//------------------------------// // Chapter 43 // Story: Spider in Equestria // by DarkSpider //------------------------------// (Kairi's POV) The arrival of 6 strange looking individuals, plus one dragon had me instinctively summoning my Keyblade, with Celestia just as quickly calling her own before casting some sort of barrier spell, encapsulating the rift, the table and the newcomers. “Who are you?” I demanded. The only one of the newcomers who was currently standing, someone in a blue and black cloak with a hood concealing their face, simply lifted a hand until it was in front of their chest as the medallion fell into their palm before placing it in a pocket. They then looked around before seeing me and tilting their head. “I take it you’re the Displaced?” They said, their voice being male. I tilted my head in confusion. “Displaced?” I asked. “I can honestly say that I have no idea what that is.” The guy sighed. “Okay, answer me this. Were you originally someone else, went to a convention, bought something, and ended up here? If so, how long ago was that?” My eyes widened at that. “How the heck did you know that? That literally happened a couple hours ago!” “Wow,” one of the other newcomers said, their voice female. “We’ve been Displaced for a while.” I saw one of the smaller ones getting up and saw that she was a short figure with lavender hair sticking out of her head and silver armor covering various parts of her body including her eyes. She then rubbed her back before turning to the cloaked one. “Is landing always that painful?” The blue guy shrugged. “I gotten used to it to the point I can land on my feet.” “Noted…” The cloaked guy looked at the other newcomers. “You guys okay?” “Yeah,” one of them said, her voice sounding a lot like Twilight's. “Just wish we could've gotten a warning…” After that, the guy turned back to me before tilting his head again. He then walked towards me til he reach the edge of the table and bent over to look at me, with me seeing a scarf covering his lower face and the shadow of his hood hiding his eyes. “Who did you become anyway? You look kind of familiar.” OK, I’m gonna be honest here. I was in complete shock. I mean, how could you not recognize who I had become? There are memes about her, for crying out loud! With widened eyes, I replied, “Seriously? If you come from the world I came from, I find it hard to believe that you don’t know me. I’m Kairi, one of the characters of one of the most anticipated games of 2019, Kingdom Hearts 3.” “What’s that now?” Rainbow asked, her eyes going crossed as she tries to figure out what I was talking about. “I’ll explain later,” I replied. The cloaked guy did a double take. “What year?” “Uh, 2019,” I answered, raising an eyebrow. “What year is it supposed to be?” “I was Displaced late 2016. And I’ve only been Displaced for a few months.” He then placed a gloved hand on his chin. “Then again, time between universes is complicated in the stuff I've seen.” He then paused. “Wait, Kingdom Hearts 3? Wow. I thought that was as hopeless as Half Life 3.” “Meh, Kingdom Hearts is cooler from what I've seen,” another voice said, one that sounded like a girl. The next moment, a snap was heard and bright flash happened, then the remaining newcomers were immediately on their feet. My eyebrows shot up into my hairline, and my jaw dropped with what I was seeing. In front of me was another Rainbow Dash, and another Twilight, though this version of her was none other than Princess Twilight, wings and all. I quickly and instinctively put up my own barrier spell to strengthen Celestia’s spell, while Chirithy got Fluttershy and Luna, the two non-combatants, out of the room. “What the hell is going on here?!?” I yelled. “Why are there future versions of the ponies sitting at the table?!?” Of course, in my haste to prevent a possible paradox, I completely missed the small jackal-like pokemon that was unmistakably a Riolu climbing the cloak guy's legs, along with a small dragon. Another snap was heard and I was face to face with a pink filly with purple spirals for eyes. No irises or pupils. “Would you calm down? We don't need you to cause a scene. And a paradox? Really? Please, time travel doesn't work that way in Equestria. And if you know about Twilicorn, you should know about It's About Time. You know, the episode where two Twilights from different times interacted?” “Seriously, how much of our lives is in that show?” their Rainbow asked, shocked. “Again, everything of importance since Twilight arrived in Ponyville,” the cloak guy told her. He then looked towards me and crossed his arms. “So, I take it you have plenty of questions?” I blinked. I had totally forgotten about that episode. After a brief moment of thought, I sighed, lowering my Keyblade. “Celestia, I don’t think they’re a threat. Drop the barrier.” I turned to the cloak guy. “Alright, I’m willing to