I was overseeing the development of the orphanage and the school, thankfully it being a lot bigger than necessary for all the kids but I thought that was fine. “I hope all the kids will be okay…” I muttered, fearing if I went out to help the kids someone will have a problem with it even though my instincts as a Den Mother were screaming at me to be with them.

“Looks like all we will need now are teachers and some security.” Luxu said.

“Yeah…” I said, still concerned for them all. “Jeez...my instincts as a Den Mother is making me slightly freak out for them all...Mom...when I finally got to talk to her...she said that my Den mother Instincts and being a King were practically one and the same based on Dire Wolf Culture…” I said nervously.

“Hmm… I guess I can see that.” Luxu said. “Kings, good ones, care fiercely for their people, mothers care for their young, and even the young of others. Yeah, I can see it.”

“Yeah…” I sighed out. “But when I believe everyone of my people are my children...well it can get a little weird.”

“At least with that mentality they will know you care. So, any thoughts on how to resolve the public's opinions on the dire Wolves adopting equin children?”

“I mean...I can literally just show them a good majority of my family and kids.” I said. “Like...I am walking proof that all the races can be happy together.”

“While true we did do some digging and it seems the primary issue is the living conditions. Most of the dire Wolves wishing to adopt are from the Primal tribe, which live more in caves than actual homes lacking running water and other such modern essentials. They believe the simplicity of their races Homeland better than modern conveniences.”

“Ah…” I said. “That might be a problem. What about the Modern Tribe? Aren’t they open to adoption?”

“They are but not many, even in humanoid form they can have many in a single litter so most with kids either can't afford or hunt for the needs an extra kids brings. The Primal tribe can have dozens of young and still hunt and gather the needs for themselves and moreso.”

“Right…” I said a little worriedly. “That makes sense...I suppose that’s just what happens when you live in a modernish time, hard to go back to amish country ya know?”

“A healthy mix or middle ground would be a miracle right now.”

“Well...again, I’m open to just adopting them.” I said honestly. “Or am I not allowed still?”

“It would be political suicide. While yes you have resources out the ass, adopting all those kids with no blood ties to you will just make the nobility in title alone. The kingdom just got rid of the old nobels, we don't need more that wants to make fortunes any way possible.”

“I know...I know.” I sighed out. “Still glad the ‘nobility’ is gone.” I said honestly. “But...is there anyone else that wants to adopt these kids or is it just the Dire Wolves?”

“Even with all the other races willing to adopt it only puts a few hundred of the thousands of kids in need of homes in homes. The dire Wolves would take in the vast majority “

“Gonna have to get a representative from the Primal tribe to talk it out…” I sighed out. “Not to mention I have to talk to Rainbow and a Dire Wolf representative to basically have it be ‘nature is a thing, deal with it’.”

“Nature for them is practically built to be controlled. It's in their genetics, their magic. They can't ignore the need to control it any more than you can ignore the need to protect children.”

“While that’s all fine and good...they can’t control it everywhere, nature is a thing that exists.” I said honestly.

“So question is, where is the middle ground going to be?”

“I’d still like to know why they’re trying to claim they can do this to Dire Wolf Territory to begin with.” I said honestly. “What, are they trying to move there?”

“While yes it is the Dire Wolves territory you unified their whole world as well as the Direwolves world, territory or no, this is all one kingdom. Legally they can get authorization to control the weather, but only if residing residents agree.”

“And so far the residents don’t agree.” I said. “And now here’s a good question, are the ponies actively trying to move there? Cause if so then there might be a middle ground, if not then that won’t help Rainbow’s case.”

“They do in fact. We have plans on mixed race villages of Equines, griffins, deer, Minotaur, ect. Our goal is to get the races together all in accepting and open minded villages so proper total Integration of all races can be achieved.”

“That’s nice.” I said honestly. “But…” I sighed out. “I don’t really know to be honest. If it was just simple pony towns I could say that only the towns in that general area could mess with the weather...but then there’s this and...well actually not all races actively screw with the weather.”

“True. Actually your Twilight and some others are digging deep into Equin history. We believe a minimal weather control for crops of long drought periods could be a decent middle ground.”

“That would probably be for the best.” I said honestly. “Now...I might have...a lot of personal bias against messing with nature given both my original world and my new homeworld so…” I said sheepishly.

“We will figure it out.”

“Yes we will.” I said while still overlooking the construction. “Have you found the leaders yet?” I asked, hoping they found those Purity bastards.

“Yes but with their numbers and somehow even Keyblades it makes acquiring them difficult.”

“You’d think things would actually be simple for once.” I said while rolling my eyes. “But do I need to send out clones to help the search? Cause I can.”

“Even with clones, you are still one person. Stop trying to brute force your problems.”

“That hasn’t stopped other people from doing it.” I said honestly. “But fine fine.” I said honestly. “I presume you’ve met Echo?” I asked Luxu, talking about the new Doppleganger Nobody.

“Yeah. Pretty weird.” Luxu said. “So, think this murder is going to strike again soon?”

“Yes, I’m pretty sure they will.” I said. “But...I still do not understand why people are doing this shit. Like...they’re fine with me being King, they’re fine with me having literally every race under the sun as my wife, but when other people do it it’s apparently wrong.” I said. “Like, I know I’m strong and would kick the shit out of them but what the fuck?”

“What makes you think they are fine with you?” Luxu questioned. “If they are attacking the public they want your attention. Likely as a distraction, and this many murders so close together is a way to distract.”

“And the distraction is...what? Wanting to actively murder my family?” I asked. “Listen, if they want me to publically maul them that’s fine...well I mean, the ones that are actively trying to beat people, not the kids or elders.”

“That. That is why you can't work on this case. You don't think on their level you just want to kill them and that's that. Look, Gods forbid but even if they do harm one of us, we have to bring them In. ALIVE and unharmed. We have no idea how many agents they might have in the City, or even in the castle for all we know. Last thing we want is them proving their points right by having their deaths have their sick and twisted meanings met.”

“They are killing my people for no reason.” I frowned. “They at least need to be punished for their actions.”

“And they will. But for now this case is highly political. Our actions can and will shape how the people see us as leaders. Last thing we need is to show bias. If we are to catch them, it's alive and preferably together. They want to start a mass multi race war by first placing fear into the people. Their next move will likely be to have to go more military, and regrettably be racist in our actions towards the people who are specifically affected by their actions towards us. They want to make us mad… and desperate.”

“Well they got at least me upset.” I said honestly. “But what do you think we should do my General?”

“I doubt they'd risk their own agents to make these murders. Most likely it's a third party. Disposable, they don't have to explain anything to them, and they won't ask questions.”

“Wonderful…” I muttered. “Well...let’s hope there’s at least something that can help us learn who the hell these mercenaries are.”

“Well they have Keyblades. Worst case scenario they are rogues from Daybreak.”

“And I will have several problems with that.” I said. “Like...all the problems.’ I frowned.

“Well whatever the case when we manage to find them we will have to wonder and ask how they vanish without even leaving a trace of magic.”

“It better be a good reason.” I frowned. “Cause if it’s not then I’m just gonna be more pissed.”

“If they're mercenaries then their only reason is the money. We could actually try and buy them out of their current contract if they are greedy enough.”

“And given how much money I have most likely.” I said honestly. “And...the fact I can just actively make money.”

“Try not too. We need an stable economy.”

“I won’t make money if it’ll hurt it that bad.” I said. “But I’m sure they should be acting soon…”

“As much as you will hate it, but perhaps some bait is in order?”

I really wanted to tell him no...but I knew he had a point. “And...who would...be the bait?” I asked slowly, trying my best to follow this even though i didn’t want to.

“The fastest source is Dorlu and his wife. A mixed race couple, so we know Dorlu can keep her safe. We just have to make sure they fall for it.”

“Alright...Dorlu might not like it though…” I said honestly. “But...let’s hope this won’t end poorly.”

“Dorlu’s reflexes plus with Fair Game in his hands, I’d be more worried for these hired thugs.” Luxu chuckled.

“True.” I agreed. “Dorlu.” I said, my voice holding the order of summons for my Gambler.

He appeared in a flutter of cards. “My king… Heh, these cards make my old ones feel like Sticky notes.” He said, juggling several cards of Fair game. “So, what do I owe the honor of a direct summons?”

“Sorry to ask this my friend, but...Luxu came up with the idea to...use you and your wife as bait to find the criminals.” I said sheepishly.

His cards as well as him all flinched, the cards falling down as he failed to grab them, then raised a hand as they all floated back to him into a perfect pile. “I assume this plan is to catch the killer, or killers of the mixed race couples?”

“Yes.” I said nervously. “And believe me, we have utmost faith that whoever is doing this will get their ass beat by you with Fair Game but...I can’t help but feel terrible for asking this…” I sighed out.

“While I admit it’s a good idea, it’s risky and, heheh. A Gamble. What makes you think they’d target my wife and I Luxu?”

“They have a pattern. First off is the fact each murder happened within their own homes, while the children were in bed. Secondly we know that if this is for political and public instability, then they would likely try and take out a member of our group, both to show their employers they are capable of taking on larger targets, likely to earn a higher pay.” Luxu explained.

“Makes sense…”

“But we will make damn well sure that neither you nor your wife will get hurt.” I said. “The moment they appear, we will apprehend them.” I said to Dorlu.

“Alright. I want to tell Crystal at least.” Dorlu said.

“I have a feeling she won’t be happy about this.” I sighed out.

The set up was simple. Dorlu and Crystal would be within their home, the living room, to make it easier, or more tempting for these criminals they left a window open and made sure their kids were asleep.

Luxu and I, I came cause damn it I want to catch these guys, while Luxu and I watched from three building rooftops down, having a good view of Dorlu and his wife through the open window.

“This better work…” I muttered in hopes this will work. “These bastards need to be stopped…”

“It likely will. I don’t doubt they can see us.” Luxu said, resting casually on a small tools shed on this roof. “That’s what will bring them in. They are fast and confident. Seeing we are watching the bait will make them want to test their metal.”

“Hopefully their that dumb…” I said. “God...this is so wrong…” I muttered sadly.

