It had been around two days since we all gathered here in Adam’s world. Nat, Lex, and I had begun working the next day in Adam’s basement workshop. We got the equipment all set up and running. Albeit, we had to modify the gem generator to run off an Electric Sage Stone to get the power we need to keep everything running around here. I was down here checking to make sure things were stable with the gestation tank that contained Sora’s new body. The same day we set up we had the component we need for the basic fetus. She was around the three-month stage if I had to take a guess, Lex and Nat could tell. We were still missing a few rare elements that were essential for the later stages of her growth but they weren’t needed as of yet. The princesses said they would get them for us. I was glad things were going smoothly.

I looked to the baby floating in the pink glowing tank. She had already taken on a few of her siblings’ distinct characteristic. As Nat was the main contributor of the DNA here, Sora’s body took on her appearance as a Diclonius for the most part but her hair was more of a sunset pink with blue streaks appearing in it. I can speculate the darker and mixed colors are due to Adam and Lex’s DNA. Sora’s Diclonius horns were significantly smaller than Nat’s were too. This had to do in part to Nat already being the Diclonius Queen. One of Sora’s eyes though, was definitely from Adam’s part of the gene pool. Silver and I mean this kids eye was shining silver. Probably due to the magic she inherited from Lex.

I leaned in a bit more to get a better look. Really makes me wish I had a kid of my own. Sure, Luna and I had adopted some of the orphans of the Minotaur War, but it was only the ones that wanted to come. I wasn’t going to force anyone of them to come. I had no doubts some of their parents were gone because of me but that why I give them the choice. I do miss looking after kids. But there’s no way to express how having a child of your own flesh and blood would feel. I told Luna I would love to start a family and I know she's more than willing to have one right now but again its just not the right time. Maybe we can try and start one once things have returned to more of state of normalcy back home.

My thoughts were then interrupted by the open of the basement door. I see Adam and Oscar coming down the staircase. I look over to them and only smile. Adam looks back and starts to ask a question.

“Hey Ed, how my little sister’s body coming along?” asked the Huntsman in excitement. “She’s doing just fine. Why don’t you come down and to see her?” I say waving them down. “You Displaced a really an amazing bunch. To think that only yesterday she was nothing more than a pile of raw everyday materials with blood mixed in and now she’s a living being” commented Ozpin as his eyes flashed.

“You said it, professor. I am still amazed that we were able to get this far in two days.” Adam says, keeping his gaze on his little sister’s soon-to-be body.

“I thought it would be better to allow her to age rather than just build her from the ground up. This way the body can be more acclimated to her magic and other abilities. Lex agreed with me on this. Maturing is something that we must go through as living beings,” I say walking around the tank. “If we can get the rarer materials by the day after tomorrow we’ll be right on schedule and Sora’s transmutation can take place a scheduled. Now, in the meantime why don’t we get out of here and go somewhere where we can do some training. Know of any places nearby Adam?”

“Sure. There is a small field near the river that runs by Fluttershy’s house that I go for meditation. We can go over there and train in aura and my soul powers. Pyrrha has the day off so she said she wouldn’t mind helping out.” Adam says, giving one more glance to the body before we all head out of the basement.

“How skilled are you two with hand to hand combat?” I ask as we walk into the living room. Guess everyone's out doing their own things right now. “I would be a black belt in judo if I stayed in the dojo for another year, and I have all the muscle memories of the original Adam, so I am pretty good I think.”

“I got that feeling of you from our fight but you still seem too mechanical in your movements.I take it when you’re fighting you’re trying to rely more on your own skills than Adam’s correct?” I asked placing my chin in my hand. “Yeah, it may be a little irrational, but I learned before my duel with Luna I possess Adam’s memories, so I was worried about his personality taking over my own, not unlike you and Malice. I am still a little worried about that, but I have been learning to work with that bastards skills.”

“Let me tell you this Adam. You’re in no danger of his personality taking control of your body. As Displaced we gain the powers, memories, abilities and some tendencies of our characters. I’ve lived as Edward for over two thousand years back home and the only times I ever acted like the orginal were when I’d get pissed off. I still have some of his speech patterns two. Malice was something entirely separate from this as well. My point is that you shouldn’t fight the battle instinct you have but use it and combine with your own. Only then will you become Adam Taurus the Displaced,” I say clenching my right hand. “Now where is Pyrrha at?”

“Present!” We turn as the Huntress in question walks up to us from the back of the house, her spear and shield on her back. “Hey, Pyrrha. Wanna come with and help me teach Ed in aura usage?” Adam asks, the huntress smiling and nodding, motioning for us to lead on.

“Excellent, but I need to ask,” I say point to the ceiling. “How would you feel if I undid my seals?”

