The ponies gathered around the crystal blockade that kept them from seeing the alley from all sides. More and more ponies that didn’t even know what was going on began to congregate around the crystalline structure to try to peer into its depths. To the shock of all, the crystalline structure began to shrink and gaps began to form in its structure. Soon the whole thing was gone and everpony peered into the newly revealed alleyway. It held no secrets, and there was only trash to be found up against the walls. Some ponies even checked the trash and found nothing inside or around them.

I on the other hand was several blocks away thanks to my portalling ability I could use, that would normally serve to transport me to other dimensions. Instead of another dimension, I chose another alley way so Nara and I could escape without difficulty. I waved her off, but she just turned and left leaving me waveless. "Rude much?" I continued on my way and onto the street where I saw countless burning buildings I couldn’t save. I used what I remembered from the book of Water Bolt and sprayed water onto the burning buildings.

Several succumbed to the gallons of water I sprayed and extinguished, but I was unable to continue do to a rather large flash of light in front of me. I was stopped dead in my tracks by none other than Twilight Sparkle the student of Princess Celestia and element of magic.

“Who the hay are you?” she demanded, narrowing her eyes.

“Oden, king of the Red Rose Empire.” I responded, then shifted into a warm smile. “And I’d like to think I’m your friend.”

“Friend or not, you beat up a dragon and saved Ponyville!” she smiled softly, and leaned in conspiratorially. “You know what that means?”

I leaned back nervously. “Please not a kiss?”

“What? Ew no! It means Pinkie needs to-”

“THROW A PARTY!” exclaimed a magical puff ball of happiness that appeared out of nowhere.

I could actually sense her movements, as if her physical form actually swimming through the ground and popping up behind Twilight. Her grin was impossibly wide and her excitement was immeasurable.

If only I grabbed a scouter from Vegeta.

“WAAH!” Twilight yelped. “Pinkie!”

“Hey Twilight! You know now that we know Troy is Oden, and we haven’t even had a welcome Troy to Ponyville party, we should at least have a welcome Oden king of Red Rose Empire party, and savior of Ponyville without killing a dragon and saving it from one because he’s so powerful he can even take on Princess Celestia if he wanted to but chose not to because it wasn’t necessary for him and-”

“Is Pinkie a spirit too?”

“Yes.”

“Oh that explains a lot actually.”

“-then he led us to believe he wasn’t mean and he really wasn’t because he helped out the town and I heard Steel Builder is using his free time to apologize to everypony after Oden said he’d change him!” Pinkie stopped her endless sentence.

“Pinkie.” I started, getting both mares to look at me. “We were on the subject of parties, not the reason why I was here. And you were also off about the reason why I was here in the first place.”

“Oh really? Then why are you here?” asked Twilight.

“For you to find out later.” I grinned at her and she gave me an un-amused look. “What? it’s true.”

[^]“TROY OF THE RED ROSE EMPIRE! SURRENDER YOURSELF AT ONCE!”[/^] sounded a booming voice from the air.

I looked up and saw not only Princess Luna and a squadron of night guards, but also Celestia and her best solar guards swooping down and surrounding me and the other two mares. I saw some other civilian ponies begin to look out their windows and poke heads around corners. But for the most part the citizens stayed away from the confrontation. The guards pointed their spears at me and a few put a hoof on the hilt of their blades for close combat.

[^]“YOU ARE OUTNUMBERED AND IN THE PRESENCE OF EQUESTRIA’S FINEST! SURRENDER AND WE WILL TREAT YOU FAIRLY!”[/^] Luna bellowed, Celestia stepped forward and put a hoof between me and her sister.

“Twilight. Pinkie Pie. Get out of the circle.” I commanded.

“B-but we can’t leave you! You saved us!” argued Twilight.

“Twilight Sparkle.” started Celestia and both mares watched her. “Take Pinkie Pie somewhere safe.”

“B-but-”

“No buts. Twilight I need you to leave this to me.” she ordered Twilight calmly but firmly.

Twilight hung her head in defeat and her horn lit up. Soon after a flash of light Pinkie and Twilight were out of the area and it left me alone with the guards and the Princesses.

Celestia looked at me and spoke calmly. “Troy we don’t want conflict. We just want facts, and your magic is something we don’t want around our ponies.”

