In Canterlot, Harmonia was in a spare room - it was about to be her room after the royal tailor was able to make a week's worth of clothes at most - and was about to cast a spell meant for summoning objects. On the bed were the three other alicorns, Twilight, Gleaming, and Twilight's friends who were watching Harmonia cast the spell, or in Twilight's case, taking notes. "So what are you doing, Princess Harmonia?" Rarity asked as the spell was at its climax before a bright light enveloped the room.

"I was summoning a few objects for a friend I summoned here," She said as a game console was now on the ground along with a couple of stacks of games, a laptop, a couple of instruments along with a few drawing supplies, and a sketchbook. Next to all of that was a single composition notebook that has the title of 'Short Stories' on the cover and there was a bookbag filled to the brim with school supplies. Harmonia looked at a game at the top of the videogame stack with a familiar name; Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. "That son of a bitch lied to me." She looked through his games to try and find something and found plenty of games that made them wonder what he was like; Space Hulk: Death Wing, Battlefield 4, and Doom.

"Some of these things seem extremely barbaric!" Rarity was holding a game called Battlefield 1 which depicted the first world war. She then pulled up a game called Dark Souls: Remastered with 'Prepare to Die' written on the cover.

"They're not all bad," Fluttershy said as she held up Final Fantasy XV with a small smile on her face that almost made everyone coo at her adorable smile. Harmonia didn't have that same resistance as the rest as she hugged the adorable pegasus with all her strength, but instead of 'eep' and hide; she squeed before her adorable 'yay'.

"As for why some of there are many barbaric games, you have to remember that he comes from a different world where murder and war are common." She then realized something; something crucial that was needed but completely forgot in her haste to summon his stuff from his home. "Fuck... I forgot to summon the TV." She facepalmed before Celestia looked at her confused.

"Uhh... We have TVs, Harmonia." Harmonia sighed happily that she didn't have to worry about the TV. It was like a weight was lifted off her shoulders before Pinkie asked something that made her flinch.

"Why are you summoning these things for this guy?" Pinkie asked, and for a moment, she was terrified about what Pinkie could do. She was well aware of what she could and she knew about... 'Cupcakes'. She wished she could remove that memory forever.

"It may or may not be his birth tomorrow." She flinched before Pinkie did anything, the only way she knew of them was 'Cupcakes' and it wasn't a very good interpretation of the pink mare. Much to her surprise, Pinkie didn't hurt her or even yell; However, she felt a tight grip crush her shoulder as a creepy smile was directed at her.

"I hope you have a great party planned, Princess." Harmonia was terrified of Pinkie and her reality breaking powers, but she hoped that what she had planned wouldn't be ruined.

"I was somewhat hoping you would plan the party considering that I've been locked away for millennia." Harmonia shrunk away after she finished; however, she was confused after Pinkie disappeared only leaving confetti and party streamers. "Does she know that he may not get here for days, maybe even months?"

"It's Pinkie, she can set up parties in seconds." Rainbow Dash said as she wrapped an arm around Harmonia and disregarding her royal title. "By the way, where is he?"

"If I remember correctly, I put him in the southern desert near Klugetown." No pony said a single thing after she said that and they were just hoping that he would come out unscathed.

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(First-Person Unknown)

I'VE BEEN WALKING FOR TWENTY-FOUR STRAIGHT HOURS!!! I may not need to sleep or even feel hunger, but my feet hurt like hell and I wish to take a bite out of a nice juicy green apple or drink a nice cool Coke. Damn it, now I' hungry. At least I have money to buy food instead of having to rely on someone else generosity; hell, maybe I'll run into Rarity during that one episode in Appleloosa. If I could learn Sonído to make the walk much quicker or learn Pesquisa so I can sense reiatsu and have a fucking sense of direction; that way, I won't be wandering around in a fucking desert for an entire day! The amount of 'done' I am can not be calculated.

"How long with it take for me to get to a fucking town? In the movie, it took the elements less than a day to get to that fucking shit hole of a city." I said to no one in particular with a strained voice. I hadn't spoken for a long while and without the use of it or even the occasional water in the fucking desert made my throat dry as all hell. Today could've started much better, but it didn't and now I'm suffering from all this shit going down... maybe I should find someplace to set up camp.

I'm not too far away from the mountains so maybe I can find a cave nearby, but I wouldn't doubt if they're already inhabited. Now I'm somewhat regretting that I didn't choose to be a fucking space marine of the Deathwatch. I wouldn't have to worry about my Hierro failing, if enemies are faster than me, or if they can fuckin' rip my god damn heart out. I'm thinking way too far into this. I doubt it'll be a problem once I start training, but first I have to see what I'm capable of first before I continue. Hehehe, I just thought about if I chose to have Sonic's powers but I'm still human.

With those thoughts lifting my spirits, I made my way to the mountains for the night and probably stay there for my birthday... didn't think I'd be spending my seventeenth birthday alone. No one to celebrate it with, no one to even say happy birthday, I was just... alone. Maybe I can find someone in the cave that'll help me get to Ponyville, or maybe I'll get unlucky and die.