“Seals? As in something is restricting your power?” Pyrrha questions.

“Yes, my dear. You see I’m not human anymore. I died about two months ago and gave up my human life so I could remain in my Equestria. It’s a long story but I’ll say I have always had the seals but was too afraid to undo them because I didn’t want to hurt those around me. The more seals I undo the more abilities I gain access to and there are a total of seven seals. Each with its own unique powers. I can use these in combinations as well. The only seal I haven’t undone is Seal four Envy. But I don't want to go into why. If not the seals then I can use my true form. Up to you three really.” I say moving toward the door.

I can tell the trio are a little worried, but Adam takes a breath before stepping up. “If you want to control your aura, you’d need to be able to do it when you are at your most powerful so you can control it easier when you are at your base form.”

“True form it is then but we need to get outside first,” I say opening the door. “I don’t want to put a hole in your roof or destroy your home altogether.”

The three of them just stare at me for a few minutes in disbelief. Before long Adam shakes his head and follows me out the house, the other two right behind us. Our group heads out towards the river, Adam in the lead with the three of us behind him. Luckily it didn’t take that long for us to get there, a small area in the field clear of any rocks or branches.

“Hope Fluttershy and her animals won’t mind the noise and light show,” I say, walking next to our guide. I clap my hands together placing them on the ground in as a flash of red lightning come out form a solid wall behind the cottage. “Just a safety measure if things get intense.”

“How intense do you plan on getting? That wall is at least two feet thick!” exclaimed Oscar.

“Only as intense as they need to be my friend. Now hold on to ah? Something I guess,” I say as I walk a good ten feet from the others. “RAAAAAAAAA!”

I roared as my body became engulfed in a pillar of red light while you could on make out me as a black form. Suddenly I became covered in eyes, red metal, and shadow as my body started to grow. I now stood at least three feet taller than Tia back home. The column of light died down to reveal my true demonic form. I could see with the eyes on my back that the trio was frozen in place from the transformation. I turned to face them and made my way back to Adam. Pyrrha was clutching her spear ready to strike at any moment.

“Well, what do you think guys? This is what Nat and Sora faced in their fight with me,” I said in a multitude of voices. I can tell that Oscar looks like he is about to faint and Pyrrha may have some nightmares for a while. Adam though…

“Holy Crap that’s awesome!” He yells before a spell matrix appears beneath him and he seems to sink into his own shadow, quickly merging with mine to be eye level with me. “Nat and Sora had to fight this?! Damn! Didn’t think they would have it in them.”

“You’d be proud of your sister’s man. They encouraged me to go all out into this form. I can access all my powers in this form to, and FYI, if you don’t want to be eaten then don’t stand or merge with my shadows,” as I say this a giant smile come out next to the faunus. He yelps slightly before the matrix appears again and he jumps off me.

“Alright then. How about we start with some meditation?” Adam says, the others nodding, but clearly are still on edge.

“Fine with me,” I say sitting on the ground with a bang. My body gains a lot of mass Envy is released. I can the others are fidgeting a lot. “You guys are going to have to calm down or I’ll get nervous and then things will really get weird,” I say laughing. I think I made it worse.

“Not exactly easy when you are sitting next to a giant demon that makes Salem look like an angry housewife,” Oscar says, Pyrrha nodding. Adam didn’t seem all that affected though, much to the duo’s confusion.

“Trust me, kid, if you really wanted to see evil then you should look at the things in my head,” I say extending a number of my eyes over to Oscar. “Interesting magic you got there.”

“Well, it isn’t exactly my magic. It belongs to Professor Ozpin. I still don’t actually know where he got it, or why he was cursed with this reincarnation thing though, he won’t say.” Oscar replied, lighting his eyes and levitating his cane in front of him with a contemplative look on his face.

“That is really a good question Oscar. I want to know as well, but do you know why the professor is so secretive?” Pyrrha asks the young boy, who just shrugs. “It makes sense that Ozpin would be secretive when you think about it. He has wandered the world of Remnant for centuries, maybe millennium, so he has seen and been through things no one should have.” Adam comments.

“I know your past Ozpin and it is similar to my own, but I will not say it as it is not my place,” I say transferring my gaze to Pyrrha. “ You young lady have a familiar feel to you too. It’s almost the same as Oscar, but stronger. It might be because you have had more recent contact with the brothers of Grimm.”

“Yeah, maybe, but unlike Ozpin and Penny, I can’t seem to access any magic. I know I have it, Adam and Princess Luna said I do, I just can’t seem to connect to it.” Pyrrha says sadly, using her semblance and placing her shield and spear on the ground behind her.

