//------------------------------// // Day 16 // Story: Alternate to Magic // by smirker //------------------------------// Walker, Runner, and Sprinter were in the Void in their dreams and were meditating, they finish after sometime and go to The Judge and gave him the three souls, The Judge looks at the one Walker gave him, "Male, from the world Unifer." The Judge said, "You two know that world?" Walker asked, "Nope, don't know that one." Runner replied, "Me neither." Sprinter said, The Judge checks the other two souls, "These two are from that world as well." The Judge said, "Are they members of the Anti-Spirit cult?" Runner asked, "Yes." The Judge replied, "Alright, let's train for the rest of the night, we pack up and leave when we wake up." Sprinter said, the two nod and they go back to the temple and meditate together. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter wake up the next morning and the three start packing up, they pack up their things and head outside, the residents of Ponyville tell them to wait and Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle run to them, "What are you three doing?" Sweetie Belle asked, "We're moving." Walker replied, "What? Why?" Scootaloo asked, "We got attacked by the Anti-Spirit cult yesterday evening, they found us, we have to leave before more of them show up." Runner replied, "What? Let me see them." Twilight Sparkle said, and the three bring the three intruders outside, the people in Ponyville gasp, "Wait, you three didn't offer to their friends?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "They were there to kill us!" Walker replied, "You didn't bother to hear them out?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "Princess Twilight! They would've killed us if we didn't fight back, and you saw what happened to Starlight Glimmer when she tried to offer friendship." Walker replied, "But the Anti-Spirit cult is made up of many different types of creatures, right? You should try giving them a chance." Twilight Sparkle said, Walker glares at her. Fighting was heard and everybody saw the Undead in Aerostia, Chrysaor, and Yomi, the harpies, vulcans, and onis fight them and destroy them all, "As we said, we have to move, but we'll still come here for school and work." Sprinter said, "I have to remove the harpies, vulcans, and onis as well." Spirit said, the others look at the three worlds and see him in front of them, "Due to the Possessed and Undead being common in their worlds, I have to separate them from this world for your safeties." Spirit said, "No, please, Spirit, I still want to spread friendship." Twilight Sparkle replied, "Maybe another time, when you have a better understanding of the other worlds." Spirit said, Twilight Sparkle looks down, Spirit uses his powers to separate Aerostia, Chrysaor, and Yomi from Ponyville and everything was back to normal, "I bid you all farewell." Spirit said, and he disappears, "Well, we should get going as well." Princess Luna said, and she flies away with Princess Celestia, "Well, if that's everything, I'll be going back home then." Sunset Shimmer said, and she goes to Twilight Sparkle's castle and through the mirror, "Princess Twilight, the spell." Walker said, "Oh, right." Twilight Sparkle said, and she undoes the spell she cast on Walker and the souls of the dead become invisible again, "Well, let's go." Sprinter said, "Guys, wait." Silverstream said while she runs to them, "You three are leaving, right?" Silverstream asked, "Yeah, why?" Walker asked, "Well, I was wondering if you three could find the king of my kind." Silverstream replied, "The king of the hippogriffs? Why?" Runner asked, "Well, you see, he's my uncle, and he died while protecting us from the Storm King, and I miss him so much, I was hoping you three could find his soul for me." Silverstream replied, "We'll see what we can do." Sprinter said, "Thank you, I hope you three can find him." Silverstream replied, "Alright, let's go." Sprinter said, and he walks out of Ponyville with Walker and Runner. It was a normal day in Ponyville and the foals go to school, the souls could no longer be heard conversing, "I miss Walker already." Sweetie Belle said, "Me too." Scootaloo replied, the other students agree, "Give him time, class, he said he'll come back here after his family is done moving." Cheerilee said, "Ah want him back now." Apple Bloom said, the students agree, "Just wait a bit, hopefully, they will be back soon." Cheerilee replied, and class continues. Runner's and Sprinter's students all do what they were taught and missed their