//------------------------------// // Multiversal Alterations (Part-3) // Story: Shadow Sky In a New World // by Shadow Skysito //------------------------------// ☆ Resolving the Alteration ☆ The adrenaline was intense, I was witnessing the exact moment of the multiversal alteration, and if I didn't solve the problem at that exact moment and there would be no turning back, it was now or never, I just watched carefully as PoinDexter slowly walked away from Buck, I had to do something. "Luckily, I'm a Changeling." I said as I transformed me into a unicorn without anyone being able to see me. I quickly used my magic to drag Buck's hoove towards PoinDexter. "What the-" Buck exclaimed confused. *crash* "That's it, everyone fell, now we just have to wait." I thought while wishing everything had been resolved. "What's wrong Buck?!, Why did you do that?" Cadence exclaimed angrily. "I don't regret doing that, but anyway, I didn't do anything!, I just felt someone pull my hoove." Buck explained smugly. "That's it!, Cadence helped Shining Armor, that means the alteration is solved!, It's time to go home, but I need a more "private" place." Shadow thought excitedly. Shadow hurried to find a secluded place. "This seems like a good place, it's literally the basement of the academy." Shadow said as he looked at a room that seemed to be a laundry and cleaning room. "Hum, this place seems to be taken care of, like ponies come here often, I have to hurry, or someone might see me." Shadow thought calmly. Shadow quickly prepared the spell to be able to return to his timeline, everything was ready, and Shadow prepared to cast the spell, but it didn't work. "What the hell is happening?, Why aren't you working?, I did everything right, everything the paper Luna gave me said." Shadow thought upset. "Uh?, there's something else written in the small letters." Shadow said as he tried to read the small print on the spell. • Warning - This spell automatically detects flaws in space-time temporality, this spell can only be cast again if the problem is resolved - Use with caution • "Either Luna was very distracted, or she sent me on an extremely dangerous mission without thinking about the consequences... or if she read the fine print and didn't give a shit-" "Quickly guys, that game of ogres and dungeons won't end by itself." A pony exclaimed from the basement entrance. "Shit, I have to hide." Shadow thought upset. Shadow quickly hid behind a stack of boxes. "What's wrong Shining?, You look depressed, bro." Another pony said with concern. "I don't know guys, I just feel... bad." Shining Armor explained. "It is the voice of Shining, if the alteration is still not resolved then it means that the dimensional imbalance not only affected a single "situation", it also affected different events that determined the future." Shadow thought. "You know what will cheer you up?, A game of ogres and dungeons, that always brightens your day." One of the ponies said trying to cheer Shining up. "Sounds good." Shining said listlessly. "I don't think they'll last that long, it's just a game... right?" Shadow thought worried. ~2 hours and 40 minutes later~ "Very well PoinDexter, you need a minimum of 18 so that your elf pegasus can emerge from this combat unscathed." The pony master explained. "... zzz... zzz... aren't they finished yet...?" Shadow thought sleepy and tired. "Well, I think it's time for us to stop ignoring all this, and focus on Shining Armor, who has looked like he wanted to die throughout the game." The pony master said frustrated. "I just feel a little bad Gaffer, it's no big deal." Shining said. "That's not true Shining, you look terrible." One of the ponies said. "I know I look terrible at 8 Bit, but it's something that will happen over time." Shining replied. "Could you at least explain to us what specifically is happening?, We are Shining friends, we will try to help you in any way possible." Gaffer said with determination. "Finally something that interests me." Shadow thought with relief. "Well... I guess I like Princess Cadence... but I don't think I'm enough for her, just look at me, how the hell am I going to be enough for a princess with the reputation I have." Shining explained sadly. "This situation... this has to be the second deviation in temporality." Shadow thought desperately. According to Princess Luna, Shining Armor was a nerd when he was a student, but he always had the determination to fight his insecurities and step forward to achieve victory. "But this Shining Armor is more submissive, he is easily guided by his insecurities, the alteration not only affected the "facts", it also affected the "attributes" of the affected characters in this story, making Shining Armor more susceptible to giving up easily." Shadow thought carefully. "Well... I guess it's true, none of us have the status to be able to help you... we're just plain nerds..." PoinDexter said listlessly. The whole room became silent, everyone was now depressed. "Shit, collective depression, so Shining Armor