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// Stuff....Stuff Happened 
// Story: Keys of Harmony 
// by BioQuillFiction 
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The next morning I was hugging the toilet as if it was the means of ending the Keyblade War early. Shit...morning sickness sucks...and my tail is peeling and it ITCHES like mad! Pura and the twins snuck into my storage stomach last night, and so far only my food tummy is expelling stuff. Kinda good, doubt the kids wanna experience being vomit… ugg. Scotch got me some water to rinse my mouth out when I had a breather and Star kept toweling me dry when the opportunity came along… God damn it this sucks...

“I remember my morning sickness.” Star said. “It’s a persistent thing, sometimes right in the morning or sometimes after breakfast. The later is the worst of the two.”

“Uhg… day two, already hell.” I groan, thankful for the water Scotch handed me. God, I’ve rarely gotten sick since… ever, but I know what it feels to throw up. It sucks, but never this miserable. “Not looking forward to mood swings though.” I joke, trying and failing to make light of the situation.

“Neither are we.” Star said. “I once punched the wall down and then five minutes later cried when Shy-Butterscotch was slicing broccoli. Ugh, hormones.”

“.... I fear for all you dears….. My titanic strength plus stubbornness… dear gods, what have we done.” I groaned before slowly letting go of the porcelain god, thankful for giving me salvation.

“Now I’m worried for Equestria.” Star said. “Come on, camomile tea helps before eating anything.” He said, helping me down stairs. I managed to get Pura and the twins out, then the infants to give them all a bath, Scotch was handling that, as Star helped me downstairs, and began making me that tea. “So, heh, last night was...definitely fun. I SO understand why Wolf finds that hot… Heh, sorry if you aren’t in the mood for that talk. Just...felt I had to say it...strange.”

“Testosterone when you are not used to it.” I said simply, even if I … strangely felt a little embarrassed about him saying it like that… Uhg, estrogen. “Hey Star? I was thinking of a place we could go for Spring break with the kids. I promised Phia a beach… and I was thinking on taking you all to the new realm of gray and making us the perfect beach.”

“That sounds like a good idea.” Star said, setting up the teacup. “So, have any bizarre cravings yet?”

“Not yet, but it’ll probably hit before it’s time to put the kids to sleep.” I said. Like I was going to admit I was craving Paopu fruit-chocolate smoothie with a stack of pancakes filled with more chocolate, any fruit I can find, and bacon, drenched in chocolate syrup.

“Yeah. Shy craved lots of smoothies and I was all over anything chocolate. Couldn’t eat if there wasn’t any on it. Hamburgers, fries, even water. Surprised my flank isn’t bigger.”

For some reason, I didn't find it… appropriate to joke about that being Celestia’s job… well at least you readers know the joke. “Yes well… oh alright, I’m craving Paopu fruit and chocolate, specifically together.” I admit, my stomach growling at just the thought as my mouth salivates slightly.

“Hmm...I know that fruit is rather rare. Can you buy them in bulk from your assistant?”

“I’ll check. Worst comes to worst I go over to Grey and make us enough.” I said, pulling up my assistant to check for the fruit.



Paopu Fruit.

785-Rem 

Quantity- 1

Purchase: Yes?



I tapped yes to see if i could bulk or just a single one, not really worried about the price. A year of achievement unlocking plus my sudden level increase from not only god hood but also actually spending my stat points tends to rack up you some nice Rem. I could. A bulk box of a hundred cost six thousand rem. Buying bulk gave a discount. I got it and there was a knock at the door. “...are you expecting somepony?” Star asked, placing the tea for me.

“I think thats the delivery.” I said, getting up and heading for the door. I opened the door and… Bender? “Hey you order a hundred star shaped fruits?” He asked. This is...Bender...from fucking Futurama!

I mentally kept myself from squealing in joy… for now. Save it for when the door shuts. “Yes, that’s me alright.” I said with a small smile, masking my joy.

“Great.” He said. “Hey Fry! This is the place!” He yelled up. Looking up...the ship… A giant box fell out, Bender catching it and placing it next to him. He then pulled out clipboard. “Just sign here.”

I took the board and sighed it, also adding a generous tip for the shipping before handing it back. “There you go.”

“Thanks. Welp, later cold blooded meatbag.” He said, making his legs rise up to hop back up onto the ship as the left.

I watched them go and when I was sure they were at least a star system over I Squeed so loud it would put a thestral to shame. “I just met Bender! He hehehe!” I said, picking up the crate with one hand easily and slithering inside, a big old grin on my face.

“I take it someone you know?” Star asked.

“Only from a amazing  show that I will never put on around any of our kids under 13.” I said before setting down the crate. “The bulk is a hundred Paopu fruit so I bought one for now.”

“Wow, wonder how fast you’ll go through them.” Star said, pulling out a bowel and pouring chocolate syrup into it and placing it next to my tea. “Start eating, cause not having what you crave can trigger mood swings.”

I smiled eagerly before cracking open the crate and pulling out one of the star shaped fruits, pausing for a moment to cut off three small portions from the main fruit before drenching the rest of it in chocolate and diffing in. My eyes were like stars. “So good~”





Later that day, after the kids were off to school, the infants were fed and back inside me, I was watching TV. Scotch and Star left to grab stuff we needed in town and Blitz finally woke up. “Uggg…” He moaned. “Why do these things seem more awake than I am?” He asked...morning wood.

“Because you are in a constant want of sex, weather you know it or not.” I informed. “Oh and Blitz, I saved a small piece of Paopu fruit for you in the fridge, please eat it when you can… it’d mean a lot to me.” I said softly at the last part.

“Oh, sure.” He said, walking over to the fridge and eating it then and there. “Woah! That’s sweet. And tangy in the aftertaste.” He said, rummaging for a full breakfast. “What you watching?” He asked.

“....I don’t know… I wasn’t even really watching it, more of thinking… But I can’t remember what of.” I said, looking at the screen.

”And new on fox, the Simpsons!” The announcer said, the oldest show still running from earth playing.

“Wow, that show really will never end. Even past earth’s destruction.” I said in slight shock.

“Is it any good?” Blitz asked. I could hear him crack some eggs.

“Yeah. Heck, this show has predicted the future right down to the smallest detail many, many times, despite its sometimes mature jokes… glad it wasn’t Archer I was watching… not with the young ones around..”

“So, gonna do anything today? I gotta eat then head off to the weather factory. Got some...explaining to do. Man, they are gonna be pissed. First the race change now gender. The ponies in PR are gonna start hating me. After than I’m on an overnight shift so I won’t be back till the next morning.”

“It will only last a year… that is unless you want to stay that way. Then we can see about making it more permanent.” I shrugged.

“Well I have always been called more male than female, while I never expected this if I decide I like it then our marriage will officially be strange...er.”

“Not really. As it is I’m still deciding myself If I like this. Being female I mean. It won’t be any stranger than my birth father deciding to marry my adopted father and become a futa lady.” i said with a giggle, loving that I can support Blitz like this.

“Heh, well at least I can fight those jerks at work on equal footing. Griffon body was already a buff to strength, but being male on top of that, heh, I’m gonna knock their teeth loose.” He laughed.

I sighed with a smile on my lips. “Just try to set a good example for the kids dear. They look up to you, or need I remind you your slip up with Pura?”

“Heh...no. I’ll try but I don’t think I can promise anything sadly. Always been hot headed. Oh, Applejack said she was gonna come over tonight to see how Rarity is doing.”

“Got it. That reminds me, I need to see if Scootaloo is done with her homework. I promised I’d help train her how to be a Warrior. Provided she does her class work of course.” I said, getting up from my seat with a stretch.

“Well  since she’s at school that will have to wait till when they get back. Oh wait, you got that thing with the school, I guess that can work out.”

“Yup. I was going to stop by today and see if the class is good to go or not. Give me something to pass the time in between feedings.” I admitted.

“True.” Blitz said, placing his eggs on a plate. “You be safe, alright?”

“Of course love. I doubt any of those kids could do any real damage on me, even after their training is done.” I said with a slight roll of my eyes.

“Still, I know you. Don’t go looking for trouble. That’s my job.” He chuckled.

“Dear, Trouble just loves my company.” I giggled before going up stairs to start up the milkers. Scotch will need a few bottles between now and when I get back after all. “Have a good day at work Blitz. Be safe now.”

I headed out, making my way through the town’s roads. I noticed I was...getting attention from guys...and a few girls. I had some mixed feelings. On one hand, it’s good to know I’m attractive to others as a mare...on the other… it’s kinda embarrassing, and I’m married…. Did people do this when I was a stallion as well and I just never noticed? Or am I just being paranoid? 

I slither my way to the school, trying to ignore the small blush I have from all the stairs. It just… makes me feel uneasy about it all.

I entered Cheerilee’s office. “Um, hello...who are you?” She asked. Guess none of the kids told her.

“Hey Cheer, It’s me Eclipse.. Or well, Eclipsa now. Can blame the hubies for that…”

“... Uh...I have no words.” She said, looking like her brain was Windows Xp trying to run Crysis 3. “Well...I guess at this point I should expect stranger. Anyway, I assume you are here about the class, correct?”

“Yup. Oh also if Male versions of Shy, Dash and Luna show up, to not instantly call 911 if and when they pick up the kids.” 

“...Right… anyway. I spoke to the other teachers about this matter and we all agreed. After giving the forms to the Board of Education, they where approved this morning. I’m making up the forms for parents now. It will take some time to build the extension to the school, but something just for a desk since these activities will be taking place outside, and on rainy days in the cafeteria. By next week you can report for work. Oh, after you fill out some paperwork here first. Have to get you into the system first.”

“Alright then. Lets get started and out of your mane.” I said with a good natured smile. So glad I’m not a guy or my own voice probably would have taken a lot of willpower to resist.

“Alright then. I have the new hire forms here so please take a seat.” She said as I did. She placed the paper and a pen for me as I began filling them out. It was a lot like a job application back on earth, only it also asked for a drawn image of your cutie mark.

I doodled a sketch of Oblivion and Oathkeeper, and I circled the odd “Both” for the gender choice. Figured I’d be honest. After double and triple checking the forms for any errors, I handed it back. “And there we are.”

“Alright then.” She said, looking it over. “Okay, I’ll get this sent to the heads in the District and you’ll need something that fits the school code for teachers to wear. Since you’ll be the equivalent of a gym teacher a simple white top and shorts...or maybe a skirt, in your case, for you. Come the end of the week everything should be done and I can make your ID badge here that same day.”

“Alrighty then. See you later Cheer. Oh, and I owe you a spa trip after dealing with my bunch for the last year.” I said with a smile.

“Heh, I might just take you up on- hang on.” She said, looking at the paper again. “You left the address blank. We need that for mailing you important papers and your paychecks.”

I looked quicically. I could have sworn… “Oh I’m sorry, I thought I filled that in.” I said, going back over.

“Heh, it’s alright. It is the last line on the paper so it is pretty easy to overlook.” She chuckled a I filled it in, making sure it was there as I handed it back to her. She looked it over. “And that’s it. Anything else I can do for you at the moment? You can get a parent pass and visit your kids in class. Nothing said ‘I’m a mom’ like visiting your foals in school.”

“Hehe, don’t tempt me.” I giggled. “Are there any more problems after I talked to them?”

“So far no, but I’ll keep you posted. Plus with you here I have a feeling they won’t be as brave in their stunts.” She chuckled.

“Heh, Well, I’d love to see them in class later. Besides, I know Sciath at least will be excited. The others will be a toss up, but that’s the price of motherhood.”

“Heh, yeah… Well, see you around.” Cheers said as I left.

Leaving the school I decided to check in on Spoiled Rich. I know she is awake already. Heading to the hospital I was allowed to visit, that same nurse from last time was there… and despite the gender change she still looked at me and was likely daydreaming. I entered Spoiled’s room. She was in some leg casts, three iv drips hooked into her and a feeding tube up her nose. The bruises where less noticeable, but looking you still saw outlines. Then the stitches...scars. The mange in her coat and mane. God, she’s getting better but she still looks like hell.

“Hey Spoiled. Looking like you can go prowling already.” I chuckled nervously. Why did I feel the need to say that?

“Hm? Eclipse? Is that you? Your tone of voice sounds like you but it’s different. Can’t see at the moment, medicine causes some temporary blindness. You sound like a mare? Dare I ask why?”

“Long story short, Shy, Luna, Dash and I have all swapped genders for a year, and I’m already carrying.” i said, Good, even Gender switched doesn't make me less blunt.

“Wow, well, good luck. Birth is a pain like you can’t imagine. I remember when I went into labor with Tiarra. It felt like I was being torn in half, swore my flesh would tear at any moment. And that was with the morphine.” She said. “So, come to visit? Tiarra told me about her slumber party, and what she and that daughter of yours Scootaloo have been doing. Can’t say I blame her. It may sound odd, or maybe not to you, but inside that stomach of yours I never felt more safe in that year of hell, or in general in my entire life. Whatever that belly of yours secretes dulled the pain for nine hours after you spit me out.”

“I gave some for the doctors to test. So hopefully, as much as you won’t feel as safe, you’ll be getting healed much faster.” I said with a softness in my voice.

“I know. I’m on their prototype right now. Pain is still there but dulled. Least I’m not screaming or in a medicated coma. So far temporary blindness and loss of appetite are the only side effects. Eclipse, I want to ask you something.”

“Ask away. We are both ladies here.” I chuckled, figuring she could use a laugh.

“Heh...Eclipse, I don’t know what they did to me. But almost every day since I arrived they were cutting me up and...did something with my insides. The doctors said I look fine, if not a few organs out of place. But they kept slicing me as if I was having a c section.” 

“If… if you want I could look with my magic, see what is up. They may have only changed a few physical components, but I don’t think the doctors bothered to look at the magical due to your being a earth pony.” I said, honestly caring for her.

“I’m afraid to know if anything is up...but, please. Do.”