teachers already and wished for them back, Runner's students keep running and stretching while Sprinter's students fought one another to learn self-defense, "It's different without Runner." a filly said, "Yeah, there's no one to lead us or teach us." a colt replied, "And those souls are not here to run with us." a second filly said, "Our class feels empty without them." a third filly replied, "Well, I guess we're not running today." a second colt said, and they go home. Sprinter's students try to fight one another and learn new things, "It's no fun without Sprinter." Gallus said, "Well, look on the bright side, no more cheap shots and low blows." Sandbar replied, "That's true, I'm still bummed out I didn't get to teach Walker how to meditate, though." Ocellus said, "Well, maybe when they come back here after moving." Smolder replied, "Friends go on without Yona, Yona still recovering from yesterday." Yona said, "Okay, we'll be here when you're ready." Silverstream replied, and they all continue to train on their own while Yona sits and recovers from fighting the onis yesterday. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter go back to their old home and unpack, they lived in the middle of the woods with no neighbors, "We had to move back here, granddad?" Walker asked, "Well, I think it's a better option than going in a cave." Sprinter replied, "It is the safest place now, just remember to keep a low profile here, Walker." Runner said, "Yes, dad." Walker replied, and he has salad for breakfast and heads outside. Walker walks around the woods and sees Genghis was there as well, he walks to him, "Here to train, Walker?" Genghis asked, "Yeah, what are you doing back here, though?" Walker asked, "Well, since you and your family aren't in Ponyville anymore, I'd figured that I should come back here as well." Genghis replied, "Ah." Walker said, "Well, let's train." Genghis said, and he makes sixteen targets appear again. Walker does the wall jump again and messes up near the top again, he tries again and actually passes that time, "Yes." Walker said, "What do you think made you pass that? Practicing enough times, or did you just get lucky?" Genghis asked, "It feels like I got lucky." Walker replied, "Then you have to do it again." Genghis said, Walker rolls his eyes and does it again and passes, "Oh maybe it was practice after all." Walker said, "Would you like to continue training?" Genghis asked, "No, I'd like to take it easy today." Walker replied, "*chuckle* Very well." Genghis said, and he goes back home, and he, Runner, and Sprinter teleport. Ponyville was a regular day and Walker, Runner, and Sprinter teleport to the outskirts of Ponyville and walk in, they come and the people in Ponyville greet them, the three went to where they usually went for their days, "WALKER!!" the students said excitedly, "Hi, guys." Walker replied, and they run to hug him, he hugs them back and they let go, Walker sits in his seat, "Where did you go, Walker?" Sweetie Belle asked, "My family and I just moved back to our old home." Walker replied, "Where is it?" Sweetie Belle asked, "Why do you want to know?" Walker asked, "I was thinking about visiting you." Sweetie Belle replied, "My old home is very far away from here." Walker said, "Where do you live?" Sweetie Belle asked, "In the middle of the woods." Walker replied, "Where are the woods located?" Sweetie Belle asked, "Southern Equestria, close to the Bone Dry Desert." Walker replied, "Oh, that is far." Sweetie Belle said, "Yeah." Walker replied, "Walker, Sweetie Belle, it's work time." Cheerilee said, and the two work, Sweetie Belle sees Walker was irritated as always due to the voices of the souls of the dead distracting him, but he works. Runner and Sprinter go back to their jobs and everybody was happy, Runner runs with his students and they end up running around where Sprinter teaches self-defense, "Son, careful, your students might end up getting hit by mine." Sprinter said, and Runner and his students run farther away from him and his students, Sprinter teaches his students basic grabs and grapples and throws some of the students over his shoulders, the two teach their students and they all have fun. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna run Canterlot and the ponies start screaming, the two head out to the balcony and see skeleton ponies attacking Canterlot, objects with light blue outlines floating around in the air and being thrown at their subjects, and ponies with light blue flames in their eyes', "What is going on?" Princess Luna asked, they see their subjects being attacked by an unseen force and Princess Celestia realizes what was going on, "We need Sprinter and his family here, I'll send a letter." Princess Celestia said, and she goes back to her throne room and begins writing. Twilight Sparkle and Spike visit the hospital and go see Starlight Glimmer, she was unconscious in the bed, "How is she?