As the two Kits stand facing one another, it was clear that one was far more worried then the other. “Is it some kind of duplication spell?” Twilight asked, as she looked at Celestia, who only shook her head.
“Their magic auras are far too different; those are two completely different Kits.”
Celestia explained as she looked at her former student.
“Only one of them is Kit, sister.” Luna said, as she looked at Celestia. “And that’s the one in the tuxedo.”
“How can you be so sure, Luna?”
“Because of all the things the other Kit has done and said.” Luna said, as she looked back at the two still staring at one another. “First you will recall that our captor has been using a lot of ice based magic, and summoning.”
“Yes.”
“You will also recall that our captor has been going on about how his father isn’t going to let him rule their realm.”
“I’m aware.” Luna looked at Celestia with a bit of sorrow on her face.
“Sister, Kit’s entire clan is dead.” Celestia stopped for a moment and then looked back at the Kit wearing the tuxedo then back at Luna.
“How do you know this?”
“I have gone to see him a few times when he was having restless nights, he relives a part of his past that he very much wishes he could change it.”
“But if that’s true.”
“Kit is an orphan, sister, I believe the main reason he has been with Discord for so long is because he wishes to forget the past, to block it out with laughter.”
“Then could this not be a manifestation of those feelings, an evil double made of his emotions?” Twilight asked, as she looked at Luna.
“No Twilight, and the one reason I can safely say that is the treatment he showed to Chomper. With the burden of his past our Kit, the real Kit tries his best to always find ways with out causing harm to his victims.”
“I think Spike would have to argue with you on that one princess.”
“I’m well aware of what he did to poor Spike, and he does feel really guilty about that, but that does not change the fact that he would never deliberately try and kill another living creature. Our captor is another story he lashed out and nearly killed poor Chomper, not only kill it, he took pride in making sure it would suffer.”
“That reminds me, we have to help Chomper.” Nightmare Moon said, as she looked at Luna.
“I’ll do that Sister, you remain here just incase things get out of hand.” Luna said, as she looked to Celestia who nodded a few times.
“I’ll join you.” Granny Smith said, as she walked up and looked at Luna.
“I would have it no other way, little Smith.” Luna then levitated Granny Smith onto her back and teleported her away, while everyone else turned their attention back to the stand off.
“I’ve removed my mask, so why don’t you remove yours, Loki?” Kit said, as he glared at his ice armor doppelgänger.
“I was so close, I WAS SO CLOSE!!” Loki yelled, as his face and body changed to its normal self. “This world would have been mine if you would have just stayed out of the way.”
“This world does not belong to you, and it is under my protection.”
“DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO ME!?!” Loki held out his hand and cast a buckshot spray of magical bolts, but was shocked as Kit through a hand full of cards to intercept and negate the attack. “YOU ARE NOTHING TO ME!!” Loki charged forward summoning an ice sword in each hand and tried to attack Kit only to have Kit deflect the attack with his cane and kick him into the barrier.
“I am trying to be calm, Loki; I am giving you a chance to walk away.” As Loki got back to his feat, the look of hate in his eyes was clear as he glared at Kit.
“Yeah, well I’m not walking away.” As he held out his hand he smiled slightly as a small orbed appeared in his hand. “It’s far to crampt in here, Kit; if we’re going to fight, I would like to enjoy the fresh air.” Loki threw the orb to the ground causing it to explode and making a small vortext sucking both him and Kit into it.
“Mommy, where did they go?” Trixie asked, as she pointed to the seal.
“I might be mistaken but, I believe Loki just made a pocket dimension.” Twilight studied the vortex for a moment and then watched as it expanded across the seal and revealed what was inside, it was like looking down on a miniture battle field. “Princess?”
“You’re correct Twilight, though since he opened it within the seal it won’t expand any further then this, we’ll be able to watch what happens but we won’t be able to do interfere, right now Kit is on his own.” As the ponies watched on in the small ealm Kit slowly got up and found himself in a frozen waste land, and in the far distance he could see a frozen castle.
“Well, I’ve been to your castle, it’s only fair that you come to mine.” a snowman version of Loki said, as it manifested itself in front of Kit.
“I’m not playing this game Loki.” Kit got to his feet and knocked the snowman’s head off, causing the rest of it to fall apart.
