Here it is! The final fight between TD and his enemy!
-Eight Earth Years (Thousands of Equestrian Years) Ago-
William breathed heavily as he and his brothers faced down the robot master whom they had trusted as a friend. Up until today, Nameless hadn't proven to be of any trouble or threat to the three brothers, even allowing them to see much of the work he and his men had been undertaking. That friendship had lasted until one day when some trusted secret friends of the brothers' told them about a plan Nameless had been conducting in private; a plan to take the Earth starting with their deaths. Naturally, the brothers' used this newfound knowledge against Nameless and destroyed both his armies and bases of operations on Earth before finally deciding to take on the four-armed robot himself.
However, that proved to be no easy feat. The brothers' were still new to their powers, and therefore they operated at lower levels than they normally would have worked. To make matters worst, the Nameless One had a sneaky trump card up his sleeve; an enchanted armor plating that reduced their magic levels even further, making it harder for them to compete. Nevertheless, compete they would, for too much was at stake for them if they failed.
William tried to use his magic to land a blow on Nameless, but he quickly dodged the strike and smirked. Though not as fast or skilled in those days, Nameless was still a warrior without peer among his kind. And he proved it efficiently that day. While William was trying to attack again, he quickly grabbed the human's arms and pinned him in place as his other arms started to raise for the kill.
"Sean! Help!" William called, and just when the blades almost fell upon him, another blade, one made of solid ice, parried the attack and forced Nameless to release his hold. Sean, the middle child among the three brothers, glared at The Nameless One with his sword at the ready as a burst of poisonous green fire appeared and the youngest brother, Ian, stepped from out of the flames, wielding a large mace that was glowing with the power infused inside of it. The mace was very similar in design to that of the infamous dark lord Sauron of Middle-Earth, but with the young one's own power instead of that of the dark lord's. Ian, not waiting for a second, charged Nameless, striking at a surprisingly fast pace, the strength of his blows and the mace itself forcing Nameless to stay agile and try to find an opening instead of taking the human head on. Eventually, he found his opening as well as the human's flawed strategy. Moving swiftly, he rushed to the side and stabbed one of his swords through the human's side, causing him to groan in pain. Ian's mace flew up into Nameless's face and sent him flying a few feet, while he removed the blade painfully from his side.
Sean then decided to make his move. He moved swiftly against Nameless, his blade clashing with swift precision and expertise, relying more on his skill with the blade than raw power. He was not the strongest, but he was swift and cunning, and that was all he needed to keep the battle in his favor. Sadly, Nameless was more skilled in combat, and he would not stay down for long. Finally managing to go on the offensive, the robot master knocked Sean's blade aside, then attempted to try and do the same grip attack on William he had done before. However, Sean was no fool. He had been trained by his order, one separate from William's, to counter such measures. Quickly, he broke free from the Nameless One's grip and then pushed him aside.
"It's not use. We can't take him on individually," William panted, feeling tired already.
"Then we'll take him on together," Sean replied, reeling in his own fatigue unlike his older brother. "With our combined strength, we just might stand a chance."
"Yeah!" Ian roared. And once more they charged into battle, using a strategy only shared with themselves. Sean swiftly moved in and out, landing a blow here and there on Nameless or distracting him with his baldes, Ian forced him to go on the defensive with his power strikes and dealing much damage when he landed a hit, and William attacked from a distance with his magic or used it to support his brothers should the fight be going south for them. Even so, it wasn't easy. Nameless fought like a raging bull against them, striking furiously and with rage against them all, somehow keeping up with them all no matter what was thrown at him, and managing to recover quickly should he be wrong footed.
As such, it was a surprise and relief to them all when the Nameless One finally fell to the ground, motionless. William and his brothers all stopped to catch their breaths, then did the only thing they knew what to do with his body. They dragged him to a ditch with a raging river inside of it and tossed his body into the river, letting it take him far from them. Afterwards, to keep things a secret, Ian used his powers over life and death to repair the damage done to the environment around them while William altered the minds of any and all who had witnessed their fight. Yes, even the minds of their parents; sad as it was that they had to hide it from them, none of the brothers could risk them knowing yet. It was too soon. The fight may have been over, but each brother felt something different about it as a whole.
