> The Universal Traveler
>  by Jason Monroe
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> Prologue
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3rd person POV

A man wearing a black hoodie, grey cargo pants, glasses, and black vans was walking home with a wooden cart full of grocery bags. He had left the grocery store not too long ago and loaded everything into the cart, since he didn't know how to drive and was too afraid of accidentally hitting someone because of his ADHD to even try to learn. The man was very tall, about seven feet, and extremely skinny. His messy dark brown hair was too short to get in the way of his hazel brown eyes since he always cut it if he felt like it ever got too long in the front or back. He had a messy brown beard that connected with his hair and similarly messy mustache.

He reached his small manufactured home and unlocked the door, before walking inside with the cart. Once he finished putting everything away he walked into his office and started working on one of the many things that he did for money. At the time he was working on a book that he was hoping to get published. He wasn't certain that it would be a very good book, but he wanted to write it nonetheless.

He had published a short book before that was about the past of one of the characters that would appear in his newest book, though the newer one focused mainly on a different character.

Joseph's POV

“Ugh!” I groaned as I laid back in my chair. I was working on the cover art for the story first, because I already knew what I wanted it to look like and I wanted to cement the designs of the two main characters. I was making my characters a pair of twins that come from a universe where demons, angels, and magic exist. The big thing about them was that they were going to be the sons of Satan and an angel named Angelica, the daughter of God. I based their personalities and designs based on different parts of my own personality, so much so that I named one of the two twins after myself. 

The first twin had the same dark brown hair as me, with the exception of it being neatly combed. His eyes were different to represent his angel half and his demon half. His right eye was a normal sky blue eye, but his left eye was blood red with the white of it being black. I hadn't thought about it when I first came up with the idea, but I soon realized that it was very similar to the eyes of a ghoul from Tokyo Ghoul. I kept it because I liked the idea and it was impossible for someone to copyright an eye design. The twin wore a white fedora with a black band, a white tuxedo with a black vest, white dress shoes, a gold heart shaped locket, and white gloves. The pose I drew him in had him smirking as he took off the glove of his left hand to reveal a robotic arm.

The other twin had dark brown hair that was exactly like mine and his eyes were the same as his brother's. He wore a pair of black combat pants, black combat boots, black fingerless gloves, an ivory heart shaped locket, and a black leather coat that he kept open, revealing his bare chest. He wasn't so muscular that it was too much, but he did have a six pack. He had this playful look on his face as he smiled and held a Remington 1100 tactical shotgun in his right hand and pointed it to the right.

After I finished the designs I got my computer set up with the first episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I hit play before laying down on my bed and wrapping myself up in my blanket. 

After awhile of watching the show I started to feel vibrations but just shrugged it off until it got bigger and I fell off of my bed. I got up and was about to move when I heard something snap. I looked up at the shelf above my bed where I kept all of my stuff, including my weapons, just in time to see it break and for one of my daggers to fall and pin my foot to the floor.

“Son of a bitch!” I screamed before looking up and noticing that my knight's greatsword was hanging on one of the nails that had been holding up the shelf. Another quake sent me to my knees and caused the greatsword to come unhooked. All I could do was stare at the sword, not in fear but in acceptance as it fell on me slicing me in half as I said two words. “Fuck me.”
> Chapter 1: Fuck You Weird Beings!
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Joseph's POV

I opened my eyes and looked around me, only to see a void around me. I tried to remember what happened, but soon realized that I didn't remember anything at all about my past. I started freaking out until I saw a flash of blinding white light as a woman appeared in front of me. She had long dirty blonde hair that stopped at her waist and beautiful piercing blue eyes. She wore a suit of white armor that looked as majestic as snow and covered her whole body. The most noticeable thing about the woman was the fluffy white wings coming out of her back and the halo above her head.

“Hello there young man. I am sad to say that you have died. I could not help you in life and I am deeply sorry for that.” The woman said as she looked down with a sad expression on her face before she smiled again and looked back up at me.

“Fortunately father gave me permission to bring you back to life under a few conditions. I can't put you back in your world and I have to change who you are. As you currently don't remember who you were I will give you a choice.” She said as she took out two pictures and put them in the air allowing me to see them better. They looked familiar to me, but my head hurt when I tried to remember.

“Your decision will decide what your new life will be like, but more specifically your new past.” The woman said while smiling at me.

I had so many thoughts and questions running through my head, but I just couldn't bring myself to speak. Instead I calmly and carefully walked over to the picture on the right before I finally found my voice.

“Th-this one. I choose this one.” I said as the picture suddenly burned away. The woman smiled at me before moving her hands in such a way that it looked like she was grabbing me by the left and right sides of my body before pulling her hands apart. When she did this I quickly fell to my knees and started screaming in pain as what looked like an identical twin of me formed next to me as if she was ripping my very being into two parts.

Once it was finished mine and my twin’s body started glowing before we both changed. Unfortunately I didn't get time to look at myself as suddenly my mind was filled with memories and information that seemed foreign yet familiar at the same time. Once it was done I fell to the floor and looked up at the woman. Before I fell into unconsciousness, I heard the woman say something that resonated with me for some reason.

“Good luck in your travels, Jason Monroe.”

Woman's POV

“Do you really think that that was such a good idea?” A voice asked from somewhere in the Void. The woman simply smiled.

“If anyone can help the other Displaced, it’s a pair of beings that can freely travel between universes and dimensions. I’m certain that Jason and his twin brother Joseph can help. Unfortunately I had to send them to separate universes, because they aren't supposed to meet yet. I believe Joseph ended up in a version of Equestria where Nightmare Moon was only just recently defeated while Jason got sent to an Equestria where Tirek and Scorpan have yet to fight.” The woman explained calmly. “Relax Luci. Our sons will be fine.” She said while smiling as a man with neatly combed dark brown hair walked up next to her in a suit while his black horns, wings, and tail showed.

“I’m not worried about them Angelica! I’m worried that someone might foolishly attack them for what they are and will die because of it.” Lucifer said as he looked forward with a worried expression on his face.
> Chapter 2: Friendly My Ass!
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Jason's POV

“Ugh. My head hurts.” I said as I slowly stood up before opening my eyes and seeing that I appeared to be in some sort of underground cove. The ceiling was mostly dirt and had tree roots and plants growing from it. There was a pond in front of me that I could tell held an extremely large amount of magic, due to the fact that I felt rather weak when I got too close to it.

“Well, might as well find a way out of here and see what universe I’m in now.” I said as I reached into the pocket universe that my brother had made for me before he died and pulled out two M1911 pistols that I named Lumos and Umbra. Umbra was a dark purple with some black accents while Lumos was white and gold.

I noticed what looked like a slide made of dirt and grew my wings before flying up the slide. When I reached the top, I landed on the grass and saw that I was surrounded by trees. I flew up to the top of the trees to find an area where I could find a living creature to talk to so I could get to know this universe better, when I saw a large gargoyle like creature. I didn't know what it was but I saw that it was talking to what looked like a character from that show that my brother had forced me to watch, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He had managed to convince me that it would be helpful to know what happens and what it's like in case I ever ended up in a universe based around it.

“Thanks Joe.” I said as I chuckled before I landed and shapeshifted into a pegasus with fur that was half black and half white in an even split down the middle. My mane and tail looked exactly the same as my fur and my cutie mark was that of Yin and Yang that was split in half.

“Time to go say hello!” I said to myself before flying over to the two beings that I saw.

Scorpan's POV

I was talking with Starswirl when I saw a black and white pegasus flying towards us. “Starswirl, were you expecting someone?” I asked while pointing at the pegasus.

Starswirl turned and saw the pegasus and the look on his face became one of concern. “No I was not. I don't know who that is.” Starswirl said as he got in front of me as if he was going to protect me from the pegasus.

The pegasus landed in front of us with a smile on his face. “Hello there my name is Split Duality, nice to meet ya!” The pegasus said while smiling as if nothing was wrong. What happened next surprised me more than anything else.

Starswirl used a spell on the pegasus, that he later explained was supposed to reveal shapeshifters. What happened when the spell came in contact with the pegasus, was that the pegasus started screaming and writhing in pain as the spell seemed to burn him.

Starswirl quickly cancelled the spell as the pegasus reverted into the form of a tall bipedal creature that wore a strange outfit and had two strange weapons sheathed on either side of its body.

“What the fuck was that for?!” The creature asked as it coughed up some blood. “All I did was say hello! I even decided to introduce myself as a pony so I wouldn't scare you and you fucking attack me!” The creature screamed angrily as its skin was black and smoke was coming off of it. The black parts of its skin soon fell off as its body reformed itself.

“I didn't attack you. That was a detection spell.” Starswirl said calmly as he eyed the creature. The creature's eyes widened upon hearing what Starswirl had said.

“Well shit. I guess I’ll have to explain why that hurt me.” The creature said while sighing before smiling. “But first allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jason Monroe and I am a Nephalem, or in my case a half demon-half angel. The form that you see me in at the moment is my human form since people run away screaming monster upon seeing my natural form.” The creature said as it leaned against a nearby tree with a small smirk on its face.
> Chapter 3: Shit Happens
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Jason's POV

‘Grandfather dammit!’ I thought to myself as I crossed my arms and leaned against a tree. I hadn't expected to have to explain my weakness to magic so soon. I sighed before looking up at the two beings, that I now recognised as Starswirl the bearded and Scorpan.

“Well I guess I’ll start with explaining my powers first so you can understand the basics of my species.” I said before standing up straight and taking a book out of my pocket universe, a small brown sack that looked like it could only carry money, and tossing it to Starswirl. He caught the book with his magic and just looked at it before reading the title out loud.

“Demons, Angels, and Nephalems, oh my!: an Explanation of Angelic and Demonic Energy by Joseph Swafford and Jason Monroe. What's this for?” He asked as he gave me a confused look.

“That will further explain my powers since I am only giving you a brief explanation.” I said before clearing my throat. “My powers use angelic and demonic energy, energies that only angels, demons, and nephalems can use. These energies exist all around us and are formed when any being commits an act that is seen as either good or evil. If the being that commits the act cannot use angelic or demonic energy, then the energy lingers and gives everyone in that area either a good or bad feeling.” I explained before smirking.

“That's very informative, but that doesn't explain why my magic hurt you.” Starswirl said while Scorpan just looked at me and crossed his arms.

“Ah well that was to make this next explanation less confusing. Where I come from demons, angels, and nephalems are weak to magic and as such it doesn't work how it's supposed to unless it's attack magic. I only released my disguise because I wasn't expecting the sudden pain. Don't worry I’m fine because it wasn't a large amount of magic. Now if I were to be hit by the elements of harmony then I would die fairly quickly.” I said while smiling as if I hadn't just talked about something that could kill me.

We stood there in silence for about five minutes before Scorpan spoke up. “Well now that that's settled, I think it's time for us to introduce ourselves. I am Scorpan the gargoyle brother of Tirek. This unicorn next to me is my friend Starswirl. He was wishing me good luck before you showed up.” Scorpan explained while smiling.

“Ah, so that's what point I’m at. Let me guess, you were about to go talk with your brother?” I asked while smirking as I saw their surprised looks.

“Yes I was, but how did you know that?” He asked while giving me a curious look.

“Simple. I’m a universal traveller. In one of the universes that I was in this universe is nothing more than a show, a piece of fiction. Now would you mind if I joined you in case anything goes wrong?” I asked while smirking as I made my wings grow out of my back.

Scorpan smiled at me before nodding his head. “No I wouldn't mind if you came with me. Thank you Jason.” He said as he unfurled his wings and flew off. I quickly followed him and took Lumos out of its holster just in case I needed it.

As soon as we arrived I landed a few feet away from where Scorpan landed. I could see him and Tirek talking but was surprised when I saw Tirek suddenly shove his hand through Scorpan's chest, killing him.

When Tirek threw Scorpan's body to the side I quickly took Umbra out of its holster as well before flying straight into Tirek with a kick to his face. This sent him flying into a tree before he got back up with rage in his eyes.

“Who dares to attack me?!” He shouted before he saw me and laughed. “Foolish creature! Did you truly think that you coul-” He started to say before I cut him off with a bullet to his left front leg causing him to roar in pain.

“Shut the hell up so I can rip off your head and turn it into a trophy to mount on my wall!” I screamed before holstering my guns and changing into my nephalem form. My left side changed to become black while my fingers became razor sharp claws. I grew a black tail and black horns as a halo appeared above my head and my hair changed to be half white and half black.

“What are you?” Tirek asked with a look of hatred on his face as he fired a blast of magic at my right arm catching me off guard and creating a hole that went straight through my arm.

“I am a being that is capable of destroying universes when I give in to my demon half, but more importantly I am your judge. For the crime of killing your own brother I banish you to the darkest pits of Hell where you shall be tortured for all eternity.” I said before moving my arms in a circular motion and pulling them apart, creating a portal to Hell directly underneath Tirek. I smiled as I heard him scream and grab the ground before the portal closed, severing his hand. I walked over and picked up the hand before putting it in my pocket universe. I then reverted to my human form before passing out from the hole in my arm.
> Chapter 4: R&R, Rest And Reformation
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Jason's POV

I woke up in a bed that was much too small for me with bandages over the hole in my right arm. I sat up and noticed that I was in some sort of stone room with books, quills, paper, and glass instruments all around me. I took off the bandages on my arm and looked at the hole before putting my left hand over it and focusing. In a matter of seconds a white light glowed and the hole started healing until it was little more than a small finger-sized hole in my right arm.

“How did you do that?” I heard a voice ask before I turned and saw Starswirl staring at me with wide eyes.

“Simple. I used the angelic energy that was formed when you tried to help me to heal my arm, though I couldn't fully heal it because it was caused by magic.” I said while smirking as I saw Starswirl’s jaw drop before he gave me a look of pure rage.

“Why didn't you use that to save Scorpan?” Starswirl asked me as he tried his best to stay calm. I flinched upon hearing his tone before I looked away.

