Of Magic and Machines- Somewhere in Equestria
Yuri was just calmly going through the shelves and sweeping through them to remove any dust she found. Her duty as a maid drove her to make sure that the castle was in tip top shape by the time Princess Twilight returned home. Upon returning to the room Nicko and Eris were in, she was surprised to find it empty. That was… until she found a note on the coffee table that was written very hastily. The handwriting almost looked like Amy’s chicken scratch when she had a look at the note that was there.
Going to go explore a little. Will be back in time for dinner.
-Nicko.
The Sakra Devanam just chuckled a little, unaware of the fact of Nicko and Eris being gone the same way Amy would when she went off to another world. “Heh… Seems like Nicko is still young at heart despite his age.
Canterlot (Bryce’s World)
Changelings at times were like Termites. When it came to them setting their hooves in Canterlot, the guards would have to round them up and either capture or exterminate them. Of course though, what was bothersome about these critters was that they could disguise themselves as anypony else. Which of course, is a neat trick. But when your opponent has a sledgehammer that turns out to be a cannon as well… neat tricks don’t help.
“So… Let me get this straight… You were in your room… woke up to three changelings inside there and then just blasted them?”
“Yes, Princess.” The Human named Bryce told the Alicorn moments after her and her little sister, Luna, came out of their chambers when Luna had woken her up swiftly, saying their guest was in trouble. “Luna sensed an illusion spell in my room while I was asleep. Earlier when I fought ‘em, they had some sort of illusion going on, so I made a connection. Luna woke me up in the nick of time, honestly.”
“You are most welcome, Sir Bryce.” The Lunar Princess replied to the comment. “We’re sorry about the disturbance in your rest, yet also happy the wards in the castle worked.” The human waved her off with a grand smile.
“No worries Luna. And please, none of that Sir on me. I ain’t that old.”
Luna herself giggled for a moment. But soon, a bright flash went off outside. Almost like a filly messing with fireworks. Curiosity now filled the air like a fragrance as it attracted the attention of the Princesses and also Prince Blueblood, who was also called in to hear the news of the attack. Bryce, for being a tad angered by the attempt by the changelings, sighed and reached for the hammer resting on the ground beside him. “I swear if I see one more god damn changeling…”
Garden
Nicko’s entrance into this world wasn’t quite the entrance he would want to have if had to decide. He felt like he was thrown onto the ground, his face hitting the dirt. But he also heard a small CRUNCH! when he made his landing.
“God, do I feel rusty.”
‘Well, it has been seven years since you and I have last moved on our own.’
‘Which was how long in stone?’
‘Felt like 7 hours.’
‘My point exactly.’ Nicko thought as he got himself up off the ground. He heard the crunch again, looking down to see what exactly he landed on. It was a changeling. Unconscious, but with Nicko stepping on him just now, he might’ve popped one of it’s arteries as he saw his shoe covered in changeling guts.
“Eww. Gross!!”
‘Oh grow up… Baby.’ Eris chuckled a little. ‘Get ready. We got company, three o’ clock.’
Turning around to his right, Nicko began to barely make out who was there because of the limited visibility. He saw four figures. Two he recognized. One looked like Celestia. Another looked like Prince Blueblood; the jackass who offended Molly back in his Equestria. The two other figure he couldn’t make out. But for some reason… one looked…
Human.
“Eris…”
“Who the f*ck is Eris?” The Human said with a gruff voice. It would also be noted that there was a small light, though not powerful, coming from the head of what looked like a staff with a large head, and aimed right at Nicko. “Anyone got a light?”
Before anypony could answer, Nicko placed a Medium sized Rune above his head, lighting up the garden in an vibrant glow. “Does that count?”
The group being able to see clearly, had mixed reactions. Celestia and the strange mare looked up at the rune, while the Human and Blueblood looked at the caster. The Human gawked, and promptly dropped the staff. “Woah! Holy mother of-I nearly shot a kid!”
