//------------------------------// // Chapter 29 // Story: OPTIMUS PRIME VS EQUESTRIA // by OPTIMUSPRIMEG1 //------------------------------// James Pov   I awoke after my little talk, ‘I wonder what the others will think, when I tell them,’ I thought, ‘Knowing Pyro he’ll get upset, Ed will throw a fit, Megatron will be seeking blood, Sari and Nyx will just be confused, along with Discord, still can’t believe he’s part void dweller like Truth.’ I was about to get up when I felt a little weight on my head and chest, looking up I saw Nyx sleeping on my head, snoring quietly. Looking down I see Sari snuggled up to me, a blanket’s on her, a smile on her face as well, I heard Nyx mumble something, “Yay… cake forever..” she said, I chuckled at that, which caused Sari to wake up, she opened her eyes and looked at me. “Morning.” she said letting out a yawn, then giggled at my predicament, “Just to let you know, she was was with me when we fell asleep on your chest,” “It’s fine Sari, she’s not hurting anybody or anything,” I said with a chuckle, then Sari’s face turned serious, “Pyro and Ed want to talk to you, said something about the weapon against Quintessa,” I nodded, Sari got off my chest, then I carefully picked Nyx up and handed her to Sari, and noticed they both were wearing blue PJs with an Autobot symbol, Sari noticed and said with a smile, “Discord summoned them for us, although Nyx got black ones with a moon with a smiley face, she saw mine and wanted the same thing.” While the girls were getting ready, I left to talk to my brothers, I saw them talking with Megatron and Discord, Megatron was currently speaking, “I’m telling you, the Dark Energon in me is gone, which either means Unicron is dead or it died out from being in this Time Chamber and needs Unicron to keep it flowing.” I cringed when Megatron mentioned Unicron, Discord spoke up next, “Alright Megs, but we are discussing the plan of attack when we do reach Quintessa, I tried to fight her myself, but she has a demon for a bodyguard, she called him Infernicus, and I watched Transformers The Last Knight, that guy is strong, and Quintessa must have some sort of ability damper, my Chaos magic was weakened, so no doubt your powers will be weakened as well.” “So basically only those of use with powers other than magic should be on the frontlines. That really makes things difficult as most of us don’t have the necessary understandings of their new powers. This could also hinge on Prime’s weapon as we need a piece of Dark Energon large enough to use and we currently only half enough only for the vaccines,” Ed says going back over the highlights of the conversation. “Truth be told I kinda wish I could grow it ed.” pyro said looking downcast, tired from the training he did with his clone. “Hey guys, Sari said you needed to talk to me, and I have some news you probably wouldn’t like to hear,” I said getting worried, “The man of the hour or Prime I should say. Yea, we need to know what kind of weapon you want to make and if you want a new body made of the same stuff Pyro made my arm and leg from,” Ed says looking to me. “Ed, it’s called proto adamantium, when it's an alloy of adamantium and vibranium. It would work Prime, by using magic weld points. So it kinda works like iron man’s mark 42. They fly and attach to you. If I remember right, Ultra Magnus has the same thing going on. If I recall again he is your twin?” Pyro said looking to Ed than to me eyebrow raised in question. “We were thinking of using on Optimal from similar to the of Optimus Primal transmetal 2 but with a few mods here and there of course. Color scheme wise its pretty much the same one you have now. Are you think of the Ultra Magnus from the series with the Predacons as the bad guys?” Ed asked. “No i’m thinking of G1 Magnus, he wears armor over himself since he is a twin of prime.” “Guys, I don’t know if Magnus is Optimus twin, but we have a problem, Quintessa knows we’re going to the Allspark, and sent 20 battle class Decepticon warships, which house 200 Decepticons, do the math, that’s 4000 Decepticons.” “Prime how many ships am I bringing again?” he asked. “From what I can tell, not enough, how do I know this when Primus is still in stasis lock, is because a certain brother of Primus told me.” “Then maybe it’s time to call in more, maybe some of my heavy battleships, slow but made to hit hard,” he said looking down at his pipboy and typing in some commands. “YOU SPOKE WITH UNICRON!” Ed shouted. “Yes, I did.” I said, cringing at the tone Ed used, it was anger and surprise, “I know what you’re thinking, how can I talk with Unicron, when he tried to kill billions of innocents, on Cybertron and Earth.” “Well, both are the gods of creation and destruction, right. I bet they still care and guessing for Unicron, he wants his brother free so they can fight evenly not have him being a puppet right?” “I’m not surprised at that. Most don’t realize Unicron has a connection to the Matrix. I’m surprised that he’s even active right now. What did he want Prime?” Ed says crossing his arms. “I do not know his reasons, but he will give us some help, and after deciding, summoned a few beasts, don’t know if they’re from darkness or light, or both, but he also gave me and Sari the power to create our own powers, Cybertronians, and weapons of the gods. And what he wants is unknown.” “My guess could still fit. But I’m going to go crunch numbers and call in my heavy ships to join,” he said turning and walking to his console. “This isn’t good. Not at all. Unicron is interfering too much. Even if he wants to fight Primus. Dang, it! What’s his game?!” Ed said slamming his fist into the nearest wall. “Ed, calm down, if anything, he just gave us an edge over the Cons. If we just went there without knowing how many ships are there, we would have been slaughtered, and with him sending beasts, we can use them to get to the core faster, and the power to create weapons, Cybertronians, and powers, we can win this war, we just need to trust Unicron for now, but if he betrays us, I will use the Matrix to blow him apart, not even a sliver would be left.” “Do you even know the price you pay for each new life you create James? Even though Primus can also grant these gifts Unicron’s variants come with a steep price. For each transformer you make you lose a piece of your soul or spark in your case. You’d also be making an army for the Destroyer. One completely loyal to him.” Ed explained in a dark tone. “I know Ed, I saw Fullmetal Alchemist, I saw the part were Ed and his brother tried to bring their mother back,” “If you intend to start with this plan then you better end our contract, or I’ll have Pyro send me home. I will not take part in this any longer,” Ed said with no light in his eyes. “Ed please, just listen, we need all the help we can get, but if you want, I didn’t fully accept the-” Ed interrupted, “THAT. IS. NOT. AN. EXCUSE!!” Ed roared shaking the room. “I will not argue on this. Life is life I know all too well as I have many souls in my body that hate me for keeping them there when I wish I could release them but they have nobody to return to and you can’t simply force them into a body either.” “......” I stood just unmoving, then I sighed, “Alright Ed, I understand. Life is sacred. It is not to be trifled with.” “If you really want an army James I can easily give you one with my semblance and not one the simply poofs away with one serious hit,” Ed says still calming down. “I have a move called Seven Nations Army. It allows my shadow to copies to exist for extended periods of time and they all have my knowledge of combat and can fight while still seriously injured too. These copies don’t feel pain or have blood and they’ll simply fade once out of energy.” “Ed, that ability is useful, and I’m sorry for talking with Unicron, I thought it might be Primus, but I was wrong, and if you still want to go back to your world, I’ll send you back, and if you don’t want to talk to me anymore and throw away my token, I’ll understand, just know this, I will have no grudge against you if you do, I wouldn’t want to talk to myself either if I was accepting help from Unicron,” I said in sadness, walking away, tears in my eyes, before hearing Ed shout out. “Get back here!” Ed yelled as his shadow grabbed my leg and pulled me back into the room. “Only cowards walk away after a little stern talking to James. I get it though. Your still young only a teenager really but you’ve got people here who need you. It’s time to