//------------------------------// // Birthmarks // Story: Unnoticed Threats // by smirker //------------------------------// Doctor Whooves walks around Ponyville and watches the foals, they were all playing and having fun, he also sees a funeral going on at the outskirts of Ponyville, he also saw a colt unicorn showing off a birthmark on his right side to his friends. Doctor Whooves was waiting for his patient, but unlike most patients, who come to him, he called out to this patient personally to see him, he hears walking and sees three unicorns coming to him, one was a stallion, he had a light green coat, short gray mane and tail, a full beard, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a chisel, one was mare, she had a red coat, long sky blue mane and tail, dark orange eyes, and her cutie mark was a hammer, one was a colt, he had a dark gray coat, short purple mane and tail, and dark yellow piercing eyes, he did not have a cutie mark, but he was covered in birthmarks, he had a birthmark across his neck, on the back of his head, on his chest where his heart is at, on his hind left and right thighs, on his front leg pits, and one on his back, "Oh, good, you two are early." Doctor Whooves said, "So, why exactly did you want to see our son?" the mare asked, "I thought his birthmarks would embarrass him, and wanted to comfort him." Doctor Whooves replied, "Well, thank you, doctor, but nopony at school bullies him for it." the stallion said, "He still might be uncomfortable, and I want to assure him everything's fine, I'll contact you two when our session's over." Doctor Whooves replied, "Okay, we'll be waiting." the mare said, and the parents leave while Doctor Whooves entered his home with the colt following him, they sit across from one another, "Alright, let's get started." Doctor Whooves said, "How did you find me?" the colt asked, "You forget, I know of Spirit and the Void as well." Doctor Whooves replied, "Fair enough, so you know about the souls of the dead." the colt said, "So, what is your name now, Janis?" Doctor Whooves asked, "Tao." the colt replied, "Alright, state all of your names and occupations." Doctor Whooves said, "Janis, Hindu, Buddha, Judas, Sikhism, Druze, and Tao, former debt helper, and paranormal investigator." Tao replied, "Just two occupations?" Doctor Whooves asked, "Well, I'm also a time traveler, but other than that, those were my only occupations." Tao replied, "Alright, let's begin with your origins so I can get a better understanding of you." Doctor Whooves said, "I am from a time before Equestria was formed, I am more ancient than Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, I was born when Princess Platinum was the ruler of the unicorns, before we had the Elements of Harmony and the Pillars of Old Equestria, we had the Seven Virtues, they are humility, kindness, charity, temperance, diligence, chastity, and patience, all but kindness and charity have been forgotten by the ponies." Tao replied, "Ah, I know the Seven Virtues, but how do they come into play here?" Doctor Whooves asked, "When I was young, I was told that the virtuous are reincarnated, that the virtuous will rule, that reincarnation is the reward of achieving pure salvation. I led a virtuous life. I was never proud of my achievements nor bragged about them. I shared my things with others and was happy for those who got what they wanted. I helped others in need without worrying about the cost to my personal self. I controlled how much I ate and drank, along with what I ate and drank. I trained my body to be in peak physical shape and studied magic to have a sharp mind. I controlled my desires and wants so I would not be tempted by the opposite gender. I never got mad at anyone or anything and never held grudges. I outright admitted I was a good person to others to achieve pure salvation." Tao replied, "Okay, so what went on?" Doctor Whooves asked, Tao looks at him in his eyes, "Sometimes, death is just the beginning." Tao replied, and he begins his tale. Janis was a unicorn living under Princess Platinum's rule, he had a dark orange coat, short black mane and tail, his eyes were purple, and his cutie mark was a purple wizard hat, he was a talented magic user who shared his knowledge with those wishing to learn, also, due to his physical shape, he was a royal guard to Princess Platinum, she highly valued him, but Janis did not like her arrogant and haughty attitude, "What is with that face, Janis?" Princess Platinum asked, "Your highness, you could at least give the Pegasi and earth pony captives the equal treatments of the unicorn criminals." Janis replied, "Bah! Those Pegasi and earth ponies are beneath us, they are especially beneath me, they deserve to be treated like animals and trash." Princess Platinum said, "Princess Platinum, please, you must, it will prevent a war from escalating." Janis replied, "Let the war keep going, those Pegasi and earth ponies are no match for our magic." Princess Platinum said, "They are still people, your majesty." Janis replied calmly, "You're starting to sound like Clover the Clever, they are animals, they are savages, unworthy of being treated with decency, I must go now, I have better things to attend to." Princess Platinum said, and she walks away. Janis goes to the Pegasi and earth pony prisoners and offers them food and treats the sick, "Thank you, it seems not all of you are bad." a female Pegasus said, "Times are rough right now, I am just trying my best to be a decent pony being." Janis replied, "Bless your kind heart, sir, if only all ponies were like you." a male earth pony said, "Unfortunately, most are not, ponies like me are very rare." Janis replied, "I have noticed, I'm surprised a pony like you doesn't have a girlfriend." the female Pegasus said, "I'm not really the romantic type, I'd rather be alone than be seduced by a witch." Janis replied, the Pegasus and earth pony laugh, "I must say, what shape you are in, you look almost as fit as us earth ponies." the male earth pony said, "I do my best to stay in physical shape, really helps at certain times." Janis replied, "Do you read?" the female Pegasus asked, "Yes, I study academics and magic, I study war tactics every now and then, Princess Platinum is not one to study such things, she thinks she's untouchable." Janis replied, "She will regret it one day." the male earth pony said, "We'll see, I must go now, for I will be punished if I am caught helping you all." Janis replied, "Okay, thank you for your help." the female Pegasus said, and Janis left. Janis went to a feast with the unicorns and Princess Platinum ate like a pig with the others while Janis only ate healthy food and just the right amount to sustain his energy, he also gave his leftovers to the others, "Do you not like the food, Janis?" Princess Platinum asked, "No, I'm not hungry." Janis replied, "Oh, well, Celestia? Luna?" Princess Platinum asked, and they walked forward, they were still foals, Celestia's mane and tail were pink while Luna's were light blue, they have Janis' leftovers and were grateful, Janis just sits and waits patiently for the feast to end. The feast ends after about an hour and Janis was outside, patrolling the area, an explosion happens to his left and the unicorns scream, they run away and Janis hears a stallion laughing manically, Janis looks and saw a unicorn, he had a black coat, short red mane and tail, red eyes, and his cutie mark was a red head of a goat with brown horns, the goat's eyes were yellow and monochromatic. The pony had a red aura on his horn and he shoots beams out while laughing manically, "DIE!! DIE!! DIE!! DIE!! DIE!! DIE!! DIE!! DIE!!" the pony said with a smile on his face. The unicorns run away screaming while Janis runs to him and his horn had a grayish-white aura on it, he fires a beam at the pony and hits his chest, but the beam did no damage to him and he was completely unfazed, Janis was caught off guard and the pony laughs manically, "YES!! This feeling! This power! I will spread evil across this land!" the pony said gleefully, and Janis shot a beam at him again, he jumps over it and runs to Janis. The pony jumps onto Janis and tackles him down, he begins punching Janis with his front hoofs and laughs manically. Celestia and Luna look forward and become shocked, they run to go help Janis, they shoot beams at the pony but he uses a spell to teleport to them and he begins to kick them with his hind hoofs while floating in midair. Celestia and Luna were paralyzed in midair while the pony kicked them, he laughed while he hit them with each kick as well. Janis gets up and turns around, he shoots a beam at the pony and he screams as he fell, he turns around and growls, he runs to Janis and he gets shot on his neck by Janis' beam, he screams and it burns him, he begins to fall and he shoots a beam at Janis, he was hit in the neck and he grunts, Janis' neck gets a small cut on it and he was bleeding, he falls to the ground and dies, "JANIS!!" Princess Platinum said with horror as she ran to him, Celestia, Luna, and Clover the Clever went to him as well. Princess Platinum checks him and saw he was dead, she cries while she cradles his body. Janis saw his own dead body and he was being drifted somewhere, he sees himself enter a light blue area, he arrives at an area he did not recognize, he saw fifteen people in front of him, the one in front of him and behind the podium was a bipedal humanoid figure, he was big and muscular, he was bald and had glowing blue skin, he had a black blindfold over his eyes, he wore a black judge's robe, he wielded a sledgehammer, but it was strange looking, the right half of the hammer was blue and white, it had a feathered wing at the top, and a female angel's face carved on it, while the left half of the hammer was red and black, it had a bat wing at the top, and a male demon's face carved on it. There were fourteen bipedal humanoid figures behind him, they were all robed and hooded, their faces could not be seen, two wore purple robes, two wore green robes, two wore yellow robes, two wore orange robes, two wore light blue robes, two wore blue robes, and two wore red robes. Janis looks and sees balancing scales behind him, the scale to his left was white while the scale to his right was black, "The creature is a male, he is from the world Equestria, he is a pony, a unicorn to be specific." the humanoid figure with the blindfold said, "He has lived a humble life, never bragged or boasted even once." the humanoid figure wearing the purple robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down, "He was never jealous of those superior to himself, and he helped those inferior to himself." the humanoid figure wearing the green robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale went down even more, "He shared his possessions with those less fortunate than himself." the humanoid figure wearing the yellow robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down even farther, "He never ate or drank more than he needed to, and never desired an excess amount of anything." the humanoid figure wearing the orange robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down even more, "He has trained himself physically and mentally for his entire life to improve himself." the humanoid figure wearing the light blue robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down even farther, "He never went after a woman, and never desired power or authority." the humanoid figure wearing the blue robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down even more, "He has never lost his temper and has remained calm in every dire situation he has been in." the humanoid figure wearing the red robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down even more, "He has outright admitted he is a good person." the humanoid figure wearing the purple robe to Janis' left said in a female voice, the white scale goes down even farther, "It is decided, this soul is to receive pure salvation." the humanoid figure with the blindfold said, and he hits his gavel with the angelic side of his hammer, a light blue portal opens to his right and Janis floats into it. Janis floats into an area he did not recognize, he was in a place full of gold, he sees a temple up ahead and he was going there, almost like something was controlling him, he sees clouds everywhere, he arrives at a stairway and Janis feels his body form. Janis walks up the stairs and he saw more humanoid figures, they all had white feathered wings and were wearing white robes, they all had yellow halos above their heads. Janis looks and sees they looked like humans, a type of creature Janis did not recognize, he walks forward and sees more winged humanoid creatures, they wore armor and had spears, "Hello, Janis." a female voice said, Janis looks and sees a female bipedal figure flying to him, she was wearing a red robe, was holding a gold sceptre, and wore a silver crown with many points at the top, "Welcome to the overworld, this is where those who have received salvation come to stay after death." the being said, "You mean...?" Janis asked, "Yes, you are dead, and since you have lived a clean and virtuous life, you were sent here as a reward, you will have an easy and fun time here, I guarantee it." the being replied, "Are you the ruler of this world?" Janis asked, "No, of course not, the ruler is God, I am a principality, there are many of my rank, those