The next morning, in Equestria, Ponies Discord was off to visit with Fluttershy. “Isn’t that just like me…” he said to himself “Coming to visit when she least expects it. It’s so spontaneous.”

He made his way to Fluttershy’s cottage only to find a note at the door. “Hmm… “Tree Hugger, I won’t be here by morning; gone to a sleepover at the Castle of Friendship. When you come to feed my animals, the list of instructions is on the back of this letter…

…Sincerely: Fluttershy.”

Suddenly he could hear the familiar sounds of Tree Hugger’s Sonic Bliss wave.

“Aaaaaoooooom… Eeheeheeehoo.

“Aaaaaoooooom… Eeheeheeehoo.”

There she was sitting with practically all of Fluttershy’s animals in the garden, teaching them how to meditate and chill out, and the animals were actually doing it; all sitting with their legs crossed or their wings together.

“Let it flow, creature pals.” said Tree Hugger “Just feel the vibrations and bliss out…

Aaaaaoooooom… Eeheeheeehoo.”

The animals were actually imitating her singing, much to Discords shock and annoyance. He cleared his throat, “Sorry to breakup this little… whatever it is you call it.”

“Whoa, like, what up Disco Dude, Long time, no visual.”

Discord always had a hard time keeping up with her hippie language, “First of all: It’s DIS-CORD… and Secondly: Where is Fluttershy?”

Tree Hugger remained cool and calm, “Like the note said: she’s at Twilight’s. Today is like… her niece’s half b-day.”

Discord’s eyes immediately lit up, “A birthday party?! Well, well…” Obviously, he was not invited, or even told of the event, and for good reason…!

Now that he knew, you can bet he was planning to crash the party. “Well… thank you for your time, Tree Hugger. I must be off.”

Tree Hugger only felt a shiver run down her spine, “Yowza, my chakra’s giving me major warnings of something majorly uncool to come.”

The animals all felt concerned.

At the castle of friendship, without even knocking, Discord burst through the big doors in a shower of confetti balloons and noise makers, he had conjured of course. “Happy birthday…!!” he called, only to discover the entire place was completely deserted. “Okay, that would have been humiliated if people were actually watching me.”

*Breaks Fourth Wall*

“…You out there don’t count!”

*Unbroken*

He looked all around the castle, but he couldn’t find any pony anywhere. “Helloooooo…” he called out, but the only response he got was a reverb of his own voice.

“I thought there’d be a big party going on here!” he whined, and suddenly he saw flashes followed by sparking sounds coming from an open room down the hall.

He poked his head inside and gasped, “What in the many dimensions...?!” The whole room was a mess; books fallen off the shelves, the lab equipment was all smashed up, and the mirror portal, even though Discord had never seen or heard of it before, was all to pieces, and some of its wires and systems were sparking. It was a miracle that those sparks hadn’t caused any fires, due to the floors and walls being crystal rock.

Discord quickly whipped out a fire extinguisher out of nowhere, “Fire in the hold!” he shouted, and sprayed out all the flames and sparks. The mirror and all its systems were still in a mess. “What is all this?” Discord wondered as he inspected all the bits and pieces. “Ah, who cares? I’ve got better things to do.”

By better things, he meant finding the ponies, seeing as the castle was completely empty.

So he tried every location where the friends could be; Sweet Apple Acres, Sugar Cube Corners, The Wonderbolt Acadamy in Cloudsdale, even Carousel boutique…

…Nothing!

“Okay, what is going on here?!” cried Discord. He wasn’t pretending, he was really starting to panic.

He wasn’t the only one took notice of this. Spike’s Dark Angel had come for one of his daily routines in collecting dark aura and observations of the world, and he couldn’t find any of his old friends anywhere, not even at the Castle of Friendship. He couldn’t even find Princess Celestia, or Luna, not even Cadance, Shining armor or Flurry Heart in their respective homes.

“What’s going on?” he wondered, and he checked the Castle of Friendship again, noting all the confetti on the floor and the decorations all over the place, “They must’ve been here, the place is all decked out.”

He saw the Friendship Map room was deserted, but that someone was recently there other than the ponies.

When he looked out in the hallway and noticed the doors to the mirror gate room were open, he took one look inside and gasped at the huge mess, and one look at the shattered mirror gate immediately gave him the idea…!

When he got back to the Dark Zone, he reported straight to The Lord at once.

“Are you certain of this?” The Lord asked, “I’m positive.” said Spike “The ponies must’ve have been transported to the human world Twilight and I visited when I was alive. That would probably account for the distortion we experienced.”

The Lord believed him.

“My Lord…” Spike called up to him “I know I dare not ask, but just for the heck of it…”

“No, Spike…” The Lord cut in knowing what he was to suggest, “I can understand your desires for your former friends, but the world in which you and your Twilight Sparkle visited is not your original world, you must stay bound to Equestria.

Even if you were to come across your friends, what then? You cannot interfere, and they would not be able to see you anyway.”

Spike realized this.

“I will alert any Dark Angel who came from that realm to search, if it will soothe you.”

Spike looked up and smiled softly at the lord, “Thank you. At least I’ll know if they’re okay.”

In the Feudal Era, the gang had already awoken, and finished breakfast. “Mmm, never thought Feudal cooking could taste so delish.” said Rainbow.

Even Rarity didn’t mind the cooking, the meat and eggs were delightful. “I must say I inclined to agree with you, Rainbow Dash. Primitive, yet perfect.”

Shippo was outside playing with Kirara, chasing her around the grass, and then she chased him back.

Cadance was watching them, and looking a little downhearted, obviously still worried about Flurry Heart and the rest of her family and friends.

Sango sat down next to her, “Are you alright, Princess?”

Cadance didn’t even look up, and she didn’t have to. Sango knew how she felt all too well, missing her brother Kohaku, but she had no time to really think of that now.

“We meant what we said; we’ll do everything in our power to help you and your friends return to your world.”

Cadance looked at her and smiled sadly, “I know you will. Your hearts speak the truth. I just really wish I knew if my friends are okay. Especially my daughter, she just a little foal. It’s not right for her to be separated from her mother like this.”

Inuyasha grumbled as he finished his breakfast, “Hey, I’m trying to eat here. Can you quit the drama already? It’s bad for my digestion.”

