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// Down time (unedited) 
// Story: The Unknown King 
// by Chaos Nightmare 
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As Torch dropped me off in the Canterlot gardens when the potion finally wore off. I looked around to see a guard standing there in awe of Torch flying away. “Umm hey could you take me to Celestia?” I asked.

“Oh umm sure.” He said confused as he wondered what had just happened.  As we entered Celestia’s court Celestia was filing papers. “Princess this person was just dropped off by a dragon and he asked to see you.” The guard said Celestia raised her head in confusion.

“Huxley?” she asked surprised to see me.

“In the flesh.” I said as she put her paperwork down and walked over to me hugging me. “Umm what?” I asked.

“I thought you were dead.” she said.

“Nope turns out the dragon lord wanted a keyblade user for the dragon lands.” I said.

“So you were never in any danger?” She asked.

“Well the elders tried to execute me for reasons unrelated to the keyblade but Torch sorted things out.”I said.

“Well I am relieved that you are safe come you must be hungry.” She said as I was lead to the dinning hall to get some non gem food.





As I ate Celestia sent for Moondancer and Gleaming Shield. As they entered they were surprised to see me “Huxley?!?” They shouted as they rushed towards me.

“What happened to you!” Moondancer asked.

“I was taken by the dragon lord.” I said.

“Don’t be so casual about it” Gleaming said.

“Well it's true.” I said.

“How did you survive dragons don’t like humans in there territories?” Moondancer asked.

“The dragon lord had a potion.” I said as I finished my bacon.

Moondancer thought about it for a second before asking “How did it taste?”

I paused before saying “It was bitter why?”

Moondancer started pacing repeating the words “This is bad.”

“Why is it bad?” I asked as Celestia filled me in.

“Modern transformation potions have a sweet taste to them what you probably drank had to be at the minimum a few centuries old.” Celestia said.

“Soooo...?” I asked confused.

“Huxley those potions alter your genetics.” Moondancer said as I was confused.

“She means that unless you mate with a dragon your children are going to be...” Celestia paused before saying “Different in a bad sorta-of way” she finished.

“Different how?” I asked.

“Lets just say they have a low chance of survival and leave it at that.” Moondancer said.

“Is there a cure?” I asked.

“Yes unfortunately it has some side effects which are permanent.” Celestia said.

“I don’t have a real choice do I.” I said looking down at the plate of food in front of me.

“I’ll go get it.” Celestia said.

“Wait it's not a needle is it?” I asked.

“No but we will need to bring you to a hospital for some tests because these potions haven’t been made in a long time and we need to make sure that you are fine.” Celestia said as she left and I just sat there looking at the ground. Moondancer and Gleaming tried to comfort me but after a minute of trying they say it was a losing battle and they simply left me to be alone with my thoughts. A few minutes later Celestia came in with a bottle of a potion and said “Here drink this it should fix the problem.”

I looked up to her and from the look on her face she could tell that I was crying before I said. “You never explained what to potion will do.” I said.

Celestia took a moment to compose herself as she didn’t expect to see me like this. “This potion will minimise the damage the other potion has done to you...but it will also alter you to be a quarter of what you transformed into.” She said as she poured it into a cup for me to drink. “Luckily for you the you don’t have to drink it all just this amount should fix you.” she said as I took a sip it tasted awful but I grabbed the tip of my nose and drank it all down. As I finished it Celestia motioned me to stand up and follow her.

I was lead to the hospital were they did a blood test on me just to be sure the potion did its thing. As I was in the waiting room the doctor came out to speak to Celestia. “Princess as far as we can tell the potion did its job right but we’re going to need to take further tests in a few months.” The doctor said before turning to me “Where did you get that potion anyway?” The doctor asked.

“I was taken to the dragon lands where they gave me the potion.” I answered as the doctor laughed.

“Thats a good story.” the doctor said before he said “Now how did you really get that potion?”

I gave the doctor a glare as I said “I’m telling the truth.”

The doctor was about to lecture me when Celestia said “I can confirm his story as he was taken by a dragon last week when that dragon flew over Canterlot and was returned when the same dragon flew over this morning.”

The doctor took a second to take that all in before saying “Very well I believe you but if you head back there you can’t use that type of potion again.” He said.

“But the dragon lord asked me to return during the migration.” I said leaving out the part where I would have to mate with his daughter.

“Hmm well I have forbade you from using that potion again the modern version however is still usable but you have to talk to Celestia before you use it and you can only be there for a few days.” The doctor said as Celestia nodded.

“Alright” I said before me and Celestia left the hospital.