“I can see all things with my ultimate eye Pyrrha even spacial distortions. I am not limited to the flow of magic in the body either. I can see it has to do with your scar,” I say point to her chest with my shadows. She raises a brow and looks to her star-shaped scar curiously.

“My scar? Why would a scar from an arrow be blocking me from using magic?” She asks, Adam and Oscar looking curious as well.

“You still hold on to your previous life in Remnant Pyrrha. I hate to tell you this but unless you can come to terms with your life in Equestria and move forward then you will never be able to learn magic. I can use magic but I can’t cast spells with it and this is because I wasn’t able to accept my life in my own Equestria. I was only able to fully gain this power after I returned from the void a second time but I’m still unable to cast a spell unless it’s one of my own design,” I explain as I retract my eyes from the young girl.

Pyrrha seems to understand but is still torn on the issue, probably thinking about her team from Beacon. “Pyrrha, remember, your team is probably going to be showing up here in Equestria eventually, so you don’t need to worry about them,” Adam says. She nods and gets back into a meditative stance. Oscar soon follows suit, Adam already with his eyes closed and breathing in. I can see his magic and his aura flashing around his body as he sits there.

I look to Oscar who has his own magic and aura around him, his magic seeming both weaker and stronger than Adam’s. I try and focus my own magic and energy, trying to emulate their flow, without very much luck. Having multiple eyes is very distracting at times like this. I just decide to shut them all and let my mind relax and wander. As I do I can feel the souls within my body start to come to my side. I start to see their memories as if they were my own. The good and the bad. Before I realize it I feel an external energy pouring from my body.

I don’t know how long I was sitting there for but I am pulled from the trance by a yell. I opened my eye to see Oscar grabbing his chest.

“What’s up with you kid?” I asked, extending an eyeball his way.

“I am not sure, it felt like someone was tapping on my soul or something.” He says, and I notice he is in my shadow before his eyes light up again. “Indeed. I can safely say I have never felt whatever that was before.” Ozpin adds.

“Sorry about that. Sun must have caused my shadow to shift and connect with yours,” I say shifting my shadows away from Oscar/Ozpin.

“Um, Ed?” I turn to Adam who is looking at me with wide eyes. “What?” He just points in front of me with a slightly shaking hand. Confused, I look before me and my eyes widen. My shadow is lifting off the ground, taking the form of humans. They seem independent, as they look themselves over before they turn to me and immediately return to my shadow. We all stay in shocked silence for a while before Oscar broke it.

“What was that?”

“I-I’m not sure. I felt some sort of energy flowing through and off me, then you snapped me out of my trance.” I explain, Adam and Pyrrha looking intrigued. “Can you do it again?” Adam asks, earning a shrug from me. “I can try.”

I started again concentrating on how I felt during my meditation. I start to feel the energies come from my body once more. “What’s going on out there? I can’t really see from having the eyes all shut,” I say trying to keep the energy flowing.

“Ed,” Adam says getting my attention. “I don't know what's going on but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with your semblance.” I open a few of the eyes on my back to see exactly what’s going on. My gaze was met with a similar scene from just a few minutes ago. There were several independently moving shadow figures. This time they were more solidly formed.

“That’s freaking awesome!” I say stand up from my spot on the ground trying to keep my mind focused. “I must say. This is a most unusual semblance. And I’ve seen a lot of them. Ed there was a huntsman during the Vital Festival that could make up to three other copies of himself, but yours seem to be on a much larger scale.” said Ozpin via Oscar.

“I don’t seem to have as much detailed control. I guess that more shadows I create the less control I have over them,” I say walking over to one of my puppets. “I think this has to do with the souls in my Philosopher Stone.”

“That’s what aura control is basically. Controlling the soul in your body and harnessing it to turn it into outward power. Of course, in your particular existence that would be souls. I have to say though, I’m kind of jealous. To be able to summon others to you from your shadow. That’s it, we can call it Shadow Split,” explained Adam in excitement.

“Just how many souls do you have in your body?” asked Pyrrha with a dumbfounded look.” Not even I know that Pyrrha. I recently gained more after my return from the Truth. I can tell you there is no way to count them all. I do know that a good portion of them hate me and a good portion don’t. Now, how about we move on to combat techniques,” I say as I release my summon my puppets back into my shadow.

“Adam, I have to say something before we do any kind of combat at all,” interjected Oscar with a hint a fear. “What is it Oscar?” asked Adam as he got up. “How the hell are we going to spar with a twelve-foot tall demon the can summon a small arm from it shadow!?”

“ I have to agree with Oscar on this Adam,” added Ozpin. “Ed’s power and size do make for a rather larger issue. He won’t be much more than a hindrance if we’re just trying to spar.”

