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It had been some time since Heathcliff had entered Equestria and he had successfully recreated Aincrad with ponies inside. There were some differences. Obviously, there were no level bosses. He sat on the 100th floor, looking out of a window he had created at Equestria below.

He had created the castle and hidden it from the view of the ponies below, only to see something that shocked him far off in the distance. Way off in the distance, beyond the farthest kingdoms, lay a darkness eating away at the code of the world. Of course, to the ponies, this was a myth. They believed the darkness to be the end of their world. Little did they know, it was far from it. Heathcliff had risked his life and flown deep into the code, only to reveal a dark, sinister castle on the back of a giant creature. This creature was having the code transmitted to it by the darkness.

Heathcliff had returned, ready to get help, and found the portal to the internet had closed. He had waited months, creating Aincrad, full of monsters, creatures, and ponies. Most of the ponies were in Guilds, working to keep towns safe from the monstrous danger. The whole effect was similar to that of Sword Art Online.

Upon realizing this, Heathcliff had began planning, waiting for the portal to open once more. Finally, the portal opened and he sent through a strand of code, its goal known to only him as it weaved its way out to the people he had selected.

Kirito had logged into Gun Gale once after saving Sinon and when he did, he found a message waiting for him. A message from someone he hadn't heard from in awhile. Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of Sword Art Online.

Kirito,
It would seem there is a bit of trouble where I've found myself. I know you may not feel like it, but I request your help. If you agree, the next time you leave the current game, it will bring you to where I am.
Kayaba Akihiko

Kirito's eyes went wide-eyed and curiosity took over. "I suppose..." Kirito swiped open the menu and tapped the log out button, his screen going dark and a tunnel of code appearing before him. As he did, he looked to his side and found all of his friends, Asuna, Klein, Agil, Silica, Snion, and Lisbeth. "What's going on?" Klein asked, "This is... bizarre..."

"It has something to do with Kayaba," Kirito said, taking a step forward, as he did, Asuna busted out laughing.

"What?" Kirito glared at her.

"You, you look like a girl!" Asuna kept laughing.

"Rub it in... Snion, how are you here?" Kirito asked, looking towards her.

"I...I logged in to get the BoB rewards and I came here instead," Snion said.

Kirito nodded, "I had done that too. Except, I got a message while in the game. Let's go ahead and move forward, shall we?"

The others nodded and made their way forward not even noticing the group behind them as they walked behind the others. The guild calling themselves the Knights of Harmony. Their leader, Shadowflame, was standing in the front, as a Salamander.

"Its them isn't it?" One of the other members asked.

A dark colored one wearing a hood waved her hand dismissively, "Does it matter? We need to move forward. Follow them."

Shadowflame nodded, "Midnight's right, we need to go." He started forward as Midnight pulled out her trident, looking at the other members.

"You never know what's on the other end," she said, flipping her hood off her head, revealing long white hair, cat ears, a delicate face, and red eyes. She looked around at her group of friends, all of them being different races from ALO than her. She lay her weapon on her shoulder and followed behind them as they made their way through the tunnel to the end, a door. Kirito and the others had disappeared well before.

"What do we do now?" Tut895 asked.

"I believe," Midnight stepped forward and grabbed the handle, "Open it." She opened the door and walked into a large, nearly empty, room. "See?"

"Good, you're here," a voice said from across the room. From the direction of the voice, a man in a lab coat walked out. He made his way towards Midnight and held out a hand, "Hullo Midnight, interesting to see you again."

Shadowflame had followed closely and raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Again?"

"Ah. Yes. You see..."

Kirito and the others did not have as much luck. They walked through the door and collapsed, as ponies, in front of Celestia's thone. Their shock was mirrored by Celestia and Luna. "So, where are we?" Klein asked, looking around.

"No idea," Agil answered, attempting to stand.

"I...You are in Equestria," Celestia said, composing herself as fast as possible. Luna, however, watched wide-eyed. "I am Celestia, a Princess of this land. This is my sister, Luna."

Kirito was the first to successfully stand and bowed to both of them, "Greetings princesses. I am Kirito, and these are my friends." Kirito gestured back towards his friends and was shocked, when he turned back around, to see Luna stifling a giggle. She looked like she was dying of laughter inside.

"What?" Kirito asked, looked around confused, only to be shocked as Luna began laughing loudly.

"You look like a girl!" Luna laughed as Kirito frowned.

"Why does everyone find this funny? Its a rare avatar! You should be impressed!" He yelled, glaring back at Asuna.

"Sorry man, she's right. Its pretty funny," Klein answered, smirking.

"One day...One day," Kirito grumbled.

Author's Note:

Sorry this took so long...

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