“Now that was just rude.” another Snow Loki said, as it formed. “And you really don’t have a choice in the matter.”
“What makes you say that?”
“If you want to ever free your friends you’ll come, after all I still have the final lock on the barrier.” an ice version of Loki’s cepter appears in the snow Loki’s hand. “You want to be ride of me for good then you’re going to have to some for it.” Kit to the ice staff and broke it in half.
“If that’s how you want to play this Loki, then fine, I’m coming for that staff and breaking it over your head.” with that Kit turned and then watched as an army of Ice Soldiers started to rise up from the ground.
“You didn’t really think I would make this easy did you?” Kit snapped his fingers and his tux changed into a white armor.
“I really hope you can feel this.”
“Feel what?” Kit spun around and kicked the snow Loki between the legs scattering it.
“That.” Kit turned back to the forces he was about to go up against and held out his hands summoning a sword in one and a whip in another. This wasn’t what he wanted, this day, he had wanted to just make ponies happy, and instead now finds himself going into a battle that seemed hopeless. “Wouldn’t be the first.” Kit looked down at his weapons and thought back to that dark day of his past, remembered everything that he had to do to protect the greater good, as his friends, family, and clan warriors fell in battle. “Again I find myself faced with no other choice.” As his hands tightened around the handles of his weapons a tear fell from his eyes.
As he charged forward, the battle seemed endless as the faster Kit struck down Loki’s forces more rose in their place, only to have the creatures getting stronger and more monstrous as he got closer and closer to the ice castle, the soldiers got replaced with snow creatures carried tree like clubs, and those soon gave way to ice creatures that would tower and try to slash at him with their claw like hands. To counter Kit started resorting to magical spells, enchanting both the sword and whip allowing them to cut through the creatures like a hot knife through butter.
While at the top of the castle it was clear Loki wasn’t happy, the ponies could see him clearly jumping up and down throwing a tantrum, and screaming at his forces, as he summoned more. All while Kit continued to cut them down slowly making his way towards the castle. “WHY WON’T YOU JUST DIE!” Loki yelled, as he started to bombard the battle field destroying his own forces trying to hit Kit. “FALL! FALL!!”
“That’s not fair.” Trixie said, as she looked at Twilight. “Kit’s already out numbered and now Loki’s fighting dirty.”
“I know Trixie, Princess, isn’t there anything we can do to help him?” Celestia looked to her student, and then shook her head.
“I can’t break this seal that Kit invoked, if I do then Equestria could be pulled into the the dimension that Loki created.
“Which could mean all of Equestria would be under attack by Loki’s frozen army?” Rarity asked, as she looked at Princess Celestia and then down at the battlefield, Loki had stopped his attack and the dust and snow that was kicked up prevented them from seeing anything moving, but just as they started to fear the worst a trail of snow and dust left the battle area heading for the castle.
“GO KIT!” Night Mist yelled, getting everyone to look at him. “I, well it’s got to be Kit right?” Spitfire smiled, as she pulled Night Mist close.
“That’s right, that’s Kit he’s tough and he’s not going to let a dirty cheat win.” As the adults started to keep a close eye on the events and watched as Kit started to face off against more creatures Trixie looks at Sunset.
“We have to do something.”
“But what?”
“I got an idea, but we’re going to need the others.” As Sunset gathered the foals they walked over to the far side of the room. “Alright we need to help Kit.”
“Yeah, but how we can’t break through the seal.” Onyx pointed out, as he looked back at the seal.
“We can’t, but I know something that can.” Trixie said, proudly as she looked at the others. “We have to form a light arrow.”
“Ah light arrow?… what that?” Sky Hooves asked, as he looked at Trixie.
“It’s an arrow made of pure white light.”
“It’s also known as the light of justice.” Nightmare Moon said, as she looked at Trixie. “But we’re not powerful enough to make that, not even when we all work together.”
“No so can make one, but we won’t be able to fire it, we’ll be too tired once it’s done.” Trixie countered as she looked at Nightmare Moon. “Besides we have to try, Kit fought for us all day, he worked really hard for us, we have to at least try and help him.” with that the group looked at each other before agreeing to try.
“Alright, but we can’t do it here, we better go to Luna and Celestia’s old room.” As the foals followed Nightmare Moon, Kit was still making his way to the castle.
