I stared at the group of griffons that just landed in front of us. Twenty-five of them were aiming their guns at me while the other five pulled out some form of melee weapon, ranging from knives to swords. In turn, I raised both Yin and Yang at them.

"Drop em. There's only one of you with a weapon and thirty of us" one of the griffons said.

"Did you know that diplomatic missions are peaceful?" I said back.

"And there are two of us with a weapon." Andy walked out of a grocery store and he was aiming an M9 in his left hand at the griffons because he had a paper bag in his right hand.

"Make it three." Austin jumped down from a building and aimed his MP5 at the griffons.

"Der is fahr of us." *CHK-CHK* Applejack appeared from behind a stand with her crossbow in her hooves.

"What makes you think there is four? Make it six." Nick, who was aiming his M60 at the griffons, was beside Fluttershy, who was aiming her tranq gun at the griffons.

Alex, in alicorn form, landed on the ground and he was aiming both Desert Eagles and both B93Rs at the griffons, using his magic. "There are seven of us."

Pinkie Pie defied the laws of physics when she jumped out of a bush that was smaller than she was and she was aiming her party cannon at the griffons. "My Pinkie sense told me that some griffons were coming and since Equestria is at war with the griffons, I decided to grab my Party Cannon and I came here where the griffons landed and saw the griffons and all of right here. Oh and that makes eight of us."

"Now the only person left is Logan so he'll probaly pop up somewhere" I said.

"You mean like this?" Logan said while appearing from a teleportation spell. He was aiming his UMP at the griffons. "So now it's nine of us versus the thirty of you." Soon the other members of the Mane Six came

"Oi. Both of us know that you guys don't even have close to enough to stopping us. Your weapons won't do squat to us. Plus, diplomatic missions are supposed to be peaceful. You defeated the purpose of this."

"We demand that you seven surrender to the griffon nation or Equestria will fall to the Griffon Nation" one of the griffons said.

"Is this going to be a problem or what?" I asked. As we stared off at each other, ponies peered from behind cover to watch us. Hopefully, a gunfight wasn't going to happen as surrounding civilians could possibly be injured.

Nothing happened for quite a while as the two of us waited for someone to make the first moves. Both sides knew who would win and who would be slaughtered. The only reason why I think they wouldn't surrender yet is that they were too stubborn.

One of the griffons lowered his weapon and was soon followed by the rest. Then we lowered our weapons, with the exception of Alex who had to turn back into a human to do so.

My friends, both human and the Mane Six, came to me, making our own little group. "This is a diplomatic mission. Those types of missions are peaceful. If the lot of you think you can go against the rules, we will take action. I know the lot of you are here for a diplomatic mission because Celestia sent me a letter less than five minutes ago. If you guys want a diplomatic mission or some form of negotiation, then the five of you are coming with me." I motioned to the five griffons that I thought were the diplomats. "The rest of you, have to stay here. Come on Scootaloo, let’s go." The two of us walked towards the library and before we went through the door, I said "Don't try to do anything brash, my friends are still here and they still have their weapons."

Scootaloo and I entered the library as the griffons soon followed. "Whether the lot of you like it or not, this is going to be informal. Now anything you guys want to say?"

"Why is there a mere child here?" one of the griffons asked.

"Hmmm. I'm going to answer the question with a series of questions. Scootaloo, how old are you?" I said while I turned and looked at Scootaloo.

"Seventeen" she replied.

"Now answer this question Scootaloo. How old am I?"

"Sixteen" she replied again.

"Does that answer your question?" I asked while turning back to face the griffons. "And yes. A mere child is here because she is my older sister AND I am a mere child and yet I am one of the most dangerous beings currently in existence. If you have any other complaints about mere children being present at this meeting, the mere children that are present at this meeting can leave and I think this meeting will be rather quiet. Now what do the five of you want with Equestria other asking us stupid questions?" I took out a bottle of water for the soon to be spit take.

The griffons picked up their beaks up from the ground and one of them said "We demand the seven of you apes to surrender you weapons and yourselves to the Griffon Empire."

The spit take I did covered two of the griffon diplomats with water. "What gives you the authority to demand such things? Also, why would we ever surrender our weapons to you? Our weapons belong to us."

"Such creatures should not be entrusted with weapons of such capabilities. Four of you have already wrongfully attacked and threatened a diplomatic party sent to Equestria months ago."

"Oi. That diplomatic party attacked us first. I acted in self-defense. Besides, if the Griffon Empire thinks that we will surrender so easily, the Griffon Empire is made up of idiots. I know what the Griffon Empire wants from our weapons. I'm not stupid. If that is all you want, you can leave now.""

"What makes you think you can say the Griffon Empire is made up of idiots? You have no right?"

"No right? One of the most dangerous beings in existence has no right? You know I am also one of the smartest beings in existence too? I also know who one of you are."

"And who might that be?"

"You" I said while pointing to the griffon diplomat that was Gilda.

"Me? How could you possibly know who I am?" she asked.

"Your name is Gilda. One of your previous friends, Rainbow Dash who you met during Junior Speedster Flight Camp, lives here in Ponyville. One day you visited her and you were constantly pestered by a Pinkamena Diane Pie who is also known as Pinkie Pie. She threw a party for you in your honor. While at the party, you were pranked multiple times and you blamed it one Pinkie Pie. Instead, Rainbow Dash confessed to it. Any questions?" I could see Gilda's form tensing up as I said the story. "That's right, you also lost one of your only friends that you had. You abruptently left the party in anger. I can see the hate and anger in you right now because I can see negative emotions in someone. After all, I am a Nightmare being. I bet you just want to do something bad to me but everyone here knows that in doing so would only end up with something bad happening to you. The only thing you can do to me that would seem bad to others is calling me a dweeb, egghead, or nerd but we both know that the nerd is cooler than you because I have more friends than you as your only friend left you quite some time ago, I am. I'm also one of the richest beings in existence. Being one of the most dangerous beings in existence helps too. Plus, being smart is good because everyone definitely wants to be bumbling idiots who can't do something as simple as long division or multiplication which seems even more idiotic when I can do advanced calculus. I bet you don't even know what calculus is. Who’s the dweeb now Gilda?" I could see Gilda seething in anger. Oh I love toying with something in a situation like this. Adding insult to injury to someone such as Gilda can be quite fun for a troll.

