> Equestrian 'Hero'
>  by InsaneMan
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> Prologue: This Is How It Begins
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What I’m about to tell you is true, even though it sounds bizarre as hell. I’ll just start with my name so hi, my name is Trystyn Johnson and I’m what you call a Dimension Hopper. I live in a large city called Dimtopia. Dimtopia is filled with Dimension Hoppers, people who can travel to different dimensions with a powerful orb called a Warper. A Hopper gets a Warper when they are hired for the dangerous job on crossing dimensions.

Though dimension traveling is very dangerous, we Hoppers have special powers that range from soaring across the skys with magical wings to lifting things up with your mind to survive the dangers of traveling. Though everyone else has a power to protect themselves, me, on the other hand, don’t have any powers. I was apparently born with some kind of rare power, fire. It was horrible,  everyone bullied because of this power. Only my family seemed to stand being around me. They were the only things I had that helped me through my life. They helped me control my powers and how I could use them to defend myself, attack, or run away. It wasn't until one fateful day, my life began to perish in hell.

This happened when I was 13 and walking home from school, singing a little tune.

“I didn’t smoke no grass today,” I started singing.

It was about an hour or so walked from school and my family was at work. My mom worked at a hospital, helping the sick with her healing magic. My dad worked as a fitness instructor, helping others to get fit and survive the dimension. My brother and sister worked part-time in random places. So, I had to walk from school to home.

I didn’t really care because, today was my birthday. I started getting closer and closer to my house, singing happily.

“Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right , here I am, stuck… in...the..middle...”

I stopped singing. I look to see police officers in my neighborhood, in front of a house...my house. I started a full on sprint, and quickly got to my house.

I went to open the door, but was stopped by a police officer.

“Hold on there little guy,is this your house?” he asked me. “Yes, this is my house, my name is Trystyn Johnson, what are you doing at my house?” He looked at me with uncertainty and took out his radio. I couldn't hear what he said but he then open the door to let me in.

I quickly ran in my house, seeing what the problem was. I ran in my living room and just stopped dead in my tracks. In the living room and saw my father, my mother, my brother and sister all lying down, dead. I couldn’t believe it, my family was dead. I just stood there shocked at what happened to them.

Tear were forming in my eyes the longer I was looking at them. An officer came up and put his hand on my shoulder, I didn’t even flinched, just looked at my dead family. “We found them like this kid, we’re sorry but we were to late,” I heard him say. I just stare and them, “Mom...dad...bro...sis,” I said quietly. I then got down to my knees and started crying.

‘They are gone, my family is gone, why did they have to die,’ I thought as I just lied there crying. I couldn’t hear what they were talking about, but didn’t care. It wasn’t until I felt someone pick me up, that I started moving and screaming. “NO, LET ME GO RIGHT NOW!!!” I screamed kicking at the one taking me.

A few minutes later, I finally freed myself from the cops grip and started running, using my powers and not looking back. I was on my own and was going to survive this hell...or die.
> Chapter 1: Where The Hell Am I
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2 years later...

I looked around, making sure no one saw me, and entered what used to be my home. I still had horrible memories of this place.  I looked around to see the place was abandoned; graffiti on the walls, wallpaper peeling off, a few rats making a home in the garbage. Honestly, I didn’t really care about that right now, I needed to get my stuff. I grabbed a backpack and started putting stuff in. I was a bit surprised that some of my stuff was still here. I grabbed some food, some clothes, a couple books, portable games, happy no one took them, a photo album of my family and animals, and I grabbed an amulet with a picture of my family. I shoved a dusty phone in my pocket and continued on.

I also took my brother´s grappling hook, just in case I needed to escape. During the 2 years of being away, I learned how to use fire more efficiently. I smiled at the memory as I put the amulet around my neck and looked at my window. I noticed something in the corner of my eye and walked towards it. It was some kind of glowing orb. I picked it up and shrugged, ‘whatever it is, it’s mine now.’ It then started glowing brighter and brighter in my hands. For the next few seconds I saw nothing but white.

The bright glow subsided and I could see again. But something was off, why was everything passing by so fast? I finally realized that I was falling down, really fast. I start screaming for my life as I plunge down from the sky. How I got here? No clue. But I was fearing for my life. As I was falling, I see some kind of city made out of clouds. I didn’t think much of it as I kept plummeting to the ground. I could see the ground and the trees around it coming closer and clouds passing  me by. I scream at the top of my lungs for anyone to save me. As I closed my eyes, bracing for the impact, I felt something tug at my backpack.

I slowly open my eyes and notice I was hanging on a tree by my backpack. I saw an apple on the tree and realized it was an apple tree and, looking around, there was a lot of them around here. The area looked like it was a farm; a red barn, a silo, another barn, and some kind of house. I look down and saw buckets under the tree, ‘probably for the apples,’ I thought. I closed my eyes, trying to think of how to get down, when I felt the tree vibrate, almost knocking me off. I looked around and saw no one, which was weird since it felt like someone kicked it. I didn’t have time to look around because my face soon became best friends with the dirt.

I groaned, ‘this just keeps getting better,’ I thought. I got up, wiping the dirt off me and spitting it out, and saw an orange horse staring at me. It looked like a mare with white freckles, green eyes, a brown stetson on her head, and 3 apples on the side of her plot. Her mane and tail was done in a, well, ponytail. We stared at each other for awhile, not moving a muscle. It wasn’t until I sensed something behind me and turned around, just in time to dodge a red hoof to the face. I moved to the side to see a large red stallion glaring at me.

He then tried to tackled me but, I quickly moved out of the way. This was going on for awhile until I felt something tie around my body. I looked down to see rope around me, then was then dragged to the ground. Apparently, during our fight the orange one grabbed some rope and wrapped it around my body. I wanted to burn these horse away, but I thought better of it. Both of the horses looked down at me with curiosity and were ready if I attacked.

What next surprised me as the orange trotted towards me and spoke.

¨Now what in tarnation are you doing on our farm,¨ she said, looking straight in my eyes.

¨I fell from the sky when I touched a strange orb,¨ I said, still unsure what the hell was going on. She stared at me for a while, creeping me the fuck out.

¨What is yer name?¨ she asked, still staring at me.

I gulped, ¨Trystyn Johnson. What is your name?¨ I asked. She told me her name was Applejack and the red ones name was Big Mac. I was about to ask more questions but something hard hit me in the head. The last thing I saw was a rainbow blur and AJ screaming, ¨Rainbow Dash,¨ before I blacked out.


AJ

¨RAINBOW DASH!!¨ I yelled, looking at the sprawled out Pegasus. Rainbow Dash just crashed into Trystyn, who I was interrogating, and knocked him out. I looked at her with a glare as she started getting up. She looked down to see Trystyn on the ground and stared at him with wide eyes. ¨You knocked ´im out while I was talking ta´ ´im,¨ I said, still aggravated. I looked down at him, he looked peaceful when he was knocked out. RD explained she was trying to do a trick and got distracted, causing her to spiral out of control.

I just rolled my eyes and looked down at the human, named Trystyn, again. ´Wonder what he's dreaming about,´ I thought.


Dream time…

	The next thing I knew was walking down a dark hallway of, what looked like, a castle. There was broken windows, torn up curtains and carpet, doors that were either chipped or just completely destroyed, and it looked as though the castle was abandoned for years, maybe more. ‘Where the fuck am I?’ I thought, walking through the castle. Last thing I remember was talking to the horse, known as Applejack, and then I was knocked out. “When I find out you hit me, I’m going to have a talk with them,” I said under my breath.

As I walked forward, I thought back to before my life went to hell. During that time I knew something more about life; how horrible it could be, how unfair it could be, and how you could lose the ones you love in a blink of an eye. I wiped the tears out of my eyes and kept going.

I look around again and found out exactly where I was, this stupid fucking dream. I kept having this dream over and over again, not knowing what it meant. My family kept saying to forget about it, ‘it’s just a dream,’ they would say, but I kept trying to find out what it meant. I eventually got tired of trying after a while, so every time I have this dream I just walked to the end to get out of this dream.

“God dammit, this dream again,” I grunted, walking a bit faster now. While I was walking, I noticed a glowing door, ‘that wasn’t there before,’ I thought, walking towards it. On further inspection, the door was a dark blue, had a golden doorknob, a white aura surrounding it, and a symbol on the door, it also seemed to be the only door untouched. I saw other doors but they were surrounded by some kind of black aura and wouldn’t open when I tried them. I looked at the symbol, it looked like some kind of comet about to crash into something.

‘Well, this is new,’ I thought, reaching for the knob, ‘new is good, right?’ When I opened the door, all I saw was some kind of void. I saw nothing but black and turned around to continue walking again. But, before I could start walking, I was forcefully sucked into the room, falling into the abyss. The last thing I said before plummeting to my ‘death’ was, “FUUUUUUUUUU…"
> Chapter 2: Memories Pt. 1
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“UUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!” The kid screamed at the top of his lungs.

All he remembers was running away from a bunch of bullies, now he’s crashing down to his death. It felt like hours but, he finally landed; by crashing down through a window and hitting the floor. He was badly hurt, but he survived the crash at least. He started getting to his feet, groaning from the pain.

“Where the hell am I?” he asked out loud. He looked around to see he was in some kind of garden, a beautiful one to say. ‘Someone’s really into some nice decor,’ he thought, taking a looking around the garden. He the heard some clopping behind him. He turned to see 6 horses, wearing golden armor and holding spears in their magic, approaching him.

“Freeze, you are under arrest for trespassing on royal ground,” one of the horses said, raising his spear to the kid. The kid backed up, not wanting to get stabbed

“Whoa there horsey, I don’t mean any trouble,” he said. Another guard seemed agitated at him.

“We’re not horses, we’re ponies,” she said through clenched teeth. The kid backed up even more; the guards kept moving towards him.

“Okay, like I said, I don’t mean any trouble. I was just thrown here through a magical hole, while running from a bunch a jerks. I’ll leave right now if you want me to,” he explained, still backing up.

However, he didn’t notice a bat pony, wearing purple armor, was behind him. He turned to run for it, but was quickly tackled by her.

“Gotcha!!” she exclaimed, holding the kid down. He was struggling to get her off, but she was strong.

“!@#$!! I told you to stay indoors. You’re too young to be a guard!!” A woman's voice was heard. The kid look to the girl’s left and saw another bat-like pony.

“Hey mom, look what I caught, a trespasser!!” she said happily. The bat’s parent looked at you with a weird look, then she glared at him.

“What in Equestrian's name are you,” she asked, walking towards you.

“Well, I’m a human and I’m being crushed from, what I presumed, your daughter,” he said, still struggling.

The slits in the mother’s eyes widen, and slowly tried to get her daughter off of him. “!@#$, you need to get off of that thing, now,” she protested, fear in her voice.

The daughter looked at the kid and giggled, “He doesn’t look like the ones that attacked the castle a few years ago. He looks like some kind of kid to me. He also looks cute.” The human blushed at that last remark, ‘why did she have to say that?’ he thought. He then saw her get off of him and pulled him up to his feet. “Hi, my names !@#$, nice to meet you. What’s yours?” she asked, shaking his hand. He could feel the glares from everyone, except the bat-pony.

“My name’s *&^%$, nice to meet you to,” he said, getting over the embarrassment. After a while she let go of his hand. He noticed the guards seemed shock for during that scenario, but quickly started walking towards him. He wanted to run, he really did, but he didn’t have anywhere to go...he was surrounded. So, he put his head down, raised his arms, and walked forward. “Okay, you got me. Where are you going to take me?” he asked the guard putting the cuffs on him.

“We are taking you to Queen !@#$%^&*, she’ll know what to do with you,” he said, taking him to this !@#$%^&* person.

During the whole walk, !@#$ seemed very interested into getting to know him. He answered questions like what his age was, what was his occupation, and where he came from. The last one was the one where he explained the events that ended him up in the gardens. The bat seemed very intrigued with his story, but the others didn’t believe him. Her mother kept giving him dirty looks from time to time, but he didn’t care. He looked down on himself, looking what he was wearing. Blue hoodie, a black beanie, a pair of red shoes, and a golden pendant around his neck. The pony asked about it but he just said it was important to him.

They made it to a big golden door and opened it. He saw an alicorn, he knew this because of the horn and wings, looking at him with a hint of rage on her face. She was pure white with red mane and tail and a scroll and quill on her flank. He saw 2 smaller alicorns, hiding behind the bigger alicorn. He saw one was white with pink mane and tail, looking at him in fear. The other one was dark blue and her mane and tail looked like a starry night sky,she had the look of curiosity on her face.

As the doors behind him closed, !@#$ was flying next to him, and having the, what he guessed was the queen, glare at him, he thought he was in trouble. The guard unlocked the cuffs on him and pushed him forward.

“We found this little guy in your gardens your majesty, probably trying to sneak in and kill you,” the guard said bowing down.

The kid got angry, “I told you before, I don’t know how-” the queen stood up, putting her hoof in the air.

“SILENCE!!” she yelled, but was ignored by the human.

“-though the jerks were slow, they still tried-” the queen tried again, a little more agitated.

“I order you to be quiet,” she said, but she was still being ignored.

“-then a portal appeared and sucked me in,” he finished, breathing a bit. He looked up at the queen and stared at them. “What was it you were saying?” he asked, having a smirk on his face.

Everyone stared at him in shock, surprised at what he did. One thought was going through all but the queen’s head, ‘did he just ignored the princesses command.’ The bat-pony prayed that the princesses would show mercy to him. She was told no pony disrespects the queen, not even if they're not a pony. He still had a smirk on his face looking at the queen. It was silent for a while...until the queen fired a bolt of magic at him.

He quickly dodged the attack and fire his own attack at her. A dark red shield appeared in front of her, absorbing his attack. He looked to see the queen was using her magic to block his attack. He was about to charge at her but, sensed danger behind him. He quickly dodged to the right and pushed the guard in the opposite direction. This went on for a while; him firing a shot, quickly absorbed by the shield, guard attacks, etc.

It was then he was tackled to the floor by something. He landed on the floor and was about to fire at the being, but he saw that it was the 'cute' bat-pony was standing over him, holding him down so he couldn’t move. He couldn’t attack her, she was the only one nice to him.

“Please, stop fighting, this won’t get you anywhere,” she said desperately. He could see the sadness in her eyes and stopped struggling. When he looked the the 2 fillies, he saw pure fear in their eyes.

He sighed, “Okay, I’ll listen, just please get off of me,” he said, struggling to get up.

“Oh, okay,” she said happily, getting off and helping him up.

He dusted himself off and was about to thank her, but he was shot in the head by a beam of light. He fell to the floor, holding his head in pain and couldn’t get up. He could hear voices, but couldn’t make out what they were saying. He heard some of the ponies gasp, the clip clops of little hoofs approaching him, and someone crying. He opened his eyes to see it was !@#$ who was crying on his chest. He looked to the side and saw the 2 fillies staring at him in awe. He turned his attention to the crying bat-pony. He reached up and put his hand on her shoulder, shaking her a bit. She tensed up and looked at him, tears still coming out and smiling at him.

“Don’t cry,” he said, reassuringly, “I’m right here, I’m not going anywhere,” he finished, smiling up at her. She quickly hugged him and started crying more into his shoulder.

“I...thought...you were...dead,” she said between sniffles.

He just held her their, not letting go. He looked at the one who blasted him and glared at her. !@#$ seemed to follow his gaze and saw who it was, she was not happy either. She got up off him and was about to yell at her, until the boy stood up and stomped towards the queen.

“You almost killed me,” he grunted from pain and frustration.

The queen looked at him and nodded, “Yes, I did. Why are you-” before she could finish the kid yelled at her.

“WHY?!?” he stated angrily, "WHY DID YOU TRY TO KILL ME? WHEN I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING?!?!” he yelled again. Everyone was dead silent, waiting for the queen’s answer.

After a while of no one talking and the kid glaring at the queen, she finally spoke. “Because,” !@#$%^& said, “you decided to attack me. And, I was protecting my daughters,” she finished, still having a neutral expression.

The kid just started laughing, like it was a joke. Everyone looked at him, like he just lost his mind. The 2 fillies didn’t think it was funny though, neither did the queen.

“What do you think is so funny?” she asked him. He stopped laughing and glared at her, viciously.

“Because,” he started, “you attacked me FIRST!!” he yelled the last word loudly. It then turned into a battle of words as the queen and the human argued. It went on for some time, the guards seemed to be enjoying this, until a  trio of voices was heard.

“ENOUGH!!!” Everyone turned to !@#$ and the 2 fillies, who looked very annoyed.

She looked at !@#$% with a glare, it scared the crap out of him. He tried to speak but was silence by her, by stomping her feet. It was total silence, not even the princesses wanted to speak. The kid thought he was in some serious trouble.

“Okay,” the bat said after a while, “Why don’t you tell them what you told us, please?” she said, giving him her puppy eyes. 
He sighed, not having the willpower to say no to this, what he thought, cute creature. He then turned  told the queen what happened to him. Surprisingly they listened.

He thought they were going to just stab him and walk away, but they didn't. After he was done, everyone looked him with shocked looks. He turned to the queen and asked why everyone here is on edge because of his species. The queen explained that they were attacked by a group of humans a couple years ago.

After some more explanation, the queen thought he was harmless and decided to let the kid stay, much to everyone’s surprise and the 3 fillies excitement. They gave him a room and he went to sleep, happy to be somewhere safe. Before he went to sleep though, he recalled what the 2 fillies’ names were… Celestia and Luna.
> Chapter 3: Q & A With Ponies
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I slowly open my eyes, feeling a lot of pain in my head. My vision was blurry for a couple of seconds. I blinked rapidly and my visioned cleared. I saw that I was somewhere else, someone’s bedroom. There was a dresser with pictures of horses smiling, a window, and a wooden door. I realized I was laying in a comfortable bed and decided to get up. I uncovered myself to see I was just in my boxers. ‘Great, what happened to my clothes,’ I thought. I looked around and found my stuff in a corner. I walked towards them and started putting my clothes on. A red t-shirt, blue jeans, my green jacket, and grey beanie. I then started to explore the room I was in.

