’s king, and since you’ve spent...a lot of time here your influence has rubbed off on it. Should I also point out you didn’t bring this worlds sun and moon?”

I blinked. “Uh...woop.” I said worriedly. “Well..actually that’s a thing, I didn’t bring this here, Consequence did...I think.” I said, not a hundred percent sure about all that. “Then...why are the day and night cycles perfectly fine?”

“Fuck if I know? I’ve never even been to this realm until this world was hacked into it. Well from what I gather your Celestia and Luna are now cut from their celestial bodies, you know what that means!” He said as if talking on Blues Clues.

“And why did you need to talk like your on Blues Clues?” I asked honestly.

“Cause sarcasm. It means they are Mortal now. From now on they will age like the rest of you. Though they will still live a bit longer than your other pony wives, maybe by… fifty, seventy years? Somewhere around there. But, they can be injured, so, be careful on that.”

“Of course…” I muttered. “I...should have brought up with Cript about my family and their lifespans…” I muttered, having a feeling they have extended lifespans but not sure. “So anyways, I presume your a master tactician considering your...longer life?”

“Yeah. Back when my friends where alive I taught them how to organize mass numbers in their Unions. Why? Something up?”

“Well...Cript said my last ‘test’ is two parts, diplomacy, and then war management. The war part is gonna happen either way but it’s going to be easier or harder depending on if I do or don’t piss off the people I’m going to be talking to.” I said honestly. “So I’m gonna need your help to keep the entire castle safe. Cript said that a good defense would basically make any oncoming attacks never even reach the castle walls but...well you know me.” I said honestly.

“Ah. Got it.” He said, summoning his Lunatic. “I’ll prove my loyalty when who or whatever it is start attacking. I’ll go inform your other council members and Faust and Scarab. Also, check this!” Luxu said, raising Lunatic to my throne. It glowed almost like a Keyblade before shooting a beam of nothingness into my throne. It glowed, and before us raised a table, where a holographic image of THE WHOLE WORLD appeared, flat like a map. Every kingdom and notable location for viewing. Even my Zeplin with my other clone and wives. Huh.

“That...is really cool.” I said honestly, looking over the huge ass map. “I mean, I shouldn’t be surprised the General can summon a world wide map in the throne room to be perfectly honest.”

“Yeah. I can use this to most effectively set up defences and offences. Oh, and check THIS.” He said, taking out his Keyblade and tapping it. The world turned to a sphere. Then a see through grey orb covered it, then several other worlds… Wait… Foretellers… Ruined world… John… and chunks of rock...Daybreak… “It shows all the worlds you have a connection to. Even Daybreak, which is now space rubble… eh.”

“Your bastard of a father did that.” I frowned.

“I know.” Luxu said simply. “Had a silent alarm setup in that armory. Grabbed all the Gazing Eyes, and my friends robes. That was all I did.”

“Let me guess...you know your the one who’s going to have to kill him?” I asked honestly.

“I’ve been planning it for longer than anyone should even consider the thought.” Luxu sighed. “He changed, that Fear of the X-blade… I just don’t know why. If I at least knew… then maybe I’d pity him.”

“I understand…” I sighed out. “How’s Time Belle? You two still a couple?”

“Yup. She’s back in Ponyville. Started helping Cheerilee with her classes. Think she might stay with that job. I know Cheerilee could use the help.” Luxu laughed.

“That’s good.” I nodded. “Glad to know you two are still a couple.” I said with a little smile, glad to hear a nice laugh considering the upcoming problems. “Oh, and also…” I said while pulling out the pocket watch Kexez gave me. “Three years…” I said, knowing I won’t even need to say what the three years are for. “That’s our time.”

“Three… years… Should have guessed.” Luxu sighed… what does he know?

“What do you mean? I just learned that the day this hits zero the day syncs up for literally everyone, is there something else you know?” I asked curiously.

“The reflections all...have one day, a whole 24hrs where they are on the same day, same time, same year. That was when the first Keyblade war broke out. Ever since then every so many randomly seeming years they line up, on this day the barriers between then are damn near like paper. Easy for traveling between reflections.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “Anything else? Like...the Realm of Darkness, Nothingness and Void being able to seep into the world more easily or something?” I asked honestly.

“Void, no. It follows its own rules. Nothingness was never part of the first one because back then it was an unknown area. Darkness… perhaps. It didn’t last time but in the years before the war Heartless reports where skyrocketing to all time highs, though that can be because of the negativity between the unions regarding the traitor. This new war will only have slight similarities to the old one. Cause as far as I can predict.” He said, waving Gazing Eye. “It’s a war unique to itself.”

“Interesting…” I said. “Um...how long will it last? Cause I was told it would last a day if we're lucky enough.”

“Depends. Even if we take out Spoiled, Kexez, Eve and her kin all in the first day, the amount of Heartless, and Ventral clones and god knows what else they have will be flooding the place. It’s the cannon fodder in this war that will be the one who makes the hours turn to days. Weeks even if possible.”

“Oh dear…” I frowned. “I mean...we have armies as well but still...the war’s gonna suck I just know it.”

“All wars suck.” Luxu said. “Just don’t sit and watch… like I did…”

I was sitting in a meeting room, adorned with what I think is real gold and marble pillars. Looks so fancy. Food was set up all around, as were drinks. All I was doing now was waiting. “Well...I hope they enjoy the food and drinks.” I muttered, thinking about who might be here and what is going to happen here.

The doors opened. Three Dire Wolf siblings of mine entered. Two women, one man. One of the women was in Primal form, the other in humanoid. The third was also humanoid, but in heavy armoring. Or...was it something else. It looks almost ceremonial. They entered, taking their seats across from me.

“How are you three doing today?” I asked politely, wanting to start off simple.

“Fine.” The armored one spoke.

“It’s been exciting.” The other humanoide one said.

“We understand you saved out ancestral homeworld.” The Primal one said. “I am Stria. The armored brother of ours and yours is Kelko. And lastly Nina here. Kelko developed his own version of the past two tribes, creating a third that exists as both the Evolved and Primal bodies by existing in the middle.” Stria said.

“That’s right.” Kelko spoke. “As I am now my reflexes, smell and other physical attributes are stronger than the Evolved form, but not as good as the True Primal.”

I nodded. “It’s wonderful to meet you three.” I said politely while motioning to the food. “Please, help yourselves to the food and drinks if you’d like.” I said, wanting to be a good host and get on their good sides without having the ‘savior of their world’ being the main thing about me.

“Thank you.” Nina said, getting up and taking a water bottle. “So then, we decided on the way over here to speak of our issues separately, or rather one at a time.”

“I’m here to help.” I said readily. “Who wants to go first?” I asked, wondering who will go first and tell me their problems.

“If I may?” Stria asked her siblings, the two nodding. “The new Primal Tribe requests the land we held before the world became poisoned. The thick of the forests and the flatlands where the larger preys roam.” She asked.

“And there’s our shared issue.” Kelko said. “We need the flatlands to build our towns and cities, and their woods would hold the best lumber. But we can’t touch those trees without a fight breaking out.” Nina nodded.

“Tradition dictates the Evolved Tribes built their homes from stone.” Nina spoke. “But without wood for temporary construction, and tools, we’d be at a disadvantage.”

“And their towns and cities in the flatlands would take up space and food/water sources the large prey need to continue to breed and populate.” Stria countered.

“Do you need all the flatlands?” I asked curiously. “Or just a good portion of it? Cause the forest problem, while it might take time, regrowing the trees that are cut down would help keep the forests alive and well, cause again the towns and cities don’t need all the lumber right?” I asked.

“As they grow it might become an issue.” Kelko said. “The bigger our population grows over time the more lumber we’ll need. While just one of the massive trees will do for now it won’t last us for too long.”

“Yes, then we can switch to stone and mine the mountains like the past Evolved Tribe.”

“Well, you’ll be doing that.” Kelko said. “The Third Tribe all decided simple huts for basic sleeping and that’s it.”

“Yes, and you clearly didn't think everything through…” Nina rolled her eyes. Wow, they are so real siblings, fight like them.

“This might sound a little weird but have you thought of building towns in the trees?” I asked honestly. “Keeps the flatlands open if all the buildings are either built on the side of the tree’s, or literally are the tree’s.” I said honestly.

“Are the trees?” Stria asked. “Can you explain that?”

“I think he means hollow them out as needed to make a house.” Kelko said.

“Pretty much.” I said honestly. “I sadly haven’t been to the forests all that much but I know the tree’s are big enough to either hold living spaces, or the few really huge one’s actually being it’s own town or city.” I said. “How big are the biggest tree’s if I may ask?”

“On standard the trees are five hundred feet thick and can reach up to four miles high…” Stria said. “If hollowed out, one can house hundreds to thousands of your tribe while co-existing with my own… Leaving the flatlands open for the large, important preys.”

“And the wood we cut out can be used for tools and will be used accordingly.” Kelko said.

“Yes… that can work out well, all of us in one area would also make for an interesting integration.” Nina pondered.

“The flatlands is clear, the forest floor stays out of it and most of the wood is cut from higher up instead of the entire thing.” I explained. “Does that sound good to you three?”

“That can work well.” Stria said.

“Yes, we can make them more than fit to keep the young safe high up when this expected war hits.” Nina spoke.

“Or dig far below to make bunkers.” Stria added.

“That’s good too, the extra wood could make your cave homes or dug dens better suited to resist the rains and snow.”

“I think this is gonna work out better than expected.” Kelko said.

I smiled warmly. “That’s good.” I nodded. “Anything other problems?” I asked curiously.

