Solid Script Equestria
Chapter 20: Chapter 18: A Wizard’s Siblings
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI release a loud sigh as I finish signing the last quest for the day. The past couple days we got a bunch of contracts from towns all over Equestria, so I spent most of my time in my office or in the guild to approve of who goes on which quest. Add that with the block I am having with what magic to teach who, and you get a very, very tired wizard.
It has only been a week since the guild was opened, and already a bunch of quests have been completed with more being send in from all over the place. Emerald, Trace and I decided collectively to pay for train tickets and the like from the guilds funds, but the wizards would be in charge of paying for anything else themselves. Not that that was much of a problem. After word got out how we helped find a mythical plant for Fleur, we started getting a bunch more quests from all over the place. None that would count as S-class yet, but plenty of A and B-classes.
Speaking of, the unicorn model was ecstatic when she and her husband came down to the guild to pick up her flower. I managed to get Trixie to stay when they showed up, and they were shocked who was the wizard responsible. Apparently Fleur and Fancy used to be good friends with Trixie’s parents, so Trixie knew them as aunty Fleur and uncle Fancy. They hadn’t seen each other in almost a decade after Trixie and her family moved away from Canterlot apparently.
Needless to say Trixie got a bit of a bonus from the duo as they asked if Trixie would be their foals godmother when this works. I had to use a relaxation spell to make Trixie stop freaking out. I also gave her a bonus by teaching her some more advances illusion magic for her shows, if she ever decided to put some on. She is still a little iffy about going back on stage after the Ursa Minor incident.
After they left, I helped a couple of members on some quests that came in, like Twilight and Raine when they were going to the Manehatten library to help search for a rare book in the old archives. It took us a couple of hours before Raine found it. I have also been helping other members who frequent the gym like Rainbow, Azure and Nate to make sure they don’t end up hurting themselves.
But mostly I have been spending my time in the guild, signing and posting quests, talking with contractors, and just all around being helpful to any who pop by. So far the only Rai members that have taken on quests have been Sonbā and Luna, the mare in disguise when on a job for discretion. I could tell she was really happy when she was able to help the local guards in Cloudsdale capture a dangerous convict or when she went to Chicoltgo to help destroy an old warehouse so an orphanage could be built. That one in particular she was very proud about.
And when she is here in the guild she is without a disguise and very outgoing. Once you get past her more archaic speech pattern and old references, Luna is a blast to be around. Something that most of the guild agrees with, like that one time she got into a drinking contest with Applejack. It was like watching Cana drink against Bacchus live. The farmer could barely get the princess buzzed before she passed out. That was fun.
I sigh again as I leave my office, quests in hand, and post them back up on the request board. It was a little after seven in the evening, and most of the members are drinking or just goofing off, Spike and Zecora being the only ones out on jobs right now. I am actually surprised how barren the job board was looking before I posted the quests. The members have been killing it with taking care of the quests. Apparently the CMC, Silk and Flora have been the ones to help out around Ponyville the most, while the others have been going all over the place, like Trace going to Dodge Junction to help on some cherry farm, and AJ heading to Appleloosa to help her cousin and the buffalo.
I smile to myself as I finish posting the quests on the board before taking a seat at the counter again, much like the third/sixth master, only I wasn’t a total shrimp anymore. I allow my mind to wander a bit as I relax on the counter, watching as Bladed Wind chats with Nate about some exercise regiment.
“Hey Lex, What’s going on? Haven’t seen you all day.” I turn to Sonbā as he and his sister come over and sit next to me at the bar.
“Not much guys, just been working out at the gym and going through some paperwork. Just updated the board if you guys need some work.” I inform, motioning to the board.
“Nice. I am honestly surprised how many jobs have been coming in.” Echo says, Zen bringing over a glass of apple cider for me and Sonbā and a glass of apple juice for the Exeed.
“Yeah. So I guess it has been a boring day for you too huh Lex?” Sonbā asks, taking a sip of his drink.
“Yeah, it has been pretty busy yet boring for me, what with filling out the forms and everything. Plus I am hitting a road block about what magic to teach some members here in the guild. I have some selected, but there are a few that have me stumped right now.” I say with a sign, downing my drink in one go. “I wish something new would happen.”
I had barely finished my sentence and put my cup down, when I get a small buzzing sensation in the back of my head and hear a voice.
”I call upon the Sword of Equality and the Fairy of Justice.”
I look around for a second, wondering where that voice came from, before noticing my token around my neck is glowing. A second later, what I guess is a void portal opens up in front of us.
“What the hay?” Sonbā questions. I look down at my token, then back to the portal before smirking.
“Looks like I am finally being summoned by another Displaced. And if that call was any indication, I am not the only one.” I answer before using my Requip magic to summon my rapier to my side.
“Hey, can we come too?” Echo asks, Sonbā looking to me with a raised brow as well. I think for a second before shrugging with a nod.
“Yeah why not. I might need the backup if I am being summoned to fight.” I say, the duo smiling at me before the three of us go through the void portal, the tear in dimensions closing a second later.
Zen looked to where we were sitting, then to where the portal was for a second before sighing and grabbing the cups. “They could have at least taken their dishes to the pit.”
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Walking out of the void portal, I was greeted by the cold feeling of winter. I guess we are at a different point in time than back in my Equestria. I checked behind me as Sonbā and Echo exit the portal before it closes behind us. I take a deep breath of the nice chill air and stretch.
“Oh man, I wonder who summoned us this time.” I hear someone say from beside me.
“Yeah you said it dude. I wonder who would be the first to summon me.” I reply nonchalantly before registering something. That wasn’t Sonbā who just spoke.
Looking to the left, I am greeted by three other people who were looking back at me and my group with equal amount of confusion. I could see Rainbow Dash standing next to a familiar girl with green eyes, curly orange hair with a pink bow and a small blouse, Penny Polendina, and another familiar person. His brown and red hair, jacket and shirt, mask and sword were the same as what I remember from the show, though he did have the addition of a red jeweled necklace and a pair of slightly familiar gauntlets.