I looked at the pictures and saw 2 horses one yellow with red mane and tail, and an apple on the side of his plot. The other was also yellow, but she had crazy looking mane and tail and a pear on the side of her plot. Both of them were smiling.

I felt a small smile spread across my face, making me think of my parents. I look at the other photos and felt tears falling down my face. These pictures looked like a younger version of AJ and Big Mac were little. There was also a yellow filly that I didn’t recognize. I wiped the tears off my face as I put the picture back where it was. I kept thinking of how my parents would see me if they were alive. I decided to see if my stuff was either in my backpack or not broken.

While I was searching through my backpack, I heard some shuffling behind me but, I didn’t pay it no mind. When I found that none of my stuff was broken or missing, I put the pack on and turned around. But, what I saw was a yellow filly, with red mane and tail, a red bow in her mane, and the look of curiosity on her face.

We stared at each other for awhile, not moving. I decided to break the ice before this got more awkward. I bent down slightly and gave her a little smile, trying not to scare her.

“Hi their, little one. My name is Trystyn, what’s your name?”

She seems to see that I wasn’t a threat and relaxed a bit.

“I’m Applebloom, an’ it’s nice to meetcha too,” she said with a southern accent.

I stood back up and stretched out my arms, careful not to hit Applebloom. After I was done stretching, I heard someone chuckling behind me.

I turn around to see AJ giggling near the doorway.

I chuckled, “How long were you standing there?”

She just giggles again, “Long enough,” she says.

I look down at the AB to see she just rolled her eyes at AJ's comment. ‘They are totally like sisters,’ I thought, remembering how my younger sister use to do that.

To skip ahead a bit, AJ explained that she and her friends needed to do a little Q&A with me. They wanted to know about me and see if I was dangerous or not. So, I grabbed my stuff and followed them out the door. Before I closed the door, I looked back in the room. For a second I thought I saw some kind of humanoid figure in the corner of the room. I shook my head and saw nothing in the corner. ‘I’m already losing my mind,’ I thought as I closed the door.

Downstairs, I saw more ponies sitting at a table in, what looks like, a kitchen. They all stared at me as I walked towards the table. When I sat down I decided to get a better look at who I’m talking to. I look to my left to see one of them was a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail, red eyes, and a rainbow thunderbolt on her flank. I look to my right and saw a, white as snow colored, unicorn. She had purple mane and tail done in a spiral shape, violet eyes, and 3 diamond on her flank. I looked to her right and saw and very pink pony. Pink fur and pink mane and tail, looking like cotton candy. She had blue eyes and 3 balloons on her flank. ‘I gotta ask what those markings mean, or I’m going to feel very uncomfortable,’ I thought.

I look across the table to see a yellow pegasus covering herself with her pink mane. I couldn’t see the symbol on her flank, but that wasn’t what I was worried about. I saw she had light blue eyes and she looked beautiful, even if she was a pony. She sinks back in her chair and I realized I was staring at her. I quickly shook my head and started sinking back in my chair, blushing profusely.

After a while, I couldn’t take the silence anymore, when you live alone for 2 years you want to t least hear someone talk. I sat up right, my blush gone, and decided to introduce myself to them.

“My name is Trystyn. I apologize for the awkwardness of the situation. So, now that you know my name, what’s yours,” I said, looking at the other occupants.

The cyan one went first, “My name is Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in all of Equestria,” she explained, pumping her fore-hoof in the air.

‘So, that’s what this place is called, Equestria,’ I thought. She sounded like she was so full of herself and I could hear AJ scoff at her.

The pink one enthusiastically jump in her chair, “My name is Pinkie Pie, party planner extravagant! It’s so nice to meet another pony but your not a pony your a human which usually mean your evil but you’re actually nice and-”

I just sat there and listened to her rant, ‘She sure can speak a lot for a pony,’ I thought. It wasn’t until the white one put a hoof to her mouth. 'Thank god the silence,' I thought.

“What Pinkie is trying to say is, ‘it’s nice to meet you.” She had an accent that belonged to a someone that was part of a rich family.

She cleared her throat and told me her name, “Pardon my manners but, the names Rarity.”

I decided to act as a gentleman and took her hoof in my hand and gently kissed it.

“The pleasure is all mine m’lady,” I said as I let her hoof go.

She seemed to blush, ‘God, these ponies are going to kill me with cuteness,’ I thought, as I turned to the shy one. She looked up and then squeaked as she covered her face up. I sighed, ‘This is going to be difficult.’

“Hey, you don’t have to be afraid of me. I’m not going to hurt you. I just want to know who I’m talking to. I’ll stay right here if you’re too afraid to talk to me,” I told her gently.

This seemed to have an effect, as she peered passed her mane.

“M-m-my n-n-name’s F-F-Fluttershy,” she said meekly.

I heard her and smiled, “Fluttershy, I like that name,” I sad, happy to get through with her.

She looked at me with a soft smile. I then felt a poking on the side of my head and saw RD poking me.

"Do you mind?" I asked, a bit annoyed at her.

“Hey, are you supposed to answer our question?” She asked.

I chuckled, “Well, ask away and, if it’s in my power, I’ll answer them,” I said, ready for the barrage of questions.

So, the questions went as simple as can be, from how old you are to what’s your hobby. Pinkie asked me what my favorite drink was and I answered alcohol. This brought some strange stares from everyone, but, after a little explanation on that topic,  they quickly shrugged it off. RD seemed to have a look on her face that said, ‘Challenged obtained.’ It went on and on until, Fluttershy asked a certain hurtful question.

“So, what is your family like, if you don’t mind me asking,” she said shyly.

I stopped and looked down at the table, sighing deeply. ‘Might as well tell them,’ I thought, looking at them. I took a deep breath and told them what happened 2 years ago...the beginning of my hell.


A Couple Hours Later…

I finished my story, voice a little shaky from remembering this. I left out some of the gruesome details, as to not mortified them. I could feel everyone’s eyes staring at me, eyes wide. I didn’t look at them, trying to hold back the urge to cry. A few minutes later, I felt something rub against my side. I look to see Fluttershy was nuzzling me with puffy red eyes.

“Oh, you poor thing,” she said between sniffles.

She reminded me of a friend I had back in school. How she reacted the same way when she found out. I gently pat Flutter’s head and a smile spread across my face. The others did something similar to what Flutters did. They said how sorry they were, how terrible I must’ve felt, etc.

Applejack left for a couple of moments and came back with pieces of pie on her back, followed by Applebloom. They set the pies in front of us and that’s when I realized I haven’t eaten anything. I shrugged, ‘If she’s offering me free food, might as well take it,’ I thought as I took of bite of the pie. After the first bite, I felt like I was in heaven. This was homemade apple pie, the best kind. I used to make this stuff back home. Everyone else in the room stared at my face, laughing how I enjoyed it. I shrugged it off, fuck if I turn down homemade pie. While we were eating I decided to ask them where do they live or work at.

Apparently, Pinkie worked/lived at a place called Sugarcube Corners, a bakery chocked full of delicious treats. Rarity was a fashionista who worked/lived at a place called Carousel Boutique, which was possibly full of designs for dresses and suits. Rainbow Dash was a, ‘weather pony’, which meant she controlled the weather. Yes, you heard me. Controlled. The. Weather. I hardly believed it myself when she said that, but then again, I’m talking to ponies so, I just let that go. She also lived in a place called Cloudsdale, which was up in the clouds. ‘So, that’s what I saw during my fall,’ I thought. Fluttershy didn’t have a job per say. She lived in a cottage next to a forest called, ‘The Everfree Forest,’ and took care of a lot of animals. I did make a comment of how I used to take care of a dog and a cat, which made her happy.

Applejack worked/lived on her farm, bucking apple trees. I thought of some weird stuff when she said that. And you don't want to see what image I made out of that, you'll be scarred for life. After we finished up the pie, Applebloom yawned loudly. I take a look outside to see that it’s already dark.

“I guess it’s time for bed,” I said, absentmindedly.

Everyone nodded at started heading out the door. Apparently, I was going to stay with The Applejack until I settled in and found my own house to live in. While everyone was leaving, Pinkie saying something about a party, I told them I will plan to visit them if I can. They all nodded in agreement and left, leaving me, AJ, and a sleeping AB.

“I’ll take her to her room. You can sleep in our parents room,” AJ said, as she took AB upstairs.

I took my bag and headed to her parent’s room. Before I closed the door, I turned to Applejack.

“Thank you for agreeing to take care of me, it means a lot to me,” I told Applejack.

“No problem,” she said, smiling.

“Night Applejack,” I said closing the door.

I heard Applejack say, “You too, Trystyn,” then trotted off. I had a smile on my face, this is the beginning of a new life.
> Chapter 4: I Fucking Hate Mornings
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Did I ever tell you how much I hate mornings? No? Well, I despise it with every fiber of my being. I shot up as I hear a rooster waking everybody up. I knew I needed to wake up early, but damn, this is way too early. I wanted to yell at the damn thing and shut it up, but I was too tired to yell. Despite my reluctance, I got out of bed and grabbed a pair of clean clothes. I was still in my boxers and I needed a fucking shower. But, when I opened the door, Applejack was about to knock on it, but stopped as she saw me up.

“Rise an’ shine, sleepyhead. You have a long day ahead of you,” she said, full of energy.

I looked at her tiredly, “I don’t actually care right now. Can you please tell me where the shower is?” She just rolled her eyes, fucking cunt, and pointed to a door.

I slowly trudged towards the door and entered the bathroom. The bathroom was clean with a mirror, some soap, a toilet, and a shower. AJ stepped in and told me which soap I could use. I nodded as she left to make breakfast. I set my clothes on the toilet seat and turned on my phone. I looked through the songs and found one that I knew would cheer me up a bit. I pressed play, dropped my boxers, stepped in the shower, and turned the water on. The water was warm so, I just stood there, happy for a nice shower. I grabbed the bottle AJ told me I could use, and started scrubbing myself all the dirt that had accompanied me went I went to Equestria.

During my shower, the music finally started playing and I started singing to the lyrics.

“You’re a mess tangled with your confidence

You think you haven’t sinned

Well you’re unstoppable,

Your walls are impassible oh!

I think your better off looking alone,

The boys that chase your hips can just go find their way home

And at the end of the day you think to yourself

My body isn't proud of me and so are the shells

Tell that I can change

Tell that I can change.

Well I know you’re laying back,

Contemplating your own death

Well just look at what you’ve done

Don’t you dare forget the sun, love!

(Don’t forget).

Cold white walls keep you from your pad and pen

You wanna stab again,

I can't believe it’s half this hard,

You never knew your mind was dark no!

I think your better off looking alone

The boys that chase your hips can just go find their way home

You can dig so deep for scars

You never knew your mind was dark

Come on and breathe with me oh!

Breathe with oh!

Well I know your laying back,

Contemplating your own death

Well just look at what you've done

Don't you dare forget the sun, Love!

You look down on me so casually, in everything I know

You look down on me, but not right on me Did I wreak this broken home?

Dear Diary,

Life is trying me

Can I get a sign?

Or a two of mind, a piece of mind

Can I get a sign (a sign), can I get a sign (I know)

Well I know your laying back,

Contemplating your own death

Well just look at what you've done

Don't you dare forget the sun, Love!

You look down on me so casually, in everything I know

You look down on me, but not right on me

Is it plain to see that life trying me?

Life is trying me!

Life is trying

Can I think of something, gotta think of something!"

The song ended and I got out of the shower. I dried off, turned my phone off,  and got dressed. Afterwards, I put my phone in my pocket and, after pushing my hair out of my face, exit the bathroom. I went into ‘my’ room and put my shoes on, then headed out of the room. When I was in the hallway,  I could smell the delicious apple food coming from downstairs, I headed down and saw Applejack, Big Mac, Applebloom, and an old green mare sitting at the table.

Applejack took notice of me and gesture for me to join, which I gladly obliged. Sitting down at the empty seat, savoring the meal before eating, I took notice of the little bags next to AB.

I swallowed my food and asked her, “So, what are those bags for Applebloom?”

She took notice and answered in a chipper voice, “Ah’ have school today. ah’m going to meet my friends their.”

I chuckled a bit, happy to know she’s not to afraid of me.

“Ya, school can be great, when you know you got friends by your side. I remember all the things me and my friends did when I went to school,” I said, smiling happily at the memories.

“What did you and your friends do when you were in school?” She asked me.

I decided to give in to her curiosity and told her all the trouble me and my friends got into, keeping some parts out so I won’t get in trouble. While I was telling AB my story, taking bites in between, the old mare, (known as Granny Smith), Applejack, and Big Mac chuckled at how I acted while telling the story. I finished my story, and my breakfast, and took my plate to, what I presumed, the kitchen. I rinsed my plate and set it in the drying rack. I walk back in the dining in the middle of Granny talking.

“...like ah’ said, he may be nice now, but he can attack you any second when your guard is down,” she said.

AJ looked a little aggravated, Big Mac just had a neutral expression, and Applebloom was slowly getting out of her chair. I coughed, getting their attention, and slowly walked towards them.

“First of all, thanks for the meal, it was very delicious. Two, you shouldn’t be talking about me behind my back. It’s not very polite,” I said as I took my seat again and stared at the old mare.

My eyes then narrowed and I spoke in a voice of anger, “Lastly, I won’t hurt anyone sitting at the table as long as I live.”
Everyone stared at me in shock as I continued, “I know you’re just looking out for them and you don’t trust me completely. But, I wouldn’t hurt them at all.” She seemed to smile at that, and the tension in the air disappear.

I looked at the clock and saw it read 8:00. I look to AB and motioned towards the clock, she seemed to get the idea and grabbed her saddlebags, saying goodbye to us, and headed out. I smiled, as she reminded me of my little sister, Jessica. Few moments after Applebloom left, I stood up.

“So, when do I start, how do you say it, ‘apple bucking.” She seemed to get the idea and me and AJ quickly walked outside, ready to work.

Later

I tackled at the tree again, hurting my shoulder. Applejack did give me the rundown on how to ‘buck’ apples, never going to get used to that phrase. She showed me and when she kicked the trees, all of the apples fell into the buckets near the tree. I was really surprised by that, ‘remind me not to piss her off,’ I kept thinking to myself. After that, I started trying to do it, first her way, and started tackling the tree. I was really getting pissed off.

One: My shoulder started to hurt badly from all the tackling. Two: Granny Smith pretty much told the others I was a danger to them, which I’m not. And Third: It was too damn early to do any of this.

As I approached the tree I’ve been tackling slowly, AJ was telling me how to do it for the hundredth time. I really didn’t care. I decided that I had enough, and climbed the tree, ignoring AJ’s yelling. I look at the apples and, carefully, started picking them and throwing them in the buckets, careful not to squish them. I jumped down, landing in front of AJ, whose not happy with me.

I sighed, “Look AJ, I know how you want me to do it, but I can’t. You can kick the trees and they fall out, while I kick or tackle the tree not doing anything,” I walked closer to her and put my hand on her shoulder.

“I can’t just kick the tree and all the apples will fall in the buckets. So, I just do what I believe is easier for me,” I finished, standing back up.

I was about ready to run for it until, AJ looked at me and spoke, “It ain’t just that. Ah’ was worried you might fall and hurt yerself.”

I just chuckled at that, “AJ, I’ve been climbing up on high places for 2 years, so, I won’t fall to the ground. Plus,” an evil grin appeared on my face, “you’ll catch me if I fall, right?” She giggled and nodded. ‘I swear, I’m going to end up at the hospital at this rate. Or in a grave,’ I thought as we continued putting apples into buckets.

A Few Hours Later…


Now this is what I’m talking about. Relaxing and doing nothing, that’s the life. We’ve been taking care of the trees for a couple hours now and decided to call it a day. We were getting ready for something called, The Summer Sun Celebration. Don’t know what that is but, I didn’t care. I asked her about the tattoos and found out they were called Cutiemarks, which comes on a pony when they figure out their special talent. I think it’s stupid but, those are what it means.

Right now, I’m enjoying life as it is. As I lay down on the grass, feeling my eyelids slowly close, I heard a trio of gasps and shot right up. I look to the source to see Applebloom, accompanied by 2 other fillies, look at me with a happy grin. I sighed, ‘So much for not doing anything else for today.’

I sat up and stretch, cracking my back a bit, before giving AB a smile.

“Welcome home Applebloom,” I greeted, waving to her. She smiled and waved back. I look to the other 2; an orange, purple maned and tailed pegasus, and a white, pink and white spiral maned unicorn. I smiled warmly and waved towards them, “Hi, you 2 must be Applebloom’s friends she told me about. The name’s Trystyn, by the way. What’s yours?” The white one seemed to shy away, while the other one walked forward.

“Names Scootaloo,” she said, smiling at me. She looked back at the filly hiding behind AB. With a sigh, she trotted over and, forcefully, pushed her towards me. “This,” she grunts, “is Sweetie Belle.”

Sweetie Belle looked up at me in horror, eyes wider than I thought was possible. I was about to tell her she shouldn’t be scared, if it wasn’t for the cyan blur tackling me to the tree. I felt dizzy as hell, groaning from the pain. I slowly pushed the dazed out mare off of me and stood back up.

I look down at RD, shaking my head slightly. I then looked up to see the fillies looking from me to Rainbow in shock.

