You know if you told me that my friends and I would become Organization XIII and would end up in Equestria just to bug alot of ponies... I would have thought that it sounded like fun..
Hello there, my name is or was Kyle but now I go by Axel. You see, what started as just me and 13 of my friends going to a convention cosplaying as Organization XIII from Kingdom Hearts II for my 18th birthday, has ended in us becoming Organization XIII, coming to Equestria, being labeled as enemy's of Equestria and having all the ponies hating us including that S.O.B named Celestia. But you know what, I don't care; if I'm stuck here and miss sun butt isn't going to help us get home then I might as while have some fun well I'm here till we find a way home.
This story was inspired by F*** it I'm Having Fun by Jimmy the Grape and many other stories like it. And special thanks to Thadius0 for proofreading.
Today was going to be a good day, the sun was shining and the weather was perfect for today. You see, today is the first day of Comic Con and since it was also my eighteenth birthday, me and thirteen of my friends have decided to come here cosplaying as Organization XIII from Kingdom Hearts to celebrate. We planned eight months ahead to get the passes to get in, work on all of our costumes, save up to rent some rooms at a hotel, build our weapons on a small budget, and plan on how we would get there. In the end it was all worth it and we were ready to take on Comic Con.
The first thing I noticed when I got out of Gorge's car was that there were incredible amount of people dressed out in different kinds of characters form TV to video games. After getting a good look I then looked to where my little brother Dominic was, he was cosplaying as Roxas due to him only being sixteen and one of the shortest of our group of friends standing at only 5.10 inches. I found him a few feet away from the car we were in and he looked speechless, probably due to the fact this is his first time coming to Comic Con.
"So, now are you happy that we got you dressed up Donny?" I said while messing with his hair playfully.
"You know what yah, I guess spending two hours of your girlfriend getting my measurements for my costume and having my hair dyed blond was worth it." He said as he move to get away from me messing with his hair.
I was happy to hear that, but I just noticed that our sister wasn't over here." Ah Donny, where's Sam?"
"I'm in the back trying to get my Keyblade!" I hear Sam calling over from the back of the car. Sam was cosplaying as Xion due to her being the same age as Donny, this was because Donny and Sam were twins, making me the oldest one out of the three of us by almost two years.
She got out of the back seat and walked over us, she walked to where I was and gave me a hug." Happy birthday Kyle, and thanks for having us come with you." She said to me well looking up at me with a big smile on her face.
"Are you kidding, Kyle would never want to have a birthday without you two."Said Gorge who was walking to us after he was just getting his claymore that Saix used from the back of his car of which we drove in. Gorge was my best friend and he was going as Saix and he's about the same height as me. "Besides, who else would we find to be Roxas and Xion?"
"Dude don't tell them or else our evil plans to take over Comic Con will be ruined!" I said in a joking manner to him, causing all four of us to laugh.
After the brief laugh period, Gorge was the first one to speak. "Well we better meet with the others, I just got a text from Drake saying that they're at the entrance waiting for us." With that, we walked to where the rest of the group was waiting for us.
We finally caught up with the rest of our group and made it inside. Once in, we question of what were going to do first until Francis who was cosplaying as Luxord sense he was the only one of us who can grow a beard suggested we go get some souvenirs at the dealer room. With no other ideas we headed straight for the dealer room. We looked for about five minutes to try to find a booth that had something of interest, that was until Donny spoke.
"Hay guys look over there." We looked to were he was pointing to see a booth that had nothing but Kingdom Hearts, and the best part was that there was no one but the seller at the booth.
We walked to the booth we could see all kinds of KH merchandise, shirts, posters etc., when we did get there the person who was selling the stuff spoke. "Well I didn't think the entire Organization XIII would come to see what I have for sale."
"Well we like to go out and do what the 'everyday man' does every once in awhile, and it seems that this was the perfect time to do it." Drake said to the seller in a slight joking tone.
"Rightfully so... but I think you need to get your weapons replaced." The seller was right, our weapons were either made from PBC pipe and foam held together by hot glue or by other means due to the budget we had, however the seller only smiled at this. "Lucky for all of you, I have just what you need."
Before we could question as to what he means, he walks to something that's being covered by a tarp, he pulled it back to reveal each and every one of the Organization's weapons, they were not those fake plastic ones, they were made of metal and they look like they're real. "Now normally if you bought the whole set it would be over five thousand, but since you guys are playing the act and how badly you need some better equipment, I'll sell it for five hundred."
Now I'm pretty sure that it was illegal to sell us props that look like real weapons... but when are you ever going to get fake weapons that look this good and at that price!
We bought them and the each of the 'fake' weapons were given to there respected owner. After two minutes walking I noticed Benny, who was cosplaying Demyx looked a bit sick. "Hay guys, can we sit somewhere... my head is pounding..."
"Now that you mention it... so is mine..." I said to him, looking back I could see that all of us looked like were having a migraine, before I could say anything I was starting to black out.
The last thing I saw before being swallowed in blackness was everyone of us falling to the ground, weapons in hand.
Celestia's P.O.V , Present day
Today was going to be a good day; today, I have decided that Luna and I should just have a peaceful day with my sister and spend time with the elements of harmony, now I know that it may sound a bit selfish of me not doing any work today, but I'm the princess I can do what ever the hell I want.
Coming out of the door I saw each of the elements coming up to me and bow, I hate it when they do that. "There's no need for that my little ponies, especially you Twilight." I said to all of them in my calm manner.
They all got up and then Twilight came up to me and gave me a big hug. "Oh Princess, I cant believe you and Luna took the day off just to spend time with us."
"Believe me I would love nothing more then to spend time with all of you. And trust me when I say this I will make sure nothing will stop us from having time together."
"All except an old acquaintance coming to say hi."
No... that can't be...
"What's the matter Celli? Cat got your tongue?"
All of the sudden, a black portal spawn from thin air, only to disappear as fast as it came. The only thing that was left was an all too familiar tall bipedal creature with reddish long hear in a black leather hooded coat.
"Hello everypony, did yah miss me?." The man said with that creepy smile of his.
I was speechless, not only did this mean that the spell had finally worn off, but that means his friends will wake up soon too... if they haven't already. "You... how..."
"Oh its so nice that you remember me even after all these years Celli." He said as he was walking up to me, but before he could make another steep, Applejack had stepped in his way.
"Hold it there partner, just who the hay are ya?!" Despite her aggressive tone, he just laughed in response.
"My oh my, just woke up and already forgetting to introduce myself. Just who am I you ask? Oh, my names Axel." He stopped for a moment just so he can do what he always does when he introduces himself; points to one side of his head.
And here I thought that today was going to be a good day too, I had planned to have me and Celestia to get catch up on things, practice some new spells, and have a nice dinner with the princess and my friends. However, one second after Celestia had promised that nothing would interrupt our day; as if she jinxed us, a strange tall human with long spikey red hair in some kind of coat had popped out of no where and introduce himself as Axel.
Finally breaking her speechless moment, Celestia walked up to Axel while passing a still aggressive Applejack." Axel, how are you here, the sleep spell Luna and I put on all of you should have lasted for another 8,962 years!" Celestia said, the look on her face looked of caution and confusion.
"Truth be told Celli I'm just as confused as you are, but hay, you don't see me complaining. Besides, we have unfinished business." He said well closing the gap between them.
"If you're referring to what happened that night, I'm sorry that we had to use that sleeping spell; however we only did it to stop you and your 'friends' from destroying what was left of the castle and from hurting any more of my ponies!"
"Ok A: I don't care how big your throne room is, use your inside voice Celli, and B: we only did that because we were angry when you told us that you can't help us get back, so we figured, we will find a way back with or without your help." At the tone of his voice, I had had the feeling that he's going to attack so just in case I have a knock back spell prepared in case of a fight, from the looks of my friends they were thinking the same thing, even Pinkie looked like she was ready for a fight, and that's saying something.
By this point both Axel and Celestia are only a foot away from each other, both glaring daggers at the other. "Now you may think of us as some cliché group of villains hiding in a cave planning something evil that involves taking over the world but you know what, I don't care, I don't care if all of you hate us, I don't care if we start a war, and I don't care if we have to kill each and every last one of you in this room if it means we can go home. As long as me, my friends, and my little brother and sister find a way home; then I don't care about anything else." He said in the most coldest tone of voice I have ever heard in my life.
I began to question everything about Axel, who is he, how did he get here, who are his friends, does he really not care if he takes a life? But above all questions I had, one of them outshine them all...
"Just how much do you care for your friends and both your brother and sister?"
Surprisingly, he stopped glaring at Celestia and looked to where I was. "Sorry, didn't catch that, can you repeat that?"
"I said just how much do you care for your friends and both your brother and sister, you clearly pointed out that you don't care about anything or anyone else besides those who I have just mentioned. So I ask again, how much do you care for them?" In response to my question, he looked away from me and looked down to his open left hand.
"More then you can imagine." Despite how vague the answer was, I could hear the sadness and regret in his voice, he clearly regrets something involving his friends and younger sibling's but the question is what. Before I could press further, he made a fist and just walked passed Celestia. "Look I don't have time for this, I'll just get what I need and leave." Just then, Celestia teleported right in front of him.
