'Oh fuck.'

Time slowed to a crawl, allowing me to let out a barrage punches into his body, each it with more power than the last, and moved out of the way.

Resuming time, he crashed into the door behind me, and bounced back instantly with a high kick aimed at my head.

Raising both of my arms to block it, he pulled back quickly and caught me off guard with a punch to the helmet, cracking the visor and sending me rolling to the opposite side of the room.

Slamming into the wall, I swayed from the pain and looked back up. I tilted my head as he hit the wall and cracked a majority of the room, the very ground shaking from that attack.

Taking advantage of his slight confusion and landed a powerful elbow into the side of his knee, earning a growl of pain from him.

I went for another blow to push him back, but he caught it with his free hand and threw one of his own. I caught it, if not barely, and we struggled. He had the advantage, yet he dared me to break off first. Since we were both the same entity basically, we tried to overpower the other.

Maneuvering his fist to the side, I deflected his attack into the wall while I used my now freed hand to flash his visor with a bright light and struck his ab plate with a palm strike.

He staggered back, and I created an energy staff. I used the momentum of it being spawned to launch myself at him.

Falling back to what I learned long ago, I hit his helmet with one end of the staff, following up with the other side. His helmet had bright white burn marks, and in an attempt to strike back he went for a palm strike himself. I blocked it with a side sweep of the arc staff and made for another strike to the head.

It connected, and he was knocked back into the other wall.

Spinning the electrically charged staff once into the air, I went for a bat swing to his head again. He caught it and pulled me in. Grabbing me by the throat, he lifted me up and slammed me into the ground, my armor creaking as his spare hand ripped off a piece of my chest armor.

"Useless!" He said, watching me struggle against his grip.

I raised my palm to his helmet and blasted him with an arc reactor, pushing him off of me, and I allowing me to roll away.

Using the universal pull, I saw him flying towards me and I sidestepped, letting him hit the wall. As he passed me, he managed to not only grab me but pulled me along, using me as a cushion to ease his crash.

His other knee dug into my ab plate, using his mass to send me further into the wall.

Bringing up my hand for another blast, he slapped it aside and went for another blow, the beam from the blast burning a long scorch line across the wall and ceiling.

Bringing in my elbow to counter his attack, we traded blows, his power diminishing faster than mine and his armor beginning to chip from hitting the re-enforced armor plating in my arms.

He pulled back, shaking his hand from pain and watched me with a frustrated glare.

Hoping off of the wall, I extended my right hand out and bending it slightly, along with bringing my left hand to my elbow, forming the base of the Wing Chun stance.

"You remembered." He said, his voice distorted.

"I never forgo-" He cut me off as he rushed me again, taking me by surprise.

In his attempt to land a hit, I summoned a banana at his feet, and watched him slip on it and into my quickly incoming stomp.

Kicking him away, I gave chase and reeled in my fist for a charged punch, my power leaking from my body and spiraling around my fist and giving a brighter light from the room itself, almost in an ethereal light.

Hitting the ground, he sprung off almost flawlessly and saw my attack coming in quickly.

He threw one as well, and our fist connected, my attack blinding both of us.

A powerful wave of pressure, thermal heat, and raw power hit the room, causing the walls to crack and splinter along every surface.

Both of us were sent back into the opposite walls. I didn't know what he had left, but I knew that I had to trap him to kep damage to a minimal.

Crawling out of my second hole and standing, my body reacted on its own and bent backwards to avoid a spear flying through where my chest would be.

I noticed that he was above me, and I had to slow time again to get out of the way of his downwards spiral into me.

I shot a disk, but it pinged off of his spear. It looked much like my own, except that it was blood red instead of my natural light blue.

"You're starting to piss me off!" He shouted, his power surging and expelling off of him erratically, his body seeming to crack and splinter along the armor and into his flesh.

"Likewise, bitch!" I shot back, also pushing my power off to compete. There was a way I could get out of this, and I had an idea.

I charged first, which he mirrored instantly.

He swung and I dodged under, raising my fist as I tried to go for an uppercut to his jaw.