“Alright then. With the way my Gray works, even if it doesnt like my magic, it won’t cause you any harm.” I said, resting my hand reassuringly on her shoulder before closing my eyes, Gray colorless smoke leaking out of the corners of my eyes. As I focused on her body, physical, magical, and spiritual, everything else faded away.

At first, nothing seemed out of order. But, as I arrived at her womb area, I noticed something. A spark of magic, this felt like...with Rarity and that stone… Spoiled is pregnant? Hoping that is not the case, I continued to look, expanding my view to also look at myself and to compare the energy feeling in me. I do not want to tell her that.

When it arrived at my wombs… NINE! I HAVE NINE IN ME!?!?! That’s triplets from each of the hubbies… Oh FUCK! Eheh...erm...anyway, sadly, they matched up...to a T… Spoiled is pregnant...and I am crazy fertile. I gulped before continuing my scan on Spoiled, looking for anything else out of place, out of the norm. After concluding that yes, nothing else is weird, I pulled my hand away and opened my eyes.

“Well...what’s the issue?” She asked. She looked so worried...so scared.

I gently held her close, knowing what she is about to hear is going to hurt like nothing else. “S-Spoiled… Whatever those fucks did to you… Tiara is going to be a sister.” I said, confusing myself as to why tears are streaming down my face.

She inhaled slowly...before smiling. “Rich and I… before this whole thing started… maybe...they were trying to prevent it’s development? Otherwise, my foal would have been born already...Do you think that’s all they were doing?”

I could hear it in her voice. She was begging for some glimmer of hope. Stars help me… “I... I can check, one more time. I just want to confirm something, alright?” I said, closing my eyes. Little known fact, Children’s magical Aura start out as a pure mix of their parents, and even when they get older, they retain some of their parent’s signature. That is what I was checking on the baby.

I could tell it was Spoiled magic in there. Sadly… I don’t know Rich’s. This other half it’s made of could be anyone for all I know. Idea. “Spoiled, Do you have anything that Ritch would often use his magic on? I want to get to know his signature.” I’m desperate okay? I...I need to give Spoiled an answer.

“Hmm… Maybe in his office at the manor, or at his store. He spent many hours in those places… Oh! Tiara’s Tiara, he made it himself, mined the diamonds in them himself and melted the silver. Smithing was a hobby of his, but after Tiara was born he got rid of it all so she wouldn’t get hurt if she found his smithing area. If anything has his magic in it it has to be her tiara.”

I smile. That was so sweet. “Alright then, I’ll talk to her and come back, hopefully with more answers.”

“Don’t have to wait, she left it here. In the bedside table. She left it so we both can remember him when she’s here.”

Stop being so sweet damn it! I smiled before shifting my magical focus over to the tiara. I already know Diamond’s already, I just need Ritch’s. Oh please let the kid be Ritch’s. I don’t want to tell her otherwise. I felt the magic in the crown. A lot of it was clearly Tiara’s but the feel of Rich’s magic was still there, holding strong. I compared it… it...it’s not a match...

My mouth went dry and I bet Spoiled noticed how stiff I became.  “It’s...not his...is it?” She asked.

I held her tighter, choking on the word. “No.”

I could hear her trying to speak, words failing her at the moment. “W...well… I guess...it doesn’t matter.” She sighed. “Whoever’s it is, that psycho doctors or...whoever, it’s still my foal. All I can do is...hope they never turn out like whoever the father or those sick people are.”

I took a shaky breath before focusing on my godly powers, giving Spoiled a small touch on her forehead. “If you ever need anything, my entire family is here to help. And I give you, and the child, my blessing, for what it is worth. If they are ever a danger, they will be put someplace where they will harm no one. If he is not a danger and needs help, he will be able to find his way to my family safely. And you… I bless you with good health. A small price for my failure.”

“Heh, I need that.” She said, taking a long, solom sigh. “Eclipse. I need to ask a favor of you.”

“What is it? If it can be done, I will do so.” I said, my mood being very protective of the broken, strong mare.

“If by the time this foal is born, and I’m still in this hospital, not healed enough to…” She gulped. “To survive...I want you to take care of Tiara, and the foal. Rich’s layer came here and named me sole owner since I ended up alive. If I die giving birth to this foal, I want to name you This foal and Tiara’s legal guardian and parent, and inherent Barnyard bargains. I wouldn’t ask this if you if I knew for sure this wouldn’t be an issue. But the doctors said as is, my body can’t handle stress, and having a foal… If I survive them growing in me I’ll be unable to even lift a hoof, let alone survive the birth.”

I held her close. “It won’t come to that okay. But… if the unspeakable happens… I will be there.”

“Thank you. You are too good to be real, you know that?” She asked. “Please, tell no one of what we spoke of here. I’ll have the nurse call my layer, same pony as Rich, to get the paperwork settles in case.”

“Alright, and please, I just do what I feel is right. Sometimes that isn’t always a good thing.”

“Thank you. And please, tell nopony of this conversation...especially Tiara. She’s prone to taking action. The last thing I want if for her to do something rash and terrible.”

“I won’t, save for maybe my partners. They should know-”

“Eclipse, please.” She cut me off. “Not a soul. A dying mare’s last wish.”

That choked me better than any threat to the reality ever could. I gave her a gentle squeeze before sighing out. “I promise. Not a soul.”

“Thank you.” She said, managing to move her cast hoof to a call nurse button. “You have a lot to process. If you weren’t pregnant, I’d say head to a bar, heh. But givin you are, best head over to Sugar Cube corner. A mare’s best friend in a time of sadness is sweets. Ask Rarity, heh, I know how much ice cream she can shove down when she’s sad.”

“Heheh, should have seen me this morning, craving nothing that wasn't a Paopu fruit with Chocolate.” I giggled half heartedly.

“Heh, my cravings with Tiara were Ice cream, pickles, and hay burgers. Occasionally seltzer water.”

“Hehe, thats interesting. For Luna if it didn’t have chocolate, forget it, including water.” I giggled.

“Wow. And here I thought it was her sister with the sweet tooth. If the newspapers were to be believed.” She sighed, the nurse coming in. “Till next time Eclipse. Nurse, please call my lawyer, I just want to get somethings organized.”

I nodded before remembering she can’t see right now. “Be safe Spoiled. I’ll stop buy later, maybe even with a few treats.” I said before leaving the hospital, my heart heavy.

I did as she recommended and headed to Sugar Cube corner. Once there I began eating order, after order of sweets and ice cream. “Having a bad day?” I looked up. Pinkie Pie? She looked so...different.

“Hey Pinks… You could say that.” I said, not even assuming she doesnt know it’s me.

“Dash, or rather, Blitz told me the whole story.” Pinkie said, taking a seat. She was really different. Not the super young party pony I knew and enjoyed upon my time in this town. She was...wise, in her movements, more mature, and...calmer. Bags under her eyes spoke a lot, most I can guess. “If I had the time, I’d throw some kind of early baby shower thing.” 

“Heh, I bet, but I know you have your own hooves full…. Sorry I wasn’t here love… I could have done something.” I said to the fellow 4th wall breaker.

“I’ve made my peace with things.” She said, taking a spoon of my ice cream. “The twins are in preschool now. But the shop takes up that time.”

“I would offer to help… But I already signed for a job at the school..” I say sadly. “But enough doom and gloom, We don’t want to end up like how Xin and Ben are, Right? Lance and Bio prefer me being the happy one after all.” I said with a small chuckle.

“That depends, what arch is this for you?” She chuckled. “I guess all things considered I lucked out. My family survived the attack...but my dad lost his front right leg. The experience changed him. Not in a bad way, just made him wanna see outside the farm. So, we rent the farm cheap to AJ, I know she’ll take care of it. Might not even do anything to it. Dad and mom are traveling now and my sisters all moved in with me here to help, save for Maud. She’s off exploring and researching rocks.”

“All things considered that’s not that bad at all.” I smiled in relief, taking another spoonful of ice cream. “Strange being down to earth for once, everything seems so much simpler fighting reality destroying threats.” I chuckled.

“Same. I saw...when Mr and Miss Cake where… you know. It was...horrible. I was lucky the twins were out cold when I took them to hide. They slept through the whole thing… better than having witnessed it. I still have nightmares, but, I still try and find reason to smile.”

“There is always a reason to keep going. I should know, i had to hold on to one as I was in  front of the Big Bang.” I laughed.

“Heh. So, how’s handling simplicity? Nothing to fight, just whatever to pass the time? I know you are used to fighting, almost constantly.”

“Oh I found a way. I’m teaching self defence at the school for those without Keyblades.”

“Heh, cool. I’d be careful if I were you though, those knockers on your chest should count as clubs with how big they are.” She joked, taking another spoon of Ice Cream.

“Hmm… wonder if Bio would allow that…” I said, a serious look of contemplation before laughing hard.

“Depends, think there’s a reader who will pay?” She chuckled. “Ever wonder when it all changed? I know you were gone the year it happened but...after that day, things changed, and at some point we stopped noticing when it did. My sisters saw me talking and acting this way and thought I was a changeling for a while. Rarity a surrogate, Applejack and Flim a couple? Twilight off a co-wife with your biological parents and so on. Everything changed and at some point, we just get used to it without realizing it.”

I sighed. “I don’t understand it myself Pinkie. I always adapted fast, and to be honest, I’ve been hiding just how lost and confused I really am. Everything is in constant change, and I bet even to an extent the Authors are unsure as to what is going on. Things are changing, the code is breaking, and soon, will we even be us any more, or are only us who can see the readers and the authors be the ones left knowing the truth?”

“Hard to say. I tend to prefer thinking about the positives that worrying about negatives is...new. You know, I bet you changed to a mare and got knocked up just so you have an excuse not to leave, to not miss out on anything for as long as you can, because, I mean, how could you? You’re growing lives, throwing yourself into danger and missing more of your families lives. When you think about it, changing gender and getting knocked up isn’t that bad of an idea to force yourself to stay and enjoy what you’ve been fighting for.”

“Heh, you know me too well Pinks. As much as I never expected to take to being a mare so well… it’s nice having an excuse not to leave.” I admitted taking a spoonful.

“Yeah. As for your taking to a mare so well, it might be how you grew up. As a human, it was only you and your mother when she was around. As a pony, it was you, Twilight and Velvet. Nightlight was often at work and Shining was either in school on dates with Cadence or in guard boot camp. You’ve been around females more than you realize. That could be a contributing factor.”

“Maybe. It’s a sound theory, if just a theory.” A GAME… wrong reality Lance.

“Hey, I have the shop closed tomorrow to inventory restock and cleaning. It only takes a few hours. Maybe I can bring the twins over and your foals and them can have a playdate? Heh, assuming you don’t just swallow them and they have a playdate in your belly.”

“Hehe, I don’t see why not, I have nothing else planned until friday.” I giggled. “Thanks Pinks, It’s good to know that your spirit never changed.”

“Same.” She said. “So, other than that how’s being a mare? I imagine sex is a whole new serial experience?”

“Yup, officially now consider myself Bi.” I giggled. 

“Well, you’re a mare right now so the term would be straight, unless you and the girls, when they were girls, had a little fun~”

“Oh I did. Two words. Flutters. Bathtub.”

“Sounds kinky.” Pinkie chuckled. “I’ll put these sweets on a tab for you to pay later. Head on off, school lets out in like two hours so you best head home to greet the kids. Oh, and Eclipsa.”

“Yes Pinkie?” I asked, Finishing up my ice cream.

“Have you noticed Tiara’s pattern?”

“Her pattern? Which pattern?” 

“Zeke’s experienced life changing trama, Ben’s lost both parents, and now, yours lost Rich, and when that foal is born… You even noticed they all have the same Keyblade? Not even all my reflections share the same Keyblade. Isn’t that a tad interesting?”

“Yes… it is. Almost as big as a mystery as myself, being the literal anomaly I am. It’s something I’ll ask Crip about when I get the chance. If he doesn’t know, than it is a rule so ingrained into reality not even the authors can change it.”

“Who knows, but it might be worth asking your Tiara about the day her dad was turned heartless and mom was taken, or maybe even ask Spoiled. Who knows, another perspective might give some more insight.”

“Why don’t I go to you for ideas more? Lance, Bio, answers?”

“Cause that’s lazy writing.” She smiled, tilting her head.

“Meh, tell me about it. They had me reload a pistol without there being any known ammo in the first place. Gods they are lazy. Oh and Lance, kiss my ass, you’re not censoring this one.” I smirked up at the co-author.

“Think of it this way, it’s Left 4 Dead, handguns have infinite ammo. Not too strange given that.” She said, getting off the chair. “Well I gotta get back to the kitchen. Good luck Eclipsa.”

“You two Pinks. May your heart be your guiding key.” I said as I finished up what was on the table before heading out.

Taking her advice, I went back to Spoiled. Her lawyer just leaving as I entered. “Ah, Eclipse. I can see now, thank the stars...holy Celestia’s waving mane you look good. Have to admit, I’m jealous.”

“Am I really that good looking?” I asked with a small, embarrassed blush.

“Yes. As you just saw I've settled the paperwork with my lawyer. Is there something you wish to speak about?”

“Yes… Though, I’ll understand if you don’t want to speak about it.” I said, slithering over next to her.

“Well, let me hear it.”

“I was wanting to ask about that day… the day you were taken and Ritch was lost…”

She took a deep breath. “What exactly do you wish to know?”

“I want to hear a few details… revolving around Tiara.”

“Well, I will tell what I can.”

“Was there anything off about the way the heartless acted around her, or maybe something about Tiara that just spoke about an attunement to darkness?” I asked

“Well, I remember them passing her. That… bizarre Keyblade was in her teeth.”

“Do you remember her ever having had the keyblade ceremony at all?”

“Yes. Your Scootaloo gave it to her. Despite apparently not being a master she can bequeath them. It was a strange one. The tip had this… it looked like a goat head on a blue clock.” No Name. Young Xehanort's Keyblade. Same as Zeke's Tiara.