“You know, I thought you’d be a little more respectful toward me, after today. I did save one of your provinces from destruction, you know.” I replied looking at my finger nails like they were the most interesting thing that happened today.

“That may be but-” Celestia was interrupted.

“Hey you can’t be here! This is royal business!” shouted a guard from behind Celestia.

“Please I need to speak with the Princess!” Tala’s voice rang out into the air.

“Guard let her through.” commanded Celestia.

“Yes your majesty!” he saluted and Tala was allowed to approach the princess.

Celestia lowered her head so Tala could whisper in her ear and her expression went from one of confusion to realization. Then she looked back at me with a scowl on her face.

“Oden? Oden of the Red Rose Empire? Why have you come to our lands?” she demanded.

“I have business of my own to attend to. And I’m waiting for my eggs to hatch.” I answered looking in the direction of my realm. Which happened to be behind me and in the air.

“Eggs?” Celestia said with a questioning gaze toward the sky were I was looking, and asked softly, “…Where are you from, Oden?”

“Tia.” Luna looked to Celestia. “I think we’d better interrogate him back at Canterlot.”

“That would be wise.” Celestia whispered to Luna. “But I’m wondering if he’ll give us any more information if we take him forcefully.”

“We must take him to a place where he can’t do any harm. Once our ponies are safe I think its best we either send him back with permission from the divine or we keep him there for a later decision.” Luna whispered back.

“Hey even though Mrs. And Mrs. Subtlety have a point with you helping them, will you?”

“Well, that depends how you deal with the situation. I can always ask them to not imprison you.”

“Then it won’t be fun for me.”

“Yes well you’ve been waiting for a while now and months have passed in your world. I’m sure it’s time for you to leave.”

“Yeah… You think I should end this now?”

“I’ll support your decision.”

“Guards, seize him.” Luna ordered calmly.

I slowly turned around as the guards stepped forward to apprehend me. I faced Luna and Celestia and the guards’ movements became more and more sluggish. I then got my universe to stop masking my power and I soon felt my sight and senses expand beyond the small town and even out toward the surrounding cities. My complete magical ability was unlocked and I lifted myself into the air without the need for my wings.

“By the divines.” Celestia stated with no small amount of awe in her expression.

Luna wore the same face Celestia did while I scanned the environment. I felt the minerals deep within the earth and locked their details away in my memories so I could bring them back later to adjust the minerals of my world. I grinned happily and I looked back at Celestia and Luna and snickered at their expressions.

“Whoa, it’s like you’ve never seen a divine before.” I smiled at them.

I asked Peddler’s universe to obey me and it agreed with Peddlers nonverbal consent. I teleported in front of the princesses while my crystal storm froze the muscles of the guards, turning them into living statues. Celestia and Luna flinched when I appeared in front of them.

“H-how do you have so much control over Peddler’s world?” Celestia asked horrified.

“I asked permission, of course.”

Luna interrupted. “P-Peddler joined The Garden recently. A-are you the Garden?” Luna asked.

“No, the group is called The Garden, my name happens to be Oden and I control the Red Rose Empire. It’s a growing nation that I’m building, to give me access to armies of immortals that can take over a realm quickly while protecting their own. I happen to be a friend of Peddler’s, so I’m kinda following rules at the moment.”

“What were you doing here?” asked Celestia.

“Waiting for the eggs to hatch. I told you this already. As for David, I’m debating whether or not I want to bring him with me to my world. Don’t ask him to go with me because I don’t know if my world can provide the things he needs to continue living like food.”

“Oh… so why are you revealing yourself to us now? Why not earlier when we could offer you a place to stay?” Luna asked.

“I was having too much fun.” I answered her mischievously. “Besides, I’m being as flexible as I can right now before I really have a nation to protect and manage. Although I’m going to have a government system in place that allows the Terrarian race to govern themselves, even if I’m off somewhere else.”

“I-I’m not aware of a system that works like that.” Celestia replied.

“I am. I can easily put it in place after I get back. Although sitting around for thousands of years is going to get a little annoying of course. I guess I’ll just have to find some sort of entertainment till then. Maybe gladiator fights!” I announced.

“That’s horrid and you should feel ashamed of thinking about it.” Luna growled to me with a scowl.

I looked at her like she just grew another head. “Well when you have immortals that basically respawn every time they die, it’s not really that gruesome when you think about it.” I responded.