“It’s not a matter of intellect, it’s a matter of pride. When they see we are calling them out on their skills, they will come to try and correct the issue.”

“Alright…” I said. “But...I hope nothing bad happens.” I said, hoping to god nothing stupid happens that’ll ruin it all.

“Hmm… They’re taking it.”

I looked back at Dorlu and Crystal quickly, hoping to catch the rotten bastards.

I heard a metallic clunk as I turned around again, Luxu using Lunatic to block a strike from a woman in a red hoodie with a Starlight Keyblade. “So there is two of you.” He said calmly as loud noises and a good side of Dorlu’s house wall was blown off, he and a male with a Starlight Keyblade and a matching set of clothes to the woman were in combat.

I wasn’t entirely sure who to help first, my fists clenching as I literally had the two right here. “Who are you?” I growled, baring my teeth ready to beat the shit out of the lady here.

“Marry. It’s nothing personal, never is. Just business.” She said, managing to match Luxu blow for blinding blow.

“What are you being paid?” I asked.

“Four million a head, ten if we take out one of you higher ranking lot.” She said, side stepping all of Luxu’s thrusts.

“Fuck you’re good.” Luxu said, genuine surprise in his voice.

“It’s a lifetime of practice.” Mary replied.

“Who’s paying you? Poor people?” I asked. “I can double that rather quickly to stop all this crap.” I said bluntly, but the scent from Mary was...familiar for some reason.

“Hmm...Have proof? My husband and I don’t take up a job without proof of payment first.”

I literally pulled out a bag that was, from what my code said, at least double what they were paying the two after all the murders. “Right here, I know the exact amount, you can spend a while counting if you call of your husband...and you smell familiar for some reason.”

She stopped fighting, actually making Luxu trip backwards to his ass. “Woah. Not bad. You speak the criminals language. Cash.” She said, walking over to the edge of the building. “Hey Barry! They’re paying us like Triple to stop! Cash is here!”

“Ah hell yes!” Barry yelled, warping up to his wife… he smelled familiar too.

“Okay seriously, both of you smell familiar...like someone I know.” I said with a frown. “But who were your previous employers?”

“Bunch of purist groups. They each were chipping in to pay us to cause you some hell.” Barry said as Marry was counting the money.

“Cool.” I said. “So…” I started while noting they both had brown and blonde hair that I could barely note. “Why would two Ventrals take up petty crimes like this?” I asked, having a feeling if Marry was keeping up with Luxu of all people they had to be someone special.

“How did you know we are Ventrals?” Marry asked.

“Three things.” I said. “First up, you two kept up with two of my council members, no average merc can do that.” I said. “Two, your scent is way to familiar for you not to me a Ventral given two of them are my daughters and one of them is my new husband and the other is my new wife...and three, Jenny made mention that Ventrals really like money.” I said honestly.

Marry dropped the money, suddenly shaking me so hard and quick I could feel the whiplash on each shake. “OHMYGODDOYOUKNOWWHEREMYSONIS?!?!?!” She said in a loud, fast passed tone too quick to properly make out.

Thankfully I’m married to two Pinkie Pies so I knew full well what she said. “Lady please calm down. Yes I know where your son is, I know Zeke, he’s a good friend, and I just got married to him a few days ago.”

She stopped, looking me over. “... Well now… now this is rather awkward.”

“Crap we were against Family!” Barry cursed. “It’s Maryland all over again.”

“I mean, you already were given I’m both the father and mother of both Jenny and Nancy.” I frowned.

“Wait...what?” They both asked, tilting their heads in unison confusion. I then began explaining everything to them… by the end it was scilence from all parties.

“So… My son is now also half female…” Marry started.

“My brother Josh is as well, had a son, now daughter who our son is also married too…” Barry continued.

“And now you married them on total accident and my step sister is also your infant while my niece is also your daughter…”

“Great, now we’re the Micongals.” Barry said.

“The who?” Luxu asked.

“Crime family like us, only heavily inbred…”

“I was going to say I have video footage of the wedding Jenny obviously took.” I said honestly. “But yes, all of that is correct, and because of..certain things, inbreeding isn’t a problem.” I said honestly.

“Oh thank god.” Marry said.

“So… did God save you as well then?” Barry asked.

I summoned a Clone that was my male self to help give some context. “Yes, God saved me a long time ago, and gave me wonderful Nothingness powers because I asked nicely. Then through trials and tribulations I’m not the King of Nothingness, this used to be my male form...but now I’m a Den Mother Dire Wolf because of a curse that happened.” I said honestly. “I can take you to him after I’m done dealing with the Purity people that actively hired you.” I said, thankful Code helped me read minds so I know full well who specifically hired them.

“Okay then. God saved us too.” Barry said… wait what? “We were caught off guard too, but his only rule was not to partake in the chaos that day, and along with Zeke, Marry and I were bunkered in a little getaway house. Then this tank driving madman comes out of nowhere and blasts us to hell… or so we thought.”

“God came to us, offers us powers and a new place to go. We asked for powers to make us the greatest thieves. Leaving no trace wherever we go, able to pop in and out of anywhere.” Marry continued.

“Got these Keyblades as part of working for those Purists.” Barry said. “Reminded us of those games Zeke liked so much so we accepted.”

“And I can’t wait to round them all up like the racist bastards they are.” I said. “And Zeke is going to...be a bit happy knowing you two are alive and well. But your actions here...well that might not be good.”

“Oh Zeke will understand.” Marry waved off. “It's what we do. He...she… they should know. It's what we do.”

“Pillage, steal, murder and torture all for the money.” Barry said proudly.

“Crime pays, and our fees are the best around.” Marry added.

“And yet your family has been actively moving on with better lives.” I said honestly. ”You two must have wished for something outside of all of this right?” I asked, hoping to just end the line of murder and crime for this family who had a second chance.

“Hmm… I'd want to be close to it though… maybe a gunsmith.” Barry thought aloud.

“Translator.” Marry said. “I already knew twenty different languages from earth and nineteen more since all this.”

“That’s perfect.” I said. “Something, anything to stop all the crime...this isn’t Earth anymore, you don’t have to continue doing all the crimes and running from everything anymore.”

“Awh but it's so much fun.” Marry laughed.

“You’d think, but it’s not.” I said honestly. “Second chances don’t come often...and I’m pretty sure Zeke would be happy to know his parents aren’t running anymore and living the lives they wish they could have.” I said. “And believe me, I’ve been told enough how Ventrals wish they could have a better lives rather than having to run everywhere and do bad shit just to get by.” I said, having Jenny, Zeke, Nancy and I’m pretty sure some others told me about it.

“Guess it would be nice to be able to actually settle down and not have to keep a gun under the pillow and barricades on the door.” Barry thought.

“We could finally have real pets!” Marry added happily.

“There’s a lot of things you could be doing.” I said. “And all you need to do are a few things.” I said while pulling out a contract. “Cause if Jenny has taught me anything, always have things made in Writing.” I said while handing it to them for them to look over. “The contract is a lot of things, but in simple terms you two will have a better life, but you will have to serve under me for the community service cause duh, telling me who specifically hired you both because also duh, and a bunch of other things that basically benefit you...as long as, if you do still want to do criminal acts, you have to follow the Payback clause.” I said. “The payback law is...well basically like Sly Cooper, where a criminal actively hunts down bigger and stronger criminal organizations and either steals all their shit and throws them to the local authorities, or beats the shit out of them and drags them to the local authorities.” I said honestly.

“Sure.” Barry agreed.

“Sounds Interesting.” Marry said.

“Cool.” I said while pulling out a pen for the two of them. “Just sign on the dotted line.” I said with a smile.

They signed, handing me back the contract and pen. “So I take it our first task is to hand over our prior employers?” Barry asked.

“Oh yeah.” I said. “All of them. Straight and simple, and if you want to help me hunt them down that’s also fine, but they all have to be alive and mostly uninjured.” I said.

“Alright.” Marry said, standing up and stretching. “Be back in ten or so seconds.” She said, warping into thin air. Seven seconds later she was back, the purist leaders all knocked out on the ground before her as she reappeared. “There we go.”

“Cool.” I nodded. “Thank you so much, now I have a feeling you want to know which world Zeke is on?” I asked curiously, knowing they would love to spend some time with their son.

“That would be nice, yes.” Barry said.

A door appeared close to the group. “Right through that door is the world Zeke is on, and if anyone asks how you got there, tell them Ben sent you.” I said with a nod.

“Oh I hope Zeke finally gave us grandkids.” Marry said.

“About...well he’s adopted a lot of kids but actual birth kids? Well...I’d say about…” I thought for a moment. “Twenty or so with all his wives before me, Zeke and Eclipsa got married.” I said honestly.

Both parents froze. “How?” Barry asked.

“Zeke has like...I don’t know, ten or so wives just to his name?” I asked. “Equestria has Herd relationships...or just Harem’s for human terms.” I said honestly. “And...well technically at least two of the kids are his when he was a woman due to...one of his wives doing things as punishment.” I said honestly. “You’ll have to get the story from him, it’ll make more sense.”

“... THAT'S MY BOY!” Barry screamed, kicking down the doors and running through them.

“...Oh he is going on be impossible now…” Marry said, facepalming before inspecting me up close. “So… you and my son then… have you two… shared each other yet?”

“No, we have not.” I said. “Zeke is...going through some things at the moment. Being told he has to work through a lot of PTSD.”

“Hmm… well I'll give you this.” Marry started. “If he as a female is anything like me… just be careful. The only reason I had three kids is because Barry has a pelvis of titanium...literally…” She said, following her husband through the door.

“Well...didn’t know that.” I said honestly. “But...that’s already happened before with my thousands of wives.” I said honestly. “But cool, Luxu, let’s get these four bastards to the castle before they wake up.”

“On it.” Luxu said, placing all four on his shoulder and opening a DTN.

We Interviewed each and when they got troublesome we had the Bard, Brook, enter, doing what he does best as they spill their guts before he did. They had in total fifty agents in the city. Each was quickly arrested and we began to plan assaults on the world's they escaped to that held their own armies.

“Alright, so we have four worlds to deal with. What are the statuses of each of them?” I asked curiously. “I know both Red and Blue Spy, as well as Echo are doing well gathering info on them all.”

