Volvox was created by the Maker to watch Earth and direct the humans, even though he was the very first species to exist on the planet. Volvox watched the angels and demons get created, he befriended Dommiel, a demon, and now served as his right hand man, the humans were created afterwards. The Maker wanted Volvox to make the humans develop with either magic or science, both had downsides, science was going to be extremely advanced eventually, but it would take thousands of years to fully develop, while magic will be powerful at the beginning, it was a non-renewable resource, it will get weaker as the years went by, and would eventually be gone. Volvox decided to have the humans develop in magic, he watched them develop and control nature. There were only four elements to control in the beginning, they were fire, water, earth, and wind, after sometime, much more magic was discovered, some harmed, some helped. The humans were not the only creatures living on Earth, they also had orcs, trolls, ghouls, and goblins. The humans evolved and changed into new creatures as they learned magic, those who learned fire evolved into giants, those who learned water evolved into mermen, mermaids, and nymphs, those who learned earth evolved into dwarfs, and those who learned wind evolved into elves and fairies, some humans learned more than one element, but they remained human.
Volvox's land had two elements that were considered forbidden arts, light and dark, humans who practiced light magic turned into angels, while those who practiced dark magic turned into demons, light and dark were much more powerful than the four main elements, they evolved as well, fire users were able to control lava, water users were able to control ice and snow, earth users were able to control the rocks, the ground, sand, wood, and stones, and wind users were able to control the atmosphere and sky. Volvox's land was an island in the center of the Earth, and divided into five areas, the north was volcanic and hot, the west was filled with water and had ice caps everywhere, the south was all forest and had trees everywhere, the east was floating in the air with each part of the land in the sky, there was brown dirt on the ground under the wind kingdom, and the center was like a modern neighborhood with a fortress where Volvox lived, none of the elements affected it.
Volvox did not live alone in his gray fortress, his second-in-command and military general was Dommiel, he lived before the humans did, and has been with Volvox since the beginning, his adviser was the Count of Saint Germain, who was a time traveler and alchemist, his personal bodyguard was a ghoul named Giovi, who had knife blades in place for his claws, Volvox rescued him from execution years ago, his court wizard and other prophet was Tom, he would tell people of their futures, he had two pet birds with him, they were Phoenix and Thunderbird, Phoenix was made purely out of orange fire, and Thunderbird was made purely out of blue electricity, Volvox has raised them since birth, Volvox's last twelve members of his court were a group called the Zodiac, they were mystical animals, they were Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Sheep's real name was Goat, but he liked being called Sheep better, Tiger and Dragon were the commanders, the two have fought for Volvox's favoritism, but he has assured them numerous times that he likes them both equally, and they should stop fighting, each one of the twelve animals had their own unique powers, they were led by one of Dommiel's friends, his name was Tiān lù, he was a Pixiu, and hired to keep Tiger and Dragon in line, so they do not try anything reckless to win Volvox's approval.
It was modern day and magic was still strong, despite not being as strong as before, due to magic being a non-renewable resource, they had two foreigners in their world, they were both from another world, their names were Harvey and Orchid.
Harvey was part human, part mutant, part machine, and part alien, he was about six feet tall, had slightly tan skin, an ectomorph body, toned muscles, an oblong face shape, and short black hair. The upper-right part of Harvey's face was robotic, made out of silver metal, and had a red slanted eye, his left cheek was alien with dark red skin, his human eye was blue, his right foot was an alien's foot with black claws for his toenails, while his left foot was robotic and silver, his right hand was robotic, and could change to a gun, his left hand was alien with the dark red and dark orange skin with black claws, he had the wings of the aliens coming out of his back, they had silver robotic parts on them, gills on the sides of his neck, Harvey's abdomen was silver and metallic in some places, dark red with alien skin in other areas, and the rest was fine, and he had the alien's tail coming out of his tailbone, Harvey could make the three horns of the aliens extrude from his head at will, it was one of the four mutant qualities he got, the other three were having telekinesis, telepathy, and technopathy, Harvey only had on one piece of clothing, a black pair of pants that were ripped at his lower shins.
Orchid had pale skin, an hourglass body shape, an inverted triangle face, green eyes, and red hair that was a bob and went just past her ears, she was wearing a long-sleeve shirt, pants, and shoes, she had on a cape that went halfway down her back, they were all a light beige color, she had five small jewels that were circular in the center of her chest on her shirt, they formed a star, the left jewel was a red ruby, the lower-left jewel was a yellow topaz, the lower-right jewel was a green emerald, the right jewel was a blue sapphire, and the top jewel was a purple amethyst, each jewel represented one of the five elements Orchid controlled, the ruby represented fire, the topaz represented earth, the sapphire represented water, the emerald represented wind, and the amethyst represented lightning.
Orchid's world was said to be very similar to Volvox's land, but the center of the world was also a kingdom, it had lightning in it, her world had hybrids which used more than one element, they were admired and loved by everyone, but they had more responsibilities in society because the royal family believed it would be unfair for those who could only use one element if they had to run society and politics as well, while they did not run society, they still had a say in what they wanted. Orchid was one of the six court wizards for the royal family, she controlled the five elements of her world, and was chosen to fight a man named Egliatos, he was a master of dark magic and necromancy, he destroyed Orchid's home, she and the other five were unsuccessful in defeating him, and he went into hiding.
Orchid came to the current world because she wanted to take a break from fighting Egliatos, she met Harvey and they had a son named Nick, before that, the two built a house in the woods for them to leave behind the things of their previous lives that they did not want to take with them. The two were eventually found by a man from Harvey's world named Daraster and the two were poisoned and killed by him, Harvey told Nick about the location of the house and he went to Harvey's world, he was experimented on and received the same mutations as his father, and met a boy named Lance, who also had the same mutations, he was living with the three now. Nick went to Orchid's world afterwards and learned his mother was a sorceress, which surprised him, because she did not teach him any magic when she was alive. Nick eventually made an antidote and went back in time with magic from Orchid's world and science from Harvey's world, he went back to when the two were dying and gave them the antidote and they survived the poisoning, they then went through the portal and came to the present.
Nick had a square face shape, short black hair, and blue eyes, he wore the same outfit was his father, along with black mid-calf length boots, and a black leather jacket, Lance had a rectangular face shape, short black hair, and only wore black pants, he had the exact same mutations as Harvey, and did not hide them. Tom came in to see Volvox and the others after working for the day,
"Volvox, I have foreseen disaster." Tom said with his voice echoing, he wore a black helmet that covered his entire head, it was round like a sphere, and he had white monochromatic eyes,
"What did you find?" Volvox asked,
"Cyborea Iscariot is going to rise against us. She has twelve monsters, they are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, four unspecified beasts, Leviathan, Behemoth, Ziz, Popobawa, and her son, Judas Iscariot." Tom replied,
"What do the four beasts look like?" Tiger asked,
"I don't know, I was not able to see what they look like." Tom replied,
"Where are they now?" Dommiel asked,
"Scattered throughout the land." Tom replied,
"Should we just take out Cyborea and be done with it?" Tiān lù asked,
"No, if we do that, another might take over, we have to take out all of them." Volvox replied,
"I say we take them out now." Dragon said,
"I agree, let's kill them before they team up." the Count of Saint Germain replied, Giovi nodded in agreement, Phoenix and Thunderbird screeched with agreement, Volvox exhaled sharply,
"Let's take them out now, but I also have a royal errand today, Orchid wants to see if we can try to find her world today since there's going to be a solar eclipse soon, she believes it's going to make finding her world easier." Volvox said,
"I have foreseen that as well, disappointment awaits." Tom replied,
"What did you see, exactly?" Volvox asked,
"We are going to get transferred to a world of magic, but not Orchid's world." Tom replied, they hear walking and they see Orchid come in,
"Orchid? But you're off today." Volvox said,
"Nick and Lance are being too loud, Harvey's not helping either, so I'm coming here." Orchid replied, and she sits and begins reading a book,
"Are you going to help us with Cyborea?" Rat asked,
"Depends, I'm still tired from fighting Lucifer and his six princes." Orchid replied,
"Uh, Volvox? The solar eclipse is about to happen." Monkey said, Orchid looks and puts her book down,
"You know you won't find Orchid's world, and yet, you continue to try anyway?" Tom asked,
"You can't always be right, Tom." the Count of Saint Germain replied,
"I'd like to know why you're here, you're the one who can travel to the future." Tom said,
"But knowing what will happen is no fun, I want it to be a surprise." the Count of Saint Germain replied,
"Me too." Dommiel said,
"Plus, Saint Germain gets tired from using his powers, you don't." Volvox said,
"Okay, fair enough." Tom replied,
"Okay, let's get ready." Volvox said, and they see the solar eclipse happen, Volvox, Orchid, and the Count of Saint Germain get ready to cast a spell together, and they transfer the entire land elsewhere.
The ponies, dragons, griffons, yaks, changelings, and hippogriffs were living peacefully, they all sense a surge of magic that was to the northeast of Canterlot and to the southeast of the Crystal Empire. Everybody looks and watches since the surge was huge, several gasp when blue electricity appeared. The surge disappears and Volvox's land appears. The natives of the world were in awe at how much nature there was to it, the north was filled with volcanoes, the west had water and ice caps everywhere, the south had trees and forest everywhere, and the east had all of its land floating in the sky,
"Wow, that place is beautiful." Twilight Sparkle said,
"I can't wait, either, I want to see all of the critters living there." Fluttershy replied, their four other friends smiled.
Everybody sees Volvox appear in the center of the land, on top of his fortress, the world's natives were shocked by how big he was, they hear floating and see Orchid appear in midair, Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer were especially surprised, they have never seen a human with magic before,
"Is this your home world?" Volvox asked with his center head, his voice scared some of the natives,
"No, it isn't." Orchid replied,
"As I said, disappointment awaits." Tom said as he floated up to her,
"Don't you ever have false visions?" Orchid asked,
"My visions of the future have never been wrong." Tom replied, surprising the world's natives to see they had magic. Everybody hears movement and they see the creatures of Volvox's world, they see the giants in the north, mermen, mermaids, and nymphs in the west, dwarfs in the south, and elves and fairies in the east, but to Volvox's surprise, there were more creatures, the north now also had centaurs, oreads, golems, and Valkyries, the west had selkies, swan maidens, hyades, sirens, nereids, naiads, and oceanids, the south had alseides, auloniades, leimakides, napaeae, oreads, anthousai, dryads, hamadryade, hyleoroi, and satyrs, the east had hesperides, Nephele, sphinxes, and harpies,
"What the? What happened to you guys?" Volvox asked,
"Sorry, Volvox, we got a little too carried away while practicing magic." a female harpy replied, the sky begins forming around and everybody sees angels fly down, they were in awe at their white wings with yellow auras around them, the ground bursts open and the demons come out, along with vampires, werewolves, specters, wraiths, the jinn, three Gorgons, incubi, succubi, and alps,
"Where are the rest of the creatures? Come out, all of you." Volvox said, and they do, the orcs lived in the north, the trolls lived on the ice caps in the west, and the ghouls and goblins lived in the south,
"Volvox, we also found more monsters." a mermaid said, and Volvox saw Scylla and Charybdis in the west, he saw Talos in the north, the Laestrygonians in the west, cyclopes in the south, and ekeks and wakwaks in the east. The world's natives were very shocked by how many creatures they had,
"Wow, Ah gotta admit, they've got more creatures than we do." Applejack said,
"Yeah, but they seem to have less countries, it looks like they only have five countries." Rainbow Dash replied,
"Their magic looks different from ours, too, I wonder what they do." Twilight Sparkle said,
Volvox looks at the creatures native to his land and he gets ready to address them,
"As you all know, we're trying to find Orchid's world so she could go home, but unfortunately, we found the wrong one, I'm going to have to advise you all to hide for now, Cyborea Iscariot and her army is coming to fight us, I'm going to need you all to stay within your respective countries until my court and I deal with them, and of course, if you feel courageous or feel like helping, you're more than welcome to." Volvox said, the citizens all then went back into their homes, ignoring the natives that watched them,
"Alright, Zodiac, let's go." Tiān lù said, and he flies into the air with the twelve Zodiac animals, the world's natives were in awe,
"You should go with them, too, Tom." Volvox said, and he floated to them, everybody went on with their days while Volvox, Dommiel, Giovi, and the Count of Saint Germain searched for Orchid's world.
Tom floats with the twelve Zodiac animals and Tiān lù,
"Where are the beasts right now?" Rat asked,
"There are five to the east, five to the west, two in the south, and Judas is going around everywhere." Tom replied,
"Judas? That sounds familiar." Dog said,
"He was the second-in-command of Mabus when he and Jesus fought many years ago, he is a war criminal that escaped justice." Tom replied,
"How do you see the future anyway?" Cat asked,
"The helmet I wear allows me to see the future, it is the Helmet of Nostradamus, it was made for me when I was his student." Tom replied,
"I heard you had two teachers." Dragon said,
"Yes, my other teacher was Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, he taught me how to see into the future without the helmet." Tom replied,
"What are you foreseeing with our battles?" Ox asked,
"We will battle the monsters and emerge victorious in every one." Tom replied,
"Who am I fighting?" Rat asked,
"You will fight the first beast." Tom replied,
"What about me?" Ox asked,
"You're up against the second beast." Tom replied,
"Who am I fighting against?" Tiger asked,
"The third beast." Tom replied,
"How about me?" Rabbit asked,
"The White Horseman." Tom replied,
"Who am I fighting?" Dragon asked,
"The fourth beast." Tom replied,
"What about me?" Snake asked,
"The Pale Horseman." Tom replied,
"Who am I fighting?" Horse asked,
"Ziz." Tom replied,
"How about me?" Sheep asked,
"The Black Horseman." Tom replied,
"What about me?" Monkey asked,
"Behemoth." Tom replied,
"Who am I up against?" Rooster asked,
"The Red Horseman." Tom replied,
"How about me?" Dog asked,
"Leviathan." Tom replied,
"What about me?" Pig asked,
"The Popobawa." Tom replied,
"Who am I up against?" Tiān lù asked,
"Cyborea, herself." Tom replied,
"Wait, who's up against Judas?" Dog asked,
"I am." Tom replied,
"Let's stick together, in case we have to back up one another in a fight." Tiān lù said, the Zodiac animals agreed,
"What is Volvox doing right now?" Tiger asked,
"He is currently meeting with the Hero from the Sky, Ash Williams." Tom replied, and they keep going forward.
Volvox and his court were meeting with a man named Ash Williams, he had pale skin, short black hair, an oblong face shape, and brown eyes, he wore a dark blue long-sleeve shirt with most of the left half torn off, his pants were brown, and he wore black shoes, he had a holster on his back that held a sawed double barreled shotgun, and a red chainsaw in place of his right hand, which he lost one night while he was staying at a cabin,
"Okay, Ash, I know you're still tired from your night in the cabin, and dealing with deadites, but you're the best line of defense I have for the people." Volvox said,
"Best line of defense? Why don't you fight them on your own?" Ash asked,
"Because I have other things to do at the moment." Volvox replied,
"Yeah? Like what? Revive the deadites with the Book of the Dead?" Ash asked,
"Look, Ash, I know you're still mad about that, but I have the Book of the Dead sealed away along with the other cursed objects." Volvox replied,
"Well, I ain't helpin, Cerberus, the only place I help is the S-Mart store, and that place also sucks." Ash said,
"I'm only asking you to try to do some good for the country, Ash." Volvox said,
"Good? I'm the man with the gun, I could care less about your stinkin' country." Ash said, Orchid glared at him,
"What would Linda say if she heard you now?" Volvox asked,
"She would be proud of me, my mouth is why she fell in love with me." Ash replied, Orchid was shocked,
"You... had a girlfriend?" Orchid asked,
"Plenty, in fact." Ash replied,
"How did she kiss with that mouth of hers when she was a deadite?" Dommiel asked,
"It was less than groovy, I'll tell you that." Ash replied, Dommiel and the Count of Saint Germain laugh, Giovi smiled,
"Why did you come to me for, Volvox?" Ash asked,
"Because you're the most experienced when it comes to dealing with supernatural threats." Volvox replied,
"Tell Pinhead and his cenobites to deal with them instead." Ash said,
"There is no way I am using the Lament Configuration, Ash, it's staying locked away." Volvox replied,
"How about the Tall Man?" Ash asked,
"He's dead." Volvox replied,
"Totoro." Ash said,
"He's missing." Volvox replied,
"Akuji." Ash said,
"He's missing, too." Volvox replied,
"Really? Last time I checked, Akuji was with Baron Samedi." Ash said,
"Well, I'll ask Papa Legba to bring him back later." Volvox replied,
"If we're done here, I'd like to go back, and tell me when you find my hand." Ash said,
"Alright, Ash, you may leave." Volvox replied, and he used telekinesis to take Ash off of his fortress' roof and put him on the ground. Ash begins to walk home and saw Doctor Whooves,
"Great wickering stallions! Ashley J. Williams, it's you, the Hero from the Sky!" Doctor Whooves said,
"How the hell do you know my name?" Ash asked,
"I was there! In 1300 AD!" Doctor Whooves replied,
"Yeah? Well, I didn't see you." Ash said,
"Why, I was far away, watching you." Doctor Whooves replied,
"Well, stop stalking me, or I'm going to fill your nose with lead from my boomstick." Ash said, and he walked past him, he saw the Mane Six in front of him,
"That's enough, you clearly need some lessons in friendship." Twilight Sparkle said,
"The only friends I need are my chainsaw and my boomstick." Ash replied,
"What in tarnation is a boomstick and a chainsaw?" Applejack asked,
"Oh, you're one of those redneck people, you guys never were good with modern technology." Ash replied,
"Hey!" Applejack said in an offended tone,
"How offensively rude! Applejack here is a very hard worker." Rarity said,
"So am I, I was fighting evil in the past, and it came into this timeline, I'm taking a break right now." Ash replied,
"Hey, wait a minute. Didn't Doctor Whooves say you were a hero?" Pinkie Pie asked,
"Darn right I am, I was known as the Hero from the Sky seven hundred years ago." Ash replied, shocking the six,
"You? A hero?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"Got a problem?" Ash asked,
"Yes, you don't act like a hero." Fluttershy replied,
"Not all heroes are goody two shoes." Ash said,
"Well, you have a lot to learn, you could learn a thing or two about friendship." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Save your friendship crap for later, I've got a home to fortify." Ash said, and he walked away while the Mane Six watch him,
"Ugh, I cannot believe him, how unbelievably rude!" Rarity said,
"No kiddin', he called me a redneck, Ah ain't no redneck, Ah'm a true southerner." Applejack replied,
"Uh, now's not the time to enter my country, ladies, we're busy dealing with a threat." Volvox said from the top of his fortress,
"Can we help?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Well... I'll see how my people do first, I might if things go bad, but you six should leave, it's for your own safeties." Volvox replied, the Mane Six smiled,
"We appreciate your concern, we'll be in Ponyville if you need us." Twilight Sparkle said, and Twilight Sparkle teleports herself and her friends back home. Princess Celestia looked on and smiled, she was sensing that the people in the new area were friendly.
Tom, Tiān lù, and the twelve Zodiac animals walk together,
"The Four Horseman are going to appear soon, they are in the east." Tom said,
"Of course, it's still strange, none of the seven seals has been broken." Tiān lù replied,
"The first four have been broken, but it was not done by the lamb, it was not done by Cyborea, either." Tom said,
"Then who could have done it?" Tiger asked,
"I cannot make out the being in my predictions, yet, but it is huge." Tom replied,
"Could it be Apep?" Dragon asked,
"The being in my visions has multiple heads." Tom replied, shocking the other thirteen. The fourteen arrive at the east and float up, onto the land. The fourteen look around and see the citizens have hid, they hear thunder in the sky, the world's natives look on,
"Come." a deep male voice said, they were able to tell it was not the lamb, they hear horses neighing and they see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, they were all skeletal and wore black cloaks, one had a gold crown on his head and held a brown bow in his left hand, he rode a white horse, one had a broadsword with a silver blade and a black guard and handle, he rode a red horse, one had black balancing scales in his right hand, he rode a black horse, and one carried a scythe with a light brown wooden handle and silver blade, he rode a pale horse. The world's natives see the Four Horsemen in the sky and the ponies were very shocked by what they saw,
"Who are those guys?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"I don't know, I don't have any books on who they are." Twilight Sparkle replied,
the Four Horsemen go down with their horses and were riding on the air,
"Rabbit, Rooster, Sheep, Snake, go!" Tiān lù said, and they go forward. Rabbit jumps around while the White Horseman shoots arrows at him, he dodges each one and sees the White Horseman was trying to use his magic to make Volvox's kingdom and the four countries bend down to his rule, Rabbit gets shot by an arrow; the ponies gasp while Fluttershy watched with horror; Rabbit uses his magic to make himself change into a ball of fur, he fell down, the White Horseman became confused, he was kicked in the back of the head by Rabbit and fell down, he disappeared, Fluttershy was relieved to see he was alright.
