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// Chapter 10 
// Story: The Rainbow Portal 
// by Thunder Quill 
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	Thunder raced through the town, only pausing to glare angrily at Trixie's caravan that had gotten set back up. Soon enough he found himself back at the motel. Slowing to a trot, he entered his room, noticing that Shadows' door was ajar, and that snoring was emanating out of it. "He really needs to stop sleeping so much..." Thunder muttered to himself, before going into his room. Once he closed the door and locked it behind him, he pulled a small mirror out of his saddle bag. "42-42-564" He muttered after breathing on it, writing the numbers in it. The mirror began to shimmer, turning pure white before the face of Celestia appeared, "First Lieutenant Thunder Quill checking in." He said with a salute.

Celestia smiled warmly, “What do you have to report to me on the bearers safety and protection from whomever stole the missing book?” she asked. 

Thunder nodded, "Nothing much your highness, I've settled in, and the town seems to be secure, I'll need to do a more thorough examination of the town later. Applejack seems to know that my cover story was bogus, even though I didn't have any tells..." He told her.

Celestia chuckled, “I see. Well, she would know, since her element happens to be Honesty.” she said.

Thunder nodded, "Yes ma'am," He said before snarling, "The mare from the Hoofington incident was there."

Celestia sighed, “Oh yes, I remember her. She is not a threat to the elements, and you are not to engage her. I know that Twilight can handle her if she does manage to do something bad,” she looked into his eyes from the mirror, “You are not permitted to interfere.” 

Thunder sighed, "Yes ma'am, I know. I would not harm a civilian, but I can't stop thinking about it." He sighed again, "I'll report in again tomorrow, after my examination of the town."

Celestia nodded, “Dismissed.” she said. 

The mirror shimmered, before it turned back into a mirror. Thunder sighed, "This might be harder than I originally planned..."





Jason opened his eyes blearily, noting the ground around him was suddenly softer. Turning his head to the side, he smiled slightly as he saw Gilda curled up next to him. "Good morning..." He whispered, noting the sun was already risen.

Gilda shifted and opened her eyes, turning her head to look at him, “Morning. I noticed you were shivering, guess the badlands are really cold at night in a cave, so I did what I could to keep you warm.” she stood up, and jumped out of the alcove, looking out the cave entrance. 

Jason smiled, before jumping as something big touched his back, "What the..." He said, turning around to see two fully grown wings, each ten feet in length, pop out of his back. "Alright then..." He said, smiling.

Gilda turned and looked back at him, “At least your wings have gotten something out of being in the badlands for the past four days.” she said. Jason simply smirked, jumping out of the alcove and running to the edge of the cliff, leaping off, his wings tucked tightly against his body. Gilda ran to the edge of the cave entrance, “You don't know how to actually fly yet you idiot!” She yelled, jumping out to get him. 

Jason smirked, "Oh I know how to alright..." He let out a laugh as he unfurled his wings, the air catching underneath them as he slowed, before beating them to get up to Gilda. "Now that, was AWESOME!" He yelled, "I can see why you love it so much!"

Gilda rolled her eyes as she stopped flying down, “Yes, because I jump off cliffs and shoot up in the air as I open my wings for fun. That isn't what's great about it, Hole Wings, what's great is doing tricks and flying freely.” she flew past him and started doing loops in the air. 

"Nice," Jason said, before frowning as he looked at his wings in more detail, “These look like dragon wings, not insect wings... "

Gilda flew back over to him, “Whatever, maybe your wings are deformed like that because of the huge fight you almost died in.” she said.

"I had everything under control." He said, "That said, don't think I'll be doing it again anytime soon."

“You killed a whole horde, I don't think you could do it again any time soon.” Gilda said, looking around in the sky, “We need to get some food, and since we can both fly now, probably get to your friends faster.” 

Jason nodded, "Thinking the same. What do you think they'll say after finding out we're together?"

Gilda looked at him, “Who said I would tell them, or that I agreed?” she smirked. 

"Well, if I don't tell Emily, and she finds out later, I don't think I'll be able to function for a while..." He said, glancing downwards.

Gilda stared at him, “Not like you need to function, since I am not doing that.” she said, flying down closer to the ground to look for something to eat. 

