The sisters looked around the room, trying not to match there father figure eyes in the room. He looked down at them both and this feeling shot down Ed’s spine, one that made him want to run out of that room full bore till he was safely far enough away. It felt like a beast that was so powerful it was staring down at a feat. He could feel the heat on the room drop as ice begins to form around pyro, Ironic looking back at it, for a guys name to be associated with fire instead showing off some powerful cold spells was a surprise. His face even at the time seemed to take a different look, one that one would hope to never see again.

“So how may we help you four today as we are very busy?” Ed said breaking the silence and air. “I know you two are wary of me but you should know you don’t need to be. As your father can attest to this. As long as you don’t threaten my friends and family you have nothing to worry about. A don’t bother with the Elements as I am immune to their effects.”

“Yes please tell us,” Pyro said his eyes still locked on them both. He seemed to start cooling down after that. Get it? I made an ice joke haha i’m funny.

“We wanted to know what you had going on down here. We were worried and we thought…”

“You thought, You thought it wise to put your very nosey student who loves to see how something works by tearing it apart and putting it back together would be a wise idea. And now she is dealing with a dose of rads and is in a state as my meds kick in and flush her systems of the rads.” he seemed to get redder with each passing second.

“A seriously a stupid move on your part Celestia. She all most died down here. Your lucky Pyro has instant notifications set up. And don’t even try and lecture me about this situation because I would never allow one of my students to even try this without me,” Ed said in an annoyed tone.

“Ed, take them, and go check on her, i’m going to my bar and cooling off before I snap and go through a PTSD fueled rampage. I will come by once i’m level headed once more,” he said snapping his fingers and disappearing.

“Sure thing, which way do I head? Instant Teleporting. Love it and hate it.,” Ed snorted.

His voice echoed in the room. Spoken through the sound system that runs the whole lab “Use the doorway they came from, the bathroom is on the way back to the elevator, on your right-hand side and my bar is up top. The girls should have her awake again and should be better then we found her.” the system lets off some static before shutting off.

“Alright, you two heard your father now let’s go get the others and then up to the bar or war room,” demanded the alchemist. “The young couple is to follow as well. No back talk either. I may not be as old as Pyro but I’m still way older than the four of you combined.”

A Scream echoes down the hall. The words ‘Why is it green and glowing’ soon following. ‘Seems she is awake once more.’

“Don’t just don’t,” commented Ed as Luna started to open her mouth.

“Who are you? And why are you here?” demanded Shining in an angry voice.

An afterimage Pyro stopped by handed ed a tablet and left right after shining asked his question. On it was a message, ‘Show who’s in charge, Shining will respect you if you say who and what you are and you rank. His wife though will be very teasing once you drop the bomb, - Pyro.’

‘Can I scare the piss out of him?’ typed Ed.

‘Go for it, I did when I sparred with a clone of myself, had to rebuild the training fields tho’ responded Pyro

‘It will also scare the others to’ -Ed

‘They need it, to show there is a big power gap, and I’m not the only one with high levels of power’ -Pyro

“OKAY!” typed Ed as he then handed the tablet back to the new afterimage.

“Okay, Shining Armor. You want to know exactly who I am. I’ll tell and show you then,” Ed says with an evil smile as he looked to the Royals.

“Bring it on we took in the changelings, what can you do?” he said puffing out his chest a little, to show off to his wife, and the other royal’s.

“Seals of Sin, Release!!” Shouted Ed as a red lightning shot of his body as it began to grow into his twelve foot tall red armored demon form with eyes and shadows forming in the gaps while the chest armor gained a large singular with the Ouroboros in it followed by gaining a cape of shadow and eyes.

Pyro’s afterimage came by putting on a shield to keep the power released from destroying the lab around them. Its face seemed annoyed but didn’t say anything. Light eco Pyro came right after and seemed to build on the spell as well. Shining however was now cowering behind the sisters, his wife, followed suit. The sisters' eyes were wide open and there horns ready to do anything at a moment's notice. But soon went out, Ed later found out it was Pyro’s handy work, even if was drinking by that point and not that it would have mattered.

“Don’t bother. I already told you I’m immune to your magic,” growled the demonized alchemist as he stared down the ponies with enough killing intent the could bring down a mid-sized nation. “My name is Edward Elric the Full Metal Alchemist, husband to Princess Luna of my Equestria, and the former King of Minos the Crimson Butcher. Does that suffice for who I am!”