white robed beings are angels, and the armored ones are archangels, the ones you see here are the ones under my command." the being replied, "What do you guys do?" Janis asked, "The angels, archangels, and principalities like myself help mortals, usually, the angels go, the archangels every now and then, and principalities like myself command them, we also protect nations." the principality replied, "I see." Janis said, the principality is contacted by a white orb floating down to her, "What is it? What? Okay. I'll do it now." the principality said, and the white orb disappears, "That was God, he just said I have to send you back to where you were just earlier, the ruler of that place has a job for you to do." the principality said, "What job?" Janis asked, "He said it's about that crazy person you saw before your death, he has something to say about him." the principality replied, "Sure, I'd like to know more about him as well." Janis said, "Actually, you have no choice." the principality replied, "Oh." Janis said, "Well, here goes." the principality said, and a yellow light appears and it blinds Janis. Janis was laying on the floor and he looks around, he was in a black room and saw bookshelves everywhere, each one had books on them as well, he gets up and sees a bipedal humanoid being up ahead sitting in a black throne, Janis moves back with surprise, he had slightly tan skin, light blue eyes, a round face shape with a pointed chin, and short black hair, he wore a blue trench coat that was open in the front and went down to his feet, blue pants, blue wrist-length gloves with the ends under his trench coat, blue mid-calf length boots that his trouser legs were tucked into, a blue belt with a light blue buckle, and a light blue long-sleeve shirt that was tucked into his pants, "Hello, Janis, welcome to the Void." the being said, "Who are you?" Janis asked, "My name is Spirit, I run this realm, I write down the history of the worlds and judge the souls of the dead, I have done so since the beginning of time." the being replied, "What about those fifteen beings I saw before?" Janis asked, "They are beings created by me, the one with the hammer is The Judge, he does the judging of the souls, the other fourteen are the seven Virtues and the seven Sins, the purple robes are Humility and Pride, the green robes are Kindness and Envy, the yellow robes are Charity and Greed, the orange robes are Temperance and Gluttony, the light blue robes are Diligence and Sloth, the blue robes are Chastity and Lust, and the red robes are Patience and Wrath, they list whatever virtue or sin you have committed in your life, the virtues grant your soul salvation, and the sins grant your soul damnation." Spirit replied, "I am familiar with virtues, but I have never heard of sins." Janis said, "Well, that's irrelevant right now, I've been waiting for the right person from Equestria to come, and it seems to be you." Spirit replied, "What are you talking about?" Janis asked, "You see, those who receive salvation may continue to roam their home world as a ghost, but those who receive pure salvation may be reincarnated, and live a new life, usually, those who are reincarnated have no memory of their previous lives, but due to the nature of the task I have for you, I'll make an exception with you." Spirit replied, "What is the task?" Janis asked, "That pony that killed you in your regular life was actually originally reincarnated from a previous life due to receiving pure salvation beforehand, but it turned out to be a trick, that pony was actually a rotten person, and upon receiving pure salvation, he has been causing chaos and destruction throughout Equestria, he has committed all seven sins, and you just saw him commit the sin of gluttony due to his excessive taste for violence and hurting others." Spirit replied, "He also talked about spreading evil." Janis said, "Yes, he's proud to be evil at heart, that is committing the sin of pride, and outright admitting you're evil damns your soul even more." Spirit replied, "What is the task?" Janis asked, "Kill him, and bring his soul here, but be careful, since he has already received pure salvation, he can reincarnate as much as he wants after death, he managed to create two spells, one allows him to remember his previous lives, the other allows him to travel through time, so he can reincarnate in any time period of Equestrian history." Spirit replied, "I'll do it, to keep the other ponies safe." Janis said, "Good, I knew you'd be up to the task, I will also grant you the ability to travel through time as well, his soul must be brought here to receive pure damnation so he does not hurt others again after he is caught." Spirit replied, "Agreed. What is my target's name?" Janis asked, "His original name was Chaos, the name he used in your time was Dirge. Alright, I'll be sending you now, I wish you good luck." Spirit replied, "Thank you." Janis said, and Spirit holds his right hand out and shoots a light blue beam onto Janis, he grunts a little since it hurt, he feels something in his mind, he realizes Spirit just made him learn the spell to travel through time, "There, I will now send you to the time period he has reincarnated, but one more important thing, when you look for your target, make sure he is a male unicorn with a birthmark on his neck, if someone dies due to an injury in their previous life, Janis, a birthmark will appear in that area." Spirit said, "Birthmarks?" Janis asked, "Yes, birthmarks are scars of the wounds that killed you in your previous life." Spirit replied, "Understood." Janis said, "Okay, I will send you back to Equestria now, and remember, you don't have to wait years for your target to come, you can use your time traveling spell to fasten things, good luck." Spirit replied, and Janis turns into a light blue flame and flies upwards. Janis floats around in the Void, it was light blue everywhere, he floats through the area and sees a white light up ahead, he speeds up to it and sees Equestria, Janis' soul floats to the white light and he enters, his vision was engulfed with white light. Janis sees a male unicorn looking at him with a smile, he had a midnight blue coat, short purple mane and tail, purple eyes, and his cutie mark was a purple wizard's hat, "It's a boy." the stallion said, he picks Janis up and he sees a mare, she was also a unicorn, she had a yellow coat, a long orange mane and tail, dark pink eyes, and her cutie mark was a black pentagram, "What shall we name him, dear?" the stallion asked, "I already decided, his name is Hindu." the mare replied, "Welcome to the world, Hindu, I'm Vishnu, your father, and that's Shiva, your mother." the stallion said, "*gasp* Vishnu! His neck!" Shiva said with shock, Vishnu looks, his face changed to a surprised expression, "My, this looks like a birthmark." Vishnu said, and Hindu looks for a mirror, he sees one and sees he was a baby, he had a green coat, dark orange mane and tail, and his eyes were light blue, he did not have a cutie mark, he sees the birthmark on his neck, it was red, he remembers his death during his life as Janis and focused on finding his target, he also notices that he still had all of his knowledge from his previous life as well, Hindu waits for Vishnu and Shiva to leave until he casts a spell that allows him to fast forward time. Hindu enters the Void again and saw pictures of his life to his sides, he saw what happened during his lifetime, he saw himself being calm and learning magic, he also saw himself go to school and was at the top of his class, he helped anypony who needed help, he was liked and respected by many, he also saw pictures of Vishnu and Shiva proud of his doings. Hindu decides not to waste time and uses a spell to look for his target, he senses him and sees he was in a memory to his left, Hindu saw himself as a young adult, he was standing in a crowd with Vishnu and Shiva, he floats into that memory and lives that moment of his life. Hindu enters the moment of his life and the ponies were cheering, they look and see a marching parade was going on, Hindu looks and sees Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were still young, but older than before, their manes and were long and flowing, with Princess Celestia's mane and tail being four different colors, he also saw Star Swirl the Bearded, Rockhoof, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mistmane, and Mage Meadowbrook with them. Hindu wanted to go see how Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were, but did not since he knew they would not recognize him, and it would be rude to interrupt the parade in such a way, he decided to look for his target with his magic so he can stop him as soon as possible, he looks and senses his target, he saw he was now a royal guard, his coat was purple, his eyes were blue, and his tail was green, his mane and cutie mark were hidden by his armor. Hindu watches and waits for the parade to end, he closes his eyes and meditates in the meantime to improve his mental strength, he sees his target in his mind again, he saw he was having other royal guards pull him forward while he stood on a stand, he meditates while he waits for the parade to end, "Hindu." Vishnu said, Hindu opened his eyes, "The Pillars of Equestria are about to address us." Vishnu said, and he watches, "Attention, everypony, we have done many things for you all, and you all have been grateful, and for that, we appreciate it, and now, a few words from our captain of the guard, Caligula." Flash Magnus said, Hindu and the other ponies clap, he looks around and sees the unicorns, Pegasi, and earth ponies lived together peacefully now, which made him happy, "Hello, you stupid peasants, look at me, I'm the highest ranking person in the military of Equestria, and you peasants are beneath me. All of you citizen scum should be proud to be in my presence, especially you Pegasi and earth pony savages..." Caligula said, the six Pillars of Equestria and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna had shocked faces, "It is an outrage that I have to be below these eight here, I should be the sole ruler of Equestria, and these eight are given royal titles, I can't believe that you all accepted Somnambula, Flash Magnus, Rockhoof, and Mage Meadowbrook to be Pillars, Pegasi and earth pony scums don't deserve such titles, only us unicorns deserve it, and Celestia and Luna shouldn't be alicorns, that should only be for me, I'm the one who built this country from top to bottom with my own hoofs, and these eight idiots get to be..." Caligula said before Rockhoof covered his mouth with his front right leg, "Sorry about that, lads and lasses, I guess he didn't have the time to rehearse beforehoof." Rockhoof said, Caligula moves his hoof off and runs away, Hindu runs past the crowd and chases him, "Hindu?" Shiva asked as he runs after Caligula. Hindu chases Caligula and was a much faster runner than him, Caligula begins to use his magic to teleport forward, Hindu was still catching up to him, Caligula stops and pants and hears Hindu stop running, "Turn around and face me, at least have some honor." Hindu said, Caligula turns around, "What do you want from me?!" Caligula asked angrily, "It's been a while, Chaos." Hindu said, "How do you know that name?!" Caligula asked angrily, Hindu casts a spell and reveals to Caligula that he is Janis, "*gasp* It's you!" Caligula said, "Yes, I have returned from the dead to bring you to justice." Hindu replied, "You'll never take me!" Caligula said, and he casts a spell, his magic aura was blue, a big explosion appears and it puts a crater in the ground, Hindu teleported away while Vishnu and Shiva ran to them, "There you are, Hindu, we've been looking for you." Vishnu said, "Yes, good, more people for me to inflict physical pain onto." Caligula said, Hindu stood ready to fight him with Vishnu and Shiva joining him. Caligula laughs maniacally as he shoots a blue blast from his horn, it was destructive and destroyed a tree since Hindu, Vishnu, and Shiva teleported away when he shot the beam. Hindu shoots a green beam at Caligula and he hits him, he screams as he got hit, he turns around and runs away and Hindu chases him, Vishnu and Shiva were confused, but they run after him as well. Hindu chases after Caligula as he runs away and was soon out of energy, "Attack!" Caligula said, and Hindu hears flying, he sees Pegasi royal guards flying down to attack him, Hindu zaps them away with his magic and Caligula screams with rage, he begins to shoot magic beams from his horn in random directions in a fit of rage, Hindu just stood there and waited patiently for Caligula to calm down. Hindu hears grunting and he turns around, he saw Vishnu and Shiva fighting off the royal guards Caligula commanded, he saw Vishnu had a purple magic aura, while Shiva had an orange magic aura, they shoot the royal guard away, Caligula runs away while Hindu was distracted, he looks and runs after him, but Caligula sees a filly with a blue coat and a long purple mane and tail up ahead, Caligula shoots a zap from his horn at her hind right leg and breaks it, the filly screams while Hindu runs to her to go treat her, "That's what you get for being the good guy." Caligula said as he ran off. Hindu treats the crying filly with his magic and heals her leg, "You okay?" Hindu asked, the filly nods, "Thank you." the filly replied, and Hindu teleports after