man up and be an adult. We are going into a fight for your universe. If anything, stand up and take your lumps and listen to those who have some experience in the matter. I not angry at you and you won’t be discarding my token over one spat. I tried to do the same not long ago with my family and was quickly stopped. As far as I’m concerned we’re family and I don’t abandon my family.” I stood there, listening to Ed, then shrunk down to his height, and hugged him, tears flowing from my eyes, “Thank you brother, you are right, it’s time to man up, I have people who look up to me, and I am a fool for almost accepting help from a monster.” “We all have moments of weakness James but it’s when we realize this that we can better ourselves and learn. It helps when you’re willing to accept help in this that you become stronger for it. You realized your mistake and that’s what matters. Now let’s get back to the real issues at hand. Waking up the big man, making your weapon, and our army shortage,” Ed says with a smile. “Alright brother, and I have an idea on the weapon’s use, destroying Unicron if he betrays us, that’s if we accept the deal,” I said, returning to my normal size, Ed on my shoulder. “Seriously dude,” Ed says annoyed with the shoulder ride. “Anyway, what weapon did you decide on?” “Well a couple of them, in case we lose one, one a blaster, the other a sword.” I said wiping the tears away, then walked back to the others, “Hopefully, we can win this war with only one, and Ed, can you do me a favor?” I asked my brother, he nodded his head for me to continue, “If I end being controlled by Unicron, do me a favor, hit with the moon and beat me up while yelling I told you so!” “Will do James but I doubt that’ll be necessary. All we need to do is boost the Mind Stone’s power and add a few mental barriers. I’ll look into what I’ve got as far as mind fortification magics go with Archive. Can’t make any big promises though. Mind magic has never been a forte of mine,” Ed says bringing up Archive. “Let’s get started on your weapons too. Pyro come over here and help Prime with his canon and I’ll help him with the sword, We can all help with his body.” With a shout of acknowledgment, Pyro walked over to us, and we began working on the blade first, Pyro began making the handle while Ed made the guard, and me, I began to make the blade, I used the Forge of Solus Prime to turn my Shadow and Chaos magic and some energy from the Matrix into the blade, each time I hammered the three energies, the blade would glow a brilliant white, after one final strike with the Forge, the blade was complete, I looked to see Ed working on the guar of the sword, so, placing the blade down, I went to see how he was gonna make the guard. “Hey, Ed,” “Sup big guy,” Ed says typing on his Archive. “So how is the handle coming along, I finished the blade.” “Great I was just about to go to Pyro and see if this place can replicate the forge from Infinite War,” Ed says walking over to our brother. “Pyro, can the Time chamber mimic the forge from the star forge of Infinite War?” “Could make one of the spare rooms into it, why?” he asked looking up. “I want to infuse Uru into Primes Guard,” Ed explained. “Sure let me go make it and I will be back, though upon thinking of it, I might have to keep it in here,” he said getting up and walking to a spare door. He taps a few things on the door and it glows for a second. “Uru? What’s Uru?” I asked confused, “Uru is a mystical metal from the Marvel universe. It’s what Thor’s hammers are made of,” Ed says going over to Pyro. “It can only be forged in dying stars.” “Door is set Ed, forge ready and waiting. Want me to throw in some dwarves to help in the forge?” he asks ed as he walks up. “That would be great. I can use my alchemagic and magic weaving for fine tuning with Prime’s void signature. This is going to be one heck of a challenge. It’s going to be fun,” Ed says entering the room. “Oh, I get it now, you’re gonna make the Guard strong as Thor’s hammer, cool, too bad it got destroyed in Thor Ragnarok.” “They remade it into Stormbringer, a hammer on one side and an ax on the other, as for the forge should be easy. I don’t burn so if I need to keep it open I should be able to. It should be fun. Though, why do all this when I have a hammer that can get just as hot?” he asked ed while typing on the door once more stopping for a moment to look at ed as he mentioned his hammer. “Yeah, I know, but it was supposed to be for Beta Ray Bill,” I said walking after Ed, wanting to see the Forge up close, “Also, that might hurt, getting burned from the sun.” “I have solar magic now thanks to Pyro. It’s a test to see if I can invoke it and I want Prime’s weapon completely attuned to him and what better way is there to start from scratch for this,” Ed says walking into the forge. “While we forge it I will open the gates to get the heat going, Ed take my hammer it should help in the forge, prime help Ed figure out how it should look,” he said opening the door and moving into the forge of the Nordic gods. He hands ed the hammer of sol, it warm metal heating those nearby up. Its eagle head forged into the hammerhead. He seems to take a moment to get used to its weight. “Wow, that’s a cool hammer, hey should I use the Forge of Solus Prime too, you never know when you need to use the very hammer of one of the Thirteen.” “Should help prime. Might be good using it as well,” he said looking to me before jumping to the gate to open it to let the heat come to the forge. “Oh yes, this will definitely help my friend,” Ed smiled. “Since your tuned to solar energy you should be able to crank up the heat in it. Use it when the metal needs to be forged out. Prime should be able to forge large amounts out.” he said over the coms, he had his hands ready to open the gate. “Who be you lot!?” said a very angry, very big dwarf. He just barely came up to my chin. “We’re here to borrow your forge for a trifle good smith,”  said Ed waving the hammer in the air. Dark eco pyro came over to ed. His smile showing all his teeth. “We just need something hotter then what i could ever make. And since yours is still broken we might fix it before leaving. Make free your hands and try returning your kind.” he said looking to Ed his purple eye winking for a sec. “Let’s have at it,” Ed said. “Lead the way my, Dark Friend.” “My hammer should be able to free his hands, ed you might want to be ready to help heal them since I feel they might be burned to a crisp under that metal,” he said looking to Ed then the dwarfs metal covered hands. “Easy fix but it’s up to you big guy. We could use the help with the Uru but we don’t particularly need you for it though,” Ed smirked. “Yes, will you help us?” “If you be using my forge then you will be needing my hands, Uru will need my experience to forge right.” he looks down at his hands. “After what I have done I need my hands back to help set things right,” he said looking at ed before walking over to the anvil and setting his hands on it. “Alright then, this will hurt immeasurably. Even for a dwarf as big as you,”  Ed commented. “I haven’t felt anything in them since they were dipped in the Uru metal. Do as you please,   just need my hands back so I can work again, fix my mistakes.” “Alright. Try not to bite your tongue,” Ed said bringing the hammer above his head. “Just do it before I do, boy.” said dark eco looking to Ed. “Don’t call me boy,” Ed says annoyed bringing the hammer down hard. With a smash, the hammer came down and broke the Uru metal of the hands of the dwarf his hands looked charred and some bone was showing, I turned around trying not to lose my lunch, Ed and dark looked at it. “I will set them right, Ed you start healing them, you might not have feeling in them for some time, but should be better than what they have been through.” “Ok Ed, get to it even i’m starting to have a hard time looking at them.” dark said looking away. “He’ll have feeling in them. Alchestry is healing on a molecular level.” Ed says put his hands on the dwarf’s as a red discharge flows fixing  Dwarf’s the hands. “All done.” “Aww, I haven’t been able to do that for some time now,” he said wiggling them before reaching around his back and scratching a spot. “Darn spot started up weeks ago and now I can get it. Use my forge, you’ve earned it,” he said returning to his scratching. He turned to the shards and picked them up then put them in a casing. “Shouldn’t waste any Uru, i’m still running low on some.” “Great now