trust you, but just so we’re clear, one funny move, and you’re getting a fireball to the face; it’s been a very strange and stressful day…” As I said this, both Celestia and I cancelled our barrier spells, and let our Keyblades vanish in a cloud of sparkles. “First of all, my message stated clearly that I won't tolerate people hurting innocents. As for your day…” he sighed. “Try being face to face with timberwolves while all alone in the Everfree, getting kicked so hard you get knocked out, then being attacked by a certain pony when you wake up, and being threatened by said pony later when you did nothing wrong. And that was just my first day. Don't even get me started on the crazier stuff that happened later.” While he said that, the Rainbow that was with him looked uncomfortable and rubbed her arm with an embarrassed look on her face while she looked away. I raised an eyebrow. “Seriously? Man, that seems really out of character for you there Dash. But, you couldn’t possibly top my day. First I wake up as a girl I had a crush on since Kingdom Hearts 2 came out, then I fight a bunch of heartless, one of which is Nightmare Moon of all things, and then I meet my Shadow, make it into a Chirithy, and find out that the ruins of the Castle of the Two Sisters isn’t actually a ruined castle but an ENORMOUS clock tower memorial for Daybreak Town. So, yeah, I’m extremely stressed.” The entire group blinked, with the cloaked guy saying, “Okay...you lost me after you said Nightmare Moon was a Heartless. I only played the first game over a decade ago and I never even made it past Destiny Islands. And Dream Drop Distance a few years ago but I lost it before I could beat Wargoyle. So I'm very lost.” “And I have absolutely no idea what the heck either of you are talking about,” the armored girl said, with their Rainbow and Twilight nodding in agreement. “Ugh…” I groaned, pinching the bridge of my nose. I’d forgotten that not many people had played Persona 4, or knew what a Shadow was in psychology. “OK, from the top then. A Shadow is a facet of one’s mind that they do not want to acknowledge and try to hide. A Chirithy is a companion Spirit that was introduced into a mobile Kingdom Hearts game called Union X (Cross), and you are currently standing in a clock tower known as Midday Tower, that was hidden by Celestia as the ruins of what you know of as the Castle of the Two Sisters.” The cloaked guy stayed silent for a moment. “Huh. Kay.” The pink filly cleared her throat. “Okay...how does that lead to you summoning Tito here?” she asked, pointing at the cloaked guy. “That would be my fault,” Celestia answered. “I had made the realization that Kairi here was chosen by the Void to protect this world, and was giving her that medallion I had found years ago, since it was saturated in Void energy.” “I tossed it back after hearing your message, thinking it was just in my head,” I finished. The cloaked guy, Tito, facepalmed. “I need to find a way to change that…” he then removed his hand from his face. “Technically it was in your head, but it's kind of like a telepathic message. A prerecorded one, but still.” He then sat down by the edge of the table with his legs hanging out before grabbing the Riolu from his back and placing it on his lap, with it smiling as he started to stroke its fur. “I'm guessing you have some questions?” I nodded. “Understatement of the century there, but yeah, you could say that. Let’s start with how did I get here?” Tito shrugged. “The guy you bought the item from? Goes by the Merchant. From what I can understand, when someone buys something from him, they end up in a version of Equis as the person they were dressed as.” “Alright,” I nodded. “Next question then: When in the timeline is your Equestria set?” “I showed up early in season 6, so most of the stuff I know about already happened. But...some things are definitely different…” he muttered. “Season 6, huh?” I asked. “Honestly, I never made it past the 100th episode back in season 5. Anyway, next question, now that we’ve been Displaced, what are we supposed to do, and can we get home when we’re done?” Tito shrugged. “I met several Displaced, all of which been Displaced for varying times. A few been Displaced for years. And none of them have found their original universes. So I never bothered trying. Then again, besides my mom, I don't really have a reason to wanna go back anyway.” “Speak for yourself,” the armored girl said. Now that got me thinking. Was there really anything or anyone at home that I would truly miss? Now that I thought about it, there was probably only a couple people that come to mind. “Alright, could somepony tell us what the buck is going on here?!?” Rainbow yelled. “Rainbow Dash!” Rarity exclaimed. “While I agree with the sentiment, there is no need for such uncouth and vulgar language!” Before the pegasus can reply, the one that came with Tito