"That's not what I meant..." He groaned, speeding up to catch up with her. "I meant I won't be able to do anything because I'll be in so much pain. Didn't mean anything pervy..." He said once he caught up with her.

“Just use your emotion thing so we can get some food.” Gilda said. 

Jason nodded, looking at the ground, "This area seems to have been stripped bare, probably by the dragons." He informed her, "We should keep going towards the forests, more food should be there.

Gilda frowned, “You don't want to try dragon meat from the ones you killed?” she asked. 

Jason paled, " Not particularly... One, I have a huge respect to dragons,  and two, I was one, and it seems really weird to do that... "

Gilda shrugged, “More for me then.” she flew down and landed by the dragon he had beheaded, and pulled off some of the scales on its belly, before ripping it open and eating into it. 

Jason looked at the dead dragons, an idea forming. He flew down to the black dragon and began ripping off its scales, "If I do this right... Then..." He muttered, turning his arm into a giant scissor and cutting a portion of its skin off. "Now, if this works..." He muttered, his horn glowing a dark green. The same green glow enveloped the strip, as it changed into a duster. "Now that is awesome," He said as he put it on, his wings flitting through slits on the back. "Dragon-Hide duster, now that is cool."

Gilda finished eating the dragon and backed up, licking her beak of the leftover meat and blood, “They taste better then I would have thought.” 

Jason nodded, "I'll take your word for it." He said, standing up, "We should get going, I can see the edges of the forest a couple miles that way." He said, pointing past the mountains.

Gilda fluffed out her wings and flew into the air, heading to where he pointed. 





"We're almost to the badlands." Imloch said to Emily.

Emily stared at him, “You mean this big ass forest with the fucking dragons isnt a part of the badlands, and we have been in a fucking forest, for four whole days, because WE ARE SLOW AS HELL?!” she exclaimed. 

"Maybe?" Imloch said sheepishly, "I might have completely overestimated the distance... By like 199,990,000 miles..."

Emily groaned, “Fuuuuuuuucccccckkkk.” she complained, “And the baby familiar I have doesn't even act like a cute baby, I made its childhood basically shit.” 

Blaze flew up and nuzzled Emily's cheek, "It's alright, you saved me from the dragons."

Emily sighed, picking him up and hugged him to her chest, “I know, but I like little kids and babies having childhoods.” she said. 

"Sorry to cut this touching moment short," A familiar voice said as two thuds emanated from behind the trio, "But we're looking for a old as dirt wizard and a soccer player with a Phoenix, you wouldn't have seen anyone like that would you?"

Emily turned around and grabbed Jason in a hug, “You're an ass.” she said, smiling. 

Jason hugged her back tighter, "I know," He said, smiling, letting go after a minute, "Nice to see you again Em."

“Nice seeing you again too, even though you look really different now...” Emily said, looking at him. 

Jason chuckled, "Yeah, I know." He said, before turning to the other being who landed, "May I introduce to you, Gilda the griffon."

“Hay.” Gilda said, waving a claw. 

Emily looked at her, “Hay. Jason told me you were with him.” she said. 

“Cool.” Gilda said. 

Jason looked between the two, suddenly feeling dread, "I hope you two get along." He said, "Especially since Gilda is going to be living with me in the cave."

Emily shrugged, “At least you won't be lonely, thats...something I guess.” she put Blaze on her shoulder and looked at Imloch, “Looks like this is apparently halfway.” 

"Halfwayish, I suppose..." Imloch said, looking at Jason's duster, "Where'd you get that?" He said, before throwing Jason a bag, "Didn't know someone would be with you, so I only packed one extra bag of holding."

Jason smirked, grabbing the bag, "killed about a dozen dragons, cut off a piece of its skin and made a duster "

Gilda shrugged, “I don't have anything to put into a bag anyway... wish I had kept some of that dragon meat though...” she muttered, looking back. 

“How the hell did you kill any dragons?” Emily asked. 

"Turned into one myself," He smirked, turning back towards the badlands, "I forgot some stuff back there, wait for me, I might be a couple hours." He said, unfolding his wings and taking off.





A couple hours later, Jason flew back, his bag of holding bulging slightly at the load inside of it. 

Emily stood up from her spot leaning against a tree, “What did you get that took fucking hours?!” 

