//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: The Start Of My Journey // Story: The Day I was Reincarnated To Equestria // by ItsAceHerobrineAS //------------------------------// Five days, no... Three days before the Summer Sun Celebration. It's gonna be my first Summer Sun Celebration this year... I hope this will go well. My mirror was cracked earlier, they say it's bad luck. But I ignored it. As I readied my saddlebag, Yuri. The stupid cyan-gray weeaboo, furry wolf. Barged inside my house like it was nothing! "Hello, Ace!" He said, and I facehoofed. "Yes, hello dude. But why the heck did you barged inside my house!? You didn't even bother to knock!" I was outraged, giving him an annoyed look. "Says the one who barged inside my classroom when we were grade eight." He reflected on my complaint, he even gave me a harmless smirk. "Look, that's in the past. Don't bring that up, it makes me cringe." "Okay..." Yuri said in a sad tone. "So, what do you want?" I asked. "I wanna play Cyberpunk 2077 on your computer!" He demanded with a happy smile. "No, that's literally the worst game in 2020. And I don't have one." "How about GTA Five!" "No, do you think I'm somepony who owns a graphics card?" "Minecraft RTX ON!" "As I said, I don't have a graphics card. If you are trying to play one, it's not gonna play. Besides, if it did... You better replace my computer because my motherboard is fried!" I explained. As Yuri kept requesting some games that I obviously don't have and it's incompatible on my computer... I grabbed his long pointy ears and I dragged him as I went outside. "Tetetetetete. (Japanese reaction to 'ouch') What the hell?" "Ite! Will you please stop that?" "Agay! Buang gyod ka!" (OUCH! You're really are crazy!) Yuri was suffering, but it doesn't hurt very much. He's just overreacting. "I'm surprised you still know our native language, despite being reincarnated to a different dimension for decades." I said, as I dragged him towards the town square. He doesn't seem to care anymore, he just crossed his paws and he gave me an annoyed look. As we reached the town square, where Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and the others were gathered. I threw Yuri to the ground, and boy... He is mad. "Buang ka!? Ngano gi bira ko nimo padulong diri!? Layo pa gyod kaayo! Gikan sa balay nimo padulong sa baranggay hall! Buanga nimo oi! Tan-awa ang lubot nako! Murag gi kagid!" (Translation: Are you crazy!? Why did you dragged me here!? It's so far away! From your house to the town hall! You're so crazy!! Look at my ass! There's so many scratches that it looks like I have some skin problems!) He yelled at me, and I just gave him an annoyed look. "Uhh, Ace? What's Yuri talking about?" Rainbow Dash asked me with a confused look. "He's just crazy. He's so crazy that he made his own language, hehe." I chuckled. "ACE!! YOU'RE SO MEAN!! WHY DID YOU EVEN GRABBED ME ALL THE WAY HERE!? IT HURTS YA KNOW!!" He yelled, while he's blushing from embarrassment. "Then why didn't you tell me that your ass is aching?" I asked. "Oh... Anyways... Why are we here!?" He asked as he put some bandages on his own ass. "We're here to prepare for a festival Yuri." I answered. "Oh, come on." He pouted, crossing his paws while sitting down. "Sigh, you're still an introvert... even in death." I sighed. "Anyways, since we're here. How about let's start to prepare for the celebration!" Mayor Mare said, enthusiasticly... With a little jingle at the end. "Yeah!" We all agreed with excitement, except for Yuri, still holding his butt. But he still agreed, with a tiny bit of enthusiasm. It was a long time of planning... But we still did it. Applejack will be incharge of the preparations for the banquet. Rainbow will be incharge for cleaning the skies. Sounds outrageous but I got used to it now. Rarity will be incharge for the decorations. Flutters will be incharge with the music. Pinkie will be incharge for the preparations of the party. Yep, Pinkie will be Pinkie. Now, me and Yuri... Well... We just give some ideas away. ====================== 6:00 pm... In my own house ====================== Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Yuri. All of us were inside my house, having a dinner and were discussing for tomorrow's Summer Sun Celebration. "So... what we do for tomorrow?" Yuri asked while reading a RWBY manga that I just printed yesterday with a brown synthetic leather cover. "Heh, egghead." Rainbow Dash teased Yuri as she drank her cider. "Come on Rainbow! This manga is so good! I'm on the good part now." Yuri talked back. "Mang-ga?" Rainbow asked, and was confused. "That's what he calls at comics with good illustrations." I answered. "Jiiiiiiiiiiiii-------..." Yuri stared at me with a pouting look. "Anyways, since the celebration is tomorrow... I was thinking on putting a parade or something." I suggested And they seem to agree. "Uh Ace, darling. If we we're going to do a parade... The clothes might not make in time." Rarity warned me. "No need, the purpose of a parade is to make you and the others happy." I replied, comforting Rarity, but it made her disappointed a bit for not having the time to make some clothing. "I just realized something." I seem to hit something on my head. "Rarity, continue to make some clothes! Applejack, help the cake family by giving them high quality fruits as much as you can! Rainbow, do some aerial performances in the air. Fluttershy, command your animals to do some spectacular performance in the parade! And Pinkie, do your thing in the parade. Because... We're gonna make a parade where only the five of you are going to participate." I explained my idea out. and they clapped and cheered. "Hoooweeee! Its eh nice idea Ace!" Applejack cheered. "Thanks darling, for giving me a chance to make some clothes." Rarity thanked me. "Thanks man! For giving me a chance to show of my awesome flying skills!" Rainbow Dash seemed to be excited. "Oh, it's gonna be a lovely performance!" Fluttershy seemed pleased. "YAAAAAAAY! ITS A NICE CELEBRATION EVER!!" Pinkie yelled in happiness. "Thank you Ace for not giving me a task, hehe." Yuri smirked. I gave him a fake smile, and transformed it into an angry face. And I smacked him at the head. "AGAY!!" (Ouch!) Yuri yelled in pain. "No, you ain't gonna be dozing in my house for the whole preparation. You must help me you dimwit. I gave you a manga ya know. So you better pay me back by helping me in the celebration." I scolded him. "Yeah, Yuri dear, you must not be lazy in these two days. This is the most important event in Ponyville." Rarity also scolded