"So...who can guess on what‘s next?" I ask as we walk through the forest path.

"I‘m not sure." Twilight says. "But I hope it‘s something besides fighting. I don‘t like seeing my friends getting hurt and I can't do anything." She says while lowering her head, sighing.

"Well, looks like you'll be celebrating Hearth‘s Warming Eve early, Twilight."Geno says.

"Oh, sweet dear god." I say while face palming. What I see is someone tinkering with a giant machine that looked way to familiar.

"Oh, hey there Geno." Says the new person. He was a normal human at first glance, but when you play video games like me and Roxy, you'll know who it is within a heartbeat. "Hello everyone." The person says, putting down whatever he was working on. "Sorry just working on something.My name is Hal Emmerich, you could call me Otacon." He says with a bow.

"Geno is right, Twilight, you are going to have the time of your life with this guy." I say, knowing how smart this guy is from video games (and the internet). "Well Twilight, it‘s your time to shine." I say to Twilight who nods in response.

"Hello." Otacon says to Twilight. "So here's how it goes." He says while bringing out at list.

'Oh goody a list.' I think to myself bitterly.

"We are going to do three different types of challenges. First is riddles." He says as the entire area becomes dark. I get pulled by something and sent into the spotlight with Roxy. I notice that I’m in a tux like one of those game show hosts. While Roxy was...

"God dammit, not again." I say while holding my nose from another nose bleed. She was wearing one of those bunny suits that you find in Las Vegas. It was one thing that... sadly I always wanted to see Roxy wear.

"What you don’t like it?" Roxy says teasingly, moving in a seductive way just say that didn't help.

"No, it’s just something that... I've always wanted to see you wear that." I say the last part quietly but apparently she heard it and giggled a bit. Wait..."Did you just giggle at what I just said?" I say while getting my nose to stop bleeding.

"Ye-yeah." She says while blushing.

"Anyways, here we have to solve a few riddles from our respective world." Otacon explains trying to get everyone back on track. "It’s kind of like Jeopardy when you look at it." He says.

"Oh this will be easy." Twilight says getting her thinking look ready.

"Ok then." I say while looking for the board or cards. "But where are the questions?" I say as cards appear in my claws. "Well that’s convenient." I say as I give them to Roxy. "Now, my lovely assistant will give you both a card and she will give them to me, then I will ask you both a question and you answer to the best of your ability." I say with the best game host attitude I could. "The best out of three questions wins the first round." I say while handing the cards to Roxy.

"Thank you." They say as they grab a card. Roxy then gives me both cards.
"Ok, the first question goes to Otacon." I say while the lights go to him. "I have two coins, both equals thirty cents but one of them is not a nickel. What is it" I ask while he starts thinking.

"I've got it." He says while hitting a button. "It’s a quarter and a nickel. Because one of them isn't a nickel, it doesn't mean that both aren't nickels." He says with confidence.

"That's correct. One point for Otacon." I say while Roxy psychics up a one on the score board. "Now for Twilight." I say while the lights go over to her. "I'm light as a feather, but the strongest stallion can't hold me for more than a minute. What am I?" I ask while she thinks.

"Breath. No matter what you do you can't hold your breath for more than a few seconds or a minute." She says with confidence.

"That's correct. One point for Twilight." I say while the others cheer and Roxy puts another point on the board but under Twilight's picture. "Now pick another card." I say while handing the cards to Roxy. They pick one and then get sent back to me. "Now, next question for Otacon. What is no sooner spoken then broken. What is it?" I ask .

"It's either silence or a secret." He says.

"Correct." I say while another point goes up for Otacon.

"Now Twilight, it’s your turn. I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?" I ask her.

"Smoke." She says.

"Correct again." I say while another point goes up for Twilight.

"Come on, Twilight, just one more!" Spike cheers.

"Next up for Otacon, What is the moon worth?" I say as he thinks about it.

"That...really makes no sense, but I think I know what it is." He says. "It’s one dollar because it has four quarters." He says.