Rooster runs on the air and the Red Horseman's horse was running to him, he was using his mind to start civil wars in the five countries, he dodged every attack from the Red Horseman, he opens his mouth and screams out purple sonic waves, the Red Horseman cut them apart. Rooster absorbs sunlight and transforms into a basilisk, the Red Horseman looks around while he swings his sword around, so did his horse, Rooster touched him and he fell over and disappeared.
The Black Horseman moves his scales up and down to control the economy, Volvox's land used assarius as currency, the Black Horseman made a quart of wheat cost a denarius, and three quarts of barley cost a denarius, his powers mainly affected the south. Sheep used his powers to make food grow and keep the south from going hungry, the Black Horseman used his scales to make the shift around as tectonic plates, Volvox used his telekinesis to fix them. Sheep rams his horns into the black horse, it did nothing, so he turns into water and disappears, water comes out of the west and the Black Horseman was shocked, he is washed away by the tsunami, it comes together and forms back into Sheep.
Snake slithers on the air and goes to the Pale Horseman, he wraps around the Pale Horseman, he cuts him apart with his scythe, Fluttershy was too scared to watch. Snake severed body parts regenerate and he has created doppelgangers of himself from his severed body parts, much to the Pale Horseman's shock. Snake looks and sees the Pale Horseman killed whatever he rode over, he decided he had to stop him quickly, so he puts his body back together into one, extended his own size with magic, and wrapped around the Pale Horseman and broke his bones, he fell down while the pale horse disappeared.
The four Zodiac animals go back and they were ready to leave,
"Wait, not yet, there's still one more." Tom said, and they see the sun get blocked out, they all saw a giant griffon-like bird, they realized it was Ziz. The world's natives look at the sky and were shocked to see Ziz, he was huge, his wingspan blocked out the entire sun.
Ziz flies to the fourteen watching him,
"You are supposed to protect this land, Ziz." Tom said,
"I have no interest in protecting humans." Ziz replied,
"It has cost you your soul." Tom said,
"Remember, Horse, you're up." Tiān lù said,
"Oh, right." Horse replied, and he ran on the air. Ziz was ready to catch him with his talons, but Horse turned into black gusts and disappeared, Ziz looks for the brown horse, he does not find him. Horse reappears and had a greenish-white tornado around him, it destroyed whatever was nearby, he goes to Ziz and tries to use it on him, it had no effect, Ziz laughed as Horse tried his best. Screeching was heard and they look, they saw Phoenix flying to Horse, Princess Celestia's attention was caught, she has never seen a phoenix literally made out of fire before. Phoenix shoots fire out of his mouth and into Horse's tornado, the fire and wind mix together, Ziz got burned, he screamed and disappeared, Phoenix flew back to Volvox's fortress,
"Wow, five down already." Tiger said,
"No kidding, this might not take long after all." Dragon replied,
"Let's go, the next creatures are appearing in the west." Tom said, and they go to the water area.
Volvox stood at the top of his fortress and looked at his main kingdom, there was mostly grassland everywhere, even though they were developed in magic, they still had automobiles, aircraft, watercraft, power lines, phones, computers, TVs, and so on. Volvox watched Orchid closely since her culture and beliefs were completely different from the cultures of his land, he did not think she was the best mother, though. Volvox sees Orchid go to her home and saw she lived far away from the others, Nick and Lance were running around while Harvey chased them, Orchid sighed and she sat on the grass and began reading a book. Harvey, Nick, and Lance play for several more minutes and Harvey got tired,
"Hold on, you two, I have to rest." Harvey said,
"Please, Harvey?" Lance asked,
"Sorry, but I'm out of energy." Harvey replied,
"Okay." Lance said, and he went into the house. Nick walked over to Orchid,
"Mom?" Nick asked,
"What?" Orchid asked as she looked at him,
"Are you a hybrid in your world?" Nick asked,
"No." Orchid replied,
"Then why do you control the five elements of your world?" Nick asked,
"What do you know about my home world?" Orchid asked,
"Plenty." Nick replied,
"Like what?" Orchid asked,
"It had five kingdoms, the north was fire, the west was water, the south was earth, the east was wind, and the center was lightning, each kingdom had humans, but they evolved differently because of the elements they used, humans who used fire changed into these big and muscular guys called dwarfs, humans who used water changed into merfolk, humans who used earth changed into elves, and humans who used wind changed into fairies, while the humans who used lightning didn't change." Nick replied,
"There's more than just humans living in my world, Nick." Orchid said,
"I know, there's four other species', I'm friends with one from each one." Nick replied,
"Who and what are they, then?" Orchid asked,
"I met all five of them together, one was Mercer, he's a magperson, a humanoid person made out of magma, his body was black, hard as rock, and had red lines it, he was the most aggressive member. My next friend was Silver, she was a ningen, she was bipedal, her body's mostly white, she has fins on her wrists and ankles, gills on her neck, she has fingers and toes like a human, and her face was a bit like a bird's, she even had a beak, she was the only member who could breathe underwater. My third friend was Rock, he was a golem, he was made purely out of dark yellowish-brown rock, his eyes were just spaces in the rock, he had a mouth to speak with, though, he was our strongest fighter. My fourth friend was Aero, she was an aviator, she was a humanoid eagle, her body was covered in brown feathers, but her head was covered in white feathers, she even had long white hair, she was our fastest fighter, and the only one who could fly. My last friend was Alice, she was a regular human girl, but had control over lightning magic, she was the one who kept us together, she was also the most compassionate and empathetic of us." Nick explained,
"Oh, so you did meet the other species'." Orchid said,
"I met all five of them at the same time." Nick replied,
"Sounds like you had an adventure without me." Lance said,
"I'm sorry, Lance, but before I was able to save you from dying the first time, I went to mom's world unknowingly, Alice was actually the same age as you." Nick replied,
"Was her world like mine?" Harvey asked,
"No, they have kingdoms instead of countries, and they're not side-to-side like the countries in your world, dad, the kingdoms were all either in the north, south, east, west, and center, there's five areas to live instead of four. There's no industrialization there, it's all nature, and they have very little technology, nowhere near as advanced as your world, and not as advanced as this world. The people were not mean like dad's world, they were friendly, and they had a lot of houses and several temples." Nick replied,
"You said they had hybrids too, Nick?" Lance asked,
"Yeah, they're admired in mom's world instead of being shunned like in dad's world." Nick replied,
"How many hybrids did you meet?" Orchid asked,
"A lot, but I only got the names of the royal family." Nick replied,
"So you met Emperor Khan and Empress Noelle, they're the only two to be hybrids of all of the other countries, Khan is a hybrid of a human, a magperson, a ningen, a golem, and an aviator, while Noelle is a hybrid of a human, a dwarf, a mermaid, an elf, and a fairy." Orchid said,
"How do merfolk walk on land?" Lance asked,
"They can change their fins to legs and feet." Nick replied,
"Oh." Lance said,
"I'm surprised you're not a hybrid, mom." Nick said, Orchid glared at him,
"Do I look like a hybrid to you?" Orchid asked,
"No, but in dad's world, they have this technological device called skin paint, it allows the hybrid to paint fake skin onto themselves to cover their hybrid features." Nick replied,
"We don't have anything like that in my world." Orchid said,
"Not even a spell to hide your hybrid features?" Nick asked,
"No." Orchid replied,
"I still want to learn about you before you had me, mom." Nick said,
"Nick, we've been through this, my life before I had you is none of your business." Orchid replied,
"Can I at least get to know my ancestors?" Nick asked,
"No." Orchid replied,
"Why not?" Nick asked,
"I told you before, Nick, you are an individual person, who your ancestors were, and what they did doesn't matter." Orchid replied,
"They're still his family, Orchid." Harvey said,
"Did you share your family with him, Harvey?" Orchid asked,
"I tried to, but the government of my world destroyed all of the documents, and you know Nick wouldn't listen to me back then." Harvey replied,
"No wonder why I never learned about my ancestors from my dad's side." Nick said,
"Well, I have nothing to say about my family tree, Nick, you won't learn much anyway." Orchid replied,
"Can I at least know their names?" Nick asked,
"No." Orchid replied,
"It's no use, Nick, your mom's not going to tell you anything." Harvey said,
"You act just like my parents, Orchid." Lance said,
"Not my problem." Orchid replied,
"Let your mom read, guys, it's her break time." Harvey said,
"I still bummed out mom didn't teach me magic." Nick replied,
"That's because I wasn't in the mood to deal with a trouble making child with magic." Orchid said,
"Can you teach me now?" Nick asked,
"You're too old to learn now, you have to start when you're four." Orchid replied, Nick was disappointed,
"I've got my energy back, guys, come on, let's play somewhere else." Harvey said, and he and the two boys leave while Orchid continues reading a book. Volvox was listening and writing what Orchid said about her world, he took notes about it with a paper and pencil while using telekinesis on them, he kept them in his throne room and used the new information in hopes of finding Orchid's world.
Princess Celestia continued looking at Volvox's land, it has intrigued her, she saw the magic they used, she was wondering about it. Twilight Sparkle trotted to her and stood on the balcony with her,
"Oh, Twilight, I didn't hear you coming." Princess Celestia said,
"You look interested in that land, Princess Celestia." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Of course, Twilight, look, we can see they have magic, but their magic controls fire, water, earth, and wind, in other words, their magic is different from ours." Princess Celestia said,
"I want to learn their magic, then." Twilight Sparkle replied, Princess Celestia laughed,
"Patience, Twilight, they're busy right now, I'm sure you'll have the time soon." Princess Celestia said,
"That reminds me, when me and the others went there, Doctor Whooves actually recognized one of them, he said something about that man being called the Hero from the Sky, but he was very rude and dismissive." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Yes, Twilight, I heard him as well, that man is clearly not hero material, he would not bear an Element of Harmony in this world, I hope other heroes over there aren't like that." Princess Celestia said,
"I'm also wondering about those four skeletons on the horses." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"As am I, I've been wondering who they were." Princess Celestia said,
"If it's possible, I also want to spread friendship to their land." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"I think they already have it, Twilight, but making their friendship stronger with us wouldn't hurt, either." Princess Celestia said,
"I think that's a good idea, the ruler seemed friendly, too, he told us to leave his country because he didn't want us to get hurt." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Well, that's very kind of him, I think we're going to get along just fine." Princess Celestia said, the two smiled as they looked at Volvox's land, seeing the potential to make new friends.
Tom, Tiān lù, and the twelve Zodiac animals go to the west and see Canterlot, they saw Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia watching them,
"Uh, Tom." Rat said,
"Ignore them, the four beasts are appearing." Tom replied, the water moves up and four monsters came out, the world's natives looked on with horror at what they saw, the first beast was a lion with the wings of an eagle, the second beast was a bear with three ribs between its teeth, the third beast was a leopard with four heads and four wings, and the fourth beast was a tyrannosaurus with large iron teeth and ten horns on its head.
The four beasts begin heading to land,
"Okay, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Dragon, go!" Tom said, and they do.
Rat runs towards the first beast and it immediately bites him, but Rat turns into a shadow and disappears, Rat reappears from a shadow on the ground, he comes out of it and creates duplicates of himself, he had a kunai between each toe of his front right foot in each of his duplicates. The first beast was about to attack, but he felt ill, he exclaims with shock,
"That's right, my body is filled with diseases, you sickened yourself when you bit me." Rat said, the first beast wheezes as he gets sick, Fluttershy was watching with horror, Rat throws the kunais into him and destroys the first beast, his duplicates go back into him and he jumps back while the first beast disappeared.
The second beast goes forward and Ox ran to fight it, the second beast tries to slash Ox, but Ox makes his own skin harden, he endured the attacks with no pain, he grows bigger and wrestles the second beast, he grows bigger and picks the second beast off of the ground, he smashes him into an ice cap and he disappeared, Ox changed back to normal and ran back.
The third beast flew forward and Tiger went to fight him, the beast flew to him and Tiger roared with fire coming out of his mouth, he lunged forward. The third beast tried biting Tiger, but it could not pierce his hide, he looks and sees Tiger has changed his body into metal, he begins to slash the third beast, it was overwhelmed by Tiger, he also uses his power to manipulate metal from the south and fire from the north, he melts the metal with the fire and the liquid metal falls onto the third beast and encases it, it disappeared, Tiger changes back and runs back.
The fourth beast walks forward slowly while Dragon floated to it with his long body, he stood up and watched the fourth beast carefully before deciding on what he should do. The fourth beast runs to Dragon and tries to impale him with his ten horns, but Dragon makes an ice cap come out of the water with his magic, which traps the fourth beast's horns in it, Dragon then breathed fire out of his mouth and burned the fourth beast. Dragon makes boulders appear in the sky and uses wind magic to force them down onto the fourth beast, but they broke when they hit him, so he holds his front legs out and makes wood appear around him, he sets them on fire with his fire breath and shoots them at the fourth beast. The fourth beast gets its horns out and jumps up, it bites Dragon, but hurts its own teeth, it sees Dragon has changed his body into rock, Dragon shoots ice out of his mouth and freezes the fourth beast, it sinks to the bottom of the water, he goes underwater and sees the fourth beast frozen, he makes a boulder appear above it and the fourth beast gets smashed and it disappears, Dragon swims out and goes back to the others.
The fourteen watch and they hear rumbling in the water,
"Get ready, Dog, Leviathan is appearing." Tom said, and Leviathan came out of the water, he was a serpent,
"I am Leviathan, Prince of Envy." Leviathan said,
"I thought you were a female." Dog replied,
"That's my sister, the Maker killed her." Leviathan said, and his eyes glow green, he makes the people become filled with jealousy and they start attacking one another. Dog makes two heads appear, they were to the sides of his main head, he grows in size and was about the same size of Leviathan. Dog runs to him and begins trying to slash him, but Leviathan makes green snakes appear and they tangle Dog, but he grows in size again and destroys the snakes. Dog grows wings out of his back and flies to Leviathan, he makes fire appear all around him and changes his three heads to the shape of an axe. Dog begins cutting Leviathan into pieces, but Leviathan uses his powers to activate a device in Volvox's fortress. The device floats up and everybody sees the Lament Configuration float up, it activates and Pinhead, Butterball, Female, and Chatterer, the world's natives scream in horror at the appearances of the cenobites,
"Now, serve me and destroy this being." Leviathan said,
"No." Pinhead replied,
"What?" Leviathan asked,
"We have been shown we were all once humans, and you have changed us, we do not serve you any longer." Pinhead said, Leviathan was shocked, Dog used the opportunity to use his heads to cut Leviathan apart with his heads as axes, Leviathan was destroyed, but his green snakes were not, Thunderbird shoots blue electricity at them and destroys them, it flew back to Volvox's kingdom, the world's natives were curious about that bird. Dog changes back to his regular form and goes back while Charybdis sucked the snakes into herself,
"I never did get your powers." Ox said,
"It's complicated, I have many powers." Dog replied,
"It is time to head south, Behemoth and Popobawa await." Tom said, and they all go to the south.
Volvox sends the cenobites back into the box and looks around his kingdom again, he was careful with modern technology, a lot of things have happened already in his native world, Tartarus was under a high school, a foggy world in a TV, and a world of a person's twisted desires that can be entered through an app on a phone. The Count of Saint Germain comes back from the future,
"I was not able to discover who broke the first four seals, Volvox." the Count of Saint Germain said,
"I see, I may have an idea on who it was." Volvox replied,
"I have to admit, we have had many threats in our land, I lost track of them." the Count of Saint Germain said,
"Uh... um... I don't remember any of them." Volvox replied,
"I mean, it's not just people who were threats, don't forget those cursed objects in your quarters." Dommiel said,
"I haven't, I'm keeping them heavily guarded." Volvox replied,
"That reminds me, we should see how our citizens are doing." the Count of Saint Germain said, Volvox nodded and he stands on top of his fortress. Volvox looks around and sees his citizens were all inside, but Ash was busy partying and getting drunk, while Orchid was still sitting on the grass and reading. Harvey, Nick, and Lance go back home and saw Orchid was still there,
"Uh, mom?" Nick asked,
"What?" Orchid asked,
"I forgot to bring this up, but while I was in your world, I also met Egliatos." Nick replied, Orchid glared at him, Volvox thought Egliatos was a weird name, it was pronounced "Ay-glee-ah-toes",
"When did you meet him?" Orchid asked,
"When I saw him on a balcony." Nick replied,
"Did he say anything about me?" Orchid asked,
"Quite a bit, in fact." Nick replied,
"What did he tell you?" Orchid asked,
"That you were one of the six court wizards of the world, you were known as the Wizard of Elements, the other five were Ulysses, Pericles, Socrates, Rose, and Violet, he said Ulysses was the strongest member, and he was the Wizard of Light, he then talked about Pericles, and said he's the Wizard of Time, then he talked about Socrates, he was called the Wizard of Fauna, he then talked about Rose, and said she's the Wizard of Flora, Violet was the next one, he said she's the Wizard of Love, and then he talked about you, he said you were the second-in-command." Nick replied,
"I wasn't." Orchid said,
"What?" Nick asked,
"We were all equal in rank, there was no leader, we all led one another." Orchid replied,
"He also talked about your origins." Nick said,
"What?" Orchid asked,
"I'm serious, mom, he did." Nick replied,
"What did he say?" Orchid asked in a subdued voice, but they can tell from her tone that she was angry,
"He said you lived in a small town in the wind kingdom, he attacked it and destroyed it, you escaped, but your parents died, you went on to live in the earth kingdom, you studied magic with a book your parents left, you mastered them all when you were eight, it caught the attention of Khan and Noelle, they took you in and you trained alongside the other five wizards in the magic you six excelled in, and became court wizards to help them fight Egliatos, but he was too powerful and you eight lost. After that, you were unhappy with living in the world, so you learned a spell to go to another world and came to this one." Nick replied,
"What else did he tell you?" Orchid asked,
"That's it." Nick replied, Orchid continued to glare at him,
"Are you mad at me, mom?" Nick asked,
"Does it look like it?" Orchid asked, Nick was worried,
"Why did he tell you that?" Orchid asked,
"He said it was because he thought I was curious of your origins." Nick replied, Orchid was still angry,
"You're still mad at me for the pain I caused when you gave birth to me, right?" Nick asked,
"Nick, trust me, I have endured pain worse than childbirth." Orchid replied,
"I was also taught by your world's people that the five elements each represent something." Nick said,
"Yes, fire represents strength, water represents focus, earth represents endurance, wind represents speed, and lightning represents knowledge." Orchid replied,
"I am curious, what was it like giving birth to me?" Nick asked, Orchid glared at him,
"I got a scar on my crotch from giving birth to you." Orchid replied,
"Oh." Nick said,
"I was surprised, your mom actually didn't show much pain when giving birth, I now know why." Harvey said,
"Did you wear a white wedding dress on your wedding day, Orchid?" Lance asked,
"No, I hate dresses." Orchid replied sternly,
"How about a skirt?" Nick asked,
"I hate those, too." Orchid replied,
"Leave her be for now, boys, Orchid would like her time alone." Harvey said,
"Go play with your father." Orchid said,
"Yes, mom." Nick and Lance replied,
"One more thing, you two don't need to call me mom, you can just call me Orchid." Orchid said,
"Yes, Orchid." Nick and Lance replied, and they go back to Harvey. Volvox continues looking around and finds nothing, so he decides to watch the fourteen who were out fighting the monsters.
