-James POV-
“Come on James! Why did you have to pick one of the most unknown characters in all of the geekdom to go as for Comic-Con?” My sister Mary partially screamed at me. It's not that she was mad at me or anything. That was just the only way we could hear each other of the crowd.
“Because I wanted to actually go as someone different this year! I didn’t want to be just another superhero or game character that literally everybody else is!” I say this while gesturing to the three groups of Justice League that had walked in as we were talking.
“But couldn’t you have at least picked someone that had a cool outfit, like maybe Kickass or practically anyone else.”
“Maybe, but you know how much I like the Divine Dungeon. And I can’t really dress up as a giant gem.” I say this with a roll of my eyes.
“At least then you would have stood out. You are dressed in practically rags right now. Wasn’t that light full body fake chainmail supposed to have come yesterday?” She looks pointedly at me.
“It was delayed due to a storm. So, this is all I had and you know it!” Deciding it was time to change the conversation, I point out towards a random vendor. “Why don’t we have a look around for a bit before you chew my ass off again. Ok? I mean, look! That is dress like the merchant from Resident evil! I bet he has some interesting things.” I start heading over there before she could start up again.
“Fine, go look at your shiny objects I’ll just go get something to eat. Cause it is not likely, there will be much food later after the real rush gets here. You better not text me later when you get hungry!” I just barely hear her say as I rush off to this vendor.
I look in awe at the stuff he has displayed out on his table. On the far right, I see a pair of red and black claws straight out of Prototype. Next to them is both the Omnitrix and the Ultimatrix from both Ben 10 series. Those seemed to be just the beginning. I saw items from video games and tv-shows both. I couldn’t believe my eye.
“Well, it certainly seems like my wares caught your attention.” I hear a gravelly voice say with a chuckle. “Hmm normally, I would suggest an item for your costume, but it appears that you are without one.”
I chuckle nervously as he looks at me. “No, I’m in costume alright. Just an obscure book character. I'd be surprised if you had something for me.”
“Then who, pray tell are you going as then?” he says with a raised eyebrow. “I am going as Dale from Divine dungeon. I understand if you have no idea about who that is.”
“Hmm, I believe I do know you then. Give me one moment I think I have something for you.” As he says this, he bends down to search underneath the table. “No. Defidently not. Maybe? Nope. Ah, here it is.” He lifts up what appears to be a small clear gem with 6 other colorful
gems attached to it. It has runic symbols carved all over it so incredibly intricate they are almost indecipherable. “A beast core designed exactly like though inside of Dave.” He said proudly, “I worked hard on this one. It took me a few tries to get it just right, but I eventually did. And it is only a hundred bucks!”
I could barely peel my eyes away from the gem shocked that it was so low for such a magnificent piece of work. Before I could change my mind, I bought it.
“You have no idea how happy I am to see that has finally found a home. Though I must warn you.” He says sheepishly. He quickly looked away from me. Unable to meet my eyes. “That is an early model, so it might hurt a bit.”
“What do you…” Before I could finish the sentence, I felt an immeasurable amount of pain flow through my body from the gem in my hand. I couldn’t even scream from the amount of pain I was in.
“I am sorry about that. It cant be helped. Have fun.” The last thing I saw before passing out was the merchant's eyes, each an infinite galaxy of stars.
-Third person POV-
As Nightmare Moon stood triumphant over the ponies sent to stop her, she laughs in victory. “Did you truly think I would have let you use the elements on me? I will not be stopped now that I have finally destroyed them!”
Twilight stares in shock at the pedestal that once contained the elements of harmony in disbelief. Before she has a chance to say anything Nightmare moon grabs her by the throat and throws her at her friends. She stares up at them in defeat, thinking that all is lost. As she stares at her friends, she sees the conviction in their eyes staring back at her.
Twilight quickly gets up and glares at Nightmare Moon. “You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that? Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here. Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter! Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of... generosity! And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire, represents the spirit of... loyalty! The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us.”
“You still don't have the sixth Element! The spark didn't work!” screamed Nightmare Moon in laughter.
“But it did! A different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear from you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all... are my friends! You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the... the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the element of... magic!”
As Twilight finished her speech, a light surrounded the girls lifting them off the ground with the powerful mana flowing through them. A beam of mana so dense it pushed all the free-floating essence in the room, shot from them towards Nightmare Moon with a roar.
“NO!” Before Nightmare Moon could teleport away, she was hit and banished from the body she had possessed.
As a weakened Luna lay on the ground, with many forms of active essence floating around her, an interesting effect took place.
The many forms of essence floating around her clashed with each other. The first effect that took place was a portal opening in the air above her. It was an unstable and constantly fluctuating gate into Equestria with different scenes changing from deserts to lush forest, and cities of great sizes to villages of only a few families.
The second effect that took place was celestial and infernal essence colliding and creating a dangerous and rare form of essence known as chaos essence. This chaos essence reacted to the portal and created something completely unique and random, as is the nature of chaos. The portal was changed from a simple unbound portal into a Gate to The Between. A place that has existed only in theory to the greatest of the equestrian minds.
As everyone stared at the Gate to The Between a scream was heard. This was not a scream of fear or even pain, this was a scream of pure agony. A man, the source of the scream, fell from the portal. He hit the ground hard enough to crack the stone floor and released a groan of pain. He writhed on the ground in agony with his mouth open in a silent scream and eyes wide in panic.
As everyone stared at the man, he let out a single gasp that sound between relief and pain as he passed out.
With a single sentence, Rainbow Dash said what everyone is thinking. “Who the fuck is that?!”