“Ok, so do you think you understand how these are made now?” I ask Ruby as she looks over her new ammo. It has been about a week since she and the others arrived and I am helping her make some new ammo types out of the gems here in Equestria.

“I think so. I know how to make each type, but you still haven’t told me how we are going to make more of them.” Ruby replies, putting together her own wind-shot. I figured have a sniper rifle that could shoot mini tornados would be really cool.

To answer her question I just pointed to her extra clips me and Shining made her in the quarry. She looks to the clips and makes and ‘oh’ face. She nods and goes back to her ammo creation, making her frost shots next.

I decide to leave her to it as I go back up the stairs to the living room. I see as Qrow is still asleep on the couch as we agreed. We decided that while the others are living here, Ruby would share a room with Penny and Oscar would get the spare bedroom in the basement. Since he is a drunk and would be used to it, Qrow sleeps on the couch. Or a tree in Sweet Apple Acres as Big Mac and I found out. That was both funny and disappointing.

So far the new trio have been adjusting rather well here in Equestria. Qrow spends most of his time wandering around town, keeping the perimeter safe, or at the local bar. Apparently he has already become good friends with the bar owner Berry Punch. I have a bad feeling those two get will get into either drinking contests or just causing trouble for those who are sober.

Ruby has mostly been hanging out with Penny and Pyrrha or learning about the properties of my version of the Ember Celica and leaning about the ammo me and Pyrrha make for ourselves. She was really interested in making some upgrades to Cresent Rose with some of the crystals I got from the gem range or to see if she can talk to Shining about using magic to upgrade it.

Oscar and Ozpin spend most of their time at the library, learning about this worlds magic and history. The duo-in-one has been listening intently whenever Twilight goes off on one of her explaination tangents about something, a result the mare really likes apparently. They have also sat in a couple classes from both Pyrrha and Ms. Cheerilee. Ozpin even gave Pyrrha some pointers about being a teacher and has helped her out with some lesson planning.

While Qrow, Oscar and Ozpin were rather accepting of me and my team, it was rather awkward between me and Ruby for the first few days. I honestly didn’t hold it against her, considering I look exactly like the man that took her sisters arm and almost destroyed Haven academy. But after a couple hand-to-hand sparing match’s and teaching her how Pyrrha and I make our ammo, she began to warm up to me.

I checked my watch and see it was only around ten o’clock and I didn’t have a plan for today. I shrug and grab my jacket and shoes and decide to head out and see what happens. I pause for a second before grabbing my weapons as well. I head out into town to see what might come my way today. I am not sure what will happen, but I wouldn’t mind a slow day.

I walk down the market street, waving to ponies here and there. Even though a lot of the mostly ponies like me because of when I saved the town, a bunch have taken time to know me as me and not as the professional hunter. I have made some great friends like Thunderlane, Derpy and her family, and even Bulk Biceps. That guys is weird, but he has a really good heart, also he is a pretty good masseuse. Just from strength alone he would be a good hunter.

“Hey Adam!” I stop my walking and look up as Rainbow flies over. The two of us have been awkward for a while before Ruby and the others arrived, but we have mostly gotten used to each other. Applejack ended up telling me about how she was jealous about how me and Scootaloo are with each other, so we ended up sitting down and talking. Not easy with someone like Rainbow Dash, but we ended up finding some common ground of both of us wanting to protect the town.

“Hey Rainbow, what’s up?” I ask her. Rainbow looks a little worried about something before she takes a breath.

“Listen, can you and I talk in private for a bit?” I raise a brow at her request. I nod and she begins to hover ahead of me and I follow her. We walk in relative silence for a bit before arriving at one of the open fields outside of town, just a little bit before the Everfree. She turns to me and rubs her arm.

“Listen Adam, I am not sure if I am allowed to ask this, but...can you teach me to be a huntress?” She says the last part quickly that I had to take a second before her request registered in my head. I look to her wide eyed at this.

“You want to be a huntress? What about being a Wonderbolt? Being either would be full time jobs.” I say to her.

“I know that being either a Wonderbolt or a huntress would take a lot of training and time, but with how the Grimm have been lately, I think the town could use all the protection it can get. I know that Ruby and her friends won’t be around forever, so I want to help.” She says determined.

I look in to her rose eyes and see her strength within and her loyal spirit. I smile and take my sword and bracelets off and place them by a tree with my jacket. Rainbow looks to me with a raised brow as I stand across from her again and stretch. Her eyes go wide as I get into my judo stance and motion for her to come at me.

“What?” Rainbow says in surprise. Before she can react I am in front of her and swinging my arm. She barely blocks with her arm before I elbow her in the gut.

“Wait, Adam!” She doesn’t get to continue as I throw a few more punches that she blocks before I spin and land a roundhouse to her gut sending her on her back. She looks to me with a confused and annoyed face.

“Lesson one: hand-to-hand and adaptation. You need to be able to defend yourself at any moment, not just against Grimm, but also potential criminals and rogue hunters.” I say with a grin, offering my hand. She looks to me for a second before taking my hand and standing up again. I walk a couple feet away and get into my defensive stance. She nods and comes at me fast and hard, but her swings were a little sloppy and a bit predictable.

