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// Nobody's days 
// Story: Life of a Nobody 
// by Xinrick 
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Day One



As I woke up from sunlight shining in my eyes I grumbled bitterly. “Go away sun...no one likes you…” I mumble before cuddling up to something nice, warm, fuzzy and soft...before realizing what I did last night.

“Did you sleep well?” Luna asked as my vision started to clear… to put it short, I was buried under her chest.

“Mmm-hmm.” I hum, holding Luna close to me as steamy memories of our late night rushed to the forefront of my mind. ”I am the luckiest man ever.” I think to myself happily.

“I told you spells would be fun.” She chimed.

I moved my head out of her breasts as I got a bit of fresh air. “Um...quick question...did you use a...protection spell?” I ask worriedly, not wanting Luna to get pregnant after just a single time.

“Relax, alicorn reproduction is more of a… force of will, type of deal.”

“Oh thank god.” I sigh happily, glad about that little tidbit. “So...want to see if breakfast is made?” I ask, having a feeling Spike made breakfast.

“Sure, just… help me find my pants… I forgot where I threw those.”





After taking a well needed shower, cause I didn’t want to move around smelling like sex, and getting dressed me and Luna headed down to the kitchen, hoping breakfast is being made. “So...what you going to do today Luna?” I ask curiously, knowing what I’m going to be doing for the next five days whether the mares I care about like it or not.

“I was thinking later today we can go after Starswirl’s Keyblade.” She replied nonchalantly. 

“Sounds like a plan I suppose.” I say before the scent of pancakes wafted into our noses. “Oh my god I haven’t had pancakes in a long time.” I say with a giant smile, this time it being visible to Luna because of my hood being down and not hiding my face.

“A smile, you must be in a good mood.” She said as we went down, seeing Twilight and Spike at the table with a large plate of pancakes and bowls of oatmeal. 

“Well I’m sorry that I’m happy for pancakes.” I chuckle, walking towards the table. “Morning.”

“Morning.” Spike nods while eating his breakfast.

“You’re lucky I soundproof spelled the bedroom before I left you two… cause I could still hear it…” Twilight grumbled. “What spells did you use?”

“S-sorry…” I say nervously, sitting down and starting to eat my plate of pancakes. “I didn’t think Luna was that loud…” I mutter.

“Well, to be fair, your head was often between my boobs.” She said as she took a bite of oatmeal. “Pretty muffled I guess.”

“I am so glad I’m mentally your age…” Spike mutters, knowing that if he was a normal nine year old he would have thought this was icky and rush out the room.

“Sorry Spike…” I say sheepishly.

“Please Spike,” Twilight says. “You brag about sex every time you and Rainbow get together… then she comes here and does the same thing…”

“Damn.” I say, slightly surprised him and Rainbow were going at it. ”Didn’t think that would have happened, thought he would still be ramming his head into a wall because of Rarity.” I think to myself.

“Well...shut up…” Spike says simply, blushing a little at having Twilight say this in front of both her new boyfriend and girlfriend.

“I take it greed-growth is a factor for the height factor?” Luna asks.

“Well...he is a dragon…” I trail off while Spike blushes.

“Shush! I want to eat breakfast.” Spike says before continuing to eat his breakfast.

“That is true, I’d like to eat without thinking of...other things…” I trail off, blushing a bit before eating more of my pancakes.

“Well, in that case, would you like to know more about Starswirl’s Keyblade?” Luna asks me.

“Yes I would.” I nod. “And wherever his tomb is, because if it’s in the middle of a magical volcano I’m gonna be a little pissed.”

“It’s nowhere like that. He said it was called, Mana Drive. It gave him the extra mana that made him such a grand spellcaster. It’s with him in his tomb, located in the castle ruins in the everfree.”

“Sounds about right.” I shrug. “But this Everfree, I doubt it’s as friendly as the name suggests?” I ask.

“Those Heartless seems to crawl there all the time.” Twilight says. “Fluttershy has seen them wander near her home often.”

“That doesn’t sound fun.” I sigh out. “But is there someone there?”

“Zecora… she disappeared…” Twilight says sadly.

“Well…” I frown, before taking a deep breath. “Sounds like I’m going to have to do a solo mission then. No way in hell-”

“I am the only one who can touch Mana Drive.” Luna cut in. “Starswirl locked it to my heart before he died.”

“Christ…” I groan, rubbing my temples gently. “Well this is gonna be fun...well I suppose I’ll learn the ways through a good training ground.”

“Plus, it is a good thing you came here Ben. The lock on Starswirl’s tomb was sealed by his fellow wielder’s Keyblade.”

“Well you’re welcome for being convenient.” I say sarcastically. “But to be honest, you're welcome. Means a lot to help the one I love.”

“Sweet. So, when shall we head out?”

“Once we’re done eating.” I say, continuing to enjoying the wonderful food that was pancakes.





After a good breakfast me and Luna took off towards the Everfree, and no matter how many times Twilight tried to argue about how she wanted to see the tomb of her number one idle I rejected it because it’s too dangerous, she doesn’t want to see a long rotted corpse, and that it’s way too fucking dangerous. “So...how deep is this castle?”

“The old pathway is grown over, but as long as we follow it, we’ll be there in a few minutes.” She says, using a sword like a machete to hack branches away.

I nodded, raising a hand up and trying to summon a weapon just to be safe. What I got this time was Lexaeus’s ‘Axe-sword’. Now how in the world this giant great sword was an Axe as was is still beyond me but I slung it up to my shoulder as we continued onward.

The bushes rustled. Luna and I got into battle stances. What came out… was morbid. It was a person, but the head was half of a Soldier Heartless helmet. “Run!” It screamed as it took off.

“That’s...really concerning…” I say worriedly, wondering why half of a Soldier Heartless told us to run.

Luna ran after it. “What is wrong?” She yelled as she chased after it.

“Ah god damn it…” I groan before running swiftly towards Luna. “Luna stop! This might be a trap!” I shout to Luna.

When I caught up, the Half Heartless, half person was in fetal position, Luna trying to calm it down. “Hush, what has you so scared?” She asked as she pet it.

“This…this shouldn’t be possible…” I mutter, seeing the poor person in this position. “How…?”

He looked at me. “You, y-you’re the new one, the, the one the monster took interest. You, you have the key, please kill me!” It yelled as he ran up to me and groveled. “Please, I, I can’t get captured again!”

As the half heartless wished my weapon quickly vanished before I summoned Roxas’s Keyblade and stabbed the thing through the chest. “I’m sorry…”

“Thank you…” It said as it vanished, the heart floating away free.

“Ben!” Luna shouted. “He, how could you?”

“That...that was a test subject.” I say sadly. “The poor thing was forced to become half a Heartless...I have literally no idea how that’s possible but...I gave the poor person peace...for however long.”

Luna sighed. “I… Who could have done that?”

“The only one that could possibly know…” I say. “Core, and whatever scientists sick enough to follow through with that kind of experiments.”

“Rude.” We turned around. A man with blond hair, green eyes, and wearing a lab coat stood there. “I was retrieving subject E5, and now all that research is gone to waste.”

“I’m sorry but I think it’s fine to destroy research that turns living beings into Heartless.” I frown. “There’s a fine line with knowledge, the things we should know, and things we should never know, and what you did is, at least in my opinion, something we shouldn’t know.”

He huffed. “Ignorant child.” He lifted up a finger. “Dark gas.” He said, as a black mist surrounded Luna and I… it was hard to breath. We both ran as fast as possible away.

“Bastard lied to me…” I growl.

“I never lied.” I looked to my side, Core was leaning against a tree.

“Of for christ sakes…” I groan. “Howdy.”

“Sorry about Grand, he hates stupidity.”

“Gee, I never knew.” I say sarcastically. “Anyways, how the fuck was that possible? The half Heartless thing?”

“E5? That was just increasing the darkness in their heart, making it do physical change rather than mental.”

I wanted to point something out but decided against it. “Well that’s nifty to know. But how was saying ‘there’s certain things people should never know’ a stupid thing? Seem’s pretty sound to me.”

“Grand want’s to learn everything. He took that as an insult. Also, relax about the Gas, it’s just a hallucinogen. I’m using it to talk to you, and Luna is currently having a nightmare that’s leading her to a cliff side, chow.” He, and the forest went dark. When I woke up, I was where we were ran into the test subject and scientist. 

“Oh shit oh shit oh shit!” I say to myself quickly, rushing off to find wherever Luna ran off to, hoping to find her quickly. “LUNA! Luna where are you!?” I call out, hoping Luna would wake up before falling off a cliff. I finally found her, above the cliff leading towards the down area of the castle. She was close to the edge. “LUNA!” I shout, and in an act of blind desperation I summoned Xaldin’s spears and vanished suddenly, appearing near the lunar alicorn and grabbing her before she fell off the cliff. “Luna, wake up please wake up…” I plead.

She twitched. “Huh?” She opened her eyes and looked at me. “... I had the weirdest nightmare.”

The spears around me vanished as I pulled Luna into a hug as I shook in fear from almost seeing her fall off a cliff. “It’s...it’s alright Luna...you’re alright…” I cry, trying to stop my tears from falling.

