Recap.

Okay, where to begin? Oh, I know, we'll start on the day Twilight was coronated. It was a glorious day, all the royals had our best suits on, Rarity even had a new one ready for me, though I had to be in my wolf form.

We stood at the foot of the throne room in Canterlot while Twilight walked down the aisle to receive her title and crown. The crown was just her element tiara but no one really gave a shit. As far as royal duties, she really didn't have any, though she did have authority. After the ceremony, and I'm not proud to admit this, I did try to throttle both her and Celestia for making Jackie and the others switch Cutiemarks.

After that, the boys got to show off their weapons and everyone was impressed, although, Jackie was a little concerned. When Scoots showed off her headgear, everyone was over the moon, especially Dash.

That was a week ago. Now, we were on our way to the Crystal Empire, again, for a royal summit. It used to be called the Princess summit, but with me being a king and Jackie and Lulu being my queens, we renamed it the royal summit.

End of recap

" Wow. We look good in crystal." Spike was admiring the statue of us while the rest of our friends and family made our way inside the castle.

" Yeah, it is impressive. Now come on, we're expected in the throne room." I directed Spike over to the door leading into the castle.

Before we could reach said door Rarity let out a huge gasp over at Twilight. " Twilight, where's your crown? You didn't leave it back in Ponyville, did you?"

" Rarity, relax. I have it in my bag." Spike presented the bag which held said crown. " The reason I'm not wearing it is that I feel self-conscious about wearing it. I still haven't gotten used to these yet." She started flapping her wings, trying to get airborne. All she was able to do was get a few feet in the air before faceplanting back on the ground.

Rarity made to shed some light on her situation. " Twilight, you're a Princess now. Embrace it! I'm telling you if I had a crown like that, I would never take it off. Why I'd sleep in the thing." And... she's making it all about herself again.

" I would not recommend that course of action. I remember how my crown used to give me awful bed-head whenever I slept with it on."

" Speaking of, when do I get some sort of fancy piece of headgear to show I'm a princess?"

Pinkie zipped over and snatched Jackie's hat. " Silly, you've always had a way to show you're royalty." She then put the hat on her head. " Hey, look! I'm Applejack! Howdy, howdy, howdy!"

" Aha, Ahaha, Gimme that." Jackie swiped her hat back from Pinkie and made her way inside the castle. When I looked back to Twilight, it seemed the small banter cheered her up a bit. At least, for the moment.

When we reached the throne room, the doors opened for us. Awaiting us inside was Celestia and Cadence, along with a cadre of guards playing bugles. It seems like overkill to me. While we walked in, Twilight looked around the throne room and bumped into a familiar guard. " Presenting! Princess Twilight. Princess Luna. Princess Applejack. And, Prince Joseph." This displeased me.

" Sentry! Front and center!" He zipped over and gave me a salute. " There are two things wrong with what you just did. One. You were supposed to be at the back by the doors to announce us. And two. You stood too far into the formation to where someone could bump into you." My explanation seemed to be making him sweat. " As punishment for your misconduct, you are to run around the outside of the castle two-hundred times. And if anyone should ask why you're doing that. Just answer that you're a running fool. Now move!"

" Sir yes, sir!" He gave me a quick salute and headed out the door.

While the rest of the room was flabbergasted at what happened, Spike just laughed and gave me a fist bump. " Wow, Joe. That was a shocking abuse of authority."

" Hey, I"m a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule." This got a laugh out of him, my Valkyries, Pinkie, and Dash.

" Yes, well, as fun as that was, I believe we should retire for the night." Celestia had a point. It was pretty late and I did feel like bedding down with my wives.

Surprise motherfucker! Sex.

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My Valkyries and I made it to our guest room in the castle. Since the kids and Mimir were being watched by dad and Discord back home, we had the whole room to ourselves. As soon as the door closed, Luna's magic engulfed me and I was flung onto the bed. When I turned to face them, they were walking on either side of the bed with a hungry look in their eyes. " I hadn't realized it had been that long." Luna made to take off my pants, but I put up a hand to stop her. " Hold on. I didn't bring any condoms with me."

" Don't worry my king. I have learned a spell that puts a barrier around the womb." She then took off my pants, revealing my semi-erect cock. " So now, we can go back to enjoying our sessions bare-back."

" That's all I needed to hear." Jackie hoped onto the bed with me and took my dick in her mouth. While she was busy sucking on her lollipop, Luna cast a spell on both her and Jackie. Once Jackie felt the spell being cast on her, she pulled away from my now fully erect dick with a pop and looked me right in the eyes. " You're going to stuff me and Luna until our bellies are swollen with your baby batter." That was all I needed to hear.

With the snap of my fingers, all my clothes were gone, and I pounced on AJ, making her lay on her back. With her pinned under me, I started teasing her drooling snatch with my sword. " I hope you don't mind not walking right for a few days." With that little warning, I plunged into her pussy.

" Yes! That's what I'm talking about!" She started moaning as soon as I started pumping in and out of her like a machine. With a few hard thrusts, I was able to push her head over the side of the bed. While I kept thrusting into her, Luna grabbed a hold of Jackie's head and put it between her thighs.

" Since our king is servicing you first. You can please me with your tongue." With that said, she dropped her pussy onto Jackie's mouth and started to grind on her. Once Luna's pussy was close enough, Jackie started to explore her folds with her tongue and lap up the sweet nectar.

Seeing the display before me and feeling Jackies walls without any kind of barrier between us, made me close to climaxing. " Get ready Sugar. Here it comes!" With a few more thrusts, I bottomed down inside her while bringing Luna's mouth into mine, and let loose a flood of my seed into her belly.

" Aaaaahhh!!!" With her belly being filled with my hot spunk, Jackie had a leg quivering orgasm. " Haaaahhhh, I haven't felt an orgasm like that since our first time."

" Mmm, it would seem our husband has left quite the mess in you. Here, let me help you with that." Luna bent over Jackie in a sixty-nine position and started cleaning my cum out of her. While she was doing that, I positioned myself behind her and inserted a couple of fingers in Luna's waiting pussy. " Oooh! That's right, play with my love button."

While I fingerbanged Luna, Jackie took it upon herself to suck on Luna's clit. " Mmmm, nothing better after getting filled than to suck on a little moon candy." As much as I love our pillow talk, we really need to stop with the puns.

Seeing luna's cunt getting worked on by both my fingers and Jackie's tongue, gave rise to my spear. Dammit! No more puns. " Alright, get that ass ready for a pounding." I grabbed hold of her ass and entered her sweet honeypot. Once I entered, I gave her snatch a mighty pounding. Luna's moans were being muffled by Jackie's pussy, electing Jackie to work harder on her task. After a few minutes of thrusting, I reached my peak for the second time that night. " Get ready for my load!" After a few more hard thrusts, I let loose a tidal wave of sperm into Luna.

" Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" Luna had her largest orgasm yet judging by her use of the royal Canterlot voice. When I retracted from her, a waterfall of our love juices spurted out right into Jackie's open mouth, though a lot of it covered her face. " By the stars above, that was fucking great!"

" Yeah, it was." I flopped onto the bed trying to regain my bearings. I didn't have long to wait since two pairs of hooves turned me over.

" I told you, Sugarecube. We ain't done until we look ready to burst."

" So you know what that means." Luna reached into her bag with her magic and brought out a riding crop. " Round two."

No mas! No mas!

After many rounds and eye-opening fetishes, we hunkered down for the night. We were a bit tired and didn't even feel like untangling ourselves from each other, so when we heard Twilight screaming about theft, we were slow to rise. " Stop! Someone took my crown!"

Not really having a clear head after our session, I plopped off the bed, wolfed out, and made my way into the hallway. " Which way did they go?" Before I could get my bearings, a pony in a cloak used me as a springboard. " Hey, what the hell-" Before I could make heads or tails of what just happened, Twilight crashed into me. " What the hell?"

" Sorry, but she's getting away with my crown!" She pointed over at the thief that was getting away. She stopped for a moment to give us a mocking wave before heading further down the hall.

" Grrr, no one steals from my friends and gets away with it!" I untangled myself from Twilight and made for the chase. I was able to catch up to her rather quickly, but once I got close enough, she teleported further down, blinding me with her cloak. " Hey, who turned out the lights?" As I ran around blindly, I crashed into the thief. " Aha, now I got ya." I used the cloak to grab hold of her and started punching what I assumed is her face. " Take that you no good bacon-haired thief!"

As I kept wailing on her, the voice started sounding more masculine. " Ouch! Joe, stop punching me...it's me...Shining!" I quite pummeling him and got him on his hooves. Twilight and the girls went after the burglar while I tended to Shining. " Why did you beat up on me?"

" Sorry, I was blinded during the chase and I thought you were the burglar." I looked at his head over to see that his nose was bleeding. " Oof, you might want to have that looked at." Suddenly, we heard an influx of magic. " Come on. We've got a thief to stop." We both ran down the hall and made it to where the girls were. " Well, did you stop her, where is she?" Instead of answering me, they all just kept staring at me. " What?"

Dash decided to speak for everyone. " Nice tool, Joe." I had completely forgotten that I ran out of the room naked.

The next morning.

After a quick breakfast, we all went to the throne room for Celestia to tell us a little bit about our thief, I even brought Mimir for this. " The one that has taken Twilight's crown, is an old student of mine. Her name is Sunset Shimmer, and she began her studies with me not long before Twilight did. She was a bright and very talented student, but she always wanted more. When she felt that she wasn't progressing as fast as she wanted, she started lashing out and mistreated others. Then, one day, she disappeared into the mirror, the same one she went through the other night." She got up and led us back to the room where the mirror is. " The mirror used to be in the castle back in Canterlot, but with Cadence and Shining taking over the Crystal Empire, I thought it would be safer."

We stopped in front of the mirror that was the center of our attention. " But, I don't understand. Why did she take my crown? Where did she go?"

" I would think it obvious why she took the crown. For power. That crown holds the element of magic and a small piece of Faust. In the wrong hands, it could turn deadly." All the faces in the room grew worried over Mimirs explanation. " As for where she went, even I'm not certain. Mirrors have always held different worlds and realities inside. Some of them so similar, you could spend your entire life trying to find any difference. Others, however, so different, you couldn't tell which way is up or down, defying comprehension."

" Ooooh, multiverse law. I always love those." I stepped up to the mirror and placed my hand against the glass. The glass gave way and light formed around my hand. " Hmm, wonder what kind of world they got on the other side?"