The unicorns, Pegasi, alicorns, griffins, changelings, dragons, and hippogriffs were in the sky trying to see what was in Volvox's kingdom, some of them were holding up the earth ponies and yaks so they could see as well,
"Ah don't see anythin'." Applejack said,
"Me neither, the north is covered with volcanoes, the south has all of that forest, the east is too far from here, the west looks to be underwater, and the center is too far to see anything from here." Rainbow Dash replied,
"I can't wait anymore! I wanna enter!" Silverstream said,
"Be patient, Silverstream, we're all curious, but they're busy fighting now, and that three headed guy said he'll let us know when it's safe." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"I hope it's soon, Flurry Heart's getting excited about it, too." Princess Cadence said, Flurry Heart held her front legs up and cooed excitedly,
"I sure hope it's soon, as well, that place looks interesting to explore." Princess Luna said,
"Ooh, I can't wait." Pinkie Pie said,
"I don't think any of us can." Sandbar replied,
"Yona wanna see forest." Yona said,
"Really? I wanna see the volcanoes." Princess Ember replied,
"I'll stick with the forest area, too." King Thorax said,
"Stop deciding, guys, we'll explore them all together when they let us." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"How? Some of us can't enter that underwater area." Gallus replied,
"Some of us can't enter that area in the sky, either." Scootaloo said,
"Don't worry, everycreature, we'll find a way." Princess Celestia said,
"Hey, look, I can see those fourteen guys right there." Princess Skystar said, they see them and watch them through the trees.
Tom, Tiān lù, and the twelve Zodiac animals go to the south and look for Behemoth,
"Keep going, Behemoth is near, we'll worry about Popobawa after him." Tom said,
"How about Judas and his mother, where are they?" Tiān lù asked,
"Judas is in the north, Cyborea is in the center." Tom replied, and the ground soon erupts, it bursts open and they see Behemoth, he had the body of a rhinoceros, he stood on his hind legs, a long tail, and the head of a water buffalo, his entire body was somewhat light purple,
"You no longer protect us." Tom said,
"I stopped protecting the land when you Zodiac animals finished fighting the Horoscope." Behemoth replied in a deep voice,
"It has cost you your soul. Take him out, Monkey." Tom said, and he jumps forward.
Behemoth uses earth magic to make boulders appear in front of Monkey, he jumps onto them and gets past them with ease, he was in front of Behemoth and Monkey was about to fight. Behemoth gets ready to smash Monkey, but he stops when he sees there was three of him, the left one had hands over his eyes, the right one had hands covering his ears, and the center one had hands over his mouth, Behemoth was confused, he decides to smash them anyway, but sees they were stones. Behemoth looks around and hears Monkey calling him to his right, he looks and sees him, he punches him with his right fist, but sees it was another statue, Behemoth growled as he heard Monkey calling him from all directions. The ground erupts and small monkeys come out, each one was transparent, Behemoth was very shocked,
"You don't remember? When the people's dead ancestors are revived, they come back as monkeys." Monkey said from the boulder, Behemoth looks and saw Monkey was back. Behemoth growls and turns around to smack Monkey with his tail, he hit another statue, he hears flying in the sky and sees Monkey riding on a nimbus cloud, Monkey laughs while Behemoth tries to hit him, he was too fast, Monkey jumps up and holds his right arm up and brings it down, he had a red staff with him, he hit Behemoth in the head with it, the monkeys at his feet climb him and begin attacking him, Behemoth fell over and disappeared while the monkeys went back into the ground.
Tom leads the others to where the Popobawa was at, they smell a foul odor and follow it to where it was coming from, hear heavy breathing in a hut and see a human on the chest of a dwarf female, he was suffocating her,
"Tell the others of this event, spread it to everyone in the town, if you don't, then I will come back and do this again until you do." the human said, Tom shoots a yellow beam out of his right hand at the human, he flew out of the hut, the beam changes the human to a small humanoid bat form with just one eye,
"We meet again, Popobawa." Dragon said,
"I grow tired of you guys interfering with my fun." Popobawa replied,
"Why did you join Cyborea?" Rooster asked,
"It seemed fun, spreading chaos and panic around the countries sounded like joy." Popobawa replied,
"You shall find oblivion, get rid of him, Pig." Tom said, and Pig ran to him, Popobawa ran away in hopes of finding another sleeping person, Pig floats up and makes his fur turn gold, causing all of the countries to have light shine, it was bright, and Popobawa was blinded but he continued running, he sees a village when the light disappeared, he flies to it and saw it was empty, he was shocked, he remember the village being filled with people this morning, he flies around and looks for another village, he sees one and sees everybody was awake, he turns around and saw Pig, which startled him,
"Having trouble, Popobawa?" Pig asked,
"What's going on?" Popobawa asked,
"One of my powers, grant good luck to my friends and allies, and bad luck to my enemies." Pig said, Popobawa was scared, he tried to fly away, but could not due to Pig using his powers to give him bad luck,
"There's no escape this time." Pig said as tusks grew out of the sides of his mouth, he rams into Popobawa and impales him, Popobawa screeches and disappears, Pig retracted the tusks and ran back to the others.
Pig went back to the others and saw Tom and Tiān lù were gone,
"Where's Tom and Tiān lù?" Pig asked,
"Went to the north to fight Judas and Cyborea Iscariot." Dog replied,
"Well, our jobs are done, what now?" Rat asked,
"We wait." Tiger replied,
"What? But you're not the leader." Monkey said,
"When Tiān lù is away, Tiger and I are in charge." Dragon replied,
"Oh, fine." Monkey said,
"Let us watch, I'm sure Volvox would let us watch from his fortress." Ox replied, and the twelve Zodiac animals went back to Volvox's fortress, they stood on the roof and looked to the north. Fluttershy and Silverstream looked at the Zodiac animals excitably, but they were scared of Dragon, Rarity was a bit scared and disgusted to see Rat, Prince Rutherford and the yaks wanted to meet Tiger and Ox, while the dragons wanted to meet Dragon, the ponies and hippogriffs wanted to meet Horse, the griffons wanted to meet Rooster, the changelings wanted to meet Dog and Rooster, and Twilight Sparkle wanted to meet all of them, they watch to the north with the others.
Tom and Tiān lù go to the north and volcanoes were everywhere,
"Judas will be appearing here soon." Tom said,
"Where's Cyborea?" Tiān lù asked,
"To the north of here, she moved here from the center country." Tom replied, and Tiān lù flew to the north.
Tom hears walking and saw Judas Iscariot coming, he uses telekinesis to try to destroy the ground and make Tom fall into the lava, but he just simply floated over it. Judas walks over to Tom to fight him,
"You betrayed Jesus and helped Mabus." Tom said,
"What of it?" Judas asked,
"It has cost you your soul." Tom replied, Judas glares at him and shoots fire out of his hands, Tom made a yellow shield appear around him and it blocked the fire, Judas was already getting angry, he shoots fire out of his eyes, Tom blocked it as well, Judas growls and shoots fire out of his mouth, Tom blocked it, Judas was getting enraged,
"Read my mind, Judas." Tom said, and Judas does,
"It cannot be!" Judas said,
"Yes, you are destined to fail." Tom replied,
"How did you find out?" Judas asked,
"It was foretold by gyromancy." Tom replied, Judas was shocked, but he refused to yield, so he uses telekinesis to make the ground shift around, Tom just flew around while Tom wasted his energy. A sphere of yellow energy appeared in his right hand, he fires it at Judas, he screams and was obliterated, Tom flew back to the Zodiac animals.
Tiān lù flew forward and saw Cyborea, she had on a black cloak and was hooded, her skin was pale,
"We meet at last." Tiān lù said,
"Indeed, I've been waiting for you." Cyborea replied,
"Let's see what we got." Tiān lù said, and Cyborea floats up and makes skeletons come out of the ground, they attack Tiān lù. Tiān lù holds his front legs up and gold floats around him, he shoots them forward and the coins cut the skeletons apart. Cyborea exhales and green mist comes out of her mouth, any part of nature that was consumed by her breath died, Tiān lù used his powers to revive them, Cyborea tries to think of something but could not,
"Giving up already?" Tiān lù asked,
"Yes, but I am fine with it, I am just the first threat you face, there are several more." Cyborea replied, Tiān lù shrugged and shot gold coins into her, she disappeared, Tiān lù flew back to Volvox's fortress.
Volvox was with his entire court while the other countries watched,
"The threat has been dealt with, but Cyborea said she's working for someone else." Tiān lù said,
"Yes, I heard." Volvox replied,
"I still cannot foresee who the leader is." Tom said,
"Don't worry, Tom, I think I have an idea on who it is." Volvox replied, he then looked at the world's natives,
"The threat's dealt with, you all can come over now." Volvox said, everybody became excited and went to his country.
Twilight Sparkle and the others go to them, they decided to go see Volvox first,
"So, what exactly is this place?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"This is my land, my job is to watch the humans evolve, I had to choose whether they should evolve in either magic or science, I chose magic, and this is where we're at now, my land is only an island back on my world." Volvox said,
"Can you explain your magic?" Princess Celestia asked,
"Our world has four elements, fire, water, earth, and wind, the humans also discovered light magic and dark magic, they make up the forbidden arts due to how powerful they are, we also have alchemy, some of the people here can teach you that, and we lastly, enchantment." Volvox replied, the world's natives were interested,
"Who are these twelve animals here?" Fluttershy asked,
"We are the Zodiac." Dragon replied,
"The Zodiac? Are you guys special or something?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Yes, we existed before the humans, we were at war with the Horoscope." Rat replied,
"The Horoscope?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"Twelve more powerful beings, Rat fought Sagittarius, Ox fought Capricorn, Tiger fought Aquarius, Rabbit fought Pisces, Dragon fought Aries, Snake fought Taurus, Horse fought Gemini, Sheep fought Cancer, Monkey fought Leo, Rooster fought Virgo, Dog fought Libra, and Pig fought Scorpio." Dommiel replied,
"What were the Horoscope members?" Apple Bloom asked,
"Sagittarius was a centaur, Capricorn was a goat with a fishtail, Aquarius was a man who held a small bucket filled with water, Pisces was two fishes put together, Aries was a ram, Taurus was a bull, Gemini was actually two people, Pollux and Castor, twin brothers, Cancer was a giant crab, Leo was a lion, Virgo was a maiden, Libra was actually a set of balancing scales, it moved and spoke on its own, and Scorpio was a scorpion." Volvox replied,
"Where are they now?" Scootaloo asked,
"Up in the sky as constellations." the Count of Saint Germain said,
"Wait, you guys didn't take their lives, did you?" Sweetie Belle asked,
"No, of course not, the war was a stalemate, so the gods decided to create humans to progress how the planet evolves, they're watching us from up there." the Count of Saint Germain replied,
"How did the war start in the first place?" Princess Celestia asked,
"Uh?" the twelve Zodiac animals replied,
"It started because the Maker made it happen, I was created just to observe, the Maker wanted one of the two groups to act as rulers for human society, but since the war went nowhere, the Maker decided to take the Horoscope to the overworld and left the Zodiac on the earth, they've been under my command, but I have that guy over there keep an on them." Volvox said,
"And you are...?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"Tiān lù." Tiān lù replied,
"What are you?" Spike asked,
"I'm a Pixiu." Tiān lù replied,
"What is it you do, exactly?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"I bring wealth and good fortune to the unfortunate." Tiān lù replied,
"Friends are more valuable than worth, Tiān lù." Princess Celestia said, Tiān lù was speechless,
"Why did you all come here?" Princess Luna asked,
"It was by mistake." Dommiel replied,
"What were you guys doing?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"You all saw the woman with the five jewels on her outfit, right?" Volvox asked,
"Yeah, what about her?" Spike asked,
"We're looking for her world so she can return home." Volvox replied, surprising the natives,
"Oh, so you're trying to get someone home." Princess Skystar said,
"Yeah, we haven't had much luck so far." Dommiel replied,
"What do you do?" Smolder asked,
"I'm the emperor's right hand." Dommiel replied,
"Right hand?" Pinkie Pie asked,
"It means he's the second-in-command, Pinkie." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"I really can't say I like how your outfit looks." Rarity said,
"My outfit was not designed to look good, it was designed for combat and protection." Dommiel replied,
"What's yer name?" Applejack asked,
"Dommiel." Dommiel replied,
"How bout you, what do you do?" Granny Smith asked,
"I'm the Count of Saint Germain, I'm a time traveler, I go to the future every once in a while, but it's tiring for me, I usually give Volvox info on events to come." the Count of Saint Germain replied,
"What about you?" Sugar Belle asked,
"My name is Tom, I was an apprentice to Nostradamus and Rasputin, I am a prophet, people come to me to have their futures told." Tom replied,
"Nostradamus and Rasputin?" Shining Armor asked,
"Nostradamus was a prophet, this helmet is a keepsake that has been enchanted with his future seeing powers, Rasputin was a monk with mystical powers, he taught me how to see into the future without the helmet." Tom replied,
"You guys have people who can see into the future?!" Silverstream asked excitedly,
"Yes, but only a few." Volvox replied,
"Who else can see into the future?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"There's a man back in our world named Lucas Kane, he can see into the future from time to time as well." Volvox replied,
"Yes, but his powers pale in comparison to mine." Tom said,
"Who is that guy to your left?" Scootaloo asked,
"Giovi, he's a ghoul, he doesn't talk." Volvox said,
"So, is he mute or something?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"No, he can talk, he just chooses not to." Dommiel replied,
"Who are those two behind you?" Princess Celestia asked,
"Oh, those are my two pets, Phoenix and Thunderbird." Volvox replied, they screech and fly to Volvox, Phoenix was to his right, and Thunderbird was to his left,
"Wow!" Silverstream said,
"Are these new to you guys?" Volvox asked,
"We've seen a phoenix before, but never a thunderbird." Smolder replied,
"Say? Where did you get those two?" Dragon Lord Torch asked,
"I took them in after their parents were killed in battle, I took care of them since birth." Volvox replied,
"Is one male, and the other female?" Fluttershy asked,
"No, they're both male." Volvox replied,
"Is this everybody?" Princess Celestia asked,
"Oh no, there's more people to my court, today's an off day for them." Volvox replied,
"Well, call them over, we'd like to meet them." Princess Cadence said, Flurry Heart cooed excitedly, Volvox used his telepathy to call the remaining members of his court to come. Everybody hears walking and teleporting, they see the four cenobites return, much to everybody's horror, Ash was back as well, along with several other humans,
"What are you guys?" Twilight Sparkle asked the cenobites,
"Demons to some, angels to others." Pinhead replied, making the natives uncomfortable,
"You desire books, there's a library of books in Hell." Pinhead said,
"Oh my gosh, I need to see it." Twilight Sparkle replied, Princess Celestia touched Twilight Sparkle's left shoulder with her front left hoof,
"Twilight, control yourself, I am sensing there is a very heavy price to pay if you give into your desires with him." Princess Celestia said,
"As for you, you desire to be with your sister, I can let you two be together forever, and never be separated." Pinhead said,
"I'm fine with how close I am to her now." Princess Celestia replied,
"Uh, can we move on to someone else? Their appearances are scaring me." Ocellus said, the others agreed and they go to Ash,
"You again?" Rarity asked,
"I'm a part of the court, lady." Ash replied,
"Ash, explain. How did you go to the past?" Princess Cadence asked,
"The Book of the Dead." Ash replied, Twilight Sparkle's attention was caught,
"Where is it?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"In my quarters, sealed away." Volvox replied,
"I wanna see it." Twilight Sparkle said, and Volvox uses his telekinesis to bring it out, he shows it to the world's natives,
"Oh my, I've never seen a book like this." Twilight Velvet said,
"That cover is scaring me." Ocellus said,
"It's scaring me, too." Sandbar replied,
"What the?" Twilight Sparkle asked as she felt the book's cover with her front left hoof,
"It feels like the cover is made out of flesh." Twilight Sparkle said, making everyone uncomfortable,
"That's just creepy." Rainbow Dash said,
"I'm scared to see what's in it." Ocellus said,
"Okay, we get it, you're scared, you don't have to always mention it." Gallus replied,
"Well, let's open it." Twilight Sparkle said, and she uses her telekinesis to open the book. Everybody was uncomfortable when they saw the writing was in blood, the pictures of the monsters, and the spirits that are summoned by the book,
"Oh my, it looks like this book is a summoning book, you have to chant what the writing says, but I am unfamiliar with this book's language." Princess Celestia said,
"Where did you find this?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"In a cabin in the woods." Ash replied,
"What about this 'Hero from the Sky' thing?" Princess Luna asked,
"He was said to come from the sky and save the humans from the monsters, I went there by mistake due to an experiment-gone-wrong." Doctor Whooves replied,
"So, what exactly is your role in the court?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"If the deadites start coming, I'm your go-to guy." Ash replied,
"Deadites? What are deadites?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"Basically, they're monsters from that book." Volvox replied,
"Oh." the world's natives said,
"Who is this guy?" Silverstream asked, the man did not answer,
"That's Corvo, he's not one to talk." Volvox replied,
"What does he do?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"If either me or Giovi are too sick to defend Volvox, he's our substitute." Dommiel replied,
"That mask of his is scaring me." Sweetie Belle said, the foals look and were scared of it, so was Flurry Heart, she hid when she looked at Corvo's mask,
"Yak see something on left hand." Prince Rutherford said,
"Yona wonder what mark is as well." Yona said, black mist appears behind Corvo and a man floated above him, the world's natives gasp,
"That mark on his left hand is my mark." the man said,
"Who are you?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"I am the Outsider, I give people I am interested in my mark, and I watch them shape history." the Outsider replied,
"You are destined to be opposed." Tom said,
"I am aware of that, Tom, I am awaiting for that day to come with great anticipation." the Outsider replied,
"It would be nice if you helped." Princess Celestia said,
"I am more of an observer, I prefer to watch, I will be watching the events that happen with great interest." the Outsider said, and he disappeared,
"Where did he go?" Sandbar asked,
"To the Void, it's a realm he takes people to when they're asleep." Volvox replied,
"Well, in that case, I'll be looking for him." Princess Luna said, and they look at the next human,
"What's your name?" Pinkie Pie asked,
"That's Lazlo En Kuldes, he doesn't talk much, either." Dommiel replied,
"What's his role?" Diamond Tiara asked,
"He's a bit of a soldier, he was washed away from his family when he was young." Tom replied, saddening the natives,
"Oh no." Fluttershy said,
"Do you have any memories of your family, Lazlo?" Princess Cadence replied, Lazlo shook his head,
"So, why is he a member of the court for?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"He's the one who evacuates the citizens in times of danger." Dommiel replied,
"Oh." the world's natives said, and they go to the next seven humans,
"Who are you guys?" Sunburst asked,
"Harry. Harry Mason." Harry said,
"Uh... James." James said,
"I'm Harry's daughter, my name's Heather." Heather said,
"Henry." Henry said,
"Alex." Alex said,
"Travis." Travis said,
"Murphy Pendleton." Murphy said,
"What do they do in yer court?" Apple Bloom asked,
"They're not official members, I need their help for a case." Volvox replied,
"What is it?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"These seven know of a place called Silent Hill, they have reported it to be foggy and full of monsters, they also said the place is bloody and rusty at times, but Henry was trapped in a room called Room 302 of South Ashfield Heights, he said he went to the areas around Silent Hill with two holes in the wall, and Alex is from Shepherd's Glen, his family's ancestors are from Silent Hill, and he said the fog and monsters from Silent Hill were in Shepherd's Glen, and Henry's apartment was home to someone who was involved with the residents of Silent Hill, I've been looking for the place to investigate what's going on there." Volvox replied, shocking the world's natives,
"Have you found it?" Princess Celestia asked,
"Not yet." Volvox replied,
"What kind of monsters did y'all encounter?" Applejack asked,
"Children with knives attacked me." Harry replied,
"A monster with a pyramid on his head and wielded a giant knife." James said,
"A woman who tried to be the incarnation of God." Heather said,
"Ghosts." Henry said,
"A smog monster, a monster that was a man and a woman fused together, and a monster doll." Alex said,
"A tall man wearing a heavy raincoat, a gas mask, and carrying a sledgehammer, I also had to deal with a man in a wheelchair." Murphy said,
"My mom and dad got revived from the dead and tried to kill me, I also had to fight a humanoid monster who wielded a giant meat cleaver." Travis said, the world's natives were scared,
"What about this bloody and rusty areas?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"A siren would go off, and the town would become all bloody and rusty, it'd rain, too." Harry said, Henry and Travis were confused,
"Wait, did you say a siren?" Henry asked,
"Yeah. Why?" Harry asked,
"I came into these otherworldly areas by the holes in the walls of my apartment." Henry said, shocking the world's natives,
"I know the bloody and rusty area, but I entered and exited them through mirrors, it was like another world, there was no siren." Travis said, the world's natives were horrified,
"Twilight, I agree with the ruler on this, I believe this Silent Hill is worth investigating, this place sounds more dangerous than the Everfree Forest." Princess Celestia said, the others agreed and they see there were no more humans,
"Do you have anymore objects besides that book?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Yup, they're in my quarters, I have cursed objects with me, they're in my safe room." Volvox replied,
"We'd like to see them." Princess Celestia said, the others agreed,
"This way." Volvox replied, and he walks, the others follow him.