I chuckled, “This, my fillies, is Rainbow.” Rainbow seemed to come to and looked at me smiling.

“Oh, hey, I was looking for you,” she said, dusting herself off.

I raised my eyebrow, “And the reason you were looking for me was…?” I asked, not sure what she wanted.

She chuckled and got closer to my ear and started whispering some plan. At first I was reluctant but, after a while, I smiled.

I turn to the others, a smile on my face, and ask them 1 question.

“Applebloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle. Would you like to join me and Rainbow Dash for a while?” They all looked at me, unsure of what I wanted.

Sweetie Belle, even though she was scared of me, asked me, “Why?”

I slowly walked towards them, crouched down, and said, “We’re going to prank someone in Ponyville.”
> Chapter 5: Ponyville Nightmare
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Amazing is a too little word to describe what I saw in this new town. What I saw were ponies trotting or flying around everywhere. I just stood in awe at what I saw, pegasus flying moving clouds or delivering mail, Unicorns/Earth ponies talking or standing nears stalls, kids running and playing, adults watching them. All the while me, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, AKA the Cutie Mark Crusaders, was looking for the pony that Rainbow told us to prank.

I know being in Ponyville could get me in trouble, but I wasn’t going to past this opportunity up, no way. We were all on a roof looking down, smiles on our face as we searched. Apparently, RD’s kind of pranks are getting a cloud and zapping the ground to scare ponies, amateur. I just shook my head at that, ‘She needs to learn from someone whose been doing it for a long time,’ I thought as I continued searching. I did see a violet unicorn with dark violet mane and tail, with pink highlights, and a 6 star cutie mark. And a purple baby dragon with green scales. The unicorn’s mane was all fluffed up from Rainbow’s speed. I watched as she walked in a tree house.

And I mean a literal tree house. I look at the hot sauce in my hands and smiled, knowing that was our target. It took us a while, the crusaders needing help to get off the roof, but we finally made it to the house. I look to see a window and silently jumped on the window sill. I saw a whole lot a ponies in there. My eyes caught 2 particular ponies in there.

I saw 2 fillies walking around. One was pink with light purple and white mane and tail, a tiara cutie mark, and a tiara in her mane. The other one was grey with grey and white mane and tail, wearing glasses, and a silver spoon as a cutie mark. I smiled, ‘I’ll deal with them later,’ I thought as I looked for my victim.

Finally, I found her talking with Pinkie Pie. I silently, went under the table she was standing near. Don’t ask me how I wasn’t spotted, I don’t know that myself. I quickly put the hot sauce on the table and sneaked back outside through the window. I look back and saw the unicorn pouring the hot sauce into her cup. I chuckled, leaping out into the bushes.

I look up to see the sun was going down and, after saying goodbye to the crusaders, headed home. I walked in, saying goodnight to the others, and headed to bed, ready for a good day tomorrow.


The Next Day 

Well, this is not what I expected. You know how I said tomorrow would be good? Well, I was very wrong. I woke up this morning, knowing the others were at this Summer Sun Celebration, I headed towards the building. I was happy because, no one was outside to see me so, I could walk around freely. It wasn’t until I heard a giant explosion and rushed towards the building where it was coming from. I quickly burst through the door and saw a dark blue alicorn with a night sky colored mane and tail. It looked like there were stars in her mane and tail.

Her eyes were cat like and she was now staring right at me.

“Well, look who we have here. A lonely human lost in my town,” she said with a chuckle.

All of the pony’s eyes were now on me as I slowly walk forward. I noticed little whispers here and there but, my attention was on her.

“Who the hell are you?” I asked her.

She cackled evilly, “You don’t know who I am?”

I looked at her, not smiling, “Yeah, I just asked you that. This is where you tell me who you are and why you’re here,” I said sarcastically.

She just glared at me as I smiled.

“I am NIGHTMARE MOON!!” she bellowed, scaring the ponies.

I covered my ears because, god damn she is loud. I glared at her, uncovering my ears.

“So, are you trying to scare me or blow out my eardrums? Because you’re kinda doing the latter,” I said sarcastically.

Her glare just seemed to increase, as she looked at me.

“I know who you are boy. You have potential that you don’t even understand. You can either join me, or stay here and share the same fate as everypony else, Trystyn,” she said.

Before I could ask her how she knew my name, she tossed me a weird looking pendent and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Just as she left, panic broke out in the room. During the panic, I noticed the purple unicorn run out and decided to follow her. I had to jump over a bunch of ponies before finally escaping the chaos. I followed her into the tree house and saw my other friends talking to her.

“Are you a spy?” I heard Rainbow say to the unicorn.

As I entered, everyone looked at me.

“Well, look who it is,” RD said, charging towards me.

She was stop by a tail grab from Applejack. I noticed the unicorn stomped towards me, clearly furious.

“What are you doing here?” she asked.

I rubbed the back of my head, “Well, after Nightmare Moon disappeared, I saw you run out and decided to follow you. Also, why are you so angry at me?”

She seemed to get even more angry, “Because, you’re working for her!!”

I looked at the others as they glared at me.

I look back at her and deadpan. “I don’t know how you got that idea. But, I don’t work for her. She seems to know about me but I don’t know much about her.”

She pointed at the pendent, “Then why did she give you that?”

I looked at the pendent taking in the details of it. It look like some kind of black monster fighting a white creature. In the middle was a lock. I turned it around and the words, ‘The Truth Lies In Darkness,’ was carved in it. I shook my head, telling her I don’t know.

She rolled her eyes, “Whatever, the point is, she is out and you’re the only one she knew by name.”

I was about to argue with her, but she had a point. I sighed, “So, what’s your name and how do we stop this pony?”

“My name is Twilight Sparkle, student of princess Celestia,” she pointed at the baby dragon looking for a book, “That is Spike, my #1 assistant.” She looked back at me, “And how we are going to stop her is with the Elements Of Harmony,” she said.

“The Elements Of Harmony,” the others said in unison.

“Yes, Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and a unknown 6th element,” Twilight explained.

Spike then came running with a old looking book.

“So where are these ‘Elements Of Harmony?” I asked, unsure of what is going on.

Twilight then looked through the book and her pupils shrunk. “They’re in the old castle...in the Everfree Forest,” she finished, horrified.

The others gasp at that while I just stood there confused. “So, it’s in a forest with dangerous creatures?” I asked.

Before Twilight and answer, a portal appeared and bunch of shadowed tendrils sprayed out, trying to grab her. I didn’t have much time to tell her to move. So, I rushed in front of her, the tendrils grabbing me instead of her. The tendrils quickly took me through the portal as my friends yelled for me. Another tendril shot out of the portal, still aiming for the unicorn. I aimed my hand and shot a powerful blast of fire at it. This seemed to do the work, as it quickly dropped to the floor and disappeared. I was happy, the last act before I die was saving someone’s life.


Few Hours Later…

The tendrils threw on the ground as we exit the portal. I shook my head and looked at where they had brought me. It looked like a miniature castle’s room but it seemed to have aged a lot. Vines were through broken windows, the carpet looked tarnished and dust was covering it, and in front of me was a weird sculpture covered in moss. There was symbols on the sculpture that seemed very familiar.

Before I could get to know more of my surroundings, I heard a door open behind me and a chilling all to familiar voice in the room.

“It seems I had capture the one I wanted to see.”

I turned to see none other than Nightmare Moon trotting towards me.

I stood up and asked bluntly, “What the hell do you want?”

She continued trotting until she was right in front of me. She was a little taller than me, her muzzle just above my head, but I still wanted answers.

She smiled sweetly, like someone who’s about to tell you bad news but doesn’t want you upset. Then she said something that took me by surprise, “I just want to talk.”
> Chapter 6: Let’s talk(edited)
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As I moved my hands around the beautiful stars, Nightmare just stares at me patiently. After a few more waves of the stars past through my hands, I finally looked turned and looked at her.

“So, you wanted to talk?” I asked, sitting beside her.

She looks at me with a look of curiosity, "Yes, that is why I brought here. But first,” she moves her fore-hoof over to where the stars are, “why do you dream of this?”

I looked at the stars, mesmerized by the scene, and smiled.

“I don’t know. I guess it has to do with me liking the night.” I looked at Nightmare, who gestured for me to keep going. “I always loved the night, even still it’s a beautiful thing. As a kid, I used to stay up most of the night staring at the stars. They were beautiful, made me forget about all the bad stuff in life.”

I looked down, “Then, all that changed when I came home one day.” I swallowed a lump in my throat as I continued. “I came home to see my family dead.”

This seemed to have an effect on her, since she seemed to flinch at that mention. While I was looking down, I noticed a bit of light coming towards the ground in front of me. I look up  to see the events that transpired on the day my family died.

Me and Nightmare just watched what I already lived through. After the weird portal thing vanished, I started crying. I don’t know how long I cried but, it wasn’t until I felt something soft hug me. I looked up to see that it was Nightmare. We stood that way for a while until she let go. I wiped my eyes and looked at her, eyes still red.

“Now, why did you bring me here?” I asked, voice a little raspy.

She cleared her throat and started telling me her story. From what I got from it, she had a big sister, named Celestia, and a brother, who she can’t remember the name of, who betrayed her. Also, Nightmare’s name used to be Luna. She was always getting the bottom of the barrel. Her brother protected her and tried to help through her life.

It wasn’t until one day that Luna snapped. She attacked her sister in a fit of rage. She was winning the fight, with her brother trying to calm her down. But she was too far gone to understand and attacked him with rage. When Celestia used the Elements Of Harmony to banished her to the moon for 1,000 years he was right in front of her to get the attack.

But before the blast hit him, Luna used her magic to push him out of the way, receiving the blast instead of her brother.

After she finished, a thought occured from me.

"So, your brother, even when you lost it, still protected you but your sister didn't?" I asked, fist clenching.

Nightmare watched as I clenched my fist. I look down at the pendent and calmed down. I turned and looked at her in the eyes.

Holding up the pendent I asked, “Why did you give me this?”

She sighed and explained.

"That was my brother's, he gave it to me to feel safe at night. But the back of it wasn't there when he gave it to me. It appeared one day when I was by myself." She smiled sadly, "Even when I was attacking them both, I stilled had it," she finished.

"Why are you still doing this?" I asked.

Just then the world started to warp and a distorted voice was heard.

"BeCaUsE oF mE," it said.

I looked around and couldn't find anything. I noticed that Nightmare was gone, leaving me in this place.

I looked around even more and saw a bloodied up version of myself. Wounds scattered on his arms and legs, hair charred black, lips bleeding, and his eyeless sockets that oozed a black substance stared at me.

I was scared and I backed up.

Everything started fading away. I looked around frantically, wondering what the fuck was going on.

The thing smiled at me as my world vanished.
> Chapter 7: The Truth lies in Darkness
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I awoke to something blasting next to me.

I jolted up to see Twilight barely standing while Nightmare looked down at her cackling, “You really think I would go down easily, ha, you’re more foolish than I thought.”

I slowly got to my feet as I was quickly tackled to the floor by a cyan blur. I looked up to see Rainbow Dash on top of me looking very pissed.

“What the hay is wrong with you monster!!” She yelled as she threw a punch at me. I quickly pushed her off of me, and stood up.

I saw the others running in and, as they saw all of us, a look of horror appeared on there face.

Nightmare looked at them and laughed, “So, you got other ponies to join you in the moon.”

I looked at her in horror at what she said. ‘She’s going to kill them,’ I thought. She than levitated all of them in front of her, and was charging up her horn.

I wasn’t going to let that happen. They showed me that there is still a reason to live and look forward to the future. I quickly dashed in front of the 6 ponies, just in time to get blasted by Nightmare’s magic. I heard the screams of everyone as the darkness enveloped me.

I thought it was over, that everything I did up to this moment was a waste of time. As I closed my eyes, ready for my end, a bright light appeared in front of my face. I opened my eyes to see a human and an alicorn standing in front of me.

“What the fuck,” I said out loud.

The figures just laughed, sounding like females. The alicorn trotted towards me.

“You are not ready to die, hero,” she said softly. Then, the human walked towards me. I couldn’t move, no matter how hard I tried to.

She then placed her hand on my cheek, which was soft and warm, and softly stroked it.

“You are this world’s hero. You must fight back and save them,” she said gently.

Then, both human and pony pushed me back. I was then being sucked in a strange hole. The last thing I heard them say was ‘we will meet again,’ then I was back in the old castle, right in front of Nightmare.

She looked at me in surprise, as I just stood there. I looked behind me to see the others staring at me in awe. I looked back at Nightmare and saw she was furious at me.

“No matter, you are only delaying the inevitable,” she said as she charged another spell.

I aimed my arm and shot, what looked like a bunch of nightmarish shadows, at her. This seem to break her concentration as it hit her directly in the chest.

I looked down at my hand, amazed by the new power I just shot at her. A smiled slowly appeared on my face as I fired more shots at her. She seemed to know what I was doing as she dodged all of my attacks. She then fired a bolt of lightning at me which I put a shield of darkness to protect me.

I dashed towards her and started punching her in the chest, head, even in the horn. She then got the upper hand on me. She cut me with her horn on my cheek, small trickles of blood dripped from my cheek. I look up at her just in time to get a hoof in my face. Knocking me back towards the others, she stomped towards me.

“Foolish human, do you not know that you and your friends are doomed. The elements are broken so, I am victorious,” she said, clearly thinking she has won.

I looked back at my friends and saw a look of fear on there faces. As Nightmare walked towards me, I started remembering the first day I met them. How honest AJ was when talking to me, how Pinkie would make me laugh even though I was sad as hell, how kind Fluttershy was when I told them my story, how generous Rarity was when she wanted to make me new clothes, how loyal Rainbow is to her friends.

The Elements started replaying in my head as I remembered. I came to a realization that these ponies were more special than I thought. I looked back at the terrified ponies and smiled, turned around, and started walking towards Nightmare.

Blood dripped from my head as I stood up smiling.

“You’re wrong,” I said, catching her off guard.

She looked at me surprised, “What?”

I chuckled, “I said you’re wrong. The Elements aren’t just stones, they’re personalities.”

I walked forward, drops of blood flowing down my hands. “Pinkie Pie, who made me laugh after everything I’ve been through and can make anyone who is sad become happy, Laughter.”

A necklace appeared on Pinkie’s neck. I smiled, walking forward, “Fluttershy, who shows that anyone deserves a chance, even if they done some bad things, Kindness.” The same thing that happened to Pinkie, happened to her too. A necklace, that looked like her cutie mark, appeared around her neck. The same thing happened to everyone else as I explained how they relate to the elements.

“But you don’t know where the last element is,” Nightmare said proudly.

My vision and hearing started blurring out as I was succumbing to the blood loss. I could hear muffles and see blurry visions, but that’s it. The last thing I saw was a rainbow colored blur coming towards me. ‘God dammit,’ was the last thing I thought before going unconscious.


Luna's Mind

I was walking around this dark abyss for a while, getting real tired of seeing the same thing. After everything went black, I woke up in this abyss like place. Only little star-like lights illuminated my surroundings. I don’t know what happened with the others, but all I hope is that they’re safe.

As I continued walking, I saw 3 figures, 2 looking like ponies and 1 humanoid, sitting down. I quicken my pace, happy I found others here with me. As I got closer though, I noticed something similar to the human. I may have done something loud because they all turned around to look at me. I finally realized what was so similar about him. He was the one who helped me when I almost died.

“Ah, it seems he has finally decided to join us,” he said, gesturing for me to sit.

I walked up and plop myself between the pony that also saved my life and a little light blue alicorn filly. The filly jumped up and hugged me, surprising the hell out of me.

"Thank you for helping me. If it wasn't for you, I don't know what would've happened," she said cheerfully.

“You’re welcome,” I said, “but, who are you and what is this place?”

She looked at me with her light blues eyes, ‘CUTENESS OVERLOAD,’ my mind screamed.

“My name is Luna and you’re in my mind,” she said. I gave her a questionable look and looked at the other occupants near me. The human sighed, “We’ll explain everything to you.”


Meanwhile…
 

As the light in the old castle started to dim, the ponies opened their eyes and looked at the aftermath. The spot where Nightmare was standing was now replaced by a small light blue filly alicorn sleeping.

"Ugh, my head," Rainbow moaned, rubbing her head.

"Every pony okay?" Applejack asked, worried for the others.

"Oh, thank goodness," Rarity exclaimed.

"Why Rarity, it's lovely," Fluttershy said to Rarity.

"I know! I'll never part with it again," Rarity said, petting her tail.

Fluttershy shook her head, "No, your necklace," she pointed at the jewelry around Rarity's neck, "It looks just like your cutie mark."

"What?" Rarity looked at her neck, "Ooh. So does yours," she said, pointing at the necklace around Fluttershy's neck.

Fluttershy looked down and gasped.

Pinkie started bouncing around, "Look at mine! Look at mine!"

Rainbow threw her hoof in the air, "Aw yeah."

Applejack trotted up to Twilight, "Gee, Twilight! I thought you were just spoutin' a lot of hooey, but I reckon we really do represent the elements of friendship."

“Indeed you do,” said a voice behind them. They turned around to see a white alicorn trotting towards them.

Twilight gasped, "Princess Celestia."

Celestia looked down at Twilight and smiled, "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it."

Twilight was confused by this, "But... you told me it was all an old pony tale."

Celestia giggled, "I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her, but you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart. Now if only another will as well. Princess Luna!"

Luna slowly wakes up and gasp at seeing Celestia.

Celestia walks towards the scared filly, "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this. Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister."

Both Twilight and Rainbow were surprised, "Sister?"

Celestia puts her head down, sadly, "Will you accept my friendship?"