Yuri. "Hey, no fair! You scolded me but not Ace? He literally punched my head." Yuri cried, and I chuckled a bit. "Maybe that's plot armor dude, hehe." I joked. "Why would you break the fourth wall at this time!?" He cried. I ignored Yuri's ramblings at the whole night. It was pain dealing with him, but it was worth it. We discussed everything we need to do for tomorrow. And the others went back home. Yuri pleaded that he's gonna play some games at my computer. And I accepted it. But with one agreement, she must make sure to close the computer after using and she must also not wake me up when I'm sleeping. She agreed and I went to bed. Man, that was a long meeting. ======================= ... In every light, and joyful things... There would be darkness and torment... ... ... ... ... So dark... What is this place? I could hear some evil laughs, but I can't seem to tell where it came from. Wait, the evil laughs... They turned into... normal laughs... But I could still feel a speck of evil in it. The surroundings... It became more lighter... I blinked, and I could see... humans... But, what is going on? The clothes they're wearing are familar. As I ran to them to greet them... Something is wrong... The more I ran, the more clearer the surroundings... I could see them... My old classmates in my elementary days... They're laughing at something... no... They're laughing at me... Why are they here... I shed a tear... I could feel my heart sinking... Six years of torture in that cursed school... Why are they still here? "Y O U ! !" I yelled in anger... "ILL... FUCKING... KILL YOU!!" I was enraged, my voice was glitchy... "SIX YEARS IN THAT TORTURE CHAMBER!! I WAS SHUNNED BY THE WHOLE SCHOOL!! YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED MY PAIN! I HAVE FINALLY SEEN THE LIGHT OF THE TUNNEL!!" I screamed, as the chains appeared and binded my hooves and neck "AS I FINALLY FOUND MY FREEDOM! I VERY HAPPY!" "AFTER A FEW YEARS! I WAS KILLED AND WAS REINCARNATED IN A  PLACE WHERE I COULD FINALLY BE FREE!! AND AFTER A DECADE... YOU FOLLOWED ME!!" "WHAT!? ARE YOU BORED WHEN I DISSAPEARED IN YOUR LIFE!? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ME TO HAVE SOME FUN AGAIN!?" "HELL NO!" "TOUCH ME AGAIN... AnD i WiLl KiLl YoU!! eVeN iN mY sEcOnD dEaTh!!" And everything went black, again... RAAAAAAAAAA ================== GGHHHHHHHhhhhh. I woke up... "Ace, please stop... You look like a possesed pony..." Yuri said, as he clenched on my body. "It was... a nightmare..." I was sweating. I wept on my bed... "Thank god it wasn't real... sniff... I don't wanna go back there again... sniff... I don't want to see that again..." I was crying, and Yuri comforted me by patting my back. "You know Yuri, I know you're a male wolf... I must say... You reminded me of my mom. That's what she do when I'm sad." I confessed. I cried a bit, and slowly went to bed... Hoping, that nightmare won't come again... ============================ Two days before the Summer Sun Celebration... In these two days, nothing special happened. Me and Yuri helped Rarity for the clothes and decorations. She asked me on what design I liked, but I told her: 'Just go with the flow'. Applejack also asked us on what food should be served in the festival. I just told her that 'anything is fine, as long as it's delicious.' Fluttershy also asked us on what music should she play with her animals... I just told her that anything is fine, as long it fits for the festival. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie also asked us on what they should perform. I told them that any entertaining things are fine. Everything was going smoothly. After a whole day, I went to my bed. Thankfully, there are no nightmares occuring in my sleep. One day... before the Summer Sun Celebration. It's the same as yesterday, they're rehearsing. There are no problems occuring today, which is good. As me and Yuri were trotting around town, we saw a flying... golden carriage? Being pulled by two pegasai. They seem to be royal guards. I swear, it's my first time seeing one, and Yuri is just... He's not surprised because he got used to it now. As the carriage decended, we saw a magenta colored unicorn and a magenta colored baby wingless dragon with lime spikes. As the two went down from the carriage, the carriage flew away. "Yuri, we better not interfere with this mare, she seems important." I told Yuri, and he agreed anyways. As we were about to go back home and take a rest, Pinkie, just zoomed right past me! "Dude, is Pinkie nuts? She shouldn't have done that." I thought, as my jaw dropped to the ground. I was kind of interested on what's going to happen. So me and Yuri just stared at the two. As Pinkie stared at the unicorn, the mare made a little 'hi'. Pinkie, the big idiot she is... Jumped in the air, gasped for air, and zoomed away. I was, dumbdounded... Why would she do that!? Look at the guards earlier! They look like royal guards! And this unicorn seemed important, you shouldn't have done that! As we were about to go home, this unicorn approached me. "Excuse me sir, are you the-" The unicorn paused as she looked at our unique looks. Well, we are unique... A fluffy pony with a pair of scaly dragon wings, and a cyan-gray wolf at a size of a pony. "Am I the what?" I asked, with a smile obviously. I don't want her to feel bad because of my grumpy face. "I don't see your kind in books before... You seem kind of... new." She asked, with a skeptical look. "Come on Twilight! Look at him! He looks like a dragon!" The baby dragon said, as he wrote something on a scroll. Twilight? So that's the name of this unicorn. "May you... introduce yourself..." Twilight said, as she smiled. Before Yuri could introduce himself, I spoke up first. "I'm Ace, a Draconid. And this idiot over here is Yuri, a stupid Lycanthrope." I said, half-heartedly with a smirk. "Ace! You're so mean!" He cried, as he threw some weak punches. "This is just like Kazuma and Aqua (Watch Konosuba if you want to get this corny joke) but us!" He cried again. "Ignore him, he's just delusional." I teased. Yuri sat down, while crossing his arms. Twilight and her dragon were both confused, and they shakes their heads. "Anyways, I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight introduced herself. "And I'm Spike! The most wonderful dragon assistant!" The dragon also introduced himself, while holding a scroll that seemed important. "Anyways, I'm here to check if things are going smoothly for the Summer Sun Celebration." Twilight said as she checked the scroll that Spike was holding. "Well perfect timing, you're currently