will never gather courage, I have to do something!" Shadow thought hysterically. "I guess I'll just give up, it's not worth risking so much if you know beforehand that you're going to lose." Shining Armor said depressed. "Wow wow wow, you're just going to leave things unfinished, no wonder none of you have a girlfriend." Shadow said as he came out of hiding from him. "What the hell?, How long have you been there?" Gaffer asked confused. "... that doesn't matter, what matters now is that you need to stop the depressing thoughts and do something about it, that's not the way to think." Shadow exclaimed. A room with 4 depressed ponies and 1 time-traveling pony seemed like a good combination. "And what do you propose to solve the problem of Shining Armor unknown pony?" 8 Bit asked. "Well, every mission requires a plan, I'm sure I can make a plan so that the prince gets the princess at the end of this story." Shadow said with determination. "But I'm not worth it, why would we do that?" Shining said sadly. "Stop complaining Shining Armor, you will never know if you are enough for a pony if you never try, how do you know that Princess Cadence is not in love with you?, Exactly, you don't know, she may not be interested in you at all, or why not?", The other side may be madly in love with you, but you'll never know if you don't try." Shadow exclaimed decisively. "... okay, but... who are you?" 8 Bit asked confused. "... right... I didn't introduce myself." Shadow said. ~4 Hours later~ "*sigh*, now what do I do?" The young princess sighed. Princess Cadence was in a secluded area of ​​the university campus, a place that did not seem to be visited by ponies frequently. "What's wrong, princess?, Are you overwhelmed by receiving so many invitations to the New Year's Eve dance?" Shadow asked mockingly. "Not really, why?, You came to invite me too?" Cadence asked, overwhelmed. "Not really, I was just curious that you was here, without anypony around." Shadow answered indifferently. "Princesses also need time alone from time to time." Cadence answered. It was a quiet place, very quiet and no ponies around the area, a perfect place for someone to let off some steam, Cadence was sitting calmly in the grass when I arrived. "So your mortified face isn't due to the thousands of invitations to the New Year's Eve dance?" Shadow asked with a more serious tone of voice. "... I guess a little, a lot of ponies have invited me... but the one pony I want to invite me doesn't... it's frustrating." Cadence answered with reluctance. "I assume you mean Buck." Shadow said trying to get to the bottom of the topic faster. "What?!, Of course not!, that idiot is not even the slightest bit like the prince I always dreamed of." Cadence exclaimed. "So you already turned it down I guess." Shadow said with a challenging tone. "... no..." Cadence answered, looking away. "So you want to go with him?" Shadow asked again. "No!... it's just... I don't know." Cadence answered confused. "... you're right, even princesses need time alone, the stress of being a young princess surrounded by ponies going through puberty must be exhausting, and even more so when you can't reject that idiot Buck just because of social pressure." Shadow explained. "... what is your name?" Cadence asked confused. "My name is Shadow Sky, her future subject majesty, but you are not a monarch yet, so I will treat you as a friend until we can resolve the problem." Shadow said decisively. "You're just going to help me out of nowhere, I met you 5 minutes ago." Cadence protested. "I guess I like drama and romance, you just accept the help, tell me, who do you want to be your special pony?" Shadow asked, hoping for an obvious answer. "Look, I know I'm a pony with a high status, and you might also think I'm going to mention someone with the same status as mine, but I'm not, actually... I like Shining Armor." Cadence explained, blushing a little. "So Shining Armor, the nerd?" Shadow asked. Shadow already knew that, but he sought to push Cadence to her limits so that she would decide for herself not to give up. "He's not just a nerd, he's very gentle and kind, more than what other ponies see in him, he's thoughtful, kind, he's funny... he's quite handsome, he's the kind of prince I always dreamed of." Cadence said blushing and embarrassed. "...well, maybe I have an idea." Shadow said. ~1 hour ago~ "That's a good plan Gaffer, but how are we going to get Shining Armor to talk to Cadence outside of school?" Shadow asked. "I think I have an idea, look at this Shining, I found it when I went to pick up my little sister from daycare." Said 8 Bit as he held a piece of paper in her mouth. "Childcare by Cadence, from newborns and older, Games and candys, Nights and weekends, cheap, recommended by celestia." Shadow said out loud as he read what the paper said. "Cadence is babysitting again?...maybe it'll be easy..." Shining Armor said aloud. "Yes, give this to your mom and Cadence will go directly to your house, there you can talk to her." Said 8 Bit. "I