Kagome grabbed him by the ear and yelled “HOW CAN YOU BE SO INSENSITIVE?!!”

Inuyasha picked his ear, “Looks, all I’m saying is all this moping isn’t going to help at all.”

Miroku cleared his throat, “I hate to say it, but Inuyasha is correct. It would be best we think with clear minds.”

“Agreed…” said Princess Luna “And I feel perhaps I already have one suggestion: Perhaps the well in which we came from can provide us the pathway to return home.”

Myoga hopped up onto her muzzle, “Do not be fooled, your highness, for only a certain few can pass through the Bone Eater’s Well.”

“Myoga’s right…” agreed Kagome “Even if you could pass through you’d only in my world… or rather my time that is.”

Rainbow gazed at the well and decided “Look, the only way to be sure of this is to try it. So here I go…!”

“Rainbow Dash…!” Luna shouted, but Rainbow already soared up, and dove straight down into the well yelling “GERONIMO!!”

CRASH!! She hit the solid bottom, “Oh…! Ow… Ugh…!”

The rest of the gang all cringed.

Rainbow somehow managed to climb her way up the well, and she looked way bruised and had stars swirling round her head, “Okay… that didn’t work.” she groaned, and she slipped down falling back into the well, landing with a thud.

Soon, she was being treated thanks to Luna and Cadance and their healing magic, which healed all Rainbow’s bruises as they were minor.

“Incredible healing properties.” said Miroku.

“I sure wish I could do that.” said Shippo.

Luna merely scolded Rainbow “Fortunately your injuries were not severe, had they been any worse, our magic would not help, but perhaps now we shall consider our options more rationally and not recklessly.”

“Yeah, yeah… I get it.” grumbled Rainbow.”

While somewhere, outside of Kaede’s village, Sesshomaru, Jaken, and their companion Rin were walking through the lands. Sesshomaru touched his new sword, Tokijin.

“Something on your mind, Lord Sesshomaru…?” Rin politely asked, which earned her ire form Jaken “Child, you know better than to speak to Lord Sesshomaru without being spoken to first.”

“Jaken, hold your tongue.” hissed Sesshomaru. His minions shuddered, and then he looked down at Rin “Nothing disturbs me, Rin. I appreciate your concern, but you need not worry of me.”

Rin smiled at her master, but really Sesshomaru was wondering about Inuyasha, wishing to challenge him again, one-on-one, and to finally get him for good, especially with the power of his new sword.

Jaken pondered this as well, and he suddenly looked on ahead as royal caravan was passing through the land, and not just any caravan, but Princess Tsuyu and Lord Kimo whom were on their way to a neighbouring village to do business and friendly trades with.

“Aha!” cried Jaken “Perhaps we can blackmail Inuyasha into showing himself by taking hostages from that royal caravan.”

Sesshomaru did not look a bit pleased, and immediately turned down they idea, “Those pitiful people mean nothing to me, Jaken. I have no desire to have others involved without good reason.”

Rin thought that noble of her master; while Jaken respected the wishes he hated it when his ideas were shot down.

However, Sesshomaru suddenly began to sense a powerful presence approaching, one that he knew too well. “It is you again…!”

He turned sharply and saw Naraku, in his baboon cloths, “Fancy seeing you out here again, Sesshomaru.”

Jaken and Rin ducked behind Sesshomaru, while he glared at the demon lord, “What do you want here, Naraku?”

“Isn’t it obvious? The same reason that you are here, to hunt down Inuyasha.”

“If you’re suggesting we work together again, you are wasting your energy. I don’t need your help to track my brother down.

Come, Jaken, Rin…” his minions didn’t hesitate for a moment and walked off with him, leaving Naraku to snicker “Very well… but I’m certain you won’t get far.”

Behind him was a large army of demons he had gathered to do his bidding.

“Go…” he hissed to them “Draw Innuyasha out into the open for me.”

The Demons began to slither forth, heading straight for the royal caravan.

One of the gaurds around the royal carriage saw them coming, “My lord…!” he cried to Kimo “Demons on the approach!”

The Lord and the Princess both saw, and Tsuyu began to panic, “My Lord…!” she cried holding onto him, and Hiyoshimaru began to dance about in a goofy way.

“Guards, to arms!” shouted Kimo, and his men stood with their guns ready to shoot at the demons.

“FIRE!!”

The guns were fired, and several of the demons received bloody wounds, but very few of them actually collapsed, and the entire army just kept right on coming for the caravan.

“It isn’t working!” cried one of the guards.

“We must protect the lord and his wife!”

Fortunately, their battle did not go unnoticed. A messenger from Kaede’s village was riding nearby, and the split second he saw the commotion, he turned his horse round and rode straight back to warn the village of the nearby danger.

The friends were all still contemplating on what to do about the ponies, and Princess Luna already had a suggestion and was showing everyone via magical hollow images.

Shippo couldn’t help but wave his hand through the sparkling lights, “Neat…”

Cadannce chuckled “Shippo…” and she levitated him out of the way so Luna could explain.

“It is very simple: I will cast a magical spell on us ponies that will transfigure us into mere shadows. We will then be able to infuse ourselves within Kagome’s shadow. As she leaps through the well she will take us with her to her era. It may not be in Equestria, but it will be our proper time. We shall at least be closer to finding our way back.”

Kagome was amazed by the whole thing, “Do you really think it will work?”

“Well, we haven’t much to lose in trying.” said Rarity.

Before any of them could do or try anything, the messenger rode up to Kaede whom was tending to her garden. “Lady Kaede! Lady Kaede! There is a whole swarm of demons in our lands. They are attacking a royal caravan.”

“Calm down now…” said Kaede “De ye get a good look at the head demon leading the attack?”

“Indeed I did, or supposedly. He was wrapped in white robes of a baboon skin.”

Inuyasha turned sharply, and there was no mistaking it, “…Naraku!” and he took off, leaping his way out of the village, “Inuyasha!” Kagome called, but he was already well out of sight so she couldn’t tell him to sit.

“I’ll get you, Naraku!” Inuyasha said to himself “I’ll get you for what you did me and to Kikyo!”

Miroku stood upright “If Naraku is truly near, we must take this chance.” He looked down at his right hand, “The curse of my wind tunnel will never cease until he is destroyed.”