Celestia took back the crowd. " That is an answer even I don't know. But, I do know one thing. If Equestria is to survive, it needs all the elements together." I think I hear a quest coming on. " Twilight, you must journey through the portal and retrieve your crown."

Now my darling Moonpie steered the conversation. " But be warned, you can only remain inside the portal for three days. After that when the moon reaches its highest point in the sky, the portal will close for thirty moons."

While we all stared at Twilight, she gained her courage and stepped over to the portal. " I'm going in."

" Not without us you're not." I grabbed hold of Spike while directing a thumb to each of us.

" What!?" Was the response I got from everyone in the room.

" Whadda ya mean, what? You expect me to just stand here and let Twilight go into potentially hostile territory without some form of back-up? Yeah, keep dreaming, Spike and I are going." I put him down, gave Mimir to Luna, and made our way beside Twilight.

Twilight had some tears in her eyes. " Thank's you guys."

" Hey, you were the one who gave me life, it's the least I can do."

" I'll always have yours and the girls back." I then went and leaned next to her ear. " Between you and me. This sounds like an excellent opportunity for another adventure." I chuckled at that while she just rolled her eyes. " Now come on, we're wasting time."

Before we went through the mirror, Shining stopped me with his hoof. " You bring my sister and brother back in good health, you hear?" I nodded yes while holding in my laughter. It was hard to take him seriously when his muzzle was still a bit broken.

" You pft...have my word as a king and a warrior. By the way, I'm sorry about your muzzle. Here, let me just," I pressed his muzzle with two fingers and pulled.

" Ow! Ow! Ow!" While he was holding his muzzle in pain, I grabbed a hold of my traveling companions and leaped through the mirror. As soon as we entered, our world became a kaleidoscope of moving colors and flashing lights. Our bodies felt like they were being stretched and pulled in ways we never felt before. Soon enough, we just couldn't take our ordeal and we blacked out.

I opened my eyes only to close them quickly due to the bright light. " Shit. Feels like the morning after Shining's bachelor party." With a little more effort, I got up from the ground I lay upon. When I got up, I took note of our surroundings. From what I gathered, we stumbled upon a suburban neighborhood and stood before a large two-story building with a large lawn. Behind me, stood a statue with a horse standing on its hind legs. " Hmm, guess that's the portal back? Hey, where the hell is Spike and Twilight?"

" Uh, down here." I directed my focus down where I heard Spike. When I looked down, I was greeted by a dog with Spike's scale color scheme.

I stared at him for a solid minute before speaking. " So...you're a dog huh? How's a...how's that going for you?"

" So far, not to bad, though I do have this urge to bite at my crotch." He looked over to his left where a teenaged girl was laying on the ground. " And I think that's Twilight. Though her Cutiemark on her skirt is a dead give-away."

Spike came up to her face and tried waking her up. After a minute of unsuccessfully trying to wake her, he gave up. " It's no use." He then looked at me. " Care to give it a shot?"

" Seems like a reoccurring theme in our lives, Twilight being unconscious and me having to awaken her. Such is life." I got in the usual position and readied my hand. " Twiliiiiiight.... time to wake uuuuupppp. ( Slap) Rise and shine, Egg-head. ( Slap) Get up, we have a crown to find. ( Slap) Fine then, just so you know, you brought this on yourself. ( Slap) That's for changing our friends Cutiemarks! ( Slap) That's for all the dog jokes behind my back! ( Slap) That's for not coming by the house just to say high! ( Slap) That's for all the furry midgets in the world! ( Slap) That's for always working late! ( Slap) That's for making me take multiple trips to Midgard for you and your crazy book fetish! ( Slap) That's for being the main character in the series! ( Slap) And finally! ( Slap) That's to wake you up so we can start this adventure!" She didn't stir from her slumber. " Alright, let's try something different." I wet my index finger and stuck it in her ear.

The wet-willie I gave her made her wake up with a start. " Eeeewwww! that is so gross!"

" Yes, but effective." I held out my hand for her to take and when she reached up to take it, she took note of her new appendage and withdrew it to study it. " Yes, that's correct, you are now a human. Now get up, you can freak out about it later." I got her onto her feet and looked her over. She was slender and had the same skin color as her fur and was about a head shorter than me " Gotta say, you look good as a human."

" Thanks, I guess." She tried standing on her own but ultimately failed. " Uuuuggghh, how am I supposed to get around on just two legs?"

" Well, you're gonna have to learn quickly, because every moment we spend teaching you to walk, is a moment we lose trying to find your crown." I know I'm being a little harsh, but we needed to get going. Seeing her downtrodden look, I decided to give her some help. " Here, lean on me, I'll help you walk around." I hoisted her back on her feet and helped her get around. After a few minutes, she was ready to walk on her own.

" Thanks again." She started taking in her surroundings now that she could stand without training wheels. " Where are we exactly?"

" I'm not sure. I thought at first we had arrived somewhere in Midgard, but with you turning into a human and Spike becoming a dog. I think we entered an alternate version of Equestria." I looked over at a sign on one of the shops to see it read a very familiar sweet shop. " See, look over there, it's Sugarcube corner."

" At least we have somewhere to get a quick bite." Spike then started scratching his head with his hind leg and realized what he was doing. " Hey, Joe, do you mind turning me into a human, like when we went to Vegas?"

" Sure thing buddy." With a wave of my hand, Spike's body went from canine to human. " There you go. Might as well take care of this as well" I waved more magic onto my wings where they became cloaked from sight. With another wave, I shrunk Frostbite to the size of a key so no one would become suspicious. " Alright, let's go find your crown Twi." I started sniffing the top of Twilight's head.

" Um...Joe...what are you doing?"

" Duh, I'm trying to pick up the scent of your crown that's been on your head, or did you forget that I'm a Werewolf?" Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment after remembering that fact. After I got her scent, I started sniffing the air around us. After a few more sniffs, I had picked up the trail. " The trail leads over to that building over there."

" You mean my crown is held up in that castle over there?"

I raised an eyebrow at the building up ahead. " Uh, Twilight, that's not a castle."

" Well, what is it then?"

" Well, my stomach aches and my palms just got sweaty. It must be a Highschool." I led the others over to the Highschool while following the scent. We went into the school and saw that the halls were devoid of life, classes must still be in session. " Okay, the scent is getting stronger over there." I pointed down over to where there were a crap ton of lockers. " Now, let's try and find the crown before-" Ring ring ring ring ring! "-the bell rings...Crap!"

Before we knew it, the halls became infested with students that looked an awful lot like ponies we know back in Equestria. It was to be expected to be sure, but it was still weird to see friends and neighbors I've come to know, have different bodies and actually wear clothes. As soon as I could find a gap between the crowd, I took Twilight and Spike by the hand and dashed us over to the lockers. " Whew, reminds me of my days back in school."

" What? The strange sights or the unfamiliar yet familiar people that look like our friends?"

" No, dipping and diving around people to get from point A to point B. How do you think I became my school's Runningback?" Before we made it over to where the scent got stronger, we bumped into the human version of Flash. " Oops, sorry buddy."

" Hey, no problem." Hey got off his ass and took a look at our trio. " So, you guys new here?"

" Uh, yeah. We're foreign exchange students from...um...Texas. Over in...Austin." Hopefully, this Flash is just as dumb as the one back home and just accept my story.

" Oh, that's cool." He reached his hand to us for introductions. " Hi, I'm Flash."

I took his hand and gave it a firm shake. " Name's Joe." I pointed over to my two companions. " These are my cousins, Twilight and Spike. We were going through the school to get our bearings before we start our classes next week. So if you don't mind, we'd like to continue. But who knows, maybe we'll see each other at lunch?" We passed him by and went down the hall. " No matter what reality, that guy's so dense."

" So true." We kept on going through the halls in our search.

When we neared a corner we heard a familiar voice. " Oh..I'm really sorry. I..I just found it and I thought I should give it to her. I didn't know you dropped it."

" That sounds a lot like Fluttershy." We rounded the corner to see a human version of Fluttershy being loomed over by a girl with red and yellow hair. At least we found the thief and from what we're hearing, she doesn't have the crown.

" Well, I did and I was about to get it before you went and ruined everything. You shouldn't pick up thing's that don't belong to you." The irony is lost on her.

" It...it doesn't actually belong to you either."

" Excuse me!" This caused Fluttershy to sink under Sunset's gaze. It made my blood start to boil. " That's what I thought. It's as good as mine and you know it! You really are pathetic! It's no wonder all your friends are stray animals!"

Before Spike or I could do anything, Twilight stepped out to defend our friend's doppelganger. " How dare you speak to her that way!" There goes our stealth.

Shimmer turned her attention from Shy, to us. " What did you say?" Seems no one has ever questioned her authority before, until now.

Twilight started walking up to her. " I said. How dare you speak to her that way." They were both sizing each other up once they met in the middle.

I half expected Sunset to throw a punch or lash out in some way. Instead, she just gave her a smirk. " You must be new here." She then flicked Twilight's nose when she was distracted. She started walking away while giving her one last little fact. " I can speak to anyone anyway I want." The few students that were between her and us, immediately parted for her, hell, a guy even put himself in his own locker. When she was stopped by both Spike and me, she just raised a brow at us. " What are you dorks doing? Move!" All we did was keep stand and cross our arms. " What are you, deaf?"

I gave her a wolfish grin while baring my fangs. She seemed to remember me with the look of surprise on her face. " Oh, good, you recognize me. That's good because I remember you." She started to visibly sweat at that point. " Why don't you run along, before I decide to show you my other side." I made a low growl, making her shake before she ran off.

When she was out of sight, human Fluttershy spoke up. " I can't believe you three stood up to her."

" Well, we couldn't just let her push others around." Ah, Twilight. Always the first to defend her friends

" I know, it's just that, no one ever stands up to Sunset Shimmer." Why not? She seems to have no real power and is lacking in muscle mass, although, most of these guys look like they could hit the gym.

I stepped up to her. " It always has to start with someone." When she looked up at me, her breath caught in her throat and her cheeks became red. Must be my beard. " My name is Joe. These are my cousins, Twilight and Spike."

With hesitation, as per her character, she gave us her name. " I'm Fluttershy. I don't think I've seen you three before. Did you just transfer to Canterlot High from another school?"