Jason took a step back, "Sorry, I grabbed a couple dozen scales, and a dozen or so pounds of their meat, Gilda likes it."

Gilda nodded, “Yeah, thanks for that. Did you get one of their hearts too? I always wanted to taste one...” she said. 

Emily stared at her, “Ew...” 

"Yeah, I grabbed a couple." He said, motioning to the bag. "Figured they might have alchemical properties."

Emily rubbed her eyes, “I see this as incredibly concerning...I'm not learning alchemy. I have no interest in that anymore.” she muttered. 

Gilda looked at her for a second, before she smiled at Jason, “Thanks for getting that stuff anyway, cant wait to eat some again when I need it.” 

Jason smiled back, giving her a light kiss on the cheek, "No problem."

Emily took her hands off her face and looked at Blaze on her shoulder, can we talk in thoughts?” she wondered. 

"Yes, yes we can. " Blaze said.

Emily sighed, Thats good, now I don't have to look insane with one sided conversations on my part. she said, looking into Blaze’s eyes. 

"Yes."

Gilda stared at Emily as she looked at the baby Phoenix, before turning back to Jason, “I think its a good time for us to get going, since were all reunited and whatever.” 

Jason nodded, "Yeah,  probably." He began walking towards Ponyville through the forest, "You coming?" He asked, his duster flapping in the breeze.

Emily looked over at him, whatever she was doing before broken, “Yeah, lets go. Bloody takes three days to get this far, could have probably just done short distance teleports this whole time...” she grumbled. 

"I'm not strong enough to teleport more than myself, and I doubt imloch can teleport you, Gilda and himself." Jason said.

Emily sighed, “Fine, I guess another three days of walking is fine...” she said. 

Jason smiled, "I said I couldn't teleport, but I can do something else..." He said softly, his skin changing to a silver sheen. He changed into his silver dragon form, albeit smaller, "Anyone want to ride a dragon?"

Emily looked at Imloch, “You sure I can't have two familiars?” 

Imloch sighed, "Yes, I am sure that you can't have Jason as a familiar."

Emily sighed, “Fine.” she said, walking over to Jason, “So, how do I climb up?” she asked. 

Jason lowered a wing, "Climb up."

Emily smiled and stepped on his wing, holding onto the leathery skin as she climbed up onto his back, standing on top of him before she sat down on his neck. 

"Be careful," He said, "Don't fall off."

Imloch nodded, climbing onto him, "First time I've rode a dragon."

Emily grabbed onto a scale on his neck, “Ill be careful.” she said, rolling her eyes. 

Gilda looked at them, “I think I'm good flying on my own.” 

"Don't be afraid to get on if you get tired, plenty of room." He said.

Gilda flew up into the air, “I'll keep that in mind if I need it.” she said, going up over the tree line and heading in the direction Emily and Imloch had been walking away from the whole time. 





Jason flew on through the night, never once stopping, mostly in silence, "Was there really no reaction to me and Gilda?"

Emily lifted her head from looking down at the ground, oddly wide awake as opposed to everyone else asleep, “Nothing surprises me much anymore now. Im a wizard, in a land of ponies, and your a changeling hybrid, who I talk to while I sleep. I have stopped asking questions.” she said, keeping Imloch in her hand so he wouldn't roll or fall off. 

Jason nodded, "Alright, makes sense." He said, before suddenly roaring in agony.

“What happened?!” Gilda yelled, waking up quickly from the sound, “I need sleep here!” Jason continued his roar of agony, until it stopped short. The dragon beneath the group vanished, replaced by Jason's humanoid form, unbreathing.

Emily looked down at the ground again, realizing it was getting closer, “Shit, I can't fly!” she yelled. 

Gilda grabbed Jason out of midair, flying quickly to the ground and putting him down, before going back for Emily and catching her, noting that she had fallen unconscious from the terror, letting Imloch fall to the ground and change back into a human as he woke up as she held Emily and Blaze, bringing them to the ground. She looked at Jason and put her ear to his chest, hearing no heartbeat. Gilda lifted her head, panicking as she thought, “What was that one class about resuscitation...” she muttered quickly, before she got on top of him and started jumping on his body. 