“I agree.” said Sango “It is time he answered for slaughtering my people and my family!”

The ponies all bolted upright, “And we shall assist you!” said Luna.

“Yes!” agreed Cadance “We must pay you all back for at least giving us food and board.”

“Bring it on!” said Rainbow bravely.

The ponies then looked at Rarity, “It wouldn’t really like to get myself dirty…” she murmured, but then a nudge from Rainbow made her agree “Of course I’m in. You didn’t really think I would let down our new friends.”

“Okay, let’s go…!” said Kagome.

The guards tried their best, but Naraku’s demons proved to be too much for them. Many of the guards were slaughtered, and the rest were starting to feel the battle couldn’t be won.

Naraku was by himself with glee, “Inuyasha… I’m waiting for you.”

Kimo and Tsusyu were really getting scared, but they couldn’t just get out and run; the demons were all over the place.

“I feel this is it for us, Princess!” cried Kimo. His wife tightened her grip on him and cried in fright.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Inuyasha leapt onto the scene with Tetsusaiga at the ready, “WIND SCAR!” SWOOSH!! One swing of his mighty sword unleashed the burning trail of energy that obliterated the swarm of demons in one swoop.

“Master Inuyasha!” cried the Princess.

Inuyasha took no notice of the caravan. Instead his eyes were focussed on one individual…!

“Naraku!”

The others weren’t far behind. Sango was all armored up with her gear and both she and Miroku were riding on the transformed Kirara. Rarity couldn’t fly so she rode on Cadance while Kagome rode on Luna. She had never ridden on a horse before… let alone a flying one. “There he is!” she suddenly cried pointing down at the ground.

Shippo was riding on Rainbow Dash, “Look at all those demons down there!” he whimpered. “You’re telling me!” said Rainbow “I’ve never seen creatures like that, not even in Equestria.”

“Let us go down there!” declared Luna and she dove so suddenly making Kagome scream and hold on tight, “Hey, Whoooooaaaaaaaaa…!!”

“Hey, that looks like fun.” said Shippo, and Rainbow took his word seriously “Going down…” she hollered and dove swiftly towards the ground making Shippo cry out in fear. Cadance and Rarity sighed, and Cadance didn’t dare dive down hard, but set down gently.

Everyone landed near where Inuyasha stood, both Kagome and Shippo felt a little queasy from the fast dive. “That was wild…” groaned Shippo, and Kagome felt like barfing.

Still, the snickering from Naraku snapped them back to their senses.

“My, my…” Naraku hissed as he eyed the team, “Who are your colorful friends, Inuyasha? Don’t tell me you still need others to hold your hand?”

The ponies took great insult to his smug, but Inuyasha poined his sword at the demon lord, “Get a good look while you can, Naraku, you’ll be dead soon enough.”

Naraku snickered “Is that so? Well, good luck trying to get near Me.” with that, another swarm of demons popped up all over the place, along with the Saimyōshō insects.

“No!” cried Miroku “With those venomous insects around, I can’t use my Wind Tunnel!”

“Then we will have to fight together!” said Sango. Kirara growled with eagerness to chomp on the demons.

“Rarity, can you watch over Shippo?” asked Kagome.

“Of course I shall.” agreed Rarity, and she levitated Shippo up onto her back, and galloped off. “Wow! This is a little better.” said Shippo “…I guess.”

As the battle was ready to begin, Nobunaga’s Dark Angel, in those days, was soaring very high above the ground, watching over the lands and absorbing dark aura.

Suddenly, he could hear a rustling down below and noticed small specks, which were the demons from his view way high up. “There is a battle down below.”he thought to himself, and he decided to move in just a little lower to get a better view. He couldn’t interfere in whatever was happening anyway.

As he got closer, he saw the royal caravan, “Princess Tsuyu!” he cried aloud.

The demons all lunged forth, and Kagome shot a sacred arrow from her bow, piercing right through the row of monsters, destroying them.

“HIRAIKOTSU” Sango shouted, throwing her huge boomerang, killing several demons in a bank-shot, but more of the demons were making their way to the caravan, and hardly any of the guards were left standing, after being murdered by those monsters.

The Princess and her husband felt this was it, when suddenly the demons came into contact with a powerful, magical barrier, which Cadance had conjured over the entire caravan. “That’s as far as you monsters go!” she shouted “Get ‘em, Rainbow!”

“YAHOOOOO…!!!” Rainbow shouted as she came soaring like a speeding bullet, flying straight at those ugly creeps and quite literally flying straight through them, wounding them fatally and killing them in showers of blood.

“Oh, my goodness!” cried Rarity, and she could barely bring herself to watch such violence!

“Cool!” said Shippo “She’s fast for a flying horse.”

Myoga leapt up onto Shippo’s head, “There may be many untold things our new friends are capable of.”

Inuyasha finally managed to slice, dice, and slaughter his way through the swarms of demons and found himself face-to-face with “Naraku…!

…YOU’RE DEAD!!”

He leapt up high to hack at him with his sword, but Naraku lunged backwards and extended his long solid root tentacles from under his robe. “Damn! It’s just another Puppet Clone!” growled Inuyasha. “You’re getting better at realizing this,” Naraku teased “Now if only you were as good at fighting as well.”

Inuyasha ROARED and lunged for Naraku’s body, only to be bashed hard by the tentacles.

Miroku bashed a demon on the head with his staff, and looked over. “Inuyasha…!”

“Inuyasha!” cried Kagome.

Sango looked Inyasha’s way too and saw he was not fairing too well and could use help. “Go help him!” cried Luna, and she motioned to herself, Rainbow and Cadance “We shall protect the caravan.”

Cadance and Rainbow nodded, and Rarity could only watch… or so… from the sidelines, still doing her best to keep Shippo safe, if she could keep her eyes open at all the bloody violence.

“Oh, brother…!” sighed Shippo “Is this lady for real.”

“I heard that!” snapped Rarity.

Inuyasha’s friends all leapt over to help him, while Kimo and Tsuyu, and what remained of their forces watched from under the protective barrier.

“What I would give to be out there helping them!” said Kimo.

“No, my lord!” cried Tsuyu “I have seen demons before, but never as dangerous as these. If something were to happen to you, I could never bring myself to grips. I almost lost you once before!”

