Well... Darkstalker wants another collab, so I'll please my fan. Although, hopefully I don't have to do more of these EQG stuff..

Please enjoy regardless!


The bell rang out to signal the end of another day at Canterlot High, which signaled the crowd of students to leave the campus and go back to their homes. However, one particular group of seven friends lingered for a moment longer to talk about the day they had together, as well as discuss matters that were beyond the understanding of the other students.

Sunset Shimmer ran a hand through her hair, smiling at her friends.

"So, what do you think is happening over there?" She asked, referring to the world where Princess Twilight lived.

"Heck if I know," Rainbow Dash remarked. "But I did catch a rumor that they may have had a few... interesting developments lately."

"Uh, Rainbow, we're the only ones who know about that place," Applejack reminded.

"Even that's not entirely true," Twilight corrected (the other Twilight). She pushed her glasses in place as she continued. "Remember that other guy? The one with the laptop?"

Sunset nodded, brushing her hair behind her ear with one hand.

"Well, maybe we'll get a visit from someone who lives there again some day," She said, before sighing. "Although I doubt that will happen anytime soon."

"Famous last words, girls," a male voice said from behind. They turned to see the boy they had previously mentioned approaching them while chuckling. "Also, speak of the devil and he will appear."

Sunset rolled her eyes, grinning slightly.

"Good to see you too," She said wryly. William smiled back, then dropped it for a moment.

"In case you're wondering, this is more of a professional visit than a how-do-you," he admitted. "I've come to warn you about some impending doom that's coming for you. Well... I guess it depends on the definition of 'doom'."

"And what's that?" Applejack asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"How about an army of the undead?" William suggested. "Conjured up by a school bully who somehow discovered a form of Necromancy and is using it to create an army."

Sunset stared at William, her jaw dropping.

"Say what now?" She asked, her voice an octave higher then it usually was, causing her to blush and clear her throat.

"I see I hath confused thee," he stated with a mock Medieval voice. "Let me sayith it slower for thine ears." He then spoke normally, but slowly. "Undead army. Evil Necromancer. Zombie general. Army of carrots-"

"Okay, the last part is just you messing with us," Rarity interrupted with a glare.

"Yikes, even here I get this from her," William joked at a normal talking pace. Sunset glanced at her friends, her eyes worried.

"I know we've done some amazing stuff together, but I think that this is to much to take on by ourselves." She said. "Should I see if I can get some help?"

She knew they would understand what she was talking about, and if they didn't she was sure William could explain it.

"Yep," they all stated at once.

"Wow, that was quick," William noted, then got a worried look. "Uh oh... here they come."

As he was still speaking, they heard a loud scream from somewhere down the street, followed by a few panicking students being chased by what could only be described as zombies. The zombies were, admittedly, slow and some were very clumsy, but there was an entire army of them approaching the school, all seemingly focused on the group of friends near the statue. Fluttershy squeaked and hid behind William, much to his amusement.

"Now that's a cheap move," he chuckled. "Using the author as your best advantage of not getting hurt." He chuckled, then frowned. "But in all seriousness, there's only so much I can do for you. I am the author, that is true, but the most I can do is postpone your... deaths until help arrives. So Sunset, if I were you, I'd GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"

Sunset nodded, before she turned and placed a hand on the portal. She cast one last glance at her friend, smiling, before she turned and stepped through. William then turned to the others.

"I suggest you barricade yourself in the school, because this may take a while," he said bluntly, then looked back to the portal. "Please be fast, Sunset..."


The Changeling known as Sunshine was playing with some of her toys in front of the magic mirror that made up the portal into the other world. She herself was unaware of the portal's significance or why the mirror had such a complex machine connected to it, and at the moment she didn't care either. Such was her young and innocent mind.

The shimmering of the portal startled her enough to look up with interest at the mirror. A pony figure flew out of it into the room, making her scream slightly with fear and with surprising speed rush up the wall and onto the ceiling. Because of her species, the eight-eyed wingless Changeling was almost as much at home on the ceiling as she was on the floor, designed to walk up walls very much like a spider. She eyed the figure who had entered, who so happened to be a unicorn. This made her curiosity get the better of her once more and she stared down with wonder.

Sunset shook her head, trying to re-orient herself.

"I'm never going to get used to that," She muttered as she stood up, trying to balance on her two hind legs, before falling forwards so she was standing on all fours. Looking around, she finally raised her gaze to the ceiling, blinking in surprise as she saw the changeling.

"Hi," The unicorn said, smiling slightly. "What's your name?"

The Changeling managed to compose herself a bit.

"Princess Sunshine, daughter of Princess Celestia," she stammered. Sunset smiled, sitting down.

"My name's Sunset Shimmer. Do you know where I could find Princess Celestia? I need to talk to her," Sunset said, before adding, "It's extremely important."

Sunshine smiled back, knowing now that she didn't intend any harm. Slowly, she climbed down from the ceiling and then started out the door.

"Mommy's usually busy right now, but I think she'll understand," Sunshine explained, leading Sunset to the throne room. There, they found Celestia speaking with a delegate from the Griffon kingdom. When she heard the door open, she sighed but in a manner that said she was a bit tired.

"Not now, Sunshine," she said while turning towards them. "Mommy's a bit-"

She stopped mid sentence when she noticed Sunset and then a big smile appeared on her face, mixed with some confusion.

"Sunset!" she exclaimed, standing up and trotting over to her former pupil and giving her a hug. "It's been a long time."

Sunset returned the hug, smiling despite the events that had caused her to come seek help from her former mentor.

"It has, and I wish I came here just to visit, but I need some help," she explained, disengaging from the hug and stepping away. "There's an army of zombies that needs dealt with, and my friends and I won't be able to do it alone. We could use some help."

Celestia gave a small look of surprise, then turned to the delegate.