Caligula, he sees him running and he shoots him in the back with his unicorn horn, Caligula screams and falls. Hindu walks to him while Vishnu and Shiva run, they catch up to Hindu and see he has subdued Caligula, "Wow, son, I didn't think you'd be that determined to catch him." Vishnu said, "I have my reasons, father." Hindu replied, "Now, remember what Princess Celestia taught us about friendship, Hindu." Shiva said, Hindu was able to deduce he had to forgive Caligula, he noticed Princess Celestia was always like that since when she was a filly, he holds his front right hoof out and Caligula looks over his own left shoulder and sees it. Caligula casts a spell and disappears, Vishnu and Shiva become bewildered while Hindu looks for him, Caligula appears behind him and casts a spell with his horn, he hits the three in the back of their heads at once, Hindu grunts while Vishnu and Shiva scream, Caligula laughs maniacally but he passes away. Hindu arrives into the Void and sees the next memory, he saw a funeral going on for him, Vishnu, Shiva, and Caligula, he saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were very shocked at friendship being rejected, Hindu made a note in his mind that his target was not one to accept forgiveness or friendship. Hindu floats through the Void and sees a white light up ahead, he goes to it and enters his next life, he saw he was a baby again, he looks at his front hoofs and saw he now had a dark blue coat, he also noticed he was on a floor, he crawls around and sees himself in a mirror, he had blue eyes, and a dark purple mane and tail, he had a red birthmark on his neck, he also sees another red birthmark on the sides of his head, he realized he had a birthmark on the back of his head, "Oh, you're up, Buddha." a mare said from behind, he turns around and saw a female unicorn with a dark pink coat, short bright yellow mane and tail, green eyes, and her cutie mark was silver garden shears, "Come to mommy now." the mare said and she picked him up, she holds Buddha and shakes him around, "You're a good pony, yes, you are, oh, yes, you are." the mare said, Buddha casts a spell and enters the Void. Buddha travels through the Void to look for his target, he looks and sees his father had a bright purple coat, short bright red mane and tail, dark orange eyes, and his cutie mark was a twig with a single green leaf on it, Buddha also sees he had three siblings, they were all older than him, the oldest and second youngest were colts while the second oldest was a filly, the oldest colt had a red coat, short orange mane and tail, and orange eyes, his cutie mark was a light blue flame, the filly had a blue coat, long purple mane and tail, and purple eyes, her cutie mark was a pink brain, and the second youngest colt had a yellow coat, short green mane and tail, and green eyes, his cutie mark was the fist of a right hand, Buddha decided to enter a memory to see what his new family was like. Buddha was having dinner with his new family, they all had vegetables for dinner, "Okay, now, everypony, let's be thankful for those earth ponies who grew these for us." Buddha's father said, "Bah! Those earth ponies are nothing but a bunch of scatterbrains who can only make slop." Buddha's oldest brother replied, "Lancelot, that is not very nice of you." Buddha's mother said, "Lancelot is right, mother, those earth ponies are more obnoxious than a cat yowling while in heat." Buddha's sister replied, "Now, now, Izanami, I'm sure they have many stories to share, the hardest working one is starting to develop a runny nose like young Sobek there." Buddha's father said, "I'd rather have a runny nose than a runny brain." Sobek replied, Lancelot and Izanami laugh, "Sobek!" Buddha's mother said with disapproval, "What about the Pegasi?" Buddha asked, "What about them?" Lancelot asked, "Are they obnoxious like the earth ponies?" Buddha asked, "Yes, but not to the same extent." Izanami replied, "Why not?" Buddha asked, "Because they have some form of magic, the earth ponies don't." Lancelot replied, "Lancelot, the earth ponies can grow food, unicorns and Pegasi can't do that." Buddha's father said, "That's still not magic." Sobek replied, "You three are so cruel to our servants, they work hard to provide for us." Buddha's mother said, "Those earth ponies are nothing but a bunch of scum and yokels, while those Pegasi are barbarians, they don't deserve to be treated like regular ponies." Izanami replied, Buddha was already disliking his siblings and decided to use his spell to go forward in time. Buddha travels through the Void and sees a picture of his parents, his father's name was Augustus, and his mother's name was Victoria, he travels through his memories and saw himself tending to sick foals, he decided to enter to help them. Buddha was outside at night and feeding earth pony foals, he saw Lancelot, Izanami, and Sobek were playing pranks on them that made them either sick or too injured to work, "Thank you, at least one of the children in this family has some decency." an earth pony stallion said, "I'll deal with them after this." Buddha replied, "Please do, your siblings have hurt us enough." an earth pony mare said, Buddha looks and sees many of the sick and injured foals, Buddha uses his horn and saw his magic aura was blue, he uses it to get the toys from his room and give it to the foals, "What about yourself?" the earth pony mare asked, "I'll be fine, I have other things to do." Buddha replied, "Buddha, it's bedtime." Victoria called out from inside the house, "I'll be going now, goodnight, you four." Buddha said, "Goodnight." the four earth ponies replied, and Buddha entered his house, he casts a spell to travel through time even more. Buddha enters the Void again and travels through, he sees more memories and saw himself standing behind Augustus and Victoria while they reprimanded Lancelot, Izanami, and Sobek, Buddha looks and sees the reason why was because they played a prank on a Pegasus colt that has left him hanging from a rope and covered in scrapes and bruises, he decided to go see what happened and entered the memory to help the colt. Victoria reprimanded Lancelot, Izanami, and Sobek for their actions while the three looked down, Buddha can clearly see the three felt no regret over their actions, he gets the Pegasus down with his magic and saw his wings were bent, Buddha casts a spell to fix the Pegasus' wing, the colt smiles while Buddha checks him to make sure he was alright, he then casts his magic again to travel through time. Buddha travels through the Void and casts a spell to see where his target was at, he saw he was just up ahead, so he quickly goes through time and enters the memory where he sensed him. Buddha enters a memory and saw Equestria in chaos, everypony was screaming and running away, he hears a male laughing and saw Discord, he has taken over Equestria, "Yes, time to add chaos!" Discord said loudly and he makes fire appear on the ground, inanimate objects come to life, the trees grow faces on them and groan, which scared the ponies and animals, disasters struck the land, acid comes out of rain clouds, snow comes out of the ground and goes up into the sky, and wind changed directions at random times. Buddha runs around and casts spells to undo Discord's chaos, along with creating shields to protect himself, he also used his magic to free anypony suffering from Discord's rule, while Discord laughed at the chaos he caused. Buddha arrives at his home and finds it on fire, he runs there to go help the ponies who served his family, but he saw the place was deserted, much to his relief, he also saw gravestones for Augustus and Victoria, he pays his respects and then uses his magic to look for the location of his target. Buddha senses his target was just up ahead, so he runs there, he sees him and saw he now had a dark purple coat, short gray mane and tail, yellow eyes, and his cutie mark was a black top hat, he was beating up a mare, "YOU PROMISED ME CHOCOLATE PUDDING!!" the stallion yelled, "Now, now, dear, mommy can't give you pudding if you don't eat your dinner, Spoiled Rotten." the mare replied calmly, Spoiled Rotten screamed with rage, "THEN MAKE CHOCOLATE PUDDING MY DINNER!! I HATE BROCCOLI!!" Spoiled Rotten said, "I can't do that, you'll grow overweight and unhealthy." the mare replied, Spoiled Rotten lets out another scream of rage and begins to beat up the mare while she screamed, "ALSO, HOW COME MY SIBLINGS GET TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU MORE, WHILE I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO FINISH?!" Spoiled Rotten yelled, "That's enough!" Buddha said, Spoiled Rotten looks at him and realized who he was, "You again?! Leave me alone, will ya?" Spoiled Rotten asked, "I can't do that." Buddha replied, "Why not?" Spoiled Rotten asked, "You've been a bad pony, you need to be punished." Buddha replied, Spoiled Rotten uses his telekinesis to make his mother fly away, she screams as she was shot back, his magic aura was purple, Spoiled Rotten focuses and gets ready to fight Buddha. Spoiled Rotten fires zaps from his horn while Buddha just did simple turns and sidesteps to dodge the zaps, Spoiled Rotten looked on with his mouth wide open, Spoiled Rotten growls and uses his telekinesis to throw a rock at Buddha, he punches it with his front right hoof and breaks the rock in half, it flies past him, much to Spoiled Rotten's surprise, he uses his magic to throw a spear at him, Buddha catches it with his telekinesis and throws it back at Spoiled Rotten, he screams as he teleported away. Spoiled Rotten reappears and uses his telekinesis again, he throws a glass panel at him, Buddha jumps and does a back flip while in midair so his legs do not get hit, he lands and Spoiled Rotten was very shocked, "How?!" Spoiled Rotten asked, "Years and years of intense physical training." Buddha said, Spoiled Rotten whimpered and ran away while screaming, Buddha casts a spell to teleport onto him and holds him down, but Spoiled Rotten uses telekinesis to get him off, he casts a spell and hits Buddha in the heart, he screams and explodes, Spoiled Rotten laughs but Discord makes the ground erupt and Spoiled Rotten screams as he fell into the lava. Buddha enters the Void and travels to his next life while passing the visions of what happened after his death, he sees the earth pony and Pegasus servants gathering at his gravestone and paying their respects, which made Buddha happy, he decides to travel forward and go after his target, he sees a white light up ahead and enters his next life. Buddha looks at his hoofs and sees he now had a bright orange coat, he was in the woods, he crawls around and sees himself in a water's reflection, he saw he had green eyes, and his mane and tail were black, and he had red birthmarks on his neck, the back of his head, and on the left side of his chest where his heart was at, he looks around and does not see any ponies anywhere, he hears animals everywhere and they surround him, he feels fear but keeps himself composed, the animals surround him and rub their heads on him, he realized the animals were friendly and they take him in. Buddha casts a spell and travels through time, he floats through the Void, he looks and sees he was able to understand the animals after a few years, he sees the animals have named him Judas, they tell him about how his parents have abandoned him in the woods and left him to rot, and they found him because a being named Mother Nature used her magic to contact them telepathically. Judas floats around and watches the memories, he enters a memory he saw was at night, he looked and saw the moon looked different, there seemed to be the shape of a blue mare in it, he enters the memory to see what was wrong. Judas enters the memory and looked at the moon, the wolves howled at it in sorrow, "What happened?" Judas asked, the wolves bark and Judas was able to understand them, "What? Luna?" Judas asked, he looked down with sorrow, "I'll be back." Judas said, and he casts a spell to teleport, his magic aura was now orange. Judas teleports around Equestria and looks for Princess Celestia, he hears her crying in the distance and casts a spell to find where it was coming from, he arrives into the Everfree Forest and finds the Castle of the Two Sisters, he hears faint crying in it and he teleports in. Judas arrives at the throne room and saw Princess Celestia, "Forgive me, Luna." Princess Celestia said as she cried, a being that looked like an alicorn came out of the floor and behind Princess Celestia to her right, it walks to her and comforts her. Judas was surprised by its appearance, its main body, head, legs, and hoofs were made out of brown wood, its horn was made out of black obsidian, its eyes were regular eyes and were gold with black pupils, its mane was blue flowing water, its wings were red fire, and its tail was green flowing wind, it physically resembled Princess Celestia, it touched Princess Celestia's right shoulder with its front left hoof, "I am very sorry about Luna, Celestia, you have my deepest condolences." the being said, Judas was able to tell from its voice that it was a female, "Thank you, Mother Nature, but I wish I could undo what I just did." Princess Celestia replied while covering her eyes and crying, she continued to cry while Mother Nature comforted her. Judas felt empathy and walked to them, "Celestia?" Judas asked, Princess