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "She was bleeding a lot when we took the dagger out, we had to stitch up the wound and put a bandage on it, her heart's been stable so far." Nurse Redheart replied, "Is she going to be okay?" Spike asked, "At this rate, yes." Nurse Redheart replied, "Where is the dagger?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "It melted last night." Nurse Redheart replied, "That's too bad, I was hoping to study its properties." Twilight Sparkle said, Spike hiccups and burps with fire coming out, a letter appears and he reads it, "It's from Princess Celestia, she said the souls of the dead are invading Canterlot, she needs Walker, Runner, and Sprinter there now." Spike said, "Let's go get them." Twilight Sparkle replied, and the two go to get them. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Spike, Walker, Runner, and Sprinter arrive in Canterlot and see the ponies being possessed and others attacked, Twilight Sparkle casts a spell on Walker's eyes and the souls of the dead become visible, everybody sees them attacking the others, "You all go on, we'll deal with them." Runner said, "No, we deal with them together." Twilight Sparkle replied, and they see the royal guards get overwhelmed and possessed by the souls of the dead and they go to Canterlot Castle. Twilight Sparkle teleports herself and the others to Canterlot Castle and they see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna firing zaps at the possessed ponies to subdue them, "Where is the leader?" Princess Luna asked, chuckling was heard and an earth pony soul as tall and muscular as Big Macintosh appears, "Looking for me, Celestia and Luna?" the stallion asked, "Dad?" Sprinter asked, the others realize it was Jumper, "Step aside, Equestria's mine." Jumper said, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity fire destructive spells at him and his army, but their zaps go through them, "What the?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "You cannot harm what is already dead." Jumper said, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna back away in fear, "Go, Equestria's ours to conquer." Jumper said, and they begin to invade Canterlot, "We'll deal with the souls, we leave the Possessed, Revived, and skeletons to you guys." Walker said, and they all go. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter fight the souls and destroy several of them with one hit, Runner fights them directly with his sword while Walker and Sprinter stand in the back and shoot them, much to Runner's dismay, he continues to fight the souls of the dead with his sword and absorbs them when they turn into floating flames, the souls float and possess the objects around them and fly up and go to Walker and Sprinter, the two shoot them and Walker dodges a vase that was thrown at him by rolling to his right. The souls run and fly to Walker and Sprinter and Sprinter teleports to behind the souls of the dead and shoots them in the back and absorbs them, they turn around and go to him and Walker shoots them from behind, and Runner runs around and attacks the invading souls with his sword, they finish and see all of the souls were gone, "That was easy." Walker said, "It's just beginning." Sprinter replied, and they see the others struggling, "Let's go." Runner said, and they teleport around to help the others. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity fire magic from their horns to deal with the Possessed and skeletons, the royal guards go to them and attack them with their spears, and Twilight Sparkle is forced to cast restraining spells on them. Rainbow Dash fights the skeletons and destroys most of them with one punch, one tries to sneak up on Applejack from behind and she bucks him and destroys the skeleton, destroying the skeletons releases the souls possessing them and they would attack them directly, "How are we supposed to fight this?!" Rainbow Dash asked, "Ah don't know, but we can at least deal with the skeletons and possessed people." Applejack replied, the souls punch them from their blind spots and knock them down. Pinkie Pie throws pies at them and she was somehow able to hit the souls, she dashes away and comes back