“You know I can hear you two right,” I say appearing right next to Oscar/Ozpin. “Rah! You can teleport to?” asked Oscar now on the ground. “Nope. This is my speed of Sloth. I used to only be able to move in straight lines, but I found with just a slight movement I can move in a much more controlled way.” I explain pulling Oscar up. “I bet you could give Ruby a run for her bits.” added Pyrrha with a chuckle.

“I have no doubt that I could but that’s a focus for another time. Back to the sparring with aura. I can see why Oscar and Oz would be concerned with the whole size thing but that where Envy comes in,” I explained as red lightning starts to crackle from my body. “Changelings got nothing on me,” I say as I take on my previous form.

“I thought I told you that it’s best to remain at your strongest when you’re doing this type of training,” Adam says shaking his head. “Oh, trust my Adam, I’m still in demon form but I’m just using Envy to disguise my form while I remain at the peak of my power,” I explain.

“Sorry if I don’t get why you don’t just do this all the time,” stated Oscar. “Power is scary Oscar. Just because I have power doesn’t mean I need to flaunt it. Another thing is you’ll learn as you grow and gain control over your own power is that there is a time and place to show it off. Like when I first transformed here. I changed to my true form because I need to get the hang of aura while in that state because I won’t always be able to maintain the form under certain circumstances.” I say as I walk around the trio.

“It similar to how I when I use my semblance, Oscar. Power is a good thing when used correctly but it can be a bad thing even when not intended to be,” Pyrrha says remembering her fight with Penny. “Take the ponies of Equestria. Their often wary of things they don’t understand even if that thing is a very kind-hearted dragon like Spike” explained Pyrrha.

“The saying goes ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, well that can be applied here as ‘just because you have power doesn’t mean you should let it be known’. In order to protect, somethings are better left unsaid Oscar,” Ozpin added. I wholeheartedly agreed.

“I think I understand a little,” Oscar says looking to me. “Even though you’re strong you don’t let others know to keep those around you safe.”

“Yes, my young friend. He can be taught,” I say point to Oscar. “Now, Adam, remember how I asked about you about hand to hand combat earlier?”

“Yea, but wasn’t that to just to give me advice on how I fight and adapt, though?” said the faunus tilting his head. “It was but it was also to see if you could I could take you on without a weapon in a fair fight. You have the Ember Silica which requires a proficiency in hand to hand combat but you only took judo but you said you weren’t relying upon you natural battle skills as a Displaced. Well here’s what I want to do,” I say as a can see a gleam of curiosity in his eye.

“I’d like to spar with you to learn how to control my aura and to help you rely on your instincts a bit more. I’ll give you a few of the hand to hand technique from back home to help you use the Silica a bit better,” I explain extending my hand. “Deal, but don’t come crying to me when you lose an arm,” he said taking a hold of my hand. “That’s why I have this,” I said lifting my left hand in the air activating the ultimate shield.

“I think I’m going to enjoy the next few days,” Pyrrha says with an evil smirk. “Yea I’m not so sure about that,” Oscar adds. “Things will definitely be interesting,” interjects Ozpin.

“WOW! The is awesome Princess and you said this was all of your Equestria’s dark magic you’ve collected,” I said as I stepped into Luna’s Dark Library. “Yes, Lex. and you can call me Luna. My library contains all of my worlds collected dark magics. Tia didn’t want to deny our world the possible good that darkness was able to bring. So that’s when Ed and Starswirl began constructing this place to house that knowledge. It was originally the center of my school until Sombra’s fall of course. It was then that Tia and I decided that some dark magics were, in fact, just too dangerous. So we gather every piece that we thought could bring harm to our ponies and locked it away here. We then had Starswirl use his mirror portal magic to lock this Library in the world between worlds. Or what you Displaced call the Void.” explained Luna while she looked around the Library.

“Yea Lex, me and Twilight spent the last few weeks here studying under Luna as her Night Apprentices. They even have a training arena that can be changed to better suit your needs. You just have to let Dark Light know what the specifics you’re looking for are,” Nat says with a twinkle in her eyes as she and her marefriend ran off to do their own thing.

“Who’s Dark Light? It sounds like the name of a pony,” I asked before I hear a pop behind me. “That would be me, Ms. Justine,” says a voice. I turn to see a little ball of light floating next to Luna. “Lex this is the Librarian and at one time my personal assistant, Dark Light,” Luna says holding her palm under the glowing orb. Something in the back of my mind was telling that we weren’t going to be the best of friends.

