In case you haven't guessed, this is a crossover with SOLDIERs of night and day, by Clearshot01. On with chapter!

“Aww, what’s wrong Die? Didn’t you miss me?” The man said.

“Akumu.” Die hissed. “How are you here? You’re supposed to be sealed within Noctis’ mind, so how’d you break out of it?” Wait... How the hell is that possible?

“You can thank your new friend with the horns.” He said, pointing his blade at me... Wait... What the buck did I do? “He was giving off darkness, and when you and Noctis were separated the seal was damaged, just enough for me to be able to absorb darkness from the world around me. He gave off enough for me to completely break the seal and take over your dear brother’s body again. So thank you Demon of Balance!” He laughed a rather... maniacal laugh, uneven and evil.

Fuck you man... Just... Fuck you

Die looked at me, anger within her eyes, but it was aimed at that... Akumu guy, or whatever his name is “Lumos, Ven, Clare, I barely know you, but I need you to help me save my brother. Please. I can’t lose him. He’s the only family I have left.” My eyes narrowed into a glare, remembering how I lost my own family.

"Very well, I've been looking for an excuse to try this in combat anyway." I placed my right hand on my left shoulder, and began to flow darkness from the platform above into it. after a couple seconds, I added, "Besides, I know what its like, to lose your family." Her eyes widened a little bit at this, but went back to normal quickly.

My arm turned black, after which I moved my right hand down to my left hand,gripping it so that my fingers were interlocked, and I pulled back with my right, severing the flesh, and tearing it into five sections. These parts then changed slowly, smoothing out, and regenerating to the point where they had become five black tendrils. While I did this, Clare pulled off her spear, and got into a defensive position, and Ven pulled off Tai fuu no me (Eye of the storm... What? its got both electric and wind enchantments!), and held it in a similar stance to how Riku held his own blade in the final battle of Kingdom Hearts 2. The remaining darkness from the platform I made into a blade of my own, which gave off the appearance of a saw of the length of a claymore, with a sword handle. Its a damn good thing darkness doesn't way anything, or this would weigh me down on its own. I took a position, my tendrils and hair flowing with the breeze, and my sword pointed toward a spot on the ground directly between this 'Akumu' character, and myself. behind me, a single tentacle wrote, just outside that things vision, so that only Ventus and Clare, and maybe Die if she is looking. 'Do NOT strike the final blow, you two know why.'

“No, don’t hold back. Like I said before, when our bodies fully adapted to the solar and lunar orbs, we became immortal. We can’t die, so there’s no point in holding back. Besides, Akumu didn’t hold back 5 years ago, when he used Noctis’ body to kill his best friend. All I need is to distract him long enough to grab Tsuki no me, then I’ll use it alongside Taiyo no me to perform the celestial seal on him. One more thing.” Die took a deep breath. “I need one of you to go to Canterlot and inform Celestia and Luna of what’s happening. Worst comes to worst, they bring the Elements of Harmony here to do the job. Decide between yourselves who goes. Just be careful telling Luna. She might do something reckless when she finds out.” I laughed at this statement.

"If what that Akumu guy said is true, we have no need for them." I looked right at her "Controling darkness isn't just shaping it, after all." I said with an insane grin. I wrote behind me again 'I forgot to mention that part to you... I can remove darkness from anything, and add it to myself, and discharge it elsewhere, or convert it into chaos energy, Light I can do the same with, only rather than Chaos, I convert it to the power of order.'

“Interesting power. How big a distraction will you need to get in range to use it? Cause I ca-SHIT!”

Akumu had rushed us while we were talking, slashing at us wildly. We scattered. Die and I were in front of him, while Ven and Clare took to the sides, all of us with our weapons ready.

“Ok, to those with knowledge of materia, then this one should be familiar to you.”

“FIRAGA!” Several fireballs erupted from in front of me and charged towards Akumu. He just smirked.

“Full moon shield.” A dark blue force field surrounded him, the fireballs bouncing off it with no affect.

I whispered to Die, so as not for Akumu to overhear, "I need to directly touch any part of his body directly with my right hand, due to my left being... well, in its 'tendril' formation. As for the shield, let me handle it." I angled all five tentacles in front of me, and arranged them in a circle, soon, the familiar black pentagon formed inside them. A grin spread across my face, as I shouted two words. "MIDNIGHT CANNON!" upon the syllables exiting my mouth, a pitch black beam shot from the circle,heading into a pathway of darkness, which then opened up, aiming from the inside of the shield, strait up. As I did this, Ven shot a lightning bolt from Tai Fuu no me toward Akumu. If only I could use my light in this form!