"If you think that I will just let you waltz away right after threating the lives of all the ponies in this room then you are sadly mistaken. I will not allow a threat like you just walk away like that without having to face the consequences of your actions. GUARDS!" All the guards that were in this room and even more made a line behind Axel. "Take him to the dungeon till his trial and-" Celestia didn't finish due to Axel continuing to walk to wherever he was going; that is until a certain cyan hoof from a certain cyan and rainbow mane Pegasus collided with what I assume is his gut.
"Oh no you don't! The only place you're going is the du-" Rainbow Dash was interrupted from the now laughing Axel. He stopped laughing after 30 seconds and just looked back at her with a smile on his face.
"Oh madam, didn't your mother ever tell you that if you play with fire..." Just then, he spreads out his arms and then both of his arms spontaneously catch on fire for a few seconds and when it stopped, two uniquely shaped objects showed up in each of his hands, this seams to have scared Rainbow to the point of paralyzation since she was the only one who didn't try to move out of the way."...you're going to get burned!" He then raised one the thing's of which I assume is a weapon and looked like he was about to hit the still paralyzed Rainbow Dash.
However, before he could hit her, I used the knock back spell on him, knocking him back a few feet and giving me enough time to get Dash out of harms way. By now the guards had took the advantage on Axel by dog piling on him. "Rainbow are you ok, he didn't hurt you did he?"
Rainbow Dash still looked a bit shaken up but was till able to answer."...Yah I'm fine Twilight, he's lucky that the guards got to him first before I could-" She was interrupted by the sound of shaking coming from the pile of guards.
"GET. OFF. ME!" Axel yelled as he somehow punched off all of the guards across the room, knocking them all out. What scares me the most about that is that my spell should have kept him knocked out for five hours, Just how powerful is he?
Just then Celestia was now between the six of us and Axel, she then turned her head to look at me. "Twilight, I'll keep Axel distracted while you and the rest of the elements go get the elements of harm-" She stopped talking when one of Axel's weapon's had hit her on the head, we ran as fast as we could to see if she as okay, fortunately she was alright just knocked out cold.
We all gave him the most hateful look we could give him, who in turn just had a sheepish smile. "What, did you think I would let her talk to all of you while her guard is down? Sorry to disappoint but this is real life, not a kids show."
"Actually its neither, but whatever helps you sleep at night." Pinkie said to Axel, who in turn just looked confused for a second but then ignore it. I looked at the rest of my friends and I noticed that Flutershy was walking up to him, as she's giving him the stare.
"... How dare you... HOW DARE YOU!" She was now directly in his face. "What makes you think that you can just beat up anypony and get away with it you big bully! What would your mother think if she knew that you were hurting innocent ponies and hurting our lovely princess like that!" She kept going on for five minutes about stuff like how he should be ashamed of himself or that this is a bad influence on his younger brother and sister. But the weird thing is, for the entire five minutes he was taping his foot and bobbing his head, that is until Flutershy was speaking even louder. "Now I want you to apologize THIS INSTANT YOUNG MA-" She was cut off when a fist had collided to her face, knocking her out as well.
"Shut. up." Axel said in annoyance. Once again I was speechless, he had resisted the stare! Nopony has ever resisted the stare, not even Flutterbat! This makes me question even more about him now, how in the world did he resist it!?
Axel's P.O.V , 5 minute's ago
"... How dare you... HOW DARE YOU!" The yellowish Pegasus with pink hair was now in my face and giving me a lecture. However I know how to deal with this, in the past I've learned that the best way to deal with this is to ignore them and play one of my favorite song's in my head...
...Ok by this point she was starting to drown out Queen, so I did the only logical thing and punch her in the face; after all, nobody messes with Queen.
"Shut. up."
Twilight's P.O.V , present day
One vs. five, and somehow I know that those weren't great odds... for us; so far Axel has taken down Fluttershy AND Celestia, if he can take the princess down like that then how do we stand a chance! And where the hay is Luna!?
I then turned to Applejack, Pinkie, and Rainbow dash to form a plan. "Girls! Right now we just have to hold out until Celestia wakes up, that means that we need to go together if we want to have a chance to beat him! Applejack, use your lasso so that Rainbow Dash can get a hit on him! Pinkie I need you to tackle him in case he brakes the lasso, and Rarity...where's Rarity!? "
" Oh, she's giving me tips on fashion over here." Axel stopped talking for a second, I turned around to see him holding up a half conscious Rarity by the tail. " You know, maybe you should spend less time stating you plan out in the open in case I hear you and focus more time on the guy you're fighting because he might sneak up on one of your teammates."
"Black...coat's...are so... last fall..."
" I'll have you know my girlfriend made this for me!" Axel yield out before he throw Rarity right at us, me, Applejack, and Rainbow managed to get out of the way in time; unfortunately, Pinkie wasn't so lucky when a half conscious Rarity had slammed into her at full force. "Ok then, four down, three to go, so, who's next?" His answer was answered when a lasso got wrapped around his arm. He looked to were the other end of the lasso was to see Applejack trying to pull back but to no avail, Axel took this advantage and pulled as hard as he can. This resulted in Applejack becoming airborne, flying face first into Axel's fist.
Now it was only me and Dash, who looked like she was about to explode with rage. " Rainbow, I know you're mad but we need to..." I didn't finish speaking because she flew as fast as she could to attack him. Luckily, she managed to get more then a few hits and every time Axel tried to hit back she would always fly away or dodge fast enough.
She then flew high enough so that he can't reach her. "Ha, what are you going to do now!" In response, Axel throw one of his weapons at her, only for her do dodge it. "HA! You missed me!" However, Axel for some reason smiled at this, I then looked to were his weapon was, only to see it loop around like a boomerang and was aiming at an unsuspecting Rainbow Dash.
"RAINBOW LOOK OUT!" It was too late; the weapon had done its job and hit her straight in the back, forcing her to fall down hard on the ground.
It was only me now, he had defeated all of my friends in the span of seven minutes, and now I'm next. Axel, for his part, looked disappointed. " My god that was way too easy, seriously, that should have lasted ALOT more then just a few minutes, talk about a disappointing fight sequence. Oh well... its just you and me now." He then started to walk towards me, I had to do something, teleport, shoot lighting, play dead, something! But I was too scared to do anything, all I could do was just stare at him... hoping he wouldn't kill me.
Just when I thought that this was my end; another swarm of darkness showed up like from earlier and then another human in the same coat Axel was wearing came out, however, he was wearing his hood so I couldn't see his face. "Axel, we got what we need, lets get going." The hooded man said to Axel, who in turn looked back at me.
"Looks like its your lucky day... more or less, well I can't wait for us to meet again." With that he walked to the dark portal, I wanted to stop them but I was still too scared. The hooded man went throw the portal first and before Axel joined him, he looked back at me, with that smile of his." TTFN, Ta ta for now." He then went into the portal, in which it disappeared when Axel went inside.
I Then started to cry tears that I didn't know I was holding back, how could such a wonderful day had ended in disaster, my friends are hurt, my princess/teacher has been defeated, and now Equestria might be danger. As I was crying, Princess Luna had teleported right in front of me, and there was some toilet paper stuck under her back left hoof. "Forgive us for are tardiness, we were in the facilities after eating a breakfast burri-" She stopped talking when she looked around the entire room of unconscious ponies. She then turned to where I was, and then brought a hoof to her face. "Ok... what did I miss this time..."
"...And that's what happened." Twilight said to me as I did my best to comfort her. For the past twenty minutes, Twilight had explained to me as to what had happened in the ten minutes that I was gone. Apparently, the human formerly known as Kyle Flynn had attacked not only the rest of the bearers of the elements of harmony and over two hundred under trained guards, but also my sister and won. At the moment, anypony that was hurt during the fight is now at the hospital wing of the castle and getting treated for any wounds they have gotten. However this does not answer my main question, why is it that whenever some bad guy or something is around I always miss it! Stupid undercooked microwave breakfast burrito.
Despite this, I need to ask some questions about the attack. "Interesting, you said that that they mentioned getting something, did they say what they what they were after?" In response, Twilight shook her head and replied.
"No they didn't, all they said was that they got what they needed." Twilight said in a sad tone, I am not to sure as to what they were trying to get but it was clear that the fight was nothing more then a distraction to get whatever they were getting. While I was deep in thought, I didn't noticed Twilight coming closer to me. "Princess Luna I have to ask, just who are those humans in the black coats?" I had a feeling that she was going to ask that; however I can't explain it to her by myself, besides, I think it would be better for Celestia and I to explain when the rest of the bearers get better.
"Well I think we should wait for my sisters and the other bearers, I will tell you that the person you know as Axel had come with his friends from another universe over a thousand years ago, and that Axel was not always like how you described him." Before Twilight could reply, a guard who was lucky enough to have not been at the attacked was running up towards me.
"Princess Luna I have urgent news!" He said to me and from the fact that he forgot to bow to me must be important, or that he's new.
"Speak." I ordered him to do so.
"Well... you see..."
"Yes?"
"... The royal library... has been raided!"