“I can't bring back the dead. I may be capable of killing gods, but I myself am not a god. At best I would’ve restored his body, but his soul would remain in the afterlife. I’m sorry.” I said as I looked away while I blocked out my emotions. I get attached to people easily and Scorpan was no exception. I had already considered him to be a friend, even though I didn't know him very well.

Starswirl cried for a little before he wiped the tears from his eyes and looked at me with a scroll and quill in his magic. “While it is sad that Scorpan died, would you be willing to answer some more questions? Specifically what you meant by universal traveler. You made it sound like there's more than one universe.” He said, which caused me to chuckle a little.

“Your quite right about that. There are in fact multiple universes. I can travel between them freely and some beings that live in the void between universes like to take beings from other universes and put them in different ones. These are called displacers and displaced. I am a universal traveler and as such I work similar to displaced. I have a token much like they do that allows me to be summoned to their universes. Mine is this gold locket that you see around my neck.” I said before showing my heart-shaped gold locket to Starswirl.

“Interesting. How do these tokens work?” Starswirl asked as he continued to write on the scroll.

“The owner of the token imbues it with a message that they want the others to hear. Mine is as follows.” I said before clearing my throat. “I am Jason Monroe, son of Satan and an angel. For those that need the powers of Heaven and Hell, call my name and I shall help you if your goal is peace.” I said in a much more demonic voice that had caused Starswirl to jump a little.

“So the other displaced hear that and can summon you by calling your name? Intriguing. So does that mean you will leave occasionally?” Starswirl asked as he continued to write on the scroll.

“Exactamundo my friend! If I ever vanish, then just assume that I was summoned. Unfortunately I will be taking my leave now. Thank you for helping me, but I want to live a peaceful life in an area where no one is around. So I will be heading to the frozen north.” I said before teleporting to the clearing where I met Scorpan and Starswirl.

I smiled as I absorbed the positive energy from our friendly interactions, before I shapeshifted into a small bird and started flying towards the, currently, uninhabited frozen north.

After several days worth of traveling, I arrived in the exact location where the crystal empire should be in the show. I smirked before reaching down and starting to mold the snow into the shape of the crystal heart.

"And now comes the tricky part." I said to myself as I started channeling as much angelic energy into the heart as possible. After about thirty minutes the heart finally started to solidify before become the crystal heart. It radiated an aura of happiness and love while creating a dome of warmth around me, since there wasn't enough love to make it as big as it should be.

I smiled before I created a crystal pillar and put the crystal heart on it. I then sat on the ground before yawning and closing my eyes as I slowly fell asleep.
> Chapter 5: Worship And Battle
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3rd person POV

In an area, surrounded by hills, grass, plants, and animals, a woman slowly appears as if she is being formed from nothing. Her dark brown hair was messy and looked like it had never once been brushed as it reached down to her waist. She looked to be an average height of five foot six inches with a rather nice D-cup bust size. She wore a pair of black combat pants, black combat boots, black fingerless gloves, an open black leather coat, and bandages going around her chest that covered her breasts.

The woman looked around before looking down at herself and groaning. “Grandfather dammit! I must’ve frozen to death in the snow or something.” The woman said before snapping her fingers and opening a portal to the location where she remembered falling asleep.

Jasmine's POV

“Of all the ways I could’ve died, I died from being frozen in a blizzard. I’m honestly not surprised.” I said as I walked through the portal and ended up next to the crystal heart. I started moving around a bunch of snow before I found an empty block of ice in the shape of me in my male form.

“Explaining this to Starswirl is gonna be a pain in the ass when I get back.” I said as I poured more angelic energy into the crystal heart, causing it’s area of influence to become bigger. I smirked before starting to try and replicate the crystal empire as best as I could. I had always questioned how the crystal empire came to be when I watched the show. While what I’m doing might not be true, it’s certainly one way that it could've happened.

Once it was done I sat down in exhaustion, before standing back up and working on the last thing that was necessary. Making the crystal ponies. I sculpted perfect recreations of ponies and started filling them with angelic energy. Once that was done, I flew up above the empire and forced a reincarnation to happen by making myself explode.

Jason's POV

When I came back again from the afterlife, I saw that my plan had worked. The energy released from my reincarnation gave the crystal ponies life. What I hadn't expected was that they would know that I was their creator and that they would treat me as a god. As soon as I saw them start bowing down to me I asked one simple question. “Why the hell are you all bowing down to me?!”

This seemed to shock the crystal ponies to the point where some of them ran away. However, one of them walked up to me with a smile on her face.

“We are bowing because you're our creator and our lord. Tell us, what is your name?” The pink unicorn crystal pony asked while looking up to me with a smile.

“I am Jason Monroe and, while I may have created you, I will not rule over you.” I announced causing the ponies to gasp in shock before I lifted my hand. “In my stead I appoint this mare as queen of the crystal empire and her name shall be Clara Amore. As such I shall imbue her with a large majority of my powers in order to change her appearance.” I said before placing my hand on Amore’s shoulder and pouring angelic energy into her.

As I poured angelic energy into her body, she started to glow and change. She grew from being at my waist to being as tall as me. She gained a blue snowflake as a cutie mark and she seemed much older.

“Why did you do this for me lord Jason?” Amore asked as I smiled at her. She was so naive and innocent.

“Because I cannot rule. I cannot stay in one place for too long. You are the ruler now, but more importantly you have become directly related to me.” I said while smiling, causing her to look surprised. “I not only imbued you with my angelic powers, but I also imbued you with some of my own life energy. This not only made you my daughter, but it also made you ageless. In short you shall never age, my daughter.” I said before hugging her.

The ponies around us cheered in happiness, causing the crystal heart’s area of influence to spread until it covered the entire kingdom. Amore was hugging me and crying tears of joy, because of the gifts that I had given her.

After five minutes I pulled away from the hug and smiled at Amore. “I must go but before I do, I shall impart upon you knowledge of how to summon me.” I said before reaching into my pocket universe and handing Amore a book on summoning. I quickly bookmarked the page on summoning nephalems for her, before kissing her on the cheek and starting to fly back to Starswirl's tower.

When I arrived it looked like Starswirl wasn't home, so I tried to go inside only to be blown back by a bolt of darkness that hit my chest. I flew back into a tree and looked up to see Princess Luna giving me an evil look.

"Well fuck me sideways. Hey how's it going?" I asked as I got up before seeing that a part of one of my left ribs was visible. "Oh shit. That was really strong. You should probably be careful. You could kill someone by doing that Luna." I said before chuckling at her slightly surprised expression.

"What do you want with Starswirl foul beast?" Luna asked as she charged up another spell.

"What I can't talk to my friend? And I thought you would be grateful that I banished Tirek to Hell before he could do any damage." I said with a cocky smile before changing into my nephalem form. Luna's jaw dropped upon seeing my form.

"Twas you that fought the beast! We shall destroy you fore you can harm our subjects!" Luna shouted before firing another blast of shadow magic at me. I quickly dodged it before smiling.

"Hey dandy dick!" I shouted causing Luna to look at where I was. "Ya missed!" I said before running away while making Zoidberg noises.

After a while I escaped and hid in the cove where I first arrived. I sat down and leaned against the wall before going to sleep.
> Chapter 6: A Chat Between Immortals
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Jason's POV

As I slept, I altered my dreams to be of memories. I had always been a lucid dreamer, though I had never been able to change my dreams into memories until I discovered my powers. I smiled as I remembered my childhood from before I knew about who I was, back when I was being raised by human parents and thought that I was a human. My dreams slowly changed to a memory of my seventeenth birthday. We had gone to a really fancy restaurant and I ended up getting a nice gaming setup.

After a while of letting this memory play I looked down at my right hand and rubbed my ring finger as I remembered my family.

The scene changed to that of a mansion that looked like it could house over a hundred people. I smiled as I heard laughter and turned to see my wife, Echo, and my five year old son, Nicholas. It was one of my happiest memories, but it swiftly turned into one of my most hated memories as the scene changed to that of the same house in ruins.

It looked like an explosion had gone off in one of the rooms and lit the rest of the house on fire. I started to cry as I saw the cause of it all. A nephalem that had an insane look on it’s face. It lunged at me, only for the memory version of me to bat the nephalem to the side. I could feel the rage and sadness well up as the memory continued.

The nephalem kept trying to kill me, only for it to be swatted away like a fly. After several more attempts to kill me, the memory version of me stood up before rushing the nephalem and grabbing them by the neck. As it thrashed, memory me took out a dagger, that was surrounded by a swirling mass of angelic and demonic energy, and stabbed it into the nephalem’s head.

As soon as it went limp, a swirling orb like object exited it’s body and started floating away before memory me grabbed it and ate it.

Once the memory finished, I changed the dream to that of a living room with a silk couch and two silk armchairs before taking a deep breath.

“I know you're here Luna. I sensed your presence ever since the start of the second memory.” I said calmly as I wiped my eyes and heard her walk out of the shadows. I turned to her and saw a look of shock on her face that slowly turned into one of confusion. “I’m a lucid dreamer, so I can tell when someone else forces their way into my dreams.” I said while cracking my neck. Luna nodded upon hearing my explanation.

“That makes sense, though we are confused about what you mean by memory.” Luna said as she tilted her head to the side and looked at me as if she wanted an explanation.

“Simple. Thanks to my abilities I’m able to do a lot of things, but I can never forget anything.” I said while sitting down on one of the armchairs before gesturing for Luna to do the same. As expected she remained standing and just gave me a very impatient look. I sighed before snapping my fingers, causing a bottle of Jack Daniel's to appear on a small wooden stand next to my chair.

“Because I can't forget anything, I am always aware of my guilt, my failures, and everything else that I would love to forget.” I said before taking a swig from the bottle while Luna’s expression softened and she gave me a sympathetic look.

“Since I can't forget these things I originally thought that I could forget by drinking. Unfortunately, I discovered that I couldn't get drunk unless I drank alcohol that was specifically made to get beings like me drunk.” I explained before taking another swig of my drink. Luna said nothing as she waited for me to finish.

“After that revelation I decided that, if I couldn't forget and I couldn't bring myself to commit suicide, I would instead punish myself in my sleep by forcing myself to relieve happy memories before changing them into the moments that I wish I could forget.” I said while looking down at my hands.

Luna was visibly shocked upon hearing that I was essentially torturing myself as a way for me to pay for my sins. I expected her to ask what these sins were or to try and attack me, because I am a danger to her subjects. I never expected to hear what she asked me.

“How long?” Luna asked while looking me in the eyes, as she had regained her calm and in charge attitude. I looked her in the eyes and gave her a confused look.

“What do you mean?” I asked as I tried to wrap my mind around her question before taking a swig from my bottle.

“How long have you been torturing yourself like this?” She asked causing me to spit out my drink as my eyes widened before I took several deep breaths and looked her in the eyes.

“My birthday is April 10th, so I’m about 1,973,864 years old. I started when I was around thirty, so that means I’ve been doing this for about one million, nine hundred and seventy-three thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four years.” I explained before chuckling as I saw Luna's jaw drop. I always enjoyed seeing people's reaction to my age, just because they always asked if I was immortal. I'm not because that would mean that I can't be killed and I most certainly can be killed.

“B-but how?! The only beings that are anywhere remotely near being that long lived are Discord, ourselves, and our sister!” Luna practically shouted in disbelief as she stared at me.

“Correction. The only beings that you know of in your universe that can't die of old age are Discord, yourself, and your sister. That's not counting beings that you don't know about, or beings that aren't natural to your universe. But I think it's about time I wake up.” I said as I stood up and smiled at Luna before snapping my fingers, causing my dream to fade as I slowly woke up.

“If you wish to talk some more, find me at Starswirl's tower without trying to fight me. I’ll do whatever as long as you don't attack me, though I suggest checking the frozen north. There's something there that might pique your interest.” I said while smirking as I saw Luna open her mouth to say something before she was forced out of my dream as I woke up.
> Chapter 7: No Fucks To Give
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Jason's POV

I awoke from my short nap and quickly got up before brushing some dirt off of my open black coat. I checked my left pocket and smiled when I confirmed that my apache revolver was there. I didn't expect to get into a fight, but there was no way that I would go without being prepared for a fight. I had Umbra and Lumos, but I didn't want to rely on them due to them being more deadly than my apache revolver.

I walked out of the cove and sprouted my wings, before flying to Starswirl's tower. It was still dark out so I expected Luna to show up like I had told her to. When I arrived at Starswirl's tower, I landed in front of the door before making my wings disappear and leaning against the wall of the stone tower.

After around half an hour, I heard the sound of wings flapping and smirked as I opened my eyes to see a yellow pegasus with a red mane and tail and a very roman-esque suit of grey armor on. Behind him was a group of six more guards who wore similar suits of armor, though they were colored differently. Three of the six guards had a golden version of the roman-esque armor while the other three had a dark blue version. I stopped leaning against the tower and stretched before the pegasus in the front walked up to me.

“Hail strange creature. I have been given orders from Princess Luna and Princess Celestia to bring you to the castle so you can meet with them.” The yellow pegasus said before nodding to two of the other guards as if to signal them. When I saw them prepare to grab me by the arms, I gently pushed them away.

“Thanks for the offer but I’d rather use my wings.” I said while grinning. They all looked confused and one of the ones in gold armor looked like he was going to say something, before my wings sprouted from my back. They all looked at me in shock, aside from the leader of the group who just shrugged.

“Very well. Just try not to get lost. I’d rather not have to inform the Princesses that you were killed by a manticore.” He said as he flew off in a direction. I quickly followed behind him until I finally caught up with him.

“I don't think a manticore could kill me even if it tried. I am immune to poisons and I’m strong enough to swing a tree around like a child, or foal in this case, would a small stick.” I said as I flew next to him and smiled.
He chuckled a little at that before looking at me.

“You're rather strange compared to other ponies. Do you think you could fight a dragon?” He asked as he turned back to look at where he was going.

“Depends on the size. A small dragon would be the equivalent of snapping a twig, a medium sized dragon would be like mining ore and a large dragon would be like trying to dig through a mountain with just a pickaxe instead of going around it. That last one is only difficult because of the age difference. It’s hard to trick someone that knows every trick in the book.” I said as I saw the castle in the distance.