let’s crank up the heat in this place. Unless you want your beard on fire, step back. Never invoked a solar form before so it should be, uh. Explosive,” Ed says as he started to glow and his hair changes to that of a golden flame while his clothes changed to fires of their respective colors. “Awe. I wanted an explosion.” “If you caused an explosion Ed, and possibly kill us all, I will come back from the dead as a zombie, and eat your brain.” I said with a deadpan look, slightly glaring at my brother, “Also, how can I do that, that form looks like a Super mode from Sonic.” “My lover used to do that from time to time prime, she hit her time of the month or was really angry she would do that too. Trust me it’s why i’m fireproof now.” dark said with a shudder. “Though if you called her a hot head, well there was a few ash pots out if the graveyard.” “Yikes, that’s kinda scary, what is she a fire elemental?” “No, she was Celestia and Luna’s mother. She moved the sun and I the moon. Hence why i’m called the father of the night or Dark moon as she called me.” he said a small grin forming on my face. “Was she Faust? If so, then dang!” “Yes her first name was, but each different dimension. I went to her last name would change, one of her last names were Sunbringer. Or Mother of Sol. that was my favorite little pet names to give her.” he said grinning looking to me. “She had one heck of a temper but only let it out when me and her were alone. A few nobles learned that the hard way.” “Hmm, interesting place.” I heard Sari say behind us, I turned around to see her back in her normal attire, “Also, ouch, hope no one died.” “A few did, though they were asking for it, pushing the wrong buttons on her. Like asking to marry off her kids or to marry in. she personally saw to a few, punishments herself.” he shuddered harder. “I can still hear some of their screams.” “That must be horrifying, sometimes I never liked MLP, it may be sunshine and rainbows, but it’s also evil, Celestia sent 6 untrained ponies to fight Nightmare Moon, where they could’ve died, I’d say Celestia is just evil.” “Let’s just say, some family bloodlines never continued after that,” he said making a snipping motion then pointing south. “It was never said but the elements showed her a vision, of things to come, and a message I think, ‘6 new bearers are to come, connected by friendship, to undo nightmares hold’ best description I could get from her.” “Nice prophecy, if Celestia knew that, she could have brought them together and trained them, and would have had a backup plan just in case, I think Celestia is number one on the ‘WORST PONIES EVER’ list.” “She gets it from her mother,” he said chuckling. “Hey, the dwarf said he was low on Uru right?” “Enough to build whatever your planning, but yes I am running low,” he said walking back over to them. “Well, I could just summon some with my Chaos magic,” “I can make some with my Arc of Embodiment,” Added Ed. “We both could, but we don’t know if it would be the same. If I remember right it’s magically infused metal. Right dwarf?” he nods. “Only one way to find out.” I then snapped my fingers and a ton of Uru appeared, then the dwarf came over. “We will have to test it, but I think it should work.” dark pyro said holding a bar worth. “Yes we need to test to see if this Uru is perfect.” the dwarf said, grabbing some, and going to test it, I noticed something, I looked over and I saw it. “The Infinity Gauntlet.” “Yes, my mistake, one I hope the defect I put in it should help fix. If now then what i’m going to make should work too,” he said downcast before moving past it. “What was the defect?” I asked curiously. “The power of the snap would burn all the pathways keeping him from using it again. And if i worked it right should loop in the time stone and fix him in a time loop. Fixing what he has done before the snap. My own little way of putting him in his place.” “Oh, so that’s why it looked burnt in the movie, also nice, smart move, but I wonder what would happen if the Gauntlet had different stones, like a stone of hope, fill people with hope,” “Might be able to make a new one without the defect, but every tool, every weapon has one defect,” he said working on his creation using pyros hammer of sol, molding it into a hilt crossguard. “And that defect would be the same one every weapon has,” Ed commented. “The wielder,” he said dipping the metal in water, it steaming up and covering his face in steam. “Hey guys, I got an idea for a third weapon, this time for a smaller hand like Saris,” “Gauntlet with the elements in it.” pyro said looking at me. “Correct, the Main 6 may have used it for every big problem, like Discord, Tirek, etc,” “Maybe it could undo the witch's spell.” pyro said looking over to me a grin on his face. “Exactly, if Sari snapped her fingers with the Gauntlet on, it could free anyone who is under Quintessa’s control.” I said Sari nodded liking the idea, “And, it could have a seventh stone, one made from the energy of the Matrix, the Stone of Light.” “Seven slots can be made. It just going to take some time. I could make it out of this Uru metal you made for me, but I don’t know what would happen if I did.” He said looking at the bust of the gauntlet. “But it should work.” “Wait, I forgot, the Elements are the Alicorns of Harmony, sentient beings, Scrap I forgot about them.” “The infinity stones are sentient as well, yet it still works,” he said looking to me. ”But it should be able to work, don’t they turn back to stones?” “Wait the stones are sentient? And they can change into the Elements and back.” “Yes, each stone is, they don’t show it but they make choices if you do something they don’t like then they won’t do it.” Said Dark Pyro looking to me. “You could say the Elements are Equestria’s Infinity Stones or at least their equivalent,” Ed says working the guard. “I don’t recommend trying your idea though. The Elements were never meant to be wielded be one being. Look at Celestia, when she did it she lost the ability to use them all together.” “Alright, I’ll ask them if they-” then out of nowhere, a token appeared, a grass symbol token. “Okay. see who we get to join us, James,” Ed said plunging the guard into a tank of water. “Alright Ed,” I said grabbing the token, hearing the Green Lantern oath in my head, then a portal appeared. And coming out of the portal was a silver coated werewolf in red robes. “For the love of all the-...” he said, stopping as he looked around at his surroundings. “Huh, a werewolf didn’t see that coming,” I said. “Don’t think he’s a werewolf brother. Not getting any magical venom running in his veins bot I do sense magic,” Ed added. “No, but I do have magic,” he said, standing and dusting himself off, “Name's Silphen, by the way.” “My name is Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots,” I said, “Edward Elric the Fullmetal Alchemist,” Ed added. “I know who each of your characters are. I'm a little bit of a Weeaboo,” Silphen said. “Look out coming in hot!” Pyro said his clothes on fire. He slid past them bouncing till he hit a pillar. He got up patting himself out. “DANG NAB IT PYRO!! CAREFUL!! NEXT TIME WEAR SOME ARMOR TO SHIELD YOURSELF!!” I shouted at my brother. “Sorry, I forgot I’m fireproof but what I wearing isn’t!” he said his hair on fire in a few spots. Silphen stared at the variety of different games and sources this mini army came from, before opening his mouth and swearing in Japanese as he began pacing on the table he landed on. “Sorry you had to see craziness, but we’re in the middle of building a few weapons.” “My guess is you’re still new to being a Displaced aren’t you?” Ed asked Silphen. He paused long enough to look at Ed before saying, “Yes and no. In my world, I've been a Displaced for… a couple weeks? But I highly doubt that makes even a lick of difference where the rest of the worlds and timelines are concerned. Lemme start over. Name's Silphen Dardo, the leading Archmage of the soft metal wolves. My character is actually from a roleplay.” Dark eco pyro and normal pyro shared a look and walked to the door. Dark sat next to it and pyro went through. “Boss needs to go cool off, he might be fireproof but he still deals with the heat. Sunburns take the cake,” he said shaking his head. “Before you ask he and I are in a hive mind.” he looks to the door as we hear some swears seeping though most thankfully were in something we didn’t understand. “It’s alright, anyway, welcome to my dimension Silphen. And I hope you’re ready