Luna started to tell me how Dark was originally designed to be a type of return system for the books here but gradually evolved into a type of Dark Tome Fairy. The students of Luna’s school were the ones that had originally named her due to the fact that she was a light in a dark magic school. She was just called Light until some of the students started to joke around with her being a sort of night light and eventually this lead to dark light. From there the name apparently just stuck. After Luna finished her story came back to the reason we were here. The fact that I need to learn dark magic for the trainees back home. Right now there were only four, them being my Luna and then the CMC, but I know we’d get more in the future too.

There were a lot of tomes, scrolls, and even a few stone tablets. I knew there had to be multiple volumes too. It was a good thing I had my Wind reader glasses with me, but I doubt that I’ll be able to get through have of this knowledge in only a few days.

“You’re allowed to read anything you wish Ms. Justine. Except, for the forbidden area. There is a barrier in place that only allows those who have the Mistress’s permission to enter it. They are only Ms.Nat, Ms. Sora, and Ms. Dusk at this time. If you try and read any of the books they bring out they will be sent back via displacement spell or and illegible spell,” explained the annoying book fairy. I could already tell she was really going to annoy the crap out of me, just
from listening to the sound of her voice.

“Don’t worry Lex you have my permission to read anything you want while you’re in here. But that’s all. You won’t be able to bring the anything out without my permission. I can already guess you suspect why,” said Luna in a serious manner. “The knowledge is too dangerous to leave out for others who might not have the best intentions,” I say crossing my arms as a shuck my head up and down in agreement.

“Yes, now you best get to reading, and if your interested Ed gave me permission to instruct you in alchemagic. We can head to the arena once you reach a good stopping point in your studying. In the meantime, I will be in personal study hall getting some rest. If you need me simply have Dark Light show you the way,” Luna says before she starts to walk through the bookshelves.

Man Ed wanted me to learn alchemagic. That was awesome but I remember him telling me back when we first met that it was incredibly hard. Still, if Luna knew how to use it then there was no reason that I couldn’t learn it either. First off I needed to read, a lot, and I didn’t have the time to waste either. So I took out my glass and got to work.

I’ve literally spent the last hour reading three bookshelves worth of info on umbran spells and shadow manipulation. I couldn’t stop myself. I was tearing through the books as if the were my favorite candy bar. Could anyone blame me though, Celestia had made it quite clear on where she stood on dark magic before I showed up. This info was really going to help back home. Who knew that Ed had married such an awesome scholar in dark magic. Made me think on what other things the alchemist was hiding. I won’t push him for the info if he wants to tell he will. I went back to my book ‘Obsidian Weapon Enchantments and Forging’ when I heard a pop above me. Great, the library fairy is back. She’s probably here to tell me to reshelve the books.

“Ms. Justine, I know you’re excited about bringing this information back to your own students but if you don’t slow down you’ll end up as Ms. Twilight did on her third day here,” stated the little glowing sphere above me.

“Look, I’m not Twilight and I can handle reading three times this many books on a day when I’m not even feeling good at all. So, back off and let me get some work done. I’ve don’t have a lot of time and I have a ton of other materials that I need to get to. Preferably some of the other elemental-based spells. Not to mention I still have alchemagic lessons with Luna later on to. Now shoo, your twinkling is really getting on my nerves and I’ll reshelve those books in a minute,” I say trying to bury my face in the book I was currently holding.

“Ms. Justine I must still insist that you take your time when reading these tomes. Many of them are extremely old and valuable. They cannot be replaced and the Mistress would be extremely upset if any of them were even stained by water,” exclaimed the annoying light orb. “While I know you can handle more than the average pony I still don’t want another incident where somepony will literally stop working from reading to many books. Slow and steady Ms. Justine, slow and steady.”

“And your concern is appreciated, trust me, but as I said, there is only so much time I have here. And I’ll have you know that thanks to my glasses and my Super Archive I can memorize and understand written information at several times that of even Twilight. So like I said, shoo.” I say in annoyance. I really don’t like getting interrupted when I am reading.

“As you wish and do put the tomes back when you’re finished. When would you like to meet up with the Mistress for your lessons on alchemagic? She will be waking from her nap soon so I must inform her,” asked the fairy. I look to my pile of reading materials, then to the other bookshelves for a second. “Wake her up once I finish these two shelves, so maybe another half hour.” I respond, levitating another book, ‘Dark Mentality and Healing Techniques.’

“Very well and Ms. Nat and Ms. Dusk wanted to let you know that they’ll be in the training arena for the next few hours after they finish their ‘lunch date’.” said the light ball in a huff before it popped away. I roll my eyes and go back to my book before something registers in my head.

“Lunch date?”

This was weird. I am not even going to try and lie. I know Adam explained how the Displaced worked, but the fact that there are two very different versions of Spike with me and a stallion from another dimension was just all sorts of odd. Also Twilight, but I was used to the mare, what with her basically being a more energetic and less mysterious Blake.