“Well I guess it’s just the need to tools.”

“What kind of tools do you need?” I asked.

“Saws, nails, screws. Mostly basic tools and some more high end tools.” Nina said.

“That can be easily solved.” I nodded. “Is there anything else? Land and tools are taken care of...do any of you have problems with your new neighbors?”

“I feel we can get along. The races seem diverse enough that a new one might not be an issue.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “So we have land solved, and I’m sure I can find someone that can help deliver the tools you’ll need to build our new home...um, do you need any help in building or are you all okay with that?”

“We can handle that fine.” Kelko said. “After this war test of yours we would like to discuss trades for goods of course. We can deliver the meats from preys while you can trade… whatever.”

“How maturely spoken…” Nina said, making Stria giggle.

“Well spoken.” I chuckled a little. “But alright then...gonna need to figure out what to trade…” I muttered. “So, all three of you are happy with what’s been discussed?”

“Yes, this was rather well done.” Stria said.

“Glad to help.” I nodded with a smile. “But...now I’m gonna have to prepare for the war part…”

“That is not for a few days so you’ll have time.” Nina said.

“Really? I thought it would have happened...like right away.” I said honestly. “Cause knowing my luck...it tends to happen at the worst time.”

“Well you have time to prepare.”

“I think a week?” Kelko said.

“Well that’ll at least give me some time to prepare…” I muttered. “Time to evacuate the people to safe places, prepare defenses…”

“You go do that.”

I was with Luxu, Faust, and Scarab in the throne room with the defence map out. “WIth the supplies you got in the Zebra lands and what I have so far taken into account in the armory the old king left for you, We can set up defensive towers and control towers in major areas in Equis and some in minor areas.” Luxu stated, several small towers appearing on the map. “As for the Dire Wolf territory We can build them on top of the trees and when this is over convert them into something more useful to them.”

“Good.” I nodded. “Is there any position that might be weak or disadvantages?” I asked, knowing we’re on top of a mountain so we’re at a good defensible area but I still want to make sure.

“Since we don’t know from where they will appear we will assume they will appear in mass in the open areas of the world, and in few but still concern worthy numbers in the populated areas.” Faust spoke. “As such ground troops will be deploys in numbers of a hundred troops in the open areas and in groups of twenty in populated areas.”

“Our gathered aid from the first war will be on first defence.” Scarabe said. “Discord will be taking the North, Nora will take the east, Jupiter will be taking the south and Sonna will be taking the west. The others we found will be scattered between the points with this castle as it’s center.”

“Which reminds me.” Luxu said, looking over to me. “Are you gonna, ya know, rename this place? Cause it don’t look like Canterlot anymore.”

“Maybe...but I’m not good with names.” I said honestly. “But thank you...how many survivors have you found so far Scarabe?” I asked curiously

“From the old days only ten, Discord included. Other Keyblade wielders however did agree to come here, most of them not even knowing what it was they were wielding. We also received word from Daybreak. Zeke is MIA and Lord Mors is assuming the lead Figure head as he is the only other living person to have ever wielded the X-blade. He heard of your up and coming battle and wanted you to know that while Daybreak the world may be gone, it’s people and power stand. He says to expect at least fifteen thousand extra fighters within the next two days.”

Right, they don’t know about Zeke and Trixie sharing a body. Or Kexez. “I...have some explaining to do on some matters cause you've been gone so long…”

“That can be told later.” Luxu said, three more towers appearing on the map, these ones around the castle. “We have no idea how big some of these enemies are. I know there are some big Unversed and Heartless, but these Shadow Creatures Cript said would also be appearing. Luckily, one of the new arrivals to replace the Direwolf race of old is a self studied expert on them.” Walking in from the hallway, came in a Dire wolf teen girl, large glasses and arms filled with notebooks and papers. “Krista here knows more than any of her siblings so she’ll be out expert.”

“Uh, pleasure to meet you all.” She said, giving a nervous bow as some of her papers slipped out of her grip.

“Please, no need to bow.” I said while helping her gather the papers that fell out of her grip.

“Uh, thanks.” She said, taking them and then placing all of her works on the table. “Well, out of all the Shadow Creatures, the most dangerous variations are the different versions of the Titan Shadows. To our current records there are six different variations. The tallest of them being about three miles high.” She said, her Assistant flashing. Six different monsters, four or which wearing armor that looked like exoskeleton of bone. “Standard, only fifty to forty feet tall. Alpha. The mile high one. Omega, the two mile high one. Delta, the three mile tall one. Micro.” She said, the one unarmored one zooming in. “While only eight feet tall as it’s highest, it’s as strong as the standard. And lastly the Cosmic.” The final one was shown. This one’s skin looked like the night sky. “It’s three miles high, and can absorb whole stars worth of energy. Their only weak spots are their eyes and mouth, their inside skin and flesh very weak, and vulnerable to explosions. Their face armor though is the tricky part, while tough, like all their armors it can be broken. Fast moving projectiles can damage it enough to shatter it completely.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “That’s quite a bit...wonder what else could be thrown at us besides Titans.”

“Aside from them the other variations are easier to deal with, firearms and strong blade and blunt weapons as well as magic can easily kill them. It may take a few tries depending on how powerful they are. Knowing dad it will be challenging but not unfair.”

“That’s what they all say before unfairness kicks down your door.” I rolled my eyes. “Anything else I should worry about?”

“The Inhumans.” She said, a human silhouette of a person standing on all fours appeared. “They touch you they will know everything about you. They’ll make themselves into your worst fears, and be your equal in terms of power and abilities. Best kill them before they ever touch you. They are also smart, and calculating. While they act wild they’re as smart enough to invade whole worlds.”

“Well that’s just wonderful.” I sighed out. “Are there any subspecies of Inhumans I should know about?”

“Thankfully no.” Krista said. “There are Subhumans but they are not of concern, they do their own shit out of everyone else's Realms.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “So Titans and Inhumans are both things...anything else?’ I asked. “Cause while I doubt Cript would do something like this I want to know like...what’s the worst things he can throw at us.”

“Not sure. None of us have ever seen dad go all out before.” Krista said. “We did bring a lot of weapons, armors and special munitions from home, and we kept what we wanted to use, the overflow some of your Nobodies arrived and took them to your Armory and some excess Rem and other currencies were sent to your Vault. You might wanna check them both out.”

“Yeah, I have a lot of things to check out still.” I said honestly. “Now a good question...would Cript have everyone be attacked at once or teleport an ass ton of enemies in the middle of town?”

“Most likely they will spawn within random areas for a set time, moving around for the duration of this war before on the final day releasing a massive wave of strong enemies before closing.”

“So expect at least some to be teleported into the city cause ‘random areas’ is pretty vague.” I frowned.

“Hard to say.” Krista sighed. “Best course of action is to fortify large buildings to keep the general populace inside to keep them safe while heavily armed guards keep any invaders out.”

“I was planning to get the people somewhere safe…” I agreed. “But...literally everything can go wrong if I’m just short on something…”

“Then best to overstock.” Dante said, walking into the room. “Luxu asked me to show you the Armory, and you’d distribute what goes where. I tell you this now, you are beyond loaded on shit.”

“I have a feeling.” I said honestly. “Is there anything else I should know before heading down to the armory?” I asked, wanting to know things before just heading off.

“If there is we’ll let you know.” Luxu said. I nodded and followed Dante to a hallway adjacent to my throne room. Here stood a door without a knob or means of opening. He summoned Sharpshooters, firing a bolt at it as the whole door glowed white before moving back and sliding to the right.

Down a stairway I was met with a small room and… that same moogle from the Zebra lands, and behind him a glass wall where I saw no limit to the stacks and stacks and stacks and stacks...and STACKS of all various weapon crates, armor stands and crates, Vechicals- Is that the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars!? “Excuse me but what the fuck.”

“Oh, it’s you again.” The moogle said.

“Hello again.” I nodded to the moogle.

“Well, hello again. So you did become king. Well when I’m not selling the excess I’m your Armory Quartermaster. Need anything?”

“How...many things are here?” I asked.

“Nine point forty five Novemdecillion, that’s sixty zeros behind a one for reference.”

I took a deep breath. “And...I have...basically every weapon, armor and vehicle here?”

“And copies. Lots of copies. The old king was quite the collector. He collected weapons and things, and you seem to collect women.” Dante snickered at that.

“Oh shush you.” I said to Dante. “So...I have literally everything...oh god how am I going to distribute it all?” I frowned. “I don’t even think there’s enough soldiers for even a sixteenth of this…”

“Distribute what is needed. As quartermaster once you have bases set up I can ship out the needed supplies. Munitions, armor, vehicles. you will have to talk to the royal chef and Doctor for distribution of medicines and food rations.”

“Right then.” I nodded. “Thank you...oh boy I don’t even know how many soldiers I have…” I grumbled. “And I doubt I have enough to move much…”

“Now let’s head over to your Vault, which is ironically right next door.” Dante said, a door to the left of us opening out of the wall. It was a narrow, small hallway that lead to… When did I get to Scrooge Mcduck’s gold vault… To my right, was a Gambler Nobody, though like Consequence, he wore a Cloak. He sat at a desk, counting various currencies. Some I knew, some I have no idea what they are.

“Hello.” I said. “Um...why do I have Scrooge’s gold vault and will he be mad at that?”

He looked up, then looked down. “Greetings my lord. I am Greed, your Royal accountant and guardian of your treasures. This vault as well as your Armory exist in a specialized pocket dimension to accommodate the vast wealth and items of your inheritance. If there are any other questions feel free to ask.”

