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// Wishes Can Come True 
// Story: My Guardians 
// by Toron and Zeno 
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Among the dim light of the moon shining into the window, tears fell, sprinkling the blue and green plaid sheets. A male was sitting on the bed, quietly sobbing into his knees, on which were pulled up to his chest. He bared silver hair, a single purple streak was going through it. The bangs hung down into his eyes, partially obscuring them from view. “Why does the world have to be so unfair?” he questioned mentally, blocking out the calls of his name from the other side of the door. “I hate it... I hate all of this.”

“Zeno, come out! Please!” a male voice called, desperation clear in his tone. “She didn't mean that! She didn't know what she was saying!”

“Go away!” Zeno screamed, not looking up.

The male outside the door sighed and a jingling sound was heard. “I'm coming in, Zeno. I need to talk with you,” he said, obviously unlocking it. Zeno didn't look up, not even when the lights turned on, flooding the light blue room with luminescence. The one who had opened the door had hair, almost as black as the night itself, with deep red highlights barely distinguishable from the surrounding hair. He wore thick, black rimmed glasses, and had on a dark blue T-shirt with black jeans pants. “Zeno, listen to me,” he said, sitting on the bed beside the crying boy.

The light revealed Zeno's clothing, a light yellow hoodie, with a deeper yellow shirt underneath. He was still wearing shoes, which were green Velcro sneakers. “I don't want to hear anything you have to say...” he said quietly, looking up to reveal light green eyes, the same as the older male's. The light also revealed that he was a young teen, around thirteen or fourteen.

“Zeno, they aren't leaving because of you.” the elder male said, putting a hand on his back.

“Toron, she said it. She flat out said it.” Zeno responded, glaring at him.

“She's drunk off her shit! Mom doesn't know what she's saying,” Toron told him, sighing. “You need to understand, they aren't leaving because of you. They have some issues they need to work out with each other and they have to find a new place. Its fine, bro. I'll take care of you.”

“I know that, but still. Why can't things ever be perfect?”

“Zeno, nothing is perfect.” Toron stated, rolling his eyes. Zeno was quiet for a moment before responding.

“It is in My Little Pony.” he said quietly.

“That's just a show.”

“I know, but its perfect in THAT world.”

“Well I think that's moreso because of the characters IN the show than anything else.”

“Why can't they be out here?” Zeno sighed.

“Well... make a wish on a coin for it.” Toron suggested, a grin gracing his face.

"... A coin? What bullcrap is that?"

"What? If you can wish on stars, why not coins?" Toron chuckled.

"I think I'd prefer trying the stars." Zeno scoffed, leaning over to the window. He looked up, seeing the stars in the sky. Though there were few, since they were in an actual city. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, Toron smiling as he saw his brother focusing so hard on this. At least it would make him feel better, regardless of it doing nothing more than such.

Zeno soon stopped wishing, then looked back at Toron, smiling. "There, done."

“Sweet. Now c'mon. We have no school tomorrow, so we can pretty much just chill. I'll take you to a restaurant. How's that sound?” Toron asked.

“Depends, which one?”

“Good question.” Toron laughed. “We'll discuss THAT tomorrow. For now, get some sleep. I'm gonna go see mom and dad off.” he told Zeno, gently pushing him so he was laying down on the bed. Zeno took his jacket off and turned onto his side, sighing and closing his eyes. “No argument tonight?” Toron asked, surprised by this.

“Why bother? I made my wish, so now I just need to wait for it to come true.” Zeno said. Toron smiled but inside, he felt like he made a grave mistake. Wishes don't exist. His brother would end up heartbroken, and it was because of his idiocy. He wanted to punch himself, but he forced himself to just walk out.

Zeno fell into slumber, confident that his plea would be answered in some way.

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“You think he's dead?”

“Rainbow, he's breathing. How can he be dead?”

“I dunno! I don't even know what the ponyfeathers is going on here!”

“Dashie has a point. We don't know if he can be dead and breathing here.”

“Pinkie, don't agree with her.”

Zeno groaned, turning onto his side as he tried to block out the sound. The damn TV was screwing with his head, and he hated it. Making it sound like his dreams were reality. He knew full well that that ludicrous wish would never come true. Dumb reality is playing with... Hold on. Wait one sec. When the hell did he have a TV in his room?

He immediately shot up into a sitting position and was greeted by the sight of six people. Three were standing around his bed. One of them had dark purple hair with a violet streak going through some of it, and had a purple shirt on with a matching skirt. She kind of looked like a bookworm stereotype girl he would see in those anime he watched. The one beside her had hair as pink as bubble gum, wearing a lighter pink blouse and matching skirt with stockings... looking at her honestly made his eyes hurt somewhat. She also had a blue and yellow bowtie... Moving on, there was the last one. She had hair that was mostly blue, but to the left side of her head, it had multiple colors, like a rainbow one would say. Her attire was pretty much the most normal one. She had a navy blue T-shirt on, which was being covered up by a sky blue hoodie, though the hood was off at the moment, and she had on plain jeans. She also was sporting a pair of goggles that sat atop her head.