“What? Terrarians respawn?” Luna asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Yes.” I replied oblivious to the next event to take place.

“Good.” Luna deviously smiled as she powered up her horn.

She sent a blast of dark energy at me and it struck me in the chest. I fell to the ground shocked from the sudden attack and unable to respond before I hit the ground. I laid there with one thousand thoughts running through my head. One of them happened to be“I’m going to murder that bitch.” But I realized I had to ask permission.

“Can I murder Luna?”

“No.”

“Can I seriously, but not mortally, wound her?”

“No.”

“Can I slap her?”

“As long as you don’t kill her or torture her, I’m ok with whatever you do.”

“I’m going to saw off her horn.”

“Don’t do that.”

“Fine… I’ll just slap her.”

I sat up and saw Luna’s smug look and closed eyes while Celestia stared at her like she just set an orphanage on fire. I got up and glared at her with my arms crossed. Luna opened her eyes and her smug expression disappeared, and was replaced with a scowl. I at least expected an apology. I crystalized my open hand and made a mitten out of the Crystal Storm. I then used it to back-hand Luna.

*SLAP*

“OW!” Luna shouted in reaction.

“You know, when I normally get attacked by a goddess I would just outright kill them, or turn them into a sex slave for my people. Usually kill them.” I rolled my eyes. “But with you, that’s your warning. You do that again, I’ll not only kill you, but burn down every city with all the ponies inside the buildings, skin you alive, and raise the foals into slavery for my people.”

She looked livid and Celestia put her hoof on Luna’s shoulder and shook her head ‘no’ desperately. Luna backed down, but obviously wasn’t happy about it.

“Forgive my sister, she’s very old school and respect is given often and you seem.” she chose her words carefully. “Disrespectful.”

“I don’t think I will. Now I need to take care of a few things before I leave. And I think I’d like to leave now, before anyone gives me reason to murder something.”

I commanded the universe to move me to the library.

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I found myself in the upstairs portion of Twilight’s Library. I could hear voices from the door that weren’t Twilight's or Pinkie's, but I decided it was worth checking out. I came all this way to find someone anyway. I listened to the muffled voices as I pressed my ear up against the door.

“I don’t know what Troy did to him, but he got Builder to apologize to me.” David’s voice rang clear though muffled.

“Yes, which is precisely why we need to petition for his release.” Twilight’s voice was also as clear as David’s but again the door muffled it.

“Petition? By the time Princess Celestia gets it, he’d be away in the dungeons!” Rainbow Dash was on the other side of the door too.

“Yeah, and by then we’d have a late celebratory party! Twilight you need to use the enchanted fire to get the message to Celestia!” Pinkie shouted over them.

“Ya’ll ‘re gettin’ on mah nerves! Now ah don’t know much about this Troy character but ya’ll best make a decision right this instant, if ya’ll wanna help ‘im.” Applejack was on the other side of the door as well.

“Applejack we need to do this delicately if we want to help anypony.” Rarity chimed in. “We can’t rush a potentially life changing event. Especially during these times.”

“I-I think we should help fix Ponyville first.” Fluttershy’s meek and almost unnoticeable voice chimed in. “He seemed calm and collected even when he first showed up here. He shouldn’t do anything too reckless around the Princesses, and I’m sure they won’t hurt him. We should have a lot of time to petition for him to be freed.” she offered.

I decided I got all the details I needed. All the main six and the human happened to be there. I turned the door knob and pushed the door open to reveal the library bellow me. Everyone looked up at me with surprise and shock. I took it in stride and crossed my arms at the top of the stairs and looked at David.

“The hay Troy, how’d you get away from the Princ-”

“David.” I said interrupting Rainbow. “I’m here to take you to a world that’s a little friendlier for you. Although if you wish to stay, I won’t hold it against you.”

“Wait dude, what are you talking about? Can you get me home?” he asked.

“No, but I can take you with me. Although I won’t be able to bring you back just yet. I have things to take care of in my kingdom before I can accept you.”

“Whoa whoa whoa, your kingdom?” said Rainbow. “I thought you said Oden was the king of the Red Empire thingie.”

“Red Rose Empire.” I corrected her. “And I wasn’t lying when I said Oden was king of the Empire.”

Twilight spoke up. “Wait, are you going to betray Oden?”