A huge explosion occurred from inside the shield, and for a second I thought we’d done it, I thought we managed to immobilise Akumu. Then I heard the bastard.

“Die, Die, Die. Did you forget. I can turn into smoke and move around freely, without restriction, just as you can turn into light, though you only used that ability once. Do you even remember how to use it?” He started laughing.

Wait, Die can turn into light? That's kinda cool...

“Guys, I suggest someone gets Celestia and Luna here. NOW!”

I sighed, "Fine, Clare! Go warn the princesses, while we can still fight! We may need a bit of help with this, remember, tell them exactly what happened, and DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU GET THERE."

Clare looked at me with worry in her eyes, but she nodded, lifted herself up with her gravity, and took off to Canterlot so quickly she was almost untraceable.

I moved all my darkness, my scarf, my lower armor, and my sword, into my shoulder spikes, which were almost to their limit. If I didn't release it soon, or convert it, I don't even want to think of what will happen. I got a bit of a mad glint in my eye, and shouted "Cover me!" to Die and Ven. then, I began converting my charged darkness to Chaos. Just let me say this, its freaking painful. I almost fell over from it.

Die turned with surprising speed, knocking Akumu's away and punching him in the gut. He barely felt it. He grabbed Die and tossed her into the hut, completely demolishing it. As she got back up, Ven began to rush him, using the air around us as a weapon on top of his own sword, launching lightning bolts at odd intervals. Akumu kept dodging them, smirking the whole time. Then he got serious. He moved so fast that Ven couldn’t dodge in time. He slammed his fist into Ven’s gut, winding him, before slamming his elbow into the back of his head. He raised his blade to strike the final blow.

Suddenly, a small tornado appeared around Ven, growing rapidly, as he got back up, I saw his eyes glazed over with hatred, he lifted Tai fuu no me to the side, and began to charge the whirlwind with lightning. He shot me a look that said "you know what to do," I nodded, stopped the conversion procedure, and entered a dark passage, also appearing inside the whirlwind. I than began to shoot a beam of pure chaos into the sides of it from my shoulder spikes, powering it enough to begin to destroy the ground we were on. I then harnessed in via the chaos implant, and focused it into a spherical barrier around Akumu. And said "Lets see you escape a high density chaos tunnel." Damn this is fun, as much as I hate to say it. I began to walk toward him.

Suddenly, Die shouted, “GET BACK NOW! IT’S A TRICK!”

Ven and I turned toward her, giving Akumu the chance he was waiting for. The lunar orb embedded in his left arm began to glow, and he disappeared. The surroundings started to change, or at least it seemed to change. What the hell is going on now?

Then I heard it, “Full Moon Rush.” We were still in the same place we had been in, but nstead of rocks and hills, we were surrounded by darkness. Gradually, stars started to appear around us, and the moon hovered from above. Die seemed to recognize what was going on.

“LOOK FOR THE STARS THAT ARE FLASHING! THEY’RE THE ONES HE’LL ATTACK FROM!”

"Thanks for the advice, but if we do that, he can stab us," I grabbed Ven, and ran over to Die, stopping a few feet away, creating a flashing, multicolor orb around us.

"Chaos magic is different. It's only limited by what you can imagine, and the amount of chaos used. This shield-which I call a 'Chaos field'- can't be passed through by anything, and nothing can warp inside it without my admission, so we should be able to live, the problem is how long i can hold it up, the slower the color changes, the closer the shield is to discharging." I smirked, "the good news, is that I can convert the darkness Akumu just placed around us into chaos, thus weakening him, and keeping the shield alive longer, the problem is that it will weaken the shield itself a little bit. Wish me luck!" I sat down, and began to collect darkness with my left spike in the shape of a dark tornado. It then converted to chaos as it moved to my right shoulder, where it shot out as a flashing, multicolored beam, strengthening the shield, and keeping it alive. I then remembered another part of it, "One last thing about this: the way it discharges, is with an explosion, the longer it lives, the more powerful, so I say we have about 3 minutes if we don't want the explosion to take out Canterlot."

Die seemed to be gathering all the power she could in her orb.

“3 minutes? Plenty of time. Lumos, do me a favour. If I don’t make it out of this, keep my brother from making an idiot of himself when he finally tells Luna he likes her.” Die then walked outside the shield, despite my protests, and let the power from the solar orb loose. Suddenly a thought crossed my mind.