He let it nearly connect, before bringing the butt of the spear to strike me into the helmet, nearly breaching the integrity of my protection.

Being swatted away wasn't a part of my plan, but it only made for a better one.

Quickly slamming my hand onto the ground, my shadow shot over to him and trapped him in my temporary prison.

He simply imploded in a plume of smoke, and I noticed that there was something underground.

Upon breaking the surface with a punch, he reared it back and launched it with the clear intent to kill.

That is, if I didn't punt him like a football.

He crashed into the wall and landed on the floor with a hard thwack. Then I shot him with all the disks in on my and set their energy output to maximum.

I took a breather and looked at my evil version with both disgust and frustration.

"I'm going to go now. Later fuck face." I grunted, walking off to the door. I reached to the now materialized handle and grabbed it, giving it a slight turn.

"Do you know why Spar doesn't trust the Light Bearer?" He asked suddenly.

I looked back at him, temped to just ignore him.

"Why?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me in that instant and turned to glare down at him.

"Let me go and I'll tell you."

'Obviously a trap.'

"I don't know. You can easily break out of those disks, what makes you think that I'm just going to fall for that trap?" I countered.

"Well, you do want to know, right?"

Weighing my choices, I'd rather not continue fighting. But then again, he might not be lying as I also needed this information, but I wasn't sure if the risk was worth it.

Letting go of the handle, I created another energy staff and had it ready in case he did something.

"What're you going to do with that? Kill me if you don't like what you hear?" He asked.

"Yes."

"Makes sense."

Deactivating the disks on his body, which I wasn't sure why he didn't do so himself, I watched him intently. He got up and looked at me. His aura began to start again, and I glared at him.

"I knew that you were actually this stupid. But hey, I might as well tell you this since you won't be seeing much of the real world anyways." He said, giving a small laugh. I simply scoffed.

"The Light Bearer, wants to kill the other Bearers. Which means, he wants to take over the entirety of the multiverse. I don't know what happened to your memory, but I'll show you all the other bearers he killed that Spar showed me with her vision." He explained.

The room then turned dark, and I saw the supposed Light Bearer. The vision was frayed, but probably due to the room having taken the most damage since it felt like it connected directly to the vision.

He was a human that wore armor similar to my own, or at least looked like it, but something seemed off almost instantly.

He wore a mask that covered his face, had a slightly tanned skin tone, and had red hair and a right blue eye, and a green left eye. That was all the facial features I could see. He had a sword on his back that looked like a Katana, but it gave off a feeling of wrongness that I didn't like at all, almost uncanny.

There was another person he was facing. It was a dark hooded figure that had a scythe in their pale white hands, and two dimly lit pupils that were under the dark hood.

"Why have you faced me, Light Bearer. The laws of death must be obeyed, and by coming to my realm, you have willingly made yourself a target. You have precisely 28 seconds before they arrive and kill you, so make it quick and leave my domain."

His eyes were cold and calculating, yet his stance was that of a madman. He looked like he had won yet was almost disheartened about it.

"I've come for your element, Death Bearer."

"You will find nothing save for the blade of my scythe embedded in your chest should you continue to threaten me, boy. I know why you're here. For your lost ones, am I correct?" Death said, the orbs becoming narrow.

"I'm not here for that. I'm here for your element. Either give it to me, or you will find yourself trapped inside your own domain as a soul."

"So, you have chosen to die. We shall find another Light Bearer, one that represents the Light in its truest sense, instead of the impure bastardization before me." Death said, raising his scythe and bringing the handle down, slamming it into the ground and raising several of the dead, which looked like large angels made of stone.

"So be it." The Light Bearer said, unsheathing his Katana.

It shone a brilliant white, a great contrast to the black handle with red lining. The room was illuminated, and the room showed a large graveyard. Before they could partake in battle, the surrounding place flickered to another scene, the walls crumbling slightly as it changed the landscape for the vision.