"Whoa!" Pinkie exclaimed.

Luna's eyes water and she runs towards Celestia, hugging her, "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!"

Celestia hugged back, fighting the tears that are trying to seep out of her eyes, "I've missed you too."

Pinkie pulled out a tissue and started crying herself, "Sniff, Hey you know what this calls for?"

But she was interrupted by a loud groan. They turned and gasped at what they saw. Trystyn was lying on the ground bloodied up from the fight against Nightmare. Fluttershy quickly ran towards him to see if he's okay. He was barely breathing, but was still alive. The other's joined her as tears fell down on his body.

Luna felt a pain in her chest, 'I did this to him,' she thought, 'This is my fault.'

Celestia puts a wing on her, "it wasn't your fault. You couldn't control your actions," she said gently.

As the muffled sobs of Fluttershy filled the room, Trystyn started glowing white. This surprised every pony in the room as they backed away.

Celestia stared at the glowing human, "It can't be," she said under her breath.

After the glowing stopped, they saw that all of Trystyn's wounds were healed. They heard him groan and saw him sit up, rubbing his head. As the human was getting his bearings, Celestia noticed a pendent around his neck. She realized who this human is and what his potential was. Trystyn's eyes landed on the ponies position.

He smiled, "Well, what did I miss?"



'Well that was weird,' I thought as ponies were talking, eating, or just having fun. Before all of this, a few events transpired that still confuses me. First, the 2 strange beings, known as John and Katherine, explained that I had some kind of destiny that involved saving Equestria. How that's my destiny? I don't know, and really didn't care.

Second, was that I'm able to absorb certain powers, like Nightmare's, and use it to protect myself and others. I thought this was pretty awesome. Third, I woke up and was caught up on what happened when I was knocked out. And finally, Pinkie dragged me into a party, which is pretty fun.

At first, the ponies were scared of me. That was until the others explained what I did and that I'm a 'hero.' That is not a word I would use to describe me, but I'm not them. Some welcomed me while others still seemed a little hesitant. As I was standing near a table I noticed that Twilight, standing next to Celestia, seemed upset and decided to see what's wrong.

After a few bumps into ponies and having to be careful not to step on the children, I made it too them. Whatever Celestia said, it seemed to perk her up.

Celestia took notice in me and smiled, "Ah, Trystyn, there you are. I have a special proposition for you."

She then explained how I will have to stay with Twilight and learn how to use magic. Twilight was shocked at first, but became happy knowing she'll be teaching me magic. I agreed and went to Sweet Apple Acres to get my stuff. After saying goodbye to the apples, and promising AJ I'll be back to work on the farm, I left.

'Seems things are starting to look up for me,' I thought, as I walked towards Twilight's house.
> Chapter 8: The Ticket Master
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

As I lied, eating an apple, and listened to Applejack and Twilight talking, while Spike rummages through the apples. I already finished 5 trees so, that's why I'm not doing anything.

"Thank you kindly, Twilight, for helping me out. I bet Big McIntosh I could get all these Golden Delicious in the barn by lunchtime. If I win, he's gonna walk down Stirrup Street in one of Granny's girdles," Applejack chuckles a bit and it actually made me chuckle too.

Twilight shakes her head, "No problem at all, Applejack. I'm glad the goal is lunchtime. All this hard work is making me hungry."

Spikes perks up, "I know, Right?"

Twilight looked at bit exhausted, "Ooh-wee, Spike. You've been lounging on my back all morning while we worked," she said.

Spike throws his hands in the air, "Exactly. You two are taking so long, I missed snack-time." He looks over at me, "Trystyn's done 5 trees already."

Just on time, Twilight's stomach grumble, making her laugh nervously. "Eh, I guess we better get some food."

Spike then pulls a worm out of the apple he was holding, making me check my apples for worms. "Nope. Worm. A-ha."

Twilight then looks at spike, "Oh Spike, that looks delicious." Spike then eats the worm, making Twilight a bit ticked off, "Spike".

Spike looks at Twilight, "what?"

Spike then burps out a letter with a seal, saying its from Celestia. 'This should be interesting,' I thought as I got up and walked towards the others.

I didn't really hear what the letter said, but both Applejack and Twilight shouted, "The Grand Galloping Gala!"

This seem to make them excited as they started stomping their hooves. Spike then burps out 2 golden tickets.

"Wow, great! I've never been to the gala. Have you, Spike?" Twilight asked.

Spike shook his head, "No, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't want any of that girly frilly frou-frou nonsense," he said. He then gestures me to listen to him. He whispers in my ear, "If I were you, I wouldn't go." I just shrugged, I didn't know what this is.

Twilight pouted at that, "Aw, come on Spike. A dance would be nice."

Applejack chuckles, "Nice? It's a heap good more than just nice. I'd love to go. Land sakes, if I had an apple stand set up, ponies would be chowin' our tasty vittles 'til the cows came home. Do you have any idea how much business I could drum up for Sweet Apple Acres? Why, with all that money, we could do a heap of fixin' up 'round here. We could replace that saggy old roof, and Big McIntosh could replace that saggy old plow, and Granny Smith could replace that saggy old hip." She looks at Twilight, "Why, I'd give my left hind leg to go to that gala."

"Oh, well in that case, would you like to--" Twilight didn't get to finish as Rainbow crashed right into her.

"Ugh. Are we talking about the Grand Galloping Gala?" Rainbow asked, shaking her head.

Applejack glared at her, "Rainbow Dash. You told me you were too busy to help me harvest apples. What were you busy doing? Spyin'?"

Rainbow rolled her eyes, "No, I was busy napping, and I just happened to hear that you have an extra ticket?" She asked, turning to Twilight.

"Yeah, but-" she was again cut off by Rainbow's rant.

'God, these ponies are annoying, I thought, I mean, they shouldn't be getting this riled up about a golden ticket. Nightmare joined in my conversation, I know, it's just a ticket, they shouldn't be arguing about it.

As i was lost in thought, we started walking away. Then, Pinkie appeared and knocked into Twilight, making the tickets go into her eyes. I watch in amusement as she flailed around.

"Gah! Bats! Bats on my face! Help! Wait, these aren't..." Pinkie's eyes grew wide, "tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?! It's the most amazing incredible tremendous super-fun wonderful terrifically humongous party in all of Equestria! I've always always always wanted to go!"

Out of nowhere, music started playing as Pinkie started singing.

Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
Hip hip
Hooray!
It's the best place for me
For Pinkie...
With decorations like streamers and fairy-lights and pinwheels and piñatas and pin-cushions. With goodies like sugar cubes and sugar canes and sundaes and sun-beams and sarsaparilla. And I get to play my favorite-est of favorite fantabulous games like Pin the Tail on the Pony!
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
Oh the Grand Galloping Gala is the best place for me
'Cause it's the most galarrific superly-terrific gala ever
In the whole galaxy
Wheee!!

After her song she bounced towards us. "Oh thank you, Twilight, it's the most wonderful-est gift ever."

Twilight tried to explain herself but was cut off again when the tickets were engulfed in a light blue aura and floated towards Rarity. 'This is so going to end badly,' I thought, tapping my foot in frustration.

"Are these what I think they are?" Asked Rarity.

I face palmed as, again, Twilight was interrupted by Pinkie's excitement, "Yes, yes, yes! Twilight's taking me to the Grand Galloping Gala in Canterlot."

I looked up, "No she didn't. She--" But I was cut off by Rarity's story.

"The gala? I design ensembles for the gala every year, but I've never had the opportunity to attend. Oh, the society, the culture, the glamour! It's where I truly belong, and where I'm destined to meet him," Rarity explained.

Both me and Pinkie asked, "Who?"

"Him. I would stroll through the gala, and everyone would wonder, "Who is that mysterious mare?" They would never guess that I was just a simple pony from little old Ponyville. Why, I would cause such a sensation that I would be invited for an audience with Princess Celestia herself, and the princess would be so taken with the style and elegance that she would introduce me to him, her nephew: the most handsome, eligible unicorn stallion in Canterlot. Our eyes would meet, our hearts would melt. Our courtship would be magnificent. He would ask for my hoof in marriage, and of course I would say, "Yes!" We would have a royal wedding, befitting a princess, which is [giggles] what I would become upon marrying him, the stallion of my dreams."

I yawned, 'God, these are selfish reasons why they should go to the gala,' I thought. 'It's only going to get worse,' Nightmare answered. 'How?' I asked, but was quickly answered as I heard Fluttershy gasp.

"Angel, these are perfect"

"Uh, listen guys, I haven't decided who to give the extra ticket to," twilight said, trying to calm the situation down a bit. Clearly, it didn't work.

Pinkie looked at Twilight wide-eyed, "You haven't?"

Fluttershy asked, "Um, excuse me, Twilight. I would just like to ask, I mean, if it would be all right, if you haven't given it to someone else--" But she was quickly cut off by Rarity.

"You? You want to go to the gala?" She asked.

Fluttershy smiled, "Oh, no. I mean, yes, or, actually, kind of. You see, it's not so much the Grand Galloping Gala as it is the wondrous private gated garden that surrounds the dance. The flowers are said to be the most beautiful and fragrant in all of Equestria. For the night of the gala, and that night alone, would they all be in bloom... and that's just the flora! Don't get me started on the fauna. There's loons and toucans and bitterns, oh my! Hummingbirds that can really hum, and buzzards that can really buzz. White-blue jays, and red jays, and green jays, pink jays and pink flamingos!"

"Wow," I said, "that sounds really beautiful shy."

Out of nowhere Rainbow appears, "Wait just a minute."

I started grinding my teeth, slowly getting more and more angry. I look at Twilight and could see she was also getting frustrated.

The ponies started arguing who deserves the ticket and I just couldn't take it anymore. "QUIET!!!!" Me and Twilight yelled, stopping the argument. I sighed, "Arguing isn't going to fix this." I held my finger up, signaling I don't want to be interrupted, "Eh! I don't want to hear it. Those are Twilight's tickets. She gets to decide who gets them and who doesn't. Now, off you go while me, Spike, and Twilight get something to eat. Now shoo." Everyone groaned and left. I sighed, "Just what I needed, spoiled little brats."

Twilight sighed, "Thanks Trystyn, but now what are we going to do?"

I smiled, "We'll figure something out. But first, lets get something to eat," I said, walking towards a cafe.



As Twilight complained about the whole ticket problem, I started playing a song to help calm my mind. I really didn't care about the ticket, but I did care about what this is doing to my friend. As I played my guitar, a song finally started playing in my head and I started singing.

When everyone you thought you knew
Deserts your fight, I'll go with you
You're facin' down a dark hall
I'll grab my light

And go with you, I'll go with you
I'll go with you, I'll go with you
I'll go with you, I'll go with you
I'll go with you, I'll go with you

I was abruptly stopped when I felt water falling on me. I sighed, 'maybe next time,' I thought, putting the guitar away and putting my hood up.

"Hi there, best friend forever I've ever ever had. Enjoying the sunny weather?" I heard Rainbow say, causing me to look up. And there she is, having a hole under Twilight. 'Great, and I thought this was going to be a nice day,' I thought, crossing my arms in frustration.

"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Twilight asked, also looking up.

"Trying to get the golden ticket," I said, still glaring at Rainbow.

Rainbow glared at me back, but stopped when Twilight let out a little cough. "Is this true?"

Rainbow tried to defend herself, but neither me or Twilight was believing her. She sighed, failing at tricking Twilight into giving her the ticket. Closing up the cloud, which strangely sounded like a zipper, and left. Well after that, Twilight and her food were both soaked with water.

Rarity started frantically running towards us, "Twilight, it's raining."

"No, shit," I said, as I got up.

Rarity ignored my comment and quickly grabbed Twilight and took her to the boutique. Me and Spike quickly followed, wanting to get out of the rain and to see how Rarity will bribe Twilight. When me and Spike opened the door, we saw Twilight wearing a beautiful saddle.

As Spike laugh at Twilight's conundrum, I just stared in awe. 'That is a beautiful saddle. Why would Spike laugh at her, she gorgeous in that. Well, for a pony,' I thought, not realizing I was staring.

'Uh hello, Romeo. You're kind of staring,' Nightmare said.

I shake my head, seeing the others giving me weird looks. I quickly composed myself and calmly said, "It looks fine. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be going home to bleach my eyes." I started walking towards the door. I stopped, almost forgetting something. Turning around I motioned to Spike, "Hey Spike, why don't you come with me. You probably don't want anything to do with this whole ticket business." Spike happily, ran out. I chuckled and turned to Twilight, "I hope you'll make the right decision Twi." I then closed the door and followed Spike home.



While walking through the rain I started having my conversation with Nightmare. ‘So, what do you think we should do?’ I asked. 'From the way you reacted, I suggest you stay away from everypony,' she said. I rolled my eyes, ‘Great, all I have to do is stay away from everyone. That won’t be hard. At least no one else knows about the tickets.’

Nightmare chuckled. I didn’t bother asking her why, I just wanted to go home. We finally made it to Twilight’s house and what we saw made me even more ticked off. Fluttershy was cleaning the library with some help from her animals. I felt like yelling at the top of my lungs, but restrain myself.

I cleared my throat, getting her attention. She gasp when she saw me, then flew towards me. “Oh, hey Trystyn, I didn’t know you would come back this early,” she said, fidgeting a bit. I sighed, taking off my jacket and putting on the rack.

“Yeah, I’m back. I’m guessing you’re here to persuade Twilight into giving you the ticket?” I asked casually, sitting on the floor an opening my backpack. This caught her off guard, making me smile a bit. “I suggest you leave. Twilight is not in a good mood today, so, whatever it is you’re trying, it’s not gonna work,” I said, pulling out my Switch and putting in Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild.

She sighed, “Okay,” and left, her animals right behind her. I noticed that a white bunny turned around and glared at me. I rolled my eyes and flipped him off.

The slammed of the door told me that they left. “Now it’s time for me to relax,” I said, starting up my game.
A Few Hours Later
After a while, I decided to get some sleep, tired from all the stress these ponies were giving me. The door bashed open, revealing Twilight. She looked horrible; Mane messed up, a couple scratches on her body, even Twilight’s heavy breathing made me concern. I quickly rushed up and went to her side.

“What the hell happened to you?” I asked, worried for my friend. Before she could answer, a light upstairs revealed the 5 ponies that started this madness. They jumped down and practically pushed me away. They started asking if she needs any favors done over and over again. I could see that Twilight was getting nervous and decided to stop this. “ENOUGH!!!” I yelled, stomping my foot down. This made everyone jump and looked at me. I calmed my breathing and walked towards Twilight. Extending my hand, I asked, “Can you give me the tickets?” Surprised, they all started antagonizing me. But, Twilight obliged and handed me the tickets. I called for Spike to make a letter to Celestia, telling her to return the tickets back. Giving Spike the tickets. He blew a light flame, sending the letter and the tickets back. The others stared at me, puzzled.

It was then that Rainbow went up to my face, clearly pissed off. “Why?” she asked through clenched teeth. I started clenching my fist and gave them a clear answer.

“Because, ever since Twi got that letter, everything has been going crazy. Hell, I’m guessing when me and Spike left, the rest of you kept doing favors for her,” then, I let my emotions take control, “Just so you can go to some stupid dance.” I put my head down and chuckled, “Maybe instead of just trying to get the damn ticket, you should at least figure out what this is doing to your friend,” I finished, glaring at everyone. They all looked down, ashamed of what they done. I look over at Twilight as she gave me a silent ‘thank you’ and smiled.

I then felt a tap on my leg and looked down to see Spike with an envelope with my name on it. I opened it up and saw a letter and 7 golden tickets. Everyone looked up as I took out the note and began to read.

“Dear Trystyn,
It has come to my knowledge that you are the one you sent the letter. I apologize, I have not realized what the tickets could do. So, as you know, there are 7 tickets to the gala here. Thank you, and I hope you’ll write again, 
Celestia.”

As I finished the letter, the ponies took their tickets, excited as hell, and walked outside. As I looked the ticket over, I started chuckling. “Ah, what the hell? Might as well go,” I said. After the others left, I started heading for the couch, my bed, and was ready to sleep again.

“Thank you,” I heard Twilight say.

I looked behind me and smiled, “No problem. I know all that stress was getting to you so I decided to help out.”

As Twilight and Spike went upstairs, saying goodnight to me first, I began to realize something that I wish I didn’t have to think about. ‘I’m going to have to wear a suit. Better get a suit from Rarity tomorrow,’ I lied down, ‘if I have time.’ The reason that I thought of that was because tomorrow Twilight is going to teach me how to use magic.
> Chapter 9: Memories Pt.2
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

As the sun bleeds through the window, the sounds of birds chirping, and the sounds of hoof-steps come louder, I’m trying to sleep a little longer. But, as luck would have it, that wasn’t happening.

“Wake up Trystyn,” Twilight’s voice excitedly said.

I rolled over, “To early...need sleep...school tomorrow.”

I could hear Twilight groan, “Come on, I get to teach you how to use magic.”

I turned to look at her with my red eyes, “Read my lips: I Don’t Care,” I rolled over and tried to sleep in a little more. It wasn’t until the smell of pancakes that I shot up and got off the couch.

I forgot I was only wearing my boxers and poor Twilight saw me like this.

Her face became beet red as she looked at me. My face became the same color as well. I walked over to my bag and took some clothes out. A shirt with a picture of a dragon on it and a pair of bluejeans. I looked over at my jacket, still a bit damp from the storm. I shrugged, 'weather's supposed to be nice so I don't need it right now,' I thought as I walked towards the kitchen.