Ian, having power over death in some ways, thought that The Nameless One was not truly dead, for he had never sensed his death.
Sean, being the clever and more thoughtful one of the bunch, suspected that it was possible for Nameless to return or a successor try to take back his kingdom, and would spend much of his time within his order to keep an eye on the former alien robot's kingdom.
William, on the other hand, believed that Nameless was dead, and that he would never come back. Deep down, a part of him knew that it was a lie, but that's perhaps why he did it. He truly wanted it to be over, and wanted to believe that his family was safe and a terrible enemy destroyed for good.
Oh how wrong he was...
-Earth; October 27th, 2018-
"You know... of all the places I expected to show up on Earth... this is the last," TD remarked aloud, taking in his surroundings. They were standing outside of an old warehouse, the windows of which were boarded up and a massive padlock held the doors closed. Only one of the windows wasn't boarded up, and Tempus frowned in confusion.
"I feel like I know this place..." the Alicorn said softly.
"I know it," Chris said, crouching and running his hand across the side of the warehouse's wooden wall until he stopped as he felt something carved into the wood. He traced it, and a small grin crossed his face as he traced out the image of a dragons head with its mouth open.
"This is where Michael lived when I first met him,"the human said, standing. "I don't know why we'd end up here though."
"Hey, at least it's secluded," Red remarked, looking about. "Or at the very least not full of peeping eyes."
None of the people who had arrived had changed forms, but as TD explained it had to do with either their powers or their original appearances respectively it wasn't much of a problem. The only ones that truly confused them were Twilight and Diana, who didn't possess the powers to stay in their original forms when they arrived on Earth.
"Twi, Diana, how are you not changed?" TD asked. Twilight smiled.
"When you're married to somepony with chaotic powers, you pick up a few things," she told him. "Especially when you share a connection with him."
"And I learned one of your restricted spells to stay this way," Diana added.
"So, what's supposed to happen to their pony form while they're here?" Joy asked curiously. Twilight sighed, then her horn glowed and in a flash she transformed into... well, her human counterpart, minus the glasses.
"We turn into humans ourselves," Twilight explained, then in a flash she turned back.
"I could do that myself, but it's easier to just use a cloaking spell than explain the waving hair," Tempus muttered.
"Oh, that's strange..." Joy said thoughtfully, scratching his head. "Well, nevermind, let me check if I can use magic here..." He transformed into his winged form. "I can... that's a relief..."
Tempus snorted, before a streak of black lightning shot by them, going straight through the warehouse wall and disappearing.
"Anypony else see that?" Tempus asked, wanting to confirm he wasn't just seeing things.
"I did," Bill Prower remarked. "And I'm hoping that's who I think it is..."
"Who?" Joy asked. "Michael?"
"That's the hope," Diego said, looking at the lock. "I can bust this thing open with a single punch, but will that be counted as breaking and entering?"
"Does it matter?" TD asked. "It's not like we're gonna allow the police to remember us afterwards."
"I got this," Chris said as he stepped forwards, before bending down and picking up what seemed like a normal rock, only to turn it over and remove the bottom, upending it over his palm and causing a key to tumble into his hand.
"Oh, I see," Red said. "Clever."
Joy gave him a confused look, before seemingly shrugging something off and saying, "Yeah, really clever..."
Chris smirked as he stepped up to the padlock and inserted the key, turning it and causing the lock to open. He removed it, before shoving his full weight against the door and slowly shoving it open, revealing the inside of the warehouse, which had boxes all around the outside edges of it, while in the very center sat a giant hunk of metal surrounded by several other chunks of metal, as well as various toolboxes and workbenches.
"I recognize the design of this," Tempus said, hurrying up to the metal chunks. "This used to be a Pyrunian ship."
"Whoa..." Red gasped, then rushed over to it while examining it. "This stuff is better than anything I've ever seen before! You've gotta let me replicate it when this is over!"
"We'll have plenty of time afterwards," Bill stated. "For now... let's just find Michael, grab what we need and haul out of here."
Yes, please. I know you can hear this, even Joy this one time for convenience. But HURRY UP! You-know-who is here!