“How much money do I even have?” I asked nervously. “Cause...if this is all in a pocket dimension…”

“The vault itself is nine miles by nine miles squared and runs seventy four Tredecillion miles deep. That’s forty two zeros behind seventy four. The various currencies here amount to, in standard Munny, is a number yet to be named or recorded on any world.”

I took a moment to even think of that. “Um…” I took a deep breath. “Good lord...I’m fucking rich.” I said. “And...you count literally all of this every day?” I asked nervously.

“I’m still counting.”

“Your still counting!?” I asked, completely flabbergasted at that.

“Ever since I was appointed here sixty eight hundred thousand years ago.”

“Christ, don’t you ever get breaks or something?” I asked nervously, knowing this guy is a Nobody but still.

“I was given the option, but refused. Focusing on the task at hand is my chosen purpose.”

“And...when your done?” I asked nervously.

“I’ll count again. Best to double check and be sure it’s right.”

“Alright then.” I nodded. “So...I have you and Consequence...is there anyone else like you two?” I asked curiously, having a feeling my accountant would know a lot of things.

“Trigun, the Royal butler. Endon, the Chef. Oh, and Mulissa, the Royal doctor.” Greed said.

“Alright then...wonder why I haven’t met Trigun…” I muttered, thinking I would have met the royal butler immediately. “Thank you Greed.”

“Trigun comes when called. It’s as simple as that.”

“Alright then…” I muttered. “Trigun?” I called out, wondering if that’ll bring the person to me.

“Greetings Sire.” I jumped… A Human looking Nobody appeared, their skin silver and eyes glowing blue. He wore a simple butlers suite, the Nobody symbol was his tie.

“What kind of Nobody are you?” I asked Trigun, not really having seen a Nobody like him.

“I am a Hollow. A Nobody who’s heart no longer exists.” He said, giving me a bow. “So, what do you require master?”

“Is...there anyone else like you?” I asked a little worriedly, honestly shocked about hearing someone’s heart no longer exists.

“To my knowledge, no.”

“Right then.” I nodded. “Hmm...is there any other Nobody like Greed and Consequence? Greed said there’s you, the chef and the doctor, do you know of anyone else?”

“We are the only intelligent versions of our counterparts. While many can look like us, they will never truly be like us.”

“How...were you made to be this intelligent?” I asked curiously.

“We just are. No reason given.”

“Hmm...interesting…” I hummed, finding that bit interesting. “Do you know the entire layout of the castle?”

“It’s my job to know anything you need of me, my lord.”

“Is there any hidden entrances to the castle? And if so how many are there?” I asked, thinking that I could use tunnels to do a bunch of sneak attacks against the enemies.

“Currently there are fifteen thousand, eight hundred and six secret entrances, exits, pathways and rooms within the castle.”

“Thank you.” I nodded. “I presume my General knows about all of these secret passageways?”

“He is learning, this I know, but there are still many left for him to learn of.”

“Right.” I nodded. “Um...I know there’s a blacksmithing area and an engineering area...are they both as vast as the Vault and Armory?”

“No. The Blacksmithing area is no bigger than ten by either feet. The Engineering area is fifty by thirty feet but that’s all.”

“Uh...interesting.” I said honestly. “Now sure I have more weapons, armor and vehicles then I know what to do with but...you’d expect those places to be bigger…” I hummed in curiosity.

“If you would like, we can expand at any time.”

I thought for a moment. “I’ll need to check those two places to see what needs to be included if I need expansion…” I muttered. “But that’s not something important right now, right now is the upcoming war I’m gonna be apart of…”

“Anything I can assist with, my lord?”

“How many soldiers do I have?” I asked curiously. “And how good are you at combat?”

“Combined with your Nobody soldiers and new additions, 88.5 trillion soldiers, and I am as good at combat as you want me to be. My lord.”

“Good…” I nodded. “You know the statue of Den in my castle?” I asked.

“Yes, my lord.”

“When the time comes for the war I want you to protect that statue with everything you have and more.” I told him. “No Shadow Creature, Heartless or Unversed are to get to it.” I said to my butler. “If you get hurt, hurt them back. If you die...walk it off.” I told him, knowing full well I was referencing Age of Ultron but I liked that quote.

“Of course my lord.” He said, bowing. “What kind of butler can’t brush off death for their master?” I could tell his tone was sincere, and honest.

“Good.” I nodded. “Thank you..how many of my soldiers can actually use vehicles, armor or weapons?” I asked curiously, knowing that the 88.5 trillion soldiers probably can’t all use weapons, armor and vehicles for some reason or another.

“The Nobodies should have no issues. Some of your new addition soldiers should be able to learn fast.”

I nodded. “How many types of Nobodies are there that I don’t know about? Cause I know the standard thirteen, the wolves, and the Medic nobodies, plus the royal guard, but is there any other kinds of Nobodies I should know about?”

“On record we have thirty six hundred volumes each detailing a total nine hundred and fifty three variations of Nobody.”

“Jesus.” I frowned. “I...didn’t think there was that many.” I said worriedly.

“And we all are yours to command, my liege.” Trigun bowed again. “Nothingness for untold centuries has hidden it’s power and might. Am I to expect that to change under your rule?”

“Within reason.” I said honestly. “I’m still new to this whole thing...so it’s gonna take me a bit to fully explore Nothingness for what it’s true power holds.”

“Understood my king. Is there anything else I can do for you?”

I thought for a moment, wondering if there was anything else I should ask Trigun. “Hmm…” I hummed. “I...suppose that’s it.” I said honestly, not sure what to ask next from the one that knows a lot more than me here.

“Alright my lord, til this war is over I shall guard your statue.” With that, Trigun vanished. A swirl of Nothingness thorns covering him before evaporating like steam.

I nodded. “Well...that was a good talk…” I muttered, still thinking everything over. “I’m gonna have to go to the library and read up on a bunch of things as well…” I muttered, trying to think of what else to do in this massive castle.

Another day had passed, the bases were almost done, fast work, and the Direwolf village was going along smoothly. Construction on that was almost completely done. Troops were getting armed and began marches and routine checks on the areas. Guns, Keyblades, and all other kinds of weapons were at their disposal, and in terms of Vehicles flying ones were used to keep the ground unharmed so not to disturb the preylife of Home and wildlife of Equis.

“Well so far so good…” I muttered, looking over the map yet again to make sure everything was in place.

“Everything is looking good.” Kat said, walking into the throne room. “Some of your new Direwolf siblings brought something called a Mass Cropping and Husbandry computer. It digitalis plants, animals, and can grow and breed them indefinitely in seconds and just push out the finished product, raw meat, wheat, fruits. Forever. Just the three we got from them we’ll never go hungry ever. Punches out enough food to feed this city and nine more planets.”

“Dear god.” I said honestly. “Didn’t expect that to...happen so suddenly.”

“Yeah, the tech from that place is unlike any I’ve ever seen or could even think of.”

“Well any new tech is good, especially if it’s basically pumping out food.” I said honestly. “Just hope all the people got to safety before things officially hit the fan.”

“I’m sure things will always work out.” Kat said, tossing me an Orange. “From the newest drop off. They taste the perfect sweet and tangy ratio.”

I grabbed it, cut off a slice from it and ate it, wondering how good it is.

It...was...amazing. “Wow…” I said honestly. “This is really good”

“I know right? With food this good trading with other worlds will be a steal.”

“Oh yeah.” I nodded. “This will help solve a lot of issues.”

“Also, the Kings, Queens of the Hippogriffs, Deer, and Saddle Arabians and Minotaur Guilds Guild leaders are here to speak with you. Guilds guild… how redundant.” Kat said, shrugging as she walked off.

“Can’t wait to meet them.” I muttered while stretching a bit. “Ugh, this is gonna turn my fur white if I’m not careful…” I muttered while feeling my back crack. “Well...time to speak with the leaders...”

As I entered the Throne room I was met with the respective royalty, who all bowed in respect before rising as I took seat on my throne.

“How are you all doing today?” I asked politely. “I hope it wasn’t too far of a venture to come here to my...way too big castle.”

“It isn’t hard to miss.” The Hippogriff queen spoke. “I am Queen Novo of the Hippogriffs. My daughter and I come here alone. While my daughter if of age, she is… not suited for marriage of yet… She can be so childish. So, being a widow I come to offer my hand in your marriage.”

I nodded. “I’ll make sure to be the best husband you can ask for my Queen.” I said with a smile.

The next to come up where the Minotaurs. Unlike a certain one I remember from when this was all TV episodes past, these two were rather short, wearing elegant clothing rather than other kinds of clothing. “Greetings, we are the Guilds Guild leaders. I am Cork, and my wife here is River.”

“It is a pleasure to meet you both.” I nodded. “How are you both doing today?”

“We are fine. Along with our own eldest daughter, we bring the eldest daughters of the top five guilds. The Hunters, Mages, Bankers, Traders and Farmers Guild eldest daughters are here for your hand. Being the highest guilds leaders daughters makes them all equal to Royalty.”

I nodded. “Thank you.” I said. “Can’t wait to meet them all.” I said simply. “But what is going to happen to the Minotaurs though? Your people are mostly in guilds correct? No monarchy or anything like that?”

“That is correct, as such each guild governs their own aspects of the land. Our guild is in charge of categorizing all the other guilds and making sure none of them step into another's territory. We also approve buyouts, mergers and deals between the guilds if it benefits the land and kingdom as a whole.”

“I suppose you are all okay with being under one full banner or are you keeping the guilds even after this?” I asked curiously. “Cause I don’t want to cause unrest for the people if I have anything to say about it.”