The kitchen looked like any ordinary kitchen, but smaller. The only difference was that there was a baby dragon flipping pancakes. I sat down and waited for Spike to finish breakfast. While that was happening, Twilight decided to star teaching me now. Bringing in notes she explained the whole thing about magic and that I needed concentrate if I wanted to succeed.

I sighed, 'Here goes nothing,' and started to concentrate on picking up the cup in front of me. During this, Spike was finished with the pancakes and placed them on the table. He saw what I was doing and decided to see if I could do it or not. After a while, a bright red aura surrounded my hand and the cup. The cup started slowly levitating off the table.

I smiled in my little victory, but the cup quickly fell and landed on the table. I sighed, exhausted from using a lot of magic. Yes, I used a lot of magic lifting that cup, don't judge me. Anyways, I looked up and smiled, "Just a couple more lessons and I'll be as good as you Twi," I said, digging into my food

1 Week Later

I walked through the door, dirt and mud covering my body. Today was eventful. It was Applebuck Season, meaning knocking all the apples down to make cider. When I sat down on the couch thinking about that dream. It has been a long time since I had that dream and it still confused me. Didn't matter to me, because I was going to sleep. Even if it meant I would wake up to Twilight's scolding.

Dreamtime...

'I just had to open my mouth didn't I?' I thought walking along the same ruined castle. But 2 things were different this time:
1. The place looked a lot cleaner, but still dirty. The carpets and draperies looked like colors were added to them and the air felt much more clearer.
2. The door that I entered last had a pure white aura around it and a picture of a human, wearing a blue and white jacket, with 2 ponies sitting next to him.

The one sitting to his left was a alicorn filly with pink hair and smiling brightly. But when I looked at the other one, she looked almost sad, like something was affecting her. I noticed a pony with bat wings sitting on the human's lap. She was also smiling brightly and hugging the human. She had a mix between light and dark blue colored fur and her eyes were  different colors. One blue the other red.

Something about those eye colors reminded me of someone, but I couldn't figure out who.

I then looked up at the human's face and noticed something really strange. The human's face looked like it was ripped out of the picture. I looked at the symbol on the door and saw a humanoid figure falling down. I was concentrating on looking at the picture, trying to figure out what it means, when I felt something tap my shoulder. I quickly turned around, ready to defend myself.

I quickly put my arms down when I realized it was just Nightmare, but she was human. She wore a dark blue nightgown with her cutie mark on it. She looked pretty much the same but more human. She giggled at my reaction, ever since she went into my mind she became a little more cheerful.

Before any of us could say anything, a glow from the door made us look. As I walked to the door, I could see another symbol on the door. It was a human punching a pony. The door flew open, and just like last time, was just filled with blackness. I looked at Nightmare and shrugged, "Might as well," I told her.

I then jumped down, sinking into the darkness as I yelled, "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-



"EEEEEEE," James screamed, sliding down a hill with his sisters as they screamed in terror. Luna held onto her brother as she screamed. They were suppose to have a relaxing time on top of the hill but James wanted to have a little fun. Now they were sliding down the hill on a trashcan lid.

Ever since the queen accepted him as her son, things have been going great for him. He made a couple of friends, who he calls them human names, and 2 sisters. Almost everyone, except his friends and family, treated him like royalty. It pissed him off how everyone would treat him like garbage until he, his sisters, his friends, or a guard told them he was royalty.

It didn't matter now, he was having the time of his life.

"JAMES!! SLOW DOWN!!" Celestia yelled, trying to stop her brother. But she was too late as James was nearing a ramp. All of their eyes widened as James tried to slow down. But a rock sticking out of the side of the hill made them fly through the air.

"AAAHHH!!!" they all yelled, soaring through the air. While Celestia and Luna slowed down using their wings, James was still soaring through the air full speed to the ground. He crashed down on the dirt and started sliding across, painfully. He could hear screams but they were muffled from the dirt.

He picked himself up, spitting out a few pieces of dirt in his mouth. "Damn dude, that must of hurt," he heard a voice say in front of him. He smiled, It sure did Justin. It sure did," he answered getting up. In front of him was one of his friends, Justin(AKA Misty White). He was a white pegasus with light blue streaks in his mane. He didn't have a cutie mark. Him and James became friends once they got along with each other.

He turned around and saw his sisters run up and hugged him.

He embraced them, happy that they're okay. The moment was beautiful, like nothing could ruin it. But something, or more specifically, someone ruined this beautiful moment.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the 3 freaks," said an obnoxious voice behind them. They turned  around and saw Radioactive Bliss. She was a light tanned unicorn mare with a radiation cutie mark. Apparently, she got her special talent in studies of radiation.

Radioactive Bliss has always been a thorn in James' side. She always tries to make his life a living hell. For some reason, she thinks that he's a monster and will kill all of them. So, James hates her with all of his passion.

James stood in front of his sisters, shielding them from Bliss. Misty walked beside him, glaring at her. "What do you want Bliss?" James asked through clenched teeth. She giggled as James' sisters hide behind him. "Don't worry you 2. I won't let her get to you," James said, trying to reassure them.

"Oh, don't be like that. I was just looking for some groceries for dinner tonight, until," she said, glaring at the 3 ponies and human, "you 3 decided to ruin it."

"Fuck off, Bliss. We don't need to deal with your crap right now," James said, clearly not in the mood.

"Oh why? Is it because you think you're better because you're royalty? You think we're just peasants to do your bidding?" One after another she was asking questions that slowly made James' anger rise up more. He noticed a crowd was coming to see what all the commotion was about.

Bliss smiled, "Because you know what you and your family are. A bunch of freaks with no life. Your real family probably feels ashamed for what they raised and that the 2 of them are failures as princesses."

That last statement made everyone look at her in shock. Everyone knew that James was adopted and didn't like others talking crap about them. James curled up his fist and walked forward. This made Bliss look in fear and backed up. But James was quicker and picked her up.

"Don't you ever talk to them like that again. Or so help me," James put his face right up to Bliss's face. "I. WILL. MAKE. YOU. PAY. Got it?" This made Bliss shake his head up and down fast.

He dropped her and started walking towards his sisters and his friend. As he walked back a beam of green shot at Celestia, knocking her back. Everyone gasped in surprise, but James rushed forward, picking her up. "Tia! Tia! Come on, answer me," James said in panic. All Celestia did was give a smile and fell unconscious.

James felt like his whole world shattered. He promised to protect them but here he was, holding his unconscious sister in his arms. He looked back to see Bliss with a smug expression. 'THAT BITCH IS DEAD!!!' he screamed in his head. He gently put his sister on the floor and stood up.

He walked towards Bliss, anger coursing through him as everyone watched. He stood in front of Bliss, clenching his fist...and punched the absolute shit out of her.



I jolted up, shock from the dream. I started clutching my. "What the hell was that?" I asked.

"I don't know. But you have some explaining to do mister," a voice said behind me. I turned around cautiously and saw someone I thought I would never see again.

"Sarah?"
> Chapter 10: 2 Humans Are Better Than 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

I stood there, shock from what I was seeing. Sitting on the couch was Sarah, a friend I had back in Dimtopia. After the accident, we haven't been seeing each other. She works at an orphanage, taking care of the kids. I occasionally visit them from time to time. Now that I'm here, I can't really visit them. Now here's Sarah, in a pair of blue jeans and wearing a shirt with a white fox on it, I got that for her birthday, sitting on what I call my bed.

"Well, I'm waiting," she said impatiently.

I rubbed the back of my head, trying to figure out what to say. Just then the door flew open and Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie walked in.

"Wasn't that fun ever pony? It was for me," Pinkie said, in her usually happy tone.

Before I could think of anything, they noticed me standing there, wearing my dirty clothes.

They smiled, "Howdy Trystyn, how have you be-" she quickly stopped, noticing Sarah.

The others noticed her as well, and asked me who she is. I sighed, 'This is going to be a long day,' I thought, getting ready to explain who's who and telling Sarah where she is.

A Few Hours Later...

I finished telling the ponies who Sarah is, while she helped. And I explained who the others are, with their help. I sat their, my head in my hands, exhausted from the explanation. They then barraged her with personal questions about her. During the explanations, I heard a voice behind me. I turned around to see some kind of shadowed alicorn smiling at me. I turn to tell the others what I see, but they were gone.

I turned and saw the pony right in front of me. I fell out of my chair, surprised from how close it is. Suddenly, another alicorn, this one covered in light, appeared next to it. By the way they looked standing beside each other, I came to the conclusion that the shadowed one is male and the bright one is a female.

I looked at both of them, wondering who the hell they are. It was then that a demon-like creature grabbed both of them. The ground started to shake and, just like a dream, switch to a new scene. This one was of Ponyville...being destroyed. The buildings were either on fire, destroyed, or rising in the air. I ran through the streets, looking for anyone that can help.

I turned a corner and quickly stopped and stared at what I saw. It was me and Sarah standing in front of a crystal building. But both me and her looked severely hurt. Our clothes were ripped, blood dripped from our legs, and it seemed we could barely stand. I look up to see the same demon looking down at them smiling.

"THIS IS WHERE YOU DIE!!!" It bellowed.

It charged a ball of pure energy and chucked it at us. I started running but was too late. The ball hit us and a giant wave started coming towards me. Before it could hit me, I woke up with a sudden jolt.

I looked down and saw I was on the couch covered in blankets. I quickly uncovered myself, seeing I was in a new pair of clean clothes, and ran to the bathroom. I quickly opened the lid to the toilet and started puking. It was probably from the weird dream or something but I just felt really sick.

"Are you okay?" I heard a voice at the door say. I look up to see Sarah, with a concern expression, standing at the door.

I flushed the toilet and cleaned my mouth up using the sink. After I finished, I just walked past Sarah, saying I'm okay, and grabbed my shoes. I put the shoes on and headed to the door, wanting to get some fresh air. I turned and looked at Sarah, still wearing the same clothes, and asked if she wanted to join me for a walk.

"Actually, Pinkie invited us to a party," she said.

"Okay, let's walk there," I said, opening the door and heading outside.

During the walk, some ponies looked at Sarah strangely, but quickly went back to what they were doing. I explained to Sarah what I saw in my dream last night. She told me I shouldn't be worrying about my dreams. We decided to talk about what has happened to us.

Apparently, Sarah was still working at the orphanage. One of the orphans actually got adopted. I smiled at that, the orphans were really friendly and before my parent's death, I used to visit the orphans all the time.

We made it to Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkie was greeting everyone coming in.

She saw us and her smiled grew wider, I don't know how she does that but I don't question it.

"Hey Pinkie, I heard you're hosting a party. Who's this special pony?" I asked, walking inside.

"For Dash's friend, Gilda," she said happily.

I looked at Sarah and shrugged, "Let's take a seat and see who she is," I said, trying to find a place to sit.

I heard chatter from all of the ponies, some about Sarah others about Gilda. I found a seat and sat down, just when i heard a grunt from the door. I look up to see it was a griffon. She had white feathers in front and light brown fur in the back. She had a pair of wings and her front legs were claws and the back was paws. She also looked really bored.

'Why do I have a really bad feeling about this,' I thought, while the party started.



'I guess that bad feeling was right,' I thought as I stared at the scenario. During the party, Gilda fell for all of the pranks Pinkie had set up. Gilda was getting more and more agitated as the gags kept coming. I was just talking with the others during the party.

I was drinking my cider when I heard a very loud screech, making me drop my cider. I turned and saw Gilda pushing Pinkie against the wall.

"Do you think this is a joke?" she said, clearly angry. Pinkie backed up, scared.

I stood up and advanced towards her, wanting to stop this.

"All you are is a stupid little pony who only cares about partying. You're a worthless piece of scum," Gilda said angrily.

Everyone stopped and stared wide-eyed at Gilda. Pinkie started tearing up, putting her face in her mane.

I clenched my fist and walked up to her, "Don't you dare talk to my friend like that. You don't know who she truly is but if anything, you should back off."

She looked up at me with a glare. "And who are you?"

"Who I am, doesn't matter. Now get the fuck away from here, or I'm going to make you," I said, glaring at her. She tried to say something again, but I wanted her out now. "I said," I sucked in a lungful of air, "NOW!!!" I yelled.

She flinched and quickly flew away.

I looked at Pinkie, having calmed down a bit, and approached her.

"Hey, are you okay?" I asked, nudging her a bit.

She looked up at me and hugged me, breaking into tears. I slowly patted her head, as she cried in my shoulder, soaking it up a lot. I didn't care, my friend needed a hug.

After she calmed down, which took awhile, she looked up at me and smiled.

"I'm sorry for bringing Gilda here. If I knew she would be like this, I wouldn't have invited her. I'm sorry," I heard Rainbow say behind me.

I turned and waved it off, telling her it's not her fault.

"Now," I said, standing up, "I heard this was a party. Now since Gilda isn't here..."

I looked down and saw Pinkie smiling brightly.

We both took a breath and, with one final shout, we both said,

"LET'S PARTY
> Chapter 11: Battle Against Magic(edited)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Come on, Twilight. You can do it!" Spike encouraged Twilight.

Twilight was struggling to cast a spell, after 24 you would be impressed she can still go.

For awhile now, Twilight (and me) were casting spell after spells. She was on number 25 and I was wondering what spell this would be.

Twilight finally charged up the spell and fired at Spike. After the light settled, Spike was now standing there with a mustache.

I chuckled at that, "Good job, Twilight. Now Spike looks like he's 35," I said, still chuckling.

Spike, on the other hand seemed to enjoy this, "Ha ha! Ya did it! Growing magic, that's number twenty-five. Twenty-five different types of tricks and counting." Spike then started gloating over his new stache.  "And I think this is the best trick so far. Hello, Rarity. What's that? Aw, it's nothin', just my awesome mustache." He then started laughing.

Twilight chuckled and quickly got rid of Spike's mustache, making him groan. I chuckled as I grabbed my coat. Me, Twilight, and Spike headed out of the house and started walking.

During our walk, we noticed Snips, a short, chubby light blue unicorn with a pair of scissors as a cutie mark and Snail, a tall, orange unicorn with a snails as a cutie mark.

"Gangway! Comin' through!" Snails said, running past us.

"Augh! Snips, Snails! What's goin' on?," Spike said.

"Wha, haven't you heard?" Snails asked.

"Have we heard what?" I asked him.

"There's a new unicorn in town!" He exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Snips chimed in, "they say that she's got more magical powers than any other unicorn ever!"

"Really?" Me and Twilight asked.

Spike waved his hand dismissively, "Aw, no way, that honor goes to Twilight here," I nodded in agreement.

"Where can I find this pony?" Twilight asked.

"Ho, she's in the town square. Come on!" Snails said, running towards the town square, Snips following him.

I just shrugged, "Might as well," and went to the town square, Twilight and Spike following me.



We made it to the town square where there were lots of ponies waiting in front of a stage. We made it to the front where the rest of the gang and Sarah were standing.

Smoke started filling up a stage as a blue unicorn mare appeared on stage. She was wearing a magicians hat and cape, a white with blue streaks mane and tail, and crescent moon with a small star as her cutie mark.

"Come one, come all! Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She said loudly.

The audience seemed impressed with what she did, I did too.

"Watch in awe as the Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most spectacular feats of magic ever witnessed by pony eyes!" She said, having fireworks shooting up from behind her.

'Now this is impressive,' I thought.

"So, what do you think?" Sarah asked me.

I shrugged, "The fireworks are pretty cool," I answered. "But where's this so call, 'spectacular feats,' she's talking about?" I asked.

"So, "Great and Powerful Trixie". What makes you think you're so awesome, anyway?" Rainbow asked.

'Oh boy,' I thought.

Trixie chuckled, "Why, only the Great and Powerful Trixie has magic strong enough to vanquish the dreaded ursa major!"

This made the audience gasp, some saying it was impossible.

Trixie smiled and summoned a miniature image of a blue bear, "When all hope was lost, the ponies of Hoofington had no one to turn to, but the Great and Powerful Trixie stepped in, and with her awesome magic, vanquished the ursa major and sent it back to its cave deep within the Everfree Forest!"

I face palmed, 'These pony puns are really going to be the death of me, after the ponies' cuteness does' I thought.

"Saw, sweet!" Snips and snails exclaimed.

"That settles it," Snips said.

"Trixie truly is the most talented, the most magical, the most awesome unicorn in Ponyville," Snails added.

"No, in all of Equestria!" Snips yelled.

'Ass kissers,' I thought.

Spike pointed his claw at them, "How do you know? You didn't see it! And besides, Twi—  Mmph! M-mmph!" Twilight quickly zipped up Spike's mouth...with a zipper.

'R.I.P buddy,' I thought.

Trixie laughed, "It's true, my enthusiastic little admirers. Trixie is most certainly the best in Ponyville."

No one said anything, I could've sworn I was hearing crickets chirp.

"This is getting boring," I said under my breath.

'You wanna talk while this happens,' Nightmare asked.

'Sure. So, how's living inside my head like?' I asked, starting the conversation.

'It is quite cozy. Unless you start using your powers, then it becomes a tangle mess.'

'Good to know,' I said.

"That's it! I can't stand for no more of this!" AJ's voice snapped me out of my mind.

'Well, this got interesting,' I thought as AJ walked up to the stage, pulled out a banjo from wherever she kept it, and started playing.

The crowd started cheering, even I was encouraging AJ to keep going.

After AJ was finish, she smiled smugly at Trixie.

Trixie simply rolled her eyes and summoned a rope, that strangely acted like a snake. The rope then started tying AJ up. The audience started laughing at AJ's predicament.

'This can't end well,' I thought.

It was Rainbow Dash's turn to teach her a lesson...but she was quickly dealt with by a tornado. She flew above all of us and the tornado stopped.

Next was Rarity...who ran away because Trixie decided to turn her mane green.