I did find a cave and It was too dark to tell if anyone was inside, but it would be better than going down because I am not looking down a fucking cliff. I don't know how to walk on air like in the anime so going down is a big 'nope' for me. I'd rather take my chances with a dragon and pray to any form of god that they don't try to kill me. Hey, if they don't kill me, I'll stop talking to myself... they may be surprised that I'm an introvert.

"Hey! Is anyone here?!" I yelled but received no answer which was both a good and bad sign. It was a good sign because now I didn't have to worry about being eaten by a dragon or a creature like it, but it was also a bad thing because now I have no direction. Now that I think about it, I can use the time to learn how to use my Pesquisa, and then I can have a massive advantage in terms of direction and fucking finding someone and having a general sense of direction.

In terms of training my Pesquisa and Reiatsu, it seems to be mostly visualization and just... feeling it within you, but that's what I think considering what the anime made it look like. If I want to use my abilities to its fullest, I need to make sure that my Pesquisa is like second nature. There are still other ways for me to get stronger, but this is a stepping stone to the next level.

I sat near the entrance with my head leaned against the wall and I began to focus on that feeling when I entered my inner world, but I had no such luck at feeling the reishi of anyone near or far. No... I can feel something slowly spread throughout my body, completely free of my veins, but swirling through my body without restraint. It felt... nice, calming, relaxing and several other synonyms that I can't think of at the moment. Now that I know how reishi feels like in its basic sense, I should be able to visualize the spirit ribbons and locate a fucking town. I got money and a need to eat something vaguely food-like. I guess I'm hungry out of habit since I directly went from a normal human to an almost all-powerful Arrancar. I can't wait to fire a Cero or even a Cero Oscuras... oh, the portable nuke that I can fire from a finger.

It took a while, after I felt my reishi, for me to realize that I had my eyes closed before I opened my eyes, but I remained focused so I could get a feel for my reishi and so I could commit the sense to memory. Then I saw it, the spirit ribbons appeared, but one appeared much earlier than the rest; however, a mass of them appeared and it was almost blinding. I grabbed the one that felt the closest and they all disappeared, but I could still feel all of them. The one that was the closest was closing in fast and they were not going to stop any time soon.

Faster than I could react, I was pinned to the wall by a giant hand that was a reddish-purple hand, but I wasn't in any pain. My Hierro is holding up nicely and it allowed me to keep a cool head despite being defenseless. I tried to push their hand away and, to my surprise, I managed to push the hand away from me, but the hand used more pressure to keep me pinned to the wall.

I looked over to the creature who was keeping me pinned, but I couldn't have been prepared to see the creature who was the funking Sphinx. She, yes she, wore the bare minimum amount of clothing for a girl to at least cover herself. Her eyes though, her eyes were filled with hate and anger. I didn't bother trying to look away, I just glared back at her to match her gaze.

"So... you wish to remove me from my home again, mortal." She said but that ended in me dropping my glare and giving her the most confused expression I've ever given. She stopped glaring at me for a second before applying more pressure to me causing me to grunt and I was actually feeling a fair bit of pain from her strength. I couldn't move anymore, nor could I breathe easily and I began to struggle to take in air. The Sphinx pulled her hand away and I finally began to breathe normally as she walked to the other side of the entrance and sat down. "What are you, who are you, and why are you here?" I began to think for a little bit before she slammed her hand into the wall beside her with a pissed-off expression. "SPEAK MORTAL!!!" I held up my hands to motion her to calm down.

"Hold on, I've been walking through the desert for an entire day. It hasn't been an easy twenty-four hours." Should I use my actual name or should I just use a different one? I mean, everyone is just gonna comment about how weird my name is compared to them and that would cause an argument that can lead to a fight. I have to choose a name that makes sense, but I really can't think of anything right now... I guess I could lie and say I don't remember. "I... can't remember my name, but I can answer the other two questions." I shifted into a more comfortable position so I could relax easier. "First, I'm an Arrancar."

"What's an Arrancar?" I held my Zanpakutō a little closer mostly because the show depicted her as a villain from... lore... why did she not get any screen time out of the flashback. Damn it, if I said too much then I'd look suspicious and she'd call me out that I did know my name then... yeah. On the other hand, I could tell her and then make up a name while I explain to her what an Arrancar is.

"An Arrancar is essentially thousands of souls combined into one being. I'm not alive, nor am I dead. Honestly, I'm surprised you can see me." As expected, she looked at me quizically with suspicion much like I expected. I sighed which turned into a yawn because again, it was instinctual. "Fuckin'... instinct. Anyway's I figured out what my name." Again, I yawned as the sun went down over the horizon. "But first, let me answer your next question. I'm here because I was feeling tired... and hungry. I can live without both, most definitely, but I'm still a relatively new Arrancar so I'm tired and hungry out of instinct." I yawned again and everything began to relax. "Maybe tomorrow will be the day I get lucky and find a town nearby. Maybe for the first time in my life, my birthday won't have the same curse as in the last... decade."

"W-wait, what's your name?!" I began to think, I could use a different name just in case I get into trouble. If I do, I can switch names and probably learn how to create a hollow mask.

"My name is... Byakko."

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