Her tears softened her husband’s desires, and he hugged her softly. “Oh, Princess…”

Nobunaga could see them form where he levitated, and he couldn’t bear it at all. He clenched his fists tightly feeling the emotion stinging him. So he flew up high again to gather what dark aura he still required and then return to the Dark Zone.

Rarity finally looked up from the side and could see her friends battling Naraku, but finding it hard to get a clear shot at him.

“LOOK OUT!!” shouted Kagome as Naraku swung his solid tentacles at everyone, forcing them all to dodge and scatter about.

“Hold still, will ya?!” thundered Inuyasha, his only response was Naraku knocking him back hard with a huge WHAPP!

Finally, Rarity decided “That is enough! I will not allow so horrid creature roust my new friends!”

Naraku thrusted the tentacles forth again, but Rarity used her magic to try and hold them steady. It seemed to work as the tentacles were struggling. “Interesting.” hissed Naraku “I’ve never seen a power like this before.”

He managed to pour on more power against Rarity’s hold!

“Rarity!” cried Rainbow. Cadance couldn’t go over and help her as she had to maintain the barrier around the caravan.

“I shall help you!” said Luna, and she powered up her magic to help hold the tentacles back even more, and Naraku was powerless to break the force this time.

“Now, Inuyasha!” Luna called to him.

“Right!” agreed Inuyasha, and he leapt up high and slashed the demon puppet in half, destroying the cursed puppet block underneath.

“All this time it was THAT-- a block of magical wood?!”

“It is how Naraku operates.” said Sango “The coward doesn’t dare show his true face.”

Naraku’s voice was still hear even though the puppet was defeated, “When the time comes, I will reveal myself, and not before. Not that it makes much a difference. In the end, all my enemies will have fallen before my might.”

The Saimyōshō took the broken block pieces and carried them away; leaving not a demon left in sight, except for maybe a load of bloody carcasses and bony remains.

“Of all the creatures I’ve ever seen…” cried Rarity “That was THE… WORST… POSSIBLE… ONE!!”

Cadance let the barrier down, and Kimo and Tusyu thanked their friends and the ponies for saving them. “It seems you are getting better at saving us from time to time.” joked Kimo. “We are still forever grateful to you all.”

Inuyasha snuffed “Yeah, whatever.” He was most upset that Naraku had given them all the slip again, which meant he and his friends were no closer to getting him and making him suffer for anything and all he had put them through.

The many demon corpses lay all around the caravan, and required to be moved so the caravan could proceed on its mission, but Miroku didn’t dare use his Wind Tunnel for fear of harming the royal party.

“We got this…” said Cadance. Luna stood by her, and Rarity reluctantly agreed to help, though the sight of all the bloody corpses made her a little sick.

Still, the three magic ponies used their powers to levitate the demon bodies up and out of the way.

“That is so neat!” said Shippo.

While high up above, Nobunaga managed to clear his conscience and began to absorb dark aura into himself.

Suddenly, down below, Princess Luna’s magical aura, as it was powered by darkness, was diverted up into the sky. “What?” she cried “My magic! Something is drawing it away!”

Everyone looked up into the sky at where the magic was flowing…

Nobunaga suddenly began to feel strange as he absorbed the strange aura, “What?! What is this…?”

The magic was suddenly pulling him downward towards the ground, as it was telekinetic waves. He touched down, and Princess Tsuyu gasped, “Nobunaga!”

Kagome and Inuyasha blinked at the mention of that name.

Tsuyu leapt out of the carriage. “Princess…!” cried Lord Kimo, and saw his just run out to the middle of the field.

“Oh, Nobunaga…! Is it really you?!” she cried.

Nobunaga was almost completely speechless as he looked her in the eyes, “Princess Tsuyu! How is it that you can see me?”

The Princess teared up and was at a loss of words.

“Who the hell is she talking too?” asked Inuyasha. Neither he nor any of the others could see Nobunaga at all… except for Luna. “No! I see him too.” she cried, much to Nobunaga’s astonishment and horror. “I’ve got to get out of here!” he grumbled and he turned to rush away.

“No… Wait…!” cried Tsuyu, and she reached out to grab his arm, only for her hands to pass right through him. “Nobunaga…!!”

But before anyone could do anything, Nobunaga vanished through a dark portal, and he was gone.

Tsuyu fell to her knees and sobbed, “Nobunaga…”

Her husband walked up to her and held her softly, “Princess…”

“I don’t get it.” said Kagome “There wasn’t anyone there, and Nobunaga died almost a year ago.”

Miroku wasn’t so sure, “I did sense the presence of something spiritual. It was unlike anything I had ever sense, but perhaps only the princesses were able to actually see it.”

Tsuyu wiped her eyes, “I knew I was not crazy! I really had seen him! I have been seeing him all the time.”

“I believe you now, Princess.” He husband said, and he meant it. Since Luna was able to see the creature as well, even though he could not, and Miroku could sense its presence, it had to be true.

In the present era, many of the Dark Angels had returned from their scouting missing from Canterlot High. They were all senior Dark Angels, with no faces or expression, and their skins were completely black as their outfits. One of them reported the bad news to Spike…!

“What?” Spike cried in shock “Are you sure of this?”

“We are positive.” the Dark Angel replied “We searched as you requested, but we found no trace of your former friends from Equestria. There is nothing there but their human counterparts of that respective world.”

The Senior Dark Angels, with their jobs complete, they went off to go meditate until their round of duty.

“That doesn’t make a bit of sense.” Spike pondered “I’m sure they went through the mirror gate, but if they aren’t at Canterlot High, then where are they?”

Davis and Beast Boy sighed at their comrade, and Nobunaga approached him, “Perhaps you should let it lie. You remember what the lord said.”

Suddenly, he gasped softly and felt very strange.

“Nobunaga?” said Davis.

“Dude, what’s wrong?” asked Beast Boy.

Nobunaga didn’t answer as he suddenly saw strange images in his mind; memories of centuries ago that he never had experienced before. “What is this?” he wondered “I don’t recall those experiences.”

“What are you talking about?” asked Spike.

Nonbunaga was actually starting to feel weak, and lay down on the dark sands. “Nobunaga!” cried Davis “What’s happening?!”