“Me, you’re the one who’s crying! What happened?”

“That mist...it put us asleep. I talked with someone and you….you…” I stutter, only hugging her more.

She looked up, and saw the cliff side. “I almost fell off? I haven’t done that since I was two hundred.”

“That’s n-not funny…” I stutter.

“No, I’m serious. Alicorns are… VERY hard to kill. Personally I’ve fallen off this same cliff four times in my childhood, been hit by more cannon fire than I care to recall, and once was set on fire. It would take another alicorn to kill me.”

I was shocked at hearing how much stuff hurt her but didn’t seem to bother her that much. “I’m sorry but...when you get your new Keyblade...those are the least of your worries…” I say, taking a deep breath and trying to calm myself down.

She hugged me. “Relax, Starswirl taught me all kinds of spells and abilities I can use with it. I’m no fragile flower.”

“You’re still my flower…” I state.

“Now that was just cheesy. Well, we’re here now, the tomb is actually down this cliff… Wanna see something cool?”

“Anything that doesn’t involve you getting hurt would be cool right about now.” I say with a smile.

Luna carried me like how prince charming carries the princess. “I won’t, but you’ll scream like a girl.” She ran, and jumped off the cliff. Still holding me in this emasculating way.

I didn’t scream but only pouted. “I am a man damn it, I don’t need to be held like this…” I whine, summoning roxas’s keyblade again just in case of emergency glider.

There was a loud thud. When I looked up, we were at the bottom of the cliff, and Luna was still standing, smiling. “Best landing yet.”

“Good for you.” I say before kissing her cheek.

“I can see why knights hold princesses like this~” She teased, making me struggle until she let me go. “Baby.”

“Whatever.” I say while standing on the ground and dusting my coat off. “Anyways, where to next?”

Luna pointed behind her, where a large, steel door stood. “There. That door was locked by a Keyblade, so this will be your job.”

“Alright.” I say while walking up to the door, lifting up my Keyblade and pointing it at the door, the key point starting to glow and shooting a small beam of energy towards the door. After a moment a sudden k-thunk was heard as if something was being unlocked.

The doors opened by themselves. Luna walked in, and I followed. There, in the center of a large room, was a stone coffin, with a Keyblade resting on top. It’s handle was four daggers, two on each side crossed, the blade was as long as me, and looked like Luna’s hair, and the tip of the blade held a crescent moon, wearing a blue hat with stars on it. They Keychain was the same as the tip. “It’s been years since I last saw it.” Luna said, slowly picking up the Keyblade.

“Sometimes Keyblades are just as obvious as their owner.” I deadpan.

“He did say they chose their wielders.” She retorted, giving the Keyblade a few good swings. “So… wanna have a match?”



* * *



Day Two


After a thankful night worth of sleep after too much practice with our sparring, I slid out of bed and stretched my limbs, feeling them crack as I gave a satisfying sigh. ”Four more days…” I think to myself, hoping to get stronger before my dead lines up.

“Mummm” Twilight said, slowly waking up. “Morning already?” She asked.

I got a cheeky grin before leaning down and kissing Twilight on the lips as a sort of ‘wakey wakey’ thing.

“Well it’s better than my alarm clock.” She joked.

“Way better.” I smile. “Now come on, time to wake up. Even though I hate mornings I’ve got more shit to do then I normally want.”

“Twilight!” Spike yelled from outside the door. “Rarity is here… she wants to see Ben.” Twilight’s eyes shrank.

“Oh no!” She squealed.

“Wait...we forgot about Pinkie’s party…” I say worriedly. “Um...maybe she just needed some extra time for that...right?” I ask, knowing that Pinkie was a monster when it came to preparing parties. “But why is Rarity here?”

Twilight sighed. “She’s been trying to match me up with someone for as long as I’ve lived in Ponyville. Now that she knows about… this… She’ll want to know EVERYTHING.” 

“Well I have enough charm to make sure she stops bothering us.” I say with a smile.

“Tell that to Luna.” Twilight deadpanned, to which I noticed Luna wasn’t here.

“Where’s Luna?” I ask worriedly.

“She woke up early… so likely she’s downstairs… talking with Rarity about everything.”

My face immediately turned a shade of red I thought impossible before a dust cloud in the shape of me was left before I looked to where Luna and Rarity might be.

“Five hours!?” I heard Rarity shout… too late...

“Fuck.” I sadly say out loud, probably loud enough to have Rarity and Luna hear me.

“That sounds like Mr. Endurance.” I heard Luna say, to which I awkwardly walk down the stairs. “Yup, finally awake.”

“No one needs to hear how long I can last Luna.” I say with a frown. “Not to miss pompous over here.” I say, pointing at Rarity who, in fact, still looked like a pompous unicorn even if she was friendly.

“What? I was just telling her how long out match yesterday lasted after you helped me retrieve the Sword.” Luna said, having a devious smile.

“Oh for the love of…” I groan, taking a deep breath before leaning towards Luna. “And which ‘sword’ are we talking about here? Cause I’m getting mixed messages here…” I whisper. Luna pointed eyes at Rarity, to which I suddenly got the message. “Oh…” I mutter before turning to Rarity. “So how can I help you today?” I ask the white unicorn mare.

Rarity was suddenly in front of me, looking me over. “Hmmm.” She squeezed one of my arms. She then took my height, and basically examined me. “Not built like a warrior, but Luna’s word and you actions over the news prove otherwise. An underdog! Oh how exciting!” She declared.

“Go fuck yourself.” I frown. “That is the last thing I wanted to hear this morning, I’m sorry that I’m not ‘up to standards’ as you want me to be.”

“Rude, temperamental, ill mannered, four mouthed… kinda reminds me of a book character I once read… Well, sorry if I offended you White Ni- …er, Ben. After hearing and seeing what you’ve done, I just wanted to see how you were built.”

I take a breath and rub my head. “Listen...I’m sorry if I was rude...it’s just that...women where I come from made me feel like crap at every turn because ‘oh hey I’m popular, I can do whatever the hell I want cause I can get laid like a stupid whore’.” I say in a kind of decent impression of a ‘popular girl’. “And the look and sizing me up just to see how ‘built’ I was...brought back bad memories.” I sigh out, rubbing my arm sadly as I looked down.

“Well, I may be a lady, I am not a, to be frank, bitch. Besides, Twilight is dating you, and Luna here has fallen head over heels for you, so you must have a kind heart under that rough exterior.” She suddenly leaned in uncomfortably close… so much to the point her chest was touching mine. “Luna has made an offer… but I will leave that to you to give me a chance, please take your time.” She sat back down on the couch… letting me breath again… they’re as big as Luna’s.

I blushed brightly, feeling steam pillow out of my head at hearing that. “I’m...I’m sorry...but I try and want to be kind…” I say nervously, thinking about the possibility of having a third mare in my new herd. “Oh dear...three mares? That’s...quite something.” I say sheepishly. “B-but how are you doing today?” I ask Rarity, hoping to start a conversation that didn’t involve me being upset or involve thoughts about dating another sexy mare.

“Like I said darling, take you time to think. As for my day, it’s been rather calm as compared to… recently.” She said solemnly. 

“It’s only going to get more lively from here on out that’s for sure.” I say, hoping the fight four days later won’t hurt anyone.

“Rarity was telling me about her sister Sweetie Bell, and if I could help with her nightmares.” Luna said.

“That sounds fine enough.” I say, not wanting to gamble on if I could enter dreams like Riku could.

“It’s been happening ever since those monsters appeared. She’s such an innocent little filly, I hate to see her scared.” Rarity said, looking at her coffee cup.

“That...doesn’t sound good.” I say worriedly.

“It’s pretty odd as well, she’s dreaming she’s on an island… and then, this man in a black coat is there, leaving someone on an oddly shaped tree, then, she says everything goes hectic, a big ball of darkness in the sky, a giant monster with a hole in it’s chest, then a boy fighting it. It ends there usually.”

My eyes were wide as I heard everything. “Oh no...oh no…” I mutter. “Well looks like I’m gonna be helping Luna here…”

“I already checked last night Ben.” Luna states. “They are… memories, in dream form. Though, I know they aren’t Sweetie’s. I tried all I could, but they were just memories.”

“In any case, I should be off.” Rarity said, getting up. “Sweetie has been clingy lately and I’m worried she won’t do well if I don’t check on her at school.” Rarity left, and Luna gave me a serious look.

“Luna...you have no idea what Sweetie’s dreaming about...but I do.” I say. “How Sweetie is dreaming about that I could not say…”

“I could tell, so what is it?”

“I...can’t say.” I say simply, keeping that little bit of info to myself. “But all I can say is that she shouldn’t be having those memories...they 	belong to someone else.”

“I know that much. I believe it’s someone… off world, calling for help. That’s how Starswirl met Eraqus in the first place.”

”Why the hell would Sora be calling for help? Especially at that point in his life?” I think to myself worriedly, so confused by this. “Well I’m still going to help, cause that giant Heartless is called a ‘Darkside’...and I really don’t want you to get hurt while fighting it.”

“Again, you saw what I did yesterday. I beat you about four out of six rounds in our match. Plus, I have hundreds of years worth of combat experience above you. I’ll be fine, I'm just worried about Sweetie.”