... Wait... Noctis likes the princess, thats kinda funny, plus, how can she be killed, she IS an immortal... then again, Discord was said to be immortal, yet look what Clare did to him

My eyes widened as Die caught fire, and her sword glowed furiously bright. She stabbed it into the ground, and the shockwave dispelled Akumu’s darkness. She was focused on Akumu, who was looking at her with genuine fear.

“You unlocked it? You unlocked the Burning Soul technique!? HOW!?”

Die looked at him, her anger showing clearly on her face. “So that’s what this is called? And as for how, I used it when I fought against this lady called Chrysalis. I almost killed her too. Celestia made me think though, and I realised I couldn’t kill anyone in cold blood. Anyone but you Akumu. This time, I’m not gonna bother sealing you away. I’m gonna rip your soul out of my brother’s body and watch as you fade away into nothingness. And I’m gonna enjoy every last second of it.” She smiled sadistically. This time, when her fist planted itself within his gut, he doubled over in pain. Fuck she is strong.

“That was for Chris. This,” She smashed his head into the ground, “is for Noctis. And this one,” Her sword began to glow as she drew it. “Is for me.” Just as she was about to stab him and rip his soul out, he started laughing, and it was making her angrier, which made the flames around me burn brighter and hotter.

“What’s so funny, you bastard?”

“Oh nothing, just the fact that you’re about to kill your brother.”

Die frowned. “What the fuck are you on about?”

“My life is linked to his. Unless you sever that link, separating my soul from his body will kill him as well.” His laughing grew louder as she dropped him.

"Can't... hold... it... anymore." I muttered, losing control over my chaos field, I tried to condense it into a beam, but it was to no difference, It exploded all the same, me and Ven were unaffected, as we were inside the field before it went 'boom,' but It hit both Die and Akumu, as this technique has never been used on any LIVING things. I focused my mind on simply making it destroy any Darkness in the area.

When the smoke cleared, there was a huge crater in the ground. And Die and Akuma were lying nearby, I then warped to where Akuma was lying, and moved my hand to place on him, to remove the darkness, without removing the demon, or killing Noctis. The darkness was being drawn out of Noctis’ body, I was absorbing it. His skin started to turn pale, and his pupils became round again.

“HALT! STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO NOCTIS AT ONCE!”

I looked up, . Luna and Celestia were standing a few feet away from us, and Twilight and her friends were there beside them. Clare was standing behind them, looking worriedly at me. Luna was just staring at me, while I was standing over Noctis, Her face morphed into one of pure rage.

“HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU HARM HIM! YOU SHALL PAY, DEMON!”

Luna was charging up a spell, and judging from her anger, I figured it would be a lethal one. At least I led an interesting life, and I saved some guy from the darkness...

Suddenly the wind picked up, and I saw Ven’s brow furrowed in concentration, The air began pushing Die between in front of Luna. Luna then turned her attention to Ven and prepared to launch her spell at him instead.

“Luna...don’t.”

She faced Die puzzled. Angry, but puzzled. “Why, Die? They hurt you and Noctis. Even now, that one,” She pointed a hoof accusingly at me, “Was trying to finish him off. Why would you want to protect them?” I nearly lost focus at this

“I think I’ll let Lumos handle that, when he’s done. So Lumos, you finished removing the darkness from Noctis yet?”

“Darkness? What are you talking about Die?”

“Like I said, Lumos can explain. So, you ready to start yet Lumos? Or should I call you Umbra when you’re in that form, since your power revolves around shadows when you’re like that.”

I turned to Die with raised eyebrows.

"No, I'm fine with just being 'Lumos,' and yes, I'm done absorbing the darkness, I also managed to convert a small amount into chaos, and used it to seal up the cracks in that seal you placed between Noctis and that 'Akumu' thing. So I think I'm ready to begin explaining."

At the mention of ‘chaos’, Luna turned to me again, with rage in her eyes.

“CHAOS! YOU ARE A CHAOS WIELDER!? GIVE US ONE GOOD REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT STRIKE YOU DOWN!”

“Cause..he just saved my life. That enough...of a reason...Luna?” Noctis said, still lying down.

Luna ran up to Noctis, knocking me down, and she wrapped her wings around him as if the world were ending. Meanwhile, I hit my head on a rock... Oh, hey, I'm bleeding a little... just pretend your not, ignore the wet feeling in your hair, ignore it, you can heal it when you change back. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Die trying hard not to laugh at what happened to me, as was Ven.

