-TERRARIA, ANUBIS’S PYRAMID-

Both Magius The Wizard and Tempest the Bandit returned from their visit to Amidias’s Kingdom. The two perform a respective bow towards Anubis as Magius says:

“The Sea King has returned safely to his domain and his daughter is in the process of recovery.”

The Bandit raises up to her full stature, “The Giant Clam, Neptune, is also settling in well. In addition, she plans to send everyone here various gifts in the coming future, but asks for a little time.”

Anubis nods in response. All the while, Fluttershy and Ritsu were conversing about Rajah Rabbit. The clone of Anubis then ponders on something with a hand to his chin before saying:

“And did you manage to get answers for what you seek, Magius?”

The Wizard nods and clears his throat, “Yes. King Amidias was kind enough to provide me with a shocking revelation, within his kingdom’s history books.”

The Bandit places a hand onto Magius’s shoulder, “We’ll free them soon, Magius.”

“For mortals like you, over a thousand years is a very long time to be sealed up,” Anubis comments with closed eyes, “Let us hope that old Permafrost and his assistant, Arctic Ace, are doing well within that icy fortress. That entity, Cryogen.”

..........

After speaking with Anubis, both Magius The Wizard and Tempest The Bandit joined the other trainees as they all prepared themselves for their newly revealed trainer, and foe: Desert Djinn. Fluttershy and Ritsu remained with Anubis and Djinn, as the yellow pegasus was all too curious about a certain individual: Rajah Rabbit. Ritsu The Zoologist could be seen chuckling to herself as the once shy pegasus was now bordering on firing an endless stream of questions towards Anubis’s clone:

“Oh my gosh! A rabbit who defends the innocent?! C-can I meet him?! Is he here, somewhere?!” The yellow pegasus then gasps, “Oh dear, he isn’t too shy to reveal himself, is he? Please tell him that I mean him no ha-”

“Ahahaha…!” An endless wave of laughter escapes from both Anubis and Bulk Djinn as they need to lean on each other for support. Ritsu was also laughing uncontrollably before she managed to regain her composure.

“Y-you’re simply too cute when you get like this, Fluttershy.” Ritsu said.

Anubis was now regaining his composure while Djinn continued to laugh, “I think I’ve had my fill of laughter for today, thanks to you,” He then straightens up with a smile. The clone turns his gaze towards Ritsu and nods before saying:

“Isn’t there something you’d like to tell this pony? Especially since she hails from her bloodline.”

This causes the yellow pegasus to turn towards Ritsu, “W-what does he mean by that?”

Ritsu fidgets in place nervously before placing a hand to the back of her neck, “I, uh, have a small confession to make, Fluttershy.”

As this goes on, Bulk Djinn recovered from his laughter as Anubis gestured for the genie to head over to the rest of the group.

“Oh, um, what is it?” Fluttershy questions The Zoologist.

Ritsu takes a breath and sighs lightly, “I had a certain suspicion about you ever since we first met in The Jungle. In fact, there were many things about you that absolutely surprised me,” She then gestures towards Anubis’s clone, “After the whole Crabulon incident, I asked Lord Anubis if he could confirm this suspicion. And yes, this also involves Rajah Rabbit.”

Suddenly, The clone of Anubis spreads his arms apart as the world all around them starts to shift and bend. Fluttershy, Ritsu, and Anubis are now standing on a lush meadow with a dirt road cutting through it. The duo were naturally blown away by this phenomenon as The Ancient gestures for them to follow him.

“Come!” He calls out, positioned on the dirt road, “We have much to discuss and those in the real world might find it weird that we're just staring at each other.”

After recovering from her case of awestruck, Fluttershy stutters:

“Wh-what w-was t-that?”

Ritsu places a gentle hand onto the yellow pegasus’s shoulder, “I had a similar reaction when he did this to me. The same day I asked him about your family’s ancestry.”

“I still don’t understand,” Fluttershy responds while tilting her head sideways, “What does my family have to do with this Rajah Rabbit?”

“Normally, Silence would handle the storytelling,” Anubis answers from the nearby dirt road. “But he’s having a chat with my true self and Celebes, in my throne room,” He chuckles nervously, "Here's hoping he doesn't chew me out too much."

Both Fluttershy and Ritsu walk towards The Ancient’s clone as the trio now stand on the dirt road. They begin to walk in a very particular direction, dirt being kicked up in the process, as Anubis comments:

“Take a nice look around, Flutterbutt. Do you recognize where we are?”

She sighed in response to her new ‘nickname’ but heeded to The Ancient’s request by taking in her surroundings. Then, it finally occurred to her as she answers:

“W-wait… is this, Equestria?”

The clone chuckles, “Not entirely, but you’re not exactly wrong either. You see, this is what Equestria used to be in a sense,” He spreads his arms apart, “Behold! The Hallow Biome, many years before Yharim attacked us and forced Harmony to split this biome in two, in order to save it. Her Ark plan, if you will.”

Ritsu took in the sights as she comments:

“So your homeworld is essentially one big Hallow Biome. I like it.”

Fluttershy was momentarily speechless as she couldn’t fathom how any of this was possible. Even by the standards of everything she’s been through, even becoming the Core Of The Slime Gods, this was a revelation and event that made her at a loss for words.

“H-how are you able to do this?” Fluttershy questions.