“We feel with the direction the world is taking, our guilds will help keep order in more than just the land we call home.”

“I understand.” I nodded in agreement. “As long as the people are good with this.” I said, caring about the public opinion rather than only looking out for myself.

They nodded. Next up was the deer king and queen. “Greetings king.” The king said. “I am Aspen, king of the deer. Typically we do not leave the sacred lands of our forest home, but, some of your Direwolf Kin found our home and we got along rather well. Our beliefs aligning and their new age philosophy mixing with tradition rang well with us.”

“That...was fast.” I said honestly. “But that’s great to hear, glad my people are getting along with yours.”

“Yes, our Co-existence is a welcome surprise. While I have no daughters of my own, I offer you my Kingdom, my people, and five of my kingdoms fairest women for your herd.”

“Thank you.” I nodded “It’ll be wonderful to meet the lucky ladies, but you giving me your kingdom? I mean...I’m sorry I think I’m taking that out of what you truly meant, cause for some reason I think your just handing me your crown basically.” I said nervously.

“You kidding. My wife, son and I plan on moving in with your kin, finally no more royal issues to deal with.”

“Yeah, that’s what I thought.” I muttered. “Well alrighty then. Was gonna have to do this again but...I’m gonna need an advisor for your people considering...I sadly don’t know much and I don’t want to do bad things to piss them off.” I said nervously.

“My last act as king will be to assign one then.”

The final ones to arrive where the Saddle Arabians. To my surprise they were Earth ponies, but they were easy as tall as Celestia. “Greetings. I am King Boroko, and this is my wife Silver Crown.”

“A pleasure.” Silver Crown said.

“It is a pleasure to meet you two.” I nodded. “How are you two doing today?”

“We are well.” Silver spoke. Strange, her husband greeted them but now he’s dead silent. “Forgive this but back in our homeland the males greatly outpopulate the women, so often a woman has multiple husbands. My other kings are in your lobby taking a tour… not sure why you are giving them out.”

“Ironic considering Equestria has a female overpopulation.” I said honestly. “But what do you mean by ‘why you are giving them out’?”

“Well, I understand giving out tours...but you charged? I mean no offence it’s just a bit strange.”

I groaned. “Jenny! Stop scamming the royals!” I barked loud enough for her to hear me. “I’m sorry but that’s my daughter...doing stupid things.”

“Oh, I know how that is, my own son is quite the little… and I truly love him, but he is such a pain in my ass…” She sighed, shaking her head. “Anyway. Since females are a rarity in our land we took a...different approach to bring you women for your herd…”

”Oh boy I can’t wait to hear this.” I thought to myself. “What is this ‘different approach’?”

“Well, while it is true there are a lot of males over females in our country, we believe this to be because we are a melting pot of many races placed into one kingdom, we know for a fact many males also undergo a...magical transgender operation…” She said. “So a month earlier we made a sensus of those who would be willing and qualified… So Saddle Arabia gives to you four...hundred willing new females for your herd… All of various races from ponies to dragons, and others...many...many others…”

I actually slipped off my throne like in anime at hearing such a thing. “Excuse me, did you just say ‘four hundred willing wives’?” I asked, getting up a little shakily.

“Your popularity in my kingdom is well above that of Equis. Or any other kingdom. This is partly due to written novels written by a… Oh… I believe your Daughter is making money off your fame with possible false stories, the other half is because of the Changeling and Diamond dog nations… pornogrophy of you…”

I face palmed. “Of course…” I muttered. “Hooray for Fanfiction...and of course Jenny is trying her best to profit off of it…” I grumbled. “So...anyways, four hundred wives correct?” I said, still shocked by such a high ass number.

“Yes…”

“I’m sorry for repeating that but....I thought there would be like one or two, not four hundred.” I said honestly. “But...okay so onto the actual ‘kingdoms’ part…” I said, trying to think of something to actually talk about besides me freaking out about the four hundred women I’m gonna suddenly have dogpile me.

“Well for the remaining males I figured since even without gender ratio your kingdoms females still quite outnumber my kingdoms males. I am hoping for a merg of kingdoms so this issue can be settled, while the gender issue of my country will be solved by this the Equestrian gender ratio will be still a five to one males. Better than nothing honestly.”

“Yes, yes it is.” I nodded. “I understand and I’ll help figure out how to get that whole thing settled. Is there anything else if I may ask?”

“No I believe that is all.”

“Uhh...Ben.” I saw Luxu peeking in from the doors. “You might wanna see this…”

“Oh no…” I muttered while getting up and walking over to the doors. “What is it Luxu?”

“Okay first off it’s not the enemy we are expecting… but Jenny already claims responsibility.” He said, walking me over to the nearest Window and… Is that a MOB of mares in brides outfits…

“Oh...um…” I started. “Saddle Arabia has an overpopulation of males...and they do a special procedure to...make them female.” I explained slowly. “And...the queen said...there are four hundred of them...of differentiating race…” I said worriedly. “So yeah...those are four hundred new wives...just from Saddle Arabia...aren’t I just lucky?” I asked nervously.

“Not exactly.” Jenny said, walking up to me from the other side of the hallway. “Notice all these mares are pony, and Diamond Dog, with a few changelings thrown in? Also some dragons, more Deer, a few siblings of yours who arrived recently…” She trailed off, this twisted smile never leaving her face.

“What did you do?” I frowned.

“Oh just figured a little thanks for giving me back my memories was in order…”

“And...that would be?” I asked curiously.

“With Time Bell’s help, I sent out a notice saying that before your wedding day, any eligible female can arrive in a bride's outfit and marry in.”

“And...how many jumped at the chance?” I asked nervously.

“Not sure, I know I started this out as a means of finding a few more gals for Joy, a good amount joined in on that bandwagon too, but I decided to see what would happen if I put your name on the notice. From every Kingdom, even the Badlands they were sent.”

“Oh boy…” I muttered. “Um...can’t...wait to talk to all of them…” I said nervously. “God...the others are gonna freak at having suddenly a massive horde of women are joining…” I sighed out. “Okay...so there’s one more woman to find, and that would be the Queen of the Monsters that’s hidden somewhere…”

“Well as far as I know some Badlands residents came here also, maybe you can ask some of them?” Jenny suggested.

“Hopefully they’ll know something.” I said honestly. “Oh boy...this is gonna take a while…” I sighed out. “Well...I better go down there and meet them all…but you did hear me say stop scamming people right Jenny?”

And… she was gone...

“Of course…” I sighed out. “So...Luxu can you watch over things while I...do things?” I asked nervously.

“Alright but if they start shooting bras and panties I am out.” He said, running along to do crowd control.

“I’ll...try to make sure that doesn’t happen…” I said while opening the window and flying down to all the women. “Uh...hello.” I said to all the women. “How are you all doing today?”

What followed was the mass screams of what I assume are my fans from all over this world… and a few bras thrown. “I’m out!” I heard Luxu scream off in the distance.

“Can you not throw your underwear at me! Please!?” I shouted at them all. “Christ...okay who here is from the Badlands?” I called out to the hundreds of women.

Several hands went up. A few Thestrals, one woman that looked like A dragon but I feel is not, and some...cat women people like the khajiit from Skyrim. Hey...Centaur people?

“Do any of you know where the Queen of Monsters is?” I asked them.

They looked among themselves, most shrugged while one raised her hand. One of the Centaur ladies. “I know that the Prince of monsters lives deep in the Badlands on Storm Mountain.” She spoke up.

“Wasn’t there anything about a Princess of Monsters?” I asked. “I was told that there was a Princess that ran away for...some unknown reason.” I said, wanting to make sure that there is a princess here.

“All I know is some dude making an army on Storm mountain is declaring himself King of Monsters is also calling himself the Storm King. I knew him from before...total loser. How he’s got others following him I’ll never know.”

“Do you think he’ll be panicking about me at the moment?” I asked.

“Probably. I’d expect is right hand to be arriving. Crazy pony bitch with a freaky sword and broken horn.”

I frowned. “Tempest…” I growled. “Well, can’t wait for her to come here.” I said honestly. “And then kick her ass…” I muttered. “So, how many of you are here right now?” I asked honestly. “Did anyone decide to do a headcount?”

“There was some freaky silver looking noodle person in a cloak counting everyone as they came in.” Another lady, this one a Thestral, spoke up.

“That would most likely be Consequence.” I muttered. “How many Consequence?” I asked honestly.

Consequence appeared, startling everyone around. “My lord. The total count of women here for you is an astounding two thousand, four hundred and sixteen. Including your current wives and the Monster Queen still missing. For Sir Joy five hundred and forty nine.”

Because Anime apparently liked me today I fell over like an anime character at the numbers. “Excuse me!” I got right back up quickly. “Two thousand four hundred and sixteen? Why do so many actually like me?”

“Majority seem to fancy you for your heroism, others for the stories, some for the porns made about you, and the others are looking for a mate and have no luck in their life due to lack of males or none where interested. Same case for Joy though there is no porn of him that I was told of.”

“I’m glad there isn’t any of that about Joy.” I muttered thankfully. “Alright...well I’m gonna have to go face that bastard Storm King before he adds any problems to the upcoming war soon...and then I need to deal with Tempest…” I groaned. “And now I have to help the two thousand ladies here...ugh…” I groaned. “Christ...so much to do…” I muttered, trying to think of what to do in what order.

“Sire, why not send one of us to deal with the issue?” Consequence said. “If you are still needed here one of us would happily take care of these roughiens in your stead.”

“I’m new to being a king and having people able to do things for me…” I said. “Alright...so who would be a good group to capture the Storm King and all his followers and bring them to me?” I asked curiously.