“In other words, don’t mess with him.” spoke light eco Pyro his voice taking on a calm aged man’s voice. It seemed close to the late Johnny Cash’s but just a few tones higher.

“Stop staring at me and Pyro, we need a cleanup crew down here. Shiny made a royal mess of things on the floor,” Ed says reverting back to human form and then looking to the Royals as the females were all watching where they stepped.

“Also, I do know magic. So don’t tick me OFF!” Ed said staring at Celestia. “You better get it through that judgmental xenophobic jumping the gun skull Solar Princess. I can fight you and still have more than enough power to wipe you off this planet.”

A laugh echoed all the way to the lab. Seems Pyro had heard that all the way up to his bar. Light eco, chuckled as well.

“Pyro agrees, even if he is not in the right mind. Know when it’s time to call it quits girls, cause there are bigger fish in the sea. And get a good wake up call.” he states. “And don’t threaten my kids, they get that from me when they need it.”

“ Just know your father’s right as we aren’t even the really powerful ones of our race,” Ed scratching the back of his head in shame. “Sorry, Pyro. I hate it when Tia gets that look in her eye back home so sometimes I have to shock her back into the reality we actually live in.”

“He understands, even if he is now under the table.”

“Great, let’s get the Elements and meet him in the bar or where he is,” Ed says opening the bathroom door after knocking to let the others know a group was coming in.

“He will sober up shortly, the blacklight helps with it, but he might still act a little on the tipsy side,” he said before teleporting back to watch Prime.

“Okay, we’re coming in, Ed and the Royal family. Hope you’re all decent,” Ed says slowly opening the door,

“Were alright in here, Twi’s getting back on her feet, though we want to know why it was green, and glowing?” asked Applejack.

“Something to do with anti-radiation chemicals. Pyro said it was temporary… Green!” yelled the Alchemist who was now glowing red enough to make it look like Christmas.

An afterimage stopped by, grabbed Twilight's head and looked her in the eyes then looked around her head, took a hair from her mane and coat then left once more. Another stopped and looked at the rest, and shook his head before fading. Dark eco Pyro soon took the last afterimage spot and looked at the girls.

“It might keep doing that for the next few days, but you're lucky to be alive, little one, that many rads in a body that’s not used to them can be very deadly,” he said his voice sounded deeper than the light eco. His eyes were pitch black the left had a purple outline of a pupil.

“I’m gonna follow you since I have no cool where to go. And if any pony has a question for me that’s not too personal may ask it along the way,” Ed says looking to the ponies in front of him.

“That’s fine, Boss made this place a maze sometimes but thankfully he keeps it simple in its own way. We will be passing by the building section of the lab where a base of your arm is ready, just needs you finale inputs on what should go where when it comes to the ‘cores’ and then forging it and the finer detail work.” he said as he walked, he walked with a tense animal like stance, ready to attack at a moments notice.

“I’ll give you the ‘cores’ now. I can make the solar and lunar stones now the Luna and Celestia are nearby to,” Ed says raising his hand up as a medium size multicolored glowing bag appeared above it. He then held his other hand out to the sister and took a small piece of each of their magic that grew larger and started to harden into glowing stones as they came to hover above Ed’s hand.

“He wants to know if you want to use some magic boosting metals in the core of the arm to help in using spells? He was going to build the arm out of adamantium but thought it wise to ask. ” said dark eco, as they came close to the door the lead to the build part of the lab.

“Do you think you can use a fusion of vibranium and adamantium with a gold alloy finish to complete the ‘Infinity’ look?” Ed asked with a grin.

“We do it a lot of the time most of the things he makes for tools and armor use it, and sometimes he really goes all out on the design of something. His armor he wears a lot of the time is made to absorb energy be it direct or kinetic and store it up then release it out in one punch, I think he nicked named it, the Fist of God. Heck, most of the plates take the blow and the suit takes what's left and moves it to the fist. By what he said, it’s wise to think ahead than behind. As for the paint job, it could easily be done. Do you want some other things added, by what he said there is a lot of room to play around with.” he said looking at Ed his one glowing eye looking at him.