talking to the ponies who gives away some ideas for the others." I said, as Yuri stood up. "Okay, since you guys are one who's responsible for giving ideas for the celebration, how about giving us a little tour." Twilight request as she wrote something on that scroll. "Will do." We both agreed. Twilight's horn is glowing and was emitting a magenta colored aura. And the scroll and quill were levatating. I am not very surprised about that because that's the very first magic I seen upon reincarnating at this world. As we walked, I could hear them whispering something. "This is a good chance to make friends Twilight! I'm sure Princess Celestia will be happy for you!" Spike encouraged Twilight but she seemed uninterested. "Look Spike, something terrible is coming! And the faith of Equestria doesn't rest on me making friends." She panicked a little bit and calmed down. "Something terrible? Friends? What is she talking about? I better seal my mouth for a while and find out what does that mean." I thought as we kept walking. We first arrived at Sweet Apple Acres to meet up with Applejack, the one who's responsible for the banquet preparations. "Howdy there Ace and Yuri! Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres!" Applejack greeted us. "Hello, too AJ. Looks like the preparation is going smoothly for your task, huh." I greeted back, and Yuri is just standing there, doing nothing. "Good thing it is! And who's this sugarcube? She seemed new." AJ asked, about the new unicorn. "Hello there, you must be Applejack, the one who's responsible for the banquet preparations. I'm Twilight, and this is my assistant Spike. We're just here to check things for the celebration." She introduced herself. "Hoowee! Ya must be a very busy pony with a little amount of time. Here! Have a sample sugarcube!" AJ said as she grabbed a cake sample and shoved it on her mouth. Twilight muffled a bit, and swallowed the piece. "This is actually pretty good!" Twilight commented with a smile. "Ooh! Let me try!" Spike said as he grabbed a piece of the cake and ate it. "It really is good!" "I know right! Have sum more!" Applejack encouraged us to eat a large amount of her samples. We don't want it to turn it into waste, so we just ate it all. We went back to Ponyville and headed to the town hall. "Oh, I ate too much pie." Twilight complained, with a big belly. "Sorry about that Twilight. She's just like that." I apologized while Yuri was staring at me with jealousy. "OH! HOW UNFAIR ARE YOU ACE!? YOU ARE SO SOFT TO OTHERS WHEN THEY MAKE A MISTAKE!" Yuri cried, with a speck of tears inside his eyes. "It's because I know you more than the others." I said in a flat tone. "Oh come on!!" He complained. "Man, there must be a ton of food for the banquet. Because she gave a ton of food away for free." I said with a suprised face. After a few minutes of walking... "I'm sure there will be a blue pegasus flying around here, clearing the clouds." Spike said as he faced up, looking at the sky. "Well, she's not clearly doing her job right-" Before Twilight could finish her statement. Rainbow Dash suddenly flew passed us and crashed at Twilight in a puddle of mud. Good thing me and Yuri avoided her. Even if we were there to shield Twilight from the impact, she'd still be sent flying to a puddle, and will be squished by our weight. Rainbow Dash stood up and chuckled a bit. "Uh, dude." I said, but I kept quiet after that. "Hehehe, oops." Rainbow said, not feeling guilty. Twilight looked pretty dissapointed, while covered in mud spots. "Hehehe, I'll help you cleaned up." Rainbow chuckled, grabbed a rain cloud, placed it above Twilight. She stood on top of the cloud and jumped on it. As she kept jumping, there was rain under that cloud. It's like seeing waterfalls in the middle of the road. After giving Twilight a quick, wet wash. Rainbow went back to the ground. "And something I patented..." Rainbow kicked the rain cloud away. "Rainbow Tornado Dryer!" She boasted and flew so fast in circles. Very fast that she made her own makeshift tornado. But it's not enough to demolish some buildings though. After she dried Twilight with her 'invention'. Twilight's mane is a huge mess, it looked like that she wore an afro. Rainbow, Spike, Yuri and me, laughed. I tried to be respectful, but it won't. I still laughed. And Twilight looked a bit disappointed. "So, you're Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked. "Yes, the one and only, Rainbow Dash! The greatest flyer in Equestria! A future Wonderbolt! Do you know me? Am I popular?" Rainbow Dash asked too many questions, and I cringed a bit. "A Wonder what? Now that's sounds new to me. I better ask her later about that." I wondered. "Yes, I know you. You're the one who's responsible for clearing the clouds." "Since you are the fastest flyer in Equestria, how about you clear the sky of Ponyville in three seconds flat." Twilight challenged. "Wait, you're challenging me?" "Yes. Let's see if you really are the fastest flyer in Equestria." "Let's see about that!" Rainbow Dash accepted the challenge. Before Twilight could count the time, Rainbow flew away, and cleared the sky in less than three seconds. Me and Yuri, well... Just appreciated Rainbow's work. While Twilight's jaw was literally dropped to the ground, but don't worry, Spike puts her jaw back in place. Well, she still looks funny, her mane resembles those wigs that the royalty wore in the French Revolution or something. After that little mess, we went to the town hall to check things up on Rarity's task. Decorations. We went inside the town hall and greeted a bit. "Hello Rarity, how's the decoration coming along?" I asked with a smile. "It's splendid darling! Just give me a few minutes and this wonderful decorations will be finished!" She joyfully answered. As Twilight went inside to check out for the decorations, Rarity caught her in her eyes. And dashed right at me. "Ace, Yuri! Darlings! Its pretty unstalliony (pun of unmanly) for both of you! Having a beautiful mare like her to be in this horrendous mess!" She scolded me, but I don't seem to be guilty. And Yuri gave her a 'It wasn't me' face. "Go tell that to Rainbow! She did that in the first place." I answered back. "Well, it's good to hear that darling. But you should have at least protected her from Rainbow's recklessness. "Bruh, if we did. She would still be sent flying and will be crushed by our own weight." I explained. "Oh, I take back what I said. That's a pretty good thinking. You both are pretty much a stallion." She apologized, I blushed a bit, and Yuri is confused. "Oh darling, it's