Me and Spike looked at each other then at Twilight.

"You need to get up there and show her whose boss," Spike said.

"How about you, mysterious creature. Can you take on The Great and Powerful Trixie?"

Everyone gasped and looked at me. Well Shit.

I looked back at the others and sighed, 'Time to face the music,' I thought and headed towards the stage.

I looked directly at Trixie, a smile appeared on my face. She stared back, a cocky grin plastered on her face. I slowly lifted my hand and shot a fireball directly at her. Her eyes went wide and she quickly dodged it. The audience gasped at what happened.

Trixie glared at me, "How dare you attack Trixie like that."

"You've faced an Ursa Major, but can you deal with me," I said grinning.

She tried to tangle me up in a rope but I quickly burned it to ashes. She tried to make a tornado, but I used my shadow to get out of the way. She then turned my hair green, which I just chuckled and turned it back to my brown hair.

Everything she did I either dodged, destroyed, or countered it. The audience were enjoying every second of it. I saw Trixie readying another spell but instead of dodging it, I let it hit me.

When it hit me, hit hurt a little but it was enough to knock me off the stage. I slowly got up and acted badly hurt.

"*Cough* you really are powerful. But, not strong enough to take me down," I said smiling.

I could see that she realized what I was doing and she smiled.

"Yes, well that'll teach you a lesson in messing with The Great And Powerful Trixie!"

As the ponies in the audience stomped their hoofs I was confronted by my friends.

They did not look happy.

"So, why did you do that?" Spike asked, irritated.

I smiled and said, "Because, she's an entertainer, she's supposed to do that. While not embarrassing everyone, but she's supposed to entertain them."

I hear something in an alley next to me. Curiosity got the better of me and I rushed over towards it. It was your typical alleyway; Trash, graffiti, and other stuff you may find.

I walked further in and met a wall. There were words on the wall reading: "Turn Around." I turned around to see, some kind of shadow version of me standing at the entrance to the alley.

It smiled creepily, slowly walking towards me. I aimed my hand at the strange double. The figure stopped and laughed. I felt really uncomfortable because I was in a dark alley with a shadowed version of myself, who's laughing his ass off.

He stopped laughing at me and opened his mouth. "You will be dragged down into the darkness," it said. His voice was deep and soft, almost like a whisper.

He then had something in his hand. I tried to see what it was, but couldn't make it out. He then tossed it towards me and disappeared. I caught the mysterious object and saw that it was a spray can. I didn't know what to say or think. I was either on some kind of drug or too tired that I'm starting to see things.
'What was that?' Nightmare asked.

I shrugged and stuffed the can in my jacket pocket, walking out of the alley.

While I was walking, the ground started shaking. I looked around, wondering if it's an earthquake or something worse. I saw a large light blue bear, with stars on it running towards me, anger plastered on its face.

“You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me!” I yelled, starting to run.

The bear was chasing me, getting closer and closer towards me. I jumped on the side of the building and started climbing. When I got to the top, I looked down to see the bear growling at me.

I started panting, tired from the run. ‘What the hell is this?’ I asked Nightmare, keeping my eye on the bear. ‘That, my friend, is an Ursa Minor.’ I looked down and saw the Ursa Minor looking up at me. We were in a staring contest, none of us moving and waiting for the other to do something.

“Trystyn!!” a voice snapped me out of my staring contest.

I looked across Ponyville and saw Twilight, Spike, and the others running towards us. The Ursa Minor seemed to have heard her and turned around to face them. 2 things were going on in my mind. The 1st thought was running away while the others distract it or I could help them get rid of this beast.

I saw the bear slowly walk up to them, mouth foaming. I quickly reacted by jumping of the roof, landing in front of them, and charging up a blast.

“Get Back,” I stated deeply. The bear hesitated and looked scared of me. That didn't last for long as it started getting closer to us. I growled and shot a fire missile at it. "GET BACK I SAID!!" I yelled.

The missile hit making it stagger a bit. A firework was then blasted into the side of its face. The Ursa Minor growled and looked at where the shot came from, as did we. It was Trixie!?

The Minor growled and started charging as Trixie was getting another one ready.

'She's not going to get it ready in time,' I hear Nightmare's voice say.

My eyes go wide as I rush to protect her. Thinking out of nowhere, I quickly turned into my astral form and stood between Trixie and the bear.

It stopped and looked at me, cocking it's head to the side.

"Twilight! Do something!" I shouted. 

She nodded and walked up to the bear and started charging her magic. I stood there and watched as she made some soothing music, making the Minor fall asleep. She seemed to be struggling, but she seemed okay. She then took and water tower and took the top off. She moved the bottom of it through a barn.

I heard some mooing in there but when she took it out there was milk in it. She put the top back on and gave it to the bear. The bear started to drink from it like it was a baby bottle.

She gently lift the bear in the air and put it in a nearby cave. I then used my magic to  seal the cave up with a giant boulder, just to be safe. What? I wasn't gonna risk that fucker waking up again and taking a stroll through town.

I look at Trixie and could tell that she was surprised.

"Hey, you okay? I asked, getting out of my astral form. She looked up at me, smiled and nodded her head. "Good, thanks by the way for the firework," I said.

"No problem, Trixie was only trying to help. That Ursa Major was really dangerous," she said.

I chuckled and leaned in close to her ear, "You know that was a Minor not a Major right?"

Her eyes went wide and mouthed the word 'what?'

I smiled "That," I pointed at the cave where the bear was currently sleeping, "Was an Ursa Minor, a baby".

She looked from me to the sealed cave, eyes still wide.

I smiled, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this. Just get out of here before things get awkward"

She nodded and quickly dashed away, into the moonlight. I chuckled as I seen her run, 'I'll probably see her again,' I thought.

I look up to see my friends approaching me, some with concern.

"You okay?" Twilight asked.

I waved my hand dismissively, "I'm fine."

"So, where's Trixie?" Rainbow asked.

I shrugged and started walking towards the place I call home My thoughts went back to that shadow I saw in the alleyway and the paint can he gave me. I shook my head, ‘I’ll deal with it some other time. For now, I need sleep.’
> Chapter 12: FlutterBorn
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

I was walking towards Fluttershy’s house because her and the others needed my help. I also noticed a huge line of smoke coming from the mountains. “Seems the mountains are smoking up a storm,” I said, continuing towards the cottage.

Sarah decided to stay at home because the whole Ursa Minor thing made her tired. Which doesn't make sense because I was the one running away from the giant bear. I saw the path leading to the cottage and quickened my pace, wanting to get their quicker. I saw Twilight, Spike, Rarity, AppleJack, and Pinkie Pie standing in front of the cottage. As I walked closer I could see Fluttershy being forcefully pushed by Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy was giving a fight as she was holding the edges of the doorway with her hooves.

‘For someone so shy, she can put up quite a fight,’ I thought, standing next to the others. The others noticed me and smiled, I smiled back.

“So, you wanted to see me?” I asked, still watching Rainbow struggle to get Flutters out.

“Yes we did,” Twilight answered. She pointed a hoof over the smoking mountain, “Princess Celestia entrusted us with dealing with a dragon that’s sleeping up their.”

I looked back at Twilight and pointed towards Fluttershy still struggling to stay in.

“So, I’m guessing the reason Flutters doesn’t want to come is because she’s afraid of the dragon sleeping in their,” I said.

“Correct,” Twilight answered.

Suddenly, a loud crash was heard from inside the cottage and, peering inside, saw Rainbow on the floor clutching her stomach. ‘Fluttershy wins, Fatality,’ Nightmare said, mimicking Shao Kahn’s voice. I just chuckled and walked in. I walked in, avoiding Rainbow on the floor, and saw Fluttershy cowering in the corner. I saw the other animals looking at me, some intrigued by the new creature and some scared.

There was a white bunny, with a carrot in its paw, standing in front of Flutters. Pointing at me with the pointed end of the carrot, he was protecting her. I stopped in my tracks, crouching down on one knee.

I looked at the bunny and smiled, “May I talk with Fluttershy?”

He stared at me for a moment, glaring daggers in my soul, before he silently hopped to the left. I give him a silent thanks and slowly walked towards the scared pegasus. I gently reached forward and gently stroked her mane. She gasped and quickly looked up. Once she saw it was just me she smiled, then looked away, blushing.

I heard the others walking in and decided to calm Fluttershy’s nerves.

“So, you’re scared to go with the others?” I asked. She nodded meekly, just enjoying the feeling of me petting her. “And you want to stay here while the dragon is dealt with?” She nods again. "You don’t have to be afraid, you know." She looked at me quizzingly. I chuckled, “You have friends that will protect you, so you don’t have to be afraid.”

She looked like she was in thought for a moment before she turned and smiled at me, “You’re right.”

She stood up and walked out the door, head held high. The others were looking back and forth between the doorway and me. I shrugged and headed out the door, followed by the others.



You know all that gusto Fluttershy had at her cottage? Well, it’s now gone because she’s on my shoulders, shaking. We were walking up the mountains, very steep if I may add, and my legs started hurting. ‘You know Nightmare, I think I’m going to have a word with Celestia once this is over.’

She chuckled, ‘Good luck with that.’ I rolled my eyes and kept walking, the others in front of me. We finally made it to the cave the dragon was sleeping in and I collapsed to the floor. I layed there for a couple of minutes before I picked myself up and looked at the cave. It was pitch black in their, nothing could be seen.

“Okay, we’re here. Now what?” I asked, annoyed.

“Well, we need to wake him up and asked if he could leave,” Twilight said.

Rainbow pumped her hoof in the air, “I’ll teach that lizard to not mess with Ponyville,” she said, before zooming in the cave ignoring our protests.

I looked down at Spike, who was telling me and Fluttershy jokes and a few things about his past.

“Hey, Spike,” I said, getting his attention, “You’re gonna find out why you shouldn’t wake up a full grown dragon.”

He looked at me and opened his mouth...only to be interrupted by an ear piercing roar and Rainbow flying out of the cave. Just then, a giant green dragon appeared, clearly pissed off that he was rudely woken up. The sarcastic guy that I am, I answered him.

“Would you like to have a word about our lord an savior, Jesus Christ.”

Everyone looked at me weirdly as I smiled. The dragon looked at me and his eyes went wide, then a smiled appeared on his lips.

“Seems a human decided interrupt me during my sleep,” he lowered his head, “Please, tell me why I shouldn’t just at you and your ‘friends’ up.”

“Well, we have an earth pony that can probably kick you to the moon, another earth pony that can defy the laws of physics, a unicorn that can attack you with sewing needles, a pegasus that will zap you with a thunder cloud, a baby dragon that can send a letter to the goddess of the sun, a pegasus that can understand animals, and a student of the sun goddess.”

He looked at me with interest, “And what are you?”

I chuckled, “I’m her student,” I said pointing towards Twilight. “And you are a very angry dragon that probably wants to kill us,” I said calmly.

Everyone was nervous, besides me, about what the dragon thought of me. He turned his head to look at Fluttershy, cowering behind me.

He smiled at licked his lips, “She’ll make a nice meal.”


Thinking of something to do, I went with the first thought that went through my head.

“Fluttershy!!! There’s another dragon behind you!!”

The look on her face was one of absolute terror. She quickly started flying forward, trying to get away from the “dragon.” What I saw next confused the hell out of me. When Fluttershy flew forward, she ran right into the dragon’s stomach. Instead of stopping on his stomach from the impact, she pushed the damn dude all the way into the cave.

The dragon quickly flew out, crying. I couldn’t help myself anymore. I started laughing loudly as the others stared in shock. Tears poured out my eyes as I kept laughing, pounding on the ground. I slowly got up, still giggling a bit, and watched Fluttershy slowly float over to us.

“Um...did I do good?” she asked, quietly.

I put my thumbs up and smiled. I looked at the others and my smiled vanished. All of them glared at me, clearly not pleased with what I did. I sighed, and turned to Fluttershy.

“I apologize for scaring you like that. I just went with what I thought was right. Clearly, it wasn’t.”

She smiled at me, “That’s okay.”

I chuckled, no matter how bad things were, they always seemed to look at the bright side. I looked at Twilight and saw she was still trying to figure out what happened. I chuckled and gently started patting her mane.

“Maybe you should tell Celestia what happened.” She looked up and nodded, starting down the mountain again. “You also look cute when your all stressed out,” I added, smiling.

Twilight’s face quickly turn red as Rainbow started laughing. I quickly felt my lips being zipped up.

“You are not talking until we get home, mister,” she said, clearly embarrassed.

I shrugged, ‘At least I can go home and not worry about the dragon,’ I thought as me and Spike followed Twilight.

I had this weird feeling in my chest as I followed her. I tried figuring it out, but everytime I look at Twilight, I get distracted. We near the edge of the mountain when I started realizing something; everytime I saw Twilight, morning or night, I saw something either adorable or cute about her. I noticed the feeling in my chest got greater as we walked through the door. It was night, so we said goodnight and Twilight headed upstairs, along with Spike.

I took off my clothes, safe for my boxers, and layed down in my couch/bed. I closed my eyes and started dreaming. It wasn’t the dream I’ve been having, it was a different dream. I walked through a beautiful clearing, nothing but neatly cut grass. I kept walking, wondering what was going on. I was now wearing the clothes I came here with and the weird necklace around my neck.

“Trystyn!!” I heard a voice yell behind me.

I turned and saw a purple human with horn and wings...and she was naked. I recognize the voice from the girl and my eyes widen.

“Twilight?” I said, surprised.

She quickly ran up to me and jumped on me, making me slam to the ground. She was sitting on my chest, smiling down at me. I smiled back, not paying attention to the weird dark blue glow. She grabbed my face and leaned in to kiss me, I instinctively did the same. When our lips met, I immediately sat up. I started panting and was trying to decipher what that dream meant. After a while, my eyes went wide as 1 thought went through my mind: I’m in love with Twilight.

I slowly put my face in my pillow and I let out the biggest scream that I could muster, without waking up Twilight, Spike, and Sarah. I slowly put the pillow back on the side of the couch and layed down.

"WTF am I going to do with this idea."

"I don't know, but you could start telling me why you're screaming into your pillow, bud," Sarah said behind the couch.

I sighed, "I'll tell you in the morning, okay Sarah," I said before closing my eyes.
> Chapter 13: Slumber Party Mayhem
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

As I walked through the streets of Ponyville, some ponies waving at me, I kept thinking of the dream and the realization from the dream. ‘I’m in love with Twilight, I’m in love with Twilight, I’m in love with Twilight, I’m in love with Twilight,’ I repeated in my head. ‘You said that for the millionth time,’ Nightmare said, cutting me out of my thoughts. ‘I know, but still; I can’t imagine why I’m thinking of this now,’ I answered, still lost in that thought.

“HIYA, Trystyn!!” a voice yelled, knocking me out of my thoughts.

“Oh, hey Pinkie,” I said.

“Why are you feeling so bum?” she asked me.

I rubbed the back of my head, “Oh, its nothing. Just thinking about the dreams I keep having.”

She looked at me closely, blue eyes piercing my hazel eyes.

“Oh yeah, Sarah explained those to us,” she said, back to her chipper mood.

My eyes suddenly go wide, 'Did she tell them!' I thought. Before I started my walk, I told her about my dream. She promised not to tell Twilight or Spike. But I guess she thought she could tell the others too. I felt Pinkie grab my arm and quickly drag me to SugarCube Corner, ignoring my protest.

She pushed me in and I saw the rest of them, save for Spike, Twilight, and Sarah, looking at me with glares. I look at Pinkie, who was also glaring at me (that shit is terrifying as fuck), and shrug my shoulders.

“What did I do this time?”

“Sit,” AJ said. I took a seat near one of the stalls. 

“Is this about the dreams I’ve been having? Because if it is, you don’t have to worry about it. Pinkie said Sarah already explained it to you.”

They all looked at eachother, and sighed.

“We have a question for you, bud,” Rainbow said. Rarity walked up close to me.

Feeling uncomfortable from the way she looked at me, I scooted back.

“Do you like Twilight?” she asked.

I looked at her and smiled, feeling my sarcasm in play. “What do you mean?” I asked back. She chuckled, ‘I’m not going to like this.’

“What I meant to say, darling, is,” she put her hooves on the table, “Do you love Twilight?”

I stopped smiling, sitting back in my seat. I tried to speak, but no words came out. I could feel the blush on my face, I put my hood up to hide it. I look up to see everyone looking at me, waiting for me to answer.

I sighed, “I-I-I," I tried to say but a loud bang outside cut me off.

I look outside and a giant Twilight was outside. I turned to the others to see they were now gone. I turned to see Twilight's eye staring at me. I couldn't move or do anything, except stare in horror at what happened to her. I closed my eyes, waiting for something to happened.

What, if you saw a giant version of a creature that you love, you'll be questioning if she's going to hurt you or not. Well, by my standards that is.

I then felt the ground beneath me crumble and I fell into the abyss. I shot up from my couch as my breathing quickened. 'Only a dream,' I thought, trying to control my breathing.

"-and just when the last pony thought she was safe, there, standing right behind her, just inches away was," I smiled, remembering the story well.

I sucked in some breath and when the storm hit, I decided to strike.

"THE HEADLESS HORSE!!!!" I yelled, scaring all of the girls siting down in front of me as I laughed.

It felt so long since I actually laughed that hard since I was back on Earth. I wiped my eyes and looked at the now glaring ponies. I smiled at them glaring at me.

"And that is why you never tell ghost stories around me," I said grinning like the Cheshire cat.

They groan at me comment. Twilight scratches something on a piece a parchment. I looked to see Rarity and Applejack in a bundle on the floor as another flash of lightning outside wakes me up more. I forgot that they were staying here because of the storm while Spike was at Canterlot for something special and Sarah was at the bakery with Pinkie hiding from the storm.