It was in a sunny field. There was birds and critters running around. A great contrast from the previous realm. There was a wide variety of animals near each other, and in between it all, sat a woman. She had green skin and wore vines that hugged her figure beautifully. She seemed content, with her oak brown hair, and deep green eyes.

"Life Bearer. You don't seem worried about my presence." Light Bearer said, materializing near her in a flash of white.

"Call me Gaia. And I've been expecting you. If you must do what you should, then do it. I just want to be here with a while longer." She said, her voice reminding me of a mother.

They were silent, no sound except for the light ambience of the forest around them.

"Don't be shy, sit with me. I want to be near my wonderful creations, you included." She said, patting the ground near her.

"..." Light didn't say anything and took a seat.

They stayed like that for a while, Gaia enjoying Light's presence while Light just sat there.

"..."

"..."

"It's time."

Gaia let out a sigh.

"..."

"Are you sure this is the way you want to go? You can still turn back. I can return everyone you've lost for a bit, just for clarity in their deaths.."

"..."

"Just so you know, whatever befalls upon you, is what you deserve. Do you understand love?" She said, cupping his cheek lightly.

He stared at her without emotion, his hand raising up and grabbing hers tightly.

"I'll do what I have to, so the next ones won't suffer as well."

Removing her hand, he got up and unsheathed his sword.

"I take no pride in this, but this is the only way this can end without further conflict. I've lost them all, so you don't have to." He said, pointing it at her.

"I, and forever will, love you, my creation. No matter how far you've strayed, you will find the rest you seek."

He brought the sword up, and it flickered again. The whole room was dark, and everything was shifted back to normal.

"Remember, I will be in here whenever you decide to need me." Past me said, walking up to me. I didn't let him get close as I swung my weapon. He seemed to have at least some common sense, as he jumped back.

"Remember."

He fully vanished, and I stood there. I was disturbed from how outlandish he was. How can someone even go so far as to kill several of their own kind? This didn't seem right, but I was sure I couldn't face him alone.

What about the other elements? What about the Dark Bearer, Harmony Bearer, or even the last Bearer that was chosen, Spar?

I think that's what I'm going to find out, whether it kills me or not.

The door to the other side of the room opened, two stone walls retracting and revealing several weapons and gadgets. One in particular, was a Storage Unit.

I walked over to the small device. Picking it up, I inspected it, using my helmets interface to scan it.

There was a marking on it that was Morse code, and upon translating it only read two words.

"Save Them."

Shoving it into my pocket, I looked at the armor that was set on a table. All worn and battle crusted. Some chips in its paint, and quite a bit of dust in between the folds.

Taking off my cracked helmet, I picked up the olden one that was attached to the suit.

After brushing off some of the dust from the thin visor, I inspected it. Untouched by time, it looked like a Forerunner helmet. One of the warrior types, that is. It still looked functional, and I had the Idea to put it on. After cleaning the inside of the helmet first, that is. Via, imagination.

Putting it on, it didn't seem to have the power needed to run it. So, I poured a small margin of my own into it through a port.

It hummed to life immediately, and it began reading out signals I wasn't aware I could get.

Thermal. Night vision. Scramble. Sentinel Vision. Promethean Vision. 10x zoom. Added Accuracy. Auto Correction. And more. I was surprised on how many abilities this thing had. It was more than what my current armor had, that's for sure.

Looking at the armor, I wondered what kind of other things this thing had. But for now, I would have to store it in something to keep it from restricting my armor.

Going through the settings, I looked for anything that could help me compact it easier. It had the shape of a human, so maybe I should leave this for my Human form.

Once I found the compact option, there was a few of them.

The first one was Nano-material. I normally had this for most of my armors.

The next one was a sub-space storage that would be stored tightly against the user's body, and wouldn't come out unless they activated it.

Another one was similar to the Star Lord helmet that is retractable to small locations set to the body with fingerprint recognition, and smallness.

And the last one, since it was essentially hard light armor, was the ability to simply disappear and reappear. Possibly to a specific storage spot or portable pocket dimension.

Pocket dimensions are kinda weird to me, since I wouldn't be too sure on how time works there and how much space would be needed. Power, I can supply, but I wasn't sure how much to begin with.