“Allow me.” Consequences said. “I promise it shall take no longer than a day or less.”

“Thank you Consequence.” I nodded. “Bring them here alive alright? I have questions for the king, and I really hope his followers will see reason.” I said, hoping the people will see reason and not fight back.

“I shall deliver your work swiftly, and effectively.”

Consequence stood at the base of Storm Mountain. Airships, armed guards and machinery littered the ground and mountain itself. “Oh my.” He said, sighing. “They made a mess of the natural landscape.” As Consequence walked into the guards line of sight, two of them came up to stop him.

“Halt, no one is allowed beyond this point.” One of them spoke.

“Apologies, but there is nothing personal about what comes next.” Consequence said, casting a massive Sleep spell across the majority of the area. “There we go, now just to-” Consequence side stepped, Tempest's quick attack missing completely. She looked up at him, eyes wide at his speed. “Ah, Miss Tempest. If you would-” She slashed up, and Consequence dodged. “Please come along-” Another slash, another dodge. “Peacefully and I promise-” Slash. Dodge. “Then I can promise no-” Slash, dodge. “Harm will befall your person.”

Tempest tried to cast Mega Flare, But Consequence grabbed her Keyblade. “If you insist on being difficult You give me no choice.” He reached his hand into her chest, wrapping it around her heart… “Oh, two hearts? This is unexpected.” Consequence said. “Nonetheless, this darker heart must be the reason for your lack of compliance.” Tempest gasped. The second heart she carried most of her life being pried from her body painfully. The shock knocked her unconscious, and Consequence dropped her to the ground. “Now then, I believe there will be no need for you.” Consequence said, wrapping the heart in nothingness thorns before making it vanish, sending it to the castle for his king to observe. “Now then, onto this king…”

“Well…” I frowned, seeing the heart floating in front of me. “Ereques’s heart eh?” What to do with it? Too much darkness in it to likely reach him and I don’t have… I wonder… I summon my X-blade No Heart and, Like Zeke, jabbed into Ereques’s heart. Do I say what he always said? “Reject Darkness.” I said, hoping this will work.

A powerful shot of light was ejected from No Heart and into Eraques’s heart. To my surprise a Samurai Nobody appeared at the same time, taking the heart into itself… Right, it’s passive ability. There was a bright flash of light, and then before me laid the Master, clothed thankfully before grunting as he got up. “Agh… what...where?” He asked, getting back up. “I...I have my body… My heart isn’t…”

“Take a deep breath old man.” I told him. “What’s the last thing you remember?”

“I...I remember… No...NO!” He screamed, pounding his fist to the floor. “I… I let the darkness overtake me… I killed my own pupil…” He broke down crying. “I became the very thing I was sworn to destroy…”

I knelt down and put a hand on his shoulder. “Listen...there’s a lot to talk about...but right now, you have to apologize.” I said gently. “Terra will be furious...but he’ll understand all things considering...and Ven...well actually I haven’t heard from him after Joy helped him find his birth family.” I brought up.

“How could I even face them? I tried to kill Ventus, I let Xehanort have his way, falling right into his trap… Even when I found that foal, a heart so pure with light… I thought I could atone by protecting her. All I did was manipulate and influence her. Because of me she’s that false king’s right hand. I was in control more than she was, for twenty years…”

“Listen, does lying their crying about your failures fix anything?” I asked honestly. “Or does accepting that it happened and getting up and going out to fix said failures solve it?”

“Child… you can never understand the depths of my sins. I betrayed everything I stood for, my own son…” Eraquis stood, summoning Master Keeper. “Failure to treasure those around me. From my simple act of taking, there where many hearts I ended up breaking. Return to my land I shall… for its walls were never mine to climb…” Master Keeper then faded away, in small shards of light till it was gone. “I have renounced my Keyblade entirely… it’s power no longer my own. My title, my life's purpose.. No longer for me.”

I took a deep breath. “Are you fucking kidding me old man?” I asked bluntly. “You threw away your ‘life’s purpose’ all because you couldn’t bare the knowledge that you fucked up? Really?” I asked. “What were you Erequs, a wise Keyblade Master, or a Petulant Child who thought he could do no wrong?” I frowned.

“Apparently the latter.” He said, his voice monotone. “If you find Terra or Ventus, tell them I’m on the first world I ever told them about. There, we can chat, or they can end me. Either way, I’ll accept whatever fate they place upon me.” He said, walking off. Wonder how he’ll get to this random world?

I face palmed. “Cause why not…” I groaned while snapping my fingers, four Shinobi Nobodies appearing. “Find Terra and Ventus, tell them Erequs is on the First World he told them about.” I ordered them as they bowed and vanished in a puff of smoke and Nothingness thorns.

Now that that mess is over, wonder when- THUD! I turned around. Consequence held Tempest Shadow and this Storm King Guy that looked like an ugly bigfoot. “Sire. The false king and his right hand, as well as his entire army arrested, their base of operations destroyed, and their Zeppelins blown to shrapnel. The rubble is being collected to be used in another matter as a part of your Scrap Metal initiative requested by the two engineers. They state they can recycle any scrap into something useful. So it was pre-approved since their methods seemed functional.”

“Alright then.” I nodded. “So, how are you doing today prince?” I asked the satyr looking monster.

“I am the Storm King! The- GAH!!!” Consequence proceeded to bend, possibly break his leg. “Agh! Okay look… I’m no king, not even close to royalty. My parents were Coal miners for stars sake. I managed to lie and cheat my way into some followers saying I was the long lost Royalty of the Monster Lands but I’m just some guy who spent way to much time reading old legends.”

I sighed out. “So you have no idea where the long lost princess of the monsters is?” I asked curiously. “So besides that...what are you good for?”

“I don’t know where the Princess is...but I know where her father is…” He offered.

“Where is her father?” I asked simply.

“Tartarus. His name is Tirek.”

I took a deep breath. “Oh no…” I muttered. “Um...shit…” I muttered. “Great, I’m gonna need to get Tirek here...or…” I muttered while summoning my Lexicon and casting a spell, a hole appearing as it showed me the inside of Tartarus and seeing the weakened centaur in his cage. “Yo.” I called out, hoping the spell I cast worked. “Can you hear me?” I asked Tirek.

“Huh, oh. Now this is new.” He spoke, his voice raspy and aged like an elderly mans. “A call through a portal. What would you be calling me for?”

“My names Ben, I don’t know if you get much news in prison, but I’m the new King of this world, and the King of Nothingness.” I said. “I wanted to ask you about your family, considering a certain satyr lied about being royalty.” I said while Tirek could see the Storm King on the ground.

“Heheh. False royal to mine and my brothers old thrones eh? Well I know for a fact that my brother died without any children or family to speak of, so you must want to know about my daughter then.”

“Yes, you probably know about the ancient law of marriage correct?” I asked curiously.

“Yes. How traditional.” He spat. “My daughter was left with her mother. A whore of an Equestrian mare.”

“Was she? Or do you just hate her because she’s a pony?” I asked honestly.

“Both, funny enough. All I know is that Discord took her before I was imprisoned here. He should know where she is. Assuming that old coot remembers.”

I sighed out. “Well alright then, let’s hope she’s doing well instead of...well anything revolving around you.” I frowned.

“Oh who knows for sure. Honestly I cared little for the mongrel. So whatever she is doing I could care less for.”

“You suck as a person and a father you know that?” I asked.

“Sticks and stones. Not all of us care for such trivials as morals and family. Distractions if you ask me.”

“Says the guy stuck in immortal prison for not having those things?” I pointed out.

“Setbacks. All simply setbacks. Immortality, even in this weakened state of mine has its benefits. Patience is one of them. I can bide my time for as long as I want. There is no rush on my part.”

“Just know something Tirek...if you break out and attack the people…” I started. “I will make sure your life will become a living hell.” I told him, and Tirek could tell I wasn’t bluffing or making a hollow threat. “We clear on that?”

“Hehehe. I look forward to it.” The spell disbanded.

“Consequence, make sure Tartarus is properly guarded.” I told him simply. “Discord! I need your help here.”

“Hey’oh!” The draconequus said, appearing in a poof of confetti and streamers. “Sup my lord! How’s the royal life treating you?”

“Fine enough.” I said. “Hey...do you know where Tirek’s daughter is?” I asked curiously.

Discord’s rather happy attitude suddenly fell flat. A frown appearing on his face. “Oh...yeah. I take it you are looking for her?”

“She’s technically the princess of an entire race, so yes I am looking for her.” I said honestly. “Can’t go most of the way if I want to unite this world.” I said honestly.

“From the looks of it it seems more like you’re marrying the world.” I blushed so hard my face turned pink. “In anycase yes I know where she is.”

“Mind if I ask where she is?” I asked curiously, trying to get back on topic so my head doesn’t stay this pink.

“She’s… back on my world…” Discord said.

“And...where is your world?” I asked. “Cause I doubt you mean Equis.”

“Well yeah. I mean look at me. Equestria is vast and magical but I am still the only thing on this candy coated planet that stands out like a sore thumb. In any case she is on my home world. Draconix… Ugh….not looking forward to this at all…”

“Can’t wait.” I said honestly. “Um...should I know anything about it before we go?”

“My people can all do the same magic and wildness that I am capable of... but they never use it for anything fun! They’re all…. “ Discord shivered. “Biographers… Once a Draconequus turns a hundred we get stuck in front of an orb that showed everything that is going on on a world and we write down it all...forever! It’s so boring and tedious…”

“I mean...someone’s gotta do it to be perfectly honest.” I shrugged.

