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I woke up again and what am I doing? I went downstairs to get some breakfast and there was nothing good in the fridge. Dang it! So I took my scepter and made food appear and devour it. After that, I went on a walk through Ponyville to see what's popping. While I was going by, I heard something shift from underground. Then I heard screaming. It was Twilight's voice, but it sounded like it was coming from the outskirts of Ponyville towards the Everfree Forest. But there was only one Twilight that I knew of, so I rushed inside the castle to figure out what was going on. After a little bit, it turns out that it wasn't Twilight. But I swear I heard her voice. Something seems off. Anyways, I was helping Twilight move some picture while Spike was holding it up. It looked heavy for him since he was struggling quite a bit. Suddenly, I heard the door open. It was none other than Sunset. What? How did she get back here? Both Twilight and Sunset did a little reunion while I just continued putting the picture on the wall so that Spike doesn't hurt himself or have the picture shatter on the floor.
I heard Twilight say "It's wonderful to see you." Yeah, I think so too, but something tells me she's not just here for relaxation and hanging out. "What are you doing here?" I said "They came from space. Seriously, Twilight, you need to pick up on this stuff more often." Twilight just rolled her eyes while Sunset giggled a bit. She said "And it's nice to see you too, Prince Zachary." I said "Oh please, you can drop that. There's no need for that. Only my enemies can call me that. Anypony else can call me just by my name and not royal title." Sunset said "I'll remember that next time." Twilight asked "Wait. How are you coming in the front door and not up from where I keep the mirror?" I said "I don't know. Maybe they were on Spring Break, went on a cruise ship, got stranded on an island during a thunderstorm, got stuck in quicksand while fighting off a sea plant monster thing, and then going through another portal to Equestria which was really the sand covering up the portal. I think that sounds about right." Everypony's jaws dropped. Sunset asked me "How-How did you know that?!" I replied "I have my ways. Anyways, that would explain the screaming I heard when taking a walk this morning."
Twilight looked at me confused and asked "What are you talking about?" I said "Uh, never mind. Just something I found really uh interesting." Sunset's face was crimson red because of the sheer amount of embarrassment as someone did hear screaming going on. It's fine. It doesn't bother me. The other two came out of the bushes and I heard human Twilight say "Oh, I like her." What? I charged up my scepter, but my Twilight put a hoof on my shoulder and mouthed "Don't. She didn't mean it like that. You are always mine." I smiled at that and we looked back at our "guests." My Twilight said "Rainbow Dash. Other me. Good to see you both again." Yes, we all remember the awkward meeting between the two after the credits of Friendship Games. It was quite weird and awkward oh and also embarrassing. "What about the others?" They're probably fine. Probably just relaxing. Sunset said "Oh, they're waiting back home for us. They're fine. No reason to hurry back." After that, we sat down and Spike told the story of some dragon wedding he went to.
I fell asleep halfway through and when I woke up, everyone had smirks on their faces. I said "What?" They all just laughed in response and I growled in annoyance. Twilight said "Oh, you have to try Mrs. Cake's chocolate fondue. It takes 20 minutes though." I said "As if we need to go anywhere. If you ponies want, I could always tell the story of this bad boy and my own personal adventures. That will help pass the time." They all wanted to listen, so I began. But before I said anything, Sunset asked "Did you hear that? It sounded like Pinkie Pie yelling." Of course she was, do-do. She was delivering the fondue from Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie came inside and said "I was yelling silly. Standing at the front door yelling "FONDUE DELIVERY!" Oh hey Rainbow Dash, pony with glasses I don't recognize. Here. You have to try this. It's a FRESH BATCH!" Rainbow put it to her mouth and said groaning "Ow. Too hot. It needs to be 20% cooler." I said "Must you always say that for everything? It's getting quite annoying at this point." Rainbow just rolled her eyes while human Twilight tried to eat the fondue. She was struggling a bit, but she was able to get it into her mouth just fine after the third try. Third times the charm they say.