"Thats correct and yes it doesn’t make any cents." I say trying to make a joke. After only receiving cricket noises in response, I comedically fell over.. "Oh come on!? Really, I know it’s bad, but really?" I say while Roxy just sighs{,} but smiles none the less as she gives a point to Otacon. "Now to Twilight. What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and the beginning of every ending?" I say while she gets in the zone.

"It’s E. Because they all start with the letter E." She says.

"That is..." I stop for dramatic effect. "Correct!" I yell as the last point is put up on the board. "Oh and that’s all the time we have. Stay tuned for our next episode of 'Equestrian Jeopardy!' I yell out as we hear a roar of applause and the lights start to go out. “Well, that was fun. What’s next?” I ask Otacon. As the game show clothes disappeared, I sighed, “I’m going to miss that bunny outfit…”

"Next, we'll have a little tactical game." He says as everything starts to warp.

"What’s going on?" Twilight fearfully says.

"Don’t worry, we're just going to have a little game of chess, in a way." Otacon says as we all land on soft grass.

"You know what, this place seems... familiar." I say while looking around. All I can tell is that we're in a green field. "Weird, I feel as if I..." I trail off as I look at the others. "Whoa. That’s new." I say as I see all of them with weapons and armor. I look at myself to see that I also have them as well.

"Ugh...what happened?" Roxy says while standing up. She's wearing what seems to be a Cleric’s outfit from...Fire Emblem? "Uh, Wolf, why are you wearing armor and holding a sword and shield?" She asks me. I look down and see that, as far as I can recall, wearing a Mercenary class armor and have a iron sword.

"Well, look at you with your cleric staff and robe." I say while she looks at herself. She then picks up a tome and her staff looking at them both contentedly. "I have a feeling were going to be doing a tactics game this time." I say while looking around to find anything else. I hear some groaning and look over to the others got up grabbing their weapons without thinking.

"Where are we?" Applejack says while hefting a silver ax. She's wearing a standard Fighter’s gear.

"I’m not sure , darling, but wherever it is, it’s simply marvelous." Rarity says while looking around, a steel bow in hand. Wait...HANDS?!?! I look around and see that they've been turned into anthro ponies.

'Well that’s new." I think as I’m looking at the others get up. Rainbow was a simple Myrmidon with an iron sword. Pinkie had a Dancer’s outfit with a bronze sword. Fluttershy's predicament was really weird. "Why is there a wyvern next to Fluttershy?" I ask as she was nudged by the dragon. She looked up to see the dragon smile at her, she didn’t squeak or anything. She smiled and grabbed her iron ax and mounted the thing. "Um...Fluttershy why aren’t you cowering? It’s a dragon, after all." I ask her .

"Well, all I need to do was look into her eyes and she seemed all right." She says while petting the back of the dragons ears.

"Of course." I say then stop. "Wait, it’s a she?" I ask as Fluttershy nods. "Ok then." I say while shrugging. "So anybody seen Twilight?" I ask while looking around.

"I think I see someone." Pinkie calls as she dances her way towards a cloaked figure.

"Ugh... what happened?" The cloaked figure says while standing up, grabbing a sword and a tome as well.

"Twilight?" Roxy says looking at the cloaked figure.

"Yeah, that’s me." She says.

"Welcome." Otacon voice says from nowhere. "Now for your next challenge, we're going to play a game of Fire Emblem. Here are the rules." He says while a giant board pops up out of nowhere. "What you have to do is defeat my commander and you'll win. But if I defeat Twilight or Wolf, I win. If you take a moment to look, you will notice that you have weapons. You can use those to deal damage against your opponent, or for Roxy, she can heal a teammate. Also, with Pinkie, if she uses an ability called ‘Dance', then a team member can have another go at anything like healing, attacking, or getting out of the way of oncoming enemies that might box you in." He says.

"Well then, let’s get this over with." I say while getting into a battle stance and seeing a bunch of Risen, undead soldiers, rise from the ground and get into a battle formation.

"Can we do this?" Twilight asks.

"Yes we can." Roxy says while flipping to a random page of her tome,"This is going to be fun." She says with a smile.

Author's Notes:

Hello everyone its me Xinrick. Im sorry if im being to vague or none descriptive with this Im trying my best with these puzzle or chess battles. I hope that you all like part one to this and I'll make sure that the next part is even better.