I remember telling them to keep it down before they started their, 'Slumber Party,' and went back to sleep. I felt a book hit my head and look at Twilight, who gave me a playful smirk. I returned the smirk as I picked up the book named 'The Legendary Hero' and put it on the table.

"Didn't I tell you not to wake me up during my sleep," I said calmly.

Twilight gives me a smirk, "I also remember telling you to not ruin my slumber party."

I shrugged, getting up to get something to eat. I remember how Twilight and I found AJ and Rarity under a tree hugging eachother while the storm was ripping it from its roots. Chuckling at the memory I poured some water and went to grab a book. Twilight probably finished reading all of them so I decided to read one.

I moved to the table and picked up the book that Twilight threw at my face and began to read. But then Twilight calls to me. I sighed and put the book down and turned towards her.

"What?" I asked.

"Would you like to join us"? She asked, giving me a smile.

I thought about it for a moment, but decided to go along with this 'Slumber Party.' What's the worst that can happen.



"Then you place one marshmallow on the top of the chocolate and be sure it's centered--that's critical--and then carefully put another perfectly square graham cracker on the top. And done. Ta-da!" Rarity exclaimed, showing us the s'more she created.

I chuckled as Twilight looked very interested. 'It's s'mores, not heart surgery,' I thought.

"Nah, ya just eat 'em," AJ said tossing the s'more into her mouth.

She let out a giant burp, which made Rarity look in disgust.

"You could at least say excuse me," she groaned.

Apple Jack gave her a sarcastic grin, "Aw, I was just about to, but you interrupted me. Pardon."

I rolled my eyes, getting ready for the next thing Twilight can think of.

"S'mores, check. Now the next item of fun we have to do is Truth or Dare," Twilight said.

My mind stopped when I heard her say that. Truth or Dare was a game I played back in my world, before I entered hell.

"Hey Trystyn, you okay," Nightmare said, breaking me out of my stupor.

"No i am not okay. I don't like this game because it always ends with me being embarrassed," I stated to her.

"Well you should see who's embarrassed now," she said, chuckling a bit.

I came back to reality only to just stare wide-eyed at AJ and Rarity looked like. Rarity had her hair drenched in water, looking like she went outside. AJ had on a weird dress not looking pleased at all. I couldn't help myself and started laughing my ass off.

This caught the attention of all the ponies in the room as AJ and Rarity glared at me, then a smile crept on their faces.

"Oh, you think this is funny?" AJ stated, still looking at me with that uncomfortable smile.

"Well, we dare you...TO KISS TWILIGHT!!!" They both exclaimed.

I stopped laughing and stared at them in horror.

"Wait, WHAT?!?!" Me and Twilight exclaimed.

Both of them giggle as me and Twilight stare at each other, faces red as cherries. Those bitches will pay, but for now, I have to do this. I slowly moved over to Twilight and quickly kissed her on the head and moved away from her, looking away. There was about half an hour of silence, me looking away from Twilight.

"Well, guess it's time to head off to bed," Twilight said breaking the silence.

I just stood up and walked towards the couch, hoping tonight would just end.



I was dead wrong. Of course rarity and AppleJack still continued to fight. The bad part was that they were in the same room as me. While Twilight is happily upstairs sleeping peacefully, I'm suffering the annoyance of these two fighting.

I sighed deeply, "It doesn't matter, I have bigger problems now," I said to myself.

I just kissed Twilight because of some stupid dare. I hope she's not mad at me because if she is, I'm fucked.



Twilight laid down in bed, ready to fall asleep. But how could she! Trystyn, the human living with her and Spike, kissed her. She knows it was a dare, but she can't shake the feeling that was growing in her chest.

"It's not like that," she whispered to herself.

But before she finally went to bed, one last thought appeared in her mind. 'He doesn't like me like that...right?'
> Chapter 14: White With Black Stripes
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Me, Twilight, and Spike was walking through Ponyville, thinking it was a gorgeous day. A few days past since the storm and luckily Twilight didn't kick me out. She said that it was just a dare, nothing more. As we walked further through town, we noticed the town was empty.

"Is it some sort of pony holiday?" Asked Spike, sitting on Twilight's back.

"Not that I know of," me and Twilight said simultaneously.

"Does my breath stink?" He asked again before burping loudly.

"I don't think so. Rarity would be impressed," I said teasingly.

"Is it...zombies?!" Spike exclaimed, shaking a bit.

"Uh...not very likely," Twilight said.

"Not likely, but possible," I said smiling.

Twilight shot a glare at me but I just smiled widely.

"Psst! Twilight! Spike! Trystyn! Come here! Come! Here! Hurry! Before she gets you!" We saw Pinkie waving over to us from Sugar Cube Corner.

We walked up to her and was pulled in forcefully. The room was dark and none of us could see anything. A bright shining light entered our eyes, blinding us for the moment. Once our eyes adjusted to the surprise, we saw Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applebloom, and Sarah standing in the dark.

"Okay, who the hell are you afraid of?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"We're hidin' from her!" AJ exclaimed, pointing outside.

Me, Twilight, and Spike looked out the window to see a hooded equine digging up some dirt with her hoof. She suddenly stopped and looked at us. Her eyes were glowing yellow. Everyone, besides me, Sarah, and Twilight gasped and hid.

"Did you see her Twilight? Did you see... Zecora?" Applebloom asked.

"Apple Bloom! I told you never to say that name." Applejack snapped at her.

"Well, she glanced over here." I said, still looking into Zecora's yellow eyes.

"Glance evilly this way," Pinkie said, ominously.

"And then a bunch of you flip out for no good reason." Twilight added.

I ignored the argument as I watch Zecora continue her digging. She seemed to concentrate on that spot, like something was underneath the dirt. 

Zecora stopped for a moment and grabbed her hood, I still can't understand how they can do that. She pulled her hood down revealing black and white stripes on her.

"Just look at those stripes! So garish!" Rarity exclaimed behind me.

"She's a zebra," me and Twilight said at the same time.

"A what!?" The others asked.

"A zebra, she's born with those stripes," Sarah said.

This caused Rarity to faint. I chuckled a bit at her usual self.

"Born where? I've never seen a pony like that in these parts, 'cept... her!" Applejack said, putting pronunciation to 'her.'

"Well, she's probably not from here, and she's not a pony. My books say that zebras come from a faraway land," Twilight said.

I could feel she was about to snap so I took over.

"But we've never seen her in Ponyville. Where does she live?"

"That's just it, she lives in... the Everfree Forest!" Applejack exclaimed.

A loud thunderclap was made. I look to Spike and chuckled while Twilight just scolded him.

The next thing I knew it was like a comedy sketch from an old cartoon.

"The Everfree Forest just ain't natural. The plants grow..." Applejack started.

Then Fluttershy, " Animals care for themselves..."

Then Rainbow, "And the clouds move..."

And finally, all of them, "All on their own!"

Rarity wakes up...then faints again.

I couldn't hold it in, it was to much. I started laughing my ass off. It was just too funny to not laugh. I saw everyone glare at me, but that just made me laugh harder.

"What's so funny Trystyn?" Rainbow asked angrily.

I calmed down for a bit and looked at them, still chuckling.

"Because that sounded like mine and Sarah's world," i said, still giggling.

I then had to explain what I mean by that. Of course twilight was taking notes.

After my story, they just went back into arguing. Pinkie sang a little catchy tune that's sure to get stuck in my head.

"Look, you gals are just paranoid. What does she do when she comes here?" I asked, getting a bit agitated.

"Well... Once a month, she comes into Ponyville," Rainbow said.

Me and Twilight just 'oooooh' dramatically.

"Then, she lurks by the stores," Rarity added.

"Oh, my," we continued, still acting shocked.

"And then, she digs at the ground," Fluttershy said.

I smacked my hand against my face, "You've got to be kidding me." I brought my hand down from my face and just sighed. "That's not scary, she's probably visiting."

"Yeah! Maybe she's just tryin' to be neighborly," Applebloom said.

I put my thumb up, signaling that she's right.

"And maybe she's not lurking by the stores, maybe she's going to them, lurk free, to do some shopping?" Twilight said.

"Yeah! Everypony likes to shop. You know what I think?" Apllebloom started.

But AJ quickly told her to hush, stating that the big ponies are talking.

I felt sorry for AB.She wanted to know what she thought but no one was listening to her.

I turn back to the window and watched as Zecora continued digging. Every once in a while she looked over to us and then went back to digging.

Zecora then stopped her digging and trotted off to The Everfree.

"Look, she's leaving. God you ponies are so fucking paranoid," I said coldly.

'Tell me about it,' Nightmare added.

Everyone sighed in relief, but something was wrong.

"Hey! Where's Apple Bloom?" Applejack said.

We looked around but no Applebloom. We noticed the door was open and put two and two together. I quickly ran outside and towards the Everfree. I wasn't worried about Zecora finding her, but the predators finding her.

We see Applebloom standing in front of a patch of blue flowers and Zecora on the other side.

"Applebloom!!" I exclaimed, happy she's okay.

Applejack quickly scooped her up and started yelling at Zecora.

She was walking deeper in the forest and I wanted to stop her but she said something that made me stop.

"Beware! Beware, you pony folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!"

She vanished into the forest, leaving us standing there. After that was pure chaos. Everyone, besides me, Twilight, and Sarah was complaining about how she cursed us.

Having enough of all this arguing, I decided to stop it.

"SHUT UP!!!" I yell, causing everyone to shut their mouths. "You guys are so fucking paranoid. There's nothing scary about Zecora, so shut up about it!"

I turned around and stomped towards Ponyville.

'Wow, I never seen you that angry,' Nightmare commented.

"Well, they're scared of her because she's different. It's stupid," I answered.

She said nothing for the entire walk home. I look up at the dark sky, it was already night.

"Those leaves of blue are not a joke." What did she mean by that?' I thought, heading inside to sleep.


I was abruptly woken up by Twilight screaming, making me fall off the couch.

I groaned, "What is it now?"

But when I opened my eyes I saw 2 different colored hooves, 1 black the other white. I tried to move my right arm, only for the white hoof to move.

"This is not fucking happening," I said to myself.

I slowly raised my hoof towards my head. I felt something sharp poke my hoof. It was a horn.

"Great, I'm a unicorn. This can't get anymore weird."

I then heard someone scream, someone younger. I looked up and saw a young girl wearing a dark blue shirt with stars on it, blue jeans, and a pair of black tennis shoes. She had green eyes, skin looking like the midnight sky, and dark blue hair in a ponytail.

I tried standing up, but ponies aren't supposed to stand on 2 legs so I fell on my face, hitting my muzzle. I tried again, this time on all 4s. I wobbled a bit but I didn't fall. I heard hoofsteps coming down and saw Twilight and Spike descending the steps.

But something was different about her, mainly her horn. Instead of pointing up like it's supposed to, it was dropped down and covered in blue dots.

I felt a swift kick to the foreleg from the little girl.

Ow! Hey, what was that fo..r?"

I felt a familiar aura around the girl, one I know too well.

"Nightmare!?!" I yelled in shock.

She nodded, "Yes, Trystyn, it's me."

"Trystyn!?!" Twilight yelled in surprise.

I looked at her and chuckled, "Hello to you too Twi."

I was still taller than Twilight, even though I'm now a unicorn pony. She looked up t me and turned her head away with a blush. My bones still ache so I stretched out to loosen them up. After my stretch, I saw everyone look at me with wide eyes.

"What're you guys staring at?" I asked.

Uh, bro," Spike pointed at my back, "you have wings."

I had to crane my neck to look at my back. Spike was right, a pair of white wings were on my back.

"Cool."

Twilight sighed, "Anyway, can you help me find a cure of some kind?

I nodded and me and Nightmare helped her look for some kind of cure for whatever happened.

I looked in the mirror to see I was a black and white alicorn (white on the right and black on the left). Black spiky mane and tail with white streaks. I also had different colored eyes. My right eye was light blue and my left eye was dark red. My horn was a solid black. I could see I didn't have a cutie mark on my flank.

After my little look in the mirror, I continued my search for a cure.

"No no no no no! None of these books have a cure! Ugh! There has to be a real reason for this! An illness? An allergy?!" Twilight yelled getting frustrated.

"A curse!?!" Spike said.

"I said a real reason. Something that points to something real," Twilight answered, getting tired of this curse crap.

Spike then showed her a green book with a weird symbol on it, "How about this one?"

Twilight rolled her eyes as she sighed, "Supernaturals"? Spike, the word supernatural refers to things like ghosts and spirits and zombies, which are as make-believe as curses. This book is just a bunch of hooey!"

"Why does everyone think that this is-"

"Ah pfurse!" Someone said behind me.

I turn to see Pinkie pie, but her tongue was swollen and blue dots was on it.

"What the hell happened to you?" I asked.

"Pee pah Zthecora! Sthe put a cursthe on me!" She said, spraying spit everywhere.

I look at Nightmare, "Did you understand that?"

She shook her head, "Not a clue."

Rainbow came through the front door, smacking into everything in the library.

"Ow! Oh! She's...trying to say-ow!- Zecora-oh!-she slapped us all with a-ow- curse!"

She then tumbled onto me, causing me to fall.

"Owww, what did I hit?" She said, rubbing her head.

"Me", I said in pain.

"I'm afraid I have to agree," I hear Rarity say.

I turn to the door and see that she had long hair covering her body. I saw a tiny Applejack and chuckled at her squeaky voice.

"I hate to say I told ya so, Twilight, but I told ya so!"

I look at Fluttershy, nothing seemed off with her. That is until we heard her voice. Instead of the kind and soft voice she usually has, she had a deep manly voice.

"So all of us are having a bad day," I said causing everyone to look at me.

"Trystyn?" Sarah voice said.

I tracked it to see a pink pegasus with blue mane and tail and she seem to wobble as she walked.

"Sarah?" I said, surprised.

She smiled, "Guess I wasn't the only one."

I shook my head and chuckled. I see Applebloom standing next to her sister as she complains about us being cursed.

Spike then starts laughing and pointing at them, "This is hilarious! Look at all of you! We got: Hairity, Rainbow Crash, Spitty Pie, Apple Teeny, Flutterguy, and... uh... I got nothin'... Twilight Sparkle. I mean seriously, I can't even work with that."

Twilight sarcastically laughs and sends Spike to look for more books to fix this.

I roll my eyes and walked over to Sarah. But, I accidentally tripped and face plant on the ground in front of her.

I sat up and shook my head. Everyone, but Spike, Twilight, and Nightmare, started staring at me in shock.

I quickly explained how I got turned into an alicorn, which calmed everyone down.

After that was just a mess. I see the girls scream at each other about how this is a curse while Twilight says it's not.

"This is all my fault. If I hadn't followed Zecora in the first place, none of this would have happened. I just gotta fix this," I hear Applebloom say.

I see her go out the door and AJ jump in her mane. I look at the others fighting and quickly snuck away.

I felt something on my back and saw Nightmare smiling at me. I rolled my eyes and galloped to catch up to her.

Some of the ponies looked at me in shock, terror, or confusion as I ran by, Night waving happily to them.

I ran through the forest, dodging low hanging trees and jumping over stumps while making sure Night doesn't fall off.

I wasn't really worried about Zecora finding Applebloom, but the predators that are in the forest finding her.

After jumping through a bush, I see Applebloom knocking on a door belonging to a weird looking hut.

The door open and Zecora poked her head out. She smiled when she saw Applebloom.

"Applebloom, what a surprise to see you. This is something new," Zecora said.

"Well, um...you see Zecora...I," Applebloom struggled to say.

"I think she's trying to say is she wants to help us," I said, getting their attention.

"Trystyn? What're you doing here?" Applebloom asked.

I walked up to Zecora and raised my hoof, "Name's Trystyn." I let her see Nightmare as she waved happily at her. "And that's Nightmare."

I then explained what happened to us and if she can help.

She nodded, "For you see, I have the antidote to help thee."

She gestured for us to go inside and we obliged. Inside the hut we saw many herbs, potions, and more masks on the walls.

"Weird," we all said.

I honestly wanted to ask her about why she had these items on the walls but decided against it, I didn't want to be rude.

She explained to us that something called Poison Joke is the reason this happened to us.

We all saw a black cauldron in the middle of the room that had green liquid bubbling inside.

"So, you said you have the antidote for us?" I asked her.

"Yes I do tall one, but there is one problem," she answered.

She took out the book that seemed really familiar to me.

"Supernatural?"

She smiled and explained to us, in rhyme I might add, that she needs a special ingredient to finish the potion. Applebloom and Nightmare went out to search for the ingredient while I stood in the hut with Zecora.

"You said you're name is Trystyn? Correct," Zecora asked.

I nod in response, but then realize something was off.

"You didn't rhyme," I said.

She smiled, "That is because I don't rhyme to the son of a hero," she said.

She walked up to a makeshift desk and picked up a ring. She tied a rope around it and handed the ring to me, don't ask me how she did that with hooves cause I have no idea.

"It is too early to explain this to you in your youth, but in time you will know the truth," she said giving me the ring.

The ring was silver and it had my name on the side. I put the ring around my neck and started helping Zecora make the potion.

It took us a while but we finally finished. Zecora put a dead root in and tasted it.

"Mmm! The perfect temperature for ponies, I presume. Now, where is that little Apple Bloom?" She said.

I could've sworn I heard screaming from outside, but shrugged it off.

"I hope Nightmare and Apple Bloom are alright," I said, stretching out my wings a bit.

Rainbow then comes crashing into the hut with little Apple Jack on her stomach. While that happens, Zecora is yelling in some kind of foreign language. Twilight, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Sarah both bust in the door demanding where Apple Bloom was. Apple Jack then jumps off Rainbow and starts attacking Zecora's ear.