with her party cannon, "Party!" Pinkie Pie said with excitement and fires it, some of the souls get blasted away. Fluttershy whimpers while she stands in front of a unicorn soul who was about to attack her, "Um, is there anything you'd like to talk about?" Fluttershy asked, the unicorn zaps her and she yelps as she flies through the air and falls, she tries to get up and the souls gang up on her and attack her from all directions, Fluttershy grunts and cries while the souls beat her up, one flies into her and possesses her, her eyes have light blue fire come out of them and she flies around while smiling menacingly. Twilight Sparkle and Rarity cast restraining spells on the Possessed, they all grow arms out of their shoulders and try to undo the magic around them, so they grow bigger in size and the magic restraining them grows along with it, they see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna casting various spells in hopes one will undo their possessions, "Anything so far?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "No." Princess Luna replied, and Twilight Sparkle tries, they could not undo the possessions while they modified the bodies of the possessed ponies, Pegasi souls fly to them to attack them and the unicorn souls shoot magic at Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity, zaps hit the four, they grunt and fall over, they see the souls coming to fight them, "Walker, Runner, and Sprinter deal with this every day?" Rarity asked, "I think so." Twilight Sparkle replied, they see the souls coming to them to attack. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter appear and slash the souls with their swords, but they did not become flames after one hit, "It's been a long time, Sprinter." one Pegasus soul said, "You know them, dad?" Runner asked, "Unfortunately, yes, most of these souls were in the gang Jumper led when he was alive." Sprinter replied, the three fight the souls and they shoot them while they block their sword attacks and they turn into flames and the three absorb them. Green fire appears in their sights and they look to the lefts, they see Spike using his fire breath in hopes of attacking the souls, but while his fire did have some effect on the skeletons, it went through the souls without harming them, the ponies gag from the smell of the burning bones. Spike is tackled from his left and he grunts, he falls over and sees Fluttershy, "Fluttershy?" Spike asked, "No." Fluttershy replied with her own voice and a male voice, "No, she's possessed." Twilight Sparkle said, "Fluttershy! Nooooooo!" Pinkie Pie said, Walker, Runner, and Sprinter teleport to her and were about to stab their swords into her, "No!" Twilight Sparkle said while she casts telekinesis to pull Fluttershy away, "You three can't do that! She's a bearer of an Element of Harmony." Twilight Sparkle said, "I'm sorry, Princess Twilight, but the only way to free her now is to kill her." Runner replied, "No, it can't be." Twilight Sparkle said, "She's right, there has to be another way." Princess Luna said, "Say hello to your new friend." Fluttershy said, and she flies forward and tries to punch Twilight Sparkle with her front hoofs, but Rarity casts telekinesis to restrain her, "Reinforcements." Sprinter said, they all look and see more souls of the dead coming to invade them, the ponies stop fighting since they see there were hundreds of dead souls coming to invade them, "Genghis, we need you now!" Walker said, running is heard souls come from their rights, they all look and see Genghis running into battle with his solders behind him, they attack the invading souls, Genghis walks to Walker, Runner, and Sprinter, "Having all the fun without me?" Genghis asked, "Never." Runner replied, Genghis chuckles and he runs back to lead his army to fight the invading army. Rainbow Dash and Applejack punch and kick the skeletons and destroy them, the remaining skeletons fall and the souls possessing them come out, one flies into Rainbow Dash's back and tries to possess her. Rainbow Dash grunts while she resists the possession and the others look at her, Rainbow Dash continues to grunt, "Get... out... of... my... body!" Rainbow Dash said while she continues to resist, she begins to scream and then let out a loud grunt while standing on her hind legs and holding her front legs out, the soul trying to possess her is shot out of her body, Walker and Runner look on with surprise at seeing that Rainbow Dash's willpower was strong enough to resist possession, "Ha! In your face! Nopony is going to take control of