Celestia and Mother Nature look at him, "Where's Luna?" Judas asked, "I just banished her to the moon." Princess Celestia replied, Judas felt sad, "How many years has it passed since you and I last met?" Judas asked, Princess Celestia looks at him, "I don't recognize you." Princess Celestia said, Judas casts a spell and an afterimage of Janis appears, "*gasp* Janis? Is that really you?" Princess Celestia asked, the afterimage disappears, "Yes, I have been revived ever since I have lost my life all of that many years ago." Judas replied, Princess Celestia looks at him with bafflement and hugs him, "I missed you so much, Janis, I never got to thank you for all of the good things you did all of those years ago." Princess Celestia said, Judas hugs her back, "I appreciate it, Celestia, but I have things to do, I can't stay here for long." Judas replied, Princess Celestia looks down with sorrow, "Um, Janis, can you come with me for a minute?" Mother Nature asked, and she walks to the exit of the room while Judas follows her, "Look, Janis, I know you want to comfort Celestia, but you should hunt down Chaos as soon as possible, Spirit is waiting for his soul so he can punish him, I'll keep an eye on Celestia, she's my friend, too." Mother Nature said, "I'm counting on you, and thank you for finding me as a baby in this body." Judas replied, "You're welcome, Janis, now go and take down that evil pony you're after, before he hurts anybody else." Mother Nature said, Judas nodded in agreement while Mother Nature went to go comfort Princess Celestia, Judas casts a spell and travels forward through time. Judas passes through his memories and he saw himself getting a job that involved taking care of foals at an orphanage, he becomes happy and keeps going forward, he sees himself take care of the orphans, he also took up a job to protect others from malevolent magic, he was also working at an animal shelter for orphaned animals, which Princess Celestia opened, he works there and feeds the animals, Judas soon senses his target up ahead and goes to it. Judas was now a stallion and his cutie mark was a black grimoire, he was in front of a two story house and saw light coming out of the left window on the second floor, which he was looking at, he uses a detection spell and saw his target was in that room, so he walks to the door. Judas knocks on the door with his front left hoof three times, "Hurry, go and hide." a female voice said, it sounded like a teenager, the door opens and Judas saw a teenage mare, it was an earth pony, she had a bright green coat, long sky blue mane and tail, yellow eyes, and her cutie mark was a trumpet, "Who are you?" the teenage mare asked, "Judas, there's a criminal pony wandering around Equestria that I'm trying to hunt down, my magic says he's here." Judas replied, the teenage mare was stunned for a moment but then sighs with relief, "Thank goodness, I thought you were mind controlled by the ghost haunting us. My name is Adagia, I'm a musician, please, come in, Judas." the teenage mare said, and he does while Adagia closes the door. Judas and Adagia walk forward, "It's okay, it's a pony who's here to help." Adagia said, and Judas hears walking, he saw a filly and a colt come out of hiding, both were earth ponies, the filly had a light pink coat, long white mane and tail, and turquoise eyes, the colt had a dark orange coat, short black mane and tail, and gray eyes, they both did not have cutie marks, "This is Flute, my sister, and Presto, my brother." Adagia said, "Where are your parents?" Judas asked, "That ghost haunting us already took them." Presto replied while in tears, Judas felt sympathetic, "What can you tell me about this ghost?" Judas asked, "He calls himself Pontefract, it's a unicorn in a hooded black robe, we haven't seen his face." Flute replied, Judas took note of it, he kept his nerves suppressed so he could focus. Judas, Adagia, Flute, and Presto feel gusts of wind blowing around them and Judas got ready to cast a spell with an aura around his horn, white powder forms in midair and falls, along with white orbs floating around the home, Judas was ready to fight while Adagia, Flute, and Presto were scared. Judas casts a detecting spell and saw Pontefract was still on the second floor, he runs there and saw the stairs, a chair forms out of thin air and was thrown at Judas, he casts a spell and destroys the chair into several pieces, Judas heads up to the room where he sensed Pontefract. Judas arrives into the room and saw it was a bedroom, there was nopony in there, he walks around slowly and was cautious about where he stepped, he looks around while sensing the room with his magic, it said Pontefract was everywhere in the room, he looks to his left and saw a small mirror, he looks at it and sees himself, Judas sees something move behind him in the mirror, it stands up and Judas saw a unicorn that was as black as a shadow, his eyes were also black, he did not have any eyes, and he wore a black robe that covered his entire body, and was hooded. Judas quickly turns around and fires a big blast from his horn, he hit the wall, he saw the pony was not there. Judas casts a spell with his magic to look for Pontefract, he senses he was everywhere in the house, he hears a deep voice snickering and the objects in the room begin to float around. Judas gets on the floor and uses his magic to put some of the items down, but they went back up and floated around again, Judas ran to the door and saw it was locked, he shoots a zap out of his horn to break the door down and he runs out of the room. Judas runs down and saw Adagia, Flute, and Presto hiding in fear, "Come on, you two, let's sleep at our neighbor's home." Adagia said, and they get ready to leave, but the door was locked, "What?! No! Please! Not another night!" Adagia said, Flute and Presto become terrified, "Stay with me, we'll sleep together." Judas said, and they do, they all hid in the closet and slept while Judas slept lightly in case Pontefract decided to attack. Morning comes and the four slept peacefully, Adagia was getting breakfast ready in the kitchen while Flute and Presto were getting ready for school, and Judas stayed with the foals in case something happened. A racket was heard in the kitchen and Adagia screamed in terror, Judas teleports into the kitchen and saw everything in the kitchen flying around and was being thrown. The knives Adagia used for cutting food fly out of the wooden knife block and the blades point towards Adagia, they home on her while they were in midair and Adagia screams in terror as she tries to run out of the kitchen. Judas casts a spell with his horn and changes the knives to sponge balls, he hears the window to his left break and the glass shards fly around in midair, they fly to Judas while Adagia screams as she watches, Judas casts a spell to change the glass shards to rubber duckies. The wooden table and five chairs begin to be thrown around the room violently and they hit the walls, Judas holds Adagia and shields her with his body in case something happens. Dragging was heard and Judas turns around, he sees a black refrigerator moving forward on its own, it falls over and floats in midair, it is thrown and Adagia screams while Judas shoots a beam out of his horn and destroys it. Judas kept his guard up while Adagia cried, "When is this going to end?" Adagia asked, Judas hugged her, "There, there, let's go see Flute and Presto." Judas said, and the two go. Judas and Adagia look for Flute and Presto and saw the two watching them with fear, "Let's go somewhere safe, I need to ask you three something." Judas said, and they go into the closet Flute and Presto were hiding in when Judas first arrived, "How long has this been going on?" Judas asked, "Ever since we moved here, our parents bought this house without knowing it was haunted." Adagia replied, "Has anybody on the outside done anything to help?" Judas asked, "No, Pontefract cast some kind of spell so nopony can hear what goes on in here." Flute replied, "What about seeing it?" Judas asked, "They can't see, either." Presto replied, "I see." Judas said, "What about you, Judas, why did you come here?" Adagia asked, "You see, I am actually somepony else from a different timeline, my original name is Janis, I was born before Equestria was formed, I died because Pontefract killed me, he was known as Dirge at that time, I managed to kill him as well, and he has traveled throughout time and has caused misery to others, I have been traveling throughout time to catch him and bring him to justice, he has killed me several times, these red birthmarks on me are scars from the wounds that killed me in previous lives." Judas replied, the three were shocked, unable to believe what he was saying, "It's late, you two, you should head to school." Adagia said, and Flute and Presto walk out, "Do these neighbors you mentioned last night know what's going on?" Judas asked, "No, but they can sense something is wrong with the house, they're unicorns like yourself." Adagia replied, "Alright, let's go and watch the other two." Judas said, and they walk out. Judas and Adagia walk out and saw Presto walking upstairs while they heard the shower running upstairs, Presto is pushed down by an unseen force and he grunts as he fell, he then screams in pain while an unseen force drags him up the stairs by his neck. Presto screams while a mark appeared on his neck since he was squeezed there tightly, Judas shoots a beam out of his horn and at where he thought Pontefract would be, the beam extinguishes itself when it hits something invisible, but it lets go of Presto and he was about to fall down the stairs. Adagia and Presto scream while Judas uses his telekinesis to catch him, he brings him down and puts him beside Adagia, "Stay with your sister, I'm going to go investigate." Judas said, and he runs up the stairs. Judas arrives onto the second floor and looks for Pontefract, he sees him suddenly appear in front of him, Judas shoots a beam on impulse and it goes through him while he jumps back, Pontefract disappears while snickering. Judas decides to teleport to where he kept his spellbooks during his life as Janis, he finds the place and saw it was in ruins, he looks for whatever was left and goes through his spells, he saw he did not have one for dealing with ghosts, so he had to make one of his own, he teleports back afterwards. Judas arrives back at the home and was in front of the bedroom door on the second floor, he hears gurgling behind the door to his right and runs there. Judas tries to open the door but could not, he feels something on his hoofs and looks down, he saw water coming out from the bottom of the door, he shoots the door with a zap from his horn and destroys it, he sees water floating in the bathroom, but it was not coming out, he looks and sees Flute was in the water and drowning. Judas tries to get her out with his telekinesis, but his magic was deflected by the water, so he runs to it and tries to jump in, but an unseen force holds him back and prevents him from entering, so he decides to try a teleporting spell, it did not work, Judas thinks and looks back on his previous spells, he decides to try to combine a few of them to create an original spell, he casts them and several beams came out of his horn, he hits the water and it flow out of the room. Flute comes out with the water and stopped moving when she was in front of Judas, she was coughing while catching her breath, "You okay?" Judas asked, Flute shook her head, "I wanna leave!" Flute said, running is heard and Adagia and Presto run up, they see the water and the wet Flute, Adagia becomes shocked and runs to comfort her, "What happened?" Adagia asked, "Bathroom was full of water, she was drowning." Judas replied, Adagia and Presto become horrified, "Pontefract doesn't haunt us when Flute and Presto are at school, only before school and at night." Adagia said, "What have the teachers and classmates said about him?" Judas asked, "They think Pontefract is just an imaginary friend." Presto replied, "I see, I'll be staying here until either this is over, or I lose my life." Judas said, "Thank you, go on to school now, you two." Adagia said, and the two left, "I'm going to need to go through my old spells to create a new one, hopefully, it will make Pontefract have a body." Judas said, "Okay, I'll leave you to your studies." Adagia replied, and she does. Judas goes back to his old studies and goes through the remains of his spell books, only a few survived throughout the times, he looks through his spells that allow him to change objects into other things, he tries combining them together and was trying to create a new spell, he trying to create a spell that could change Pontefract back to normal instead of being a soul, he guessed that Pontefract casted a spell on himself to make himself like that, so he was busy trying to create a spell that could undo the effect permanently, along with creating a spell that allows him to absorb souls, he keeps trying for hours and teleported himself to the nearest grave. Judas appears in a cemetery and casts a spell on the grave, the soul appeared, Judas casts a spell on the soul and it changes back to a body, a skeleton pony, and it fell over, "Okay, it works." Judas said, and he teleports himself back to the home. Judas arrives home and saw Flute and Presto were coming home, they were about to open the door, Judas