"You griffons think you are all that. Instead, each and every one of you are full of yourselves thinking you can do anything when you can't. This makes each of you unable to tolerate anyone better than you so you try to demote the person. You griffons have met a group of people you can defeat. If any of you think you can win a war with us, you are wrong. I know as of now, you have control over Manehattan, Fillydelphia, and Baltimare but my friends and I can retake those three cities back. You think the Equestrians are nothing. Their armor is mainly for decoration and doesn't protect much, the throat is exposed, the underside is exposed, the legs are exposed, and you would be able to spot anyone wearing that armor a few miles away. True their troops are less effective than a civilian with a knife. The royal guard doesn't even know how to fight and they are only trained to be strong but I know some farm ponies stronger than them. However, my friends and I are training some of the Equestrians so that problems going to be solved. Soon the griffons aren't going to be the best and you know it. Even the Equestrians are going to be better than griffon. It is inevitable to delay it."

I picked my backpack up from the ground and replaced it on my back. "Do you want to add anything Scootaloo?"

"You're fucked" Scootaloo said.

"I can agree with that. Although I don't enjoy the profanity. Hate profanity with my life. Can barely stand it. Con chi noi sao o chom ki tien cach (I'll only use profanity in a different language [Vietnamese])."

"What?" one of the griffons said.

"Don't worry about what I said. I was just talking to myself."

I looked at Gilda and saw that she was no longer seething in anger but she was smiling. Odd. "Before we leave, we want to invite you to come to the Griffon Empire" Gilda said. "You may bring any of your friends with you."

"Now why would I want to go?" I asked.

"To see what you're dealing with." Gilda smiled and left. From experience, someone smiling at you after you piss them off isn't that good. Gilda took something out of what she was wearing and handed it to me.

"A scroll." I opened it and read it. Long story short, it was an invitation and pass to the Griffon Empire for the seven of us and six Elements of Harmony. I rolled the scroll back up and placed it into my backpack. "If I don't accept, you know what the answer is."

"Goodbye." The griffons met back up with their guards and flew off. My friends walked up to me, some of them still holding their weapons.

"Anything we need to know?" Nick asked.

"Well, we've been invited to come to the Griffon Empire. Invite doesn't say much other than that. To me, it sounds a bit suspicious. Should we go?" I said while looking at the twelve elements and Spike. Almost immediately, the eyes of the Mane Six widened and they nearly jumped towards me.

"Of course! Getting permission to go to the Griffon Empire is a once in a lifetime chance. No pony is ever allowed to go there" Twilight said. "Even Princess Celestia has only gone there a hoof-full of times in her life."

"Going to the Griffon Empire would be marvelous. Their culture supposedly contains the most abstract and beautiful artwork and fashion there is!" Rarity said.

"I heard the Iron Griffon competition is in a week" Rainbow Dash said.

"Nopony has ever had the chance to document or see their animals" Fluttershy said.

"Ah wanna see deir agriculture. Dem griffons are omnivores like the seven of you and ah wanna see how they farm" Applejack said.

"I can throw all of the griffon’s parties because they are all griffons that I've never ever met before ever! If they're all grumpy and mean like old meanie pants Gilda, I could cheer them all up. I wonder if they like cupcakes. If they do, I wonder what they put in their cupcakes since they eat meat. Can you put meat in a cupcake? Wait, where do they get the meat from? Hmmmm. oh well. LETS GO MEAT (pun intended) THE GRIFFONS!!!"

"I wanna try their gems. They

"So yes?" The sound of six palms hitting six human faces and six hooves impacted equine faces were heard within a one mile radius of where we were standing. "No?"

The Next Day

I was sitting down on a chair in a train car heading for Canterlot. Among the cart was my other thirteen friends and the CMC talking and doing whatever they decided to do.

"Hey Rainbow Dash. Whatever happened with you and the Wonderbolt academy?" I heard Scootaloo asked.

"Well I passed the academy and I'm technically a Wonderbolt but I think it's all a bunch of horse radish. I'm on the Wonderbolt's reserve alternative team. I'm on a backup team for a backup team" Rainbow Dash replied.

"That's completely ridikulus" I said.

Most of the Mane Six groaned when I said ridikulus. "Do you always have to say it like that?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Just say ridiculous."

"Ridikulus."

"Ridiculous."

"Ridikulus."

"Ridiculous."

"Ridikulus."

"Ridiculous."

"Ridikulus."

"Rainbow Dash, just stop" Nick said. "Unlike the rest of you, I've learned to ignore it. Trust me, ignore it and you won't be driven crazy."

"Fine" she grumbled.

Everyone continued whatever they were doing previously except for Nick, who pulled up his hood and got ready to take a nap. Instead of letting him do so, I walked over to him and poked him in the arm. "Nick, how's the M60 sniping treating you?" I asked.

"Good. It's working perfectly. Only one thing bad about the whole concept. You and Logan are already snipers with your Barrett and McMillan and I can't keep up with the two of you. You two can literally hit targets literally twenty-five miles away."

"Well Nick my friend, Logan's McMillan is enchanted with magic and our bullets are enchanted. His long range ammo is also enchanted down to the grain of gunpowder. Logan takes his fifty caliber ammunition and remake it with magic. This results in a huge increase in power and range. My Barrett however is infused with my demon powers as long as I hold it and the results are the same power and range as Logan's modifications to his gun. All you need to do is to take apart your weapon and enchant ever key component. Then you have to make a batch of magical ammo."

"Don't suppose you can do the enchanting my gun part for me? I still haven't caught on to taking apart my M60 correctly" Nick asked while unslinging his M60 from his back and unloaded it. I held up the M60 in the air with my levitation and field stripped it in the air. A shadow appeared on the action, scopes, and barrel of the gun for a few seconds before it disappeared. Then I reassembled the gun and handed it back to Nick. "Don't suppose you have any enchanted ammo?" I smirked at Nick before I took off my backpack and dug into it with my left arm. When I pulled out my arm, it came out with a disintegrating belt of 7.62X51mm ammo. I kept on pulling out a belt of ammo as the bullets piled on the ground. Then the end of the ammunition belt was finally reached and the end hit the ground with a loud clank. What was interesting about the ammunition belt was the fact that it was colored pitch black.

"Nick, that is a twenty-five foot belt of high grade 7.62 armor piercing tracer ammunition that has been enchanted with black magic. That is roughly five hundred rounds of ammunition. It is very, very dangerous and very, very effective. Nick, you are going to have to make your own enchanted ammo with normal magic instead of dark magic as using dark magic would corrupt or kill you. However enchanting ammo with normal magic lowers the power a bit so I'm going to undo the enchantments on the ammo I'm going to give to you so you can get used to normal magically enchanted ammo." I held the ammo belt in the air with my magic and the ammo flashed a few times before the ammo belt fell back to the ground.