“Noctis, you’re ok.” She turned back to me. “Explain. Now.”

I cleared my throat and started talking.

"Before I begin, chaos isn't something you should kill people over, it is, quite simply, a 'limit breaker,' meaning it allows the user to do anything, as long as the have the chaos energy required and a clear image within your mind. Law, or 'order' energy puts boundaries on chaos, creating harmony. Now, to explain what happened here, when I woke up on my dark platform, which as you can see is not here anymore, I saw Die approaching the hut, at first she was accusing me of being here as an assassin of sorts, after explaining who I was, the best I could at least, she called her brother out, who, at that moment, had black skin, and was calling himself 'Akumu.'" I paused to rub my head where it hit the rock. "Anyway, it turns out my scarf, lower body armor, and platform of darkness all were being absorbed by this being, Die asked me for the help of me, Clare, and Ven" I said, motioning to Clare and Ventus when I said their names, "and damn, he was, as odd as it is to say, stronger than Discord himself, and that you can trust, I've had a first hand experiance fighting him, and I won too, but thats a story for another day. Back on topic now, after the battle, I accidently caused a large chaos blast, which is what caused this crater, I then moved through what I call the 'dark world' to teleport to where he was, I removed his darkness, then you guys, almost stopped the process, which would have made all my darkness go into him, which would have been a very, VERY bad thing." I looked at Luna with a bit of a glare. "Thankfully, Die stopped you, allowing me to finish, and asked me to explain, and thats where we are now, any questions, both related to what I just said, and not? Just... one at a time, please"

They stayed silent for a few minutes. Then, Die spoke up.

“I have one. You said you knew what it was like to lose your family. What happened to them? I understand if you don’t want to talk about it, but in my experience, talking helps. It doesn’t make the pain go away, but it does make it a little easier to bear.”

I sighed, and said, "Very well, sadly, this is also the tale of how I got my first power: darkness control." I took a deep breath, and began. "I would rather not get into who my family was, but to say the least, I had a mother, father, and younger brother, all kind, all generally good people, despite their flaws. One day, back when I was still human, I woke up to find myself chained to a wall, in a dark room, then the lights turned on, and what I saw... It was horrible" By this point, I had sat down and was hiding my face within my hand, "There were bodies everywhere, bodies whos body parts had been made explode without gunpowder, skeletons, the flesh of whom had been neatly peeled off, and their organs removed and put in a pile, so many organs. The worst part, the absolute worst part, was when I looked to the right, and I saw my whole family chained up next to me, then a man walked in, and slowly killed each one of my family, slowly, and painfully, first was my father, who he put eight metal bands on him, two on each limb, then he stabbed each one with a WASP gas injection knife, Its design, for those who don't know, is to move highly condensed air, through a small tube in the blade, and it causes whatever it stabs, to explode, he stabbed my father with it nine times, twice in each limb, and once in the chest, as I was closest, I was covered in his blood."

I was trembling now, tears streaming from my eyes, but I didn't look up, or wipe them away. "Next was my mother, who he slowly peeled the flesh off of, followed by breaking every one of the 206 bones in her body, after that, he gut her, and began tearing out her organs, starting with her intestines, next her liver, then stomache, some others i don't know the names of, then her lungs, and finally, her still beating heart. Finally, was my kid brother, he was only 7, and he was crying his eyes out, the man then said only one thing, he said 'I hate crybabies,' And stabbed him in the throat with the knife, the explosion killing him instantly. At least he showed him enough mercy not to torture him." I was sobbing between words, not daring to look up to see what was happening.

"Then what happened, is the part I remember clearest, I made a spike shoot out of the mans shadow, killing him instantly, almost immedietly some ball of light came through the wall, and complained about getting there too late, and that he was supposed to have arrived soon enough that my brother would be alive, and instead gave me what he was supposed to give to my brother: he allowed me to go to the world of Equestria, not this version, but a different dimension from this one, that part I figured out only five minutes ago, when neither of the princesses, nor the elements recognized me." I finally looked up, and saw shock, and sympathy in most of the eyes. I also saw shock in the eyes of Die and Noctis. After a few moments of silence, I regained control of my emotions, and said "Any other questions?" Noctis came up.

“Yes. Your weapons. They all give off a different magical energy, but the signature of said energy is basically the same. What’s more, it’s similar to the signature given off by Tsuki no me and Taiyo no me. Any ideas as to why?”

“Noctis, can’t you actually think of something more important to ask?” Die asked him.