got ready to cast a spell in case Pontefract tried anything, but the two enter the home with no problem, "You two have homework?" Adagia asked, the two nod, "Okay, let's do them together." Adagia said, and they do. Judas helps the three on the homework, "Why aren't you in school for, Adagia?" Judas asked, "I already finished." Adagia replied, "Oh." Judas said, and the four work until it was dark. Judas keeps the three ponies by his side and was ready to cast a spell on Pontefract while he was scared internally, but nothing happened, so the four go in the closet in an attempt to sleep, but loud noises were heard and it scared them, Flute and Presto scream while they hear banging from outside the house, along with the roaring sounds of a bear and a tiger, Judas casts a detecting spell and saw there were no animals around the house, he realized it was another one of Pontefract's hauntings, "It's okay, it's just noises." Judas whispered calmly, but the banging on the doors and windows get louder, scaring Flute and Presto even more, the two scream, "Make it stop!" Flute said, "I don't wanna live here anymore!" Presto said, the two whimper in fear while Adagia tried to comfort them, Judas glares and exits the closet to deal with Pontefract. Judas heads out and had an aura around his horn, ready to zap anything that Pontefract threw at him, banging was heard to his left and he sees the front door being banged on by an invisible force, he stays calm and goes forward, parts of the wooden floor break and the splinters fly towards Judas, he shoots a spell to change them into vegetables, they fall on the floor while Judas walks forward slowly. Judas walks forward and looks for anything reflective, he did not find one, so he goes to the bedroom where he first sensed Pontefract, he enters with no problem and he hears panting, he goes to the mirror where he first saw Pontefract and saw him there again, he was tired, so Judas decided not to take any chances by shooting a beam at him directly, he shot a beam on the mirror, it bounces off and goes behind him, the beam hits Pontefract and he screams. Judas turns around and sees Pontefract change back to normal, he pants heavily and Judas sees the birthmark on his neck, "What?! How?!" Pontefract asked, "I created a spell to disable your ghost form." Judas replied, "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Pontefract yelled angrily, "You're hurting others." Judas replied calmly, "So what?! Why can't you just let me be evil?!" Pontefract asked, "Because there are others suffering because of you, I can't allow that to continue." Judas replied, Pontefract growls and shoots beams at him while screaming with rage, Judas moves his head around and dodges them, Pontefract growls and casts a spell to teleport, Judas teleports out of the room. Judas teleports back to Adagia, Flute, and Presto and saw they were okay, "Did you stop him?" Adagia asked, "Not completely, but I did manage to turn him back into a body." Judas replied, "Does that mean the hauntings are over?" Flute asked, "I think so." Judas replied, the three hug him, "Thank you, mister." Presto said, "Thank you very much." Adagia said, he lets the three go, "You're welcome, but there's still work for me to do." Judas replied, and he runs out of the closet while the three exit to go pack their things. Judas runs out and he senses Pontefract halfway up the stairs, he runs there and Pontefract appeared to his right when he was about to go up the stairs, he floated in midair, he fires a black blast from his horn and Judas sees he was actually aiming at Adagia, Flute, and Presto, Judas casts a shield spell to protect himself and the three from his blast, the shield keeps the blast at bay and Judas makes the shield explode to subdue Pontefract, he screams as he was shot back. The house explodes due to Judas accidentally overdoing his spell, the three walk around in surprise and saw the house was gone, Judas looks for Pontefract and saw he was gone, he hears growling and Pontefract appears to his right again, Judas sees him and the two shoot a beam at one another, Judas' orange blast and Pontefract's black blast enter a deadlock with one another, the two were on equal hoofing for now, they continue the deadlock while Adagia, Flute, and Presto watch with worry, the two continue the duel and Judas was about to increase his magic, but a red beam and a blue beam join his beam and holds back Pontefract's beam, Judas looks back briefly and saw two unicorns, a red stallion and a blue mare, "Look! It's our neighbors!" Flute said, Adagia and Presto look on with surprise, Judas continues to focus and Pontefract was still resisting, he sees the two unicorns' magic was not strong enough to overpower him, so he powers up his magic and overpowers Pontefract's beam easily, "WHAT?!" Pontefract asked with shock, he is hit and screams as he falls. Judas gets ready to zap Pontefract and take his soul to The Judge, but Pontefract quickly teleports away and shoots Judas in his hind thighs, he grunts but quickly turns around and shoots Pontefract with his magic, he screams as he disintegrated. Judas casts a spell and sees his target's soul has escaped again was entering another life, but he ignores it for now and sees Adagia, Flute, and Presto running to him, they hug him, "Thank you, I never thought it would end." Adagia said, "You're welcome. What will you do now?" Judas asked, "We'll take them in." the blue mare replied, "Yes, we've sensed strange things in this house, and they've told us about them being haunted by a pony in a black robe, we didn't think it was true, we'll adopt them." the red stallion said, Judas smiled while he was on the ground, he decides to go after his target and stop him. Judas enters the Void and sees his memories, he sees the wounds on his hind thighs required him to be hospitalized, but the doctors could not treat it, and he passed away, he goes through his memories and see Adagia, Flute, and Presto paying their respects to him at his grave, he saw Princess Celestia there as well, Judas continues to his next life, while he did not show it, he was starting to get a little irritated catching his target, but he remained calm and goes to the next white light. Judas enters his next life as a colt, he looks at his own front hoofs and saw he now had a white coat, he also looks and saw the mare holding him, she had a white coat, long yellow mane, and blue eyes, he looks and sees the stallion who was his father, he had a black coat, long red mane and tail, and purple eyes, they were both unicorns, "Welcome to the world, Sikhism." the mare said, and she rubs her right cheek on him, Sikhism felt comfort from her and smiled, "Oh my, look, Chakra, he's covered in red marks." the stallion said, "Oh my Celestia, you're right." Chakra said, she was very surprised at seeing him, Sikhism sees a mirror out of the corner of his right eye and nudges there, "You want to see yourself? Okay." Chakra said, and she turns around and he looks at himself in the mirror. Sikhism looks at himself and sees he was in a blue blanket, he sees his mane was a yellow-orange color, and his eyes were brown, he sees his old birthmarks on himself as well, "What are we going to do with these birthmarks, Qi?" Chakra asked, "There's nothing we can do, I just hope it doesn't cause any trouble for him." Qi replied, Sikhism casts a spell and enters the Void, his magic aura was the same color as his mane and tail. Sikhism floats through time and uses the detection spell to find his target, he finds him and to Sikhism's surprise, his target was his older brother in this life, he sighs and enters the memory. Sikhism was now a little kid and sees he was now in Canterlot and saw he was now living the life of the upper-class, "Well, well." a colt said from across him, Sikhism looks and saw his target, he had a black coat, short dark orange mane and tail, and brown eyes, "Look at that, we're now brothers." the colt said, "You're still my enemy." Sikhism said, the colt chuckles, "Now, now, Sikhism and Sadism, let's try to get along now, you will upset Princess Celestia." Qi said, they hear walking and they see Princess Celestia come, she takes a seat and there were many more upper-class unicorns seated with them, "You all know the good news, everypony, now that my sister has returned, I believe a celebration is called, a toast, and a welcome back banquet to my sister once when she gets settled and comes here." Princess Celestia said, and the banquet begins. Sikhism eats very little and only had the healthy food while Sadism ate an excess amount of everything, the other ponies watched him, "Oh my, you've got quite a big eater here, Chakra and Qi." Princess Celestia said, Sikhism looks and can see Chakra and Qi were very embarrassed by Sadism's excess eating, Sikhism watches with disappointment while he ate slowly and only ate just the right amount of food he needed to function, "You're not eating much, Sikhism, are you distracted?" Princess Celestia asked, "No, just not that hungry." Sikhism replied, and he watches Sadism carefully, the other unicorns and Princess Celestia watch him with surprise at the fact that Sadism was still eating, Sikhism was no longer hungry and heard a stomach growling below him to his left, he looks and saw somepony brought their pet cat over, and it was hungry, Sikhism takes some of his food and gives it to the cat, it eats it and purrs. The banquet ends after sometime and Sikhism went to his new home, it was a mansion, he entered it with his family and read a book on learning new magic while Qi and Chakra reprimanded Sadism for his excessive eating, and the two were met with angry remarks and insults from him, which resulted in him being grounded and sent to his room, Sikhism decided to travel forward through time to see if there was an opening in the future to get his target. Sikhism travels through time and sees himself get a cutie mark at a young age, it was a heart with the head of a foal and a dog to its sides, he smiles but continues going through time, he sees Sadism's cutie mark was a broken heart, he thinks he sees an opening and goes into the picture. Sikhism enters the event and hears Sadism arguing with Qi and Chakra, "How come Sikhism gets a lot of bits, and I get a rock that's barely worth anything?" Sadism asked, "Because Sikhism worked to mow that neighbor's yard, you didn't, you just sat and commanded him." Qi replied, Sadism growls, "Sadism, your father and I have had enough of your attitude, we've put up with it for many years now." Chakra said, "But it's not fair, Sikhism was born with this naturally strong magic, and I wasn't!" Sadism replied, "Hmm, true, but you're still a naturally gifted unicorn, maybe if you train a bit, you can overcome him." Qi said, "But I don't wanna ruin my appearance by getting all sweaty." Sadism replied, "I understand your reason, Sadism, and honestly, neither do I, but it's a part of life, and we all have to deal with it when we train." Qi said, Sadism growls, "We'll be leaving now, behave yourself, Sadism." Chakra said, and the two leave. Sikhism reads a book and Sadism comes into his room, "Hey, don't you ignore me, I'm still older than you, little girl." Sadism said, Sikhism continued reading, "I came before you did, I've going to inherit our parents' fortune after they pass!" Sadism said, already getting annoyed, "Hey, are you listening?!" Sadism asked angrily, Sikhism continues reading, "ANSWER ME!!" Sadism yelled angrily, Sikhism kept reading, Sadism growls and screams with rage, he runs to Sikhism to beat him up, but Sikhism quickly reacts and holds his front hoofs back with his own, he bends Sadism's front elbows a bit and he exclaims with pain, Sikhism begins to punch Sadism in the face several times, he does a powerful punch with his front right hoof and it sends Sadism into the air, he screams as he fell onto a table and it broke, he hears running and Sikhism quickly goes back to reading his book since he knew he was in trouble, "WHAT IS THIS?! WHY DO YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTH PONY?!" Sadism asked angrily, "I trained my body and mind for many years." Sikhism replied calmly as he read, "So you won't fight if you're insulted or made fun of?" Sadism asked, "I have no reason to, you do not fight one unless they begin to physically attack you or another person or animal." Sikhism replied, Sadism smiles since he had an idea. Chakra and Qi run and see the beat up Sadism, "Go to your room, Sikhism, you know the rules about fighting in the house." Qi said, and Sikhism stands up and goes to his room stoically, he enters the room and casts the spell to go forward in time. Sikhism travels through time and sees Sadism constantly picking on him and insulting him, it never worked, which angered Sadism, Sikhism continues to travel through time and looks for an opening, he sees Sadism graduating from school and Sikhism was smiling and clapping for him, he continues and sees himself get a job before Sadism did, which angered him and demanded that Qi and Chakra find him a job, he keeps going and does not see an opening until he sees Sadism and himself at the funeral of Qi and Chakra, he enters the memory. Sikhism was at Qi's and Chakra's graves while Sadism was to his right, he grieved while Sadism smiled, "Finally, these two annoying idiots are gone, I can now have their inheritance." Sadism said, "They were your