immediately became a set of clouds and became herself again in front of her counterpart with a hand in her chin, completely unfazed about what just happened to her as her arms were glowing in a blue color. Our collective eyes widened upon seeing this. “W-wha..b-buh..h-huh?!?” Came the unintelligible gibberish from Twilight as she tried to comprehend what she just saw. “OK, you broke our brains,” I said in shock. “What was that?” “Remember when I said my Equis has some differences?” Tito asked. He then pointed at his Rainbow. “That is one of them. Ever heard of inFAMOUS?” “Heard of it, yes,” I confirmed. “Played it? No, I was never really interested in that one. The story looked kinda bland, and in my opinion, story trumps gameplay every time.” Tito shrugged. “Other way around for me. Hence why I played Dream Drop Distance when I knew nothing about the series. Anyway, Conduits seem to exist across the multiverse according to a friend. Rainbow here is one herself.” He then paused and placed a hand at his side, to a part of his cloak that had some obvious stitching. “It was...helpful when her gene activated.” I shook my head. “OK then, back on track. I really only have three more questions for you. First, what are all your names? I’m getting rather tired with just identifying you with your appearances. Second, why is there a Riolu and dragon with you? And finally, what exactly was the medallion from earlier, and how do I make one?” Tito chuckled. “Wow. Surprised we gone this long without that. Our mistake.” He cleared his throat. “Name's Tito, but most call me Dark now. The Blaze Displaced over there is my cousin Elizabeth,” he said, gesturing to the armored girl. “You already know about Dash and Twi.” He then gestured to the Riolu in his lap and the small dragon on his shoulder. “The dragon is Peter, and the pup is my daughter Brianna,” he finished, Bri giving a small yip. The pink filly then started levitating above the table and placed a hand on her chest. “And I'm Screwball. Daughter of Discord, princess of chaos, and the only pony in our world who has any knowledge on franchises from Earth.” “Discord?!?” Celestia exclaimed, Keyblade coming back out. “Oh right. Season 1,” Screwball said with a deadpan expression. “Calm down princess. My daddy isn't an issue in our world anymore. A certain pony is responsible for that.” She said with a smile. “Though you may wanna be careful. If this world is like baseline, you guys have a lot to deal with. And that's not counting the Kingdom Hearts stuff.” “Yeah, like the wedding,” Tito muttered, his Twilight sighing at that before giving a nod. “Wait, wait, wait,” I said. “Your daughter is a Riolu? Seriously? How does that work?” “Not only that,” our eyes turned to our Twilight. “But why is the other me an alicorn? I know I don’t have that sort of magical potential.” Tito's Twilight cleared her throat and averted looking any of my versions in the eye. “Well...let's just say I got a certain book and fixed a mistake on it.” “And she screwed a lot of stuff up and seriously messed up her friends’ lives before she fixed said mistake,” Tito added, to which his Twilight glared at him. “Well it's true.” “I'm sorry, what?” Elizabeth asked, sounding dumbfounded. “Not important,” Tito quickly said before he resumed petting Brianna. “As for Bri being my daughter, a bit of a long story. Short version is I saved her as an egg in another Equestria and got to keep it. A few days later, she hatched and imprinted on me, thinking I'm her dad. So I adopted her as my daughter.” “Well, considering what’s going on here and now,” I start, “I’d say that the possibility of what you had to do will be totally different, now that the continuity has been shot to pieces. But we got off track. What about that medallion thing?” Tito reached into his pocket and pulled out the medallion before tossing it to me. “That is my token. Tokens are basically how Displaced can summon one another. Mine is a copy of my medallion,” he said before reaching into his cloak and pulling out a necklace with a matching medallion and a small rock with a hole on it. “I...wasn't that smart, making it that just throwing my token is what summons me, since this is about the fourth or fifth time someone summoned me by accident.” “A token…?” I murmured, holding my chin in thought. “How do you make one?” Tito shrugged. “You take something that either represents you, like me with my medallion, or your character, like a Howling Stone for a Link Displaced. Then you “place part of your soul” in it or something. Never could figure out that last part but people seem to be able to figure that out on their own.” “Something that represents me…” I trailed off before turning to my bag and digging around in it. In no time at all I found the little bag of keychains that came with Destiny’s Embrace. I reached in, looking to use one of the keychains, when my hand