With Discord back the Heartless Hearts now finally gone, Eclipsa wasn't quite sure what to do next. Heart was with Ben off doing stuff in the Void, And the rest of the family was working in one way or another. She sighed before pulling up her Assistant, keen to check and learn about those new paths, as well as ones that She already had unlocked.

She noticed in Weapon Abilities that there was a branch for Keyblades and x-blades. While Oathkeeper and Oblivion were under Keyblades, and Better Half was under X-blades, Zeke, nor any of the others like here were there. Eclipsa pondered this, they are weapons, but also people. Maybe there isn't a branch they fall under? She thought, lazily flipping through branches and abilities.

She flipped until she came across the ones she obtained last night. Chaos and Dragoniqus abilities. With a shrug she looked them over. Most of them were self explanatory, but the Chaos Magic ability did make her ponder what kind of fun she could get into.

She put some points into the skill tree before turning and turning until she found Grey, looking it over. After all, it is her, and she is, other than her lovers, the only one who can use its abilities besides enhancement. It's be interesting to see what that assistant has to say about them.

The first tier was for reinforcements and boosting, second tier allowed for special Grey based spell castings and weapon forging, the other eight tiers were locked it seemed. More to learn, She wondered how to unlock them Must be either potential based or mastery based? She thought, deciding to test out the Chaos magic since that is what is available. She felt the unstable, unpredictability of the chaos magic now activate, and it made her harmony based unicorn side almost lurch in surprise, but she powered through, and the unease soon began to subside. Soon, she tried casting Megaflare- SPLAT!

Blinking, Ecipsa was suddenly covered in chocolate frosting and dotted by strawberries. “Okay… Should have expected that. Chaos magic… Hmm..Maybe…” Eclipa tried to use it to cast a ‘spell’ for frosting and strawberries… and got it “Well, so that idea is out.” She said, licking the fruit and frosting off in pinkie pie fashion.

After a bit of failed attempts later, Eclipsa had an idea. “I’m thinking too logically. That's the problem. So what if I just… let go?”

She didn’t even bother thinking of a spell, just casting magic outwards as a barrage of Ice magic hit the wall across from her. Still not a Mega Flare, but closer. So when I want something like an attack spell, I get something random, when I want something random, that does happen, and when I don’t want anything it does an attack spell? It feels like there is a pattern but that can’t be all of it.

Eclipsa sighed before focusing on chaos magic, shaping it, thinking of instead of mega flare, turning her target into a mega flare. She tried on a vase, and to her joy, it did, the vase becoming a ball of fire, now exploding. Thinking for a moment, she sent out a wave of bubbles, that once they were far away, changed into tiny megaflare balls, each exploding. She quickly fixed the walls and things. So long as the process is random or chaotic, a desired result can be obtained.

“Oh this is so gonna be fun to play with.” Eclipsa said before remembering that tail attack she did where her tail became a chainsaw of keyblades. “How did I do that though?”

She looked though her skill trees to see if it was there, but no, it wasn’t anywhere. It was quite a cool attack, but how to do it again? Does it even have a name? She pondered for a while, thinking that maybe it was a spur of the moment attack… or… Looking through she found another tab under Abilities, Limits. Here it was, Lights Carnage.

Lights Carnage.

Naga based race exclusive.

Once you have Mastered a Keyblade, and obtained a X-blade, your power over the light and allegiance to Kingdom Hearts shine. Your tail will spike with ethereal keyblades, and they will spin with blinding speed, delivering the same carnage into darkness and evil that your foe has done.

"That's why it was so effective to that wannabe Clone." Eclipsa muttered

The other limits were about the same, but there were many more, all locked however. This did give Eclipsa the chance to practice with the Wayfinder, as well as summoning Nobodies and Heartless.

Eclipsa practiced and practiced and practiced. Each time discovering or learning something new, but eventually she stopped. This was just like before. Too focused on getting stronger, on getting the power to save those who need saving are left to suffer.

She took a breather, deciding maybe it was time to head off to visit some old friends.