"I'm afraid we'll have to postpone this discussion to a later date," she told him. The Griffon nodded in understanding and walked out of the room. When he was gone, Celestia looked back to Sunset.

"I'm not sure how much help I'd offer alone, but there are others here who can help," she reassured.

"Mommy has a lot of powerful friends," Sunshine added. "She's even got a new prince in the castle!"

Sunset blinked, before looking at Celestia with interest.

"A new prince? What's his gig?" She asked, curious. Celestia gave a small giggle.

"I believe you may be able to get that answer yourself, soon enough," she answered mysteriously, then glanced towards a nearby window that she quickly opened with her magic. And not a moment too soon, for two figures suddenly flew in with a loud thud... or one of them did; the other managed a swift landing, though he seemed to have just gotten out of a near-crash landing. The first figure, a blood-red unicorn, sighed in relief and then with a glow of his horn turned into (who else?) TD panting and also a bit pissed.

"Okay... NEVER make a deal with THAT Reaper! Give me Greg any day..." he managed between gasps. Sunset blinked, her jaw hanging open slightly, before she quickly closed it. TD looked up and then nudged the other figure, who seemed to be a male alicorn, with his foot.

"Tempus, we have company!" the human stated. Tempus glanced at Sunset, smiling, before his eyes suddenly widened and he stumbled backwards, his wings flaring outwards.

"Ow, ow, ow.." He murmured, putting a hoof to his head. "Major headache, to much information..."

Sunset blinked, shooting Celestia a confused look.

"Tempus controls Time and Death to name a few," Celestia explained. "As such, he can often predict things before they even happen or simply tell when one is about to die." She then gave a puzzled expression herself. "Though I myself am a bit concerned as to what it is he's getting a headache over."

"Gee, I wonder what it could be," TD grumbled sarcastically, then more cheerfully to Sunset, "Hey there, Shimmer. Been too long. Like, what, ten? Fifteen years here?"

"I guess so," Sunset said, just as Tempus shook his head.

"I got a headache because as soon as I made eye contact with Miss Shimmer here, I had about a million visions of every single possible future that is in store for her," He muttered. "And you forgot I also control Life, Tia."

"Controlling death is the same thing in my book," TD stated as he stood to his feet. "All it means is that you decide when someone lives and someone dies."

Tempus shot TD a glare, before he turned to Sunset, his green eyes softening.

"You need help. A zombie army, right?" He asked, and Sunset looked at Celestia, her eyes wide with amazement.

"He can also look into the past," the alicorn princess stated. "Sorry I forgot to mention that."

"He also can break the Fourth Wall and he looks like a stereotypical OC in the MLP genere," TD added. Tempus glared at TD again, before looking up at the sky, and without warning an anvil materialized above TD and fell, landing on top of his head.

"OW!" TD yelped, then the anvil disappeared and he growled at Tempus. "You just HAD to do it, didn't you?"

To be fair, you had it coming.

Yes, you did.

Tempus smirked. "Looks like I have both authors on my side TD."

"Oh, zip it," the human mumbled. "I don't get paid enough for this anyways..."

"Uncles, who are you talking to?" Sunshine asked, looking upwards in hopes of catching a glimpse of whom they were talking to.

"It doesn't matter," TD shrugged it off. "I doubt they're listening anyways."

Wrong! By the way, in case you're wondering, you may want to pick up the pace. Things aren't looking too hot back here at Canterlot High.

Tempus nodded, before he glanced at Celestia.

"Mind if I go to help out? After all, they are zombies; that's within my area of expertise."

Sunset looked hopefully at Celestia, waiting for her answer.

Celestia chuckled. "As if I was going to stop you, Tempus."

"Uh, hate to tell ya this, but I probably shouldn't go," TD remarked. "Not that I don't care, but it'll get unnecessarily... complicated if I meet myself on Earth."

He's not wrong. But don't worry; I'm more than enough help- AH! Freaking zombie! Okay, hurry up please! I can't keep using my "Author Powers" to keep them away forever!

"And there goes the alarm bells," TD muttered.

"Very well," Tempus said, turning to Sunset. "Lead the way."

Sunset nodded, saying a hurried goodbye to Celestia and Sunshine, before she led Tempus to the room the mirror was in. She put a hoof on it and stepped through. Tempus stepped up to the mirror, not even bothering to put a hoof to it as he went through.


On the other side, they almost bumped right into William, who gave them a satisfied look.

"Oh good! You did hear me!" he breathed, then yelped as a zombie tried to attack him. "A little help?"

Tempus growled, before he flicked his right wrist and his axe materialized in it. He threw it through the air, the blade slamming into the zombie and knocking it backwards, as the runes on the blade glowed and the axe flew back through the air, the handle slapping firmly into his hand as he flicked his left wrist, causing a golden handmade watch to appear, before he slapped it with his fist, causing the rim to expand outwards, turning the wristwatch into a shield.

"Thanks," William began, but then was grabbed by another. "Get off me!"

He was pulled down as several others joined in the chase, but then all were surprised when a shockwave of energy blasted them off and William stood with a look of surprise himself, but his was much less.

"Whoa... haven't used that in a long time," he managed. "That was a close one!"

Temus dippd his head at him, before glancing around, his green eyes narrowing.

"Only so much I can do right now... but I'm not stuck like this." He said, grinning as his form blurred, before it resolved into his Pyrunian one, his different colored eyes glowing as he swung his axe by his side, his dragon wings flaring out behind him.

"Now I can fight at my maximum ability." He said, before he shot a blast of ice at a group of zombies, freezing them solid. William cheered, but then the cheer died when he heard a scream from the highschool building. It sounded like Fluttershy, and when he turned to see what was wrong, he noticed a breach in the defenses.

"You've got to be joking!" he huffed.

"I got this!" Tempus shouted, racing forwards and body slamming a zombie to the ground with his shield, backhanding it with his axe. "You two keep up defending, and if it gets to bad retreat inside!"