guess that's a good idea, but Cadence maybe have pending requests, anypony would like a princess to take care of her child, I have to look for her." Shadow thought as he walked away from her group of friends. ~ Current Events ~ "In 4 days Shining Armor will have a flugelhorn recital, Shining's parents will probably want to accompany him, but they need someone to take care of Shining Armor's little sister, do you think you have the day off to take care of Twilight?" Shadow asked. "I don't have the day off... but, I think I just made room for that." Cadence said somewhat embarrassed. "Perfect, I'll go recommend Shining to take one of your ads to her mother." Shadow said as he quickly left the place. "... what a weird guy... although I think he can help me." Cadence thought confused. ~5 days later~ Shadow was resting quietly under a tree, waiting for his new friends to arrive at the meeting point. "Let me guess, you're wondering where I slept all this time, the answer is that I slept in the warehouse of the RPG club for 2 days, after that I got stressed and used bits of my timeline to try to buy food street, did you know that the graining of coins from this timeline is different?, Well, I didn't know, they accused me of counterfeiting money, I had to obtain a coin from this timeline to materialize coins from the past, so I could rent an apartment nice where I am currently sleeping, the days are calm, I am living the life of an ordinary college student, I had to wait 5 days to continue with the plan, and if you are wondering, are you saying this out loud?, the answer is Yes, I'm breaking the fourth wall and I don't care at all anymore." Shadow said out loud. "We're here Shadow." Shining said. "Hey guys, ready to show off tonight?" Shadow asked excitedly. "Yes, by the way, were you talking to someone?, I thought I heard a conversation." Said 8 Bit confused. "No, don't worry, let's hurry up, it's time for the parade to start." Shadow exclaimed excitedly. "You're not on the float with us are you?" PoinDexter asked. "No, I prefer not to attract attention." Shadow answered. "Okay, whatever you choose, cheer us on from the stands." Gaffer said. "Sure!" Shadow exclaimed excitedly. I couldn't get on the float with them, I can't allow any more ponies to see me, I can alter the future, it's enough with the ponies seeing me at the university. ~1 hour later~ "... *sigh* I guess it can't get any worse..." Shadow thought dejectedly. Everything was a disaster, the car was destroyed and everyone started making fun, this can't get any worse. "I'll come pick you up at 8." Buck said victoriously. "No!!!, Damn social pressure!!!, Damn Cadence." Shadow thought with frustration. Shadow could only watch from the stands as Shining Armor's heart broke into thousands of pieces... this seemed to be the end. ~13 days later~ "Shining, maybe this can work, there's only one day left until the dance." Shadow said desperately. "Enough Shadow, I'm tired, I already said goodbye to the idea, it would be better to stop trying." Shining exclaimed depressed. Shining alone left the place, leaving Shadow alone. "... no... nononononono, what do I do now?, Not only did I not solve the anomaly, but now it seems to make it worse." Shadow thought desperately. "I can't stay stuck in the past." Shadow said weakly. Only resignation remained, until a strong agitation shook the environment. "Uh?!, what the hell is this?!" Shadow said with excitement and concern. The whole environment shook for a long moment, Shadow approached a window to see the ponies outside, but something was strange. "What the hell?, Nobody's feeling the vibrations?!" Shadow asked himself in confusion. No one was alarmed, they just continued with their lives, it was a clear indication that Shadow was the only one who could feel the vibrations of the environment. "Ethan!" Exclaimed the blurry silhouette of what seemed to be a human woman. "... Celestial?!" Shadow exclaimed in surprise. The vibrations suddenly stopped, leaving Shadow completely shocked. "How is that you are here?" Shadow asked surprised. "I don't have time to explain it to you, I will do it when you get to your timeline, this time I came to warn you about the stupidity you caused this time." Celestial exclaimed angrily. "This time I didn't go, I'm just helping a friend." Shadow justified. "That doesn't matter, look, space-time temporality is a very delicate subject Ethan, you had to ask me before doing this, do you know why space-time is shaking?" Celestial exclaimed. "So that's what's shaking, no, I don't know why it's shaking." Shadow answered. "The universe is detecting you as an anomaly Ethan, you came here to resolve another alteration, but you became one." Celestial said hurriedly. "I became an alteration?, But why did the other alteration never vibrate space-time?" Shadow asked upset. "Because the previous anomaly was created by an error of the universe, but this anomaly was created by you, a mortal." Celestial explained angrily. "Universe bug?" Shadow asked worried. "I