Numerous Royal Guards encircled the unknown stallion that had slammed into the eastern edge of the Sweet Apple Acres farm. Several held chains heavy enough to hold a small hydra or manticore. Others had magic restraining cuffs as needed. They did not know what sort of threat he was, but from the foreign magical resonance wafting off of him, it was clear he did not belong.

Just as he began to stir, they pounced. By the time Ash opened his eyes, he was covered in chains.

“I am getting a major sense of Deja Vu,” Ash groaned out as the guards gazed down at him with frightened, suspicious eyes. “Look let’s get this over with.”

Glancing at each other, the guards motioned for Ash to follow, and he obeyed without resistance. Off in the distance, a caged wagon was pulled towards the Demon hunter. Ash knew he could have easily gotten out with the aid of his Mangekyou Sharingan, the price for freedom being a bit of sore eyesight for a couple of seconds. But he also knew that resisting would just allow these ponies to see him the same way Celestia did. Sighing, he hopped into the caged wagon, noting the guards beginning to relax as he obeyed their commands.

“So," Ash said conversationally. "Where are we going?”

"To Princess Celestia," one of the guards replied.

"Nothing personal," a second replied quickly. “We appreciate you going along with this. I'm personally assured you won't hurt any pony. We just want to let the Princess know the same thing."

Ash grinned. "Well, I appreciate you being open-minded," he replied, settling into a sitting position. "Unlike 'some' guards I've met thus far."

The kinder of the guards tilted his head. "'Some' guards?"

“Well, the first moment I awoke, I was struck in the back of the head and knocked out” Ash explained. “Then I was presented to a real bitch who accused me of unleashing evil onto the world... when in reality it was her and the others.”

The second guard shook his head. “Damn, that’s cold."

“Tell me about it,” Ash agreed. “And on top of it, no matter what I do, she views and refers to me as a demon!"

“Sounds like somepony who needs some sense knocked into them,” the first guard said, as Canterlot appeared on the horizon.

“Don’t let her hear you say that,” Ash joked leaning against the cage.

"Why?" the first guard asked. "Who is she?"

Ash glanced at Canterlot with narrowed eyes. "No one important," he replied.

Alexis Carmichael, unwillingly a Reploid-Human hybrid, as far as she was aware, yet willingly the Protector of those who could not defend themselves, was moving through the Canterlot mines investigating a series of tremors. As she moved deeper, she activated her lance, a soft reddish pink glow radiating outward before she came across a rather unexpected sight: a nude young woman with blood trickling from a minor cut on her throat just shy of her trachea and numerous bruises.

Alexis noticed numerous tattoos that did not seem natural. Unfortunately, she didn't have time to check on the young woman as she spotted numerous Pantheons. Both long range 'Blaster' Pantheon Reploids, as well as closer ranged 'Spear' Pantheon Reploids.

"Hostile numbers?" she muttered.

"Thirty five," came the low reply from her Phantom Zero.

"Hmmm… I have an idea… Leviathan… Dai Daikon Sandanjū," Alexis murmured softly. She heard Zero inhale sharply in surprise, likely realizing the reference to his birth Clan.

As they focused elemental energy into the tip of the Lance, water streamed into an inch diameter orb that swiftly shifted from clearwater to a four inch diameter rippling, glowing blue sphere. Two dozen orbs shot from the main one, acting like a cross between .50 caliber bullets and buckshot. Explosions of dust, shards of saturated metal, and sparks exploded from several tunnels.

She saw a thicker blast of dust follow from two of the tunnels as muffled explosions followed. She crouched, concentrating the remaining water into a swirling barrier that caught the dust, shielding herself and whom she realized was apparently a double of Twilight.

Though it didn't make sense, Alexis thought internally. Twilight was supposed to be a young filly in her first of six semesters in Celestia's School of Gifted Unicorns. Which frankly, to Alexis, was a rather stupid name for a school.

She let the barrier drop, the mud sliding away from them. "Twilight? Wake up," she murmured quietly.

Twilight's eyes fluttered, a soft groan escaping her. She shivered as Alexis' magic coursed into her.

Alexis grimaced, focusing. She was far from skilled in healing magic, and even then, was better at small injuries. Not whatever this version of Twilight had been through. But, she focused all the same, as the alicorn reached for the dagger embedded in her arm.