“I’m still tagging along whether you like it or not.” I frown. “But you just got lucky I don’t know half of my powers.”

“Of course.” She sips her coffee. “I imagine only you know this world in question anyway.”

“Her memories are of an offworld...called Destiny Island.” I say simply. “Before that event happens it’s actually quite a lovely place.”

“Well then, I always wanted to try this.” She summoned Mana Drive, and tossed it into the air. The glider that came out was Like Aqua’s, but with Luna’s colors. “That was always cool when Starswirl did it.”

“Well alright.” I nod before checking the room before summoning Roxas’s keyblade and tossing it up before summoning Terra’s bike, but this time looking more silver and gold instead of white and black. I hopped onto the bike and got ready.





We made it to Destiny Island, where everything seemed fine. The kids weren’t on the island, but nothing was like in Sweeties dream. “This is the same place as in her dream.” Luna said as we landed. “But… nothing seems wrong.”

I flew up to the area where Sora, Kairi and Riku always sat at during the sunset and searched the area, wondering what sort of thing I could find. “Is it before or after…” I mutter, not entirely sure if this is before the first game, or after it. “Something doesn’t feel right…”

“Huh? Hey there!” I looked at the source of the voice, exiting the door from the other side of the island… was Micky. “What’s going on?” He asked as he ran over to me.

”The fuck?” I think to myself in confusion, wondering why the hell Mickey is here. “Oh, hello. I’m sorry I was just...looking around.” I say before hopping off of my bike and the thing vanishing.

“You’re from another world.” He says. “Can you help me find some people?” He asks as Luna walks up.

“Who are they?” She asks.

“Terra, Ventus, and Aqua. It’s been almost a year and I haven’t seen or heard from any of them.”

“Um…” I say, thinking about if I should help or not. “Well...sounds like those three are probably in a very...special situation.” I say, having a feeling that just from what Mickey said it’s passed Birth By Sleep.

“Yeah, that’s why I gotta find them. All I have to go on are the last known worlds they went to… and I didn’t find anything here.”

“Well...here’s a hint.” I say before taking a deep breath. “Black Water, Silver Earth, and Sleeping Wind.” I say.

Mickey looked at me confused. “You can have future premonitions?”

“You could say that.” I shrug.

“Well… it’s really vague, maybe I should tell Master Yen Sid about this? Well, thanks anyway.” He pulled out his Starshard, and was zapped off world.

“So… how much was crap?” Luna asks.

“None of it actually.” I say honestly.

“I don’t buy the ‘see future’ bit.”

“Okay the ‘see future’ part was crap but what I said was fact. All you need to do is be wise enough to understand it.” I explain to Luna. “But I’m sure with the help of Yen Sid he’ll find a way to meet his friends again.”

“Well, alright. Still, nothing is off about this world. What is sending Sweetie Bell those memories?”

“Now that could be a premonition.” I say honestly. “But I don’t know.”

Thud 

We both looked at the doorway that leads up to this semi-separate island. There was… Sweetie Bell, but gears and cogs were sticking out of all her body. “Finally.” She said, walking over to us. “Took your time.”

“And why in the name of hell are you here and have gears and cogs sticking out of your body?” I frown.

“Sweetie, what happened to you?!” Luna said, scarred.

“I’m not… I’m not your Sweetie Bell. I’m one of the escaped test subjects Core had… TS-1, they called me.”

“No wonder why she was having nightmares…” I mutter to myself. “So you’re one of the escapees?”

“Yeah, been free for about a year, and finally I feel an energy of something other than Core, so I sent memories to myself in this reflection at the start date Core was able to send Heartless to this reflections Equestria. Guess it worked after all.”

“Refle-” I mutter before face palming. “Of course it’s that kind of multiverse theory…” I groan.

“Yes, my reflection-verse was completely destroyed.”

“I’m sorry to hear that…” I sigh out. “But...maybe we could protect you from Core...if at all.”

She smirked. “Please, Core made me to be a… replica of a special type of Keyblade.”

“Which?” I ask.

“It has no name, but the wielder gains a partial control over time, able to create events paradox free for as long as they put energy into it. I was a failure. I could only send memories, and such, back in time, not people.”

“That cheating son of a bitch.” I huff, knowing full well what Keyblade she was supposed to replicate.

“I can still shift, but other than that, I do need a place to protect. My home, and everything that existed with it is gone. If you let me come with you, I’ll be your second Keyblade.”

“Welcome to the team.” I say simply. “Cause I’m gonna need all the help I could get because...Core happened to take interest in my world.”

“And I know why. It’s heart is innocent, as such, anything innocent put into darkness becomes something… Demonic.” She walked over to Luna. “As a failed Keyblade, I still should chose my wielder, and I chose her.”

“Well that’s just all kinds of nifty.” I say simply. “Just more and more things popping up out of the wazoo just to greet me in more confusing ways.”

Sweetie chuckled. “Since when did that game even make sense.” She says, shifting into a near replica of young Xehanort’s Keyblade, only with Gears and Cogs sticking out of it, and moving. Luna held Sweetie, looking at her… it… with worry.

“It all goes back to this… Core, doesn’t it?” She said.

“Core is a Destroyer, and he is commanding people that love to destroy, so most likely yes.” I shrug. “But anyways we better head back, better give Sweetie her new present and...maybe have a party afterwards cause this is some heavy stuff.”

“I wonder who else Core has done this to?” Luna says, looking out into the ocean. 

“He’s doing it to a lot of people...and all those people are unwilling...that scientist made that one poor person into what he was before I...killed him.”


* * *



Day Three



”Three more days…” I think to myself. ”Well at least I’m getting better with my powers…” I think, remembering me and Luna having another practice fight and this time I could summon a whole three Creepers! It wasn’t much but it was rather irritating to hear them all chant ‘where’s my heart’ for at least five minutes. But that’s not the only good news, Sweetie Belle got to meet her new Keyblade self, and let’s says that situation was...really something.

Sweetie Bell, er, the Keyblade one, who wanted to go by Time Bell, to reduce confusion, stood across from her parallel, who was sitting at our kitchen table. “So… you’re me?” Sweetie asked.

“Yes and no.” Time Bell replied.

“It’s...rather confusing to explain.” I say sheepishly.

“Why are we even here, I thought I made it clear I chose Luna?”

“Because I thought it would be nice to show you to...well yourself given that you caused her nightmares.” I frown.

She glared at me. “You have no idea how much this hurts me, seeing the people I saw die back in my world, walking around, alive, but it’s not them.”

“Whether that’s true or not, you can see what you’re trying to defend now. The innocent that have no idea what horror’s you’ve been through.”

“And you drag a twelve year old girl into battle?”

“No, I’m going to ask her.” I say simply. “There is no way in hell I’m dragging a child through my troubles.” I say before turning to Sweetie Belle. “So...Sweetie, any questions about this...entire weird situation?”

She looked at me, giving me what seemed to be her most straight face. “Are you gonna date my sister?”

I looked at Sweetie for a moment, trying my hardest not to laugh. “So when you have...yourself staring at you, hearing the both of us talk about very serious stuff...you ask if I’m going to date your sister…” I take a breath. “Makes sense, but it’s only been a day since she asked.”

“That’s how long her relationships usually last.” Sweetie deadpans, making Time Bell laugh.

“Either the people she dates are complete assholes, she tries to date people and then immediately throws them under the bridge, or is just mean.” I frown, hearing that and making me feel like Rarity is now just a bitch. “But she told me to think about it...and when you’ve never had a girlfriend before then suddenly having two then another girl asks to be your girlfriend...it’s quite a lot…”

“Well, she really is nice, she just dates, or rather, chooses poorly who she dates.”

“Cause you know, all women that act ‘high and mighty’ can be nice but always choose wrong people at every damn corner.” I groan, face palming. “Jeez, it’s like highschool all over again…”

“In any case.” Time Bell cut in. “What could she even do? I don’t get why Core was interested in the majority of reflections like her and I.”

“Pure of heart I suppose.” I shrug. “Innocent children trying to find there way in the world, not having a single care in the world about the bad parts of life and just...lives life.” I explain.

“Wait… pure of heart…” Time bell walked over to Sweetie Bell, staring her dead in the eyes. “No darkness… nothing… So that’s why he had thousands of reflection Sweetie Bells.”

“That’s...morbid.” I frown.

“What did you expect from the king of Heartless?” She snapped.

“Milk and cookies?” I ask sarcastically. “No need for arguments right now.”

“Coming from the guy who hates everyone.”

“Either way.” I say with a dismissive wave of my hand at that line of thought. “But Sweetie...I know this entire conversation is probably going way above your head at this point but…” I sigh out. “Do you want to have the strength to protect those you care about?” I ask.

“Well, if it means helping people that have been hurt, then yeah. I might not get everything at the moment, but I’ll learn. Plus, Time Bell looks like she could be my twin.” She replied, showing an innocent smile.

“Time? Do you think you can be with Sweetie?” I ask honestly. “I know you picked Luna but she was already chosen by a Keyblade.”

“I suppose,” she replied. “Mana Drive didn’t like me all that much.”

“Thank you.” I smile. “But looks like Luna’s gonna have another trainee.”