“Armed, surprisingly well trained, some heartless controllers.” Dante stated. “Now, we have three courses of action.”

“I’m gonna take a guess.” I said. “Either make more Echo’s and replace their commanders with them and surprise them all in a trap, have me waltz in and beat the shit out of everyone because I’m that stupid strong, or use a special spell to cage them all in Nothingness?” I asked curiously.

“Well that depends on one thing. Do you want these people captured, or slaughtered? It's your choice.”

“What is the status of any of the other races on those worlds they’ve dominated?” I asked curiously, that being the key factor here in my decision making.

“The pony Purests and Minotaur Purists use the other races as slave labor mostly. Other uses include decorum or entertainment. The griffon and Zebras do pretty much the same save for one difference. The Zebras experiment on the other races like lab rats, and the Griffons… use them as an alternative food source.” Luxu explained, a sour tone in his voice at the end.

I took a deep breath. “Well..” I said. “Do you truly believe they should all be killed? Or should we...split them in half?” I asked, wondering if I should just go down the middle and capture all that surrender and kill the rest.

“First step first we have to save all the oppressed races on the world's. Moving them here while possible and not actually difficult we lack proper housing and farm space to make up for it. Also we imagine mass mental and physical traumas to be present so we also lack sufficient mental and physical doctors.”

“For as big as this world is it's awfully small in the grand scheme of things.” Dorlu said.

“Good thing I can just actively make the world bigger.” I said honestly. “And...I’m pretty sure I can literally make doctor's that can help them out both physically and mentally.” I said with some thought. “Hmm...this is quite a thing.”

“Well, why not grant their wishes?” Dorlu asked. “They want a race war. I say once we save all the oppressed and untainted young from these places throw them all onto a single world and let them kill each other. Winner gets the world all to themselves from behind a planet wide cage.”

“Perfect.” I said with a nod. “Just got to make a world that can fit them all after saving all the people…” I said with some thought. “I suppose you have people already at the ready to save the innocent?” I asked curiously.

“Sonic and Genos are awaiting orders. Genos will take on their firepower solo, nothing he can't handle. While Sonic saves the slaves and takes their young.” Luxu said. “While morally kidnapping children is wrong I feel in this case we can make an acception.”

“The parents...they would want their children to be happy in an untainted world.” I said, being a father and a mother.

“Their parents believe their twisted ideals best.” Dorlu pointed out. “Not always is a mother and fathers ideals best for their young.”

“Shit…” I sighed out. “Well...let’s hope for the best for the children.” I said. “Genos, Sonic, go in the name of your King, save the innocent and burn all who oppose you.” I gave the order the two council members felt even if they weren’t in the room.

Genos and Sonic were successful. Sonic's speed allowed him to get all the slaves and untainted young here in just a day. Genos had burned down so much of each world that from space they looked like giant balls of charcoal.

Finally I threw all the surviving Purists on to one barren world, letting them keep their weapons. As predicted they immediately began killing one another. I locked the world away behind a barrier of Nothingness, and Luxu placed a Reflect barrier. They even tried to escape the Reflect barrier will implode the planet.

I immediately began crafting a new many sets of towns, cities, villages… and at some point… everything got mixed together. What came out is best described as organized chaos. The world was a mix of close together and even mixed terrains, Forrest, cities, flatlants… but somehow it worked. Even the Dire Wolves who lived in the caved found the chaotic mix of nature and modern cities quite pleasing. This meant that also the wildlife of both worlds was everywhere, fast adapting. Needless to say many of the Primal Dire Wolves found a sudden job of keeping them at bay and acquiring plenty of food for themselves or markets. It seemed… to just work.

“I am...so glad that this all worked.” I sighed out thankfully. “This should not have worked…” I said, now thinking about my upcoming meeting with Rainbow and the Dire Wolves about the weather.

“Maybe this was needed.” Luxu said. “To quote Time Belle, 'Equestrians lost a true connection to the world when we began using our abilities to control it all rather than what was just needed.’”

“Yeah.” I nodded. “Can’t wait to hear Rainbow’s argument and then immediately tell her I have a better idea.” I said honestly. “Rainbow would probably be upset because of that.” I said, not really having met Rainbow on a casual setting. “Oh speaking of which, how is she, Spike and their kid?” I asked, remembering Spike and Rainbow had a kid and that Spike’s actual mother went out to probably hug the hell out of him.

“Last I saw Spike and Rainbow Dash were both living in Cloudsdale still, visiting the castle and Twilight's old library for chats and memories.” Dorlu said.

“Cool.” I said. “I have a feeling they’re also showing their kid around the place, telling them about old stories.” I said with a little smile.

“Wish I could do that with my kids “ Dorlu said.

“I mean...I don’t know much about your past besides what happened on Knowhere.” I said honestly, remembering my first encounter with him and then remembering Rejection basically burned the place to the ground.

“Well. To put it simply… my world is gone. Went out much like Daybreak did.” Dorlu said solemnly.

“Oh...well that sucks.” I said worriedly. “I’m sorry to hear that…” I sighed out.

“I was little when it happened. I only remember bits and pieces. Nothing to mourn really.”

“My Lord.” Consequence said, appearing. “Miss Rainbow Dash and Dire wolf Endreguars are here for the meeting.”

“Thank you.” I nodded. “Well...let’s hope those two won’t be arguing when I get there…” I muttered while heading off to the meeting room the two will most likely be in.

I arrived and the two sat across one another at the table. Rainbow was...different. her once rather short and messy hair was now long and we'll brushed, she wore a pink top shirt that said 'MOM’ on it and a skirt. The dire wolf Enderguars was as expected, in Primal form and sat up properly.

“How are you two doing today?” I asked politely as I sat down in my chair that was thankfully big enough.

“Good.” Said Rainbow.

“I am well.” Said Enderguars. “Shall we skip the idle chatting and get to the point?”

“I vote Yes.” Rainbow answered.

“Alright.” I nodded. “So, who wants to make their argument first?” I asked curiously.

“We've actually changed our original arguments.” Enderguars said.

“Yes. Given the new arrivals and new... geography… we've reached a certain level of agreement.” Rainbow added.

“Oh?” I asked curiously. “What have you two figured out?”

“Simply put, food is at an all time high. We need more farms for both crops and livestock.”

“Our territories forests hold the most fertile land readily available.” Enderguars said. “Even the flatlands while all a jumble, hold invaluable fertility for plants and creatures. We are willing to allow something we are referring to as Artificial Nature Farming to transpire.”

“Basically we plant mass crop fields and help raise the wild life like livestock to better produce for the people, including weather for proper watering and ideal conditions for max output.”

“And In return the ponies allow us to adopt their orphans so long as we have at least one section in our caves with modern conveniences, and we are allowed to keep the prey we hunt as well as free roam of the lands to keep traditions alive.”

“Perfect.” I said with a smile. “My original plan was for the weather to take its natural course, but if there was something like a drought or something you could have actively made it rain to help out.” I said honestly.

“With this course of action both and all races can more easily integrate so long as each has some dependency on the other, and food sources are a good motivation.”

“Yes, food is very important.” I said. “I’m glad things won’t escalate badly.” I said honestly.

With that taken care of rather well I found that our public bathroom, as in for bathing, was done so I decided to take a dip and oh god this feels amazing… Twilight said she actually had minerals and such imported so it felt like a natural hot springs.

“Aw~, this feels nice.” I sighed out, loving the bath after a long few day. “Nothing like a nice warm bath after a long time as king.” I said happily, not needing to be half female to know how good warm baths are.

“Mind if I join?” Looking up I saw Joy… blushing hard as they had their whole body wrapped in a towel.

“Sure.” I said. “How you doin Joy?”

“A bit embarrassed…” They said, climbing into the bath. I could see their breasts were already swelling with milk. “I uh…. Said some stuff…”

“What did you say?” I asked gently, having a feeling this was a sensitive topic. “And hey...your pregnant already.”

“Yeah… what I said wasn't bad just... embarrassing.”

“Did you say you enjoyed it?” I asked curiously.

“Enjoyed is an understatement…” the placed their face in their hands. “I uh...kinda screamed for Jenny to make me their whore then let her… basically screw me every means possible…”

“Oh…” I said slowly. “That’s...that’s a thing.” I said. “You see, this is...kind of why I don’t entirely want to...ya know, do that cause of that part.” I said nervously. “Maybe it’s a matter of pride, maybe I’m just scared I’ll be treated less...fuck if I know.” I said honestly.

“No but that's it. I knew what I was saying, I wanted to say it! It's a whole different experience on the...erm, receiving end. It's like I know and feel I can trust her enough to say and mean what I said, and let her have her way with me...and I did… and while I am not gonna ever speak of what happened… I can say proudly I have no regrets about it.”

“That’s good Joy.” I said. “You have more trust in others and yourself...I am sadly still missing trust in myself.” I said honestly.

“I mean I would not say no to anything she did to me. Ben when it was over I could not walk, my everything felt both pure Bliss and sore as all hell and there was so much Cum on me my fur was soaked and sticky and I LOVED it!”

“I think your...maybe going a little overboard with the descriptions I don’t want to know about.” I said honestly. “And not helping me to be perfectly honest.”

“The point is.” Joy continued. “That I never expected to enjoy what I just went through so much. But I guess since I loved and trusted Jenny I felt alright in the end letting it happen. Actually had a lot of fun. I still identify as a male, but with both sets I can have a broader view of things than if I was only male.”

“I know I know.” I said honestly. “It's something special you shared and new things can be nice.” I said while patting his head.

“Har har.” Joy said, swatting my hand away. “You said you didn't trust yourself, so just trust them. You can do that at least.”

“True.” I said honestly. “But...just don't want to be...ya know, treated any different given...what I might say in the heat of the moment...cause one thing could lead to weird things.”

“Ben, people say stuff when having sex. When Jenny and I first did it, she said 'redden my rump’ and that meant, spank her on each thrust. I did. Still doesn't mean I don't fear her at times when she's in a mood or horny.”

“I understand.” I said honestly. “I know it’s something special and I need to learn that...maybe I’m a little scared I don’t know.” I said. “But the heat that I’m hopefully going to pass through won’t be too bad…”

“Well Zecora is making you that potion.” Joy added. “So, how did that meeting go?”