“Ashley...” Twilight groaned out.

Alexis took the older Twilight's wrist. "Let me," Alexis said, tugging the dagger free. Twilight hissed in pain, but Alexis quickly started trying to heal the cut. As she worked, she tilted the blade curiously.

However, her focus went to Twilight, as the alicorn's pain faded, and she managed to lift her head up to regard Alexis with gratitude. "Thank you..."

Alexis chuckled. "No problem. Although, I don't know an Ashley. Admittedly, it's much like my name… could be inclined either way," she commented. "Though I still need to find out the source of those tremors… I rather doubt it's an accident… seems way too coincidental..." she muttered.

Her ponderings were cut off when Twilight began to shiver again. Not surprising, considering her lack of clothes and the already cold mines.

“I don’t suppose you have something to wear, do you?” Twilight asked with an attempt at a smile.

Alexis cocked her head before focusing as silvery metal flowed, soon darkening into a lightly armored leotard. "Best I can do at the moment," she replied.

“Dear Faust,” Twilight said, slightly mortified as she held the outfit. “This looks like something Cadance would wear”

Alexis shrugged. "I wouldn't know," she commented.

Reluctantly, Twilight garbed herself, before glancing around the mines with a flustered air. "W-Where am I?"

"Canterlot Mines. Though from the look of it, you hit the ground pretty hard… and worse, on the rocks. Come to think of it, I've never been down here… though clearly you're not the same Twilight as I know. She's a few months into her first semester in that school Celestia runs." Alexis glanced around before adding conspiratorially, "Though between you and me, 'School of Gifted Unicorns' seems a bit overly exclusive. I mean, I'm not a unicorn, yet I can likely employ Magic that most unicorns would have difficulty with."

“A few months?” Twilight questioned before putting a hand to her chin. “Does that mean interrupting the incantation of the text sent us back in time?”

Alexis cocked an eyebrow at that. "I... guess? From the residue I'm picking up from Phantom… the vibrations are really foreign. It's more than likely not the Equestria you know. For example, the stained glass windows in the Palace show Celestia, Luna, and Vrachnás fighting Discord. Sadly, I cannot say much of my past… as I don't have conscious access to it." she sighed.

“You’re a Displaced?” Twilight guessed. “Like that Monkey tailed creature?” Twilight went to stand but still found herself too weak to do so. “I suppose that's better than the alternative,” she exhaled softly.

"The alternative being whomever tried to cut your throat, right?" Alexis noted as she helped Twilight up.

“That," Twilight agreed. "And being sent to Hell, having my blood drained, then having my flesh peeled away to create a book that will end the world.”

Alexis cocked her head, a nagging memory surfacing. "The Necronomicon… so Ashley is…. Ash Williams," she said carefully, trying to keep hold of the memories.

“You know Ashley?” Twilight asked.

"No…" Alexis touched her head. "I-It's strange. It's like a ghost of a memory…" She sighed. "But I've already lost it again," Alexis grimaced. "It's almost like reading off something, yet you can't quite remember everything about it… only parts."

They were cut off by a much stronger tremor. Clearly, they were closer to whom or whatever was causing it.

“We need to leave,” Twilight said, flaring her magic covering them both before, in a burst of magic, they both were gone from the mines.

Twilight and Alexis appeared before Celestia who was sitting atop her throne. Immediately, Twilight glared at the princess.

"Not the same Celestia," Alexis reminded her. "Whom I'm guessing has not been tolerant?"

“No,” Twilight answered. “She blames my bodyguard for unleashing demons onto my world and refuses to admit our mistake."

"Sounds like she needs a good ass kicking…" a voice purred. "Or a good fucking."

Twilight turned. The speaker was a pale, crimson haired woman with reddish violet eyes wearing rather ragged and slutty clothing.

“Probably needs both,” another voice called out.

Ash's voice.

Twilight spun, excitement shining in her eyes... only to frown as she saw Ash in chains. “Is there ever going to be a moment where you aren’t in chains, Ashley?”

“Hey don’t blame me," Ash replied. "Blame the guards. I fell in Ponyville, and the next thing I know, I’m on my way here in a cage with chains around my body.” Ash looked down then up over the Princess’s current attire.