“Then lead the way, my dark semi-transparent friend,” Ed said with a wave of his hand. “You ten, ask your question while we walk.”

“This way then, welcome to the true lab. Now time to set things in place. How do you see this arm, the shape, the action, the tools within it, the use it needs to play.” he said looking at Ed. “We can put armor on it to help in fighting, place energy absorbers in it to help in reducing blows, and redirect it elsewhere. A hidden blade as sharp as 3 atoms thick, a hidden cannon trick. You name it I could build it.” he said looking at him.

“Do you think it’s possible to use a filament-based design. I would like that blade thing too. Hate using canons as their not an honorable weapon in one on one combat. At least that's my view of things. Yes, Rarity what is it you want to know,” Ed said look to the designer.

“I could easily put that in, maybe something to run the void energy though that's like a canon, but more magic based, got to do that with my own arm, note to self, upgrade arm with hidden cannon mount.”

“How it is that you can act so casual around the Princess, darling? You seem to be on more than friendly terms with Pyro and I can understand that you two are the same race but not the Princesses,” asked Rarity with a raised brow.

“He is married to his luna back in his world Rarity,” said Dark as he worked on the table a hologram of the arm coming up going into full detail over what goes where. “Plus he just scared the Tartarus out of them both.”

Rarity almost fainted at the mention Ed’s marriage to the Luna of his Equestria. Then again to to scaring Princesses to the point that the wouldn’t even move.

“Here are all of the Stones for the core plus a Void Sage Stone and the magically reinforced metals you asked for as well. Yes, Rarity I’m married to Luna back home is why I speak so casually with the royals here and they know that they can’t do a darn thing about it. I see Tia back home as my sister back home but that doesn’t go for this Celestia,” Ed explained crossing his arms while looking at the hologram.

“Do you want the stones on the knuckles or running up the arm hidden under the armor? Now that I look at it, the armor could work as a pair of brass knuckles too,” he said. “Just need to use magnets and a few magic welds and grab points.”

“Run them through the arm, please. Whatever you need on my part you’ll have Dark,” Ed says snapping his fingers as more materials appear.

“Alright, now the arm could open up and the blade could shoot out like a chain sword and lock together? Or straight fold out and lock in place? Or come out below the armor?” he asked

“Which would you use?” Ed asked.

“Below since it opens more room for more weapons and mods done the road, like a replusar from the Iron Man suits. And then I can add jet boots to your gift so you can have more mobile dodging capabilities.”

“Slow down a bit, please. I understand you’re getting into your work but you’re are moving really fast,” Ed says trying to keep up with making the raw materials.

“Sorry, it happens. It’s just something Twi and I share.”

“I get this way with Polearm too. I get it but just don’t go overboard. It’s just an arm. Sheesh. Freaking Timelord,” Ed says taking in a deep breath and then letting out a long sigh.

“Anyways it means now you have a few tricks to use if you need them, but if I have to, I can throw in a nice katana in with it, or do you prefer a pole staff?” asked Dark.

“Make it a laser katana like the darksaber and we have a deal, ” Ed said jumping at the opportunity.

“One lightsaber coming right up, hmmm, could have popped out into your hand. I’m getting a nice idea on how things will work,” pondered Dark as he stroked his chin.

“Heck yeah, now I need to find a Sith Displaced,” Ed said jumping into the air.

“I could teach you that, and while i’m at it, teach you the way of the voice. I tend to act like a Sith a lot of the time,” he said with a small chuckle. “Though, it means I would have to give you some of the dragon souls I got so your voice carries so good weight to it.”

“Always chose Sith in the game but went with the light side,” Ed said with a cocky grin while the ponies were scratching their heads except for Pinkie of course.

“Yeah that or a gray Jedi, why side when you can just be a user of the force.”

“There is only the force after all,” said Pinkie.

“What color you got in mind for the blade. And that's why I love you, sweetie,” he said kissing Pinkie.

“Whenever I took the color quizzes I usually got gold or bright green,” said Ed twirling his finger.

“Hmmm, could make it change from one to the other, have it change blade length while at it. Though gold strikes me as what would fit you,” he said hand on his chin, lost in the thought, pinkie mirroring him.

“So katana shaped blade, gold or green? easy enough, can fit it right here in the design. Now then one little problem. How to power the blade.” he said looking at it. “My power cells will work and could recharge when back in the arm. Yeah, I think that will work perfectly.”