“Die, this is important. If we can understand more about the blades, then maybe we can unlock their secrets. We might be able to understand why they chose us. Don’t you ever wonder why the orbs and the blades chose us?”

“Yeah bu-” I stopped Die mid-sentance.

"Well, the first one, is because I made them all, and many more, including whips, bows, spears, katanas, and even my left hand, which is actually mechanical. As for why the energies are different, every human I caused to enter the Equestria I was in was infused with a small amount of Chaos, which formed itself into a power, each power, from what I've seen, has always been different, I have not seen two with the same power. Other than Clare, Ven, and me, there are 6 living humans in the Equestria I'm from. One of them has two powers, but other than him and me, all of them have only one. I am able to copy their power into the metal I make these weapons out of, but only at one time, after that, it will wound anyone else who so much as tries to grab it. There is no limits on the number of enchantments that can be placed on one object, but we decided four was the limit, as when i tried five, I lost my left hand, and had to create a mechanical replacement which you see now, the hand is the only one that can touch others without them becoming wounded in the process. I'm not entirely sure how it is different, though. As for the final part of your question. It is POSSIBLE that the blades are made of the same material as my weapons, but there is really only one way to find out, and personally, I don't want to try it, as it could lead to being encased in ice, burnt to ashes, blasted by one of those attacks relating to the heavens of yours, or simply stabbed by a sentient blade that knows I'm not it's owner. Although, you are right, the energy signature is only slightly different from those of your own weapons. However, yours seem to be of higher skill in enchantment, while mine are rather simple in comparison, not counting the Gate wand, the reason for me only having one hand."

I yawned, and saw that I seemed to have sparked Noctus' curiosity, "The Gate wand contains light, dark, gravity, fire, and water enchantment, it can create up to two portals on any surface, so long as light is touching them. Taiyo no me seems to contain every energy, I can recognize fire, light, electric, and the lot, Tsuki no me seems to have light, dark, land, smoke, and even a bit of water within it, I can't quite tell if there are others in either of them, though. In short, the energy similarity is likely because, just like my weapons," I looked right at him, "Your swords, are fueled by Chaos,"

“So you’re saying that our blades, which we found in ruins with carvings and paintings of ponies, who live through harmony, are fueled by Chaos? Now I’m definitely gonna need to do some research on them. And as for being harmed by them, you shouldn’t worry. As long as the lunar and solar orbs remain in close proximity to their respective blades, you should be safe. I know because Die wielded Tsuki no me along with Taiyo no me when she first sealed Akumu within my mind.” Were you even listening? Chaos is a PART of harmony, not a separate thing!

Die looked at him, dumbstruck. “Noctis, you remember that?”

“Yes, I do, because I never forgot about it in the first place. And before you ask, I never talked about it because I’d already resolved to become strong enough to face him myself someday, plus you never mentioned it. You remember what he said about the two of us being linked? Well he wasn’t telling the whole story. It’s true that you can’t kill him without killing me. But I can kill him. If your life is linked to another, only you can kill the one whose life you are linked to, and vice versa. In other words, if I face him from within the seal and win, he dies, and I live.”

“Noctis, forgive my callousness, but ARE YOU INSANE!? You just barely made it through this encounter with Akumu, and now you want to face him again! WHAT IF YOU GET HURT!? WHAT IF YOU DIE!? I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU NOCTIS, BECAUSE I...I think I...love you.” Luna put a hoof over her mouth when she realised what she had said, and everyone, and everypony, turned to look at her, except for Noctis, who just blushed. Die punched him in the arm, and motioned for him to tell her how he felt. He took a deep breath, walked over to her, and made his confession.

“Luna, to be honest, I think I feel the same way. I don't know how these feelings developed so quickly, but I don’t care. All I know, is that I love you, and I promise you, no matter what, if and when I face Akumu, I won’t lose, because unlike him, I have something to fight for. I have my friends, I have my sister.” He embraced her, and she nuzzled him back, tearing up a little. “And I have you. Luna, I swear, on my honour as SOLDIER, I’ll always stand by
you, no matter what. I’ll give everything I’ve got into making you happy. Luna, I love you.”

Odin's bushy beard, this is rich!

I was barely holding back from bursting out laughing. Bestiality jokes GALORE! I took a look around, and there were mixed reactions. Die seemed to be about to cry with joy. Celestia was smiling warmly at her sister and Noctis, Pinkie was bouncing around talking about celebrating with a party, Rarity and Fluttershy were wiping away tears, Twilight was just holding hers back, and Rainbow Dash was making gagging sounds. Ventus was just standing there, the corner of his mouth twitched a bit, so either he saw the humor of this too, or he was truly, happy for the, or maybe both. The look on Clare’s face was how I imagined if she was just told she had cancer!

