Merry the head was tossed onto a chair filled with phone books so he was able to see the top of the desk. Marcus had wanted him to see what was going on while he went threw all of the paper work.

Most of the paper work had to deal with why the agent in question had returned early. From reasons varying from boredom, pregnancy and vacation time. However, with the fact Merry was missing his body, that still contained the magical glass gathering vessels a lot of problems and questions arose.

Such as, who was going to get them back? And why was his body lost? Marcus spent a few days drilling Merry back and forth with questions that were many and the same. It was so god damn boring, that Merry tried to turn the answers into a song. It failed miserably.

“I told you, for like the 100th time already. Glork, the parasitic demon I got as a stupid boon. Decided to take control of my body after I said I no longer wanted to be there. He then preceded to use my own arm, to rip my head off. Then he ran away.” Marcus was writing down inside the 300th document that day as he listened to Merry.

“And what about that part with the slimy doom?” Merry sighed as he would once again repeat himself.

“Yes my body was infected with slimy doom shortly before he took control of it.” Marcus continued to write without looking up.

“Well... when your body dies, it will return to us and you can get it back. But until then, yer just a head.” Merry raised an eyebrow at that comment. The 1st thing that sounded different in what sounded like forever.

“You guys cant like... make me a new body or something?” Marcus shook his head as he reviewed the paperwork.

“Sorry Merry, But your spirit body was still attached to that physical body, and since its still lives, so does the spirit within the body. Though you may be separated it still lives and moves without you. Your body is basically a zombie. The spirit is trapped and unable to leave the body until it completely dies.” Merry mulled it over in his head

“What if I got a temp body or was just reborn or something?” Marcus looked at Merry with an unsure look. Then shook his head.

“The last body we loaned you is now missing, along with your spiritual body.” He leaned back and looked up at the ceiling. “Even if we did get you one though the reincarnation process, you would be born with an exceptionally weak body. A body without a spirit is a frail shell...” He took a deep breath and exhaled.

“The spirit plays a very small role with a living being, but without that small role the body crumbles. Did you know there’s over 1 million things that could go wrong with the living body at any point in time and cause death? It’s a wonder it even works at all really.” Merry just looked down at the desk.

“What about her?” Marcus looked over at Merry with a raised eyebrow.

“Her who?”

“You know who, Scootaloo.” Marcus narrowed his eyes and looked at Merry.

“What about her exactly? Hmmm?” Marcus had raised an eyebrow as he looked at Merry.

“How is she? Would I be able to see her?” Marcus stroked his chin with his 3 fingers.

“Well, I could have it arranged, but would you really want her to see you as just a head?” Merry thought for a moment.

“Well, I’d like to see how she’s doing, then I’ll decide to see her or not.” Marcus nodded his head and opened a file cabinet behind him. He looked through it for a minute before pulling a thick file.

“Here we are, your file. It’s gotten considerable thicker since the last time I saw it. You must of done a lot in the past 9 months or so.”

“Wait, I wasn’t even there for a whole year?”

“Yeah pretty much, the body we loaned you should of lasted about 2 years before you had to come back. But you ended it 15 months early... Fucking paper work man.” Marcus opened up the file and began flipping though the pages. “Here we are...” he pulled out a single piece of paper and looked at it. He turned it over wrote something on the back, then folded it in half. Then folded it in half again and tossed it up into the air and it vanished.

“Now we just wait for the reply.” Merry just looked at Marcus with a confused look.

“Are you a wizard?” Marcus chuckled.

“Not at all, its just part of my job. We don’t use computers here, its all paper work and magic.” Merry just pressed his lips together as he thought.

“Soo, you guys do have reincarnation then?”

“Yeah, it’s a unique process. You see, Angels, demons, devils, spirts and the like. Were all once living sentient creatures of some kind. Then they died, their spirts crossed over and they could choose to go back, or stay, live and work here. Most don’t so the waiting time is extremely long. If you wanted I could put you in the line and you could go back to the land of the living in about 500 years or so.” Merry cringed at that waiting time.