“Hmmm. Could you do something like Ichigo’s Bankai Getsuga color and as for power use this,” Ed holds out his hand as a black crystal appears above it. “Void magic is hard as heck to gather and condense. Take the thing while its stable please.”

“You mean the red with a black core?” He asks. “I mean I would have to go hunt for it but could find one, tend to grow on sith homeworlds.” he grabs the crystal using his own power to force it to be stable. “This could work, just need to give energy.” As he does Pinkie looks up to Ed.

“How did you and him become such good friends?” she asks the man before her.

“Similar mindsets I guess. I did what I could to help my nieces and nephew when they summon me. Yes, my family spans the void to Princesses. Displaced are extremely powerful beings that you should keep in mind, remember. There is one called Gilgamesh that evolved into the next stage of our kind’s life cycle that is called a Void Dweller. The Void Dwellers make use looks like ants,” explained Ed with a smile.

“Seems it’s holding just need to get the body for it and a way to channel the blade. The emitter needs to be refined from the blueprints on hand. I wouldn’t mind meeting this Gilgamesh, might give me a challenge if I go all out and don’t hold back.” he said looking up from his work table as the blade was forming.

“If you two fought it would have to be in the void itself to keep from shattering and Equestria on your first full-powered blows. The hilt looks similar to a Katana's handle with a type of slanted tsuba like guard just before the emitter while there also appears to be a type of serrated block on the back of it,” explained Ed.

“This is a fine blade, just don’t become the next obi wan when it comes to the limbs getting cut off, Ed.” dark said laughing before working on the arm. He turns to the forging machine and sets it to work. “It should take a few hours to finish up and then after attaching it to your shoulder we put the cores in and it should be ready. I think we should go over what my computer as scanned and eat then see if prime is done crying like a baby.”

“HAHAHA. I think I can spare a limb or two. Reminds me, do you think we could make a leg variant of the arm?” Ed asked,

“Yes I could, I mean I keep working on mine from time to time upgrading it. Last time was a kinetic dynamo. So my arc reactors don’t need to keep working 24/7 to power it. What you got in mind?” he asked as dark walked out to the hall leaving for the war room. The original Pyro now in his place.

“My original Void Stone as a basis for the power source. I could concentrate and make a couple of copies of it and you could place them in the limbs. Since they’re copies they’d be linked to me making it so no one can use them but me. In exchange, I’ll make you one if you want,” Ed gestured.

“True that could work, for yours, I just am using the space left in mine. And thanks for the thought but, I like the way i’m going about it, makes me feel like a nerd all over again,” he said.
“So what you want in a leg?” he asked

“As much as I don’t care for them go ahead with a canon design.” Ed sighed.

“Now I just got a Scotsman vibe. From Samurai Jack. Maybe I’ll throw in that jet boot idea, and refine it. Could use it to send out a kinetic push instead of a shot, or both. Hmmm, need to think that over.”

“Prime, or rather Optimus Primal transmetal. His beast from had a jet board built into the legs,” Ed exclaimed.

“Oh yeah, I remember that now. If that’s the case I will just give you one of my jet boards from ratchet and clank.”

“Hey, whatever floats your boat bro,” Laughed Ed.

“Any of the weapons you would want while i’m thinking about it, Ed? RYNO maybe?” he asked as a grin grew on his face as childhood memories came back. He seemed lost in it.

“Holy, I just remembered the Gate of Aries. Once we come up with the weapons they’re in it,” Ed said facepalming.

“It's like the infinite pockets Deadpool uses to store all his weapons, right?” he asked. “Seems like forgetfulness is getting to you too Ed.”

“ More like the Gate contains every weapon ever thought of in existence, thus the name Gate of Aries. My mind might be one that calculates awesome stuff but it’s still that of a simple human,” Ed said shrugging.

“Oh well it happens, maybe after this and checking on the scan, and then on Prime. We can go and maybe drive on my race tracks, get some fun and games out of this stress-filled day,” he said seeming to grow a grin as the idea made him gitty.

“Heck yea, you have no idea how MUCH I’ve missed driving a fast car that’ll drop your stomach!” Ed yelled making Shining duck behind his wife and the sisters.