“Shockingly well.” I said honestly. “Given how...the entire world has changed and it all somehow worked in that jumbled mess...they figured things out.”

“That is good. So, when are you planning on visiting Zeke and Eclipsa again? Been a bit already. Figured you two should try the hardest to make this work, right?”

“After the bath.” I said. “And something to eat, I’m starving...and yeah I know...but Eclipsa’s gonna flip when she sees this I just know it.” I chuckled a little.

“Bring her some of homes meats to try. That might stave her off long enough.”

“Might as well bring a gift...oh but what meat should I get them? All of them are too good.” I huffed, not sure if I should go fishing or hunt down the giant turtles again.

“Try a sampler platter and let them choose what they like the best.” Joy offered.

“That’s true…” I said honestly. “I do have all the meats ready if memory serves…” I thought, hoping they’ll like my cooking. “I have been practicing my cooking...hopefully it’s good.”

“You've been cooking? Since when?”

“Har har.” I rolled my eyes. “But I’ve been cooking, I’ve kept it a secret because...well I wanted to surprise everyone.” I said. “You know, a family dinner that I made for them all...it’s the least I could do for being a shit husband and father half the time…” I sighed out, even though Joy knew full well I was both an excellent husband and father to all my wives and my millions of kids given we sometimes share memories.

“You are way too hard on yourself.” Joy sighed, slipping to their chin into the water. “So, how's your boarding school/orphanage coming along?”

“It’s getting along great.” I said with a warm smile. “The kids are feeling better thankfully, all the renovations are getting finished and...I hope they all get better soon.”

“Same. At least this way we can ensure they are all raised properly.”

“I might...go a little overboard. Being a Den Mother is hard sometimes when you think everyone’s your kid sometimes.” I said honestly.

“I know. I heard your speech in between ninth and tenth orgasem with Jenny.”

“Um...I’m not entirely sure if that means you came when I talked…” I said sheepishly. “Proper wording is a hell of a thing.”

“I mean I just had the ninth orgasem when you had your speech, and watched while getting rutted the tenth.”

“Alrighty then.” I said honestly. “So...what do all the other girls think?” I asked curiously. “I have a feeling Frisk and Chara were...a bit touchy feely because of your sudden change huh?”

“Chara laughed her ass off. Frisk was okay with it and Asriel was supportive given they went through the same thing.”

“Makes sense.” I said. “And what of the other girls? You have like...two hundred right?” I asked.

“Heh, most didn’t care, some found it odd and others were a bit speechless. All in all a healthy mix I guess. So what’s your plan when visiting Zeke and Eclipsa and the initial talk and such is over?”

“No idea.” I said honestly. “Its...gonna be a thing that's for sure. I'm sure Eclipsa would try to jump me cause of...obvious.” I said honestly.

“Heh. Maybe. Hey, remember that game you used to play when you were three? You’d ask yourself what would you do if you got what you wanted most, normally a toy or candy?”

“Yes I do.” I said honestly. “Why do you ask?”

“Well, let’s play. Pass the time and stay in the bath a bit longer.” Joy said, closing their eyes in thought. “So, what do you want most, and what would you do with it?”

“Well....I already have everything.” I said honestly. “A loving family, godly powers...what would you do?” I asked curiously.

“I would want to live old enough to be a grandparent, then embarrass my kid and in law with stories from when they were young and silly.” Joy laughed.

“That would be funny.” I said honestly.

“So, you been trying to catch up to some game series since we have pretty much them all or so? I’ve been trying to play the original Fallout… it’s hard…”

“Been playing Kingdom Hearts 3...and fuck Xehanort being a 'misunderstood good guy', he openly murders people and tries to murder people just to be god.” I frowned.

“Heh, well it is an E rated game series so can’t have the bad guys to completely bad. Remember Maleficent helping in Kingdom Hearts two, granted it was in a cutscene, still.”

“Fine fine.” I said. “But there are a lot of games I still have to play.”

“After Fallout I plan on trying out some games I never even heard of.”

“There are many.” I said honestly. “I should also try that Sekiro game. Heard it was good.

“It’s made by the people who made Dark Souls, good luck.” Joy chuckled. “Been playing Tf2, so much craziness. Seems anyone with internet in the multiverse can be in a match.”

“Simple games are fun.” I said honestly.

“Yeah. So, want to watch some transdimensional TV?” Joy asked, taking their hands out of the water and clapping, a TV descending from the ceiling before us.

“Wonder what's on?” I wondered. “Hopefully something good.”

“Voice activated. Just say something. It’s multiDimensional so literally anything will and is on.”

“Ah…” I said. “Um...how about Regular Show.” I said, hoping to finish that good show.

The TV flashed on, and showed a list of Many...many...MANY shows all bearing that name. “Some are alternate universe versions of it. Saw one once where they were all human. Was the same thing, just humans and the world was all the same. Wasn’t too bad, but didn’t have the same charm.”

“Okay then…” I said. “Where's the Original Regular Show here…”

“They are organized by Realm and Reflection ID’s. Just look for Any starting with Af9, that’s ours, yes they had the one God made too, and reflection number 4480.”

“Alright then.” I said while looking for said thing.

I found it and started a random episode, the short, rather plan into scene starting before the show. “Remember when this show first aired? You didn’t think it was gonna be any good.”

“This was a good show.” I said. “First episode was a bit meh but it was great.”

“It got better as it went on.” Joy said. “Shame most shows didn’t get the same treatment. You know, if everything we thought fiction is a real world, then isn’t this show also a world we can just visit whenever?”

“Yes...yes it would.” I said honestly. “That would...be a bit weird.”

“Eh, that’s life I guess.” Joy shrugged. “So, King of Nothingness, Admin of Nothingness… and now, Den mother to a world and spouse to Kingdom Hearts/Admin of Hearts and Admin of Grey. Expect any new titles to pop up?”

“Worlds best dad mom?” I brought up. “That might happen.” I said honestly. “What would you think would be a title I might get?”

“Dunno. Frankly I just wonder what Exactly Spoiled is up to? We don’t exactly know what she is doing or what she is capable of right now… what’s her plan?”

“Does it really matter?” I asked. “Hello, this 'war’ isn't a war. Its gonna be a one day one sided beatdown unless something happens in three years.” I said honestly. “Spoiled is gonna die, if we wanted Zeke could just point us in the right direction and we can be done with the whole thing.”

“Yeah...then why aren’t we? What exactly is stopping us? Thinking about it, it should be easy but… for some reason we’re just putting it off?”

“Maybe because were too focused on our own lives to care? We wanted to prepare for it...but now we over prepared for it.” I said honestly. “So either someone bigger is making us wait, or something that's actually bad.”

“Still, so what is Spoilds endgame? We know Core taught her things for some time before he was killed, and now is back but on our side, and then there’s that Kid she and Kexez had… where is it? We haven’t sensed anything along it’s presence since it was conceived.”

“Now that would be bullshit if someone stopped us sensing it.” I said.

“Unless it’s masked? What could mask that much power?”

“What could mask a part of reality not knowing about a thing that openly exists in it?” I asked. “I have a feeling some bullshits being pulled and whoever is doing it is sneaky enough...so maybe the Nazis cause you can write those fuckers doing anything and no one cares.” I said, not knowing who's stopping us but knowing they are basically a none issue cause of power leaps.

“Still, what’s the kid going to be like? A mix of Kingdom Hearts, Nothingness, and the Purest Darkness… what do you even call that?”

“No idea.” I said honestly. “But...oh wait, Zeke can just find the guy cause you can't hide someone's existence.” I said honestly. “Or they can and at that point why even bother anymore?”

“Dunno. Does it even have a heart? I imagine it’s birth would be something we all feel, so I guess it’s not born yet.”

“Maybe. Who knows right now.” I shrugged. “There's a lot of questions that I'll ask Zeke when I go see him soon.” I said honestly.

“Think Zeke can answer any of them?”

“He can answer some things.” I said honestly. “But what things I don't know at the moment.

“What about Eclipsa?”

“I hope she knows something.” I said honestly. “But I should also meet some people, like the Foretellers or John given I haven't officially met him.”

“True. Hard to believe we rarely know our allies huh? … Hey, so Zeke never took Cript on that offer to join in the family huh?”

“Does he even need to at this point?” I asked. “Even though he is technically a part of his family by me and Eclipsa.” I said honestly.

“True, still kinda wonder. Yours was a Dire Wolf, Eclipsa’s was a Naga… what would Zeke’s mother have been?”

“No idea.” I said honestly. “But I made a totem of mom. She's happy with who I turned out to be.”

“Oh cool. Where’s you put it. I wanna talk with her sometime.”

“Well she's just a small totem, but she's in my cloak. I'm curious if she'd have liked to take a bath with us…” I wondered. “Given were all female at this point.”

“Maybe but if it fits in your cloak she can’t really soak, mostly she’d be swimming just to keep head above water.”

“True.” I said. “I should make an actual statue of her...she deserves it.”

“Might take a while but will be worth it.” Joy agreed. “If she’s basically possessing a statue of her image can she eat or feel?”

“I have a feeling she can at least feel.” I said honestly. “And if she can eat...well I hope she'll like my cooking.”

“If she can do as she is when she is here then I wonder if that means majority of the time she can be here? Would be nice for everyone to meet her properly.”

“That would be wonderful.” I said with a smile. “Den would be so happy to meet them all.”

“Yeah. I do owe me even having a body to her anyway… you’d think Cript would have done that but she was able...kinda wonder what else she can do?”

“What do you mean?” I asked curiously.

“Remember? I was just in your head and heart, and when mom found out she gave me a body, with just a wave of her hand. Pretty sure that is not a normal Dire Wolf thing.”

“Oh yeah.” I said. “That is true...wonder what she could also do...and what do you want to do to make it up to mom?”

“I don’t know what I can do to repay her… What would be the best way of saying ‘thank you for bringing me back to life and giving me my own body’?”

“Uh...no idea…” I said honestly. “Maybe we could ask her?” I suggested.