“Besides you?” Time remarked. “From the visions I saw, she straight up kicked your ass in that match.”

“Again, she’s lucky I barely know my powers.” I say simply. “But oh well, we’re going to train and train and get stronger...and Sweetie...I’m probably going to agree with your sister it’s just...still worried is all.” I say nervously.

Sweetie squeed… (heart attack!) “That would be so great!”

“Can you not hurt my heart with cuteness?” I ask, holding my chest playfully as such a cute scene. “But alright...I just hope your sister doesn’t have too many standards.” I sigh out.

“Just that they’re nice to her, and her loved ones… you can guess where they tend to fail at…”

“Yes, I fully understand.” I nod, knowing full well that Rarity’s breasts can cause bad things to happen.

“Well, should I at least learn how to fight now or what? Schools’ canceled today anyway, Applebloom is busy with chores, and Scootaloo is practicing flying with Rainbow.”

“Sure, but we’re gonna need to go to somewhere open and not surrounded by buildings and people.” I say.

“... well, I think the fields just out of town could do. Open, flat land, and nothing but one tree for about two miles.”

“Sounds perfect.” I nod. “Now let’s get going and help teach you how to fight.”





When we made it to the fields, Luna and I gave Sweetie the basics of sword fighting. Luna even taught her a few basic spells. Now that she understood generally what to do, she stood across from me, in a battle stance. “Hope I do alright.” She said.

“Don’t worry Sweetie.” I say before bringing a hand up and a blue and white Claymore appeared in it. “You’re going to do fine.” I smile, readying myself for a fight.

Sweetie was the first to attack, she landed a fair blow, but the Claymore took most of the impact. Guess blocking isn’t like in the game? I swung, hitting her and she flew a few feet… before back flipping midair and landing on her feet. “Wait… how?” She questioned, realizing what she just did.

“That is a little ‘ability’ warriors learn, called ‘Aerial Recovery’. Helps make sure you are ready for another swing instead of landing on your back and open.” I explain before dashing forward and swinging my Claymore at Sweetie.

She blocked with the protect spell Luna taught her, and it nearly knocked my Claymore out of my hand. She used to opportunity to land a swing at me… which sent me flying across the ground. “Ohmygosh! Are you alright?!”

I got up before disbanding the Claymore, bringing out my two Gun Arrows. “No need to worry Sweetie, I’m still up for fighting.” I say with a smile, pointing one of my guns at Sweetie. “Hope you like arrows being shot at ya.” I say before shooting a single bolt towards Sweetie, aiming towards her left arm and hoping it wouldn’t hurt her too much.

She blocked to my relief… oh crap they do bounce back! I barely dodged my own shot. ‘Wha?” She said… sounding like someone was talking to her. “Ummm alright?” She lifted Time Bell up to the air. “Light Volley.” She was floating in the air as light projectiles shot out her Keyblade’s tip.

“Crap!” I shout before disbanding my gun arrows quickly. “Guard!” I shout before thrusting my hand out, a giant checkerboard shield appeared in front of me, the thing crackling with energy as it blocked the projectiles towards me.

Sweetie dropped to the ground, and Time Bell reverted back into her… I’ll call it her human form for now. “Glad that worked.” She said.

The energy shield disappeared before I started clapping. “That was great Sweetie.” I say with a smile. “What do you think Luna?”

“Was impressive. I’ve never seen a move like that.” She replied.

“They’re called Shotlocks.” Time replied. “Usually it’s called Dark Volley, but only those with large amounts of darkness in their hearts can use it… I modified it. Since Sweetie Bell’s heart is pure light, than those projectiles would have hit… match over.”

“Makes sense.” I nod, knowing full well what Shotlocks were. “But because I can guard like that I suppose it didn’t go as planned.”

“It’s not impossible to guard against them, but it’s difficult. Your best chance to guard against one it to do it right when it activates. Well, anyway, that was fun. You should go home Sweetie, I wanna tell Luna and Ben some things.”

Sweetie noded. “Okay.” She ran off back towards town.

“Glad to see she’s coming along.” I say with a little smile. “But Time...what do you need?”

“To tell you some things about Core… and his only known weakness.”

“Well good to know he has a weakness.” I say thankfully, glad to know he actually has something weak about him.

“He talks about this… thing, from another Equestria, another reflection, called The Crystal Heart. It was made by some master there long before the Empire was there, when activated with a Keyblade, it turns on fully, and he, and his Heartless, can’t set foot on the world.”

”The Crystal Heart huh…” I think to myself. “That’s quite a weakness, but I bet it’s only in that specific place right?”

“I’m note sure. Frankly, I don’t know what it is, but if the reflections are close enough, then it could be the same here. The heart in that world, it acts like a light amplifier, spreading its protection around the entire world. Though, it’s just a hunch.”

“That sounds like quite a Keyhole…” I say simply.

“It’s not a Keyhole. In that world, the heart was made by someone called, the Master of Masters. No idea who that is, but Core seems to know him.”

“Well with a name like that…” I say, thinking to myself about this ‘Master of Masters’. “Um...why do I have a feeling he’s...like the grand master of keyblades?” I ask with a frown, not knowing much about this Master but having a good feeling that if he is somehow involved with Keyblades then he must be the greatest.

“I don’t know, but Core hates him. Enough about that though, there’s something Core is after, the X-blade.”

My eyes widen at hearing that name. “I-I thought…” I stutter, my mind rushing through what I know about Kingdom Hearts. “I thought...it was shattered?” I ask worriedly.

“Another has been forged from what I gathered while I was there. Someone from… wherever you’re from wields it now, and Core wants this person to fight to the death before he claims it.”

“That’s not good. That is not good at all.” I say worriedly. “Let’s hope I can find him before something bad happens.” I say worriedly, knowing that if Core want’s the X-blade then only terrible things could come to pass.

“From what I gather, the one wielding it isn’t helpless, he can fight. He gave Core the gash across his mask.”

“Well I mean he’s gonna have to be strong just to be able to wield that!” I say.

“Half pure light, half pure darkness. That’s what makes the X-blade. This person’s heart is that by nature. Born with a balanced heart.”

“Well glad to know he’s in a better boat than me…” I mutter, remembering Core telling me half of my heart is dead. “Anyways...who’s hungry?”

“Define hungry.” Luna said, giving me a seductive look.

“That’s not till tonight.” I roll my eyes. “I mean for actual food, jeez Luna no need to think that.”

“A thousand years… stuck in the moon, immobile, just looking at the world below… I’m horny.”

“Get a room you two.” Time said, rolling her eyes.


Day Four


After another night of joy with Luna I took a shower before she woke up, just standing in the water thinking about everything Time just told me. ”Two more days…” I think to myself, putting a hand up to my bare chest sadly. ”Let’s just hope I’m strong enough…” I mumble to myself before actually showering and getting out of my little sad corner of thought. After I exited the bathroom with a fresh pair of clothes on I grabbed my cloak and headed down stairs and head to the kitchen, seeing Spike and Twilight up already. “I hope we weren’t loud...again…” I say nervously, blushing brightly.

“I increased the strength, so no.” Twilight said. “You two are better off together than I though… also… I was wondering if just you and I could be together today? You’ve spent three days with Luna…”

“Sorry Twilight.” I sigh out. “Just...a lot of things were happening that needed both me and Luna to look at. But today’s going to be my Twilight day.” I smile.

“I’m sorry but I didn’t wake up to hear cheese.” Spike points out groggily.

“Spike, don’t be so rude.” Twilight says. “Well, if that’s the case then I have the perfect idea.”

“Nah it’s alright, it looks like he just woke up.” I say, seeing the young drake yawn loudly. “But that sounds great, can’t wait to spend the day with you. So...any list I need to know about before it’s shoved into my face suddenly?”

“Actually, I was thinking we could visit Princess Celestia, then head to the Canterlot history museum.”

“Well I suppose it’ll be good to see my future sister in law.” I say with a nod.

Twilight chuckled. “Well, make this date end well, and we’ll see how close we get to that.”

“Um…” I frown. “And by that...you mean?” I ask, wondering what she meant by that.

“... Cadence is in Canterlot at the moment... “

“Oh great, another future sister in law I’ll have to meet, and then an older brother I’m gonna have to fight cause reasons.” I sigh out. “Oh dear today is just gonna be a load of fun.”

“I wanna argue… but that’s likely what will happen…”

We took the train to Canterlot. It was a long ride, but it was an amazing ride. The view going up the mountain was breathtaking, why didn’t riding on my glider give me a view like this… oh yeah… haven’t ridden it that much...

“The view is wonderful.” I say with a smile. “A lot better than back home.” I point out, knowing my world has all there great sights but just a simple train ride like this making me see such a sight beat it quite a lot.

“We should be there soon. We can head to the castle pretty quickly from the train station, and the museum is just a few blocks down from there.”

“Let’s hope I make a good impression...or not cause massive property damage.” I say worriedly. “Are the nobles as bad as Luna said?” I ask, feigning ignorance on those bastards.

“A good quarter are… they’re second only to the crown.”

“Can I beat any of them?” I ask, wondering if I could hurt any of them.

“No, doing that is punishable by… well, you can guess.”