" We did. We're foreign exchange students from Austin Texas. Um...we couldn't help but overhear the conversation between you and...Sunset was it? She said you picked something up that was her's. What was it exactly?" I had a hunch that it might be the crown, but with how petty and rude Sunset seemed, it could have been a pack of gum for all I know.

" It was a crown. Earlier this morning, I was passing out fliers for more volunteers at the animal shelter like I do every Wednesday. When I wasn't looking, a crown came up behind me and hit me in the head." Must've been when Twilight Tackled Sunset in the mirror room. " Since I didn't know where it came from, I figured I should give it to Principal Celestia." Pfffttt hahaha. Oh, I am so going to rub that in her face when we get back.

" Hey, speaking of the Principal, we need to go see her about our classes and such. Could you please point out her office."

" Of course. Down the hall, third door on the left." We thanked her and headed for the office just as the bell rang.

When we got to the office, I stopped Twilight and Spike to discuss a game plan. " Okay, we'll ask about the crown. Hopefully, she'll let us have it back. If there are complications, do what we do best."

" Make up a half-assed backup plan?"

" Spike! That's not what we do."

" Actually, that is the plan." Twilight rolled her eyes before falling in line. " Alright, let's do this." I knocked on the door and waited for a response.

" Come in." We entered the office to find the human version of Celestia going through papers. I guess some things never change.

" How may I help you today?"

" Yes, we're new here and we wanted to ask you about a crown that was brought to you earlier. We-" I was interrupted by her holding her hand up at me.

" I know the one you're talking about." She got up and went over to her filing cabinet. " I had vice-principal Luna put it somewhere for safekeeping, I have no idea how it ended up on the front lawn." She then directed her attention to Twilight. " Were you interested in running for Princess of the Fall Formal this year?"

She looked a little shocked at that. " Princess of the Fall Formal?"

" It's Canterlot High's big fall dance."

" Like the Grand Galloping Gala." I tried to cover her mouth, but it was too late.

" The Grand Galloping Gala?" Nice going Twi.

" It's a dance back at our old school. It was very horse-themed you know." I glared over at Twilight, reminding her to keep a low profile.

" And was there a princess?" I looked over to the sidewall to see three photos of Sunset wearing a crown, each one of them looked like she was progressing into an evil dictator.

" Yeah there was but she can be a real pain in the ass from time to time. Alway's reminding everyone about the importance of book conditions and late fees." She gave me a weird look after I said that. " That's why I don't check out books over there anymore." Twilight elbowed me in the ribs for that jab. " Anyway, that's why we're here, to see if my cousin can compete for the Fall Formal."

" Well, if you want to compete, you'll have to let the head of the Fall Formal planning committee know that you'd like to be on the ballot." She led us out of her office and went back to work. " If you need anything else, my door is always open." She then closed the door. The irony in all that.

As we went down the hall, Spike shared with us his thoughts on what just went down. " Why the hell didn't we just tell her the crown was your's Twilight? We could be heading home right now. Joe, don't you have the crowns scent still?"

" I tried to catch the scent in her office. All I got was paper, ink, and to no one's surprise, cake. The scent I picked up earlier has faded and I have no idea where this worlds Luna hid it. We try and find it by force or stealth, they'll come looking for it, and that could turn ugly. Twilight getting on the ballot and winning the crown is our best bet. Even if Sunset were to win, we'll know where the crown is and take it later." My plan may have sounded complicated and might have a flaw or two, but it was the only one we had at the moment.

" Sigh, whatever. So, how do we find the head of the committee?"

Before I could answer him, the bell rang again. Soon, another stampede of students came out into the halls, though this time, they all headed in a single direction, the cafeteria. " How about we get some lunch first, I'm starved." We followed the crowd and wound up in the cafeteria and oddly enough, got in line behind Fluttershy. " Hello again." She nodded while we got our food.

Twilight went over to Fluttershy while we filled our trays. " I know we just met, but maybe you can help me with something." She absentmindedly took a beef burger while talking. To save her a few years of therapy, I took her burger and replaced it with a veggie burger.

" Of course. Anything for you three after you stood up to Sunset for me." She sent me a wink my way. This is starting to feel a lot like my years in Highschool.

While grabbing for a fruit salad, she revealed our plan. " I've decided to run for Princess of the Fall Formal and-" That's about as far as she got before Fluttershy started freaking out.

" Gasp!" She went and spilled the whole salad onto Twilight. " Oh, sorry." She went and grabbed a stack of napkins and went to town on Twilight's clothes. " Running for Fall Formal Princess is a really bad idea."

" Really? Why?" I suspect it has something to do with Shimmer.

" Sunset Shimmer wants to be Fall Formal Princess, and when she wants something, she gets it." Called it. " She'll make life awful for anyone who stands in her way." While I paid for our lunches, I had to do a double-take on the woman at the register. I had no idea Granny was fat.

While we went towards a table, Twilight tried reassuring her. " I have to try." Way to sell it Twi.

Fluttershy just gave us a look of defeat. " I don't think you understand. In order for you to win, you would have to get everyone to vote for you instead of her. That means you need to convince the Athletes, the Fashionistas, the Dramas, the Eco kids, the Techies, and the Rockers."

" Why is everypony" Spike slapped her upside the head for making another slip. " Uh...I mean, everybody, separated this way?"

" Wait, you didn't have groups at your old school?"

" We did, but my cousin is a bookworm and never noticed anything that wasn't on the printed page." Shy nodded her head in understanding while Twi jabbed my ribs with an elbow. " Anyway, I think with our help, Twilight can get the vote from the Jocks, Hipsters, Queens, Hippies, Nerds, and Metalheads." Shy held in a giggle while Twi elbowed me again.

We found a table and sat. " So, all we have to do is convince everyone to vote for Twilight, instead of the school bully. Can't be too hard."

" That's where you'd be wrong, Spike. From what I've gathered, Sunset's established herself as the figurehead of Highschool society. The other students fear what she might do to them if they cross her, and with today's technology who knows what she'll do." I then started to ponder something. " Of course, there might be a small pocket resistance that wants to end Sunset's reign of terror and will help us. But Sunset most likely saw that coming, so she used sabotage to separate them so that wouldn't happen."

The whole table, as well as some of the ones eavesdropping from other tables, kept staring at me like I had a screw loose. " Joe, that is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard today! Where did you even come up with that?"

" I read the script."

" What?"

" I watched a lot of movies involving Highschool shenanigans." Twilight rolled her eyes while the others laughed. " So, where might we find the head of the committee?"

We made our way to the gym after we ate to find the head of the committee. Even though she didn't give away a name, I had a suspicion as to who we would meet. " So, five dollars says the head of the committee is the human version of Pinkie Pie," I whispered over to Spike.

Spike just scoffed. " Fools bet. I bet ten dollars she can do all the things our Pinkie can do," He whispered back.

" You're on!" We shook hands then proceeded to butt our heads together.

" Will you guys quite it. Let's just find whoever's in charge and get-" Once again, Twilight was interrupted by a loud and familiar voice.

" Incoming!" Above us, a hailstorm of confetti rained down on us, turning us into mummies from the sixties. When we got ourselves unwrapped, we came to find the head of the party committee, and wouldn't you know, it was Pinkie.

While Twilight went to make introductions, I fished out ten bucks and gave it over to Spike. " Hehe, easy money."

" Yeah, yeah, keep laughing lizard-boy. Just remember who can easily turn you back into a dog, see how long before you start chewing on your own ass." He quickly shut his mouth while pocketing his money.

Before more could be said, Pinkie grabbed us both by our shirt collars. " As for you two. You remind me of the dog that belongs to your cousin's clone." That one was directed at Spike. " As for you. You're a legend in an alternate reality and can become a wolf-like creature whenever you want...also, I'm Pinkie Pie...can I get your number?" What is it with these mirror versions of our friends and their attraction towards me?

When she released us, I tried to play it off. " Yes, well. I do create characters for Gearbox Software. As for my number, I'm kind of already promised to...someone else." Starting to get tired of making up bullshit. " So, you're the head of the committee?"

" I prefer the title, Premiere Party Planner Extraordinaire. But yes, I'm head of the Fall Formal committee." She then pulled a balloon from her hair and started to air it up.

" Of course you prefer that. Anyway, Fluttershy informed us that you're the one we need to speak to about getting my cousin on the ballot." Her expression went from carefree, to deadpan.

" Fluttershy huh." She let the ballon she had pop in her grasp. " Don't let the whole shy thing fool you, she can be a real meanie." All three of us looked between one another before laughing our asses off. " Hey, I'm being serious, this time."

" By the gods, what the hell have you been smoking? That girl is too kind-hearted to even be considered mean."

Pinkie just rolled her eyes before regaining her trademark smile. " Anywho, I just need you to fill this out and you'll be on the ballot for Fall Formal Princess." She gave Twilight a clipboard and pen from out of her hair and waited for her to sign. At first, it looked like Twi was about to sign with her mouth, but she thought it would be too weird, even for Pinkie. She then tried writing with her hand, but it just looked like she was carving a message in a prisoner's ass. When she was done, Pinkie couldn't believe what she was reading. " Wow! you have really bad hand-writing. It's almost as if you've never held a pen before." Twilight tried to play it off with a laugh and even looked to me for help. Hey, don't blame me for your penmanship.

Before we could go further into our plan, a very familiar voice made me choke on my breath. " Somebody order a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?" I turned towards the door to see the human version of my sweet country maiden, Applejack.

It took all my willpower to remind myself that this is a completely different person, not my wife, and not to run over and embrace her. While she was bringing in the drinks, another familiar face walked in. " Alright AJ, here are a few more cases." The familiar face being my brother-in-law, Big Mac, though it looked like he had all his teeth. " I'll go get the rest."

" Sure thing Bro." While she went to bring the cider over to the snack table, her eyes caught hold of us. " Hey, I know you three."

We all had stunned looks on our faces. Twilight was the first to recover. " You do? How?"

" Word about you three has been spreading around ever since you gave Sunset the what-for earlier today." She then set her eyes on me. " And of course, we all heard about this handsome devil scaring the crap out of Sunset." My cheeks started to redden as she made her way over with a couple of ciders and handing me one. " Hi...name's Applejack."

I reached out my hand and gave hers a firm shake. " I'm the one known as Joe." She giggled while taking a swig. Before the moment could go any further, Pinkie interrupted.

" Anyway, Twilight over there is running against Sunset for Fall Formal Princess." AJ's eyes went wide before she did a spit-take right in my face.