touched something much bigger than your average keychain. I pulled it out to found the charm that the game version of Kairi made, along with a note. “I noticed rather belatedly that the appearance I gave you when I sent you to Equestria wasn’t quite complete.” “Huh, well that’s convenient,” I muttered before turning my attention back to the charm. I closed my eyes, focusing on filling the charm with light. Eventually, I opened my eyes and said, “This is my heart, my strength, full of color, full of life. If I am who you seek, speak 'light,' and I shall come. However, if your intent is evil... ash to ash, dust to dust, fade to black.” The charm briefly flashed before it floated off my hand and vanished, and a moment later, a small portal opened and dropped it back into my hand. “Told ya,” Tito said. “It's seriously that easy?” Elizabeth asked surprised. “Pretty much.” Tito then looked back at me. “Anymore questions?” “Just one,” I replied. “You guys helped me out, so in exchange, any of you want a Keyblade?” While everyone else seemed confused, Screwball blinked in surprise and Tito did a double take. “I'm sorry, what?” He asked in shock. “A what?” His Rainbow asked. “A Keyblade,” I said to his Rainbow while summoning my own again. “It is a mystical weapon designed to fight the forces of darkness. It’s also able to do a lot of other things as well, like open any lock, and channel magic.” I turned to Tito. “And yes, I can give you your own Keyblade. It’s not that hard, since they show us a ceremony in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep that’s designed to pass on the power.” “Um...don't you have to be worthy in order to so much as hold a Keyblade, let alone have one? I know that much.” I nodded. “If you’re only looking at the lore from the first game, yes, that is entirely correct. However, we learn in the later games that anyone can have a Keyblade, so long as they have traits that the master passing on the power is looking for. The lore got weird the longer the series lasted…” “Now that I know. Kind of why I skipped the cutscenes of Dream Drop Distance. But...you can seriously just give Keyblades? Even though you only been Displaced for a couple hours?” I shrugged. “I’m kind of a Kingdom Hearts nut job, so I have a very deep understanding on how my abilities work because of that, though I did sort of create a magic style as well that I had previously theorized about. If you don’t want a Keyblade, I could probably teach you that style instead. So, what do you say?” Tito stayed silent for a moment before shrugging. “Sure. Might be useful.” Elizabeth did the same. “A new weapon can help with some problems I heard of.” Twilight sighed. “If you really can, I guess I'll get one too.” Screwball shook her head. “Nah. I'm good. The magic thing might be interesting though.” Rainbow hummed before shrugging. “Sure. Gives me something to use when I'm out of fuel.” I nodded before walking over to Tito, lifting Destiny’s Embrace in my hand, turning it hilt first. “In your hand, take this Key,” I said, offering him the hilt. “And so long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend—no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love.” Tito put Bri down on the table before getting up and looking at me before he slowly lifted his hand and grasped the hilt. After Tito grasped the hilt, I slowly let go, allowing him to hold it for a few seconds. The fact that it didn’t flash directly back to my hand told me that he was worthy, no doubt about it, but when he asked about having to be worthy to have a Keyblade, I noticed something in his voice… Well, I’ll deal with it later. I then repeated the process with both Elizabeth, Rainbow, and Twilight, with matching results, before turning to Screwball. “Are you sure you just want to learn my magic style? I mean, I’m OK with that, but it does tend to work better with a Keyblade, and I have no idea how it’ll react to Chaos magic.” Screwball nodded. “Not like I'll actually be in many fights, if any at all. Tito and Cece are the fighters, along with Rainbow. I'm more a spectator at this point.” “Fair enough,” I nodded with a smile. “In that case, let me explain what this magic style is. I call it Music Magic, and, while it can be used offensively, it is primarily a support type magic. I can tell from what you said earlier that you know about a number of franchises from where me and Tito are from, do you happen to know Final Fantasy X-2?” “I know about as much as a certain person does and as of now, he knows absolutely nothing about Final Fantasy besides some stuff in 4 and 15. And some characters in Kingdom Hearts.” “Darn, I had hoped I could use that to better explain, oh well. In any case, Music Magic allows you to cast certain status effects on both enemies, and allies. For enemies, the effects will hinder their movements, blind them, poison them, you name it, while