Volvox takes them to his safe room and shows them the cursed objects, he had them sealed inside rectangular boxes that were transparent, each one was labelled and there was a plaque that said what the cursed object does,
"Myrtles Plantation Mirror: Hand prints, strange marks, and ghosts appear inside this mirror." Twilight Sparkle said, making everyone uncomfortable, they go to the next one,
"Annabelle the Doll: possessed by a demonic entity, it will change positions, attack others, and manipulate people to obtain their souls." Smolder said, shocking the world's natives,
"Where did you find this one?" Princess Celestia asked,
"It was given to me by paranormal investigators." Volvox replied,
"You should destroy this." Princess Ember said, the dragons agreed,
"About that, that could actually set the demonic spirit free, and it could possess another object." Volvox replied, everybody moved on to the next one,
"Okiku: Hair never stops growing." Princess Cadence said, Rarity chuckles,
"I sure would not mind having an ever growing mane." Rarity said, they go to the next one,
"Robert the Doll: Causes car accidents, broken bones, job loss, divorce, etc., do not take picture of this doll." Gallus said, horrifying the natives,
"How did you get these?" Applejack asked,
"My land is only a small part of the world we're from, it's a small island, there are many more places in our world than my land, these objects are from those areas." Volvox replied, they go to the next object,
"Wedding Dress of Anna Baker: Dress moves on its own." Sandbar said,
"That's one of the harmless ones." Volvox said,
"Still, it's a shame you have to put it in here, that's a lovely dress." Rarity replied, they look at the next one,
"The Hands Resist Him: Anyone who comes into contact with this painting falls ill and dies, the boy and doll also argue, and the boy will sometimes comes out of the painting." Princess Luna said,
"This sounds like something Discord would make." Rainbow Dash replied, the others agreed and went to the next one,
"The Crying Boy Painting: Burns down any house this painting is in." Ocellus said, it really scared her and the changelings, but they go to the next one, Rarity was interested in it,
"Hope Diamond: Whoever has this will have misfortune befall on them." Rarity said,
"What is the misfortune?" Princess Celestia asked,
"It's different every time." Volvox replied, they go to the next one, Rarity was interested in that one as well,
"Koh-i-Noor Diamond: Any male who wears it will have misfortune fall upon them." Spike said,
"Like the last one, it's different each time." Volvox said,
"Why just males for?" Dragon Lord Torch asked,
"I'm not sure, but I believe it was cursed to be that way." Volvox replied, they go to the next one,
"Basano Vase: Anyone in possession of this vase will die." Twilight Sparkle said, everyone was uncomfortable,
"This is one of the most cursed objects." Volvox said, they go to the last item,
"Camera Obscura, captures and exorcises ghosts." Silverstream said, everybody was uncomfortable when they heard about ghosts,
"Ghosts?" Rarity asked,
"Yes, this was found in a mansion and given to me, I've kept it here ever since." Volvox replied,
"Is there anything else?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Nope, that's all." Volvox replied,
"Well, let's go, everybody, let's see the countries, we'll start with this one since we're already in it." Princess Celestia said, the others agreed and they walked out of Volvox's fortress and into the country.
Everybody walks around and saw it was like modern human society,
"It's alright, guys, this place is just like my world, I'll know what to do." Sunset Shimmer said, everybody smiled and walked together, they see Nick was walking around, they decide to go see him,
"Excuse me." Twilight Sparkle said, Nick looks at them,
"Can you show us around?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Well, I am heading home, I guess I can explain while I walk home." Nick replied,
"Thank you, that would be really nice." Princess Celestia said, and Nick heads home while the world's natives follow him, Nick showed them around and explained what the areas were, there were many houses and stores around, the store he was at was the grocery store. Nick arrives home and saw Orchid was reading a book while sitting on the grass,
"Mom, I'm home." Nick said, Orchid moved her book down from her face and saw the world's natives, they recognized her,
"Wait, you're that woman from earlier." Princess Skystar said,
"What do you guys want?" Orchid asked,
"The emperor is letting us explore his land, we'd thought we could have your son show us a bit." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Well, there's nothing here." Orchid said,
"It looks like they have magic, mom, just like you." Nick said,
"I doubt it's the same as mine." Orchid replied, the unicorns cast telekinesis and teleportation spells, some also cast other spells, the changelings change into other animals, the dragons breathe fire, and the hippogriffs change into seaponies,
"As I said, it's different from my magic." Orchid said,
"What can you do?" Maud Pie asked, Orchid holds her right arm out with her hand open, and her fingers and thumb bent and pointing at Maud Pie, she shot a yellow beam with gray rocks in it out of her thumb, a small green tornado out of her pinky finger, red and orange fire out of her ring finger, blue water out of her index finger, and purple lightning out of her middle finger, they go to Maud Pie and she was hit by rocks, cut by the wind, engulfed by water, burned by fire, and electrocuted by lightning all at once,
"MAUD!!" Pinkie Pie said with horror,
"It's alright, Pinkie, I got it." Maud Pie replied, and the five elements disappear,
"Hmm. You're more resistant than most, most are knocked out cold in a few seconds." Orchid said,
"What other spells do you have?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Do you wish for me to test them on you?" Orchid asked,
"What? No." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Then don't ask me." Orchid said,
"Can you teach me now, mom?" Nick asked,
"No." Orchid replied,
"Why not?" Nick asked,
"Most start learning magic when they're four, Nick, you're eighteen, you're way too old." Orchid replied,
"Why didn't you teach him back then?" Shining Armor asked,
"Because I wasn't in the mood to deal with a mischievous child with magic." Orchid replied,
"Where's dad, anyway?" Nick asked,
"He's busy flying around with Lance on his back." Orchid replied,
"Oh, I was wondering who your father was." Sandbar said,
"Uh, about that, my dad's appearance might be a bit surprising." Nick replied,
"Oh, come on now, how bad can it be?" Rainbow Dash asked, they see Harvey land in front of them with Lance on his back, the world's natives gasp when they see him,
"I heard you guys from the sky." Harvey said,
"This is my dad." Nick said, the world's natives look at Harvey's mutant, machine, and alien parts,
"What happened to you?!" Twilight Sparkle asked with horror,
"What do you know about genetic code and genetic engineering?" Harvey asked,
"Only that I can find out who's related and unrelated." Twilight Sparkle replied,
"Then you won't understand my condition if I do explain it." Harvey said,
"Are you a native of the land?" Rarity asked,
"No, I'm just like my wife, I'm from another world, a world of science." Harvey replied, surprising everyone,
"Who is that on your back?" Silverstream asked, Lance flew down and everybody was shocked to see he had the same mutations as Harvey,
"I'm Lance, Nick adopted me." Lance said,
"You were experimented on, too?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Lance nodded,
"Who else got mutated?" Applejack asked, Nick flexes his body and his mutations appear, with clothing except his pants ripping, shocking the world's natives,
"The same people who mutated my dad and Lance mutated me as well." Nick replied, the world's natives were very shocked,
"Come on, everycreature, let's go look around." Princess Celestia said,
"Well, it was nice to see you guys, hope we meet again." Ocellus said,
"Okay, enjoy the rest of the kingdom." Nick replied, and the world's natives walked away.
Everycreature walks around while they look at the natives in the kingdom, they see a man walk by, he had silver hair, wore a red trench coat, brown pants, and black mid-calf length boots, he had a sword on his back, and a holster for a black pistol and a white pistol, he stood out more than the others, but they ignored him and walked by. The world's natives see a lot of houses and a few stores around,
"Wow, this is just like where I live." Sunset Shimmer said,
"Still kind of disappointing, though." Rarity replied,
"Where should we go next?" Derpy asked,
"Definitely east, I wanna see how the land floats in the sky like that." Rainbow Dash replied,
"No way, let's go west, I wanna see the underwater civilization." Silverstream said,
"Let's go north, to the volcanoes." Princess Ember said,
"Yak want to go south, to land full of forest." Prince Rutherford replied, and everybody argued,
"Everycreature." Princess Celestia said as she shot up a yellow signal from her horn, they look at her,
"It doesn't matter where we go first, we're going to them all, anyway, we'll start north and go counterclockwise, we'll get a chance to see everything in this land." Princess Celestia said, the others agreed and everycreature headed out of the kingdom in the center, and went to the north, to the fire kingdom.
Everycreature goes to the fire kingdom, but the volcanic environment was too hot for everycreature except the dragons, Twilight Sparkle casts a spell on them so they can resist the heat. They walk in and see the giants, centaurs, oreads, and Valkyries. Everycreature looks and sees the natives of the fire kingdom had a militaristic culture, the giants wore Spartan armor, the centaurs wore armor of the Roman Legion, the oreads wore Samurai armor, and the Valkyries wore Amazon armor,
"Hi there, welcome to Vesuvius." a male giant said, he was about eight feet tall,
"What's with all of the weapons and armor?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Oh, that's for protection, back then, when a threat to the land emerges, they usually appear in this country." the giant replied, surprising the world's natives,
"Come on, I'll show you all around." the giant said, and he does, everybody walks around and the volcanoes erupted everywhere, everycreature except the dragons were uncomfortable, even with the heat resistant spell on them. Everycreature looks and sees the giants ate mostly meat, which made the ponies uncomfortable, the centaurs ate meat as well, the oreads were omnivores, and the Valkyries ate meat, they all drank wine. Everycreature then sees them holding tournaments, everyone was divided by race, everyone fought honorably and fairly, sick and injured combatants were not attacked, neither were downed or disarmed opponents, the dragons, griffons, and yaks enjoyed their culture, but the others did not.
Everycreature continues traveling and see the natives of Vesuvius had homes made out of molten rocks, they believed it was so they could withstand the heat of the kingdom, they also see a lot of the children were working as blacksmiths, they were also being trained in combat, alchemy, and magic, everycreature sees the natives shooting fire out of their hands and mouths, they notice the natives were also adept in manipulating lava,
"Guys? Where are the last people?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Oh, you mean the golems, they're further in the country." the giant replied, and he leads them, they see the golems lived like knights, they followed a code of chivalry, they see they had to fight fairly and honorably, they notice they were not allowed to hurt children either,
"Can we go? This country is burning my wings." Grampa Gruff said, everycreature except the dragons agree,
"Well, I hope you all enjoyed it here, you're welcome anytime." the giant said,
"Wait, what's that temple back there?" Twilight Sparkle asked, the giant turned around and saw a black temple built out of onyx and was decorated with rubies,
"Oh that, that's where we worship the fire and sun gods." the giant replied, Princess Celestia laughs,
"Then maybe you guys will have to worship me, I am a sun goddess." Princess Celestia said,
"We'll see about that, have a good tour, everyone." the giant replied, and everybody left Vesuvius and went to the water kingdom in the west.
Everycreature walks to the west and the hippogriffs were excited, they all turn into seaponies and go into the water, but they exclaim with shock and change back and fly out, back to the others,
"What's wrong?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"It's too cold." Silverstream replied, Applejack places her front right hoof into the water, she quickly took it out,
"Whoo, it's cold, alright, it's colder than walkin' through snow bare hoofed." Applejack said, shocking the world's natives. Queen Novo looks and saw several merfolk casting magic with water, ice, and snow, she flies to them,
"Excuse me." Queen Novo said, they look at her,
"Can you heat up the water for us?" Queen Novo asked,
"Oh, are you all the tourists?" a mermaid asked, Queen Novo nodded,
"Hold on." the mermaid said, and she and other merfolk went into the water and swam around to heat it up, much to everycreature's awe. They finish and swans land in the water, Fluttershy became excited and flew to them,
"Hello, my name is Fluttershy, I'd like one of you as a pet." Fluttershy said,
"Uh, we're not pets." a swan replied in a female voice, shocking everycreature,
"We're swan maidens, we change when our feathers are taken off." another swan maiden said,
"Can we see?" Spike asked, the swan maidens remove their feathers and they transform into human women wearing white dresses, causing everycreature to gasp in awe,
"Oh my, what beautiful dresses." Rarity said,
"Thank you, but they come with us." a swan maiden replied,
"So, uh, what exactly happens to you guys?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"We bathe and play in the water, but if a man takes our dress, and we find it, he'll only give it back if we promise to marry him." another swan maiden replied, Rarity gasped,
"No, no, no, a gentlecolt would never do such a thing." Rarity said,
"Well, it's not our call, they do it." a swan maiden replied, and they put their feathers back on and change back to swans.
The world's natives hear singing and see sirens, they looked like human females, they wore white dresses, they sat on the ice caps,
"Oh, you all sound like sirens." Rarity said,
"We are sirens." one replied, and they continued singing, Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer began to have flashbacks of Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk, they put it in the back of their minds and keep looking. Everycreature sees the hyades were making rain fall into the water, the Pegasi were reminded of their own rain clouds, Fluttershy also saw the selkies were seals in the water, they went onto land and changed to humans, much to her surprise. The nereids, naiads, and oceanids were all doing different things, they were the physical workers of the country,
"Are you all ready to see Atlantis?" the mermaid from earlier asked,
"Uh, Atlantis?" Applejack asked,
"It's where we all live, it's under the water." the mermaid replied,
"Hold on, everyone." Queen Novo said, and she flew to her kingdom and got her pearl, she uses it to change everycreature into sea creatures, much to the surprise of the natives of the water kingdom,
"Okay, this way." the mermaid said, and they all swim underwater. Everybody swims to the bottom and sees Atlantis, everycreature saw shopping markets outside, all of the creatures lived together peacefully,
"Welcome to Atlantis, everybody." the mermaid said, everycreature was in awe at what they saw, but they were still uncomfortable by how cold the water was,
"This water's still freezing." Smolder said,
"I know, even I'm having trouble enduring it." Silverstream replied, the changelings try to change into something more comfortable, but nothing can help them withstand the coldness of the water, a lot of them had chattering teeth,
"Sorry about that, the cold mostly comes from the ice caps from above." the mermaid said, and she swims forward, they follow her and were in awe at Atlantis' architecture, they looked like traditional Chinese and Japanese shrines and temples, along with some Greek architecture, which reminded the ponies of Cloudsdale,
"Wow, some of your buildings look just like what we have in Cloudsdale." Rainbow Dash said,
"Really? What a coincidence." the mermaid replied,
"Can we meet the rulers?" Princess Skystar asked,
"Yes. Please?" Terramar asked,
"About that, since some of those nymphs are new, we'll have to establish new rulers, so maybe another time." the mermaid replied,
"How do you defend against threats above the water?" Terramar asked,
"Oh, I'm glad you asked, this way." the mermaid replied, and she swam up, they followed her. Everycreature was above surface and they see a strait with a six headed monster and a giant whirlpool,
"This is Scylla and Charybdis, they're our main defenders." the mermaid said,
"Oh, you look like a friendly fellow." Fluttershy said as she flew up to Scylla, her six heads smiled,
"Hey, don't forget Charybdis, she's alive, too." the mermaid replied, and Fluttershy flew to it,
"Hi there, look at yourselves, defending the small from terrifying monsters." Fluttershy said, Charybdis span around happily,
"Come on, I'll show you all around some more." the mermaid said, and they all go underwater.
The mermaid takes them to Atlantis and they gasp with surprise when they see the water kingdom were artistic people, they had paintings, fashion, music, cuisine, and dance shows, the regular fish lived with them peacefully. Everycreature looks around and sees sculptures and statues made out of ice,
"Whoa, that looks awesome." Sandbar said,
"Thank you, it took a while to make." the mermaid replied,
"What's through there?" Pinkie Pie asked as she pointed her front right hoof to a sealed off area,
"Oh, don't go there, that area is called Styx, it is one of the five rivers to leads to the underworld." the mermaid replied, surprising everyone,
"What are the other four rivers called?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, and Cocytus." the mermaid replied,
"Are they all in this country?" Princess Luna asked,
"No, Phlegethon is in the fire kingdom, Acheron is in the earth kingdom, Lethe is in the emperor's kingdom, and Cocytus is in the wind kingdom." the mermaid replied, the world's natives realize they already missed two of them,
"Well, that's it for this kingdom, nice meeting you all." the mermaid said, and the world's natives said bye as they swam back up to the surface and Queen Novo uses her pearl to change them all back. Everycreature was cold, especially the ponies and dragons, they look and see the natives of the water kingdom were using ice and snow magic again,
"Okay, everycreature, time to go south, to the earth kingdom." Princess Celestia said, and everyone headed south, the yaks and earth ponies were carried while the unicorns used telekinesis on themselves to fly, and the others just flew there normally.
Everybody stands in front of the earth kingdom, with forests and trees in front of them,
"Okay, everycreature, stay together, the last thing we want is someone getting lost." Princess Celestia said, the others agreed and they walk into the forest. Everycreature looks around with discomfort at the earth kingdom,
"Honestly, y'all, this feels like the Everfree Forest." Applejack said,
"Eeyup." Big Macintosh replied,
"I see a village up ahead, this way." Dragon Lord Torch said, and he leads them. Everycreatures arrives at the village and the dwarfs aim bows and arrows at them, scaring the ponies, changelings, and hippogriffs while the dragons, griffons, and yaks got ready to fight,
"Halt! Stand down!" a male dwarf in green viking armor said, and they all do, he had long hair and a long beard, they were both white,
"Sorry, we can't be sure who's ally or foe." the dwarf said,
"Why not?" Applejack asked,
"Because if a threat doesn't appear in the fire kingdom, then it's most likely going to appear in this one." the dwarf replied, surprising the world's natives,
"Can you show us around?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Yup, we were expecting you all, the ruler of the dwarfs put me in charge to give you all a tour, welcome to Dorado." the dwarf replied, and he leads them. The dwarf shows them the village while everyone looks around,
"As you all know, we control four elements, but earth was the first one discovered, water was next, wind was the third element discovered, and fire was last." the dwarf said,
"Why was earth the first one discovered?" Sunburst asked,
"Because we all live on land, and we discovered water magic by having people live at the sea, wind magic was discovered by mistake when we had tornadoes, and fire was discovered by taking the risk of going to a volcano, we control the elements with our minds." the dwarf replied, surprising everyone,
"You guys only need to use your mind to control magic?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Yes, we learn magic by meditating in the environment where the element is most abundant, earth is the easiest since land is everywhere." the dwarf replied, the natives of the world were interested, they look and see the dwarfs had the art, music, architecture, fashion, and cuisine of Scandinavians, they were a bit militaristic as well,
"You guys are militaristic, too?" Shining Armor asked,
"Have to be, but unlike the fire kingdom, they focus on attack, we focus on defense." the dwarf replied,
"The Great and Powerful Trixie would like to know where the other creatures are at." Trixie said,
"They're farther in the woods, this way, and be careful." the dwarf replied, and he led them to their lefts. Everycreature walks together and stop in surprise when they saw the trees were walking around,
"You all have live trees?!" Silverstream asked excitedly,
"Yes, but be careful, they can't see you, they'll step on you if you're in front of them." the dwarf replied, making everycreature uncomfortable, the dwarf leads them down a path that avoided the walking trees and they continue going to the east. The dwarf takes them to a tribe and nymphs, the alseides, auloniades, leimakides, napaeae, oreads, anthousai, dryads, hamadryade, and hyleoroi. The dryads, hamadryade, and some hyleoroi lived in the trees, other hyleoroi lived in the forest. The alseides lived in glens and groves, the auloniades lived in pastures and valleys with some of the napaeae, the leimakides lived in meadows, the remaining napaeae lived in glens and grottoes, the oreads lived in small mountains that were in the forest, and the anthousai lived in fields of flowers. The nymphs did not have a particular way of living, they were all doing different things,
"Ooh, ooh, ooh, can I pick some of the flowers?" Sweetie Belle asked,
"It depends if those nymphs let you." the dwarf replied,
"Wait, so they're called nymphs?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"Yeah, the ones in the water kingdom are also nymphs, sirens are just a variety." the dwarf replied,
"What about the swan maidens?" Princess Cadence asked,
"Those are not nymphs." the dwarf replied,
"Are there anymore?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"The tribes of the cyclopes are this way." the dwarf replied, and he takes them farther east. Everycreature arrives at the eastern most part of the earth kingdom and they saw the cyclopes,
"Look, they have one eye." Gabby said,
"Yeah, just like Arimaspi." Gilda replied, the cyclopes look at them,
"Oh, they're smaller than I thought." a blue cyclops said, he then says "Follow me." and they do, they see the cyclopes lived as a tribe,
"Oh, this like Yona's home." Yona said, the other yaks and see the cyclopes lived like Native Americans, the yaks agreed, the cyclopes also smashed things to test their strengths, which made the yaks happy,
"Nice to see similar culture to ours, but we go now." Prince Rutherford said,
"Okay, be careful out there." the blue cyclops replied, the world's natives smiled and the dwarf leads them back.