“I’m not a kid. I was 18… if you don’t tack on the seven years I was encased. Then I would be 25.” The Rune Slayer looked back at the human with the staff. “Well, I guess we should introduce ourselves. Ladies first.”
Both of the mares bowed their heads, Celestia speaking first. “I am Celestia, Princess of Equestria and Diarch of the Sun. This is my sister, Luna, my fellow Princess and sister, and Diarch of the Moon.” Luna smiled gently alongside her sister as she was introduced.
“Well, I am Nicko Nocte. Rune Slayer and Displaced. If that counts as a title… but whatever. There’s still some differences I need to get adjusted to between here and there.”
“Pardon us, but could you define here and there?” Luna then asked politely. Nicko sighed politely.
“Certainly, but to understand it a little. I might need to pick your brains a little… Figuratively, I might add. Not actually.”
The Human rubbed his chin before reaching to pick up the staff, hefting it up, before twisting the handle slightly. The head of the staff collapsed in on itself, till it formed the head of a hammer, to with he dug the end of the pole into the ground and leaned against. “Fire away! I’m just giddy to see I’m not the only human! Just got here earlier today.” He said with a genuine smile.
“Well, this may be a bit of a surprise for you then.” Nicko told him. “There are others, but they’re not here. They’re like me. They’re Displaced.”
“And what does that term mean, Sir Nicko?” Luna asked the follow up question. The Rune Slayer grinned a little. The possibility right now was none of them ever heard anything related to this before. So he had to take it nice and slow.
“Displaced means Dimensionally Misplaced. According to the Multiverse theory, they’re are multiple versions of Equestria. Some with differences that could range from small to big. Where I’m from, Celestia doesn’t have a little sister, but a little brother named Artemis.”
“But what other proof do you have that shows your speaking the truth?” Blueblood asked, cautiously. Nicko smiled a little, adjusting his neck.
“Remember when you asking me who was Eris. Well, maybe you should meet her.” Before any other questions can be asked, Eris took form from Nicko’s body and then stood next to him. For a moment, everypony looked tense. But Nicko was assuring with his gestures.
“Easy there. She’s a friend of mine and my companion. We’ve been through a lot together and where I’m from, she’s Discords daughter.”
While this got frowns from the two ruling sister’s and a curious glance from their nephew, the Human was scratching his head. He really seemed to be struggling to take it all in. “Well. That kills my mood. So there’s more like me, and now I’m a Displaced? What a day….Oh, crap. I almost forgot. The name’s Bryce, by the way. Pleasure to meet you both.” He said with a grand smile, extending one hand while the other held his hammer.
Nicko himself took the hand and shook it. “Same here, Bryce. We should continue this conversation inside where there’s a bit more light. I don’t want to burn all of my mana by keeping this rune up.” Turning to Celestia, he then remembered the changeling that he stepped on and turned a bit as he shook the leftover guts off of his foot. “Oh yeah, you might want to take that Changeling right there into custody. It’s unconscious, but I think I might’ve stepped on it and popped one of it’s arteries on accident.”
Noticing what the boy meant, The Princess was quick to call the guards to seize the changeling. Eris herself went body into Nicko’s mind so she wouldn’t startle the guard ponies that were attending to the captive prisoner. Once they escorted it away, the two humans followed the two Princesses to the Hall of Elements while Prince Blueblood excused himself so he could return to his living quarters and get some rest. Nicko was beginning to wonder a little bit about Bryce. Judging on body language and reactions, he seemed to be new to this. But couldn’t really tell. Damn it, he hated it when his Autism affected his perceptions.
Soon, the four of them entered the Hall of Elements. It was much bigger than Nicko last remembered. Then again, it had been quite some time since he was in Canterlot so he shouldn't be one to judge. “So, do you have any other questions?” The Rune Slayer asked kindly.
“I have one, if I may.” Celestia interjected. “If what you say about there being multiple dimensions is true, then how were you able to travel to ours?”