“Is there some way to speed it up?” Marcus put his 3 fingered hand to his chin.

“Well... kind of, it involves pulling a lot of strings and bribes, but its possible to get the waiting time down ta 2 or 3 years I suppose... why?”

“Personal reason that I will make clear if its possible for me to do... what kind of bribes and strings would need to be pulled exactly?” Marcus just leaned back in his chair and placed his hands on his belly in thought.

“Well let me think here... Azul, Sterben, Umbra, and Vita are the main 4 you would have to bribe so they pull the right strings for you.”

“Mhmm, and what if I wanted to be re-birthed in an exact way?” Marcus raised an eyebrow at Merry

“Like what exactly?”

“Like, would I be able to pick the parents or anything?”

“Well, you would have to get Vita to pull even more strings for you along with Umbra... What is it you’re planning exactly?” Merry just smiled at Marcus

“You’ll find out soon enough, would you be able to get me in touch with them at all?” Marcus just narrowed his eyes at Merry the Head.

“You know, even if you are re-incarnated, you will most likely die again from being born with a frail body. It’s a very high possibility you won’t even make it to adulthood you know.” Merry just smirked.

“Yeah I know, you told me. I don’t plan on bringing myself back anyway...” Merry just looked at Marcus who still had his eyes narrowed. “... Soo, can you or am I gonna have to roll my way out and find em?” Marcus sighed and opened up a drawer on his desk and began to rummage inside of it.

“You know, if it wasn’t my job to help with everything I am asked to do, I wouldn’t even bother with this insane request of yours.” Merry just smiled back at him as Marcus pulled out a small box and placed it on the desk. After he placed it on the desk a piece of paper appeared in front of them and floated onto the desk. Marcus picked it up and read it aloud.

“We are happy to inform you Marcus, Employee ID# 56,435,345,902. That your request for the disembodied head of one Merry Sue to visit his adopted daughter of a different species and world has been approved. Courtesy of Vita.” Marcus smirked as he set the letter down. “Maybe you won’t need to pull that many strings after all, I wonder what you did to have Vita herself approve this...”

“I must be a Wizard.” Marcus just looked at Merry with one of those, That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard you say, faces.

“Yeah must be, lets go...” Marcus picked up Merry the Head and slung him under his armpit again as he headed for the door. Merry let out a muffled cry.

“Wwwhyyyy?!” Marcus just chuckled

“Because you gave me an ass load of paper work to do.”

As Merry suffered from a smell most horrible he noticed they stopped walking after awhile, but Marcus wasn’t letting him go.

“What are you doing here pony?”

What was a pony doing on this side? Wasn’t he back in the human side of the netherworld?

“I was told Merry came back, I wanted to see him.” Merry recognized this voice! It was Soul! Marcus brought Merry the head out from under his armpit so she could see him. Merry just smiled at her.

“Hey Soul!” she smiled and nodded her head at him.

“My real names Zamut you know. The Master and familiar bond was broken when I failed to protect you and died.” Merry rolled his eyes

“Pfft, what evea’s babe. Walk with us yeah?”

“Well I...” Merry interrupted her.

“Nonsense! Come along with us! I insist, hey you mind carrying me on your back? Marcus here is in need of a shower. I may not have a body, but my nose sure as hell still fucking works.” Merry just did his best to glare at Marcus who was behind him most likely grinning like a mad-man. Zamut smiled at Merry and nodded her head.

“Fine, I suppose I shall travel with you, if for just old times sake...”

“Haha! Excellent, now lets go to where ever Marcus was taking me.”

Marcus lead Merry and Zamut down the many corridors and hallways and even through a few doors. The damn place was a maze and Merry was sure to get lost if he had to travel by himself alone. He was somewhat thankful he didn’t have a body right now.

The next door they walked through lead them into a bright white hallway with the floor looking like it was covered in fluffy clouds. Zamut made a disgusted groan as she walked on the fluffy substance.

“Hey is this heaven Marcus?”