“I WON’T LET YOU BEAT ME KIT!!” Loki tapped his staff several times on ground and the Castle slowly started to change into a living creature, moments before Kit was able to make it to the enterance. “LET’S SEE YOUR WEAPONS CUT THROUGH THIS!!” the castle swung one of it’s massive arms sending Kit flying back a good distance, giving him enough time to teleport even further and land on his feet as he looked up and at the castle now nearly 3 miles away. It was was bigger then anything Kit had ever faced before. “What’s the matter Kit? Don’t you like my castle?” a snow Loki asked, as it appeared next to Kit only to be backhanded.
“OH NOW COME ON!!” Soarin’ yelled, as he slammed his hoof against the barrier. “How is that even remotely fair?”
“It’s not, honey, that’s the point.” Spitfire said, as she looked at her husband. “Loki hasn’t been playing fair from the start, pretending to be Kit, locking us in crystals, making our little ones try and make it through a castle that was filled with monsters, and now this.” Soarin’ nodded then lowered his head slightly.
“But honey, how is Kit even supposed to fight that?”
“I’m not sure but it looks like he’s going to try.” Soarin’ looked back the battlefield and could see Kit charging once more towards the castle. “Come on Kit, show that jerk who's boss.” As the adults started to hold their breath, in another room Trixie, Sunset, Nightmare Moon, and Blueblood was focusing their magical powers on a single spot trying to forge an arrow of legend, while Onyx and Sky Hooves kept watch.
“We got to hurry, it doesn’t sound too go for Kit right now.” Onyx said, as he ran up and looked down at the arrow as it seem to slowly take shape.
“Give us a break this isn’t easy.” Blueblood complained as he kept focusing his magic.
“I know, but it really doesn’t sound good right now.” Back at the battle, once Kit got close enough, the monster castle swung down one of it’s massive hands trying to crush Kit, only to miss as he jumped out of the way, then swung out with his whip as the massive hand started to lift off the ground giving him a chance to start climbing the monster’s arm.
“CRUSH HIM, YOU DUMB CASTLE!!” As the castle tried to obey its master, Kit jumped from its right wrist and using his whip swung into a stained glass window at the creature’s chest cavity finding the insides in total disarray, but he didn’t get much time to admire the decor before several suits of armor came to life and started to attack, through out the rest of the castle it was like this, the ground kept moving, as things kept coming to life and attacked him. As he used everything to his disposal he slowly made his way to Loki’s throne room where Loki sat fuming as he watched Kit storm.
“THIS HAS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH LOKI!!”
“I think not, you refuse to stay out of my way, and stripped me of my victory.”
“You were trying to imprision the creatures of this realm.”
“SO WHAT! I AM A GOD, ALL LIVING THINGS SHOULD WORSHIP ME!!” Loki stood up and glared at Kit. “When I am finished with you, I am going to teach you new levels of pain, and give you new sinces fully experience every agonizing detail.”
“Then I suppose I have no other choice.” with those final words the two charged at one another, and as their two magical energy collided the throne room and anything around it was decimated giving everyone a good view of what was happening.
“Look he made it to Loki.” Spitfire said, as she looked at saw the two now locked in a test of strength.
“Don’t give up Kit, you got this, teach that jerk a lesson.” Soarin’ cheered as he stood next to his wife.
“Told you he wouldn’t give up.” As the two broke their lock, Loki started to cast magic bolts only to have them knocked out of the sky as Kit cut them down with his whip. As the two went back and forth, neither one of them giving the other and inch and taking everyone they could, it started to become more and more clear to Celestia just what clan Kit had been apart of and remembered the story of what happened to them.
“Kaiser.” Celestia said to herself, but just loud enough for Twilight to hear.
“Princess?”
“Nothing Twilight, just forget it.” If she was right, then she knew that what he did on that dark day he had no other choice, something she knew all to well. Back in the old room Sunset, Trixie, Blueblood, and Nightmare Moon fell to the floor panting as they looked at their creation, one single arrow made of light.
“It’s finished.” Nightmare Moon said, as she looked at Onyx. “Make it count, it’s our only one.” with that Onyx, Night Mist, and Sky Hooves nodded and took the arrow to the throne room, and up to the thrones to get a better shot. It wasn’t until they reached their destination that they realized once flaw in the plan.