“Ah yes, a very good question if I do say so myself.” Nicko complimented the Princess. “Well, the thing with each Displaced is that they each have something called a summoning token.” He paused for a minute, pulling out his token from his pocket and tossing it to Bryce so he could have a closer look. “That one is mine, A Mark of the Rune Slayer. As I was saying, different Displaced have different Tokens and either you can summon them to you or you can summon yourself to them; either on your own or accidently get pulled in like a magnet.”
This, made Bryce curious. What exactly would the boy have found in order for him to come to his world? Before he could say the words though, Luna beat him too it. “And what kind of token did you find to bring yourself here?”
Around now, Eris re-emerged from Nicko and got behind Luna. Doing a simple trick that a showpony magician would do, the chaos spirit had the crystalline artifact that Nicko found appear from the Night Princesses ear before floating it over to Nicko. Bryce though, could recognize the item. It was known as a Tear of the Goddess, an Item in League of Legends that can have the champion restore their mana over time. He was actually surprised that the boy found something like that.
“This lead me to here. A little bit of magic channeling lead to me opening a doorway that brought me here once I entered. Next thing I know, I’m in your garden.”
Bryce took a moment before chuckling as he looked at Nicko's mark. "Figures that would be my mark. Was considered as a well recommended item in the game my hammer and outfit come from. It's a Tear of the Goddess. It's a mana regeneration item, but with a second ability. No idea if that one has it, but for every spell cast, the Tear grows stronger, giving the bearer a larger mana pool." He explained before looking back to Nicko.
The Princesses seemed truly intrigued by the explanation, and the item in question. Bryce made to hand Nicko’s token back to him. "Again. This is all new to me. Like I said, I got sent here earlier today. By a frickin' moogle too."
“I understand man. Oh and keep the token. You can use it to summon me if you’re in trouble or anything like that.” The Rune Slayer told him in an assuring tone. “I’m also curious about something else. How do you fight with that weapon of yours?” The Huge Hammer reminded the adventurer of Nora Valkyrie’s weapon in RWBY, where it was half hammer-half grenade launcher.
Bryce then took a moment to explain, telling him how his weapon was both a hammer and shock cannon, with different abilities for both forms of his weapon. He also explained that his weapons Hextech Capacitor allowed him to be quicker on his feet everytime he transformed his weapon from Hammer to Cannon and so on. Nicko himself was quite impressed. But also noticed a few things that could be flaws for Bryce when he got himself in combat.
Mainly, his weapon was used only for combat purposes. If you had a cannon, then you could possibly gain extra speed by firing yourself towards an opponent at break-neck speed. Additionally, the weapon required you to use both hands and more arm strength to move it. Nicko’s blade only required one hand, but he used two sometimes to provide extra force to his attacks. Additionally, it was the right weight so he could combine his blade with his magic.
Speaking of Magic, Luna had the thought on her mind and then proceeded to speak. “I’m curious on one thing, Nicko. What kind of magic do you use?”
“Rune Magic.”
“I’m sorry. Did you say Prune?” She asked for clarification
Nicko shook his head. “Rune. With an R.” Demonstrating what he meant, the warrior conjured a rune almost identical to the one in the garden in the palm of his hand.
Bryce leaned forward after setting his hammer on the ground, staring at the rune curiously, while pocketing the mark. “Huh. Kinda like Riven’s sword from League, though in a magic form…” He tapped his chin as he looked to Nicko, then shrugged. “But, that was just her weapon.”
Celestia looked closely at the rune as well, but nothing more. After awhile she smiled gently. “It explains how you summoned the light, Nicko. Though we do not have that here.” She giggled. “I am glad my student is in Ponyville. She would be bombarding you with over a thousand questions right now.” This got a chuckle from Luna and one confused look from Bryce.
“I see what you mean. The Twilight in my world would do the exact same thing. In my world though, they did have that magic. But it was an old sorcery that was thought to be lost with the death of Starswirl the Bearded. But I can do more than just conjure runes.”