pretty rough to have you in that kind of situation! This is a serious matter! You must come with me!" Rarity demanded, as she used her purple-bluish horn magic to grab Twilight's hoof. "Well hello there Rarity, my name is-" Twilight paused with a worried and confused look. "No time for chitchat darling, this is very important!" Rarity intervened, as she grabbed Twilight and galloped away. "Should we follow them?" Yuri asked. "Seems like it." I answered as I grabbed Spike's tail and let him ride on my back. "Whoa, what are you doing?" Spike asked. "Yuri, try to keep up." I said as I ignored Spike's question and readied my wings. "What?" Yuri asked. "Learn to sprint." I said in a flat tone, then flew away, catching up to the two fast unicorns. "Oh come on." Yuri was disappointed, but he catched up to me anyways. He ran like a cheetah. When we reached at the Carousel Boutique, we could smell something like... Lemons, and soap? It seems like Rarity was bathing Twilight, that's pretty generous. I could still remember meeting Rarity for the first time, she gave me a cool-looking hoodie for free. As a welcome gift, even we're still strangers at that time. Such memory makes me smile. As we were waiting for them, I could hear them introducing each other. After a long wait, Twilight and Rarity came out from the bathroom. Twilight looks brand new, and smells new. After that, we went out and we said our goodbyes. Looks like Spike fell in love with the fashonista unicorn, well, love knows no boundaries after all. "The last pony we should check out is Fluttershy, the pegasus responsibe for the music for the celebration." I reminded Twilight. "Fluttershy, the shy yellow pegasus who has talents for animals huh." Twilight muttered. "Yeah, trust me. She lives up to her name, like literally." I said as we trotted towards Flutter's cottage. As we got closer, we could hear some wonderful music, fitting for a festival. But it doesn't sound like music instruments... It was animal cries. Man, she is very creative when it comes at animals. We reached Fluttershy's cottage and greeted her. "Good afternoon Fluttershy, looks like you made good music already." I greeted. "Well thank you Ace." As Fluttershy thanked, Twilight and Spike emerged from our behind. The animals flew away, and she hid inside her own mane. Boy, she really is living up to her name. It's been a while since I seen her this shy. "Well, hello there... I'm Twilight Sparke. And you are?" Twilight carefully introduced herself and carefully asked for her name. "I am... Fluttershy." She introduced, softly. I could barely hear her voice! "What was that?" Twilight carefully requested. "F-f-fluttershy." She answered, softly. And she seems to be stuttering. She hid deeper in her mane, as she locked her eyes at Spike, boy... The word 'shy' disappeared from her personality. She came out from her mane and quickly hugged Spike. "Oh who's this little cute dragon?" She asked. "Oh hello there! I'm Spike! Twilight's number one assistant!" He introduced himself. "Oh you're so cute!" She said as she comforted Spike. LIKE A BABY HUMAN! "Now this explains why Fluttershy hugged my fluffy hooves sometimes when we were young." I said, with a dumbfounded look. "You're not the only one Ace. When Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash first arrived in Ponyville. There was a welcome party for both of them. Fluttershy was hiding under a table during the majority of that party. When she saw me, she hugged my tail and hooves." He explained, also with a dumbfounded look. As Spike slept soundly, Fluttershy carried him inside her cottage, and closed the door. And man, Twilight seemed a bit disappointed. "Anyways, the celebration is about to start for a few hours, where are you going to stay?" I asked. "In the local library." She answered, as she rolled the scroll she was carrying during the whole tour. "Oh, well... Welcome to Ponyville then, glad you stayed." I said as me and Yuri headed back to the town square. I stopped a bit, and face back to Twilight. "Make sure to head to the town square about a hour Twilight, there is a special surprise where me, Yuri, and the other four are the only ones who knew about it." I said, with a smile. And trotted away. "By the way Ace, I forgot to ask this to you. Why did you recommended a parade for the celebration?" Yuri asked. "Remember Davao City's special holiday that takes place every August where all tropical fruits bear fruit?" I asked "Davao huh, hearing that name gives me nostalgia. It's our old hometown, right?" "Yeah, but do you still remember Kadayawan?" (Note: For those who didn't know, Davao City is a legit city in the Philippines. The Kadayawan festival is also a legit holiday. It celebrates the bountiful harvest of fruits. This holiday occurs every August where all Philippine tropical fruits such as rambutans, durians, etc. bear fruit. It's one of my favorite holidays, not gonna lie.) "That festival? Yes. Why would you recommend that?" "I just... wanna see what's a festival again." We were having a long walk. And we reached the town square just in time. Just in time for the parade. All of the villagers in Ponyville sat down on the bleachers. And all of them are very excited. "Welcome fellow mares and gentlecolts! Welcome to the special event!" Mayor Mare introduced. I could hear some mutterings, but they seem interested on the special event that's gonna happen. "We all know that the Summer Sun Festival is about a couple hours away! But we want something engaging right?" As the mayor said that, the whole crowd went wild. "Have a round of applause!" "The!" "SUMMER SUN CELEBRATION PARADE!!" The crowd cheered. Boy, I feel my ears are about to burst. A train of carefully decorated carts appeared in the field. Rainbow Dash, was flying in the air. Pinkie Pie, just doing her thing on the front cart. Rarity, also dancing with Pinkie, but she's on the second cart. Fluttershy, on the third cart, she is like the conductor of her own makeshift orchestra made out of animals. And Applejack, was grabbing the cart, like she's the driver on that makeshift train. The crowd seemed very excited. And then, they went silent. (Note! Don't you dare skip this warning!!: I have one thing to say, I am absolutely bad at writing performances in stories! So, what I'm saying is, you are the one who's gonna fantasize on how the performers are performing. Make sure to play a lively music while you are reading this to properly fantasize the performance. Thank you for reading this short notice, you're free to go.) Fluttershy, started to play the music. The music was