“Impressive. The name’s Flash Magnus, lieutenant general of both sections of the royal guard.” Flash said while smiling a little. When we landed I saw another set of guards ready to take me to the throne room. I turned to look at Flash and smiled.

“The name’s Jason Monroe, the universal traveller. If you want a better explanation, ask Starswirl.” I said before turning around and going with the new group of guards.

Once we arrived at the doors to the throne room, I noticed that the symbol on the door was one of a sun and moon covering each other like a lunar eclipse. The guards opened the doors and I walked into the throne room.

I immediately noticed that the room was mostly yellow and white with bits of blue here and there. The second thing I noticed was Celestia and Luna sitting on their thrones, staring at me. When no one said anything for about five minutes, I decided to make a joke.

“What is there something on my face?” I asked while making it seem like I was looking for something that wasn't there. My question gained gasps from everyone in the room, except for Celestia and Luna.

“How dare you be so casual to the Princesses?!” One of the guards shouted, causing me to gain a look of understanding on my face.

“Oh, so that's why you were all quiet! You were expecting me to bow or some shit like that.” I said before pretending to be deep in thought. I then turned to the guard that shouted and grinned. “Nah. I don't do that. No one is better than anyone else and I refuse to treat others differently just because of their status.” I said while smirking before turning back to look at the Princesses.

Celestia looked more than a little annoyed at how casual I was being while Luna seemed like she was genuinely pissed.

“How darest you speak to us in such a casual manner?! You will learn respect!” Luna shouted before blasting a beam of ice magic at my chest. Thankfully I had been expecting an attack, so I was able to quickly dodge the beam of ice. I shook my head while wagging my index finger.

“I would advise against doing that until after you've heard what I have to say.” I said before reaching into my pocket universe looking for something to eat, only for me to find my last remaining weed brownie. “Oh hell yeah!” I said before starting to eat it. I looked around and noticed that everyone was now staring at me in shock.

“What is it this time? Did I do something that I wasn't supposed to?” I asked before finishing off my weed brownie.

“How was that in your bit purse the entire time?” Celestia asked while pointing to my pocket universe, which happened to look like a small sack of coins. I grinned before reaching into my pocket universe again and pulling out a small cookies and cream ice cream cake.

“It's a pocket universe. I can store anything inside and even go inside myself. Time is nonexistent in there so a month could pass and it would feel like a couple of seconds for the person inside.” I explained before setting the ice cream cake down and taking out a bunch of plates and silverware. After dishing out a slice for everyone in the room, I smirked and looked directly at Luna and Celestia.

"Now that we have food, let's begin our chat." I said before taking a bite of my ice cream cake.
> Chapter 8: Some Answers, More Questions
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Jason's POV

I could tell that everyone in the room was pissed at me just from how I had acted. I did something similar when I first met the Queen of England and ended up becoming wanted for disrespecting the queen. As I swallowed I sat my plate down before clearing my throat.

“As fun as it is to mess with royalty I suppose that I should introduce myself to all of you.” I said before cracking my neck and straightening out my coat. “The name's Jason Monroe. I’m a universal traveller. What I am isn't important, mainly because I hate being judged based on what I am instead of who I am. I have more enemies than I can count and a majority of them are just because they don't like what I am. They're a bunch of speciesist assholes if you ask me.” I said with mild disgust in my voice.

Once I finished my introduction, Celestia was the first to push aside her anger at my casualness, though she was still very obviously annoyed by it. She stood up before walking up to me while I just smiled at her. When she got close to me she did something that I was not expecting. She pulled back her right hoof and punched me in the face, sending me flying back into a wall with my head caved in from the amount of strength that she put into the punch.

Celestia’s POV

I waited several minutes for the being that called itself Jason to get back up, only for its body to remain embedded in the wall. I turned around and sat back on my throne next to my younger sister.

“From what you told us from your interactions with the creature in its dreams, we expected it to take more of a beating.” I said while my sister nodded in agreement before a white portal appeared in the middle of the throne room causing everypony to stand on guard.

A creature that looked very similar to Jason walked out wearing almost identical clothing, with the exception of bandages covering its chest. I looked at its face and it did not look happy. I went to say something before the creature cut me off.

“What the fuck was that for?! All I do is introduce myself and you punch me hard enough to kill me! The fuck is wrong with you?!” The creature screamed in anger before breathing out and calming down.

“What do you mean? We have only just met.” I said as I gave the creature a questioning look before hearing it sigh as it pinched the area between its eyes.

“No, we have met before. Just not in this form. The name's Jasmine Monroe, the female version of Jason Monroe and my reincarnated form.” The creature said before pointing to where Jason's body had been, only to reveal that it had completely vanished. I looked at the creature with wide eyes. If it was telling the truth then that would mean it came back to life after I killed it.

“You lie! Tis impossible for that to happen without the use of dark magic!” A guard shouted before shutting up as Jasmine looked him in the eyes. I turned to my sister in a gesture to ask if Jasmine was telling the truth. Luna nodded with wide eyes before shaking her head and regaining her composure. I did the same before turning to look Jasmine in the face.

“We are sorry, but from what our sister told us you should’ve been strong enough to take that punch and live. Our sincerest apologies Jasmine.” I said while bowing my head. I heard a groan and looked up to see Jasmine leaning their head back while rolling their eyes.

“Please don't bow. I get that enough whenever I go to visit my dad and I hate it.” Jasmine said as they ran one of their limbs through their mane. “I can forgive you for that, though you only killed me because I wasn't prepared for you to punch me. I don't suggest trying it again unless you want several fractured bones.” Jasmine said before picking up the strange slice of cake that they had been eating before and taking another bite.

“What did you mean by universal traveller and what is your gender?” My sister asked Jasmine causing them to smile before taking off the black coat, revealing a very muscular body as well as parts of their breasts. Everypony in the room turned crimson with blush, including myself.

“As you can see, I am very much female or mare in your terms. The other form is a stallion.” Jasmine said before putting her coat back on. “To answer your other question, I meant that I travel between universes. There is more than one universe and one exists for every possibility. That is what's known as the multiverse. It’s more complicated than that, but all you need to know is that someone could destroy this universe if they aren't careful and end up making an unstable portal. I was taught how to do it safely and refuse to teach others, because it would be too dangerous.” Jasmine said before eating more of her cake.

I thought about what Jasmine said before nodding. I was about to suggest that she stay here in the castle when my sister decided to speak.

“What of your last words before the dream ended? You told us that we should check the frozen north, but you didn't say why.” Luna said while looking Jasmine directly in the eyes.

“Oh yeah. I found an empire up there. Pretty nice place made of crystals. The ruler is a crystal unicorn mare named Clara Amore. Real nice mare. Practically radiates an aura of positivity. You really should check it out.” Jasmine explained as she ate more of the cake until there wasn't any left aside from the pieces that had been set aside for everypony else in the room. Luna nodded with a slight frown before leaning close to my ear.

“She is not telling us the whole truth, though it seems that the only part that is a lie is her finding the empire.” Luna whispered to me. I simply nodded before another question popped into my head.

“Our sister says that you revealed yourself as the creature that took down Tirek. Is this true and if so would you mind showing it to us?” I asked with a much more serious look on my face.

“Yes that is very true and yes I do mind. There's a reason that I only use that form for combat.” Jasmine said while smiling at me before reaching into her pocket universe and pulling out a scroll that had several seals on it. “Take this and perform it if you ever need me. Just be careful, because I’m not the only one that can be summoned using that scroll and any others might not be friendly.” Jasmine explained before tossing it to me and disappearing.
> Chapter 9: Life is Like a Video Game
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Jasmine's POV

I had teleported back to the Crystal Empire and smiled before shapeshifting into my unicorn form, which was my pegasus form but with a horn instead of wings, while making it a crystallized version that was slightly taller than Celestia. Of course I was a mare since I was currently female. I could be any gender, but I preferred sticking to the gender that I was reincarnated into because it felt weird otherwise.

I walked into the castle throne room and smiled when I saw Amore sitting on the throne with a bunch of knights around her, that immediately prepared to attack me if necessary. I smirked before rolling my eyes.

“Well this is a happy reunion Clara. I come back and I’m immediately threatened.” I said with a smirk before I shapeshifted into my human form, causing everypony in the room to look shocked before they bowed. “Please don't. I told you how I feel about bowing. Also expect a visit from Celestia and Luna, the diarchs of Equestria, at some point. If I am here when they arrive I will be in the form that you just saw and I will be known as your mother or father, the retired ruler of the Crystal Empire Split Duality. If I am not here for any reason whatsoever, then inform them that I am out on an errand and will be gone for a bit.” I said before changing into my unicorn form and walking towards one of the larger bedrooms.

I walked into the room before laying down on my bed and sighing. “I am not going to like this meeting. I wish I had something to do right now.” I said in a bored tone as I stared at the ceiling.

I decided to listen to some music and reached into my pocket universe before pulling out my phone and going to my mp3 player app to see what music I had. 

[Incoming Video Call]

A message popped up on my phone, although for some reason it was in eight bit color, like my phone downgraded just to show this screen.

“Wait what.” I said as I looked at the screen with curiosity. It was too early for anypony to have a phone and impossible for someone to have my number, so I was extremely curious about the call. I didn't want to freak out whoever it was so I shapeshifted into my human form before moving my messy, waist length, dark brown hair out of my face so that whoever was calling could see my face.

I pressed the button to accept the call and smiled happily while waiting for the other person’s face to show up on the screen.

What came up on the screen was a man that looked to be in his thirties wearing purple tinted square glasses. Much like the message, the video’s quality was only in eight bits of colors, yet oddly detailed where I could make up the man’s face.

“Hello, testing, am I coming through clearly?” The man asked. 

“Yep. Loud and clear, though I have to say that this is one of the weirdest calls that I have ever received aside from the one I received from The Doctor. That had been a very interesting adventure.” I said as some of my hair fell in front of my left eye, which was blood red with the white of it being black.

“Alright, good.” The man said as he held up some kind of ivory locket. “And this is yours, right? I just want to make sure the powerglove got the correct universe code.” The man said.

“Yep yep! Though my token might’ve said that my name was Jason Monroe. It was somewhat wrong since I’m currently in my female form.” I said before moving my hair out of my face again. “The name's Jasmine Monroe. Nice to meet ya!” I said happily with a big smile on my face.

“Female… form?” The man asked in minor confusion, he soon shook his head. “Shouldn’t be the strangest things considering where I am.” the man said.

“Speaking of which, where are you right now? You know what better question, what's your name?” I asked while getting off of my bed and stretching.

“Angel Land, or the game of Kid Icarus if you’re familiar with that game from the NES Era. As for my name, I’m Ryan, also known as Captain G around Epixeria.” Ryan explained as he moved over to the window to open it. The moment he did, a jiggle started to play as Angel Land was shown. It was very similar to Cloudales, but more Romen-style. A lot of the pegasus that flew around wore Togas with their wing span being a little wider than the ones I’ve seen. I blinked a few times when I saw some odd creatures that definitely didn’t belong there.

“Looks interesting. I’m guessing that you need my help since you called me? The only other reason that I can think of is that someone wanted to get lucky~!” I said in a much more seductive tone.

Ryan let out a strained cough. “W-what!? No.” he said with a frown. For some reason, his mouth made an eight bit sound effect. “That’s not it.”

“Are you sure?” I asked while giving him a great view of my chest, which was only covered by my open black coat and the bandages that I used to bind my chest. Internally I was holding back my laughter and trying to keep a straight face.

Ryan let out a gentle annoyed groan, however the slight blush in his cheeks told me plenty. “Yes, I’m sure I didn’t go through all this trouble just for that.” Ryan said as he put the locket down, which vanished in a mist of red, blue, and green pixels. “I called to see if you knew the names of any video games I could visit. It’s an experience I’ve been running since a Glados Displaced known as Ana upgraded my powerglove to allow me to enter worlds by traveling into the far future of Epixeria.” Ryan explained as he took off his purple tint glasses to rub at his pixelated grey eyes. Now that the camera was moved back, I was able to see that his hair was a little long, although trimmed so it wouldn’t be in his eyes and ears.

I grinned when I heard him ask me about video games. “I might have a few, though the first one that comes to mind is Devil May Cry 3 from the Devil May Cry series. One of the most over the top games to ever be made that will keep making Capcom money for a long time.” I said as I thought about my guns, which I had styled after Dante’s pistols Ebony and Ivory.

[New World Found]

“There we go, it registered the code by you mentioning the name. Code 43711.” Ryan said as he was glancing down at something. “And located the other existing timelines of the series.”

“You feel like inviting me over there? I’ve always wanted to be in Devil May Cry 3, specifically because of the weapons. I’m a bit of a weapons enthusiast and those weapons are badass since a lot of them are made from demons.” I said while reaching into my pocket universe and pulling out a thirteen feet long Ōdachi before putting it over my shoulder with just my right hand.

“Yea, I can do that, I just need to register you in my powerglove so when you arrive, you’re not getting fried by a million volts of electricity since this world doesn’t do well with anything made of flesh instead of data.” Ryan explained as I heard a series of sounds coming from my phone.

[Player 2 Detected]

“Just a small reminder. It’s going to be more pony shaped rather than humanoid.” Ryan explained to me.

“Eh, that's to be expected. I am in the My Little Pony section of the multiverse after all. Either way it's still better than that gender bent universe I found. That was so weird to see.” I said while shuddering a little before putting away my Ōdachi so I wouldn't lose it.

Ryan blinked at the mention of a genderbent world, but decided to ignore what I said about it. “As in that one from nineteen ninety-eight?” Ryan asked with a raised eyebrow as he glanced outside. “...Good thing those ponies don’t look as kiddy as the one I mentioned.

“Nah. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. They're completely different continuity because of the same characters having different backstories in the original than in the new one.” I said before running my hand through my hair as I waited to be pulled into another universe.