me!" Rainbow Dash said, "A little help here, y'all?" Applejack asked, and Walker, Runner, and Sprinter teleport to them fight the souls, the three get overwhelmed, so they summon dark blue flames around themselves that spin counterclockwise around them and teleport around, they burn the souls and they turn into light blue flames and three absorb them into themselves, they all go back to the others. The others look and see the possessed Fluttershy trying to break from her magical bonds, "You'll be through when I get you all." Fluttershy said, the three look and see Genghis' army fighting the invading souls, Walker, Runner, and Sprinter teleport to fight them, Runner fights the opponents directly with his sword while Walker and Sprinter shoot the invading ponies who were fighting Genghis' army in the back of their heads, Sprinter looks back and sees Jumper was leading them from the very back, "Grandson, I leave them to you and Runner, I'm going to go see Jumper." Sprinter said, "Okay." Walker replied, and Sprinter runs to him. Sprinter runs to Jumper and he sees him coming, "You're still alive, Sprinter, I thought you'd be dead by now." Jumper said, "I've kept my body in shape." Sprinter replied, Jumper scoffs and teleports away. Sprinter looks around and Jumper appears behind him and tries to slash him with a sword in his front right hoof, Sprinter holds the sword over his own back and behind himself and blocks it, Jumper teleports again and appears on Sprinter's back while having his front legs wrapped around his neck, Sprinter gags while he swings around to get Jumper off, he did not, so he teleports and appears behind him and in the air, he slashes the back of his head with his sword, Jumper grunts and quickly turns around and does a horizontal slash with his sword, Sprinter falls from the gravity and the sword misses him, Jumper punches him with his front left hoof, Sprinter grunts and he falls over and slides on the ground, he stands back up, Jumper holds his front legs up and the pony souls willing to obey him appear around him, he holds his front right hoof out and they go to attack Sprinter. Sprinter shoots them with his pistol and destroys their body forms with one hit, the flames float away. Jumper teleports away and appears behind Walker, Sprinter teleports to behind him and tries to attack him, but Jumper appears in front of Walker and tries to make Sprinter attack him, Sprinter stops and teleports away, he appears in front of him, Sprinter teleports to him and was about to slash him with his sword, but he teleports away and sees he was about to hit Runner, "Dad!" Runner said, and Sprinter manages to stop himself mid-motion, Jumper appears behind Walker and grabs him with his front right hoof, he grunts and struggles to break free, he teleports to behind Runner and grabs him with his front left hoof, Jumper appears in front of Sprinter while holding Walker and Runner, Sprinter appears behind him and tries to slash him, but he teleports away, Sprinter shoots his pistol at Jumper and he teleports away again, he appears in front of Sprinter and holds Walker out in hopes Sprinter will hit him, he jumps and tries to slash Jumper, he holds Walker up and puts him in the way, "GRANDDAD!!" Walker yelled, but he ends up putting a small cut on the left side of his neck, Jumper teleports and kicks Sprinter in his back with his hind right hoof, he grunts and falls. Jumper chuckles at seeing Sprinter was unwilling to harm Walker and Runner, the two try to teleport away from him, but he teleports to them and grabs them again, "Pathetic, Sprinter, you always were a softie, you refuse to harm your own offspring, and look at what you have produced, a son who cares about honor and loving only one mare, and a grandson who cares about visual arts, these two should be warriors and muscular, you have tainted our bloodline with weak ponies, if I knew this would happen, I would've killed you myself years ago." Jumper said, "It's your own fault, Jumper." Sprinter replied, "Hmm?" Jumper asked, "You created me when you raped my mom." Sprinter said, "She was a strong warrior, perfect for producing a strong offspring who would grow up only knowing fighting and killing, you should've done the same to your son, and he should've done the same to your grandson." Jumper replied, Sprinter teleports to him and slashes his front right knee with his sword, Jumper grunts and drops Walker, he teleports to his left blind spot and slashes his front left knee, Jumper grunts again and drops Runner, "Let's transform." Sprinter said, and the three and Jumper float in midair and spin counterclockwise, they let out grunts and they all take on alicorn-like forms made out of dark blue flames. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter walk towards Jumper and the three begin slashing him with their swords, he blocks each slash with ease and teleports behind him, he makes a second sword appear in his front left hoof, he slashes the three with both of his swords, the three teleport to behind him and shoot him with their pistols, he cuts each bullet with his swords and flies up, he flaps his wings and sends waves of dark blue fire out. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter fly up and shoot beams of dark blue fire out of their horns, he blocks them with his swords and dark blue flames appear around him and spin counterclockwise. Jumper teleports to behind them and the three grunt in pain, their voices were distorted, the three fly up and shoot bullets at his head, he swings his swords around and cuts them, sending waves of fire out, the three teleport around to dodge them, the four grunt and float back down and change back to their normal forms. Jumper teleports to Sprinter and tries to slash him with both of his swords, Sprinter blocks them with his sword and the two enter a deadlock, "Walker, now, teleport behind him and shoot him in the back of his head." Sprinter said, Runner looks at him with shock while Walker did what he was told and shoots Jumper in the back of his head with his pistol, he screams and falls over. Jumper pants while Walker, Runner, and Sprinter walk to him, he sees the others coming as well, "I knew I should've killed you, Sprinter, but I didn't because I hoped your son and grandson would be fighters like you, but they didn't, you ruined our bloodline." Jumper said, "No, he did not, you abused him and hurt him, you didn't give him any love or affection from what we have seen from his memories, if anything, he made his family bloodline better." Princess Celestia said, "I was a better parent than he ever was." Jumper replied, "No, you weren't, you're a horrible parent, no parent should ever try to sacrifice their own children and grandchildren." Twilight Sparkle said, "Lies, I beat Sprinter to make him strong." Jumper replied, "No, you didn't, you beat me and abused me to fuel your own sadism, you smiled every time I cried and was in pain." Sprinter said, Jumper becomes speechless, "I've had enough of you, Jumper, I'll raise Runner and Walker to my own accord, you have no place in our family." Sprinter said, "Why did these ghosts attack me for?" Jumper asked, "You tried to conquer your own country, that makes you a traitor." Genghis replied, "What?" Jumper asked, "You heard me." Genghis replied, Jumper begins to recover and stand up, Sprinter shoots him in the head with his pistol, he changes to floating light blue flame and absorbs his soul. Everybody looks at Genghis and sees him with his army, "Who are they?" Walker asked, "The ponies from the army I was raising, they remained loyal to me, even after death." Genghis replied, they hear grunts and look back and see the possessed ponies and Fluttershy, "Any of you have ideas?" Twilight Sparkle asked, "Death's the only way to free them." Genghis replied, "No, we already said, we're not doing that." Princess Celestia said, "You think Zecora might know a ritual or something?" Rainbow Dash asked, "Well, it's worth a try, I'll be back." Twilight Sparkle replied, and she teleports away. Everybody waits and Twilight Sparkle teleports back with Zecora, she sees the Possessed and examines them, "Ya got anything, Zecora?" Applejack asked, "Indeed, I do, there is a ritual that I can apply, and at my home, I have the supplies." Zecora said, "Let's go." Twilight Sparkle said, and they do while Princess Celestia and Princess Luna stay behind to clean up Canterlot. Twilight Sparkle teleports herself and everyone to Zecora's hut and Zecora instructs them non-verbally to lay the Possessed on the floor, Zecora places white candles around the Possessed and lights them up, "Form a circle, close your eyes, and join hoofs, to keep the Possessed ensnared, quickly now, as we do not have time to spare." Zecora said, and they do. Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Spike, Walker, Runner, Sprinter, and Zecora form a circle around the lit candles and join hoofs and close their eyes', Zecora begins to chant in a foreign language the ponies did not understand, the flames on the candles fly up and form a barrier of fire around the Possessed. Fluttershy and other possessed ponies try to break through the barrier, but the fire burns them and sends them back, they continue to try to break through while Zecora continues to chant, Fluttershy grows two black skeletal tentacles with light blue flames around them out of her back and they try to break through the fire barrier, the other Possessed grow wings and second heads to shoot light blue fire out of, but Zecora continues to chant and the fire goes into the Possessed, they screech and scream while the parts the Possessed grew out of the bodies disappear. The candle flames extinguish themselves and everypony opens their eyes', Fluttershy and the other ponies groan, "What happened?" Fluttershy asked, "Fluttershy? Are you there?" Rainbow Dash asked, "Yes, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked, Pinkie Pie runs to hug her, "Yes, she's back." Pinkie Pie said, "Get back!" Runner said, the souls that possessed the ponies appear and he, Walker, and Sprinter shoot them with their pistols to destroy their body forms, the change to floating flames and the three absorb them, Sprinter opens a portal with his mind and he enters it with his son and grandson. Fluttershy gets surrounded by her friends and hug her, "What happened, everypony?" Fluttershy asked, "You got possessed by a ghost." Applejack replied, "Oh, so that's what happened, I heard a stallion in my head and he said he was a friend who wanted to help me, so I let him enter." Fluttershy said, "That's why you got possessed in the first place." Rainbow Dash replied, "Come on, let's get these guys home." Twilight Sparkle said, and they all leave Zecora's hut. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter were back in their old home after giving the souls to The Judge and the three Aggressives laugh while clapping, "You three showed them!" Sprinter's Aggressive said, "Yeah, you three fought good." Runner's Aggressive said, "If only we could've seen Jumper's face when he received damnation." Walker's Aggressive said, the three chuckle and Walker begins to paint a new picture while Runner reads a book, and Sprinter starts making lunch for all three of them. A few hours pass after the three have lunch and they hear knocking at their door, Walker opens it and sees Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Princess Cadence, "Walker!" the Cutie Mark Crusaders said happily and hug him, he hugs them back and they let go, "How did you three find this place?" Walker asked, "Princess Cadence flew around and found it for us, we wanted to see ya again." Apple Bloom replied, "Yeah, your house really is far away from Ponyville." Sweetie Belle said, "Can we enter?" Princess Cadence asked, and Walker lets them in, "Wow, your home is small." Scootaloo said, "So, what brings you all here?" Runner asked, "We wanted to say hi to Walker and play with him some more." Sweetie Belle replied, "I'm also here to foalsit Walker, when I have the time, I'll try to come here and act as his surrogate mother." Princess Cadence said, "Well... thank you, all of you." Walker said, the four visitors smile, "You four hungry?" Sprinter asked, they all nod and Sprinter makes a salad for them, "Is this all you eat, Sprinter?" Apple Bloom asked, "Most of the time." Sprinter replied, "What do you guys eat if you're still hungry?" Scootaloo asked, "More vegetables." Runner replied, "Seriously, you three should eat more, here, I brought more cookies." Princess Cadence said, and she takes them out of her saddlebag, "Yay!" Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle said, and she gives one to them and Walker, "You two want a cookie?" Princess Cadence asked, "No, it's fine." Runner replied, "Yeah, no thanks." Sprinter said, "Wow, these are good, did you make these yourself, Princess Cadence?" Sweetie Belle asked, "Yes, I did, they're fresh out of the oven, too." Princess Cadence replied, and they eat them, "Thank you, Princess Cadence." Walker said, "You're welcome." Princess Cadence replied, "Can we play tag again, Walker?" Sweetie Belle asked, "Don't travel out too far or be too loud." Runner said, "I'll be watching them." Princess Cadence replied, and they go outside and play tag while Princess Cadence watches the four foals, they run around in the woods while Princess Cadence flies around and keeps an eye on all four of them. Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Walker play tag around Walker's house and the four have fun, Runner and Sprinter walk outside after about thirty minutes pass, "Come on, let's go back to Ponyville, dad and I still have classes to teach." Runner said, and Walker, Runner, Sprinter, and Princess Cadence teleport there, the Cutie Mark Crusaders hold onto them to teleport with them. Walker, Runner, Sprinter, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Princess Cadence arrive in Ponyville and Runner and Sprinter go teach their classes while Walker continues to play with Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, and Princess Cadence watches them, the souls of the dead ponies and animals reappear and the townsponies welcome them back, Runner and Sprinter teach their classes and Walker decides he needs to take a break after playing tag for about an hour. Walker decides to sit and he meditates with Optimist, Pessimist, Passive, Aggressive, Body Walker, Mind Walker, Spirit Walker, and Emotion Walker around him, Spirit Walker glows brighter, "Walker?" Ocellus asked, Walker opens his eyes slowly and sees her, "Is it okay if I try to teach you a few things on meditation?" Ocellus asked, "Sure." Walker replied, and Ocellus sits to his left and meditates with him and floats, "Let go of all of your negative thoughts and only have happy and positive energy inside of you, Walker." Ocellus said, "Actually, my meditation is supposed to get rid of all thoughts." Walker replied, "Well, try to make yourself feel happy, it'll boost your confidence." Ocellus said, and the two meditate together, Ocellus floats while Walker does not, "Do you feel the positive energy flowing through you, Walker?" Ocellus asked, "No." Walker replied, "Try to think of your happiest memory, Walker, let it make you feel happy, and then when it does, forget it, but keep the positive energy in you." Ocellus said, Walker thinks about painting and feels happy, he puts it out of his mind but the happy feeling goes away with it, "The positive energy disappeared with the memory." Walker said, "Oh, well, keep trying, you're on the right track." Ocellus replied, and he tries, Mind Walker's electricity crackles while Emotion Walker's flames rise a little, he inhales through his snout and exhales through his mouth, he opens his eyes after about ten minutes, "I think that's enough for me now." Walker said, "Alright, I'll remain here and keep meditating." Ocellus replied, and Walker walks away. Walker walks around Ponyville and sees Princess Celestia flying, she lands in front of him, "There you are, Walker, I've been looking for you." Princess Celestia said, "Another problem?" Walker asked, "No, I've got something for you to read, I think it will help you." Princess Celestia replied, and she gives him a book, he looks at the title, "Internal harmony?" Walker asked, "Yes, while making friends is important for everybody, I believe what you need to do is achieve balance between your passive and aggressive behavior, along with your positive and negative outlook on life, see, look at them." Princess Celestia replied, and Walker does, he sees Aggressive and Pessimist were glowing a little brighter than Passive and Optimist, "See, what you need to do is achieve balance and have all four of them glow equal to one another, when you do, you will be a balanced pony, I will try to help you however I can, good luck, Walker." Princess Celestia said, and she flies away. Walker sits and reads the book, "You will make yourself smarter if you start now." Optimist said, "You will put yourself to sleep." Pessimist said, and Walker reads, he reads about internal balance and was almost falling asleep, he sees Princess Cadence to his right and she reads with him, "Walker." Runner said, Walker gets startled and sees Runner and Sprinter in front of him, "We're done for today." Runner said, "I have to go take care of Flurry Heart, see you three later." Princess Cadence and they say bye to her, she kisses Walker on his forehead and flies away, the three teleport home. Walker, Runner, and Sprinter have dinner and they wash the dishes together, Walker decides to paint while Runner begins reading the book Princess Celestia gave him, and Sprinter exercises, the three go on with their days until they feel tingling in their heads, "Walker, Runner, Sprinter, I have souls for you three to get in a new world, I'll open the portal when you three come to the Void." Spirit said telepathically, and he ends the contact, "I wanna go now." Walker said, Runner and Sprinter chuckle, "Alright, but remember, Walker, don't get too excited." Runner said, "It is also a new world, so all three of us stay together at all times." Sprinter said, he opens a portal to the Void with his mind and the three enter, the portal closes and the three go to explore the new world.