“My christ is Celestia strict.” I frown. “But I suppose Heartless are up there, knowing that nobles are greedy, black hearted bastards.” I grumble.

“Part of why Cadence is here, she goes where my brother goes. He still is captain of the guard, and the Heartless seam to keep away from the Empire for some reason.”

“I know why…” I say simply. “And that...is most likely due to the Crystal Heart.”

“That’s what I figured.” We got off, and headed towards the Castle. The guards let us pass through and we made our way to Celestia’s throne room. “Hello princess.”

“Greetings Twilight, and you must be Ben. Luna has wrote much about you in her emails.” Celesta said, giving off a warm smile.

“It is a pleasure to meet you your majesty.” I say, bowing to the princess

“Please, at the rate you and Luna are going, that won’t be necessary.”

“Can Luna stop telling everyone!?” I shout while flinging my hands in the air. “Jeez they're not called ‘bedroom things’ for nothing.” I frown, blushing brightly.

“She and I were raised in a time where privacy was a luxury. And everyone was close. Believe me, she’s being tame with her actions.”

“Listen as long as we’re not doing it in public that’s fine by me…” I sigh out. “But anyways, it’s nice to meet you in person Celestia, hope the ‘royal duties’ haven’t been too boring for ya.”

“The Heartless have been an issue, and that’s about all really. Your actions have brought hope, but sadly some try to follow your example. I don’t blame you, those that fought did so of their own will, though many don’t come home…”

I sigh out sadly. “This is why being a hero sucks sometimes. It makes good hearted people act like complete idiots...and sadly I can’t be everywhere.” I say sadly, not knowing if I could just hand out keyblades to those that would love to help me and Luna. “I just hope they stop….I don’t want people dying because of me…”

“Luna and I have felt the same after war… we fight with out troops in battle, and many common people think they can help… I just wish that law was passed.”

“Well...sometimes law can’t stop people…”

“It’s not a law to stop them, it’s to help train them at a young age. I brought it up over two hundred years ago, yet the council of Law and the noble votes reject it every time. They say ‘the royal guard is supposed to protect us, not we protect ourselves’ … ignorant asses…”

“Then apparently I need to step in and tell these dick holes that they need to get off their fat lazy asses and do something for a fucking change!” I shout, my anger rising at the lazy fucks.

Celestia smiles at me. “No wonder Luna likes you. You kinda act like I did when I was your age. Well, talking with them won’t do, and threats are clearly out… maybe we can use your image?”

“My image? You mean the whole ‘White Knight’ thing?” I ask curiously.

“Exactly. You’ve already proven your strength, and many nobles, and council of Law admire you for this. If you could just speak at the next meeting with them with me, they might finally approve it. Then they, and their children can be better protected from this threat.”

“Sounds like a plan.” I nod. “Let’s hope they at least listen to me instead of huff and puff and blow themselves up.” I sigh out.

Celestia laughs. “If I didn’t prefer mares I’d date you as well. Well, the next meeting isn’t for a few months, so we have time for you to ‘show off’ and save people, and for me to get everything ready.”

“You know I have your sister, Twilight, and most likely Rarity dating me. Can’t you just...ya know...bend your ‘interests’ a little?” I ask honestly.

“Getting a little greedy aren’t we? Sorry, but I’ll stick to mares. Now run along you two.”

“Well I see a lovely mare that want’s a special someone.” I chuckle. “But alright, see ya later Princess, have a nice day.” I say with a smile before turning on my heel and heading off.

“That went well.” Twilight said.

“Surprisingly well.” I say honestly. “But she’s a kind and wise mare, so I suppose my ‘surprisingly’ shouldn’t be there.” I shrug.

We left the castle and headed towards the museum… it’s TEN STORIES! A ten floor high building, with five basement floors… all for public viewing… it’s beautiful… “I take it earth didn’t have anything like this?” Twilight asked.

“There were museums like this back home, if not bigger, but I’ve never been to one so…” I trail off.

“Well, the history stuff is on floors six, seven, and eight. We should head there first. Can you believe this place even has a food court?”

“Not surprised because...the place is huge.” I say honestly.

The elevator ride was oddly calming. The music was… abnormal. “Huh, wonder who the singer is?” Twilight ponders.

“I don’t know but I am not enjoying it.” I frown. “No one needs to hear ‘monster’ fifty times in a row and have it be called a ‘song’.”

“True enough.” Twilight said. “Must be a newcomer.” We thankfully got off and were met with a giant skeleton… as in an actual giants skeleton. “Oh, they finally put that in.”

“Spooky scary skeletons~.” I say in a spooky tone, seeing the giant skeletons. “But what are those giant things supposed to be?”

“Trolls… fifteen thousand years ago.”

“Killed them with fire?” I ask simply.

“No, volcano explosion did them in… so close.”

“Yeesh.” I say with a frown. “Were they friend or foe?”

“Not much is known. Though, their diet consisted of trees, large fish, and rock oddly enough.”

“Huh...okay then.” I shrug while walking through the exhibits, searching for more things. “How much history is in this one place?”

“Our hisotry is dated Pre-aliconrian/alicornian, Pre-Discordian/Discordian, and lastly middle age and new age.”

“That’s quite a lot of history.” I comment.

“Yeah, pony kind has been around since late alicornian. We didn’t advance much until middle age though.”

“Sounds interesting.” I say. “But anything of interest in your history? Cause I don’t think I could memorize all this history.”

“Well, there’s the Passing, that was the end of the alicornian era.”

“And yet Celestia, Luna, and Cadence are still here.” I say, having a feeling the ‘alicornian era’ involved a lot more than just those three alicorns.

“Cadence is only twenty seven. Celestia and Luna didn’t appear until around the discordian era.”

“Huh...didn’t know that.” I say, finding this history lesson quite interesting.

“Yeah, Cadence became an alicorn through an ancient trial. Celestia and Luna were found near the edge of the Wastelands back when ponies were escaping the madness.”

“Wow…” I say, honestly surprised about all of this. “I wonder what other historical things I’ll learn while with you.”

“Everything.” She said. Twilight practically became my tour guide through the museum, telling me about all the important events, and some rather interesting ones. The hall of relics was interesting… and surprising. “And here we have the Skyblock.” She said, pointing at the red cube in a display case.

“You...you have a Gummi?” I ask, tilting my head at seeing such a thing here.

“Gummi?”

“Gummi is…” I say while thinking for a moment on how to explain it. “There magical and they help you go into space. I’m not sure how to explain it but imagine them as a special material that is great for space travel, and they can be as big or small as you want. If you want a good looking ship that can fly? That’s good. If you want a giant doughnut with guns on it? That can also be arranged.” I explain. “But I’m not a rocket scientist here.”

Twilight stared at me. “... you’re serious?”

“I am serious.” I say with a smile. “Besides, why would I lie to such a smart mare such as yourself?”

“...first off, thanks for the compliment, second… how is that possible? The Skyblock fell to Equestria back in the alicornian era.”

“They are magical. That’s the best answer I have.” I say, not knowing the finer details of these things. “And as far as I know they are light, strong, and don’t have any of the drawbacks of metal.”

“That doesn’t make sense though, the alicornian ers as the beginning of life on Equestria… how could something that’s used in space travel exist back then?”

“Multiverse theory, think about that for a moment.” I say.

“But then how did this come through something as impossible as a gateway to another universe?”

“You’d be surprised how easily someone can make something that sounds impossible possible.” I shrug.

“Can you?” She deadpans. 

“You thought killing Heartless was an impossible feat.” I counter.

“Hard, not impossible. Guards have managed to do it, but not like you can.”

“Summoning beings with a snap of my fingers. That doesn’t sound rightfully possible in anyway shape or form.” I shrug.

Twilight’s hand glows… and a small floating fat cat appeared. “Familiars, though yours are not that, summoning is still a thing.”

“Being made of nothing.” I say simply.

“According to you and Luna, they are the bodies of those who lost their heart to the Heartless, they aren’t made of nothing.”

“Yet their realm is, by both appearance and definition, nothing.”

“It’s not nothing if they can exist there, that makes it something.”

“Whatever you say.” I say with a shrug, going to drop this before it goes into a full blown argument. “But believe me when I say that people have done the impossible…”

“Alright, I guess when it comes to this stuff you do know more than me. Still, I wonder where the rest of this… gummi pieces went? We’ve only ever found the one.”

“Well they would be on other worlds, in space, deep underground given that a lot of time has passed since it probably crash landed, or something else.” I shrug. “But hell if I know. I just got here not five days ago.”

“Fair enough.” The rest of the museum was great. The newer area’s, aka, the middle/new age sections, held things that were very similar to stuff from earth history. After that Twilight dragged me back with her to her old home… where I met her parents… “So, that’s about it.” Twilight said, explaining to her parents how we met.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you both…” I say nervously to Twilight’s parents, rubbing my arm and hoping I don’t make an idiot out of myself here.

“So… he’s into books, was a social recluse… and the mind of a genius… Twilight, you found someone who can relate to you.” Her father, Nightlight, said.

“And a hero to boot! There’s a theme with you now Twilight.” Her mother, Twilight Velvet, said proudly.

“Well glad I’ve met your expectations.” I say sheepishly.