[Conversion Complete. Transfering now]

“This will feel a little weird or freaky to you.” Ryan warned as my phone took on a glow. My body started to take itself apart piece by piece as they turned into blue, red, and green pixels much like that of an old television screen. Suddenly, I was flying through some sort of void that reminded me of Chrono Trigger, except instead it was a bunch of moving purple and green grids. Looking down, I noticed that my body was flickering back and forth between eight bit colors, a strange 3D model of myself, back to normal, and somewhere in between. I felt tingling all over my body, very much like the feeling of your foot falling asleep. 

Eventually, my body finally settled on a different appearance, making me look like I had came from a playstation two game. Looking to my right, I saw new pixels forming from the void, soon forming Ryan. Despite telling me his title was Captain G, he looked rather plain, like he was ready for a casual day at an arcade with that white shirt and blue jeans. Upon looking at his side, I noticed a strange high tech gauntlet that covered most of his arm with an array of numbers. A touch pad, an A, B, Start, and Select buttons. In the middle was a green screen that was showing a tall list of ones and zeros. From the way he look reminded me someone who would come from the year 2001. 

“We’ll be arriving soon, but before we do, there’s a few things I need to warn you about. This world will follow the logic of video game mechanics. You can feel pain from being attack, but there will be no visible wounds or actual injuries, second, the characters will be alot more lively, not controlled by some AI, they are living and breathing much like you and I. third, If you die in this world, you will be ejected back to your world, but if we both die, we will return to the last save point.” Ryan explained as he glanced at his powerglove, causing the green screen to project a hologram, revealing that we had a minute until arrival. “Anything you take from that world will change when you return to your world, however it will still retain some of its original function, like a fire flower. It will change to look more of a flower, but it will still give you the power to throw fireballs.” Ryan explained as he lowered his powerglove to look at me. Seeing this happen was very retro-like.

“Well then I can only hope that I’ll be able to snag Cerberus, Agni and Rudra, and Kalina Ann so that I’ll have some cool new weapons to test out during my next adventure.” I said with a big grin on my face as I thought about the possibilities and the different weapons.

“You’ll be doing most of the guiding as I haven’t played any games after the nintendo 64, mostly because the earth I originally came from didn’t have any of those games.” Ryan explained as we got to the end of the void. All around us was a city, although it looked like it was abandoned. Ryan kneeled down from the edge of the building to look around down below. “What happened here?” Ryan asked as he looked at his powerglove to see a mini map with most of the covers hidden.

“Demons. Welcome to the world of Devil May Cry, though I suggest you watch your back.” I said before quickly taking out Lumos and shooting a Hell Pride that was behind Ryan in the head, causing it to fall down dead and disintegrate into sand. As soon as it died, five more Hell Prides showed up as well as a Hell Wrath and Hell Lust. “Looks like this party’s getting crazy!” I said before pulling out Umbra.

“Game on!” Ryan said as he touched a few commands on his powerglove’s screen. 

[Fire Flower: Activated]

His powerglove spoke, letting out a Mario Bros NES sound as his clothing flashed, changing his white short purple and his blue jeans white. Green flames rose in his hands, soon forming into balls of fire, he began tossing out green fireballs that would bounce along the ground, softly exploding on impact on the Hell Wrath, causing it to swell up to burst.

My eyes widened as I saw the Hell Wrath swell up. “Oh shit.” I said as the Hell Wrath exploded, sending me flying off of the building and into a smaller building that didn't have a sign. I stood up before brushing the dust off of my coat and jumping down, landing on my knees. I looked up and saw the barrel of a pistol pointed in my face.

“Well isn't this a surprise. You here for the party?” A masculine voice asked, causing me to look up at the earth pony stallion that was currently holding a black pistol, that had the word Ebony on its side, to my face. He had a tan coat of fur and a white mane and tail. His eyes were blue, though were partially covered by his bangs. He had on a long red coat that was open in the front, showing his chest and a silver amulet that had a red gem in the center. I could see a large sword on his back and a white pistol, that had the word Ivory on its side, on his left side.

I smirked before standing up straight and picking up Umbra and Lumos. “You could say that. Mainly I came looking for some cool weapons and I thought that giant tower might have some in it. You got a problem with that?” I asked as I pointed Umbra over his shoulder and he pointed over my shoulder with Ebony as we both quickly fired, killing two Hell Prides.

“Not at all.” He said with a grin before standing on his hind legs and taking Ivory off of his side.

My smirk never left my face as the two of us fired our guns back and forth until there wasn't a single demon anywhere near us. We both put our guns away before I realized that I had left Ryan on the roof of that building. 

Suddenly from high up, Ryan landed nearby with angelic wings on his back. “I need to thank Lady Celestia again for allowing me to keep the Pegasus Wings.” Ryan said to himself as he got up, the wings vanishing in a mist of blue, red, and green pixels. As Ryan got close, he took a look at his powerglove’s hologram, showing his health as half low. “I gotta admit, the enemies here have a more wild combat compared to what I’m used too.” Ryan said.

“Well it’s good to see that you're alright. I could heal ya up a bit, if ya want.” I offered while smiling as my right hand started to glow a bright white, because of the angelic energy that coursed through it. I noticed the tan stallion leaning against a wall as he waited for us to finish talking.

“That’d be nice, I’ll be able to keep my chalice a little longer.” Ryan said as he pushed a few items, causing his clothes to return to normal.

I walked up to him and put my hand on his chest causing his body to be surrounded in a glowing white aura, before slowly dissipating. “There ya go. You should be mostly healed now. Now let's go talk to our friend over there.” I said before walking over to the tan stallion and smiling. “So, you got a name?” I asked, knowing full well what his name would be.

“I’ll give ya mine if you give me yours.” He said with a smirk as he twirled Ivory around in his hoof.

“The name's Jasmine, now care to give me yours sweetie?” I asked in a seductive tone while giving him a very seductive look.

“The name's Dante.” The stallion said as he put away Ivory and stopped leaning against the wall. “Enough chit chat, let's get going. After all we wouldn't want to miss the party.”
> Chapter 10: This Party's Getting Crazy!
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Jasmine's POV

As we walked towards the tower we were attacked by a few Hell prides and Hell Wraths as well as a singular Hell Lust, until we reached the Bullseye Bar. In an instant we were surrounded by Hell Prides with three Enigmas in the background preparing to fire arrows of energy at us.

“Well this is one hell of a welcoming party.” Me and Dante said at the same time, causing us to look at eachother while Dante took Rebellion off of his back and I formed a purple and white sword in my hand using my demonic and angelic energy. Ryan though had taken out two bottles of some kind of liquid. Pulling his arm back, he threw one of them at the ground, causing a burst of blue flames to erupt and set the Hell Prides on fire.

I smirked upon seeing this before realizing that that could be problematic if it was what I thought. “If that's holy water I suggest keeping it away from me and Dante. I don't feel too keen on having my skin burn off.” I said while dodging a blue arrow and slashing through a couple of Prides, before a Wrath appeared in front of me. I froze for a second as it began to swell, before Dante quickly kicked it towards one of the Enigmas. The Enigma only had time to look at the Wrath before it blew up, killing them both.

“What's wrong? Can't keep up?” Dante asked with a cocky grin that made me grin as well.

“Don't get ahead of yourself devil boy.” I said as I threw my sword into the eye of the second Enigma, causing it to shriek in pain before it crumpled up and died. The last Enigma started firing repeatedly at the group, though it wasn't very accurate. 

Ryan reached his hand out as something blue and round materialized, then reformed to appear as a blue bomb. Instantly, the bomb’s fuse was lit. “Take a step back.” Ryan warned as he chucked it at the Enigma. It looked down curiously, however it didn’t have much time for anything else as the bomb exploded in a burst of pixelated fire.

I smiled as I saw the Enigma disintegrate in the fire, causing a glowing red barrier on the strip club's door to shatter. “Well that was rather disappointing.” I said before looking at the strip club. “Maybe that place’ll be more exciting.” I said as my sword of angelic and demonic energy disappeared and Dante put Rebellion on his back. We turned to each other and shared a grin before walking up to the door of the strip club and walking inside. 

Ryan softly chuckled. “You’re having way too much fun with this.” He said as he walked alongside me. 

“Can you really blame me? It’s not often that I fight something that wants me dead. I generally have to hold back and even now I’m not using any of my more insane weapons because I could hurt you with them.” I said before noticing a sawed-off double barrel shotgun hanging on a nearby wall next to the door that lead out of the bar section and to the main area of the strip club. I smiled before walking towards the shotgun, only to have a white transparent wall that looked like it was made of souls appear in front of me as well as a bunch of Prides, two Lusts and a Hell Sloth.

“Ok, this is just becoming bothersome...” Ryan said with a frown as he brings up his powerglove’s hologram screen, showing a wide variety of icons. He reaches up to select what appears to be an eight-bit cannon, soon causing half of his arm to morph into a more detailed version of it.

“I don't know what you're talking about. This party's going great so far.” I said as I heard a scream and quickly jumped out of the way of the scythe slash from the Sloth, which had teleported behind me. When I stood back up I quickly fired a couple of bullets into the Sloth, only for it to teleport away from my bullets.

“The only thing missing is some food and drinks, though a few more babes wouldn't be terrible.” Dante said as he cut several Prides in half before throwing one into one of the Lusts, causing it to stumble before running at him. Just as it reached him, Dante stomped it’s ass into the ground before jumping on its back and surfing around the room on the Lust's body while shooting a bunch of Prides as more appeared.

"But how many are there? Kind of reminds me of those old beat 'em' up games where they spawn in every new area." Ryan said as he took aim at the nearest Hell Sloth and let loose a pixelated ball of energy. When it hit,  ice started to spread throughout its body, freezing it completely. The end of the canon opened up wide, allowing a missile to shoot out. Upon making contact with the frozen Sloth, the missile exploded, causing the Sloth to shatter into a million pieces.

After the Sloth died the others stopped coming, leaving only one of the Lusts left and six Prides. I smiled as I saw Dante kickflip the Lust that he was surfing on, into the group of Prides killing them. The last Lust rushed me before I quickly shoved Lumos into its open mouth. “Eat this.” I said before pulling the trigger, causing the Lust’s head to explode into sand. The barrier shattered, revealing the way into the strip club section of the building as well as the shotgun.

I smirked before walking over to it and grabbing it. It was just a regular sawed-off double barrel shotgun so I didn't think much of it. “Hey Dante!” I shouted causing Dante to look up from the bar’s fridge, which he had apparently been raiding in the hopes of finding some strawberry ice cream. “I think ya might like this.” I said before tossing it to him.

Dante caught it before smirking and putting it in his coat. “I’ll hang on to it. Could be useful for bringing some excitement to the party.” He said before walking over to me with a sigh. “What kinda place doesn't have the ingredients for a strawberry sundae?” He said out loud causing me to chuckle.

“How long have you been doing this, Dante?” Ryan asked curiously as he glanced at the holographic screen to see their current position on the mini map.

“Does it matter?” Dante asked as he flashed Ryan a cocky smile before kicking down the door leading to the main area of the strip club. The doors revealed a lot of stairs around a dancer’s pole that was in the middle of the room with multicolored lights under it in a circular shape.

We walked into the room as three Sloths appeared and started teleporting around the room before barriers appeared at all of the exits, preventing us from leaving. After the barriers were up, Lusts and Prides started appearing all throughout the room.

Me and Dante simply turned to each other with grins on our faces as we both took out our dual pistols, before quickly running down the stairs and up to the dancer's pole and wrapping our legs around it. We then started spinning around the pole while firing our pistols in all directions, killing a large majority of the Prides and Lusts and dealing major damage to the Sloth that hadn't been quick enough to teleport out of the way of the bullet storm.

“Well now, that’s one way to clear it out!” Ryan said with a laugh as he stayed behind watching it all go down. Me and Dante kept doing our little dance of death, putting holes in every demon in the room until there was nothing but sand left. We both stopped our dance and got off of the pole as the barriers shattered. We smiled at each other before nodding.

“I have always wanted to do something like that. It’s so difficult to find a fight in a strip club.” I said before walking to the door as I put Umbra and Lumos away while Dante did the same with Ebony and Ivory.

“Hey Ryan, get your ass over here! I’d rather not have you getting left behind with all these demons around!” I shouted before turning back to Dante. “We should be getting close to the tower. Once we get there, we get to see the bouncer and give him our VIP tickets.” I said while reaching into my pocket universe and pulling out two slices of pizza before handing one to Dante and taking a bite out of my slice. Dante did the same, though it was a bit funny to see a pony eating pizza.

“Assuming they can even catch me.” Ryan said as he came up to my side.

“Lets just go. We don't have forever.“ I said before walking out of the strip club and towards the tower entrance. There were floating orbs that Dante kept collecting. I knew from playing the game that the red ones were currency, green was healing, and the shards of blue ones were like heart pieces in The Legend of Zelda. I just smirked before grabbing a bunch of red orbs for myself, only to notice that I already had a large amount of them.

That's when I realized that I had been gaining red orbs from killing demons, which meant that I could learn some of the skills that Dante could learn. This caused me to smile as we approached a golden statue of a figure carrying a giant hourglass on their back.

“Looks like it's time for some upgrades!” I said while smirking as me and Dante walked up to the statue. I didn't pay much attention to what Dante got as I unlocked Stinger, before upgrading it. I grinned before making a sword out of demonic and angelic energy and testing the skill out on a nearby car.

I pulled back with the sword and, as I had expected, felt a large amount of energy build up in my sword arm before I threw my arm forward, releasing the energy and sending me flying towards the car sword first, stabbing through the driver side door, before I started stabbing at it multiple times in quick succession with the sword. After fifteen quick stabs, I ended the combo with a kick that sent the car flying back a fair bit.

“I was wondering how long it would take you to notice that.” Ryan commented as I saw the holographic screen from his powerglove showing the current abilities I was gaining and the amount of orbs I gained.

“Well sorry if I’m not used to game logic just yet! Besides, I'm having more fun just being here, though the bouncer is gonna be one hell of a fight.” I said as Dante finished upgrading his weapons and learning new skills for his swordmaster and gunslinger styles.