“So the magic you use is called Dragon Slayer magic? Isn’t that a little….grim?” This world’s Spike asks his counterpart. I decided to just refer to the bigger one as Drake. Not very imaginative, but whatever.

“Yeah, I know right. According to Lex, Dragon Slayer Magic was a magic style given to humans during some kind of a dragon war to help turn the tides. It sounds interesting, but needless to say, things went south since dragons are all but extinct in Fiore.” Drake says in agreement. I look to Trace, the stallion looking around the ruins with a curiosity I haven’t seen before. Well, aside from Nora.

“Sooo Trace! What’s up?” I ask the stallion, trying to break the awkward silence around me. “Not much. I had never seen the ruins before Faekage Lex turned it into the training hall. To think she turned this place into such an amazing gym is really a testament to her prep work for the guild.” He says, picking up a piece of rubble with a picture of a moon on the back of it.

“Really? So what does the training hall look like?” I ask in curiosity. Trace digs into his backpack and takes out a picture of what looks like the ‘guild’ in front of the training hall. It was actually really cool, all the familiar as well as new ponies and other creatures.

“Heh, cool.” I handed the photo back to the stallion. I look to Twilight who is going over some sort of magic scan or something around the grounds of the castle. It took a while but eventually Twilight explained what we are going to be doing here in a way I could understand since I don’t really get magic. Apparently, this place was a neutral zone for light and dark or something, and because of that, we can use it to conduct the ‘transmutation’ to bond Adam’s little sister's soul to a new body.

I look over to the other side of the runes to see Polearm exploring the the area he was in. He could do alchemy just like Penny could, which was awesome, What really stuck out about him was his special talent though. He was proficient with any type of polearm weapon and he’d developed his own type of magic,even though he was an earth pony. So cool, maybe he could teach me but then again he said it was a recent development and I’d have to learn a special technique from Adam first.

That’s when we feel the ground start to shake a bit, “What the heck is going on?!” As I was looking around I noticed a column of red off in the distance outside the forest towards Fluttershy’s cottage. “Looks like we got trouble guys,” as I say this all of the others see the column too. “Don’t worry Ruby that’s just Sir Edward. He’s probably just training with Adam right now,” Polearms says as he goes back to exploring with Spike.

Just who is Ed anyways? I mean he shows up with Adam and all these others, not to mention the whole royal family, who is shaking in their boots when they arrive. They're doing this whatever project to save Adam’s little sister. Now you’re telling this guy is the cause of a giant column of red light off in the distance. Let me get this right. You have Ed who is some sort of alchemist, Lex who is an extremely powerful mage, and Nat/Sora who are some sort of mutant superhuman. Not to mention each of them is more than powerful to enough take on one of the reigning rulers of this world in a one on one fight and still not even break a sweat while doing so. These people are absolutely terrifying. And Ed is married to a different version of one of the said rulers, wait doesn’t that make him royalty too?

“ URRRAAAAHHH! MY BRAIN HURTS!” I yell while I grab my head. “Let me guess, you are trying to wrap your head around Lex and her families power?” Drake asks, coming up beside me. I just nod and take a sip of some water I brought with me. “Trust me, you aren’t the only one. Quite a few of the guild have been trying to wrap our heads around them, especially Luna and my Twilight. Some of us don’t care, but a few of us try to at least make some sense of the Displaced. Not with very much luck I am afraid.”

“Trust me you two there’s not much sense when it comes to the Displaced. I’ve tried to make the most back home but every time I get close to some sort of answer, Ed always throws my theories for a loop,” says Polearm as he joined Drake and me.

“Jeez, I don’t even want to think about what would happen if those three met my dad or Dr. Oobleck. I feel like those two would need to find some beowolves to fight, just to get their minds back to normal.” I say, leaning against the wall. “Even though I don’t get what you said, I agree. Luna had to take on a couple quests just to get her mind off trying to figure out Lex.” Drake adds.

“I always find solace in my experiments. But Ed said you huntsman fight these Grimm things. To bad you’ve cleared them out here. I’d love to have the chance to take on one of those things,” says Polearm with sparks in his eyes. “I wouldn’t be so cocky if I were you Polearm. Grimm are by no means safe, even ‘newborns’. Plus you have to factor in the species, the skills in their arsenal, their size, their abilities for either up close and ranged combat. Even if you are far better than the royal guards here, you would have a hard time taking down, say, and Ursa.”

“Adam didn’t go into the details of who I am did?” he asked with a cocked brow. I just shook my head. “No, he just said you were Ed’s assistant and you were better than the royal guards. He mentioned that you would actually be a pretty high ranking member of his White Fang squad if you joined.”