Without warning, the Pyrunian twisted his wrist and disappeared, reappearing inside the school, his glowing eyes scanning for threats.

Outside the school, Sunset looked at William.

"That really just happened?" She asked him.

"Yes it did... duck!" he answered, then swiftly landed a punch to another zombie's face, then groaned as he held shook his hand around.

"Still not used to doing that without magic," he complained. Sunset rolled her eyes, before she kicked a zombie in the face.

Inside the school, Tempus crept along, both his shield and axe at the ready.

"So they send you to do the dirty work," a voice echoed throughout the halls. "I'm disappointed Tempus. I'd expect someone like me to attract a lot more attention."

Another scream from Flutteryshy, followed by Rainbow Dash shouting, "Get off of her!" and then the sound of a guitar smashing on someone's head. Tempus growled, before he took off in a blast of black lightning, speeding through the hallways until he raced into the room the sounds had come from, skidding to a stop as lightning flickered around him, his axe up and ready to attack. In there, he found a few of the zombie characters surrounding Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, the latter huddled in a ball as RD started to smack the others with her guitar. But it was clear that she wouldn't last long against them, as the zombies were starting to overwhelm them. Tempus growled, before he threw his axe through the air, at the same time shooting a blast of ice from the palm of his right hand, freezing a couple zombies solid as his axe flew through the air, chopping all the others down, before returning to his hand, the handle smacking firmly against his palm.

"Thanks," Rainbow said. "I hate to admit it, but if you didn't show up as soon as you did, we'd both be goners."

"Th-th-thanks," Fluttershy managed, a bit shook up.

"it's nothing." Tempus said as he touched the back of the band that held his shield on his arm, causing it to revert back to it's watch form. "Just doing my job."

He seemed to pause, before suddenly stepping sideways, his axe already in motion to slam into the chest of a zombie that had sneaked up behind him. With a grunt, he kicked the zombie off the blade, hanging his axe from his belt as his wings flared open halfway, before closing.

"Spoil sport," the voice echoed again. "You do know what an ambush is, don't you?" A laugh rang out and Tempus found it oddly familiar. Tempus narrowed his eyes, before they flared pure white.

"You shall not win!" He said, his hands clenching. "I will stand against you as long as I have breath in my lungs!"

He grabbed his axe, the runes in the blade lighting up with bright white light.

"NOW SHOW YOURSELF, YOU COWARD!" He screamed, slamming his axe against the floor hard enough to crack the flooring, a shock wave blasting outwards due to how hard he had hit the floor.

"Ah, but what good would that do for me?" the voice taunted, then Tempus briefly caught a glimpse ahead in the future of a large figure attacking from behind. He was moving pretty fast, so it would be a close one...

Tempus grinned as he spun, black lightning arcing around him as he dropped his axe aside, leaping up and grabbing the ceiling and somehow swinging around to smash into the figure from behind, sending him flying forwards as he grabbed his axe once more, time catching back up to him as he slowed down from going at super speed. The figure stumbled, regained balance, then turned to face Tempus with a smirk. He was quite the giant of a man, and he was ripped too. But the look in his eyes told Tempus who it was, even with the different energy he sensed from his form. Tempus crouched, his lip curling in a sneer as his hand clenched around the handle of his axe.

"Tirek," He spat, as his shape blurred and he dropped his Pyrunian form, looking like the human equivalent of Tempus once more. He leveled his axe at Tirek, the blade steaming with frost.

"Surrender now or face my wrath," Tempus growled.

Tirek laughed. "Get in line," he scoffed, and then disappeared in a dark puddle of shadows. From that same puddle arose a horrific humanoid-like creature made of darkness. It screeched loudly and looked to Tempus with bared claws on its hands. Tempus smiled as he raised his left hand, pointing at the figure as his fingers began to steam, before a blast of ice erupted towards his enemy. The figure hissed as the ice struck its form, then it suddenly pounced at Tempus with the speed of a bullet as a mouth with rows of sharp teeth materialized on it's head and started snapping at him.

"Woah!" Tempus yelped, skidding away from his foe, before he glanced at the ceiling lights, which suddenly became extremely bright as an electric whine started. Hearing this, the creature hissed at the lights as if the light had a negative effect on him. A dark tentacle fired from its form and struck the light, destroying it completely and causing the room to be darkened somewhat. He then hissed again and leaped into the shadows of the room to hide. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash wisely stepped away from said shadows upon seeing this and started to back out of the room.

"Uh... you take care of this thing and we'll be... helping the others!" RD suggested, then she and Fluttershy made a mad dash out of the room. Tempus raised an eyebrow, before he raced from the room, throwing a sealing spell on the door before teleporting outside and appearing beside William.

"In case you're wondering," William said as he kicked a zombie away from him, "that thing you faced was a corrupted soul given a body of darkness. That seal on the door will keep it locked up, but not for long. However, they tend to be weak to light. Like any light in general."

He's right, you can't.

"I need to know how to use my Guardian powers," Tempus said. "I never had them explained to me."

"Oh, that? That's easy!" William chuckled, blasting some fire from his hands and toasting a zombie nearby. "TD had them wired to your own powers you had naturally. As a Guardian of Time, you still have your powers from before, but on a much, much larger scale. To top it off, you also can use time-based abilities that you've never been able to access before." He gave him a grin. "The way we've done it is to just use the powers like normal. TD for example, what does his power let him do? Chaos, meaning whatever he wants to an extent. Now, what do your time powers do?"

"Manipulate the time-stream mainly," Tempus said.

"You're halfway there," William remarked with a grin. "Now tell me... have you seen The Doctor use Time Energy? Because that's something you can do too, my friend! Very valuable, hard to get, but it can do... well, almost anything."

"Uhhh..." Tempus said, completely lost.