“Let’s get going. After all it would be rude to make our host wait after he gave us our invitations.” Dante said before running into the tower, with me not far behind.

Upon entering the ice covered room, me and Dante saw a building-sized dog-like creature with three heads, frozen in place and chained to the main entrance of the tower. I simply smirked as I held Dante back so we could wait for Ryan to join us, since we had ran ahead.

“Wait, us?” Ryan asked with raised eyebrows. “You may have gotten one, but not me and Jasmine, is that a metamorph or s-HOLY!” Ryan stopped in mid-sentence when he saw the towering three headed mutt.

“Well there's no time like the present.” I said before smirking as me and Dante walked forward, causing the frozen three headed dog to move before the ice slowly fell off of its body. The three headed dog lumbered forward, despite the fact that its body was still mostly covered in ice. It then let out a loud roar, shattering the ice that had fallen off of its body.

“Leave now mortals! The likes of you are forbidden in this land! You who are powerless are not worthy to set foot here!” The dog said as it kept trying to get free from its chains.

“Wow, I’ve never seen a talking mutt before. You know in a dog show, you’d definitely take first place.” Dante said while walking back and forth.

“You, a mere pony, make a mockery of me?!” The dog said before rearing back and firing a beam of ice at Dante, who simply jumped over it while I grabbed Ryan and got him out of the way. The ice beam hit the entrance, freezing it shut and making it impossible to go back.

“Easy fido. How about I take you out for a walk?” I said as I put Ryan down before walking over to Dante.

“Come on puppy! Let's go!” Me and Dante said in sync as I clapped my hands together in a come here motion.

“You will regret this, you worms!” The dog said as it kept trying to bite me and Dante. We just smirked at eachother before Dante stood up on his hind legs and limbered himself up a bit.

“It’s showtime!” We said at the same time as we both took out our pistols with cocky smiles on our faces.

“Dante, your mouth would be perfect for a gun since you keep shooting it off…” Ryan said as he started to scroll through his inventory.

[Cerberus The Ice Guardian.]

His powerglove spoke, soon revealing the dog’s health in the holographic screen. “A boss battle then,” Ryan said as his clothes shifted to white and purple. “Hey Jasmine, catch,” Ryan said as some kind of silver stopwatch materialized in his hand, he tosses it over to me, causing me to catch it. I look down at it in curiosity, noticing it had a pixelated heart icon along side a number twenty. “Usually it can stop time, but considering this is a boss, it can only slow down time around you for three seconds per five hearts, just push down the trigger and release,” Ryan explained to me, I looked at him in confusion. “Don’t ask, it's what the games used as ammo,” Ryan said as he ran off to the side, keeping his distance as he threw bouncing pixelated fireballs at Cerberus’ feet.

“Cool!” I said before putting it in my pocket and grinning as I started firing at the green eyed head in order to destroy its ice shell while Dante did the same to the red eyed head.

As the fireballs hit Cerberus’ feet the ice on them slowly came off before the blue eyed head blew a large chunk of ice out of its mouth at Ryan. I went to get him out of the way only to have a clawed paw come down on me, trapping me while I pushed against it to keep it from crushing me.

All of a sudden, he zipped out of the way as a barrage of fireballs bounced toward Cerberus. “I haven’t used that pause button in a long time.” Ryan said as he ran to the other side of the room. “Jasmine, does this thing have any weaknesses or do we need to keep attacking it ‘til it falls?” Ryan asked as he glanced at his powerglove’s screen to check on its health bar.

“Just...destroy...the...ice...covering...its...heads…and…attack!” I shouted in between grunts as I slowly began lifting the paw that was on me before finally throwing it off of me, causing Cerberus to stumble back a bit.

Dante quickly used this moment to finish off the ice on the green eyed head and red eyed head leaving only the blue eyed head with ice armor on it. Dante smirked before putting Ebony and Ivory away and switching to the shotgun. He quickly ran up to the blue eyed head and fired two shots, destroying the ice armor and causing the ice on its legs to shatter as well.

Before Dante could get another shot in Cerberus lunged at Dante, forcing him to jump out of the way. The red eyed head switched positions and became the center head, before charging up and firing an ice beam at Dante that hit him and sent him flying back with bits of ice on his red coat.

Ryan took out two bombs with lit fuses, he waited for a second, then threw his bombs straight at Cerberus, soon they exploded in Cerberus’ face in pixelated fire.

Cerberus roared in anger as it’s skin shifted from its greyish black to a more fleshy red. It then roared again before stomping on the ground as all but one of its chains snapped and its body regained its ice armor. The stomp had caused giant human sized icicles to fall from the ceiling in a pattern that made it very difficult to stay out of its range without getting hit.

I got up from the ground, since I had yet to move from when I pushed its paw off of me, and put away Umbra before creating a sword out of angelic energy and using Stinger to get up close to Cerberus. I quickly stabbed it the blue eyed head ten times while shooting it with Lumos until it head butted me, sending me flying into a wall while breaking the ice covering the blue eyed head.

Dante got back up before quickly running at Cerberus with Rebellion out. Once Dante got close Cerberus tried to bite him, only for Dante to jump on top of the red eyed head and start slashing away at the ice until it shattered. Before Dante could go for the green eyed head Cerberus moved its heads in a way that sent Dante flying into me right as I got back up from being sent flying into the wall. Ryan’s powerglove shifted into an arm cannon as he took aim. Ryan reached with his other hand and held down one of the buttons.

[Rapid Fire Mode: Activated]

His powerglove spoke as the arm cannon started shooting pixelated fireballs more straight and more rapidly at Cerberus’ armor, trying to break it open like a walnut.

The final bit of Cerberus’ armor shattered and it quickly started launching chunks of ice at Ryan, not noticing that me and Dante had gotten back up. We turned to look at each other and nodded before wielding our respective swords.

“It’s about time we put this dog down!” Me and Dante shouted as we ran up to Cerberus and quickly severed the blue eyed head and the green eyed head, causing Cerberus to fall to its knees in pain.

“You are not normal, are you?” Cerberus asked as it stopped attacking and waited for a response.

“That depends on your definition of normal.” I said as I stretched, before noticing the chunk of stone that was embedded in my left arm from when I was sent flying into the wall. “Oh shit. That's new.” I said before grabbing it and pulling it out, along with some muscle and bone. Once the stone was removed the hole slowly started closing on its own thanks to my regeneration.

That was the unfortunate part about being in the Devil May Cry universe. Unlike most video games where you would be hurt but not really see a hole or anything like that, injuries in Devil May Cry were visible. If you got stabbed through the chest you would have a hole in your chest and if you got shot in the head you would have a hole in your head. But that was something that I should’ve expected since, like Resident Evil, it was a Capcom game.

“Huh, guess this world is more like Doom.” Ryan said as he noticed what happened to me. 

“Regardless you have proven your strength. I acknowledge your ability. Take my soul and go forth! You have my blessing!” Cerberus said before roaring as it shattered, leaving behind a glowing orb of light that split into three before going to Dante, Ryan, and Me.

Me and Dante reached out and grabbed ours, causing them to become what looked like a modified version of nunchucks that had three handles connected to a ring in the center that was big enough for a hoof to fit through. We looked at each other before going back to back and testing out Cerberus, causing ice spikes to appear from the ground when we struck it.

“Oh this is awesome!” I said while Dante just put the new devil arm in his red coat.

“Not my style of fighting, but it could come in use incase someone else wants one.” Ryan said as he reached it, but instead of grabbing it, it got absorbed into his powerglove.

“Let’s not keep them waiting. We have a long way to go after all since we don't want to miss the party.” Dante said before walking towards the door that Cerberus had been guarding, only for a red motorcycle to bust through the top part of the ice that was blocking the way they came in. The motorcycle looked like it was about to hit Dante until he jumped up and did a flip, allowing his head to pass by the mare that was driving the motorcycle.

“Are you going to the party? What’s the hurry? Didn’t you get an invitation?” Dante asked as he landed while I took a bucket of movie theater popcorn out of my pocket universe and started eating it while watching their interactions.

The brown maned, tan coated mare said nothing as she just grabbed the large bayoneted rocket launcher off her back and fired it at Dante without even looking at him.

“This world just gets crazier and crazier, and that’s me saying something.” Ryan said as he rubbed his forehead.

Dante jumped onto the rocket and rode it before jumping off last minute as it hit the ceiling, creating a hole leading to the room above them. Dante was now in front of the mare as she prepared to drive before driving towards Dante, only to hop up through the hole in the ceiling with the motorcycle.

“Well that was something.” I said while still eating popcorn before putting it towards Ryan in a gesture of offering him some. Ryan gladly accepted it as he grabbed a handful of popcorn. He began eating it, smiling at the flavor.

“It’s good to taste actual food from another world.” Ryan said happily.

“Yeah, though I wish my brother was here. When it came to cooking he was a master with anything. You could give him a new recipe and somehow he would make it taste amazing no matter what it was.” I said while smiling, but the smile left my face as I remembered what happened to my brother. “Anyway we should probably get going. The sooner we end this, the sooner I can get back to the universe that I was in when you summoned me. That Celestia and Luna were about to visit me and my daughter and I definitely don't want to miss them.” I said before tossing the bucket of popcorn to Ryan and walking towards the entrance.

Ryan caught it with his left hand. “Yeeaaa, here’s the thing. Each world of Epixeria has a different timescale.” Ryan said as he followed me. Ryan brings up his powerglove’s hologram. “Let’s see…  oh wow, time moves very slow here.” Ryan said as the calculations came up on his screen. “An hour here is like a minute in your world.” Ryan explained.

“That's cool, but what we're about to do is going to take a while and I would rather hurry. I think Dante would agree seeing as how there are demons everywhere.” I said before walking through the door. I could hear Dante laughing behind me, though I couldn't hear what he said very well.
> Chapter 11: Up we go!
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3rd Person POV

As the group walked into the room there were four things that stuck out to them. The first was a strange statue that seemed to represent some sort of archangel covered in chains while being grabbed by a bunch of smaller angels. The second was the insane amount of lit braziers that were scattered around in front of the statue. The third was the insane amount of stairs on either side of the statue that spiraled up the walls of the tower. The final thing was a red door on the left side of the statue at a flat part of the stairs, though the stairs continued to climb higher. The door seemed to be blocked by a demonic red and black flame.

“Ugh. This is gonna suck since I can't just fly us to the top.” Jasmine groaned as she got ready to fight with Cerberus, since she had expected demons to appear, only for nothing to happen. “Huh. Well that's a relief.” She said while putting Cerberus on her back.

“I guess they're scared of us.” Dante said before looking to their right and seeing another one of the golden statues from before. He walked over to it and bought a couple of large vital stars for later so they could heal if they needed to.

Ryan glanced at his power glove to check on the radar. “I could provide Dante an Angel’s Feather, it’s like the pegasus wings, except temporarily.” Ryan explained as he held out his hand, causing red, blue, and green pixel to gather around, allowing him to pull a white glowing feather out of thin air. “It’ll save us a lot of time.” Ryan said.

“That's not the problem. I could easily shapeshift into a dragon and carry us to the top, but even in my largest dragon form The Leviathan would be capable of swallowing me whole. In case you didn't know, The Leviathan is the giant ass demonic whale creature that was flying around the top of the tower.” Jasmine said as a loud roar that sounded like a mix between a whale, a lion and a bear could be heard from above them. Once the tower stopped shaking she walked over to the gold statue and noticed that there were several full blue orbs for sale as well as a couple of gold orbs, which would act like a fairy in a bottle if they ever got a game over.

“You might want to check this out! We got some health upgrades and revival items!” She said with a grin as she used the last of her red orbs to buy a gold orb, which was quickly absorbed into her body.

“Well once you two have everything you need I say we start going up. We wouldn't want to keep our gracious host waiting after he went through the trouble of inviting us here.” Dante said with a cocky grin as he walked up to the stairs on the right side of the giant statue.

“Must be one hell of a party since he keeps bringing it up.” Ryan said with a shake of his head as he started to follow Dante. “By the way, Jasmine. Just how far will we be going in this timeline of Devil May Cry?” Ryan asked curiously.

“I’d say until the first encounter with Vergil. As much as I would love to stick around until the end, I really don't feel okay with leaving my daughter to talk with Celestia and Luna. Especially since they might start asking questions that Clara is unable to answer.” Jasmine said before joining Dante and Ryan. “Though it’s a shame that I won't be able to get Yamato.” She mumbled to herself as she thought about the dimension slicing sword that was wielded by Vergil.

“I know how you feel. There have been weapons and powerups I came across I wanted, but couldn’t have since they held importances to the main character’s progression in their world.” Ryan said as he stressed his arms above his head. 

The trio walked up the stairs before they eventually came across a blue door. They could see that the stairwell they were currently in went higher, though it didn't reach the ceiling. Jasmine decided that they should go in since she knew that they wouldn't be able to continue otherwise but her reasoning to Dante was that they could find more red orbs which would allow them to get stronger in case they ran into anymore powerful demons.

Dante shrugged before opening the door, revealing a small stairwell that spiraled upwards. As soon as the trio entered the stairwell a bunch of Hell Prides started appearing in front of them.

“Well this is an interesting place to fight. Definitely some interesting ways to kill them.” Jasmine said as she took out Cerberus while Dante pulled Rebellion off of his back and stood up on his hind legs. Ryan glanced at his powerglove, then nodded in satisfaction as he reached up to hold down a button. 

[Slo-Mo: Activated]

Suddenly Ryan had two crosses in his hands, only to quickly throw them with unnatural speed. Ryan’s crosses flew across toward the first two Hell Pride, hitting them in the head multiple times, then curve around on a return trip to hit them in the head multiple times.. They didn’t appear to do much damage, but they were doing a good job at slowing them down and keeping some of the Hell Pride’s at a distance. Each time Ryan caught his cross boomerangs, he would twist his body to throw them again.

[Warning: Powerglove low on power]

When his powerglove said those words, his body’s movements returned to normal, however he continued his momentary of catching and throwing his cross boomerangs. The Hell Prides that got hit with the boomerangs weren't all too hurt by them, though the first two did die and Jasmine was a bit sluggish and wasn't as strong as before because of the crosses.