“How are we going to shoot this?” Night Mist asked, as he looked at his brother. As the other two colts looked at one another they realized that the group had only thought about making the arrow not actually shooting it.
“Maybe,… maybe I can get just a little bit of power out of this ring to make a bow?” Sky Hooves offered as he looked at Onyx, and his brother.
“It’s worth a try.”
“Then who’s shooting it?” Night Mist asked again getting both colts to look at him. “ME?”
“You’re our best shot bro come on, Kit’s counting on us, he’s counting on you, we all are.” Onyx bonked Sky Hooves on the back of the head as he noticed the terrified look Night Mist now had on his face.
“Yeah, no pressure.” Onyx said, as he glared at Sky Hooves.
“Oh yeah, no pressure bro.” Night Mist gulped as he was handed the arrow. “You ready?”
“I guess.” Back at the fight Kit had just sent Loki slamming into a wall and was about to follow his attack up with another when Loki summoned his staff and blasted him point blank sending Kit flying across Loki’s throne room.
“Did you honestly think you could beat me?” Loki tapped the staff on the floor and Kit’s hands and feet where locked to the foor. “You pathetic little fool, you might have the upper hand anywhere else, but this is my world. I AM THE SUPRIME BEING IN THIS!!” Loki held his staff up into the air and started to summon all the magic in the pocket dimension and smirked at Kit.
“Why Loki, why are you doing all of this? Is taking over this realm so important to you?”
“Please, taking over the realm is only a bonus, no I’m doing all of this just so I can finish you off, I pushed you to your limits, I tricked you into fighting me all so I can have the honor of finishing you off.”
“What for?”
“For the respect you fool, your name still sends fear across the realms, the Kaiser of Kaisers the clan slayer, the unstoppable warrior. If I destroy you, then I’ll have that respect, I’ll be feared across the realms and I’ll build an empire off of that legend.”
“So this is all just so you can have a little reputation of finishing off my blood line? You did all of this, endangered lives, just to finish me? Why didn’t you do it when I was exhausted from rebuilding the castle?”
“Because it would mean nothing if I killed you in your sleep, it would me everything if I beat you in battle.” Kit struggled to get free but noticed that the stone bindings that held him to the floor was covered in runes. “Now Last of the Kaisers, prepare to die.” Back in the throne room Night Mist aimed the light arrow, now with a clear shot.
“Smile you colt of a changeling.” As he let the arrow fly it shot through the seal’s barriers giving the other ponies a shock as it flew straight and true to its target, shattering the crystal in Loki’s staff sending the remnants to the stone floor just before they started to slowly vanish. Loki fell to his knees reaching down to where the crystal remains had falled but stopped as he noticed that the stone floor changed back to that of the royal sister’s old throne room.
“Give it up Loki, it’s over.” Loki turned slightly and saw Kit standing over him.
“You’re right,… it’s over.” Kit turned and headed to the center of the seal to undo it, just as Loki slowly started to sumon and ice sword.” FOR YOU!” Loki jumped at Kit only to have Kit hold out one hand shatter the ice sword and slam Loki against the barrier, leaving Loki struggling as if something was holding high by his throat.
“Your parents took me in and let me mend from that dark day of my past, your mother nursed me back to health, your brother and his friends helped train me to be better and to except my role, and your father gave me the chance to do all of those things, for that I am eternally grateful, and highly respect each and every one of them.” Kit held out his hand and Loki was pulled into in mid air and held struggling for air. “But that only protects you so far Loki, you’ve endangered my friends, you twisted my creation of enjoyment into one of your sick little jokes, tried to destroy me, and you tried to take over a realm, as the last of my clan you know I cannot stand by and watch this happen.” just then Luna and Granny Smith returned, and saw the scene before them.
“Hello everypony, did we miss anything?” Before anypony could explain what they had missed two individuals appeared next to Luna, a male that was dressed in full Norse battle garb, and a female dressed in a white dress holding little Sly in her arms, which was happily being petted.
“Ah Odin, Frigga, I am glad you where able to make it on such sort notice.” Luna said, as she smiled at the two new figures in the room.