soothing, the melodies, the whistles of the birds. It was wonderful. Rainbow and Pinkie, were performing wonderfully. They were on the beat. They seemed like that they perfected their performance. Rarity, she's dancing gracefully. It complements the performance of Pinkie and Rainbow. Applejack, she was also performing. Despite being the controller of the makeshift train, she managed to make a good show. It was a spectacular show! They sang something catchy! It made the crowd sing too! Despite they didn't know what they are singing, they just sang, no matter how bad they are at singing. The train went in circles, to give the spectators a good view of the performance. They managed to make the crowd go wild up to it's limits. When I looked around the crowd, I see Spike and Twilight in the distance. But Twilight seems like she's... Reading a book? That's a bit harsh, even for me. Not looking at the parade that we planned for three days. Well, atleast she took a little peek at the parade. That's good. The parade was over, and the crowd were very entertained and happy about it. "Well! That's a very spectacular parade I ever seen in my life! That is amazing! The colorful spectrum of colors in the skies and on the ground is wonderful!" Mayor Mare cheered. "This parade is not possible without... these ponies! Step up! Ace, Yuri, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy!" The mayor called us. "Wait, what?" I asked in confusion. The crowd cheered our name. It sounds like that we could go ahead and go to the stage. As the seven of us went at the stage, we smiled. And bowed down. And the crowd cheered. Mayor Mare gave me a microphone,  and I was a bit anxious about it. "Should I really?" I asked them. "Go ahead darling, everypony wants to hear you speak." Rarity encouraged me. "You can do it!" Rainbow cheered. "Heh, I know you're anxious right now. Looks like this is a karma for smacking me right in the head. There's no such thing as a plot armour." Yuri smirked, breaking the fourth wall. I chuckled, and smiled. "Heh, I hate you guys." I said, sarcasticly with a smile. "Oh Ace, do you really hate us?" Fluttershy asked, with a worried look. "That's just a sarcasm sweetheart, if Ace really hated us. He would be very angry right now." Rarity comforted. "Oh, my bad." Fluttershy softly hid in her mane a bit. I summoned all of my courage, stepped forward, away from my six pony friends. Held my microphone properly. And spoke up. "Thank you all for coming today fellow citizens of Ponyville!" I thanked, and I feel my anxiety and my nervousness disappeared to thin air. "Me and Yuri are the ones responsible for giving this idea away!" "We didn't care on how many performers we need for this parade." I flapped my wings and flew up. "The things we only prioritized in this parade, is entertainment!" The crowd cheered. And my frieds looked at me in acknowledgement. "It's been a while since I seen some crowds looking at me happily. Back in the old world, I used to be stared at. No one cares about me. That's why I'm afraid to stand up, too scared to share my feelings. I do really feel free here." I thought "Look at you all! You feel entertained! This is a good memory to remember. Not just me, but all of us." I smiled, and shed a speck of tear. "Thank you everypony! And have a good celebration at the next sunrise!" I cheered, and all of them cheered. I descended back to the stage, and my frieds are very proud of me. "That was awesome!" Rainbow cheered while performing some tricks in the air. "I haven't seen you being that serious before!" Pinkie cheered with a cheeky voice. "That was wonderful darling!" Rarity cheered. "That was amazing Ace." Fluttershy cheered softly. "Ya really pulled it off sugarcube!" AJ cheered. Yuri approached me, and rubbed my head with his annoying paws. I gave him an annoyed look. "It's been a while since I seen you like that." Yuri said as he kept rubbing my head. I slapped his paw off. "You wish." I said, and headed home. "See ya guys later at the celebration, I'm heading home. Call me later." I said my goodbyes, and trotted away. "Hey Yuri, want to play a card game with me? I just made the contents of the game a few months ago, and It's ready." I said. "What card game Ace?" Yuri asked in curiosity. "Just come with me you dumbass." I said as I smacked his head. "Agay, gago!" (Ouch! Fak!) Yuri yelled in pain. And theres a tumor rose up from his head. As we reached at my house, I went under my bed a grabbed a box, enough to fit a pair of human shoes. "What's that" Yuri asked as I blew the box. The dust went flying, and Yuri was sneezing. "I made my own UNO cards." I said as I opened the box, filled with cards at the size of Pokèmon cards. I pulled out all of its contents carefully, avoiding to lose any of the cards. "Do you still remember how to play this, do you?" I asked. "Ofcourse I do!" Yuri answered in high spirits. "Let's play then, it's been a decade since we haven't played this." I said as I carefully stacked the cards. "One v' one?" "Yes." We sat at a small table, facing each other. I gave Yuri seven cards, I'm not taking a peek of course. I also grabbed seven cards, also not taking a peek. When I revealed my hand to myself, I have: green 6 green 5 color change red +2 red +2 blue reverse and a wild +4 "This must be literally the worst hand I ever seen or something. Well, I'm lucky for not having a spectrum of random colors and numbers. If I did, I'd lose right now." I thought as I sighed a bit. Now it's time to put a random card on the table. What card? What's gonna be it? As I flipped the top card from the deck... Boy! I'm so lucky! It's a green eight! "So, who's first?" I asked. "Let's do it on rock-papers-scissors then." Yuri said, in a calm tone. "Dumbass! Do you think I have fingers or claws!?" I was annoyed. "Bruh, even handless disabled people back in our old world even won in a rock-papers-scissors game." Yuri said in an annoying tone. "Fine then." I agreed. I taken a peek at my back, I see some scissors.. I might win right now or something. "Ready?" Yuri asked. "Ready." I said, with an annoyed look. "Jang, ken, pun." Yuri chanted. "Rock, paper, scissors." I chanted. The results were. Yuri pulled out a rock. I pulled out a... real paper. "Eh?" Yuri said, with a blank, confused face. "Hey! How did you!?" Yuri asked, clearly angry. "It's easy, since I don't have fingers or claws, we both know it's gonna be a rock for me. But you seen some scissors behind my back, of course you predicted I'm gonna grab a scissor from behind. But I also predicted that! So that's why I pulled out a real