She said "Mmm. I love this." Yeah, it's pretty good considering the fact it's chocolate. Chocolate always tastes good. I said "So, now that's out of the way, who wants to hear my story?" They all turned towards me and I began my story. I said "When I first came here, I fought ten timberwolves by myself and only managed to get a scar with that. Most ponies don't survive against those creatures. Anyways, I was able to fight Queen Chrysalis three times and was able to escape and free my friends. It was quite tricky to navigate and when all you could hear was bee noises, it put ya on the edge of your seat. It was difficult, but I managed to get through it with the help of some other heroes that are familiar around here. Anyways, not long after, I fought King Sombra who tried to get me to join him, but I refused. He went as far as getting a Diamond Dog army while singing "Be Prepared" from the Lion King which is a movie by the way which you should definitely watch. Suddenly, I felt something powerful and defeated King Sombra with his own dark magic. Which led to me getting this scepter, my wings, and the crown sitting on my head."
"There was also me standing against the Pony of Shadows. I saw why he had fallen to darkness, but nopony thought he was redeemable. However, when the truth was revealed, everything changed. It was quite annoying with all the unbelief, but everypony did apologize afterward. Then I went on mini adventures and various cool things that would take way too long to explain. I also defeated the Storm King with the help of my friends as well, and finally the most recent event is actually getting rid of the memory stone. Yeah, I was there. All of you remember that." Sunset said "Wow, that's quite a journey." Of course Twilight spoke up and went on about something and then I heard her with the last part saying "and that's the time I was rescued by my own pupil! Which really gave me some perspective on the importance of mentoring." I said "Starlight wasn't the only one who defeated Chrysalis, Twilight. In case you have forgotten, I told my side of the story and have an official medallion from Celestia herself. Which is actually around my neck right now. I don't know why I keep it on. I just do. It symbolizes my royal title and defeat of many creatures."
Twilight said "I know that. I'm just saying. Don't need to get all offended." I'm not, you blind fool. I growled in annoyance and looked towards the others. Human Twilight said "You ponies are like superheroes." Yes, technically they are. But it's not the kind like Superman, Batman, Ironman, and Spiderman. It's more along the lines of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Just regular beings who have superpowers and defeat the bad guy and save the world multiple times. My Twilight said "Oh, we're not superheroes." I said "Uh, if you think about it, we technically are. The creators themselves designed this universe to be that way. Yes, both Lauren Faust and Hasbro." Human Twilight said "Sure. Just ordinary ponies who save the world from complete destruction multiple times." Rainbow said "Sound familiar?" I said "Yes, it does. Coming from the person or excuse me pony in this case who tried to ruin everyone's vacation by wanting to try to stop evil and make rainbow lasers appear which mind you only the Elements of Harmony can do that. You can't just magically make them appear."
Rainbow's jaw dropped. She asked "Ho-How did you know that?!" I said "Like I said many times, I have my ways. This scepter can pick up anything that happens within this universe even if it's in another dimension. That's kinda the cool part of this being an Element of Harmony and wielding the Tree's magic is that I can be informed of anything that happens without having to ask questions and exposing anyone I wish because it's quite entertaining. I always continue to impress." Rainbow said "Right. What does that "scepter" do anyways?" I said "This is known as the Defense Scepter. It wields the Tree of Harmony's magic and can do unbelievable things. Most of the things I do come from this. The magic that comes from this is split in two. 75% of it's magic comes from the friendship I have with my friends. The other 25% comes from the Tree of Harmony. When it hits other magic, it will push that magic back and win the magic duel. No other magic can stand against this kind because it's the most powerful magic in all of Equestria. But it's pretty cool regardless."
Twilight said "Yes, it's quite interesting, but there's something else. Here's a good one. This is from our battle with the Storm King. He stole our magic and used it to create the most powerful storm in Equestria." I said "Uh, it was pretty powerful, but I think I could do better." Twilight rolled her eyes and continued. However, I saw Rainbow look down at the symbol and had a sense of deja vu with it. Oh no. This has me worried. "But luckily, my friends and I were able to work together to drain his magic and seal his power into this." Human Twilight and Sunset gasped in awe while Rainbow had a suspicious look on her face. Tree of Harmony, I need answers NOW! Rainbow said "That symbol looks familiar." I know it does. This caused Twilight to worry and ask nervously "You've seen this before?" It appears so. OH COME ON TREE! ANSWER ME PLEASE! Rainbow replied "It's just that symbol. It looks exactly like what I saw in the water when we were back on the boat. But we decided the magic glow was just Mother Nature." I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but Mother Nature does not exist. I don't care what your arguments are. Only God controls nature and the weather, not stupid Mother Nature.