“Well, you name it for a car, truck, big rig, jet, plane or military. I got it. A man living as long as me and my background needs a hobby. And being black with oil and a new engine in a car frame does wonders.”

“You got one of those missile jet things? I’ve always wanted to air surf one of those suckers before.?” Ed jumped.

“Oh I might, but that’s what a jet board is for. Things are fun going up to 120 mph for a coasting speed.”

“I know but I want to surf a missile into a boat! NAWAHAHAHAHA!” Ed laughed causing the ponies to shake with the exception of Pinkie, again.

“Sure I got some around could do it, if you don’t mind I might join ya. Nothing like blowing something up to get some stress out.”

“Are you two completely nuts!” screamed a frantic purple pony

“From the day I was born I’ve had a few screws loose, but as years passed by more and more have come loose,” Pyro said.

“Sanity and Insanity are one and the same. They don’t really exist. Especially, for those beings like us,” explained Ed with a wide smile.

“Here put these on Ed, we can race up the air vents to the city then to the war room, you guys know how to get there, and don’t go poking my stuff, Got it girls?!” he said tossing two boots to Ed. Looking at the sisters mainly Celestia.

“Sure. And don’t go poking into my mind Luna. You won’t come back the same pony if you do,” added Ed.

“Ready?”

“Is Tartarus on fire?”

“No, but I am, As I can’t burn because I already am on fire!”

“As a famous hero once said FLAME ON!”

“On three. One two three!”

“WOOHOO!”

And like two rockets they blasted off into the vents leaving behind some scared and confused girls. “What are cars, trunks, and big rigs?”

“Best if you girls don’t ask,” said Pinkie with a giggle.

“You think Pinkie said the line?” asked Ed

“Hold on to your underwear, time to go to 11. YEAH, she did!”

“YEAH! HERE COMES THE BOOM!”

“1 mile left before we shoot off from the vents.”

“Rainbow, eat your heart out!”

“Hope Prime likes a hotfoot sundae!”

“I hope he would want something, I mean he has Discords powers right? Couldn’t he make himself have a stomach?”

“Point made. Man sometimes magical immunity sucks.”

“Here we go, time for the boom, let's make ourselves known.”

“3… 2… 1… BOOM!”

“Boom baby!”

The top of the vent system explodes as two rockets blast out of it, both still going up until they readjust their course. As they flew to the balcony that hung out said but landed switching to hover mode and fly down the halls.

“Hey, Ed, watch this,” said Pyro as he jumped on to the wall and began jumping from one to the next.

“These things are a parkours worst nightmare,” Ed laughed.

“Helps when you need to hover if your wings are gone or you need to get some distance,” he said grabbing a column and spinning around it

“Never had wings cause they’d be too much of a hassle,” Ed said as he leaned back in an air chair. “I can because of my Envy skill but like I said hassles.”

“I have and still do. I just don’t like pulling them out, it still feels unnatural to me,” said Pyro as he started jumping up and floating using his wings. One was full of black feathers the other was just pure bones. Yet it still acted as it should.

“Nice look on ya but not my style,” Ed says a pair of metal sword like wings that were colored red on top and silver on the bottom of the feathers came out of his back.

“Yeah, it’s why I don’t let them out much, they look odd on me,” he said as the wings fell against his body and disappeared.

“Like I said a hassle. No matter what I want they come out looking like this when i’m in human form,” Ed said as his own wings turned to dust.

“Yeah, the left one I had ripped off its why it’s nothing but bones now. Well looks like our stop is coming up.”

“If the data is still loading up and Prime is still shaking like a leaf like my two sides are saying we will go to the race track. Oh, I almost forgot, ever played twisted metal?”

“Heard of it never played it,” Ed said with a shrug.

“Well, it's like a big death battle with cars and trucks. And well, I've got some if the maps set up and we can use those rigs or the ones from my mad max collection,” he said looking at ed.

“So basically we try and kill each other with cars, sweet,” Ed smiled.

“Remote control cars but yeah, fun as heck though.”

“No fun if it’s remote control. Course some of us cam regenerate from grievous injury instantly to,” Ed commented as something started to vibrate in his pocket. “Oh no.”

“There are some we can drive ourselves, and I forgot my death race collection as well. I mean I can regenerate too but it's harder once you're a red paste on the wall or around ya. I’m not like the t 1000 from Terminator 2, yet.” he said. “What’s wrong?”