While the city was new, and nothing like her old Ponyville, Eclipsa managed to find Wolf’s shop, the building hasn’t changed at all. That made her happy. She slithered in, seeing Nightmare Moon at the desk again. “Well, hello there Queen Eclipsa.” She laughed. “What brings you here this time?”

"Please, we are family. No queen, no my goddess, just Eclipsa." Eclipsa said with a smile and roll of her eyes.

She snorted. “Bitch I know.” She said, tapping the ring on her horn, it was like Eclipsa’s. “We’re members too. Lyra offered and to be fair, we could use the help with the kids, plus Wolf’s new body is hot.... Kinda like yours, but smaller chest.”

Eclipsa smirked. "Does Wolf still go by he or she?"

“They don't care, but they did get into lipstick, and frankly I’m surprised how good it looks on them.”

"........Of all the things I forgot to get back into, it was makeup." Eclipsa says with a thousand yard stare. "Sister then, got it."

“They’re out back. Forge as usual, just don’t get too intimidated.” Nightmare Moon chuckled.

"Please, it's me. If anything I will cat call or try and one up them." Eclipsa said with a smirk before giving Nightmare a hug. "It's been too long, you know?"

“Yeah, but you have paperwork, otherwise I’d be seeing you around the bedroom~” She cooed with a laugh as Eclipsa headed out back.

The forge area was the same as before, clean and kept up, but there was a difference. Wolf, their male figure was now like Eclipsa’s. Female appearance but she could tell they were both genders, but Eclipsa realized what Moon had meant when she said not to be intimidated. While size wise, bust, height, and body, Eclipsa was larger… Wolf was ripped! Like a female bodybuilder that rivaled the male ones, strong tones muscles, but not off putting in their size either. They were working on a Starlight Keyblade.

Eclipsa fanned herself before cat calling and laughing. "Hey Wolf!"

They turned around. “Eclipsa!” They said, giving Eclipsa a big hug. Yup… my spine is broken now… Eclipsa thought, trying to hug Wolf back but failing as her arms were stuck in the hug. Wolf finally let go, letting her spine reform and air returns. “How’s it been, as you can see I’m doing pretty well.” Wolf said. It was then Eclipsa noticed their lipstick. It was just a few shades darker than their normal colors, but was enough to pop out and complement their natural coat colors.

"Heh, I see you got into the one thing I always meant to do, but never got around to doing." Eclipsa said, gesturing to the lipstick. "And I'm doing well enough…Shy left for Nexus, I'm apparently the universal positive force, and I apparently can produce so much power it scares Cript. Also some other timeline me's are running around, I believe I even saw one that was how I used to look as a unicorn."

“Huh. Neat. That explains a lot actually… Anyway, what’s this about Shy and Nexus?”

Eclipsa sighed "Remember when I was missing for a year? Shy… her parents were some of the ones caught in the slaughter. She blames me more than I blame myself, and thinks of me as a threat to the kids, that if I just rolled over for Nexus and never got involved, never left, then her children would be safe, and her parents alive. Doesn't help that her parents were members of Nexus in the first place."

“Hmm… You might wanna talk to Psychoshy about this then, out of anyone here who would have something to say about that, she would. She was Fluttershy’s dark half.”

"True. I'll be sure to talk to her before I leave. What's up with you?" Eclipsa said, trying to change topic.

“Same old same old. Working the forge, since joining your family handling the kids has been SO much easier, and learned how to make other Key-armerments.”

Eclipsa thought for a moment. "Wanna try to make a Keyblade of Grey?"

“A Keyblade of Grey? Huh, well I’ve tinkered with the idea, can’t be any different than one of light, darkness or both. I’ll just need a new flame sources to add to my forge to allow that.”

Eclipsa smiled before focusing. Around her, Wolf got a glimpse of just how large grey had become. It was its own realm at this point, and as Eclipsa let a practical tsunami Cascade into her hand, the source continued to grow still before she cut it out. Eclipsa worked the grey in her hand, creating three things out of it. One, a chunk of metal with swirling, smokey images moving and changing, the second a pure crystal of Grey, and the third a everburning fire, with grey as the source. "Will this work?"