will go into details when you return to your timeline, I don't have time, the communication portal is closing quickly, I will only tell you the consequences, if you don't solve this problem, YOU will be deleted from both timelines, hurry up and solve everythi-" Celestial said before his smoke silhouette vanished. "... I need to find Sining Armor." Shadow thought completely panicked. ~3 hours later~ "Damn, this thing about cell phones not existing is very frustrating." Shadow said as he walked around the university. Until Shining could be seen in the distance, walking calmly. "There is!" Shadow exclaimed as he rushed to catch up. "Shining!!!, there is still a chance, there is still the polo game." Shadow said as he landed. "Polo game?" Shining asked confused. "Yes, the polo game they scheduled for tomorrow, before the dance." Shadow explained upset. "Shadow, there was never any polo game scheduled." Shining said confused. "Shit, the vibrations, those vibrations had to change the past again, there's no polo game anymore, I'll have to improvise." Shadow thought upset. "In that case Shining... tomorrow put on your most elegant suit, tomorrow you and Cadence will become boyfriend and girlfriend, I'm assuring you." Shadow said with determination. "Enough Shadow, that won't happen, she doesn't love me." Shining said depressed. "Ugh, damn Shining, she likes you idiot!, I talked to her a long time ago, she likes you, but that idiot Buck has been between you two all this time." Shadow exclaimed in anger. "She´s likes me?" Shining asked confused. "Yes, I didn't want to get in the way of love, (because it could alter the future, but at this point desperate measures are needed), I wanted everything to happen naturally, but you don't cooperate." Shadow said angrily. "... but-" Shining said before being interrupted. "But nothing, tomorrow you put on your most elegant suit, don't worry, I'll take care of Buck." Shadow said as he flew away." Shining just stayed silent as he watched Shadow fly away quickly, completely confused, wondering why Shadow was so upset, as if it were his own problem. "That idiot Buck has already caused me a lot of problems, I'm about to cease to exist because of him, this will be over soon, I'll have to get in the way of the timeline." Shadow thought determinedly. ~ The next day - 8:23 in the afternoon ~ "I'm telling you princess, this will be great, you will see that I am definitely the one for you." Buck said with a lot of self-confidence. It was already getting dark, the streets were a little dark, and Cadence was accompanied by Buck and her two friends. She was heading to the university to enjoy the party, but the young princess was uncomfortable by the presence of her annoying and unbearable suitor. They were walking not far from the castle when Shadow dressed in an elegant black suit came out from a corner, he was already waiting for them. ~ 1 day before after talking to Shining Armor ~ "Can you help me with this?" Shadow asked. "Help you direct Buck to a special path to 'deal with' the problem at the root?" Cadence asked confused. "Yeah." Shadow answered. "Okay, that guy is unbearable, I'll do anything if the reward is going to the dance with Shining Armor." Cadence answered with determination. "Very well, in that case, see you tomorrow princess." Shadow said saying goodbye. "See you tomorrow Shadow, thanks for helping me with all this." Cadence said reciprocating Shadow's farewell. ~ Current Events ~ "Hello Buck." Shadow said as he approached Buck slowly. "Oh, you're one of the nerds, what do you want?" Buck asked aggressively. "Nothing in particular, I just wish you wouldn't go with Cadence to the dance, she's already set aside for someone else." Shadow said in an intimidating voice. "So, maybe that someone is you?" Buck asked mockingly. "Nop, but one of my friends." Shadow answered without backing down. "... haha... beat him up guys." Buck said after letting out a mocking laugh. At that moment many of Buck's friends came out of the shadows to confront Shadow. "Are you going to use your friends to fight for you?, What a coward hehe." Shadow said mockingly. "Finish quickly guys, we're running late." Buck said confidently. One of Buck's subordinates approached Shadow with confidence, thinking it would be easy. "Get out of here, or you'll regret it." One of Buck's subordinates said, standing in front of Shadow, trying to intimidate him. Shadow just raised his right hoove and quickly hit the subordinate, the subordinate was sent flying by the force that Shadow applied, hitting him directly against the wall. "W-what the hell?!" Buck exclaimed in surprise. "Princess, your prince is waiting for you in the dance floor, don't worry, I'll distract them." Shadow said with a small smile as he winked. "Thank you Shadow!" Cadence exclaimed as she began running directly to the dance. "She was in on all this?, ugh, shit, everyone attack him at once!" Buck exclaimed angrily. *:3 bop bop beep An unnecessary literary fragment has been detected, we all know