" Oh, sorry Joe." She offered me a handkerchief which I took gratefully.

" No problem." I used the offered cloth and started wiping my face. " From what we've been hearing about Sunset so far, that was probably the correct response. Could you direct me to the nearest bathroom." She pointed down the hall where the bathroom is. " Thanks, darling." I gave her a wink before heading off.

Once I made it into the bathroom, my charm turned into worry as I went to the sink and kept splashing water in my face. The water got rid of the cider on my face, as well as all my thoughts about being with this world's Jackie. " Okay, calm the fuck down, and get a hold of yourself. You are married to your Jackie and your Lulu. She may sound and look similar to your country maiden but she! Is! Not!" I took a long breath before heading back over to the gym.

When I got back, Twilight and Spike had left, leaving a pissed off Jackie and a still smiling Pinkie. " Did I miss something? Where'd my cousins head off to?"

Applejack calmed down a little and answered. " They left looking for their lockers, at least that's what Twilight said. If I were you, I'd hurry up and find them, 'cause Sunset and her cronies are looking for them as well."

" Thanks," I remembered the handkerchief and held it out for her. " I believe this belongs to you."

She smiled before pushing my hand back. " Keep it. A little reminder of me." She winked my way before going about her business.

I stuffed the cloth and headed for the scent of my niece and nephew. A minute or two later I found both them and Sunset. From the looks of things, she had been threatening them and I was catching the ass end of it. " You wanna be a princess here? Please." She started walking my way but hadn't seen me yet. " You don't know the first thing about fitting in." Before she could go further, she bumped into me. " Hey, watch where...you're...going." Her eyes shrunk down to pinpricks after realizing who she ran into.

" Hmm, it seems someone forgot their lesson from earlier." I let out a low growl and held out my hand. With her attention on my hand, I morphed it into a claw while adding a blue flame to the ends of each fingernail. At the sight of my magic, she started to shake with fear. " Just keep pushing me, and I'll make you regret every decision you've ever made after leaving Equestria." With that, she went past me and ran off. " Hehe, that's gonna be fun while it lasts."

Spike and Twilight came over and I gave a disappointed glare over to Spike. " What good is that training I gave you if you're not going to use it."

" If I had, she would have just shown her injuries to someone with authority and then we would need to make a hasty retreat, compromising the plan entirely." I thought about what he said and realized that he was right. " Anyway, we were about to head to the library for research. Wanna come along?"

" As much as a study session with you two sounds fun, I'm going out to get us a hotel room for the night." I left them to there own devices while I headed out the door.

As I was walking by the statue, I placed my hand where the portal is. " Don't worry, we'll be home soon." I pulled my hand away and made my way for the city. When I made my way to an empty alley, an idea formulated in my head. " I wonder." I made sure no one was around and made my right hand into a claw. Doing one more check to see if anyone was watching, I slashed the air in front of me. The results were interesting. " Hmm, this is interesting."

The next morning.

We made our way back to the school after our day of reconnaissance and made our plans on how to get Twilight the vote. I suggested this sign.

" I think that'll get people on board. What do you guys think?"

" I love it!" Spike was going over my phone, looking for some music to use in case it comes to that.

Twilight just huffed at my sign. " I don't think that will help. Besides, I've composed a list of how to win over the different groups of students, also, the notes you gave me from that Ridgemount High place were really helpful." I start to chuckle at the fact that she took those seriously.

" Glad I could help." We had reached the school and entered the halls. As soon as we were spotted, all the students started hiding their mouths while snickering. At first, I thought one of us had something on our clothing or something like that. When I did a once over for all of us, I saw that wasn't the case.

" Why are they all laughing at us?" Before Spike or I could answer her, she was grabbed and pulled into a side room. " Woah!"

" Hey!" Spike and I barged through the door, ready for anything. What we saw, was Twilight getting measured by someone. " Excuse me, but what the hell do you think you're doing?" The person that grabbed Twilight turned to us and we were shocked to see who it was. Actually, at this point, it wasn't that surprising to find the human version of Rarity.

" Just a moment darlings, I need to make one final adjustment for Twilight." She reached into her pack and brought out a dress and wig then draped it over Twilight. " Perfect. Now no one will recognize you."

" Why would I want anybody to not notice me?" I really hope Rarity isn't working for Sunset.

Before we could get any answers, the other girls came in through the other door led by Jackie. " There you are Twilight. We've been looking for you."

Pinkie jumped over to her and gave her a once over. " I love your new outfit."

" I do have an eye for this sort of thing. Not that you seem to care." She directed that over to Pinkie and she was shocked to be blamed for that.

" I hate to break up this small feud. But why would you want Twilight to not be recognized? I mean we're trying to get her the vote for the Fall Formal, I even made a poster for it." I let them have a look and the only one that didn't look away in disgust was Pinkie. " Does anything from TV actually work?" I crumpled up the poster and tossed it into the wastebasket.

" Yes, well, despite the poster. I take it you three haven't seen the video yet?" We just looked at her with confusion.

" Nope, they haven't." Pinkie brought out her laptop and brought up this world's version of Youtube and clicked on a video of Twilight. " It's really not that bad." It was really bad. The video showed Twilight in the library, acting like a clueless moron, banging on the computer's keyboard, picking up books with her mouth, and to top it off, being afraid of a damn copy machine. The whole thing was being narrated by Sunset, making it sound like a campaign video, though I suppose that's what it's meant to be. When it was over, Twilight closed the laptop and looked to be on the verge of tears. " I take that back, it's pretty bad."

" I can't believe it. Is that why everyone was laughing at me?"

" No shit that's the reason. I guess my warnings did nothing to stop her. I might have to up the anty a bit." I told them while cracking my knuckles.

" This is awful, no one will vote for me after this!"

Fluttershy was the first to come over and comfort her. " Not that it will make any difference, but I'll still vote for you." All this seemed to do was cause Twilight to bang her head on the desk she was sitting at. " It was very nice of you and your cousins to stop Sunset from picking on me." Even in a mirrored world, these girls represent the elements back home.

" If you still wanna run, maybe there's something I can do to help." This earned her the stink-eye from Fluttershy.

Shy leaned in to whisper between us. " Word of advice. Don't accept her help, she doesn't take anything seriously." Only half true.

It seems she was able to hear us. " What! Why do you have to be so awful to me!?"

Rarity decided to add her two cents. " Don't even try to play innocent Pinkie Pie. You are no better than she is." She went and pointed an accusing finger over at Fluttershy.

Pinkie grabbed Rarity by her shoulders and screamed, " And what is that supposed to mean!?"

" Will ya'll just shut it already!" They all looked over to Applejack who was watching the whole thing on the sidelines. " Get over what happened and move on."

" Oh, just like how you got over what happened between you and Rainbow Dash." Rarity accused her.

" She said she would get the softball team to make an appearance at my bake sale. I tell everybody they're coming and not one of them shows up. She made a liar out of me. That's different." This sparked a powder keg between the four of them and they started arguing again.

Seeing as how this was getting us nowhere, I decided to do the only logical thing. I reached into Pinkie's hair, brought out an air-horn and let it loose.

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The noise ceased their argument. " Enough of this bullshit." I gave Pinkie her horn back and reached in Twilights bag. I brought out the yearbook she got from the library and showed them the group picture in their freshman year. " Now, how about you four explain how you went from being friends to trying to tear each other's throats?"

Twilight seemed to have a theory. " I think Sunset was behind this."

" Yeah, she seems to be the cause of every other problem here. Just another reason to crush her." Love that enthusiasm, Spike.

" It's a nice theory darling, but Sunset Shimmer had nothing to do with it." Is, is she kidding me?

Fluttershy started listing reasons for not liking Pinkie " She's right. Sunset's not the one who ruined the silent auction for the animal shelter by bringing fireworks and noisemakers. It was supposed to be a serious event, and Pinkie ruined it."

" What are you talking about!? I got a text from you saying that you wanted a big party." Hmm, interesting.

" But, I never sent you a text." Both of their eyes widened in realization.

" You don't think she's the one who's been sending me e-mails every time I volunteer to help with Pinkie and her decorations? Each time it says she has all the help she needs, only to find out later that she did it all by herself."

" I never sent you any e-mails like that."

" Can everyone see where this is going? Sunset has been deliberately driving you all apart, and through text. Wait, you never texted back or better yet, called to confirm this information?" They all looked away, telling me that the thought had never occurred to them. " Ugh, this is why I don't text."

" So, if she's been the one behind all this, then that means she also did the same with Dash."

" You telling me you never once asked why she didn't show up?"

" I guess I kinda stopped talking to her after that." A lone tear had escaped her eye after realizing she had been avoiding her long-time friend.

I came up and put my arm around her. " Why don't we go find her and make things right?" She smiled and nodded her head in approval.

" That's very nice darling, though what are we going to do about the video about Twilight?"

" Don't worry, I got it covered." I brought out my phone and went over to Pinkie's laptop. With both of them out, I downloaded a video to distract the masses from Sunset's video. " There, that she keep them distracted." I pulled up the video so the others could see what I put up.

https://youtu.be/zqi4pLjZ0Cw

" There, that ought to distract them." I got up and led them out the door. " Okay, let's go find the last member of the gang." And we were off to go find Rainbow.

We made it to the soccer field where Applejack went to confront Rainbow Dash. I sat with the others while they started talking. " Ooh, they're talking, that's a good sign." Rarity announced the obvious to us. Another minute passes and they're hugging after what must have felt like forever.

" Huuuggss! Hugs are always good." That they are Pinkie, that they are. The duo came over to us to make the introductions, even though we already know her.

" So, it turns out that someone, and I think we can safely assume that it was Sunset, told Dash that my bake sale was on a different day. Dash had shown up with the softball team and thought I had canceled on her." And we come full circle.

" Yep, we buried the hatchet and we're friends again." She then directed her attention to Twilight. " So, you're looking to dethrone Sunset Shimmer, and become Princess of the Fall Formal, huh?" Twilight just nodded her head, yes. " Awesome! I'll totally help you with that, on one condition though."

" Let me guess, you want to have a game of one-on-one with Twilight?"

" Nope. I want a one-on-one game with you, big guy." This earned a gasp from most of the girls.

" Sure, but why me? Twilight's the one running for Princess."