On one attempted kick, I grab her and flip her around, pinning her beneath me. She frowns at me and I get up, helping her to her hooves again. We go on like this for about an hour and a half, Rainbow’s strikes getting weaker but less predictable as I point out the flaws and areas she needs to improve. She actually managed to hit me properly once. I then kicked her hooves out from under her as she was momentarily celebrating.

“Nice try RD, but it will take more than that to be a huntress. While you are a black belt, your martial art of choice is a little predictable. I need to be more relaxed, fluid like.” I tell her, helping her back up again. She sighs and actually looks tired. I smile at her as I grab my gear.

“How about you and I grab some lunch, then we could go and find Ozpin and Ruby to help out.” I suggest. The pegasus nods before hovering over me and we head to town to get something to eat.

The two of us arrive back at the market street and look around, finding AppleJack and Big Mac at their stall. They siblings smile as they see me and Rainbow as we walk up.

“Hey there you two. What do ya’ll need?” AppleJack asks.

“Hey AJ, Big Mac. Do a think we could get half a dozen apples please?” I ask, taking out my bit pouch. They nod and Mac grabs a bag to put six apples in.

“That’ll be 18 bits.” I nod and hand the coins to the mare.

“So, what have ya’ll been doin this morning?” She asks. I look to Rainbow with a raised brow.

“Do you want to tell her and the others, or should I?” I ask. Rainbow thinks for a minute before sighing and turning to AJ.

“Adam is training me to be a huntress at my request.” She says and Big Mac drops an apple he was about to take a bite out of and AJ just looks like she saw something Discord made. We are silent for a bit before I snap my fingers a few times, knocking the farmers out of their stunned states.

“Yer what?!” AJ shouts in shock, somehow not grabbing the attention of the nearby ponies. Rainbow just rubs the back of her head with a sheepish grin.

“Yeah. I know that I always talked about being a Wonderbolt, but I know that Ruby and her friends won’t be around forever. I know they will eventually end up back in their own world, so I wanted to get some training for when that happens.” She explains with a slightly embarrassed expression. Applejack just looks to her friend with wide eyes for a few seconds before I wave in front of her face. AJ sighs after a second.

“If that’s what ya’ll want, ah’ll be right behind ya.” She says, laying a hand on the pegasus shoulder. I smile at the support from the farm mare. After we get our apples the two of us head to the library to see if Ozpin has some time for us. We arrive after a couple minutes of walking and open up, seeing Twilight and Ozpin both reading through some books while Spike is sweeping the floor.

“Oh Adam and Rainbow. Good to see you two again.” Ozpin says, putting his book down. Twilight sees us and smiles as we walk up.

“Hey Ozpin, Oscar, Twilight. What are you two reading?” I ask.

“Oh, I am just reading through a couple of novice magic books Twilight gave us. I am seeing if my magic from Remnant could be focused and work the same way as Equestrian magic.” He answers, showing the book. I raise a brow and light up my horns, levitating the book to me. Ozpin goes wide eyed at this before remembering that I can use magic myself. I look through a few pages and see the formulas and steps.

“Ok, I see what the book is trying to say, but reading the steps and preforming them are two different things. Luna taught me that you should try and experiment with your magic to see if you can find a way to do it yourself. Everyone is different, so the way they harness their magic would be just as unique.” I explain to the young wizard. He gains a thoughtful expression before looking at one of the books and lifting his right hand towards it. His eyes begin to glow olive green as well as his hand and after a minute the book begins to levitate off the table and towards him slowly. He drops the book into his lap and pants slightly.

“That took more effort than I thought.” He mumbles to himself as I put the book into the proper spot on the shelf.

“So what is it you two needed?” Twilight asks, putting her own book away.

“Well we came to see if Oz has some free time. We wanted a hand with something.” I say. The young wizard raises a brow but nods nonetheless and gets his gear.

“Very well. I can tell this is something you want to talk about in private so I will come along.” He says. I nod to him as he writes down the titles of some books he is borrowing and the three of us head back out. I think Ruby should be finished with making her weapons by now, Penny is on her patrol and Pyrrha is at the school house teaching a lesson on the types of Grimm.

“Hey Adam? How is it you have been so relaxed about your own transition here from another world?” Oscar asks suddenly. That was actually a good question.

“Well, I am not really sure. I have been known for going with the flow a lot, but also being very protective of others. When I saw the town being attacked, I couldn’t just sit around and hope everything would be alright. I had the powers to help, so I used it to protect others. And after I learned from Xander about being a Displaced, I knew I would see my surrogate sisters again. They are really the only ones I am worried about. I know my blood related family will be fine, my family is kind of rich after my parents won the lottery a little after my brother was born. But Nat and Lex are up in the air. I just hope I can find them and at least give them my token before something happens to them.” I say.

I take off my mask and look to it with concern. I have talked to a few other Displaced like Zoro through his earring, but none of them have seen or heard anything about Nat and Lex lately. Maybe it is just time flowing differently between worlds, but I can’t help but worry. Our group is silent for the rest of the walk before we arrive at the house.

