[This chapter is in third person]

Last time our protagonist met his first fragments, one who offered to help and one who posed a great threat. Just when things were looking bad for our heroes, a solution literally dropped from the sky.

To understand what happened, we need to backtrack in time. To travel to the time before the destruction of Hollow's world.

In the halls of white, a man by the name of Jack Barrowman was runnig to the receptionists desk. He was running late for his first day of work in a local mental institution.

”You are late.”, said the female receptionist.

”Yeah, sorry. My clock stopped working.”

”I see. Doctor Daniel is waiting for you down the hall.”, she said dully and pointed at the right direction.

Jack nodded and left. After a while of walking, he encountered a man in his early fifties. He was wearing a pure white doctors jacket. ”Doctor Daniel I presume.”

”You would be correct Mr. Barrowman. Follow me.” He said professionally and lead the way. Jack followed. ”If what I read in your file is true, you applied for the open job at our observation room. Why is that?”

Jack didn't take too long to answer. ”Because I believe looking after these people is as important as treating them.”

Dr. Daniel nodded briefly. ”An excelent answer, Mr. Barrowman.” He stopped in front of a grey door. He pulled a key from his pocket, unlocked the door and gestured Jack to go inside.

As Jack complied, he took a quick glance at the room. There was little to nothing in there. Only one chair in front of a controll panel and about fifteen small screens. There was also a small red phone on the wall, over it was red text: 'Emergencies only'.

”This will be your work station. I know it's not that glamorous, but it's the best we can do with our budjet.” He walked over to the control panel and started showing Jack the buttons and what they did. ”This one changes the camera's. It's a little odd at first, but I'm certain you'll firure it out in no time. These ones mute the audio from a certain containment unit. I would advise not to do that. It's important to hear what the patients say.”

”But,” Jack started, as he had noticed something. ”why is this one muted? Containment unit #13.”

Dr. Daniels' features darkened. ”Yes, that's patient number 13, _________.” He said, not even noticing that the patients name didn't leave his lips. ”He is a lost cause. His ramblings are why this spot is vacant in the firts place. We mute him so no one has to listen to his mad talk.”

Jack was intriqued and desided to ask more. ”Why is _________ here? What did he do?”

Dr. Daniels pullet our a file from under his jacket. ”_________ suffers from a multitude of personality quirks. His sense of reality is warped and he has low empathy skills. His understanding of others feelings is almost non-existant. He's quite the posterboy for psychopaths. He was first admissioned here when he attacked a boy and ripped out his throat,” Jack listened curiously to the tale, but cringed at the last part. ”with his teeth. He has shown signs of mild cannibalism. Suprisingly he is quite benign and serves only as an annoyance. ” He glanced at the screen. ”Seems like he's talking to himself again. It's best to ignore him for now. There is nothing we can do to that man.”

Jack was puzzled by such a statement, but desided that the doctor knows best he just took a seat on the chair. ”Thank you for informing me. I think I can take care of things from here.”

Dr. Daniels nodded. ”Very well, Mr. Barrowman. Good luck.” He said, left and closed the door.

Jack glanced one more time on the screen of containment unit #13. Then he turned his attention to the other screens.

Maybe this time they shouldn't have muted that screen.

-Containment unit #13-

”So this world will end?”

”That's right!”, said a voice with hints of an irish and scottish accents. He didn't show in the camera. Only _________ could see him.

”Will it involve exploding cheese falling from the sky?”, _________ with the ultimate pokerface.

…........

”Exploding cheese! Why didn't I think of that one? Pity.” He said.

_________ laughed. ”Or, or killer bunnies. That would be priceless! The ultimate combination of cute and deadly!”

”Brilliant! I'll have to think about that one.”

”Will the world go boom with a poof of rainbows and glitter?” _________ asked.

”As much as I wished that would happen, no. Nothing so glamorous.”

”Well that's sucks.” _________ said, clearly disappointed. ”So, why is the great Sheogorath in my presence?”

Sheogorath clapped his hands together. ”Aaa, so you've heard of me. Makes this easier! I came here for an offer. An offer for you! How would you like to leave this wretched realm of yours and live in another wretched realm?”

_________ rubbed his chin. ”What's the catch?”

Sheogorath bellowed out in laughter. ”I love it when they ask that. Here is the deal. I send you to an another realm. There is a game going on and I, the Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogorath the Great, choose you as my champion for the games! You are perfect! A lunatic, absolutely nutty, completely bonkers!”

”And don't forget down to bone insane.” _________ added.

”Yes, and that. HAHAHA! I'm really starting to like you boy. You're almost as mad as I am! And that is no small feat.” Sheogorath said and clapped once more. ”So, will you accept this deal and leave the rest of this world to it's untimely demise?”

_________ really considered it. ”Where do I go?”

The Daedric Prince smiled. ”Does Equestria ring a bell?”

It did. ”The world with technicolor ponies and that show that weird people watch? Sign me in!”

”Excelent! Now, on my mark you will be there. What time and place, is even beyond me.” He said merrily. ”Now! One! Two!”

”Do I get the Wabbajack?”

”No. Three! Happy falling!”

-The observation room-

Jack was just minding his own business. Looking at the patients was very important, but also very boring. Some were huddled in a corner, some were biting their fingernails or scratching the stuffed walls.

His mind turned back to _________. Could that man really be that bad? Was there really nothing they could do? On a moments notice Jack turned to look at the screen of containment unit #13. And he was speechless. He quickly got up and grabbed the red phone on the wall.

After a while, a voice of Dr. Daniel spoke. ”This better be important Mr. Barrowman. That phone is for emergensies only.”

”Yes, well. You are not going to believe this.”, He said nervously. ”_________ is gone.”

”WHAT?”

”His containment unit is empty. He isn't there.”

”Are you sure Mr. Barrowman....... Mr. Barrowman.” He waited for a response. ”Jack, are you there?”

He wasn't. Not anymore.

-In the skies of Equestria-

_________ had allways wondered what it was to fly.

”This is awesome!”, He yelled as he plummeted down. He looked around to see the blue sky and the bright sun. Two things he hadn't seen in twelve years.

In a spur of the moment, he started to sing.

”I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky!”

Then something rushed to his brain. He was falling from a great height. There was a forest under him. And land. Hard, soily land.

His gears ticked at maximum speed.

”Oh.”, He simply said followed by a,

”FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- ”

He felt himself hit the ground very hard.He saw dirt and dust fly all over the place. Suprisingly it didn't hurt as much as he thought.

”-uck.” He finished his yell, very quietly.

As the adrenaline started to manifest itself in his systems, he yelled out, ”Woo-ouch! That was the best-ow. Ride. EVER-Ow!. Freefall all the way!” Then the late main wave of pain really hit. ”HOLY BANANA JEEZUS THIS HURTS!”

Now that it is established how this man got in Equestria, in the next chapter we find out who he is. Prepare thee, men a little faith!

And I know this might be cheating a bit but, two chess pieces!

Allways yours,

Doctor D, The Mental Master Next Chapter: I can swing my sword, sword! Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 37 Minutes