"Now with this ammo, the effective range of your M60 machine gun sniper is now ten to fifteen miles and the maximum range is twenty miles as opposed to Logan's McMillan and my Barrett's effective range of twenty to twenty-five miles and maximum range of thirty-five miles. The enchanted ammo has a muzzle velocity of 5400 feet per second and it holds 9600 foot pounds of energy. For an easy comparison, that holds ten percent more power than my two demon pistols or about seventy percent the power of a .50 BMG round. Now I recommend that you use this ammo for sniping but you can use it for suppressing for an extra kick for you gun, it would just use up your special ammo faster. Try not to use too much of this ammo at a time because making this ammo takes some time and you have a limited amount. Also, try not to enchant any other type of special ammo because the results are terrible. When I tried normal enchanted explosive ammo, the explosions healed whatever I shot and I don't think healing whatever you shoot is good especially if you were trying to kill someone. Normal enchanted incendiary ammo literally does nothing. Raufass rounds actually disappear, casing and all, when they get detonated." I picked up the belt of ammo and wounded it up into a coil, before I handed it to Nick. "Now if you ever run out of enchanted ammo, don't bother to ask for more ammo. I won't give you any more because I can't spend all my time making enchanted ammo."

"Besides all of that, I added two more scopes to your scope system. If you flip down the first four scopes, the zoom allows you to see targets seven and a half miles away. If you flip down all five scopes, you will be able to see targets fifteen miles away. Because there are five scopes on the action's cover rail system, I had to make each of the scopes and acogs thinner so they could all fit on the single rail system. Also, since it will be hard to judge distance and accuracy factors miles away, take this." I handed Nick a wrist band.

"A wrist watch?" Nick asked.

"Nope. A ballistics CPU (No I did not get that from Call Of Duty Black Ops 2, I actually knew about ballistics CPUs before they appeared in game. They are currently and only available for two rifles, the Barrett M107 and the CheyTac Intervention) tells you weather factors, wind speeds, the bullet you're using, the distance from the target you're aiming at, and just the other important factors someone needs to know in long distanced sniping. The CPU is connected to all five scopes if you’re wondering how it tells you the distance. Go ahead and try it out."

Nick flipped down all five scopes on his M60 and aimed it out of a window, setting his M60 on the window sill to hold it still. He loaded the new enchanted ammunition into his M60 and then took aim again. I knew what he was doing so I took out my Barrett from my inventory and aimed it out the window.

"What's your target Nick?" I asked.

"Do you see that hydra in the Everfree Forest?" Nick asked.

"Five miles from Fluttershy's cottage and in that clearing surrounded by clusters of leafless trees and with six heads?"

"Yeah."

"Gonna shoot it?"

"Yeah."

"You gonna make that shot? Its nine and a half miles away and we're on a platform going at about twenty miles an hour."

"Yeah." Nick let loose a six round burst from his M60. The two of us watched the armor piercing tracer ammunition fly towards the target through our scopes until each of the six rounds impacted the hydra, one round in each head. For the bullet to reach the hydra, it took about ten seconds. Through our scopes, we saw hydra fall to the ground, dead. Within a matter of seconds, Timberwolves appeared and started eating the corpse.

"You have to pick a harder target Nick. Watch and learn." I took aim with my Barrett and charged it up with my demon powers, turning the entire rifle pitch black. I aimed at the timberwolves feasting on the hydra carcass. ‘Distance, 16720 yards. Wind speed, eight miles north. Humidity, eight percent. Bullets, .50 DT. Rifle, Barrett M82 demon charged. Borealis effect, none. Bullet spin, nonexistent.' I also had to take in mind that we were also on a moving platform so I aimed slightly to the right of my target. I fired all ten rounds of my Barrett in rapid succession, emptying the magazine. Nick and I watched as the bullets flew through the air, leaving a black trace in the air because of the demon magic in each round. It took the demon charged rounds five seconds to reach the target and when it did, each of the ten rounds managed to hit a different timberwolf in the head, obliterating the heads of whatever timberwolf was hit. "And that's how it’s done." I reloaded my Barrett with another mag and deposited the spent mag into my backpack for later reloading before I placed my Barrett back into my inventory. Nick, unloaded his M60 and loaded it with common 7.62 ammunition, saving the enchanted ammo for later.

The rest of the train ride to Canterlot went by quickly as I didn't talk to anyone else. Instead, I started to work on other projects I had in my backpack, ranging from ammunition enchantments to engine parts. When we arrived in Canterlot, everyone filed out of the train and walked over to a train worker who was handling luggage and placing them into a large pile. All of my friends grabbed their luggage from the pile that the train worker made before they came back to where I was standing. Since they were used to living with very little from the zombie apocalypse, my six human friends had a few suitcases or a single backpack with the exception of Andy who only had a backpack and his cardboard box pocket universe home. The Mane Six and CMC, however, had upwards of three suitcases and a dual saddle bag per pony except in Applejack's case who only had only a dual saddle bag and no suitcases and Rarity who had over fourth suitcases and a saddle bag. Since Rarity had such a massive amount of luggage, she had a cart that somehow held all of her suitcases that I volunteered to pull so that Sweetie Belle didn't have to pull it. Spike, like I did, only had a single backpack on his back. The lot of us started to walk towards the castle. The plan was, we were going to take a large airship to the Griffon Empire.

"For the love of god Rarity, do you always pack up everything on your home when you travel?" I asked.

"It's just the basic essentials darling" Rarity replied.

"The essentials?!? The essentials are money, a few pairs of cloths, some form of dental care, and maybe a weapon, not makeup hair care products, enough cloths to clothe all of Ponyville, a sewing kit, and half of your home. Look what Spike has! He only has a hat, a tooth brush, tooth paste, some gems, and a few hundred bits. It's completely ridikulus, this amount of luggage."

"Well I am a lady and those are the essentials of a lady not a dragon."

"Still, fourth plus bags of luggage? Andy has less junk than that."

"Well Andy is a slob not a gentlecolt."

"I can hear you, you know!" Andy said from behind.

"Good! You also an idiot that doesn't care about safety" I said. "You've accidentally shot me nine times since we came back to Equestria. The strange thing is, you've shot no one else accidentally."

"Well um... Shut up."

"You lost that one Andy" I said. I spat out the current piece of gum I was chewing on and popped another piece in my mouth.

"Can I have a piece?" Spike asked. I shrugged and handed him a piece. As Spike popped the piece of gum into his mouth, I saw his teeth and was remembered something.

"Hey Spike, have you ever tried meat?" I asked.

"Meat! Why would I eat meat?!?" he asked back.

Apparently, Twilight heard this and she came over to me. "What's this about Spike eating meat?" she asked.

"You know Spike is supposed to be a carnivore right? Look at his teeth, then look at mine" I said while pointing to his mouth. "His teeth end in a point instead of being flat. This mean he's meant to have the diet of a carnivore, not a pony."