Walking in, I see as Ruby is at the kitchen table eating a grilled cheese. She sees us and swallows what was in her mouth and smiles. I motion her to join us in the living room. After taking my shoes and stuff off I motion Rainbow to sit on one of the recliners as the rest of us sit on the couch.

“So, what is it you wanted to talk about?” Oscar asks. I look to Rainbow and nod. The mare sighs and gets into a more comfortable spot.

“Well....I want to be a huntress.” She says and Oscar and Ruby’s eyes widen.

“Yeah I had the same reaction.” I say with a grin. The duo shake their heads after a second.

“You want to be a huntress? I thought you wanted to be a...what was it again?” Ruby says with slight embarrassment.

“Wonderbolt. And yes I did. But I know you and your friends won’t be around forever. The princesses will find a way to send you all back to Remnant eventually and after that we will be back to the way things were before, with a bunch of royal guards that can barely take down a couple Ursas! I don’t....I don’t want something to happen to the ponies I love.” She says. I look to her and can tell she is thinking of all the deadly things that could happen without hunters and huntresses, what could have happened to Scootaloo if I wasn’t around. I place a hand on her shoulder and smile at her, the prismatic mare smiling in thanks.

“Hmm, if you are going to be a huntress, you will need some training.” Ozpin says in thought.

“That is why I grabbed you Oz. I may know a thing or two, but I am haven’t completely mastered aura yet. You have more experience in that field than me or even Pyrrha. I was thinking you could train Rainbow in using her aura and eventually her Semblance, while I train her in hand-to-hand and Ruby helps her with designing and making her weapon.” I say. I then realize something.

“Actually, have you ever used a weapon before Rainbow?” I ask the mare, who thinks for a second.

“Well, I am pretty good at archery. Back in Cloudsdale it was an optional class for gym. Aside from that, the only ‘weapons’ I have used are my own fists and hooves.” She says.

I think for a moment before going to the study and grabbing some sheets of paper and pencils and putting them on the coffee table. The others raise a brow at this. I look to Ruby and Rainbow.

“Ruby you should be able to help her with designing her weapon since you are a huge nerd when it some to weapons.” She blushes at this fact. “Just from our sparring match earlier I know that Rainbow relies on speed and not really strength so I think a pair of swords would work well.” I say, drawing a rough sketch of Rainbow holding a pair of swords.

I gave Ruby and Rainbow some pencils and then offer some pieces paper and point to the blades. They get the idea and Ruby begins to draw the blades and Rainbow begins to draw a bow with a similar design as Ruby’s blades. It took a little over an hour but we come up with a pair of blades like scimitars and the bow actually looking like a Meteor Bow from Kid Icarus.

“Ok, so a pair of tonfa style blades that could connect into a bow! When you detach them they would be guarding your forearms and you would be able to slash an opponent during a flyby. When connected, the bow could be spun like a pinwheel to extend its reach and distract enemies and then you could fire some arrows made out of the gemstones to deliver elemental hits.” Ruby explains with a smile. Rainbow looks at the sketches with a smile at it. I go up to the study again and get some color pencils for them. Rainbow grins and puts the pencils to the side and she, Oscar and Ruby begin to redraw the weapons into proper blueprints.

I smile at their focus and head out the door with my item, seeing Penny as she is finishing her patrol.

“Hey Penny, how was your patrol?” I ask the human. She smile and fix’s her hair a bit.

“It was a little slow. All I found we a duo of Creeps and I ended up talking with the flower trio for a while.” She says with a smile. I smile back at her, not really minding it.

“Well, I have some big news for us.” That gets Penny’s attention. “Rainbow Dash wants to be a huntress.” At this Penny’s jaw drops.

“Seriously? I have to admit I did not see that coming.” She says, rubbing her head. The two of us walk down the road, around the edge of the forest for a couple minutes in relaxed silence. I am not sure why, but Penny and I feel really at ease around each other.

“So, Rainbow is going to be with Oscar and Ruby for a while to work on her weapon designs, so do you want to hang out till dinner?” I ask her. Penny smiles at me and nods as we walk. Suddenly I get a bit of a headache and hear something.

I summon the sword of equality.

I look around for a second before some kind of portal appears before me and Penny. Penny stays behind me, thinking something was coming out, but nothing did. It took a second, but I realized I was being summoned by another Displaced. I look to Penny who is still hiding behind me.

“Relax Penny, I am just being summoned to another world.” I tell her. Penny goes wide eyed as she remembers how I can be summoned to other worlds at any moment. She looks down for a second before looking back up at me.

“Um, can I come too? I want to know what this other world might be like.” She requests, shyly. I smile and pat her head, causing the girl to blush a bit.

“Sure thing Penny. Honestly, if we end up in a fight I wouldn’t mind having my partner with me.” I say with a smile, Penny’s face erupting into a blush, but she smiles nonetheless. The two of us turn to the portal and walk in, Penny right behind me.

‘I wonder who I am going to meet.’

To see what happened with Adam and Penny, check out The Golden Eyed Sage