I then tried to test the water with pocket dimensions. Should I go with the ocular ones like the Kamui, or something like a ball or device. SCP-106 came to mind, but that would be gross leaving all that mucus everywhere.

It didn't work. I just erased the armor by accident. But hey, new helmet, right?

Looking over to the rest of the items littered across the floor, most of them weren't salvageable. Meaning I came here for only a small amount of stuff.

Luna's sword that I made was here too, but it was old and rusted, probably due to the dryness or humidity. I couldn't feel it since I was wearing a suit, but the same couldn't be said for the other stuff.

Scrounging what I could, there was Luna's sword, a halberd that was lined with a rusty type of metal, a picture, when I cleaned, revealed a young Luna and what looked like me on my phone.

There was also a hole in the wall, that when I pushed, crumbled.

I probably should have left it there, because there was literately a small army's worth of weapons and armor, vehicles, and what looked like a control panel that was still active.

"Well shit. Looks like I'll need a bigger bag." I said, realizing that I didn't have one.

"Oh, right." I said, and materialized a red sack that had some rope to tie at the end.

"Looks like Christmas came early." I chuckled.

Using my magic, I levitated everything and shoved it into the sack. That included the vehicles first, then armor, and the weapons that were in their respective lockers.

Now the control panel, I wasn't sure about. Walking up to it the three monitors that were lined up, each showed numbers and estimations. I wasn't sure about what, but it was enough to get my attention.

It showed a diagram of the solar system. Equis, the sun, which was a lot smaller and the size of Earth's moon, and the moon. Which was half the size of Earth's. There were also some other planets too, but they were just labeled after the same ones from home, with the addition of 2, electric boogaloo.

There was also a large beacon that had an Identification trailing just behind the moon, called Eternal Vision. There was also some other things too, like Online Status, Life Support, Diagnostics, Weapons Systems, Activated Cryogenic Pods, and Crew Members.

But what had caught my attention was the numbers that was calculating trajectory. And if what I'm seeing is right, then it should land somewhere near the Badlands. 7.5 miles near some place called Apploosa in about two weeks. There was also more pings beyond the moon, and near Saturn, but they were called Cells, so I ignored them for now.

This seemed to be self-regulated but I noticed that there was a breach in the hull near the Cryogenic storage chambers. The cause seemed to be something impacting the side of the ship with enough force to cause enough damage to break any fault lines and sink certain parts of the ship into the ocean.

In an attempt to view the video logs, I went into the security footage.

What I saw kinda scared me.

There was a long line of tubes, each being able to hold about one average sized human per chamber. The room itself was large enough that dozens of people could be stored and there would still be room for more.

In one of the chambers, was a human. That was me, peacefully sleeping frozen dreams and knowing nothing of the outside world.

The Cryogenic Chambers were located on the lower part of the ship. Hiding in the underbelly of the hull and in the thickest part of the armored vessel. I highly doubted that anyone aside from Luna or Celestia could get to it, and I know Discord can't reach it. All seemed in order. The occasional creak of the empty ship that would echo throughout the empty halls, and the gentle hum of the ship being in a dull state of inactivity.

Suddenly, the ship as a whole jerked violently, knocking off anything that wasn't bolted down and rattling doors in their place. The metal on the opposite side of where I was located warped and alarms were triggered, along with the sirens and emergency contingencies that would be enabled during a time like this.

The wall continued to warp, bursting several of the empty cryo chambers before everything stopped. The security feed paneled over to a new sector, the exterior of the ship. From what was visible, there was a rather large meteor that had struck the side of the hangar. The ship was beginning to spin erratically, and the Trajectory Correction System was attempting to correct its course behind the moon to try and use its gravity to stabilize itself.

Another contingency enacted, and the feed switched back over to the Cryogenic Chambers. Thawing from the frozen state, was an unconscious me that fell to the ground almost instantly, my body coughing and sputtering as the fluid inside was violently ejected from within.