This got the attention of all three, but mainly Celestia and Luna. "Oh? And what more can you do with such magic?" The younger asked, interlocking her fingers as she tried to contain herself. Nicko smiled a little, but to make sure that everything was under control, he turned to Eris. The Draconequus formed what looked like a transparent cube inside her paw and talon, which soon expanded to fit the rest of the room.
Both sisters were surprised by this. But soon, Eris explained her reasoning. “Calm yourselves, my dear princesses. It’s just a containment spell. That way, we don’t accidently damage anything within the Hall of Elements.”
Celestia smiled softly while she and Luna calmed down. "Sorry. Our Discord has been reformed and all, but even his spells still make my sister and I jumpy." Bryce however, was leaning against his hammer again as he watched, grinning like a lunatic.
"I can't wait. If the Tear has its abilities, then it'd be a good thing for you to keep on ya, Nicko. More mana, and less time for it to take in coming back."
“Tempting, but I’ll pass. Anyways, my runes can take many forms. For example, I can conjure them to have them Detonate as an explosion, have them form blades of magic, slow down my opponents passively and form fire. In addition, I can enhance my powers for a brief amount of time using Phoenix Talon. Of course though, thanks to the teachings of a fellow Displaced named Ryu, he taught me how to use my powers in multiple methods. Diversity can lead to Mastery.”
To demonstrate, Nicko used his Splash Explosion skill on the soles of his feet to move from one point in the hall to another in a brief burst of speed. The two sisters were quite impressed with the Rune Slayer’s abilities. It was unlike anything they’ve seen before.
Bryce was shaking his head, still having trouble wrapping his head around it. "Sheesh, Nicko. You could probably hand it to me in a fight, even IF I knew how to fight with this." He said, tapping his Mercury Hammer. "But please do go on. What else can you do?"
“Quite a lot of things, but it all relates to how I use my Mana. Additionally, I have a trump card for if a fight is dragged out too long, but that’s in extreme cases.” The adventurer replied. “Additionally, there’s the passive ability of mine called The Way of the Sword, which in return refers to the spells I cast and the attacks I do.”
To show what he meant, Eris conjured two doppelgangers of Nicko. One being a transparent blue. The other one being a darkish red. “The one on the left is when I obtain the Aura of Vitality, which in turn means that it’ll take less mana for me to cast spells and restore mana over time. On the right, theres Spirit of Destruction. An enchantment that adds more strength to my attacks and can also stagger opponents if they try to hit me. However, these enchantments don't last long, but are useful in emergencies.”
Bryce and the princesses watched the explanation and presentation silently as they all wrapped their heads around what he said about his auras. Luna rubbed her chin in thought. "Hmmm. It reminds us of the spells unicorns in the guard are taught when supporting a group of their fellows. Though, they can only cast and keep up one spell like this at a time, and each spell has only one effect. Concentration is key in that field."
Celestia nodded. "Indeed, Luna. While such spells so not require too much aptitude, they need to be constantly maintained in a battle, and the amount of strain on the user increases for every other the caster is lending power to."
Bryce chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Wow. And I thought spell casting was easy for you all."
“Like with anything, it takes time. I learned my abilities through my skill book. I bet you’ll become accustomed to your skills once you know how to control your weapon.” The Rune Slayer told Bryce. “You can probably use both forms of your weapon to assist you in more ways than one. Like launching yourself forward for a boost of speed with your cannon.” He could tell the expression on Bryce’s face. One that was like “Why did I not think of that!?” that made the Rune Slayer chuckle a little.
“Uh, Nicko. I hate to ruin all the fun, but we gotta go back.” Eris told him. “Faith and Yuri are probably waiting for us for Dinner.”
“Ah crap, you’re right.” Nicko retorted, noticing the time on a nearby grandfather clock, which really caught him by surprise. “My apologies for having this meeting be cut short. I got places to go and people to catch up with. Turns out, I have a niece who’s stuck in the same situation as I am.”