Jasmine just smiled, despite being weaker than normal, before starting to walk up the stairwell while attacking Hell Prides with her newly acquired ice nunchucks. She did several flips and was being as flashy as possible with her attacks, just because she felt like showing off a bit. She even ended up kicking one down the stairs causing it to fall on its own scythe, killing it.

Dante just smirked as he lunged forward, impaling a Hell Pride on Rebellion before pulling out the shotgun that he had acquired from the bar and blowing the Pride’s head off. He quickly grabbed Rebellion before continuing up the stairwell after Jasmine.

Once the three had fought their way to the top, which didn't take long at all since Hell Prides weren't dangerous when they were fighting three powerful beings, they saw another blue door. Upon entering the door behind them closed and was blocked by a red barrier, preventing them from leaving. In front of them was a bunch of statues that started shaking before they moved and formed into three Enigmas. To the sides of the Enigmas were stairs leading up to a red door that was blocked by the same barrier. Hanging in the center of the room was a large cage that looked like it was big enough for a small car to fit inside. The three Enigmas quickly started charging up four shots each as they aimed upwards instead of directly at the trio.

“Okay now this is starting to get annoying. I mean seriously they could at least throw some more powerful demons at us.” Jasmine said before forcing angelic energy into her right hand, causing a white aura to appear around it as she got into a forward stance.

“While that would be fun, it would make getting red orbs much more difficult.” Dante said with a grin on his face as he took out Ebony and Ivory.

Reaching out and making a pulling motion, Ryan pulls out a small blue rod with a red gem. Taking aim with the gem glowing, he shoots out a flashing wave of magical energy at the middle Enigma. For a captain of the game realm, he’s got a lot of ranged weapons.

As the middle Enigma flew back into the wall that it was standing up against the other two fired upwards in an arc, causing the laser arrows to land like they were mortars.

Jasmine quickly dodged two of the eight arrows while one missed her by an inch, before she caught one with her right hand and infusing it with angelic energy. Once the arrow started glowing white she quickly threw it at the Enigma on the right. When the Enigma got hit in the eye by the arrow it crumbled to pieces as the arrow shattered from the force behind Jasmine's throw.

Dante shot two arrows out of the sky before dodging two more and running up to the remaining Enigma as it tried to reload. He fired at it several times before it died, its body crumbling as the red eye stopped glowing. Dante smiled before quickly back flipping as a Hell Lust charged through where he had been. Two more Lusts appeared as the one that tried to tackle Dante reoriented itself.

“I’m starting to wish I visited one of the doom games before coming here.” Ryan commented as he attempted to dodge a scythe that was swinging right at him, however he wasn’t quick enough as it sliced along his gut. His body blinked rapidly as he jumped back, taking a moment to allow his body to stop flashing. When the Hell Lust took a swoop at him, he ducked under the swing, then delivered a left hook with his gauntlet to cause it to tumble back.

“Maybe you should’ve. It would be nice to have a BFG right about now.” Jasmine said as she caught the downward swing of a scythe with her left hand before running her right hand through the Hell Lust’s chest causing it to glow white before popping like a balloon, sending sand everywhere.

Dante jumped back after his left foreleg was pierced by the third Hell Lust’s scythe. The hole in his leg closed the second that the blade was removed from his leg. “Oh come on! This was my favorite coat!” He complained, as there was now a large hole in the sleeve of Dante’s red coat.

The Hell Lust from before quickly ran up from behind Dante intent on decapitating him, before Dante quickly spun around and shoved Ebony and Ivory into its mouth.

“And jackpot!” Dante said before he obliterated the Hell Lust's head with the two M1911 pistols, causing the body to turn to sand soon after. Reactivating rapid-fire mode, Ryan began shooting a barrage of pixelated energy shots, knocking the Hell Lust back. Each shot that landed made a strange eight-bit impact.

The Hell Lust got pushed back into a wall until it finally turned to sand, causing the red barriers to shatter.

“Well that was a bit too easy. It feels like they're getting lazy.” Jasmine said before walking up to the red door at the top of the stairs.

Dante shrugged before putting Ebony and Ivory away. “They might just be saving the best for last.” He said as he followed Jasmine to the door.

“Well of course it’d be easy since we’re with him. If we hadn’t arrived, it would take Dante a lot longer to complete those missions.” Ryan explained as he followed behind Jasmine.

“Yeah, but even then it wouldn't be difficult since Dante is a big enough badass to rival myself in terms of badassery.” Jasmine said as they entered the door, revealing a room that had a square platform in the middle that had chains on each of the corners that went up through a hole that was the same size as the platform.

On the platform was a bunch of weird chess-like statues of a figure wielding two crossed swords. Off to the side was a red glowing circular wheel that was connected to the left wall.

“Alright. Ryan you get rid of the statues while me and Dante get to work on turning the elevator on.” Jasmine said before taking out Cerberus and walking over to the wheel, with Dante following behind her. Ryan started placing blue bombs around the statues, each one appearing with a small ‘blwip’ sound effect, Ryan quickly takes a step back as each one exploded and destroyed all but three of the rock statues. 

The remaining statues shook before their swords started glowing red and they all started hopping towards Ryan like actual chess pieces.

Jasmine and Dante were hitting the wheel until all of the points on it were on fire. Once they were lit, the square platform that the statues were on started to shake before slowly rising as the chains pulled it up.

“Looks like that's our elevator!” Jasmine said before grabbing Ryan and Dante and jumping onto the platform before it could leave them behind. She quickly set the two of them down before looking at the two remaining statues and groaning.

“Ugh. Damned Pawns. Not the hardest things to kill, but they can't be hurt unless they're moving or attacking. They're part of a group of demons called Damned Chessmen. As the name suggests there's one type for each piece on a chessboard and they all work like actual chess pieces. Pawns can only attack diagonally and can only move three feet at a time, unless they've just been woken up and haven't moved. In that case it's six feet.” Jasmine explained as the Pawns slowly hopped closer to the trio.

“Wonder what entity thought that was a good idea?” Ryan asked with a gentle laugh.

“Probably the same one that thought jnco jeans were cool.” Jasmine said before pausing as she remembered her interactions with jnco jeans God, causing her to shudder. “That bastard really shouldn't exist but I couldn't afford to kill him unless I felt like becoming the new God of that universe.” She explained while taking out Cerberus again as Dante did the same.

“Enough chit chat. I think it's about time we put these pieces in checkmate.” Dante said before running up to the Pawn on the right.

As soon as Dante got within three feet diagonally of the Pawn it quickly uncrossed its swords before swinging at Dante, only for him to dodge and quickly bash it with Cerberus six times. He quickly jumped back and rejoined Jasmine and Ryan as the Pawn crumbled into a pile of stone.

“Hey Ryan. You mind tricking them into attacking? I have an idea that’ll save some time.” Jasmine said as she put Cerberus away and reached into her pocket universe before pulling out two pinkish orbs that were really squishy, transparent, and had a red sphere in the middle. Ryan nodded before running toward one of them with a dagger in hand, once the gap was closed, he pulled his dagger back, only to pull a fake out, reach down and push a button on his powerglove, suddenly zipping to the left.

As the Pawn attacked where Ryan was Jasmine threw the pink orb at it causing it to stick to the pawn before exploding, shattering the demon into pieces. The remaining Pawn started hopping towards Ryan, since he was the closest to it. Dante just sat back and watched as he waited for them to arrive at their destination.

Once the Pawn got close enough to attack Ryan it started uncrossing its swords as Ryan moved out of its range. As soon as Ryan was out of range Jasmine tossed the other orb at the Pawn, causing it to explode like the last one.

“Well. That's that.” Jasmine said while stretching a little bit as the lift was still going up.
> Chapter 12: WHAT DID YOU DO?!
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3rd POV



An 8-bit portal opened up in Jasmine’s room in the crystal empire and Jason walked out of it. He immediately heard screaming and the sounds of buildings crashing as the entire place shook. He ran over to the window and saw a massive figure standing above the city arms crossed and laughing as its shadows were destroying everything around.

“How in blood soaked protestant hell did he get out?!” Jason screamed in alarm and worry before seeing three equine figures fighting it. He let out an exhausted sigh before pulling out his newly acquired Agni and Rudra blades and flying towards the figure at top speed. As he got closer he could tell that the three figures attacking the giant one, that he knew as Exitium Luminis, were Celestia, Luna and his daughter Clara. He was happy and proud to see Clara holding her own against the ex-god of darkness from universe H549. Unfortunately that pride was overshadowed by his disappointment in Celestia and Luna as they most likely caused his release.

Jason started spinning not too long before arriving, causing him to slam into Exitium at high speeds as a tornado of wind and fire.

“Yo capitaine dark dick!” Jason shouted as he stopped spinning with a cocky smile on his face as he wielded Agni and Rudra, who muttered something along the lines of impressive.

"Oh great. Commander killjoy has arrived. I guess that that's my cue to leave. But remember that both this empire and this entire universe belong to me!" Exitium shouted before melting into the shadows as Celestia, Luna and Clara looked relieved to see Jason.

“Thank mother you arrived in time. We were worried that that being would destroy this empire that you informed us about. We tried to summon you but that being answered instead.” Celestia said with a look of relief on her face while Luna looked angry and Clara looked both angry at the sisters and afraid of Jason.

“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO WHILE I WAS GONE?!” Jason screamed in anger at the three equines as his hair literally burst into flames, which was achieved by him using his shape shifting as an intimidation tactic. The effect was immediate as Celestia and Luna looked shocked, terrified and in pain from the screaming while Clara was terrified and in pain. Upon seeing this Jason immediately calmed down and ran over to apologize.

“Oh I’m sorry young one, I know you probably did your best to stop them from doing what I think they did.” Jason said calmly while scratching Clara behind the ear, causing her to calm down and smile happily.

“Why is she getting off easy?!” Luna asked in an angry tone, causing Jason to glare at her before standing up and walking over to Celestia and Luna. He then, without speaking, bitch slapped both Luna and Celestia.

“It’s because of three reasons. One I know and trust her. Two she knows what to do to defeat a former god of darkness, unlike you two who were just flinging magic at him. And Three I quite literally made her parents and a majority of the beings here, so I consider everypony here my children.” Jason explained before twitching a little as it finally sank in for him just how much trouble this universe was in. Upon hearing Jason say that he created life the celestial sisters' eyes widened in what seemed to be hope before Jason put his hand up.

“That doesn't mean that I can bring people back to life. If I want to do that I’d have to get the person’s soul. If there's a heaven and hell or anything like that I’d have to go to the realm of the dead and make a deal with the keeper since I would be bringing someone back to life. Another thing that is problematic is that every living thing in the empire would die if I were to ever permanently kick the bucket. The reason for this is because I used my own powers to form their bodies and then flooded my body with the reincarnation energy that is released when I die. By doing this it caused an explosion of reincarnation energy that brought them all to life in the same way that I come back to life, thus giving them information on how to walk and speak as well as what they need to do to live and use their magic and wings. They have magic because, unlike with most beings that can use the same powers as me, their bodies don’t naturally reject magic, thus allowing them to use and store magic without hurting themselves while also being able to use the basic attacks that come with my powers. They can’t do much else because they aren’t the same species as me. The only other thing that they might be able to do is use a power that is unique to them and relates to either their personality or their wants. Mine is the ability to use my shape shifting on other people as well as individual parts of my body, since I always wanted to change myself and others around me when I was younger.” Jason said causing the three equines to have varying looks on their faces from terror to shock before Jason blinked in surprise.

“It seems this reincarnation is much more intelligent than most of my reincarnations. Interesting. Either way it doesn't matter because if we don't find Exitium the entire universe will be gone.” Jason said calmly before Clara looked him in the eyes.

“Do you think you could help me discover that power?” Clara asked with a look of determination on her face that was mixed with anger. Jason smiled before putting his hand on her left shoulder.

“It would be my pleasure, though I have an idea of what it will be. Due to you being the current queen of the Crystal Empire I have a feeling that your powers will involve sensing emotions because of your connection to the Crystal Heart. Your main power will most likely be clairvoyance, the ability to see glimpses of the future. The Crystal Heart will most likely share this ability as I believe that I unintentionally bound you to it. I do not quite know what that means for you, but I can only hope that it's a good thing.” Jason said before turning back to Celestia and Luna.

“If anything happens to the Crystal Empire or the beings that live in it because of what you just did, I will sever my connection with you. I am still willing to work with you in order to fix everything, but you will have to rebuild what little respect that I had for you.“ Jason said before flying away to search for Exitium.


Somewhere in the frozen wasteland north of the empire


A black colt is laying there as a wispy black cloud seems to merge with his body. A few minutes later a crystal pony finds the colt and takes him to the orphanage when he awakens they ask if he knows where he is. His only response was to open his mouth and say the only word that he knew how to say.

“Sombra.”
> Chapter 13: Let's get out of the past...
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3rd POV


One year after everything went to hell in the Crystal Empire a new threat emerged while Jason was searching for Exitium. This new threat was the Siren Sisters. With Stygian's help the pillars of Equestria fought back against the sirens and just as Starswirl was about to banish the sisters, Jason stepped in as he had been passing by when he sensed a large amount of magical energy gathering in one location.

"Huh. So you three are the sirens. Yeah you look exactly like how I expected you to." Jason said with a smirk as he snapped his fingers, causing the sirens to glow before their bodies changed to become more humanoid and they soon looked like their human forms from Equestria Girls, with their ears, wings and clothes. They fell to the ground, not use to being on two legs with wings on their backs instead of being able to float. While they stumbled around, Jason quickly stole the gems that allowed them to create anarchy before putting them in his pocket universe for experimentation.

"What have you done to us?!" Adagio asked while glaring at Jason, thinking that he was beneath her and her sisters.