“Well, something tells me that keyblade chose her, but Scoots just gave the key as it were… But there is something I need to tell you. The Spoiled that kidnaped you was from Daybreak. You and her are almost genetically the same, only she is anthro. The same must hold true for Tiara and Zeke’s, both of which have the same keyblade.”

“Huh… but wouldn't that be common for reflections? It only makes sense? Right?”

I shook my head. “While yes there are quite a few genetic similarities between reflections, they are never as close as this one is with Zeke’s. You are 97.5% a match for her genetically, the other 2.5 being what makes her anthro and you pony.”

“Huh...but what does this have to do with Tiara?”

“Her keyblade is a keyblade with the unique ability of time manipulation. Plus, as much as it is faint due to unuse, she does have a natural affinity to darkness.”

“Oh...so you are saying...she could be dangerous? To herself and others?”

“I’m saying that ontop of being trained, she needs to know one truth, you can’t change the past, only add to it. I’m afraid she will find out about her Keyblade’s ability and try and go back… and get herself hurt.”

“Well...I trust you to do that. Just be careful. Tiara is a clever one. Not easily fooled.”

“I know… I just hate seeing kids suffer. Guess its one of my many weaknesses.” I chuckle.

“As it should be. As a parent, a mother especially.”

“Heh, well, thanks for helping to clear things up. I’ll talk to her about it when I get the chance.” I smiled. “I won’t let her travel that path.”

Just then I began hearing the ever familiar sound of Rarity scream… not of fear, or a fashion emergency...pain. “Get this mare to the labor ward!” I heard somepony yell… she went into labor!

I quickly summoned the Heart Stone, thanking Spoiled for the talk before rushing out the door, following instinct to find Rarity. I came up to the doors to the room she was birthing the foal in, the hubbies all there. “Eclipsa! Oh thank goodness.” Butterscotch said. “Rarity went into labor early, Star is calling Fancy and Flure now since she wasn't due till the end of the week.”

“I need to get in, Rarity wanted me to be around with this during the birth.” I said, holding up the now brightly shining stone.

“Well get some scrubs on and head on in.” 

I nodded, getting on the gear before heading inside. It was sooo uncomfortable, more so as a mare, but it needs to happen. Once inside I was told to hold her hoof… my hand is crushed… grunting I beared through it. Finally the foal was coming out, and the stone began glowing. “You are doing amazing Deary, you can do this!” I encouraged, ready for any retort that may come as the stone got brighter by the second.

She was in the final moments. Just the last of the foals legs then… crying… a babies cries. The doctors quickly began cleaning up the foal, cutting the umbilical cord and the stone was a glow of white light energy. They handed the foal to Rarity. It had Fancy Pants mane, but it had Rarity's eyes. Since they both have white coats the foal also had a white coat. A colt! It's a colt!

I helped fix Rarity’s mane for her, covered in sweat as it was. “You did it. You did it Rarity.” I said, showing her the now white light of a stone.

“Yes… yes I did.” She was breathing heavy, holding the foal. “My, my word… he's lovely...just...lov...ly.” 

Beep-beep-beep.

“Code blue!” The doctor yelled. A nurse took the foal. Running out of the room while everypony else began moving fast. “Get some chest paddles in here!”

“Ma'am you need to leave.” Another doctor said, leading me out.

“What is code blue?” I asked calmly, fearing the worst.

“...Flatlined.” She said, pushing me out the door, into the lobby. “We need to jumpstart her heart.”

“Clear!” The doctor inside yelled as this one closed the door.

I closed my eyes and sent out a “small” wave of healing magic, not really caring if it affected the entire hospital. “Please Rarity… Survive.” I said before sitting down with Scotch, Star, Fancy and Flure, taking off the scrubs.

Hours passed. The hubbies checked in on her foal, and I just stayed here… how long… how much longer? Finally, a doctor came over. “How is she?” I asked the unspoken question on all of our minds.

“I...I'm sorry. But it seems there wasn't enough liquid for the foal when in her womb. Had we known this earlier a C section would have kept her alive, but she refused further tests at the foals later developments. As a result the friction of the foals birth tore her womb open. She bleed internally… the chest paddles were useless and no amount of healing magic can stop that much sudden blood loss… we're sorry.” He said, walking back into the room, it's light turning off.

I stood there, unmoving as the words repeated in my head. “No…. No n-not Rarity….” Somewhere, I felt the Element of Generosity inside the tree flicker and dim, the rest of the lights all feeling it from within their very beings. “Not her…”





It was that same day, back home. We were allowed to take the foal home. Flure and Fancy were informed, as were Rarity's parents. Sweetie Belle is gonna be with us a while. Flure and Fancy named the foal Fancy Fashion. I was in the living room, nursing the newborn. I just… couldn't let him go...

What could I have done… Rarity… She and I may not have always saw eye to eye, but we were best friends. She was the one who designed my Jacket, the one thing that saved my life more times than I can bother to count. She taught me the difference between a warrior brute, and the Knight I strive to be day after day. I had the energy to save her… I’m a god for fuck sake! WHAT KIND OF GOD AM I IF I CAN SAVE ONE DAMNED LIFE?! I hid my emotions well, but I couldn't stop the single tear rolling down my face, and sadly, others took note of it by how rarely I cried.

“Eclipsa.” Scotch said, walking up to me.

“What use is godly powers if I can’t save even one life? I may have saved Spoiled…. But with her wounds, how long? I couldn’t help Rarity… I can’t do anything save for destroy…I-”

“Eclipsa,” he cut me off. “Everypony… everyone… dies. Even a god can't break that fact. One day… I will, Blitz will, Star, you, and someday, as much as we hate to think about it, the kids will too. If it is their time, what kind of god brings them back for no reason other than selfish sorrow and pity?”

“I know that…. I know…. I…. I just…. I could have done something… Rarity indirectly saved my life so many times. The jacket she made and that you and all the others enchanted kept me alive throughout all my adventures. She was always there, Being a voice of refinement, teaching me the difference between a pure warrior, and a knight. She… She…. There will never be another like her, Reflections be damned.”

“That is true, but if your best still couldn't keep her alive, then it was meant to be. I… I still want to run to her shop, and see her in her workroom, or in the showroom… but if I go, all I'll find is an empty building with clothes and mannequins. We can't change fate, we just accept it, and learn to live with it.”

I leaned into Scotch and silently let loose the dams, crying freely into his shoulder. “Sh-she took my jacket to work on it… L-later I w-want to go into h-her room and see it… see what she has done… her second to last work.” 

“Second to last?” Scotch asked, hugging me tight but keeping room for the foal, still feeding from me.

I rocked the foal. “Y-yeah… second to last… she made this little guy after all…” I then and there blessed the kid…. It was the least I could do for Rarity. Legally she may have been the aunt to the kid…. But she still made him damn it.

Scotch nodded. “Okay, but first, you have something to do.” Scotch said, letting go and lifting up the stone. “Please, don't put it off.”

I nodded before taking the stone, Summoning Oath and Oblivion to my side. ‘You two… how do I do this?’

”Once. But leave the foal with your partners. It's late and cold outside.”

I nodded, wiping my face before reluctantly taking the foal away from no teat. “Now now, be nice to Uncle Scotch, alright?” I said, covering myself back up and handing Fashion to Scotch. “I need to do this outside. Hold on to him, alright?”

“Of course.” Scotch said, taking Fashion.

I headed outside, Oath told me we had to a hill in a forest clearing. Once I arrived I pulled out the stone. “What now you two? Do you need to be Better Half to make it work?”

”Well last time we did this Kingdom Hearts was out and about in the sky, so if Better Half can summon our maker, then yes.”

I nodded before combining the two into Better Half. “Here’s to hoping this works.” I said before pointing the blade up to the sky. “Kingdom hearts, Come on out you cliche bastard. I know you are watching and I have a heart waiting to be created for you.” I said, much to Oath’s horror and Oblivion’s laughter.

The nights clouds began to circle, and opened up, the massive heart shaped moon appearing in the sky, completely blocking Luna's moon. 

”Hold the stone up to them.” Oath told me.

Listening to her, I hold up the stone, still shining bright with the yet unborn heart inside. 

It shot down a single beam of light, hitting the stone. It began floating out of my grasp, and cracked. The rock falling off...as a heart emerged from within. It floated around me for a time, then flew up to Kingdom Hearts. “And a new Heart is born… Lets hope it gets it’s shot at life before the shit goes down.” I said to myself. “That was it KH, unless of have to tell me something or provide a new Deus Ex Machina?”

It pulsated, sending another, larger ray of light down as… a Keyblade appeared



I lost my voice, staring at the keyblade floating before me. “W-why…” I asked, looking down. To my surprise… a heart floated down… Rarity? “R-rares? Why are you… a keyblade?”

The heart flashed twice… one means yes, twice means no… “So you’re not a keyblade… but asked for one to help me?”

No Darling. Her voice… The Keyblade then began to float, moving through the trees. Follow the Key Darling.

I shook out of my shock before following the keyblade, Kingdom Hearts still shining brightly in the sky. I hear quite a few people coming out of their houses in shock but right now it doesn't matter, I need to follow this key. I need to know what Rarity wants me to see.

It lead me to Celestia and Luna’s old castle. Here I was led to the Tree of Harmony. There, the Key floated, until a crystal vine grew from the ground and wrapped around it, the element of Generosity glowing brightly amung it’s follow elements. One down, five to go. I am gone from this world Eclipse, and so, the elements have lost touch with their remaining physical bearers. Find the new bearers, and the Tree, and Kingdom Hearts will give you the strength needed to keep hearts and Harmony safe. I know grey is more your area, heh, but please, this must be done to protect Equestria. Rarity’s heart…’spoke.’

I bowed to the heart much like a real Knight would, a small, sad smile on my face. “As you wish my lady Rarity.” I said, knowing this won’t be easy.

We don’t know who the new bearers are, but we do know they are on Equestria.[i/] Just then, five more Keyblades appeared...each for their element.







Like the first, crystal vines grew from the ground, and wrapped around them. When the bearers have been found, they can claim their weapons, and so long as new bearers are found when the old ones can no longer protect, Equestria will be safe.

“I will do all I can Rare’s… I’ll also make sure Fancy Fashion is safe. He is your blood, as much as you are legally his aunt.” I said

Thank you, may we meet again, in my next life.

“We will. And when my time comes, I’ll see you on the other side.” I said with a small smile, finally having closure.

Her heart faded into the light, Kingdom Hearts vanishing and the Keyblades resting, awaiting their wielders. I sighed and gave a small bow to the tree. “Keep them safe. I’ll be back with your new chosen.”

I went back home, and saw Tiara on the couch...arm bruised?! And motherly instincts kicked in like a wildfire burning down a dry bush filled forrest. “Tiara, what happened? Did something attack you?” I asked, quickly going over to her and checking out her foreleg. 

“No, was trying out Keyblade tricks when one of the other kids threw a strike raid too close. Justin said it was pretty good considering normally my arm would be sliced by that attack. They sent me home early but my butler was taking his nap and with mom in the hospital...I hoped to find somepony here to help. But the others were out.”

“Yeah… The others are at the hospital. Don’t worry, they aren't hurt but it’ll be awhile before they are back.” I said, summoning Oathkeeper and tapping the bruise “Cure.” I said before disbanding the blade. “So how was your day?”

“Eh, not too bad.” She said, summoning her Keyblade… No Name… “Dumb thing. Can’t even perform a simple spell or attack. I swear it’s useless. Justin said it’s rare as rare can get but personally I don’t buy it…”

Damn… I need to tell her. No secrets, save for the one I promised to Spoiled. “I think because you are not forming a bond with your keyblade to learn what it wants.” I said, deciding to play it safe with how I approach it.

“A...bond? Like, how do I do that?”

“First, before I tell you, I need to let you know something.” I took a breath, here we go… “No Name is the Keyblade of Time. It is most known for its ability to screw with time like nobody’s business. But I need to let you know this. Stop time is the most I ever want to find out you have done. You can never change what has already happened, in fact by going back into the past, you normally cause whatever you try to prevent.”

She looked at the Keyblade. “...I don’t buy it.” Say what? “Control time? I know they can do a lot but...that’s kind of a stretch.”

“Not as much as you think. Go ahead. Try and cast Stop.” I said, preparing for the inevitable.

“I know about the stop spell. Really, just not that good with magic...at all.”

Huh. I smiled before focusing on her own internal magic to see if there was a problem. “I’m sure I can help you, if you want.”

When I did…. Dear lord...so much darkness… it’s like that Embodiment I killed...so pure…. “Uhh, you okay? Your face is pale? Ah! Am I sick?!”

“No no, Just… finding out why you have trouble casting normal magic.” I said, unable to break my gaze on that darkness. “Most magic you are taught uses light as a source, or pure mana. You…. You have one of the strongest afinities to Darkness I have seen without losing yourself.”

“And...that’s bad...right?”

I smiled. “No, no it isn't.” I took a breath. “Darkness isn’t evil, just misunderstood and used for bad reasons. Even my new power, called grey, would not have been made if I didn’t know how to use my darkness.”

“Oh...so, am I the only one like this then?” Huh, well I know… Zeke and Ben’s DT’s also have this Keyblade, but if I remember from reading the others stories, Zeke’s DT also acquired the Gazing  Eye when she got enraged… This might be worth looking into.

“No, but you are definitely the most advanced I’ve seen.” I said, curling around her and holding her gently. “I can teach you all you need to know. I’ll talk to justin, and he will teach you about how to use your keyblade, But I’ll teach you how to make peace with your darkness. After all” I smiled. “Wolf was originally my darkness.”

“Uh...I can try...but how? You just said it’s a higher affinity than you’ve ever seen, so who can teach me that’s on my same affinity level?” Hmm… True, Wolf knows his stuff but nothing major… To the Assistant! 

“I can find a member of my extended family who is willing. But if they look strange in any way, it is because they are from another Reflection. Who knows, it could even be another you.” I said, pulling it up and looking through, sending a general message to the family.