I was staring at a Displaced Adam Taurus. He seemed as shocked as me, lifting his mask and revealing his shining silver eyes. I am not sure how long the two of us were staring at each other for before we hear something neither of us expected. Sniffling.
Turning away from the huntsman, I am greeted by someone I never thought I would see. Her pink hair was reaching just barely past her shoulders, her rose eyes looking at me and the man next to me with disbelief and happiness. It was a Displaced Lucy or more accuratly Nyu, but I somehow knew who it really was
“Nat?” The faunus and I ask in unison. The girl, my little sister, nods slowly, tears in the corner of her eyes.
“Adam? Lex?” She questions quietly, me and the man nodding before turning back to each other. I can’t believe it. These two...their my little siblings.
“How...? Who...?” Adam tries to question. I don’t get a chance to respond before I feel something like and arm wrap around my waist before I am airborne, only to be tackled by a crying Diclonius.
“ADAM! LEX! You’re ok!” My sister yells in relief, and I can’t hold my own emotions back. I hug my little siblings against me with all my might, fearing they would vanish at any second, tears flowing like a pair of waterfalls down both mine and Nat’s eyes as my brother tries to stay strong.
I am not sure how long the three of us were laying in the snow, just crying and holding each other, before I feel a different pair of arms lifting each of us off the ground, and I finally figured out that Nat isn’t a human anymore and is using her Vectors to lift us off the ground. We seperate before giving one another an individual hug.
“Oh man! I can’t tell you guys how happy I am to see you guys again!” Nat says with a wide smile.
“Same here sis. I can’t believe it. Though, in hindsight I shouldn’t be all that surprised, since the three of us sent out our tokens.” Adam says with a grin. I hear the snow crunching and see as Penny and Rainbow walk up to Adam and Sonbā and Echo come over to me.
“Adam, is that?” the huntress asks. The three of us grin and stand side by side before looking to each of our groups.
“Penny, Rainbow. Meet my big sisters, Natali and Alexandria, or just Nat and Lex.” Adam introduces us to his companion.
“Sonbā and Echo. Say hi to my little sister and little brother, Natali and Adam.” I say to my friends, the stallion and Exeed looking to my sibling with warm smiles.
“Guys, meet Adam and Lex.” Nat say simply. I smirk at Nat’s group, consisting of this worlds Twilight and her family.
”Hey! Don’t forget me guys!” Adam and I look around in confusion for a second before something I could not believe happened. The air next to Nat began to shimmer like it was heating up before an individual became visible. She looked like Lucy does when she is in control and not Nyu, but she is partially transparent and floating. It only took a second for Adam and I to realize what and who we are looking at.
“Sora?!” We yell in unison. Sora just nods and floats up.
”The one and only. Who did you expect? Mrs. Hyde?”she says with a smirk. All of us look to my now visible youngest sibling in shock and I barely register this worlds Spike and Shining beginning to explain who Nat and Sora are to mine and Adam’s companions.
“How is this possible?! I mean I know you can take control over Nat’s body but how are you appearing right now?” Adam questions in shock. Meanwhile I am using my Seith magic, seeing Sora’s soul is still attached to Nat and not her...what I guess is an astral form?
“Well the first Displaced we summoned was a draconequus named Loki. He found out about Sora almost instantaneously and afterwards cast a spell on us to let either of us have an astral form for whenever the other is in control of our body.” Nat explains. I look over Sora again, this time with my magisight.
“Ok that is cool. Looks like your astral form is the result of a combination of chaotic and Harmonious magic being combined properly to give you control over outside magic.” I say in surprise, deactivating my eyes and seeing the curious and confused looks on my siblings faces. I guess they were wondering how I knew that.
“After I had to deal with something in my Equestria I found a chest that was sealed by a powerful spell. Turns out one of the versions of Master Mavis, the founder of Fairy Tail, sent out the chest that was filled with info on Fiore magic. I unlocked it and gained way more magic than I had when I arrived in Equestria. I have been practicing with my different styles of magic for the past couple months.” I explain with a slight grin.
“Yeah, Edward mentioned that you taught him Arc of Embodiment, but I was a little confused on how.” Adam says. Oh, so he met Ed.
”Um, can someone please introduce us?” I hear someone say. I look around us, not seeing anyone else.
“Oops, sorry Selene. I guess we got too excited.” I hear Nat say. I look back to her and notice her picking up something. Or I guess, someone. I look in shock as Nat turns back to us with a small black, grey and blue fox on her head, what looks like a small humanoid with a Venus flytrap connected to the back of her head in her arms, and a yellow, blue and black lion-like creature standing next to her. It barely took a second for me to recognize what they are.
“You have Pokemon here?!” I yell in shock, looking between my sister, the Zorua, Mawile and Luxio in disbelief. My sister give me a large grin and nods to each of the pocket monsters.
“Guys, meet Selene, Topaz and Chance. They have been showing up in Equestria seemingly at random, and have each been great friends.” She introduces, the trio greeting us in their own ways.
‘Hmm, I wonder if I can get these three as a Takeover.’
“Ok, those things look awesome.” Adam’s Rainbow says as she flies over, closely followed by everyone else.
“Agreed. These creatures are more adorable than me, and that is no easy feat.” Echo says, flying over as well. I laugh a little as Selene jumps into Rainbow’s arms and nuzzles up. Despite herself, the pegasus couldn’t help but go ‘awww’. She blushes upon seeing all of us looking at her.
“None of you heard that.” She says sternly. All of us are silent for a second before we all burst into laughter. It took a while before all of us calmed down.
“Don’t worry Rainbow. We’ll be quiet.” Natali’s Twilight says with a grin. Rainbow looks to Twi before hovering over and looking her over more closely.
“So you’re this world version of Twi huh? Weird. You look exactly like the one back home, but I feel there is something different about you.” She says, hovering above her. Twi raises a brow but shrugs.
“So, any real reason for our summoning Nat?” I question, not like I was complaining.
“Not really. After I got your tokens I was just planning on summoning whoever they belonged to and to offer my token before we went to the party.” She answers with a slight shrug.
“What party?” Penny asks.