Everybody arrived back at Dorado after a long walk,
"Time to go the other way now, we have more tribes over there." the dwarf said, and he leads them, the natives were getting a bit tired.
Everybody heads west and they see more walking trees,
"You all have to come to this land at night as well, there are some creatures that only come out at night." the dwarf said, the world's natives groaned tiredly,
"Don't worry, they're easy to see, you all will likely see them from your home countries." the world's natives sighed with relief and followed him.
They all keep going and Fluttershy stops with awe,
"Aw." Fluttershy said as she flew to it, they see her going to a rabbit,
"You remind me of Angel..." Fluttershy said, she stopped abruptly, the others go to her and were shocked and surprised by what they saw, the rabbit had antlers,
"Ah, this is a jackalope, they don't come out often, and are very rare to see, don't worry, they're passive creatures." the dwarf said,
"How were they created?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Don't know, they already existed when we first found them." the dwarf replied, he then says "This way, the last two tribes are over here." and they follow him. They all arrive at a tribe that was filled with goblins, the yaks were interested again, the goblins lived in tribes as well, but their way of living was similar to the tribes in South America,
"They're a quiet bunch, they speak their own language, we don't understand it, come on now, the last tribe's farther west." the dwarf said, and he leads them farther west, Pinkie Pie tried to greet them and befriend them, but the goblins did not react due to them not understanding her, they shook her hoof when she held it out, she smiled and went to the others. Everycreature arrives at the last tribe and they see it was the ghouls,
"Yak like their way of life." Prince Rutherford said, the others look and agreed, the ghouls look and just continued with their days,
"These are the ghouls, they're usually out at night, they're also a quiet bunch, speak their own language, too, and don't worry, they won't attack unless they feel threatened." the dwarf said,
"They don't seem to have bladed claws like the one we saw with the emperor." Twilight Velvet said,
"Oh, about that, Giovi lost his claws in a war, he replaced them with knife blades." the dwarf replied, everybody looks and sees the ghouls lived similarly to African tribes,
"Well, that's everything, hope you enjoyed Dorado and the tribes." the dwarf said,
"Wait, take us to Acheron." Twilight Sparkle replied, the others agreed,
"Very well, this way." the dwarf said, and he led them back to Dorado and headed north, they arrive at a stream,
"Here it is, Acheron, one of the five rivers to the underworld." the dwarf said, they hear faint crying in it,
"Is that crying?" Windy Whistles asked,
"It's called the River of Woe for a reason." the dwarf replied,
"What are they sad about?" Scootaloo asked,
"It's different for each person." the dwarf replied, everycreature felt bad,
"Well, that is all, hope you enjoyed the kingdom." and they all walk out of the forest,
"Alright, one more, let's go, everycreature." Princess Celestia said, and they went to the wind kingdom.
The Pegasi, alicorns, griffons, dragons, changelings, and hippogriffs flew to the wind kingdom while the unicorns used telekinesis on themselves to fly up, and the earth ponies and yaks were carried by others. They see the wind kingdom was a bunch of land floating in the sky, and there was no room to land due to them all being covered with architecture. The elves and fairies come out and see the world's natives, the elves used wind magic to fly around, while the fairies had butterfly wings and flew with them, everycreature was in awe, a female fairy sees them and flies to them,
"Are you all here to visit?" the fairy asked, they nodded,
"Well, welcome to Everest, the wind kingdom." the fairy said, and she flies around, they follow her,
"Sorry about having nowhere to land, we are kind of populous." the fairy said,
"It's alright, so what do you guys do?" Princess Celestia asked,
"We act as the main connection between this land and the land of the gods." the fairy replied,
"Wait, there's more?" Pinkie Pie asked,
"Yeah, the overworld and the underworld, we can't enter, the angels and demons don't like foreigners in their land." the fairy replied, much to their disappointments,
"Wait, why are you guys living on land that is floating higher than the other creatures?" Princess Ember asked, they looked and noticed some pieces of land were floating higher than others,
"Oh, about that, unlike other countries, where everyone is equal and lives together, we live in a caste system, us fairies are of higher status than the elves." the fairy replied,
"What? But why?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Because the fairies existed before the elves, and our wind magic is stronger than theirs." the fairy replied,
"That doesn't sound fair so far." Spike said,
"Actually, we all have different roles, the elves provide us food and alchemy ingredients, and in turn, the fairies provide them protection from harm." the fairy replied,
"Oh, so it's a cycle, you all provide one another." Princess Celestia said,
"Yeah, pretty much." the fairy replied,
"Where are the others?" Sandbar asked,
"Oh, they're up there flying around." and they see Nephele was on a cloud, and to their surprises, a monkey,
"Who is that monkey?" Princess Luna asked,
"That's Sun Wukong, he was kicked out of the overworld for causing trouble." the fairy replied, they keep looking and see the sphinxes and harpies,
"Are those sphinxes?" Daring Do asked,
"Yeah, they're new." the fairy replied,
"We have sphinxes, too." Somnambula said,
"Oh, I didn't know." the fairy replied,
"Who are those birdies?" Pinkie Pie asked,
"Harpies, they're new, too." the fairy replied,
"You all don't have any wildlife?" Fluttershy asked, the fairy turned around and whistled. The creatures see a griffon fly down,
"Hey, it looks like us." Grampa Gruff said,
"It is, it's a griffon." the fairy replied, the others smiled,
"What is that over there?!" Silverstream asked excitedly, they look and see a hippogriff, it had the front half of an eagle, and the rear half of a horse,
"That's a hippogriff." the fairy replied,
"Hippogriff? It looks nothing like us." Princess Skystar said,
"Wait? You all are hippogriffs?" the fairy asked, the hippogriffs nod,
"I see, well, the ekeks and wakwaks come out at night, that is all." the fairy said,
"Can you take us to Cocytus?" Applejack asked, the fairy was silent and then sighed,
"This way." the fairy replied, and she leads them, it was to the very north of the kingdom, everybody sees the people of the wind kingdom had architecture similar to the Mayans and the Aztecs. They arrive at Cocytus, they see it was a waterfall that led to the underworld,
"Here it is, the river of wailing." the fairy said, and everybody hears loud crying in it, which made them uncomfortable,
"Let's leave, those cries are making me scared." Mr. Shy said, the others agreed, and they left. Everycreature sees the people of the wind kingdom lived in wooden houses with straw roofs,
"Well, that is all, hope you all enjoyed." the fairy said,
"Wait, what about the temples and places of worship?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Oh, the main ones are those temples over there, we worship the rest in our homes, the earth kingdom's people also worship their gods in their homes, the land and sky have many gods." the fairy replied, surprising everycreature,
"Well, that is all, hope you all enjoyed it." the fairy said, and the world's natives head home and rest for the day.
Night time comes and everybody hears thuds in Volvox's land, they look and were surprised by what they saw, there were orcs and Talos in the fire kingdom, trolls, ningen, and Laestrygonians in the water kingdom, the trolls were on the ice caps while the other two were in the water, the ghouls and goblins were wondering around in the earth kingdom, and the ekeks and wakwaks were flying around in the wind kingdom. Everybody was most interested in the other things they saw, they saw enenra in the north, ghost ships in the west, will-o'-the-wisps and fireflies in the south, floating white orbs in the east, and regular ghosts in Volvox's kingdom. Volvox stood on top of his fortress and looked, he saw a tribe of Sasquatches in the south as well, they lived underground caves, and Monkey was bringing back dead ancestors, they were monkeys as well. Twilight Sparkle looked on with Princess Celestia to her left,
"What do you think, Princess Celestia?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"I have sensed them with my magic, they're all ghosts, they are the people who have lost their lives." Princess Celestia replied,
"What are they doing out here for?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"I'll go ask the emperor." Princess Celestia replied, and she flew to him,
"Excuse me." Princess Celestia said, Volvox saw her flying in front of him, she flapped her wings as she stayed in place,
"What's going on?" Princess Celestia asked,
"The spirits of the dead come out at night, each one does something different, the ones you see now are going to their homes to see their families." Volvox replied, Princess Celestia's attention was caught, she looks at them and saw the fireflies fly out of the country and go to Fluttershy,
"Hello there, you all should head to your homes." Fluttershy said, she sensed something strange about them,
"These fireflies, I sense poor and sad souls in them." Fluttershy said, Volvox uses his telekinesis on himself and flies to Fluttershy, he landed on the ground softly, in front of her,
"That's because those fireflies are ghosts of soldiers who got killed in a war." Volvox replied,
"Oh, you poor, poor things, losing your life and your family never being able to see your families ever again, you all should go see them now." Fluttershy said, and they fly to the earth kingdom. Everybody hears a crow calling and Volvox sees it, he realizes what it was,
"Eric." Volvox whispered, they hear a guitar playing in Volvox's land and they look, they saw a man playing on a roof, he had on a black long-sleeve shirt, black pants, black boots, and a black trench coat, he had messy and wavy black shoulder-length hair, and white makeup all over his face, with a black vertical line on his eyes, black makeup on his lips, black horizontal lines on the sides of his lips. The world's natives look at him and watch him,
"Who is that?" Silverstream asked,
"Eric Draven, he's a special kind of ghost." Volvox replied,
"What's special about him?" Applejack asked,
"See the crow watching us?" Volvox asked, they do and nod,
"That crow is his connection to this world, if it is harmed or killed, he will become vulnerable." Volvox said,
"I thought I sensed something strange about that crow." Fluttershy said,
"Well, I'll go back now, I think we can establish relationships tomorrow." Volvox replied, the world's natives agreed excitedly and Volvox went back to his fortress, they all slept while the creatures and ghosts roamed around.
The next day comes and the nymphs were put into society, they were treated equally in the water and earth kingdoms, while the wind kingdom labeled them below the elves due to them being new, and having less wind magic than them, their jobs in the caste system was to babysit the young when the adults were away, which they did not mind, since their children were friendly and well behaved.
Volvox forms relationships with the world, but it was a little hard for him to keep track. The fire kingdom had healthy relationships with the griffons and dragons, but were strained with the ponies, hippogriffs, and changelings, while they were mostly neutral with the yaks. The water kingdom got along greatly with the ponies and hippogriffs, but was a bit strained with the yaks, and neutral with the changelings, dragons, and griffons. The cyclopes, ghouls, and goblins of the earth kingdom had a great relationship with the yaks, while the dwarfs were neutral with them, the rest of the earth kingdom had a mixed relationship with the ponies, they were also neutral with the changelings and the hippogriffs, and had a strained relationship with the griffons and dragons due to them trying to steal gold from their country from time to time. The wind kingdom was mostly neutral, their closest allies were the griffons and hippogriffs, the yaks were neutral with them, their relationship with the dragons were strained due to the dragons trying to steal their valuables, and they were neutral with the ponies and changelings, Princess Celestia especially disliked the kingdom's caste system, she believed it spread inequality and unfairness around their kingdom. Volvox's kingdom had a healthy relationship with the six countries due to its freedom and openness of other heritages.
Tom was sitting at a table just outside of Volvox's kingdom, he was in front of the earth kingdom, and people from the four kingdoms go to him, they were there to receive information on their futures, a male dwarf was seeing him,
"I wish to know when I will be able to be looked upon by the gods." the dwarf said,
"You will find oblivion." Tom replied, the dwarf became sad and left. A female elf goes to him,
"How will I do on finding my family?" the elf asked,
"You will fail." Tom replied, the elf was shocked, she ran away crying. A female cockatrice walked to him next, much to everyone's surprises,
"I want to know when my species will be respected again." the cockatrice said,
"That day will never come." Tom replied, the cockatrice became shocked,
"My people don't give up hope and optimism." the cockatrice said,
"That is why your kind is disposable." Tom replied, the cockatrice was too shocked to speak,
"TOM!!" Twilight Sparkle yelled angrily as she and her five friends ran to him from his right,
"It really pays a lot to be polite." Twilight Sparkle said,
"I am only giving them their future, whether they can handle it or not is their problem." Tom replied,
"How can you be sure it will happen?" Applejack asked,
"My visions of the future have never been wrong." Tom replied,
"Well, if that's true, can you tell us about Equestria's future?" Rarity asked,
"The fate and future of the other countries does not concern me." Tom replied, shocking the Mane Six,
"You clearly can use some lessons in friendship." Twilight Sparkle said,
"Such lessons are not important when you know how it is going to end." Tom replied, the Mane Six glare at him,
"Come with us, we can teach you how to act." Twilight Sparkle said, and he follows them.
Tom arrives at the School of Friendship and he was sent to Applejack's and Fluttershy's classes to learn about kindness and honesty, he did not learn anything. Classes ended and Tom floated around and saw Cozy Glow, he watched her carefully,
"Who enrolled her into this school?" Tom asked,
"I did. Why?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"You have secured your school's doom." Tom replied, and he floated out of the school, to Volvox's land while Twilight Sparkle looked at him with a frown.
Volvox was trying to contact some of the gods, he wished to have a word with them, he had Dragon, Horse, Sheep, Rooster, and Pig go to the overworld to contact the gods. The five return and God went to them, the world's natives see him and look on with surprise,
"I would like to know if anything strange has been happening in the overworld." Volvox said,
"Actually, yes, the lamb didn't break the first four seals, Volvox." God replied,
"How are the other three?" Volvox asked,
"They are still intact." God replied,
"Okay, so the trumpets haven't been sounded, yet." Volvox said,
"Yes, the bowls are still full, too." God replied,
"Okay, Tom said Cyborea was only the beginning, more threats will appear soon." Volvox said,
"We have heard, we already confirmed it's not Apep." God replied,
"I think I know who it is." Volvox said,
"Okay, I have to go back now, Volvox, take it easy." God replied, and he went back to the overworld,
"Wait, Emperor Volvox, can you come to us for a minute?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Volvox used his magic to teleport into Equestria,
"What is it?" Volvox asked,
"What are the seals, trumpets, and bowls?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"You don't know about them?" Volvox asked,
"Actually, none of us do." Princess Celestia replied, Volvox sighed,
"The seven seals are what triggers the end of the world, the first four seals have already been broken, they are what summoned those four horsemen, the first seal summons the guy on the white horse, he spreads conquest throughout the land, the second seal summons the one on the red horse, he spreads war, the third seal summons the one on the black horse, he spreads famine, and the fourth seal summons the one on the pale horse, he spreads death." Volvox replied,
"What do the other three do?" Princess Luna asked,
"The fifth seal will cause those who attend the shrines and temples in several of my kingdoms to be slain by martyrs, the sixth seal will cause the sun to be as black as a shadow, and the moon to be red like blood, the stars will fall, nature will be destroyed, and everybody will hide, and the seventh seal will be nothing but pure silence for half an hour, after that, seven angels will appear to sound off trumpets." Volvox replied, the world's natives were uneasy,
"What do the trumpets do?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"The first trumpet will cause hail, fire, and blood to fall, and burn up one third of the trees and all of the grass. The second trumpet will cause a burning mountain to fall into the sea, and one third of all ships and sea life will be destroyed, along with one third of the water becoming blood. The third trumpet will make a star called Wormwood fall to the land, and poison one third of my land's drinkable water, its bitter taste will kill people. The fourth trumpet will make the sun, moon, and stars one third dimmer, and they will not move. The fifth trumpet will cause Abaddon to appear with his army to torment my people for five months. The sixth trumpet will cause four angels to come out of the water, they will lead a cavalry of two hundred million troops, and kill a third of my people. The seventh trumpet will cause a new kingdom to rise, and there will be lightning, thunder, earthquakes, and a hailstorm, and the doors to the temple will open." Volvox replied, this made everyone uneasy,
"And the bowls?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"The seven bowls come after the trumpets, the first bowl will make painful and foul ulcers appear on those who do not worship the gods. The second bowl will make the entire sea change to blood, all life in them will die. The third bowl will make all of the drinking water change to blood. The fourth bowl will make the sun extremely hot, so hot, it burns people alive. The fifth bowl will make darkness appear all over the land. The sixth bowl will dry up all water in my land, and people will prepare for battle. The seventh bowl will make an earthquake happen that will shake my entire land, and a hailstorm will happen, each piece of hail will weigh about a hundred pounds, I think you all may have found out already, but the first threat from Cyborea was only the beginning, someone else was commanding her, when that seventh bowl is poured, that person will also appear." Volvox replied, everycreature was shocked and uneasy,
"It ain't gonna affect us, is it?" Applejack asked,
"Well, if things go right, no, only my land will be affected." Volvox replied, the others were relieved,
"Well, if that time's not for a while, I would like for some of your people to come to the School of Friendship." Twilight Sparkle said,
"Well, I guess I can try one, I'll send someone besides Tom to check it." Volvox replied, the ponies smiled,
"Thank you for giving us a second chance, Volvox, I'll be looking forward to seeing who your student is." Twilight Sparkle said, and Volvox went back to his kingdom.
The next day comes and Celestia was raising the sun, but a dragon comes out of the water kingdom and causes an eclipse, everybody realized it was Bakunawa, it blocked out the sun and made the land dark. Princess Celestia flew to Bakunawa,
"Excuse me." Princess Celestia said, and Bakunawa looked at her,
"I'm going to ask you kindly to move aside." Princess Celestia said, Bakunawa did not listen,
"I would like for you to move so I can rise the sun." Princess Celestia said, Bakunawa just ignored her and kept going,
"Can you please move so I can put up the sun?" Princess Celestia asked in an annoyed tone, she was trying her best to stay calm, Bakunawa just moved up slowly, Princess Celestia was starting to get angry. The sun moved up on its own and Princess Celestia was surprised, she looked at the sky and saw a female humanoid moving the sun, Volvox and Dommiel looked, they realized it was Amaterasu. Princess Celestia smiled and flew to her,
"Thank you, I was at my wit's end." Princess Celestia said,
"You're welcome, controlling the sun is my job, too." Amaterasu replied, and she went back to the overworld, Princess Celestia became happy and went back to Canterlot.