parents, you should at least pay your respects to them." Sikhism replied, "No way, they always got in my way, now that they're gone, I can now do whatever I want when I have their inheritance, the money is all mine." Sadism said, "You'll have to take me down first." Sikhism replied, "With pleasure." Sadism said, and they face one another. Sadism shoots several blasts from his horn but Sikhism moves around quickly and dodges them, Sadism growls and runs to Sikhism, he does several punches with his front hoofs, he dodges them easily and kicks Sadism in his left side and then in the left side of his head with his hind right leg, he stands firm on his hind legs and then does a counterclockwise spin and kicks Sadism in the face with his hind left hoof, Sadism grunts while spit flies out of his mouth, he growls and runs towards Sikhism, he does a punch with his front right hoof and Sikhism blocks it with his front legs, it pushes him back and Sadism went in while Sikhism sidestepped to Sadism's right and went behind him, Sadism growls and turns around, Sikhism does several punches with his front hoofs and Sadism struggles to dodge them, he sees Sikhism's front right hoof coming forward, he lifts up his front right leg and blocks it with his foreleg while Sikhism uses his front left hoof to punch Sadism in his right scapula, he screams from the pain and was panting, nearly out of stamina, he tries to punch Sikhism with his front right hoof, only for Sikhism to push it down with his front right hoof and does a quick attack with the right side of his front left hoof while his hoof was facing upwards and hits Sadism in the right side of his neck. Sadism screams and falls to his hind knees, he holds the right side of his neck with his front hoofs and Sikhism begins to cast a spell to take Sadism's soul, he growls and shoots a beam out and hits Sikhism in his front right leg pit, he grunts and falls, Sadism shoots another beam and hits Sikhism's front left leg pit, he falls and feels his life draining, he continues to try to take Sadism's soul, but lost his energy, he sees Sadism snicker while he casts a spell to enter his next life while Sikhism's vision fades to black. Sikhism travels through the Void and sees him be buried with Sadism by random ponies who find them and were beside Qi and Chakra, he travels through the Void and sees the white light up ahead, he goes into it and starts his next life. Sikhism wakes up and sees he had a bright red coat as he looks at his front hoofs, he is picked up and sees a mare holding him, she had a bright yellow coat, long orange mane and tail, and purple eyes, her cutie mark could not be seen, "Oh, Druze, you're so beautiful, if only your father was alive right now." the mare said, Druze looks around and does not see any mirrors around for him to see his own reflection this time, so he decides to go forward in time. Druze enters the Void and travels through time, he sees himself and sees his mane and tail were a little long and bright green, and his eyes were blue, he looks and sees his mother's cutie mark was a crystal ball, he also saw he had an older sister, she had a bright yellow coat, long wavy pink mane and tail, cerise eyes, and her cutie mark was a bag full of bits, he enters the memory where he was having dinner with the two. Druze looks at his dish and sees only a small amount of food, he was able to see his new family was poor, "And this is your father, Druze, his name was Self Made, he was born homeless, his mother passed away when he was ten, and he never met his father, worked his hoofs and horn to the bone just to become a middle-class pony, he passed away when I was pregnant with you for five months." Druze's mother said, he smiles at hearing the story, it reminded him of himself, "I still wonder why Druze has all of those red marks on him for, mom." Druze's sister said, "Now, now, Fortune, those are birthmarks, foals are born with them randomly." Druze's mother replied, "Still, it looks kind of ugly." Fortune said, "What was your name again, mother?" Druze asked, "Crystal." Druze's mother replied, "What was life like before father passed?" Druze asked, "Mostly the same, but you and Fortune have to help me around the house since Self Made isn't here for me and him to divide the work like before." Crystal replied, Druze smiled at what he heard, "Go on and eat up, Druze, you're going to need the energy to do work around the home." Crystal said, and he does, Druze decides to use his magic to go forward in time. Druze continues traveling through time and sees a snowstorm hit Equestria, he enters the memory and sees he was working in the snowstorm with Crystal and Fortune, they were busy making a spot to sleep since the house was destroyed from the snowstorm, Fortune's blanket flies off into the wind and she uses her magic to try to get it back, her magic aura was pink, but the wind blows it away. Fortune begins to freeze and Druze hurries to her, he takes his blanket off and puts it on her, he continues working to dig a hole in the ground to make a sleeping spot, "Thank you, little brother." Fortune said, Druze uses his magic and hoofs to dig and made a hole big enough, his magic aura was white, Crystal uses her magic to put blankets and pillows in the snow, her magic aura was purple, the three enter and Crystal uses her magic to make the top be covered with snow, "There, nasty storm this year." Crystal said, "Mother?" Druze asked, "Yes." Crystal said, "Did anything important happen in Equestria recently?" Druze asked, "Yes, Twilight Sparkle just became a princess." Crystal replied, Druze was surprised, he did not recognize the name, "Come on, you two, it's late, and you both worked hard, you both deserve a well earned rest." Crystal said, and the two sleep while Druze decides to go forward in time, he travels the Void and sees his cutie mark was a yellow star, he also sees himself be bullied in school for his birthmarks, but he ignored the insults and went on with his day, he only reacted when a bully tried to physically attack him, he keeps traveling and sees himself at Fortune's graduation, he decides to go watch it. Druze stands in a crowd with Crystal to his right, her mane and tail were graying, he smiles and claps with her as Fortune graduated school, he was proud of her, she trots down with others in her grade and she goes to them, "Congratulations, Fortune." Druze said, "Thank you, Druze, I have to thank you for helping me with my academics, you're the best little brother one could ask for." Fortune replied, "Thank you, but you don't have to say I'm the best, I'm just being a good pony." Druze replied, Fortune chuckled, "I'm so proud of you, Fortune, you're going to have a decent job after school." Crystal said, "I know, I'm going to work in Canterlot." Fortune replied, "Good luck, my daughter." Crystal said, "Thank you." Fortune replied, and the graduation ended. Druze goes back into the Void and goes forward, he sees his own graduation and enters, he goes to go see Crystal, who was now elderly with a white mane and tail, Fortune came as well, "Oh, congratulations, little brother." Fortune said and kissed him on the forehead, Druze smiled, "You two have made me so proud, I'm glad I got to see you two finish school before I pass, and you both did great, you both have bright futures." Crystal said, Druze and Fortune smile, "Let's go home, it's time to celebrate." Crystal said, and they begin heading home, Druze decides it was time to find his target and he goes forward in time. Druze goes forward in time and sees Fortune got a job in Canterlot where she worked as a financial adviser, she was successful, Druze keeps going and sees the memory where Crystal has passed and was at her grave with Fortune, he goes there briefly and pays his respects, he leaves and heads to where he was sensing his target, he sees he had trouble getting a job, so Fortune lets him work the same job as her in Canterlot, just at a different area, he sensed his target at his workplace and he goes there. Druze was in his workplace and saw it was a small room, and the office was just behind the desk in front of him, he saw a mare sitting at a chair and look at a list, she had a light pink coat, long light blue mane and tail with yellow streaks in them, and turquoise eyes, she had cerise eye shadow on, and a small white drop earring in each ear that had a small red sphere at the bottom, Druze goes to her and sees she was an earth pony, her cutie mark was a brown clipboard with a white paper on it, and she was in a wheelchair, "Good morning, Druze." the mare said in a sweet and soft voice, "Morning, um?" Druze said, "Venus." the mare said, "Morning, Venus." Druze replied, Venus chuckled, "Dandy will be here soon, he's dropping his kids off to school with his wife right now." Venus said, "Dandy?" Druze asked, "Hmm-mm, our coworker, he just retired from the royal guard recently, and has been a devoted father, he's such a gentlecolt, I would've married him myself if he wasn't taken." Venus replied, Druze was wondering about him. Druze hears walking and saw a male unicorn come from the office in the back, he had a peach coat, light pink mane and tail, his mane was slicked back, and blue eyes, he was wearing a pink suit where each button on his double breasted blazer was a blue octagon cut diamond, he wore a collared button-up gray shirt under his blazer, it had silver glitter trimmed on it and on the seams, Druze saw the cuffs through his blazer's sleeves, so he noticed it was long-sleeve, and there was glitter around the ends of the cuffs, he sees the buttons on the shirt were made of small white octagon cut diamonds, he also wore pink pants, which was rare in Equestria, the button on his pants was a small light blue octagon cut diamond, he had on a gold tie with small white diamonds on it, he also wore a black belt with small white princess cut diamond studs, the buckle was made from silver polished chrome, and black polished dress shoes on his hind hoofs that shined, Druze looks and sees him smile, his teeth were two different colors, there was a pattern of gold and white teeth in his mouth, and he had what appeared to be a small transparent diamond on each white tooth. Druze looks at him with bafflement and sees he also sees he had a gold ring with small white princess cut diamonds in them on his front hoofs, and five small gold hoop earrings in each ear, the stallion stands up on his hind legs and uses his front hoofs to put black sunglasses over his eyes, they were completely black, so were the frames, he then stood on all fours again, "Venus, where's the new guy?" the stallion asked, "He's right there, Midas." Venus replied, he looks at him and Druze casts a detecting spell on him and realizes he was his target, "Well, well, I'm your boss now, so you have to do what I say." Midas said, Druze did not respond, "As for you, Venus, I hope you like your stay here as well." Midas said as he leaned towards her and begins smelling her, Venus exclaimed with disgust and Midas walked back to his office, Druze was ready to physically attack him at anytime. The door opens and a male Pegasus entered, he had a white coat, long yellow mane and tail, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a sword with a gold handle and a silver kite shield, "I'm here." the Pegasus said, he had an accent, "Ah, good morning, Dandy." Venus said, "A fine morning to you, too, Venus, and good morning, Druze, welcome to your second week of working here." Dandy replied, "Thank you." Druze said, Dandy trots and looks at the paper, "Come over here, Druze, these are the ponies having financial problems." Venus said, Druze trots to behind the desk. Druze looks at the list and sees a lot of ponies were in financial debt, "How did this happen?" Druze asked, "Ever since Princess Twilight and her friends have defeated Tirek, a lot of Equestria was destroyed, and ponies have been working to rebuild what was destroyed, but it has costed a lot of bits, and some of them are now in debt, it's our job to help them pay for them, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are trying their very best to help them pay as well." Venus replied, "When was that?" Druze asked, "About a month ago." Venus replied, Druze keeps looking and sees the amount of debt some ponies owed, the highest debts were in the hundreds place, "I'll do that one." Druze said as he put his front right hoof on the one with the highest debt, "You sure?" Venus asked, "Yes." Druze replied, "Okay, here's the paper that says you're with us and there to help, and the location is marked on this map, good luck." Venus said, and he goes. Druze goes to the area and sees he was helping a construction pony, "Excuse me." Druze said, and the pony looks at him, "Oh good, you're here, I've been waiting for you." the construction pony said, "Sorry for the wait, I'm ready to help." Druze said, and he tries to sort the financial problems, but the banking systems and change of running currency from his original time made it very hard for him, Druze remained calm and composed as he tried to think of alternate solutions, "When I was younger, it was said the best way not to go into debt was not to spend unless you had to." Druze said, "Yeah, I know that one, but the amount of bits we have to pay to rebuild the destruction caused by Tirek is ridiculous." the construction pony replied, "Can I pay you my own money?" Druze asked, "No, it's