The lord could feel this as well, “The Darkness has shifted.” he softly said to himself “Alternations are occurring. This cannot be allowed to happen.”

Quick as it came, Nobunaga’s weariness subsided.

“Are you okay?” asked Beast Boy.

“Yes…” said Nobunaga “I feel better, but… it is strange. I saw unusual creatures in my memories. They were neither human, nor demon.”

“What did they look like?” asked Davis “Try sketching them on the sand.”

“I will try… but my memories are rather faded.”

Rather than sketch a picture with his finger, Nobunaga simply held out his hands. All at once, small burn marks appeared in the sand, forming absolute perfect pictures directly from Nobunaga’s memories of the creatures he saw.

Spike-- had been alive-- would have lost his breath as he gawked at the sketches, “Princess Luna… Princess Cadance… Rainbow Dash… and…” he paused, he could bring himself to say her name “Rarity…?”

The others were astonished, thought they had never actually seen the ponies themselves, they were just as Spike described them, at least the sketches were.

“Wait a minute…!” said Beast Boy “You said you remember them from centuries ago?”

There was a long moment of silence as the four of them felt it was too inconceivable to happen, but remembering what the lord had told them about anything being possible, and Spike remembering that the mirror portal was broken; now it being obvious it was a malfunction.

“They’re in the Feudal Era of your world?” Davis asked in disbelief.

“It would seem so.” replied Nobunaga “It is vague, but I remember. Princess Tsuyu… she was able to see me, as was the Princess Luna.

Then, there was this strange dark energy I seemed to absorb. It was some kind of magic I had never felt before.”

Spike could only assume “It must’ve been Princess Luna’s magic. Her element is darkness after all.”

Beast Boy remembered when he absorbed Raven’s magic the other day in Jump City, and Davis remembered how Kari was able to see him as well.

Beast Boy and Davis decided to head to their own respective worlds and finally put this to the test, but their plans did not go unnoticed by the lord.

“I know what you are thinking.” he said to them so suddenly “Do you realize how serious this could be? You would be at the risk of exposing our existence to mortals.”

The quartet understood this, and felt like reconsidering.

“However…” the lord continued, “This mystery has plagued me for eons. If it can help us find the answer, then for once, I will make the exception.”

Davis and Beast Boy bowed, even though the lord was nowhere in sight, he was watching them. “Go will care, Dark Angels.”

With that, Davis and Beast Boy left for their own respective dimensions, leaving Spike more concerned than ever as he looked down a Nobunaga’s drawings in the sand. “You’re sure you only saw these four ponies?” he asked.

“I am positive.” replied Nobunaga “There were no others, which suggests they may be lost in the olden days of my time.”

“…Or maybe they’re not even there.” Spike muttered to himself.

Shining Armor was no longer in his pillow-form. He was back in his normal state and wandering around what felt like endless darkness-- swirling dark clouds, howling winds, and lightning striking all around.

“What’s going on?!” he cried out loud, and then he could hear voices calling out to him…

“Shining Armor…!”

“Help us!”

He looked up and could see Cadance, Twilight, and all the rest of the ponies being sucked into a dark and swirling vortex. Even Flurry Heart was being taken from him. “No…!!” he cried as he galloped as fast as he could, but he couldn’t seem to catch up. The vortex continued to pull his friends away from him.

“Shining Armor…!!” Cadance screamed as she was ultimately swallowed up, she was followed by Twilight, “BRO…!!” and all the rest of the ponies.

Shining Armor screamed, “NOOOOOOOOOOOO…!!!”

…and he woke up in a frightful gasp.

“Hey, what’s with you?” groaned Tai as he sat up in bed “If I wanted to wake up this early I’d have set my radio clock.”

Shining Armor then realized he was still in pillow form, in Tai’s room, and it was just after six in the morning. “What a nightmare.” he groaned “I don’t think I’ve ever had such a bad dream before.”

“I’ll say…” said Agumon “Why you were yelling in your sleep. What was it all about?”

“Never mind, it’s nothing now.”

Much as Tai would have loved to go back to sleep, he got out of bed anyway remembering he had a breakfast date with Jun that morning and he didn’t want to fall back asleep and wake up late. “Keep an eye on him, Agumon. I need a shower.”

“Sure thing, Tai…”

As Tai walked to the bathroom, he passed by the door to Kari’s room, and when the door was shut tight, which it was; it meant she was still asleep. He couldn’t help but worry about his sister, as well as the other three ponies in her room.

Inside, Kari was tossing and turning in her own sleep, and moaning softly. Her stirring woke Twilight, Fluttershy and Starlight.

“I think she’s dreaming.” Fluttershy whispered. The others agreed, and from the looks of Kari’s disturbed expressions, it was a nasty one, but neither of them had the power to look into her dreams to see what was bothering her.

“No…” Kari groaned “Come back…”

“Who’s she talking about?” wondered Twilight.

Starlight had seen this before, “Dreams of regret. She’s having a nightmare from her past; something really bad must’ve happened to her.”

Her suspicions were confirmed when Kari started saying names “Davis… I’m sorry! I’m sorry!!”

“Who’s Davis?” asked Fluttershy.

Kari was starting to sweat in her sleep as her stress continued “Please… don’t take Gatomon away. I didn’t mean it!”

The ponies decided they had to wake her up before she hurt herself, but that’s when Kari’s mom knocked at the door, “Kari…!”

“Freeze!” cried Twilight, and she and the others went silent and still like the pillows they were, just as Mom came in, and gave her daughter a few shakes and woke her up.

“Mom…! I… I…”

“You were having nightmares again, honey.”

Kari held her head in shame, and she almost felt like crying. The ponies could see how distraught she was; like someone who needed help with a problem.

Suddenly, Twilight was picked up by Kari’s mom, “I thought you said these pillows were used for stress relief. So why didn’t you sleep on them instead of placing them at the end of your bed?”

Kari, still not wanting to reveal the secret, fibbed “It turns out they aren’t real comfortable. I couldn’t sleep on them at all.”

At first it seemed as if her mom could sense she was lying, but really she was examining the pillow in her hands more closely, and then she began to smother it close to her face, “These pillows are the softest I’ve ever felt; oh, so scrumptious like a marshmallow.”