“Think of it this way Ms. Rose. I’m not just Edward’s assistant but I’m also his student in alchemy, magic, and combat alongside our version of Twilight. Who is also my marefriend by the way,” said the guard with pride. I look to the mare in question, who is continuing her scan, but I can see a distinct blush on her cheeks.

“Huh. You know, now that I think about it, there are a lot more couples around here than back at Beacon. Sure there were some odd couples and students dating each other, but I think this is the largest concentration of actual couples I have been around. Especially now with Adam and Penny. Still can’t believe that.” I comment.

“How blind can humans be to love any way? Course I say that and it took and elaborate date night set up by all of my teachers before I admitted how I felt about Pole here,” Twi says with a flushed face as she joins us. I shrug to them.

“I can’t say for others, but for people like me, our studies and protecting our world came first. Remnant isn’t like Equestria, the four kingdoms don’t all live in harmony. As much as I hate to say it, Cinder is right. Our world was on the brink of war well before I was attending Beacon. With that in mind, love really didn't seem all that important. Though there are the exceptions like Pyrrha.”

“You know, there is something that I have been meaning to ask. But why did you want to become a huntress Ruby?” Spike asks. “Well, there is no one answer to that. I want to be like my mom, Summer Rose, she and I are basically the same, silver eyed scythe wielders. When I was a kid my sister used to I read stories to me before bed, stories of heroes and monsters, and I wanted to be just like those heroes in the books. As someone who fought for what was right, and who protected people who couldn't protect themselves. I just….wanted to make my home like this world.”

It was funny in a way. While Dr.Oobleck had asked the rest of my team the same question, he didn’t ask me, and I didn’t ask myself. But now….why did I want to be a huntress?

“That, rather ambitious for a child. But I can tell the real world isn’t the same a one of your fairy tales.” Trace adds, and I can’t help but giggle a little, the others confused. “Sorry, it just….one of my teammates, Blake, said the same thing when I told her.

“If anyone can tell what the horrors of the world are like and how to overcome them it would be be the princess Ruby. They might not look it but they’re both over a thousand years old. I mean I often turn Princess Celestia for advice back home and not just because she’s one of my teachers. Heck if you really want to some advice on war you should see Ed and Luna. They both fought in wars. But you should be careful around Ed with it. He’s fought on the frontlines of the Minos Wars but its not one of his favored memories from back then,” Twilight says as she turns around her voice carries off before she starts to walk away.

“Pole what does she mean by that? I know a lot of veterans have issues but they eventually overcome them. If Ed really is as old as you guys say shouldn’t he be over them by now?” asked Spike as he cocked his head to the side. “Our Spike asked Twilight the same thing too. See Ed was entombed in stone for over one thousand. He’s went through a lot when this happened up to the point he was able to return only a few months ago,” said Pole as he looked to the direction that the light came from earlier.

“What happened?” I asked in worry. “I’ll tell you what I know Ruby, but nothing more. If you want details you’ll have to ask Sir Edward yourself. See, after the Ed stepped down as King of the Minotaurs he refocused himself on his research. During this time a pony he considered family betrayed him and the ensuing incident in entombed his body in stone and broke his mind.” He paused for a bit.

“You mean he went crazy?” I say in shock.

“Yes and no, I mean he was still there but he wouldn’t have been coherent but his body would have been move as if by instinct. Luckily he was turned to stone. Later on he was able to fix his mind on his own. But no pony knew or they would have freed him if they would have been able. Ed was imprisoned by alchemagic. Something that he developed and only three others understood at the time but not enough that they were willing to risk the life of the one they cared for in a slim chance to free him. So, time went on and Ed witnessed many things that he regrets not being able to be there for. This all lead him to hate himself deeply. That hate lead to the creation of the demon Malice and in turn leads us here.”

“My teacher has been through much and I think he sees a younger version of himself in Nat and Sora. He’d do what he could normally on his own for someone in this situation but he is literally going out of his way to do everything in his power to make sure they don’t have to lose the ones that matters to them. Even more so when he asked Princess Luna to teach them dark magic. But I’ve said enough let’s finish up here and head back to town,” Pole says as he walks off. When he was talking about Ed’s past, they way he spoke was both sad and proud.

“Spike, this situation has a lot more riding on it then what Ed originally let doesn’t it?” I ask the dragon at my side. “I think so Ruby. But I wouldn’t go into too much detail. Ed and the others know what they’re doing.” answered Spike. “ I’m sure they do. Now, lets flow Pole’s example.”