"Simple. I made you into a race that is incredibly weak. Just be grateful that I let you keep your inability to die from sickness or old age. Honestly I could've just killed you or locked you away in Hell along with Tirek, but I decided that you could do more good for the beings of this universe if you were alive and reformed. So I turned you into a species that is omnivorous and can do anything, as long as they put their mind to it. Oh and you should be able to use magic, though you will have to relearn it. Now excuse me while I continue to absorb all of the negative energy your little fight created." Jason said while smirking and waiting for something to happen. The pillars and the sirens just stared at Jason before Aria spoke up.

"What are we supposed to do?! You've made it impossible for us to do anything!" Aria shouted causing Jason to laugh at just how wrong she was.

"No I didn't. I just made it impossible for you three to continue being evil, though I guess you do still need to be punished." Jason said while thinking before snapping his fingers and reaching into his pocket universe. He pulled out three cell phones before tossing them to Adagio, Aria and Sonata.

"There. You can use those to keep in touch with me and your punishment can be that you have to work for me. Now if you'll excuse me I have an ex-god of darkness to track down." Jason said before flying away.

Seventeen Years Later

The Crystal Empire is shrouded in darkness as Sombra stands in his castle overlooking his subjects. No. His slaves. He had only recently overthrown that crystal bitch that had put him through so much pain with her damned crystal fair. It was pure bliss for him to see the look on her face before he turned her to crystal and shattered her into small pieces. He had hidden the pieces across Equis so that it would be difficult for the princesses to ever bring Clara Amor back. He chuckled as he watched over his kingdom before noticing a strange object flying towards his castle. He fired a blast of magic at the object, thinking that it was just a boulder or some object that had been launched via a catapult. He didn't expect the object to dodge the magic blast and respond with a blast of what looked like pure concentrated light. Sombra tried to block the blast using his mastery over dark magic to create a shield, only for the blast to punch right through it and hit him in his left eye. Sombra screamed in pain as his left eye was now bleeding profusely.

"Who dares to attack the ruler of the Crystal Empire?!" Sombra shouted in anger as he used his magic to try and stop his eye from bleeding as much. As Sombra stopped the bleeding, Jason landed with a look of pure rage taking over his face.

"How dare you call yourself the ruler you usurper! I made Clara to rule because I could trust her and, as much as I hate that I won't be able to get her back, her death means that I am the new ruler. It's only logical that the being that created the entire kingdom would rule it, even if I expressed my disdain at the thought of ruling. Regardless your claim has done nothing but piss me off! You killed one of my daughters and enslaved the rest of my children! You shall never be king as long as I'm around!" Jason shouted as he shifted into his nephalem form in order to prepare himself for a fight. Sombra seemed to chuckle at Jason's arrival before surrounding himself in a cloak of shadows.

"Exitium told me all about you, Jason. I know your weaknesses and you shall never be able to defeat me by yourself." Sombra taunted as Exitium's voice could be heard just underneath Sombra's voice. All the taunts did was anger Jason, but before he could attack a beam of solar magic slammed into Sombra's left foreleg as Celestia and Luna landed next to Jason.

"Sir Jason is not alone! We are here to help him as allies!" Luna shouted in anger as she charged at Sombra with her scythe in hoof, only for Sombra to hit her with an unusual spell that trapped her in a dome dark magic that prevented anyone from seeing her.

"Sister!" Celestia shouted before turning back to Sombra and launching another blast of solar magic at him. Jason still had a look of rage on his face as he made a sword of angelic energy and charged at Sombra. Sombra simply smiled and levitated a blood red sword in front front of himself, causing the blast of solar magic to be redirected at Jason. Jason's eyes widened as he saw the blast of magic heading towards him. He knew that he wouldn't be fast enough to dodge it so he swung his blade at it in an attempt to send it right back at Sombra.

To Jason's surprise it actually worked and made Sombra's eyes widen as the blast of magic sent him flying into the throne room. Sombra growled as he stood up from the rubble before Luna came back and batted him down. Luna jumped back and looked at her sister, who nodded in confirmation. The two alicorn sisters focused their magic and concentrated before firing a combined beam of magic at Sombra causing him to slowly fade away.

"THIS IS MY EMPIRE AND NO ONE ELSE SHALL HAVE IT!" Sombra shouted in anger before activating his final trump card; a curse that makes the target vanish for around a thousand years. In a matter of seconds the Crystal Empire had vanished before their very eyes.

"NO!" Jason shouted with tears in his eyes as he slammed his fists on the snow that used to be the crystal floor of the throne room. Celestia and Luna gave Jason a look of sympathy before hugging him as he sobbed.

One year later

Jason had been gone for a month as he had been helping out Equestria's neighbouring countries with the siren sisters as a way to teach them to be better. Unfortunately he returned to find the castle a wreck and Celestia sobbing with the Elements of Harmony lying around her. He tried to approach her but she almost instantly fired at him upon noticing his presence.

"What the hell, Tia?! Why are you attacking me?" Jason asked only for Celestia to lift up the elements and start charging them.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT I HAD TO BANISH LUNA SO JUST DIE YOU INSUFFERABLE DEMON!" Celestia shouted before firing the elements one last time. Once the light died down a statue was all that remained as Celestia fell to her knees and continued to cry, not noticing the black and white unicorn stallion that was casually walking away from the castle with three humanoid sirens following him.
> Chapter 14: ...and into the present
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3rd POV


One thousand years after the banishment of Nightmare Moon and the sealing of the being that came to be known as Darkness, Princess Celestia sends her personal student, Twilight Sparkle, to the small town of Ponyville. She met several interesting ponies while trying to get to the library, but the most interesting were the four ponies in charge of protecting the town from the monsters of the Everfree.

They were mostly mares with only one unicorn stallion and they all lived in a small stone house near the Everfree. The first mare, Adagio Dazzle, was an orange-maned unicorn with a yellow coat and a cutie mark of a sparkling or dazzling quarter note. The second mare, Aria Blaze, was a light pink pegasus with a purple mane that had teal highlights. Her cutie mark was a burning quarter note. The last mare, Sonata Dusk, was a light blue earth pony with a light arctic blue mane that had blue highlights. Her cutie mark was a quarter note in front of a setting sun.

The stallion was strange as he claimed to be the mentor of the three mares despite looking to be no older than twenty-three. He was a unicorn named Split Duality and his cutie mark was a Yin and Yang that had been separated. His coat, mane and horn were black on the left side and white on the right while his eyes were two different colors. His right eye was a normal sky blue, but his left was blood red and the sclera was black. After making sure that the four ponies were prepared to defend the town from monsters, Twilight had left without even noticing the sigh of relief that the stallion let out.


Jason's POV


I let out a deep sigh as I turned back to face my students while smiling.

"Thank grandfather she didn't ask too many questions. Now, I want to make sure that you three know the plan. Please recite it to me." I said calmly while snapping my fingers, causing both myself and the siren sisters to return to our human forms. Aria nodded first before stepping forward while wearing the navy blue graphene armor that I had given the three sisters. The armors were all identical and covered their entire body from head to toe while looking more like full body suits. The helmet could be taken off by pressing a button on the back of the neck while the full face visor could be retracted by pressing a button behind the left ear. The fact that the armor made them all look the same made it impossible for enemies to take advantage of their individual weaknesses. My twin brother and I had often used this tactic against smarter enemies before I had to kill him.

"We are to stand by and watch while you go ahead of the future element bearers and occupy Somnum exterreri." Aria answered before Adagio stepped up.

"We are to watch over the future element bearers and make sure that they don't die and that the timeline happens the way you remember it." Adagio said before Sonata stepped up.

"Once that is done and the elements have destroyed Somnum exterreri, we are to reveal ourselves when you do. If the solar tyrant remains hostile we are to flee." Sonata said before I bopped her on the head. "Ow! What was that for?!" Sonata shouted while I chuckled.

"You called Celestia a tyrant. She is simply a being that lost control when she lost her sister. There is no point in being angry at her for making the same mistakes that I made. That would be hypocritical of me." I said calmly before nodding to them, signaling that it was time for them to leave and prepare. My three students quickly gathered the six objects that I told them to never leave without, which were actually just the Shinobi Rokugu, as well as kunai, for digging, and tantos, for the rare occasion where they had no choice but to fight, before leaving. Once they left I teleported to the ruins of the Everfree castle with a smile on my face. I may have been angry at the sisters for causing the death of my daughter and disappearance of my kingdom, but I forgave them years ago. They had no way of knowing what would happen and were separated by one of Exitium's creations, just like me and my brother.

I let out a small sigh before going to where I knew Somnum exterreri would appear when the new element bearers arrived. I quickly started taking supplies out of my pocket universe and setting up traps all over the room that ranged from bear traps to tripwires. Once the traps were in place I forced my body to absorb some of the mana that was in the air before quickly using it to make the traps invisible. As soon as I was finished, I fell over from pain and exhaustion. My body naturally forces magic out, which is why magic hurts me, but I can make my body absorb it instead. Doing this doesn't change my body's natural want to expel magic. The longer magic stays inside my body, the more damage that is done to the inside of my body. If I were to do that for too long it would kill me, so I always make sure to use all of the magic as quickly as possible.

Now that the traps were set, I shapeshifted into a bat before flying to the ceiling and hanging down from it. I then silently waited for my prey to arrive so that I could make it up to my brother by helping save the life of another person's sibling.
> Chapter 15: The Nightmare's Nightmare
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3rd POV


Nightmare Moon's return went how Jason remembered it for the most part. There were small details that were different, such as the massive numbers of timberwolves that the siren sisters, or Uta sisters as Jason had started calling them, took care of by using their kaginawa grappling hooks to tie them up and quickly dispose of the wooden pests.

Jason had stayed in his hiding spot until he heard the element bearers come inside. He smirked a little and jumped down right as Twilight was about to set off one of his traps. It was no surprise to him when most of the ponies got into fighting positions. Jason simply chuckled before looking at them.

"Well if I knew that guests were coming to watch me beat up the Nightmare, I would've grabbed some snacks beforehand. Oh well. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Jason Monroe, the being that was once very close to Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna until the incident. Nowadays most beings assume that the statue in Canterlot is actually me. As if I would just stand around and let a mare whose mind was clouded by sadness hit me with the elements of harmony. Those things are dangerous. But I suppose I should stop rambling and hand these over to you." Jason said before snapping his fingers and causing the elements to appear in front of the group of mares, causing them to look shocked before Rainbow Dash flew up to him with a look of suspicion on her face.

"Look pal! I don't know what you are, but your lies and tricks won't work!" Rainbow said while pointing her hoof into his black shirt, which did very little to hide his rather muscular chest. The other mares shook their heads while Jason, to their surprise, just laughed before tapping Rainbow on the chest with enough force to send her back to her friends without hurting anyone. All of the mares were shocked at the sheer amount of strength that he showed, but what he did next was even more shocking.

Jason's left arm glowed a dark purple as he reached into a shadow and ripped out the familiar form of Nightmare Moon. Jason's hand was holding Nightmare by the throat and squeezing down, causing her to release gurgling noises before he punched her into one of his invisible bear traps. Nightmare screamed in pain as her right wing got stuck in the bear trap and ended up being ripped off thanks to her struggling to get free.

"Hey Twilight! If you want the real elements of harmony instead of those stones, I suggest you think about how each of your friends acted on your way here and how their actions correspond to the elements. Ya might figure something out." Jason said calmly before a lance of magic was fired through his left side and made him grunt in pain. Jason looked up and saw Nightmare smirking before he chucked three spheres of angelic energy at her, causing her to scream in pain as she futilely tried to avoid the attacks by going into her mist form.

While this happened Twilight sat there, thinking about Jason's words, before she realized what he had meant. She smiled before gaining an air of confidence about her as the elements started forming on each of the main six as she goes about her usual speech that every being that has seen the first episode of the show knows. Nightmare heard Twilight and tried to run, only for her to trigger one of Jason's tripwire traps. The tripwire made her fall before quickly dropping a tub of pine resin on Nightmare Moon, sticking her in place long enough for the elements to fire. As the elements struck Nightmare, she began to split away from Luna. Jason noticed this and smirked as Somnum exterreri tried to flee before he created a lasso out of demonic energy and tossed it around Somnum before pulling her towards him.

Once the light from the elements died down, everyone was celebrating as normal with Celestia appearing and the reveal of Luna. After a few minutes Jason cleared his throat, causing everyone to turn and look at him. They were shocked to see him holding a dark humanoid with dark blue hair that was similar to Nightmare's and wearing a dark blue and purple suit of armor. The woman looked just like a humanoid version of Nightmare Moon. Celestia saw Jason and looked away in shame for what she thought she had done to him while Luna smiled before growling at the sight of the being that had possessed her.

"Now that the celebrations are over, may I ask what you would like me to do with this parasite? Granted I am going to erase her from existence either way, but I thought I would ask?" Jason said while smirking, causing the main six to look horrified while Celestia and Luna just looked at each other before nodding.

"We know that we would be unable to stop you regardless of our words and I know that I could never apologize enough for what I have done to you. Once you have carried out the sentence for this parasite, I will do what I can to find your students. I'm certain that the siren sisters would be happy to know that their teacher is back." Celestia said with a smile. Jason tried to hold back his laughter before he burst out in laughter. Everyone was surprised at this because they weren't expecting for him to laugh at Celestia. Jason used his left hand to wipe the tears out of his eyes.

"Oh Tia. I was never sealed away in the first place. That statue in Canterlot is one that I made in order to trick opponents into thinking they killed me. On the bottom of the left foot are the words Made in China, which is a joke that you won't get. I have been living on the outskirts of Ponyville with my three students for years. Now before you ask any questions, I am going to inform you that what I am about to use is not normal magic. What I am about to use is soul magic, a form of power that is generated within one's very soul. I learned how to use it from a very big boned, wise-cracking skeleton that loves puns and drinks ketchup. This power is going to exhaust me, so don't be surprised if I pass out." Jason said before quickly turning to Somnum Exterreri and taking a deep breath.