“One of many. You see, there’s a separation of the races and species because some complained about having to look at the ‘ugly’ humans or the ‘ugly’ quagrins. Separating them just made things simpler in the long run, of course there’s areas where all races and species can converge, but they mostly stick to their own kind. Kinda odd how in the other place they don’t bother to separate them simply because they don’t give a fuck if they get complaints. Haha...” Marcus cleared his throat “.. Anyway, she should be down this way.” As they walked around they were getting glances from the ponies that saw them walking around completely out of place.

“Hey, Why do you know where she is exactly Marcus?”

“Because its part of my fucking job... Just 120 more years to go before my turn to be re-incarnated comes up and I can be done with this stupid job. Never again to deal with all this afterlife bullshit... at least until I die again.” Merry just looked away from Marcus as he continued to speak about his past some bit.

That was until he saw her playing with some other colts and fillies at what looked like a park made of clouds.

“Hey! Stop, slow down! I don’t want her to see us...” Zamut stopped walking and looked at them all playing around.

“Which one is she?”

“The orange one with the magenta hair... She looks happy. Heh, you know what’s funny? I didn’t even know what the color Magenta looked like until she told me that was her hair color.” Merry and Zamut just watched for a minute or so until Marcus cleared his throat.

“So what are you gonna do?” Merry thought for a moment

“I think... I’ll just go see those higher up dudes and leave her alone for now, she looks like shes having fun.”

“Well alright then I can...” Zamult began to walk over to them with Merry still on her back.

“Hey wait...!”

“You went through all of that with me, and in the end you aren’t even going to go see her? Screw that, You‘re gonna see her weather you want to or not.” Merry sighed, being just a head, he had no way to escape, even if he did roll of her back, he wasn’t gonna get far.

As Zamut walked up and got closer to the children playing, they saw her approach and stopped playing wondering what she would have to say. Let alone what that thing on her back was.

“Is Scootaloo here?” Scootaloo perked up her ears and slowly walked forward in front of the other children.

“W-who are you?” Zamut bowed her head a bit before responding.

“My name is Zamut, I was a friend of your fathers and...”

“You knew my dad?! How is he? Where is he?! But.. If you’re here... then... Is he ok?!” Zamut just smiled and turned sideways so She could see Merry the Head. Merry just had an awkward face on as he looked around. Scootaloo was speechless along with the rest of the children and other nearby ponies.

“Hey Scoots...uhh, do you think my new diet is working?” Scootaloo jumped up and tackled Merry the head off Zamuts back and hugged him.

“Why are you just a head?! What happend?!” Scootaloo began to have tears form in her eyes.

“Hey hey! What did I say about crying?”

“T-To, not do it around you...”

“Exactly! I can’t take that shit... uh, shiz. I said shiz.” Scootaloo giggled as she blinked the tears away.

“But why are you a head?”

“I told you, I’m on a new diet, you think its..”

“Shut-up dad! Don’t lie to me!” Merry the Head just sighed.

“Sorry, I went and did something crazy. I went and got back at the guy who took you from me...”

“You did what?!”

“Yeah and that’s kinda why I lost my body...”

“Was it him? Did he make you a head?”

“No, no it was other reasons, I won. Beat the crap out of him actually... just some stuff happened and now I’m a head.” Scootaloo Bonked Merry on the top of his head with her hoof.

“That’s for going and doing something crazy, and losing your body like the idiot I know you are.” Scootaloo brought Merry the Head into an even bigger hug then before. “ This is for coming to see me even if yer just a big stupid head now.” Merry chuckled.

“I’d hug you back if I could but uh, no arms. So Ima settle for just kissing you on the cheek...” Merry cleared his throat. “... you mind uh... lifting me up so I can?” Scootaloo giggled and brought him up so he could give her a kiss.

“Tell me Scoots, what’s your opinion on going back to the land of the living, but having Rainbow dash be your mom this time?” Scootaloo was speechless

“Yeah, I don’t know all the details yet, but if things work out, I can get it set up for you, you probably won’t remember anything and what not, but, does that sound ok with you?” Scootaloo finaly found her voice and shouted

“Fuck yeah!”