“Since your world was originally a part of Terraria, I also oversee its dead,” He then brings a hand to his chin, “I recently received a rather rude stallion unicorn pony. Sent his ass straight to The Underworld to be punished, especially after I saw everything he did. I think his name was Blueballs or something,” The clone shrugs, “Anyway, I can use the memories of the dead to recreate a grand canvas via their memories- Ah! Here we are!” Anubis’s clone then points towards a very particular individual: A yellow pegasus pony who bore a striking resemblance to Fluttershy, only their eyes were green.

Soon enough, a very familiar individual starts to hop towards this pegasus mare as Fluttershy’s eyes widen in absolute shock before she shouts:

“A-Angel Bunny?!”

“Oh?” Anubis questions while looking towards Fluttershy, “So you’re familiar with Rajah’s mostly used alias when he’s in disguise, then?”

“Angel Bunny is Rajah Rabbit?!” Fluttershy questions in shock before her lower jaw drops in disbelief. Ritsu chuckles before saying:

“Rajah Rabbit vowed to protect the innocent. However, he also rewarded those who defended nature itself by bestowing upon them the power to speak to animals,” She points towards the pegasus mare who was currently hugging ‘Angel Bunny’ with her forehooves, “That pegasus? Her name is Angel Pony. She’s the first one ever to take up the mantle of The Zoologist,” Ritsu then pats Fluittershy’s head, “You are that pony’s descendant.”

Fluttershy looks off towards the pegasus mare, and back to Ritsu, “So, my ability to speak to animals… was passed down through my family?”

Anubis nods, “Sure was. It skipped some of your relatives and ancestors, but the power still runs strong in your bloodline.”

The clone of Anubis spreads his arms once more as the world around them shifts back to his desert. The yellow pegasus looks around with evidence of her shock still present. She falls onto her flank and says:

“So… all this time, Angel- I mean, Rajah Rabbit, was with me and my ancestors?”

Anubis nods, “He went with Harmony to your world, to keep an eye on your family and to help my old friend whenever she called upon him.”

Fluttershy turns her gaze to Anubis, “But, what about the station of The Zoologist?”

Ritsu approaches and sits down next to the pegasus, “Your ancestor, Angel Pony, sent her children with Harmony while she herself remained here with another half of Harmony, and The Hallow. The mantle of The Zoologist passed down from individual to individual, all the way to myself. They were essentially rendered as orphans, but that’s exactly one of the reasons why Rajah left.”

Fluttershy was now starting to get the picture as she says:

“He went with Harmony to watch over my ancestor’s children, and once they became old enough, he must’ve told them to hide his true identity.”

……….

Incidentally, and all the while, Silence couldn’t help but scold the real Anubis in the throne room as a story was seemingly robbed from him. Celebes was laughing.

……….

Ritsu stands back up and aids Fluttershy onto her hooves, “Thank you, Ritsu.”

Ritsu gives her a thumbs up, “Don’t mention it!” She then looks over her shoulders and notices everyone else getting ready to fight with Bulk Djinn. The Zoologist looks back to Fluttershy, “Go on ahead and meet up with the others. I’ve got something else to discuss with Lord Anubis.”

The yellow pegasus nods in response before turning to Anubis and bowing respectfully, “Thank you so much for telling me this.”

Anubis nods, “Don’t mention it, Angel Pony the second,” He waves a hand, “Now go trot off and meet the others. You don’t get to slack off on your training and Djinn is gonna slap you all silly.”

Fluttershy giggles in response before spreading her wings and taking to the air. However, she also says internally:

-Angle Bunny… Rajah Rabbit… thank you.-

As Anubis and Ritsu watches the pegasus fly towards her fellow trainees, The Ancient’s clone glances towards Ritsu and says:

“I’m surprised you didn’t tell her about your plan.”

Ritsu chuckles, “Give it time. Besides, I already set everything up,” Ritsu places a hand to the back of her neck and laughs nervously, “I hope she can forgive me for doing this.”

Anubis shrugs, “She’s a nice pony. I’d say she even surpasses Harmony in that respect. Well, time to get back to our training,” A series of blue flames covers the clone as he vanishes from existence, teleporting away.

Ritsu is left alone for a moment, but before she walked towards the others, she says:

“On the day of my death, Fluttershy, I hereby pass on the station of The Zoologist... To you.”

Character inventory/equipment:

Fluttershy: Statigel Armor(pony, equipped), Overloaded Blaster, Eviscerator, Crimslime Staff, Corroslime Staff, Slime Staff, Finch Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Hornet Staff, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Honey Comb(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Staff Of Necrosteocytes, Purified Jam.

Rainbow Dash: Necro Armor(pony, equipped), Star Cannon, Minishark, Eviscerator, Aquatic Discharge, Bloody Rupture, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Victory Shard, Slime Mount.

Zecora: Crimson Armor(zebra, equipped), Dune Hopper, Sausage Maker, Beenade, Tooth Ball, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Various Potions, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Sand Cloak(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bloodstained Gloves(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Skeletron Hand.

Starlight Glimmer: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Starfury, Vein Burster, Purple Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Healing Potion, Victory Shard, Rocket Boots(equipped), Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand.

Rarity: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Hornet Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Ice Mirror, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand, Staff Of Necrosteocytes.

Applejack: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Orange Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Rope, Metal Detector, Healing Potion, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Bone Glove, Skeletron Hand.

Twilight Sparkle: Meteorite Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Book Of Skulls, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Ichor, Victory Shards, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount.

Pinkie Pie: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Blue Phaseblade, Bloody Rupture x2, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Metal Detector, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, The Blood Butcherer, Skeletron Hand.