Saïx's P.O.V, 20 minutes ago
Time is everything, without it we would be lost, but because of it, we have lost most of who we are. Over a thousand years ago, I was once known as Gorge Callahan, a carefree eighteen year old high school student with dreams to become an artist. But now I am only known as Saïx, a cold and emotionless being with only a shred of who I once was, with the only thing that's keeping me together is my friends that are in the same situation as me and the hope that I can become that same teenager once again.
Currently, I'm in an abandoned underground temple where the rest of my friends that have not yet awaken lie, just fifty miles east of where Canterlot is. So far only me, Axel, Zexion, Lexaeus, Luxord, and Demyx have awakened from the sleep spell that the royal sisters had used on all fourteen of us, but they had at least built this temple for us. The first thing we did was do recon as to where the royal sisters are, once we did find where they were, I had Axel, Zexion, Lexaeus, and Luxord find something in their library that we could use to help us find a way home.
My thoughts were interrupted when a portal had appeared right in front of me, leaving only Axel and Luxord, then another portal appeared and disappeared leaving only a smirking Zexion and Lexaeus, holding more books than he can. After a second of them coming back, Axel was the first one to speak. "Yo Saïx, how's the home front? Did anyone else wake up?" He said to me, before our 'rebirth', Axel was only known as Kyle Flynn, a happy go lucky kind of guy that enjoys nothing more then to spend time with his family and friends and is the older brother of Dominic and Samantha Flynn, who unfortunately meet the same fate as the rest of us.
"Demyx woke up a few minutes after the four of you went off, so I had him do recon while you guys were on your mission, he should back within a few minutes." Demyx, formally known as Benjamin King, AKA Benny King, was just our average lazy guitar playing friend that had once tried pot but ended up not liking it; but out of all of us so far, he's the only one that's trying to fake that he still has his old personality. "Speaking of your mission, with all the books that Lexaeus has I assume that it was a success?" Well I was expecting Axel too respond, Luxord had beat him to it.
"Indeed, Axel here had distracted Celestia and anyone else that was in the way at the time long enough so that Zexion and Lexaeus could get those books. As for me, I was Axel's back up in case things got too tough for him, but it looks like the ponies have gotten softer over the years since Axel fought Celestia, six random girls that were there for some reason, and over two hundred guards and beat them in under seven minutes, and five of those minutes was just some Pegasus giving Axel a lecture until he punched her in the face." Francis Rushmore, now known as Luxord, was the guy that always got the ladies but at the same time was a hardcore gamer, was never afraid to accept or challenge a game of some kind, and had moved from Britain a year before we were teleported there. "By the way Zexion, just how did you and Lexaeus find their library in that big castle in the first place?"
Tristan Wallington, AKA Zexion was the geek of the group, smart, quiet, very enigmatic, and only beating Roxas in height by five inches. Lexaeus was David Faraday, our high schools' lead cornerback and tallest and biggest one out of all of us, even back then; but surprisingly instead of being friends with the rest of the jocks, he had chosen to be friends with us due to Zexion. Before Lexaeus joined our group of friends, he was failing in math class and Zexion had offered to help him with his work, ever since that day they were best friends and if it wasn't for Zexion, Lexaeus would have never joined our group, and wouldn't be in this mess.
"It was quite simple actually, all we did was follow the pony that looked like a librarian and was pushing a cart of books. Once we where there we knocked her out and took what we needed." He said in a calm matter, he then looked over to were I was to talk to me. "So then Saïx, since Dra- I mean Xemnas is still asleep, what shall we do now?"
"Since the others are still asleep, we will have to wait for them to wake up. In the mean time, when Demyx gets back I'll see if he found a new base for us because of the fact that the royal sisters know our location, but for now, as long as Celestia is injured, we're fine since Luna can't fight us all on her own. Zexion, I want you to read up on what we missed in the past thousand years and find anything in those books that can help us. Lexaeus, look after the rest of our friends in case they wake up. Luxord, I want you and Axel to go to the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters to see if there's anything that's still usable that can help us." I said to all of them, however I noticed Axel walking down the hallway to where the rest of our friends are... more then likely to see his brother and sister. "Luxord wait here, I need to talk to Axel." With that, I followed Axel who has a good lead ahead of me, but that's okay, the more time he has to see them, after all...
Regret, that's all I feel when I look at my sleeping friends, especially my little brother and sister. The ones that were still asleep were in the same exact pods that Sora, Donald, and Goofy had fallen asleep in Chain of Memories and II, it confuses me to no end as to how the sleep spell that Celestia and Luna used had somehow ended up like that. But that's not why I'm here, I'm here to say something I've been meaning to say since I woke up.
"Drake, Solomon, Hugo, Robert, Theodore, Jackie, Donny... Sam... I'm so sorry... I'm sorry that I couldn't save us before we turned, I'm sorry that you had to spend over a thousand years asleep, and I'm sorry that we went to that stupid god damn convention. If we never went, we could have had our own lives, get married, have kids, and best of all, die. But no, we went because we thought that it would be a fun to go there because of my birthday... ha, with everything that has been going on I forgot that today was my birthday. Well then, happy 1,056th birthday to me."
"Well then for what's its worth, happy birthday Kyle." Saïx said as he was standing right in front of the door. Though we decided to use the names of the characters we were dressed as originally, it wasn't uncommon for us to call each other by our old names every once in awhile either by accident or on purpose.
"... How long" I asked in a neutral tone of voice.
"Not long, you got a good head start on me." He then moved closer to where I was standing, once he did, he then put a hand on my shoulder before continuing. "Axel look, what happen to us was never your fault, you could have never guessed that we would end up in a cartoon show for five year old girls because we took some weapons that were cursed. If it's anyone's fault, it's the guy that sold us these cursed weapons, he must have something to do with these weapons or else why would he have given them to us. Axel, when we find a way back I promise you that we will make him pay for what he did to us." After that, he then began to walk out of the door. However, just before exiting, he turned back to look at me. "Hay Axel, I had planed for you and Luxord to look at the royal sisters old castle for anything we can use, but I think it's better if we wait for a day. Besides I need to talk to Demyx about if he's found a better location for us. So until he gets back you can spend some time here." With that, Saïx left the room, leaving me alone.
Once he left, I began to think about how we got here, over the years its been getting foggier and foggier but I can still remember pieces of it and the names of all my friends. Speaking of friends, I now started to wonder what is keeping Demyx so long.
Demyx's P.O.V, 5 minutes ago
"THIS SUCKS!!!" I yelled out in fear because of the fact that I'm running away from a pack of Timberwolves that are chasing me down this forest now known as the Everfree Forest that was once a valley. Over a thousand years a forest that was once just a few acres of wild trees has grown into a massive forest. The reason that I'm in this place is because the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters is located somewhere in this forest; before I left, Saïx wanted me to do some recon and find a temporary base of operations for us, so I figured that the old castle would be a good place to start... but I didn't think that there would be in a forest with a lot of bloodthirsty dog... tree... things... I still don't know how that's a thing.
Ignoring that, I could see what was lift of the castle in sight, right across a big canyon with only a old rotten bridge that looks like it's about to break if stepped on being the only way across. "Yah screw that." I used the teleporting portal thing to get across to the other side with just enough time to cut the bridge so that the Timberwolves couldn't get to me and proceeded to walk towards the castle.
Once in I could see that the castle is in need of repair, the windows are broken, there are weeds and grass that has grown on the floor, and there are chunks of debris everywhere. It's kind of sad really, a once beautiful castle is now nothing more but a shadow of it's former self, kind of like us. The chances of anyone still here are zero to none, so with a smile, I teleported once again to tell the rest of my friends the good news.
Celestia's P.O.V, 2 days later
Finally, after two days of being in the hospital I was ready to begin explaining just who Axel was. However the Elements, besides Twilight, were not as fast healers as I was. Fluttershy had gotten a broken nose, Rarity had a few broken ribs, somehow Pinkie Pie just had a bump on the head, Applejack had a broken jaw and had to have her mouth wired shut, Rainbow Dash had a bad cut in her back that needed sewing and a few bruises around her body from the fall, and Twilight was lucky enough to not get hurt. Well they may not be in any condition to go find Organization XIII, they were still able to meet me in my throne room.
" Before we begin, I want to apologize for our special day to have ended up as it did, for I have should have taken safety precautions for this in case they were ever somehow become free. The person that came here, Axel, is part of a group that calls themselves Organization XIII. Over one thousand years ago, just thirty eight years before the banishment of Luna, there was a group of people from another universe that had somehow ended up here; they were confused, scared, and wanting to go home, so they asked us if we could help them get home. We agreed and offered them to stay in our old castle, due to feeling sadness and pity for them." I stopped talking so that Luna could speak.
"In the month of their stay, they had grown the ability to control a strange magic unlike any we have seen. But in that same month, their personalities began to change as well; for example, a member that now calls himself Saïx was once a kind and fun person that didn't have a care in the world, had become a cold and... emotionless being." Luna said with sorrow in her voice, knowing the reason why I then began to speak once more.