Imloch rushed over to her pulling her away from him, "This isn't a normal accident." He growled, "He needs help by someone who has medical experience. Bring him to the cave in the mountain near Ponyville, I can teleport Emily and I to Twilight's house, who can get help."

Gilda stared at him, “Can't you just teleport to the hospital directly for him or go yourself?” she growled. 

Imloch shook his head,  "I'm not trusted in town overall, but if Twilight is there, they will help. Now go!" He yelled.

Gilda grabbed Jason and shot into the air, flying quickly in the direction of Ponyville, Jason actually getting them a lot closer than they would have just walking. 





Imloch popped into Twilight's bedroom, Emily awake and standing next to him, "Twilight!" He yelled, "We need help!"

“The Ursa's gone!” Twilight yelled, sitting up in her bed, she squinted in the dark of the room, “Imloch...” she muttered. 

Said wizard nodded impatiently, "Yes, this is a matter of life and death! Haste is required!"

Twilight got out of bed and looked up at him, “What's going on?” she asked. 

"We found Jason, and something bad happened, he's not breathing." He explained.

Twilight's eyes widened, “Where is he?” she asked. 

“The dragons old cave at the mountain.” Emily said. 

"Yes, can we hurry!?" Imloch yelled, waking Spike.

"Wassgoinon?" He muttered sleepily.

Twilight looked at Spike, “No time to explain, I have to go.” she ran down the stairs and out of the library, heading for the mountain. 

Imloch sighed, teleporting himself and Emily in front of Twilight, "Magic Twilight! Do you use it?!"

Twilight glared at him, stopping herself from knocking into him, “Yes, I do, but using magic to teleport up a mountain is dangerous, especially one that steep. Of course...I do know the layout of the cave entrance, and it is big enough to teleport on...” she thought for a second, as her horn glowed, before she disappeared, appearing at the base of the mountain. She looked up, making calculations and measurements in her head, before her horn glowed again and she stood halfway on the platform of the entrance. She quickly scrambled up onto the platform and sighed, “A few missing measurements, but it could have been worse...” she muttered. 

"Get in here Twilight!" Imloch's voice said from inside the cave. Twilight forgot about the measurements and ran into the cave, seeing Jason changed drastically, writhing violently. "Thank god you're here." Imloch said, "He doesn't have a pulse, but he keeps writhing."

Twilight ran over, and stared at him, “You forgot to mention that he is completely burned, and has wings!” she exclaimed, her horn glowing as she used a scanning spell to look him over. 

"And is dating a Griffon." Imloch said, gesturing to Gilda.

When Twilight looked up at her, Gilda waved, “Hay, ya know what his problem is?” she asked. 

Twilight looked back down, continuing to check the scan. She frowned, looking at his head, “He has some sort of worm in his head...” she said. 

"A worm? Can you get rid of it?" Imloch asked.

“I am not a brain surgeon!” Twilight yelled, “I did not study brain anatomy... I am not qualified for healing things worse then a scratch.” 

"Then who else?!" Imloch yelled back, "You know more magic than anyone, who else knows how to deactivate the worm of death?!"

“A brain surgeon, who actually has a degree, in brain surgery!” Twilight exclaimed. 

"Are there any in Ponyville!?" He yelled back, "It's the only place close enough!"

“Theres a hospital here, I'm sure a brain surgeon is there.” Twilight replied. 

Gilda was silent, a dark look on her face, “They won't work on him, hes part changeling, they would never try and help one of them. We need to break open his head ourselves and get the thing out.” she said. 

Imloch stared at her, "Are you fucking insane?! You want to break his skull and mess around with his brain?! Twilight can't repair it if it gets fucked up!"

Twilight frowned, “Actually, I did read before that the brain has no pain sensors, which is why it is fine to have a surgery for it while the patient is awake...the only issue is opening his head and keeping it intact so that it can be put back together. The blood loss would also be an issue...” she muttered. She looked up at Imloch, “Can you use your magic to keep the flow of blood from leaving? I can't open his head, but I know that if it gets open, I can pull the worm out of him...” 

Imloch glared at her, before sighing, "Alright... Just do it." He blocked the flow of blood as Twilight found a way to cut open Jason's skull without injuring or breaking any part of it.





Imloch released his magic, sighing in slight exhaustion as Twilight held the worm in her magic, dead without it's host. "Is he alive?"