Zeno could think of absolutely nothing to say, but could feel himself breathing heavy and his heart was beating like crazy. He knew WHO they were, but at the moment, things weren't clicking in his brain. All he knew was that people were in his room, without his permission, and that warranted one response.

“TORON!” he screamed, backing up to the wall. All three girls flinched, looking surprised.

“What's with this filly?” the one he knew to be Rainbow Dash asked, glaring at him. “Shut up.”

“Its alright, we're not going to hurt you.” The purple haired girl, Twilight, said, her voice soft and assuring. She held her hand out slowly, but Zeno refused to take it, still trying to comprehend what was happening.

“Zeno! Are you alright?!” Toron asked, bursting into the room with a baseball bat in his hand. He stared at the scene before him, a mix of complete confusion and wonder overtaking his prior feelings of concern. He knew who these people were just as clearly as Zeno did. Though he had the same issue. Comprehending it.

“Okay... Well... Um...” Twilight stammered, before sighing. “Can we go somewhere to sit and talk? We need to explain some stuff, obviously.”

Toron nodded slowly and pointed to the stairs, before walking over to his brother. “Are... are you alright?” he asked, though was focusing on the Mane 6 exiting the room. Zeno also got to see the three he didn't see previously. Applejack was standout, as she had her trademark hat on, as well as wearing and orange shirt and brown vest with blue jeans shorts and boots. Rarity was also easily recognizable, with her hair a light shade of purple. She had on a white blouse with purple shorts under them. Fluttershy, despite exiting the room rather quickly, was seen to have a yellow jacket and white dress on, but that was all he could see.

“Zeno? Speak to me, man.” Toron said, shaking him slightly.

“Huh? What?” Zeno asked, snapping out of his fixation on the former ponies.

“Are you okay?” Toron asked again. Zeno nodded once before climbing out of bed. “Alright... well... Um... I really... really don't know what to say right now...”

“Me neither... My wish... came true though...” Zeno said, a small smile etching its way into his face.

“Now, now bud. We don't know if that's them.”

“Yes it is!”

“Look! I want to believe that as much as you, but this could be entirely coincidental. I say... for now, we go talk to them, find out who they are, and what they're doing here.” Toron said, trying to maintain control of the situation. Zeno nodded, and followed the elder male out of the room, down the stairs and into the living room. He now got a better glimpse of Fluttershy, seeing that her jacket sleeves were rather long. Long enough to cover her hands up.

The Mane 6 had made themselves comfortable, and were lounging on the sofas, though Dash was simply laying on the floor. Twilight immediately got up as soon as she saw the boys. “Alright, I think I should start from the top.”

“That would be best.” Toron said with a nod, leaning against the wall.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle.” she said, gesturing to herself. Zeno nearly said something but Toron covered his mouth, shaking his head before indicating for Twilight to continue. “We're from the World of Equestria. We were told you'd already know about most if not all of this?”

“Indeed, we do... But, here, Equestria, and you all too, is just--” Toron began, but was cut off.

“A TV show, yes. I'm well aware.” Twilight sighed. “You see, we were... forewarned, I suppose you could say, by Princess Celestia. This world is in danger. As the Elements of Harmony, its our duty to protect this world... and all the rest too.”

“Wait. What do you mean exactly? You're telling me but I'm not entirely certain what you're talking about.” Toron stated, holding his head.

“Okay, I figured you'd say that. There's a... certain evil, in Equestria. Princess Celestia refered to them as The Abrogate . Now before you say anything, they ARE dangerous. Don't think they're not because of the name.” Twilight said, instantly adding the last part to it. “Pretty much, they're the embodiment of Destruction and Creation. Kind of.”

“The way it was explained to us, and in her exact words,” Dash started, then paused, pulling a piece of paper from her pocket and reading it. “Is that they were created by the negative feelings of everything.” she finished, tossing it to Twilight. The former unicorn caught it between her index and middle fingers, giving the blue haired girl a glare before looking back to Toron.

“As we were told, you two can prevent this. We weren't told how so please don't ask that. Anyway, typically, emotions like that are locked up in some place where nobody can reach them. Someone from Equestria shattered the gap between the planes, allowing them to appear in this world. We're not certain who, but everyone who can is looking into it back home.” she explained.

“I see... Now... why exactly do we have to be involved?” Toron asked, staring at Twilight.