Volvox asked who in the five kingdoms wanted to go to the School of Friendship, no one did, so he decided to have the ponies decide, they decided to have Nick come. Harvey and Orchid went with him,
"Okay, I just need you all to sign here, and we'll be done." Twilight Sparkle said, and Harvey and Orchid signed the papers,
"Friends and Family Day is around the corner, I'll be looking forward to seeing you two." Twilight Sparkle said, and the two left,
"Do you have any magic to show us, Nick?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Sorry, but no." Nick replied,
"Oh, right, your mom didn't teach you." Twilight Sparkle said,
"Yeah, I became more like my dad instead." Nick replied,
"Was your father like that before you were born?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Yes, but he kept it hidden, his world has this spray paint device that allows people to paint fake skin onto themselves, hybrids like him used it to hide from the world's government." Nick replied,
"Oh, I see." Twilight Sparkle said,
"How about you? You don't look normal, either. You're the only person around here who has both, a horn and wings." Nick replied,
"Oh, about that, I'm a princess, I became one of these after accomplishing a princess worthy deed." Twilight Sparkle said, Nick felt sadness inside himself,
"How did you become what you are?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Experimentation, I was mutated into what I am now against my will, so was my dad and Lance." Nick replied,
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, and if possible, I'd like other natives here, too, I still want to share our magic with each other." Twilight Sparkle said, and he went to class. Nick watched the unicorns cast magic, the Pegasi, griffon, dragon, changeling, and hippogriff fly, he also saw earth ponies trying to grow crops, he also saw Ocellus transform from time to time, and Silverstream change to a seapony, Nick stayed at the school for the night.
Night time comes and Princess Luna was trying to raise the moon, but it kept moving on its own, Princess Luna was getting angry and looked into the sky, she saw three other deities trying to control the moon, two were male, and one was female,
"Let go, I'm trying to raise the moon!" Princess Luna said,
"It's my turn to raise the moon." one male deity said,
"No, it's my turn." the female deity replied,
"No, it's my turn." the other male deity said, the three were pulled out of the sky and into Equestria with telekinesis, Princess Celestia brought them,
"Who are you three?" Princess Celestia asked,
"I'm Khonshu." one male deity said,
"Tsukuyomi." the other male deity said,
"Artemis." the female deity said,
"We're gods of the moon." Khonshu said,
"Then why are you all fighting?" Princess Celestia asked,
"We take turns on who raises it at night." Artemis replied,
"And it's my turn." Tsukuyomi said,
"No, it's my turn." Artemis replied,
"Stop it, instead of arguing over who raises the moon, you all should raise it together." Princess Celestia said, the three deities become surprised, and they help Princess Luna raise the moon together, she stops with shock,
"Wait. What the?" Princess Luna asked, they looked and saw Rabbit was sleeping on the moon,
"Oh, right, Rabbit likes to sleep in the moon sometimes." Khonshu said, Princess Luna rolled her eyes and entered the dream realm, she saw a yokai called a Baku roaming the realm and eating away nightmares, Princess Luna smiled since it made her job easier, she was eating a grilled cheese sandwich while she worked in the dream realm.
The next day comes and Volvox was looking at the sky to see when the next natural eclipse will be instead of Bakunawa blocking the view, he heard fighting in his fortress and realized from the noises that Tiger and Dragon were fighting again, Volvox exhaled through his three noses. Tiger and Dragon appeared behind Volvox while he looked at the sky,
"Emperor, I cleaned the fortress for you." Tiger said,
"No, I cleaned it first." Dragon said,
"I cleaned faster than you." Tiger said,
"I cleaned more than you." Dragon said, the two growl at one another,
"Tiger, Dragon, we've been through this, I don't like one of you more than the other, I like you both equally, there is no need to try to win my favor." Volvox replied, the two continue growling and begin wrestling each other,
"And of course, you two never listen." Volvox said while he looked at the sky, Princess Celestia flew to them and separated them with her telekinesis,
"Stop it, both of you." Princess Celestia said, the two look at her,
"I have heard you two lead when Tiān lù is not around, you two need work together instead of fighting, it will drive your team apart." Princess Celestia said,
"Is that why you're here?" Dragon asked,
"More, my student wishes to test the powers of you twelve, she'd like to see what you all can do." Princess Celestia replied, the Zodiac animals were silent,
"Come on, guys, let's go." Tiger said, and they go to Equestria.
The twelve Zodiac animals were in front of Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse with the Mane Six, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Young Six, Spike, Trixie, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, Grampa Gruff, Prince Rutherford, King Thorax, Princess Ember, and General Seaspray,
"Alright, we need to know what you twelve can do, so we'll take turns and show us all of your powers, starting with the two leaders." Twilight Sparkle said,
Tiger was able to control fire and manipulate metal, he changed his skin to metal in the process, he also had enhanced physical strength, speed, and endurance, and his claws were able to cut through anything.
Dragon had complete control over fire, water, earth, wind, lava, ice, rocks, sand, snow, magma, light, and dark, he was able to change the time of the day, create illusions of the environment to trick his enemies, and create natural disasters, he also had control over wood, Spike and Princess Ember were shocked by how many powers he had.
Rabbit was able to create furry copies of himself to trick his opponents, he could also teleport, and shapeshift like a changeling, he also revealed he is powered by the moon, Princess Luna made it appear and Rabbit grew bigger and had canine teeth, Princess Luna made it disappear, Rabbit revealed his last power was telepathic control over jackalopes, they hopped to him to form a unit, he let them go back to their homes shortly afterwards.
Rooster could destroy things with his screams, which emitted purple sonic waves to appear, he can also fly for a short time, he transformed into a basilisk after absorbing sunlight, in that form, he could kill things by just touching them, turn creatures into stone with his eyes, and had toxic breath that made creatures choke, plants die, and water contaminated, Rooster changed back to his normal form afterwards, Fluttershy was horrified by his powers.
Dog revealed his powers depend on how humans view dogs, they allow him to transform, he transformed into an axehandle hound, which allowed him to use his head like an axe, Aralez, which allowed him to fly, a Barghest, which allows him to mark people for death by giving them a wound that never heals, along with command over other dogs, a Bul-Gae, which made him have control over fire, Cerberus, which allowed him to have three heads and snakes on his necks, along with another snake for his tail, Dip, which allowed him to suck blood, Laelaps, which allowed him to catch anything he chased, and Orthrus, which gave him two heads, and a snake for his tail, Dog's strongest form was all of them combined into one, which scared the world's natives.
Monkey could create statues of himself to full others, he can also make his calls come from any and every direction at once, and he could revive the dead, but they came back as monkeys, and he rode a nimbus cloud.
Sheep was able to make food, crops, and plants grow, and had control over water, he could turn into water to disappear and appear elsewhere, he also shown himself to be able to create and control tsunamis, this scared the hippogriffs.
Rat was a master at using throwing weapons, he can disappear into the shadows and hide in them, he was able to jump from shadow to shadow without coming out of the shadow he was hiding in, he was also able to create duplicates of himself, and his body was filled with diseases, anyone who made any kind of physical contact with him would make them ill and unable to be cured, Rat's last ability scared everyone, if he hid in the shadow of a person or animal, then he will possess that person or animal and have full control over them, and the host will have no memory of what happened when he left them.
Pig made tusks grow out of the sides of his mouth and was able to use them as weapons, he can also make his fur turn gold, which shined in the sun and blinded others, he said he needed a volunteer to show his last power, Princess Ember went, he charged at her and she tried to breathe fire, but she could not, he knocked her down and she grunted, he explained his last power was give himself and his allies good luck in battle, while his enemies receive bad luck, which surprised the world's natives.
Snake was able to extend his own size, there was no limit to how long or short he can get, he demanded to be cut apart to show his next power, so Rainbow Dash flew away and came back with a sword, she cut him apart and his severed body parts all grew heads and tails, impressing the world's natives, Snake then makes his body come back together, he revealed he can protrude fangs from the top of his mouth, they were seeping with poison, and like Rat's disease infected body, Snake's poison was incurable.
Ox was able to harden his own body so he was immune to all damage, and could not feel pain, he can also grow bigger in size, which increased his physical strength, he can also control the size and shape of his horns, while the world's natives found his powers unimpressive, they still liked them.
Horse had complete control over wind magic, he was able to run on the air, turn into gusts of wind, and summon tornadoes as well, he can also have a tornado around himself, which not only increased his speed, but destroyed whatever was around him, Horse had wind breath to blow things away, along with creating strong wind by flapping his tail around.
The world's natives were impressed with what they can do,
"Maybe Trixie can use you all for her shows." Trixie said,
"Sorry, but our powers are meant for battle, not to entertain." Ox replied,
"Speaking of battle, you two still need to learn teamwork, Tiger and Dragon." Princess Celestia said,
"Actually, we all work well as a team." Monkey replied, the other eleven Zodiac animals nod, Princess Celestia scoff,
"If you say so, but I'll be watching you twelve." Princess Celestia said,
"Why are there no female Zodiac animals for?" Twilight Sparkle asked, the twelve were speechless,
"Uh, actually, they were never created." Rabbit said, shocking the Mane Six,
"Well, we have to go back now, we've got things to do." Dragon said, and they do, Dragon actually lied and the twelve rested in Volvox's fortress.
Two days pass and Volvox decided to take a break from looking for Orchid's world, so he decided to try to look for Silent Hill in his world with his magic, Dommiel helped him, so did the Count of Saint Germain, they ran to him,
"Volvox, I think we found it." the Count of Saint Germain said,
"Show me the location telepathically." Volvox replied, and Dommiel did, he finds it and gets ready to use his magic to bring the area into the world, he was making it appear under the wind kingdom since there was nothing but dirt there. Volvox makes it appear and the world's natives see it, Volvox looked at it,
"No, this is Forgotten Hill, we're looking for Silent Hill." Volvox said,
"Drat, we're actually sensing strange things in that area, too." Dommiel replied,
"Like what?" Volvox asked,
"Monsters, ghosts, human puppets, and people being experimented on in a clinic." Dommiel replied,
"Well, we'll check it out later, let's send it back." Volvox said, and he does, and they keep looking,
"Wait, I found South Ashfield Heights." the Count of Saint Germain said, and he shows Volvox telepathically, he makes it appear under the wind kingdom,
"Can you come here for a minute, Henry?" Volvox asked, and he does,
"Is that it?" Volvox asked,
"Yes, Room 302 is on the third floor." Henry replied,
"Let's go." Volvox said, and he, Dommiel, the Count of Saint Germain, Giovi, Tom, the twelve Zodiac animals, and Tiān lù get ready to go,
"Wait!" Twilight Sparkle said, as she, her other five friends, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Shining Armor, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadence went to them,
"We're going with you guys." Princess Celestia said,
"Alright, but stay close." Volvox replied, and he uses his magic to shrink himself to the size of an average pony, much to the surprise of the ponies, Volvox then teleports himself and the others to Room 302.
The thirty one arrive at Room 302 and were in front of the door, Dommiel tries to open it, Fluttershy looks around and exclaims with shock, the others turn around and saw nineteen bloody hand prints on the wall,
"What in tarnation?" Applejack asked,
"Can we leave? This place is already scaring me." Fluttershy said,
"Stay with us, Fluttershy, we need to stay together." Twilight Sparkle said,
"The door's locked." Dommiel said, Volvox uses his powers to teleport himself and the others to inside the apartment room, they look and were shocked to see the door was chained up on the inside,
"Hey, there's a message." Pinkie Pie said,
"Don't go out!! -Walter." Princess Celestia said,
"Who's Walter?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"I think I know where he's at, this way." Dommiel replied, and he leads them to the hallway, they see a hole in the wall, they enter the secret room and see the supplies Walter used to make himself a ghost, the ponies and Spike were very uncomfortable,
"What happened in here?" Sunset Shimmer asked,
"He performed a ritual that allowed him to come back as a ghost, and create a world where he is the king." Tom replied,
"I am unfamiliar with the material used for whatever ritual he performed, but it does not look like a pleasant one." Princess Celestia said,
"Hey, you guys might want to see this." Shining Armor said, and they go to him, they see the water reflection he was looking at,
"What is this?" Princess Cadence asked,
"It looks like a portal, it looks one way, though." Princess Luna replied,
"That's all there is in this room, next area's the door on the right." Volvox said, and they leave and enter the bathroom.
Everyone enters the bathroom, it was crammed, Fluttershy screamed in horror, they look at her and became scared when they saw the blood in the bathtub,
"What happened here?!" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"According to Henry's report, when he woke up, he heard the shower running, he came in here and the shower stopped on its own, and this was here." Volvox replied, the ponies and Spike were uneasy,
"Hey, look at that wall." Spike said, they look and saw a big hole in the wall, it was barricaded, and there was a circle with weird symbols around it,
"I do not recognize these symbols, if it is a magic seal, then I have no clue what it is." Princess Celestia said,
"Next area's the bedroom, follow me." Volvox replied, and he leads them to the bedroom, there was nothing in there,
"Henry said this is where he always woke up." Volvox said,
"Well, duh, it's his bedroom." Rainbow Dash replied,
"That's not what he meant, come with me." Volvox said, and he leads them to the laundry room, the ponies and Spike were shocked when they saw blood coming out of the dryer,
"What did he put in there?" Sunset Shimmer asked,
"That happened on its own, it was empty." Volvox replied, the world's natives were uneasy, they look and gasp when they saw the hole in the wall, they saw four placards, they look at them, they were called Temptation, Source, Watchfulness, and Chaos,
"You all want to enter the hole?" the Count of Saint Germain asked, the ponies and Spike refused,
"What else is there?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Henry reported having fourteen hauntings when he lived here, he used candles and medallions to exorcise them." Dommiel replied,
"How effective were they?" Princess Cadence asked,
"Some hauntings were more stubborn than others, some came back even after being exorcised." Dommiel replied,
"It's up to us then, I'm going to cast a spell to exorcise them permanently, we will all see what they are while I do." Princess Celestia said, and she casts the spell, everybody saw the hauntings, the living room's clock ticking really fast, the living room's windows rattling, shoes that walked on their own and left bloody footprints, pulsating cracks in the wall in the living room and bedroom, a ghost appearing in the living room, bedroom, laundry room, and bathroom, a shadow in the bedroom's closet, the phone in the bedroom saying "I'm always watching you.", the living room's couch being covered in blood, blood coming out of the kitchen's faucet, a dead cat in the refrigerator, blood coming out of the peephole and Henry seeing a dead version of himself, the TV having static and an upside-down and twitching man on it, babies above the chest that were caused by a doll, and the picture of the church in the bedroom changing to a portrait of Walter's corpse's face. The hauntings scared everyone, but Princess Celestia exorcised them,
"There, is there anything more?" Princess Celestia asked,
"Nope, that's all, okay, we found one, we now have to find Shepherd's Glen and Silent Hill, let's get out of here." Volvox replied, and he teleported everyone out along with him, Volvox changes back to his regular size and makes South Ashfield Heights go back to his world, everybody left and went on with their days.
A few hours pass and the four kingdoms were trading with items they found in the nature of their respective countries, they all used them for alchemy. A racket was heard in the south and Volvox looked, he heard roaring,
"Me hungry." a booming male voice said, everybody looks and they saw a giant human male eating everything,
"Of course, Gargantua." Volvox said, Gargantua ate everything in front of him, some of the natives screamed while Gargantua reached down and picked up things, he ate them immediately, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle were shocked by what they saw, they thought Twilight Sparkle had a big appetite,
"Beelzebub, your servant got out." Dommiel said jokingly, the ground erupted and flies flew out, Beelzebub came out, he was a giant humanoid fly holding a staff made out of a skull and bones in his upper right leg, Rarity screamed at the sight of the flies,
"Where is it?" Beelzebub asked, Dommiel pointed to behind Beelzebub with his right index finger, Beelzebub turns around and saw Gargantua, he quickly turned around,
"He does not serve me!" Beelzebub said angrily,
"Guys." Twilight Sparkle said to Volvox's and Dommiel's rights and Beelzebub's left, they look and see the ponies,
"Who is this?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"I am Beelzebub, Prince of Gluttony." Beelzebub replied,
"Gluttony?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"Yes, he spreads the overindulgence of foods and drinks throughout the land." the Count of Saint Germain replied,
"Your appetite is insatiable, Gargantua." Tom said,
"But me feast in future, right?" Gargantua asked,
"You have no future." Tom replied,
"What do Tom mean me have no future?!" Gargantua asked,
"Your appetite will consume you." Tom replied, and Gargantua kept eating, he was now eating the trees, Tom floated to them,
"Volvox, I am seeing in the future that Gargantua was sent by the same person who sent Cyborea and the others." Tom said,
"Did you see anything else?" Volvox asked,
"In five days from now, Fujin and Raijin will appear in the wind kingdom." Tom replied, Gargantua screams and he body explodes after eating too much, shocking the ponies and Spike,
"Well, we have to prepare, sorry for taking up your time, Beelzebub." Volvox said,
"There's more, the underworld is acting up, we believe Apep is causing trouble." Beelzebub replied,
"I won't be surprised, you should go in case things get ugly." Volvox said, and Beelzebub went back to the underworld, the ground fixed itself, and everyone continued with their days.
Two days pass and Friends and Family Day came at the School of Friendship. Orchid went to go see Nick,
"Where's your husband and the other kid?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"Helping Volvox prepare for battle." Orchid replied,
"Wow, I'm surprised you actually showed up, mom." Nick said,
"I was forced to come here because of Harvey being unavilable." Orchid replied,
"What about finding your home world?" Nick asked,
"Dommiel's working on that right now." Orchid replied,
"Right, mom, I learned that these creatures need horns to cast magic." Nick said,
"Well, that's a pity for them." Orchid replied,
"You should've taught your son some of your spells." Princess Cadence said,
"There was no need to." Orchid replied,
"I still wanted to learn, though." Nick said,
"Well, you won't always get what you want, Nick." Orchid replied,
"Do you have a horn, Nick?" Fluttershy asked,
"Actually, about that." Nick replied, he uses his mutant powers to make horns appear at the sides of his head and on his forehead, shocking everycreature,
"I have three horns." Nick said, Princess Celestia walked to him and examined them,
"They don't seem capable of casting magic, though." Princess Celestia said,
"Are you going to teach me now, mom?" Nick asked,
"No." Orchid replied, Nick became disappointed,
"I'll be going back now, I have other things to worry about." Orchid said, the world's natives were shocked that Orchid would not spend time with her son. Orchid was about to leave but someone grabbed her by the back of her head and made her look at Nick, they look and saw it was Eric, he held the back of her head with his right hand, the crow was on his right shoulder,
"Take a good look at him." Eric said, Orchid did,
"You are his mother." Eric said,
"So?" Orchid asked,
"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children." Eric replied, Princess Cadence was very touched by what he just said,
"It's just a trivial title." Orchid said,
"Believe me, nothing is trivial." Eric replied, and he lets go of her,
"What are you doing here, Eric?" Nick asked,
"The afterlife's acting up, I was revived by some unknown force." Eric replied, Nick made the horns go back under his skin, Eric was curious, he touches Nick's shoulders and sees and feels the time when Nick was experimented on against his will, he grunts and moves back while clutching his head, the others went to him,
"You okay?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"It is a power of his, through physical contact, he can see the memories of others, and feel whatever pain they felt in that memory." Orchid replied, shocking the world's natives,
"The pain you experienced, Nick, it's almost as painful as when I was murdered, and what happened to Shelly." Eric said, Sunset Shimmer ran to him and touched his right bicep with her right front hoof, Princess Celestia casted a spell to summon a screen to see the memory. Everybody saw Eric with Shelly, they were twelve hours from getting married, they saw four men come in, they attacked and raped Shelly, she and Eric were murdered, and Eric came back from the dead, hunted down and killed the people responsible, and the man who sent them.
Everycreature was horrified by what they saw, the ponies went over to comfort him,
"Come on, maybe talking things out will make you feel better." Starlight Glimmer said, and she took Eric with her for counseling,
"Well, I guess that's everything." Twilight Sparkle said, and they continue Friends and Family Day.