Twilight looked at Jason, quickly lifting his head and knitting the two pieces back together, “I'm so lucky that Rarity likes teaching me sewing sometimes...” she muttered, scanning Jasons body again as she gave the worm to Imloch, “His heart isn't beating.” she said. 

Gilda roared, and flew at Imloch, grabbing the worm and throwing it on the floor, stomping on it as she flew out of the cave. Twilight stared after her, before Gilda flew back into the cave and pushed her into the wall, grabbing Jason and kissing him on the lips. Jason's chest rose explosively, as he took a huge breath, "Wha..." He gasped, trying to refill his lungs, "What happened?" Gilda didn't respond, only pulling him into a hug, her face in his chest, crying a little. Jason didn't know what was going on, but he hugged her back, trying to comfort her.

Twilight couched, “You need to be careful...I'm not sure how good I am at actually stitching...” she said. 

Jason stared blankly, "What happened?" He asked again.

Emily blinked, “I'm more confused then you, I just smell blood...” She had a blindfold on, because she was freaking out too much at watching an operation, that Imloch had to blind her. 

"There was a worm, inside your head. It stopped your heart, then tried to destroy you from the inside." Imloch explained.

Jason blinked, "Alright... You took care of it, right?"

Twilight nodded, “I did, just...don't move your head a lot until it could be safe to take the stitches out. I'm not really trained, so I might have done it wrong...” She said. 

"That's comforting..." Jason muttered, before turning his attention to Gilda, "Can we be left alone?" He asked the group.

“Depends, can Imloch remove the blindfold he magically stuck to me?” Emily asked, feeling around the walls. 

Jason looked to Imloch, who snapped his fingers, the blindfold disappearing. "Let's go guys." Imloch said, getting up.

Emily blinked, her eyes glowed green for a second after the blindfold was taken off, before she shook her head and left the cave with Imloch and Twilight. 

Jason sighed, still looking down at the crying griffon, "Gilda... Are you alright?" He asked softly.

Gilda looked up from his chest, the tear stains from under her eyes clearly evident, "D-does it look li-like I am?" She said through her sobs,  "Y-you c-could have di-died..." She whimpered, her eyes filling with tears again.

Jason looked down at her with compassion, "I'm still here." He said softly, "It's going to be alright..."

Gilda let out a tear-racked sob, "What I've se-seen so far, you get yourself in dan-danger pointlessly, if you di-died, I don't know..." She descended into sobs once more.

Jason held her tighter, "All my life I've wanted to help people, and now I have the ability to do so... I have to help if I can."

Gilda looked up at him, sadness clear in her eyes, "And that makes you throw away your life?" She said, "What do you owe them, that makes you have to give up your life?" Gilda placed her face on his chest, muttering something intelligible.

"What was that?" Jason asked, frowning, as Gilda mumbled something a bit louder, "One more time?" He asked. His cheek stung, and he recoiled as Gilda's outstretched claw impacted his face. 

"I said I love you, you big idiot." She growled, tears falling down her face with increased velocity. Jason's eyes widened, before he began to chuckle, making Gilda stare at him, "Did that slap break you?" She asked, almost sounding worried that she had.

Jason shook his head, still laughing, "No, but I am more happy than I ever have been before." He pulled her closer as he brought her beak to his lips, both opening automatically as he kissed her with a passion that he had never known. Jason broke the kiss for a second, to say the three most anticipated words of a relationship, "I love you." He uttered, before going back into the kiss with full force.





Jason groaned, the ache in his back pounding from the stone floor, his scowl on his face instantly morphed into a smile as he saw Gilda curled up next to him, as he gave her a small kiss on her beak, "Morning love."

Gilda stirred, moving out of Jason's grip as she stretched like a cat, "Morning," She said, smiling at him, "Sleep well?"

Jason smiled back, "Good, yourself?"

She purred at him, "Never better."

Jason smiled back, "Awesome."

Gilda nuzzled him, and sighed, “You know, I'm not going to do this a lot.” she said, smiling, “Only on special occasions.” 

Jason smiled, "Every moment is special with you." He said.

Gilda shrugged, “I guess, but the point is, I'm not normally into over affection most of the time, so don't expect much.” she said. 

Jason shrugged, before frowning, "I do need to head into town... Get some stuff from my room from the tower..."