There wasn’t much, but as I was searching Tiara’s Keyblade began glowing...dark. “Uhh...is this normal?” DT asked.

I close my eyes before summoning Oath and Oblivion. ‘You two, I need a little help here. Keep No Name calm while I teach DT how to talk to him.’

”What are we?! Having a death wish!?”

‘Would being Better half Help?! Look, I just need time while I teach her.’

”Uh, Eclipse. No Name here and Gazing Eye were the first ever Twin Keyblades forged, while both work with darkness their potential with light is equally terrifying. Besides, he’s not mad, he’s looking for a teacher for his master. Besides I am not getting into a fight against him! Last time that happened a reflection of mine was shattered to micro dust!”

I sighed, rubbing my temples. “Alright you two, I get it. No name, a little warning would have been nice, but thanks for the help.” I told they keyblades out loud before turning to DT. “To answer your question, You’re keyblade is looking for a master to help you.”

”...Found them.” No Name spoke… And with a freaky voice like that if I had an asshole I’d be shitting from it about now...

“You creepy man.” I told they keyblade with a good natured laugh. 

Just then two DTD’s opened up. And from them… Two Diamond Tiara’s? Anthro ones.

“Ouch…” The one in a pink hoodie spoke.

“Same…” The other, wearing a white shirt, khaki short shorts spoke.

“Sorry ‘bout that. Seems No Name didn’t tell you two you were coming did he?” I asked the two, going over to help them up.

“Mine did.” The one in a white shirt spoke. “Damn jerk whispers from time to time and only in the dark of night when I’m all alone, frankly it’s creepy as all hell.” She groaned. “Oh...two others of me… well, this is confusing.

“I, uh, mostly go by Tiara.” My Tiara said.

“Alright, then I’ll just go by DT for the time being.”

“So I’m Diamond then?” The last one in the hoodie asked, the other two nodding.

“Alright then. DT, Diamond, This is Tiara. She needs help and a teacher for her Darkness, and Since I am a Grey and don’t have her level of Darkness, No Name decided to grab you two to help her.” I summed up.

“Oh, well my darkness might not be the best but I know how to attack with light.” Diamond said.

“Guess that’s darkness for me...been known to have that happen...often…” Being nosey I decided to check on these two’s darkness…. Okay, so Diamond’s isn’t that big, it’s actually smaller than Tiara’s...but DT… Dear lord it’s like someone put the Realm of Darkness into a thirteen year old girls body! It’s dwarfing the both of them! Zeke what the hell! 

I filled myself with my grey just to feel safe as I forced myself to look away. “Alright, I have a few spare rooms in the house here if you want, or Tiara, they can stay at your place if you want them to.” I said, Unknowingly having a grey aura surrounding me from how much I pulled into myself. 

“Meh.” DT said.

“Thank you.” Diamond said.

“So, what can you do little filly?” DT asked.

“Well, not much.” Tiara admitted. “Can’t even do some basic tricks and such properly.”

“Oh, well don’t worry, with us, Diamond there can teach you to use those spells and I can teach you to do this!” She said…. EIGHT DARK GUARDIANS AT ONCE!!!! “Heh, makes choars crazy eazy.” She chuckled… God damn you Zeke...

I waved at the Guardian. “Hey Guardian, How’s it been?” I asked, a small smile on my face. “Thanks for the help last time we met.”

They all nodded, one of them opening a small dark portal, reaching into it and pulling out a box, and giving it to me. “It’s a gift, for something you spoke about.” DT said with a smile.

I took it with a nod. “Thank you. I’ll open it after all this is sorted out.” I said before turning to the Tiaras. “Alright, it’s getting late so unless there is something you want to teach Tiara right now, she does need to get some dinner before going to bed. It’s a school night.” I said, making my way to the kitchen… feeling the urge to cook like crazy, Naga style.

“No school, yay.” DT said.

“Same, mainly cause of Jenny.” Diamond said.

“You three take a seat. Soon the rest of the family will be by and then we can eat.” I said, feeling my naga heritage flow as I practically danced around the kitchen, cooking I don’t even know, but knowing it will be good~





After the kids went to sleep Diamond crashed on the couch and DT was up, looking at the moon. I went out to DT first. “Enjoying the moonlight?” I asked, slithering on by. The infants wouldn't sleep until I swallowed them, not to mention the rest, so my mane was in a bit more of a mess than usual.

She didn’t reply… it was then I noticed Gazing Eye was in her other hand...and clocks were moving across her eyes...is she...getting some kind of vision? I sighed as I turned my gaze up to the moon. I never trusted Visions. Either there is no way to change them, or the future is filled with so many variables that worrying about it is pointless. That is why I never look into the Author’s plans and stay surprised by everything that comes my way. Because the future is in constant motion, no point in worrying about it until it happens. 

When it ended, she took a deep breath. Then noticed me. “Oh, hey.” She said.

“Visions?” I asked, never breaking my gaze to the moon.

“Yeah. Eversince I got Gazing eye, I see them at least once a day. Most of it’s simple stuff, but lately it’s more worrying.”

“It’s about the war coming huh?” I asked

She shook her head. “No. At least, not yet. For example, what I just saw was...a train crash.”

“... I see…. It is in whatever reflection you are in or is it random?” I asked, closing my eyes.

“It’s world specific. As in, it’s always the world I am on.”

“Alright.” I chuckled. “I never put much faith in them. Time moves around too much to be exact. Better to make our own fates. But I’ll keep a ear to the ground.”

She shook her head. “Gazing Eye only shows me events bound to happen, though when he’s never clear on. Just shows the events that can not be changed.”

“If you say so.” I said before chuckling. “It’s safe here for now, relax. Face problems as they come.”

“Maybe. So, what are you gonna name the nine bundles of joy?” She asked, a sly smile. Damn future sights...and my own senses from earlier… nine, freaking NINE!

“No clue, Me nor the Authors have thought of names yet.” I said with a slight, worried smile.

“Heh, so, what are you gonna do?”

“Enjoy life, Look for the new Element bearers, And just… not leave if it can’t be helped.” I said before sighing. “The Elements need new bearers since…. Since Rarity died in childbirth earlier today.”

“My condolences. And when your Spoiled gives birth…?”

“Don’t tell Tiara.” I said, my eyes telling it all. “I promised Spoiled I wouldn’t tell a soul.”

“Don’t worry. Gazing Eye has some rules I have to follow when seeing events. You know that foals will not be normal, right?”

“I don’t have any doubt. They were forced into her by Kexez and Zoiled, as I call her.”

“Heh, Zoiled. That’s now what I’d call dear old mamma.” She said, a twisted grin as she raised up Gazing Eye. “I can’t say much, but I can say that when this foal is born, the war will get very, very interesting.”

“All I will say is that I won’t let those kids suffer… Even if I have to die to make it happen.” I said, solid determination hardening in my eyes.

“Hm...Don’t tempt Death, he loves a gamble.” She said, summoning No Name. “Care to see something?”

I shrugged. “Don’t see why not. Won’t hurt anything.”

Getting up, she swung No Name in the air, the air itself warming and twisting...time travel...now this is interesting. “Come on, little known facts on how No Name’s time travel works.” I nodded and slithered on in, holding myself where the kids are to make sure they are alright during this.

Walking through time was...a bit odd. We arrived in… The Keyblade Graveyard… is that fighting. DT got down near a hill. “Slowly.” She said, the two of us looking up...this is when Vanitas and Ventus fought… before Ventus got taken over by him. “Know this point in time?”

“Yeah, I played the game back on my earth. I know this point. The question is, which reflection...Still mine?”

“This one. Yours.” She said, standing up. She then...threw both Keyblades into a dark strike raid… One sliced Vanitas’s head, and the other, his heart, well, dark half of Ventus’s. He fell, body fading to darkness after that. “Now then, what did we learn?”

“....You changed the past, or you always did change the past at this point.”

“Nope.” She said. “This is what’s known as a fixed point in time. While any points in time can be altered, the resulting future is actually a whole new reflection, created the very second the event was altered to keep time stable. THIS is No Name’s true power, creating Reflections by altering time. So while any point in time can be changed reality created a new reflection where the alteration is the event meant to happen. I learned this...when I did this very thing the first time… though back then it was a total accident.”

“Beyond the fact this is good knowledge to have, why tell me and show me this?” I asked, rubbing my hand to calm the children.

“Because while you can alter important events, there are consequences still. In this reality, Sora, Riku, and Kairi will never know the Heartless, and never leave their island. Or it’s ocean. They leave on the raft, and drown. Terra, Aqua and Ventus’s friendship will break apart until the three masters go their own ways, train their own pupils, and a bad seed from each form a new threat, and create the very same disaster Sora and them would have prevented. Notice the pattern?”

“Yeah, I do.” I said with a heavy sigh. 

“When one grand disaster is prevented a new one will take its place. Sometimes less, more often equal to or worse than the one avoided.”

“So there is no true worry about letting Tiara try out her power, as it wont change our timeline?”

“Not exactly. You see, these are events already passed, in the current flow of time she could very well alter the future for us. That in mind I’d like to mention that No Name’s time travel has some rules to it.”

“Such as?”

“For Example traveling back in time can only send you back as far as your conception in reality, meaning the second dad screws mom that’s as far back as I am allowed to travel back. Traveling forwards in time is harder. You need to have a physical you there, and while you both will exist at that same point in the future but if you travel far enough you can only go as far until twenty four hours before your death. Another limitation is that you can only travel forwards in time for a day. After that you are ejected back to the second you left. While you are in the future only your future self can participate in future events, anything you do will be forgotten upon your ejection, and you forget everything you saw and did. But anything such as abilities, a sense of deja vu and purpose you acquire stay with you. While some items are possible to take back in time with you, they have to have existed from when you first went forwards in time.”

“A lot of rules. But makes sense.” I said with a shrug. “Wait, how does time travel work for one like me going into the past? I really was conceived inside the head of a Deity, so not in reality.”

“That’s it, you don’t exist in the past period yet you exist in the present and future. How you are even here is strange. Though at this point we can file it under you are weird.”

“And proud of it!” I giggled. “Well, I’m an timeline anomaly anyways, born from thoughts or not. Other Zekes exist, hell Cript is a reflection of him, But me? I’m the only one… Feels kinda lonely knowing that to be perfectly honest.” I shrugged.

“Well, that’s not entirely true.” Diamond said. “You were reborn into your world, in fact I can actually fast forward this to when you were born on your Equestria, which in this timeline if seven months away.”

“Yeah, but I was placed there by the god that created me, to the point where they said I wasn’t there until Velvet went into labor. The chances of Me being in another timeline are slim.” I said with a shrug. “Doesn't matter that much either way.”

“Still, there’s always that possibility.”

“Well, whatever the case may be, Is this going to be a problem for Tiara?” I asked. 

“Yes and no. See, if she learns this ability she could head back in time to when the Heartless attacked your world, saving her parents, but, then there would still be the other her there. So while she can save her parents there will still be the other her there, and since nothing actually affected her timeline, you can imagine she’d be full of rage and confusion at such a realization.”

I sighed. “Sadly I can. But that's when I’ll need to be there the most for her, Being the near unkillable by normal means being I am.”

“Now there’s a rule that’s up in the air.” She chuckled.

“I never wanted immortality by age in the first place. It is a curse, not a power.” I said before shaking my head. “Anyway, Thanks for telling me this. Knowing what we know… I want to be the best I can, even if it is never going to replace what is gone.”

“Yeah...but the best at what though?” She asked, this reflection...going dark.

“I want to be the best parent, the best protector, the best guardian I can be, even if it means sacrificing much to get there.” I said strongly.

“Hm. Interesting. Well, you best be going then.” She said, standing up and walking a few steps ahead.

I followed, having nothing else to do at the moment until we go back. 

“You sure you wanna stick around?”

“Got nothing better to do. Besides, You’re my ticket out. And I’m not leaving you here alone.” I said with my signature smile.

She rolled her eyes. “Alright.” Just then, the whole ground shook. “Just don’t tell my dad when you see him. He’d kill me if he knew I was doing this.”

“Deal. We all have our secrets. I’ll respect yours.” I said with a shrug. It wasn’t hard to understand.

“Alright, but I have to ask. Cript has told you that there is always something bigger, right?”

“Yup. Even the keepers of reality have something bigger than them in a never ending circle. Much like how everything has a end.” I said in a relaxed manner.

“Good...cause here comes one.” She said, both her keyblades in her hands.

I summoned my shield and Better Half. “As long as they don’t threaten my children.” I said with a slight hiss in my voice.

Looking ahead, I saw Terra, Ventus and Aqua… they were standing them… not...just three piles of gore, metal and blood...where? I then saw whoever this was. They were thin, like starved thin, wearing ragged clothes like you’d expect egyptian slaves to wear, and their long, black hair covered their face. They were hunched over, looking at the ground and nothing else.

“What is that.” I spoke in a low hiss, keeping it quiet.

I blinked...it was in front of me. It’s hands grabbing Better Half and my shield...It’s neck was cracking as it...twisted it around, snapping it’s own neck rather than just looking up… that...that’s my old face...from earth.. “Well well.” The other hissed. “The Glitch? Hehehe. It must be my lucky day.” It spoke, head now upside down.

Glitch? No, no time for you Curiosity. I rolled my eyes before unsummoning the shield and breaking apart Better half, dual wielding it. “Now now, that is no way to introduce one’s self.” I said with my grin, my eyes seemingly soft, if not for the coldness about them. “Don’t you know it’s rude to come on up to someone like that?”

“Ask me if I care?” It spoke… GAH! I looked down, his arm piercing my belly, and I felt his hand wrapped around my heart. “Time to die, Glitch-” DT jumped in, slicing it’s arm off before… PUNCHING it into the STRATOSPHERE! She then ripped-YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH that hurts! 

“Sorry, but you do not want that left inside you.” She said, tossing it’s severed arm. “Eclips...a? Eh, meet what Cript calls a Crow.”