Sorry, but I've never seen Docter Who, so therefore Tempus has no clue what you're talking about.

William sighed. "Just... here, this'll make it easier. I just hope pulling this strong doesn't come back to bite me."

He grabbed Tempus's shoulder and a wave of energy surged through him momentarily before William released him.

"There, it should be easier for you now," he commented. "Can you feel the power?"

"Yeah, I do!" Tempus exclaimed, flexing his hand.

"Well then, let's see what it can do!" William laughed. Tempus grinned, before he shot a blast of energy at a zombie, completely obliterating it.

"This is amazing!" He cried.

"Don't waste all of that energy, though," William warned. "That stuff is slow to recharge even with your Guardian powers."

He noticed that the zombies were starting to suddenly decompose on their own, and then they each had a glowing form start to appear in their place.

"Uh oh..." he muttered. "Tempus, you know that Nazgul I have? Well, say hello to his lesser kind."

Right as he finished, the forms became fully formed, revealing wraiths of many different people; all of them having died long ago.

"They're still bound to obey those who command death, right?" Tempus asked.

"No, only the one who dominated them," William explained. "But you can banish them back to death. Dominate or banish; your choice. Personally, I feel like we could use this army against him."

"How do I dominate them?" Tempus asked.

"It's... a power over the mind, one which I do not believe you possess," William remarked. "But you can learn in time. I can give you a training course- oh, here they come."

As he spoke, several of the wraith figures charged forth. William glared at them, and then a wall of flames appeared that separated two of them from the rest of the pack, all of whom were backing away as if in fear.

"With few exceptions, wraiths tend to fear fire," he explained, then made a gesture with his hands and the two separated wraiths were drawn to him. He placed a glowing hand on one of them, and his form suddenly turned from a ghastly green to a blood red.

"You are mine now," he said, then released the wraith, who looked back towards the fire in a defensive position.

"Come Tempus," William said. "If you truly wish to know how, I can show you with this one..."

Tempus nodded, stepping forwards.

"Domination works not only on the dead, but the living too," William explained. "You must be able to see into their minds, into their very souls, know all there is about them. Invade their mind and let them know who's truly in charge. The only time this doesn't work is when nothing of their souls remain or if they have no souls to begin with, and there are also some who are strong enough of will to prevent the domination from working." He used a spell to immobilize the wraith in his hand. "Give it a shot if you wish. But know this; what you see in there may scar you forever afterwards."

"I watched my homeworld be destroyed. I can do this." Tempus said, before closing his eyes and meditating. A second later, he drove a spear of pure thought into the wraith's mind. He felt the wraith struggle to resist, but very weakly; he was already nothing more than a puppet simply receiving a different master.

Slowly, the wraith turned into a pure silver color, and then ceased to struggle. Instead, he bowed before Tempus and said in a voice that echoed within his form, "What is thy bidding, my master?"

Tempus opened his eyes.

"Protect us," He ordered. The wraith nodded, then turned back to the crowd just as the wall of fire disappeared. William's wraith charged in but only managed to take down one or two before it was destroyed. However, Tempus's seemed to get a new spark of life in it (figuratively) and charged head on. It then started to take down the other wraiths with a series of amazing martial arts while William looked on with surprise.

"I think you just picked up a dojo master," he managed. "Look at him go!"

Tempus chuckled. "I always have liked martial arts."

William watched for a moment, then looked to Tempus.

"You don't have to try this, but if he were to be upgraded to a higher ranking wraith... he could be your elite follower," he remarked, then shrugged. "But if you think about it, it's probably best to just let him go... Something TD has yet to try with his own."

"Agreed. Now, where's Sunset?" Tempus asked, suddenly looking around.

"Uh..." William began, but he got his answer when she suddenly flew right by him, followed by a familiar screech as the shadow creature appeared at the doors of the highschool.

"Oh great," he muttered. "Guess who's back?"

"Let's see how he likes this," Tempus growled as he drew his arm back and then brought it forwards, a black bolt of lightning flying off it and shooting towards the shadow creature. The shadow creature howled in pain as the lightning struck him, causing his arm to fall to the ground and disintegrate. He hissed and tried to pounce again, but when he did a blast of light erupted from William's hand and struck it, destroying it completely.

"And, goodbye," he remarked. He looked over to the enemy horde and found, to his relief, that the rest of the horde was gone. But there was no sign of Tirek. Tempus's Wraith walked over to the alicorn and bowed low.

"I have done what you asked of me, my lord," he said in a low tone. Tempus glanced at William and raised an eyebrow as if to ask, "Now what?"

William looked to Tempus. "He's your wraith whom you dominated. It's your call."

Tempus nodded, before he turned to the wraith. "You are dismissed until I call for you when I next need you," The alicorn said firmly.

"Yes, my lord," the wraith answered with a nod, then in a burst of silver fire he was gone.

"Nice," William remarked. "You've officially gotten yourself a servant, I suppose."

"Yeah, I guess," Tempus said as he stretched, hanging his axe from his belt. "You know, I think my author may or may not have an idea about doing something before this chapter ends... It would be great if we could actually talk to him face-to-face."

William smirked. "Easy there tiger. We still have a villain to find. But as for your author being met face-to-face, wish granted! He's coming now..."

Sunset immediately deadpanned. "Great. Another person who defies all forms of logic in both Equestria and here."

"I take that as a compliment," A voice said as a guy walked up from the streets. He had gray skin and his hair was black, streaked with white. He had maroon eyes, and was wearing black sneakers, blue jeans, a white T-shirt, and a leather jacket. Slung over his shoulder was a laptop bag, and he had a bulge in his right pocket that looked like a phone.

Tempus glanced at the guy and raised an eyebrow, as if to say "This is the guy who created me?"

The guy laughed, before he dipped his head at William. "Pleased to finally meet you face-to-face William. My name's Christopher, but please call me Chris for short."