I opened my mouth to speak, a huge grin on my face, "Even though I'm a bit surprised, I won't judge, I mean, if your into that sort of thing. Even if it IS an odd fetish."

Luna chuckled, “You suggest that our relationship would be, unorthodox, meaning you assume that Noctis and Die are still human. Do you mean to say they have not told you?” Wait, what the fuck? They aren't human?

"Wait, what do you mean by that? They look human to me, genetically modified humans, but still humans." I said, curiosity blatant both on my face an within my tone.

Luna smirked at him. “Looks can be deceiving, Lumos. Though they may look human now, that is no longer their true form. The celestial orbs saw to that. When they arrived in this world, they not only found the one place that the orbs could attain their full power, they were, changed, to be more suited to this world. Think of their human forms as a remnant, a memento of their past. Noctis, Die, show him.” Now

“Are you sure? I mean, you and Celestia are the only ones who’ve seen us in that form.”

“It’s fine Die. What’s the worst that could happen?”

Die sighed, seemed to focus on something, as well as Noctis doing the same. A flash blinded all of us but Celestia and Luna. When we saw what we did, most jaws fell enough that they could be dislocated.

They had become ponies, pegasi to be more specific. Noctis had become a dark blue pegasus, with a brown mane and tail. Die was a deep red with a blonde mane and tail. Neither one of them had their Cutie mark.

The first to recover from the initial shock, and speak was Clare, "... What the hell just happened?"

Celestia put a hoof on her shoulder. “What you saw was a result of the celestial orbs granting Noctis and Die their blessing, as we prefer to call it. They bestowed that blessing on us, and that is how Luna and I became alicorns and were given the power to move the sun and the moon, though as the orbs themselves are permanently bound to Noctis and Die, they saw no need to give them a horn, as they only need to focus on the orbs to wield magic. Is that explanation satisfactory?” Clare still looked confused, so I summerized what she had just said

"I think she means the orbs let them turn into ponies."

A collective "oh," was said among the people (and ponies) present.

I began to speak once more, "This is unrelated, but I don't have a clue how I even got here in the first place. So we may be here for a little while. Is there a way you could keep most ponies away from a specific forest?" Clare gave me a look that shouted, 'really, there?', while Celestia looked at me, puzzled.

“Are you sure you wish to stay there? I would be more than happy to grant you more fitting accommodations while we think of a way to get you back to your Equestria. Besides,” She gave Noctis and Die a brief look, “I’m sure those two would appreciate having help training the guards.”

... What have I gotten myself into?

“Uh, what do you mean, training the guards?”

“Oh, that’s right, we were interrupted before we could explain. Luna and I wished for you to train the Solar and Lunar guards. You, Die, would train the Solar guards, and Noctis would train the Lunar guards.”

“Ok. Sounds simple enough. But first, how many Solar and Lunar Guards are there?”

Luna answered me. “There are a little over two hundred Solar guards, and only around two dozen Lunar guards. Why do you ask?”

“Sounds like my kind of group. I could probably try and turn them into a covert ops unit. What about you, Die?”

Die chuckled. “Come on Noctis. You know I’m more of a head-on clash kind of girl. So I’d be turning each and every single Solar guard into a veritable one-pony army. So, what about you, Lumos, Ven, Clare? You interested in whipping the guards into shape?”

Clare and Ven both agreed quickly, I just sighed, and said "I might as w-" Suddenly, my Tendrils began to throb, and I was barely holding back a scream from it. Shit, I thought, I forgot about its time limit.

Clare tried to approach me, but I shouted "STAY AWAY! IT'S TENDRIL, IT'S OUT OF CONTROL!" Fuck, I cant use any light like this, I guess I gotta change back like this... Fuck this is gonna be painful!

A scream of pain escaped my lips as my spikes retracted into my shoulders, followed by my horns curving around into their classic style, all four of my wings turned white. As soon as I had transformed, I began pouring light into my left arm, calming tendril and slowly fusing it back into my left arm, with a stump at the end. Once tendril was calmed, I collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily, but I was still concous, and able enough to say, whilst panting between words, "I might as well help out, just remind me never to change forms again, will you? Also, Clare, do you still have my spare hand?"