" True, but, and don't take offense Twi, but you look like you could be more of a challenge. First to five goals wins." She sent me a wink before throwing the ball in the air and kicked it while it was above her head and into the goal. " One, zip!"

" Oh, that is such bullshit! Spike, plug in these tunes while I mop the floor with her!" I handed my phone to him and got ready to put this world's Dash in her place.

" On it!" He took out some speakers I bought the other day and plugged my phone in. When we got in position, he pressed play.

https://youtu.be/Obim8BYGnOE

I started as Goalie for my net while Dash came running up with the ball. When she was close she kicked the ball like it was shot from a cannon. As the ball sped up to me, I pulled my head back and struck the ball with enough force to launch it into her unprotected net just as the lyrics started to pick up. Dash and the others were gobsmacked at what just happened, good. One, one.

With me handling the ball, I made my way towards Dash's goal. She attempted to take control from the side but I just kicked it in the air and head-butted into the net again. Two, one.

Dash had the ball again and tried zig-zagging around the field to try and get the upper hand. I cut off her plan by kicking the ball up in the air and roundhousing it in mid-air, right into the net. Three, one. " Come on Dash, at least make it a challenge for me!"

This seemed to elicit a smirk from her. " One challenge coming up." She kicked the ball in a high ark from her goal while I was just a few feet away from where she stood. " How's that for a-huh?" She didn't get the chance to finish since I started at a dead sprint over to my goal. Before the ball could reach its zenith, I made it over to my goal. As the ball made it's way down, I slowly turned my back on the ball and waited. " What's he doing?" When the ball got close enough, I performed a backflip kick, rocketing the ball back to Dash where it caught her in the stomach and pushed her into the net. Four, one.

I ran over to the goal to see if Dash was okay. " Hey, you alright? Do you need a minute?"

She groggily sat up and gave me a glare. " I'm not giving up until the game's over!" I looked to the ball that was by her and tapped it into the net, winning the game. " Okay, now I give." She slumped back onto the ground, admitting defeat.

I shook my head while putting her over my shoulder. I walked back over to my audience who all had wide-eyed looks. " Who's up for coffee? My treat."

Sugarcube Corner. A place to go when you need a nice cup of coffee and plan on how to take down a schoolyard tyrant. When we all had our beverage, we tried to formulate a plan. " So, any bright ideas on what to do?" I asked them while Twilight was cleaning the coffee that Flash spilled on both of them.

Applejack was the first to speak. " In all honesty, there aren't that many options. The dance is tomorrow and people will still be talking about the video Sunset posted about Twilight. The video that Joe posted earlier might sidetrack them for a little while, but we still need everyone to see her differently."

We pondered on how to make them see Twilight in a different light but came up short. At least until this happened. " I've got it!" The whole place was brought to our group discussion. Rarity blushes in embarrassment before clearing her throat. " I mean, perhaps I have a solution." She reached into her gym bag and brought out a fake pair of pony ears and a tail. " Now, this might be an absolutely preposterous idea, but, what if we all wore these as a sign of unity?" We just kept staring at her. " Freshman year they were very popular, a way to show everyone their school spirit, you know. Go Canterlot Wondercolts!" And we just kept staring. " I haven't sold any of these in ages." Called it. " Look, each one of us may be different, but deep down we're all Wondercolts." Sounds like a soon to be canceled Saturday morning cartoon. " Sunset Shimmer was the one who divided us. Twilight Sparkle is the one who united us. And we're gonna let everyone know it." She managed to put a pair of ears on all of us while giving her speech. " What do you think?"

We silently agreed with her while Spike leaned over to whisper something. " Now you see why I fell for her."

" Really, I thought it was because of her ass," I whispered back to him.

The day of the dance, 12 o'clock.

We were all in position. Rarity was with the Hipsters, Dash with the Jocks, Pinkie by the lunch line, Shy sat with the Hippies, Applejack sat with the human CMC, Twilight waited outside for her grand entrance, and Spike and I sat in the corner waiting for our cue. Once the girls put on their ears and tails, they started to stomp their feet on the ground and bang on the table in a rhythm almost like the one from Queen's song We will rock you. Once the banging gained enough attention, I plugged my phone into the speakers while Spike turned up the volume. Once that was done, the girls started their routine.

( Stop at 3:30.)

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As they sang and danced, the groups of students started intermingling with each other. When they started getting more chummy with each other, Spike and I distributed more ears and ponytails to the joyful masses that started getting onboard Twilight's bandwagon. To be honest, Spike and I had to hide our stiffies when we saw the alternate versions of our loved ones dancing amongst the crowd.

When the song was over, Spike and I went around the room with a clipboard each and started getting signatures, cementing Twilights road towards her crown. When we had everyone's signature, Spike and I opened up some soda and toasted to our success. " Here's to getting that much closer to getting Twilight's crown and getting closer to going home."

" Cheers." We clinked our bottles and chugged.

We were walking down the halls after lunch to see everyone wearing the pony accessories and intermingling with people outside their regular groups. It seems like the plan's working. " Gotta say Twi, it looks like you're gonna win." She gave me a small smile while we continued down the hall. As we kept walking, we ran into some familiar faces. The group consisted of three people, the human versions of Snips and Snails, flanking a smirking Sunset Shimmer. " What the hell is she smiling for?" All three of them walked by us, Snips and Snails snickered at us while Sunset kept her smug demeanor, even when she walked by me. This can't be good.

Sunset walked up to what looked like an administrative office. Since it wasn't Celestia's office, it could only belong to one other person. She knocked on the door and put on a sad and pleading face. When the door opened, my breath caught in my throat at the sight of the human version of my moon bride.

The sight of her had me stupified to the point I didn't even register what was being said until Spike started shaking me when they left. " Joe, come on, we need to follow them." I shook off the cobwebs and proceeded to follow them with Spike behind me.

We followed them to the gym and found the place had been trashed. " This is just awful, and after Pinkie worked so hard to make things so perfect." Sunset put on an innocent-looking farce while saying that. You're not fooling anyone. " Why would Joe and Twilight do this?" Oh, that is such bullshit.

" Why would you think Joe and Twilight were responsible for this?"

" Because I have proof." She holds out a manilla folder with what might hold false evidence.

" I call bullshit!" I got out of my hiding spot and confronted them. " Let me see that folder." I swiped the folder and fished out the contents. What I found was some poorly put-together photos depicting Twilight and me, destroying the gym. " These are clearly fake."

" What!? These are real photos. Look, that's you kicking the tables, and that's Twilight popping all the balloons."

" Yeah, you're right. But if I do this," I peeled off the glued on figures and switched them. " it looks like I'm popping the balloons, and Twilight is knocking over the tables."

Luna looked over the photos while Sunset tried to explain the situation. " I..I had no idea that Snips and Snails gave me false evidence. I guess those two just don't like you two that much."

" Which I find odd since we haven't met yet." I then give her a devilish grin. " But they seem to know you, at least, enough to share false evidence that would frame your competitor and their associates. Which makes me think that they're working for you."

Luna gave Sunset an accusing eye while she started shaking. " I can't help it if those two have a crush on me and want to see me win. I just wish they hadn't trashed the gym and try that frame-up." Whatever. Do you honestly think anyone would fall for that?

Luna let's out a long sigh before gathering all the photos. " I'll have to suspend those two for what they did." You've got to be kidding me. No way in hell is Luna this dense, at least my Luna isn't. " For now though, I'll have to inform my sister that the dance will have to be rescheduled." She turned towards the door but not before giving a stern glare over to Sunset. " Tread carefully, Miss Shimmer." After that, she leaves the gym and heads back to her office.

With her gone, I turned my attention to Sunset. " You just don't give up, do you?" I made my way over to her and grabbed her by her jacket. " This is your last warning. "Cause if I have to tell you again," I made my whole head morph into my wolf form and let out a low snarl." There will be blood." The instant I let her go, she runs out of the room and slinks back to the dark crevice she came from.

When the commotion was over, Spike and Twilight, who had just arrived to see what happened, came over to find me. " You know, I keep forgetting that underneath that Fratboy king, there's a feral side to you." I gave him a fistbump while they inspected the damage. " Damn, who summoned the tornado?"

" Not a tornado. Just a couple of Sunset's lackey's by the name of Snips and Snails." I motioned all around us. " And it's because of those three, that they have to postpone the dance." The moment I say that Twilight starts freaking out.

" What!!!" She turned on her heel and headed out the door.

Spike and I looked between each other before following her. " Do you think it was something I said?"

" Eh, maybe?"

We Followed Twilight to what looked like Rarity's boutique. When I told her and Spike the dance had to be postponed, Twilight became frantic and ran to where we would meet up with the others after school. When Spike and I went in, the girls were all staring at a fitting room, no doubt Twilight was in there hiding. When Rarity saw us come in, she asked the obvious question. " What happened, why did Twilight look so upset?"

As we walked over to the fitting room, I answered her. " Just a little snag. Don't worry, we have it under control." I leaned into the curtain and talked to Twi. " Twi, you mind if we come in?" A moment of silence went by before the curtain opened for us. " We'll be just a minute girls." Spike and I walked into the fitting room to find Twilight in the fetal position. " Twi, what the hell is the matter with you?"

She gives me a stern glare after I said that. " What's wrong with me? How about the fact that the dance has been canceled and our chances of getting the crown before the portal closes are now slim to none!" Her anger then switched to tears. " What are we gonna do? I don't wanna be away from our family and friends for a whole thirty moons. We need to make a plan."

Before I could say anything, Spike went ahead and spoke up. " I have one." We looked toward him, waiting to hear him out. " We need to tell them the truth about our situation. Let them know what's at stake"

Twilight looked ready to protest the whole thing, but I stopped her with my hand. " That might actually be the best course of action."

" What? But you're the one who said we shouldn't reveal ourselves."

" One, I never said to not reveal our nature. Two, these versions of our friends will take the news quite well, or at least be impressed with the fact we come from a different plane of reality. And three, we need them to help clean up the gym."

Twilight thought over what I said. " Do you really think they'll accept us?"

I knelt down beside her and looked her straight in the eye. " They accepted what was in your heart, just like when we meet them back home. This will just be the icing on the cake for them."

This brought a smile to her face and she brought us both into a hug. " I'm glad you two came with me." She then got up with a determined face and went to tell the others the truth. " Girls, I have some bad news. The Fall Formal isn't happening tonight."

Pinkie was the first to react. " What!?" And in typical Pinkie fashion, nice.