Gilda shrugged, “Get some torches or something too, I'm not real big on the whole dark cave thing.” Gilda said. 

Jason nodded, "Sure thing." He began to walk out of the cave, before stopping, "Do you think the villagers would chase me with torches and pitchforks if they see me?"

Gilda stared at him, “You can change.” She said. 

Jason shifted, an uncomfortable look on his face, "About that... I'm nervous about transforming again..."

Gilda nodded slowly, “I can see why I guess, since you almost killed anyone who couldn't fly when you changed back...you still have that weird communication thing with Emily right? Just ask her.” she suggested. 

"A good idea, except I can only use it in dreams..." He said, glancing outside, "I was friends with these ponies for a couple months, what's the worst that could happen?”

Gilda sighed, “Don't do something stupid and die again...” She groaned. 

Jason smirked, " Me? Do something stupid? Wherever did you get that idea?" He laughed as he dodged a rock thrown at him.





Shadow yawned, waking up, going into the kitchen, “Hay.” 

Thunder glanced at him, smirking, "Morning sleeping Sith Lord, sleep well?"

Shadow glared at him, “Go eat a cactus.”

Thunder laughed, "I'll do that if your eat your saber."

Shadow sighed, “Why did I want to come with you here if all you're going to do is make jokes about that stupid job...” he sighed, “What happened last night, I heard roaring, did you have stomach problems again?” he smirked, going into the fridge. 

Thunder gave him a deadpan stare, "Hardy har har." He said before getting a concerned look, "Roaring huh? There was a dragon in the mountain outside town," He glanced out the window, "Enjoy breakfast, I'm gonna go outside." He said, walking out the door.

“Yeah, whatever.” Shadow said, rooting through the fridge. 





Jason leaped off of the side of the mountain, his wings tucked close to his sides as he hurtled towards the ground,  One thousand feet.  He thought to himself, enjoying the thrill of the uncontrolled dive.

 One hundred feet.

 Fifty feet. 

 Twenty feet. 

Jason took a deep breath, smirking, NOW! He unfurled his wings in a flash, his fall stopping in a heartbeat, zooming forwards as he beat his wings. "YAHOOOOOOO!" Jason yelled in exuberance, "THIS IS BLOODY AWESOME!" , a ripping pain tore through his left wing, leaving a gaping hole. Before he was even able to react, another pain tore through his other wing, making him lose altitude at an alarming rate. "SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT!!" He yelled, trying to land on something relatively soft.

Unluckily for him, he wasn't able to do that, as he smashed into a tree. "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck..." He groaned, sliding off of the rough bark.

"What are you?" A new voice said, as he felt a small pierce on his back, which he knew was a sword.

Jason groaned turning around, the blade not doing anything to his dragonhide duster, as he saw a white unicorn with a black mane and tail, a very familiar sword pointed at him,"Jason Schmidt, can you not point blades at people? It's considered rude in some civilizations to try and stab them."

The unicorn glared at him, "The human does not look like you, nor does he have wings or a horn."

He blinked as Jason's whole attitude changed. He slumped slightly, his eyes turning blue, "Courtesy of Queen Chrysalis..." He muttered.

That got the unicorns attention, "Chrysalis? Ruler of the strongest changeling hive," He growled as Jason nodded, "In the name of the Royal Guard I place you under arrest!"

Jason stared at him, "Under what fucking grounds?!"

"Aiding and abetting one of Equestria's greatest threat." He growled.

Jason continued to stare, "You do realize that she kidnapped me and did this forcibly to me?"

The Unicorn didn't respond, instead raising his blade, a feral warcry released from his lips.





Twilight looked at the ponies assembled in the library, happy that they had come at such short notice after saying she needed to tell them something important. “Im sorry if any of you girls were busy...” she said. 

"Eh, I was taking a nap." Rainbow said, nodding to Twilight.

“Ah kin always leave tha farm every now an then, ain't really got much ta do after tha season.” Applejack replied, “Sides, Ah had ta wake Rainbow from one ah tha trees anyway.” 

Rainbow glared at the farm pony, before turning to Twilight, "What's going on?" The other bearers stayed quiet, wanting to hear what she had to say.