“Perfect.” Wolf said with surprise, taking the fire and placing it in the forge. It changed the forge, making it larger, and even allowing for single fires, mixed and the like. “It should take me a few days to design, then build it.” Wolf said.

"If you need more metal or crystal, let me know… what should we even name the metal…" Eclipsa hummed.

“Dunno, maybe give an idea to Cript or Lord.” Wolf shrugged.

"Maybe. Anyways, I'll leave you to it… I need to go talk to Psycho." Eclipsa sighed, not looking forward to it.

“She’s in the house.” Wolf said as Eclipsa nodded, heading inside. Once inside she saw Psycho there. Her mane was a crimson red, coat a pale yellow, eyes a deep yellow. She almost looked like a different pony, but she was, is part of Shy. She was watching movies on the TV, some kind of reality show about a family, Eclipsa thinks.

"Hey Psycho, long time no see." Eclipsa said, trying and failing to keep guilt out of her eyes.

She looked over at them, shrugging as she kept watching her show. “What brings you here?”

"Besides saying hi and checking up on family…. Well Wolf suggested I talk to you… about Shy." The naga said, unsure what to do.

“About what exactly?” She asked, now looking at me.

"Do you know she left and joined Nexus? She hates me now." Eclipsa said before it all started to pour out. "With Rune it was bad because she was lying to us, all of us forever, and Coco didn't want to do it any more ...but Shy was my fault. During that year when I left, shy's… your parents died. Parents that also so happened to be citizens of Nexus. She sees me as a threat to her children, and blames me for her parents death. Had I just rolled over and accepted Nexus, not get involved in the greater Multiverse, our children would be safe but no, I had to get involved, I had to get stronger… I had to ignore my family and put all of them in danger. She hates me more than I hate myself.”

She didn’t say anything for a bit, but looked back at the show. “That sounds about right.” She finally said Matter of Factly.

"What am I supposed to do… I try and be happy, I try to move on but I can't. Every victory feels hollow, every inch forced. Shy was perfect, is perfect… and I lost her because I was too blind by my own sense of self worthlessness to focus on what I had." Eclipsa said, crying now. It seriously didn't help that her head was replacing Psycho's colors with that of the butterscotch mare he fell in love with.

"She isn't."

Eclipsa looked up back at Psycho. "What should I do…. Please, you are the only one who could help me."

"No I'm not." Psycho said. "There are others."

"But you are the only one who knows her entirely." Eclipsa said before looking down. "There is not a second that goes by that I dont regret my decision to leave. If Scootaloo and the other older children hadn't joined the fight already, I would have been convincing the others to give in if it meant that Shy would come back."

"Ugh. You really don't get it, do you?" Psycho asked. "Think about it like this. Nexus erased you from existence, reset your timeline what, three times? Target your loved ones and lover of three timelines, possibly your kids…"

"Nexus hates me simply because they can not predict or control me. The only thing predictable is that I will always find Ben and Zeke, and I with fight tooth and nail to protect my family." Eclipsa nod "I know Shy thinks of me as a threat to the kids simply by existing."

"Hmm. Try saying that sentence backwards." Psycho said.

Eclipsa couldn't help getting a smart ass smile "Existing by simply kids the to threat a as me of thinks Shy know I?"

"Har har. You aren't wrong about Shy thinking that about you, but it's not out of hatred. It's out of obligation." Psycho started. "Think about it, there are Nexus people still here, most in those bases but others hiding among us, and given even with Starfish clones, it takes time to get from point A to B, what is stopping them from taking her kids back?"

Eclipsa suddenly had fury enter eye eyes Asher body began to crack like glass, the excess power being transferred to her white mark as everything combined into one swirling pool of emotional energy. "I have marked each and every one of the children that came from me, Blitz, Star and Shy, and working on the others. I found out that energy blocking can't block grey, just make it dormant, allowing me to find them and destroy any who would DARE take my children." She growled out before taking a breath, the powers slowly fading as she calmed down. "I get her fear… but leaving them, leaving me…. Star, blitz… all it does is separate."

"Ugh. You're stupid." Psycho said. "Let me ask you this, do you know what Fluttershy's rank is?"