“Believe me, we had no expectations with Twilight.” Night Light deadpanned.

“Dad!” Twilight yelled.

“Sorry sweety, but your mother and I did, kinda, give up on the idea of you dating a long time ago.” He looked at me. “She once studied in her room for so long, when her mother opened the blinds, she hissed, like a vampire.” He chuckled, much to Twilight’s embarrassment. 

All I could do was laugh at hearing such a thing. “Oh, oh my god Twilight!” I laugh happily. “Holy crap, I needed that.” I say with joy filling my heart. “Well I’ll make sure to make your daughter happy...now I believe I have a future brother and sister in law to meet.” I say. “Where are they if I may ask?” I ask curiously, wondering if they were here so I could get the ‘hearing Cadence talk my ear off’ and ‘Shining be an older brother’ out of the way.

“Well, Shining is visiting some old academy friends, while Cadence went out for a bit, she should be back soon though.” Velvet said. “So, I hear you also snagged princess Luna?”

“Yep. I am a very lucky man to have both Twilight and Luna as girlfriends.” I say with a warm smile.

“If Night Light had allowed it, I would have had some of my own friends join our marriage, but he’s… a nervous stallion.” Night Light’s face turned red.

“Don’t worry...I’m still a nervous wreck with having two girlfriends after having a life with no girlfriends.” I say sheepishly. “But don’t worry, I’ll make sure Twilight is a happy mare.”

“Good to hear, that’s another thing you and Twilight have in common, both of you are new to dating.” Nightlight said.

“Yep, but knowing Luna I’m pretty sure she can help push us along in our dating...and not in another way.” I say, my cheeks flushing a little and just glad my hood was up.

The sound of a door being knocked down echoed. “Oh Twilight!~” 

“Oh no…” Twilight buried her face in her hands.

“I have...a very bad feeling about this…” I say before three kunai appeared in my hand, not sure if I’ll need a weapon for self defense or if I’m just being paranoid.

Soon enough, a pink alicorn entered the living room, wearing a white dress and red skirt. “So you must be Twilight and aunty Luna’s special someone~” She teased.

“Yes…..yes I am.” I say slowly, looking over the pink alicorn. “And...you must be Cadence...my future sister in law…”

She giggled, sitting next to me, pushing me pretty close against Twilight. “That would be correct, so how’s my sis-in-law been? She a screamer?’

“Cadence!” Twilight yelled.

“We have not done the dirty yet. Twilight is not Luna here.” I say bluntly.

“Aww, that’s no fun. Well, in any case, I knew Twilight would come today, Luna sent me an email, and I went out to get the two of you a few things.” She lifted up a rather large bag that… had XXX over it… dear lord...

“Can…can you not?” I ask nervously, steam billowing above my head as thoughts rushed into my head about what’s in there.

“Fine.” She waves her hand and the bag vanishes. “Luna will just have to go through it all.”

“I’m in front of Twilight’s parents, I don’t want to talk about….that kind of stuff right now.” I say, trying my best not to stutter here.

“We don’t mind.” Velvet stated. 

“It’s about time she started that dirty work.” Nightlight said.

“Not you too…” I groan, placing my face in my hands as a groan escaped me. “God...next thing you know Luna want’s me to bang her in public while she wears a maid outfit…” I say, hoping my words were muffled enough.

“Now you know how I have dealt with Luna.” Twilight said, dreading removing her face from her hands. “I’m… glad you all approve, but is all the sex talk necessary?”

“We are just excited you finally found someone.” Cadence said. “I knew love was in your future, but I didn’t expect it to be with a herd… Shining won’t go for one…”

“I understand why...I’m scared I’ll be spending too much time with one or the other...and I don’t want either of them to think I’m just leaving them…” I explain sadly, not wanting either Luna or Twilight to think I’m favoring one or the other. “I hate favorites...and favorites could ruin a herd…”

“That’s why communication is key in any relationship, two party or more.” Velvet said. “Night and I talk out things every thursday afternoon and we’ve been together since high  school.”

“Well congrats on having a nice love life. I’ve either been ignored, or insulted by every girl ever. And even if I do have girls that like me it’s mostly been friends…” I explain. “So I’ve...been alone for a while…”

“Well you are no longer alone Ben.” Cadence says. “Twilight cares about you, Luna is almost obsessed with you, and I’m sure some other mares have their eyes on you. In my opinion, that old you is dead, and has risen like a phoenix into this new, strong, hero, who just needs to realize this is not his old home.” She leaned in close. “We’ll talk more about that later.” She whispered.

“Well my first attempt at being a hero already had mares send me nudes so...there’s that.” I shrug, before nodding at knowing we’ll talk later.

“Oh, you get mine?”

“Wait what?” I ask with a small frown.

“I sent you a nude also.”

“Aren’t you married?” I ask with a frown.

“Panty shots of me are worth hundreds, that nude will be worth well over a thousand. Consider it an early wedding gift. Or do you prefer cash?” 

“I am not selling nude pictures of you, and I’m already dating someone that has more money than they know what to do with.” I explain.

“Still, well if you aren’t going to sell it can I have it back… it’s actually one of the ones I gave Shining back when we were dating…” She had a sheepish grin.

I only groaned and put my face back into my hands. “What is with you mares?”

“Meh, we don’t cool down until we’re about thirty.” Velvet said. “Only reason Twilight isn’t the middle child is because Nightlight had a vasectomy.”

My mind, for some ungodly reason, buzzed with lewd imagery of Velvet, Cadence, Twilight and Luna and all I got was an obvious nose bleed even though my face was hidden. “Damn it brain…” I gulp. “Um...does anyone have a paper towel? I...had thoughts I shouldn’t have….” I say worriedly. ”Damn it brain! Two of those mares are married!” I mentally shout at myself, while a ‘I don’t give a fuck’ thought rushed through my head for some reason.



Day Five: Final Rest


Me and Twilight both decided to stay a night over Twilight’s parents house and enjoyed cuddling each other instead of being separated whenever Luna needed my ‘services’. But sadly even our warm cuddling was overcome by the hated sun and the haze of consciousness. After getting dressed for the day the two of us held hands and headed down to breakfast, the simple act, forever brief, was heart warming and made me feel whole...until we got to the kitchen and then I saw a white stallion suddenly staring at me at the table which held our nice breakfast, their parents and Cadence. “Morning.” I say simply.

“So...you’re dating my sister huh?” Shining asks simply, his features neutral and calm.

“Yep.” I nod.

“Making sure she’s happy?” The stallion asks.

“But of course.” I reply simply.

“How so?” The white stallion says, pushing his chair back and getting up.

“Made sure she talked my ear off about history, which I was quite interested in.” I say before letting go of Twilight’s hand, the mare looking rather concerned at why we were just talking instead of something worse.

“She does love her history.” Shining shrugs, the stallion walking towards me with trained steps only a soldier would know.

“Oh yes she does.” I say with a smile. “Asked her so many questions about it she kept on going, always segwayed into the next topic.”

“So…” We both say before standing next to each other, the stallion being about five inches taller than me as we both stared each other in the eyes. A silence filled the room before both of us punched each other in the face, the two of us staggering back. “OW!” We both shout, rubbing our cheeks in pain.

“Damn dude, think you could lighten up a little?” I ask.

“I should be asking you that.” Shining says while being quicker to recover from the simple punch. The two of us stood back up and stared at each other, before Shining raised a hand for a handshake. “Glad to meet ya.” The stallion says with a grin.

“Nice to meet you to Captain.” I say while grabbing the stallions hand as we had a firm handshake. “And don’t worry, your sister’s going to be safe and happy.”

“You better.” Shining says simply.

“So you two done?” Twilight asks. “Cause the food is getting cold.”

“Yeah yeah.” We both say at the same time before going to our seats, me sitting down where Twilight would be and Shining sitting next to Cadence as he continued to eat and I started to eat a delicious breakfast.

“So, Cadence… might wanna invent a smell proof spell next, Shining’s bedroom is next to ours…” Nightlight said calmly as he sat down, causing me to laugh.
“Oh dear…” I chuckle, calming myself down from my laughter. “But anyways how are people’s mornings?”

“Good enough.” Cadence replied. “And I’ll get working on that Night…” She said sheepishly.

“Well you could tell my morning.” Shining shrugs.

“Yes I could.” I nod. “But even though it would be fun to stick around I believe we’re going to be taking the train home right Twilight?” I ask her, knowing we can’t stay here long. ”Especially since it’s my last day before a fight and I need to train…” I think to myself a little bitterly, hoping to train more so I could at least give some sort of a fight.

“Yeah, we should leave after breakfast.” Twilight adds. “I’m sure Luna was lonely.”

“I’m sure she’s kept herself busy.” I shrug, having seen her in my dream real quick just so she could ask how I was doing. “But I’m gonna have a busy day today…”

We took the early train back… to where Luna tackled me… and nearly smothered me under her chest. “Welcome back!” She states, hugging me into submission.

I pushed Luna away and took a thankful breath of air. “Can you not...smother me with boobs Luna?” I ask honestly. “But it’s good to see you again.” I say while kissing her cheek.

“Glad to know. Oh yeah… There’s a package for you.” She says. “Didn’t have a return address.”