I was only half listening, my hand twitching as I tried to control my anger at that… thing that….Crow doing something that threatened MY Children! I took a deep breath. “What are they and what was he just calling me.”

“Crows are like… Insanities but...not crazy, well, less crazy. They eat the souls of those they kill and turn what’s left to, well, a pile of blood. They only eat when the last living thing on a planet is in their sights, then they eat the body. Cript said most are reflections of you, and others. As for the glitch part...not sure. That’s new.” She said, waving her hand and WOW I feel amazing! “That should fix any damage. So, yeah...been getting lessons from Cript. He’s been training me since dad doesn’t want to. I agreed to better learn stuff and get stronger. My Keyblade’s power over time means I can train with Cript for years but to my family I’ve only been gone anywhere from an hour to a day.”

“Much like how I plan to use My realm as a training area? Since it was newly made, it has eons before it reaches the date of the War.” I said, thankful that the heal calmed me or I would have done… I don’t know but it would have been bad. “Still though…. He acted like me being a Glitch or whatever was like finding the winning Lotto Ticket in the trash. Makes me wonder what the hell it means.”

“Well, doubt ugly will tell. But his bosses...maybe.”

“Oh, I’ll ask.” I said, giving the same smile that gives nightmares to battle hardened soldiers. “He threatened my children.” I let everything out, my body becoming ethereal and only semi solid. “Now, he will know true hell… I’ll be back in just a moment.” I said, not even snapping before I appeared in front of the Crow with my hand crushing it’s throat. “It is One thing to threaten me… but you threatened much, much more than that.” I let gray flamed burst out of my hand, covering the Crow.

“Heh, try it.” The Crow said, vanishing from my grasp on it and DT appearing to my right, blades drawn and blocking it’s strike.

“Just get out of here.” She said, opening a DTL. “I’ve killed six of these already...heh, this is my lucky number seven.”

“...” I forced myself to respond, my need to carve into his flesh slowly being reined in by the need to keep the kids, both unborn and inside my stomach, safe. I walked past DT, tapping her shoulder to, temporarily, let her use gray just as well as I can. “Give him hell for me, will you dear?” I said before slithering in, the very air around me frozen in place as my ice affinity took over for my gray.

“Duh...and keep it.” She said, flicking a finger at me...she returned the grey I gave her. “Not my cup of tea really.” She said, darkness pouring from her like niagra falls. “I’ll see you in a few hours… or minutes. Time is a fickle thing.” She laughed, a gust of energy forcing me into the portal.

The last of my tail came out of the portal as it closed behind me...she’s a strong one. “That she is.” FUCK! I yelped, Cript sitting at the kitchen dinner table. “And yes, I read you mind. Cause fuck it.”

“Great… Thanks Cript.” I said with a roll of my eyes. “And since you are doing that, I really don’t need to ask, But what the hell is a glitch and why did that Crow call me one?”

“I’ve told you about Nexus, right?” He asked, a soda appearing in his hand as he took a sip.

“The basics yes.” I said, intending to create a chair of gray… for it to make a throne…. “Great, even my own power forces royalty onto me.” At least it’s comfy...

“Heh. Well to recap they are a bunch of idiots with code powers despite not being admins that want to erase all creation. They breed the Psychopath hosts, Insanities. The Crow’s, are their...well, ‘cleaners’. They wipe out all life on a high resource world, and then they come in and mine the place til it’s just space rocks.”

“Then what is this with me being one? What did he mean Cript. Vita est mendacium.” I said, confused as to what the hell I said. “And why do I talk in a language I don’t even know!”

“First off, that’s latin, the oldest language in creation. Secondly, a Glitch, is a person who is one of many reflections that nexus will typically breed, ie, me, and are marked with their insignia.” He said, raising his right hand, showing me a small blue dot on his palm. “You, Eclipse, are a reflection not bred into existence by Nexus, you just appeared, and they refer to people like this as a Glitch, anomalies in reality to them. Nexus loves to play god...s. So when the unexpected happens they tend to get pissed.”

“So, I am the very thing Nexus looks at as a complete blight because they didn’t fucking create me?” I said… feeling tearful all of a sudden as tears started to run down my face.

“In short, yeah. Their ego’s are pretty big. Think of a rich snob who looks down on the common folk and that’s them, but way bigger egos and resources.”

“And universe bursting farts.” I said with a childish giggle despite the tears still running down my face.

“Mood swings?” He asked.

“I don’t know, is it bad?” I asked, rubbing my arm before shaking my head. “No, back on topic… So what is going to happen with me? Will my babies be affected because I am a Glitch?”

“Relax, if anything you are the luckiest SOB in creation. Not having any actual ties to Nexus means you’re like anyone else. You never have to know the burden of fighting a fate bred and programmed into you across generations. You and the kids will be fine.”

I suddenly was hugging him tightly, “Thank you...dad... “ I said with a slight hiccup from my earlier crying bought.

“You’re welcome...now get off, you’re my son/daughter, and your chest is not in a platonic place on me.” He said, me backing off fast. “So, now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you the benefits to being a Glitch.” He said with a clever smile. I sat down in what is basically the Naga way of sitting criss cross with a smile, the end of my tail wagging happily to hear what he has to say. “As a glitch, you have no ties to Nexus, but because you share the exact same DNA as their reflections of you on record, you can actually enter their operations undetected, screwing with their inner workings, and easily get lost in the floods of, well, your faces. You can cause them SO much trouble and headaches.”

“So a Sapper then?” I said with a cocked head.

“If that’s a TF2 reference then kinda. Point is that even if they discover there is a traitor they can’t ID you from others cause Nexus used DNA to ID their personal, so you’d be in the system but not even be a member.”

“....Did you know I was a Glitch before now?” I asked innocently.

“Yup. The whole time. Seen lots of you when fighting Nexus. When you came along I noticed, but you didn’t have the mark so I didn’t say anything since I figured it wouldn’t matter.”

“But now it does… Doesn’t it.” I said, my tone and posture returning to normal as I shudder. “Hate hormones…”

“Well, maybe. Do you want it to be?”

I took a breath. The choice is there, presented in front of me. “After the kids are born, and not before we talk with my spouses about it. And I mean you as well Cript.” I said, standing up. “You indeed have been a great father to me, with a few bumps here and there. But I am not doing anything without their say so any more, save for the war, as that is unavoidable.”

“True.”

“Come on dad.” I said offering a hand. “Besides, you should meet your Grandchildren.” I said with a smile.

“The ones inside you or the ones asleep upstairs?”

“Well, I’m talking about all the ones born, But the others can wait till breakfast, if you stay around.” I chuckled. “Come on, lets go.”

“Alright.” He said, following me upstairs.

We walked up the stairs as I opened the door to my room. “Dears, could you come out for a moment? We all need to discuss something.” I said with a caring tone before looking into the room.

They...were...out cold. Blitz’s sudden snore was loud enough to break a window and the other two slept through it. “Welp. Sigh. Cript, we have a room for guests. If you want to stay here you can, But I really want you to be here to discuss it with us.”

“Sure. I can stay for a bit.”

I smiled and showed him to his room. “We’ll talk in the morning dad. See you tomorrow.” I said.

“Okay.”





The next morning we woke up to an already made feast that put what you see in Hogwarts to utter shame. “Enjoy.” Cript said, sitting at a chair and table off in the corner of the dining room.

I chuckled and sat down, helping myself as the kids went crazy, causing me and Blitz to laugh, Luna to look amused, and Fluttershy to just shake her head. “Say thanks to Grandpa Cript kids.”

“Thanks Grandpa.” They all said as Cript just smiled and waved at them. I spent the time to bless the remaining kids with grey before stopping at Sweetie belle, who looked… Numb… a look I know sadly all too well. I noticed Tiara was with her and I smiled. That's better, someone her age helping her through the loss. 

I noticed Cript was just drinking what I think was coffee. He was just observing. I sighed. Of course. I slithered on past Sweetie and gave her shoulder a squeeze as I nodded to her. I bent down so only she, and possibly Tiara could hear. “Don’t worry about showing the hurt… Bottling up those kinds of pain never help… I should know.”

“She cried til she fell asleep last night, she didn’t sleep well or much.” Tiara said.

“Hey… If you need the day off I can talk to Cheerilee, she will understand. Sweetie, Please talk to me.” I said, sitting down on the floor next to her. She nodded. Guess she’s not quite ready to talk. “Here, I’ll go to the school with you and talk to Cheerilee. Do you want to stay here today?” I asked, trying to be as caring as possible without smothering her.

She nodded. “Okay. Now eat what you can. Later on today I’ll treat you to some Sea Salt Ice Cream, alright?” I said, slowly standing up before turning to Tiara. “Please stick by her Tiara, she needs someone like you to help.”

“Kay.” She said, wrapping a hoof around the mourning filly.

I nodded before moving on. When I finished I brought out the infants for their breakfast. “Sigh… That pressure release is really calming.”

After taking Sweetie Belle to the school and telling Cheerilee about the whole thing, she gave Sweetie Belle a two week leave, but also gave her the two weeks work of make up work to do at her own pace. We came home, Tiara getting just three days so she can be with Sweetie Belle in her time or need. It was at this moment I was wondering...where are her parents?

I need to get this cleared up before going to the other room to talk about the possible mission I’ll have. I slithered over to sweetie belle and cleared my throat. “Sweetie, I love having you here, and I am not kicking you out, but I need to ask, where Are your parents? Are they on their way here from a trip?”

“...I dunno. Last I knew they were on a trip to Vanhoover, but that was three years back. Rarity always said not to worry but...I don’t know where they are now.”

I held her close. “You are welcome to stay as long as you want, Okay? You and Scoots already act like sisters, it won't be that strange having you stay here, a member of the family or no.”

“Thanks Eclipse… So, what do I do now?”

“Homework be damned.” Tiara said, surprising me a little. “About now is when the early airings of some Anime plays.”

“Oh, I rarely get to see them.” Sweetie said. “Are they good?”

“Yeah, been watching this one called One Piece. It’s kinda random but really cool.”

“Neat.” Sweetie said, the two of them heading to the living room and tuning the TV on...huh, One Piece is on… wow it’s been forever since I saw that.

I smiled before making my way to the kitchen where the hubbies and Cript were. “Sorry, wanted to sort some things out before we talk.” 

“It’s okay.” Scotch said. “So, you want to talk about something?”

“Yes. Dad, care to start us off?” I asked, gesturing to him.

“Eclipsa here has a unique talent that can deal some heavy damage to some very bad people.” He summarized. “With your go on the matter she’s willing to do it, after her kids are born that is.” He said, now eating a pudding cup.

“Yes… Though what I am going to do will be dangerous if I make a slip up. A chance of not coming back.” I said before looking up at them. “But I told Cript i refuse to make a decision without your approval, not anymore.”

They all looked over at one another. “Well, I’d agree so long as it’s no more than a week.” Scotch said.

“And we have some means of knowing he is alright.” Star added.

“And kicking ass.” Bitz added.

“I can do that easy.” Cript said.

“Alright. Thank you girls.” I said with a smile, running over and hugging them, starting to cry as hormones took the wheel.

“Now that that’s out of the way, mind if we go for a walk Eclipsa?” Cript asked, standing up.

I sniffed and nodded, wiping my eyes as I stood up and straightened my dress. “Let's go.” With a few more touch ups, wow, as a guy this is a lot quicker but as a mare I kept finding details I wanted corrected til I felt good enough. After that we left. “Where are we going?”  

“Well, I overheard Sweetie Belle say she didn’t know where her parents are, and I am interested. So, I figured a little snooping was in order.”

I nodded, hormones being dragged away kicking and screaming from the wheel as determination fixed it’s captain’s hat. “Should we start in Vanhoover?”

“Nope.” He said, heading over to a corner. I followed and Woah teleport. Suddenly we were in front of a two story, rather small house. Grass uncut for possible weeks, maybe months, mailed piled so high and partly decayed from rain or other. “Their house.” Cript said, squatting down to look at the old mail pile.

“The place looks like it hasn’t been lived in, but looks can be deceiving.” I said out loud

Nodding, Cript picked on a still decent shape looking letter. “Huh, this letter is dated a month ago. Guess that’s when the mail stopped coming.” Cript said, standing back up. “Welp, let’s check inside.” He said, grabbing the door knob and...broke it off, opening the door. 

I followed in, Pistol drawn and checking my corners out of instinct.

“Dude, you won’t need that.” Cript said, walking around casually. He rubbed a finger across the wood floor. “Woah, dust here hasn’t been moved in well over a month… this is years worth.”

“So unless there is a secret in the house, no one has even stepped foot in to see if they are alright…”

“Well there’s no notices on the door so they might have called ahead and got their water and power shut off, and since there’s no notice from any bank, they must own the place. Now then, if I were going on vacation for that long, what is something I would…” He then began walking upstairs, myself following. We found the parents room. Bed made, photos hung, covered in dust. Daw, baby Sweetie Belle… GAH! Too Cute! Too Cute! “Bingo.” Cript said, finding a pamphlet for a Vanhoover casino. “Looks like they wanted the Las Pegasus Experience at a cheaper price.” He said aloud, opening it.

“Yeah, but what was the hidden fees…” I muttered to myself.

“Hm, seems a page was torn off.” He said, showing me the tear. “Whatever it was, it must have been more interesting than the rest of this place. I mean damn, indoor water park ,indoor zoo, indoor mountain climbing? How does that work...nah, not gonna think about it.” He said, looking over the rest. “Hmm… now onto the next location.”

“Lets go. I want to find her parents…. Dead or alive”

“Not just yet.” He said and woah another one...shit his teleports are like being in one of those rides that spin you really fast. Wait, this is Rarity’s...Rarity’s home. “If they were leaving for that long what parent wouldn’t sent a photo or letters? Phones weren’t a thing here til the Daybreak people showed up.”