paper!" I explained. "Now way!" Yuri exclaimed in defeat. "Bwahahaha! I'm four parallel universe ahead of ya!" I announced. "You may have outsmarted me... BUT I HAVE OUTSMARTED YOUR OUTSMARTING!" I laughed in victory. "Bruh, Jojo references." Yuri said, with an annoyed face. Anyways, we started playing UNO. I placed a green six Yuri placed a blue six I placed a blue reverse I placed a color change, I changed it to green. Yuri grabbed a card from the deck. I placed a green five. Yuri placed a wild plus four, and all of his plus twos. He only has one card left. "UNO! UNO! UNO!" I yelled in excitement. "Oh come on! Well, you're gonna get 14 cards from the deck anyways." Yuri complained. As he was about to grab two cards from the deck as a penalty, I spoke up. "Oh, no need." I smirked. "Wut?" "BECAUSE I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND BWAHAHAHAH!" I screamed in happiness and placed all of my cards on the pile of cards. Yuri was clearly upset. "I WANT A REMATCH!" Yuri demand, and I agreed. It's fun after all. At 6pm, we stopped playing for a while and I cooked some pancakes. My personal favorite. After dinner, we played on our gadgets. I was playing Subnautica on my computer, and Yuri was playing on his phone. Yuri asked my why am I still playing Subnautica, I told him that I just want to finish it on survival without cheats. I finished that game on cheatless freedom mode a decade ago after all. At 9pm, I heard a knock on my door. I opened it and saw Pinkie. "Well, good evening Pinkie. What's going on?" I greeted. "There's a party on the local library! Want to join?" Pinkie invited me and Yuri. And we gladly accepted her invitation. "Partying in a library is pretty much a bad idea, why would Pinkie host a party inside a library? We will never know." "Wait... The local library? That's where Twilight is staying right now! Judging Twilight's personality, she looks like a bookworm. If we combine bookworm and a loud noise, its a bad match!" "This is not good! I better convince Pinkie to move the party somewhere else!" I panicked I galloped infront of Pinkie, trying to change her mind, but no! She won't! She says its a bit bad not welcoming a pony in her own home. Man, I'm not convincing enough! Well, it's nice to welcome someone in their own home but there is a time and place to make that decision! As we went inside the library, it's pretty liveley. There are food and drinks. It's a beautiful paradise. I didn't care anymore, I just go ahead and have my own eat-all-you-can session with myself. I legitimately feel bad for Twilight. Few minutes later, as I was eating some chocolate cake. I could see Pinkie bugging Twilight. Clearly, Twilight is not happy about it. So she just stormed off and went inside her bedroom. Since Twilight is not happy about it, I could see Spike enjoying it. Well, lucky him. Few hours later, the party is almost over. As I was eating some good pancakes near the bedroom door, I could hear some murmurs. Despite the loud background music, I could still hear Twilight's cries. "Around the thousandth summer solstice, which is the Summer Sun Celebration. The stars will guide her back to Equestria. I hope I could do something about it. To avoid enternal nighttime. And I could hope that it's only just an old pony's tale." Twilight murmured. "So this is what she meant of 'The fate of Equestria'... There is danger coming here! Man, I better tell Yuri about this. This may be fake or not, but I won't risk myself losing my old friend again!" I thought. I galloped towards Yuri, who is drinking some juice on a table, and dragged him on a private corner. "Look Yuri, danger is coming. And I want you to brace yourself." "Whoa, whoa, slow down Ace. What do you mean danger?" "Look, I heard Twilight murmuring something related to danger. And I want you to prepare." "Danger? Tafak? You must be tired right now." "Look, I have no time for jokes like this. I know you're confused and all, but you must at least prepared yourself." Yuri is truly confused and can't process what the fork is going on. "I know you're thinking that this might be fake news. But it's better to prepare due to a fake news rather than to unprepare due to a real news." Yuri finally seemed to understand and nodded. "Okay, I hope this ain't real." "Me either man, me either." I galloped back home and grabbed my katana. Only just a few minutes before sunrise. I hurrily went back to the town hall where the celebration is taking place. As I arrived at the town hall. Just in time, the celebration is about to start. Yuri went beside me and hugged me, hoping we could still see each other again. "Mares and gentlecolts! Welcome to the Summer Sun Celebration!" The mayor announced, and the crowd were happy about it. Except for me, Yuri, and Twilight. She is deeply worried about it. "Now, without further ado!" The mayor stepped back from the stage. The music started to play. The music is rising. Rising... And rising! "Let us cheer! For Princess Celestia!" The mayor cheered offstage. As the spotlights are about to shed light for the princess. She is not there. Everypony gasped. Everypony were panicking. And Everypony were wondering where the heck is the princess. Rarity, went inside backstage. And gasped. "She's not here!" She yelled. As everypony were about to panic heavily, we could see some dark blue mist flying around in the town hall. I could feel a sharp pain hitting my head at a speed of light. "RAAAAAGH!" I yelled in pain... My head, it hurts. "Ace, are you okay?" Yuri was worried. "Yes, I'm fine. I think I have a minor migraine or something." I answered. The mist is about to form something. A tall alicorn? It seems it is... The mist transformed into a... Dark mare alicorn. And she laughed. Her laughs... reminds me of that nightmare... Why? "Oh no, Nightmare Moon." Twilight gasped, and she feels bad about it. "Nightmare? So this is the bastard who gave me a nightmare few days ago!" I yelled. And I am very angry about it. "Oh, my beloved subjects. It's been a long time since I last seen your... Sun-loving faces." She mocked with disgust. Everypony were terrified at her. But Rainbow spoke up. "Tell us what did you do to our princess!" Rainbow demanded and attempted to fly towards her, but thankfully, AJ grabbed her tail in a nick of time. "Hld rght ere ya mssy." Applejack spoke while biting Rainbow's tail. Nightmare Moon laughed in amusement. "Why, am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" The alicorn asked, with a speck of anger. Pinkie was guessing some weird-ass nicknames. But thank you AJ! She shoves a cupcake in her