Like I said, tons of people are gonna hate me for that, but honestly, I don't give a crap if you are or not. This is fact and that's final. Twilight asked even more nervously "When you saw the thing that looked exactly like this thing, there wasn't any lightning or thunder accompanying it right?" Sunset said "Uh, there was definitely thunder." OH no. Human Twilight said "Affirmative on the thunder." UGH! This is not GOOD! Twilight said, panicking "Okay. Nopony freak out, but I think maybe there's a chance when we destroyed the Storm King, we didn't capture all his magic and maybe a bit found it's way into your world. It might be turning into a magic storm and threatening your friends as WE SPEAK! NOPONY FREAK OUT!" Suddenly, lightning and thunder appeared before my eyes and I growled in annoyance. Sunset said "Our friends!" Human Twilight said "We have to go BACK!" I said, growling with fury "Ugh, that Storm King has really driven me to the bone. I NEED TO STOP IT! NO CREATURE HAS MORE POWERFUL THUNDER AND LIGHTNING THAN I!" I opened the portal with the scepter and went to the other side.
I made it to the other side and it was bad. Lightning and thunder was going off like crazy. ARGH! Not on my watch! I charged up my scepter and fired a lightning bolt into the sky which caused the storm to be angered and fire off multiple lightning bolts at once. Suddenly, the Storm King symbol appeared and started firing out multiple lightning bolts. Several almost hit me, but I dodged them and fired another lightning bolt. Then, the symbol fired a huge lightning bolt which the Tree of Harmony countered with an even bigger one. The battle raged on for quite a few minutes. Suddenly, I saw it's power being drained. I looked over and Rainbow, human Twilight, and Sunset were standing with the staff having the whole storm being drained! YES! Thankfully, the storm cleared away and the sky was sunny yet again. Unfortunately, the ship was still sinking. But, the gang got everyone to safety while I just watched. I flew down to the front of the island and heard Fluttershy say "So, now what?" I said "Well, I need to be getting home before Twilight yells at me for dashing off into danger." Sunset said "I think she already might." I said "You're probably right. But I've faced worse." I opened up the portal and headed back to Equestria.
Once I reached the other side, Twilight was not happy. She said "How many times must I tell you to NOT GO RUN OFF INTO DANGER?! Lightning is very dangerous." I said "I know, but I was able to clear the storm with some help of course. I shot lightning bolts at the eye of the storm and of course our guests earlier used the staff to clear the storm and seal it away in the staff." Twilight said "Okay, but please don't do that. I worry about you and doing something like that scares me." I wrapped my wing around her and I said "I understand. But don't worry about me. I can take care of myself. I know what I'm doing and I mean it. I know you care about me, but I'm fine. I'm not worth anyone's pity." Twilight said "Why do you always belittle yourself like this? You are worth my pity. It doesn't do you any good beating yourself down like this. For all the times you give encouragement to others, you always think so low of yourself. When are you finally going to move on from the past and live in the present?"
I sighed and said "I've tried to move on, but all the years of pain and burdens just make it hard to move on with life. After that bitter, BITTER betrayal, I've constantly beat myself down since I practically mean nothing to the world now and feel like I will truly never belong. I always believed others could, but not myself. I'm just too far gone to try again." Twilight lifted my head up and faced it towards hers. She said "Zach. You are something to the world. You have a purpose in this world. You just need to believe. Besides, even if nopony else in the world cares, I always will. You mean everything to me and it pains me to see you have such low self-esteem that you don't value your life the way you should." I said "How will I know that you won't turn on me at my worst? I could do something stupid and no one would show any sympathy towards me."
Twilight said "Even if nopony in the world cares, I still DO! I have always cared about you since I've known you and always will continue to care. I just ask you one simple favor. Don't treat yourself like dirt. If you don't do it for anypony else, do it for me. I care too much about you to let you continue doing that." I sighed and said "I'll try, but I'm not going to be perfect." Twilight said "I don't expect you to be perfect, just try to have a little more self-value." Okay, whatever. I don't know if I could or not. I don't know where to start. The pain will never go away as long as I live. It might be buried deep within me, but it will never truly go away. I've let Twilight past my walls, but not into my heart. I can tell she wants the stone shattered, but my burdens and pains refuse to let that happen. I don't know what I'll do about it, but if something happens that is significant enough, then maybe the stone will shatter and my heart will be restored. But for now, my stubbornness won't budge. After that whole mess, we went to rearrange the painting AGAIN!