"During this time, we were trying to find a way for them to go home, however it was fruitless, and they were starting to get scared by the fact that their personalities were changing. One night, all of them went up to me to ask how the process was going, it was then I told them truth, that no matter how hard I tried I couldn't help them." That was a lie, I did find a way but it was far too dangerous. "Because of this, they were enraged because I was their only hope to get them home. Out of rage, they destroyed most of the castle and hurt too many guards and ponies; they figured that if we can't help them, then they would take matters into their own hands. So as a quick and desperate solution to this, Luna and I put a strong but forbidden sleeping spell on all of them that would last 10,000 years, by then I would have found another way." Just when I had cleared my throat to continue, Twilight walked towards me.
"Princess Celestia, I was never the one to question your methods of handling situations, but have you ever thought about the consequences that you could have caused due to such a rash solution?" She has a point, in the time of their slumber I had never truly thought of it, with the banishment of Luna at least she was awake , but with them they were in eternal sleep for 1038 years.
"Well I do agree there are some things that I could have prevented, it doesn't stop the fact that they are a threat to us. So until we fully know what they are capable of, I'm afraid that any human, whether they are part of the Organization or not is or could be a major threat to us." Just when I said that, a human in one of the coats with the hood on had teleported via dark portal that the Organization uses.
"I wouldn't say that ALL humans are part of Organization XIII." The man said loud enough so that every pony can hear, but from his voice I could tell that he wasn't part of them, but this didn't stop a still injured Rainbow Dash from attacking him; luckily, I used a levitation spell to stop her.
I then tuned my attention to the floating Pegasus. "Miss Rainbow Dash, you are in no condition to fight. Besides, I can tell from his voice that he's not a part of them." I then turned my attention to the mysterious stranger. "For the sake of your safety and your life, tell me who you are and what is your name." I said in a demanding tone of voice.
"Before or after?" He simply said.
"Both would be preferable." I said in the same tone of voice, in response he then shook his head slightly and looked back at all of us.
"Well, before all this I was known as Jeremy Buio, but these days..." Before he could continue, he slowly took off the hood to reveal his features. He had pale skin, had shoulder-length silver spiky hair, and blue-green eyes.
Boredom, that sums up how I'm feeling right now. Earlier today, my friends and I had came to Comic Con because this year the convention was near were we live. So three out of the four of us decided to go and dress in our favorite character from our favorite series. However it did not go as planed since three out of the four of us are waiting at a table in the food court for our dick of a friend Spencer.
Alex was currently sitting right across from me, he went all out as Link from the Zelda series, he got his hair dyed dirty blond, wore the iconic green outfit, and even had this whole set up where he has his IPod play the infamous " Hay, Listen!" line though a speaker that is hidden in his shirt that would play every now and then.
Stripes(don't ask) was sitting right next to Alex on his right, now because he was a brony, he got dressed in a half-assed Rainbow Dash costume, he had a rainbow wig, had both blue shirt and pants, fake plastic wings on his back, and on each side of his pants was Rainbow Dash's cutie mark. Now I have nothing against bronies, hell I even seen a few episodes and I like them, but Stripes can really take his love of My Little Pony a little to seriously sometimes.
Now we get to our A-hole of a friend named Spencer, he was the only one of us that didn't want to come here and the only way we got him to come was to pay for his admission, costume and get Titanfall when it comes out for him. He got dressed as some dude from a card game called magic and the dudes name is Ralf Zimmerman or something like that. Now I would go into detail on what he looks like, but his costume was so freaking odd and dumb looking that I don't want to.
As for me, I went as Riku as he was in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, I dyed my long hair from brown to silver, was lucky to be born with the same color eyes that Riku had, and I had commissioned the black coat from some chick on the internet that makes costumes and sells them as a part time thing. Conveniently, she was already making these coats for her boyfriend's friends that were also coming here as Organization XIII. When we were in Stripes' car, Spencer had asked who I was dressed as, so I told him that I was Riku and that I was a member from Organization XIII, now I know that Riku isn't part of Organization XIII, but Spencer doesn't and I love to screw with him sometimes... alight most of the time.
Speaking of that asshole, we have been waiting for him for the past hour and a half.
"... My god what is keeping Spencer so long!?" I said out of complete boredom and annoyance and to further my point, I slammed my fist down on the table. Spencer had went to where the booths are to look at something and we haven't seen him sense.
"Calm down Mr. 'I can't control the darkness inside', he'll get here when he does... whenever that is." Alex said to me in his laid-back manner. Out of all of us he was the only one that never really took anything to seriously, but that didn't stop the fact that were missing someone.
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm starting to think that he ditch us or something, after all he didn't want to come here in the first place."
"Nah, I don't think that he would, besides if he did then he sure as hell isn't getting that game he's been wanting for the past few months." Alex stopped talking to point with his thumb at Stripes. "Hell, maybe he disappeared like Stripes' mystery man did." Alex said in a joking manner, however all it did was make Stripes mad.
"Dude! I thought that we weren't going to bring that up again!" Earlier today, Stripes had tried to take a staff or something from some guy who had just bought it and then the guy had randomly disappeared, or at lest that's what Stripes told us what happened.
Since I decided not to speak, Alex was forced to talk. "Dude relax I was joking, the chances of someone actually disappearing right in front of you is very unlikely, so I doubt that Spencer or anyone else at this convention has or will disappear from thin air." Just when he said that, a new voice came from behind us.
"Excuse me, but are you sure about that?" We turned around to see who was behind us, it was a guy and a girl dressed up as Booker and Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite, the same cosplayers that we saw when we got here, except they were with the Lutece twins when we saw them. Realizing this, I decided to speak up.
"Hay we saw you guys when we came here, but you two were with two more that were dressed as the Lutece twins, what happened to them?" Just when I said that, the guy dressed as Booker took a set right next to me well the girl dressed as Elizabeth was standing behind him.
"That's why we came over here to talk to you. You see, we over heard you three saying that your friend has disappeared, if that's the case, then I guess that doesn't make you three the only ones because our friends disappeared as well." The guy said in a serious tone of voice, but despite his tone, Alex thought that this was a joke.
"Yeah, like I'm supposed to believe that."
The girl who was dressed as Elizabeth spoke to Alex. "It's true, Earlier today our friends got a replica of a coin from Bioshock Infinite, after a few seconds, the coin started to grow in my hands and then both of them grabbed it and they disappeared."
Well me and Stripes were shocked to hear this, Alex was still thinking that this is a joke. "Look, it was kind of funny the first time but now it's starting to get annoying." He said in an annoyed voice.
"They're telling the truth." Came from a voice that was coming this way, it was some guy dressed as Ezio from Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and the guy had his hood on so I couldn't see his face. Behind him came another guy in a gray vest, write button up long sleeve dress shirt with the sleeve's rolled up, blue jeans, black dress shoes, brown short hair, goatee, beach sunglasses and had a name tag that read 'I'm from GTA Online' on it. The two of them walked up to Alex and then 'Ezio' proceeded to speak.
"Awhile ago, me and my friend Leon here saw this muscular six-foot tall dude that was dressed in what I think was a Wizard costume had bought these gauntlets, but when he did, he looked like he was going to pass out before he vanished." After he finished, everyone was quiet for a few seconds until his friend spoke.
"Geoff and I have been asking around and apparently there has been multiple case's of people going missing or have disappeared today; a guy dressed as a big sister from Bioshock 2, another guy dressed as Trevor Philips from GTA 5, and hell, an entire group of fourteen people dressed as Organization XIII just went up and disappeared." He stopped to point at Stripes and continued. "I even heard that this guy was in a fight with someone when he disappeared in front of him."
Stripes let out a large gasp and spoke. "Holy shit... I was right! He did disappear!" Stripes said as he was looking back at me and Alex.
Finally Alex looked like he didn't think that this was a joke but was still unsure about it. "Ok, lets just say your right, what are chances that are friend has gone missing like the people you have mention?" Before one of them can answer, I raised my hand to ask my own question.
"Sorry but I have my own question, exactly what connects these people to each other?"
It took the guy dressed as Ezio awhile to answer both of are question's but when he did, I knew I would not like the answer. "Well from what I can gather, they either got something from a booth or they found something before disappearing, why do you ask?" My blood ran cold when he said that and with out thinking, I jumped out of my seat and ran as fast as I could to were the last place were I saw Spencer. Now let me be clear, just because I think Spencer is a complete dick, doesn't mean that he's not my friend.
I finally got were the booths are and went to the first one that I saw. "Excuse me, but have you seen a man dressed as some dude named Rally Zipper or something from the card game Magic?" I asked the guy behind the booth and for a second he thought it over.
"Can't say that I have, but you look like you could use a weapon to fulfill your costume Riku." He said as he brought up a replica of Riku's Soul Eater and put it on the table between us, now I would have gotten it but I need to find Spencer first, plus the way he said 'fulfill' really made me want to get out of there.
"Sorry but I have to find my friend." However just when I turned around, the guy had somehow came behind me and was holding the Soul Eater.
"Oh but I insist, take it Riku." Just when I was going to question how did he get behind me, I heard my name being called out to my lift, I looked to see Alex, Stripes, both cosplayers of Booker and Elizabeth, GTA man, and the guy dressed as Ezio. However the guy that was at the booth had put the Soul Eater in my hand and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't let go. Then out of no where, a pool of darkness had formed under me and was swallowing me like how it did to Sora in the beginning of kingdom Hearts.