We’d been sparring for a few hours now. Everyone looks pretty worn out and could use a break so I think it’s time to head back for dinner and some rest. Adam took the forefront of the punishment then you had Pyrrha and Oscar was last but that was expected. I look to the others and then back to myself. Its at times like this that I really feel guilty about being a Philosopher Stone.

“Had fun so far guys?” I say with a little laugh. “Dude, you aren’t … even a bit… winded.” commented Adam as he tried to catch his breath. “Nope. But you have to remember, not human anymore. Even before I died though, a work out like this was nothing. How are you two fairing over there?” I say looking to Pyrrha and Oscar.

“You make Professor Oobleck look like he was standing still.” said Pyrrha as she checked on Oscar. “Once your learn how to strengthen your body with magic you’ll be able to move as fast as he can easily,” I say waving the air. “I never want to face you whenever you’re mad.” added Oscar. “Just out of curiosity. On a scale of one to ten, how seriously did you fight Adam when you summoned him?” asked Ozpin

“Do you seriously want to know Oz?” I ask reactivating my seals with a red flash of light. “Completely,” said Ozpin in a deadpan tone. “On how serious I was it would be a six. On the amount of power I used, it would be a two or three. I wasn’t really sure of myself at the time as this was still when I was afraid to use my true power. To date there is only one person, technically two, that were able to match me in a fight,” I say as we start to walk back to Adam’s house. I lower the wall that I brought up with some alchemy.

“Nat and Sora is who I’m guessing,” Adam said as he rolled his eyes. “Yea, and I was still holding back due to fear of Malice at the time. Your sister’s amazing Adam. She’s a lot stronger than she gives herself credit. She’ll have to accept that now though,” I say looking a head of us. “I take it you’re referring to Sora. Sora was always Nat’s rock for situations like this. I guess it’s time she started to fight on her own. Like you said Ed. Nat’s strong and I have no doubts that she can support Sora,” He said with a supportive tone, but there was just a hint of concern in it to.

“Let’s get back to the house. I’m sure that everyone will be returning from the own adventures today. Between me, you, Nat, Sora, and Lex, we’ll be able to whip up one hell of a meal,” I say with a smile.

We arrived back at the house just as everyone started to come back from their own trips. Ruby’s group was the first to make it back. They’d been there for around an hour. Certainly took some flack from Ruby about my light show earlier. Pyrrha told everyone about my demon form and I got bugged all the hell to see it. I had to insist on not destroying the house to get them to stop. I also warned them all that it might cause us to take a little hell from the Princesses and everyone was to far gone for that. It wasn’t to long before Luna, Dusk, Nat and Lex came back from the Dark Library. This scared the hell out of Pyrrha when they all came out of the hallway mirror. I decided to go down stairs to check on Sora body. I got down there only to be met with a familiar family sight.

“Hey guys, guess you’ll had the same idea I did,” I say to Nat, Sora, Lex and Adam.

“This is amazing Ed, I never would’ve thought of using alchemagic in varying stages of alchemy then magic to create Sora’s body. You really have taken thing way beyond just trying to save Sora from deterioration,” Lex says with a smile placing her hand on Sora’s tank.

“You’re actually trying to give Sora a chance to live her own life, aren’t you Ed?” asked Nat with a few tears in her eyes. I look to the younger baby floating in the liquid magic. “I’m doing this to give Sora a chance at a life she never had a chance to live on her own yes, but the original reason still stands to. It’s my fault for not being able to control the demon inside of me at the time, and it's thanks to you that I can now.”

Adam looks to me then to Sora’s body. He smiles and turns his gaze to me again. “You’re also do this as a thank you aren’t you. You shady bastard,” says Adam as he walks over to me.

“Yes my friend I’m doing this for all of those reasons. But I know what it’s like to be on the outside looking in. I was an outsider back on the version of earth I came from. So you can say I’m doing this because I feel a sort bond with Nat and Sora,” I say noticing Luna was standing just out of sight at the top of the stairs. She was doing her best to mask her presence but we all knew she was there.

“I don’t know what will happen after we all leave this world guys, but I would like you three to know that I consider you all family. I know I have no right to ask anything of you after we’re done here. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if you three never wanted to see my face.Wouldn’t blame you if you destroyed the watches. Just wanted to tell you my thoughts,” I say turning around to face away from the others. “Now, let’s get up stairs we have a large group of mouths to feed.”

I start to walk away as I here a creek behind me. I met with Luna at the top of the stairs. She had a slight lok of concern in her eyes, but I simply smiled as I walked past. She followed me past the kitchen until she got to the living room and started to converse with the others. It wasn’t too much longer until Adam, Lex, Nat, and Sora came up from the basement and started to help cook supper. Thus the rest of the night was filled with joy. After we all fininised eat we all went our separate ways until the next day.