“Hey, Who told you that word!?”

“You did! Fuck yeah!” Merry just laughed along with Marcus while Zamut just watched silently

“Well alright, Ima go figure this shit out then.”

“Wait, but, what about you?”

“Hmm? Me? I’ll be fine, so don’t worry about it and just enjoy yourself alright?” Scootaloo just looked at Merry while Zamut per him back on top of her back. Scootaloo finally nodded her head as they began to leave.

“Don’t do anything Stupid again!” Merry just laughed as they walked away.

“I’ll try.”

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They ended back up in Marcus’s office with that little box still on top of his desk. When they got back Marcus instructed Zamut to place Merry the Head on the desk. When she did Marcus opened the small box and brought out what looked like a piece of glass that was cut and shined into a perfect circle. Marcus held it up to his eye as he looked at Merry. And began to count silently. When he brought it down he smiled.

“It looks like you have enough memories to feed them for the bribe part. Now for the strings part...” Marcus began to look around the file cabinet and pulled out some papers.

“Alright, I can handle the strings part...” Marcus looked around for a minute “...aha!” he stopped in front of a cord that seemingly came from nowhere. “Don’t say anything too god damn stupid alright?”

“Wha...” Before Merry could finish Marcus pulled the cord and Merry suddenly appeared on a pedestal in front of 4 moderately sized being, Merry guessed they were about 7 feet tall or so. Merry just looked around at them

“Wazzup?” Azul, Sterben, Umbra, and Vita all looked at each other. They all nodded expect for Umbra.

“I’ll agree to let this fools request go through on one condition, besides of course the obvious one of us eating his memories. I want him to be re-incarnated along side the one named Scootaloo.” They all exchanged glances and shrugged. Seeing it as no big deal, Merry on the other hand looked at him.

"How do you know everything already?" Merry gave them all a suspicious look.

"Were demi gods, we know everything." said the large buff one on the right, from his color scheme, he was probably Azul. Merry cleared his throat to continue.

“I was told if I’m re-incarnated, theres a good chance I am going to die...” Umbra just floated over to Merry the Head and looked at him.

“Exactly... but I wont let you die, I will feed off your continued sufferings as you live. Of course you will die if something bad happens. But for the most part, you wont die of ‘natural’ causes.” Umbra smiled showing a mouth full of wickedly sharp blue teeth. Merry just looked down at the floor in thought for a minute.

“If I take this, you will honor every part? With Rainbow Dash being the mother? Scootaloo growing up a perfectly healthily filly?”

“But of course, of course, we Demi gods always honor our bargains... Right?” Umbra turned around to look at the other 3 who simply shrugged. “So then, do we have a deal?”

Merry thought for a moment more “Only if I can pick out some more minor details and stuff.”

“Done.” the others all vanished from the room except for Vita. Who stood motionless as the others left.

“Tell me, Merry, What were the minor details you wished to add before we take our shares?” Merry thought for a moment more.

“Make her one of the strongest flyers... and make sure she’s the color of awesome...what ever color that is. And I guess I could go for some awesome color as well, since you know, my life’s gonna suck a fat dick apparently.” Vita nodded her head, and Merry appeared back in the room with Marcus and Zamut.

“So how did it go, did you fuck shit up again?”

“Sorta... Me and Scoots are gonna be twins and Umbra wanted to feed off my sufferings as I live... fuck it, yolo.”

“Are you serious Merry? Also, what the fuck does yolo mean?”

“Yeah, but that’s future me’s problem... and yolo is uh, Nevermind that was probably the stupidest thing I ever said in my afterlife.”

Author's Notes:

Next arc will be Slice of Life! or something. See how it goes as I write it out.

I actually intended to end this story entirely, but then as I wrote... I pretty much opened the path to a slice of life, kinda thing... I'll link the 3rd arc in this little box when I get the 1st chapter done, think of names and what not, so check back in a few days or so... current time is 1:34 AM 10/6/2013

Added a link! just gotta wait for it to pass moderation or whatevers.
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