Twilight breathed slowly, “Jason, Imloch, and Emily just got back home last night, after four days of searching they managed to get Jason back, but he is a bit...different.” she said. 

"How different could he be darling?" Rarity asked.

Twilight looked at them, “He is different, in the sense, that he no longer looks human, and looks a bit more changeling like then anypony would be normal with.” 

Rainbow scoffed, "Changelings, Twilight? Those are just old mares tales." 

Applejack looked at Rainbow, “So was tha mare in tha moon, lookit what we git fer not believin in em.” she said. 

Rainbow opened her mouth to respond, only to be cut off as a loud crash came from behind them, a cloud of smoke obscuring the projectiles "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" Jason's voice yelled.

“Oh my...” Fluttershy whispered, flying away from the smoke. 

"NO!" A voice that Applejack and Twilight recognized as Thunder, "YOU ARE GOING TO STAND DOWN AND BE ARRESTED!"

“What are yall doin trying ta arrest Jason when yer off duty Thunder?” Applejack asked. 

Twilight frowned, “Why did you come through the wall...” she wondered, staring at the hole. 

The smoke cleared, revealing a surprising sight. Jason's hands were double bladed axes, and Thunder held a sword in his black magical aura, "Sorry Twi," Jason said, not taking his eyes off of Thunder, "But this asshole keeps trying to kill/arrest me so..."

“Ah dunno why he'd do tha, since he aint on duty ta begin with.” Applejack said, before turning to Rainbow Dash, “Told ya.” 

Twilight groaned, facehoofing, “Oh horseapples, the string is coming out...” she said, looking at Jason's head. 

Jason smirked, changing his hands back to normal. "You don't want me die on my way to wherever it is you take criminals."

Thunder growled, "Correct..." He muttered, capping his sword as our turned into a pen.

Jason blinked, looking at the blade, "Soooooo many multi universal crossovers..."

Twilight shook her head, “Wait, why are you arresting him?” she asked. “I thought you were off duty.” 

"For aiding and abetting a known criminal to Equestria." He said, "And when a guard is off duty, he still has the right to arrest a felon."

“You don't have any proof though that he is helping Chrysalis, all you know is that he is part changeling, and no other proof. Does he act like he is being controlled? Does he act like he is under her whim? No, he is not either of those things, which means, no matter what he looks like, you have no right to arrest him, since you have no proof of either.” Twilight said, glaring at Thunder. 

"Well..." Jason said, "Some changelings have their own minds, they aren't controlled by the queen per say, but they follow her anyway." He glared at Thunder, "That, my friends, doesn't mean I am being controlled. Chrysalis only changed 95% of me, the last five percent is what makes me, me. She can't control me, because humans aren't an equine race and the brains are different."

“Tha seems unnecessarily complicated.” Applejack muttered. 

"No matter how much I don't like it, I am a changeling, and that means I know what went wrong, and how it did. I also can use telepathy, to an extent." He smiled, "I'm now a man of many talents."

Twilight looked at him her eyes widening slightly, before turning to Rarity, “I had a bit of an issue with sewing.” she whispered, “When this is over, or right now, since he can't be arrested legally, can you help me fix the sewing?” 

Rarity blinked, "Of course darling, but sew what?" Twilight pointed to Jason’s head, the sloppy sewing work evident from the string coming loose from his recent attack from Thunder. "Ah." She said, paling slightly over her already white coat.

Jason stumbled, "Fuck..." He mumbled, holding onto a bookshelf, "This sucks.."

Rarity rushed towards him, pulling a needle and thread out of her mane, "Please sit still darling."

Twilight watched her for a second, before turning to Thunder a frown adorning her features, “Since you have no proof of him being controlled, or even working with Chrysalis, I think you have no jurisdiction to legally arrest him, and can kindly leave the library now.” 

"Actually, Twi," Jason said, looking at her, "If I may interject," He turned to Thunder, "Bro, you almost kicked my ass nine ways to Sunday, and that. Is awesome!" He said, shocking everyone.

“What are ya talkin bout? Did he mess ya up more en ya are?” Applejack asked. 

Twilight sighed, “This is why I am not qualified to be a doctor, I broke his brain...” she muttered. 

"Are you kidding? Anyone who could kick my ass that hard is alright in my book." He paused, looking slightly embarrassed, "And besides, I could use a mentor..."