“No, then the meaning behind it isn’t as good. It’s like finding the perfect gift… what can work… what can work…”

“Spend the day with her? You know, go out to our home world...wait no the world is so changed it might be weird…” I sighed out.

“Hmm… Well, I am pregnant now… I could name a pup after her? I know if the girls ever named a pup of ours Joy Jr, I’d about cry... “

“Out of joy or out of embarrassment?” I asked curiously.

“Bit of both. I mean, giving your kid your name, while kind of odd, I think it’s meant to show expectations, like handing down a torch to the next generation or so?”

“Well I’d rather not have my kids have the expectation of being me of all people.” I said. “They can do better than that.” I said honestly. “But...kids are and will always be my pride and joy.” I said, knowing being a Den Mother made my love for my children go through the roof but I still cared about every single one of them.

“That and the nickname of a kid named Ben Junior would be Bj.” Joy snickers.

“That’s also not going to happen.” I huffed. “None of them will be called Bj.”

We shared a laugh and watched three more episodes before I started to get out. Thankfully a full body sized hair drying got me dry and fluffy. Rarity had some pajamas for me, not like the nightgown from before, rather a part blue and purple set of Pajamas with the Nobody symbol on them. Putting them on I went over to the bedroom, and what I found made me...really happy. The infants were all here also, sleeping with us, ontop of us, or in small cribs next to us. “Like it?” Luna asked, holding Braig. “Twilight moved all the infants here, something about old hard managed often having one large bed to share with family and a seperate room for more… adult needs of sleep. That’s what she is renovating the old nursery into. Figured this would be best so both you and the kids can sleep well given this mornings waking incident.”

I smiled happily. “I love it.” I said warmly. “And hello little Braig.” I said lovingly, not fully sure if Braig saw me like this.

’You broke Nancy, now she’s all nice.’ He said as I took him.

“I didn’t break her.” I said. “She wanted to be with her family, and she’s finally happy to show it.” I said honestly.

I snuggled between Luna and Rarity, who was sleeping with Nancy on her arms as I helped Braig. I felt so happy like this. When I laid my head down it rested on a Belly, looking over I saw it was Pinkie’s. She gave me a wave before resting her arms behind her head. This was nice… more families should sleep like this.

“I love you all...my wonderful wonderful family…” I muttered, tears of pure joy falling down my cheeks as I was just so happy.

“We love you too Ben!” Pinkie said, huddled next to Twin.Luna got a large blanket to cover her, Rarity and I all up and Pinkie and Twindid the same, slipping it under my head so I could still rest on Pinkie’s belly. This was so Comfy...so peaceful.

I was falling… Darkness was around me...then I saw it. My Station of Awakening. My Male and Female form back to back with one another both Gripping No Heart. I landed softly at my feet.

“Huh...wonder why I’m here?” I looked around. “Maybe my light and dark halves want to have a talk about my sudden change?” I wondered aloud. “Hello?” I called out, hoping someone would answer.

Someone walked seemingly into existence out of thin air, almost examining me. They wore a dull blue hoodie, jeans and boots. I couldn't make out gender.

“And...who are you?” I asked curiously. “What are you doing here?”

They said nothing, still examining me from afar before summoning a Starlight Keyblade.

“Cause of course…” I sighed out while summoning No Heart. “What do you want?”

Still saying nothing, they raised their Starlight into the air, light forming at the tip as a Keyhole formed above us.

“Excuse me I have several problems with what I’m seeing here!” I said in a panic. “That’s not right! How can Keyholes be in people’s hearts the fuck!?!” I looked at the keyhole above us.

They shot out a beam of light, the sound of a lock turning echoing as immediately pathways of stained glass shot out in all directions into the surrounding darkness.

“Are you going to tell me what the fuck is going on now?” I asked in a panic, fearing what’ll happen to my entire person based on this sudden event.

Still saying nothing, they turned around, the large decorated doors from KH one appearing before then. They opened them and entered.

“Cause you know...let’s not explain who the hell you are or what the fuck you did…” I said while following after him, not entirely caring about what’s gonna happen but I really need some answers cause I’m confused as fuck.

I entered the doors and… was in my castle?

“Okay, cause this is what I need, my dreams to be filled with more concern and confusion than my normal day being awake.” I rolled my eyes. “Seriously, the fuck…” I muttered while walking around my castle. “Hopefully there will be people here to help explain…” I muttered.

I arrived in the kitchen where… myself as is now, and my male self sat across one another at a table. The two...me's, were still, unblinking as they looked at one another.

“Um...am I interrupting something?” I asked nervously.

The looked at me, moving in uniformed unison. “Which matters most?” The female me asked.

“Pride?” The male asked.

“Or acceptance?” The female finished.

“And why can’t I suddenly have both?” I asked honestly. “And what’s with this sudden event thing? Am I missing something or are you going to not tell me anything?” I looked at them both. “Please, I’d like a little context instead of just randomly answering questions that make no sense.” I asked. “Also who was the person that just...unlocked my heart or something? Seriously the fuck is going on?”

Can the mind answering questions the heart wants answered?

A voice spoke in my head… it sounded like… old king?

“Excuse me old man, your supposed to be dead.” I said while looking around. “And how the hell am I supposed to know that? I have no idea what’s going on, and I’m expected to just know things?” I frowned. “While that’s basically all the time, now’s not one of those times.” I said, still so confused on what’s going and only being more confused and concerned as time went on.

You walk a fine line between your reign of Nothingness and the heart of light and dark you carry in your chest. This line is strained more so recently.

“Good to know me actually being happy for once only causes problems.” I rolled my eyes. “Cause I can’t fucking win ever apparently.” I groaned. “So mind asking me why the hell this is suddenly a problem now?”

Unification. Never has Balance and Nothing shared this level of bonds. While Your body and theirs can handle each other's powers, your heart's lack such durability. So, they will be rebuilt, these questions you must answer carefully, for failure here, will cost your unborn their existence. You three must unify perfectly, less the unborn suffer.

I growled. “Don’t you fucking dare hurt my children!” I barked angrily. “Even if they’re unborn they did nothing wrong damn it!” I growled, wanting to beat the crap out of the old man for even daring to threaten my children...even though they weren’t born or even thought of yet. “Also again, what’s wrong with having pride and being accepted at the same time?”

[i[I am not, the culprit in this situation. Your powers are all so different, without a means to ensure they can be utilized also by one another, no kin or young of the mix can even be created. It's a matter of connection, not violence.

“And yet Spoiled can have that happen and get off scott fucking free.” I frowned.

Her child holds no heart. Balanced or no, Kexez and Spoiled are still Nobodies. That child will be born, for all it's possibility and abilities, without a heart.

“Cause of course…” I sighed out. “Alright...so again, why is Pride and Acceptance mutually exclusive here?” I asked. “For a first question that seems a little weird don’t you think?”

To rebuild your heart, certain traits must be determined worthy, and worthless to you. Which do you value more? The Acceptance of others? Or Pride in who you are?

“Well...I wouldn’t be who I am without others...and I literally wouldn’t be here without others.” I said honestly. “Like seriously...if I were alone I’d either be dead or have gone insane…” I said, knowing full well that...I wouldn’t be at all happy as I am now a days or even alive.

This was hard… and what does this even mean, pride or acceptance? Is it which I prefer or which I want or value more?

“I really hate how you give me literally nothing to go on. It’s either acceptance of something I don’t know about, or pride in something that I don’t know about.” I said. “Can shit stop being vague for once and actually have some context for once?” I frowned. “Seriously, what’s wrong with both? It’s like having your birthday party but your parents are holding your cake and friends hostage telling you ‘which do you want, cake or your friends?’.” I frowned.

You overthink things, why is that? Does everything have to make sense in order to accept it?

“When it’s actually something important like this than yes.” I frowned. “You can’t just say ‘hey, if you get this wrong you can’t have the children you actually dreamed about’.” I said honestly. “I’m a mother and a father...telling me that I can’t be happy with those children with Zeke and Eclipsa is pretty worrying to me.”

The mind of a parent is a worrying one. A mind that carries both worries of each is forever burdened with fear. These Questions will be, simply, inform each other, and yourself what kind of person you truly are. A Balanced heart belongs to a person who knows the kind of person they are, what they will do, what they can do, and can read others to know what they are capable of.

“Well that’s great.” I said. “But again...why is acceptance and pride mutually exclusive here? A balanced heart would have both right?”

In quantities. Here, you Pride yourself in your masculine male status, but you want the acceptance of all because of your new feminine form, the two wage war within you. If you can not make middle ground between the two, one must be tossed aside.

“I’m not tossing anything aside anymore.” I said bluntly. “But both of them are pissy? Well let me hear it from their own mouths what they have a problem with.” I said while staring at the two.

“You declared yourself the head male without even consulting Zeke beforehand.” The male me spoke.

“You find peace and love in bounds in this body, a kindness and love deeper than you knew prior...and yet, you worry about the opinions of others over your own choices.” The female me said.

“Okay cool.” I said. “So for you.” I said while looking at my male half. “I did, but then after some talks with Jenny and a lot of things happened so...I decided to give this a try.” I said while looking over at my female part. “I always worry about the opinions of others based on my choices. I’m an idiot, I do dumb things, and I’m scared I’ll push them away because of my decisions.” I said honestly. “But here’s the thing, I’m still half male, so I can still be the head male of that group, and I enjoy the love and affection I got with my family because of this.” I said honestly. “Both are important to me, I can’t have one without the other.” I said.

“Pride.” The male me says. “Tell me, what pride did you ever have without others? Before God? Before your loves? Before your children?”

“How much did you worry about others opinions before God?” The female me asked.

“I didn’t have any pride, and I gave zero shits about what other people’s opinions were because I was a hundred and ten percent done with everything at that point.” I said honestly. “Cause when you blamed yourself your whole life for your parent’s murders for a long ass time...and a lot of other bad shit that happened...well you tend to lose things as your heart was slowly dying.”

“A strong heart accepts others in their roles.” My male self said.

“Zeke, like you, and Eclipsa, are still fathers, and soon, shall also be mothers, by claiming head male, tell me, do you know what such a claim would be?” The female asked.