She began to squeeze the pillow against herself, much to Twilight’s discomfort, but she held in every urge to groan or make a single sound.

“Careful with that…!” Kari snapped wrenching Twilight away from her mom’s grip and then she fibbed “These are expensive and only borrowed. I have to give them back.”

“Oh, that’s right.” said her mother “Oh! I better go check on breakfast.” and she left Kari’s room, closing the door behind her.

Kari sighed, “That was way too close.”

Twilight felt dizzy being squashed too hard, “Maybe next time I’ll turn us into cacti.”

The others couldn’t help but giggle at her. “Well now that that’s settled…” said Starlight, and she glared at Kari “Who’s Davis?”

“Huh? Davis?”

Fluttershy stammered a little “We heard you. You were calling out someone’s name in your sleep.”

Kari looked down sadly, but she wouldn’t answer them, almost as if she were afraid too, which she was, but more ashamed of.

“Kari, come and get it.” her mother called from the kitchen.

“I have to go; breakfast.”

“Wait! What about us?” asked Starlight.

“Don’t worry; I’ll take care of you in a bit.”

Then Kari ran off, and the ponies, even though they were pillows were starting to feel a little peckish.

Later that day, however, Kari took all four of the ponies to the park near her school where they were finally able to transform back to their normal selves.

“Whew!” Shining Armor sighed “I’ll never take a pillow for granted again.” Then his stomach grumbled, as did the other ponies’.

“Hey, you said you’d help us with breakfast.” said Twilight.

Kari was about to call Yolei on her cellphone, but she suddenly came running through the field with a bag of goods from her family’s convince store. “Sorry I’m late!” she called “I got held up by three “Don’t Walks” in a row.”

She brought loads of snacks and drinks from her store, exactly as Kari had phoned her about when she left home. The ponies practically jumped all over the snacks and gobbled them down hard, as they were starving!

“Never thought I’d ever horses eat human food.” said Yolei.

She and Kari suddenly could hear the school bell ringing from afar. “We’ve got to run. We’ll be late for first period.” cried Kari, and she and Yolei began to run off.

“Wait… what are we supposed to do?” Starlight called.

“My brother and his friends will be here soon.” Kari called “They’ll look after you.”

Then the girls were gone, and the ponies were left alone in the big field. No one was around to see them anyway so there wouldn’t be much trouble.

Now that they were alone and fed, Twilight discussed with her brother about Kari’s troubles.

“You think she has a problem?” Shining Armor asked.

Twilight agreed, and Starlight vouched for her, “I know the feeling. No creature tosses and turns in bed, breaking out in a sweat, while groaning someone’s name.”

Fluttershy shuddered at such a feeling, “I’ve been feeling something Kari hasn’t been telling us ever since we met. I know was only yesterday, but… well… I…”

“It’s okay, Fluttershy. I feel the same.” said Twilight.

Shining Armor could tell what his sister was thinking, “Do you really think we should help her? We really should be trying to figure out how to get back to Equestria.”

Twilight couldn’t argue with that, getting back home was very important, but she just couldn’t ignore her nerves of wanting to help Kari. “I think we should try and help her. We owe her that much for giving us a place to stay.”

Starlight and Fluttershy agreed, and Shining Armor realized he was outvoted, but he was more than willing to agree with them anyway.

“Wow!” called a voice. The ponies turned and saw Tai and Jun there, along with Agumon. The other Digi Destined were away and busy while their Digimon were in the Digital World.

“Guys, this is my girlfriend, Jun.” said Tai. “I couldn’t resist telling her, and she insisted I show her to you.”

Jun then grabbed him by the ear “And don’t you forget it. Remember, I don’t like secrets!”

“Okay, I give! I give!” whined Tai.

After introductions and a little chatting Jun could still barely contain herself. “You guys actually can move the sun and moon?”

“Well, not US really…” said Shining Armor “The royal sisters do that.”

“I just prefer to take care of animals.” said Fluttershy

“I keep pretty busy helping Twilight.” added Starlight.

While they all chatted, Twilight silently excused herself from the group, and went over to Tai who was taking a drink by the water fountain.

“What’s up?” Tai asked.

Twilight rubbed her hoof in the back of her head trying to put it as easily as she could, “I need to come clean with you, and I want to know.

…Who is Davis?”

Tai gasped softly, “Uh… I…”

“I heard Kari moaning his name in her sleep.” said Twilight “Is there something you guys aren’t telling me?

And before you try to deny anything, know this: I’m a princess of friendship, I have a sense of when people are feeling upset and could use a friendly hoof.”

“What?” Tai asked in confusion.

“Oh…” said Twilight “Well, in your case, a hand.”

Tai sighed, and even though he didn’t like talking about it, and he knew Kari wouldn’t like it if he told her, he knew his sister needed help, and Twilight seemed trustworthy.

“Davis was my girlfriend’s younger brother. He was also a Digi Destined, just like us.

…Well… not Jun. She was never one.”

Twilight caught the sadness in his voice and asked, “What do you mean “Was”?” Tai didn’t answer her verbally. He just stared at her with a deep expression of sadness and concern, which made Twilight place her hoof over her mouth, “Oh my…”

Tai nodded, “It’s been almost a year since it happened. None of us have been the same ever since, but Kari’s taken it the worst, even more than Jun or her mom. She thinks it’s her fault it happened, and well…” he paused “Look, I really think you should talk with her about this. Much easier than I can.”

Twilight agreed.

Today was only a half-day at school, so they didn’t have to wait too long for the gang to be let out at lunch.

Ken looked really disappointed. “The soccer team got creamed again. They just aren’t playing really good.”

“You know you could join the team.” suggested Yolei, but her boyfriend looked down in the dumps “You know I can’t, Yolei.”

Yolei understood, but she always thought he was taking this too hard.

This made Kari look down too, much to TK’s chagrin. He felt just as bad as any of them, but he was really starting to grow annoyed with all this. “Look… there’s the ponies.” he said as everyone regrouped in the fields.

“Tai, Jun…” said Kari.

Jun looked at Kari, rather awkwardly, like she had been ever since Davis died. All that time it was hard for her to trust her, but she didn’t balk at her or treat her as an enemy or anything. It just felt hard is all...

This concerned the ponies even more.