“No. I am Oden.”

“BWAHAHAHAHHAHA!” Rainbow burst into laughter.

I waited for Rainbow’s laughter to die down.

“Funny Troy. But you don’t have the power to take on the Princess. A dragon, ok I see that, but either of the Princesses are more powerful than you.”

“I have to agree with Rainbow Dash Troy.” agreed Twilight. “Princess Celestia is a god. And nothing short of another god can-”

I opened a portal to my world below me up against a book shelf and jumped down and landed softly in front of it. On the other side was my white throne, with the beautiful backdrop of grassy mountains and the exposed edge of the newly named planet Dust. I walked into the portal and willed my armor onto me without putting it on like a human would and just forced it into my armor slot in my inventory. I was immediately covered in Hallowed armor from head to toe and I slowly moved my head to the side so I could look back through the portal at the humanoid ponies.

Also I thought it would look cool.

I looked at David once again and said “I don’t need an answer yet David, but you should think about what I offer you. Maybe even try out the new life I offer you. Just because you walk through that portal doesn’t mean you can’t go back. It’s not permanent, and at any time you can ask me to send you back here.” I told him.

David looked awed. “C-can I look around?”

“Now?” I asked.

“Y-yeah.” I nodded my head in response.

I knew all my Terrarians hatched by now. I can feel them digging into the earth and pulling out iron, gold, and copper from the earth’s mountains. I secretly added more minerals from the world I was just in into Dawn where my people haven’t mined. I could feel Rainbow Dash on the other side of the planet, while Isis actually just opened the doors to the council chamber.

“Oden your people awai-oh hello.” Isis smiled when she saw David.

When David caught sight of her vines he flushed red and Isis snickered.

“My you’re an adventurous one.” she teased him.

“Isis don’t tease him. He just got here.” I chimed in.

“Yes my lord.” she responded.

“David, come.” I motioned to the balcony.

David followed me over to the balcony and looked over the railing with no shortage of awe when his sight was set on the sprawling first settlement of the Red Rose Empire. The buildings were white and reflected the light off of each other, giving them a radiant glow and the happiness of the sun’s rays hit David’s skin and made him smile. The farthest parts of the settlement was made up of farm area’s that grow potion materials and a coliseum that housed gladiator fights for all to enjoy and test their skills.

“It’s beautiful.” he noted in awe.

“And you can live here. But I want you to ask yourself something.” I told him.

He looked at me with a curious expression. “What?”

“Do you want this? I want you to go back through that portal to Equestria and stay there for a few more days. I’ll have Celestia get you personally for your decision, and even then you can still delay it. Please don’t jump at this and say yes or no. This decision is not permanent and by no means are you forced to make it.” I told him while standing tall.

“I understand. Thank you.” he gave a respectful bow. “I kinda want to take a look around though.”

“I can’t have you do that just yet. I’m still working on the world as it is, and the moon has yet to be forged into an actual celestial body I approve of. What you see now is unfinished. Not only would deciding to move in now be unwise, but you may choose to go back if you don’t like the final product.”

“Oh… Ok then. I see what you mean. S-so, I should go?” he asked pointing back at the portal.

“Yes. But know you’re always welcome. Oh and don’t let Isis’s flirty behavior get to you. She rarely does that, and it’s only when she’s in a good mood… well I wouldn’t know. She doesn’t flirt with me.” I explained.

“Oh ok. Uh, is that a good thing?” he asked.

“She’s the spirit of nature. Basically, you’re flirting with Mother Nature.”

“Oh, so do what she says, respect her and give her all my money, so she can go buy whatever she wants or I’ll get crushed by a land slide?” he asked.

“Well with me here I don’t think any of that will happen. But basically yes.”

He grinned widely. “Ok dude, I’m glad I’m friends with a king.”

“Goodbye.” I waved him off and he walked back into the throne room while I stood on the balcony.

I felt him leave my world and I closed the portal behind him. Isis walked up beside me and leaned on the railing on her elbows. Giving her a bent over posture that as alluring as it was, I knew it wasn’t to make me any closer to her.

“You know Rainbow Dash missed you right?” she asked knowingly.

“Yes.”

“Did you miss her?”

“…no.”

“Well she knows she loves you now. What are you going to do about that?” Isis continued.

“Try to love her back, no matter how hard that really is.” I responded.