“I just said don't ask that! I don't understand what she means! But apparently, you two are the equivalents of Celestia and Luna in this world... To a much, much lesser extent.”

“What do you mean to a much lesser extent?” Zeno asked.

“You can't raise the moon or the sun, nor can you send people to the moon. You just have powers that are a lot stronger than those of anyone else in this particular world.” Twilight said to him.

“Right. Right. So... how exactly do we fight of these so called...” Toron trailed off before a thought occurred to him. “Wait, why are you in our house?”

“He asked it.” Dash said, grinning.

“Ponyfeathers.” Twilight swore. “That's the hard part of the explanation. You see, we have to HELP you combat The Abrogate. Though... crossing planes takes a lot of effort and magic. It took a lot out of Princess Celestia and Luna both to get us here. So... Its not like they could have made preperations or anything and all... so...”

“We have to stay here.” Dash finished for her. Toron considered every part of this in his head. On one hand, Zeno would have friends to keep him company, they honestly probably didn't have a CHOICE, and they would be helping save the world. Of course, on the other hand, their parents would throw an enormous bitch fit if they were to find out about this, they would need to go through quite a bit to get the ponies acquainted with everything in this world most likely and they would likely have to shove all of the Mane 6 into their parents' room... Of course... Neither Toron or Zeno actually cared if they got in trouble with their parents... and Toron did know HOW to register people for school and all considering he had to do so for Zeno.. Maybe this could work out.

Immideatly, a loud bang was heard at the door, and Toron jumped, looking at it. He spared a glance at the clock. It was three in the morning! Who would be knocking on the door and this time? A second banging was heard and this time, Toron saw the door seem to ungulate from the strike.

“Oh no.” Twilight said, her eyes narrowing. She held her hands out and suddenly, a brown staff with a blue crystal at the end of it materialized from what appeared to be sparkling dust in her grasp. The rest of the Mane 6, save for Fluttershy and Pinkie, did the same. They stood from wherever they were and brandished some type of weapon. Rainbow Dash got a sleek sword, the blade a deep blue color and the hilt a deep gold. Applejack received a pair of brass knuckles, though it would be more fitting to call them ebony knuckles, due to the fact that they looked to be made of some type of black metal. Rarity received a purple shield, which had an odd diamond shape on it, the same as her cutie mark from the show. “Pinkie, Fluttershy, get the littler one out of here.” Twilight ordered, facing the door.

“What's going on?” Toron asked, confused and worried. Fluttershy and Pinkie immediately came over and Fluttershy picked up Zeno, who looked rather terrified.

“The Abrogate. They actually found this place... I wasn't sure if it would happen at all, let alone so soon.” Twilight said. She then pointed at Toron and a large broadsword appeared to hover in front of him. “Take that. I don't think the kid can fight just yet.”

“Let's go.” Pinkie told Fluttershy, who nodded and walked up the stairs with her before Pinkie abruptly stopped. “Uh, Twilight? Where do we go?”

“What kind of... Ugh, The roof! Go to the roof, Pinkie!” Twilight snapped.

“Okie Dokie Lokie!” Pinkie said, hurrying up the stairs with Fluttershy. They were fairly lucky to have Zeno with them, otherwise they would have gotten lost numerous times throughout three story building. With him, however, they were able to get to the attic, which contained a door to the roof, which they promptly exited. Fluttershy set Zeno on his feet, and he looked around. He had only been up onto the roof itself twice, though he couldn't recall what for. He then saw something that stood out. And quite easily too. The sky, despite it being night, could be seen as red. When looking to the sides of the house, he saw that the entire house was surrounded in some type of blood red dome.

“Well, we should be safe for now.” Pinkie said, but then blinked as her foot started tapping.

“Pinkie Pie... What does that sense mean?” Fluttershy asked, confused and concerned.

“Uh, that's a rare one. It means that something ultra, mega, super duper bad is about to happen.” Pinkie explained, looking around before shrugging. “But I'm sure it can't be all bad.”

“Usually when people say that, it means something bad is gonna happen.” Zeno said, looking at Pinkie, who was roughly about three inches taller than he was.

“Oh don't be silly! Words can't make stuff happen!” Pinkie giggled.

“And that usually adds to it.” Zeno told her.

“What could possibly--” Pinkie was cut off as the roof shook, knocking the three of them off their feet. They looked up to see a hand, black and appearing to be made of dripping ink, grab onto the corner of the roof. Seconds later, a second hand, looking the same, appeared beside it. Followed by more and more hands. The three teens mouths hung open as they stared, an enormous shadow being cast over them as the hulking beast to which the hands belonged to hauled itself up and over the edge of the roof...