"How do you, Chris?" William replied with a bow. "Wow, this job never gets old when things like this happens."

Chris laughed, smiling. "Agreed. Now, how about we get to locating this villain." He said, as he pulled his phone from his pocket, opening it and swiping through some different screens. "Any hints for them William? My author's powers aren't useful right now."

"Well, that's mostly because it's my story. Sorry for that," William remarked. "One second..."

A laptop materialized out of nowhere and he fiddled around with it for a moment, then groaned.

"Oh bloody... He would do that, wouldn't he?"

"What? What is it?" Sunset demanded.

"Let's just say you have a maniac hiding somewhere in Equestria now," William stated. "He managed to slip through while we were busy here."

"So... looks like it's time for Tempus to go back, and possibly have Sunset go as well to help out?" Chris said as he quickly typed something on his phone, his fingers flying across the onscreen keyboard. "Oh, and Tempus, when you get back, be sure to free TD from the inescapable cage I just put him in. I like trolling people for the fun of it sometimes."

Tempus raised an eyebrow. "Wow, I'd never have guessed," He said in a deadpan voice.

William gave Chris a slight glare.

"Could you not? He's mine to torture, not yours. Why don't you just troll Tempus for a while?" he demanded, then sighed. "Just go you two while I give TD at least a small fighting chance..."

Tempus rolled his eyes as he leapt through the portal, Sunset following him.

"Dude, Tempus would know it as soon as I tried to troll him!" Was the last thing they heard Chris saying to William.


"GET ME OUT OF THIS THING, YOU JERKS!" was the first thing they heard from TD as soon as they exited the portal and found said entity trapped in a very simplistic looking cage. He was frowning heavily. "This is not cool. You literally had me get stuck right as soon as Tirek walked by! Not cool!"

"Blame my author," Tempus said as he walked up to the cage and tapped it lightly with a hoof. As if it was made of glass, the entire thing shattered, dropping TD onto the ground.

Sunset blinked. "Wow... I don't have anything else to say except for that. Wow."

"Thanks," TD thanked Tempus, then glared at the portal. "Christopher, DON'T do that again, please. I have enough trouble with my own author."

No promises TD, but I'll try not to... sorry.

Tempus rolled his eyes, before looking at TD. "Tirek. Which way did he go?"

"Out the door and I'm not sure where to afterwards, but he didn't stay here in the palace. That much I do know from sensing his power," TD explained. Tempus nodded, before glancing at Sunset.

"We'll need more people then just the three of us," He said, before shooting a wry grin at TD. "Think you can assemble us a team?"

Sunset blinked, now extremely lost as to what was going on.

"I can look around and see who's available," TD answered. "In the meantime, is there any place in Equestria, or Equis for that matter, where you could possibly raise up an army of the dead?"

Tempus thought for a few seconds, narrowing his eyes, before they widened.

"Uh... he'd be able to bend any dead being to his will, right?" He asked, his green eyes carrying a look of extreme worry in them. "Like, any dead thing?"

"The bodies and, in some cases, their souls, yes," TD answered.

Tempus gulped, before he said in a quiet voice, "Yeah, I can think of a place he could raise an army of varied dead." He looked directly at TD as he spoke. "And it's a place that hasn't been touched since the bodies buried there were put below the ground."

TD straightened. "Show us where. I'll send a message to the others to meet up with us there."

"Okay, but you should know where it is," Tempus remarked as he stood tall, the rims of his eyes starting to glow silver as power started gathering around him. "After all, you created the giant burial site, then caused it to be split between several worlds to serve as a memorial."

TD, understandably, looked shocked. "Crap..." he muttered, then summoned an orb in his hands and spoke into it. "Guys, we've got a problem! Meet me at the memorial burial site. No, not that one. The one we never touched since The Crossover. Hurry!" He put the orb away then. "Let's move!"

Tempus nodded, the outer edges of his eyes glowing bright silver as he gathered his power. Sunset narrowed her eyes, magic surrounding her horn as she readied herself for what was to come.

"You taking us there TD?" Tempus asked.

"Oh, right. Sorry," TD apologized, then snapped his fingers as they teleported to an unfamiliar place to those present save for TD. It was unclear where they were exactly; all that was known was that it was a large and barren plain where hundreds of thousands of bodies could be buried beneath their feet. Even so, it looked incomplete; a graveyard that seemed unfinished. Tempus crouched, placing a hoof against the ground as he closed his eyes, before letting out a grunt.

"I can sense them all," he said, his voice low in respect. Sunset looked around, her nerves on edge and ready for anything.

"I don't think he's been here yet," TD started, but then suddenly a human figure appeared as a ghastly green wraith figure with a machine gun of some kind in his hands in a uniform that had the letters UNSC on his chest.

"But I wouldn't stake my life on it," TD finished as hundreds of thousands more appeared. They were all different; Equestrians, humans, anthropomorphic animals, humans in white armor, and even at least five dragon figures. The latter TD looked to with some worry.

"Cobra is not gonna like the looks of that," he muttered. Tempus suddenly growled, his pupils turning pure silver.

"TD, Sunset, you play defense. Protect me," He said. "If our enemy wants to disturb the dead, then I'll teach him how I feel about that!"

His horn lit up with dark blue magic, and energy started to swirl around him as he started a spell of unknown origins. But before he could try anything, several green balls of flame fell from the sky and landed, materializing into seven figures: an Equestrian unicorn, a Mobian crow, a UNSC marine, an Elite, a Clone Trooper, a Firebender, and a human-like figure with a pair of oxen horns on it's head; a Faunus. All of them had a mask or helmet covering their heads and or faces, the ones with only a few features isible having nothing more than an empty void for a face. Behind them was Tirek, who had transformed into his centaur doppelganger's appearance thanks to the magic from the portal. He was bright red, but only stood about ten feet tall, which was relatively tiny for anyone who had seen him as a gigantic figure.