Several minutes passed, and another contingency enacted, my body seemed to glow slightly from something else pulling the strings. There were several items scattered around. Most of them something I could easily recognize.

My backpack, a box that said "Fragile" labeled S.U. (Storage Unit), and something that I remember seeing on multiple occasions, but was for sure lost.

A photograph.

My body was surrounded by a bubble of energy, and so was the S.U. and backpack.

The side of the wall lit up with red lights, and detonated the side of the hull, leaving me to be sucked out into the darkness of space, and flinging me towards the planet.

The camera was then shifted back to the outside of the hull, where it showed me bouncing around in a bubble towards the planet, while the meteor was tossed into the ocean, where nobody would feel it besides the ones on the shore. Hopefully no one was able to see it.

That was a few weeks ago, and the ship was now losing power, which means that it would be unable to follow the Moon's course as planned, and slowly fall towards the planet's natural gravitational pull. There were several flaming dots falling towards the planet, and I was one of them, and unconscious the whole time within my bubble.

I figured that's how I came back, but how did I get up there in the first place? Why was there a ship trailing near the moon? Why was I in Cryogenic Stasis? I had several questions in my mind all firing at once, but I figured they'll be answered in due time.

After I finished stuffing everything into my bag, I made one last check throughout the large room. Even though I wasn't going to let them anywhere near these weapons, I kind of wanted to keep them in case something happens. Maybe pull them out and be a bit irresponsible from time to time.

Going over to the monitor one last time, I looked through the settings and tried to see if there was anything that was jamming the radio.

Letting out a yawn, I looked at the red sack. It didn't really feel that heavy. It might've been due to the reason that I was abnormally strong, but hey, who am I to argue with that. For all I know, the sack could just be an extra special bag of carrying.

Finally finding it, I noticed that the jammer was in the rooms themselves, and that the only way to turn them off was to break them.

And upon going through the maps, it was the one just outside the first room where I fought my other self. The jammer had already taken damage but needed a more direct approach to disable.

Plugging my armor into a port, I then transferred all the data into my suit. It took a while, so I figured I should rest for now.

Estimated Time Of Full Download: 20 Minutes It read.

I decided that it would be best if I ate something that'll keep me going. So I made some cooked meat and ate it. While it didn't compare to the salmon, it was enough to keep me satisfied. I never figured out if my pony body could handle meat, but maybe I can play with that later. I also created something to drink. A lemonade with a moderate amount of sugar.

Once I finished, I gave my body a stretch, and looked at the download process.

Estimated Time Of Full Download: 4 Hours

"Yo what the fuck!?" I shouted, appalled at the audacity.

Going on a theory, I went off and destroyed the room that was blocking the signal. It was quick, as I just deleted it and stomped on the ashes it left behind.

Going over to the monitors I saw that it was finished. What is this using, Internet Explorer? Java!?

Pulling the device out of the port, it gave me live schematics with the trajectory and time of impact, along with other things that I will need to look into for further reference regarding the retrieval project.

Hauling the red sack over my shoulder, I then made my way back with my group. It was no doubt it was night time, and that they had taken refugee in the olden castle.

Stifling a yawn, I walked, but hummed a song on my way back. While I was making my way downtown, walking fast, I figured that I could go up through the crevice that I made when I fought Luna's corrupted self to not fight through the horde again.

Flying up, I then took into account how much damage I had actually done to the forest, and sent a drone to explore the entirety of the damage.

Heading over to the rest of the group, I checked their location, and saw that they were in a large room, with all of the other prisoners in there with them.

Changing into my pony disguise, I walked into the building, and they welcomed me back.

"Dear Franz!" Luna said, rushing me and tackling me into a hug.

Dropping the bag with an audible crunch, I winced as I could only imagine what had broken before returning the affection back to Luna.

"That's my name, what's up?" I asked, looking at her while she tried to bury her face in my chest, despite the armor not allowing her.

"The prisoners have been dealt with and will be facing the harshest of punishments for attacking royalty! They shall rue the day they have come to Equestria for their greed!" She growled, anger in her voice.