Before the six of them could help me, they became trapped within some dome of what I think was more darkness that I think was created by the guy of the booth, and no matter how heard I tried I couldn't get out. Just before my head was swallowed by the darkness, I looked at the man and asked him a question. "... Who... are you..."
The man looked at me with a creepy smile and the last thing I heard before being entirely swallowed by darkness was what he said.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, I agree that they could be of great use to us but they're not-"
"-Going to wake up for another 8,962 years, I'm not saying stopping it, just speeding it up. Well it may seem that it's only been 1038 years to them-"
"-In reality it has been the full 10,000...alright, we shall speed up the process in order to release them from their slumber, then what?"
"Well, as you can see, the fact that those people are dressed as video game characters proves that-"
"-We are not the only ones that were transported to an alternate version of Equestria."
"And if we have gotten the powers from the characters we were dressed as-"
"-Then it's safe to assume they did as well."
"Right, now the question is if we are not the only ones then how many are there and what are the similarities and differences from each universe they were thrown in."
"And you want to do research, to see the differences and similarities from other universe's from the one we were given?"
"Correct, and what better universe to start with then this one? And maybe we could find a way back with this information, after all-"
"-it will be like a trail of stacked dominos, in order to for a chain of events to start-"
"-All it needs-"
"-Is a little..."
"...Push."
*SNAP*
Riku's P.O.V, ??? ago
Darkness, nothing but eternal darkness was the first, and only thing I could see. I have just barely woken up for the first time since... I don't even know how long it has been since I had the encounter with Ted. My mouth felt dry as if I have not had something to drink for a thousand years, which it could have been as far as I know.
But that doesn't matter right now, all that matters is that I get out of this never-ending swirling vortex of darkness and find my friend no matter the cost." Hello! Is there anyone out there!" I yelled out in the hope that someone can hear me." Spencer! Spencer! Can you hear me!" About one second after I said that, a bright light flashed into my eyes, blinding me for a minute.
When the light faded, I could see that I was in some library now, the books were all in order and looked like there wasn't a speck of dust, there was no sign of trash, and the only light was coming out of a window. I walked towards the window to see outside, I can see that it's a valley, but it was night time so I couldn't get a good look, luckily the moon was full so I had at least some light, but the weird thing was is that for some reason I felt like I seen this place before." Where am I" I ask to no one in particular, but that didn't stop from getting an answer anyway.
"The question is not just the 'where'." Said a voice that was female but for some reason I felt like I heard that voice from somewhere before...
"It is also the 'when'." Said a voice that was definitely male that sounded like it was coming from behind me, but when I turned around however there was no one there, just when I was about to say something I heard the woman's voice speak again.
"We shall speak in due time."
"However for now, go take a look out the door." The man finished for the woman, seeing as there's nothing in this place but books I decided to do what the voices want me to do, despite wanting to know who those voices are. Outside the door was a hallway illuminated by candle light, I didn't know why but I had the feeling that I needed to go right. About two minutes of me walking through the creepy empty hallway with nobody in it had ended in a massive room where I could see that the room is a... that thing were its like a balcony in a square like shape where you can see the floor below it... what I don't know every single word in the frickin' dictionary.
But that's not the important part, what is the important part is that coming out of a large doorway on the bottom floor was two familiar alicorns that I've only seen on a cartoon show for little girls that somehow got the attention of males and my friend."...Ok I think I know where I am now." I said as quietly as possible because I don't want them to know I'm here because A: I don't know what they will do to me if they catch me and B: I am not letting my life turn into one of Stripes' stupid fanfictions were he falls in love with Rainbow Dash and has 'relations' with her.
To keep them from seeing me, I moved to the shadows of one of the pillars as quietly as I can, luckily since I'm a floor higher then them they didn't see me move. When I made it to my destination, I heard the one that I believe her name was Luna' speak first. "Ta, how goes the process on finding their home world."
"Not well Luna, I did find a possible solution but it is far too dangerous, I looked for other solutions, but I didn't find any others." Celestia said with sorrow in her voice. I have no idea what they're talking about but it seems that whatever it is it's making them look nervous and sad at the same time.
"Well we should hurry, you know of what has happened over the month of their stay and I'm afraid of what would happen if they stay even longer, you saw how their personalities have changed since they got here, even Gorge has been acting more different then usual, he's barely shown any emotion since this morning!" She said with even more sorrow in her voice then her sister and was on the verge of tears, from what I can gather is that some group has somehow ended in Equestria and in the month of their stay, their personalities are changing, and I think that Luna is in love with one of them named Gorge.
In response, Celestia walked towards her little sister and hugged her." I understand that you love him Lulu, and that seeing him turned from such a joyful person to... what he has become is making you want to do anything to help him and his friends, but I'm starting to think that there is nothing we can do for them." And as if those words were the last words Luna wanted to hear, she fell into a sobbing state with only the shoulder of her sister to relieve her of her sadness." I'm so so sorry my dear sweet little Luna... I'm so sorry." Celestia said as she too was starting to cry.
Their moment of crying went on for a good ten minutes that would have went on for longer if it wasn't for a door slamming open, but when I saw who it was made me extremely shocked to see Organization XIII, and not some cosplayers but the actual members of Organization XIII, but that's not shocked me the most, what did was what I remembered from that guy from the convention said to me and my friends.
"An entire group of fourteen people dressed as Organization XIII just went up and disappeared."
Now I was starting to put two and two together, if that's the same group of people dressed as Organization XIII that went missing because they got something at a booth, and I'm here in Equestria because I got swallowed by darkness after that man forced me to take this prop, then chances are that anyone that has or will disappear will end up in Equestria. But that's only one question answered and many more unanswered, like why are we here, who is that man, and many more.
As I was contemplating this, Celestia was walking towards the group of people, specifically the one that looked like Xemnas." Drake, what are you and your friends doing here?."
"Forgive our interruption, but as you know our personalities have been changing over the last month and we're afraid how far will we change in time, we need to know what progress has been made on finding our home world, please tell us that you have made at least you made some progress..." From the sound of his voice I could tell that he was desperate, and I could tell from the look on Celestia's face that they weren't going to like what they hear.
"Drake Masterson, you know that I want to help all of you find your way home... but I'm afraid that after looking for a month, no mater how hard I try I can't find a solution to your problem. I'm sorry to say it but there's no way I can help you after all... I'm so sorry." And as on cue, their expression's turned from hopefulness to looking like your hope has been shattered. However, the one named Drake was starting to become enraged and before I knew it, he yelled out in anger and spread out his arms, causing a extremely strong circular blast of energy around him hitting the Alicorn sisters and unknowingly me as well, causing me to crash into the wall, knocking me out.
15 minute's later
My head hurt, my vision was blurry, and I'm 38% sure that I'm dead. When I open my eyes I could tell that the room I was in was mostly on fire, there was a hole in the ceiling which I must have fallen through(don't know how they didn't hear that) and from a small crack from the wall I could see the Alicorn sisters doing some kind of magic on at least six members of Organization XIII, well I could not tell who the six were from the angle I was looking at, I could at least tell that Celestia and Luna were forming those crystal pod things from Chain Of Memories and each of the six members was in one, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, just as the sisters were finishing their spell, the voices from earlier were speaking to me.
"Now unless you want to end up like them."
"You should run back to the library."
They were right, chances are they will probably do the same thing that they did to those guys on me and it didn't help that I'm wearing one of their iconic trench coats and that I had he hood on since I got to Comic Con, I'm just lucky that they didn't find me sooner. After that little revelation, I was thinking how I was going to get there when suddenly, a portal of darkness like the members of Organization XIII use showed up out of thin air, seeing as there's no way I can climb up to that hole and that the door is on fire, I walked into the portal. I ended up around sixty or so feet away from the library but there were no guards in the hallway so it should be eas-.
"STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!" Oh great just what I needed, under trained pony guards making dumb Oblivion references.
"FUCK YOUR REFERENCES!" I yelled out as I was running towards the library but I could feel that they were catching up, however with my luck not running out I managed to get in and lock the door with seconds to spare, I turned around to see a portal like thing in the middle of the room. I could hear the guards trying to get in by trying to bash the door open, Seeing that there is no other way out, I jumped in the portal, just one second before the guard's bashed the door open.
Random Guard #23's P.O.V, one second later.
"... Ok I don't know about you guys but I say we forget what we just saw and never tell anypony else, even the princesses."
" Agreed." All the guards in the room said in unison.
Riku's P.O.V, 2 day's ago
Man that was a weird feeling, so much so that I barely noticed that the library looked like it hasn't been touched in years. I walk towards the now broken window to see that a forest has replaced the valley that was outside of this window. as I was looking out, I heard the man's voice speak once again, but this time it sounded close.
"I must say that was a close one."
"Indeed." The woman said behind me, I turned around to see a male and a female, they had red hair, blue eyes, and wore a matching light brown suits with greenish ties. Now I know only two people that look like that, the Lutece Twins.
"Now then Mr. Buio." Roselind started.
"We have much to talk about." And Robert finished.
Well this has been an interesting day; first I was forced to take Riku's weapon, then I ended up in Equestria, and now the Lutece Twins are right in front of me. I was just about to speak when I noticed the sound of a familiar song from a gramophone next to Robert.
Robert simply shrugged at this. "It has it’s uses."