" It had to be postponed because Sunset Shimmer had Snips and Snails ruin all of Pinki Pie's decorations."

" What!?" Seems that pissed her off even more. I can't wait to see how she handles the truth about us.

" But the Fall Formal has to happen tonight."

" Wha-" Pinkie was silenced when Applejack put her hand on her mouth.

Twilight was struggling to find the right words to tell our friends the truth. " You see..."

Luckily, Pinkie does the hard work for us. " You three are from an alternate world where you're a pony princess, Joe is a werewolf-alicorn king, and Spike is a dragon. And the reason you three came over here is that the crown holds a magical element that powers other magical elements but they can't with one missing. And if you don't get it tonight, then you three will be stuck here for a really long time." She then finished with her signature smile and squeak noise accompanying it.

Twilight and Spike had their jaws hanging open like a couple of jackasses while I suppressed a smirk. Spike then went and reached into his pocket and gave me back my ten dollars back.

Finally, Dash broke the silence. " Yeah... I'm pretty sure that isn't the reason."

" Actually, she's spot on. Though she forgot to mention that these two are my niece and nephew by marriage and that Spike came out of the portal a dog." Now they were looking at me like I had a screw loose, well, except for Pinkie. " I can see that you don't believe me." They shook their heads no. " That's fine, I prefer to demonstrate anyway." I started taking my shirt off and brought out Frostbite. With the girls giving me their full attention, I started to wolf out while also unveiling my wings and resizing my ax. When I had finished, the girls had a mix of reactions between shocked, horrified, and I think turned on. " So, do you believe us now?"

Silence. The silence was all that was meeting us after I wolfed out on them. When none of them moved or said anything after five minutes, I decided to revert back to my civilized nature and put my shirt back on, this still did nothing. " Crap! Joe, I think you broke them."

" Wait a minute Spike, I think I know what needs to be done." I stepped in front of them and snapped my fingers. The moment I did that, they shook off their stunned reaction and focused on us.

Applejack was the first to speak. " Okay, so you're a werewolf, that's obvious enough." I gave her a smirk for that. She then pointed to Twilight and Spike. " And you're a pony? And you're a dragon?"

Rarity then looked to me. " You're a King?" She then looked to Twilight. " And you're a Princess?" This feels like the time we met back in Equestria.

" You're from another world?" Fluttershy was able to get over her fear. " And Twilight and Spike are your niece and nephew?"

" Yeah, but only through marriage." I looked over at Rainbow and saw that she had a neutral look on her. " What, nothing to say after all this?"

" Just this." She rushed over to me and wrapped her arms and legs around me. " You guys are the coolest thing ever!"

This broke the tension for the whole group and they all came in for a group hug. While they were embracing the three of us, I saw Spike having his face smothered by Rarity's chest balloons. He seemed very happy about it. " Hey, don't forget you have a marefriend back home."

He pulled himself away from her to answer me. " Technically, since this is the alternate version of Rarity, it means-"

" It's still cheating dumbass." He just rolled his eyes before going back to the embrace.

We all went back to the gym to inspect the damage so far. "As I said on the way over, it's not that bad, however, we do need to clear away all the debris and put the decorations back up." The girls were on board and we started cleaning with push brooms we found in the supply closet. " Alright, let's get r done. Oh, I hope Larry doesn't sue me." The girls had themselves a laugh and went to work.

As we were cleaning the gym, the girls would get close to one of us and ask questions about us and the world we come from. Rarity was the first to start the inquiries. " So tell me, Joseph, how is it that Twilight and Spike are related to you?"

" It's a bit complicated if you think about it. I married two beautiful mares, and from one of them I became an uncle to her niece, and then that niece went and married their brother, making me their uncle. Did that make any sense?"

" It does, but you said you had two wives, is that even legal?" Guess this world don't have that option.

" It is legal. They call it herding, though I prefer the term pack, given my wolf-like nature." Satisfied with my answer, Rarity went to go clean somewhere else.

Next up, Pinkie. " Rarity told me you're married to two mares, so I guess my question is, anybody I know?"

I contemplated whether I should tell her while a few students came in to help with the cleanup. After a minute had passed, I saw no problem in telling her. " I believe you call one of them Vice-principal," Her eyes widened at the notion that Luna and I had tied the knot. " and the other one is totting that table all by herself." I pointed over to Applejack who was carrying a table with one hand while the two jocks behind her were used to carry a table. " I swear that woman has the strength of Thor himself."

" Oh my gosh, that is so awesome! Was I invited to the wedding?"

" Hell yeah, you were, you and the others were the bridesmaids. Besides, you really think I would have a party that's not planned by you?" This brought a huge smile to her face and she hugged me with all her strength, which was a lot since I felt my eyes bulge out of my skull. When she let me go, she skipped over to another part of the gym and used her hair to sweep up the floor. " That's disgusting."

While more and more students started coming in and started helping, a certain country girl dragged me by the ear to a corner where no one could hear us. When she released me, she made me look into her stern eyes. " Pinkie went and told me about the relationship between you and me, and I got some questions for you!"

" Fair enough, ask away." Hopefully, she doesn't get angry. Alternate world or not, I hate to see her mad.

" First question. Where do we live?"

" Sweet Apple Acres, in a house built on the property not far from the original farmhouse."

" Good, I'd hate to think of life away from the farm." I smiled at her thinking. " Second question. How long have we been married?"

" Going on nearly four years, in fact, our anniversary is only a couple of months away." With each question, her stern gaze softened.

" Alright, final question. Do we have a family?"

This brought a wide smile to my face while I dug through my wallet. When I found what I was looking for, a picture of my wives and kids in front of the barn, I handed it to her. " That should answer your question." When she looked at it, she covered her mouth while tears threatened to escape her.

" Tan my hide, they're beautiful. What are their names?"

" Well, the one with the blue hair and wings is Orion, he's mine and Luna's son. The one with the blonde hair and orange wings is Jack, he would be your's and my son. And the filly in the middle is Scootaloo, we adopted her last summer. And I don't think I need to point out who the other three are." She smiled after I was done pointing out my family to her and handed me my photo back.

" It looks like you have a wonderful family." She then starts to tear up and her smile slowly disappears.

Not wanting to see her sad, I brought her into a hug. " Don't be like that. Someday you'll find someone to be happy with." I then had an idea. " Also, if there's a city or state with the name of Griffonstone, you might want to look for these two." I brought out another photo of when Jackie gave birth to Jack and her parents were by the bed, then gave it to her.

When she saw the familiar couple in the picture, she nearly choked from surprise. " They're alive?"

" Yes, in the world we come from, but that was a while ago and I had to rescue them. Hopefully, they still are over here." After hearing that, she squeezed me tighter and gave me a peck on the cheek.

" Thank you. I'm sure my pony-self is very lucky to have you."

" I reckon so." This got her to chuckle before she broke from the hug and went back to cleaning and decorating the gym. I went back over to help, but a certain rainbow-haired girl decided to block my path. " Something I can help you with?"

" Just got a question or two." She took a step forward and got in my face. " You ever kill anyone?"

I did not hesitate to answer. " Yes, I've killed many creatures and beings who would do wrong." Her eyes shrunk after hearing me talk about killing like it was nothing. " But I saved more lives then I have taken." This did little for her shock.

" What were there names, or did you even bother to learn them?" I guess she's starting to see me as a monster.

" Some of them didn't bother giving me a name, the dragon and griffon slavers were one of the few I didn't bother with, same with the changeling soldiers. Blueblood, Sombra, and the Caribou royal family, them I had the pleasure of their names before they met their fate."

" Did you say Blueblood?" I nodded yes, wondering where this was going. " That creep was the old bully here before Sunset arrived. Since he's the principal's nephew, he pretty much ran the place." She then gave me a smirk. " Glad to know he got taken care of elsewhere." This brought a laugh from both of us. It seems no matter what dimension, Blueblood is always a prick. " And the ones you saved?"

" A few dozen from the gladiatorial arena, the entire populace of the capital, the residence of our hometown, and the residence of the recently returned Crystal Empire. I think that rounds up to a few thousand at least." This made her jaw hang open from the sheer amount of awesomeness of my exploits.

" That is so awesome!"

" Funny, that's what the other you, say's all the time." This got her to punch me in the arm before heading back over to help the others. " Yeah, and she does that a lot too." I was about to go about and help with the streamers, but I stopped when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

When I turned around, I came face to face with my favorite animal caretaker. " Ah, Fluttershy. I was wondering when you would ask your questions." She fidgeted with her hair while she kept starring at the floor. " Well come on, spit it out. I know you're shy, I mean it's in your name, but we need to-" I was interrupted when she rushed me with a hug, effectively shutting me up.

" I just wanted to thank you for coming to my world." She then looked me in the eyes. " Because of you three, I have my old friends back, and our school is finally coming together for the first time in a long time."

I smiled at her while patting her shoulder. " I'm glad that we could help. Speaking of, let's go back to cleaning the gym." She released me from her hug and went about helping Rarity with the streamers.

A couple of hours passed and pretty much the whole student body had come to help set up the gym for tonight. Sometime before the sun started to dip over the horizon, the gym was decorated and ready for a dance. While Spike, the girls, and I admired our hard work, Celestia and Luna entered the gym with Luna carrying what looks like a ballot box. " Well, it looks like the dance will continue as planned after all." It better, what with all the work we put into this. " So get out of here and get ready. Also, don't forget to vote for the Fall Formal Princess on your way out."

While everyone started heading out, a lot of them would tell Twilight that she has their vote. While I was enjoying our success, Flash came up to me with his hand extended. " Joe, how you doing man?"

" Doing just fine, all things considering. Did you want something?"

" Actually, yeah, I do. See, I kinda smashed my hand while helping with the setup," He showed me his left hand and it was covered in bandages. " and I was wondering if you would take my place as the lead guitar player?"

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, another chance to show these clowns some of my music, and it's being given to me on a silver platter. " Hell yeah, I'll take over for ya."

" Awesome." He then looked over to Twilight. " Hey, do you think you can ask your cousin if she'd-"

" If you don't finish that sentence I'll put in a good word for you." He gave me a thumbs-up before going to tell his bandmates the good news. " Well, better get ready for the night."

Three hours before the portal closes.

We arrived back at the school, in a limo of all things, after getting dressed for the big night ahead. The girls were all wearing beautiful dresses while I went ahead and brought out the tux I wore at the Gala, and we proceeded to the dance. When we reached the gym, I pulled Spike aside. " Keep an eye out for Sunset and her goons in the crowd, I'll be watching from the stage." He gave me a salute and walked in with Rarity.