“Honestly, I don’t know what ‘other meanings’ it could have but when I said that I meant it with the intent of being the one that would be in front of them when something bad happened.” I said. “I would be their guard, I would protect them from whatever’s to come...protect their smiles.” I said, both halves of me knew full well I would rather die than see any of the people I cared about hurt.

“You've read Equestrian history texts, surprised you can't recall?” The male me asked.

“I have a million and one things to remember all the goddamn time.” I frowned. “Sometimes I can’t recall things, sometimes I can, I’m not perfect.” I said honestly. “And also, I’ve read this Equestrian’s history texts, it could be different in other realms.” I pointed out.

“Then let us remind you. A Head male, in a herd, claims the children as their own, legally, would you take their family names away?” The male me asked.

“No.” I said. “Also, to be perfectly honest, I’m pretty sure we can actively throw out that rule cause of the fact I am married to literally eight different races.” I said honestly. “So your point is...kind of moot at this point when you truly think about it.” I said honestly.

The two looked at the table, a soft smile on each of them. “What's in names? Why do they hold power even among Admins?” The female asked.

“I mean, do you want me to get philosophical or point you to Ancient Egypt where they had ‘Secret Names’ be one part of your soul?” I asked honestly.

“Things only have power when we give them power.” The male me said. “Names are the purist example. What power does your name hold? Zeke's? Eclipsa's? To take a name is to take its power, and family names hold more so, because they grow with each person who it is given to. What will be your new family name?”

The same and female me faded out like ghosts.

You three have a task. A name for your bloodlines. What benefits you three?

“I’d like to know why I’m suddenly being blamed for things when I’m actually happy for once.” I said honestly. “But I’m gonna have to talk to Eclipsa and Zeke about that.”

Happiness can be found even in the bleakest of situations. It's your heart that needs to be corrected, not just for this union, but for this happiness. A life of misery and sorrow has made it weak, emotions still so distant from you will return, without a rebuilt heart, your emotions could do more hard than good.

“Which should have happened ages ago.” I stated. “You know, when a lot of things actually were happening that were rebuilding my heart and emotions, but I suppose some people just completely skipped that.” I said while looking up at nothing in particular. “Jeez...barely been with Eclipsa and I think her fourth wall breaking is rubbing off on me…” I muttered. “So, what next after that weird questionnaire?”

Identity.

“Wonders.” I said. “Can’t wait to hear ‘oh your not yourself cause you made a decision that made you happy for once.’. Can’t wait.” I rolled my eyes, knowing full well there is something special about this whole thing but just aggravated that no answers were being given and I’m being treated as the bad guy here. “So...where do I need to go now?” I asked while getting up and heading off around my castle to see what room I need to be in for the next question.

To your throne room.

“Alrighty then.” I said while walking towards my Throne Room. “Can’t wait to be told what I’m doing wrong next when I’m actually enjoying life for once.”

As I arrived I saw Jenny, Baby Braig and Luna with a large round belly standing there.

All three hold closely to your heart, of them all, who holds potential for wonder?

“All three of them.” I said bluntly. “And don’t you dare say that’s not true cause it is true. Luna carries a child that can be a wonderful person, Baby Braig still has a life to grow up in and be happy, and Jenny, even though she’s still young, she still has so much room to grow and achieve so many things.” I explained. “Now, tell me I’m wrong. I dare you.” I growled while looking around for him.

You hold truth in your words, now then.

The three vanished, and three adults appeared, all dire Wolves, one in a single sundress and hat. The other with blood soaked battle armor and barbed sword, and the third warped twisted and broken.

Which of these three is your child?

I looked at these three dire wolves, tearing up. “Does it matter?” I asked. “Just like Jenny...even though she wasn’t born my own...I treat her like she’s my own. These three...even if their not mine I would treat them like mine...and if they all are...I’m sorry something drove the armored one to fight and...the last...I’m so sorry…” I said sadly, not even needing to be a female to know I would feel like crap if two of my kids were either going through some bloody hell or being so twisted and broken I...feared I couldn’t save them anymore. “I’m...at least glad one of them looks happy…” I said, hoping the sundress one was having a good life.

A unique answer, and we'll said.

The three vanished.

Finally, which is you? Which is who you want to be?

My male, female and human forms appeared before me.

“Why don’t the two just kiss and make up?” I asked honestly. “I know it’s weird, but I’m me. I am who I want to be, I’m not going to be forced to pick one or the other when I can and will show you I can do both and look amazing while doing it.” I told the old man.

Confidence in your current form then? Well done. Lastly, one final test.

“Cause that’s what I need.” I rolled my eyes. “Okay, am I going to have to fight whoever did that weird unlocking thing at my Station of Awakening? Also who the hell was that and how did they do that?”

This is the first time ever a heart has had to be reconstructed. So, the Keyblade Starlight was given the task of opening your heart to rebuild it. The Starlight Keyblade is the Keyblade of beginning, it's tasked to read and understand the heart of who it wields til it decides if another is best suited for their wielder. But it's true power is the alter hearts, but only if needed. This is the first time it has done this in its entire life.

“Well wish it appeared sooner when I only had my light half keeping me alive instead of my soul.” I said. “Where was it then? Or is the soul too far away from the heart?”

While similar, souls and hearts play vastly different roles in the body.

“I could be really sassy at the moment but mind telling me how?” I asked honestly, feeling like me being a sassy bitch to him wouldn’t help much.

The heart holds memories and let's you express emotions, the soul carries those memories forever, and the stronger, older the soul is, the more power and will you can gather in both combat and in stressful situations of mental fortitude.[/i[

“And given that I haven’t had it for over ten years is a hell of a thing.” I said honestly. “But good thing I have it now.”

Yes. Now, your final test.

The room went dark, before me was Spoiled, and in my hand was No Heart.

How far will you go, to protect?

“Are you asking me if I’d kill her to protect my family?” I asked honestly.

How many would you kill? How many corpses of those who'd attempt to bring harm to those you are for would trail behind you? How many mountains of the dead, dead by your hands would you make for those you'd love?

“Honestly, it depends on the person really.” I said honestly. “Cause there have been those that have tried to hurt my family but became friends...but for Spoiled in this case she actively wants to see everything burn because she wants it.” I said honestly. “Let’s look at Core for instance...or the old ‘Suicide Queen’ that became my wife after she...kind of actively lost who she previous was because of magic.” I said honestly.

So enemies become allies, and if that fails, death befalls them?

“Not all the time I’m sure.” I said honestly. “There are some that can become allies after a certain amount of time and bugging the shit out of them for a long time...but then there’s also the people that just want to watch reality burn.”

Then put your words to action. Will you spare her, or kill her?

“If you say so.” I said before flicking my wrist with No Heart in it as a bladed shockwave rushed at Spoiled, knowing full well Spoiled has done nothing to prove she’s anything but a person that would rather see the world burn for her own pleasure than any actual reasons. As I saw her cut it half by my original swing I bowled over and slammed down on the illusion just to make sure she stayed dead.

Your heart is nearly complete. One last action. Take Balance, and Grey And give Nothingness. And truly become unified with your partners.

Two orbs appeared. One black and white, the other grey.

“Alright…” I said while taking a deep breath and taking the two orbs gently, Nothingness slowly wrapping around the two gently and caringly like I was holding a part of Zeke and Eclipsa.

As Nothingness flowed into the orbs Grey and Balance flowed into me… and it was quite the… influx. Balance felt like both nothing mattered and everything held importance in life, the whispers of darkness and the warmth of light. Grey made it all much more stronger, I felt my own Nothingness felt even more potent.

“Cool.” I said. “And now...where’s the sudden side effect?” I asked, knowing there had to be something to make this less enjoyable.

I also felt...Zeke, and Eclipsa. I felt them as if they were next to me...

“Well...that’s also nice.” I said with a gentle smile. “Good to know it feels like they’re here with me...unless they suddenly are somehow.”

I began to hear voices…. So many. They were...the hearts of others, and Keyblades.. All of them talking...many of them my wives...woah...woah… Oh god that’s Rune!

“Excuse me there are somethings I don’t want to know.” I shook my head quickly, fearing what I’ll hear from Rune.

I managed to tune that out, thanking that it was easier than I expected. I began to feel it all settle in, I felt both darkness and light, my nothingness and grey all danced with one another in harmony. Pondering something, I snapped my fingers, three Shadow Heartless appearing next to three Dusks… Sweet!

“Alright this is going to be wonderful.” I said honestly. “Now...is that everything?”

I pondered if I could also summon any Keyblade… I raised my hand, and a Fenrir appeared… In another Flash, Way to Dawn replaced it… Gonna need to learn things from Zeke on this.

“That’s gonna be a pain to learn…” I muttered while thinking of all the other things I could do. “Hmm...so many things…”

I remember once Zeke got a Heartless to hold a Keyblade… Smiling, I summoned a Samurai Nobody, and tossed Way to Dawn to it, it Caught it. Then proceed to swing it around a bit… Okay now that is cool.

“This is gonna be fun.” I said honestly with a smile.

I tried to flow some Grey into the Samurai… and it grew, now seven feet tall, dressed in authentic Samurai armor, and had six Katanas strapepd to it while wielding the Way to Dawn… Hell… Yes...

“Oh I am going to have so much fun with this.” I said with a smile. “Now...what should I call you my newly promoted Nobody?” I wondered, feeling like this was a completely different Nobody at this point.

The only word that seemed proper and came to mind was Shogun. I wonder if it can keep that Keyblade?

“I’ll call you Shogun.” I said, given that the thing was a lot bigger and had the authentic armor and all. “Sound like a good name?” I asked. “Also...can you summon and dismiss your keyblade?” I asked curiously.

It looked at Way to dawn, shrugging… Well that’s new.

“Good to know.” I said honestly. “But glad to have you here my friend.”

You three now share the powers of each other, a True unity between you three, Your hearts bound to one another, and one day your bodies will be shared. Your futures are unknown now.

“That’s what they all say before I thrown into the future again.” I said honestly. “And our bodies will be shared huh? Lewd.”

Hehehehehe. Enjoy your life, Betty.

I woke up...Did the old king just call me Betty? Yeah no. “My names not Betty...dumb old man…” I grumbled while looking around to see where I was.