“Alright, safe travels to both of you!” Celestia called out as the two of them formed the return portal home using Nicko’s own token that he kept on him.
“You too. Oh and Bryce, if you need any help at all, go ahead and summon us. I’ll be glad to assist.”
Bryce happily nodded and stuck his hand out for one last shake. "Same here Nicko! Maybe when you call I'll have a few tricks to show off! By the way! What's your niece's name?"
“Her name is Faith.” Nicko answered Bryce’s question before waving goodbye. Eris returned to Nicko’s mind as the Rune Slayer stepped on through the gateway. Once the gateway disappeared, the containment spell also faded away; leaving the two sisters and the human inside the Hall of Elements on their own. As they looked at each other, Luna sighed.
“Well, I think I speak for everypony when I say that we should catch up on our sleep.”
Castle of Friendship (Nicko’s world)
Shortly, Nicko soon returned to the quarters that served as his room. Looking at the clock on the wall, he saw that it was about 6pm. Sighing a bit, he took off his outer coat and hung up his sword as he made was to the castle’s dining room. There, he saw Faith and Yuri setting up the table while he heard Spike cooking dinner in the kitchen.
“Welcome back.” Yuri said to him. “How was your exploration?”
“It went well. Glad to be back though, that’s for sure.” Nicko said. “Is there anything I can do to help?”
“I think Spike would like some help in the kitchen. Dinner’s almost ready, he just needs to prepare the dishes.”
Nicko nodded. “In that case, I’ll go help him right now.”
The rest of the night, the four of them enjoyed the dish that Spike had prepared for everyone. A creamy tomato soup with a fresh salad to go with it along with a loaf of bread from Sugarcube Corner. While they ate, Nicko told the others about his trip to Bryce’s world and also explained to Faith about being able to travel to other dimensions since they were Displaced. He then went on to retell how he and Eris met Ryu, the Elder Dragon. This served as quite entertaining for Spike since he never got the chance to meet any other dragons since the Great Dragon Migration so long ago.
After Dinner, Faith then asked Nicko a question that he honestly never expected to hear from her. “Hey, Uncle Nicko. Can I come along with you next time?”
The question personally caught him off guard, but the Rune Slayer smiled and nodded his head. “Sure thing Faith. The more, the merrier! But only after we meet the rest of Spikes friends tomorrow.” The young girl squealed with delight as she hugged her Uncle before returning to her room. Yuri looked at Nicko as she raised an eyebrow.
“Are you serious when you mean that?”
“Yes I am, Yuri. I don’t know much about being with children like you have, but I want her to be able to have memories of our time together before we go back to earth. It’s the least I can do.” Yuri sighed a little. She wasn’t going to object to that after he explained it.
“Okay, just make sure to be careful alright. Curiosity can get her in serious trouble if you don’t keep an eye on her.”
“I will.”
“Oh, that reminds me. I have something for you.” Yuri told him as she made her way to the nearby fridge. She got out a mug for him and handed it to him. “You’re technically of legal age to drink alcohol, so why not have your first drink tonight? I think it’s worth it given the circumstances today.”
Nicko smiled. “Well, this is unexpected. Thank you.” He told the fox maiden as he picked up the mug. “How about a toast? To Faith?”
Yuri smiled, lifting up a glad with a little bit of cider in it for herself. “To Faith.”
Next Morning…
After last night, Nicko had decided to retire for the night early so he did not do anything he would regret if he was under the influence. It was helpful because the next morning, he was up bright and early to make sure and prepare himself for meeting with the girls again. This included a few different things; like a shower, brushing his teeth, hair and all the other essentials that he needed to do in the morning. Who knew that a lot of dust and dirt could accumulate on him after crash landing in the Canterlot Garden?
