Well, I’ll say this much I didn’t wake up with any pain and tsukiyomi was joining us in canterlot high for now if the fact she has a backpack already having school supplies was any indication. I headed out early to school and got there in time for spike and twilight to arrive.
I rolled my eyes and quickly covered her mouth before she freaked out.
“Calm down before you draw attention. No one besides me and my girlfriend knows the mirror is a portal to another world. Just stand on your feet like I am and try to find your balance. Humans like you currently tend to walk like dragons from what I heard” I told her.
She took a few breaths when I removed my hand and she stood up before she looked at my injured arm.
“Oh god! What happened to you did sunset do this to you” asked Twilight.
“No for one she’s the girlfriend I mentioned or to use a term you know special somepony. What injured my arm is because of someone else. That and I told sunset it was a bad idea to steal a magical artifact from your world and bring it here. You came at a rather bad time as time travel to prevent a bad future is occurring right now. Sunsets daughter from fifty years from now time traveled due to events you might get caught up in. Her best friend was the one who got me injured its complicated to extremes” I told her.
“Okay I didn’t expect that,” said Twilight.
“There is some good in sunset but right now she’s having trouble realizing she needs help. I’m practically the only person sunset listens to for the most part I’m practically her best friend kinda surprised me when she just up and asked me out and we were together for about a year now. Just to warn you though there are familiar faces around they won’t know you. The Celestia and Luna of this world run this school as principal and vice principal. I did some checking and your local counterpart is at a rival school called crystal prep. So your unlikely to meet up with her unless she transfers to this school” I told twilight as I actually did check in that year I been in this world.
“So who are you,” asked spike and I gave him a raised eyebrow.
“My name is James McCain like you two and sunset I’m not from this world but I’m not from Equestria. This world is like a blend of my native reality and Equestria. I didn’t end up here by choice but well sunset and I arrived at the same time. With how similar our situations were we just naturally clicked. Though watch out sunset is already ticked off because I'm going to have to postpone our date. The school is hosting a dance for the students and it's going to be our first anniversary as a couple. And well with a sore back and a dislocated shoulder, I’m in no shape to dance. It's being held on the last day you guys need until you have to go back and retrieve your crown. I told sunset it was a bad idea to take it but as your Celestia knows she’s stubborn when she wants to be.” I sighed as we moved to the front doors and sunset with snips and snails came out.
Sunset as I already noted was visibly angry but calmed down on seeing me.
“Oh hey, James glad to see you tsukiyomi is talking to vice principal Luna and are hitting it right off. I honestly have no idea why” sunset said and I chuckled.
“Both of them have names based on the moon they probably just sympathize with each other over how many moon jokes they had to have heard growing up. Anyway sorry about not being able to go to the fall formal. Didn’t expect to get hit by that car like that” I said looking at snips and snails hinting to sunset the cover we came up to explain my arm and back.
“I see, need any help getting your textbooks,” asked sunset concerned.
“Please with my arm dislocated I’ll definitely need the help,” I said gratefully.
Twilight blinked jaw dropped as sunset hugged me careful of the arm and kissed me and I blushed as well this was our first kiss.
“Wow,” I said once she pulled back.
“Yep though I’m still going to punch the driver of that vehicle for ruining our first anniversary,” said sunset before turning to Twilight.
“So who might you be” asked sunset.
“Sunset remember what I told you when we met tsukiyomi during our videogame season when we met her? The one about how taking a magical artifact would cause the rightful owner of tracking it down” I told her making her blanch at the hint I gave her and the cover for people listening in.
“Oh so you played that character in our online game huh snips, snails get to class I got something private to talk to them about,” sunset said as the confused boys just did as ordered.
“Okay James you were right but why now did she come here when she could have appeared yesterday,” sunset asked.
“My guess the time jacker’s had a hand in the delay. Basically, time manipulators who are trying to replace my supposed future self with a puppet ruler by stealing the powers of Kamen riders and their history and creating monsters out of them to act as their tool to ruin the future. Tsukiyomi came back to deal with them as their rogues” I told her.
“Very well informed my lord and glad to see you too Lady Twilight, Lady Sunset,” said a familiar voice and I turned to see Woz leaning on the rail next to the front door.
“Woz why are you showing up now when we got better things to do,” I asked him deadpan.
“Well for one I wanted to meet your equals my lord and second I came to warn you that the time jackers are not only in this world but Equestria as well so you might want to consider occasionally popping over to Equestria to handles the issues there. Lastly, its to tell you that someone you recently met is going to show up today and has something for you” said Woz before vanishing after closing his book.