mouth so she could shut up. The alicorn approached Fluttershy. "Bruh! Flutters is such a timid pegasus! You scared the crap out of everypony! And you're facing her with your intimidating face!?" "Does my crown no longer count? Since I have been imprisoned in the moon for a thousand years." She approached Rarity. "Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?" Before Rarity could answer the question. Twilight spoke up in bravery. "I did! And I know who you are... You are the mare in the moon. Nightmare Moon!" She stood up, and was both mad and terrified at the same time. Everyone gasped. "Well, well, well... Somepony remebers me. Then you also know why I am here." "You are here to, to..." Twilight stuttered, at a loss of words. "To bring enternal night, isn't it?" I spoke up. The alicorn laughed in amusement. "Remember this day little ponies, which is your last." "Night will last forever!" The black mare evily laughed again, and flew away with her mist form. Everypony panicked. "Well, that doesn't sounds like danger." Yuri said in a relieved tone. "Did you even listen to class!?" I yelled. "What?" "Look man, there are some plants out there needed sunlight. There are also some ponies out there who suffers from nyctophobia! (Fear of darkness) Ofcourse this is danger! One day, the food chain will cease and pony life will die without plants. That's even how dinosaurs died a million years ago in our old world! Because of a lack of sunlight!" I lectured. "Okay, what should we do now? We can't do anything about this problem?" Yuri panicked back, but I comforted him back. "There's one solution." "What?" "We better ask Twilight about this matter. She might know something." "Yeah, we better should." Me and Yuri hurrily galloped back to the library. And coincidentally, the main 5 also followed with me. "Why you guys are following us?" I asked "Wee betta' ask Twilight about tis problem, she might know somethin'." Applejack answered. "Looks like we have the same reason then." I answered back. As we reached the library we could here Twilight muttering something. "Elements, elements, where are they!? The only things needed to defeat Nightmare Moon is the elements. Where was that book!" "Wehl, luks like wee found our answer then." Applejack said, in relief. As we were about to open the door, Rainbow just suddenly smashed it open and intimidated Twilight. "And just what are the 'Elements' you're talking about!? How did you know about Nightmare Moon? Are you a spy?" Rainbow threatened but her tail was immediately grabbed by Applejack. "Simmer down, sally." AJ intervened, trying to calm Rainbow. "She's no spy, but she knows whut's goin' on. Don't cha' Twilight?" Applejack carefully asked her. It was a long silent moment... And Twilight sighed. "I've read about the predictions of Nightmare Moon's return. And I also read that these mysterious objects called the 'Elements of Harmony' are the only ones can defeat her." Twilight explained. "Actually, Ace. How did you know that Nightmare Moon is going to bring eternal night?" Twilight asked. "Isn't it obvious? It's already 4:30am when we started the celebration. And it also feels like midnight when were having a party earlier. Even it's past 12am and it's still midnight. Not only that... I also heard you murmuring in your bedroom during the party." I explained. "So you heard me, despite the loud music. Anyways, I want to know more about this elements of harmony, where to find it and how to use it. But the problem is, I don't know where that book is." Twilight said as she continued digging through the books. "Oh! It's over here!" Pinkie said as she grabbed a book, it was titled; 'The Elementary of Harmony'. "Where did you find it?" Twilight asked. "It's just here on the shelves filled with letter 'E' books." Pinkie answered. "I know you're panicking and all, but can you atleast look at the shelves. They're sorted ya know." I lectured Twilight. "I know that, I just don't know what's the title of the book." Twilight replied in a hurry while shoving Pinkie away. "Here it is! It says-" As Twilight was talking, I sense an ominous presence nearby. I looked at the ceiling window but seen nopony. Maybe I'm just nervous. We hurrily galloped to the Everfree Forest entrance, which is near my house. "So the... Elements are..." Rarity was shivering. "In the Everfree Forest?" The mane 6, including Yuri were terrified. But I'm just fine with it. "H-h-how are you not scared at this Ace?" Rainbow asked. "Look, I lived here, remember? And this is where I work. As a Everfree Forest Forager, I knew the forest's geography. I think I can guide you guys." I said,  relieving the seven terrified ponies. I unsheathed my katana and put it on my mouth. "Stick with me, you might fall down on a random hole that cannot be seen." I said in seriousness. We trotted down in the road, and we are very careful. "Ace, darling. I'm impressed you can talk properly without the intervention of that weapon in your mouth." Rarity was surprised. "I practiced talking in here while I'm holding my katana with my mouth everytime I'm working." I explained, focusing on the road. "Katana? That term is familiar." Twilight snapped. "Hm? Why?" I asked, that really got my attention. "Few months ago, the royal guards' weapons were replaced with sharp katanas. They said that they started using those because it's not only lightweight and uses a small amount of metal. They are actually pretty sharp. And I also heard, whoever gave this idea to a local blacksmith here in Ponyville, was given an outstanding two hundred bits and was given a free katana and some tools he ordered. And I also heard that the one who gave this idea away is a brown wandering dragon with blue wings." Twilight explained. "Wait..." Everyone said, excluding Yuri, because he already knew it was my idea. "IT WAS ACE!" Everyone screamed in surprise. "Bruuuuh, that took you long enough!" I said. They were asking me how I got the idea, why would I gave this kind of idea, and what did I do with the two hundred bits. And I sighed. "First, I just got the idea by thinking about carefully forged metal. By using a small amount of metal, you can make a very light and sharp sword. I realized it doesn't exist in Equestria so I just named it 'Katana'." I lied. "Just kidding, I just loved Japanese culture. So I want a local blacksmith to make a katana for me." I thought, with a small smile on my face. "Second, I just gave this idea away because the blacksmith asked me to. And I also need money for a living. And third, I just used the money to repair the abandoned house near this