"Cool."

"Permission to speak, sir." Thunderlane asked, concern etched in his tone.

"Granted."

"What happened to you?" He asked.

Luna took notice to my battle worn armor.

"Franz! What did thou come across to receive such damage to thou!? How powerful was the spell?" She asked, worry evident in her voice.

"It's nothing. Mostly just some of the wildlife that got to me." I said, blaming the red dog things. A lie to be sure, but one that I would take in stride when I deal with it. Fuck you future me, it's your problem now.

"If it was the wildlife, then they were pretty strong to be able to make those dents into your armor." Field Note said, walking up to me to look at my armor closer.

"Yep. Say, are we heading back now? I think that we got everything we needed." I asked, looking at Luna. She looked at me with a look of disbelief.

"And how will we be able to transport these prisoners? Perhaps a mass teleportation will suffice?" She said, throwing out an idea.

"I suppose we could leave them here and I could wipe their memories. Not to mention we take what we can from them and teleport them back to their homelands." I offered, but Luna looked at me with a shocked look.

"What?" I asked, not sure why they were giving me the looks they were.

"Franz, as much as that makes sense, this is clearly unethical and morally wrong! Not to mention that this would be a misuse of one's time and status." She said, somewhat unnerved.

"It was just a suggestion. I mean, I wouldn't want that either, but if we were to do that, then we wouldn't have the breach in secrecy in the operation. We would get what we needed, they would get to go home, wherever it was, without remembering what happened here except the fact that they completed their own mission. That's how I see a win-win situation. Both parties get what they needed, and we maintain the security of the mission." I explained.

"While that would seem best for the situation, we simply cannot act as god for the better of Equestria. We are The Royal Family, not goddesses.

'But I am a god.' I said, before backing off of that statement. Maybe not going down that line of thought is better. Oh, wait, IDEA!

"Or, hear me out, we take them into the dungeons for attacking a member of the Royal Family. Then we can hold a private court for their assault, and when it's all done and over, we give them a portion of their lost goods on grounds that they are to not speak of this incident. Yeah?" I offered.

"That sounds... better. We shall send a letter to sister for more chariots and guards then." She said, looking over me again.

"Alright. Sounds good." I replied.

Looking over the group of prisoners, most of them were sleeping. Save for a few of them who looked at me with frightened stares.

Turning away from them, I figured I could get some rest. But first, I was going to load something into my suit.

Lighting up my horn, I pulled out the last Storage Unit and began downloading it's contents. It would take a while, but I would be able to read it once I wake up, or whenever I had time.

Closing my eyes, I hoped that I could get some answers about the other entities. I had a few questions, but I didn't have to worry about them right now. Just needed to focus on this when we wake up.

Feeling myself begin to drift off, I felt a presence lay next to me.

Cracking open one of my eyes to take a gander, I saw Luna with me in her armor. Pulling off my helmet, hers folded back into it's capsule.

"Tired?" I asked.

She gave a light nod.

"Yeah, me too."

I pulled her close and passed out soon after.

I wonder what the dream world would have to offer?

---

Several memories played through my mind as I slept. Most of them nothing more than a blur as I wasn't looking for anything specific.

I stopped at one certain one. My battle with Tirek. I didn't know why, but I always had a thing for fighting. Even if I wasn't one for it before I got this power.

I was doing a mean job at keeping him at bay. Though I couldn't be sure why I was summoning a ton, or several tons, of lube and bananas at his legs. Poor bastard couldn't even stand to shoot an attack.

Skipping this one, and chuckling a bit, I let myself float in the dream realm. I knew that Luna might be here soon, so I made the surrounding into a dojo with several training dummies around for practice.

Walking up to the wooden dummy, I thought to how Ip man would fight, and practiced until either I got bored or summoned an opponent.

The sound of wood clanking within it's loosened joints resonated throughout the room. My mind focused, and my movements calm.

Mixing in a light kick, I pushed it off to the side a bit and followed with grab and brought it back.