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✋︎ ♎︎♏︎♍︎●︎♋︎❒︎♏︎ ⧫︎♒︎♋︎⧫︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ♎︎♓︎⬧︎⬧︎♓︎♎︎♏︎■︎♍︎♏︎ ⬧︎♒︎♋︎●︎●︎ ◻︎♏︎❒︎♓︎⬧︎♒︎ ♒︎♏︎❒︎♏︎ ♋︎⧫︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ♎︎♓︎⬧︎⧫︎♋︎■︎⧫︎ ♏︎■︎♎︎⬧︎ □︎♐︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ✞︎□︎♓︎♎︎📬︎" Was all Jason said before the room was enveloped in a blinding white light.
> Chapter 16: A Swift Recovery
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Jason's POV


I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes, noticing the purple canopy of a bed. My eyes shot open and I quickly sat up before wincing in pain. I looked down and noticed that my entire body was covered in burns, which told me all that I needed to know. Someone had tried to use magic on me after I lost consciousness from exhausting a lot of my soul energy with that bit of soul magic.

"No wonder Sans is always sleeping. Soul magic is fucking exhausting." I muttered to myself before channeling angelic energy into my hands and gliding them over my body, causing the burned skin to fall of before being replaced by new skin. I sighed when I reached the whole in my left side. When it came to wounds caused by magic, my angelic healing could only do so much. I sighed before someone entered the white room that I had been placed in, which seemed to be some sort of bedroom. I turned to the door and saw Luna walking into the room with my students behind her. They all seemed to be looking at the ground in sadness.

"Why the long faces?" I asked while smirking, causing them all to look up at me with wide eyes. Luna was about to say something before my three students jumped onto me with tears in their eyes. I smiled as I hugged the three women and allowed them to cry into me. After about ten minutes of crying, my students fell asleep while laying on me. I simply let out a small chuckle before teleporting out of the bed, which made me stagger a bit due to my exhaustion. Luna looked worried when I staggered, but I quickly put my hand up in order to reassure her that I was fine. I motioned for her to follow me as I quickly left the bedroom that I had been put in. Once we were out of the room and the door was closed, I turned back to Luna with a smile.

"It's wonderful to have you back moon butt. I hate that I had to leave cake flank alone for a thousand years, but I had to train my students and I couldn't risk having Celestia try to kill me out of grief. Unfortunately I will now have to explain something to you and her that is to stay between the three of us. This information is so serious that I am going to be taking you and your sister into my pocket universe, which I don't usually do because of the number of weapons in there that are capable of doing massive damage. I have an ion cannon in there, not that you would understand what an ion cannon is or how it works. To put it simply, a single blast from an ion cannon could, at minimum, destroy the moon. Anyways, let's go." I said while smirking before clapping my hands, quickly teleporting the two of us to the throne room.

We appeared in between Celestia and a noble that had recently started complaining about his 'worries' concerning the announcement of five 'country bumpkins' being given awards for saving Equestria. The guards immediately surrounded me and pointed their spears at me while the noble fell on his ass from my sudden appearance.

"Halt creature! You dare to try and attack Princess Celestia in broad daylight?!" Shouted a guard wearing a gold lined set of purple armor that had a magenta six-pointed star on the front. From what I could remember from watching the show, this little idiot was named Shining Armor and he excelled at making shields. I just chuckled while tuning out Celestia, who was yelling at her guards for pointing their spears at me. I grabbed one of the spears that were being pointed at me and used my shape shifting, which is more like a complete control over every molecule of my body, to make my chest harder than titanium, before crushing the spear against my chest. The sound made everyone stare at me with wide eyes as I let go of the spear, revealing that it was now little more than a stick with a metal casing on top.

"You seriously need to teach your guards how to better recognize threats, Tia. If a being shows up in broad daylight to attack someone that has the power to move the sun, they are either extremely stupid or extremely powerful. I don't think I need to point out which one I am." I said while yawning a little before I felt something impact my left arm, which was accompanied by a searing pain. I smirked before looking at Shining Armor.

"Ah. Well aren't you a foolish being. If I didn't have important information for Tia, I would take you outside and beat you until you understand just how outclassed you are." Was all I said before my right hand glowed white with angelic energy. I smiled as everyone tensed up before an ethereal set of white armor formed around my body.



"What kind of magic is that?" Celestia asked, causing me to smile as I turned to face her. 

"That's part of what I want to talk to you about. I trust you and Luna enough to give you information that you could use to permanently end me. Of course that means we will have to go somewhere that I know no one else can enter without me being informed of their presence." I said calmly while smiling, only for Shining to put a dome over me to stop me from reaching Celestia. I turned back around to face him and saw a smirk on his face.

"Nice try creature, but you won't be getting any closer to the princess. Go ahead and exhaust yourself while trying to break free. You'll just pass out from a lack of air and we'll throw you in the dungeon." Shining proudly announced while I kept myself from laughing at his stupidity.

"Are you done? Good. Now I'll show you why this pathetic excuse for a shield doesn't matter to me." I said before shape shifting into a ghostly form of myself and phasing through the floor. I came back up outside of the shield, right behind Celestia's throne. I returned to my human form and listened to Shining getting chewed out by both Celestia and Luna until I heard him leave the room. I smirked before jumping onto the top of Celestia's throne, causing everyone in the room to stare at me. Celestia was, understandably, creeped out when everyone kept staring at her.

"So now that gleaming asshole is gone, can we go have that chat?" I asked, startling Celestia and causing Luna to laugh at her sister's reaction. The guards that remained in the room did nothing because of what they had just witnessed.

"Why do you still do that?!" Celestia shouted as I laughed my ass off from her reaction. Before Luna was banished I had made a routine of randomly appearing behind Celestia and scaring her. I didn't do that with Luna because her senses were always much sharper than Celestia's.

"I do it because it's funny. Now I need your guards to leave so we can have our chat." I said, causing the guards to run out of the room in fear. I just stared at the door as it closed.

"Huh. Well then. Anyways get in this bag." Was all I said as I took my pocket universe off of my waist and shoved Celestia in it. To say that Luna and Celestia were shocked would be an understatement. They had seen me use my pocket universe to store items before, but they had never seen me use it to store living beings. Once Celestia was inside, I turned to Luna and quickly teleported over to her and shoved her in my pocket universe. Once they were both inside, I teleported back to the room I had woken up in and quickly wrote a letter to my students before going into my pocket universe.


Celestia's POV


I couldn't help but feel nervous as I found myself standing on nothing in a black void that had various random objects floating around in it. Never before in my life had I experienced being in a place where I can see objects in front of me without feeling anything move. It was completely silent and I was worried that Jason had decided to punish me for trying to use the elements on him all those years ago. Those thoughts were pushed out of my mind as Luna appeared out of a strange portal that closed behind her. After a few seconds Jason appeared as well, though he held his side and staggered a bit before smiling at me and Luna

"I welcome you to the place that only myself and my brother can get to. This is my pocket universe. To put it simply a portal was made to a universe that was almost destroyed and my brother figured out how to stabilize the portal before connecting it to multiple small coin bags so no one would suspect anything. Because the portal connects to a universe that is supposed to be destroyed the only way in is by entering one of the bags." Jason explained before walking past me and Luna with a smile on his face. "I often come here to calm down. It's also where I store my mansion." Jason said before motioning towards a beautiful white mansion that was far bigger than the estates of most nobles. Despite it being smaller than Canterlot castle, I couldn't stop my jaw from dropping at the fact that Jason owned this massive building. Jason had always refused to accept plots of land before the parasite corrupted my sister and I now understood why.



We made our way to the front door of the mansion, only for a man that was just as tall as Jason to open the door. The man had neatly combed black hair that stopped at the back of his neck. He wore a standard black and white butler uniform as well as a black blindfold covering his eyes. 

"Greetings master Monroe. I sense that you have brought two guests with you this time. Shall I prepare some drinks for the three of you?" The man asked while smiling at Jason.

"Yes. I would like some bourbon mixed with root beer and my companions would appreciate some tea and coffee." Jason said while smiling before the man nodded and walked down the main hallway of the mansion before turning left into what I assumed was the kitchen.

"Jason, who was that? I thought you said that you didn't like the idea of having servants." I said while looking around the hallway and noticing pictures of Jason and different people that I had never met. I was confused at the sight of one picture in particular. It was a picture of Jason standing next to someone that looked exactly like him, except his hair was neatly combed and he wore a black and white tuxedo as well as a black fedora with a white band. The two looked like they were celebrating in a bar as they lifted up mugs of alcohol.

"That was Alexander. My father forced me to take him with me. He is able to leave whenever he wants, though only I can let him back in. I have to check in with him every day so he can send a message to my father informing him of my well being. I honestly hated the idea at first, but me and Alexander have long since become good friends. Oh and don't worry about the blindfold. As a demon he has a unique ability that allows him to see the souls of living beings. He isn't blind, but his eyes are a dead giveaway that he's a demon. That's why he hides them under a blindfold." Jason said while walking inside. Luna and me followed him before finding ourselves in a massive room that had a strange black rectangular object on the wall, which Jason later told us was a television, as well as a dark red couch that was facing towards it. In front of the couch was a coffee table that was made out of jade with three chairs around it that matched the color of the couch. Jason sat down in one of the chairs before motioning for us to sit down while talking.

"Please take a seat so I can start answering your questions while we wait for our drinks."
> Chapter 17: Answers
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3rd POV


Celestia, Luna and Jason sat in the living room of Jason's mansion. Celestia and Luna were looking around at all of the modern amenities while Jason simply smiled as he waited for Alexander to return with their drinks. Celestia and Luna had been so caught off guard by all of this that their brains still hadn't registered the fact that Jason said Alexander was a demon. Luna was fascinated by everything and eventually her eyes locked onto a fourteen foot long great axe that was hanging on the wall. Luna stood up and went to touch it, only for Jason to teleport in front of her.



"I would appreciate it if you would refrain from touching Moskstraumen. He was made specifically for me by Hlér, the Norse god of the sea." Jason said before grabbing Moskstraumen, causing the great axe to shrink and turn into a steel bracelet with the axe hanging off of it. He smiled as he put the bracelet on his left wrist before sitting back down. Luna stood there staring at Jason for a few minutes before something finally clicked in her mind.

"Wait! Did you say that Alexander was a demon?! Why are you allowing a monster like that to live?!" Luna shouted before suddenly finding Jason holding Rudra at her throat.

"I would watch your words. Race and species does not make one a monster. The actions committed are what makes one a monster. Now sit back down and silence yourself before I show you why I have the title of god killer." Jason said in an unnervingly calm tone before putting Rudra back on the wall with Agni.



The three sat there in silence before Alexander came out with a silver platter that held pots of tea and coffee that were on portable burners. The platter also contained a bottle of bourbon and a glass of root beer as well as two empty cups for the sisters and some milk, sugar and cream. Alexander simply smiled as he set the platter on the coffee table before pouring some bourbon into the glass of root beer and handing it to Jason.

"Thank you Alexander. The tea is for Celestia and the coffee is for Luna. Ponies tend to like sweet things, so add a bit of sugar and cream to the coffee." Jason said while smiling, causing Alexander to nod before doing as he was told. Alexander set the cups of coffee and tea in front of the corresponding ponies before leaving. Celestia and Luna cautiously stared at the cups in front of them, causing Jason to let out a sigh before taking a swig of his drink.

"I guess it's time to explain a few things, starting with the easiest to explain. I am a half demon-half angel, which can be called a nephalem, a demonic angel or an angelic demon. Regardless of what you want to call me, the important part is what that entails. I specifically am one of two sons of the ruler of Hell in my universe. I also happen to be the grandson of God in my universe, but he's a prick that hates me for simply existing. Then again I can understand that, mainly because his daughter died while giving birth to me and my brother. Another thing to point out is that, in my universe, demons and angels have a natural weakness to magic. This means that I cannot use magic without causing harm to myself and risking permanent death, but it also means that any non-offensive magic will cause me pain instead of doing what it's supposed to do. Luckily for me, angels and demons have their own sources of power in my universe. These sources of power are commonly referred to as angelic energy and demonic energy, mainly because the only beings that can use these energies are either part demon or part angel. These energies are very easy to come by and are formed depending on the actions of others. If someone helps someone else, the neutral energy in the air is transformed into angelic energy. If someone hurts someone else, the neutral energy in the air is transformed into demonic energy. Any questions?" Jason said in a very practiced manner before taking a sip of his drink. It seemed like Jason had been in situations where he had to inform people about himself in the past.

Celestia and Luna were silent with wide eyes as they just stared at their drinks, processing the fact that one of their closest friends was part demon. Their entire world had been shattered with that one bit of information. They had always been told that demons were evil beings that only wanted to destroy everything, yet Jason had only ever tried to protect others and even sobbed for days on end when the Crystal Empire was lost because of Exitium. Celestia stared at the cup of tea sitting in front of her before using her magic to lift it up to her mouth. She took a sip and seemed shocked before she smiled and continued to drink. Luna followed suit and started drinking the cup of coffee that had been provided for her. After a few more minutes, Celestia finally spoke up.

"Would you die if you were hit with the Elements of Harmony?"

The room remained silent for a few minutes before Jason stood up and walked over to Celestia. He simply looked at her and nodded before hugging her as she started to cry. Jason simply held Celestia and ran a hand through her mane in an attempt to comfort her before Luna walked over and hugged Celestia as well. Celestia calmed down after a few minutes and wiped away the tears that were rolling down her cheeks. Jason pulled away while smiling before looking Celestia in the eyes.

"I don't blame you for what you did. It would be hypocritical of me to do so considering the fact that I destroyed an entire continent after losing my brother." Jason said with a sad smile on his face while Celestia and Luna looked at him in shock. They had heard Jason mention his brother on several occasions. Every time he mentioned anything involving his brother, his mood would always change and he would stay silent for a few minutes. He would always deflect their questions about his brother and now they knew why. Jason sat down before taking a sip of his drink. He set his drink down as he noticed that Celestia and Luna's expressions had changed.

"Oh no! I know those looks! I refuse to be given an award for being a good person. Now I think it's time for you two to leave. You do have a country to rule after all." Jason said before creating a portal back to the Canterlot Castle and pushing the sisters inside. Once the portal closed Jason sighed and flopped onto his couch with a groan.

"I need a vacation."