"Welcome to the party," Tirek gloated. "I'm afraid you weren't invited."

"Oh no..." TD muttered. "Those are not lesser wraiths; those are the big leagues."

Tempus narrowed his eyes, before snorting.

"He dare disturbs the dead," He said in an angry voice. Sunset looked at the wraiths warily, before she aimed her horn, although she was shaking slightly.

"TD, any idea when our backup is going to arrive?" She asked softly. TD didn't answer as the wraiths spoke.

"You fight an army of souls you could not save, and will not defeat," the Elite wraith taunted in his ghostly voice.

"When we dispose of you, your souls will join our army and we will conquer this world," the unicorn wraith added.

"Stay out of our way or die," Tirek finished.

TD stared defiantly at them. "Do your worst. I'm not afraid to die. My soul is prepared. Can you say the same?"

Tempus snorted in defiance as well.

"You talk about death to me!" He suddenly screamed. "Do you even know who I am!?"

There was so much power around him that tiny pebbles around his hooves started to levitate off the ground. Sunset nervously glanced at him, before turning her attention back to the wraiths.

"One can claim the power and know nothing," Tirek remarked, then made a commanding motion. "Round them up and claim their souls."

TD snarled as a sword of red flames appeared in his hand.

"You can try..." he growled. Tirek smirked as one of the wraiths teleported across the space between them and tried to land a blow on Tempus... only to be blocked by a silver figure. The silver figure turned out to be Tempus's wraith, only he looked different. Now he had a katanta in his hands and a grim determination on his face, which was still visible unlike the others.

"You will not claim his soul!" he yelled.

Tempus grinned, before he let out a howl and blasted a beam of dark blue magic at one of the wraiths, silver energy swirling around it as it zoomed through the air, causing the ground to rumble at how much power was contained in the spell. Sunset's eyes widened and she stumbled backwards, before creating a shield of energy around her. Meanwhile, another ball of fire fell to earth, but this was blood-red and out of it stepped TD's Nazgul, sword at the ready.

"You will not claim this world for your own," he stated, then began a deadly combat with the Elite wraith. TD also charged forward as he began combat with some of the others all at once, managing quite well despite their teleportations and other methods of attack. The unicorn wraith decided to aim at Sunset, attacking her shield.

"You cannot defeat us," it told her. "We are many, and you are all but small flames alone in the darkness."

Sunset narrowed her eyes at the wraith.

"We will fight for what is right no matter our numbers." The unicorn growled as she fired a spell through her shield, hitting the unicorn wraith.

"Then it's a good thing you're not alone," a voice remarked from behind as a familiar purple beam struck the wraith and Twilight Sparkle strode over to Sunset's side with a grin. From another corner, a cloud of feathers appeared and revealed Zach, Screwball, and Tracker. A shot rang out as a few other figures approached as well; the most recognizable being an earth pony in armor similar to the corrupted souls of the Clone Troopers nearby, but built for his pony shape. Two pistol attachments were on his forelegs and while his helmet covered his face, it could be assumed he was giving his friends a friendly smile.

"You need any assistance, my friends?" he asked, the helmet somewhat synthesizing his voice. The enemy wraiths turned to him and seemed displeased.

Tempus suddenly took to the sky, soaring high into the air before glaring down at Tirek.

"You dishonor the dead, then claim I know nothing about the power I wield!" the alicorn screamed, his pupils still glowing silver. "You have no clue what I am capable of!"

Sunset smiled at Twilight, before turning her attention back to the unicorn wraith. Zach glared at Tirek while Screwball conjured up a storm of cotton candy thunderclouds, giving Tracker the means to transform into his vampiric form. They scattered among the enemy as Zach approached Tirek.

"You should've let them stay dead!" he snarled as the Mobian and Firebender wraiths attacked him. Zach simply blasted them away and then began a deadly magic battle with the others that approached him. On his side, T-bone stood on his hind legs as his gun attachments activated and he started firing them off into the enemy. They must have been enchanted, because they actually seemed to damage the wraiths, each one disappearing when he shot them. The more powerful ones which Tirek apparently saw as his generals also scattered and attacked, but found the battle rather difficult for them as TD ended up taking on three of them at once and TD's Nazgul engaged another. All seven Greater Wraiths were too busy occupied to help the army of lesser wraiths, who were engaged with the rest of the enemy. Tempus's wraith particularly was a great help against the enemy horde, clearly being a master of the blade and of unarmed combat before his death. Tempus dove at Tirek, his horn glowing with dark blue magic as his eyes went pure white, silver energy glowing around his body.

"I'LL SHOW YOU MY POWER!" the alicorn screamed as he unleashed a massive blast of energy at the centaur, shaking the air. Tirek managed to teleport out of harms way in time, but he seemed to have some slight doubt about his enemy. Desperately trying to turn this around, he started to cause more souls to rise from the dead to assist him and send them at Tempus. Unfortunately for him, TD had been one step ahead. Sensing that Tirek had not resurrected all the souls in the area, he had taken the initiative.

"Rise my comrades and defend your resting place!" TD called from within a forcefield he had conjured to protect himself from the other wraiths. "This defiler disturbs the rest of you and your fallen brothers and sisters-at-arms! Fight and drive him from your graves so you may rest in peace!"

The entire graveyard was suddenly full of more souls, but these were blue or white in color and they were fighting the other wraiths in the area.

"No!" Tirek roared. "Fight for me! Kill them all!"

"THEY WILL DO NO SUCH THING!" Tempus roared, so mad he was using the Canterlot Royal Voice. He closed his eyes, hovering in place as energy swirled around him, before bolts of silver-and-dark blue energy started shooting off of him, slamming into enemy wraiths and cleansing them of Tirek's control. The alicorn opened his eyes, which were still glowing white, and glared at Tirek.