“My wife is calling me,” Ed said with a crack in his voice.

“Go for it, we are at the war room now anyway and I can start work on the data and maybe snap Prime back to here in now,” he said looking at ed then the bot in question. “Just say you're with a friend helping him and you will be home soon, lol. But could always bring her here I don’t mind.”

“Okay here goes and as much as I would like that we just got back from a week in our nephew’s world when I was summoned to Prime’s world. So thanks but no she’s needed back home,” Ed said pulling out his token as the watch popped open and the hands start to spin a screen was displayed from the watch face She a very human looking Princess of the night but with a horn, wings and a tail with a deep worry in her eye.

“Damn Ed, no wonder you feel in love with her, if their mother looked like that, I’d still be there then here.”

“Perverted Displaced, are you the one who summoned my husband?” demanded the new Luna.

“No that would be the cry baby in the corner over there. And truth be told you could call me father seeing I am the father of a few of my own alicorns,” he said resting a hand on his chin. “You were always so cute when you were foul.”

“You are not my father. His name was Flare Stars. I am well aware of your age and power though. Perks of a void traversing call. Please in all seriousness how long will this Displacement last Ed?” asked Luna as she grabbed the bridge of her nose.

“Didn’t say you were mine, lulu. Just saying there are a few of you sisters that were mine. And I’m still proud of them, no matter what happens, even with nightmare moon.” he said now looking down. “Corse my luna’s nightmares were worse,” he said quietly. “Not much longer, just about to take your hubby out to my race track so we both can get some stress off our shoulders from what has happened these last few hours. I mean unless you want to come here and join in the fun,” he said as the computer beeped and he looked at it.

“As long as he can come back in the next two days. Tia is acting really weird and worried about something. Hurry Ed she said this hinges on you for some reason,” sighed Luna.

“Well your lover can count on me if he needs a powerhouse on his side,” Py,ro said looking up at the call, his eyes shining.

“I’ll be back as soon as the metal guy says I can go home Luna,” Ed says Pointing to Prime still in sleep mode.

“I will make sure he stays alive for you Luna, that’s a father’s promise,” Pyro said looking at her.

“Urah, Displaced such as you give others a bit of a bad name from time to time. Ed, please be careful. And no more Void Dweller visits, please,” Luna asked with worry in her voice.

“Good thing I’m used to hearing that, even as a filly she had the royal voice down pat,” Pyro said with a chuckle.

“Alright Luna, Talk to ya later,” Ed said closing the watch and then throwing it to Pyro. “My token. You can talk to anyone who has one. Including my family.”

“Thanks, what was up before you got summoned?” he asked

“Children of the Night Cult and debating to whether or not to let Nyx exist,” Ed says walking over to Prime and flicking him on the foot.

“Oh, Them,” he said his dark clone in the room growing till he hit the ceiling. “I’ve heard tales of them. Are they evil or just a cult?”

“I’m going to let Nyx come into being as I can’t deny her existence and its not even a cult. They’re just a group of mind-controlled ponies. It’s Nightmare’s jealousy and anger behind it all really. The ritual goes off but isn’t completed and goes on to create a filly Nightmare Moon. She is found by Twi and she goes on to raises her and grows to love her like a daughter. Even going so far to call her Nyx her daughter,” Ed explained with a sigh of hopeful regret. “Nyx being incomplete didn’t get the anger and jealousy that led to Nightmare’s creation in the first place. She deserves to exist.”

“Hmmm maybe she was worried over Nyx since its tied to bad memories, but this group sounds dangerous. Well, you could call on me should things go south. Just make sure to aim my landing point away from ya, cause I will be coming armed to the teeth and ready to go to town.” he said tossing his blade to ed, the Terrablade glowing its calming green.

“Thanks but I have a plan to let things play out until I have to intervene. I haven’t told anyone that Nyx will be born from the incomplete spell either. I just hope I can in act the plan before Tia does something that leads to the rebirth of Nightmare Moon completely,” Ed said looking at the Terrablade and then putting it in his Endless carry bag.

“Well I hope things play to your plan, but knowing the universe it will find a way to mess with it. Let's hope she doesn’t ed, lets hope,” he said grabbing the watch, and clipping it to a chain and putting it in his pocket watch pocket. “Welp time to wake Prime up. Come on you cry baby time to wake up.”