for allies, the effects will help them, rejuvenating strength, increasing magic output, etc, etc. The only limitation is knowing a song, and being able to attach the wanted effects to the song,” I explained. As I explained, I held my hand up, focusing on condensing my knowledge of Music Magic into an orb, similar to the Drive orbs from Kingdom Hearts 2. Soon enough I had a blue drive orb with a music note emblazoned on it, which I offer to Screwball. “This orb will give you all the knowledge you need to use this style.” Screwball blinked before muttering, “Really pushing it with her skills as a beginner, Bound…” She then shrugged and grabbed the orb. I blinked. “Honestly, I didn’t think that would work,” I say as I watch the orb absorb into the filly. “So, you think you can use it? Have a good understanding of the style?” Screwball looked at her hand for a moment. “Yeah, I think I do.” She then shrugged. “Who knows, I might be able to teach this to others.” We promptly heard some pianos starting up as Screwball tests her new magic. I blinked. “Huh, haven’t heard that song in years…” I mutter. I then shake my head. “So, how long do you stay, or do I send you back?” Screwball shrugged. “I can take us home with Tito's token or you can send us back whenever you want. Your choice.” “Well, I think Celestia is a little nervous with you around, Screwball, so I think you guys might need to go for a bit,” I said. “I can summon you guys again to hang out later. Oh, and before I forget, how do I give you a copy of my token?” Tito reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue gem. Before he can say anything though, Screwball immediately yanked it and disappeared. Tito stood silent for a moment. “Well, didn't see that coming…” “Uh, what exactly did she do?” I asked, confused. “She just took my chaos gem and teleported away, didn't you see it?” Tito asked, with Eli jumping up to slap him on the head. “HEY!” “Welp,” Applejack chuckled. “Can’t say he didn’t deserve that.” “You said it,” Pinkie exuberantly said with a smile. Tito simply looked at them before sticking a hand up to Eli and Applejack’s directions and pressed his two middle fingers down on them, with a white substance coming from his wrists and hitting them both in the face, a web appearing the areas it hit, with them immediately trying to pull it off their faces. I blinked. “You know, I never did ask who you were Displaced as. After seeing that, I’m gonna assume some sort of Spider-Man Displaced?” “Spider-Man OC,” he said as he waved his hand and the webs disappeared off Applejack and Elizabeth's faces. “Made it up years ago. Called DarkSpider, which is why everyone calls me Dark. I figured Dark is more of a pony name than Tito anyway so I use it so nobody can tell I'm not one.” He then gestured to his cloak. “Most folks think I'm an earth pony when I have this on so having a name like that helps. And trust me, ponies back home are pretty xenophobic. So it's for the best I have this and my costume.” I winced. “I had my suspicions, considering the Zecora episode, but I had hoped it wasn’t the case…” Screwball then teleported back in a flash of light. She then tossed him his gem before throwing another one at me. When I caught it, I saw that it was a pink crystal with black edges. “What’s this?” I asked, catching the gem. “Chaos gem,” Screwball explained. “Since a version of my daddy made the one Tito has, I figured I can make one myself. Let's you spawn just about any small item in your pocket. Tito here usually just uses his for copies of his token and snacks. Though there are a few more uses.” My eyes widened. “Um, are you sure it’s OK for me to have this then?” Screwball frowned. “What's wrong? Not like something this weak can cause any trouble. Not even strong enough to free this universe's version of my daddy.” “Uh, that’s not exactly what I meant,” I said with a sweatdrop. “I mean, it seems kinda valuable…” “So?” Tito's Rainbow asked as she leaned by the table. “Pretty sure anyone who tries to mug you will get their plot kicked.” “Fair enough, I suppose,” I shrugged. “Sssooo, how do I use this thing anyway?” “Just concentrate on an item and reach into your pocket or bag,” Tito explained. “The thing you thought of would appear instantly.” As if to prove his point, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a snack that looked like a chocolate cupcake and gave it to Bri, who gladly started eating it. “Hmm…” I concentrated on the item I’m wanting to pull out, and pulled out a little Morgana plush. “Oh wow!” I exclaimed. “This could be really useful later on!” “Again, can't do anything big like weapons or the like,” Screwball reminded. “But you can use it so you can have copies of your token on hand.” “Ahh, OK then,” I reached back into the bag and pulled out another one of my tokens, tossing it over to Tito. “There you go, use it wisely!” Tito caught