I made my way over to the stage where Flash and the rest of the band was. " Hey, guys, how you doing? Flash, I got Twilight to agree to dance with you until they announce the Fall Formal Princess, it's up to you if she wants to dance with you afterward."

" Awesome, you rock dude!" I gave him a high-five after that, unfortunately, it was the hand he injured. " Argh!"

" Oh, sorry about that." He waved it off as he got off the stage and headed for Twilight. With him gone, I turned to the band and handed them some music sheets I had printed up. " Okay, boys, just follow the music and try to join in with the lyrics when needed." They nodded while getting their instruments ready and looking through the sheet music. I grabbed the guitar and took hold of the microphone. " Alright, Canterlot High, are ya'll ready to get this dance started!?" My question was answered by the roar of a bunch of teenagers whooping and hollering for us to get started. " Alright then. Let's start the evening off with a little music from where I come from." I put the microphone on the stand and got the guitar ready. " Let's start off with a little 'Spoonman'." And off we go.

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The crowd loved the song, and I loved to play it. While I had the song going, I kept an eye out for Sunset or her cronies. So far, I haven't seen hide nor hair of any of them. I figured they were off somewhere, plotting on getting the crown when it's revealed for all to see. When we finished the song, we had the whole school pumped up for the night. " Okay, that was a nice appetizer, but what say we kick it up a notch?" Again, whooping and hollering. " Okay, I think I got a song to keep the good vibes going." I signaled for the others to turn to the other song and got the guitar ready. " Alright, now. Let's go on and head over to, The Danger Zone." Here we go again.

https://youtu.be/QLUbodrA0NE

The audience was a little surprised when I had to pitch my voice a little higher than normal, but it soon wavered off when they started listening to the lyrics. I saw Twilight blush a little when the lyric involving her name came up, and I almost messed up the lyrics trying not to laugh. Dash and a few of the Jocks really got into the music and started banging their heads. Near the end of the song, I spotted Celestia and Luna coming up to the stage, with a case in Luna's hands, so we had to cut the music short.

While the two of them walked across the stage, I looked over to Spike, standing at the side entrance, to see if he had located our potential thief. He gave me an ' Okay' signal and relaxed for the moment. Seeing that the coast was clear, I relaxed a bit and listened to Celestia. " First off, I want to say how wonderful everything looks tonight. You all did a magnificent job pulling things together after the unfortunate events of earlier." Unfortunate events my ass, that was sabotage. " And now, without further ado, I'd like to announce the winner of this year's Fall Formal crown." Luna came over and opened the box, revealing Twilight's stolen crown, and made her way to Celestia. " The Princess of this year's Fall Formal is--" She then got a text from her phone and took a look to see what's going on. " Would the owner of a black car please move it off the-"

" Get on with it!"

" Oh alright. Twilight Sparkle!" The whole room was in an uproar when she announced that. Twilight went up to the stage when the girls finally let her go from their group hug. Twilight stood in front of Celestia and bowed her head while Celestia bestowed her crown to her. " Congratulations Twilight." The crowd cheered louder than before and it looked like we had won and go home. However, it's that kinda thinking that gets us in trouble.

While the cheering started to die down a little, I heard a panicked scream come from my pupil. " Joe! Help!" I looked to the back of the room to see Spike getting dragged away by Snips and Snails, and Snails had a cloth over Spike's mouth, most likely chloroform.

"Spike!" This got the attention of Twilight and the other girls. While the girls made their way through the crowd, I dropped the guitar and jumped over the crowd, causing many ooh's and aww's. I busted through the double doors and caught a glimpse of those two, dragging away my buddy. " Come back here with my nephew you damn glue-sniffers!" I had no idea how they kept getting ahead of me while carrying an unconscious Spike, but they managed to do it. I saw them leave out the door towards the front lawn and started high tailing it. I saw them stop just a little ways past the statue and faced me with smirks. " I don't know what you two are smiling about, once I get my hands on you two, you'll be sipping all your meals through a straw for a long time coming!" When I got close to them, a large lump of metal came around the statue and slammed into my face and it was lights out.

A few minutes later, Spike shrugged my shoulder to wake me up. When I woke up I had blurry vision and a massive headache, whatever hit me, really did a number on me. When I looked around the lawn, it was a disaster area. The entrance to the school had been decimated, leaving a giant hole to walk through. Standing outside the hole, the whole school was shambling about like zombies, which actually explains the glowing eyes and brain-dead moans. But that wasn't even the worst part, floating above everyone, was Sunset Shimmer, wearing Twilight's crown, looking like a winged fire-giant from Musphelhiem. " What in the hell?"

Sunset and her army of brainwashed teens made their way to the portal, no doubt wanting to invade Equestria. The only thing standing between them and the portal was Twilight and our friend's counterparts. Sunset just laughed at their courage. " Awww, would you look at that, the gang's all together again! Hahaha!" She then formed a giant ball of fire between her hands. " Now step aside! Twilight and that filthy mongrel have tried to interfere with my plans one too many times already, and they need to be dealt with!" She then sent the ball of fire towards them. They huddled together just before the blast hit them.

" Noooooo!!!!!" We couldn't believe what we just saw. A family member, one that I had the pleasure to get to know for a few years, destroyed with our friend's counterparts by a ball of fire. A ball of fire sent by a power-hungry bitch in need of some much-needed punishment. While she was laughing at her success, I tore off my tux and transformed, while letting loose dog of war known only as, the Fenrir. Unlike the last two times, the Fenrir was let loose, someone close to me had perished. This caused my wolf-form to grow slightly larger than normal and my blue magic turned blood red.

While Sunset was gloating over her victory, I flashed my ax for the world to see, and went to confront my niece's murderer. " You!!!" Her laughing died and she looked toward me. Even in her now demonic-looking form, my wolf form sent shivers down her spine. " Your blood will be spilled for miles around after what you've done!!!" I leaped through the air and grappled her in midair.

Twilight's POV.

The dust had settled after Sunset threw her fireball at us and to my surprise, we were completely alright. We were protected by a pinkish aura that seemed to appear when we all came together. The girls were a little shocked to see the aura surrounding us, but with the things they've seen today, I think they were getting used to how things worked around me. When I looked at the girls, I noticed they gained some pony features, namely pony ears and their hair extended to make it look like a tail. As for Dash, Fluttershy, and me, we sprouted wings from our backs.

The girls noticed this as well and started gawking at their new additions. The scene made me smile warmly until I remembered that we still had a transformed Sunset to deal with. " Girls, we need to focus and takedown-" I turned around to face Sunset, only to face open air. " Where did she go?" I hope she didn't go through the portal already, though seeing her army was still here, I don't think that was possible.

While I was contemplating where she went, Fluttershy brought my attention to her. " Um...Twilight. I-Is Joe usually like t-that?" Fluttershy directed my attention skyward where Joe was battling Starlight in his werewolf form, only this time he radiated an aura I've only seen at Froggy Bottom Bog, but it looked more powerful.

" Oh no, this is bad, really really bad."

" What do you mean? From what I'm seeing, Joe's taking care of the problem for us." Dash crossed her arms and smirked at the battle happening above us. " I say we just kick back and watch the show."

" I agree with Dash, looks like Joe has it covered." Applejack replied while watching Joe send a beam of ice towards Sunset from his ax.

" Normally I would agree with you, but right now, Joe isn't in his right state of mind!" They all stared at me confused, silently asking for more information. " Let me explain. Whenever Joe becomes extremely angry, his wolf-form becomes more deadly and he becomes more feral and even has a small trance where he just has to draw blood. He and his family call this state of mind, The Fenrir." The girls started to look afraid after my explanation.

" Um, Darling, how bad is this Fenrir state of mind?" Rarity asked while Joe had sliced the top of Sunset's hair off with his claws.

" Well, he's only gone through the Fenrir two other times, and I was a witness to both of them. The first time he went into that frenzy, he pulled out a dragon's heart and ate it in one bite." This caused all the girl's eye's to go wide while Rarity tried to hold in the contents of her stomach. " The second time, he tore through a hydra's body from the inside." There goes Rarity's dinner. " I know, it is a bit disturbing, but I've never seen him get like this."

" Wait, you're saying he got worse?" I nodded yes at Pinkie's question. " Why?"

" Well, the reason he turned to the Fenrir the first two times, was because Spike and I were in danger of the dragon, and the hydra swatted Luna out of the air and knocked her unconscious. This time, however, when he saw Sunset blast us and the dust hadn't settled yet, he probably thought we were dead." They saw where I was going with this and concentrated on the battle happening above us. " I know what I have to ask is slightly insane, but I need all of you to help me stop Sunset, and bring Joe back to reality."

" Um, okay, but how?"

I gave Fluttershy a determined look while addressing everyone. " With the magic of friendship!"

Joe's POV.

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I chased Sunset in the air slashing wildly with my ax, hoping to slice a chunk off of her. " I'll have your head on a spear and your wings above my recliner!" Sunset realized she couldn't take me on the offense, so she decided to flee. This only incurred my wrath. " Fleeing will only prolong your demise, you videogame villain knock-off!"

As I kept chasing her, she would try and talk her way out of this. " Look, I get it, you're angry and want payback. But killing me won't bring them back."

" Maybe so, but at least they'll be avenged!" I made to chop her leg off, but she was able to dodge my strike. While she went and dodged that, I was able to grab her by the throat and launched her down to the ground. The impact from her hitting the ground caused a huge crater to form. I descended onto the ground and waited for her to get up, so I can bring her more pain before ending her.

I saw her crawl up the crater wall and rest on the edge. When she attempted to crawl the rest of the way up, I stomped on her hand with my clawed foot. " Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhh!!!" I basked in her pain while grinding her wrist to gravel. When I went to do the same to her other hand, she pleaded for her life. " Please, please I will do anything to make this right, just please stop."

" You know what, there is a way for your suffering to end." She started to look hopeful for a minute, but that was before I got my ax ready to strike her down. " Say hello to Blueblood in Hel for me!!!" I let out a war cry and made to remove her head from her shoulders.