"No… to be honest after I found out she worked for Nexus, I kinda just took that at face value." Eclipsa admitted

"Her rank is a General, one of only ten. One is her, the other was Krott, and the other eight are with Vincent in the void, now, with the Nothingness barrier, they can't communicate with them, so they have to take orders from the only general of Nexus still available, that being…?"

"Shy…" Eclipsa said, any remnants of anger fading slowly into sorrow. "But then… then why did she bother with me? The glitch that they can't ever seen to get rid of? The being that Everytime they destroy it, even remove it from existence, keeps coming back stronger?"

"Nexus and love are both tricky, she had to make sure that, in Nexus's eyes, she felt Nothing for you, that it was all for research and data, otherwise, they wouldn't listen to her."

"And now? In the past that made sense, just as it makes sense that they need a leader now, but you can't fake that hate in her eyes."

"After a while of telling yourself the same thing over and over again enough times, anyone will end up believing their own lies."

"She's lying to herself… Psycho, I have a stupid, stupid idea and I want your opinion on it." Eclipsa said, the determined look in her eyes that the other mare knows from Wolf, all sense of sorrow, self pity and anger replaced by passion.

"Since when do you ask before acting?" She asked with a chuckle.

Eclipsa just smiled "I'm gonna get into Nexus. Maybe find a way to excuse my white dot as to why it's not blue. See things from the other side and maybe, eventually find Shy, and just talk. If she listens, great. If not, then at least I have some piece of mind."

"You're a retard." Psycho said bluntly.

Eclipsa shrugged "Hey, it got me this far." She chuckled before sighing. "What do you suggest then."

"For starters, have you, oh I don't know, tried using the sleeping worlds to find and talk to here? Nexus doesn't have bases there."

Eclipsa proceeded to face palm "Gods I really am an idiot.... Now that you mention it, when was the last time I slept…." Eclipsa asked herself.

Psycho just shrugged. "So, gonna head off then?"

"I'm going to try. I just… I need to make this right. Thanks Psycho." Eclipsa said with a soft smile.

"Eh. Well, good luck."

Eclipsa teleported to the realm of Grey, one one place that she could have total peace and quiet before making a beach for the ocean and falling asleep. "I'm coming shy."

Eclipsa had never been in the sleeping realm before. She found herself in the kingdom, but her body was that of Marcy's, and the sky was a beautiful starry night with a bright full moon. This, was not where she needed to be, she needed to find the passageways to others dreams… something she did not know how to do.

"Gonna find a Luna or shy." Eclipsa said, her brain working overtime as she started to explore the kingdom looking for them.

She wasn't having much luck, most of the people here were either soldiers on patrol or just random sleep walkers. As Eclipsa looked, she soon saw… Vinyl?! Eclipsa saw her old ponyville friend, that hard to miss Keyblade in hoof as she was having a smoke next to a wall.

"Hey Scratch! Long time no see!" Eclipsa said with a smile, walking up to the pony.

Looking over to her, Vinyl smiles. "Hey there Queenie. What brings you to my neck of the woods?" Vinyl asked in a mocking tone. Of course, it was soon replaced by a cheerful laugh. "Still can't believe the stallion that got Princess Luna to resign from being a Princess for motherhood, did a rule 63 and became a queen."

"Believe me, wasn't planned." Eclipsa chuckled. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know how to find specific people in the dream realm, would you?"

"Depends on if they are asleep. Who ya looking for?"

“Fluttershy, or Scotch, whichever name they go by.”

“Hmm… I remember seeing them walking around back at Prankster's Paradise.” Vinyl thought aloud. “That was a few days ago. Might be able to find something there.” With a tap of her Keyblade, a swirling portal of multiple bright colors opening on the floor.

Jumping in, Eclipsa and Vinyl dived, soon seeing, then landing on Prankster's Paradise, children running along everywhere, playing, laughing. “Like it? Daybreak renovated it so it is a real carnaval now, endless play every night.”

"It's really cool." Eclipsa said absent mindedly, looking around for any sign of the one they still loved.

"Hey, we'll find her." Vinyl said, giving a gentle shove to Eclipsa's hip. "I know some regulars here, they will know where she was last and when."