"You claim to know the power you yield, yet you know nothing!" The alicorn spat. "Now you shall taste my power. The power of Prince Tempus, prince of Time, Life, and Death!" From his horn, a beam of dark blue magic shot towards Tirek. Tirek fired his own blast from between his horns, a blast of pure darkness. However, as may be expected, his attack was in vain and he was quickly overpower. Panicking a bit, he noticed Tempus's wraith and TD's Nazgul nearby quickly and efficiently disposing of their targets. In a desperate attempt to turn the tides to his favor, he lifted his hands and enveloped both in some dark light.

"You! Obey my commands and fight for me!" he ordered. Tempus's wraith at first seemed to fall for it as his head started to turn ghastly green, then abruptly turned back to silver.

"There is no honor in your actions!" he shouted. "I will not serve you!"

Tirek looked to TD's Nazgul, and despite the helmet covering his face, it seemed like he was smirking at Tirek.

"You cannot see inside me!" the Nazgul remarked. "Nothing of my soul remains and I am bound to The Terror of Dimensions!"

Tirek knew now he was backed against a wall, with no sure way out of this hole he had dug. Tempus continued to pour energy into his offensive attacks, sending blast after blast at Tirek, closing the distance between him and the centaur, his eyes slowly turning from white to silver as the power he was storing grew stronger than his alicorn magic.

"You shall pay for disturbing the dead!" the alicorn prince roared. Tirek looked around to see that his army was depleted of any help to come by. TD was finishing off his remaining "generals," Zach, Tracker and Screwball had helped clear out the main army with T-bone as support, and Twilight and Sunset had managed to finish off their attacker and join their friends. TD looked especially mad.

"Tirek, where did you gain this power of yours?" he demanded. "One does not simply find such power, especially in my world."

Tirek growled. "You think I'll tell you?"

His confidence faded when Zach walked in front of him, his eyes turning into colorful swirls.

"Yes, we do," Zach replied. "Now, you will tell us where you got this power."

"Yes... master," Tirek said in a sleepy tone. "I was given it through an anonymous tip. Someone who seemed more robotic than human."

Tempus landed, his wings flaring out to either side.

"TD, any idea what horse-man here is talking about?" He asked, his voice hard and full of anger.

"I do, sadly," TD answered. "He means my nemesis, The Namless One. It seems that my enemy is always at work sowing seeds of discord among others." He growled. "I don't know when he will arrive, but he will come soon. But to the task at hand..." TD looked to Tempus. "Since he wields the powers of death in a sense, you may have the honor of taking this power from him."

Tempus nodded, before he fired a blast of magic at the centaur, enveloping him as a stream of black energy started to flow from the centaur into the alicorn. After about five minute, the last of the black energy disappeared into the alicorn, and he ceased his magic, looking physically exhausted, dark bags hanging under his eyes.

"Haven't felt this way... in a while," He mumbled, shaking his head to try and clear his mind.

"Easy friend," TD warned. "I'd suggest taking it easy for a bit."

Tirek growled while still in his hypnotized state.

"You cannot win," he groaned. "He comes and you will not be able to defeat him..."

"Enough. It's time to rest. Sleep," Zach ordered. Tirek nodded stupidly and closed his eyes as a deep slumber engulfed him. Smiling in satisfaction, TD turned to the souls that remained, looking to him in anticipation.

"You have done well. Rest and find peace," he told them. The spirits nodded then disappeared like dust blown by the wind. Tempus shook his head, before trying to walk some. However, he was so exhausted that he stumbled, and with a huff of indignation he sat down.

"I hate overtaxing myself," He said bitterly.

"Then try what I do and don't use your full strength until you know for certain what you're dealing with," TD remarked.

"Not everything works like that, William," Twilight scolded, then trotted over to Tempus with her horn glowing. "Here, this spell should help revitalize you a bit."

She touched her horn to his own and Tempus felt more energized for the time being.

"Thanks Twilight," Tempus said, smiling.

"So what happens now?" T-bone asked, having taken off his helmet by now.

"You can all go home now. I need time to think about this," TD mused, then glared at Tirek. "I also have another soul that deserves the VIP section of Greg's prisons."

Tempus grinned wryly. "You do that TD, and I'll let you do it yourself. I don't really want to go there."

"Perfectly understandable, Tempus," TD nodded. "Everyone else, with me. Zach, get Tirek to follow if you can."

Zach nodded, then turned to Tirek. "You will follow us and cause no trouble of any sorts. No funny business."

"Yes... master..." Tirek answered, then slowly stood to his feet and followed the others out of the graveyard. Only T-bone and Tempus remained, the earlier bowing his head with respect at one particular tombstone that was visible.

"Sorry I had to blast you in the head, Lefty," he muttered as he placed his helmet back on, "But it was for your own good. Hope you are now finally able to rest."

Tempus smiled at T-bone, before he spread his wings and took off. Even though he was far from Canterlot, he could sense Celestia's magic, and basing his course off that known location, he aimed himself towards Ponyville and the Everfree forest.

"Hopefully I'll be able to get some answers," He muttered to himself.


In a hut deep in the Everfree forest, Zecora the Zebra shaman was buys with a kind of brew alongside her friend, the mute pegasus Hummingbird. The brew had been requested by Twilight for a spell she was working on later that week and they wanted to have it prepared for her when shhe arrived to collect it. As they worked, at a point when Zecora was moving some spices around, there was a knock at the door.

"Hummingbird, could you answer that for me? I myself am preoccupied, as you can see," Zecora requested. The mute pegasus nodded and answered the door. Tempus stood outside, his wings folded against his back. He dipped his head politely at the pegasus.

"I wish to speak to Zecora," the alicorn said, his green eyes glittering slightly. Hummingbird nodded and opened the door wide enough for him to enter, then led him over to Zecora, who smiled to see him enter.