how the fight will end, I invite you to use your imagination beep bop beep :3* "What the hell?!" Buck exclaimed scared. Each of the subordinates was on the ground unconscious, only Buck remained, the pony who complicated my plan from the beginning. "What's wrong Buck?, Did you think that because I'm a nerd I wouldn't know how to defend myself?" Shadow asked, trying to intimidate Buck. Buck was at a clear disadvantage, but his arrogance could not allow him to be made a fool of, his ego would not allow it. "Now you'll see!" Buck exclaimed as he quickly approached Shadow to land the first blow. Shadow just watched and waited patiently. Buck hit Shadow's face hard, Shadow didn't move a bit and Buck's hoove started to hurt, it was like hitting a rock. "Aahh!!!, damn, what is your face made of?!" Buck exclaimed in pain. "You've been a rock in my shoes all this time, it's about time someone taught you a lesson in humility." Shadow said with blank eyes as he watched Buck revel in the pain. With a threatening look, Shadow stared at Buck, then hit him in the jaw, leaving him unconscious instantly. All the idiots were defeated on the ground. "...excuse me about that lady´s, I've had enough of this idiot." Shadow said as he looked at Cadence's two friends who had stayed to watch the fight in complete silence. The two ponies were in shock, it was amazing what had happened that night. "It's already very late, there are few lights on in the city, it would be dangerous for them to go alone, I'll accompany them to the dance so they're safe." Shadow said with a soft innocent smile. "...s-s-sure... please." Said at the same time the two young mares who now had a delicate pink color on their cheeks. Under the light of a streetlamp Shadow revealed his confident and carefree appearance accompanied by an elegant suit with a black tie, the two young mares were still impressed by the appearance of that brave and handsome pony... at least that was what they thought. ~3 hours later~ Maybe I could alter the past, but at least I solved the most important anomaly, I arrived at the ball just in time to see how Shining Armor was crowned king, accompanied by a beautiful kiss that the two future husbands shared with an indescribable love, this It was only the beginning of their story, but now I had to go back to the point in the story where they are about to get married... I did it. "These days have been incredible guys, but I have to go." Shadow said. "Wait, where are you going?" Shining asked confused. All the friends he had made over the course of this adventure were surrounding me to hear what he was going to say. "Yes, I have to go, and I may never come back." Shadow said, exaggerating on purpose. "Are you changing schools?" Gaffer asked. "No... I'm leaving Equestria." Shadow said dramatically. "From Equestria?" PoinDexter asked. "Yes, I'm not actually from Equestria, I came for an exchange plan." Shadow answered. "A 3-week exchange plan?" 8 Bit asked confused. "... Yeah...?" Shadow said nervously. "That doesn't matter, I have to go, goodbye." Shadow said as he ran away to a lonely place. "... don't you think it was a very hasty farewell?" Shining Armor asked. "Yeah... like I was never signed up in the first place." Gaffer answered. "What if it's a time traveler who came to help prevent a future disaster?..." PoinDexter asked. "... PoinDexter, please be realistic." 8 Bit said. Meanwhile, Shadow was rushing to the role-playing club to return to his timeline. "I know it was hasty, but I don't have time for this, I would love to stay, but if I don't leave soon maybe it will disappear, I already broke the fourth wall 3 times, I speak out loud spontaneously and I still don't know who the hell I'm talking to " Shadow said as he hurriedly continued running. Arriving at the role-playing game club, Shadow hurriedly took out the time travel spell from the place where he had hidden it. "Alright, time to go back." Shadow thought hurriedly. Shadow prepared the spell and executed it, a large breeze of air invaded the place and Shadow began to levitate slightly, indicating that space-time was returning him to his timeline. "3...2...1...now!" Shadow thought with difficulty from the execution of the spell. The place remained silent, the papers and the map of the role-playing game were falling around the room due to the strong breeze, and Shadow was no longer there. ~5 minutes later~ "...let's just say Cadence and Shining Armor are a little shy." Shadow explained. "...so... everything is resolved?" Luna asked worried. "... yes, everything is solved, you can come home now, princess." Shadow said. After hearing that, Princess Luna said goodbye to Shadow and left the house, hoping that when she got home everything would be resolved. "... home sweet home... I'm exhausted." Shadow thought exhausted. Shadow headed to his room after a long adventure, but someone was already waiting for him. "Hello again Shadow, remember I told you we had to talk?" Celestial asked. "... damn..." Shadow said extremely overwhelmed.