"Why would he need to eat meat?" Twilight asked. "He's doing fine on a pony's diet."

"Twilight, how old is Spike?" I asked.

"Eighteen in a few months" she replied.

"Now answer this next question, how long has Spike stayed at that size height?"

"I don't know. I think he's stayed that height ever since he came to that height after he had already been hatched for three or four years."

"And you've never noticed that he doesn't grow? Twilight, you need to feed him the right nutrients and protein. Look at me! I'm nearly six feet tall and I'm only sixteen. You know what the funny thing is? Before the world went all messed up, I found out that I had a vitamin D deficiency that I had for years without me knowing it. For the idiots out there, vitamin D is needed for bone growth and height. Imagine how tall I'd be if I didn't have a vitamin D deficiency. I'd be nearly seven feet tall! Spike needs his meat. Every man does. I bet you'd like the taste." Twilight was at a loss of words right now. She didn't have anything she could use to argue back as I covered every angle. "Spike, would you like to try some meat right now?" I asked while smirking at him.

"Yes?" he asked.

I stopped pulling Rarity's cart of luggage and pulled out my sword, causing everyone to stop walking and looked at me. Before they could say or ask anything, I slashed my sword through the air on my right and opened up a portal to another dimension. I jumped through it and both I and the portal disappeared.

Third Person Point Of View

"Ummm what?" Andy asked. "What are we going to do now?"

"Maybe we should wait for him to come back?" Ike said.

"Who knows how long he might take" Rarity said.

What they didn't know was that Tran had already came back to this dimension and was standing behind all of them. "What are we going to do?" Tran asked.

"We're waiting for Tran to come-" Rarity said before she realized who was talking and turned around.

First Person Point Of View

"Ummm... What are you staring at?" I asked.

"Why'd you run off?" Twilight asked.

"What are you talking about? I didn't run off. I teleported to another dimension. What made you think I ran off?"

"OKAY! Why'd you go to another dimension?"

"I got Spike some freshly cooked meat for him to try." I walked over to Spike and handed Spike the piece of meat.

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My six human friends stared at the piece of meat as Spike grabbed it and looked at it. I knew my friends were jealous of Spike by the looks of their faces. Spike soon took out his piece of gum and took a bite of the piece of bacon and started to chew. He stopped chewing and he moved the piece of bacon around in his mouth before he started to chew again. Then he instantly ate the rest of the bacon, barely chewing it. "That was the single greatest thing I have ever experienced. Life is now meaningless" Spike said.

"Bacon isn't that good. Personally, I hate bacon" I said.

Spike and my human friends, minus Austin who was trying to stop eating meat, glared at me. "Tran, do you hate everything good in life?" Alex asked.

"Basically, yes" I replied. "Everything I like is nearly the exact opposite of what normal people like, what do you think?"

"No comment."

The rest of the walk to the royal castle remained silent. Once we were inside the royal castle, we were greeted by Celestia. "Hello my little ponies and the umm... actually I don't know what to call the seven of you with a similar title as my little pony."

"OOO I KNOW!!! HOW ABOUT-" Pinkie started.

"Don't you dare start Pinkie!" I said. "Now you said that you were going to arrange some form of transportation to the Griffon Empire?"

"Yes, you'll be taking a large airship to the Griffon Empire. This airship isn't made for luxury but for cargo and transport so don't try to expect much. We would have sent for a small airship but a small one wouldn't be able to carry enough supplies for you to take such a journey. Since you'll be going again the winds flowing into Equestria, the trip from Equestria to the Griffon Empire will take about eight days and the trip back from the Griffon Empire to Equestria will take two days as you'll be going with the wind. Now, you'll only be staying in the Griffon Empire for two days at the most so don't try to plan too much."

"So where's the airship?" I asked.

"Right behind you" she replied back.

The lot of us turned around and saw an airship that looked like someone took a galleon, removed all the sails and masts, and added a giant balloon on the top of it.

"What is with us being completely oblivious to the obvious of the environment?" I asked. "We basically miss everything that should be noticed easily. Last week with that manticore walking through town without any of us noticing the said creature all the way to Alex not realizing he had a bullet wound for four hours. Oh well, let’s get on already."

We boarded the airship and loaded our luggage onto the ship. A pony wearing a naval captain's uniform trotted up to us and started speaking to us. "Hello there! I'm Sea Dog and you've boarded my beloved vessel here."

'Sea Dog? Why would his name be Sea Dog? We're on an airship. Why would he be captaining an airship and not a normal ship? I swear,  Equestria is trying to troll me sometimes to get revenge for me trolling ponies.'

Another pony walked up to us and next to Sea Dog "Here is Lackey. He'll be showing your rooms" Sea Dog said.

Lackey us down into the lower parts of the ship and when we were four floors down, we were shown our rooms. Since this was a large airship meant for cargo, transport, and a lot of crew to run the ship, we had to share rooms. Three of us would have to share a room with two others and the remaining eight would share a room with only one other person/pony have to share a room with just one other person. How the living arrangements went was the three members of the CMC would share a room with each other, I would share a room with Nick and Alex, Andy would share a room with Ike and Logan, Rainbow Dash would share a room with Applejack, Twilight would share a room with Pinkie Pie for who knows why, Fluttershy would share a room with Spike, and Austin would share a room with Rarity despite his dismay. Since it was already night because of the amount of time we spent traveling, everyone started to get ready for sleep and in my case, brush my teeth and leave my backpack in my room. Soon, everyone said their goodbyes to each other and went to sleep except for Austin because everyone here knew that he was going to be held up all night by Rarity's incessant preparations to simply go to sleep. What Austin forgot about was that Andy had his cardboard box small pocket universe four story mansion home that had enough guest bedrooms for each of us to have our own room with a bathroom and there would still be extra rooms. Also, I still had my backpack pocket universe that had a backup bunker home that was nearly identical to the one I had in the Everfree Forest except that it didn't have any munitions, materials, or supplies, my sort-of-portable workshop filled with my projects and my five ton deuce, a three story home with a view of an actual beach that had working everything from an artificial sun/moon to waves, extra supplies and munitions that for some reason wasn't in the backup bunker home, a shooting range, a track meant for racing/driving, and much, much more. Since Andy and I obviously had extra room to spare, we shared it with whomever we shared our room with but not with anyone else. Only thing I have to say is that when Austin finds out that we had all of that extra room that he could have used instead of sharing a room with Rarity, he is going to be pissed. What made things funnier was that the rooms that we had to share were absolutely terrible that rivaled the terribleness of a cheap motel and in Andy and my pocket universes, our bedrooms/homes would rival that of the best five star hotels.