Three days pass and wind and thunder appeared in the wind kingdom, everybody looks and saw Fujin and Raijin flying around, Fujin made powerful tornadoes appear that destroyed the homes, while Raijin summoned lightning onto the land. Volvox shot hellfire beams out of his six eyes at the two, it did not do much, the lightning from Raijin hit Volvox, it did not hurt him, Fujin makes powerful gusts of wind to blow the homes away of the other kingdoms. Harvey flew up and shot red beams out of his red robotic right eye at the speed of a machine gun, the two were not harmed, Orchid floated up and held her right arm out with her hand open, she shot a yellow beam with gray rocks in it out of her thumb, a small green tornado out of her pinky finger, red and orange fire out of her ring finger, blue water out of her index finger, and purple lightning out of her middle finger, they did nothing, so Orchid's eyes glow blue, water comes out of the water kingdom and floats above Orchid, she makes it go to Raijin and soaks him, he still casted lightning from far away, the water did nothing. Fujin flies around while blowing wind everywhere, Corvo teleported onto him from behind and knocked him out of the air, Corvo stops time and stabs his sword into the right side of Fujin's neck, he holds a crossbow in his left hand and fires five shots at Raijin's head, time moved again, Fujin regenerated from his wound, and Raijin got hit by the arrows, it did not bother him, Fujin moved back and Corvo began to fall, he teleported to the ground and was fine. Raijin keeps casting lightning and it was almost hitting Canterlot, Rainbow Dash quickly flew around with a cloud to absorb the lightning, while Fujin made tornadoes appear to destroy things and mess up her flying, and destroyed nature. Red electricity appears in the sky and it forms a symbol, the world's natives look at it with surprise, Volvox looks and realizes what it was, the symbol shoots out a beam and destroys whatever it touched, Fujin and Raijin were destroyed, the symbol goes down and was on Lazlo's left hand.
Princess Celestia flew down into Volvox's kingdom along with the other three Princesses, the rest of the Mane Six and Spike ran there,
"Wait, Lazlo, let me see your left hand." Princess Celestia said, and he shows her and the others, they gasp,
"What is this?" Princess Cadence asked,
"It is the Rune of Punishment, representation of atonement and forgiveness, it is a powerful weapon, but eats away the host's life every time it is used. When the host dies, it passes to the next nearest person, and the previous host changes to ash, and their memories are trapped in it." Volvox replied, shocking the ponies and Spike,
"Lazlo, this is too dangerous to have in public, if you visit any of our countries, do not use it under any circumstances." Princess Celestia said,
"Maybe I can help." a male voice said, everybody saw Discord,
"Add a few touches here and there, and voilà." Discord said, and the Rune of Punishment went haywire, beams and swords shot out everywhere while Lazlo tried to contain it,
"Discord!" the Mane Six said sternly,
"Oh, my deepest apologies, I did not mean for that to happen." Discord said, and he uses his powers to fix it, the Rune of Punishment then began to summon the people it had killed,
"Oh my, it wasn't supposed to do that, either, let me try again." Discord said, and he makes them disappear and the Rune of Punishment appeared on Lazlo's right hand, he now had two,
"Uh, Discord, I think it would be best if you don't interfere." Princess Celestia said,
"Okay." Discord replied, and he changed things back to normal and disappeared. Tom flew to Volvox,
"Volvox, one of your former generals is attacking next, it is Apep." Tom said,
"I'd knew he'd return eventually." Volvox replied,
"Who's that?" Spike asked,
"Apep, a serpent of chaos, he used to serve under me, he betrayed me because I was too orderly for his liking, so I'll have to prepare again." Volvox replied, shocking the ponies and Spike,
"Well, good luck, we'll be around if you need any help." Princess Celestia said, and they left Volvox's land.
A few days pass and Princess Cadence called Orchid to see her,
"Now, Orchid, I know you have your ways of parenting, but you should spend more time with Nick." Princess Cadence said,
"Trust me, he wanted to hang out with me all the time when he was a toddler." Orchid replied,
"Why isn't he like that now?" Princess Cadence asked,
"Because he learned about his father and developed a newfound respect for him, his stories embarrassed Nick to no end when he was a kid, but he grew to love and appreciate him when he learned his tales were actually true." Orchid replied,
"About what, exactly?" Princess Cadence asked,
"That he was a freedom fighter, everyone in his world's society is purebred, anyone who is a hybrid is looked down upon by society, and worked to death with no pay." Orchid replied, shocking Princess Cadence,
"Surely, someone stood up to them." Princess Cadence said,
"There was, my husband." Orchid replied,
"What about Lance, is he your younger son?" Princess Cadence asked,
"No, Nick adopted him, his parents were enemies with my husband." Orchid replied,
"I see, well, this way, we have others to speak to you." Princess Cadence said, and she let Orchid into a room, she saw Twilight Velvet, Windy Whistles, Mrs. Shy, Cloudy Quartz, Cookie Crumbles, and Granny Smith,
"Please sit, Orchid, we'd like to speak to you." Mrs. Shy said, and Orchid does, Princess Cadence closed the door and sat with the other mares,
"Alright, Orchid, we'd like to speak, we're not mad at you or anything, but we would like to know why you spend almost no time with your children." Mrs. Shy said,
"I don't have the time." Orchid replied,
"I dost not believe that, I hast seen thou reading in thine spare time." Cloudy Quartz said, Orchid took note of her way of speaking, but understood it,
"That's my break time." Orchid replied,
"You don't bring those two together to read with ya?" Granny Smith asked,
"I prefer to read alone." Orchid replied,
"What are you doing at the times you're not reading or seeing the emperor?" Princess Cadence asked,
"House chores." Orchid replied,
"What is the most common house chore you do?" Windy Whistles asked,
"Laundry." Orchid replied,
"How about cooking?" Cookie Crumbles asked,
"Sometimes, it's usually my husband who does the cooking." Orchid replied,
"Who cleans the house?" Twilight Velvet asked,
"Nick and Lance, they're usually the ones who make the messes in the first place." Orchid replied,
"Look, Orchid, it's just, we'd like for you to spend time with your kids." Princess Cadence said,
"Are you saying I have to?" Orchid asked,
"No, we're saying you should, I think it would mean a lot to Nick, the head mare of his school said he wishes he can spend time with you like how he does with your husband." Princess Cadence replied,
"Do any of you know what it's like to look after kids?" Orchid asked,
"Yes, we all do, Orchid." Windy Whistles replied,
"Really?" Orchid asked,
"Orchid, we're all mothers, too, just like you, and before I became a mother, I was a babysitter." Princess Cadence replied,
"Do any of you have experience dealing with two kids at once?" Orchid asked,
"Yes, I have two kids, too." Twilight Velvet replied,
"Well, no, I only have one, but she was a handful." Windy Whistles said,
"I have two kids as well." Mrs. Shy said,
"I have four kids." Cloudy Quartz said,
"I have two kids, too." Cookie Crumbles said,
"Ah had a kid, and Ah now have three grandkids." Granny Smith said, Orchid was surprised, but she kept her emotions sealed,
"See, Orchid, we have several kids, too, well, except for Windy here, but we still try our best to spend time with them, you should do the same." Cookie Crumbles said,
"I guess I can try." Orchid replied,
"Thank you, Nick will be coming home soon, and if possible, we can gather together and you can talk about your time with Nick and Lance." Princess Cadence said,
"If ya can, maybe you can have Nick and Lance spend time with our kids." Granny Smith said,
"Yes, that would be very nice to have." Twilight Velvet said,
"I agree, Rainbow Dash would love a new flying partner." Windy Whistles said,
"It's their choice, they'll decide on their own." Orchid replied,
"Okay then, thank you for coming, Orchid, we'll be looking forward to see how things go, and I hope we can talk about children together." Princess Cadence said, and Orchid left. Nick went home later that day and spent time with his family, Harvey and Lance played around, Orchid tried to join, but she lacked the energy, and due to her concealing her emotions, Cadence and the others did not know how things were going as they watched from the Crystal Empire's balcony. Nick hugged Orchid for joining in, Orchid shrugged and then hugged him, Cadence and the other mares smiled.
Volvox was looking at the sky and trying to figure out what to do, the ground burst open and the demons of the underworld came out, he saw Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa were the closest,
"What's going on?" Volvox asked,
"We don't know, but the underworld is acting up." Stheno replied,
"Yes, there's a strange presence down there." Euryale said,
"It was slowly killing us, like poison, we don't know what's causing it." Medusa said, Volvox saw the vampires, werewolves, specters, wraiths, the jinn, incubi, succubi, and alps come out as well, most of them came into his land through the five rivers, the world's natives see Phlegethon was very far inside the fire kingdom, and Lethe was the water stream that was westernmost in Volvox's kingdom, the people in his kingdom were busy taking pictures with their phones and recording. A portal opens to Volvox's left and the Count of Saint Germain came out,
"Volvox! I bring terrible news!" the Count of Saint Germain said,
"What is it?" Volvox asked,
"The fifth seal is going to break three days from now!" the Count of Saint Germain said,
"What?!" Volvox asked,
"Yes, he speaks the truth, before that happens, one more monster will appear, the Nuckelavee." Tom replied,
"When?" Volvox asked,
"Tomorrow afternoon." Tom replied,
"Let's get ready then." Volvox said, and he looks at the earth kingdom,
"Attention, all natives of the earth kingdom." Volvox said, and they all come out to see him,
"Get out of the country, the Nuckelavee is coming." Volvox said, the natives of the earth kingdom scream with terror and run to Volvox's kingdom, the world's natives were confused.
The next day comes and it was afternoon, the people in the water kingdom were screaming as they got out of the water, the world's natives wondered what was going on, they see the water rise up and something moving, the Nuckelavee came to land, all of the world's natives screamed in horror at its appearance, it went to the earth kingdom and was going to cause havoc,
"Everybody, use your water spells, it's weak to fresh water." Dommiel said, and the natives of the water kingdom went to Volvox's kingdom to use their water magic, they use the fresh water from the faucets of the homes and shoot it to the Nuckelavee, it was hit, it screeches and its breath was released into the air, all of the walking trees in the earth kingdom began to die, the world's natives were worried about the walking trees, but Dommiel used his telekinesis to put them under the wind kingdom. Nuckelavee keeps advancing, but the head of the horse got blown off by a shotgun, everyone looks and saw Ash, the Nuckelavee begins to fall, and Ash places the chainsaw on its neck and cuts its human head off, it fell over and died,
"Now, that's how you take down a monster." Ash said, the ponies looked at him with disapproval, but he went back home and everybody went on with their days afterwards.
Two days pass and the technology in Volvox's kingdom began going haywire due to the ghosts haunting them, mostly to play pranks on the humans living in there. A loud shattering sound was heard in the sky, the natives began to move on their own against their wills, Volvox realized what happened,
"The fifth seal has been broken." Volvox said,
"Quick, get the people who attend the shrines and temples before they are killed by martyrs." Dommiel said, and Tiān lù, the twelve Zodiac animals, the Count of Saint Germain, Giovi, Tom, and the other natives who were not possessed help get those who attend the shrines and temples, while Volvox and Dommiel used their powers to look for the martyrs and fight them off. Volvox used his hellfire powers to take out the martyrs in the water, earth, and wind kingdoms, while Dommiel used his shadow powers to fend off the martyrs in the fire kingdom, he was making shadow creatures come out of their shadows to attack them. Horse ran around to rescue the ones in the shrines and temples with his wind magic, while Ox and Pig held them off, Tiger and Dragon worked together to fight off the martyrs, while Rabbit and Monkey deceived them, Rat threw kunais at the martyrs to distract them, Rooster changed to a basilisk and turned some of them to stone with his gaze, Dog made himself have five heads and two tails that were snakes by fusing Cerberus and Orthrus together, it scared the martyrs, Sheep used his water powers to help those in the water kingdom to safety, and Snake slithered around to block the paths of the martyrs. Tiān lù controlled gold with his mind and shot it at the martyrs, it hurt them, some died from them, he did what he could to hold them off. Tom looked into the eyes of others and gave them visions of how they will die, it scared the martyrs into quitting, Giovi used his fire magic and telekinesis to fight the martyrs in the water kingdom.
The world's natives went over to help them and take those who attended the shrines and temples to safety,
"Everybody, this way." Twilight Sparkle said, and they were led into their countries, some of them went to go help them fight the martyrs. The natives of the fire kingdom and earth kingdom were the main ones who fought the martyrs, the natives of the world joined shortly afterwards and they were apprehended, they were no longer controlled and had no memory on what has happened.
A glass shattering sound was heard in the sky again, an earthquake happened, the sun became black, the moon rose and it became blood red, and stars fell out of the sky, the earthquake broke some of the ground, the world's natives realize the sixth seal was broken.
Another glass shattering sound was heard in the sky, and silence happened afterwards,
"Everyone out, the seventh seal has been broken." Volvox said, and the natives of his land go to Equestria, the Dragon Lands, Griffonstone, Yakyakistan, the Changeling Hive, and Mount Aris. The sky acts up again and Volvox saw the Greek, Aztec, Egyptian, Norse, Japanese, and Hindu gods come down, along with God and his lamb,
"Something's wrong, we've been forced out of the overworld." Brahma said,
"What is it?" Volvox asked,
"Something just threw us out, we don't know what." Athena replied,
"Can you all describe it?" Dommiel asked,
"There was this invisible force, it just literally threw us out of the overworld." Hera replied,
"We don't know what's going on, it's like something of divine power is acting." Ra said,
"We did sense the powers, though, it feels like Apep's doing." Vishnu said,
"Well, let's worry about that later, the seven trumpets are going to sound in thirty minutes." Volvox replied,
"Volvox, I have found an error in the seals, trumpets, and bowls, the two witnesses are not going to happen, neither will the seven thunders." Tom said,
"I didn't think so, something's obviously not right." Volvox replied, and they all wait.
Thirty minutes pass and the first trumpet was heard in the sky, hail, fire, and blood fell from the sky, one third of the trees in the south, and all plants on the ground in the east, west, and south burn up. The second trumpet sounds and a mountain that was on fire falls into the water in the west, one third of the marine life in the water died, and a third of the water changed to blood. The third trumpet sounds and a star falls from the sky, it poisons all of the freshwater in Volvox's kingdom. The fourth trumpet sounds and the sun, moon, and stars become one third dimmer. An angel flies down to the land,
"Woe, woe, woe." the angel said, and the fifth trumpet sounded, a star fell and opened up the ground, smoke comes out and darkens the sky, Abaddon came out of the hole, he was a demon with upside-down wings, his locusts appeared, they were warhorses, with the face of men, the teeth of lions, the wings of locusts, long hair, and the tails of scorpions, they all wore gold crowns and iron breastplates,
"Go, the five month torment begins, do not kill anyone." Abaddon said, and they go forward. Volvox, the gods, and the demons fend them off, while there was many, they went down easily, the unicorns, alicorns, and changelings joined in to help, the locusts were easy to take down, and they were apprehended,
"Wait, stop." Abaddon said, and the locusts did,
"Where is everyone?" Abaddon asked, the locusts looked and saw all of Volvox's citizens were missing,
"They died." Volvox replied,
"How?" Abaddon asked,
"Cyborea Iscariot and her army got them." Volvox replied,
"Oh, I see, I don't have to do my job, then." Abaddon said,
"We still have to apprehend you." Hera replied,
"Oh." Abaddon said as he looked down,
"Come with us now, Abaddon." Odin said, and he was taken away.
The sixth trumpet sounds and four angels flew down, to the west and went underwater, noises were heard in the water, two hundred million horses came out, each horse had the head of a lion and a snake for their tails. Plague came out of their mouths, along with fire, smoke. The mounted horsemen were wearing breastplates that were the color of fire. The changelings change into them and go over to help, the werewolves absorb the moonlight and transform, they ran to fight them as well. Rat created duplicates of himself and entered the shadows of the horses to control them, Snake made his own body grow longer and he wrapped himself around the cavalry, Pig shined his fur to blind them, and the unicorns and alicorns shot magic at them. The changelings changed to bears to fight the cavalry, they struggled, so the yaks joined and knocked them down from behind, Sheep did as well. Volvox sent Phoenix and Thunderbird to fight the four angels, the two shoot fire and lightning at the four angels, Phoenix also absorbed fire out of the horses, the changelings subdued the cavalry with their sizes and strength, the gods subdued them with the unicorns, the four angels fought Volvox's two birds, Horse and Sheep went to them to help, Horse mixed his wind magic with Phoenix while Sheep mixed his water magic with Thunderbird, the two shot their magic at the four angels, they all got burned, blown away, soaked, and electrocuted, they scream and fall, they stopped so they do not kill them, they were arrested by the gods.
The seventh trumpet sounds and lightning, thunder, earthquakes, and hail appeared everywhere in Volvox's land, a kingdom came out in the east, under the wind kingdom, it looked like an ancient Egyptian society. The doors to the temple opens and Set comes out, he makes desert storms appear out of thin air and shoots it to the people in Volvox's land,
"It is my time to rule, those who oppose me shall die." Set said, and he saw Osiris going over to fight his brother,
"Stay back, this is my fight." Osiris said, and he flew to Set.
Set makes desert storms appear to blow Osiris back while he makes Egyptian symbols appear and the water in the west begins to have zombies come out of it, they go to Osiris and were going to help him, but they were slow, Dommiel rolls his eyes and sends them to Osiris with telekinesis. They arrive and try to take Set down to eat him,
"One reason why I don't use zombies often." Volvox said,
"Yeah, they have no brain to think with." Dommiel replied, and they keep watching.
Set makes more desert storms appear while Osiris commands the undead, Set was soon pulled down and screamed as he was devoured,
"Wait!" Twilight Sparkle said as she flew to Osiris, he looks at her,
"Aren't you going to forgive him?" Twilight Sparkle asked,
"How can I? He usurped my throne once, and now he wants to claim it again." Osiris replied,
"Please, spare him, maybe he can still change his ways." Twilight Sparkle said, Osiris looks at Set,
"Nope, too late." Osiris replied, Twilight Sparkle looks and saw Set was already devoured, Twilight Sparkle was shocked and looked at Osiris, Set groans a bit and tried to move, but Corvo made rats appear to eat the rest of him, he was gone for good at that time, Twilight Sparkle was still very shocked. The ground erupts and a big serpent comes out, it was bigger than Set, it was sixteen yards long, wore a helmet made out of flint, and had a gold body,
"I have returned, Volvox." the serpent said,
"You finally showed yourself, Apep." Volvox said in a deadpan tone, Apep uses his gaze to hypnotize the other gods and they went to go attack the others, the world's natives screamed as the gods attacked, great destruction appeared. Volvox shot hellfire blasts out of his three mouths, it did not do much to Apep, he shot purple venom out of his mouths at him, Dommiel made his shadow attack Apep, it did not do much, Corvo tried to possess Apep, but he could not, Lazlo's Rune of Punishment was ineffective against him, Ash's bullets were not doing well, and his chainsaw could not cut through his hide, and Eric's shotgun was not doing anything against him. Bullets riddle Apep's body and he screams in pain, the hypnotizing ends, everybody looks and they saw Alucard,
"Alucard." Volvox said with surprise, Apep shoots poison out of his mouth, it destroyed Alucard, but he generated, shocking everyone,
"What the?" Apep asked, Alucard laughed,
"What's so funny?" Apep asked,
"A monster cannot kill a monster like me, the only thing that can kill me is a human." Alucard replied, Apep was shocked, but he felt something cut him from behind, the person jumps and everyone saw Samurai Jack,
"I hope I'm not too late." Samurai Jack said,
"No, you're just in time." Ra replied,
"Where are Set's minions?" Samurai Jack asked,
"They didn't appear." Ra replied,
"You fools! I cannot be destroyed!" Apep said angrily, and he got ready to attack, but Snake made his own size grow and tangled Apep, Ra, Amaterasu, and Apollo use the sun to try to burn him, it did nothing, Princess Celestia joined and she used her powers over the sun to combine it with theirs, Samurai Jack cut him to pieces, and Alucard and the man in the red trench coat shot him to smithereens with their black and white pistols.