”Its Hearths Warming right now. We got invited to a private party by the princesses. Actually, would you guys like to come? We told Luna we might be inviting some friends.” Sora says. The six of us look to one another, Sonbā and Echo nodding to me and Penny and Rainbow nodding to my brother.
“I’m in. There is no way I am leaving my sisters to go though this holiday without me.” Adam says with a smile.
“But, not all of you have some outfits that would work.” Night Light points out. We all look each other over before noticing only I would technically count since I am in my original orange dress with my jacket overtop. But that wasn’t a problem with all my magic.
“No worries there. I can just use some of my abilities to make our outfits.” I offer.
“Oh! If you can just get me some material, I can use my alchemy to make myself a dress.” Penny says with a smile.
“You have alchemy?” Sonbā asks in surprise. Penny nods and begins to go over how she and Adam met Edward. I shouldn’t be surprised that my brother got into a duel with the alchemist. Those two are cut from the same cloth when it comes to letting off steam it seems.
Our large group all head into the house and after some quick catching up each of us separated to get dressed for this party. As requested, I made some material for me, Penny, Rainbow and Echo before the huntress and I used our alchemy to turn the materials into dresses. I said that we could all just change in the main room, which led Nat’s head to turn from pale white to bright red in a nanosecond. She always was the easiest to tease. But I stopped her embarrassment by casting my Mirror spell Kaleidoscope. I set the spell to lower when purposefully tapped a couple of time so they wouldn’t be stuck in their ‘change rooms’ until I was finished changing.
I decided to go all out for this party. Might as well make a good first impression in a new world. I decided to go with a dress from Fairy Tail. More accurately, the dress Erza wore during the start of the Tower of Heaven arc. I am really glad I had let my hair grow out a little, so I could put it in the same style as the Queen of the Fairies. Also the increased size of my chest, while annoying at first, definitely gave me some more confidence in wearing some more risqué outfits like this one.
It didn’t take long for me to get dressed, honestly I probably could have just used The Knight Requip to change, but that seems like cheating. Not like Erza has a problem with doing that though. But nonetheless, I got into my dress with some black heels and white gloves before tapping on the mirror, dispelling it while also catching the end of Nat’s conversation.
“What is it with you tiny creatures and sitting on my head?” Nat question with a smirk as Echo is indeed sitting on her head. The purple Exeed looks to the Zorua and shrugs before looking down at my sister.
“You’re comfy.” Echo answers bluntly, getting a chuckle from Rainbow and Nat.
“You know you shouldn be glad your hear is comfy like that. I am pretty sure we all know a certain yellow pegasus who would be jealous by that.” I say with a grin, the trio looking to me and their jaws immediately getting acquainted with the floor.
“Holy fashion statement! Lex you look awesome!” My sister compliments, taking my hands in hers. I just grin and hand her my phone and doing a couple of poses. Nat takes a couple pictures before I do the same for her.
“I should have expected you two to be taking photos of each other.” We turn to see the boys all coming down the stairs. I was slightly disappointed, but not really surprised when Adam revealed he was still in his outfit he came here in, but with the addition of a tie. Although, I am glad Sonbā shrunk to be the same size as Shining after being purified by the Crystal Heart so he was able to just borrow one of the captains suits.
“And we should have expected you to barely change anything.” I counter with a smirk, my brother just shrugging while the others chuckle. That stops when we hear a light tapping and the mirror spell around Penny is lowered. Ok, and I thought Ruby was the cute one from that show.
Penny was dressed in an beautifully adorable grey and light green dress, heeled black boot that reached near her knees and a pair of black and green gloves.
“Um, how d-do I look?” She asks quietly. Nat immediately grabs both our phones and takes a picture of the huntress, much to her surprise.
“Wow! Penny you look incredible!” Sora complements, floating around the girl who smiles to her my sister before turning to Adam. I look on as Adam seems frozen in shock, ice still looking at Penny who just stares back. Nat turns to me with a raised brow but I just shrug, not really knowing what’s going on.
“Um, Adam?” my sister tries to snap him out of it, gently shaking his shoulder. It worked as he blinked a couple of time before shaking his head looking back to Penny with a light blush. I think that is the first time I have ever seen him blush at a girl.
“Um, wow Penny. You look incredible.” My brother says, rubbing the back of his head. Penny blushes and looks down at her dress, rubbing her hands together. I look to Nat who motions to the duo with a grin, one I respond with a smirk and a nod. The one thing I was worried my little brother would never experience had finally come to be.
Adam has a crush. And judging by the blush spread across Penny’s face, the feeling is mutual.
“Well, all we need now is for mom and Twily to finish and we can head to the castle.” Shining says, somehow keeping a straight face while watching my brother shift around almost uncomfortably.
“You won’t have to wait long.” We all turn to the stairs as Twilights mom walks down the stairs in a really nice pale blue dress with a sapphire necklace around her neck. I could see Twi’s dad have a proud blush on his face as he looks at his wife. A second later another set of hooves sound out, Twilight walking down the stairs. I think that is the same dress she wore to the Grand Galloping Gala according to Rarity.
I smile to the mare and notice she seemed frozen on something. Following her gaze, I am greeted by the sight of my little sister starring back with wide eyes and a faint blush. I raise a brow at her and look to Sora, who has just been standing on the ceiling the whole time. She just nods with an attempted shocked expression. I cannot believe it. Both of my siblings have crushes, and Nat’s is on another female. Not that she seems to realize it.
All of us just stood there in silence for about a minute as Twilight and Nat traced over each other’s outfits before Sora flew down from the ceiling and loudly cleared her throat, earning their attention. She just raised a brow and looked between the unicorn and Diclonius, the duo seeming to realize how long all of us have just been standing here.
“Ahem, sorry. You look beautiful Twilight.” Nat says with a smile and light blush. Twi blushed back and plays with her hair.
“Thanks Nat. You look great too.” The unicorn says with her own smile. All of us stay silent for a moment more before I release a loud sigh and clap my hands, getting everyone’s attentions.
“Alright! If that is everything, can we get going?” I ask, everyone nodding. Nat returns her pokemon to their pokeballs and our large group leave the house, heading to the castle. Though we only made it half a block before I stopped and realized something.