"Tempus, good friend, what brings you here? Is everything alright dear?" the zebra inquired. "I can tell you are in a troubled state of mind, and there are answers you wish to find."

Tempus nodded.

"There are some answers I'd like... particularly because I can't see them myself," the alicorn admitted, blushing slightly about how his power had failed him.

Zecora gave him a smile. "Then sit and have tea while you stay in my tree."

She nodded to Hummingbird, who brought over a kettle and three tea cups for them all. She gave Tempus a friendly smile as she filled their tea cups.

"I'm sure you already know my friend Hummingbird, whose existence you may or may not have heard," Zecora noted while gesturing to the pegasus. Tempus smiled and nodded.

"I do," he said, using his magic to levitate the cup to his mouth and take a sip. "Now, there was a battle today, and after it TD mentioned someone called The Nameless One."

Zecora and Hummingbird's faces both lit up with alarm at the mention of that name.

"That is very serious indeed to come to me," Zecora stated, then added without rhymes, "What about him concerns you?"

Tempus blinked, before sighing.

"I've become used to the fact that whenever there's a threat, I know about it long before it comes thanks to my future sight... but I can't see anything about this." He looked the zebra straight in the eyes. "Why is that?"

Zecora sighed herself. "He is a foe that TD fought long ago. He used many a power to remain unseen by most forms of future sight. He wishes to bring to an end what he and TD started." She seemed to have mostly abandoned the use of rhyming. "TD first defeated him when he was younger, long before this world came to be, according to our timeline. Then, Nameless was nothing more than a dictator of his own planet who sought only to gain more resources for his army. TD was not able to defeat him alone, requiring his full power and that of his brothers to defeat this foe. Even then, they were not sure if they had defeated him.

"The first brother claimed that it wasn't over, for he could not sense this foe's death as he himself possessed powers associated with it. The second, while not with such power himself, was cunning and wise. He thought it best to keep an eye on The Nameless One's empire in case he should rise again, and did so with the help of his own order. William, on the other hand, had a different take. Though he may have known the truth deep down, he wanted to believe that it was all over and that this foe was gone for good. He realized his mistaken thinking when he encountered this foe personally in the world of Joy Star."

"So, The Nameless One still exists..." Tempus murmured, then glanced up, his eyes steely. "And what would happen if I were to stand beside TD if this enemy shows himself in this world?"

Zecora stood and had Tempus come over to her cauldron where images started to appear inside the liquid beneath as she spoke, each image or images illustrating what she spoke.

"In five years precisely, the planets will align quite nicely. But the stroke of doom will then be at hand, for that's when The Namless One shall unleash his heartless band. Your friend in the end will fall, and The Nameless One will rule all." Hummingbird especially looked scared to hear this. Zecroa continued. "However, there is a gleam of hope to this tale. Should William's brother fight, the Nameless One will fail."

"The ice mage?" Tempus asked, his eyes flashing from his green alicorn eyes to his different colored Pyrunian for a split second before returning to normal. "Or the other one? And if The Nameless One succeeds, will my home be at threat?"

"It is the one of ice of whom I speak, for the other does not have good ties with either of the two that remain," Zecora replied. "As to your home, it may very well be threatened even without The Nameless One being successful. You see, as one of William's allies, that immediately makes you and your friends and family a target."

With a growl, Tempus turned, walking to the door. As he did so, his form blurred, and by the time he reached it he was in his Pyrunian form.

"Thank you Zecora," Tempus said. "I'll be going now." He opened the door and walked out, closing it behind him. He raised his hand and twisted it, before disappearing in a blast of cold air. Zecora shook her head in a somewhat sad manner.

"Oh if only he could know where this may go," she muttered. Hummingbird nodded and looked back to where Tempus had left with some worry in her eyes.


Tempus materialized in Ponyville, switching forms to his alicorn one just as he felt his hooves hit the ground. He looked around, before walking down the street, lost in his thoughts.

"Hey Tempus," TD called to him, trotting over while in his pony form, something most in Equestria didn't see him use too often anymore. His sunglasses were not over his eyes, so they looked somewhat intimidating. Yet there were some who could look past that and see the true emotions in them, Twilight especially.

"TD," Tempus said, his voice low. He raised his head to look at his friend, and it was obvious from the guarded look on his face that he was hiding something. TD gave him a small sad expression.

"Zecora told you, didn't she?" he asked.

"Yeah, she did," He murmured, before giving him a determined look. "But I'll still stand by your side, even if it puts my home in danger. When a friend needs me, I don't abandon them."

TD smiled. "Thanks. That means a lot." He looked up at the sky and sighed. "I know I often don't show it, but I worry a lot about this upcoming battle. It'll take all we've got, and even then there's no guarantee of winning. But if that guy wants to take me down, he'll have to do so with a fight."

"Well, there is one guarantee..." Tempus reassured. "But even if we can't get it to happen, I'll fight by your side even if it means my demise. I promise TD."

TD smiled again, then said, "William. You can call me William. A lot of those I trust call me by it. So I figured you may as well."

"Okay... William." Tempus said. "If you'd like, you can call my by the nickname my sisters called me. It's Temp... for what reason they chose it, I have no idea."

Maybe because I wrote it and I had no ideas for a nickname.

"Oh, thanks a lot!" Tempus shouted at the sky, glaring.

"I like it," TD remarked, then noticed the setting sun. "Annnnd, there's the sunset. That means I got to get going. Twilight wanted to go on a date with me tonight, and I'm not about to disappoint her."

"Okay William," Tempus said, smiling. "I'll see you later."

The alicorn walked on, dropping his gaze as he began thinking once more about what he had learned. TD chuckled as he watched him go.

"Bye bye, Temp," he replied too softly to be heard, then in a flash of light he disappeared.


Well... this is unsettling... maybe.

Hope you enjoyed! And thanks Darkstalker for the help!