Everybody gathers around and Tom floats to them,
"Everyone, the last threat will appear after the seven bowls, he's the one who's controlling all of the monsters." Tom said,
"Who could it be?" Hades asked, Tom has a vision and becomes shocked,
"What is it, Tom?" Susanoo asked,
"The last monster is Volvox's former second-in-command." Tom replied, the gods became shocked and scared,
"I thought so, I had a feeling Typhon was behind this." Volvox said,
"Excuse me." Princess Celestia said as she flew to Volvox,
"Who's Typhon?" Princess Celestia asked,
"My treacherous second-in-command, he was my right hand before Dommiel here, he tried to overthrow me so he can control the land, he will doom us all if he wins." Volvox replied, the world's natives were shocked,
"We'll keep an eye on your people." Princess Celestia said,
"Okay, thank you." Volvox replied, and Princess Celestia flew back.
A day passes and the angels, demons, and gods met with the world's natives, they learned there were two types of angels and demons, the regular ones, and the humans who became angels and demons by practicing the forbidden arts, they lived in caste systems as well, with the humans lower than the regular angels and demons, the gods ruled the overworld, while the underworld was ruled by marquises, counts, dukes, princes, and kings, they had many rulers, they checked Volvox's citizens to make sure they were alright. Telepathically controlled angels fly in the sky, everyone sees seven of them, each one had a bowl of red liquid.
The first bowl is poured and sores and ulcers appear on Volvox's citizens, the world's natives, angels, demons, gods, and Volvox and his court look at them with great worry as they scream in pain. Nurse Redheart and the others rush to them to try to treat them. The second bowl is poured and all of the sea in Volvox's land changes to blood, the marine life die, much to the hippogriffs' horrors. The third bowl and all of the drinking water changed to blood. The fourth bowl pours and the sun becomes blazing hot, Volvox's people catch on fire, the natives of the fire kingdom were immune, so was Volvox and his court, and the gods, Rooster absorbed the sun to make himself stronger while Princess Celestia, Amaterasu, Ra, Surya, and Huitzilopochtli desperately tried to power down the sun, they managed to after a struggle. The fifth bowl is poured and darkness enshrouded Volvox's land, Volvox's people refused to worship Typhon. The sixth bowl is poured and the water kingdom dries up,
"Everybody, get ready." Volvox said, and they all were ready to fight.
The seventh bowl is poured and a giant earthquake happens, and a hailstorm happens as well, with each hail weighing as much as a hundred pounds. Volvox uses his telekinesis to stop the hail in midair and make them fall gently, the Pegasi try to use clouds to absorb the hail and prevent it from hitting everyone, the earthquake stops and everything was destroyed. The ground erupts and a tall humanoid figure comes out, he blocked out the entire sky, he had yellowish-green skin, big orange bat-like wings coming out of his back, arms with snakes acting as his fingers, big snakes for the lower half of his body, snakes coming out the sides of his head, his main head was shaped like a horse's head, it was light black, and he had small black mane going down to his sacrum,
"I have returned, Volvox." the monster said in a deep, booming voice,
"It's been a long time, Typhon." Volvox replied,
Indeed, this land is mine to control." Typhon said, and he shoots lava out of his heads, shocking the world's natives,
"How many heads does he have?!" Rainbow Dash asked,
"One... hundred." a male giant replied weakly,
"A hundred heads? I've never heard of anyone having a hundred heads before." Twilight Sparkle said,
"Twilight, go unlock the chest for the Rainbow Power, I think we're going to need it against him." Princess Celestia said, and she and her five friends ran to the chest.
Volvox and the others try to hold Typhon off, but they were doing very little, Zeus' thunderbolts were the most effective thing right now, Volvox's hellfire powers did little against Typhon's lava powers, he also made hurricanes and tornadoes, which blew everyone except Volvox away. Volvox tried using his telekinesis to make Typhon's snake shoot lava at him instead, it did nothing to him. The world's natives join in and try to help, Harvey changed his right hand to a gun and shot a purple sonic beam at Typhon, it did nothing, his right robotic eye lights up and he shoots red beams at Typhon, they shot at the speed of a machine gun, it also did nothing, so Harvey held his left foot out, the heel opened and Harvey shot a small rocket out of his foot, it hit Typhon and exploded, but did nothing to him, Nick and Lance had the same abilities as Harvey, but were not as good at combat as he was, Orchid used her five elements to shoot blasts at Typhon, he was immune to them all.
Volvox uses his powers to change the environment around, he made volcanoes, blizzards, avalanches, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, and earthquakes happen all at once with his magic, it proved ineffective.
Phoenix and Thunderbird tried shooting fire and lightning out of their mouths at him, Typhon took control of Phoenix's fire and burned him with it, while he used his wind powers to make Thunderbird's lightning go back to him, the two were knocked out of the sky.
Rat tried to take over Typhon by going into his shadow, but could not, Typhon used his mind to force him out, Rat tried throwing knives at him, it did nothing, one of the snakes that made up Typhon's lower body landed on top of him, and injured him greatly.
Ox tried growing in size and increasing his physical strength, Typhon smashed him with his right fist, but Ox was not killed.
Tiger tried to scratch Typhon's hide while he made himself made out of metal, he could not cut through his skin, Typhon blew him away with his wind powers.
Rabbit commanded the jackalopes to attack Typhon, but he unleashed a circle of wind around himself to blow them away.
Dragon tried using all of his powers on Typhon, none of them worked on him, Typhon burned him with volcanic lava.
Snake increased his own size and tried to wrap around Typhon, but he used his ninety nine snakes to wrap him.
Horse ran around with the wind in an attempt to trample Typhon from different places, but Typhon controlled the wind and shot him away.
Sheep tried to use his water powers to wash Typhon away, but he made volcanoes erupt around him to prevent the water from reaching him.
Monkey revived the dead in the form of monkeys and he led them to attack Typhon, he shot lava out of his main head and melted them, while Monkey himself was missing, he appeared on the back of Typhon's head and tried to pull him down, but Typhon simply jumped up and landed on the ground on his back, smashing Monkey in the process, and greatly injuring him, Typhon got back up.
Rooster screamed purple sonic waves out of his mouth at Typhon, it did nothing to him, he tried to turn Typhon's snake heads into stone with his gaze, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa tried to help him, but Typhon smashed them with his left hand, the four were injured, but not killed.
Dog fused all of his forms together into one, his fire powers did nothing to Typhon, he also tried to slash Typhon to give him wounds that would not heal, but he could not cut through his skin, so he tried biting into him with the snakes on his five necks and the two snakes he had for his tails, he bit through, but realized Typhon was immune to poison, and Dog himself felt sick, he realized Typhon's body was full of diseases and poisons.
Pig tried to blind Typhon by shining gold, it did nothing to him, and his powers to give Typhon bad luck did not work, either, so Typhon got Snake off of him and threw him at Pig, the two were knocked back.
Tiān lù tried making coins cut through Typhon's skin, it did nothing, Typhon used his wind powers to blow Tiān lù away.
Corvo tried shooting Typhon with his pistol, it had no effect, the Count of Saint Germain tried using his pistol as well, it did nothing, Dommiel's shadow powers were ineffective against him, Giovi's fire powers and telekinesis did nothing to him, neither did the blades he had for his claws, Lazlo's Rune of Punishment was ineffective as well, so was the Rage Rune on his right hand, Talos' sword could not cut through Typhon's body, and Eric, Alucard, and the man in the red trench coat were not able to damage him. The man in the red trench coat changed to a demon and tried attacking him with his sword, it was still ineffective. Hooks and chains latch onto Typhon, but did not cut through his skin, everybody saw Pinhead, Female, Butterball, and Chatterer, Pinhead directed the hooks,
"You desire to rule, there's a spot in Hell that is open to being ruled." Pinhead said,
"I am not falling for desires, cenobite, I refuse to become one as well." Typhon replied, and he used his wind magic to shoot the hooks and chains back. Pinhead directed the hooks and chains around while the others continued to fight, Ash's shotgun and chainsaw did nothing, the Laestrygonians came up to help as well, but they could not get near Typhon due to him making volcanoes erupt around him. Dommiel and Tom shot beams out of their hands at Typhon, Tom's beams were yellow while Dommiel's were black,
"Volvox, try calling for help from our world." Tom said, and he does, he managed to get into contact with two people, he opened portals and they came into the world, Volvox saw the Dovahkiin and the Slayer of Demons. Dovahkiin releases a thu'um to blow Typhon's wind back and the Slayer of Demons ran to Typhon to fight him, holding the Storm Ruler in his right hand, and the Adjudicator's Shield in his left hand. The Slayer of Demons holds up the Storm Ruler and charges it up, he slams it down with a slash in the sky, it hit Typhon, it stunned him a bit, but did not do much, the Slayer of Demons tried again, but Typhon moved the slash away with his wind magic.
The Mane Six unlock the chest with the Rainbow Power and they float to where the fight was taking place, they saw the unicorns, alicorns, and changelings using their beams against Typhon, they were doing nothing. The Mane Six, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, Star Swirl the Bearded, and Mistmane combine their magic together to unleash a big beam at Typhon. The hundred heads and two hundred eyes of Typhon all shot lava out, Volvox's six eyes and three mouths shot out orange hellfire, but there were many beams, and destroyed whatever they touched, they intercepted with some of Typhon's beams and canceled each other out, Zeus throws a lightning bolt at his chest, Typhon grunted a bit and was stunned, he looks and saw the powers of the other gods were not working. The solid objects around Typhon begin moving around and attacking him, he becomes confused and saw Discord manipulating the land, he shot a beam at Discord out of his main head and destroyed Discord, his body floated around and continued causing chaos to distract Typhon.
The beam from the Rainbow Power, princesses, Shining Armor, Star Swirl the Bearded, and Mistmane was not enough to get past Typhon's lava beams when he only fused thirty of his three hundred beams and entered a deadlock with them, they were tied, so he adds thirty more and was two times stronger than them, the changelings change to the alicorns and shoot their beams into the ponies' beams, they were managing to overpower Typhon until he added ninety more to his beam, he was just a little stronger now, the gods and goddesses use the sun and moon to attack him, they shoot beams at him, Typhon adds ninety more of his beams into his to overpower them, Volvox, Dommiel, and Tom shoot beams out to make the ponies' beam stronger, Typhon adds thirty more and was at a stalemate again, Orchid shoots out ten small beams, two of each of the five elements she controls, it was not strong enough to overpower Typhon, so Harvey, Nick, and Lance shoot purple sonic beams out of the guns for their right hands, it was still not strong enough. A green blast and an orange blast were shot from behind and hit Typhon's beam, everybody looks back and saw Queen Chrysalis and Tirek, much to their surprises. Typhon adds his last thirty beams and made a huge beam, Volvox shot six more beams out, one from each eye, so did Dommiel, and Tom, their beam was now as equally as strong as Typhon's beam. The Slayer of Demons readies the Storm Ruler and slashes the sky, he hits Typhon, the Dovahkiin does a thu'um to knock him back at that time as well, he grunts and stumbles, his beams move back and was hit by the big beam of the ponies, changelings, two of the Pillars, Volvox, Dommiel, Giovi, Tom, and several of the gods, Typhon gets hit and screams as he flew back, he destroyed part of the ground, he groaned and tried to get up. Zeus threw thunderbolts at him and destroyed his snake heads, Volvox burned them off, and Alcuard destroyed the rest with his pistols, only Typhon's main head remained, the man in the red trench coat aims a black pistol at his head with his right hand,
"Jackpot." the man in the red trench coat said, and shot a bullet at Typhon's main head, he screams and was completely destroyed.
Volvox sighed with relief while the natives of the world cheered, so did the citizens of Volvox's land,
"Good job, guys." Ares said, Volvox glares at him,
"Why didn't you help?" Volvox asked,
"I did, I helped Thor fight off the cavalry, so did Odin." Ares replied,
"Dovahkiin, Slayer of Demons, thank you, I'll send you all back now." Volvox said, and he does. Volvox looks for a genie lamp in his home world and transfers it into the world he was in,
"Would you kindly, Orchid?" Volvox asked, and Orchid rubbed the gold lamp with her left hand, a female genie came out,
"I am Shantae, the genie of the lamp, and I will grant you one wish." the genie said,
"Want to head home, Orchid?" Volvox asked, she looks around for a minute,
"No, even if I do find my world, I'll still have to live here and take care of Nick and Lance." Orchid replied, she looks at Shantae and says "I wish for this land and people to be fixed.", Shantae looks around,
"Well, that's basically two wishes, but eh, I'll do it." Shantae said, and she does, she went back into the lamp. Volvox's land and people were back to normal, Volvox sends the lamp back to his world,
"Hold on a minute, why didn't ya wish Typhon to never appear in the first place?" Applejack asked,
"Because Typhon, Set, Apep, Fujin, and Raijin are gods, they can't be wished away, they're immune, also, if the Four Horsemen, four beasts, Judas, Cyborea, Popobawa, Gargantua, Nuckelavee, and Abaddon were wished to never come out, those five could undo it with their powers." Volvox replied, shocking the world's natives,
"Twilight, we have to come up with precautions, Typhon is the most powerful being this world has ever faced, as you saw, he was even stronger than Tirek at his full power, we have to make precautions if someone as powerful as him ever rises, and that time, these people may not be here to help us." Princess Celestia said, the other rulers of the world agreed,
"How much longer are we going to be here, Tom?" Volvox asked,
"One more week." Tom replied,
"Okay, let's get things ready to go home." Volvox said, and everybody rested for the rest of the day.
Two days go by with Volvox's land having a good relationship with the other countries, they all showed them how to learn their magic, they had to meditate where the fire, water, earth, or wind was at, they would absorb the element that was the most present. Princess Cadence, Twilight Velvet, Windy Whistles, Cloudy Quartz, Mrs. Shy, Cooke Crumbles, and Granny Smith gathered together with Orchid to ask her about her kids, she was spending more time with them, but still felt like she needed some time off. Orchid plays with Nick and Lance when Harvey was not around, Princess Cadence tried to show her how to be more engaging, she heard laughing and saw Lance and Flurry Heart playing together, while Nick played with the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Orchid decided to try to join while Princess Cadence and the mothers of the Mane Six smiled, they played with them as well.
Volvox got ready to go home with his kingdom, they were ready to leave, he saw Ash with the rulers of Equestria and the Mane Six,
"You still could learn some friendship, Ash." Princess Celestia said,
"Between my boomstick and chainsaw, my friends are not as valuable." Ash replied,
"You are not a hero, it is a title you do not deserve." Princess Luna said,
"Just to let you know, from where I come from, I'm considered a goody two shoes." Ash replied, shocking the ponies and Spike, they have watched Ash get drunk, smoke, and date a different woman every day,
"You're a goody two shoes?" Starlight Glimmer asked,
"From where I come from, yes." Ash replied, shocking them all greatly,
"I want you to think about your actions back at home, Ash, I also heard you don't pay taxes." Princess Celestia said,
"You're right, I don't, so all I know is death." Ash replied, shocking the ponies,
"I do not understand how women how love you." Rarity said,
"Trust me, I've got my own charms." Ash replied,
"There is no way I would ever fall in love with you." Princess Cadence said,
"That's unusual, usually, women like me from the get go." Ash replied, shocking the Mane Six and princesses,
"How?!" Rarity asked,
"Cause I'm groovy." Ash replied, shocking the ponies and Spike,
"Don't you ever think about the dreams you leave them?!" Princess Luna asked,
"They're usually good dreams." Ash replied,
"Well, you may be a hero to them, but you are not a hero to us, a true hero doesn't behave in such a way." Princess Celestia said,
"Are we done here?" Ash asked,
"Yes, you are dismissed." Princess Celestia replied, and Ash walked back home.
Tom was seeing the others and giving their futures,
"You chose your actions poorly." Tom said,
"All I did was become a father." a male dwarf replied,
"A burden you will grow to regret." Tom said, the dwarf left in confusion, a female wakwak flew to him,
"You will die for your thievery." Tom said,
"But the store said they were free." the wakwak replied,
"That means you have to pay for them with your life." Tom said, the wakwak screams and flies away, a female fairy flew up to him,
"You are going to fail at your task." Tom said,
"I just want to find my missing children." the fairy replied,
"Death awaits you." Tom said, the fairy gasps and flies away crying,
"That's enough, Tom." Princess Luna said, he looks to his right and saw her with the other princesses and Mane Six,
"We've been listening to you every day, just because you can see the future does not mean you can be mean about it." Twilight Sparkle said,
"I am just giving the facts, if they cannot handle it, that is their problem." Tom replied,
"Give us the helmet, Tom." Princess Celestia said,
"The helmet stays on." Tom replied, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Rarity use telekinesis to take it off, they see Tom was a human, he had an oblong face shape, short black hair, and tan skin, his eyes were still white and monochromatic,
"Now, we'll show you how its done." Twilight Sparkle said, and they put the helmet on Fluttershy, it changed its shape to fit her, she saw everything that will happen in the future. Fluttershy went to the next person, it was a swan maiden,
"Um, I don't know how to say this, but you're going to have an unhappy marriage." Fluttershy said, her voice echoed a little,
"What do you mean?" the swan maiden asked,
"He's going to be a big meanie to you." Fluttershy replied, the swan maiden was a bit shocked, she walked away while crying, a male elf went up to her next,
"I'm sorry, but you will not reach your dreams." Fluttershy said, the elf became sad and walked away, a female giant walked up to her,
"Oh, this is wonderful, you're going to have a lot of hardships raising a family, but you're going to come out fine and happy." Fluttershy said, the giant became happy and walked away. All of the people were gone,
"See, Tom, it's better to say nice things." Fluttershy said,
"I cannot say the same with how you all talk to Cozy Glow." Tom replied, his voice still echoed,
"What the? You still have your powers?" Rainbow Dash asked,
"As I said, I do not need the helmet to see the future." Tom replied,
"Then why are you still wearing it?" Princess Celestia asked,
"It increases my power." Tom replied,
"We've been through this, Tom, Cozy Glow is staying in the school." Twilight Sparkle said,
"Disaster awaits." Tom replied, shocking the Mane Six, Fluttershy tries to get the helmet off but could not, so the princesses and Rarity take it off of her with their telekinesis, Tom puts it back on,
"I will be elsewhere." Tom said, and he floated away, the princess and Mane Six walked back home.
All of Volvox's court recovered and he saw them in Equestria, he noticed Tiger and Dragon were fighting again, and Rainbow Dash and Applejack had to break them up, he sighed and shook his center head. He also saw Corvo walking around in Ponyville, he feels something strange behind him and the Outsider appeared,
"Look at that, Corvo, you have once again saved another kingdom, just as you did with Dunwall." the Outsider said, Corvo was silent,
"You have slain a god, and a beast, I never expected anyone to be able to best Typhon, but he did not use his powers as creatively as I hoped, maybe I would have paid him a visit if he used his powers in a more interesting way." the Outsider said, Corvo did not respond,
"You still fascinate me." the Outsider said, and he disappeared, Corvo saw no one was around, and he continued walking, with his mask scaring the foals. Volvox looks around and sees everything was normal and peaceful again, he was almost done with charging up his magic to send his land back home.
Night time comes and Princess Luna finds the Void, where the Outsider was at, but she could not enter, she rolled her eyes but continued on with working in the dream realm. Princess Luna noticed several humans getting attacked in their dreams, she looks and saw Freddy Krueger haunting them, she was about to confront him, but he disappeared, she became confused and saw someone activated the Lament Configuration in their dream, and summoned Pinhead to get rid of him, that person became a cenobite in the process, the transformation was too horrifying for Princess Luna to watch, she ignores it and continues on with her duties.
Volvox was ready to take everyone home the next day, they all said bye to one another,
"Good luck to all of you, and good luck finding Orchid's world, it was a pleasure to have you all here." Princess Celestia said,
"Feeling's mutual." Volvox replied,
"Yes, this was an enjoyable world." the Count of Saint Germain said,
"Well, everyone, it's time to go." Volvox said, and the world's natives said bye to them and they teleported back into their world. The world's natives used the magic they learned from them for fun, the only pony who truly mastered their magic was Scootaloo, who used their wind magic to make herself fly. The world's natives took notes on their magic and try to use it, they also fused their magic with their own and created new spells they never thought was possible.