I was in the bedroom, kids and loves cuddled up to me like a living blanket. It was heavy, but warm and rather comfy. Looking at a clock nearby it was four in the morning. Only been asleep for five hours or so.

“Well...little bit of sleep is fine…” I muttered to myself, still happy to be my family here.

I managed to wiggle out of that and once I was out, without waking anyone I headed for the training room. Grey and Balance, we all share one another's powers now, meaning whatever they can do, so can I… the only question is who’s moves should I try out first?

“So many possibilities…” I hummed curiously, not really knowing any of Eclipsa's moves but remembering Zekes from his Absent Silhouette fight.

I know Zeke can summon forth the Dark Guardian… I should be able to do that.

“Well....lets try that.” I said while taking a breath. “Come Guardian.” I said while channeling my new powers to summon a Guardian.

I let Darknes flow out of me, slowly the Dark guardian began to emerge behind me. I FELT it’s lower half like a tail wrapped around my heart. Wonder what it can do? Zeke can make it have Keyblades… can it wield my weapons?!?!

“Hmm…” I summoned Lunatic and handed it to the Guardian, curious if it could wield it. “Can you wield this?”

Nodding, it took Lunatic, covering it in a dark aura as it swung it, a dark shockwave sent all the training equipment in front of us flying into the wall, dark auras covering them making the leather melt and metal rust instantly… cool...

“Okay then…” I said while raising my hand, thinking I could use light to reverse the effects or if I just had to get new stuff.

It didn’t work, in fact all the light did was remove the aura, but the equipment was destroyed. Sighing, I wondered how this could be used in combos? If Guardian wields two weapons and I weld two that’s four of my thirteen weapons out at once wait… can Zeke and Eclipsa wield my weapons now… can I weld X… I can I wield Zeke?

“So many questions.” I muttered. “But I have my drive forms to do this but a bit better...wait.” I frowned. “Can they also use my forms? Also how the hell do I get that Greatsword Joy used? The fuck.” I frowned, just randomly remembering that little bit where Joy got the Old Kings Greatsword and Armor and I haven't yet.

There’s a lot of questions now… but first thing’s first… I grinned, holding out my hand and trying to see if I can summon X.

“If I can then cool...even though I have my own X blade.” I said honestly, hoping this will work.

It did, the original X-blade appeared in my hand… it felt so different from No Hear-

”AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! What the fuck!?!?!” I heard X’s voice scream in panic in my head… Agh! The headache!!

“Dude can you shut up for five seconds?” I asked while rubbing my temple.

”How...In the fuck...did you summon me?!”

“Because magic.” I said. “Also because I have Zekes powers cause...I married him.” I said honestly.

”That is not enough… Your… you Eclipsa and Zeke marged your HEARTS?! Oh...ouch, oh it hurts just seeing it, ach…”

“Oh don't be such a baby.” I scolded the keyblade.

Omph… Okay, okay… so, do you know what has just happened to not only you, Zeke and Eclipsa, but also your Realms?”

“I know I have their powers and that our realms are connected but not fused together.” I said honestly.

”Look out the window…”

I looked out the window. “If our realms were fused without my knowing I call bull.” I frowned, even if I was asleep I would have noticed someone fucking with my realm.

The one thing my realm didn’t have is stars...there’s stars. ”You three by merging your hearts, merged your realms. Light, Darkness, Nothingness, and Grey, for untold amount of time had barriers to divide them… by merging your hearts, those barriers have been shattered like a rock through glass.”

“How?” I frowned. “It shouldn't be that flimsy, and why didn't I sense this before?”

"You three are ADMINS! It was weakened by your marriage, and shattered by your hearts merging. B, you were at the center of it when in that little dive to the heart to remake it.”

“And what of Zeke and Eclipsa? I doubt they would have wanted this sudden thing to happen.” I said honestly.

”It’s an Admin thing, so unless you want to DIVORCE

“How about no.” I growled at the thing. “Christ...Zeke and Eclipsa are probably not going to like this.”

”Yeah. I don’t either… now I have three wielders… Great. So do Better Half and No Heart… great…”

“Hey its better than being in twenty pieces right?” I asked.

”Oh please twenty or whole I can still reform myself when a wielder well suited for myself appears.”

“Either way.” I shrugged. “So yeah...this is a thing.”

”Yes… can you disband me already, you holding me is weird.”

“You do know I can make several jokes right?” I asked honestly. “But fine fine.” I said while disbanding the weapon.

Sighing I leaned out the window, looking at the stars… I missed these, the only downside to my realm was that it had no stars.

“The stars...I'm glad to see them again.” I said with a little smile. “When was the last time I saw them?” I muttered in thought.

It was nice to see them. I wondered what constellations I could see?

“Lets see…” I muttered while looking through all the stars in hopes of finding the constellations.

I found one in the shape of a cat, I think, another was definitely a boat though… I don’t remember doing this before, even with my parents before.

“I should teach my kids about constellations.” I said to myself. “The sky has always been nice...gonna suck when the sky is basically just a massive hunk of rock.”

I wondered the castle for a while, finding a quiet place in the library. Here I found…. Hey, this is Luna’s journal from the future… It’s still here?

“Well...it doesn't really matter cause that futures done in but…” I muttered while taking the journal and opening it, wondering if it changed at all.

As I was about to read it, a hand covered the pages, looking up… it was one of the Tiara’s… “Don’t.” She said.

“Hello there.” I said. “And why can't I finish what I was reading before?”

“It was history then, it’s yet to exist now, if at all. This book is now a paradox.” She said, taking the book. “The courts will decide what to do with it.”

“It's basically a book of a possible future, like a prophecy. How is it a paradox?” I asked honestly.

“As the future changes, so does the written words of any texts from it. The future can only be written if it’s a prophecy, not history. For it to exist in the past.”

“Alright...but its not like it'll tell me something groundbreaking like me going insane or something right?” I asked honestbuss

“What the future holds is not the business of those who live in the present.” Tiara said, vanishing in a tear through time, it closing as she entered.

“Rude.” I said. “But okay then...that happened.” I said. “So...what the hell to do now?”

“Can’t sleep?” I looked up, seeing Celestia in her cloudy sky pijamas. She took a seat next to me.

“Oh you know, just an experience where my heart is now connected to Zeke's and Eclipsa's...so yeah, no sleep.” I said honestly.

“Oh my, should I be jealous?” Celestia asked with a chuckle. “Stars… I missed them. Nights here looked strange without them.”

“I know. The stars are nice...and also mine, Eclipsas and Zekes realms fused because of this little thing...don't know why though.” I said honestly.

“Hm. Well, guess that’s something special you three share.”

“And I want to share it with all of you.” I said. “Cause it wouldn't be fair...I've already screwed up enough for all of you…” I sighed out.

“Well how would that work out? We aren’t Admins like you three.”

“I wish I knew…” I sighed out.

“I’m sure an answer will come. Someday.”

“Hopefully.” I said honestly. “But...what do you think of me Celestia?” I asked. “Since I just like asking what the people I cherish dearly think of me.”

“Well, speaking as a lesbian for the last several hundred years, I am proud to say your ass is something that keeps making me stare, and those breasts I’d enjoy my face in.” She said, making me blush hard. “Speaking as your wife and newfound mother, I have to say, you’ve become the best of both my preferred sexes.”

“That's...good to know.” I nodded sheepishly. “Still need to get used to this...and I'm only going to get bigger as time goes on…”

“Now I’m getting horny thinking about it.” Celestia laughed.

“Lady...I don't want it to hurt.” I said. “You were told how...big I am right now right?”

“Yes, doesn’t mean a whole body job, boob or even a several member tongue job isn’t possible.” Thank you Rarity for these magic undies….

“Still…” I blushed brighter at the thought. “I'm surprised none of you are...a little upset at it for being too damn big.”

“At first some of us were, but when Twilight said she’d craft a spell to either make your...package the perfect size or make us more like basically living rubber, the majority of us were relaxed, others are a bit impatient and are humping sex dols of you. You can blame Rune for that existing.”

“Good lord.” I sighed out. “But...sorry, i probably was too big before though…”

Celestia chuckled. “Worst case senario Twilight can use that spell on us she made to change her species, imagine us as Dire wolves like you? I imagine I’d still be ivory white.”

“So.Much.Floof…” I said while I got a little more bleed from the thought.

Celestia chuckled. “Ben, what was your world like? You never talk about it.”

“That's because...well it's not really full of good things.” I said sheepishly. “Mostly the things that happened to me...but what do you want to know about Earth?”

“Well, what was it like? How did your people get governed? Was there any religions or such?”

“It was fine normally. If you want to Bioshock worked you'd get the main gist of how the world is but...well my Earth had literally no magic in it. Nothing extraordinary like here. The people were governed in my ways throughout history, from chiefs of tribes, monarchies, dictatorships, councils to Democracy.” I explained. “And religions..well technically mythology was religion...but that's a bit of a rough question.” I said sheepishly.

“Hm, if they lacked magic how did you all advance? Build large structures and keep pests away from crops or even protect yourselves?”

“That would just be straight up enginuity.” I said honestly. “When you don’t have magic to solve all your problems, all you had was your ideas, your hands, and some good ol hard work and determination.” I said honestly.

“Hm. Impressive. What about other nations? Were they other races or different groups of your kind?”

“I mean...technically?” I said nervously. “Cause for some reason human’s believe that skin tone and any ‘noticable’ differences in your body makes you a different ‘race’.” I said honestly. “It’s silly I know.”

“Like how ponies were once the three tribes, Pegasus, Unicorns and Earth ponies. We were all the same species but thought each other different because of wings, horns or none.”

“Except there’s a lot more to that than literally just skin tone or how your face is.” I said honestly. “There are fundamental differences between the three races even if their all Equine in origin. Pegasi can fly, control the weather to a certain extent, and other things. Unicorns are all magical and can do a lot of things. While the Earth Ponies are the most ‘grounded’ as it were, being the closest to Nature. The ‘race’ for humans is basically saying Pinkie and Applejack are different races because their fur color is different.” I said honestly.

“Oh, well that is rather silly.”

“It really is.” I said honestly. “But humans are silly as you can clearly tell given I was originally human.” I said honestly.