‘Sweet Merciful Jesus! I thought she was a princess, not a fucking goddess’ Ash thought as he saw the pure embodiment of a Sex goddess. But what he said out loud was, "Looking good, by the way." Hoping his smirk would cover his blush.

Embarrassed, Twilight covered herself before using Alexis to hide her body.

Alexis sighed softly. "Is he always an idiot who talks before he thinks?" she murmured to Twilight.

“He is,” Twilight said with a blush. “But I wouldn’t ask him to change,” she added with a smile.

Alexis shrugged before stepping closer to the cage containing the Deadite Hunter. "Okay, so... interrupting whatever you did landed you here and…. eh?" she started before a ruby aura flared up over the exit and the windows before her eyes narrowed. "Ugh… demons?" she sighed. "Nevan… let's rock!!" she barked.

The pale woman laughed before her form was engulfed in bright purple lightning. She shot at Alexis.

“Holy. Hell.” Ash said as his eyes shifted to the Sharingan eyes.

Alexis caught the electrified spear before twisting on the balls of her feet, revealing Nevan's Devil Arm form as she impaled one Hell Sloth through the chest. "Ooops… hope that hurt," she commented before she strummed a sharp riff that made the demon shudder as electricity surged over its body as it turned into a glassy statue.

From inside his cage, Ash forced his eyes to shift in his mangekyou sharingan, with it he engulfed the other demon in an ever-burning black flame. However, all too soon, Ash had to shut his eyes from the strain.

"Don't strain yourself, boyo… you'll need your sight to deal with the Bug Bitch," Nevan purred teasingly through Alexis, spinning as Alexis felt her influence fade to a waiting strength.

“Why am I not surprised?” Ash said, using his Mangekyou Sharingan to burn the locks on his cage.

"From what I've found, Nevan can 'read' recent events from the minds of others. Something to do with the electricity in their minds," Alexis deadpanned as more Hell Sloths emerged from dark rifts.

“Then you should know there is no way to extinguish those flames,” Ash said, kicking open the cage door and leaping out of his chains.

"Actually, I don't care to… though Nevan doesn't always share with me what she reads from others," Alexis quipped.

A small smirk crossed her mind as she could feel Nevan whispering, guiding her fingers.

She absently noticed the shadowy bats that formed, blocking shots of acidic slime as electricity danced between them before they shot at the demons, inflicting Shadow and Electric damage to the demonkyn. "I would call them ugly, but that implies that there are attractive demonkyn… and those are few and far between," Alexis commented wryly.

Everfree Forest

Zecora sighed softly, watching Princess Celestia sleep. "What reason would you have to open a portal? Is this a portent of potential doom of all? Unlikely, I think, but bathing her would be wise, as she does rather stink," she murmured quietly with a small smirk.

She did suspect that this was not the Princess Celestia in the distant city of Canterlot. Though the concept of 'alternate selves' was rather foreign to most ponies. She, however, knew of the concept.

She was able to contact one or two other versions of herself, which had proven quite… interesting to say the least. "It appears to the market I must go. To prevent my stores of fruit and vegetables from running low," she sighed.

As the Zebra left, Celestia began to awaken, the princess of the Sun’s eyes snapped open revealing the eyes of a dragon. Celestia blinked a second time causing her eyes to return to normal. Celestia reached for her forehead and found it burning up.

“Must...” Celestia said, getting up. “Kill... that Demon...” However, Celestia soon found her fever too hot to handle and collapsed barely a few steps from the bed.

Zecora sighed, shaking her head as she hadn't been far from the hut when she'd heard the shuffling of the Princess Celestia lookalike. "Fortunately for you, I have a fever reducing remedy, though it would be safest for you to drink slowly and steadily. I do not know what you call 'Demon', unless it is those life force consuming beasts deeper in the Forest uncommon," she sighed as she swiped a vial filled with pale purplish pink liquid. She wrote a note near it.

She rolled her shoulders as she departed the hut, activating her wards which would kept the denizens of the forest from noticing or caring about the hut.

Crossover done with KukriRyuTsukino's Alpha Sigma

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All chapters dealing with this crossover will be viewed in Alpha Sigma