"But small jokes aside." Rosalind continued.
"We should get the formalities over with."
"Well considering that you just said my last name, I assume that you two already know who I am." I said.
"Correct, we know that your real name is Jeremy Terence Buio, 18 years old, and currently going by the identity of Riku from the series, Kingdom Hearts." Rosalind said.
"More specifically, 358/2 days." Robert finished.
I paused a moment taking in the situation, my main question at the what they meant by 'going by the identity of', but for now I decided to ask if they were the cosplaying twins missing from the con.
"Were you two cosplayers at Comic Con 2014 and arrived via a silver coin handed to you by a friend?" Right after I said that the mask that they held wavered slightly and their looks turned to curiosity.
"That would be correct, but how did you know?" 'Robert' inquired with a raised brow.
"A group of con-goers have noticed that a lot of cosplayers have been vanishing and somebody going as Elizabeth and Booker saw you two disappear and they seemed worried about you. "
"You... you talked to James and Sarah? How were they?" Rosalind asked with a straight face, but I could tell from how quite her voice was that she was deeply concerned.
I found it weird when she said ‘were’ but I just shrugged it off as being concerned. I knew that they were not going to like the answer but they needed to know anyway.
"They... the last time I saw them they were stuck in some kind of vortex of darkness along with my friends and two others because this weird dude forced me to take the Soul Eater." In response, Rosalind frowned, obviously displeased by this information.
“Well then...hopefully they’re doing alright in that vortex of darkness.” Robert stated turning to Rosalind.
Meanwhile in another universe
"Oh it's been great. Stuck in a swirling vortex of darkness that shouldn't even exist in the first place." James yelled out to nothingness.
"Don't mind him, he's just grumpy because he hasn't eaten in a bit. We've been trying to get out of it for a while but the vortex seems near impossible to escape." Sarah said to nothing as well, about five feet away. Alex, Stripes, Geoff, and Leon were watching the two slowly lose their grip on sanity while the other four were eating Snickers.
"Hey Alex, do you think we should tell them we have snacks?" Stripes whispered in Alex's ear.
"I'm more concerned by the fact those two are talking to the void of darkness as if someone is asking them something that only those two can hear." Alex said before taking another bite of his tasty Snickers.
Back to Riku and the Lutece twins
Why am I suddenly craving Snickers?
"I hope so too… I also have friends stuck in the void but all we can do at the moment is wish for the best." I tried to sound positive but I still felt down thinking about it.
"He's quite right sister, besides it gives us more the reason to find a way back."
“Yes… You’re right. Now is not the time to let our emotions get the best of us. We’ve lasted this long without going insane. We can last a few centuries more.”
“Wait, what do you mean a ‘few centuries more’?” I said, surprised.
The twins exchanged a glance with each other at my words before turning back to me.
“There are more forces in motion here than you’d think.” Rosalind explained.
“We have little time to answer all your questions. Ask quickly, we’re on a tight schedule.” Robert said to me.
“O...k then, why do we not have enough time?” I asked skeptically.
“Several other displaced-” Robert started before Rosalind interrupted.
“-people like us who were forced into another dimension by The Merchant”
“- have escaped where they were being imprisoned by the rulers of this land, and are causing havoc here. We need you to meet with them and work with them to find a way back to Earth.”
“Peacefully, preferably.” Robert added.
I took a minute to think, how would I manage to get them to come peacefully when they got angry over the fact Celestia… wait a minute…
“Do you think if I got Celestia to help, then there’s a chance they might come peacefully?”
“If there’s one thing we’ve learned while being the Lutece Twins-”
“-is that anything is possible, but getting it to happen is the hard part.”
It will have to do, besides with the way Luna was acting then more than likely she will be willing to help as well, possibly even help persuade Celestia even.
“Why did you two decide to appear before me of all people? Hell, how did you know I was even here in the first place.” I questioned.
“You aren't the first we've asked to help us find a way home-” Robert began.
“-but, this being the multiverse, we have to find people in the baseline universes to aid us most effectively.” Rosalind continued.
“As for why you, it was pure luck that we even met.” He finished.
“Luck huh, well I just feel extremely lucky to have ended up in what is basically every brony’s wet dream.” I said sarcastically.
“Do you think this is a joke?” Robert asked with a change in tone, becoming much more serious. “A game that we are playing with you?”
“Why wouldn't it be, the REAL Lutece Twins always played jokes and tricks on Booker and Elizabeth.” I countered, put off by the sudden seriousness.
The Twins looked at each other with disappointment in their eyes. “It seems that we’ve failed once again. Shame, I was hoping that this one would help while he was still neutral.” Robert said to his sister.
“Yes… it seems that we’ll have to try another Jeremy, although how much use he’ll be outside of the baseline will be much less effective to us.” She replied as she turned to her counterpart.
I was put off slightly, still not quite understanding what they meant, but froze when I notice them pull out a silver coin. A quick flip by Rosalind later and a giant tear opened only meters behind them. They passed me a quick glance before moving towards the hole.
“It has been a pleasure.” Rosalind told me, looking over her shoulder,
“But we really must be going.” Robert finished as they started going through the tear.
“WAIT!” I yelled out to them, causing them to stop.
“Look... I’m sorry for acting like a dick. It’s just-” I let out a sigh to control my breathing. “It’s just that not only one, but three, of my friends are missing as well as countless other people, lost somewhere in the universe, and the first is probably screwing himself over by doing something stupid. The point is, I need your help… And I’ll do anything I can to get it.”
They looked back at each other before walking back, the tear closing behind them. “Why didn’t you just ask?” Robert asked me.
“You could have saved the hassle if you had.” Rosalind commented
“It wouldn’t be dramatic.” I smirked.
“That is true, but I did say we were on a tight schedule.” Robert told me
“And now, most of your questioning time is gone.” Rosalind stated as she pulled out a pocket watch, and checked the time.
“Shit.” I muttered, thinking quickly but only one thing really comes to mind.
"Can you try to find my friend?" I finally asked.
"While it may be hard to pinpoint the universe he is in-"
"- we will certainly try, after all it's only fair since you told about ours, now then, who is he?"
"Well, his real name is Spencer Jaxon, he's tall, dressed as a wannabe steampunk assassin, and the character’s name that he was dressed as is Rob Zombie or some crap around those lines." And surprising the Twins actually looked completely dumbfounded.
"... Rob... Zombie?" Robert asked questionably.
" Yeah, or Richard Zap, Rocco Zordon, Rosemary Zoe, look all I know is that it starts with a R and a Z, and that it's some wizard dude from that card game Magic." Truth be told I honestly did not know his name, mostly because I found it stupid. After hearing this, Robert cleared his throat and pulled out a deck of cards from his jacket pocket. Shuffling through the deck he pulled out a specific card and showed it to me.
"Tell me, is this who you are talking about?"
Holy crap… His name is Ral Zarek… That IS a stupid name...which I’m probably going to forget again “... Huh, yeah it is, but how-”
"You might be wondering how we got it correct." Rosalind mused.
"To put it simply, we met him before, long ago, and while he may not be glad to see us." Robert explained
"He may be more inclined to see you." She finished.
“What did you mean ‘long ago’, What happened?” I wondered.
“We’ve met him twice before, the last time he saw us though he wasn’t in the best of moods.” Robert explained to me.
“Quite understandable, really. Losing the entire guild took its toll on him.” Rosalind reasoned.
“But trying to strangle us to death is going a bit far. Why not just use his magic to off us on the spot instead of strangling us.” Robert argued.
“I knew he had some anger issues before but I never expected him to go as far as to strangle someone...” I replied, surprised at my friends ‘reaction’.
“Truthfully we could have prevented the whole ordeal-” Rosalind conceded.
“-however the fact that it already happened in his past when we first met made it a fixed event in the universe’s timeline.” Robert finished.
“Trying to change a fixed point is more trouble than it’s worth most of the time anyways.” She finished.
“Well then, I guess I-” Just then, the sound of an old door opening echoed through the room. “Ah, what was that?” I asked.
“That would be our cue to leave.” Rosalind stated as she reopened the tear.
“I’d advise you get a move on. The inhabitants of the forest tend to get hungry around this time.” Robert advised as both he and his sister walked through the tear before it closed behind them.
“Well then, I guess I’ll see them when the time is right.” I said before exiting the room… “Wait a fucking minute… they told me to get out of the forest… BUT THEY DIDN’T TELL ME HOW TO GET OUT OF THE FOREST!”
…
I can see why Spencer wanted to strangle them...
Celestia's P.O.V , Present day
Interesting, this 'Riku' has somehow managed to enter Canterlot Castle without anypony noticing, and he somehow ended up here like Kyle and his friends, but what I don't understand is: If he's been here for who know's how long, then why Is he just now revealing himself.
“Alright then, Riku, how long have you been in Equestria and how did you manage to get into my castle?” I demanded.
“About two days, mostly just walking from Everfree Forest to here. As to how I got into your castle, I think I teleported.” Riku said, but I could have sworn he also said something along the lines of ‘No thank’s to those dick’s.’ under his breath.
“That is quite a long walk, I'm amazed you manage to do such a thing.” I commented, however Luna stepped in between us.
“Sister, now is not the time for idle chit chat, human why are you here.” Luna demanded.