Celestia chuckled. “Ben, I had a thought… About Zeke.”

“And...what would that be?” I asked, not sure why I’m scared about something that won’t happen.

“Well, Zeke’s heart is Kingdom Hearts, where all hearts come from and return to, right?”

“Yes.” I nodded, having a weird fear squashed. “Why do you ask?”

“Well, if something were to happen to us, does that mean you can still be with us? Through Zeke? Our Hearts at least. In a way through them we won’t ever leave you, not even in death huh?”

I gently grabbed her hand. “I’ll always be here for you...all of you…” I said. “I….I couldn’t imagine what I would be...without any of you.”

“Depressed?” Celestia offered, giving me a playful poke. “So, a X-blade war huh? That’s Max’s goal? Well, wonder if that means he will take one also?”

“Depressed yes but…” I said worriedly. “I fear it would be a lot worse...and who told you that?” I asked. “I...don’t think I told anyone besides Zeke, Eclipsa and Cript about that.” I said worriedly. “But...I don’t know if that’s his final goal…” I said nervously. “But...right now, I’m just glad to be here with you all.”

“You talk in your sleep love.” Celestia said, petting me. “It seems like our world was once big… then just kept getting bigger. Really makes you think, wonder how big everything around you is really, and how small you are compared to it.”

“Basically you are but a speck in the infinite lands of reality.” I said honestly. “At least, that’s what some philosophers think.” I shrugged. “And...I talk in my sleep what?”

“Sometimes. Mostly it’s mumbles, sometimes you can hold up a full conversation, unfiltered thoughts. Asked you once what your thoughts on a three way between me, Zeke’s reflection me and Chrysalis disguised as me would be, and you said ‘Shut up and let me knock you three up already’.” Celestia said laughing. “I was flattered, and quite surprised on that.”

I blushed brightly at that. “Uh...did I...really say that?” I asked worriedly.

“If you want proof, ask Rune, she has all those conversations recorded.”

“Oh my god…” I groaned and covered my face in embarrassment. “What...what else have I said?”.

“You told Twilight her anus is her best asset, Rarity her tits look as white as snow and her nipples are like blueberries on vanilla ice cream, Told Luna you’d wish after sex you two could continue sexing in your dreams, Told Pinkie and Twin Pie once they had a child with you that you’d keep their ‘foal ovens’ constantly at work, and told Chrysalis that her tongue could give the best blowjobs, you just worry about her fangs.”

I only whined at all that. “Why me~...” I whined at all the embarrassing things I wouldn’t normally tell people. “And...what were the...other’s reactions?”

“Twilight blushed but has been training her anus, Luna is making plans for a wide variety of dream sex, Pinkie and Twin are trying to plan out all those birthday parties, and the ‘safe period’ between their births and next pregnancies, Rarity is looking into more tit and breast enhancing lingerie to show off, and chrysalis is trying to practice only her teeth to shift so they are not sharp, so far that’s proving harder than she expected.”

“Oh my god…” I muttered. “Well...glad to know they’re all happy about it…” I said sheepishly.

“Twilight has actually gotten really good with her rectal muscles. Managed to stuff a large Mango up there and take in thirteen of a fifteen inch long dildo in there. Also squeeze hard enough to crack walnuts. Wonder how she managed that one?”

My nose was bleeding at that thought. “Jesus christ…” I blushed brightly at that.

“Hey, you should see how Pegasi do it. They can use the lips of their vaginis for that. Commander Hurricane could do that as well, it’s considered a very attractive trait in pegasi mares.”

“Well...that’s a thing.” I said honestly.

“Each of the tribes has traits in the opposite sex that is highly desired. For Pegasi mares have the nut trick, hehe, still can’t believe that’s the actual name for it, and for males a mare would find a stallion with long feathers attractive. For unicorns a mare with thin, small frame is attractive and a stallion with a broad chin and long horn, as in the horns on the head, is considered handsome. For earth ponies it’s actually interesting. They find large body mares the most desired while smaller bodied stallions are considered attractive to the mares, a large body stallion is the most common, so if they are smaller it’s considered attractive, mainly because it is different or rare.”

“And yet you were stuck with me, starting off as a skinny human that wasn’t handsome, to a dire wolf that was kind of cute but not really...and then turned into a goddamn sex goddess at this point.” I said.

“From an earth pony point of view, your small frame is handsome, and from a general point of view you gaining a full body fur coat made you more attractive, and in this body, well if you were more confident in it, I’d be groaping you right now.”

“What’s stopping you right now then before?” I asked honestly. “Cause confidence aside all of you have given me a quick grope or two.”

“Yes but you aren’t quite comfortable in that form just yet. We want to give you a bit more time to gain some confidence before we do anything… well, some of us. I know Luna already did that.”

“Yes, yes she did.” I said honestly. “And I understand...thank you.” I said with a warm smile. “I just...hope things will be okay...Eclipsa...I wouldn’t be surprised if Eclipsa dragged me to bed because of how I look.”

“Well that's her. Wonder what else life will throw at you three? Hopefully more funny things like this. Keeps things interesting.”

“Let’s hope it’s just funny and good things…” I said, my words to one of the Tiara’s about me going insane in the future kind of bugging me. “But we won’t know until then...right now I just have to be thankful for everything I have right now.”

“Yes. So, you going to visit Zeke and Eclipsa later today?”

“Yes I will>” I said honestly. “Gonna need to talk to them about...well what’s happened currently.”

“I imagine they might be freaking out a bit.”

“Most likely.” I said honestly. “Let’s hope they aren’t freaking out too much...still don’t fully know why this happened. I know the three of us are admins but that shouldn’t have caused this.”

“Maybe it's just meant to be? Like a cutie mark.”

“Who knows at this point.” I sighed out a little. “There’s just a lot of weird and random things now a days.”

“Maybe. Either way one thing's for certain. Life will never be dull or boring.”

“True.” I said with a warm smile. “And I’m glad to have this life with all of you.”

“Same. Thanks to you I can become a mother again. Luna found a love she's needed for years, and thanks to you there is now a lot of peace in the world, and now all the races are beginning to integrate with few issues.”

“Thankfully.” I said honestly. “I really hope I’m doing good for all the people…”

“Polls seem to largely favor your effectiveness. You get things done and have results to show for it. Even I had trouble doing that.”

“Alrighty then.” I said honestly. “Not to sound rude but I get up and actively solve problems instead of grabbing six random people and saying ‘save the world because you have magical mcguffin now’.” I said, feeling like crap for saying that to her.

“Heh, well it worked til the heartless arrived. If not for that things would have gone a very different route.”

“Yeah...a lot of things would have been different…” I said, having a feeling if I didn’t save people from that Guard Armor my first day...I wouldn’t have anyone or anything compared to what I have now. “Like...me not having any of this...especially being happy part...that would have never happened.”

“And who knows what would have happened to Equestria.”

“It would still be here, I would have made sure of that.” I said. “Being a hero is one thing...having all of this is another.”

“True.”Celestia said, wrapping an arm around me. “Life sure is strange. Oh, Cadence is visiting later today. Maybe I can send her with you to visit Zeke and Eclipsa.”

“That would be good...how is she doing?” I asked, hoping she’s doing alright cause...even if it’s been a while since Shining’s death it must still be a bit hard for her.

“Starting to show her pregnancy. Ruling the Crystal Empire solo has been hard, but she's determined, and stubborn. She's a lot like you in that regard.”

“Well...I’m here to help her if she needs it.” I said. “No one should rule an entire kingdom alone, it kind of sucks.”

“Hm. True, though you should take your own words to heart. Let Luna and I help, we know a thing or two about ruling a kingdom.”

“Yes, yes you do.” I said honestly. “I am also so glad about not having to do so much paperwork...god that was annoying.”

“Tell me about it.” Celestia sighed. “If I'm honest my fireplace in my office had a secondary purpose than just decorum and warmth in winter.” Celestia chuckled.

“Paper is really good material to burn.” I said honestly. “Especially when it has nothing but complete and total bullshit on it.”

“Makes great kindling for marshmallow cooking.” Celestia laughed.

“Yes, yes it would.” I agreed. “This is nice though...just talking and all that.”

“It is nice to just sit and talk.”

“Yeah…” I said honestly. “Don’t normally do it often cause I’m so busy.”

“Makes times like this all the more special.”

“Yep.” I smiled. “Makes it all the more special when I get to spend time with my special people.”

“Hmm” Celestia hummed while smiling, leaning on me. She was still a bit taller than me, but if what all I learned about my...special form is true that will change someday.

“Love you.” I said while nuzzling Celestia gently.

“Love you too.” She said, her chin resting on my head.

“Can’t wait to be taller than you for once.” I said. “But it’s still nice.”

“That will be new. Aside from Den I never really met anyone taller than me.”

“I have a feeling when certain...things happen I’ll be either as tall or taller than you.” I said honestly. “But either way, it’s still nice to be here with you Celestia...and with everyone else…you know I’d be nothing without all of you…”

“We know. Rune also got that confession recorded.”

“Excuse me?” I asked.

“More of your sleep talk.” Celestia chuckled.

“What other sleep talk did I do?” I asked worriedly. “Cause at this point I’m scared I said even more dumb things…”

“Nothing too bad, though you did say you wanted to, heh, well, if that offer is still on the table I have no problem decorating myself up like a cake and letting you partake~” She said, scratching my chin.

I whined in embarrassment even though the chin scratches felt nice. “Why do I say things…”

“Pinkie thinks it's because you still repress a lot of your own sexual desires. Frankly I agree. Most of the sex we do is pretty vanilla compared to what you've asked for while asleep.”

“Either a combination of don’t want to do things none of you are okay with or...because I’m nervous about such things.” I said sheepishly.

“It's something to work on.”

“Fine fine…” I said gently. “But when things are solved...I’ll...at least try?” I said nervously. “If you want.”

“Of course. I'm up for anything with you because I love and trust you with my life Ben.”

“Alright.” I nodded gently. “Gonna...be a bit weird to try and do all those things after so long of not doing it…”

“Hm. We'll take a slow pace. Makes it easier for you.”

“Thank you.” I nodded while cuddling up to my wife happily.