I thought about what was inside the Storage Unit. What, who, and where were the other Bearers? I know that Death and Life are gone, but what about Spar? Dark? Harmony? I knew where Discord was at, but I wasn't sure what would happen when I saw him.

My movements were becoming more fluid.

Then there's the other content inside the Unit. There's bound to be some information inside there about them. And if not, then I could run some tests to see if I could find them.

My eyes closed, and my movements quickened.

There's also that Light Bearer guy who's wanting to kill us. I didn't even know what he wanted, or if there was a time limit like The Eternal Vision. Did he want my Element? Was he just becoming rampant? Perhaps of old age? He was the Bearer of Light, so it was kind of ironic that he was corrupted.

Loud clacking became more profound, along with the occasional thwack.

I didn't want to leave my Element. I like it by now. Sure, it gets annoying, but I learned to control it after a while. I think that I had made my Element my own, but why did I need it? What was its purpose? Not knowing the answers was frustrating, but I couldn't just tell anyone.

A powerful kick pushed the dummy away, but I grabbed it again and pulled it back deftly.

Sure, Ditzy knew I was a Human, one with power that she wasn't aware of, but even then, I don't know my definable limit. Was it limitless? Infinite? I didn't know, but I didn't want to find out. It didn't seem infinite, almost like a muscle that grows with continuous use, and a damn powerful one at that.

Standing on one leg, I was unknowingly beginning to break the dummy. It reformed as soon as pieces began flying off of it to keep up with my attacks.

But how powerful were the others? Were they just as strong as me? Or were they stronger? I didn't have a clue, as I wasn't able to watch any of them fight each other. And how old were they? Surely at least older than me.

My fists were pounding relentlessly into the wood, as the arms could no longer withstand the force of each blow as their reforming began to struggle to keep up.

How long would I be able to live? Longer than Luna? Longer than Celestia? I didn't want to lose them. Or was there a limit? Surely there had to be a limit, or else there would be the same people that would create the same worlds over and over again. Could we create worlds? I wasn't sure, but it definitely seems possible.

Reeling my fist back, I released the final blow, but stopped short.

Opening my eyes, the dummy was in horrible condition, barely able to hold it's form after my barrage of strikes as it was starting to lean and sag.

Sighing, I knew that I wouldn't be able to get these answers until I opened the Storage Unit. Or at least crack into some of it.

"Thou have many thoughts going through your mind, do you?" Luna said, suddenly next to me.

"Yeah. You could say so."

"Doth thee, wish to talk about it?" She asked me.

"I don't know if I should. On one hand, think I should do it by myself, and on the other, I want to tell you. But I'm not sure how you'll react to it." With a flick of a finger, the dummy broke apart and was sent flying into the wall.

"Remember, thou can tell us anything. We won't judge you on your past mistakes." She said.

"And what about you? I haven't heard anything of concern from you at all since I returned." I replied.

"There is nothing to say! Thou art the perfect mate, and we wouldn't want any other stallion! There is nothing to complain about!" She exclaimed.

"Are you sure?" I said flatly.

"Quite. Although, thou can speak with us if thou feels overwhelmed. We certainly wouldn't mind as it is our duty to do so!" She exclaimed.

I gave a light chuckle. In my human form, I was taller than her by a good margin. And probably the same size as Celestia if she didn't have a horn.

"What is it? Do we say something humorous?"

"You're just cute."

She huffed at that, and made a pout.

"We are The Princess of the Night. We are made to be the guardian and protector of the dream-realm, and thou thinks we are 'cute'?" She said, raising a hoof to her chest and flaring her wings a bit.

"Yes."

She glared at me.

"Then we shall take this as a challenge and prove to thou that we are more than just 'cute', that we can be appealing to thou, more so than you're Human females. By starting the next morrow!" She cried.

"Cool, cool. Say, how about we train a bit, yeah?" I asked, catching her attention.

"Training? Art thee sure? Training in one's mind, especially in the dream-realm is taxing on the mind. How extreme will it be?" She asked.

"Just a light spar, is all." I said.

"Very well then, set the arena." She said.