“Simple, I need your help.” He said.
“Our help?” I asked with curiosity.
“Yes, you see some… Acquaintances of mine… and I use the term VERY loosely, would like to speak to ‘Organization XIII’ about returning to our world, and I need your help trying to get them to co-operate.” He explained to us, his words gave me an intense feeling of deja vu.
“Well, the last time I tried to help a group of humans, they attacked my castle, how would I know you won't do the same?” I retorted.
“Because I’m not a group, I am only one person, and besides I’m not asking your help to do something impossible, I just need help arranging a meeting.”
“Look, you seem nice but-”
“We will help you human.” Luna interrupted.
“We will?” I asked, puzzled. I have no clue as to why Luna would agree to do something for someone she has just met. It seems she heard the confusion in my voice because she turned her head to me.
“Yes, if what he is saying is true, and considering we don’t really have a plan, we will help him achieve this.” She turned her attention back to Riku. “So long as we get to speak to them that is.” So that’s why you want to help him sister, even after all these years…
“Great, but can we do that in a few day’s?” He asked.
“Why?” Luna replied.
In response, Riku raised one of his legs and pointed to his foot.
“When all you did for the span of two days was finding a way out of a forest, fighting monsters along the way, avoiding a town of ponies, climbing a god damn mountain to reach a castle that should be physically impossible to rest on the side of said mountain, avoiding guards and citizens, and finding a way inside the castle… Your feet would have blisters, your body would be sore, and you would be tried due to lack of sleep.” Riku said with annoyance, and from the look on his face, expressed how drained both physically, and mentally he was. It is now that I wonder what could be going on through his head...
Riku's P.O.V.,Present Day
I’m going to go check something out, he said…
Nothing bad will happen, he said…
...I’M NOT GOING TO GET STUCK IN ANOTHER WORLD HE FUCKING SAID!!!
Well Spencer, I hope you are fucking happy wherever the fuck you are! Because of you, I’m going through heaven and hell just because the Lutece twins promise to find you if I help them in a meeting to get the help of Celestia, who by the way was a fucking pain to get to!
GOD.
FUCKING.
DAMN IT.
SPENCER!
Oh and don’t get me started with the friggin Lutece Twins. They come off as the smartest folks around, yet they don’t tell you how to get out of a monster infested forest. You want to know what I don’t get? If they can teleport to almost any universe, then why the FUCK can’t they teleport you to a fucking caste in the same fucking universe! Instead they make you walk out of that fucking forest and walk all the way there.
But you know what, they never told me a exact date when they want them, it took me two days to get here and I’m going to take as long as I want because FUCK YOU LUTECE!
“Mr Buio, are you alright?” Celestia inquired with a concerned look on her face.
“Oh? Ah! Yeah... I was just thinking... What did you say?” I respond, jolted out of my train of thought.
“I said that you can stay in one of our guest rooms for the night and that I’ll have one of the guards lead you too your room.” Just after Celestia had said that, Pinkie Pie had popped right in front of her.
“Ooo! Can I go with him, please please with frosting on top!?” Pinkie bounced happily at the prospect of making a new friend.
“Pinkie why-” Celestia stopped when Pinkie started to beg.
“PLEASE?” She begged, fluttering her puppy eyes with a pout on her face.
“...Fine Pinkie you can-” Celestia conceded but was cut off again.
“YAY!!!” Pinkie cheered jumping up and down.
“Wait what-” I didn’t get to finish when a pink hoof grabbed me and pulled me at the speed of sound.
“Oh boy! I can’t wait to show you all around the castle and throw you a ‘Welcome Mr Human who isn’t a meanie pants like the other humans to Equestria’ party! Oh it going to be so much fun! Where do you want to go first?”
“The nearest bed.” I said.
“Oh silly, how would you have fun if you’re in a bed?” She questioned.
“... I’m tempted to answer that, but I’m so tired I don’t even care… I just want to sleep.” I nearly begged.
“Ok!” She Happily said.
“Really? Oh thank fu-” I almost sighed in relief.
“But you have to show me how you can have fun in a bed!” She said with the most innocent face I’ve ever seen.
...I open the nearest door, walked in, and slammed it in her face.
“I don’t care who’s bedroom this is, it’s mine now.” I walked to the bed and flopped onto it…
…
…
…
Fuck you Lutece.
Celestia's P.O.V , Five Minutes ago
Well that happened.
“Um... Princess... Are you sure it’s a good idea to let Pinkie be alone with that human? What if he attacks her!?” Rainbow Dash questioned.
“She’ll be fine Rainbow Dash. He’s too tired both mentally and physically to do any harm to anypony.” I told her.
“Besides, if anything she will keep an eye on him in case he does something he will regret.” Luna added.
“In any case, since Pinkie Pie is absent, we should stop here for now.” I concluded, noticing the nodding of heads from present company.
Rainbow looked like she wanted to argue but stopped when Twilight’s hoof rested around her back. “She’s right Rainbow, besides you guy’s need to rest still.”
“Fine Twilight.” Rainbow Dash Reluctantly said, with that all of them went back to the hospital wing, except for Twilight, who turned back at us.
“Celestia… I hope you can help them, Axel and the others, I mean. Axel may be a bit aggressive, but he’s only doing it because he think’s it’s best for him and his friends, including his brother and sister I think.”
“I hope so Twilight, I hope so...” I said, holding back a sigh as she left the room, leaving me and Luna the only ones left. Luna looked exhausted since she hasn’t slept for two days, and her shift starts in an hour as well. “Luna, maybe you should rest as well, you look like you need it. I can take over court for the night today.”
“Thank you for being concerned for my well being sister, but with everything that has been happening… Well... you know… Furthermore, it is my responsibility and you haven’t fully recovered yet. ”
“I understand, just… Take it easy, please? For me? I’ll always be here if there’s anything you need to talk about.” Luna looked deep in thought until she looked back at me.
“Actually, there is one thing.” She said slowly.
“What is it Luna?” I Asked.
“Well, remember when you said you never found a solution?” I nodded.
"I know why you lied to them about not finding a solution, but what exactly is this possible but dangerous solution you found all those centuries ago?"
"It was a book, one of Starswirl's, and it contained a few thing's that even I don't fully understand. You see the book-"
"Wait Sister, are you telling me that all this time it was a spellbook that was created by Starswirl?" I nodded in response. "A book, that we would probably keep in the Starswirl section of the royal library?" I nodded once again, even though I don't know where she's going with this. "The same library, that got raided two day's ago, by the same people you were TRYING TO KEEP THE BOOK AWAY FROM!?!" She practically shouted, looking panicked.
...
"And?." I ask stoically, the situation finally dawning on me.
”Oh darn.”
"Great! Just great, sister! Never would have thought of hiding that book in case Organization XIII ever wakes up from their nap, and it took you five minutes to put two and two together." She says sarcastically.
"Well in my defense, I had a lot on my mind to the point I didn't think much of why Axel raided it in the first place and-" I tried in my defence but Luna kept going.
"Oh! You mean the same guy that beaten you with a simple knock on the head because you were having one of your monologues while your back was turned!?" She fumed.
"Well at least I was there and not in the bathroom because you were too impatient for a microwave burrito to cook for three minutes!” I bristled, flaring my wings slightly.
"WELL EXCUSE US SISTER FOR WE DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE WORKING'S OF FROZEN CHEESE, EGGS, AND BELL PEPPER WRAPPED IN A WHEAT FLOUR TORTILLA THAT YOU PUT INSIDE A MICROWAVEABLE DEVICE!!!"
I was dead silent. Luna only used the old way's of royal speaking when she is either very angry or stressed and I'm guessing since George has awoken she must have a lot on her mind as well. "I'm sorry Tia..." She said with her head down.
"As am I, Lulu." We probably would have hugged it out but one of the guards walked in the room, briskly making his way towards us. With a swift bow he stood up again and began to speak.
"Your highnesses, forgive my interruption, but Prince Blueblood wants to speak to you about the Grand Galloping Gala coming in two week's." Huh, with everything that has been going on I forgot about the gala. As for Blueblood, he hay be a bit selfish, but that’s just the result with living in luxury, and I try to look at the best in ponies… Even if they attack my old castle. Right after the guard spoke, Blueblood had walked in.
"My dear nephew, to what do I owe the pleasure of meeting you today?" I asked, putting on a smile to mask the argument that I had only moments prior.
"Auntie, as you know of the events from Grand Galloping Gala last year, I want to-" Truthfully I wasn’t paying attention to him, my thoughts drifting to what happened two day’s ago, I still can’t believe that Axel manage to beat me, even if it was a cheap move… I guess I’m just used to no one interrupting me if I have one of my ‘moments’.
As my mind continued to wonder, I remembered an old song that Ax-... Kyle showed me all those years ago...
If only thing’s could have been different… If only I had gotten the chance to tell him that I-
"Auntie? Are you alright? Your head has been bobbing up and down for the past three minutes, and... Are you crying!?” He exclaimed, for once sounding concerned.
"I'm fine nephew, thank you for asking if I was alright. As for the Great Galloping Gala, I'm afraid that we may have to postpone this discussion for another time as there are more pressing matters that need to be dealt with first." I said calmly, though he still looked quite put-off from having our talk cut short.