Isis smiled happily. “Good. I don’t want her heart broken because you don’t want to return that love. But I know for a fact that you will never be able to love her back.”

“How so?”

“Because of what you are. Heartless does not mean loveless, but it does make it harder to find love. And another race is hard for you to stomach, I can tell.”

“…Maybe you’re right. I’ll fill my time up with work and not see her often. She’ll fall out of love and maybe find a Terrarian she likes more than me.”

“That’s not a very sound plan, you know.”

“I know… How are the Terrarians?”

“Same as ever. Active. Some even started training to be soldiers and are battling it out in the coliseum with their skills to guide them. Most are weak, but there are a few promising champions among them.”

“What of the barrier that keeps us hidden?”

“Working.”

“How about the nature?”

“It… works. But only because Rainbow is helping me water the trees. We need a real system that allows us to water the world and supply more water for the rivers periodically, so they don’t dry up.”

I thought on the issue for a moment. Usually run off from the melting of snow on the mountains builds up tributaries and into lakes. But considering there is no mountain high enough to form snow, I’ll need a different way to get the water to the mountain tops and down to the valley floors.

I made my decision.

“I’m going to remove the magnetic plates in the cores of both worlds and replace them with magical orbs like the ones on the walls. Only much bigger.” I told Isis.

“How much? And why?” she asked, looking at me with a confused expression.

“On planet Dusk.”

I willed the core of the black cloud covered planet to rebuild into a magical red orb. It started absorbing energy from everything around it and I readjusted the clouds to keep out the senses of gods and spirits like Isis or Celestia or even divines like Peddler so no energy can be absorbed, and nothing underneath the planet can be seen. Isis noticed my changes.

“You created a core that takes power?” she asked.

“And for planet Dawn.” I announced creating a much smaller blue core that wielded the energy Dusk gathered and kept the planets from crashing into each other. “A way to use it. See? Battery and light bulb.” I told her.

“Oh, that’s actually pretty impressive. But what happens if a Terrarian mines it?”

“That’s where the underwater oceans come in.” I whispered to her.

I created underwater oceans that were fifty miles deep and at the end was the large but smaller than Dusk’s core.

“Now if a Terrarian digs too deep they’ll fall through into the ocean and drown before they even get to the core. Not only that, but considering the core is a magical structure it can also defend itself.”

Isis felt around the core with her senses before realizing something.

“Dawn is drawing in power?” she asked me.

“Yes, but not as much as Dusk. In fact the creatures that I have living on that black rocky surface have enough power of their own to be considered spirits.”

“I could tell.” Isis shuddered, looking at the cloudy planet.

She noticed the template moon that still hasn’t been changed when I first created the world.

“You forgot the moon.” she remarked.

“Yeah…” I said looking at it. “I think I’ll have it orbit the planets like a comet. You know it’s really close one minute and then flies off into space and falls back to them. But I’m going to have it so that every two years, the moon will go between the planets.”

“What will it be made out of? Or what minerals will you put in it.”

“I think just a giant crystal storm surface. Also a pink magical core.” I answered her question smiling and making it happen.

“What’s with you and cores?” Isis asked giving me a strange look.

“You’ll see. Maybe not now but you’ll see why I’m doing it in the future, if I happen to get into any conflicts.”

“Conflicts?” inquired Isis.

“Yeah. I found out about Conquer and his warring ways.” I told her.

“I’m not familiar with that one. Then again I don’t know everyone.”

“You probably wouldn’t. He’s in the farthest corner of the multiverse or something. I can’t risk getting a good look at him from that far because I may become visible to other divines. And there are a few groups that I don’t want to know yet until I get a strong army.”

“Are they bad?” Isis asked.

“In a way, yes. They could possibly go against everything I’ve worked for, and might see me as a threat considering who I am. But I need to show them I’m bigger than I really am.”

Isis remained quiet for a while before she pushed herself to an upright position and looked out toward the horizon.

“You know we need to wait a few centuries before the empire will be strong enough to expel any invaders right?” she turned to me.

“It’s going to be a very long road ahead of us. But I’m sure we can figure something out.”

Isis clapped her hands together. "Good! Now let's get to making the animals!"

Author's Notes:

Author/Editor's note:

Sorry Ultra I know you like Luna lots :c

No probs Gear, she deserved it.