“But it’s all they ever do! Since our world began writing its own history it’s all we’ve done. I got sick of it one day so I altered the events of the world I was recording. Got in trouble. I said to the court ‘Fuck this’ Flipped off everyone in the room, took a shit on the judges desk and turned the whole room into a banana split. I left after that and only went back to drop of Tirek’s daughter. And that was only a five minute visit…”

“Oh…” I started. “I’m....pretty sure they took exception to that.” I said worriedly.

“On the contrary. They are forgiving to a fault that makes Fluttershy look like Hitler. I mean no one knows how to hold a grudge or even give a proper punishment. You know the five minutes I was back they threw me a welcome home party...then a goodbye till next time party a minute before I left. I even got thoughtful gifts! Seriously...I’m embarrassed to be a part of their race…”

“Are you sure they’re not related to Pinkie Pie here?” I asked worriedly.

Discord stiffened up. “Eheheh…Funny story actually… back when I tried to take over Equestria I did have a fling with one of her ancestors… so that might explain her unexplainable actions.”

“Cause of course you did.” I face palmed.

“Well excuse me but the mare was as wild as me and had an ass that could cause an earthquake when she shook it. So forgive me for giving into to biology.”

“Oh my god I didn’t need to know that!” I barked.

“Hey, you’re fucking her so imagine how I feel when I realized my great, great, great granddaughter was riding your fuzzy butt!”

I groaned and rubbed my temples. “Christ...this is a headache I didn’t want today…” I muttered. “Oh great, now Pinkie’s freaking out and wanting to throw a ‘Hooray for learning about my Ancestry’ party...how the fuck did she even hear you from all the way over there!?” I asked, really confused and worried about all of this.

“It’s the Chaos magic in her. It works however it sees fit to benefit it’s user. Huh, wonder if I can teach her to use it actively rather than passively?” Discord pondered.

“You know there’s two Pinkie’s on the planet right?” I asked nervously.

“Huh, right that mirror portal world Pinkie… wonder if she is affected by it. Never went to that world so who knows… Anyway.” Discord sighed, snapping his fingers as a portal opened up. “This goes to my world…” Discord sighed, leaning so far back his head touched the base of his tail. “Let’s get this over with.”

“Alright.” I nodded while entering the portal, wondering how well the people will accept me if they are basically Pinkie Pie.

I entered. The place looked so...normal. Modern and a lot like earth. Discords race seemed to come in many sizes and such too.

“Well...place looks normal…” I muttered, finding this a bit weird all things considered.

With not much option I decided to ask for directions, I am pretty sure she will be the only Centaur on this world. “Um, excuse me.” I asked one of the passerby.

Who stopped was a very short, chubby Draconequus who’s horns where that of a Deer's and a Unicorn… weird. “Yes my good sir?” He spoke… british. “How may I assist you offworlder?”

“Um...I’m looking for a Centaur girl, Discord brought her here if that helps any.” I said to the chubby guy. “Do you know where she is or anyone that would know where she is?”

“Ah yes young Isabelle. I am afraid she’s at work at the moment and no one is allowed in when someone else is on shift. Must maintain focus when on the job after all. I can point you in the direction of Discord’s parents house however, she lives with them. Raised as their own since their son left to dilly dally on the world he was meant to be recording it’s events on.”

“Yes please, and thank you.” I nodded.

“Right well take a left on the road up ahead and the red house with the number 44 on the door is the place.” He said with an affirming nod.

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “Thank you, have a nice day.” I said before heading off the house.

“And to you as well young lad.” He said, the two of us taking leave. Discord was right his people are crazy nice.

I found the house and knocked on the door. Who answered was...well, his mother. Rather hefty lady in a cooking apron, red lipstick and looked basically like him only without the bear paw. She has a tiger one instead. “Oh, hello there. Are you a salesman?” She asked. She sounds like a mother.

“No ma’am.” I shook my head. “I wanted to meet Discords parents while I waited for Isabelle.” I said honestly.

“Oh, are you a friend of my sweet Bumblebee?”

”Oh my god…” I thought to myself, trying not to laugh at the nickname his mother gave Discord. “Yes, yes I am.” I nodded. “Well...and technically his boss since he works for me.”

“Oh! Well please come in, come in.” She said, letting me enter. The house was nice. Photos of Discord growing up and even Isabelle where hung on the walls. Isabell was black and red like her father, very small horns and blue eyes. Her hair, I think is dyed orange. She was also rather short. Must be from her being half pony. “So, how has my little boy been doing?”

“He’s been doing well. He got past the...rather morbid trauma that haunted him, and he’s doing better because of it.” I said honestly.

“Oh yes that Keyblade war fiasco.” She sighed. “Such dark entries across the texts. Many of us got sick when writing. Discords father always said Keyblade wielders could bring great destruction if left unchecked. Broke our hearts when we learned DIscord was in the bloody mess.”

“It...would probably hurt you more to know that a second one is coming.” I said sadly.

“What! But, he. I...uhhhhh…” She...she fainted…

“Oh shit…” I muttered while checking to see if she was still okay. “Maybe I shouldn’t have said that….shit.”

She woke up an hour later. After an explanation some ranting she calmed down, reflecting on things. “Not long after we found out our son was in the first war, his father died from a heart attack… nightmares about finding out he had died... “ She said, tea and sandwiches set out for us. “When Discord dropped off Isabelle , I told him. But he was so different. Half the pranking joy of chaos he was. He was colder, more stern. He wasn’t my boy anymore… he was his own man now...weather or not he was happy with it was his desiding.”

I nodded. “I understand...going through such horrors can change anyone...have you...ever tried to talk to him about...everything?” I asked.

“I send him letters, but he never replies. This is just one of those things he wants to sort out himself. He’s always been so stubborn.”

“I understand.” I nodded. “It’s all tough...but Discord is strong and he has friends.”

“Yes, I can thank that at least.” She sighed. “I often wonder what life would be like if he just stayed home.”

“Depends.” I shrugged. “He could have tagged along and been normal, or he could have slowly made everyone see his joking point of view.”

“It’s not that we don’t want to use our magic. Really, it’s just that our magic is very unstable. Too many of us casting spells at once and reality itself falls to ashes. We have to be careful, responsible. But Discord wanted to use his magic because it wasn’t fair. In a lot of ways it isn’t, but that’s the burden of our race. We hold back so others don’t get hurt, but we often risk more harm in not helping when we can. Our existence is a double edged sword.”

“I understand. Chaos magic is a hell of a thing...but that doesn’t mean you need to hold it back to this extent.” I said honestly. “I’m sorry if I’m spouting nonsense, I don’t know much about Chaos magic, I can only guess at if it’s an actual living thing in magical terms…”

“Like all magic is has a will of its own. It’s just more open to expressing it than most others.”

“Then it can be used in used correctly, not just the ‘don’t use it at all’.” I said honestly.

“Perhaps. For now though, save for Discord we are all happy with our lives. Well, Isabelle should be out of her shift in an hour or so. You don’t mind waiting a bit longer do you?”

“It’s alright.” I nodded.

“Oh good. That’s just enough time to bring out the Photo albums!” She cheered. Oh I am hanging this over Discords head for a LONG time.

“I can’t wait to see all the pictures.” I smiled happily, already feeling like Discord is panicking at having me see his family photos.

“And here is Discord when he was a little eighty year old.” She handed me the picture. Age for them is strange. But for being eighty it seems like Discord was in his late teenage years. It showed him sitting on a chair of ice cream. “He fell but first onto my chilli plants and got a few spicy ones toasting his buns.”

“Oh my god.” I chuckled at that. “This is funny...but how did he burn himself on plants?”

“A streaking prank during new year's gone wrong.” She chuckled.

“Oh my god.” I laughed at that. “I’m pretty sure if Discord knew I was learning all this…” I couldn’t help but laugh at the mental image of his reaction.

“And here is his fortieth birthday. His theme was faries, not the magical creature, the sexual preference. He went through a lot of phases with his sexuality.”

“I have several concerns.” I said nervously. “Like...fairy is a sexuality? How and why?”

“No, it’s a term meaning gay or Homosexual. Didn’t last that long as a term but I like it cause it’s not as up front in it’s meaning.”

“Makes sense.” I said honestly. “Sometimes you’d just...don’t want to know things.”

“Oh I know. I have no idea where Discord learned to be so blunt in his language.”

“I have no idea.” I shook my head. “Learned it from somewhere…”

“Mom! I’m home!” I heard a rather peppy voice call out from the front door. “It’s weird, the guy I normally record on that world was missing and the last shift guy doesn't know where he wen-” And here she is. About my height, Isabelle stopped dead when she saw me. “Y-y-you’re the guy! The guy I record at work!” She stuttered. “How the heck did you even get here!”

“Discord.” I said honestly. “How are you doing today?”

“Oh...well that makes sense.” She groaned. “So… what are you doing here? Connection went fuzzy before I got in and we missed some stuff.”

“Well…” I started. “Okay to start, do you know your royalty?” I asked the centaur.

“... I’m WHAT?!”

“Huh...considering you record everything about Equis you’d think you would have known that.” I said honestly. “But anyways, you are the princess of the Monster race on Equis...and well...do you know the ancient laws of Equis?”

“I only started recording recently when you appeared. Before that I worked on Traverse Town.”

“Right then.” I nodded. “So there’s an ancient law in Equis that’s basically marriage can unite the planet.” I said honestly. “And since your the princess of monsters...well you can see why.”

“B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-”

“Oh no, not again.” Discords mom said. “Last time she stuttered this bad was over her first crush.”