I left my backpack in my room for Nick and Alex to go in and out of my pocket universe on their own whim to do anything but they just went to their own beds while I went out for a walk on the weather deck. I walked up the stairs leading up to the weather deck, trying to be as quiet as possible which was pretty easy with me being the stereotypical Asian. I walked up the stairs to the weather deck and ended up on the back of the airship. Spending eight days on this vessel is going to result in a lot of walking.

As I walked on the weather deck of the ship, I noticed a figure on the bow of the ship, a pony. I walked over to the pony and recognized her, Fluttershy. She was looking off into the distant sky at the full moon, with a look of regret and sorrow. I knew she was depressed as I sensed the negative emotion with my dark magic. I snuck up behind her and stood there, waiting for her to notice me. Five minutes passed so I poked her in the side. The reaction was a bit unexpected. Fluttershy grabbed my hand and twisted. Fluttershy attempted to throw me, instead I countered and stopped her throw, by picking her up entirely.

"Fluttershy, what are you doing up here? I thought you went to bed" I said.

"NOTHING! I mean um, I'm not doing anything at all" Fluttershy replied.

"Fluttershy, what's wrong? I know something is up. I can tell."

She sighed and looked back to facing the sky. "Nopony would understand, especially somepony like you."

"Fluttershy, is it because of the Nightmare Night incident?" Fluttershy flinched upon hearing that. "Fluttershy, you can tell me what's wrong. You said that I definitely wouldn't understand your problem. Is it because you killed those ponies?"

"You would understand nothing. You kill all the time and you feel nothing. How are you going to help me when you do the exact action my problem is based on?" she said.

"Fluttershy, I can definitely help you then" I replied.

"Tran, you kill so many all the time and it doesn't even faze you."

"Fluttershy, I can help you. Killing is something different, a taboo. However, I'm going to tell you the complete truth. Killing can both right and wrong, yin and yang. Which one it is? I don't know. Yes, I don't know. I can't know. I'm not supposed to know. Now answer this question Fluttershy, do you think killing is evil?"

"Yes. Of course it is."

"So tell me Fluttershy, should someone kill to defend someone they love or their country as soldiers?"

"Yes but this is-."

"Because then that person is then killing with justification. Killing is like fire. Is fire good or bad?"

"Bad but how is this-"

"Yes fire is bad, it hurts to touch, it can destroy and sometimes the heat is too intense for some people but tell me this, is fire really bad? Fluttershy, what do you use to cook your food or heat?"

"With fire."

"What do you use to heat yourself up during the Winter?"

"With fire."

"How do blacksmiths melt down metals or heat them up?"

"With fire."

"Exactly. You see Fluttershy, killing is evil to some people but killing can actually be good. You may think what you did is evil but in reality, it's good because you were killing to protect. Look at me. I have the blood of hundreds, if not thousands staining my soul and yet it doesn't trouble me at all, knowing that everyone I've ever killed and will, will be justified. Like fire, killing is not evil when used in the right situations. You killing those ponies were completely justified. They were trying to steal the life force of hundreds of the citizens of Ponyville and were going to take over Equestria. It was completely justified. Remember that Fluttershy. It will help."

"I think it will" Fluttershy said, smiling.

I picked her up and hugged her before I placed her back on the ground and sat down, leveling my height to her height. "You know Fluttershy, if you look at everyone sentient I've ever killed, they were all evil of some sort. I have never killed anyone innocent. I'm just not like that. I'm evil and yet I'm not. My ways may be a bit of a taboo, but it's all justified. Those changelings, the griffons, Sunny Town, that one hydra I blew up, and everything else. The irony of me being a Nightmare and my choosing's." I felt Fluttershy's wing drape over my back as I sat down. I looked over at Fluttershy and saw that she no longer wanted to stare off into the distance, except this time, she was looking at me. She leaned in towards me, closing her eyes. I knew what she was going to do so I stood back up, taking her wing off of my back. She opened her eyes and looked back at me.

"Tran?"

"Fluttershy, I appreciate the offer but we both know it's not going to happen. You're literally double my age. I'm still a mere minor back in my universe although I already am an adult in mind. I don't want a relationship. I never have. Even back before the zombies happened in my world, I still didn't even when I was offered. Plus, think about your friends. They would be jealous. I know Rainbow Dash would be ever since I saved her from the fire and performed CPR. She may act like someone who's cool, mighty, and athletic but when she's alone, things tend to show. Applejack, I know she likes me for who I am. I play with Applebloom and I help her with her crusading as often as everyone else in her little club, I spend time with Big Mag and occasionally play poker with him and you won't believe how good he is at bluffing despite being the Element of Honesty's brother. Granny Smith enjoys my presence and being, thinking I'm a good role model for Applebloom and believing I'm good because I'm old fashioned couple with new. Twilight likes me for my knowledge, you know with the "I know everything" and all. As a side note, I figured out how Pinkie Pie works. Rarity likes me because she enjoys my presence because unlike most of the people in Canterlot I act with class but I'm not a jerk and I don't believe that I'm better than everyone else. Rarity and I only know of two other people in Canterlot that acts with class and isn't a jerk, Fancy Pants and his wife Fleur De Lis. Pinkie Pie? She doesn't really have any interest in me but views me as a challenge, trying to get me to enjoy parties, sugar, and some other stuff like that. I can see why you like me. I share a lot with you. I like animals, if you take away the violent part of my very being, I would become one of the most innocent people you will ever meet, and I used to be just as shy as you when I was a kid. I'm still somewhat shy to new things or people though" I explained.

"No. We could have an open relationship that is if you wanted." Fluttershy said. "Haven't you ever noticed that the Equestrian male population is outnumbered by mares twenty times over? In Ponyville, there are less than thirty stallions in Ponyville."

"I know Fluttershy. I don't even want to talk about that. You wanna hear something funny? A few months ago before we ever met, you probably wouldn't be having this much of a conversation with anyone else because you were too shy and here you are talking with me. Well, you're still shy and unwilling to talk to anyone else but still. You are talking to me. True that you are unwilling to talk with anyone else and you're only willing to talk with me because I have a lot in common with you and I understand why you're shy." Fluttershy smiled before she yawned. That was ungodly cute to watch. "It’s getting pretty late for anyone to stay up at."

"Tran, I'm a grown mare and how about you? I'm twice your age", she said back.

"Fluttershy, it's three in the morning and you shouldn't use me in comparison of anything or anyone at all. Do I reach normal standards? Any normal standards whatsoever?"

"Good point."

"Another funny thing, I visited the Crystal Mountains Fluttershy."

Upon hearing this, Fluttershy's eyes widened and her smile disappeared. "Y-y-y-you v-v-visited the Crystal Mountains?"

"Yes. Why'd you hide it?"