forest." I answered. They were actually amused with my answer, except with Yuri. He already knows why. The road towards the old Princesses' palace was a tough one. First, there is a deep chasm that we have to cross, but the ground was broken and thanks to AJ's honesty, Twilight was saved. Second, there is a rampaging manticor blocking our way. I was about to kill it but Fluttershy stopped me. Thanks to her kindness towards the manticore, we can trot easily down the road now. Third, There were trees that caused a blackout inside the forest. Like literally, it was dark as heck. And it makes some eerie noises and jumpscares. It reminds me that me and my friends were playing a horror Roblox game back in the day. We were laughing at the jumpscares, and we even teased the ghosts haunting us that they're like bald dumbasses. In our situation right now, thanks to Pinkie, we managed to get away from that group of trees without getting scared. Fourth, there was a raging river, caused by a crying sea serpent. Thanks to Rarity's generosity, she managed to calm down the serpent. And we can cross the river now. And fifth, there was a broken bridge that needs to be tied up. When Rainbow flew at the other side, she was intercepted by pegasi that wore black-purple color schemed uniforms. They tried to convince her to join them. But thanks to Rainbow's loyalty, she managed to fix the rope and let us cross. Finally, the castle of the princesses'! As we stepped in, there is a sharp pain suddenly hit my head. "RAAAGH!" I yelled in pain. "Is that the migraine again?" Yuri asked, and he was deeply worried about me. I could not respond, I could hear my  heartbeat. My vision went blurry... And it was black... Why? "Why did you leave us?" "Why are you free?" "You didn't gave us enough fun." "You do not belong to the place you're in now." I could hear voices, I could sense hostility on their tone. Those voices are... familiar. Are they threatening me? "Ace..." Somepony called my name. "ACE!" It grew louder. "YOU DO NOT DESERVE FREEDOM! YOU MUST SUFFER WITH US IN HELL!!" It was a loud voice that can rip my ears off. I was mad about that statement that the voice made. As I was analyzing the voice. I can finally know who is this unknown creature that kept taunting me. My tormentor from my elementary school... "So you're here to... torment me again?" I asked. "Why no, I'm just looking for some fun." The voice teased. "I just want to ask, why you left us? It was getting boring after all." "Hearing your voice makes me very annoyed." I talked back. "Oh, getting bolder huh? The last time we met, you always cry like a cute baby." He teased. "Look at you, a cute little pony. A draconid? What a joke, you're literally just a stupid piece of crap." He teased again, getting inside my nerves. I roared a bit. Man, I was kinda surprised that I can do that. "You're pretty edgy. I guess edgy people doesn't belong in any dimensions." He teased again I had enough, so I unsheathed my katana and tried to make some slashes, hoping I can just atleast injure him. "So weak, you don't deserve your new body." He teased again. I just realized something. I should be on the princesses' castle. I sighed, releasing the stress. "Since I can't kill you... It's time to make an escape..." I muttered. "Huuuuuh?" He mocked, pretending he's deaf. I grabbed my katana, and made a small cut on my hoof. It hurts a bit, but it's not really painful like what my tormentors did when I was nine. I heard a small grunt. I think it works. "It's better to be hurt physically than mentally." I muttered. "Whaaaaat?" The voice mocked again, but I didn't care. I grabbed my katana again, and decapitated a portion of my hoof. It hurts. It's very painful. "In order to get away from this nightmare, I have to abandon my painful past." I muttered again. "STOP!" The voice demanded. "Sayonara, I won't be missing you. But I'm sorry, it's time for me to go. We weren't supposed to meet anymore." I said my goodbyes. And stabbed my blade to my heart. The darkness turned to light. Looks like it works. "I managed to remove the hate in my heart. By just stabbing it. Man, the logic is screwed up." I laughed The light fades back to reality, and I feel a bit lighter. "Ace! Are you okay!? You just fainted for a few seconds!" Yuri yelled at me, clearly worried. Everypony was worried at me. And I just said that I'm fine. Twilight told us that she will go alone to find the elements in the castle. And we agreed, she is the one who has knowledge of these elements after all. A few minutes later, we wondering what's taking her so long, so we went to the room where Twilight is. But she's not there. We take a peek outside and we could see some flashing lights on the other castle room. We hurrily went to that room, and to our surprise. Nightmare Moon was there. She laughed evily. "Oh look what we have here, six small, weak ponies. And two imperfect reincarnated creatures." The alicorn was amused, and the word 'reincarnation' got my attention. "I'm sorry, I don't know what you meant with imperfect. But how did you know me and Yuri were both reincarnated creatures?" I spoke up. And everypony were confused except for Fluttershy and Rainbow, because they already know I'm reincarnated. But they are also shocked at the fact that Yuri is also reincarnated. "Isn't it obvious? Even my stupid sister would know! Both of you are unique! And can easily be labeled as reincarnated ponies!" The alicorn said. "I heard of reincarnation before, there are two kinds. Perfect and Imperfect Reincarnation. Perfect reincarnation is impossible to spot but I heard it's pretty common. After you die, you will take form into a normal pony straight to a mare's womb. While Imperfect reincarnation is easy to spot, but rarer. After you die, the transformation process will malfunction and will give you unique bodies. It will also gives you the ability to have your old memories and skills with you. But there's a drawback in that reincarnation process. You won't gain a cutie mark because you are not a pony, but something else. It's pretty shocking to have two imperfect reincarnations in one place." Twilight explained. "You must be my sister's star pupil. You have so much knowledge stored in your head. No wonder you found out the prophecy of my return." The alicorn was amused. "But I'm sorry little ponies, eternal night. Starts now!" The alicorn suddenly dashed at us with high speed. And smashed the elements of harmony that Twilight was holding. And the alicorn evily laughed. To be continued. Upcoming chapter: Bossfight Of Chapter 3: Nightmare Moon Bossfight.