I nodded, hesitating to enter. I haven't even entered Rarity’s room to collect my jacket. I don’t want to spoil her good. Cript opened the door. The lights turning on. Motion sensor, neat. We headed upstairs, Rarity’s room/office should have what we are looking for. It was here...I saw my jacket. It was half finished...she didn’t...she didn’t get to finish it… I looked down, unable to look at the old friend, the Oricalcium inclined fabric shining slightly at my presence as I continued to look around.

“Here we are.” Cript said, pulling out a large stack of tied together letters. “Let’s see, no, no, no, here. This is the last letter sent. It’s from the Casino?”


“As much as I hate it, lets take a look.” I said, thankful for an excuse not to look at the jacket.



Dear next of Kin,

We here at the Casino Vanhoover Hoofie regret to inform you that your family members that are staying in our care have been missing for three weeks. We know not their whereabouts or possible locations. Their luggage has been packed and will be shipped to your address as it was labeled as an emergency contact residents address in their hotel forms. We also request you pay their food and services tab listed below.

Food: 108 Bits
Room Service Calls: 50 bits
Casino Room Phone use fee: 10 bits
Travel fees: 250 Bits



“Well, looks like they were having fun before vanishing. What did they do for a living to afford tabs like this on vacation?” Cript asked.

“Whatever it was, seems like the called only once, maybe twice and not for that long judging by that price, But that travel fee is unusually high for just to and from the casino.” I commented.

“Might have taken some tours more than once.” Cript figured. “Now, to Vanhoover.” He said, clapping and we were… HOLY SHIT! This casino has strippers dancing in display cases! “Oh, well that’s unexpected.”

“Yeah, The one time I met her parents they didn’t… seem like the sort to go to this kind of Casino. Looked rather down to earth kind of people actually.” I said, feeling… was that pity for the strippers? Uhg.... Never going to look at them the same, am I? “Well, lets look around then.”

We entered and walked over to the front desk. “Hello and welcome to the Casino Vanhoover Hoofie, how may I help you?” The front desk mare asked...dressed in a sexy bunny waitress outfit… 

“Yes we came in response to a letter.” Cript said, showing her the letter.

“Hmm.” She said, reading it over. “Oh yes, those two. Such a shame. Disappeared completely from the place. Made the owner so worried for the customers he put up cameras.”

“Is there room left alone, well, save for their luggage?” I asked

“The room was locked off for an investigation and since the owner is paranoide we haven’t rented it since. You are free to look around as the case was closed last week since they were never found.”

“Thank you… Also.” I went into my assistant and pulled out the owed amount of bits. So thankful for exchange rates of Rem to Bits. “I’m not sure if you were paid back from the costs, but the last living last of kin is still in school, as the eldest has passed. This should pay off the dept.” 

“Oh, why thank you.” She said, taking the money. “And please, Enjoy your stay at the Casino Vanhoover Hoovie, the only casino and brothel combo in Equestria.” THAT explains it. Now I don’t pity the girls. What, my mom was one. I know that it isn’t easy getting into a brothel, plus they pay well. 

“Well, let get a move on, shall we?” I asked, now much more at home here.

We headed to the room the receptionist mare gave us. Once in and flipping on the lights we saw that there was a cleaned up room, nice and tidy, and the suitcases, five in total packed and ready to go as the letter said...wait, they weren’t mailed? Shrugging, Cript began opening them. “Has to be something here.” He muttered.

“But odd that they were not mailed… especially with the owner being paranoid as hell… makes me wonder what has him so afraid in a city where people disappear all the time.” I said, keeping watch.

“Who knows.” Cript said, pulling out a torn piece of…” Well, here’s the rest of that flier. It’s an advertisement for a married couples sex therapy course. ‘Enjoy three months of non stop snuggling, sexual education and fetishes to spice of the bedroom’.” He read off. “Well, that explains why this place, but where did they end up going?”

“Well… it is possible they were tricked.” I said. “It’s easy to do so. My mother was a working girl, so I have a bit more knowledge than I honestly should. But it is possible their educator was really the Casino’s erm… “Recruiter” for trafficking. And the boss could be paranoid because they didn’t realise they got their hands on the parents of one of the elements of harmony.”

“Hmm… Well, one way to find out.” Cript said. We headed back to the receptionist mare in the lobby. “Hello again, um, can you tell us who was the instructor for this class two years ago?”

The mare looked at the pamphlet. “Oh yes. It was Princess Cadence herself! She was on tour for a while to help couples rekindle that spark. She did have an associate here who worked at the Casino, Pitter Patter, the Daycare mare. As you can imagine there’s a lot of pregnancies in our line of work, so boss made a Daycare for us.”

“Oh I know. My first mother was a working girl, so I know the ins and outs. Heh, pun unintended.” I chuckled. “But would the owner be free to talk to?” I asked. I noted down that it was Cadance. She I don’t think would be the cause of their disappearance, but I’ll have to ask her myself later.

“I’ll call for her, but if you wish to talk with Pitter Patter then please do, she kept the Princess's old couples log book of their progress.”

“Thank you.” Cript said. 

The daycare was amazing. Wish the ones I was in were a quarter this nice. The mare, Pitter Patter, was a small Pegasus mare, light blue mane and a dark orange coat. Her cutie mark was a pacifier. “Oh, hello. Is there anything you need?” She asked.

“Oh yes. You see, we are looking into the disappearance two years ago. We were wondering if we could look at the records?” I asked as kindly as possible.

“Two years ago...Oh yes, Princess Cadence kept a log book of all her participants. She took interest in Hondo Flanks and Cookie Crumbles especially. Something about those two having a rather bland sex life.”

“Heh, well, that is not my place to judge.” I chuckled. “I just need the logs for the couple you mentioned. With them missing… I don’t want them to not only miss their daughter’s funeral but to leave the youngest one to go into the system.”

“Ah, understandable.” She said. “I keep all those old records in the Casino basement. Here.” She said, opening her desk and handing me a key. “This should let you into the basement. Just head for the door labels records and it will be in a box filled with other notebooks with cutie marks on them. Hondo Flanks if I remember was three footballs and Cookie Crumble’s was… Yeah, three cookies.”

“Thank you. Wish us luck.” I said with a small smile before handing the key to Cript. ‘I don’t trust this place. My mother always taught me to not trust any working girl, not even her if they seem to care or be cooperative.’ I spoke in my head, knowing Cript would hear. ‘Add that it is a casino and it doesn’t help that it has a legal front.’

“Well we’ll see then.” Cript said. Heading to the basement and finding the room, we opened boxes til we found the notebooks, and the one with Hondo and Crumbles cutie marks. “Here we go. Let’s see. Woah!” He said after opening the first page.

“What is it? I said, looking around for anything else out of place, in consistency and what have you.

“For apparently having a bland sex life Hondo had quite the member on him.” He showed me- DEAD GOD THAT’S A LEG NOT A PENIS! “So she took photos along with detailed notes? Shit this can almost be a porno comic.”

“.... If i was a guy I would have felt my masculinity plummet but since I am a female all I can say is owch for that…. That monster.”

“Well let’s see...crap. Alright looks like these two quickly became adept at Cadences different assignments. Sex in hot tubs, sex in showers, sex in public...shit these two became quite sex addicted fast. I mean crap, anal, oral, gender swapping, same sex, different partners, orgies, holy shit… And that’s also a fetish here. Not gonna ask… Ah, last entry.”



These two are doing so well, they have more than rekindled their spark for one another and now can keep each other more than satisfied in the bedroom. They said they have a special night coming up that will end in something that would impress me. Heh, now I’m interested. Apparently Cookie and Hondo are gonna fly to Manhattan via pegasus chariot and screw the whole way there. Heh, hope those ponies flying them don’t mind. A mile high membership for non winged creatures is hard to get, and total gloat worthy.



“So a sex flight to Manehattan, likely just a short one but they never came back from there. Damn, that can’t be good.”

“No it can’t. There is also the mystery of the owner being nervous and the luggage never being shipped.” I said, arms crossed as my fingers drumbed on my arms.

“Well let’s talk to him, this would explain the high travel tab on their bill.” Cript said. We went back to the lobby and met with a grey stallion, Pegasus, light yellow mane in a business suit. 

“Ah, yu t-t-two are the ones looking into my missing customers, i-i-is that right?” He asked… Was that a stutter or is he that nervous?

Don’t like this…. “Yes, we are. I assume you are the owner of the establishment?” I said, my smile hiding my emotions so well it would make world champion poker players blush.

“Y-yes. It was inherited to me when my father passed. Been keeping it running as best as I can. So, a-any questions?”

“Yes actually.” I said, keeping the smile and not letting my eyes give me away. “My own first one is why haven't the luggage been shipped yet? We saw the letter stating it was going to be.”

“O-Oh, yes that. Well we sent that letter when the case was open. T-the police said that it was evidence at the time and when the c-c-case was closed they told me to hang onto it in case any new clues were found.”

“Alright.” Cript said. “When did you first notice they never came back?”

“O-oh. Well their transportation that night, Gull Flight arrived hours passed their return time, saying they left to tour and never returned. There’s a train that goes from Manehatten to here and we expected given those two’s… activities around the place they were just being kinky and would return within a day or so. Once three days passed we filed a missing ponies report.”

“Alright. Where is Gull Flight? I just want to talk to him or her before we leave.” I said sweetly.

“Oh, well around now the roof, he normally gives air flight tours of the city as part of the entertainments. But he took that shift that year since it payed triple the normal since, well, you can imagine. They weren’t the only couple to join the mile high club that night.”

“Yes well, Unless my partner in crime here has any more question, I just have one more.” I said with my smile before it dropped and my eyes hardened. “Why are you afraid? Where did your little stutter go?”

“T-t-t-th-” Just then another Pegasus mare, same coat as his but darker yellow mane cut in. 

“My client here is a very busy pony miss, unless you have a permit or warrent for further questioning we are done here.” She spoke in a rather refined voice that bleed experience. She then pushed him off to the elevators where they left.

“Yeah, not suspicious at all.” Cript sighed..

“Played the game for a while that one. If it wasn’t the mannerism or the tone, it was the eyes.” I said before smiling. “Good to know I put on a better act then the pros.”

“Well, let’s go talk with Gull, and let’s be fast.” Cript said, snapping his fingers as we were on the roof already. There were a few Pegasus ponies returning ald taking off. “Now, which is Gull?”

“Lets ask.” I said, slithering quickly over to the nearest Pegasus worker. “Excuse me, do you happen to know where Gull Wing is? We need to talk to him about something important.”

“Oh him, yeah he’s the Orange coat one landing just now. Best hurry up before another couple takes his carriage for a fly.” They said.

Cript and I headed over, the Orange Pegasus taking a drink of water. “Huh? Oh, you two want a tour?” He asked.

“No, but we do need to talk to you about something. Do you remember your flight of ponies that went missing?” I asked, my mask back on to hide my emotions.

“Heh, not that much actually.” He said, taking another drink of water. “Landed at the Manehatten post, those two, well, finished...for like the eight time… then ran off like school foals to have a little midnight tour. It’s just a park, not much to see. At some point I fell asleep, woke up hours behind schedule and they were nowhere. Flew around looking for them for another hour but all I found was that stallions camera. Gave it over to the boss when I got back.”

And the pieces fall into place. They took a picture of something they were never meant to see. He is hiding evidence, no doubt because of the Player, as I am calling her until I know her name, Strong armed him. He is just a kid trying to run a business he has little experience in handling, add his lack of skills in the game and it wouldn’t be hard to do just that. “Thank you. About how long would you guess you were asleep?”

“Well it was eight when we arrived, fell asleep half an hour later since I already flew seven other couples across and woke up at midnight. They were my last flight and we were supposed to be back by ten.”

Between eight and ten they disappeared, with no one realizing until two hours later. “Thanks. Here.” I said, handing him a small pouch of 30 bits. “Sorry for bothering you.”

“Sweet, paycheck’s good but tips are better. No taxes taken out.” He chuckled.

Cript teleported us to the Manehattan port. It was a fair sized landing area with a really nice park. “Now what are we going to look for. It was two years ago so anything in the park would be gone or ruined by now.”

“Yeah, but if they were taken any Earth pony worth a member like what Hondo has would put up one hell of a fight. Look for bark that doesn't match its surrounding bark, gates with locks that might be near, anything.”

I close my eyes before expanding my senses in a 360 expanding circle around me before opening my eyes. Let me tell you, looking everywhere at the same time is disorienting the first time, but with it ai started to look for signs.

I found some uneven earth, uneven compared to the rest, a single bark tree scrapped with… is that...fur? “Find anything?” Cript asked.

Closing up my senses back to normal I answered. “Yes, over here, Some fur and scraped bark.”

I lead Cript over to it. I found the tree and we pulled out the fur. A pinkish color...Cookies. “Huh, let me see here.” Cript said, feeling along the dirt, finding the abnormal dirt changes. “Given the fur this low on the tree’s bark and the placement of these hoof imrents in the ground… They were screwing here.” Cripg sighed. “No fight, hmm… Hey Eclipsa.” He said.

“Yeah?” I asked, trying to not sound disappointed.

“You see that?” I looked in his direction. I saw the fence of this park, but there was a door built into it, thin, hard to notice. We got closer. It was open, and a walkway went down into the unfenced trees below. “This lock was broken, heh, guess Hondo got’s some muscle after all.”

“Not that shocking, based off his cutie mark he was a good hoofball player if I’m right.” I said, honestly impressed by the damage done by a normal, average pony.

We walked down and came across a stream of water in a small clearing. There was steam coming off it. “Natural spring?” Cript wondered, putting a finger in the water. “Woah. Okay, not water.”

“What is it.” I said, pering at it

“It’s practically acid. No wonder it was fenced off. At this heat you wouldn’t noticed you skin melting right away…” Cript reached his hand into it, lots of steam coming off it as he pulled up… a pony skull. “Oh no…”

“Shit… This is an execution location.” I said.

