Gold had woken up after a quick rest. "Better. Now to get out of here." Gold got to his hooves, and looked around. He found a flat rock that was perfect for crushing. He walked over to it, and used his strength to smash the chains. "Ok. Now to get out of here." Gold began walking through the rocks. He was walking for awhile until he found a gate. But before he could make it to the gate a giant, three-headed dog jumped in front of him. It let off a low growl, but Gold did not back off. "You know I don't belong here, Cerberus. You keep this place safe, but I am not supposed to be here. Please, just let me through." Cerberus sniffed Gold. Then it went from angry to happy. It let out a bark, and rolled onto its stomach. "Good boy." Gold gave him a pet. "Now to find my way back."
"I may be able to help." Crimson materialized next to him. "The magic from, in there, kept me from helping. But now that we're out I can take you anywhere. Hop on." Gold climbed onto Crimson's back. "Where to?"
Gold thought about immediately going to Canterlot, then he had another idea. "Let's head to the outlands."
"Ok." Crimson took off.
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The Outlands
"So why did you want to come here?" asked Crimson.
"There is one place that I want to see. Just past the Changling Empire." Crimson flew over the place. He finally landed in an open space.
"Where is this place?" asked Crimson.
"Its not here," said Gold, who was looking off in the distance.
"Oh, then why did we come here?"
"I just wanted to visit one last time. Thankfully everybody got out before the accident."
"Do you want to go, or stay here for a bit?"
"Looks like something else will make that decision." Gold saw a few changlings flying towards him.
The middle one looked like the leader. He had a yellow body with green wings. "Hello travelers. I saw you fly over head, and wanted to see why you were here."
"We were just visiting an old spot."
"You mean the town that was once here. I've heard about what happened. Did you live here?"
"Once in my life." Gold looked into the barrian landscape.
"Well," The changling put a hoof on his shoulder, "You are always welcomed here." The changling smiled.
Gold returned the smile. "Thank you uh..."
"Thorax."
"Gold."
The meeting was short lived as three figures came into site. A dragon, a griffin, and a draconaques landed. "Ember, Gilda, Discord, what are you three doing here?"
"There's something wrong," said Ember.
"What is it?"
"Equestria has fallen."
Thorax gasped. "How can that be?"
"A being that calls himself Shadow Master has taken over," said Gilda.
Gold came forward. "Did you just say Shadow Master?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Wait." Discord hovered over Gold. "Gold-ish fur, and an orange and yellow mane. You are Golden Rise." Discord summoned a photo of Gold. "Can I have your autograph? It will complete my friendly legends set."
"Wait, what are you talking about?" asked Gold.
"Well almost everything knows about you from Twilight. Your dueling skills are ammon the best there is."
Discord transformed the photo into a card. "Of coarse I tried to dabble in card design myself." The card was a crudely drawn picture of Gold.
"I'll keep that in mind."
Ember was like a fan girl. "It really is you. I never thought I meet you in the flesh."
Thankfully Discord stopped her. "Try to calm down. He doesn't need fans crowding him." Discord popped in front of Gold in a security guard out fit. "One at a time, one at a time."
Gilda stepped forward. "Its cool to meet you Gold. Hopefully we can duel sometime."
"Yeah, but right now we have a villain to stop. Discord, think you can take us to Canterlot?"
"Do you really have to ask?" With a snap of his claw, the group was in Canterlot. Gold could see Shadow Master using Twilight 's castle as a throne.
"Looks like it's time to save the day. Are the rest of you with me?" The others nodded. "Ok then, activate your duel disk, and let's bring down this menese." The group made it to the castle/throne.
"Isn't this a surprise? I thought I would crush you later, but it seems that time is now," said Shadow Master.
"Your the one that's going to fall. With my new team by my side, you will lose."
"Then I should bring out my team." Four figures appeared in front of the group.
"Garble," snarled Ember.
"Its been to long Sombre," said Discord with a smile.
"I thought I saw the last of you Lightning Dust," huffed Gilda.
"You should of stayed gone Chrysalis," said Thorax.
"Well then, let the fun begin."
"Let's duel!"
Gold, Thorax, Ember, Gilda, Discord: 20000
Shadow Master, Chrysalis, Garble, Lightning Dust, Sombre: 20000
"And the battle begins!" Shadow Master shouted.