“Hold on everypony. How about i just teleport us to the main hall?” I question, the ponies looking to me in confusion.
“But a Teleportation spell of that magnitude would take tons of magical power.” Shining says in worry, which i just shrug off.
“Maybe for a Teleportation spell with pony magic, but I am using a type of magic called Direct Line, which is used for fast paced Teleportation. I have used it before, but this will be the largest group I have ever teleported before.” And I wasn’t lying. The Teleportation runes behind the guild and infront of the gym recharge from the ambient magic in the air as opposed to using my pool of magic as the source. The largest group I have ever teleported was the Element bearers, and that was just from the guild hall to the train station, a fifteen minute walk.
Nat and Adam place a hand on either of my shoulder, nodding to me as the others follow suit and connect themselves. I close my eyes and focus on the entryway to the main hall, before opening them and casting my spell.
“Direct Line!”
The area around us seems to flicker before changing to that of the entryway to the main hall. Immediately as we exit the shift, everyone aside from me and my group have to catch themselves or fall. Since Direct Line uses a different method of Teleportation than the Equestrian variant, most who haven’t used it before tend to end up being dizzy and even nauseous after the use.
It only took about a minute for everyone to get back to normal, so I walked up and knocked on the doors to the hall, my knocks echoing through the long hall. After a second the handles are covered by some blue auras and slowly opened.
Walking in, I see this worlds variants of a few ponies I know, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, though she was hiding behind Luna, Celestia and, ugh, Blueblood. Though, he was standing rather close to a batpony guardsmare.
“Um, why are you all so tensed?” Sonbā questions, and I just now notice aside from Celestia, everypony is tensed up, the guard having their hands on their weapons, all of them staring at me and Adam since we have our own weapons on our persons.
The solar princess of this world coughs, getting the others attentions, and smile softly. The others begin to relax, the guard releasing their holds on their weapons and Fluttershy even coming out from behind Luna upon seeing Echo. Though, I saw this worlds Rainbow stay on guard with a slight scowl on her face. The hooded Rainbow noticed this and laugh a little bit.
“What’s so funny?” This worlds Loyalty asks harshly. Adam’s Loyalty walked forward a couple of steps with a grin hidden beneath her hood.
“You know, I really should have expected you to be on guard. It is what I would do.” She replies to this worlds counterpart. Everyone who doesn’t know about her seems frozen as she raises her hands and lowers her hood, her grin having changed into a smirk as the other Rainbow falls on her butt in shock.
“R-Rainbow?” Fluttershy asks quietly, in shock. There was silence for a bit, before Adam’s Rainbow bursts into laughter.
“BWAHAHAHAH!! O-oh my Celestia! You g-guys should see your faces!” She yell in laughter, myself and a few other laughing as well from the expressions on the faces of the ponies before us. Though Adam eventually just facepalms.
“RD, I don’t think that was a good idea.” He says, pointing to this worlds Rainbow, the pegasus seemingly having shut down in shock. Dash, I decided to refer to her as, looks to her and shrugs.
“Eh, if this version is anything like me she will-“ she doesn’t get to continue before she dodges out of the way of Rainbow’s attempted punch.
“Alright copycat! Who are you?!” Rainbow shouts. I can see this could get out of hand with two versions of the same pony trying to fight each other, so I quickly raise my hand and focus on my Binding magic. Unlike Milianna who uses ‘bad kitty restrain tubes’ mine is a simple, but strong green rope much like Dark Bindings, but without the sharp end. I launch two of my ropes, tying up the rainbow maned Pegasi and seperate them.
“Hey!” They both shout. The others look to me as I have the matrix before me and I figure it would get annoying with two ponies who look exactly the same minus their clothes. Luckily I had the perfect thing for a situation like this.
“Yeah, I am just going to stop you two before this becomes a problem. And just so we don’t end up mixing you two up...” I trail off before lifting my other hand and focusing on my colors magic. I had a feeling Dash wouldn’t like looking too different, so I just changed her fur into a different shade of blue, cerulean, and then inverted the color pattern of her mane. Once done, I dispel my binding magic and let the duo look Dash over.
“Huh, I always wondered how I would look if I dyed my fur.” She says to herself. I can see the princess looking at the duo in confusion before looking to my sister and Twilight. The duo look to one another and sigh.
“It’s a long story.” They say together. Celestia raises a brow then takes a seat on her throne, a patient smile on her face.
“We have time.”
We then spent the next hour or so explaining who each of us were, why there were two Rainbow and all the stuff that was missing. Natali remembered to release her pokemon about twenty minutes into the explanation so we could have a couple more witnesses.
“So this is Adam and Alexandria. I had hoped we could meet one day, though I did not expect it during this holiday.” Rarity says with a slight flutter of her lashes. The three of us just look to her with deadpan expression, she immediately blushes and looks away. I hear someone coming over and mentally prepare myself as I see it is Blueblood. I met the bastard during one of my trips to the castle to visit with Celetia. The bastard straight up demanded I give him all my magical knowledge because he was a prince. I immediately changed his colors then threw him out the castle with a wind enhanced slap. That was a fun ‘scolding’ from Luna. She was just upset she couldn’t do it herself.
“Well, allow me to be the first to welcome the six of you to this realm. I am Prince Blueblood, but please just call me Blue.” he says with a smile, holding his hand out to shake.
....what? I am not sure how long the six of us were standing there in confused shock before my brother shook his head and then the unicorns hand, albeit awkwardly.
“Nice to meet you to Blue. I am Adam Taurus, leader of the White Fang squadron of the royal guard. This is my partner Penny Polendina and our realms version of Rainbow Dash.” He says a little awkwardly, Penny doing a curtsy regardless.
“I am Alexandria Justine or just Lex, Faekage of the Fairy Tail guild. This is my friend Sonbāsutā and his assistant slash little sister Echo.” I manage to say only slightly less awkwardly, Echo doing a midair curtsy in my peripheral.
I hear a duo of sighs and turn to my sister and the batpony from earlier.
“Let me guess, your guys’s Blueblood’s are total asses aren’t they?” She asks. The others and I try to shake our heads, only the end up nodding slowly in the end.