“I wonder who it’s from…” I frown, hoping it’s not a prank or anything. “Well let’s get back to the library and see what the package is.”

After getting to the library I saw the package. The package was a small box, 5x5 inch. I opened it and there was a letter, along with what looked like a Keychain… and a smaller black box. The letter read,



Ben

As you can either guess or not, this is Core. I sent you a… prototype I want to see work. The prototype is the Keychain. I want to see how well it works in your fight tomorrow, as for the black box, well, consider it a gift from… yourself…



“What is your game…” I mutter, confused on why Core would just give me presents to help me fight, concerned on why he said that I got a gift from myself, and a bit furious that I was I was now a test subject working out his new prototype.



I opened the black box. It was a silver Wayfinder. I decided to see what this Keychain did, so I switched out the one on my normal Keyblade for the new one… The form it took was oddly fitting for me. The handle was a creeper, morphed into the shape of a handle. The blade and tip of the Keyblade was a Dusk, swallowing a heart. “Well that’s creepy.” Luna said.

“That is rather creepy.” I say with a frown. “But...why did I gift myself...a Wayfinder?” I ask, concerned to no end about this entire situation and just hating that I’m willing to be Core’s test subject just to see if this new ‘Dusk’ Keyblade worked.

“Wonder what it’s supposed to symbolize?” Twilight asked. “Reunion maybe?”

“No...it’s to show how far I’ve gotten in summoning Nobodies…” I frown. “I can summon at least one Dusk right now and three or four Creepers...if I train I can probably bring it up to two Dusk’s or five Creepers...how the hell…” I frown, finding this super concerning. ”What has that bastard done to that piece of my heart?” I think to myself, hoping he hasn’t made a double that will try and kill me.

“Maybe Time Bell can tell us something?” Luna suggested. “She might know more.”

“She may know more but even her knowledge is limited…” I say before nodding. “Twilight, want to come along and learn a lot of new things?” I ask the purple unicorn.

“Always.” She replies. 

We made our way to Rarity’s, where Sweetie Bell and Time Bell were watching TV. “Oh, hey, where’d you go?” Time asked.

“Just a date with Twilight.” I say to Time. “Sorry I missed a training day, but...I’d rather not let training take over my life when I want to make sure my girls are happy.” I say honestly. “But we have some questions…” I say while showing both my new Keyblade and my silver Wayfinder. “Know anything about these?”

Time bell walked up, picking up the Wayfinder. “Well, clearly it’s a Wayfinder… standard magic has been placed into it, and I think I can feel a connection locked inside it, don’t think a Keyblade can open that though.” She handed it back and took the ‘Duskblade’. “Now this… is weird…”

“Know anything of help? Cause I thought it was supposed to be a ‘tracker’ of some kind…” I say before grabbing my Wayfinder and putting it in my pocket.

“Close… now, do you know what Core uses to make his… twisted Keyblades?”

“Literally anything he can get his hands on?” I say bluntly. “Cause if you’re anything to go on...he grabs a random person and then starts testing on them to see what works…”

“Close. My body, heart, and soul were used to make me into what I am, with my own memories being used as a sort of… glue, or wielder. This was made from a heart, someone’s heart that he likely ripped out… but the voice is concerning…”

“What’s the voice?” I ask worriedly, hoping I’m not just using someone’s own body as a weapon.

“The voice is yours Ben. As if her took your heart… but I can tell you still have your heart, so this makes little sense.”

“What’s the voice say?” Twilight asked.

“It’s really quiet, but it’s something like, ‘return to life’.”

“Wow...that prick…” I growl. “I met Core at a hospital in Manehattan...he told me he took a little piece of my heart, which he discovered I’m...interesting cause my hearts not entirely okay...but I didn’t expect a piece to be turned into a Keyblade…”

“From what I’ve seen, a piece is all he needs to regrow it, then forge a new one. The memories stored within the new heart aren't all there though, that takes time to regain them from the soul and body… so this is what he did…” She handed it back to me. “Well, as for your heart, what’s wrong with it?”


“Well glad to know this is basically my clone…” I frown before grabbing the ‘Duskblade’ and seeing it vanished. “But...apparently...it’s half dead.”

Time pondered. “A half dead heart… where did I… damn it, I know he said something about this long before I escaped, but I can’t remember.”

“Well let’s hope I find someone that actually knows what the hell is going on that won’t probably kill me.” I sigh out. “This sucks…”

“We got time.” We turned around, there was a woman, in Core’s get up, but yellow instead of purple, and a man… A tall man, black hair, red eyes, and his body looked like it was half Invisible Heartless, and the head was human. “You still have six hours.” The woman spoke. “Oh, TS-1, this was unexpected.”

I immediately stepped forward and two laser beams shot out of my hands. “Time Bell is not yours to take back, and don’t you think it’s cheap to have me fight an Invisible so early?”

“My orders are to deal with you, not recapture her. Frankly, she was a failure anyway, so she’s useless to us.” She held a hand up to the half Invisible. “This is Jet, my wielder for the fight, but as I said, you have six hours.”

“A half Invisible...wielding a female Core as a weapon...yeah how is that even remotely fair?” I ask honestly. “A Guard Armor is one thing, but good lord.”

The female Core, much like Time Bell does, changed into a Keyblade, Its handle looked like the Heartless symbol and the blade was an arm or darkness that held what looked like a heart in its hand. They keychain was a black heart. Jet picked it up. “Fair now?” Jet spoke.

“Just the fact I’m fighting an Invisible so early…” I sigh out. “But anyways...six hours left…”

The female Core changed back. “That’s right. We came early to make sure you’d be here. Might as well talk.” She walked over to the kitchen, and sat at the table. 

“Okay…” I sigh out, walking over and taking a seat at the table as well. “So...turning people into Heartless but still having a heart...how?” I ask with a frown. “Also when I said ‘fighting an Invisible so early’ I meant in more of a ‘I’m fighting an enemy that is probably way above my skill level’.” I explain, remembering Invisible’s were endgame level Heartless in the first game but even then were really tough to even prepared players.

“Simple, we make the darkness in their hearts manifest physically. It changes the body, and we’ve learned that everyone, when turned into a heartless, the type is based on their darkness. Half Purebloods are rare, as Purebloods are made from negative emotions of intelligent life as a whole. Much like creatures known as Unversed, though, they are made when the light and dark of a heart are split in two.”

“Well...that’s just all sorts of grand. And here I thought the worst thing was cloning Nobodies.” I say. “Good lord…”

“That was our intention. Heartless are loyal, but mindless. We wanted something… smarter.”

“I hate all of you…” I sigh out. “But how the hell did you did you turn...me into a Keyblade? And the whole Wayfinder thing?” I ask, thinking that was the most disturbing.

“We grew another heart from the sample Core took from you, as for the Wayfinder, Core himself handled it, so that part is unknown to me.”

“I better not be finding out you made another clone of me just to have the powers of heartless instead of nobodies…”

“That would be meaningless.”

“Okay so here’s a question...why? Why...all of this?” I ask, motioning to both all of her and all of the half pureblood. “I know there’s supposed to always be ‘light and darkness’ or ‘creation and destruction’ but come on.” I ask, still finding this whole thing just mind boggling.

“We are doing what has always been done. Fighting a war. Light against dark, creation against destruction, both want to gain control, to bring a ‘unity’ of their own making. We chose dark, and it seems you have chosen light. It’s all a war in the end.”

“But...you can’t have one without the other...sometimes wars just can’t go on forever...I’m not trying to be some philosopher telling people that this war is stupid and it should end but...to be blunt this war won’t end ever.” I say. “Whether one side ‘wins’ or not it’s all going to...seem like a waste of time and energy don’t you think?”

“Perhaps, but if it was sent to a draw, then where would life be?”

“Now that is the right question.” I say honestly. “But hell if I know. I have the powers of beings that rant and rave about ‘Nothingness’...life is confusing don’t ya think?”

“As it has always been, but that’s what both sides want, for the confusion to end. If light was to win, everything would continue onwards forever, in a repetitive cycle of rebirth. If dark wins… it all ends, and the cycle is over, the confusion gone. Blissful silence.”

“Ya know...I remember a game called ‘Dark Souls’, and not to get to into the lore of it there was an age where everything was grey, and things were simple, quiet, and ‘normal’...but then light and darkness came about and destroyed it…” I sigh out. “But hey, in my opinion life wouldn’t be life if it wasn’t confusing. Light can be nice but get’s boring and monotonous, dark is boring because everyone would probably die and there would be nothing left...but oh well, philosophy only makes things more confusing.” I say while rubbing my head a little bit.

“That confusion is where darkness began, and what it wants to end. So, can you guess why Core want’s the X-blade?”

“Kingdom Hearts obviously.” I nod.

“Exactly. But is Kingdom Hearts the heart of every world, or ALL worlds?”

“I hate Xehanort for confusing that so much.” I groan before sighing out. “But Kingdom Hearts is, and if memory serves, the heart of all worlds, and the heart of all living beings. It’s like ‘God’ in a sense, a being that’s all powerful and connected to everything...but given that one ass hole decided to see if you can make fake Kingdom Hearts from either the all worlds side or all man side….” I groan before I rubbed my temple.