Rainbow than crashes into the cauldron, spilling the contents inside.

"Really Rainbow," I said, looking at her crumpled form.

Zecora just yelled at the girls in anger. "No! You know not what you do! You've gone and spilled my precious brew!"

Twilight glared at her, "We're onto you Zecora. I didn't want to believe that you cursed us, but the evidence is overwhelming!"

"You made me look ridiculous." Rarity said.

"You made me sound ridiculous!" Fluttershy said.

"You made me speak ridiculous!" Pinkie said incoherently.

"You ruined my horn!" Twilight screamed.

"WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PONIES!!!" I yell, causing them to stop. I walk in front of Zecora. "You blame her over something we did. She didn't curse us. And before you say something stupid like, 'Zecora got you under control,' because the answer is NO!! She is trying to help us but you decided to listen to you're paranoia. Apple Bloom is collecting an ingredient to help cure this."

Everyone was silent. They all looked at me in shock.

"Zecora! I think I found all the things ya asked for. What in Ponyville is goin' on here?" Apple Bloom's voice broke the silence.

Everyone was happy to know she was okay. I look down at Nightmare and smiled.

"That was fun," she said.

After everyone was done hugging and telling Zecora sorry, we headed to the spa.

I was relaxing as I moved my fingers, happy to be human again. I look in front of me and got a full view of Sarah's tits.

I looked away and blushed. The girls laughed at me and went back to talking. I look at Night, who instead of being back in my head she was a unicorn filly of herself.

I closed my eyes and smiled, "This was one weird day."

"Uh, Trystyn...you're eyes are...different," Rarity said, giving me a little mirror.

My eyes were indeed different. My right eye was still light blue and my left eye was still dark red.

"And we need to figure out why that ring has your name on it," Twilight said.

"Maybe tomorrow. For now, we just need to relax," I said, sinking further in the bath.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and saw Fluttershy blushing.

"Um, is...that your...private area?" She asked pointing to my little friend.

I quickly covered it up and blushed, "This is not how I want to remember this trip."
> Chapter 15: New Members
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

I sit and stare at the 3 fillies, all smiling. It already started snowing so I stayed inside because I didn't want to freeze out there. While Twilight and Spike went to go pick up groceries, me and Night stayed here, making myself some hot cocoa.

Then, these 3 fillies show up in front of my door and I let them in.

"What do you 3 want?" I ask, putting my mug down.

"We want to ask you two something," Sweetie Belle said.

I gently pet Gilbert and gesture for them to go on as Night does the same.

"Do you have a cutie mark?"

I raise my eyebrow, " You do know I can't get a cutie mark, right?" I pointed at Night, "She doesn't."

They all look at me with wide eyes and mouths wide open.

"Why not?" Scoots ask.

I shrug my shoulders, hinting to them that I have no idea. They sigh and look down sadly. I felt bad for these 3. I looked out the window, seeing the snow gently fall down. I then put 2 and 2 together why the CMC asked that question and looked at them with a smile.

"You wanted to see if we wanted to join?" I asked.

They flinched at my question, but slowly nodded.

I picked up our mugs and walked to the kitchen, Night following me. I washed the 2 mugs and put them on the drying rack. I look down at Night and sighed.

"They wanted us to join their little Crusade," Night said, looking up at me.

"I know," I said.

We quietly looked in the Living room. The CMC were still looking down. We looked at each other and smiled. We knew what our decision was.

We walked back in the living room, the CMC still looking down. I grabbed my new green coat Rarity gave me on my birthday and put it on while Night put her hat and scarf on. Gilbert flew off my head and landed on his bed, closing his eyes.

We walked over to them with a smile on our faces.

"So, what if we join you?" I asked, getting their attention.

"Really?" Apple bloom asked.

"Yes, we thought about it and we want to join," Night added.

We were quickly tackled by the fillies as they laughed and hugged us. After our little group hug I looked outside with a smile.

"And I know what we can do to celebrate us joining the Crusaders," I said.

"What?" They asked, eager for my answer.

"Snowball Fight."

I look at our fort and smiled. The fort was up to my knees and was very firm. This was going to be great. I haven't had a Snowball Fight in years, but now it's happening. I left Twilight a note about where we were at just in case they came home before us.

"Ok, we got the fort, snowballs, and a team. Now we need a name," I hear Applebloom say.

"How about Team Awesome?" Scootaloo said.

I chuckled as they started coming up a name for our team.

"How about Team Blank Flanks?"

We turn and saw Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon looking at us. There was also  a mare with them. She had pink fur and purple mane and tail. I couldn't see her cutie mark because it was covered by a blue coat. From the looks of it, that was Diamond's mom, Spoil Rich. We all groaned. These two always gave Apple bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle hell.

I noticed Spoil was glaring at me.

"What do you two want?" Scootaloo asked.

"Well, we came to enjoy the nice winter but I guess there's nothing nice with you blank flanks around," Diamond said, making us glare at her.

"Seems they got new members," Silver added, pointing a hoof at me and Night.

This is where Spoil decided to add her own thoughts.

"Seems there's another blank flank in town," she turned towards me, "and a human."

The way she said human was cold, like she hated saying that word. I notice the ponies who were working stopped and looked in our direction.

"Leave us alone you two," Sweetie said.

"And let that THING roam around our town," Spoil said, pointing to me.

I clenched my fists when she said that. I get it that back then humans were monsters and killed a lot of ponies, but I'm different. I look at the other town's ponies as they stare at me, some with glares.

"Humans are nothing more than monsters that takes everything and will hurt others to get what they want," Spoil continued.

More ponies showed up to see the commotion.

"It would be most wise for you to back off," Night told Spoil.

"Ya!! Trystyn didn't do anything wrong!" Scootaloo said.

"Shut it," Spoil hissed.

"Hey, leave her alone," I said, glaring at her.

She looked at me with a bigger glare.

"You're the reason why most foals had to grow up with out family. You're the reason why everybody hates you. Because it's YOUR fault," Spoil said.

Everyone was now glaring at me. They started agreeing with her and wanted me out of town. They started throwing snow at me. I look over to the fillies and saw that they were looking at me with sad looks.

I looked over to the bitch who started this, and saw her smiling.

"STOOOOOOOOOP!!!!" Someone yelled.

The ponies stopped and looked over to where the scream came from. I turn my head to see Twilight and the others running towards us.

I smiled as they came to us. Twilight ran and hugged me, almost knocking me down. I hugged her back and was glad to see that I still had friends.

Sadly that was ruined when Spoil had to say something.

"Why are you hugging that thing."

We stopped hugging and looked at her. I flipped her off as Twilight walked up to her.

"Ms. Rich, why are calling my friend a thing?" Twilight asked.

Diamond and Silver looked up at Spoil to see her reaction. Spoil eyes widen at the question.

"That THING is your friend?"

"Yes, I am," I said, brushing off the snow.

Twilight nodded, "Yes, he's correct. Now," Twilight looked Spoil right in the eyes, "I would kindly ask if you would take these two fillies and leave."

I looked at Rainbow, who was watching the whole scene.

"Do you think this will work?" I asked.

Rainbow shrugged. We heard gasps and turned to see what's up. Twilight was on the ground and Spoil was standing over her. I quickly rushed towards her and helped her up.

I froze when I saw that she had a black eye. I turned and glared at Spoil.

"Who do you think you are talking to me like that peasant!! I will not be talked down like that," Spoil said.

I stood up and walked towards the bitch. With one quick motion, I picked her up by the coat. She looked at me in fear as I hear the ponies gasp.

"Listen here you bitch," I said through clenched teeth. "I don't care who the fuck you are, but you do not hurt Twilight." I could see in the corner of my eye the ponies looking at me in fear. I glared at the bitch hanging from her coat. My left eye was hurting a bit, but I didn't care. "You may think you're invincible, but you're wrong. You can be hurt just as easily as any other pony here." I let go of her coat and she dropped to the snow, hard. "Now, get the fuck out of my sight," I growled.

She quickly got up and ran, Diamond and Silver following. I watch as they ran, probably home.

I sigh, 'Time to face the music,' I thought.

I slowly turn around to see all the ponies looking at me in shock. It was silent for what felt like eternity. No one said anything, but just stared at me. Twilight slowly walked towards me, no emotion on her face, which is weird I might add. I closed my eyes, waiting for whatever punishment she was going to throw on me. But what happened next confused me. Instead of yelling or hitting me, Twilight was hugging me.

"Thank you. That could've gone way worse,but you handled it just fine," Twilight said.

Twilight broke the hug and I looked down at her and smiled. I looked at her black eye and frowned.

"Do you need an ice pack or something for that eye?" I asked.

Twilight seemed to get what I was saying and shook her head a bit, "It should go away after a few days."

I looked over at the pile of snowballs and picked one up with magic. I gently let go of it and it landed in my hand. I asked her to close the black eye and, with hesitation at first, she closed it. Gently, trying not to hurt her, I put the snowball against her eye.

"This should work for now and you should be careful not to hit a doorknob," I said, which got a chuckle from her.

"Awwwww," We hear the ponies say.

"They're so cute together."

"He's so caring."

"Why can't my husband be like that?"

Me and Twilight looked at each other for a moment and looked away with blushes on our face.

"Alright, alright, everypony shows over," Spike said, making the crowd leave.

"So why are you outside Trystyn? You said you didn't like the snow," Twilight said.

I look towards the CMC and smiled.

"Well, those three can explain it to you," I said, pointing at the fillies.

They had bright smiles on their faces and began to tell them what went down. Me and Nightmare looked at each other with grins and picked up a snowball while the others were distracted.

After the filly's story, the mane 6 gave me a look of curiosity.

"Is this the truth?" Twilight asked.

I nodded, "Me and Night decided to join them, instead of being cooped up in the house all day. So, we went outside to have some fun, like right now."

"And what is this fun you guys are having?" Rainbow asked.

Me and Night quickly threw our snowballs at her, hitting her twice in the face.

"Snowball Fight."

I look over from my fort and quickly duck, a snowball missing me by centimetres. I look to the side seeing AJ right open. I aimed and fired my snowball. SPLAT! The snowball hit AJ right in the snout. I smiled and went back to my fort.

I look back at my team, which consisted of me, The Crusaders, Night, and Pinkie; Team Crusader. I look at the enemy; Team Fighters. This consisted of Sarah, Rainbow Dash, AppleJack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Twilight.

We were here for awhile now, one team would throw a snowball at the other team and they would either be hit or dodge the attack.

Everyone but me and Sarah that is.

Me and Sarah was very good at dodging, mostly because of the fights me and her got in. Ponies even stopped and watched what we were doing, mostly me and Sarah since we didn't get hit. This was getting tiring, we were running low on ammunition, the sun was going down, and I could hear yawns coming from everyone here.

I took a snowball and stepped out from behind the fort.

"Trystyn what are you doing"

GET BACK HERE!!"

"He's a goner."

I could hear The Crusaders voices. I tossed the snowball up and down and looked back at them and smiled. I could see that they believe I would be alright. I turned back to the enemy and walked forward. They looked at me and were confused as to why I was walking towards them with one snowball, Dash took the "Advantage" and threw a fast ball at me.

I quickly moved to the side and kept walking. They all saw this and decided to throw multiple snowballs at me. Twilight and Rarity using their magic to grab multiple, AJ kicking them quickly while Fluttershy gave them to her, Rainbow, using her speed, kept grabbing and throwing them. Sarah Stood there and smiled, knowing what's about to happen.

My smile widened and I threw the snowball in the air and did started dodging all of the snowballs. I ducked, sidestepped, and even did a back flip to dodge the snowballs. After the barrage was over, I stood there, still smiling, with no snow on me from the snowballs. I looked around to see everyone's faces showing shock.

I hear Spike, who was spectating us clap his claws. I hear a whoop come from Scootaloo. I looked at Sarah, my grin widening. I held up 4 fingers and she looked at me with a perplexed look.

4

"Hey, what's that?" I hear Pinkie asked.

3

Everyone but Sarah looked up in the sky and gasped.

2

Sarah slowly looked up but it was already to late.

1

SPLAT! A snowball landed right in her face. She wiped the snow off and glared at me. I smiled as I walked over to her, saying one simple phrase: "I win."

I laid down on the couch still chuckling from the snowball fight. I remember Sarah was chasing me around, pissed off at me. After a while she calmed down. We said our goodbyes too everyone since it was getting late. The Crusaders told me and Night that they will think of more ways to get a cutie mark.

Speaking of Night, I look across the room to see her curled up, shivering. I sighed and picked up one of my blankets; a black one with stars on it. I put it on her, trying my best to not wake her.

After that was done, she smiled and snuggled into the blanket. I went back to the couch but froze when I heard Night mumble. It wasn't that I was afraid she woken up, but what she said in her sleep.

"Mmmmm, thank you...Dad."
> Chapter 16: Tangled Thoughts
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I look at the horror around me. Blood...blood was everywhere. Where the bodies came from...my dead friends. Their bodies was layed spread on the ground, their bodies mutilated. I look at my severed arm poking at my friend's corpse.

After that Thing ripped it off, it became sentient and started move around on it's own. I looked at the revolver in my hand. Sooner or later that thing will come finish the job. Speaking of which, the creature decided to come back.

The creature looked like a giant spider, but its face was humanoid. It looked at me, smiling with blood coming out of its mouth as it slowly crawled towards me.

I slowly raised the revolver to my head and fir-

*Click*

My eyes widen as I hear the click of the gun. I was done for...this thing will kill me just like the others. I close my eyes, ready for my demise.

.................

I slowly crack open an eye to see that I wasn't in a room, but I was in an open area full of stars. I looked at my arm to see that it was connected to me. I also realized that the injuries I've sustained were gone. I felt better. I look up to see a dark blue alicorn with green eyes. Her mane looked like a starry night. On her flank was a black splotch with a crescent moon on it.

"Art thou alright?" She asked.

I nodded my head as I got up. I looked at her, she seemed familiar to me, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. 

Who are you?” I asked.

This seemed to have upset her as she looked at me sadly. “You don’t remember?”

I looked at her closely, then it hit me. “Luna?” She smiled and chuckled at my expression. I laughed, “Last time I saw you, you were barely up to my pelvis. And your mane and fur were a lot different. Now you’re taller than me! Seems alicorns change quickly.”

She sighed, “Yes, it has been a while, that is why I am here. My sister seems to have a great interest in you.”

I raised my eyebrow, “So you want me to tell you what I’ve been up to?”

She nodded her head. But before I answered her, I wanted to know our location. I looked around the place. It looked like I was in the middle of space.

“What is this place?” I asked.

“Your Dream World,” she answered.

Okay, so I am dreaming. So if that's the case, then I should be able to do something about our area. I closed my eyes and concentrated on my thoughts, remembering my old home town. I hear Luna gasping. I smiled a little and opened my eyes and saw that we were on the roof of an old abandoned building, one of many. I look over and see tons of buildings, some taller than the other. I look down to see a lot of cars going back and forth, either to work or home. I look over at Luna and see her eyes wide as she sees all of it.

“So, what did you want to talk about?” I asked.
She didn’t answer, still staring off into the city. I rolled my eyes. It's not that impressive, I thought.

I walked up and gently tapped her on the shoulder.

“What is this place?” I hear her whisper.

I chuckled, “Luna, welcome to Dimtopia...the place where I was born.”

I then sat down and explained the events that got me to Equestria. She seemed surprised that some weird item brought me here. I told her that I still had it and was messing with it when I had time, but it wouldn’t work. I then looked down.

“Is something wrong?” She asked.

I sighed, it's now or never. “Do you remember Night?” I asked. Her eyes widened and she slowly nodded. I then explained to her of the events of the poison joke incident. She chuckled as I told her about what happened to the others, but when it came to me, Sarah, and Night, she became intrigued. Apparently what happened to the three of us never happened before. I then told her that when we were cured, instead of going back in my head, Night turned into a filly alicorn. And then came the moment that made my thoughts tangled.

“Tonight I noticed that Night was shivering, possibly from the cold of winter. So I made sure she was warm by tucking her in properly. But before I went to sleep, I heard her call me...dad.”

This took her by surprise. I mean I would be too if I heard that an old enemy of mine called my friend dad.

"I know this is weird and all, but it's just confusing. After everything that's been happening, I don't know what to do anymore."

We just sat there in silence, both of us just looking at the scenery. It was beautiful, I'll admit, but behind this beauty is a pit of hell waiting to swallow me up.

"Are you afraid?"

The question came out of no where and it was so simple. But it felt like an entire dump truck rammed into me at full speed.

I looked at her and sighed, “Yes, I’m afraid. I’m afraid that one day, something or someone will appear and hurt everyone here. I don’t want that. So I want as few connections as possible so when the time comes they won’t be used to getting to me.”

I stopped to catch my breath, that's the reason why I don’t want Night to call me dad. I don’t want her used as a hostage when someone wants me dead. I pulled my knees in and laid my head down. A few tears started to pour down my face.

I didn’t know how long I was there, nor did I care. I suddenly felt something soft wrap around my body and a slow rhythmic humming followed. I could hear Luna giving the whole “Everything is alright,” and “It's going to be okay,” talk that I've heard others say a thousand times already. What's different about this one though is that I believe her.

After a few more minutes my tears dried up. I gave a chuckle, “So how much do I owe you for the therapy session?”

She smiled down at me, “Just a promise.”

I looked up at her intrigued, “And what would this promise be?”

She leaned down until her horn was on my hand. Her horn glowed and everything started going blurry. Before everything could be completely wiped away I could hear Luna say something that did not sit well with me.

“Be the hero that Equestria needs.”