"WHAT!? What could be more important than me- I mean the Gala!?" *Sigh* As I suspected nephew, you only care about the Gala just so you can improve your image … If only-
*POOF*
My train of thought is derailed when one of her letters just so conveniently appears before me now.
Interesting… Twilight and her friends should still be in the castle, meaning that this must’ve come from Spike. Deciding to better be safer than sorry I pluck the scroll out of the air with my magic and begin to read it, much to Blueblood’s disappointment.
Dear Princess Celestia
There're these strange human's walking around in Ponyville. I don't know why they’re here but they look scary in these black hooded coat's they have on…
What should I do?
~Signed, Spike
P.S. When is Twilight and her friend's coming back? I haven't heard from them in two days!
"...Oh no." Was all I could say in shock, I didn't even realized that Luna had grabbed the scroll with her levitation and begin to read it. This is bad, why is the Organization in that town of all places? Are they looking for something, are they attacking, or are they trying something even I dare not think of?
Oh, and it look's like Twilight forgot to tell Spike where she went... Again.
Once Luna was done reading, she dropped the scroll and began to walk out the door. "Celestia, I will go to Ponyville with a platoon of guards and bring the humans back." She said as she was trotting out the door, however I spoken up to stop her.
"Luna, stop! Let me do this, I'm can-" I didn't finished however when Luna had teleported in front of me and brought her hoof to my mouth.
"No sister, you are just starting to recover, and besides... I have to do this." She said to me while there was some moisture forming underneath her eyes. I know all too well why she wants to go, the letter was never specific on who or how many humans were in Ponyville which means that there's a possibility that 'he' might be there; even after all these years and what he has done... She still loves him.
"Luna... I know that there’s a chance that George could be there but it has been over a century and he’s attacked our old home... Why do you still love him?" It didn't even take a second for her to answer.
"He was the first to tell me that he love's my night." With that, she teleported once again, but this time I didn't stopped her, instead I just nodded to the guards to escort Blueblood out the room who in turn was just mumbling to himself and when he left I walked to my throne to think. I will help this Riku person later, but right now the only thought's that are going through my mind is what Luna said, and what evil atrocities they could be committing right now in Ponyville.
Axel's P.O.V , Present day
"... This is officially, without a single doubt in my mind, the worst excuse for a hamburger I have ever seen in the 1,057 years of my existence, I am dead fucking serious." Xigbar said to the four of us while he was looking at his 'burger'.
Earlier today Solomon(Xigbar) had finally awoken and the first thing he wanted was to eat a cheeseburger, so me, Zexion, Demyx, and Xigbar went to this place called Hay Burger thinking that it was going to be like a Pony version of a McDonald's or something... While we did get the pony version right, we didn't get the burger part quite right. The burger's we got weren't even made with meat! Instead it was hay, or something that I don't think human's can eat. Besides the hay though it looked like any normal hamburger… Without the ham part. The french fries were made of hay as well and they look like freaking horse shoes.
Since I'm not eating this so called 'burger' I decide to take a look around from where we’re sitting, Xibar was sitting right across from me and he was just looking at his burger in disgust, Demyx was sitting on Xigbar's left side near the window and was smothering his hamburger with ketchup packets in a vain attempt to make it somewhat edible, Zexion was reading an old looking book from the pile we took two day's ago and was also eating a salad; probably because he had the foresight that ponies don't (Or can’t, not sure...) eat meat.
Speaking of ponies, for some reason the ponies in the building were minding their own business and never questioned the fact that there were 4 shady looking human's sitting at a table. The only one to notice us at all was that weird lizard thing from the cartoon show this universe is based on who looked curious at us while we were looking for this stupid place that I'll probably burn down soon...
In hopes of distracting myself from my growing hunger and also the idea of lighting things on fire, I tried to strike up conversation with Zexion, who was reading. "Hey Zex, whatcha reading?"
"This book is about the theories of the Multiverse and some notes on it... I've been reading it in hopes that it may hold the key to our return to earth." Zexion stopped reading so he could show me the cover of the book and its title.
Personal Journal of Starswirl the Bearded
Notes about the Multiverse and it’s Many Theories
Starswirl... Now there's a name you don't hear much these day's. Last time I saw the guy he only had a goatee but as a joke we called him Starswirl the Bearded because of it, guess the name stuck. As I was contemplating this, Zexion turned the book back to it's original position and continued to speak. "Well it helped me very little, I'm afraid that all that's in here is a bunch of theories that I don't quite understand and just a note on the last page."
"Well that sucks, so what's on the note?" I ask, taking a big gulp from my soda.
"All it said was 'Tell the Lutece Twins that I’ve finished...'." Just after he said that I did a spit-take, spraying my carbonated beverage on the ponies the next table over. While I was looking back at him, both Xigbar and Demyx looked at Zexion with open mouths.
"What?" Was all he could say in confusion.
"Dude, did you not play Bioshock Infinite like we told you too back in 2013!?" Xigbar yelled at Zexion, who in turn looked like he didn't much care for the new topic of choice.
"I thought I told you that I did not find the Bioshock franchise enjoyable due to how unrealistic it is..." And just after he said that I face palmed.
"And yet a game series where you fight the embodiments of darkness and emptiness with a giant key along with Donald and Goofy as your companions to worlds based on Disney movies only to fight more said embodiments of darkness and emptiness, is much more realistic than a game about a fallen 1960's modern-day Atlantis where you can shoot lightning from your hands due to stem-cells from a sea slug and fight mutated junkies and overgrown men in diving suits." I said in sarcastic tone of voice of which Zexion ignored. I like the guy and all but man can he be a hypocrite sometimes.
"Well did you guys ever think that it could have just been pony twins that coincidentally have the same name?" Zexion said while trying to debunk our theories, but that didn't stop Xigbar from having a counter argument.
"As if. Lutece in English means Lutetia, which was the name of the Roman city that used to be where Paris is now. It's a reference to the fact Paris is mentioned a lot in the game since it's the place where Elizabeth wants to escape to. Now I may not know much about Friendship Is Magic, but I doubt there are Twins that look and have the same exact name as THE Lutece Twins."
Just as he said that, two light blue unicorns with ginger hair, the stallion wearing a bow-tie and the mare wearing a dress of some kind, were carrying a paper bag with food in it that had the word 'Lutece' written on it and then the two walked out the door... And somehow I was the only one who noticed them. I was going to mention it when Zexion spoke up.
"Wow Xigbar, I'm impressed, how did you know that?" He asked with surprise.
"I may have gone on the Bioshock wiki a few time's but that’s not the point right now. The Lutece Twins are these twins who can manipulate reality and go to any universe with just a thought. Look at it like this, if a show about cartoon ponies can exist in it's own universe, then what's stopping Bioshock from existing as well?" During this, I could see the Twins were still outside and were about to walk past our window. Once again I was going to say something but Demyx, who kept staring out the window since this conversation started finally said something.
"Or they could have been cosplayers that ended up like us..." Demyx said as he looked away from the window right when they walked by, making me the only one to noticed them once again. This time I didn't even bother to try and tell them because clearly the universe just wanted to mess with me.
"And mind telling us how you came to that conclusion?" I asked out of curiosity and slight annoyance as I turned back to Demyx.
Before he began talking, he sighed and looked back at me. "Ok, you remember that the rest of us were waiting for you, Saïx and your brother and sister back at Comic Con?" I nodded for him to keep going. "Well, while we were waiting I had to take a piss so I went inside to go to the restroom. As I was walking I passed by these cosplayers of Booker Dewitt, Elizabeth, and the Lutece Twins that were at a booth buying this replica of a coin from Infinite but when the one dressed as Elizabeth got hold of it, it started glowing and then both the twins grabbed it and poof-” He spread his hands in the air “They just up and vanished." After a pause he added. “Like magic or something…”
"Wait, If you saw that then how come you didn't tell us before we got our weapons?" Zexion asked questionably.
"Two reasons, one: I pretended I didn't see that and two: I never saw the vendor so I didn't know if it was the same guy or not. Plus, how was I supposed to know that the same thing was going to happen to us." He has a point, no one could have guess that they would end up in a real life (though cartoony) version of Equestria... I guess it's my turn to throw my two cents in.
"Well in any case, it's clear that old Beardy had known the Twins and if they are the same cosplayers that Demyx said they are, then that means that we’re not the only fools that ended up in Equestria. If Beardy was working with the Twins then logically it would have something to do with this book and multidimensional travel; I say that we should look more into this spell of his." I concluded.
"Look's like this book helped us after all, but where are we going to find more information? We already raided the royal library in Canterlot and there wasn't much in the library in the old castle we are staying in." Zexion had a point, we snatched everything that looked important and like he said we didn't find much in the old castle so we were lost on where to go from here, that is until Demyx remembered something.
"Didn't Starswirl have a guild or something up in the badlands?" He pondered.
"I think so, and it wasn't that far either." I said, a smile forming on my face.
"Well then, I think we should tell the others about what we discovered, and then head to the old guild." And with that, we left the failure that is the burger joint and teleported back to the old castle, had we waited for a few more minutes we probably would have met the largest platoon to house in Ponyville for over 1,000 years.