it, and almost immediately that a faint flash of blue light coming from the token before it changed colors, with 3 points turning a royal blue color and the remaining 2 turning pure black. Tito stared at the token. “Well, didn't see that coming…” I shrugged. “Neither did I, really. So, is there anything else you want to do, or are we done here? Cause I think Celestia is really wanting to have a word with me.” I said sheepishly as I saw her glaring at me. “Yeah, when do we get those key things?” Tito's Rainbow asked. “Hard to say,” I replied with a shrug. “In the games, it varies from person to person. For example, for Riku, it took almost 10 years before he got a Keyblade, while for another character, Axel, it took about a day at most. All I can say for sure is that you’ll eventually get it.” “According to Lea, Axel's real name, it was likely just a snap of the wrist and then he immediately had it in his hand,” Screwball said. Tito looked at his right hand for a moment before taking a deep breath. He then reached his arm out with a flick on his wrist and a medium-sized Keyblade appeared in his hand, with him taking a step back in shock. “Huh, go figure,” I said, eyes going wide. I took the time to study the Keyblade. It’s a mid-length, bladed piece, with a wolf head as the guard, a web surrounding the handle, and a spider at the head. The blade itself was a deep, royal blue, while the wolf head and web design are silver, and the spider at the end is a pitch black. In all honesty, it reminded me of a cross between the Sleeping Lion, and the Pumpkinhead Keyblades from the first Kingdom Hearts game. Elizabeth removed her visor, revealing golden eyes as she stared at it. “Okay, I can understand the spider stuff and the colors, but why the wolf stuff? I mean sure you can turn into one, but so does anyone with that token.” “Woah, woah, wait a minute,” I cut in. “You can turn into a wolf? Just how OP did you make this OC of yours?” “That isn't something I gave him, even though I do like wolves,” Dark said. He then grabbed at the rock on his necklace. “This is what gives me the ability to turn into a wolf.” “And a rather big one,” his Rainbow commented. “Right. Anyway, it's the token of a Link Displaced. Infused with Twili magic and allows its user to turn into a wolf. Though know that the first transformation is very painful.” I winced. “Yeah, no thanks. I don’t need that sort of pain, especially since I’ll have a new pain every month…” I shuddered as I remember that little can of worms. “In any case, I think we’re done here, unless you want to do something else before you head out.” Tito stared at his Keyblade again before dismissing it. He then looked towards me. “Well I can only think of 2 more things. A small request, and a gift.” I shrugged. “What did you have in mind?” He then looked towards Screwball, who pulled out a camera and tossed it to him. After he caught it, he turned back to me. “The request is simply a picture. Basically I take pictures of all the Displaced I meet so I have more of a way to remember them besides just their token.” I smiled. “Sure, I’d be happy to let you take a picture.” I summoned my keyblade put the time on the ground with both hands on the hilt. “I’m ready whenever you are!” He then readied the camera. “Say “hearts”.” He then took the picture and the camera had a faint glow for a moment before he gave it back to Screwball, who had it disappear. “Nice!” I let my Keyblade disappear. “So what is this ‘gift’ you have for me?” He pulled out a phone from his pocket before taking a deep breath, his hands soon gaining a blue aura around them, then the phone having a matching aura. After a moment, it stopped but he leaned towards the table, panting. “I told you that you need to be careful,” his Twilight said, sounding annoyed. “I'm fine, Twi… Don't worry.” A moment later, his clothes seemed to change, turning pure black. When it finished, he stood up straight and stopped panting. “Uh, you do know that you could have channeled whatever spell that was through your Keyblade, right?” I asked. “It would have made it a lot easier for you to cast the spell.” “Duly noted,” Tito said, his voice sounding...deeper for some reason, the others looking at him in confusion. He then looked at Screwball and lifted the phone. “Think you can give this an upgrade?” Screwball took the phone and teleported away again to who knows where. “OK,” I said slowly. “What was with the creepy voice a moment ago?” “Creepy voice…” he said before he seemed to realize what was going on. He then sighed. “You really wanna know?” “Can’t be as dark as Danganronpa,” I shrugged. “Might as well find out.” He stayed silent for a moment before sighing as his cloak changed back to the way it was before and a black substance started enveloping his right arm before morphing into a neck and a head, with pure white eyes being the only thing on its face. All