"I w-w-was afraid of ponies being afraid of me" Fluttershy said. Her demeanor that she usually spoke with me, completely gone. She was now acting with her usual demeanor that she used with everyone else, the shy one.

"Fluttershy, ponies being afraid of you. That's absurd on all levels. No ponies afraid of you. They know of you and the don't fear you."

"D-d-did you meet sensei?" Fluttershy said.

"Eeyup."

"S-s-so you know?"

"Fluttershy, you shouldn't be afraid."

"I-I-I don't want anyone knowing my secret. It makes me uncomfortable" she explained.

"Fluttershy, would it make you feel better if I told you one of my secrets?" I asked.

"M-m-maybe." I leaned in towards Fluttershy's ear and started whispering. After I finished and stood back to normal, Fluttershy giggled for a few seconds before she said "Really?"

"Eeyup."

"So you've never?"

"Eeyup."

"Why haven't you?"

"You don't get the chance to when you're in a world plagued by zombies, trying to survive and in my case, have fun. Also, I did just tell you that if you took away the violent part of me, I am one of the most innocent beings in existence. Now do you feel better with me knowing your secret now that you know my secret?"

"Yes."

"Besides, what's wrong with being a black belt in Iron Hoof Martial Arts?"

"Nothing. I just don't want anypony being afraid of my abilities."

"Fluttershy, look at me. There aren't that many people that are afraid of me. The ones that are afraid of me are afraid of me doing something to them instead of fearing my abilities because of what I have killed a lot of people. Besides, knowing how to defend yourself. Plus, it’s fun to spar with someone else."

"I haven't had a good spar with anypony for nine years."

"Care to spar?" I asked. Instead of answering me, Fluttershy wrapped her mane around her forehead like a bandana and stood on her back legs, positioning her front hooves in an offensive position. I popped my neck before I went into a defensive position. "I see you prefer the offense over the defense." Fluttershy smiled before she rushed at me, simultaneously performing two strikes while at it.

Eight Days Later

The eight days on the airship went by slowly as the lot of us only had whatever we had on us to entertain us.

Alex spent the eight days socializing with the Mane Six, making his own incendiary devices, and flying as an alicorn. He also managed to find out about my incendiary napalm and thermite grenades which resulted in him borrowing (stealing) a few crates worth of them. He also modified his two Desert Eagles by adding scopes to them since he didn't have a medium ranged weapon. He also lengthened the magazine tube of his SSS shotgun, barely changing anything as the magazine size increase from a 2+1 tubular magazine to a 3+1 tubular magazine.

Andy spent the eight days by pestering with either us or the crew. This often resulted in him getting chased by a lot of people, mainly the crew. He usually escaped by turning into an alicorn and flying away, usually succeeding unless it was Rainbow Dash chasing him which would end up in him getting beat up or falling into the ocean that was beneath us. He never bothered to mess with me because instead of me getting revenge by hurting him like most people think I would, I would end up trolling him back hard, Fluttershy because he had no reason to mess with her and she was innocent in his eyes when in reality she was basically me in my shy days, and Pinkie Pie because the first time he pestered her, she joined him. This caused even more chaos as the two terrorized the ship, except for Fluttershy and me because they both knew not to. Other than that, he modified his KRISS by adding

Austin spent the eight days on the ship going mentality insane because he did have to spend seven nights, sharing a room with Rarity because he didn't have a mentality like I did to withstand the deadliest of mental tortures. Other than that, he didn't do anything else that was interesting except for one thing. Nearly every day in Ponyville, he often hacky sacked with Logan, Alex, and Ike. What made it interesting was that instead of using a hacky sack like they usually did, they played an extreme high risk version of the game that used a sting ball grenade they made me modify by making the fuse last for two minutes. To say it was interesting to watch, is an understatement. In fact, some of the crew members watched, often making bets on who would get the brute of the blast of the stingball grenade. One time I placed a bet on Austin and won. Can anyone guess how much money I won? A bit. A single bit. Why did I bet a single one bit when I was Equestrian’s only billionaire? I'm Tran, I don't need to answer that or make sense.

Logan spent the eight days messing with explosives, modifying his weapons, hacky sacking with Austin, socializing, skeet shooting with me and using actual clay pigeons (pigeon made with clay and brought to life with magic that weren't thrown in the air but released in the air only to get shot to bits a few seconds later), and other weapon/friend related activities. He modified a few of his weapons, his Judge and Executioner and his SPAS-12. He managed to fix the gas tube on his SPAS-12, unlocking the semi-automatic fire ability. How he modified his Judge and Executioner? He outfitted the barrels of both of his revolvers with bayonets. Why? Cause he boss that's why. In reality, he wanted to make combat with his revolvers more brutal, saying that he would stab the enemy in the gut with the bayonet first, then shoot a .410 slug. He also made his own bow despite the fact that it would be completely useless in combat with the rest of us using guns. The sole reason he wanted a compound bow was that he wanted something  to match his Nanosuit armor from the game. Since he didn't know too much about making bows or an advanced knowledge in archery, he asked for my help. The bow we made in the end was an advanced titanium/tungsten alloyed compound that had a 450 pound string, six different strings, 28 inch pull, 45 inch length, four pulleys, five normal fiber optic sights, and a long range scope. This all added up to a really powerful bow that sent arrows that flew at 950 feet per second and were accurate up to 900 yards. Each arrow packed enough power to equal 90% the power of a .50 BMG round, meaning that this bow was actually more powerful than the bow used by Prophet in Crysis 3. The arrows the bow used were made of solid tungsten with a shaped diamond as a head. How much did this bow cost me to help make for Logan? 195000 bits and 19250 bits in arrows because each arrow cost 550 bits to make.

Ike spent the eight days skeet shooting, playing his guitar, and socializing. Also, he sometimes ended up chasing Pinkie Pie and Andy, trying to get them back for messing with his guitar. It was funny to watch that happen and Ike was most furious when they filled the inside of his guitar with spray cheese. At one point he tried shooting the two with nonlethal rounds. Ike managed to modify one of his weapons by himself. He took his double barrel shotgun and turned it into a sawed off shotgun by shortening the barrel to eight inches and shortening the stock of the weapon, basically turning his double barrel into a shotgun pistol. Somehow, even with a pistol shotgun hybrid, he was still able to skeet shoot very well.

Nick, instead of spending eight days on the airship, he went to me and asked that I would send him to a different universe for the week. Naturally, I agreed and sent him to the universe of his choosing.