“I see, that seems to be a bit of a trend in the multiverse according to Natali. Well, let me just say that while I can act like a total prick, please be aware that at the very least it is only an act here in this dimension.” Blue says with a smile nearly as patient as Celestia’s. I am honestly impressed with is attitude. I glance back to the princesses, Celestia glancing to her nephew with pride, before their eyes fall upon Sonbā.
“Excuse me sir? But, who exactly are you. You look very familiar.” Celestia asks.
‘Uh oh...’
Echo and I look to Sonbā with worry, not sure how this worlds royals would react to him, but he just smiles to us before walking forward and bowing to the sisters.
“Hello. Like Lex said, I am Sonbāsutā, and I am the former king of the Crystal Empire.” He says with a smile. I could see Nat’s jaw hit the ground in my peripherals for some reason.
“King Sombra?!?!” The princesses and my sister yell. Wait, how does Nat know about Sombra? Either way, I saw the princesses light their horns, so I prep my Wave magic spells just incase they try anything. Sonbā appears unfazed as he makes a ‘sorta’ gesture with his hand.
“Yes and no. Sombra was the name I took after I became corrupted by evil magic. You see, when I was younger, I met a mare named Crystal Dust and foolishly fell in love with her. She pretended to love me in return and appeared to be a well mannered and respectable mare. But it was a lie, a cover hiding a greedy, egotistical and sadistic pony. She wanted to get close to me so I would marry her and she would all but take over my kingdom. After I learned of this, I blew up. My emotions ran rampant and because of this my magic became corrupted by my anger and sadness, turning me into the tyrant king Sombra.”
The others are frozen in shock after Sonbā’s explanation. I had a sneaking suspicion that the royals of this world haven’t truly ‘met’ their version of Sombra, and judging by the confused looks of the others, this place might actually be farther back in time than my Equestria. I hear a very quiet growl coming from next to me, and turn. I am greeted by the sight of a very enraged Faunus, and an equally pissed Diclonius.
“Nat? Adam?” I ask cautiously. They just look to me in anger.
“Targets, now.” They say sternly. I nod quickly before getting into my Ice Maker stance. Releasing my magic power, I create two round targets for the duo before throwing them in the air. Nat narrows her eyes and I watch as she turns her target into a bunch of ice shavings with her Vectors and Adam rushes forward before slashing his ice into even cubes with his sword before it even hits the ground.
All of us watch as my siblings utterly destroy their targets, Nat putting her ice shavings around the nearby ice scuplture and Adam’s ice cubes into the punch bowl. Sonbā walks up and places a hand on their shoulder with a sad smile.
“Thanks. I know about how you both helped Lex after her experience with Ray so I appreciate the reactions.” He say. Adam and Nat nod to him before the others come out of their stunned states.
“Wow! I don’t think I have ever seen you that mad before Nat.” Rainbow says. She just shrugs and we all seperate as more guest begin to arrive. I smile and walk around for a little while, speaking with some of the guest and introduce myself as a visiting dignitary from another land. Technically not lying since I am from a different land as well as being pretty high up in regards to nobility as the Faekage.
I spent maybe fifteen minutes just hanging out before someone decided to come and talk to me. Unsurprisingly, it was this world’s Twilight. The two of us spent the next little while talking about things like magical composition, how things in my guild have been and how many spells I knew. Obviously I was vague with the last one, though that did bring something up that Twilight was shocked about.
“You use dark magic?!” She whispers in shock. Judging by her reaction, this world might be like mine originally was.
“That’s right. I use all sorts of elemental magic, which includes darkness, as well as some Black Arts that are very difficult to control.” I explain calmly.
“How the hell are you still sane!?!” She says in disbelief, and I am really glad we are in a secluded spot right now.
“Simple. Darkness in not truly evil. It is something I learned when I was first Displaced, but dark magic wouldn’t immediately turn you into a tyrannical lunatic bent on world domination just from using it. That would be stupid. While dark magic can be dangerous if misused, so could light magic.” I try and explain, the unicorn next to me just looking more and more shocked.
“I-I don’t understand. Princess Celestia has said that all forms of dark magic are evil and can corrupt an individual if used even once.” Twilight said. I just look to her with a patient frown before sighing.
“If that is the case then your Celestia is an even bigger idiot than mine.” Twilight gasps in disbelief. “I can tell, she is afraid of the darkness and has tries to eliminate it from her world. But the fact is that you can’t have just light. Light and dark are two sides of the same coin. You can’t have one without the other.”
Twilight looks unconvinced and a little miffed that I insulted Celestia so I try and think of another way to explain it. “Ok, think of it this way. There is a saying I have heard from a story, where the hero is someone who has to use darkness to defeat an evil tyrant of light. The saying states that, ‘the light can burn and blind one to the truth, while the darkness cools and entrusts’. It means that trying to look at thing in the view of darkness equals evil, light equals justice, can make one blind to the problems that such a philosophy can create.”
I glance out the window we are nearby and get another idea. “Look out at the sky Twilight. What do you see?” I question. The purple mare walks next to me and look up at the night sky, scanning it for something.
“Well, I see the moon and the stars, the constellations and a couple of clouds.” She says, looking at me with a quirked brow. I nod to her and look towards the sky.
“Now, what would you see right now if it was the middle of the day?” I question. She thinks for a second before shrugging.
“I don’t know, the blue sky, the sun and some clouds?”
“You would see the world in the view of light. Now at night, during the time of darkness, you can see the beauty in the domain of the dark.” I point to one of the constellations, a scorpion centaur. “During the day, when it is filled with light, you would be blinded from this beauty. Now, when the light has set and the dark has risen, you can see just how beautiful the world beyond it. After all, without Darkness, how would we know and appreciate light?”
I am not sure why, when or how I became so philosophical about light and darkness, but I always preferred the darker aspects of life back on earth. Going for midnight strolls, stargazing, letting myself be absorbed by the cool night air. I always preferred the stories where the hero is a warrior of darkness, like Meliodas from The Seven Deadly Sins or Jaden from Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
Twilight looks to me with wider eyes, seeming confused, yet understanding as she returns her gaze to the night sky. I smile and lay a hand on her shoulder, gaining her attention.