for war.” I said. “And I left out a few details, here I’m king of the Crystal Empire.” “Like I said name’s, Edward Elric that’s who I’ve been for the last few thousands of years, but like you said as far as timelines go it really doesn’t matter. In my world, I’m former Minos King with the title of the Crimson Butcher. I’m currently only been free for from a stone entombment for about seven months and I’m married to my Princess Luna,” Ed explained. “Just a small town nobody that scraped by and did cosplay and made props as a hobby is who I was.” “Boss was a vet of a 60 year long was from Earth, he has a lot of history to go over, but to sum it up, he is a man of many trades, one is of the lady’s,” he said snickering. “He will tell more once he is cool.” “Great. War. Just what I needed… look, I'll provide magical support, but don't expect me to do much else, as I have the feeling that if I get too involved, my shift into this guy will speed up,” Silphen said, sounding slightly agitated. “It’s alright if you’re not good at anything else besides magic, it’s good, I’ve only been here for a week and everything is already getting chaotic,” I said to Silphen. “Says the one who uses chaos magic,” commented Ed with a smirk. “And boss can teach ya if you need it.” dark said looking to Silphen his black eyes showing a void. “Any kind of Dark Equestrian magic you might want I have. Dark magic was never banned in my world,” smirked Ed. “I'll take you up for that at a later date, Ed, as the Princesses, at least Sunbutt, want my head for simply knowing necromancy,” said Silphen. “Really, dang Ed, oh well, I still have my Shadow Magic, and I can build a few mechs if you want.” “She tends to overreact.” dark said. “But if she acts up a powerhouse like me or ed can put her in her place,” he said laughing at the nickname. “How do you think she reacted to me when she first saw me with Luna. HAHA! Blasted me flat on my back. That seems to be a reoccurring theme for me. She’s now my sister and uses a few dark magics herself.” chuckled the alchemist. “Sunbutt tried to give my soul a tan,” Silphen said, shuddering slightly at the memory. “Hmph, first time I saw them, I saved the CMC from Timberwolves, and the Main 6, princesses thought I was about to corrupt them with my Chaos magic, and planned on turning me to a birds pooping station,” I said with a growl of anger. Feeling my dragon side flare up. “She tried pulling some scrap with me but, found out real quick the power gap she has to me. Even with her sister, they come just close of tickling me.” dark said laughing so deeply it sent a chill down our spines. “Kinda helps i’m their father in a few dimensions,” he said. “It helps that I was sent to my Equestria before they were even born. I wandered around most of my life until I got homesick for the Everfree. Met Luna, Celestia, and Starswirl and settled back into the forest. And before you say, old man, Pyro is older than me,” Ed snuffed. “Hmph you guys were lucky to have an advantage over them, the second time I saw the ponies, they tried invading my Empire, and I got my right side blasted off, and my hand melted.”. Silphen sighs before turning and teleporting with a word that not even the most advanced translation tech could understand so he was behind Ed, saying, “You treat the Night Mother right, or I will eat your soul and add it to my mana pool, ok? I'm a huge Luna fan.” “I gave him that warning already Silphen, Ed understands things go south, a father will be having words, and broken bones,” Dark said eyes following his movements. “Yikes, that’s dark, man. Not a Luna fan, Fluttershy fan definitely, but the others, nope, and don’t eat my spark.” Without a second thought, Ed wheeled around and grabbed Silphen by the throat with enough force to keep the wolf from speaking while Ed activated his Nullification magic from Fairy Tail. “Don’t insult me, wolf. I’d sell every last soul in my body, including my own, to keep her safe. And don’t make light of your abilities either as you’re not the only one who can devour souls!” “ED!! ENOUGH!!” I shouted growing to the size of a Balrog, the Ghost armor appearing. “Boy, enough.” Dark Pyro said looking at Ed. “SHUT UP!!! I WILL NOT TAKE SUCH AN INSULT AS A HUSBAND!” SHOUTED Ed releasing Silphen. “I’m no mere alchemist Silphen. Thanks to my niece I have every magic from Fairy tail magic but Grand and Forbidden Spells. Not that it matters as I don’t  need them or magic to kill you.” Then Ed gets punched by Sari. “Cut it out Ed.” Ed then looked to her in shock. Silphen smiles and puts up a high five to Ed before saying, “Buck yeah! By the way, field type Nul magic- did I just get censored?” “Yes, you did, apparently this world censors bad language,” I said shrinking down, but keeping the Ghost Armor on. “Trust me, if you knew what pyro was saying behind that door,” he said pointing to it, “You would blush.” “Also thank you, Sari. Ed, you lost your temper.” I said looking at Ed disapprovingly. “Sorry, buddy but Luna is a touchy subject for me. I wasn’t there for her and I know I could’ve prevented the Nightmare Moon dilemma. What’s worse is I had to watch the whole thing happen,” Ed says hanging his head in shame while tears started to form in his eyes. “It horrible having to watch your wife try and kill your sister and then have your sister banish your wife to the moon.” “We know how you feel Ed. Bring up our lovers and Tartarus will walk the world,” Dark said arms crossed and back fully on the door. “Same, back in my Earth, I lost my little sis to hit and run, she was only 10. And a jerk had the nerve to say I was too slow.” I said clenching my fist. “He paid for with a broken nose and teeth.” Silphen nods in understanding, saying, “I understand. Been a loner on Earth, but met a nice mare while I was hiding in the prison under Canterlot streets. Had a little sis that she got caught stealing for, and wound up in the cell next to mine.” “Personally I think the reason we become Displaced is to have a chance at getting some of the things we either miss or have lost. But that just me. Sometimes the merchant can just be a flank hole though,” Ed laughed. “I think so too, we have abilities, that can protect those we love, but not everything can be brought back. And I agree on the Merchant.” “Why you think I gave you a hard time when you hit me prime when I said I’m friends with the merchant. He does his job and sometimes gives others a chance at something they lose or miss,” he said. “He gave me back my youth and tired it to the point I can only die by my hands.” “Guess I should thank him for this, he gave me a chance to know love, and a chance to help others,” I said, with a tear sliding down my face. Silphen shrugs and pulls out a book from seemingly nowhere, opening it to a new page and handing it to Ed, silently asking for some spells. “Silphen collects spells. I just wanna do Dragonslayer magic.” “Shall we return to the main chamber? I can use my Archive directly on you to give you anything you want to know my friend. Just name it,” Ed explained. “And sorry for choking you. Luna means the world to me.” “Yes, Ed, Prime, and Silphen can join us when they're ready. Pyro is going crazy in the ice so might be wise,” he said looking to the door. “Alright, hey Ed the is Guard done because I want to test out the sword.” “Yep, here ya go brother,” Ed said handing me the guard for my sword. “The dwarf put it together while we were talking, he left to head deeper in. He left a note on it. ‘Enjoy your weapon, the one of the small one will need time, but I can make it work. Enjoy’ kind of him.” he said handing the blade to me. It fits my hands perfectly. “Alright, hey guys, we should give ourselves a name, a team name, in case we meet each other again,” said after a few practice swings. Silphen nods slightly, closing the book and stuffing it in his robes. Thinking about the idea of names, something he was never really any good at. “How about The Brotherhood of Displaced?” I asked, “It has a nice ring to it don’t you think.” “I agree it sounds easy enough to remember, pyro will write it down, so he doesn’t forget. But what if more join us?” dark asked opening the door for us to walk through. “Well, I don’t know, it’ll still be the same, it signifies more than one,” “Ok makes sense.” “I agree on both parts. It will do for now but there’s still room improvement down the line,” added Ed. “Much like your swordsmanship James.” “Hey, I'll have you know I practice with my Fusion Ax.” “Not doubting