Anyways, as he had the bottom half of his clothes on and was beginning to wash up his face, Yuri accidently made the mistake of barging in while Nicko was still shirtless. The reason? Well, lets just say that her stomach couldn’t handle all the cider that she had the other night and it made her sick. The warrior was glad to leave the room before the Fox Maiden slammed the door in his face. But, just as the situation was beginning to settle down and he was beginning to put on his turtleneck, a tired Faith came into the room. She was rubbing her eyes, likely because she had woken up just recently. Despite that, she was already dressed in the same regalia the Code: Nemesis would normally wear.
“Morning, Uncle Nicko. Have you seen Yuri?”
“She’s…… busy.”
“Busy? With wha-?”
Before Nicko could even speak, the two of them heard a loud series of coughs followed by the notion of what happens when you get motion sickness. “Cleaning up after herself.”
“O…… kay, I’ll just be waiting out here with Spike.”
“I’ll join you.”
After about almost twenty minutes, Yuri was finally back to her normal self. Eris had also re-emerged from Nicko, being fully rested after yesterday. The Sakra Devanam told them that they were going to meet everyone before breakfast because Pinkie would want to use the chance to make a special meal for their return once she finds out.
“Alright, you two just wait back here. Eris, prepare a way to surprise your father. I’ll call you when it’s time.”
While the two of them waited and made themselves comfortable, both Nocte’s could hear Yuri talking to the ponies in the great hall. From the sounds of it, everypony made it. The Mane Six, The Royal Siblings, The Cutie Mark Crusaders and even Discord himself arrived along with Chaotic.
“Welcome back everypony. How was your trip to Canterlot?”
“Delightful if I do say so myself,” Rarity spoke. She looked like she was wearing a designer coat and pants to prepare herself for the cold weather. “How were you and Spike while we were gone?”
“Well, we had quite a day yesterday. In fact, we had some surprise visitors.”
“OOOOHHH!!! I LOVE SURPRISES!!! ESPECIALLY SURPRISE PARTIES!!” Pinkie exclaimed as she was bouncing up and down out of pure joy.
“Well, I’m intrigued. Who were these visitors?” Discord himself now asked. But what came next was something the Draconequus, nor everypony in the room did not expect at all. Behind him, he felt a tap on the shoulder as he turned around. His eyes widened at who he saw next.
“Miss me, Daddy?”
The Spirit of chaos was beyond shocked as the sight of his daughter caused him to tear up, hugging her tightly. To him, this was a Hearts warming wish that had just come true.
“Oh dear chaos…… You have no idea how long I’ve waited to see you again!”
“You can thank Chaotic for that. He and his new friend were the ones that found us.”
Celestia looked at her son with a surprised look on her face, shocked at how the youngster was able to undertake such a journey and pull off something that seemed…… Impossible. But then, she noticed something. Something within Eris’ choice of words. “Hold on a minute… We?”
“That’s our cue.” Nicko whispered to Faith from their position in the throne room as they walked out into the great hallway. Everypony’s attention was directed towards them, most of them with their eyes widening.
“Faith!? What are you doing here?” came Scootaloo’s question. “And who’s the dude right next to you-?”
Instead of responding, Faith let her Uncle have the chance to speak. “Well now, it’s good to see all of you aga-AHH!!”
Seconds after speaking, Nicko got tackled head on by a hyperactive Pinkie Pie, who was super excited to see him again. Faith herself was caught off at the same time by the flying pink party pony blitz that slammed into her uncle’s midsection like an oncoming soccerball at her school’s playground.
“P-pinkie. I don’t think I intended to start my reunion with a concussion.”
Despite this though, Nicko’s words weren’t heard over the sounds of the Earth Pony’s constant chatter. “Oh my gosh!! Oh my gosh!! Oh my gosh!!!!! YOU'RE BACK!!! Well, I knew you would be coming back!! You did Pinkie Promise that! Even though Rainbow and Amy doubted that-!”
“HEY, I’m right here!!”