Clare nodded, and ran over, it was right then that I noticed something: the mark on my chest was larger than before... Eh, whatever. I took my hand, and placed it onto the end of my arm, and sat back up, slowly.

Noctis looked at me with curiosity, “So, your tendril thing has a time limit? What happens if you exceed it? And why is changing forms a bad thing for you? Is it like Die’s Burning Soul technique, where her anger is amplified exponentially? Or is it like my Frozen Heart technique, where I become completely emotionless?”

"First, if I exceed the time limit, I will lose my arm, due to the fact i infused it with some of that metal from my weapons. Second, its not that changing forms is BAD for me, its just that while i change, my senses are all amplified, increasing my pain from tendril. Oh, while I'm on this topic, in this form, I am Lumos, the god of balance, or god of shadows, if you prefer." I added the last part with a grin. "Oh, yeah, forgot this, but yes, I will help with training the guards, preferrably working with some of both, if you don't mind."

“Alright. That sounds acceptable. Now, we can prepare rooms for all of you at the castle. Please hold still.”

Celestia and Luna charged their horns, and there was a bright flash, along with the feeling of being pulled apart and put back together again...
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Damn, I hate teleportation, it always makes me nauseous, the pathways of darkness are one thing, but teleportation is QUITE another

All of us were in the throne room. Twilight and her friends were standing off to one side, staring at Noctis and Die, probably still in shock after seeing them transform. Clare, Ven and I were standing around, looking at the stain glass windows, seeing if there were any differences. Oh, and I saw Die checking Ven out a bit, huh, he seemed like the 'forever alone' type to me. Celestia and Luna were standing in front of us, smiling.

“So, what do you think? Is it any different to the Canterlot of your Equestria?”

I smiled back warmly, "I only see one difference, here, and thats that there isn't a stained glass window of Clare killing Discord by ripping him asunder."

Celestia, Luna, Twilight and her friends paled at this, but Die and Noctis just chuckled, trying to imagine Clare ripping someone apart. Then Noctis spoke up.

“Hey, what does Discord look like? All you told me was that he was the God of Chaos here. You never actually said anything about his appearance.”

“Well, Discord is a Draconnequs. His body is made up of different types of limbs, and they are, for lack of a better word, random and chaotic.” Celestia said, blatently answering his question.

“Guess his body fits his style. So where is he in this Equestria?”

Luna answered this time. “He is sealed in stone, and it was Twilight and her friends that did that to him, wielding the elements of Harmony.”

Die and Noctis took a moment to examine the six. Pinkie was bouncing in place, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight were blushing, avoiding eye contact, Applejack was rubbing the back of her head with a hoof, and Rainbow Dash was smirking.

Die cleared her throat. “Ok, so those six wield the elements, cool. Now, how’s this training thing going to work?”

“When they’re not on duty, we train them, and we keep training them until they’re as good as, or better than, 1st class SOLDIERs. Simple as that, right little sis?” Noctis said, looking to Die, who was facepalming, realising that it was obvious.

“Right, just like back when we were in SOLDIER, we were constantly training when we weren’t on a mission. Kinda glad the orbs make us mostly immune to fatigue, huh?” they both nodded.

“So for starters, we’ll need to meet every single able-bodied guard, both Solar and Lunar, so we can make the announcement. How long will it take to gather them?” Really, Noctis? We just got here, and I JUST FINISHED FIGHTING AKUMU!

Luna smirked as her horn started glowing again. “Not long, Noctis. Not long at all.” And then we teleported again, with my last thoughts being NOT AGAIN!

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Castle Garden

When my stomach stopped lurching, and my head stopped spinning, Celestia, Luna, Noctis, Die, Ven, Clare and I were in the gardens, with every Solar and Lunar guard who was fit for duty standing in front of us. They were all standing at attention.

I. Fucking. HATE. TELEPORTATION!

I shot a glare, saying 'never. again' at Luna, who just smiled in understanding, and said “Alright then.” Muttering under her breath, “You big baby.” Noctis chuckled at this, he looked like he thought he was being silent. It was only then that I noticed the absence of Twilight and the rest of the gang.

“Um, where are Twilight and her friends? They were with us in the throne room, right?”

Celestia smiled warmly. “I teleported Twilight and her friends home while Luna was teleporting the guards and ourselves here. The events of the past few days really wore them out. Now, allow me to introduce you to the Solar and Lunar guards.”

She and Luna then proceeded to a podium, which I, once again, had failed to notice. She cleared her throat, and addressed the assembled guards.