your Ax skills man. I’m saying your swordplay needs work. There is a big difference between the two.” Added Ed. “Similar to Death and Necromancy magic, right?” Silphen queried, joking with Ed. “Actually yes. While they have the same fundamental basis they are still two different magics. Same when it comes to certain swords and axes. Reminds me you need a weapon,” Ed explained. “I agree, he may need a weapon to better help him defend himself. If he is only skilled at magic he may need some better defense.” “I can make my own armor and weapons. Just haven't had the need to, since the Equis I was sent to didn't have a whole lot that couldn't be solved through said magic,” Silphen said, creating a suit of armor reminiscent of a crusader made of crystal, and a greatsword of ice. “You’ll need it this time around my friend. We’ll be facing Transformers with magic dampeners. So the stuff you just made with magic won’t hold up. Why do you think we were in the forge, to begin with,” Ed explained in a serious tone. “Yes, and ed, don't look now but a certain somebody's here,” I said pointing at a tall figure with skeletal wings and two massive horns on his head. “Unicron!” “Sup Unicorn,” Ed waved. “Why are you here?” “You know I was expecting you to charge at me but doesn't matter, listen I am sorry I offered James gifts from me, but I did for a reason.” “I don’t care for your reason. Now speak why you’ve come or leave. Better yet, me and Pyro can make you leave,” Ed said I could see he really wasn’t happy with Unicron’s presence. “I am dying, I heard James refusal of the deal, so I went to fight Quintessa's forces but her army is much stronger than I thought, I am still fighting them as we speak this is just a projection of myself.” “Who are you, if you don't mind my asking?” Silphen asked, rolling his shoulders in preparation for combat. “Unicron, Silphen, the dark god of the Transformers multiverse. Also known also the world eater much like Galactus from Marvel. And if what he is saying is true then we have a bigger problem than we originally thought,” Ed said looking to Pyro in concern. Dark Pyro shrugs his shoulders. “I am no longer the world eater, and Galactus rear can crush steel, he is very fat, and ugh, sorry, WFC Megatron used dark Energon on me,” Unicron said his form flickering. “Why are you here Unicron?” I asked the dark god. “I am here to ask this, can you tell my brother I am sorry, sorry for all the things I've done, and the while I'm saying this well, let me show you.” his eyes shot a strange laser on the ground, we found ourselves in Cybertron's orbit. With millions of Decepticons attacking Unicron, and Unicron looked worse for wear, one wing snapped off, his left arm was a skeleton, his chest showing his spark after an extreme fire. “Huh looks like we do have a true fight coming. This might take a while, might be wise to bring more ships. This is going to be long and costly.” Pyro said looking around them, looking to the planet. He looks to Ed after speaking to himself. “I agree. I’ll pull some of the ships from my Gate of Aries. They have massive firepower and can transform into mechs around the size of Unicron. We need to start on chakra and nature energy training so I can make clones to man them,” Ed says while nodding. “All of us we’ll be needed to play specific roles in this fight. We may need another Displaced too.” Silphen’s left eye twitched in agitation at the sight and he growled, saying, “It seems I'll be studying that antimagic field, so I can find out the frequency.” “It won't do any of you any good, she is using Primus to power it, you will have to save him first, I already took out a fraction of their forces, but I'm afraid it won't be enough, so I ask you, will you accept the deal, you need all the help you can get, and don't worry about losing a piece of your spark, I won't take it even if I wanted it, creating life is something the Matrix can help with.” We all looked at him in shock mostly me, “The Matrix can help create life?! But that's impossible!” I shouted. “Shouldn’t be shocked there. The Matrix is a shard of Primus’s spark after all. I’m still against the whole deal with Unicron James but I’ll let you make your own choices.” Ed huffed. “Ed are you sure? If I accept the deal wouldn’t that still count as me following Unicron?” “If it helps save a spark of light, I say do it. I'll see if I can steal your corruption of the soul if it gets corrupted,” Silphen said in a growl, heavy accent. “You can steal Unicron’s corruption Silphen it eats the souls leaving chaos in its place. Like I said before James I let you choose. I’ve been around long enough to let me know when people must make a choice on their own,” Ed says looking to Unicron in distrust. “But sari will get some power as well and-” I was interrupted by Sari speaking, “James I heard about that, it'll be fine, it's like Unicorn said” we snickered at that, “We need all the help we can get. So I'm in.” “And I have souls to spare, Ed. That's the beauty of my primary magic. I am a walking soul vessel,” Silphen said, the accent getting thicker as a faint purple mist seeped through one of the eye holes. “I figured as much when I felt your presence coming through the portal Silphen. Do what you will and I shall as well. I’m the same as you but I don’t take souls as they are given to me when I need them and I only use them when I must,” Ed smirked at the wolf. “Before I forget here’s the Dragon Slayer magic you wanted. I’ll even include Demon Slayer magic and Dark maker magic,” Ed said pulling up Archive with a picture of Silphen on it with a progress bar above it. “You got my fleet, and me prime, we won’t go down without a fight.” dark said looking to me. I looked to every one of my friends then finally I looked to Unicron, “Alright Unicron, I accept the deal,” “Alright James, now I know what beasts you want, so when I die the gifts will be yours, it will be painful at first, but you will get used to it.” Then a beam shot out of Cybertron, striking Unicron in the spark, his projection gone, various parts of his body began blowing up, but before he died he said, “till all are one!” then he was gone, and we're back in the Time Chamber. “GAAAAAAAAGGHH!!” me and Sari screamed in pain, feeling the powers. “The price of power is always painful my young friends,” Ed huffed looking at the couple in pain as he crossed his arms. “There is always a price to pay.” dark said leading them down the halls. “Ouch, it's always a pain, why can't it be nightmares or a slight headache?!” the other primes in my head agreed. “Daddy!!” I heard Nyx shout out running to us, carrying a black ooze in a jar. “Look what I found!” “Oh, it seems Unicron sent Venom here. Good.” I said after the pain went away. “You never seem to find endless means of ticking me off James,” Ed shot a look of disgust at the jar. “Still, if it’s modified right it could be very useful.” “Venom is just like the blacklight virus Ed, so why don’t you get mad with me over it.” asked pyro. “Relax, I had Unicron get rid of the parasitic part of Venom, instead of eating his host, it just eats normal food and Energon. Not from the blood or stomach, but it can leave and get food.” I said asking Nyx to open the jar, she did and Venom jumped out, It looked around before slithering to me, then it latched onto me, I felt it merge itself with me, then it disappeared, as it does in Marvel universe. “I have a question for you and Sari, James,” Ed says with a serious look at me. “Y-yes?” me and sari asked nervously. “I can give you more power but only if you want it. Would you become a new type of Homunculus?” Ed says still staring at us hard. “homunculus? What was that again?” I asked my brother. “Ah. A Homunculus is a human that has bonded with a lesser Philosopher Stone. They have unique skills and rapid healing. Being a living Philosopher's Stone I’m what you’d call a parent. Giving a living creature a semi-solid stone then them bonding with the stone turns is solid while at the same time turning them into a Homunculus. There are seven abilities you could have or up to three if you’re willing to take the chance. Ultimate shield, Ultimate spear, Endless hunger, unlimited speed, Shadow control, shapeshifting, and you already have the ultimate eye. This makes you part homunculus already,” Ed explained. “Really? But would that work for Cybertronians and Techno-organics?” I asked. “And how did I get the Ultimate Eye?” “For Sari, it’s highly likely that she’ll become one. For