"Huh?" Joy said in a little confusion. "I guess, I heard a voice... you heard that too, right?" He asked. "Looks like we need to hurry up."
There was a sudden humming sound, before an icy white-blue light lit up a corner, and a familiar voice growled, "Away from the ship. It's not for touching."
"Sorry!" Red shouted, jumping away from the ship.
"Michael, stop playing mystery man and show yourself already... if that's even you," Bill scolded. There was a chuckle as Michael stepped into view, his Pyrunian gun pointing towards the floor as he held it in both hands, already having it powered up.
"Bill, I never get to have fun," the Pyrunian said, smiling. "Just lemme have my moment, okay?"
"Well excuse me for not being in the mood right now," Bill remarked.
"Hard to believe that sometimes he's a fun guy to be around, huh?" Zach muttered aloud.
"Eh, not too hard," Diego stated. "This is like Weiss during any mission."
"Sure," Joy passed them a sarcastic shrug. "It's a pretty great time to have fun... Isn't it?"
"How about we get back to business?" Tempus snapped.
"Okay... Nameless is targeting my family," TD explained. "That means they'd be in the USA, Colorado to be precise."
"So we get there, face him down, kick his flank, and send him home?" Twilight asked.
"If we can manage it," TD nodded. "He's probably healed himself considerably by now. And only myself and my personalities can actually kill him. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Joy asked impatiently.
"Oh, I see where this is going," Bill chuckled.
"Unless I make you all Guardians as well, or temporarily give you a blessing," TD finished.
"So, you can do that..." Joy said thoughtfully.
"How do you think Tempus became a Guardian of Time, kid?" Red remarked. "You don't just become one."
"Red's right." Tempus said. "I was the Guardian of my Equestria for so many years I forget. I was only promoted to Guardian of Time after I met TD."
"I mean what are you proposing... like, do you plan to do so?" Joy asked.
"Well..." TD smirked. "I've been thinking about you in particular for a while, Joy. And I think I know my answer." A sword of fire appeared in TD's hand. "Kneel please, Joy."
"All... right..." Joy smiled and did as TD said. TD moved the sword just above Joy's left shoulder, then alternated to his right, and finally above his head, speaking all the while.
"By the voice of the council, by the will of Reality, I dub you Zane Lumino as Guardian of Hope, both in your world and throughout all Existence." He made the sword disappear and gestured. "Rise, Guardian of Existence."
Joy stood up on his feet and gave him a look of surprise and a little disbelief. "So... I am a Guardian, now...?" He then realized that they were still in the middle of something far more important than his questions. "So, let's find the Nameless One... I am pretty sure... he'd be at same place which I met you on Earth many years ago..."
Tempus coughed.
"Still have a few more who could possibly need to be Guardianized in order to help us kill Nameless," he said quietly.
"About that..." TD started, but Twilight finished for him.
"We talked about it once, and I myself do not wish to become a Guardian," she said. "I'm content staying as Princess of Friendship, as well as headmare of my school too."
"And I want to settle down with Sugar Plum," Zach remarked. "Besides, I already possess Dad's power. I can kill Nameless without it."
"Basically, we are content as we are," Diana stated, breaking her silent streak for a while.
"In that case..." TD snapped his fingers and a white light enveloped them temporarily. TD then did something not commonly seen with him; he fell to the ground in exhaustion, stopped only by Diana's aura.
"Thanks sweetie," he said to her.
"Well... didn't think I'd see that again," Red remarked, then gave TD a potion to drink. "That'll bring ya back."
Tempus raised an eyebrow, before glancing at Chris.
"Don't even go there," Chris grunted. "I'm perfectly fine the way I am. Thanks to your little idol thingie-ma-bob, I'll be able to live as long as my Twilight."
"It's not a thingie-ma-bob," Tempus grunted. "It is a priceless artifact that is worth protecting."
Michael grunted. "If you can't tell, they've had this argument before," he muttered to Twilight.
"Oh I can tell," Twilight said.
"Alright, enough chit chat," TD announced, downing his potion with one gulp and then springing to his feet with a new energy. "Let's get the show on the road! Who's doing the jump? Or are we taking the plane?"
"Plane's been dead since I crash landed on Earth a long time ago," Michael grunted.