"We're already here." I said, looking around the room.

"We are?" She asked, looking around.

"Tis not very spacious. Perhaps we should make it bigger." She said, her horn lighting up.

The ceiling began spinning, and the walls expanded. Almost like a sheet of paper getting bigger and more further away from us.

"Cool." I said, surprised of the sudden transition.

"You always say that." She said.

Giving a snort, I walked over to the other side of the room.

"So, how should we go about this? Energy attacks, like magic and stuff, sword fighting, or melee?" I asked.

"We can clearly beat thou in melee and the blade, but I've yet to see you release actual powerful attacks from your core. Let alone your Human form." She asked.

"So energy attacks?"

"Yes, let us begin."

"How much time do we have anyways?" I asked.

"Ten minutes." She said, her horn lighting up.

She tried and blast me with a thin beam of concentrated magic. I simply sidestepped so I wouldn't be hit. Looking at the wall behind me, I saw that it had gone clean through.

"Do you have any bigger attacks?" I asked.

"Perhaps."

"Alright. My turn?" I asked.

"Yes."

Lifting my hand, I concentrated on something similar to hers. A magic blast. I also sprinkled a bit of my power into it, just for more bonus points.

"Ready?" I asked.

"Are we sparing, or showing each other our strength in power?" She deadpanned.

"You wanted magic attacks, right?" I shot back.

"Yes! But this isn't exactly a magical fight."

'Oh, I'll make it interesting.' Rang out through my head and the Dojo.

I winced as I realized that I would have to watch what I think in my dreams. or this might get awkward real fast.

"Dear Franz? What did thou mean by that?" She asked.

"What?"

"What did thou mean by-"

"Ever!" I said, a smile spreading across my face at the pun.

"Pardon?" She asked, not sure what I was doing.

"Sorry, it was a stupid pun." I said, looking at my hand. Maybe I should let this attack go. It's been charging for a bit now.

"Oh."

"Think fast!" I called, and released my attack.

In a blinding light, everything in Luna's direction was obliterated. The walls were gone, the floor was burnt to a crisp, and the only thing that survived was Luna wearing nothing.

Her mane as frizzled, her fur poofy, and her coat giving off light static electricity.

"You good?" I asked, approaching her. Her horn was glowing lightly.

I reached to pet her, but was thrown into the wall via magic.

"Never do that again!" She yelled at me, slamming her hoof into the ground, cracking it as her eyes flared to light with a bright white glow.

"Okay!" I squeaked, clearly not sure who was more dominant.

---

As everyone slept, excluding two of the guards who were conversing with one another, Luna's horn lit up slowly as she began her routine dream catering began it's second round.

While the spell is nearly unnoticeable in the thousands of times, she has done this, her horn shone brighter, and Franz was thrown into a wall, breaking through with nearly enough force to go through another room.

Everyone was awoken, and soon began to see what the cause was.

Luna, on the other hoof, was still sleeping, as was Franz, who didn't seem to notice being thrown into another room. Although, there was a twinge in his leg, he didn't wake from his slumber.

After the initial spook, everyone returned to sleep, with slightly more distance between them and the two Alicorns.

---

Standing in a large white ethereal room, was the Light Bearer. His eyes focused on one particular spot.

The door.

He didn't move, nor flinch or even shift his legs.

He just stood there, completely motionless.

Blinking, he continued to stare at the same spot.

He was waiting.

Waiting very patiently.

For the last one to arrive.

The last one to save.

He didn't care how long he would wait.

He didn't care how much it would hurt.

He didn't care why Imagination wasn't here yet.

He would save him, and everything he would create.

Breathing out, he stared.

The door wouldn't move.

It wasn't supposed to.

But he would wait regardless.

So he could fix everything that had happened.

Whatever will happen.

So they could be happy in the end.

So he could finally rest.

But for now, he would await patiently for the last victim of Spar.

"I'll save you, Franz, through heaven and hell, through the binds this plane has, and through the darkness of the abyss, I will save you." He said, the only thing keeping him bound.

"I'll save you all."

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