“And that was Woz a person with similar abilities to the time jackers and apparently he’s a servant of mine fifty years from now. Must have frozen time and just walked away. Not sure why. Still, guess that means I’m meeting Kiryu sento and banjo ryuga again. Knowing sento... He’s teaching physics here” I said deadpan.
“Why did Woz treat you like some kind of king,” asked Spike.
“Long story,” I said before telling them what sunset learned yesterday.
“Okay I can see what you mean about changing the future,” said Twilight surprised.
“Yeah still I and sunset have classes just try and not draw attention to yourself and spike dogs here don’t talk so try not to freak anyone out twilight if anyone asks to say he’s a guard dog your older brother insisted you keep with you. Here your brother is a cop. I actually checked” I told her.
“Basically don’t get into trouble,” said spike nodding.
For the whole day, I just focused on my classes and found yes sento was teaching physics and he handed me what I soon recognized as the bike ride gadget... And used an invention he had made to fix up my arm and my back. He likely invented something like this after our meeting in 2017. He had given me a wink on handing me my motorbike.
Kinda figured as well the ride watch did have similar tech to the build phone. Sunset immediately cheered up that our date was back on. Banjo was apparently security for the fall formal. Twilight apparently ran into tsukiyomi and the local versions of her friends. And already was getting into becoming the fall formal princess having fixed the five's friendships though by the way rainbow looked at me they were surprised sunset actually does care for me without being a proverbial bitch.
That reminded me I had to ask sunset something that had bothered me all of yesterday.
"Sunset just how did you know the portal was open or what to take in the first place and who to steal from," I asked her that night as tomorrow was our date.
"Some weird guy in blue showed up the day before yesterday and told me had a feather near his ear and I couldn't help but just go and take it. Why do you ask?" Asked sunset.
"Oh that is just great you met Swartz the leader of the time jackers and sounds like he put a compulsion on you meaning you were content to leave the element of magic in Equestria and they may have their own plans involving the element" I said as twilight who was staying with us frowned at that news.
"But why would they do that," she asked.
"Because the elements of harmony are a counter for oma zi-o. With how distorted his view is and I still doubt I become him they may be one of the few things that stop him. And the time jackers are trying to replace who is oma zi-o. It figures that they want to remove such a threat or maybe use it to keep their puppet in line if needed. They just didn't figure in you would come or that I would catch onto their plan" I said.
"Than it really isn't moms fault she literally becomes a raging she-demon from putting on the element of magic" tsukiyomi blurted out in shock.
"Wait for what! Okay, I can see why I would regret that" said sunset.
"Took getting hit by the spirit of the elements to turn you back to normal I didn't want to say anything as well that is not something I can just bring up," said tsukiyomi.
"Not only that but sunset what you had planned would have failed anyway. I mean brainwashing the students into an army to take over would fail once they went into the mirror. Remember how hard it was for you to be able to move and get used to being human. And before you ask you left your door open the night you snuck out and I overheard you plotting when I went to use the restroom. Been wanting to point out that flaw but geiz distracted us" I pointed out as sunset blushed at getting caught and winced as she got what I meant. Instead of an impressive army she would have minions who don't know how to move in an altered shape like the three pony tribes.
"Okay point very well taken and might have been the compulsion talking me into it. She-demon thing would have made things worse. Please restrain me if I start acting off" sunset said.
"What I want to know is if tsukiyomi here is your daughter sunset who is her dad?" Asked twilight.
"I never knew my dad mom just handed me this necklace saying he would have wanted me to have it," said tsukiyomi pulling out a necklace that made me and sunset go wide-eyed as while chipped, battered and aged it was the very same necklace I have right now. Something that shocked her when I pulled mine out.
"Now I really doubt I become oma zi-o because that means I'm your dad. And I definitely don't see myself abandoning family I'm going to need full on proof oma zi-o is me before I ever believe that" I told the girls and spike.
"Wait you said this geiz guy thinks to kill you will prevent oma zi-o but wouldn't that erase tsukiyomi from ever existing?" Asked spike.
"The solution I know of is to destroy my belt but that causes an alternate timeline Woz who is worse than the one we met to come by as while Woz wants me to become oma zi-o he at least is actually on my side the alternate is way different than our Woz looks horrified and he is not exactly close to usually looking like that. White Woz as the alternative is called to differentiate the two is way crueler and a zealot of the worst extremes that really horrifies Woz. As much as he annoys me Black Woz as he gets referred to is preferable to white Woz as while I'm not out to become a king I still want to be a protector" I said making tsukiyomi sigh as she heard that.
"Just how much do you know about your future," asked tsukiyomi.
"Up to what the day of oma is but haven't actually reached that day. I hate junction points like that as its a flashpoint event. Multiple timelines hinge on what happens on that day" I told her dryly.