During my days of rest I requested I head to ponyville to do some business. When I arrived I headed straight for the Mayor's office to do something. As I entered the office Mr. Turner was organising some files and wasn’t paying attention to the door. “Just take a seat the Mayor will be with you in a moment”

“I’m not here to see the mayor.” I said as he turned around and was startled by what he say.

“Your supposed to be dead.” he said jumping back.

I laughed and said “I got better.”

“You don’t get better from a stab through the heart.” he said.

“Trust me i’m alive i’m not weak.” I said.

“Fine what do you want?” he said.

“Whoa no need to be hostile I just want to know if the house I paid for was built?” I asked.

“No we never went through with that since we believed you were dead we can have it built i three days if you’d like.” Mr Turner said.

“No actually I’m here for my money back I’ve been spending most my time in Canterlot.” I said as he looked at me.

“Well sense we haven't built the house yet we can give you 750 bits back the other 250 bits are being kept as taxes you understand.” he said.

I nodded and took the munny and said “Thank you for understanding.” I said before I walked out. While I was in town I payed a visit to the Cakes for some food before I took the train back to Canterlot they were just as surprised to see me as Time Turner was.

After that I returned to Canterlot where I rested for a few days and took another blood test to make sure the potion worked as intended “Well Huxley I can safely say that the potion worked as intended and you are-” he paused before saying “fine for lack of a better word.”

“Alright then.” I said before asking “How common is this?”.

“It isn’t.” he started “your the first person to be treated of this in over a hundred years...one of the major ingredients to the potion was made extinct to prevent this sort of thing to ever happen.” The doctor said.

“Alright we’re not here to get a lecture doctor.” Celestia said.

“Your right Princess but I must talk with you in private.” he said as they walked into his office.

“What is it doctor?” Celestia asked.

“I’ve checked with nearly every hospital to find anything related to Huxley, we couldn’t find anything on him no birth certificate no nothing we couldn’t even track his lineage with blood magic and we are sure he’s human as the dna test apart from the new dragon dna is 100% human so we are unsure on how we want to deal with this.” The doctor said.

Celestia looked at the doctor before saying “I’ll go talk to him about it in a more private setting but thank you for addressing your concerns.”





A few days after that Celestia confronted me about my lack of a birth certificate “Huxley I need to talk to you.” Celestia said as she entered my room luckily i was just staring at the ceiling looking at my hand.

I sat up and asked “This isn’t about adopting me again is it?”

She shook her head before she said “It's about the fact you don’t have a birth certificate.”

I sighed “Well I guess it's clear I’m not from this world then.” I said.

She took a moment to think before saying “I understand but that still means you need a birth certificate.” she paused for a second before saying “I can have one made but i’m going to need something from you.” She said.

I took a second to think before asking “What?”

“I need you to get stronger Huxley.” She said.

“Alright I can promise that.” I said as she left.

A few more days passed as the cure finished its effects. As we waited in the throne room for Celestia I talked to Moondancer and Gleaming shield. “Hey Huxley how are you feeling?” Moondancer asked.

“I’m feeling fine.” I answered it wasn’t the whole truth but they didn’t need to know that.

“That's good” Gleaming said as Celestia came in and Moondancer and Gleaming bowed while I waved.

“Hello everyone I hope you had an enjoyable rest but its back to business.” Celestia said as I stepped forward.

“As you know during the Grand Galloping Gala Xulna or Luna’s nobody attacked at the end of it and made her presence known before we were just on a wild goose chase.” I said.

“So what do we to do?” Moondancer asked.

“Well first we need to head to Traverse Town and get our gummi ship upgraded before we do anything as it takes us hours at best days at worst.” I said.

“Then what?”

“Then we hunt down a group known as Organization XIII if they don’t know where she is then-” I was stopped by Celestia.

“We’ll find something else if they don’t know where she is.” Celestia said.

“ALright but who is the Organization?” Gleaming asked.

“Basicly Nobodies like her who control the lesser nobodies” I answered.

“Alright so we wait for a few days for the Gummi ship then we hunt down these nobodies.” Gleaming said.

“Well I want you to take this to the person that's going to upgrade your ship.” she said as she handed a piece of paper I looked confused then she explained “This is essentially a blank check. I will pay any amount for your upgrades...with the note that the ship belongs to Equestria.” She said.

I was hesitant to agree as this as this could be a bad idea but I had no real choice in this “Alright.” I said hesitantly as Celestia nodded.

A few hours later we s we teleported back on to the Gummi ship I set the coordinates of Traverse Town and we were off.