“Greetings, Solar and Lunar guards. You have been called here today for an important announcement. As you all know, yesterday, Canterlot was attacked by changelings, and we almost fell to them. What you may not know, is that we were aided by a visitor from another world. Her name is Die,” She gestured to my sister, who walked over and stood beside her, rubbing the back of her head with her right hand. “And she is a human. She and her brother Noctis,” Blah blah blah, it gets boring here, so I'm going to skip to the end.

“Die, Noctis, Lumos, Ven, Clare, you may now address the guards.” She smirked as she added, “Just don’t make them soil themselves on the first day. My sister and I occasionally made glimpses into your lives after you obtained the orbs, so we’ve seen some of the things you’ve been through. As long as you don’t mention the darker moments, you should do fine.” With that, she left the five of us to either make an inspirational speech, or to make complete fools of ourselves.

I felt an evil grin coming on, but I forced myself to keep it down, I looked over at the others, and said "May I?"

The others agreed, but Noctis seemed a little bit reluctant.

Then I began "I am Lumos, I have quite a few titles on the world I'm from," I had made a decision not to mention to anyone I was from an alternate Equestria, "The first is 'Terra,' which is just a shortened version of my real name, which I will never utter aloud. Second is the God of Neutrality. I also have the titles of 'Lance Daemon,' which is Latin for balance demon. My final title, is 'The First,' as I was the first of my kind to arrive on the last world I was on. I will be working with both Solar and Lunar guards, mostly because I have been trained by the Wind Reapers well enough that I could easily take out a good three towns without my powers, at least, that's what I was told, but know this, my training," A sadistic grin spread across my face. "Is one of the most brutal things you will ever go through, Ventus here has been through the same training system as me, so he knows what I'm talking about, In fact, I lost three of my mechanical hands in one session once." I chuckled at the memory. "Anyway, my specalty is stealth training, and whoever I decide does the best, of each group, gets a... reward of sorts: a weapon made by me, with the powers of darkness and light infused within. Due to the difference in numbers between solar and lunar guards, there will be 2 rewards for the lunar guard, and 8 for the solar, each will be based off of a different achievement, 'most improved' is not one of them, they will be based off of your skills by the end of the next two weeks, which I will be testing then. Any questions?"

A single guard spoke up, he was Lunar, "Yes, how will the training scheduals work?"

"... I have no clue, you have to ask Die or Noctis on that one." I bent backwards at an unnatural angle, looking right at Noctis and Die, and asked "Would you like to answer that?"

My question was answered with a "Sure," from Noctis, who stepped up to the podium.

“First off, what Lumos says is true. This training will be brutal. You’ll be cut, you’ll be battered, and you’ll be bruised.” He took a moment to gauge their reactions. Not one of them even flinched. They got guts... good. “But by the end of this, you’ll be either masters of covert operations, or one pony armies. As for your schedules, when you’re not on duty, you’ll be training. That means Solar guards and those who want to specialise in head-on combat will train during the night, and Lunar guards and those who want to train to be masters of stealth will train during the day. Any questions? No? Alright then.” He turned to walk away, then made one more line. “And remember, just because you’re going to be exhausted after training will be no excuse not to do your job. If I hear that any of you are slacking off, you’ll be running laps until you puke. No flying for pegasi, and no teleporting for unicorns. Otherwise you’ll be put in combat practice against me and Die for the entirety of your training.” Some of them scoffed at this, but soon became terrified when he moved right behind them in less than a second. “Am I clear?” They nodded fervently, and Noctis walked back to the podium, standing beside Luna again. She was trying not to laugh, but it was a losing battle. She settled for muffling them with a hoof. Die gave the closing statement.

“Alright, we’ve said what we have to say. If any of you are still skeptical of my brother’s, or my, skills, feel free our sparring session in an hour. Just remember this,” She smirked maliciously. “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen a SOLDIER fight.” She walked off with a half-hearted salute, while Noctis was face-palming.

What? Why can't I fight? ... Nevermind, I'm not in the mood for sparring anyway...

She came back a few minutes later, smiling weakly. “Uh, which way to the training area?”

Luna and Noctis both covered their mouths as they chuckled, while I almost face-palmed hard enough to draw blood... again. Celestia offered to show her the way, and the two walked off. The guards dispersed towards the training hall, though a few remained behind to speak with us. Some of the guards approached me, asking what I was, which I responded to with a chuckle, and the line "I've stopped trying to find out a while ago." Noctis and Ven left, leaving only Clare and me to deal with the rest of the guards...

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