“True enough. In every reflection, there is only one Kingdom Hearts, and one X-blade. It has no reflection, no other versions of it. There is simply the one. When obtained, Core will consume it, ending everything at once. No escape anywhere.”

“Or he could find some random bull shit answer that explains everything.” I shrug. “But who knows, as far as I know Kingdom Hearts is just a giant ass heart shaped moon, a more...white moon then that yellow rip off Xemnas tried creating.”

“Who?”

”Fuck…” I think to myself quickly. “It’s no one special.” I say quickly.

“If they can find a means to make an artificial Kingdom Hearts, then they must be. I will have to inform Core about this.”

”Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck….” I mentally rant in my head. “Quick question, how the hell does Core have a female reflection? And possibly more when he’s...well Core?”

“He was human once, we all were, long ago. The details are… not important, but Core, is the one to reach out to us, and we’ve worked together to further understand darkness, just as brother God has researched into light.”

“Why can’t people research ‘Nothing’? Cause if you go to deep into ‘good’ or ‘bad’ then you’ll just end up with this. Or at least find something that is an equivalent to a ‘middle ground’...” I sigh out. “Or am I spouting nonsense here?”

“We already did that… you see, our bodies aren't actually that of a Heartless.”

“I noticed.” I say. “You’re...somehow a Nobody but not a Nobody…” I say, my heart just...knowing it somehow.

“Precisely. Like Core, all of we reflections, as Nobodies, turned out hearts into Keyblades of Darkness. Unlike Nobody's born in between light and darkness, we were born in darkness, wandered it for ages, and found our corrupted hearts, forging them into the Keyblades we now use. We replaced the holes where our hearts were with pure darkness from the Heart of Darkness, and became something beyond in between… Demons.”

“Ya know...I was just about to call you that.” I say in a joking manner.

“Please do,” I felt a cold creep down my spine as she spoke, feeling like she was smiling at me from under that mask. “We prefer it.”

“That’s not creepy at all~.” I say sarcastically, trying to hide my discomfort with sarcasm. “Oi vey...but you said that Core want’s the X-blade...yet I think I heard a little something something about someone else already having the thing...how?” I ask.

“Brother God. He was from your land, his heart was balanced, and God used parts of that heart to forge it a new body, and placed its power within. If the original X-blade body was to be reforged, it would be useless, a ‘Nobody’ Keyblade.”

“I think I already trademarked that.” I say while summoning my ‘Duskblade’. “Cause seriously, this obviously screams ‘Nobody’ Keyblade...both figuratively and literally I think…”

“In appearance, yes, but the power isn’t there. X-blades old body, if reforged, would not hold power over kingdom hearts, just over Nothingness. Maybe you should seek it.”

“Well it would be interesting…” I say honestly, not sure if I would go mad from hearing all the Nobodies wanting their hearts back or feel at peace. “Question...what would happen to the beings of darkness if they were apart of this ‘Blissful Silence’ you want?”

“Vaporized. Like you said, one cannot exist without the other, all will end, no acceptions. Even Core would die.”

“Yet somehow I doubt it would last forever.” I say. “But yeah that sounds boring, just to have everything go…’poof’ in a shroud of darkness.”

“No darkness, no light, not even nothingness. True end.”

I raise my hand up but put it down and start to chuckle at hearing that. “Okay so...nothingness won’t exist...but nothingness will exist? That just...sounds silly don’t you think?”

“Do you even know what came before nothingness?”

“Something that came before nothing? Hmm...well honestly I couldn’t tell you, I could guess and sound like an idiot but I honestly don’t have an answer.” I say with a shrug, not really sure how to answer the question to be perfectly honest.

“There was a name for it, back before the world became stars… Void. That is where everything truly began, and where it will return to.”

”I honestly should have thought of that…” I think to myself, thinking that the answer was obvious. “The Void huh? Sounds about right now that I think about it.” I say. “Another question…I know Core told me that you’re evil, not irrational...yet why are you being so…’friendly’?” I ask. 

“Four more hours. I act on orders, we all do.”

“Seems right but...if Core wanted I would be long dead by now...I doubt ‘interest’ is the only thing keeping me alive.” I say, knowing that evil people could have multiple reasons for keeping people that obviously oppose them alive.

“For the fun of it. We see something that can finally challenge us, people that might actually have a chance to… kill us. It’s all quite thrilling. I get chills just thinking about it.”

I opened my mouth, wanting to say something really freaking stupid but then closed my mouth. I opened my mouth again before closing it…”Listen I don’t need to know what gets you off alright?” I say bluntly, mentally ramming my head into a wall at just saying those stupid words.

She started laughing, madly. “Oh how I wish one swing from me wouldn’t kill you dead. I look forward to the day you can match our power, we all do, cause the rush of battle makes the kill all the more satisfying.”

“I suppose my brand of comedy isn’t enough to keep me alive?” I ask, getting a little smile at having her laugh and kind of being a smart ass as well.

“Still, I wish we could fight now… Oh well, we still have three hours, what would you like to know?”

“First up.” I start. “Can someone make me food? I’m getting hungry and I can’t fight with an empty stomach.” I say to either Luna, Twilight or Rarity, hoping someone will make some food. “But besides the need for food...don’t you think a half Invisible is a tad much for...someone of my fighting level?” I ask.

“Your heart sample placed you in a range just high enough to survive. Plus, the fight isn’t the real test.” Sweetie Bell placed a sandwich in front of me, and Time Bell placed… a dead, oddly familiar, white cat, in front of female Core.

“Choke on it.” Time said, stomping out of the room. 

“... AH! OPAL!” Sweetie yelled, running out of the room crying.

Female Core removed her mask… the whites of her eyes were black, her pupils crimson red, and her teeth were like tiny needles. “Thanks.” She lifted the dead cat up, and chomped, biotting half off in one bite. She finished after the second. “Nothing like recently killed.”

“Well...that happened…” I say before eating my sandwich.

She placed her mask back on. “As Demons, we need not eat, but when we do, it must be recently killed, or alive.”

“I honestly don’t need to know that but okay.” I shrug. “But...how dangerous is having half a heart?” I ask.

“Half dead you mean?”

“Technicalities.” I roll my eyes. “I still have half a working one.”

“It can be reversed, takes time, use emotions you didn’t use before. Kindness, compassion, happiness, love, all that jazz.”

“Well I’m certainly going to have that in spades.” I smile...before it slowly turned into a frown. “And I’m pretty sure you and your buddies are going to make sure that doesn’t happen huh?”

“We were interested because it’s a rare event, very few like that have been cataloged. The sample we got gave us all we need to know. We don’t care about it anymore.”

“Which is why Core made me a test subject with his ‘Prototype’.” I say.

“We want to know exactly how a person, wielding a Keyblade made from their own heart, while still having it, will react to each other. We imagine the wielder and Keyblade will work well together.”

“Sounds good in theory, and I’ll be the guinea pig to help show if that theory is sound or not.” I say. “But wouldn’t you and Core be better to test this? Given how you and Core are….besides gender literally the same person?”

“Our data would be inconclusive. We already forged our corrupt hearts into Keyblades, and what is there now is pure darkness.”

“True.” I nod. “But I hope I give a good first impression against you and Jet, cause fighting a Guard Armor, while a good way to show strength...wouldn’t be much to compare against the big leagues.”

“One hour. Jet, call for Crow, and have him lure the second subject.” Jet nodded, and vanished into a DTD.

“What other test subject is trying to run away now?” I ask.

“Not like that. This test subject is known as Zeke, and he wields the X-blade.”

“I fucking hate you.” I say with a frown. “Now you’re going to keep my girlfriends hostage if I don’t play along.”

“Zeke would be on your side. After all, he has a hopeless plan.”

“But isn’t that how good guys always start out to defeat ‘evil’? Have a hopeless plan that ends out working perfectly?” I ask honestly.

“It’s hopeless, cause he wants to make us human again. That is what makes it hopeless.”

“Even demons can be more human then...well humans.” I shrug. “But I don’t know if that’s hopeless, I don’t know what hopeless is after...everything that I’ve just went through this past week.” I say with a shrug.

Jet reappeared. “Crow will be here with Zeke Ventral soon.” He says.

Female Core sighed. “Well, then our time is almost up. Any last questions?”

“Last question? Well...can you, Core, or any of those stuck in Darkness...ever find happiness without everything disappearing?”

She was silent. “... No, not after we lost… them…”

I looked at her and just nodded. “I don’t know who you lost...but if it means anything...I’m sorry you had to experience such a thing.” I say, my tone soft and understanding.

She flinched. “... T-”

The front door was broke down, a guy in what looked like a thug was being held by the throat by a guy in black Ventus armor… holding the X-blade. “Come near my family again and I will send you to oblivion!” He threw the guy into the kitchen.

The thug looking guy looked at female Core. “All yours.” He vanished into thin air.

“You’re welcome.” I say loud enough for the female Core to hear, hoping she noticed my words even though her possible ‘thank you’ was cut off by sudden armored man.

The man in the black Ventus armor walked into the room. “... Yellow? Wait… crap…” He noticed me. “... Well this is deja vu.”


To be continued...