you, I don’t know,” Ed asks looking to the dark eco. “Remember when I gave you my eye after Pyro gave me the Rinnegan.” “Oh yeah, I remember, can't believe it fits,” I said, Sari, shuddered at the memory. “You think gaining Unicron’s power was painful. That was a cake walk if you except this,” snuffed Ed. “I don't know Ed, me and Sari are strong enough, I don't want to end up like a god. Even if I envisioned myself as one sometimes.” “Look at it this way James. How much time does Sari have? She is still partially organic and her human half will degrade eventually,” Ed explained in a dark tone. “I haven't thought of that. Me and Nyx will outlive her, Nyx is an alicorn and my race can live up to a long time.” “Let's hope that doesn’t happen, Ed,” Pyro said walking up to them dark walking away. “I was only putting it out there Pyro. I’m not trying to force this on them but at the same time, I need an answer. We may be in the time chamber but we’re still strapped for time and the transformation can take a few days,” Ed explained. “That’s a good point Ed, but like I said let’s hope this doesn’t come to pass.” “Hey boys, come over here, me, Megatron and the Dwarf built something,” Sari said walking down a corridor. We shrugged and followed. When we found her I was shocked for they had built a techno-organic chamber. “They made one,” Ed said looking over the machine in shock. “yes we did, it was Sari’s idea,” Megatron said. “Huh, when did the dwarf walk into here, Megatron?” “I can be quiet when I need to be.” The dwarf said. “So you can do what Brok and Sindri can do.” “Who?” me and the Dwarf said at the same time. “A few dwarves I met when I fell into a dimension. They were helping a god of war. Kratos if I recall right. Both had something happen in their past broke their friendship.” “Beside the point. Sari, When did you build this?” I asked Sari. “I had it built when everyone was focused training, and when we met the Dwarf I asked him to add some Uru.” “Here,” Ed says hand Sari a vial of red liquid then giving me one as well. “They’re only if you want to keep them for a later date if you want. But at least you'll have them if you need them. Didn’t have any clue you knew the brothers. Do you think they’d help with weapons? We can discuss weapon making a little later after we get some training in. As long as we stay in the time chamber we’ll be able to do and get what we need to get done with plenty of time to spare. I gave Silpen a modified gunblade made of Uru that uses magic instead of Materia from my vault before he left to start his own training in that tent he set up.” “What is in this Ed? What does it do?” I asked Ed “Those are incomplete Philosopher’s Stones,” Ed says as his vault opens behind him. He then pulled out two Greatswords I knew all too well. The one in Ed’s right hand was the Greatsword of Artorias and the one in his left was Moonlight Greatsword. Ed then slung both of the swords over his shoulder with no problems at all. “What they do is turn you and Sari into Alpha level Homunculi, but only if you want too. You’ll both have Ultimate shield and spear. While Sari will also gain the Ultimate eye and you get the Ultimate speed. I’m headed back to the forge for a bit. I have an idea for a weapon and a new item that’ll help out later on,” Ed says to us waving at dark pyro. “Come and get me if ya need me for anything but make sure you're in a fireproof suit.” Then Ed and Pyro were gone, I looked at the liquid Philosopher Stone, ‘Alpha Homunculi, I am still unsure about it.’ I heard FOC Optimus speak, ‘I agree, you are already powerful, but it could be useful.’ “HIYA PRIME!!” Giggles shouted popping up in front of me, “How ya doing?” Me, Sari, Nyx, Discord, and Megatron jumped in surprise, “Giggles?! How the heck did you get in here?!” I shouted, then Ed came out hearing me shout. “Why are you shouting?” Ed asked, then he saw the alicorn of laughter. “Oh, that’s why. Please, no more of that. This weapon’s forging is a very delicate operation as I have to use very intricate magic weaving and alchemagic while also forging it. Speaking of which, bye.” “Aw, he’s a party pooper, not even a hi, oh well as for how I got here, is because the Alicorns and I have hidden ourselves near the Matrix, as our Element forms of course, and have been with you for a while, although Celestia and Luna might disagree with us being here, they still don’t trust you, well only a little bit.” “HI!” shouted Ed from the hall causing Giggles to chuckle. “Well, I’ll be sure to talk to them about it,” I opened my chest, “Alright the rest of you get out, it’s rude to sneak into a bots chest you know.” and the rest of the Alicorns came out, after they were out I told them to wait there, and I went in after Ed, but before I did, I remembered a Shadow spell that protects one from extreme heat, so I activated it, thus entering my Shadow Prime form. I entered and was met with heat that would have killed me if it wasn’t for the shield, I found Ed and the others forging the Gauntlet. “Wow, that’s cool,” I said quietly not to disturb the others, “Come in already prime no sense in hiding back there,” Ed says as he swung Pryos hammer down on to the gauntlet. “Any questions you have about the new gauntlet or specific mods in it before it’s quenched? If you do ask now.” “Heh, no use hiding from you Ed, as for anything else, not sure, we’re putting in seven stones, six from the Elements, and one from the Matrix, also the Alicorns were next to the Matrix, in their Element forms, which explains how Giggles got in, aha! I got an idea for the Gauntlet, a built-in teleporter.” “Wait, you did know the Alicorns had hidden themselves in your Matrix? You really need to develop your energy sensing skill. They’ve been with us since we went to Pyro’s world. Also, I was thinking of using Harmony based Mage Stones in the Gauntlet instead of the Elements. I didn't want to risk injuring them. Still up to you though. Also teleporting is no issue as I can add it in after the Gauntlet is done. Oh, one more thing how would you like Leo Prime’s form?” “Leo Prime form, I looked that up once back when I was human, pretty cool, yes I would like that, and yes good idea on the Mage stone also,” I leaned in close to Ed, an unamused look on my face, “You knew they were there didn’t you, you jerk.” “ Of course I did but it wasn’t my place to tell you who's next to you James. If they wanted me to let you know then I would have told you. I’m here to help you in what ways I can and through whatever permissions you give me but it’s not my way to snoop into someone’s soul or mind,” Ed paused and let out a deep sigh. “When I found out they were in the Matrix they all quickly asked me not to say anything so I didn’t. Now onto that canon, you wanted earlier. It’s over there in the corner. I put in a few of my own touches here and there and Pyro did too. As to what they are, you’ll figure them out.  I know you’re still on the fence about the Philosopher's Stones. I gave them to you encase you need them. Use them at your lesser or only as a last resort.” Ed went back to working on Sari’s Infinity Gauntlet. I turn to see my new canon in the corner next to a series of greatswords. They all looked like a Damascus variant of the Sword of Artorias. Then, I saw a blue gleam come from the one at the very end of the set. This sword had a different vibe than the others. Then I realized what this sword was. Ed had actually managed to fuse the Moonlight Greatsword with the Sword of Artorias. The blade was wide but not as the Moonlight blade and it had the ornamentations on the guard and flanges of Artorias in gold with a silver and gold spiral handle the lead in a pommel that held a type of pale white stone in it. “No touchy that one James,” Ed smirked. “Come over here to me, please.” Ed held his hand out and recited some sort of unlock phrase, ”NOW I RELEASE YOU FROM YOU CHAIN. DEVOUR THE KNIGHTMARES TO BRING FORTH THE SWEETEST OF DREAMS TO MY FRIENDS. SHINE THE LIGHT IN THE DARK AND UNLOCK THE DOORS , THE DOOR TO DREAMS, THE DOOR TO KINGDOM HEARTS!” A strange keyblade that I hadn’t seen in any of the Kingdom Hearts games appeared in his hand. Ed then tossed it up in the air and caught it by the blade holding the handle out to me. "In your hand, take this Key. So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder, you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love." I took the keyblade from Ed and it didn’t vanish from my grip which could only mean one thing. I