“I don’t think he is going to wake up, anytime soon, Ed,” he said, the two girls looking at there father/lover worry on there faces. “Sorry for leaving you two behind, and forgetting about ya as well. Me and Rd just really got into our thoughts and over building his new arm and the reactor getting messed with.”

“It’s alright you did take off right after that and your light self came and got us to the war room and we’ve been talking to them and overlooking him.” Sari said, looking to her lover once more. “Though seeing your others disappear and reappear, was a shock for sure. Though they did fill us in, tough time?”

“Just please, don’t bring it up. I’m angry enough as it is,” he said taking a breath, and then watching his dark clone shrink back down. “So how is the little one doing?”

“We had A little bit of a situation with Twilight and the Royals Sari. Don’t ask any more than that. How are you doing little one? I know this place might be a little scary for you,” Ed said kneeling down to Nyx.

“I’m alright, I just want to know what’s wrong with daddy. Why won’t he open his eyes, why won’t he move?” she said getting more and more scared and worried.

“Your daddy’s fine. He’s just in sleep mode right now. He should wake up soon though. Oh, I have an Idea. Pyro you wouldn’t happen t have an Ocarina like the one from Pokemon the movie 2000 would you?” asked Ed.

“He might brag over how strong he is, but everyone gets tired from a fight, and the one we were in might have drained him dry, he should wake up soon, like Ed said,” he said looking at the girl, a smile on his face showing his fatherly side for a moment. “I might give me a few moments,” he responded before standing back up and walking out the door. He came back holding a blue one, it looked strange, but it would still work. “Here you go, Ed. Best one I could find from a Pinkie stash.”

“That’ll work. Is this the one I think it is?” Ed says looking over the instrument.

“It might be knowing her, but to check,” he said before playing a small tune, a storm starting outside. “Yep, it’s the one we thought it was,” he said handing it to Ed. “I’m going to deal with the storm,” he said walking to the window opening it and shouting out something. “Lok Vah Koor!” The storm stopped right after. He closed it once more before sitting in his chair. His eyes had taken on a dragonic look to them, burning a deep crimson red.

“Well, hope the song I have in mind helps you, little one. It’s from a different universe from the one Grandpa Pyro just played so it won’t summon a storm. It’s called Symphony of Lugia,” Ed said as he started to play the Ocarina a few of his shadows appeared with other instrument and joined in the symphony.

“It shouldn’t, I hope, but should be able to fix it,” he said rubbing his throat a little. Coughing a little, like he had taken in some smoke, and was having a hard time. “Thanks for reminding me of my age, and what I am to her,” he said as small chuckle coming out before returning to a cough. “Carries a nice ring to it, I think. Grandpa Pyro, I like it.”

“ Sorry about that my friend. I’ve always had an affinity for music. Goes back to before I was even Displaced. I never played more than the French Horn in high school but all the years of wondering and different cultures require you to gain abilities for adapting and the music was how I was able to do that. Course I talk about wandering to a Timelord who has a better understanding of that myself,” Ed says with a smile.

“So did I, but I was more an electric guitar kind of guy or an acoustic guitar. Kinda echo’s to my boredom when I was in a bed for 6 months due to my loss of limbs,” he said looking to the left arm and holding it with his right. “Thank god this came to me first. Even if it was slower during that time,” he said musing over the past.

“Do you ever miss your life as a Human Pyro?” asked Ed as a twinge of sadness in his face. “I didn’t even have a bad life. Sure I didn’t make much money but I was happy for the most part. If I had the choice between this life and my old one again, I’d choose this every time. I hope Prime will be able to see the joys being a Displaced can bring him. Like having you two in his life,” Ed said looking to Sari and Nyx with a smile.

“Sometimes Ed, but the pain of my past, makes me start thinking to the current than the past. Too much has happened that I rather forget. I mean I still think like a human so that is good, even if some things from pony land seep in, like there swears or mannerisms. And I think he will just give it time.” he said, his age showing fall bore once more, till the point he looked old. His hair was fully gray with white mixing in, his skin seemed to sag. Scars fully showing. His eyes still seemed sad, and old. “Didn’t he have a sister?” he asked unaware of his look.

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