“So… um…” TK said trying to make conversation “Any ideas how we’re going to get you all back to Equa… Equeer…? What’s the name again?”

“Equestria…” the ponies all replied, “And anyway, I don’t think we’re quite ready for that yet.” said Twilight, and she looked at Kari, and Tai looked at her too with great concern.

“Oh, no…!” she groaned softly “No, please, not again. I don’t want to hear this!”

She tried to walk away, but Twilight wouldn’t let her and levitated her back to the group. “Sorry about this, Kari, but it’s for your own good.”

Kari then looked at Tai feeling betrayed, “You told them?”

“Not everything.” replied Tai “Look, Kari, you need help.”

“I agree…” said TK “The school year’s almost done and your grades slipped really bad. You may have to repeat 11th grade, with or without summer school.”

This concerned Kari deeply.

“Oh, my…!” said Fluttershy “That does sound awful.”

“Not nearly as awful as what her mom wants.” said Yolei, but she gasped and realized what she had just said. “What’s that?” asked Kari “What do you mean “What my mom wants to do with me?”

Even the ponies wanted to know the answer to this, and Tai felt he had to say it, despite everyone obvious, silent objections, but Tai knew this had to be said. “Kari, if you don’t get better about this soon… well…” he found it hard to come out and tell her “…Mom wants to send you to the… to the… psyche-ward!”

The ponies all gasped, and Kari’s heart skipped a few beats.

“You mean, send her to a mental institution… just like that?!” cried Starlight.

“Whoa, now!” said Shining Armor “That’s… that’s just… I can’t put into words.”

Kari just stood where she was, with her eyes wide open, and she looked ready to faint, or scream, or anything horrific at the idea that she would end up in a straight-jacket.

TK walked up to her, “Kari…?” he felt her hand, and it felt cold with fearful chills. “I won’t…!” she cried “I won’t go! You understand! I’M NOT (BLEEPING)GOING TO ANY (BLEEPING) NUTHOUSE!!!

…NUTHOUSE!!!

…NUTHOUSE!!”

Many people nearby turned their faces towards the direction of the scream.

The ponies all felt their manes getting ruffled, having hardly ever heard such profanity language “Good thing, Celestia didn’t hear that. She’d flip her mane.” muttered starlight.

TK sat Kari down on the grass and comforted her as her tears began to fall. “Oh, you poor, poor thing…” cried Fluttershy and she sat next to Kari and comforted her more.

Everyone hated seeing Kari so miserable and this only convinced Twilight all the more that she needed her help, like a good friend would. “Kari, I want to you confide in us.” she said to her “It’s not healthy to keep all these dark feelings to yourself, and it hasn’t been helping you a bit.”

“You don’t understand…!” cried Kari “No one can help me! It’s impossible.”

Enraged by her whining, Yolei waltzed right up to Kari and slapped her across the face! “Yolei!” snapped Ken!

“Whoa!” cried Jun.

“Hey!!” snapped Tai and TK, while the ponies all gasped.

“I’ve had enough of your whining!” Yolei snarled at Kari. “These ponies are trying to help you. Either you tell them what’s bothering you or I will! Take your choice, Kari!”

“Kari…” Twilight said softly trying to convince her to come out with it, even Jun agreed, “You better do it.”

Kari wiped her eyes, and looked down at the ground catching an interest in the grass, but finally, she told the story as best as she could.

“Davis was my friend once. He was everyone’s friend here. The thing is… he had a crush on me, and I never felt the same way about him. I care about him as a friend, but I never really wanted to go out with him.”

She held TK’s hand, looked at him and smiled, and he smiled back at her.

Already the ponies were starting to get a slight drift of this. “But that doesn’t have much to do with how he died.” said Shining Armor. Saying that made Jun look down a bit in sadness, “Oh, I’m, sorry… I didn’t mean…”

“It’s okay...” said Jun “You’re all right.”

Tai wrapped his arm around her and held her softly.

Kari then continued, “Davis said he was fine with it, but… well… other girls seemed to like him and just brushed them all off, one after another, and eventually we found out that because I rejected him, he wouldn’t date any other girl, not even if the girl was really willing to open up to him.”

Starlight felt shocked at such a thing, “Well, that is a little understandable, but I don’t think that’s very healthy.”

“It certainly isn’t.” agreed Fluttershy.

“That’s what we told him constantly.” said TK “We didn’t like the way he was brushing girls off and not giving them a chance, but Davis just wouldn’t lighten up.”

Kari nodded in agreement, “I even made this dating webpage for him, to help him find the right kind of girl, and still he refused them all.

Then he got mad at all of us for trying to help him! We lost our tempers, and then… in the Digital world.” she paused, as her tears began to fall as the guilt struck her hard, “We had a really big fight, and then we got attacked by a powerful Digimon. We lost our tempers so badly, one thing led to another and… Davis’s Digimon Partner was destroyed.”

The ponies gasped.

“It’s true…” said Tai “I saw it happen.”

TK agreed and added “My Digimon, Magna-Angemon did it, but… it was just an accident, and Davis really lost it. He was totally psycho. He was mouthing off at us, screaming at the top of his lungs… and Kari just punched him in the face…

…And he fell unconscious.”

The ponies gasped again!!

“You did that…?” Twilight asked in utter disbelief, to which Kari nodded tearfully “I was just so angry. I hated the way he was behaving, and all because he couldn’t accept I just never wanted him, and that I was happy being friends with him.”

She buried her face in her knees and sobbed softly. “It was my fault! I killed him!”

TK embraced her softly while the other ponies didn’t know how to be feeling about this. Now it all made sense to them why Kari was so distraught, and just the same it sounded like a serious friendship problem.

Ken then filled in the last bit, “Kari and TK were accused of the murders by Gennai and the four guardians of the Digital World. As such, they were stripped of their Digiviced and the Digimon partners, Patamon and Gatomon. They’re not allowed in the Digital World anymore. That was almost a year ago when Davis died.”

Twilight had never heard anything so horrible and punishing; of friends not getting along simply for decisions, and fairness. “I’m starting to wish I had been here sooner.” she said to herself. Of course, Davis was dead, and there was nothing she or anyone could do about that now.

“I never saw such a horrible sight.” cried Jun “He just lay there with his empty dark eyes.”

“What was that?” asked Starlight “Dark eyes?”