“I know it can be hard to believe, especially if your Celestia has made such a public statement about dark magic, but try and remember, not all darkness is bad. There are just as many monster hiding in the light as there are in the dark. Keep that in mind.” I leave the mare to her thoughts and return to the party. Hopefully I made the right decision. I doubt it would do well for Nat to be in a world so anti-darkness since she share the same positions as I do about the darker parts of life.
After I left the mare, I walked over to Sonbā and the princess, catching the end of his tale about how he and I met. I could tell the sisters were very intrigued about our fight, especially my dark magic. At least, that was how Luna was. I could tell that Celestia was more noting my magic rather than listening about it. Yup, she is very anti-dark.
“So anyways, after our fight, Lex and I moved to Ponyville while the guild hall was being built by our version of you two. My sister I spent most of our time either adjusting to the present times, or I was practicing with a new form of magic Lex granted me called Crystal Maker magic. You two saw her Ice Maker magic earlier, mine is just with crystals.” He explains.
“Remarkable. You are indeed quite the powerful mage Lady Justine.” Luna compliment.
“Yeah well, magic power isn’t everything. All of my magic would be useless if I didn’t know how to control it. And besides, all I want is to protect my new home and anyone who asks for it.” I say with a smile.
“Indeed.” Celestia says before walking away. I raise a brow to Luna who just shrugs and awkwardly follows her sister.
“Okay? I guess she is a lot more cautious about people who use darkness on a regular basis than our Celestia.” I mutter, Sonbā nodding with a slight frown.
“Hey Lex, Sonbā!” Both of us turn and see as my sisters walk up.
“Oh, hey Nat. What’s up?” I asks.
“Nothing much. I just talked to Lyra and Octavia and they are going to be playing some slow dance songs in a minute.” She informs, Sonbā raising a brow.
“Really, why is that?” He asks. Nat just smirks and points her thumb to Adam and Penny. I look over the two warriors and grin.
“Nice one Nat. I thought those two would need the push.” I complement.
“Oh yeah and Lex, can I ask a favor?” I raise a brow but nod. “Well, I was really busy this last month so I wasn’t able to make or get presents for Twilight and Spike so-“ I stop her by covering her mouth with a hand and grin. Placing my hand on her temple, just below her horn, I focus on my Telepathy magic and try out a spell I had been developing on my off time. Invasion. Kinda like Gowther’s magic in SDS, but I just used it to read Nat’s mind and find what she wanted. Some new books for Twi and a large gemstone for Spike.
While I am sorting through what she wants however, I feel Sora connect and force a bunch of memories into my head. All the things she and Twilight have been up to, and what she has been feeling whenever she is near that mare. I guess she needs the push too. And I knew how to do it too.
I let go over her head, all the info and memories in my head and nod to her before turning to Sonbā with a grin.
“Hey Sonbā? Wanna dance?” Sonbā raises a brow, but shrugs before bowing to me like a true gentlecolt.
“Of course, Faekage Lex.” He says with a barely contained smirk. I giggle a little before taking his hand and the two of us head to the dance floor.
“So, any reason you wanted to dance with me?” He questions as we take our spot. I nod to him as I watch my brother ask Penny if she wanted to dance.
“Yeah, Nat was going to ask you, but there is somepony else here that would make a better partner for her.” I say, glancing over to Twilight who meets my gaze and I motion over to my sister. Twi nods and walks over to her.
“Ah, trying to play matchmaker like Cadence eh?” He asks with a grin.
“Maybe. But whatever, I actually could use a dance anyways. Been way too long since I had the chance.” I say offering my hand. He smiles and takes my hand before I surprise him by pulling the taller stallion closer. He looks down at me with surprise before gaining a cocky grin I would expect on Rainbow.
“Well now, are you sure you can keep up with a king little mare?” He questions with an odd tone, one I couldn’t help but shiver at before grinning myself.
“We’ll just have to see, won’t we?” I say back with a similar tone, my eyes lighting up briefly. He smiles to me as we hear the band about to begin playing.
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Somehow I knew Octavia would pick a song like this to play. The cellist is rather somber with her musical choices at times, but whatever.
Sonbā and I nod to one another and begin to move slowly, gauging in each other’s experience in dancing with our first few steps. We both could tell that Sonbā was more experienced and confident in his dance steps, while I was mostly going off memory and following his lead. He didn’t seem to mind though.
I just smile and allow myself to be absorbed into the music and the rhythm. I never was one for dancing when I was younger, but being friends with Nat had changed my mind after a while. While I was dancing with Sonbā, I made a few glances around to my siblings. I saw the blushes on both Adam and Penny’s faces as they dance, but I could also see their smiles as Adam pulled the huntress closer to him. Nat just looked like she was have a blast dancing with Twilight, and Twilight looked to be gaining some confidence herself as she twirled by sister.
I smile to my siblings before focusing on Sonbā again, the two of us allowing ourselves to be lost in the moment. Both of us needed this break. I have been doing so much paperwork back at the guild as well as meeting with contractors and nobles that I haven’t had too much time to myself. Sonbā had been keeping himself busy with going out on missions whenever he can. I could tell, he is still sore about his past deeds as Sombra and is doing all these jobs to try and make up for everything he’s done.
I shake my head slightly as I hear the music begin to die down before stopping. Sonbā and I take a step back and bow, before chuckling and walking over to my brother and his crush, the duo just now letting each other go.
“Well, looks like you have a few things to do when you get home, eh Adam?” I ask with a smirk, Adam and Penny blushing but not moving away from one another. I just smile to the duo before turning to address Penny. “Be sure to take care of him Penny. He can be a little reckless.”
“Trust me I know.” She says with a small smile, giggling as Adam blushes more. “Oh relax Adam. It isn’t like you meant to teleport yourself half a mile above the castle.”
“You did what?” Sonbā, Echo and I question in unison, the Exeed having flown over.
“Hey I was just trying to see how far my teleportation spell could take me and I forgot to set a direction is all.” He huffs indignantly. The rest of us laugh a little as my brother tries not to join in.