“We had no other choice Luna, after all if Loki has been causing trouble for you.”
“I think he has been causing more then just trouble for them, dear wife.” Odin said, as he pointed at Kit and Loki fighting. With that Frigga nodded, placed Sly on Luna’s back, and then walked with her husband down to the seal and then through it, as Frigga knelt down and placed a calm hand on Kit’s shoulder she gave him a soft smile.
“We’re here, we’ll handle it now.” with that Kit looked at Frigga and then at Loki. “He will be punished for his actions, Kit.”
“But he kept trying to use that day against me, he kept calling me that name.” Frigga could see the anger in Kit’s eyes as he seems to focus on Loki as he kept trying to get free.
“I figured as much little one, and he will be punished for that as well, but now I want you to let him go.”
“Anyway you see fit.” Odin added, then watched as Loki was sent slamming into the ceiling and fell to the floor, several times. When he finally came to rest Odin smirked slightly and patted Kit on the shoulder before walking towards Loki. “ALRIGHT BOY!! GET ON YOUR FEET!” Odin stormed forward and grabbed Loki by the arm and pulled him to his feet.
“I knew it, he couldn’t beat me alone, and I knew would call you.” Loki said, as he looked up at his father with a bit of confidence.
“Boy, you truly are the lord of fools if you believe that. He didn’t summon us, Princess Luna summoned us, and it’s a good thing she did.” Odin pointed at his wife standing beside Kit who still didn’t look all that happy. “You’re lucky we got here when we did because there is not a doubt in my mind that he would have finished what he started. How many times have we told you not to go against Kit, or cause trouble in a realm that he is residing? You do remember what his clan used to do to trouble makers? Why else do you think they were known through out the realms as the enforcers of harmony?”
“But dad, I was so close to ruling this realm.”
“WE DO NOT TAKE REALMS FOR OUR OWN!!” Odin pulled Loki away, the young lord smirked, as he started to get pulled past Kit.
“Well at least I destroyed that worthless weed.” Loki felt Kit grab his arm with such force that it even stopped his father’s forward movement. Getting both adults to look at Kit slightly shocked, Loki soon shared in the shocked expression as Kit whispered something into Frigga’s ear.
“I see.” Frigga looked at Kit with a compassionate smile, and then glared at Loki before looking up at her husband. “Odin, release Loki.”
“As you wish.” Odin let go of his son and then watched as Kit spun around grabbed Loki by the collar of his shirt and delivered a blow with such force that it sent Loki flying across the throne room and slamming through a stone wall. “I’ll go retrieve him.” Odin vanished one moment and then returned the next with Loki. “Care to open your mouth again?” Loki shook his head several times as he held his mouth, and nose.
“Good, because when we get home me and your father are going to discuss your punishment for the trouble you’ve caused today.” Frigga stood up and glared at her son.
“Take him home, Odin.”
“At once dear.” with that Odin vanished and left Frigga standing beside Kit.
“I promise he will be punished for what he’s done today, Kit.” Kit didn’t even look up at her, until she started to stroke his head. “Though I also wouldn’t mind you coming around once in a while to visit, I think some of the newer guards are slacking off and could use a little bit of a wake up call.”
“What about Loki? Just let him do it.”
“The last time we let him play a prank on the guards over half of them where frozen in ice, and the other half transported all over multiple universes, Thor is still trying to find a few of them.” Frigga explained, as she knelt down and smiled at Kit. “But most of all you could just pop in and say high once and a while.” with that Kit nodded and was pulled in for a hug. As Frigga stood up she looked to Luna and smiled again. “We’ll deal with him, I promise Luna.” with that Frigga vanished and Kit walked to the center of the seal reached down into it and pulled out the card he had thrown before causing the seal to vanish.
“So is that it? Is everything over with?” Onyx asked, as he looked at Kit, who only held out his hand to have his cane return to him before tapping it on the floor 3 times and bathing not only the throne room but the entire castle in a white light, repairing all the damage that had been done through out the day.
“Not really, what I was intended when I repaired this place but now that everything is back to normal would anypony like to see what this place is supposed to be like?” The foals looked at each other for several moments before smiling and looking at Kit.