Jun nodded and explained how Davis had black, empty eyes when he fell unconscious, and he died days later; exactly how Spike died, which concerned the ponies.

“Do you guys know something about this?” asked Yolei.

The ponies weren’t certain they could answer.

Kari was still very upset. “I don’t get it…” she cried “Why did all this have to happen?”

“…Because you’re a lying, backstabbing bitch! That’s why!” snarled a familiar voice that only Kari could hear. She bolted her head upright, and there standing behind her was Davis’ Dark Angel, and looking snarly at her.

“Davis…!” she cried, much to the others confusion.

While all that happened,

In Jump City, the Titans and the other ponies were all awake, and Celestia was feeding Flurry Heart a baby bottle of warm formula, used from the baby supplies gotten for Terra’s baby.

“Aw, that is so sweet…” said Cyborg “But I gotta admit I never saw a pony drink milk like that.”

“Oh, it is so adorable nonetheless.” cooed Starfire.

Celestia agreed as she looked down at her grand-niece, but then Flurry began to cry, and it wasn’t due to gas or a soiled diaper. “Oh, I was afraid this...” said Celestia “She misses her mother and father. That’s a comfort I simply cannot give for her”

It broke everyone’s hearts to hear the baby cry, but not as much as their ears. Raven wasn’t really being mean, but stuffed two cotton balls into her ears to soften the sound. “That’s better.” she sighed.

Applejack and Pinkie Pie shook their heads at her, and then focussed on trying to help the baby calm down.

“Aw, come on, Wittle Flurry.” Cooed Pinkie “And she tried to make goofy faces, and threw a pie, which she mysteriously grabbed out of nowhere into her face.”

“How’d she do that?” Cyborg asked.

“Beats me…” said Applejack.

Sadly, the baby was still upset. “Oh, weep not, tiny pony.” said Starfire as she softly rubbed the baby’s head, and she began to hum and beautiful and soothing lullaby song, which actually soothed the baby into a soft sleep in Celestia’s hold.

“Amazing...!” Celestia whispered.

Raven took the cotton out of her ears, “What was that?”

“It is a Tameraian song of soothing, of which the elders of my planet sing to their young when it is time for sleep.”

Flurry Heart slept peacefully as Celestia rocked her.

While Terra sat on the sofa by the large windows, rubbing her rapidly showing pregnant tummy, and looking down in the dumps.

“What’s got you down, honey?” asked Applejack.

Terra touched her stomach, “Seeing you ponies with the baby worries me for when I have my own. It’ll never know its father…” she realized what she had just said, “I mean…” but it was too late to cover up. “You mean, Robin ain’t the father of your kid?”

Terra shook her head, and Applejack knew Cyborg couldn’t possibly be the father; being all metal down there. “Is there somethin’ you’re not tellin’ me?”

Terra hesitated, still not wanting to tell about Beast Boy and facing her past and her major mistakes.

Suddenly, Robin came in, sparing Terra from an impending interrogation.

“Did you find out anything?” asked Pinkie “Did you? Did you? Did you?”

Celestia intervened and used her magic to move Pinkie out of the way and give Robin some room.

“Thank you…” Robin said “And I have good news and bad news. The proprietor of the jewelry store was most understanding when I told him how you ponies came here by the Sun Crystal, especially when he viewed footage from the store’s security cameras.”

He typed into the computers and showed the footage of the ponies appeared in the store the other night. Pinkie held in a giggle of how silly she and the others looked.

“So does that mean we can have the crystal to return home?” asked Celestia.

“Well, that’s the bad news.” replied Robin “We can only have it if we can pay for it. It was on a world tour, and the original owners won’t ask for anything less.”

A moment of silence of fell, “But that thing costs at least fifty-million bucks.” said Cyborg “We couldn’t afford even a piece of that thing for a-hundred years!”

Hope was fading rapidly, and Applejack slipped into an armchair “Well ain’t that just a worm in an apple. We’ll be stuck here in this world for the rest of our lives.”

“No, we won’t.” said Celestia “We’ll find a way to get home again. Remember, you’ve been in situations far worse than this before.”

“Well, yeah…” agreed Pinkie “But we’ve never been so lost from home before with no way to get back.”

Robin looked over at Raven and asked “Can’t you send them back?” but Raven shook her head, “I know Equestria exists, but I don’t know exactly where, and even if I did I can’t be sure my power is strong enough to send them. They’d probably get lost in the gap between dimensions and be lost forever.”

The ponies shuddered at such a thought.

“Perhaps we will simply have to raise the money for the purchase.” said Starfire.

“But how?” asked Terra “How can we possibly raise fifty-million dollars?”

Nobody had a single idea how, until Pinkie looked up at Celestia, particularly at her crown and her golden necklace. “Maybe we don’t have to.” she said, and she explained the thought of Celestia bartering her treasures in exchange for the Sun Crystal.

Celestia rolled her eyes up to her crown, and touched her necklace with her one free hoofs; holding Flurry in the other.

“Are you insane?!” Applejack asked “We can’t ask the princess to part with her crown jewels!”

“And you don’t have to.” said Celestia, shocking Applejack and the Titans, “We are desperate, and sometimes we all have to make sacrifices. I will gladly part with my treasures if it means we can return home.”

She levitated her treasures off of her and gently onto the table.

“Your highness…” Robin said.

Celestia smiled softly, “It’s all right.”

Cyborg carefully picked up the treasures to examine the closely, “Solid gold, real diamonds, perfect hand carving, not to mention from another world-- I think we got a real shot here.”

The Titans found it so touching what Celestia was doing, even the other ponies felt touched to tears. “That is just so sweet…” cried Applejack and Pinkie sniffled and dabbed her eyes with a hankie.

Terra smiled and then turned to look out the windows, but what she saw next made her jerk on the sofa, “Beast Boy…!” she cried.

Everyone turned to face her, and Raven looked out the window, “I see him…!” she cried.

“But… there is no one there.” said Starfire.

“Who’s Beast Boy?” asked Applejack.

Outside, Beast Boy felt most disturbed, “Raven… and Terra… can SEE ME?!!”

Author's Notes:

Sorry, but Bruce Wayne isn't welcome in this fic, this fic is hard enough to make as it is...

I really want to start THRASHING these characters soon