of Dark's friends stepped back in shock, with Bri tilting her head in confusion. “I should have known,” I sighed. “Hello Venom, are you friendly, like in the movie, or are you just gonna bite people’s heads off?” “Venom?” Tito's Rainbow asked in confusion. Venom's eyes widened before shaking his head. “You have nothing to fear from me miss,” Venom said, his voice sounding very similar to Tito. “I just wish to help my host in anyway I can.” “Alright, so the version of Venom from the end of the movie, got it,” I nodded. “One thing though, there isn’t some bloodthirsty version of you called Carnage, is there?” Venom sighed. “While I have no idea what movie you're talking about, since it clearly isn't Spider-Man 3, I'm afraid there is a Carnage in our world. My brother. Luckily he wasn't one of the ones freed.” “Hold up,” his Rainbow said before doing that cloud thing again to appear in front of Tito and Venom. “What in Tartarus are you and what are you doing on Tito?” Venom looked to her. “I am a symbiote, made by your...friend's blood and was freed on Hearts And Hooves Day. After that, I bonded with him and we came to an agreement.” “You sure about this Tito?” Elizabeth said. “Last I heard, Venom is bad news.” “I know, but he hasn't caused any problems yet so I'm willing to trust him,” Tito said. “Is there a reason you didn't tell us about him?” Princess Twilight asked. Venom was the one who answered that. “He wanted to tell all of you after the little meeting you had. Said he didn't want you guys to be distracted.” Princess Twilight sighed. “Fine,” she said as Venom retreated inside Tito. Screwball then showed up again, the phone in her hand having a pink case on it. She then tossed it to me before saying, “There you go. Completely upgraded.” I lifted up the phone, looking it over carefully. It looked vaguely like the the Gummiphone from Kingdom Hearts 3, right down to the crown like design that was part of the case. “OK, so how is a phone that has no service gonna help me?” “The upgrades I gave are pretty good in my opinion. Wi-Fi access, certain videos are available to be seen, unbreakable, and able to contact Tito and Elizabeth whenever you want without needing to summon them.” She then smiled. “I may not be able to help in a fight due to some...restrictions, but I can still help in stuff like this.” My eyes widened, and the phone slips through slackened fingers, clattering to the floor. “Wi-Fi access? Able to communicate between dimensions?” I whispered. “How is that even possible? Unless you have a Time Lord on hand, it really shouldn’t be!” She shook her head. “No. Just chaos magic. And it's called chaos magic for a reason. Not counting certain restrictions that a higher up imposed, my daddy and I can do just about anything. Heck, my dad literally made me using his chaos magic.” I pinched the bridge of my nose. “Right, ol’ Q is at it again. Forgot about that…” I muttered. “Anyway, I assume you have people - er - ponies waiting for you.” Tito nodded. “To send a Displaced that you summoned back, you simply say “your contract is complete”.” “Huh, simple enough,” I nodded. “Your contract is complete.” A portal opened behind Tito and the rest of his group. “Welp, I’ll keep in contact as much as I can. Until next time, and may your heart be your guiding key,” I finished with a Japanese style bow. Eli rose an eyebrow. “And may the Force be with you too,” she said in confusion before jumping through the portal first. Screwball sighed. “I'll explain when we're back.” She then looked to me. “Hope you have a good life, Kairi.” With that said, she then went through the portal. Their Twilight sighed. “Well, this was...something. It was nice meeting you, and sorry for any trouble.” After Twilight went through, Rainbow looked back me. “Well, not gonna lie, this is better than the last time I went to another Equestria. Though hopefully we can just do more than stand around and talk next time. See ya around.” She then flew through the portal. Tito took a deep breath before removing his hood and lowering his scarf, revealing his peach skin face, brown eyes, and black hair. He then walked up to me and stuck out his hand. “It was nice meeting you Kairi.” I smiled as I took his hand, giving it a firm shake. “Safe travels, Tito.” I let his hand go, then step back. He then picked up Bri, who waved to me with a smile on her face, and walked to the portal. Before he went through, he stopped and turned back to me. “Two more things. One, know that your phone has unlimited power, so don't worry about it dying. And two, if you ever need help of any kind, just ask. Got it?” I laughed. “The same to you. Got it memorized?” I smirk as I point to my head. Tito rose an eyebrow in confusion before shrugging and turning back to the portal. “Until next time Kairi.” With that said, they went through the portal, with it snapping closed immediately after.