“YEAH!” The rest of the day was spent at the castle, as the foals smiled at how now that they weren’t racing against a clock, and everything wasn’t trying to kill them. In the room with the stained glass the characters danced and celebrated, waving at the foals and their parents, while in the hall of mirrors they all had a good laugh at how silly each of them looked, and at a royal request by Celestia that one mirror be removed because it made her look like a little white pig, that was promptly followed with a royal request from Luna requesting that the mirror being put in her sister’s bed room. Once the group entered the garden the foals ran up to Chomper who was now back to full health thanks to Luna.
“Well I see the brave little plant has made a full recovery.” Twilight said, as she walked up and petted Chomper. “I just want to thank you for helping our little ones.” In a swift move Chomper turned its mouth and gave Twilight a tongue bath leaving her mane and feathers a mess, as she stood shocked by the big plants reaction.
“Oh he likes you Twilight, he really likes you.” Nightmare Moon said, as she tried to stifle her laughter.
“I can tell,… yuck.” the statues and plant creatures where far more friendly, as the statues started to help Twilight clean up the creatures entertained everyone by having many different forms of flowers bloom in front of them, then giving both Luna and Celestia a necklace of flowers. Once they entered the clockwork area the smiled as they saw a straight path connecting the two doors, and as they walked upon it they smiled at how the Clockwork ponies now danced, did flips, and mostly just entertained them all on top of the cogs. Then came the entrance, the day was done and the sun had already set, but the forest was filled with the lights of the lightning bugs that started to fly around the group and several of them landing on the foals getting them to laugh at each other.
“Oh how much I wish I had a camera for this, they’re so adorable.” Spitfire said, as she smiled at Soarin’ while Sky Hooves and Night Mist pointed and laughed at each other as the fireflies started to land on them and make little patterns.
“Brother, you look like you got a beard made of lights.” Night Mist said, getting Spitfire to look back and smiled at the scene.
“Oh my stars.” The group slowly emerged from the forest and could see the old castle fully rebuild was bordered with strings of lights and banners, with the star filled night sky behind it the ponies looked on in awe just as a series of fireworks started to go off in the sky. “This was very nice Kit.” Luna said, as she looked at Kit who smiled softly.
“Building raised in love, shouldn’t be filled with tears.” Luna turned to her sister and smiled at her.
But eventually all good things have to come to an end and with the help of Kit they all teleported back to Canterlot Castle where the parents changed diapers and then turned in, all except Luna. As for Kit he returned to the apartment he shared with Discord and found him laughing on the couch. “What are you laughing about?”
“Oh good, you’re home.” Discord jumped up and landed in front of Kit. “Oh you’re going to love this.”
“Not tonight D, I’m really tired.”
“Oh, but you’ll miss it.”
“Miss what?”
“My prank.” It was several minutes later and in the halls of Canterlot were filled with the sounds of all the foals crying.
“Girls, what’s wrong?” Twilight asked, as Trixie and Sunset kept crying.
“MOMMY, IT HURT!!” both fillies cried out as Twilight tried to figure out what was going on.
“Twilight please help?” Rarity pleaded as she barged into the room caring a sobbing Onyx, and was soon followed by Spitfire and Soarin’, each with a foal sobbing.
“I’m not sure what’s wrong they just say it hurts.” Back in the dimensional apartment Kit looked was watching the screen at the scene unfold and then turned to Discord.
“What’s going on?”
“Oh you’re going to love this.” Discord held out a container and revealed a container of foal powder.
“I don’t get it.”
“Here.” Discord squeezed the container on his hand then let Kit look at it. “Smell it.” Kit did as directed then shook his head.
“I don’t smell anything, it just smells like foal powder.”
“That’s the fun part about this, you see it smells like foal powder, looks like foal powder, and if anyone tried it would taste like foal powder.”
“How do you know what Foal powder taste like?” Discord stopped at Kit’s question and then blushed slightly.
“Anyhow what’s in the foal powder is my own creation.”
“And it’s supposed to do what?”
“It’s like chili powder, right now these foals are going through the worst case of diaper rash possible, and no matter how many times their parents change their diapers it’s just going to get worse.” with that Kit looked at the powder then at Discord.
“YOU JERK!” Kit pushed Discord out of the way and ran from the apartment.
“HEY!?! WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?!”
“TO UNDO WHAT YOU DID!!”