fine, it won't be enough, either." the construction pony replied, Druze tries to think of a solution, he did not feel any irritation or frustration as he tried to think of a solution, "You alright?" the construction pony asked, "Yeah, I'm just trying to think of a solution, running currency now is so different from when I was younger." Druze replied, "Well, you don't have to fix it all in one day, you can always come back." the construction pony said, "I'll take my leave then, I cannot think well in this noise." Druze replied, and he leaves. Druze goes back to work and saw Venus sitting at the desk and Dandy was absent, "How'd it go?" Venus asked, "Not too well." Druze replied, "Give it time, you'll get better." Venus said, Druze smiled, "Where's Dandy?" Druze asked, "He's off helping another pony in debt." Venus replied, "Hey! Newbie!" Midas said as he came out of his office, "You didn't get me my money! You're fired!" Midas said angrily, "Midas!" Venus said as she looked at him with shock, "Quiet, woman, official stallion business." Midas said, Druze glares at him, "Pack up, and get out, you're fired." Midas said, "Why?" Druze asked, "You didn't get me any money!" Midas replied angrily, "Midas! It's his first time." Venus said, "Quiet!" Midas said angrily as he punched her in her right cheek with his front left hoof, she screams and fell out of her wheelchair, "Now, I suggest you be quiet, I sure don't want to scar or bruise that pretty face of my dreams." Midas said, Venus was very uncomfortable while Druze got ready to zap Midas with his magic, "Well, pack your things." Midas said, Druze just stood there and did not respond, "PACK YOUR THINGS!!" Midas yelled angrily, Druze just stood there and was silent, Midas ran to him and was about to physically attack him, Druze shot a zap at him and he grunted as he flew back, he gets up and growls, "You're going to regret this one day." Midas said, and he goes back to his office. Druze goes to Venus and picks her up, he puts her back in her wheelchair, "Are you alright?" Druze asked, "Yes, thank you." Venus replied, "Why didn't you fight back?" Druze asked, "My entire body is paralyzed, I can't." Venus replied, Druze took note of it since he noticed she did not move a muscle while she sat. The door opens and Dandy comes in, "I'm back." Dandy said, "How'd it go?" Venus asked, "I got it fixed." Dandy replied, "Good job, Dandy." Venus said, and Druze smiled, Dandy goes to the list and he picks up a pen with his mouth and crosses out the name of the pony he just helped get out of debt, "How was your first time, Druze?" Dandy asked, "Complicated, money isn't ran in Equestria like how it used to be." Druze replied, "Yeah, a lot's changed over how to run currency in Equestria throughout history." Venus said, "Better luck next time, Druze." Dandy said, "Thanks, I'm going to need it." Druze replied, Dandy smiled, "You won't believe it, Dandy, Midas tried to fire Druze for failing his first job." Venus said, "What? His first job? How come?" Dandy asked, "Because I didn't bring any money in." Druze replied, "Ah, yeah, Midas is always focused on money, when we fix debts, those bits all go to him." Dandy said, "And what does he do?" Druze asked, "Nothing, he just sits at his desk all day." Venus replied, Druze was not surprised, "Well, it's closing time, see you all tomorrow." Dandy said, and he goes behind the counter to move Venus' wheelchair and take her home, he smiles while he decides to go see Midas, he enters his office and sees Midas has already teleported out of the place, but Druze noticed something that made him uncomfortable, there were pictures of Midas all over the office, along with pictures of Venus and another pony he lusted for, what Druze did not know was that other pony Midas had lustful feelings for was Pinkie Pie, he decided now was not the time to focus on it, so Druze decides to go forward in time. Druze enters the Void goes forward through time, he keeps looking and was looking for an opening to get Midas since nopony could enter his office unless he called them, he sees Midas with Venus one day and he enters the memory. Druze enters the memory and was at work, he saw Midas with Venus, who was still paralyzed and in a wheelchair, "Venus, I don't understand how you are attracted to that snob Dandy, and that peasant Druze, I have all of the money you need to live happily." Midas said, "It's not about the money, Midas, it's about friendship, Princess Twilight and her friends should've taught you that." Venus replied, "Well, if you're not going to accept me, then I'll force you." Midas said as he leaned towards her, he begins smelling her, "Pretty smell as always." Midas said, and he begins to lick the right side of Venus' face. Druze shoots a zap from his horn and shoots Midas away, he grunts and growls, but sees his mane become undone and cover his face, "What? No! My mane! My beautiful mane!" Midas said, and he runs into his office and begins fixing his mane, "Thank you, Druze." Venus said, "You're welcome. How did you get injured?" Druze asked, "I was on my way to work, and somepony used magic and dropped a wagon full of heavy farming equipment onto me, it has left me paralyzed, I don't know who did it, but I know it was on purpose, whoever did it had a pink magic aura." Venus replied, Druze kept it in mind. Dandy comes in and he sees Druze comforting Venus, "Did Midas mistreat her again?" Dandy asked, "He was licking her." Druze replied, Dandy had a repulsed face, he trots to her and sees the wet spot on her face, he gets a napkin from the beside the drinking water across from them, he wipes the wet spot on Venus' cheek, "How long has this been going on?" Druze asked, "Ever since Venus got injured, there has been times when Venus spotted Midas watching her at home from outside before she got injured, I would take her home to my place the next day after work." Dandy replied, Druze was becoming worried, "Well, I finished working for today, we all should rest now." Dandy said, and the three converse and have a good time. Closing time comes and Dandy begins to roll Venus' wheelchair out of the workplace, Druze watches and he sees a Pegasus mare, colt, and filly there, he deduced they were Dandy's wife and kids, he sees Dandy take Venus home and the three smile while Dandy takes Venus home, Druze decides to enter Midas' office and saw he was not there, so he decides to follow Dandy, his wife and children wave at him, and he waves back with his front left hoof and follows Dandy. Druze arrives at Venus' home and saw she lived in a middle-class home, Dandy rolls Venus' wheelchair into the house and puts her in front of an area she liked, Dandy exits the home and flies home. Druze looks around and hears rustling in the bushes behind him, he looks to his left and sees Midas hiding in the bushes and watching her, he looks and can see the red birthmark on the right side of his neck from the hit that took him down when he was Sadism. Druze tackles him and he grunts and Venus looks out the corner of her right eye, she sees Druze and Midas, which shocked her, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Midas asked angrily, "I got you now." Druze said, and he begins to cast spell, but Midas quickly teleports away before Druze can see the color of his magic aura, Druze uses his detecting spell and saw he was gone, "Drat." Druze said, and he entered Venus' home, "Venus?" Druze asked, "Over here." Venus replied, he walks to her, "Are you alright?" Druze asked, "Yes, and thank you." Venus replied, "How do you do your home chores when you're paralyzed?" Druze asked, "I don't, Dandy comes here early to do them for me." Venus replied, "How do you have your meals?" Druze asked, "Dandy comes here to feed me, I eat big and heavy meals before that." Venus replied, "What about using the bathroom?" Druze asked, "I hold it until Dandy comes back." Venus replied, "I'll stay here for tonight, then." Druze said, "Oh, thank you, Druze, I do get lonely here sometimes." Venus replied, and Druze stayed with her to keep her company, he made meals for her, and took her to the bathroom when she had to use it, Venus was having a good time, "Say, Druze, are you single?" Venus asked, Druze sensed Venus was developing romantic feelings for him, "Yes." Druze replied, "Will you go out on a date with me?" Venus asked, "I am sorry, but I have made a vow as a child not to pursue any romantic relationships of any kind." Druze replied, "Oh, come on, Druze, one wouldn't hurt." Venus said, "I'm sorry, but breaking that vow is considered a very bad thing." Druze replied, "Huh? You're not the only one who made that vow?" Venus asked, "No, a lot of foals did when I was a foal." Druze replied, "Was it a cultural thing?" Venus asked, "Yes, when I was a colt, we followed the seven virtues, they are humility, kindness, charity, temperance, diligence, chastity, and patience." Druze replied, "Wow, I never knew, we obey the Elements of Harmony now." Venus said, "Elements of Harmony?" Druze asked, "You know, laughter, honesty, loyalty, kindness, and generosity, they all make up the sixth element, which is magic." Venus replied, Druze was confused, "What happened to the virtues?" Druze asked, "I've never heard of them, not even Princess Twilight knows about it." Venus replied, Druze was confused, "Okay, still, a lot has changed." Druze said, "Maybe to you, maybe the part in Equestria you grew up in still practices the virtues." Venus replied, "I'll check another time." Druze said, Venus smiled, "Tell me, when did the Elements of Harmony become practiced through Equestria?" Druze asked, but he heard snoring and saw Venus has fallen asleep, he casts a spell and goes forward through time. Druze goes forward through the Void and watches his life, he sees Venus making a slow recovery, which made him smile, he goes through his memories and saw himself at work, he saw Dandy and his family arriving, he decides to enter the memory. Druze enters the memory and Venus was going over the papers, she was reading it and looking for anymore jobs to do, "Nope, it doesn't seem we have any debts to fix today." Venus said, "What's with those three over there?" Druze asked, "Today is Take Our Foals to Work Day, Druze, my wife also came along since there's nothing to do around the house today." Dandy replied, he looks and sees Dandy's wife basically looked like a female version of him, even her coat, mane, tail, and eyes were the same colors as Dandy, her mane and tail were longer than Dandy's, and her cutie mark was a black cast iron, a white towel, and a baby's bottle, the colt and filly also had the same coat, mane, tail, and eye colors as Dandy and his wife, the two did not have cutie marks, their manes and tails were growing out. The door opens and an earth pony stallion enters, he had a dark peach coat, shoulder-length black mane and a short tail, a short full beard and moustache, just barely grown past being a stubble, his eyes were brown, he had scars on his face, the most noticeable ones were two on his right cheek, and one across his snout, he was wearing a long-sleeved beige button-up collared shirt with the sleeves rolled halfway up his front forelegs and the top button of his shirt was unbuttoned, he wore a black denim jacket over his shirt, the sleeves were cut off at the shoulders and it had a pocket on each side on the chest area, the jacket had gold buttons on it, and the two buttons at the bottom were unbuttoned, black leather gloves on his front hoofs, his shirt was tucked into gray pinstriped pants with black stripes on it, they were over the brown boots on his hind hoofs, he had silver spurs on his boots, he also wore a brown belt with a big silver buckle with a lasso hanging on the left side of it, a brown gun belt with a silver buckle with revolver bullets in bullet loops and a revolver in the holster on his right side, a second holster to hold a rifle on his back with the strap going around his left shoulder and right side, a tan leather bandolier with rifle bullets around his right shoulder and left side, a tan saddlebag on his left side with a knife sheathed over it, a red neck cloth, and a black hat on his head with a black crown that had silver studs in it, and a small white feather on it, "Oh, good morning, Marston." Venus said, "Morning." Marston replied, "You need help?" Dandy asked, "Not right now, I'm just here to pay off more of my mortgage of my new ranch." Marston replied, "Oh, sure, just place it here on the desk." Venus said, and Marston does, "What are those things on your side and your back?" Druze asked, "Guns, they're self defense weapons for earth ponies, they were created to counter unicorn magic and to give earth ponies a way to defend themselves from Pegasi that attack them." Marston replied, "I've never seen those before." Druze said, "Yeah, a pony named Gunslinger used to sell guns in Equestria until Princess Celestia outlawed them." Venus replied, "How come?" Druze asked, "Princess Celestia saw a lot of problems with guns, too loud, recoil hurts one's hoofs, and one getting hit by a bullet caused excruciating pain and infection." Venus replied, Druze thought outlawing guns was a good thing for Equestria, "Well, here are the bits." Marston said, and he places it on the desk, "Thank you, Marston." Venus said, Druze, Dandy, and his family smile, "No, give it here, it's mine." Midas said as he walked out of his office and