Pinkie Pie spent the eight days like Andy, terrorizing nearly everyone, minus Fluttershy and me. Other than that, she threw a party for everyone on the airship. Where did she get the supplies for the party when all she brought with her for the trip was her Party Cannon? I do not and will not know. I understand how she got cake, streamers, and some of the other party supplies but how did she get the giant stage, DJ table, and Vinyl Scratch? More importantly, how did she manage to get my twenty thousand pound deuce out from my backpack, steal my keys around my neck, turn on the truck without fingers, steal my IPod, plug it into the truck's stereo system I added a few weeks ago, and then play a song I didn't even have? The world may never know. SHE'S PINKIE PIE! HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW!?!?!? Fortunately, after the party, everything went back to normal as in the stage, DJ table, and Vinyl Scratch disappeared. Even more importantly, I got my deuce, keys, and IPod back.

Applejack spent the eight days going crazy. She couldn't stand wasting time. To counter this, I brought her into my backpack universe and let her do everything she wanted to her heart's content. Long story short, she may have gotten into my store of liquor. Yeah. It didn't end well. Other than that, she tried her hand at drunken target shooting with her crossbow. What made it even worse was that she loaded up her crossbow with her explosive bolts.

Fluttershy spent the eight days barely doing anything. Back in Ponyville, she spent most of the day caring for her animals and any free time she usually was often spent shopping for things for herself or her animals and or a spa day with Rarity. She was truly a pushover if she didn't do anything she wanted. So I brought her into my backpack universe and let her do whatever she wanted. She had a lot of pent up tension and an inner child. I let her use my M4a1 on several life like targets and she ended up using over fifteen thousand rounds and ninety plus grenades. I also let her play Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and what happened was chaos. CHAOS! She dominated on multiplayer. She played twelve team death matches and ended up dying only five times in total. I played alongside her for every single one of those matches and each match usually ended up our team winning every match and the opposite team with less than ten kills. Plus, listening to her use a mic was even more chaotic. Everyone here that plays Black Ops 2 on PS3 or Xbox has met that one eight year old who curses like a sailor right? Fluttershy makes them look like mere infants. It was hilarious to watch Fluttershy a motherfucker or a cunt or a fag or something like that. It was still funny to watch.

Rainbow Dash spent the eight days flying around, training for a spot on the main team of the Wonderbolt’s or hanging out with someone. Usually, Rainbow Dash tried to spend time with Scootaloo but she refused every time Rainbow Dash offered to spend time with her. Why? She preferred to spend time with me because I was now here family and still her younger brother. She also started thinking that I was more awesome than Rainbow Dash, which killed Rainbow Dash a little bit on the inside because she did lose her biggest fan. The first few times I saw Scootaloo refuse Rainbow Dash's offers of hanging out, I could see Rainbow Dash saddening every time. In fact, she loved spending time hanging out with me more than Rainbow Dash because the rare times Rainbow Dash did hang out with her, the two of them only did things that Rainbow Dash had wanted, not what she wanted. When she spent time with me, I let her do things that she wanted. However, I curved this problem by inviting Rainbow Dash to join the two of us and I knew this helped Rainbow Dash on the inside, despite doing things she didn't like. Most of the time, the Rainbow Dash and I often spent the time we hung out with Scootaloo was by teaching her how to fly now that she could. She caught on to flying pretty quickly. The only thing that got in the way of teaching her how to fly was she tried to use the same technique that she usually used to try to fly when she couldn't fly, flapping her wings as fast as possible which was completely wrong. What she usually did to fly was flap her wings up and down. In every fan fiction I ever read that involved Rainbow Dash try to teach someone to fly involved Rainbow Dash telling the student to flap his/her wings until they gained enough thrust to lift themselves up. However, in real life, avian animals fly by moving their wings in a circular motion because it a bird flapped their wings just up and down, the result would be thrust made in both directions, up and down which result in absolutely zero lift. Moving the wings in a circular motion actually makes thrust in one direction, causing lift. The next thing we know, Scootaloo was zooming through the sky at speeds Rainbow Dash was only capable of.

The CMC spent the eight days doing a wide range of activities. The three of them did everything from bungee jumping to making cake. By the way, does anyone want to drink some of Sweetie Belle's toast? In the end, they caused more chaos than Discord. I also continued training the three of them and Rainbow Dash. They enjoyed the training. Other than that, the three of them usually spent some time away from each other to do their own things. Scootaloo often spent time with me, Sweetie Belle tried to spend time with Rarity, and Applebloom tried to spend time with Pinkie Pie for who knows why.

Twilight spent the eight days reading. That was about it. Not much else except for when she tried to beat me in chess again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again. She really needed to learn when to quit. She also tried to take the internet from me many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many times. She also tried to get into my mind to get at my knowledge many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many times.

Rarity spent the eight days working on business related work and spending time talking with me. She enjoyed my presence as I usually acted serious and sometimes with class without acting like a jackass that believed he was better than everyone else. Sometimes, she might spend time with Sweetie Belle.

I spent most of the eight days spending time with everyone else. The Mane Six, my friends, and the CMC spending time with me usually took up my time. The day for me technically started at midnight. I would either be done walking or working on a project of mine and that usually lasted from midnight to when the sun rose. From there, I brought a drunk Applejack out of my backpack to eat and I obviously had to separate her from her crossbow too. I then cured whatever hangover she had. I would eat then go get Rainbow Dash and the CMC to train them. By the time I finished that day's training lesson, it would be the afternoon and I would eat again. Then I would spend time with whoever wanted to hang out with me. By the time that's done, it would be the evening already. Then I go for a walk or start working on a project on mine again, starting the process all over again. This happened for eight days. Any time I actually had free for myself when no one wanted to spend time with me, I spent the eight days working on other projects I had stored in my backpack, making more enchanted ammo, helping my friends modify their weapons, and or sparing with Fluttershy in secret and she was good. Fluttershy would have easily given every member of the Royal Guard, Alex, the Changeling elite guard (too bad we killed nearly all of them), the CMC, and Rainbow Dash a run for their money. She easily favored offensive techniques in martial arts which wasn't very effective against me as I favored defensive techniques. However, If I didn't have my demon speed and strength, if her strikes were faster and better timed, and if I had every single one of my usual handicaps (wearing all of my jackets and gear, sleep deprivation, and not chewing gum), Fluttershy might have been able to beat me in a spar.

Present Time

As we were nearing the Griffon Empire, the lot of us stood on the bow. We could tell because in the distance, we saw Gryphonia, the Griffon Empire's capitol.  As we the airship reached the vicinity of Gryphonia, three other airships appeared and stopped us. What I saw on the ships that caught my eye was that every single one of the ships were carrying large cannons and that each ship had the flag of the Griffon Empire flying on their ships. If only Nick had come back from the alternate dimension he chose. Oh well. One of the ships went up alongside us and griffons flew out of the ship landing on ours. About fifteen griffons landed on our ships, all armed with revolving rifles. Almost instantly, I heard the clicking of all of my human friends' guns. I didn't pull out any weapon but I already had them ready as they usually were.