“What?!” Twilight exclaimed. “A mentor for what?”

Rarity sighed as she finished sewing his head back together, "This is as good as it's going to get," She said, patting his shoulder, "But you should really see a doctor."

Jason winced at Twilight's yell, "Well, yeah... I want to learn better fighting skills." He paused, "And magic, and flight. Even though I can't fly very well with these..." He said, unfurling his wings and showing the holes, his wings looking a bit shredded, "Wicked blade."

Fluttershy looked at his wings, coming forward from her hiding place, “Oh, that must hurt a lot...I could bandage that up for you...” she said. 

Jason smiled, "Thanks Flutters." He said gratefully.

Fluttershy smiled, “It doesn't look much different from any other animals wings, it wouldn't be too hard to do.” she said. 

He smiled again, before turning to Thunder, "Could you tutor me on the ways of the blade."

Thunder stared at him, "You, the person I nearly killed, want me, a guard who would arrest you if you showed the slightest hint of being a saboteur, to teach you how to use a blade?"

Jason nodded, "Sums it about up, yeah."

Applejack frowned, “That don't make ah lick ah sense.” she said. 

"What's the fun in making sense?" He asked, "I'm n7ot going to pretend I'm the same Jason that was kidnapped, I have certainly changed in many ways, more than one."

“Yeah...ah spose...” Applejack said, frowning. 

Thunder kept staring at him, "Alright... I'll train you... But you slip up once, I won't hesitate to arrest you."

Jason nodded, "Thanks mate, I'm sure we'll be friends by the end of the month."

Thunder blinked, "I just tried to kill you, as I said before, and you think we could be friends?"

Jason nodded, "Yeah, and, for the record, you didn't even come close to killing me." He smirked, turning his face into a dragon's, "I can turn into a full blown dragon, I just don't like to, a bit unfair to you, especially since your magic sword couldn't pierce my dragon hide duster. Try to cut the scales." He said, "Can't do it. "

Twilight sighed, “Please, just stop before you guys end up hurting the library more.” she turned to her friends, “You girls can go now, I don't have anything else to tell you.” she said. The girls started heading out, albeit hesitantly. 

Jason turned to Rainbow Dash, stopping her as the others left, "Actually, could you come with me Rainbow?" He asked her, "There's someone you need to talk to."





Jason stood outside the entrance to the cave, Rainbow Dash next to him. "Are you ready for this?"

“I flew up the whole way of this huge mountain, If I'm up here for some dumb reason, I will not be happy.” Rainbow growled. 

Jason sighed, "The griffon I love is inside, and you and her know each other very well." He said.

“Used to.” Rainbow said. 

Jason grumbled angrily, "Look, you two are best friends, and I've seen too many friends broken apart, usually by stupid reasons to let it happen to others."

Rainbow looked at him as she landed on the platform like earth, “So, what are you saying?” 

Jason sighed, "I'm saying, I don't want you two mad at each other. I want you two to be friends, at the very least, friendly to each other."

“You know, a cave isn't soundproof,” Gilda said, walking out of the cave, “Very much the opposite of soundproof actually.” 

Jason smiled, walking over, "Sorry about that, I'm guessing you heard everything?"

“Yes, because it echoed.” Gilda said, looking at Rainbow, “And as I said before, I accepted the fact we had grown apart a long time ago.” she said. 

"Well I didn't." Jason said, his smile turned into a frown, "As I said before, I've seen too many friends been broken apart to do nothing."

Gilda sighed, “Whatever.” she said, turning to go back into the cave. 

“Gilda wait,” Rainbow said. She turned and looked over her shoulder, “I still want to be your friend, even if you did hurt my other friends, but you're right, it has been a long time since we had seen each other, it can't work.” she said.

Gilda stared at her, “And what are you planning to do?”

Rainbow smiled, and flew over to her, “Get to know the new Gilda, start all over like we just met, sound cool?” she asked. 

Gilda shrugged, “Sounds good, I guess.” 

Jason smiled, watching as the newly reunited friends walked into the cave, smiling as they talked. Jason moved to go back to town, before pausing at the cliff face. He blinked, before letting out a long, drawn out groan, "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!" He looked towards his bandaged wings, "This suuuuuuuuucks!"