was now I keyblade wielder to and that was awesome. Ed then flicked his wrist causing his weapon to return to his hand. He then brought it to his side where it vanished again to return from wherever Ed had summoned it from. “Now all that's left it to forge your own and you’ll be on your way to becoming a keyblade master.” I looked back to the forge, I saw pyro picking up his hammer from Ed, he grabbed the handle with both hands and twisted it, the handle grew till it hit the ground the hammerhead growing larger, fire and flames poured from it. He lifted upside down and took a few steps back, lifted up his arms and his armor repaired. I watched on stunned as the armor piece by piece started floating off, leaving this black underbody suit. The suit had green lines running from the main stone on his chest down his arms and legs the largest points where on the hands, right on the knuckles. I watched on as the suit began to move like a liquid down his body till it hit the floor. The suit pieces seemed to move behind him as the black goop shot up into were pyro was. The suit forming around it once more. The full set of armor moved next to the forge. When I looked at pyro is was shocked and unable to find my voice. I thought the scar on his face was bad, but his whole body was nothing but scars. He had small ones dotted around his body, a few long and deep looking ones, and many others. When I looked close enough I could see some burn scars as well. He was right when he said ‘i have walked through Tartarus’ the guy looked like he should be dead. His scars around his shoulder sacred me the most. They were torn each way, the connecting area for his cybernetic arm sat where more of them went. He had shorts on and I saw his left leg, it was a clean cut from what I saw, so it must have happened in a hospital. Most of the burns headed up so I can only guess what happened. “From looking at him it really makes me realize how lucky I am to have my healing ability. I’d have just as many missing limbs and scars in places a lot more visible places. I had my head cut off more than once. The only scars I have is are the ones that I got from when I fought Chrysalis and had to come back from Truth,” Ed says looking at Pyro in admiration. He looked at both of us then smiled, he tensed for a second then I kid you not, his muscles seemed to grow and blow outward. Gone was this skinny man who looked like he was not eating right to one that could take Mr. Olympion away, he seemed more jacked than Arnold was as a teen. He grabbed the hammer and lifted it up. Till it rested in both hands. His cybernetic arm was replaced with one the could match his full muscle one. His leg, following suit. “I’m starting to wish I could have some of the Blacklight Virus myself,” Ed chuckled. “It’s not the blacklight Ed, its muscle control, I tense them up to the point they tighten up and shrink from the strain. If I walked around as this 24/7 would you openly talk to me without fear and worry in your voice?” he said bringing down the hammer on a spot, Ed moving it so he could hit the next point. “Me, yea. Ponies, heck no,” Ed said walking over to the Moon sword placing it in his vault. “It’s named Moon Caller and it’s going to be a gift for my wife James. Since I used the two in my vault to make it they were replaced after I forged it. I’m going to head out to the out training areas for some meditation and chakra training. Pyro can you set it for forest and not, ice?” “I could,” he said pausing as he hit the next spot on his forge project, the armor pulling the piece back as he struck it. “But why not use a new doorway and just go into a room made for that?” he said has the sword shape of metal was pulled away by his armor. “I mean this place has a lot of spare rooms that can be changed around.” “Just as long as it’s an expansive forest, has one hundred times gravity, and a bathroom. Only need the bathroom cause I still like to shower James,” Ed laughed before I could ask. “I could make a whole world for you to vent and venture out in ed. Gravity can be easily be modified,” he said placing the hammer back down. His form shrinking once more, his leg and arm getting replaced with his old ones. When he turned to look at ed, who had walked beside him I saw pyros back. He had a few scars there was well, some matching the ones in front. He had an X on his upper back right were his wings would sit. His left shoulder had a burn right where his left wing comes from. “We all do ed, I know after leaving here i’m going to need one,” he said laughing before heading for the door out, his armor following behind him. Now that I see him walking without his armor on I see he favors his right leg over his left. He lifted his arm and seemed to smell it, his head jumped back up and he did not like it. “Yeah, I need one badly.” “I know what you’re thinking Prime and don’t ask about it. A man has a right to keep things to himself when it comes to his scars,” Ed says as he starts to follow Pyro. “Come on big bot you need a scrub down to.” “Maybe Sari will help you Prime, we can leave you two with some personal time. you both could think of it as a date.” Pyro joked before opening the door. I won’t say the thought crossed my mind but i’m sure the saw the blush somehow showing itself. “S-shut it Pyro! Don't say things like that, also what kind of hammer was that and where can I get one? Also, what should we call the cannon? I'm thinking something like Excaliburn Blaster,” I said to my crazy brother. “Hey, it’s your weapon so you name it whatever you want,” Ed said catching up to Pyro before turning to face me with an evil smirk. “And I don’t see what the problem is with her seeing you in the bath. You're naked in front of her every time you see her and you two are already sleeping in the same bed. Just ask her to wear a swimsuit. If you want. Hey, Pyro, you think you could open a portal to my world?” “We could, but you would need to be sent back with one of my dimensional doorways place it down, walk through it and then find the one marked room of space and time. After that we can go to and fro with no issue,” he said handing out the door for ed, its gold shine helping. “Just remember to turn right to open left to pop the door to carry size. And think wisely before placing it do best.” “Thank you and I’ll be putting it in my lab. Only those who have alchemy can get in and there’s a void barrier so Pinkie can’t sneak in via her shortcuts, as much as she tries. Be back in a sec,” Ed says as I said the magic words. ‘Our contract is done.’ In a few moments, Ed was back again come through the front door with another Luna. I’m guessing this was the wife he’d been talking about. “Fellows you can guess who this is. I couldn’t leave her out of the fun and I had to pop by and see how things were progressing with the issues back home anyway. Luckily everything is still quiet. Only been gone a day and a half,” Ed says gesturing to his Luna. “I can guess, but I have a feeling my family jewels might be in mortal danger, ” Pyro said backing up into his armor it morphing around him. “So there is a little time difference huh, got to get to figuring that out,” he said now armored up, his hand on his chin the lower part of his helm pulled back so he could. “You know prime I had a thought, why am I summoning tomes here for you to learn from when we can go to the source and learn in the quiet of my library?” He asked looking to me. I looked at Pyro in confusion, “Library? You have a library?” I asked Pyro, “Not surprise there. Any great mage has to store the collective knowledge somewhere,” Added Ed. “True, otherwise it will be lost forever,” I said agreeing with Ed. “Hey, Ed do you have a library?” “Kind of,” Ed said with a smirk as he pointed to his wife, “He has access to my Dark Library from when my school was built Young Optimus,” Ed’s Luna says placing her hand on her chest. “ See, in our world we never band dark magic’s use. We found that all magic can corrupt its users. Tia’s light magic almost got her.” “Dang, light magic can corrupt people? That must be tough.” Sari said. “Don’t let their names fool you young Sari. Even here in your world, all things can corrupt you. I just wish I would’ve realized this before my own downfall. It was my jealousy and hatred for my sister that caused this,” Luna says looking down in shame. “It’s in the past Luna and if I was there you know I wouldn’t have let you fall,” Ed says taking his wife’s hand to comfort her. “Any, James we do have a