Seeing who we were, the griffons aimed their guns at us. In return my friends aimed our primary weapons at them. However, I didn't aim anything at them. Instead, I pulled out the invite the ambassadors gave to me. I walked up to the first griffon which caused all of the griffons to start firing. Fortunately for us, I used my demon speed to remove the hammers of their weapons so all that happened was clicking from their weapons. "We have an invitation from your government suits." I handed the lead griffon the scroll and he took it in his claws. Seeing that he had no other option, he took the scroll and read it. After a minute or two, he turned around and faced his team mates.

"They're fine."

"WHAT?!?!" one of the other griffons said. "They're wanted by the state!"

"Well the state wants to talk to them. They're clear." The griffons left and our airship continued its flight, now with three ships as an escort. The griffon turned and faced us. "When you land, make sure you don't carry any weapons. It's illegal to do so."

"That almost went FUBAR" I said. I would still have time before we land so in the meantime, I took out the Sparda and made a slice into the fabrics of time and space, making a portal to the universe Nick went to. I stepped through the tear and immediately fell through a large orange circle, dropping the Sparda in the process.

I then fell out through a blue portal that was stuck to the ceiling.

Then I fell through the same orange portal and then through the blue portal. This process repeated on and on until this was happening.

"HIJO DE PUTA!!! (son of a bitch [Spanish])" I yelled. "NICK, YOU BETTER GET ME OUT OF HERE!!! I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING ME!!!!"

The orange portal disappeared and I landed straight onto the ground on my feet at terminal velocity. I felt every single bone in my leg and my hip bone break, causing me to fall to the ground on my face. Soon, the bones in my leg healed and I got back up in my feet. I looked around where I was, trying to find the Sparda. I soon found it and retrieved it, holding it in my left hand. I looked around where I was and saw that I was in a completely blank, white room with no windows, doors, or anything at all actually. The only thing in the room was the portals. I looked at the portals and remembered what I could through my memories. "So I have to solve several physics puzzles to get to the end. Nah." I walked over to one of the walls and put three slices into the wall, making a large triangle in the wall. I kicked out the triangle and walked into the next room.

"What are you doing? You must perform the test" an electronic voice said.

"Nick, where are you. If you don't show yourself, don't make me pull a Tran" I threatened. I waited for a few seconds and nothing happened. "Fine. Have it my way then. GLaDOS, I will only perform this test if you answer a question I have. Okay?" I asked. For anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, I was in the Portal universe. Currently, I was talking to GLaDOS, an evil super computer that ran the Aperture Laboratories. One day, GLaDOS killed all of the workers of the laboratory except for one person, Chell. Chell defeated GLaDOS and something happened to her that was unknown. She then woke up only to defeat GLaDOS again, replace her with a different supercomputer, not knowing that supercomputer was evil, defeated that supercomputer, replaced GLaDOS as the supercomputer, and then get released from the laboratory (sorry for butchering that if you're a portal fan).

"I accept to those terms" GLaDOS.

"Okay GLaDOS. Two men are running a race against each other. The first one gets a five minute head start. Then the second one starts running. Every five minutes the second man halves the distance between him and the first runner. When does the second runner runs past the first runner?"

"The answer is..." GLaDOS started until. Five minutes passed and she still didn't say anything.

"GLaDOS? Hello? Yoo hoo" I said.

"Really Tran? You made GLaDOS crash" a voice that I recognized as Nick. A red portal appeared in the wall and Nick walked through it. Nick seemed different. He was no longer wearing glasses. Instead, he was wearing a monocle over his right eye. Something interesting I saw was that his left eye was glowing a dull yellow.

"Yes I did that. I did warn you. Now's let's go, it’s been a week. Let’s go."

"Aren't you going to ask about my eye or anything I did?" Nick asked.

"No. You obviously had an eye replaced by a mechanical clone that is connected to GLaDOS and you've had something about your bones replaced with a mineral/element thing that increases your life expectancy. I get it."

"Tran, how did you know that?" Nick asked. "You weren't even in this universe."

"Okay, I'm not going to say I know everything this time but what I am going to say I have an A.I. in my glasses. Did I answer your question?"

"Kind of" Nick replied.

"You got everything to come back to Equestria?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"Anything new I should know about other than you have the bones thing, that portal gun in your backpack, the eye, and the monocle?"

"No. I'm ready to go" Nick said in a cockney accent.

"I'll keep a magical link open for GLaDOS to still be connected to your eye when we're back in Equestria." I took out the Sparda and opened another tear in the fabrics of time and space. The two of us walked through the tear and we appeared back on the ship. "GLaDOS, say anything about irrelevance or something not being possible, I will say another or perform a reality paradox. I have a few up my sleeve, literally and metaphorically. Nick, we're about to land back in the Gryphonia, the capitol of the Griffon Empire." I sheathed the Sparda back into its sheath on my back, receiving a satisfying click.

Soon, we landed in the Gryphonia in an airstrip that was meant for other airships. The lot of us filed out after we left all our weapons in our rooms, except for me because I placed all of my weapons I carried on my body in my backpack but left all of the weapons in my inventory. We weren't going to get a hotel because we were only going to stay here for only two days. "Remember guys, you can do anything you want here that isn't illegal. Also remember that we are staying in the airships as we aren't getting a hotel." Almost immediately, everyone ran off to do whatever they wanted, leaving me by myself with Fluttershy and leaving dust clouds in the air. "Fluttershy, aren't you going to run off like everyone else?" I asked her.

"I-I-I don't know a-a-anypony here. If they're like G-G-Gilda, they'll b-b-be big old meanies" she said, demeanor gone again. I sighed before I picked her up and held her in my arms. Then I placed my hand on her head and started scratching behind her ears. "Awwwwww. Right there. Harder. Harder. I SAID HARDER! I SAID- Mmmmmmmmmmm. Just like that." I stopped scratching and placed her back on the ground.

"Fluttershy. If anyone messes with you, you can fight them off. You need to be more assertive and be less of a pushover. I know you don't want to be assertive because of that one time you became a jerk after you took that Iron Will seminar but you're just letting people bully you."

"Okay Tran. I'll try to be more assertive."

I picked her up and hugged her again. "I swear, you are absolutely adorable. I don't know why anyone would want to walk all over you. It's just cruel." I placed her on the ground and started walking.

"Tran, can I come with you?" Fluttershy asked. I stopped and faced her.

"Of course you can" I said back. I waited for Fluttershy to walk up beside me. "Lead the way Fluttershy. You can do whatever you want here. I don't want to do anything here. Everything here seems boring to me."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!"