Hey guys!” Adam and I turn and see Nat and Sora walking up before Nat points to the stage. “How about we put on a bit of a show before I send you guys home?” She says, by brother and I grinning while the others look a little confused. We just smile before sending our friends over to the princesses and this world’s Elements before heading to the stage where Octavia, Lyra and the rest of their band are taking a break.
“Oh, hello Natali. And it is a pleasure to meet you two in pony. Adam and Lex, correct?” Octavia says as we walk up. We nod and each shake Octavia’s hand.
“Pleasures all ours Octavia. Anyways, could we ask for a favor?” I request, earning a few raised brows from the band ponies.
“What is it?” Lyra asks, walking up.
“Well, the three of us wanted to see if we could play a few songs before we have to head home.” Adam says.
“Wait, you all play?” Octavia asks in surprise. The three of us smile before raising our hands.
“Piano and vocals.” Nat says with a smirk, Sora appearing with her own smirk.
“Practically any strings, violins and acoustic guitars are my best.” Adam states with a confident smile.
“I am really just a singer.” I say with a slightly sheepish expression. I am not sure why, but singing was the only thing musically I was good at.
The gathered band ponies look at the three of us in surprise before smiling and nodding, letting the three of us step up and get our instruments and everything. While Adam and Nat are getting set up, I focus on my Arc of Embodiment and create a floating microphone like they have in Fairy Tail before doing some quick vocal exercises with Nat and Sora.
“So, what songs are you going to be playing?” Octavia asks.
“Oh it isn’t just us. A couple of the songs we have in mind need more than three people to play.” I inform, the ponies looking to me with slight confusion.
“But, how are we going to play with you if we have likely never heard these songs before?” The flute player whom I never met back home, asks.
“Simple, I will use one of my magic styles to implant the songs into your heads so you know how to play.” I inform before placing two fingers on my temple and point my other hand outwards.
“Telepathy Magic, Broadcast.” A small purple beam goes out of my hand and into the heads of the band ponies whos eyes all widen as they get the info from the songs we have in mind. They smile and get their instruments ready. I nod to Nat who walks up to the front stage with the mic floating before her. She clears her throat into the mic and gets everyponies attentions.
“Hello everypony. Are you all enjoying tonight’s party?” She asks, getting a bunch of cheers from the guests. “Alright! Tonight, my siblings, Adam Taurus and Alexandria Justine and I are going to be playing three different songs before we leave to go to our homes, so I hope you all enjoy them.” She does a small curtsy before heading to the piano, the crowd cheering in excitement.
“The first song is going to be played by me. It is called, Kindness. And no Fluttershy, it doesn’t directly involve you.” I somehow could hear Flutters eep from here, but ignore it and take a seat near the piano as Nat begins to play.
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I smile to myself and fall into the tone of the notes Nat is playing. I always loved it when she playing the piano, especially when she would try a faster paced song during our birthdays. I will never truly understand how Nat is such a great pianist, but like most moments, I don’t really care right now.
I smile to myself as Nat finished up her song, the crowd gathered before us cheering for my little sister and my little brother walks up, patting her on the back. He and I walks up to the mic, Adam with a violin in hand as I clear my throat for him.
“Alright. This next song is for those who...could not make it at this time. Those we have lost, and those who we will never forget.” He says, many of the crowd lowering their heads in respect. He looks to Penny and winks at her with a sad smile, Penny blushing at this. He motions for me to step up as he goes over to a chair and gets his instrument ready before nodding to me.
“This song is called Cold, and may those who could make it, never be forgotten.” At that, we begin.
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Nat begins to play on the piano, her notes and the tone slow and melancholy. As she reaches my part, and my voice escapes my throat, I can all but see the memories of the crowd as they pass through their minds. Maybe it was my new magical senses, but I could feel the magic in the air seem to magnify as the song went on.
While I was singing, I allowed my eyes to drift over the crowd, taking in all their looks of of sadness and happiness at their memories. I mentally smile to myself as I sing, seeing the raw emotions my family and I can force to the surface with nothing but our music. Of course many couples and family members here held onto one another during our song, like the royal sisters holding one another, the Rainbow’s being together, and of course, Echo holding onto her big brother.
Once our second song fades and finishes, the gathered crowd bursts into cheers agin from the performance. My siblings walk up to the front with me and we share a quick group hug before turning to the crowd and bowing. Once the crowd calms down again I walk up to the mic with Nat next to me.
“Alright, after an emotional song like that, I believe we have the perfect one for our last performance. This one is for those who never give up, for those who follow their heart, no matter what. An Unwavering Heart.” I say, winking at Sonbā. He smiles back up to me and give a joking salute. Nat walks up to the mic next to me as Sora appears and takes her spot at the piano.
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The crowd is immediately drawn in as Nat and I sing together. They listen in awe as the other instruments begin to play alongside our voices. I knew this song would bring some of the best memories to the surface for those who listen to us. I wonder if I could develop a Sound Magic spell that could do this on command?
Nat and I lower our voices as we arrive at the none lyrical half of the song, and just hum the rest of the song, the band ponies instrumentals seeming to become louder as our voices vanish from the song. I smile as the last of our notes are played the song coming to an end. The crowd once again applauded us as all of us, the band ponies included, walk up to the front of the stage and bow.
We all smile as my siblings and I walk off the stage to the others. Adam immediately gets tackle hugged by Penny, the girl having a huge smile on her face. I chuckle a little as Echo flys over and sits on my head and Sonbā brings me in for a side hug. I smile as I see my sister getting a just as big a hug as Adam from Twilight. I know those two shouldn’t take too much longer to realize their feeling for one another. I look over to the others as they all make their way over to us, both Rainbow’s leaning against each other and snickering.
“Wow, at least I now know what is different about this realms Twi.” Dash said. I saw how Twilight and Natali erupted into blushes and all but jumped away from each other at the comment and mentally sigh. I guess it is going to take longer than I thought.
“Very funny Dash. I am sure your Twi would love that joke.” Nat say with a blush still on her face.