“I don’t think so…” Cript said, looking the skull over. “This is fairly new, the acid in this thing is strong enough that bones not taken out over time would melt also. Plus, just looking at the skull, the age is wrong. A mare yes, but an unlikely missing mother. This mare must be no more than sixteen. And if you didn’t notice there’s bits of clothes all over the place. Mainly bows, a saddle bag. Something tells me this was a mare who thought she found her own private spa but ended up taking a skin melting bath.”

I got over to the saddle bag to see if there was a way to identify her. I pulled out a wallet...and a student ID. Krissy Mayor. Age sixteen, Manehattan school of beauty and refreshment. “Alright, she was just a collage student.”

“In the photos in...Cadences notebook on them, it showed Cookie wearing these yellow earrings the whole time, see them anywhere?”

I continued to look around, trying to find the specific jewelry. I didn’t find anything. Not even in the acid, which was a relief. “Nope, not here. She wasn’t dumped into the acid at all.”

“Then they had to have kept walking… This river is flowing, let’s follow… no, let’s find out where it’s starting.” He said. Hiking through the thick forest with this tail. After half an hour we came across the source. A pipe, pouring out ths acid into the water. It was connected to some large industrial building.

“Found the people dumping acid and ruining the environment, not including several health code violations.” I joked.

“And causing several deaths.” Cript muttered. Scaling this wall was easy. This place was pretty out in the middle of nowhere. Entering, we saw boxes and opened them… “Batteries.” Cript said, lifting a pack of double A’s.

“Crack them open.” I said, grabbing one and breaking it in half.

Cript did the same. Just normal battery acid. “That explains it actually.” He said. “Battery acid when hot can kill, even melt you down. That pipe is spitting out the acid into the water, and since it does seem to have originally been a natural hot spring, keeps the acid hot enough to kill you when you take a swim. Surprised the flora and fauna are so well given their water is deadly.”

“Well, first things first we need to shut off the acid pipe, then find the why and where those two are.” I said, my hands ready to summon any one of my weapons. After meeting the Player, I’m on edge in a place like this.

“Well, let’s check the place out.” Cript said. We sneaked into the factory floor. It seemed to be fully automated.

Still on edge though. “Alright, any clue what to look for next?”

“Paperwork, or rather, evidence. If they found this out, then got caught…”

“Then they would have covered it to the public while keeping originals?” I guessed.

“Meaning Cookie and Hondo might either be in a house arrest, or in a jail under different names run by crooked cops.”

“Well, judging from the fact the camera is being held by the casino boss, makes sense.” I said before finding an office. “Alright, found a office.”

“Yeah, but he doesn’t seem the time to willingly go along with a coverup, that other pegasus mare though… she seems very out of place in there, doesn't she?”

“Yeah. She has been around the block and Played the game. We of all people should know how those people act when on business and people are looking into it.” I said, looking around for anything incriminating.

The office didn’t have much in it, a desk, two filing cabinets, some books. “Hmm… Now here’s something interesting.”

“What did you find?” I ask, going over to him.

“It’s tax forms. According to this about sixteen hundred thousand bits were donated to the local prison a year and a half ago by this company. Wonder why.” She asked, smiling.

“Maybe a price to keep someone in?” I guessed. “It fits the time table.”

“And pretend they aren’t even there.” Cript said, smiling as he placed the papers down. “Go confront that mare and the stallion incharge of the casino. I’ll be back.” He said, snapping his fingers and I’m in a pretty nice office. The owner was there, didn’t notice me appear, and was looking out the window, head against the glass… he looked miserable.

“Tired of being behind in the underworld games?” I asked after taking a seat in his chair for intimidation purposes. 

“Gah!” He said, wings puffing to still and falling over. “O-o-oh...you… When did you get here?”

“That really what you are worried about, rather than what I know? You really are new in the game.” I said with a chuckle, summoning a bottle of whiskey for him and a smoothie for me. “Care for a drink?”

He looked at me...then sighed. “So, you know about the battery factory?” He asked, taking a seat in his chair.

I nodded, my smile fading. “Yup. And I know that at least one death is responsible for it. A Collage student took a dip inside recently, plus, no company donates sixteen thousand bits to a prison for no reason. Added the fact you have the camera that must have evidence and…..”

He took a deep breath, taking a few gulps of the whiskey before speaking. “Whether you believe me or not is irrelevant. I’ll be imprisoned for accomplishing it. You see, the mare that dragged me away from your question is my sister, Check Mate. Our dad left me this Casino and Brothel, and he left her the battery factory. She never liked it. Said it never made enough money, even after she invested thousands so she can automate the whole place, removing ponies on the payroll entirely and cutting corners to make the product descent in quality but, well, you know. She invested in a lot of magic to keep that forrect behind the place alive. I didn’t know how bad it was till Gull gave me that camera. On top of a lot of...rather saucy images, it held incriminating evidence of her factory, it’s pollution, safety hazards, and of course, they got a picture of her in the frame. I confronted her about it, but she was always so cruel. A lot of mares and wives of stallions who worked at that factory before she fired them all came to me for employment. I uphold dad’s values, and made it so there was work for them. Married mare’s here work mainly as just cooks, room service or other non sexual jobs. She threatened to blackmail me for a false tax fraud. This place is barely running, despite being two normally successful businesses, upholding morality and values is often pricy, and our location is rather out there, so we don’t get Los Pegasus’s numbers. The Heartless invasion last year thankfully missed us completely. A crown lawsuit would ruin this place and over a thousand ponies would lose their jobs.”

I sighed and took a drink of my smoothie. “Trust me, the last thing I want is for you to go down. You hold high morals and help those when they need it. And I can tell you hate being forced into this situation. All I need of you is one thing, and I can make sure you are not punished for your sister’s actions.” I said, turning to him. “Cooperation. I am friends with the ruling agent in Equestria, Married to Ex-Princess Luna, Ex- Student of princess Celestia, Sister in law to Princess Cadance, Sister to Prince Shining Armor, and Twin to Princess Twilight. I understandably hold some political power and if you work with me I can make sure this family you built in this Casino will remain so.” I said, offering a hand.

“That, that could be amazing!” He said…

The window broke, a massive wave of heat and wind blew in. An explosion… Cript, what did you do?

I looked at the Stallion. “I need you to run. Get as many Civilians and Employs to safety. I’ll see what that was. Do you understand?”

“No need.” Cript said, appearing next to me, snapping his fingers as the window fixed itself as it time went backwards. “Just taking out that Battery factory.”

…………… “A little warning would have been nice.” I said, miffed but not disappointed.

“Then we wouldn’t get this reaction out of her.” He said.

At that, Check Mate ran in, looking out the window. “NOOO! Damn it! It’s gonna take thousands of bits to build! And keeping the damn construction workers quiet will cost me. SHIT!” She only cares about the money… I see what he did.

“Oh mad that your business following the path of the old Flim Flam brothers is gone? Oh… that's too bad.” I said, full of sass and spunk… I like this moodswing!

“You...You BITCH! You did this! I’ll make sure you are so-”

Bang.

And...she’s dead. “Well that was annoying.” Cript said, holding the still smoking gun.

“Killjoy… I wanted to destroy her more.” I whined, honestly upset that I didn’t get to watch her as she realizes that everything she build up be destroyed around her before it ended.

“S...sister…” The stallion said...right, still his family…

“Wait for it.” Cript said, the Check Mates body twitching as her headshot healed before our eyes. 

“Gah!” She coughed, taking in breath again. “W-what the…?”

“Seven.” Cript said, grabbing the mare by the mane and lifting her up. “Seven ponies died swimming in that acid filled spring of yours. So, you have seven lives. One for each pony killed. I found Cookie and Hondo in that prison you donated those bits too, to keep them locked up for knowing too much. You’re lucky they are alive, otherwise it would be nine times you have to die.”

“That’s too generous of you Cript.” I said but shrugged. “But hey, You’re the admin. I’m just a god.” I said, just to watch their reactions. Nothing to rille Cript up.

“G-god?!” Check Mate said.

“Sir, if you wish to leave, now is the perfect time. Your sister here needs to pay for her actions, normally I’d let your worlds courts sort this out, but she personally pissed me off, so it’s a personal matter now.”

Hesitantly, he gulped, backing away until he left the room. “Yup, A bonafide god. And want to hear the worst part? Yeah, you may have pissed me off, while I’m pregnant no less.’ I slithered over to whisper in her ear. “But you pissed of someone who makes me? Look like less than dirt between his nails.”

Her eyes widened, moving to see Cript behind her. “Now then, where were we?” He asked, grabbing his other hand around her neck. “Right, six left.”





I ended up having to leave too...that...that just went so dark so fast...and normally I get sick pleasure from that sort of stuff. That should tell you something. I shuddered at the one I witnessed last. Yup, gonna have a harder time sleeping at night. Just what I needed. “Now, sorry about all that.”” I said to the brother of the mare currently going through stuff that would make hell seem like fairy land

“Heh...I always wished she’d get her comeuppance...but actually seeing it happen...well, makes me regret wishing it.” He said.

I sighed. “I understand. After all, she is family… My wish is he leaves her with one life, as mentally scared as she will be, so she can learn to appreciate the smaller things… And to not tally up another pointless death.” I turned over to him. “I meant what I said earlier, I’ll help you come out of this with no problems, maybe even better off than you were.”

“I dunno.”

I sighed. “I’ll come out. I’m not a good person. I just do good things, even if the ways I do it are morally wrong. But you sir, you are a good pony, you were just being manipulated by someone who was more morally bankrupt than me and the people I fight almost weekly. Manipulating your own family…” I had to resist the urge to spit in disgust. “Even my own birth family of Criminals never did that to family. So no, I don’t want you or those who work for you to suffer, and if you don’t feel you deserve it? Think of all the ponies who look up to you, who you supply with a paycheck and a second family. You don’t want them to suffer because of self pity.”

“I know. A lot of ponies here look up to me, think me a great guy… honestly, I just follow along in my dad’s old hoofprints in the sand. He made the place a brothel, making a whole new kind of place that made money morally and legally.”

“And how is following in a great pony’s hoofprints not mean you are morally right?” I asked with a small smile. “You are just a good pony stuck between a seemingly blinding beacon, and a corrupt, black abyss. And I thing staring too long into the light made you advert your gaze. And I don’t blame you, Light is just as evil as Dark. But I believe you should always follow your heart, and you will find greatness. It’s how I became a god.”

“Heh, well godhood isn’t in my cards. Honestly I just want to get more customers in this place. We need more means for them to get here. Was hoping to have a train station right up front, connecting us between Manehatten Central and other cities, even if they stay for a day, hey, that's bits for the place and bits for the workers.”

“I believe I can talk with a few ponies and see what I can do. Hell, I could even put of an ad to allow beings from other worlds to come visit, if you wish.”

“Heh, that sounds impressive.”

“Yup, as long as your workers don’t mind treating beings from across the stars.” I said with a chuckle. “My mother would have killed for that, just for the experience. Wonder how she is doing with the news of my pregnancy… Anywho, I am willing to help.” I said, placing a hand on his shoulder.

“Thanks.” He said, the door to his office finally opening after dead silence. He came out...carrying a foal.

“And for life number seven, a reset.” Cript said, handing the foal to the stallion. 

“Oh, that’s actually the best possible punishment he could give.” I told him.

The stallion took the foal, looking her over, smiling. “Heh...I remember when she first came home, just like this…” He said, lifting the foal….to me. “She was raised right, but still became so cruel and evil...maybe you can raise her to be better, something she either didn’t pick up on, or ignored with my family.”

“You sure you want to trust your heh, baby sister with me?” I asked, gently taking the foal.

“Yes. You’re good, and unique. I’m sure with you, she can be better.”

“Alright… If you ever want to see her, you can come by my home in Ponyville. Oh and any second now, don’t be surprised.” I said, as I knew what happens when my family adopts anyone. Her hind legs quickly became replaced by a blue and white scale colored tail, and her mane changed to...pink… Oh right, I’m the female now so...I am the mom but Scotch/Shy is the dad… huh. “Anyone I adopt becomes Genetically mine and my husbands, though, as you can see.” I said, holding her up. “She still has her eyes. She is still your sister.”

“I don’t doubt that. One can replace the entirety of the body, but never the soul.” He said. “So...what next?”

“That depends.” Cript said.

“It’s on you.” I said, waiting to feed Check until we are done here.

“Well, I need the business. But, I dunno. I guess I just worry.”

“Worry about what?” I asked caringly.

“The unknown I guess. Not knowing what’s ahead is scary.”

“Always is, but I like to think not knowing is a blessing, because then you don’t worry about the future, and enjoy the time you have.”

“Yeah. Well, I accept. THe money would help this place, heh, maybe we could finally expand.”

I smiled and sent out the ad Via assistant to all reflections and throughout my universe. “Done, now you need but wait.” I said, smiling.





I went home, tired. I saw Zeke’s Tiara was asleep on the couch. Before I got anywhere though something grabbed me by my tail, and I was in a large hug! Wait… another Naga pony? “Awh! So you are the new sibling! Heard you were a guy!”

I groaned before looking at my ‘attacker’ “I was, then I got knocked up. Besides, I don’t have a gender anymore.”

“Ah, neither do most of us, but we don’t mind.” The sibling was female, a sister huh? Her coat on her anthro pony half was a pinkish purple, mane a deep yellow and her scales were a eye catching gold and green colors. OH MY GOD HER TAIL IS TWICE THE LENGTH OF MINE!!!

“Wow, long tail.” I said casually, as if it didn’t bother me. “My name is Eclipse, yours?”

“Rare Berry. Hope you don’t mine but I put those sexy men of yours into my storage stomach, so we can talk one on one on why I am here. Oh, and the kids in my womb, save for that tart on the couch, heh, I know who not to mess with when I see them.”

“Huh? Was is so important than none of my family can hear?” I asked. “I prefer to let my family know what is what.”

“Well first off I wanted to tell you that you aren’t the only god in the family, just a heads up.”

“Not that surprising, as really anyone can become one with enough work.” I shrugged. “But I hardly think that warrants a ton of privacy.”