vast collection of Dark and Umbran spells that you’re than welcome to access. We also have a training area that can be adjusted as need. Just ask Darklight for any specifics while there” “Alright thanks, Ed, hey what’s Umbran? “You do know King Sombra don’t you?” Luna asked. “Yes, I reformed him after defeating the Shadow that corrupted him, it also tried to corrupt me as well, but I trapped it within the Matrix, because well the Matrix is a relic of light so it’s a good prison don’t you think?” “I must agree with you. Back to Sombra. He is not a true pony of light but of the race called Umbans or Shadow ponies. They can become light ponies if they accept light. There is another type of pony born from a spell too. They are called ‘Umbra Ponies’. Think of them as duplicates from real ponies that can drain magic to stay in this world. They also have all the memories of the pony the spell copies them from. Umbra ponies also take on other characteristics of the ponies the take magic from. They can also become true ponies by gaining their cutie mark.” I whistled, “Wow, that’s a lot to take in, who knew one could just create a copy of themselves.” I said in amazement. I looked to see Nyx writing down notes on what Ed and Luna said. “It not a simple copy Optimus. The Umbra Pony has its own personality from the start. The trick is getting them to realize they want to exist. Thing is, they continually drain the magic of the original pony the spell was cast on like a parasite until the spell is either canceled, the Umbra gains its own cutie mark, or the original pony can no longer provide magic and the fade from existence. Then the Umbra will move on to return to the one who cast the spell in the first place to give them the collected magic.” Ed explained as his eyes moved from his wife to my daughter. I could tell he was worried about how she’d react to Nyx. Luckily she was more human than pony to know who Nyx was but I think she had her suspicions. “A way you can identify Umbra Ponies is the color scheme and magic color. Their hair colors usually range from white to dark in the blue color scale. While their magic is all ways a deep red in color,” Luna says now eyeing Nyx before letting out a soft sigh. “Optimus is little Nyx a reincarnation of this world’s Nightmare Moon?” “Yes Luna, she is, but she has no desire to bring eternal night, she may be a reincarnation of the Nightmare, but she has the mind of a filly and no memories of her time as the Nightmare,” I said to Ed’s Luna. “I thought as much. You don’t need to worry as I hold no hostility for her. She is a beautiful little girl and I hope you and Sari raise her to be a good pony,” smiled Luna. “That’s a relief on my part,” sighed Ed as he fell on to the floor. I chuckled at that. “Who’s Nightmare Moon?” Nyx asked before being picked up by Sari, “No one you need to know little munchkin,” Sari said beginning to tickle Nyx. “Here James, catch,” Ed said throwing a black skeleton key at my head. I caught it, and looked at it, “Strange key you got, is it for the library?” “Bingo! Use it on any mirror and you can enter the Dark Library. Darklight won’t bug you or anyone you bring with as long as you have it. She’s the librarian slash resident book fairy and nothing more than a ball of light. Thus her name. You can’t get in without out it either. You won’t be able to get into the forbidden section without Luna or my permission though. We need to be there for that too. One more thing on the Umbra Spell is you can’t cast it on yourself and due to its nature it’s listed as forbidden.” Ed says getting with some help from his wife. “Alright Ed, thanks, I probably won’t bother with the forbidden spells, if they’re forbidden, then I’m staying away from that,” I said finding a mirror nearby, I used the key. “Go on and step through it big bot,” Ed smirked. I went into the mirror and it was like wading through thick water, and when I came out on the other side, I was met with a very large library, I looked back to see the Alicorns, Sari, and Nyx come through, I looked back at the library and saw a ball of light. “Welcome back Mistress and Master Edward. New students of yours or just guests for the time being?” asked the ball of light. “Please forgive my rudeness young ones. My name is Darklight the current keeper of the Dark Library.” “Nice to meet you Darklight, my name is Optimus Prime, or you can call me James, and this library is impressive,” I said introducing myself, then I introduced the others. “Nice to meet you all. All I ask is the if you need to know where a specific spell is just ask me. Any questions apply as well. I will return the books to their respective locations as well. But please refrain from making a mess in my home if you can. If you need a specific opponent for training I can have a stand-in ready in the arena within five minutes of the requests. Any questions before I leave you to your own time here?” The fairy asked as it floated in front of us. “Yes just a few, can the opponent act like the real thing or no? Second, do you have any books on Dragon Slayer Magic?” I asked the fairy, “Yes they will and sadly no I do not,” said the disheartened Darklight. “You have all the knowledge of the Dragon Slayer Magics you asked for James,” Ed interjected. “Unless I forgot something in your download. What were you looking for?” “Just basic understanding of it still didn’t get the hang of it, when I tried to turn my hand into a sword like Gajeel, it ended up blowing up, the same thing with the other Dragon Magic you gave me. Burnt mouth, wind slicing me when trying to use Sky Dragon’s Roar.” “Ah. You were trying to force your magic out weren’t you James?” Ed chuckled. “I don’t know, I just focused like I did with the Fus Ro Dah shout, and that’s what happened, maybe my body is still getting used to the new energy, or something,”I said explaining to Ed. “True but you can’t use two different magics the same way. Especially since they’re from two very different worlds. Foiran magic is more about what you feel in your heart. Especially Dragon Slayer Magics. The voice is about focusing your mind. It can grow through meditation. Mind and heart often clash as you know,” Ed says using a red fire to draw pictures in the air. “But if you can unify the two you’ll have one of the most powerful magics ever. Maybe you can even access soul magic.” “Hmm, sounds easy enough, but I can tell it’s not, and what’s soul magic?” “Soul magic is the magic the come from your soul James. It’s capable of performing true miracles. It’s also called true magic. Similar to when Ed uses the Philosopher’s Stone to create things from nothing,” Luna explained as she broke a small side conversation with Darklight. “Ah, now that sounds like some cool magic right there, alright Ed, I’ll try to use the advice you gave me about my magic, excuse me Darklight?” “Yes Mr. Prime, how may I serve you?” Dark answered. “Can you show me the way to the arena, I would like to train my magic, and can you send some opponents in too, need to vent some anger.” “Certainly, What opponents would you like me to spawn?” She asked in curiosity. “The opponents will be G1 combiners, all Decepticons. And a few leapers and brutes from the WFC/FOC series.” “They will be in place by the time we reach the Arena. I have chosen to place the field in a vast ruin city so you will have to find the opponents. Also, they a capable of cognitive thought but don’t be fooled as they are just copies with no souls. You will take serious damage from them as well,” the fairy explained. s“Alright, just makes things more fun, reason why I’m saying that is because I think you gave me a little bit of Natsu Ed. But I don’t mind, he one of my favorite heroes.” “You really want to vent James?” Ed asked looking into my eyes. “Yes Ed, I need to vent some anger, maybe pounding some cons will help.” “Why not take me on then?” Ed said pointing at himself. “Ed no!”  Shouted Luna. “You nearly destroyed the last Equestria we were on when your Adam’s Celestia in a sparring match.” “True, but we’re here now and James needs to face a real opponent,” Ed smirked “Are you sure Ed?” “James I’m much older then you and I know Quintessa is too. You need more than just dummies and I one of the few that has multiple attacks too. You’ll see how powerful other displaced are. I’m nothing compared to others out there,” Ed explained. “Alright Ed, I’ll spar with you,” I said after some thought. “Follow me, big guy,” Ed says waving to the directions to the arena.