“-And Molly thought it would be theoretically impossible that, you managed to beat the odds!!! You know what this calls for?! A pa-.”
“Are you okay, Uncle?”
Those four words by Faith caught the attention of everypony that was standing in the room. Especially Applejack’s. “Whoa, Nelly!! Did ah hear her just call you “Uncle”?
“To quote your brother on this one AJ, “Eeyup”.”
“How though?”
The single question from Twilight came the moment that Nicko was able to get back up on his feet and brush the dust off of his clothes. It felt like the eyes of everypony on Equis were now on him because of the amount of anxiety in his head. Stretching the muscles in his hands as a calming mechanism, the Rune Slayer was finally able to speak.
“This here, is Faith. She and Chaotic found me yesterday. But as it turns out, after talking to her, her full name is Faith Nocte. She’s Anson’s daughter and therefore; my niece.”
Nopony could hold in their shock. But when it came to Pinkie Pie, she wasn’t able to contain her excitement. “You're Ansy Pants’ little girl!?! Oh my gosh, THIS IS SO EXCITING!”
“Wait… you know my dad?”
“Why of course!! He was my super duper number one baking assistant!!! I even taught him how to make Pancakes with Cake batter!”
“Oh my gosh. You taught him that!? Those are my favorite!!!!”
“Come with me, Faithy!! We shall prepare a grand pancake feast for everypony this morning!!” With that, the two of them scurried over to the kitchen, leaving Yuri and Nicko having to explain that occurred yesterday as well as the current circumstances involving trying to get back home. To Nicko’s surprise, Twilight was willing to help come up with a way to help the two of them once Molly and the others got back from their Vacation in Hayzil.
Hayzil
“Okay, I don’t know what’s funnier. The fact that the Celestial Court is trying to help us right now or the fact that they haven’t seen what I did to the statue of Big C!!”
Outside, a banner stood across the statue of Princess Celestia looking over Hazil. The caption on it saying… “420YOLOSWAGCHAOSFORLIFE”
“AMY!!!!”
Back at the Castle, Faith and Pinkie had become an unstoppable pancake making machine. To the baker ponies surprise, the young code queen was able to get more done since she was able to use her Nasod Spears as spatulas to cook more pancakes at once. By the time Nicko went to check on them, a tower of flapjacks almost reached the roof of the castle, leaving his jaw to drop by the sheer shock of how quick they were cooking them.
‘Now I know what mom felt like when she saw Anson working with Pinkie.’
After the pancakes were made, everypony began to dig in at the thanksgiving like table that made the place look like a Vegas Buffet with Syrup and Butter every three plates. Despite the enjoyment in all of this though, there was one thing that was to be dreaded afterwards. Doing the dishes. However, Spike and Yuri offered to help them out and take care of them while everypony returned back home. As for Nicko and Faith, they were in Nicko’s quarters with an eager Twilight Sparkle.
Earlier, at the mentioning of Nicko’s travels yesterday, the Princess of Friendship wanted to watch them as they prepared for their next journey into the many possible dimensions that the Multiverse had to offer.
“Okay Faith, these are the current tokens that Yuri had saved in here. Since you’ll be coming with me, I’ll let you pick which one we’ll use.” Faith studied each one of the emblems in the box, seeing what her choices were. But one of them soon caught her attention. It was an orb. A black one that felt warm to the touch.
“How about this one?” She asked, picking it up and handing it to Nicko, who began to inspect it. He did feel the magic inside the artifact and the orb reminded him of a black onyx jewel. He smiled as he looked at his niece.
“I think you made a good choice, Faith.” The Rune Slayer complimented her. Soon, he began to channel the required amount of power needed to create the gateway. Unlike Bryce’s gate, this one was of a Fiery orange and red. Chaotic and Eris soon entered the minds of their human friends as they went through it and the portal closed.
But as Twilight left the room, the Alicorn thought that she heard the roar of a dragon echo through the chamber as she closed the door.
End Log 3