“Second is that pops picked me to both deliver some news, and to be your teacher for learning how godly powers work. I, since coming from the same world as your mama does, can teach you heritage and traditions. Two birds in one open mouth, a little saying back home.”

I chuckled. “So, god and nagga training wrapped up in one? As long as I have time to teach at the school, I don’t see the problem.” I said with a smile. “Besides, this way I get to know a sibling other than Ben.”

“Oh, and that’s the other news. I’m sure Dad told you about how him and the moms are gonna be gone for a while, right?”

“Yeah he told me. I’ve accepted it, but that doesn’t mean I need to be happy about it.” I said, thinking of my human mother.

“Well not long after that got out Dad said all of us old enough have to find our place in creation, that Home will also vanish when the time comes. So I’m actually moving here, some others might arrive too. The ones too little to care for themselves are gonna be raised by us, but only after Dad and the moms are gone. Secondly, all of us will get special markings on us, marking we are directly children of Cript and another that labels who our mom is, in your case, you might get three.”

“Or four due to Josh.” I said with a chuckle. I put on my smile, even if inside this talk was bittersweet. “At least I’ll finally get a few marks of my own rather than just Oblivion and Oathkeeper… no offence guys.” I said, looking up into my head to address they keyblades.

“These marks will give us some special extra aid, but what that is we aren’t sure. Also Dad did say that with special carved Statues of our moms, we can talk to them, but anyone of our kids or other people can’t hear them, but they can get a blessing for an offering, kinda like how Skyrims Arda work.”

“Wow, that’s useful,even if it sucks that some of my kids wont meet their grandmothers.”

“That’s where Churches come into play, yeah, that. When Dad reworks the whole of Creation Churches that appear will allow any of us with a mark to act kinda like a medium for the moms, or Dad, though I won’t be doing it but a lot did agree when they start appearing.”

“Wow, dad is prepared.” I chuckled. “Stars has my life gone tits up, and thats been in barely three years.” I sighed before taking a seat, my posture and eyes betraying my smile and showing my true emotions. “I just wish I had time, but time is the one thing no one has in spades, not even admins.”

“Yeah, can’t argue there.”

“Yeah.” I said before going back over to her and hugging Rare. “But I guess thats what us siblings are for, am I right, sister?”

“Heck yeah!”

I smiled “Well, want to meet the family’s newest member?” I said, presenting Check Mate.

“Dawh, what a dear. Oh, this is a good opportunity to tell you about some of the lesser known things we can do but not everypony can do, you ready to hear?”

“Sure!” I said, swallowing Check

“Okay then, so first off, how much of our culture do you know? Dad told me you were taken to our home realm but I want to know how much you know.”

“The basics really. Swallowing, stomage rules, a bit of the history, that stuff.”

“Okay then. Well as you already can guess socially not too much is taboo about eating one another. So long as there is consent and such. When dealing with the young, swallowing them as a punishment is often common, but not that effective. Swallowing another to digest while legal is taboo socially, for one it is considered a form of murder, but with the proper spells it can be avoided as that, but as you can imagine there are a wide variety of factors involved.

“First off consuming another for digestion means you take them as is, this means you also take any illnesses, allergies, things of that nature but also memories, as well as their conscious and soul, they become part of you entirely.”

“Yeah I noticed an ability to change my secondary stomage to something called Devorer.” I said “I’m guessing it’s a good thing I keep that off?”

“No, Devorer is dark magic. This is part of the natural magic we have. Now taking that into account consuming someone with intent to digest keeps them, in a sense, alive. They will exist within you but without their body, they will feel and see the world as you do, and you can speak to one another, while it can also be tuned out it all depends on various things. While you can bring them back to life, for example they can be reborn by either getting pregnant and getting knocked up, their entirety can be reborn as you child, much similar to how this little one went by. For males it’s similar, so long as a female is involved to concive whoever’s spirit and conscious will be reborn.”

“Huh. Still not using it until I’m confidant none of my current children will crawl in there.” I said with a shrug. “So, where do we begin?”

“Oh relax, part of our natural magic is actually rather interesting. With intent to swallow but keep safe or just store away, our stomach is, well, best described as a flesh sack. There is no entry/exit that connects to the throat until we wish to access that stomach, so they can’t climb in there as you can only swallow into one stomach at a time, and when none are in use it’s just sacks that hold what they are intended. No means of escape until you let them out, so you can imagine there is a lot of trust involved in this so forcing them to remain there against their will is highly illegal, cause while they will be sustained by the fluids in yours storage of healing stomach, it’s morally wrong.”

“Makes sense. Holding someone against their will, or forcing their easance into yours is just wrong. Freedom is a gift, one no one should have stolen.” I said with a shrug, showing my wisdom despite my relaxed nature.

“Exactly, now then. I feel I should tell you the basic uses for your stomachs and some other uses. First off your digestion stomach, is actually the smallest. While true it can stretch to the length of your whole tail, it is typically no bigger than your head.  It stretches as you eat, and digests food actually fast. A completely full digestion stomach can dissolve all that food in two or three hours, but your body immediately stores is as fats that it releases the nutrients as needed. This means you can actually eat a large meal and depending on your lifestyle only need to eat a meal again from a week to a month.”

“But because until my pregnancy my lifestyle was none stop combat with only maybe a week or two of break, I needed to each every single day?” I guessed.

“Yes, and when pregnant it’s recommended you eat at least two pounds for every child you are bearing a day. Otherwise the infants are born small, and that is both logically and physically bad for them.”

“Alright, so at least eighteen pounds, got it.” I said with a smile. “Three per hubbie.”

“Nice. Now then, first off is a little known fact, you can actually keep smaller ones, mainly foals and small kids in just your mouth, and believe it or not, you jaw doesn’t detach, in fact it will stretch with your cheeks. This is normally done when they need to stay warm. You see, our kind don’t actually generate their own body heat until their teenage years, as part of our version of Puberty.”

“Huh. So this entire time I’ve just been stuffing them in my cheeks?”

“Yes but your mouth gets sore after an hour or two and it’s not often used because of the saliva left behind. It’s more of a last resort thing.”

I nodded.

“Another thing I doubt you knew is this fun little trick.” She said, her tongue sticking out...and going...and going...and going… until it wrapped around an Apple from the fruit bowel and brought it back into her mouth, where it unwrapped around the apple as she took a bit from it, and took the rest out from her teeth. “Our tongues can go as long as our bodies are and are mainly used to reach into our stomachs, to search and pull out things we might have eaten or others who need help. Better than vomiting them back up, less mess.”

“Thats…. That would have been really good to know.” I said with a sigh.

“Yes, and just between us girls, it’s a real turn on for men, if pleasing more than one, none shall go unattended~” She chuckled.

Hehe, oh the evil plans~ I began to grin much like my sister. “Oh now I’m thankful you swallowed them, that’s going to sooo be useful~”

“Heh, wrapped them all up in one go, the Pink haired one was blushing like crazy.” She chuckled.

“Figured Butterscotch would. Always the shy one that are kinky as hell.” I giggled.

“Now then, I bet from the name the Storage stomach sounds kinda boring huh?”

“I guess? Never gave it too much thought really.” I said honestly.

“Well it’s called that because unlike the healing/safety stomach, anyone kept in there isn’t soaked in special healing fluids, in fact, it doesn't give off any juices at all. It’s naturally near frictionless allowing smooth movements for whoever is inside, but it’s also used to keep non living things in, for example, I can swallow this apple in there, and get it back out later. THIS playes into how this stomach’s magic works. It actually can act something akin to a fridge, keeping food in it stored for MONTHS at a time and when it comes to living things, such as loved ones and foals, they can be in there much the same, not needing food, water or air while there. Some even called this little inborn magic of ours a life extender, as terminally ill patients can be in there and live quite longer than normal or expected.”

“I figured out the medical thanks to bringing a wounded mare to the hospital while inside… then a horny nurse is constantly trying to get samples after the first… vore fetish much…”

“Yeah, same issue back home. Despite us being part Equine we are considered the top Predator lifeforms on our birthplace Equestria. Now while we are now the only race capable of the things we do, we are the most well known for it.”

“I bet.” I chuckled “So now I know more about the tongue and stomachs. Anything else?”

“Yes, now this is hard to do but you can actually swallow yourself. As you can imagine it starts at the tip of your tail, then you just swallow. The result is actually not ending at a bulge or popping out of existence, rather we come back out, shedding out old skin and the result is often a longer tail and...other assets~” She motioned towards her chest. “I have done this four times, it’s why I am so much larger than you. Tail wise at least. These babies may be small compared to yours but I was flat chested before my first time self swallowing.”

“Damn… and I feel like somehow Star, Scotch and Blitz are going to talk me into it… After all, I adapt to whatever form I take so well it honestly scares beings.” I giggled, remembering the hubbies reactions as well as.… Rarity’s….

“Now then, a little few questions I have for you. Now I know you have already swallowed others but have you been swallowed?”

I thought about it before realizing the answer. “No, not yet at least. Mother was about to but my Momma Aurora and Josh kept her on track.”

“Ah, so you haven’t experienced that yet then. I can tell you from experience, as your kids and husbands that it’s a warm, safe feeling where everything feels like a pillow and the dangers of the world are no longer looming. You feel so close to your swallower, their heartbeat lullabying you to sleep, the gentle breaths they make, the silence soothing and relaxing, and even their movements while in there just make your flesh environment massage and cradle you. Aside from sex there is no means closer to another you love or care for in any way.”

That explains a few things. “So that’s part of the reason Soiled trusts me so much… I helped her not only escape and sooth the pain, but brought her psychological comfort as well as physical. Also explains how come Tiara was so adamant about being with Scootaloo for the longest time.”

“Yes, those harmed with deep emotional scars are often very reluctant to leave when they find this level of trust with another, this can actually lead to more intimate emotions such as love. It’s a part of our species way of healing, hence why we also have a healing stomach, designed by nature itself to heal the wounded, the elders pain of age, or even a youths fears. While many can and do see it as wrong, sexual or taboo, the simple fact is it creates a form of trust and emotions that can last a lifetime. In fact it can also lead to a unique bond, if the swallower and the ‘prey’ are close and this strong bond of trust is formed you can learn their emotions, thoughts, and past. It’s like...well, I’ve never experienced it, but I hear it’s like knowing everything about the person and not caring about how deep their flaws or pain go, cause to you none of it matters. Love I guess is a close word for it, but not sure it that even fits.”

I stayed quite at that, thinking and listening. I took a deep breath, a small sarine smile on my face as I opened my eyes. “That does sound absolutely beautiful, even if it isn’t 100% needed… must be the part of me that wishes to stay female thinking that.”

“It’s just our race. Many look at us and see either a unique form of evolution, sexy kinks or fetish fuel, but when you dig into it, it goes a lot deeper than any of that.”

“I guess it does. Heh, maybe I was always meant to be a Naga. After I adjusted to moving around… it feels almost as natural if not more so than even being human…. Hmmm…. Still need to see myself as human at some point, what with all my changes, both in gender and appearance.” I said, actually making a note of it in my assistant.

“Now then, there are a few other things you should know. First off is that our teeth do give off venom when we bite, micro doses, harmless to us but to others it can be either a paralysis effect or...laxative.”

“I know of them. Used it and I thought the other venom was an Adrenaline?” I said, getting now conflicting information. “Did Cript make a mistake when he first told me?”

“No, when swallowed by us, we don’t feel anything, but if we bite into out skin and let our own venom seep in, it created the Adrenaline effect, and if extracted, and fermented with some special oils it is quite the aphrodisiac for us and others.”

“A love drug? How potent are we talking about here?” I said, having images of hentias from earth in my head.

“Well it won’t make your crush fall in love with you but it will give your spouse's a four hour erection and you moist enough to fill a gallon bucket to spill over.”

“Ah so wont enhance what isn't already there, and if it is there, cause basically a mini heat.” I summed up.

“Yes, basically. It’s often sold back in our Equestria as a marital aid and to other worlds as, well, prescription marital aid.”

“And I guarantee there is a black market for it to be used for the wrong means.” I sighed before shaking my head.

“Don’t doubt it, with a large enough dose it can make one unable to control the enhanced urges and taken advantage of. It’s a forced willing rape drug of sorts, but in small doses it’s just aid for the bedroom. Now then, since you’ve never been swallowed, care for the experience? I’m gonna move here anyway and I already got a job at the hospital to swallow heavily injured patients and spit them out when stable. They expect mortality rates to plummet.”

“Be careful for a horny nurse there.” I giggled “I personally got a job at the school as a combat instructor for those without keyblades.”

“Oh, if she tries anything I won’t mind. After all, some fall into the area of trust faster than others, and if she does try something then it means she’s more in if for the kink, if she looks tempted than fights it it means she prefers you to me. So, you want the experience? I can stick you with your hubbies and frankly I won’t mind if you do some ‘wrestling’ in there.”

I giggled. “Fine… you peaked my interest sis.” I said with a playful roll of my eyes.

“Well then, time to eat~” She cooed, grabbing my by the arms as she opened wide… Sliding in was...at first a bit worrying but...it felt great, like a full body massage. I felt my stress and knots melt away as more of me went down, and it kinda ticked when she got to my tail area. Finally I entered with my loves, the three of them surprised to see me, but I explained the situation and they seemed more relaxed with it.

Finally I was all the way in and… it feels nice. She was right, the rhythm of her heartbeat was so comforting, her breathing calming, the walls of the storage stomach while not wet were easy to glide on and super squishy, like a silk sleeping bag. The silence and lack of outside noises made it even more enjoyable, and with my three loves here, cuddled around me I felt… I’ve never felt this safe or relaxed in my life. At least, not since I was a kid, blind to the true dangers of the world, and before my mom told me what her job entailed.  I truly felt calmed. The war could wait, right now, I have all I need. I snuggled up to my lovers, their fur and wings feeling so nice. I wish that this moment could last an eternity.