" Joe, Stop!" The blade stopped right on her neck, just before it could break the skin when I heard the sound of my departed niece. At first, I thought it was my subconscious telling me what Twilight would do or want. " Joe, we have a way to stop her. You don't need to kill her." Okay, the subconscious is never this clear, plus it came from behind. I let Sunset fall back into the hole she created and turned to the noise behind me. To my shock and infinite relief, Twilight and the others were perfectly fine, they even sported some extra pony additions.

I dropped my ax and made my way towards them while the effects of the Fenrir dissolved from my wolf-form. When I was standing in front of Twilight, I reached a trembling hand and placed it on her shoulder, making sure this was real. " You...you're all alive?" I asked in a quivering tone. When she placed her hand on mine and nodded her head, I couldn't help what happened next. I brought her in for a massive bear hug and openly sobbed on her shoulder. " Thank the Allfather you're all still alive!" I let her go and let the mood sink in. " How'd you all survive that blast? And how'd you all get pony parts?"

" The crown may not be on my head, but the element inside is still connected to me. When we huddled together as the fireball hurdled towards us, the connection I have with the element and the others protected us and gave us magic just like we have back home." Sounded ridiculous to me, but right now I was just happy to see them alive. When she looked behind me, she saw Sunset limp out of the hole and laid there from exhaustion. " Here, let the girls and I handle this." She and the girls walked past me to deal with the beaten demon. " Why don't you look for Spike, I haven't seen him since this whole thing started."

" Will do." I turned back into my civilized form and went searching for my buddy. It didn't take me long to find him since he landed on two demonized knuckleheads a few feet away. " Spike, what are you doing?"

" I'm trying to knock these fuckers out." Seeing that he was struggling with them I thought to teach him a little trick of mine.

" Well if you want to knock them out then all you have to do is this." I grabbed ahold of Snips and made him face me before delivering a swift punch to a certain area in his throat, knocking the sucker out for a while. " Alright, now you." Spike grabbed Snails by his shirt and punched him in the same area I showed him, effectively knocking the dimwit out. " Nicely done my scaley protege."

" Thanks." He stood up from the two lumps on the ground and brushed himself off. " So, what happened with Sunset, and where are the girls?"

Before I could answer, a large swirling rainbow deathray, rose up to the sky before coming down upon the demonic form of Sunset Shimmer. " Right over there." Once it hit her, the beam spider-webbed towards the brainwashed teens, as well as Snips and Snails, curing them of their inflictions. After that happened, the area around us was subjected to a blinding light, kinda like a flashbang grenade.

When the light had gone out and I could finally see, I saw the girls strewn about the place taking a fucking nap on the job. Spike and I went over to them to see if they were okay. " Twilight, you awake or do I gotta slap you around again?" At the mention of being slapped again, her eyes shot open and she sprang up. " Damn, went and took all the fun out of it."

" Well excuse me if I don't like getting slapped in the face multiple times."

" Then why do you keep passing out?" She rolled her eyes at me before moving over to the crater with the others to where Sunset fell into again. When we reached the edge and looked in there, Sunset no longer looked like a demon, and as an added bonus, her injuries were gone, lucky her. " Well let's just have her head and be done with it." I readied my ax and was about to jump down there, but Twilight held me back with her hand.

" How about letting me handle it?" She whispered over to me before addressing Sunset. " You will never rule in Equestria or any other world. Whatever power you may have had is gone. Tonight, you've shown everyone here who you really are, you've shown them what is in your heart." A crowd started gathering around the crash site, adding to Sunset's shame, like salt in an open wound.

Sunset looked up and had tears flowing down her face. " I...I'm...I'm so sorry. I didn't know there was another way." Now that I look at her, I don't see a tyrant bent on world domination. Instead, I see a girl who just went down the wrong path in life.

" The magic of friendship doesn't just exist in Equestria, it's all around us," She then looked at all of us. " if you're willing to look for it." She then turned back to Sunset. " You too can seek it out, or forever be alone. The choice is yours to make."

Sunset then crawled out of the hole for the third time since this all started. " But all I've ever done since being here is drive everyone apart. I don't know the first thing about friendship." For fuck's sake, you'd think friendship is an advanced college course or something.

Twilight then took her hand and pulled her out of the hole. " I bet they can teach you." She went and directed Sunset's gaze towards our friend's counterparts.

As the girls gathered around Sunset, Celestia came over with Twilight's crown, wondered where that went. " I believe this, belongs to you." Even though this wasn't our Celestia, Twilight still felt the need to kneel before her. " A true leader leads not by forcing others to kneel before them, but by inspiring others to stand with them." She then placed the crown on her head, again. " You have shown us all that you are capable of just that. I hope you see it too, Princess Twilight."

She smiled at each and every one of us before answering. " I had my doubts at first, but after everything that's happened, I think I do." The crowd gave a cheer when Twilight finally accepted her new role as Equestrian royalty.

As the noise quieted down, Flash came up to Twilight looking very nervous. " Hey, umm...this might be the most awkward moment to ask, but would you like that dance now?"

Ignoring my ' what the fuck' look, Twilight took his hand and led him back to the gym. I looked around to see that everyone was just heading back to the gym like nothing even happened. " Fine! Go back to dancing! Not like we just had an epic battle that tore the front of the school and left a massive crater!"

" Joe, relax. We still have over an hour before the portal closes. Let's just enjoy what time we have left." Spike started to lead me back for more fun.

To celebrate our victory over Sunset and retrieving Twilight's crown, I let out my wings for all to see and rocked this place to its core. " Alright, ladies and gentlemen, get ready for the best show you've ever seen in your lives!" I was given a huge cheer after saying that and got ready. I created my own band members and let loose, the music.

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The difference in the genre had confused a few of them, but they soon got used to it. I saw the girls showing off their new pony forms and becoming more popular than before, I even saw Dash fly around with Scootaloo on her back. When the song neared its end, I lifted myself off the stage with every ' yeah' and ended it by landing on the ground and creating a colorful shockwave once I did. When I looked at the position of the moon, I saw we had enough time for one more song. " Okay, are time is running short so my companions and I will have to leave soon!" This received a groan from everybody present. " So this next song needs to really kick ass!" A deafening cheer went out from the crowd as I got my guitar ready. Before I could get started, I saw Sunset watching all that was going on from behind the door. So, I decided to leave a little message. " Here we go!"

https://youtu.be/qyxrpmD5cq0

Everyone was a little put off by the creepy vibe at the beginning. Though, that quickly changed when the guitar started. As I kept singing the lyrics, I would slowly turn into my wolf-form in places that wouldn't be noticed at first. Once the part about hunting someone down came up, I unleashed the glory that is my wolf-form for all to see. At first, they didn't know what to do, they just kept staring trying to process what they were seeing. When the song ended, I let loose a long and loud howl. Once they heard the howl, a round of cheers greeted me. When I looked to where Sunset was, I saw she had her head low and her hands were shaking, message received.

I lept off the stage and headed for Twilight and Spike. To no one's surprise, those two were dancing with our friends. " Spike, Twilight." Every one of them looks to me as I point towards the moon. " It's time to go." As I led them out towards the lawn, the others followed behind to say their goodbyes.

" Well, I guess this is goodbye?" They all gathered in a hug while Spike and I watched from the sidelines. " You'll remember to look out for Sunset right?"

" Of course darling, though I do expect an apology for the things she has done to us."

" You mean getting her ass handed to her by Joe wasn't punishment enough?" Dash had a point, but it failed to really redeem Sunset's actions.

Jackie came over to me with her hat in her hands, I know that look." So, ah guess ah won't see you for quite some time huh?" She sounded a bit sultry in her tone, guess she still has a thing for me.

" Applejack, I know you find me attractive and if I'm being honest with myself, I find you attractive as well." She smirked at that bit of honesty. " But I have a family that I love and they love me. But like I said earlier today, you'll find someone to make you happy." She smiled lightly at that while I brought her in for a hug. " Don't forget what I said. Griffonstone, a gladiatorial arena, your mom and dad." she tightened the hug after I said that before releasing me. " Until next time."

I turned from them and joined Spike and Twilight at the portal. " That crown really does suit you Twi."

" You know Spike, I'm starting to feel comfortable wearing it."

" And your wings?"

" I've been walking around on two legs and picking things up with these," She held out her hands emphasizing her point. " I'm glad wings are all that I'll have to deal with. No offense, Joe."

" None, taken. Now let's go home." We made our way to the portal and went through the portal.

We stumbled out the other end of the portal and wound up dogpiled in the storage room where our journey began. " Alright, get off of me. This is no way to look when returning from a inter-dimensional journey such as this." We untangled ourselves from the ground and looked to find we weren't alone. " It seems we have a welcoming party." Which consisted of my wives, our friends, Celestia, Cadence, and Shining.

Once Shining laid eyes on Twilight, his brotherly instincts kicked in. " Twilley!" He ran over and tackled her into a hug. He then looked at me. " You kept your promise."

" Have I ever given you a reason to doubt me? And no, Vegas doesn't count." We both had a laugh while Twilight went over to the others to tell of our adventure.

Celestia came over and gave me a worried look. " Joe, what happened to Sunset Shimmer? You didn't...kill her, did you?"

" There was a time when I wanted to bury my ax in her neck and feast on her flesh, but that was when I thought she had taken Twilight from this world." She just stared at me with a shocked look after hearing that. " But don't worry, she's in good hands with the residence of that world. By the way, did you know in that world you're a Highschool principal?"

" That is a scary thought and I will need large amounts of alcohol to erase that mental image," She told me flatly before turning to Twilight.

Before I could recover, I was grabbed from behind by my two Valkyries. " So, my king. Did you learn anything from your adventure?"

" Nothing that I didn't already know. Though I might have some new ideas for the bedroom."

" Oh yeah, and what's that Sugarcube?"

I took them both in my arms before leading them back to our room. " Well, it involves a bit of role-playing. Luna would be the vice-principal whereas Jackie and I will be the two students sent to your office. I think you can guess where we go from there."

" Mmm, I love it." Luna went and groped my crotch with her wing as we made our way to our room.

" It'll be nice to finish what we started that night." Jackie nudged me with her elbow as we walked. Finally, we made it to our room and got ready for a wild night.

Author's Notes:

First off, I'm sorry it took so long, but if you look at the word count, you'll see why. Don't worry though, thanks to the quarantine, I have a lot more free time to write.

How about a game? Try and find all the movie quotes used in the chapter. Don't worry, they are very obvious.

Clip.

https://youtu.be/9bzWdYmjmE0

https://youtu.be/q8poJen2UsA