took the bits for himself, he took the bits for himself, "Raise the debt." Midas said, "What?" Venus asked, "You heard me, raise his debts." Midas said, "But... our job is to help them pay them off." Venus said, "Don't worry, my love, once when I have enough bits, you and I can spend quality time together." Midas said as he leaned towards Venus, "After I have enough bits, you're going to be working only for me." Midas said and he begins smelling Venus' mane and then starts kissing her right cheek and sticks tongue out afterwards and moves it side-to-side to lick Venus' cheek. Druze, Dandy, and Marston run to Midas, "Get off of her!" Marston said, and Druze pulls him back, Dandy pulls Venus away, and Marston punches Midas in the face with his front right hoof, making him fall, Dandy holds Venus while his wife and children stand up and watch with shock, "What's the big idea?!" Midas asked angrily, "That's no way to treat a lady!" Dandy said angrily, "You're going to regret this, all of you." Midas said, and he casts a spell to teleport away, his magic aura was pink, "Wait, that's the same color as the magic aura used on the wagon that fell on me." Venus said, Druze and Dandy were able to put two and two together, "So he's the one who injured her." Dandy said, "Well, I should get going, I have a ranch to run." Marston said, "Alright, take care." Druze replied, and he left, "I found Midas watching her from outside at her home last night." Druze said, "Again? I'll take Venus to my home today, I think she'll be safer there." Dandy replied, Druze nodded, "Come on, Venus." Dandy said, and he rolled her wheelchair to his home while his wife checked on her and made sure she was okay, Dandy and his family left with Venus while Druze casted a spell to see if Midas was anywhere near, he was not, so he travels forward through time, Druze goes through the Void and through time, he sees Midas hire private security and does not pay him, Dandy, or Venus for their jobs, which led to complaining, he enters the memory where he sees Midas. Venus and Dandy were angry with Midas, "We demand payment, Midas!" Venus said angrily, "No! The money's all mine! I want millions of bits! I want billions of bits!" Midas said angrily, "Then do the work yourself!" Dandy said angrily, "That's your job!" Midas said angrily, "Midas!" Dandy said angrily, "Security!" Midas said, and the earth ponies restrain them while he sees Midas run away, Druze shoots zaps from his horn to get the security guards off of Dandy and Venus and he and Dandy chase Midas. Druze and Dandy see Midas running and teleporting away, the security guards Midas hired tackle Druze and Dandy down, Druze zaps them with his magic and they fall easily, Dandy flies into the sky and looks for Midas, "Druze, he's heading to the west." Dandy said, Druze casts a detection spell and finds Midas, he runs after him. Druze runs and teleports to Midas while Dandy flies after him, more of Midas' security appear to block their paths, Druze zaps them unconscious while Dandy flies past them, Druze casts a sleeping spell to put them asleep and uses telekinesis to put them down softly, the two continue going after Midas as he runs away, he teleports away and Druze loses him, "He's in the alleyway, Druze, hold on." Dandy said, and he flies down and carries Druze, "I see him, thank you." Druze said, and he casts a spell and teleports there. Midas was at a dead end and was about to turn around, but he saw Druze and he casts a force field around the area, Midas tries to teleport out but was teleported back in, "There's no escape this time." Druze said, Midas growls and was ready to fight him, "Why did you injure Venus?" Druze asked, "Because I love her, and she wouldn't return my feelings, so she had to be paralyzed." Midas replied, Druze glares at him, "Defend yourself." Druze said, and Midas was ready. Midas shoots zaps out of his horn and Druze moved to the sides and dodged them easily, he shoots a big beam at Midas and he teleports to behind Druze and shoots a big beam at him, Druze jumps behind Midas while doing a back flip and shoots Midas in the back of his head, he screams and falls, he was about to cast another zap onto Midas but he teleported to another place in the force field and shoots beams at Druze, he teleports to be on the ground and dodged it, he shoots more zaps at Midas and he was hit, he screams and falls, he growls and shoots out a big blast, Druze activates a shield with his magic to protect himself, Midas' blast was very powerful, so he had to absorb his force field into his shield to withstand the blast, Midas soon stops and was pants, Druze casts a spell to take his soul but Midas quickly teleports away and reappears on Druze to tackle him, Druze casts a teleporting spell. Dandy and his family were back at the workplace and comforting Venus, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were there and giving the two their own bits to pay them for their work, a teleporting spell was heard and they see Druze and Midas fall, Midas floats up and shoots a big blast from his horn, Druze shoots one from his own and the two were in deadlock. Druze and Midas fire with all of their might while the others watch, "What the?" Princess Luna asked, "What's going on?" Venus asked, they look and see Midas have afterimages of his past incarnations appear, they see Sadism, Pontefract, Spoiled Rotten, Caligula, Dirge, and a form the others did not recognize, he had a black coat, short dark red mane and tail, blood red eyes, and his cutie mark was a white skull, Druze deduced that was Chaos. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna look and recognized Dirge and Caligula, Princess Luna was shocked, "It's you." Princess Celestia said, they look and see the other reincarnations of Druze, they saw afterimages of Sikhism, Judas, Buddha, Hindu, and Janis appear, shocking the two princesses, "Janis!" Princess Luna said, "Come on, sister, we have to help him." Princess Celestia said, and the two fly to him and fuse their magic beams with his own, the two enter a deadlock with Midas and hold him back, the two focus more and make their beams bigger, so did Druze, they overpower Midas and hit him and he screams. Druze pants and looks for Midas with a detecting spell, he a zap behind him and he was hit in the back with a big beam, he grunts and falls, he sees Midas appear in front of him and was about to shoot a spell onto him, but Druze fires a beam at Midas and breaks his horn, "NOOOOOOO!!" Midas yelled, "It's over, Chaos." Druze said, and he casts a spell onto Midas and absorbs his soul, he screams as he was absorbed into Druze. Druze crawls to Venus, and Dandy and his family, "Is that really you, Janis?" Princess Celestia asked, "Yes, Princess Celestia, I was reincarnated once again." Druze replied, "What? What's going on?" Venus asked, "Janis was Princess Platinum's court wizard when Celestia and I were fillies, a pony named Dirge attacked us one day, Janis stopped him, but lost his life in the process." Princess Luna replied, "Yes, I have been reincarnated throughout time to catch his soul, he has appeared throughout different times in Equestria as a different pony as well." Druze said, "Please, Janis, I'd like to see." Princess Celestia replied, and Druze casts a spell to show his experiences with hunting down his target, shocking those present, "Oh my, you went through all of that danger just to catch him, and helped those in need, I am proud of you, Druze." Venus said, "Thank you, but I must go now, I must bring his soul to the afterlife to receive punishment." Druze replied, "Go on, then, Druze, may his punishment be an excruciating one for the suffering he has caused." Dandy said, and Druze casts a spell and goes to the Void. Druze enters the Void and was in the area where The Judge was at, the fourteen figures were behind him, "NOOO!!" Chaos said, "You have tricked us into receiving pure salvation, and then you have reincarnated and committed all seven sins, along with outright admitting you're evil, your soul is to receive pure damnation." The Judge said, and the black scale goes down a lot, he hits the gavel with the demonic side of his hammer, a light blue portal opens to his left and Chaos' soul begins to go into the portal, Chaos' body appears and he tries to fight his way out, "NO!!" Chaos said as he tried to break free, The Judge hits him in the face with the demonic side of his sledgehammer and Chaos goes into the underworld while screaming and the portal closes as the scales revert back to normal. Druze is taken elsewhere and was back in the throne room with Spirit sitting in his throne, "Good work, Janis, I knew you'd get the job done." Spirit said, "What's going to happen to Chaos?" Druze asked, "He will cease to exist, those who receive pure damnation have their souls destroyed." Spirit replied, Druze thought the punishment was a little cruel, but did not argue with it, "You have a choice, Janis, you can choose to be reincarnated once again, or I can return you to the overworld, and you can enjoy the afterlife." Spirit said, "Reincarnation." Druze replied, "Really?" Spirit asked, "Yes." Druze replied, "Why?" Spirit asked, "Because there's always a chance someone like Chaos will appear again, and if that does happen, I'll be around to stop them." Druze replied, "Very well, your next life is just up ahead." Spirit said, and Druze begins to float through the Void. Druze goes through the Void and sees the rest of his life, he sees Venus make a full recovery, which made him smile, he sees his back injury catch up to him and he passes away, he sees his own funeral and saw Venus, Dandy and his family, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna were there, he saw Fortune was absent, so he assumed she passed away earlier, he sees a white light up ahead and he goes to it. Druze was a baby again and he looks at his front hoofs, he had a gray coat, "Welcome to Equestria, Tao." a mare said to his right, he looks and saw her, she had a red coat, long sky blue mane and tail, and dark orange eyes, "My name is Hard Work, I'm a construction pony, and that over there is Woodwork, your father." the mare said, Tao looks and sees him, he had a light green coat, short gray mane and tail, a full beard, and blue eyes, "Hello, Tao, I do carpentry for a living." Woodwork said, Tao sees a mirror to his left and looks, he sees he had a purple mane and tail, and dark yellow piercing eyes, Hard Work kisses him on the forehead, "Let's take you to your home." Hard Work said, and they go while Tao casts a spell to go through the Void. Tao enters the Void and he looks at Equestria, he sees how much it has changed, and word was spreading about Twilight Sparkle's School of Friendship, he keeps going and sees a suspicious part of his life, he enters it. Tao was now four years old and Woodwork was reading a letter, "It's from Doctor Whooves, he said he wants to speak to Tao." Woodwork said, "About what?" Hard Work asked, "It says he'll tell us when we go, we already prepaid to see him." Woodwork replied, "Well, let's go, the trip to Canterlot is going to have to wait, Tao." Hard Work said, and they go see him. Doctor Whooves and Tao sit across from one another, "Wow, well, it's good you got your job done." Doctor Whooves said, "Thank you, now tell me, how did you find me, exactly?" Tao asked, "Spirit gave me a vision in my dreams about you, he said you could be useful for taking down Claudius." Doctor Whooves replied, "I need time to rest first." Tao said, "Understandable. Well, what do you think of Equestria now?" Doctor Whooves asked, "So much has changed, I'm still trying to adjust." Tao replied, "Well, good luck, and your parents already paid, I'm going to contact them now." Doctor Whooves said, and Tao watches him, he sees Doctor Whooves use a communicating device to reach them, and Tao goes outside. Tao waits for his parents and they come shortly, "Wow, that was actually fast, and we still have time to go to Canterlot as you requested, Tao, come on." Woodwork said, and they go. Tao explores on his own and goes to where he used to work, he saw Venus and Dandy there, "Oh, hello there." Venus said, "Hi, Venus, Dandy." Tao replied, "How do you know our names?" Dandy asked, Tao casts a spell, his magic aura was purple, the two see an afterimage of Druze, "It's me." Tao said, "*gasp* Druze? Is it really you?" Venus asked, "Yes, I have reincarnated since my last death." Tao replied, the two hug him, "Oh, Druze, I've missed you so much." Venus said while crying tears of joy, "You should go, Druze, we're about to close and go home." Dandy said, and the two leave together. Tao trots to Canterlot's castle and sees it has changed, he sees Princess Celestia walking in the hallway, he trots to in front of her, "Oh, hello, what can I do for you?" Princess Celestia asked, Tao casts a spell and Princess Celestia sees an afterimage of Janis, "It's me, Celestia." Tao replied, Princess Celestia was surprised, "Janis?" Princess Celestia asked, Tao nods while the afterimage disappears, Princess Celestia becomes elated, Tao trots to her and the two hug one another, "Welcome back, Janis." Princess Celestia said while crying tears of joy, the two let go and Tao leaves to go find his parents, "There you are, we've been looking all over for you, let's go home, it's getting late." Woodwork said, and Tao goes home with his parents and begins to live his next life.