Twilight said "A little more on the left. A little more. Perfect." Spike let out a sigh of relief, but the painting fell. Thankfully, I caught it just in time before it shattered and stamped it into the wall so it wouldn't fall off. It turns out that the painting fell because the door opened. What I saw shocked me. Everyone from the cruise ship was standing at the front door. I think they need to pass through the castle in order to get home since their ship sunk like it was the Titanic. Sunset did say "We're back." I whispered to Twilight "This is interesting." She nodded her head and looked back at the crowd. I said "If you're looking for the portal, I'll show you where it is. But I think we need to do something first." I went over to Twilight and whispered my idea. She went a little wide eyed and then nodded in agreement. She said "We thought it might be a good idea to have a party until the end of the day and then you could go home just so you could make up for spring break. It might not be the most ideal thing, but it's something. What do you say Sunset?"
Sunset thought for a moment and then said "I think it will work." We then proceeded to party for the next several hours. I talked to the others about my adventures, they talked about how bad it was, and various other things. After the party was over, I led everyone to the portal inside the castle and allowed everyone to pass through. After everyone passed through, I went back to the library to go read something. After a little bit, I got bored and walked outside on the balcony. I sat down and stared at the sunset. I watched as the Sun went down and it was night time. But for some reason, a thunderstorm came and it downpoured leaving me sitting there in the rain overlooking my life. I didn't do anything about it. I just sat there doing nothing staring off into space. After a bit, Twilight came out and asked me "What are you doing out here? You could get a cold from this. Come inside." I went inside and used my magic to blowdry off all the water and of course I puffed up like a pufferfish, but I used my magic to have my fur recoil back. Twilight asked me "Are you okay? When I found you outside, you were just staring into space." I said, sighing "I don't know. A lot of things are just happening, and I just needed to think." Twilight said "Uh okay. If you say so." I yawned and said "I'm headed to bed. Goodnight Twilight." Twilight said "Goodnight Zach." I went into my bedroom and got ready for bed.
I went to the bathroom, closed the curtains, went under the covers, and turned off the lamp. I quickly fell asleep and began dreaming. I heard something coming, but kept a low profile. I felt a hoof touch me and I knew it was Twilight. I was awake, but I pretended to be asleep so she wouldn't get suspicious. I heard her say "Oh Zach. When are you ever gonna stop being so hard on yourself? If only you could see the damage you're doing to your heart." I know the damage, but I don't care. If my heart is continuing to be damaged from the scars of the past, then so be it. I don't give a crap if it does that or not. It doesn't concern me. Suddenly, I no longer felt her hoof, so I let out a sigh of relief quietly. But then, I felt hooves wrap around me and I turned around to see Twilight next to me trying her best to comfort me. I appreciate the effort, but the burdens and pains are not gonna go away from just this. It's going to take a lot more than that. I sighed and then drifted back asleep. Maybe one day, she could calm the storm that rages in me.
AN: Sorry this is later than expected, but things happen. I decided that I'll post a new chapter on Sunday's instead of Saturday's only because I'm in the mood for it then. Friday evening and all day Saturday is when I do my gaming stuff. Sunday is all about fanfiction. So yeah. Also, sorry for the short chapter. There's not much I could do here, so that's why it's so short. I do promise that once we get to the Season 8 premiere, the chapters will be much longer once more. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Next Chapter: School of Friendship! Since the defeat of the Storm King, Twilight and her friends realize that so many creatures have no clue about friendship. So Twilight decides to open a School of Friendship. However, things don't go as planned. After a major disaster happened, the Chancellor of the EEA becomes outraged and says that friendship is for ponies only. Enraged, the other kingdoms leave and head back to their respective homes. Twilight tried to let out her frustration, but the Chancellor stops her and tells her school didn't meet EEA qualifications. So he takes his medallion and shuts down the school. Will Zachary do something about it or will he let the Chancellor get away with making enemies to Equestria's allies?
Until then, my fellow readers