“Oh boy.” I muttered. “So...how do I stop it?”

“I got this.” She said, walking up to Isabelle and slapping her...hard. “Better?”

“Y-Yeah. Thanks mom.” She said, rubbing her cheek. “It’s just that...Dude, I write everything you do on Equis. Everything, even your bedroom activities! The mental image came to mind and I...freaked…”

I sighed out. “Cause of course you would…” I muttered. “Listen, I know it’s sudden, and I know it’s scary...I’ll take you out on a date first if you need it.”

“T-that might help...at least I already know what to expect… regarding…” We both where beat red.

“Okay um...can we please not...talk about that right now?” I asked nervously.

“Yeah-yeah. That would be best…” She said. “So...I guess this means I move out?”

“Not without me!” Discords mom said. “I am not staying here all alone. Besides, this will give me the chance to mother both my daughter and little boy!”

“Well there’s always room at the castle.” I said honestly.

“Oh goodie! I’ll start packing.”

“When you went to get long lost princess I didn’t expect you to bring along my mother…” Discord sighed, rubbing his temples as his mom was doing some cleaning around the throne room.

“Like I’d leave her alone there.” Isabelle said.

“She’s my mom!”

“She’s mine too! Not biologically but they were who raised and loved me, and from what I was told my real dad is best left in that cage in that underworld place.”

“He’s gonna die if he breaks out and tries to hurt people.” I frowned. “And your mom was alone and was stuck at the house waiting for literally everyone. So suck it up and talk to her instead of bitching.” I frowned. “Cause I’m pretty sure you have a lot to talk about.”

Discord sighed. “I suppose I do then…”

With this wrap up my gathered family on the Zeppelin returned home. Regardless it was a surprise to them to see Canterlot, as well as it’s now CONNECTED branching town Ponyville, Appaloosa, and Trottingham where now connected with rather fast trains and roadways.

“So, what do you think girls?” I asked all of them.

“It’s like a dream.” Luna spoke. “I always imagined how some of Equis would look is it was more readily accessible to Canterlot, but becoming part of it? The development and construction alone is astounding.”

“This place looks so COOL!” Autumn Blaze yelled out. “Oh. My. Gosh! Is that a park!”

“Didn’t you live in a mountain forest?” Aj asked.

“Yeah, but it’s like a mini forest… in a big city!”

“Oh, then there’s the fact that two worlds are...also fused with Equis.” I said honestly.

“Oh my...in just a month you’ve done quite a lot more than I have in a thousand years Ben.” Celestia said.

“Well blame Cript for the part on fusing the two other worlds. But our new neighbors is the Dire Wolf home worlds, the worlds where...technically I came from.” I said honestly. “And...it’s a beautiful place, and the prey are just delicious.” I said with a wide, sharp toothy smile.

Most of my wives rolled their eyes, the others chuckled. “So, what’s this I hear about over two thousand new additions to this herd?” Twilight asked.

I sighed out. “Okay so...first up I talked to the other kings, queens and Guild Leaders, so it went from marrying five at least from the several countries to...four hundred from Saddle Arabia...and then Jenny gave me a thank you gift of sending out a world wide message about if any eligible women want to they have to appear at my castle...wearing wedding gowns...and two thousand of basically all races came…” I sighed out. “So yeah...and Joy also have an extra...like four or five hundred girlfriends now.” I explained.

Twilight sighed. “Of course it was Jenny… So, are we gonna honor this or...what?”

“While...obviously asinine as Royals we have to obey and uphold promises… made by the heads of castle or their children…” Luna signed out. “We have to honor it…”

“I mean I was gonna honor it cause...well two thousand women appeared, either because of me being a hero, the many stories about me...or because they literally couldn’t find anyone else.” I shrugged. “I couldn’t say no to all those people that wanted to be with me...just glad that none of them wanted to marry me because I’m rich and powerful…” I muttered. “I..hope the two thousand women won’t be too rough…” I said nervously.

“Depends, how will you even… organize them? Us...all of this?’ Chrysalis asked. “You’d be fucking a different female or groups every night and still have extra moving into the new year… Not to mention getting to know them and… wow this is gonna be tricky…”

“I have at least five clones at the moment…” I said. “Wait...no, ten now...so this must be how Cript feels having way too many wives…”

“Seems so.” Celestia said. “Guess you really are his son then huh?” She laughed.

“Apparently.” I sighed out. “Getting all the women...cause why not.” I said honestly. “I’m not even that likable to begin with.”

“Yeah I never got it either.” Cript said, appearing out of nowhere and scaring all of us.

“How are you doing Cript?” I asked honestly.

“Good, heard the news. Came to see if you wanted some advice on the matter.”

“Yes, I would really like some advice on the matter.” I said honestly. “Cause...I thought twenty would be rough...by two thousand?”

“Yeah...I went through something similar. So, went from twenty to two thousand. Yeah… Come on, I know a place we can talk.” I blinked… and we were in a Mexican restaurant and the windows show outside is a white void…

“Um...where are we?” I asked curiously.

“Deadpools Mexican taco shop.” Cript said. “Yo Pool! Two dozen tacos and two cokes!”

“Got it!” A voice, I guess Deadpools, replied.

“So then, initial thought?” Cript asked, starting to play with the hot sauce bottle.

“My initial thoughts on having twenty four hundred wives? Um...that’s a lot.” I said honestly. “Like...a lot more…” I said honestly. “I’m not even that likable.”

“Heh. Same boat. You wanna know a story. It’s how I went from my one wife Lyra to a year later having five… and it kept on growing from the…” Cript said in a tone that spoke for itself on how the memories where.

“Sure...why not.” I said honestly. “But I think I got you beat cause I went from one girlfriend to five in about a week.”

“Well, Lyra had been married for a month before I got my memories back. We first met when her wagon ran me over and gave me amnesia.”

“I think you told me about that…” I said honestly, thinking about he story he told me of how he met Lyra.

“Yeah. During our first full year married she spent a lot of time on her world as to not arouse suspicion. The excuse for me was that I was royal guard and was off on a mission. We went through so much… Eventually, I saved my friend Andy from Nexus controle and killed the Psychopath that was chained to me and my past lives. After that we rested on her world. It was so peaceful. Wanting to work a normal job stuff. I worked as a guard for Twilight’s castle. On her world Twilight got to Princess title and alicorn hood. I was the first and only guard the entire time. One day Lyra came along to deliver my lunch… we ended up having sex in the castle broom closet.”

“Alrighty then…” I nodded slowly. “And...this lead to you learning she had a harem fetish?”

“No, I already knew about that… this is leading to my second wife… Twilight walked in on us… and somehow, Lyra’s perverted silver tongue got her to join in for a three way…”

“Oh dear…” I sighed out.

“Not long after my retirement, or so I thought it was, we had Nyx and Blake, our first kids. Twins. You met them. Figuring we wanted some fun but with babies we needed a babysitter. At this point we were both living in Bon Bons house, this is including my friend Andy. We kept him close cause even after he was saved he remembered all he had done. We got an unexpected babysitter…”

“And...who was that?” I asked curiously.

“Chrysalis…”

“Oh dear.” I frowned. “Well...maybe she wasn’t trying to cause problems?”

“She wasn’t. Turns out her hive, after the failed Canterlot invasion revolted. So she left and we ended up taking her in… It didn’t take long for us to get into sex at the workplace. Mainly since she moved in too.”

“Yeah...that explains it.” I said. “Cause you know, relationships stopped being ‘date over a few months or years instead of immediate sex’.”

“Well from what I researched Due to the constant gender ratio being so skewed, majority of Equestrias populations evolved so relationships can be successful and move fast. Something to due with the way their magic works in terms of aiding the population reproduce.”

“Alrighty then...didn’t know that.” I said honestly.

“Each world has their own thing. For me though, I had an edge that...is mainly why I got WAY more.”

“And that edge being?” I asked.

“The Psychopath was bound to my soul because it took over an angel… an Archangel. Long story short turns out any rank of angel can become one… the one I had bound to me was a freaking cherub class… cupid, though the artwork is heavily creatively altered. So when they came back and I saved them… I became partly cherub, meaning that as a mortal I was able to find love in whoever… and Lyra milkes that to this day.” Cript said, his head banging on the table as our food and drinks came.

“I remember one of my mothers was one but...I’m still confused on why it’s either a Cupid, a...very strange Angel, or a four headed abomination.” I said honestly.

“Each world and culture has their own take on it.” Cript shrugged, lifting his head and taking a bite out of a taco. “After that everything became quite the clusterfuck. Bon Bon and us were already in… a strange ways… needless to say when Twilight and Chrysalis both came to us about loving me… that was awkward as fuck, Lyra suggested the herd… I ran to the nearest closet and hid. The very idea made me paranoid to hell, and I killed a Psychopath, fighting it without fear… and the thought of three wives sent me into a panic.”

“Well...some people are different I suppose.” I shrugged.

“It took an hour for Lyra and them to talk me out of there… Then Luna came into the mix. Why and how I honestly forgot but we clicked rather fast. She was a girl out of time and I was a guy with a time machine… you can guess how some of our dates went.”

“Yeah I have a feeling.” I said honestly.

“Things spiraled into craziness from there… and they are some of my fondest memories when I think back. As complicated as it can get the Starfish cloning ability, while at first useless and accidentally discovered by me, came into great use when spending time with all the girls. A me for all of them… sadly me being an idiot I didn’t think to use them till some time after I reached over a hundred… god things would have been simpler back then. At some point new wives to the family became a running gag with me. Hell Lord jumped on that bandwagon once...got me stupid good too....”