“Oh calm down Nat. We all know that you don’t swing that way. That we know of.” Rainbow says with a smirk, leaning against her double. The Diclonius just frowns at the prismatic mares, and while not on the level of Lucy, she is still scary on her own right. I decided to stop this before it escalated to something stupid.
“Relax sis. We all know how Rainbow acts. It’s a multiversal constant.” I say calmly. Nat just sighs and rubs her head. Our group all get together before saying farewell and beginning our trek through the castle to Twilights old home.
“Well, I guess its time for you guys to go huh?” Nat says to us, my brother nodding with a sigh and placing his mask back on his face. I nod as well but also smile as I had a few more things to do before I left.
“But first things first. Meet you guys at Twilights! Direct Line!”
I smirk to myself as I appear outside for the Sparkle household, leaving the others back at the castle. I only had a few minutes to get this done, so using my Phasing Magic, I enter the house and try and organize my thoughts. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do this alone, but luckily, I am my own best partner.
“Clone Magic go!” I say with a smile, and allow my being to split into the four girls from before.
“Alright girls, time to divide and conquer.” Lexa says with a grin.
“I’ll work on creating the present boxes to hold the magic power.” Ali says, beginning to create the boxes through Arc of Embodiment before writing the enchantment onto the boxes themselves.
“Ria, you and I will focus on creating the magic transfer flames.” Xan says with an excited smile, her counterpart nodding before the duo use their magical energy to create flames before draining them of the magic that made them, while simultaneously replacing the drained magic with that of the desired magic powers. The results were several multicoloured flames.
“While you girls do that, I’ll focus on making the gifts for Twi, Spike and Nat’s pokemon.” Lexa says before focusing on the Arc of Embodiment herself. She searched through their Archive, finding the perfect book series for the unicorn mare and the Diclonius queen to read together from Lex’s memories. The Inheritance Cycle series. Lexa was very glad that the girl she was a part of had a photographic memory, so once she made the covers and blank pages of the books, she simple cast a spell to allow the memories of each word to flow out of her mind and onto the pages.
After the four books were finished and put away into a box, Ali and Lexa worked together to create the next few presents. For Ali, since she had only made the boxes, she took on the roll of creating the presents for the Pokemon. By combining her Arc of Embodiment with her Green magic, and using a large amount of magic power, she was able to create seeds for the berries of the world of Pokémon, before separating them into individual seed packets and labeling them with an image of the berries themselves.
Lexa meanwhile, used a combination of Arc of Embodiment and Crystal Maker magic to create a very rare gemstone about the size of her head. The gem was Tanzanite, one of the rarest crystal gems on earth. With the crystal created, Lexa then enchanted the gem to regrow to its original size as long as there was a single piece about the size of ones thumb, which would force Spike to exercise restraint from just eating the entire thing.
It took about fifteen minutes for the four parts to finish creating the presents. The processes left the four clones very drained, so they knew that their whole will be exhausted once they merge again. They were all just finishing up when they sensed the others approaching the house.
“Crap, we’re outta time. Man, Lex is going to be in for a major headache when we merge.” Ria says with a slight pant, walking in from the kitchen.
“Hurry girls! No need for the others to know about our paperwork cheat!” Xan says in alarm, laying on the couch. The three other girls nod before walking to the laying girl and allowing their spell to merge the four of them back into one.
“Ugh, that sucked worse than last time.” I mutter in exhaustion. As if splitting myself into four equal parts wasn’t enough, the amount of magic each of them used was all taken out of my pool of magic, leaving me with only about one eighth of what I have normally. I knew it would refill overnight, but right know I was feeling like I just ran ten miles before having to benchpress two hundred pounds then solve a dozen algebra tests.
I managed to sit up as the front door opened, only a little worse for wear.
“Lex? Are you ok?” Nat asks with worry as she takes her boots and jacket off. I just sigh and stretch my tired body.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Just took a bit more energy than I thought to get the stuff ready.” I say with an attempt at nonchalance, before getting to my feet and slowly making my way to the kitchen. On the table was a trio of presents my hotheaded and cocky part was just finishing wrapping. Grabbing the three of them in my magic, I walk out with the presents above my head, the others all looking in surprise. I smile and levitate the present over to their recipients, Adam, Penny and Rainbow.
“Obviously, as per the rules of Hearths Warming and Christmas, you guys are not to open your presents until tomorrow morning.” I tell the trio, the huntman and huntresses nodding to me. I smile and snap my fingers, summoning an Archive screen and type in a few commands before turning to the others.
“Alright. Before we leave, I think we should have a group photo.” I say with a smile. The others all nod and take their spots on or around the couch before I summon the screen before all of us to take a picture.
“Alright, everypony ready?” They all nod to me. “Alright, on three. One...two...three. Say cheese!” We all smile and say cheese as the screen in front of us flashed like a camera. I go through my magic spells after the photo is taken, making some magic cards before putting the photo onto them to make a bunch of photographs. I smile once I was done and hand the photos out for Adam, Nat and Twilight. Once that was done, I grab my siblings in for another group hug.
“We missed you guys.” Sora say quietly as Nat grabs some device that was attached to her ear before handing one to me and Adam, allowing us to hear her creed. Adam then takes off his mask and gives it to me, another appearing on his face as his creed goes through my head.
“Well, looks like we are done here. I won’t lie, this is a huge weight off my mind to know you two are ok. If either of you ever need any help against an opponent, don’t hesitate and my team and I will be there.” Adam says with a smile. The three of us nod to him in thanks.
“Same here. If you guys ever feel like popping by or need a place to stay for a bit, I can make you guys honorary members of the guild.” I say with a smile. I am curious how strong they would be once they have had time to practice their new magic.
“It was great to see you two again. I love you both. Our business is finished.” After Nat says that, two void portals appeared behind us, one having the Fairy Tail symbol and the other with the wolf’s symbol Adam has on his back. I smile and nod to my siblings and walk towards the portal with my friends, Sonbā and Echo leaving before me, before I pause and look over to Adam’s group.
“Oh yeah, that spell altering your color will dissapear in a couple days just so you know.” I then jump into the portal home with a smirk. I could barely catch Dash yell as my portal closes.