“Oh my god.” I chuckled a little. “Yeah, I have a feeling that was quite the experience.”

“You wanna know what he did?”

“Sure why not.” I said honestly.

“Okay so turns out he went through a few beta versions of the realms when he was making everything. Each version with people and such. He never ‘deleted’ anything just moved it someplace else… He loaded ALL of them into the realms… and dumped every...single...damn...woman...that existed in all of them, at my house… you know the song it’s raining men… it was raining woman at my house for a WHOLE Week…. And that was his take on the joke…” He slammed his head to the table again.

“Jesus christ.” I couldn’t help but laugh at that.

“Speaking of…” Just then… Jesus walked in… I mean bible described, cross and painting looking son of god himself just walked in and sat next to Cript.

“Heyyyyy~”

“Screw off…” Cript said.

“Pay up.”

Grumbling, Cript handing him a pouch. “Feels good.”

“I’m missing something here.” I frowned. “And I have a feeling it involves me.”

“No.” Cript said. “Holy boy here and I make bets on stuff. Mainly events that may or may not happen. None of it’s related to you but I lost the last bet on who would evolve first, the lizards or the birds and Jesus here is milking his first win ever.”

“Hey, hey… suck it.” Jesus said, pulling out… is that a pot cigar? He lit it and began smoking. “Ah, life is good.”

“For once for you?”

“Oh shut up.”

“Um...aren’t birds lizards on a genetical level?” I asked curiously. “Cause I remember birds evolved from Dinosaurs, which were types of lizards even though some or most had feathers…” I said. “So...wouldn’t you both be right and wrong at the same time, making the bet moot?”

“Different world, different rules of evolution.” Cript muttered.

“You could have just agreed and gotten your money back…” I muttered honestly.

“Against this pothead? Yeah no…”

“Well I’m off. Gonna freak out some atheists.” Jesus said, taking his money and leaving.

“I mean...atheists can believe Jesus existed, just not that he’s some miracle child.” I pointed out.

“He does it to see how many immediately convert.” Cript said, taking a sip of his soda. “At this point it’s anyone is allowed in so long as you’re not a total evil jackass. Really good souls can bring in plus ones just as a safe measure in case their loved one goes south before dying.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “Makes sense.”

“Yeah, these days the afterlife is just a midway point to being born again into something else. Everything kind of lost that charm religion and books paint these things as.”

“Alrighty then.” I nodded. “All I know about the afterlife is it’s apparently a waiting room for getting back to your normal body.” I shrugged.

“That’s for my kids, IE you. Well, for now anyways. After my plan springs into actions death will become permanent. After all if everyone can live forever what's the point in creating a vast and wild world for them all to explore?”

“Makes sense.” I shrugged. “Oh also, cause I don’t know if this is a thing but is Tirek immortal or just ageless?”

“Ageless. Things in this new reality can be ageless but not immortal. THe new reality I’ll be remaking this one into. While there are certain exceptions to that rule it’s nothing permanent, everything is temporary. Save for like four or five, six things tops.”

“Okay then.” I nodded. “So if Tirek were to break out and try to hurt my kingdom I can murder him still?” I asked.

“Yeah but murdering your worlds Demon Centaurs, the name of his race, is tricky. Their magic is to absorb magic. Cast a spell at them, they eat it. Magical weapons, the spells will fail on them after one or two hits. Their sponges for magic, and sorry to say, but that included your nothingness. Best get him while he is still weak, or, surpass his limit. Everything has a limit, find his and he’ll explode in a fireworks show of blood and magic.”

“Alright then.” I nodded. “So just shoot him in the head with a non-magical gun and he’ll be done?”

“Go with fire. Or explosives. Just make sure there’s no chance Necromancy can revive him, so after you kill him burn him to ashes. Leaving his corpse won’t rot, perk of being ageless, and any magic to touch him can revive him.”

“Alright then.” I nodded while having one of my clones order Consequence to do such a thing of making sure that when Tirek dies from a Sniper Bullet to the head to burn his body with none magic fire and make sure he can’t be resurrected. “Thank god for clones.”

“So, you gonna make a clone for every girl? You’d be surprised how easy that hive mind mentality becomes. Each tends to their own girl, memories are accessible to all and even after this thing the clones will be alright. So, anything else you wanna know? Anything at all?”

“Well…” I thought for a moment. “Given that you can see the future, how many more wives am I going to have?” I asked nervously.

“It doesn’t work like that.” Cript said, taking a drink of his soda. “It only shows me things of importance to me and those around me. Usually things about to happen and only if needed things in the distant future.”

“Can...you take a wild guess at it?” I asked nervously. “Just so I can be prepared for...literally everyone woman imaginable.”

“Well, not sure if I can. But I know a guy.” Cript said, taping on his assistant before putting it down. Not a few seconds later a… monster… that’s all I can call it, walked in and took seat next to him, across me. “Hey Cronos.”

“Cript.” The monster, apparent god of time, said.

“Hello.” I said. “Um...are you who I think you are?”

“Yes. I am Cronos, god and overseer of all time. Well, former. I gave that title to Cript some years back, then he fucked up the flow of time and space,” Cript chuckled. “So now it kinda does it’s own thing and neither of us can fix it. Even Lord took a loot at it and said ’the fuck did you do? How did you do this shit!?’ his exact words.”

“The fuck did you do?” I asked worriedly.

“You don’t wanna know.” Cript said, laughing to himself.

“Anyways…” Cronos spoke. “What is is you want to know. Time may be fucked but I can still see events with accuracy.”

“I know this sounds dumb but...how many wives will I have in the future?” I asked. “Since I’m related to him.” I said while motioning to Cript.

“Ah, yes. So you have his...magnetism¶ for women then… Give me a moment.” Cronos said, waving his hand as a clock appeared before him. It’s hands moving rapidly. He gazed at it for a time, eyeing the device or spell, whichever, and finally they stopped. It vanished. “Not including the wives you have… two more.” Cronos said, surprising me.

“Only two?” I asked curiously. “Wow.”

“Yes. Surprising. I was expecting at least a few thousand.”

“I mean...if I go out and about I might solve that.” I said honestly. “But...sheesh. You sure it's just two for this timeline?”

“Yes.”

“Surprising…” I said honestly. “Um...how long is the Keyblade war gonna be?” I asked.

“That is easy. Five months.”

“Um...I meant ‘this’ Keyblade War.” I said nervously. “I was told that if I did a thing it would go down to a day...not extend it to five god damn months.”

“Yes. A day to eliminate the leaders of your enemies… five months to destroy the mass armies of abominations, heartless, unversed, and fuck knows what some of these monsters are.”

“So...basically a day to end the war, and then five months on clean up?” I asked honestly.

“Yeah, these monsters that will appear in this war of yours will haunt the new world, as a reminder to all that we bring horrers onto ourselves.”

“Alright then...so it’s not as bad as I thought it would be when you said ‘five months’.” I said honestly.

“Yes, in terms of wars it’s mostly all depending on you lot to end the leaders on the first day. After that the clean up is combat but against beasts like them is better than intelligent blokes.”

“Oh yeah, it’ll be a lot better.” I nodded.

“Well not too much longer now.” Cript said, leaning his head against the glass. “You’re army ready Ben?” Cript’s tone sent pure terror into my core… He suddenly sounded so hollow… so lifeless…

“As...ready as they’ll ever be.” I said. “Um...can I actually fight in this war?” I asked, knowing my clones are there and I’d love to help fight to protect the people.

“This test isn’t just about winning Ben.” He said monotonously. “It’s about being a leader. Kings have to make hard choices. Decide what’s more important to you.”

“A king isn’t a king without his people…” I said, having a bad feeling about this.

“When it’s over, just remember. If Lord did this same test...you might not even have a kingdom anymore.” He sighed out. “I hate playing the bad guy.”

“Oh…” I muttered nervously. “That’s...not good.” I said while already having everyone at the ready for when the enemies hit.

“Yeah… it is...cause I’m good at it.” I blinked, finding myself back home.

“Crap…” I muttered. “I’ve...got a bad feeling about this…”

Just then, sirens were ringing, as well as an announcement from Consequence. “Attention citizens and soldiers, monsters have begun invading. Please evacuate to your shelters and soldiers report to the nearest government base immediately.”

“Aw shit.” I growled. “Not good. Council!” I barked, hoping they will all appear at my call.

“Here.” All of them said, appearing around me.

“Alright, so you all know about the the castle being attacked?” I asked honestly.

“Of course.” Joy said honestly. “It’s pretty obvious the new kingdom you own would be attacked in less than a month.” Joy shrugged.

“Don’t sass me Joy.” I frowned. “Alright, so we have an ass ton of Heartless, Unversed, and Shadow Creatures attacking the castle.” I explained. “Luxu, I believe you have a plan for this?” I asked, my head already working over time as I tried to think of something to help face against the monsters.

“Yes.” He said, summoning Lunatic and his Keyblade. “Kill them all, let their makers sort them out.”

“Yeah...not surprised…” I said while feeling my clones were out helping the soldiers. “My clones are out helping the soldiers prepare, I believe you were all told about the enemies you’ll be facing?”

“Yes.” They all confirmed.

“Good.” I nodded. “Now, go!” I ordered. “Defend the kingdom against these intruders! Leave none alive to desecrate this land anymore!”

“Yes sir!” They all said, vanishing to take on their own groups.

Taking out my glider, I decided to see how things were outside the city… All I could see is dark, purple, red, and smoke and spellcasting… so many...I can’t even see the grass.

“Jesus christ…” I muttered, seeing my clones helping fight with the soldiers. “This is why I hate war…”