"Jump it is. And that'd be me," TD remarked. "Here we go..."
He snapped his fingers and they all disappeared in a flash of light.
In the state of Colorado in the USA, in a park not far from a neighborhood nearby, a boy of 18 was walking along the sidewalk path that cut through the park. He looked exactly like TD, but with a key difference being that he seemed younger when you looked into his eyes, as well as his build, which was considerably less as well. He was looking around at some of the scenery before him, even though he had seen it a thousand times over, and took a sigh. He knew about Nameless and he knew he'd be coming for him soon. He just hoped that the others could get there in time.
As if to rain on his parade, a metallic figure landed from up in the sky before him and stood to his full height, extending his four arms out to the side. The boy just sighed again.
"Speak of the devil and he will appear," he grumbled.
"Hello... William," the Nameless One scoffed. "Enjoying yourself?"
"Well I was... until a big metal tin can fell from the sky," William retaliated.
Nameless chuckled. "I always did think you were my favorite. Now then, we both know what the deal is here, and in this area you currently don't have any magic. Stand down, and I'll let you live."
William, although a bit scared at the honesty in that statement, frowned and didn't budge.
"You'll have to kill me first," he growled.
"That can be arranged," Nameless stated, stepping forwards as he raised his swords above his head to land a killing blow. Just then, a loud noise was heard behind them and Nameless turned to see a portal open up and drop out TD and his friends.
"What the- No!" he growled. "How'd you get here so quickly?!"
"Very easily," TD remarked with a smirk. Michael unsheathed his axe and aimed it at Nameless.
"In fact, I was here before you were," the Pyrunian said with a smirk.
"And you brought your other family," Nameless chuckled. "Good. I was hoping for a challenge. Victory will be so much sweeter when I kill both of them in one day."
"Don't get too comfortable," Red remarked. "Each and every one of us is capable of killing you now."
"Now, I am a Guardian too," Joy told the Nameless One with a smirk. "And if I'm not wrong, I almost killed you before I was a Guardian, so you know... you don't have much of a chance against all of us."
The Nameless One looked to them with slight doubt in his eyes upon hearing that they all were capable of killing him now. Then he growled.
"It doesn't matter," he stated. "I've defeated William and his brothers before, both of whom are more powerful than the majority present. You don't stand a chance."
"Yeah... times change, and our powers have grown," TD scowled, charging up his power.
"Uh, I'm just gonna take a few steps back," William said with a nervous chuckle, backing away. Tempus growled, his eyes narrowing, before he closed them, then opening them, revealing they were now glowing silver.
"We were never properly introduced Nameless," the Alicorn said. "I am the future and the past. I stand in a single place, yet am everywhere at once. I am the flame of life and the darkness of death. I am the defender of all, yet the defender of one."
As he spoke, Tempus's form shifted. The Alicorn still had his brown coat and grey-and-black streaked mane, but now he had on a worn leather cape, and circling around him were dark blue threads of energy, all of which shimmered with pictures that were transparent. He narrowed his glowing silver eyes at The Nameless One, the air around him crackling with power.
"I am the protector of my Equestria, the friend of all who are innocent, the shield of righteousness," Tempus said, his voice having a slight echoing quality to it now. "I rule past, present, and future. I am the watcher of all possibilities. I am the Guardian of Timelines, and you will know failure if you face me, Nameless One."
Joy gave a grunt of anger as he stepped forwards and glared at Nameless One.
"I don''t do introduction speeches, but let me make that clear to you who I am!" Joy's wing erected straight as he began. "I'm a human who was born on Atlis and raised in Equestria, the son of the Solar Princess, the Prince of Canterlot..." Two swords appeared in Joy's hands. "...and I'm the last legacy of the Phoenix Mages, the spark of Hope in the darkness of Despair. I'm Zane Lumino, the Guardian of Hope! Beware, because right now standing in front of you..." His eyes gave a bright yet intimidating glow, "...IS YOUR CERTAIN DEATH!"
"Me? Certain death? HA!" Nameless scoffed. "I fear it should be YOU who begs for mercy!"
"Then I have only one request for you since you won't back down," TD remarked.
"And what's that?" Nameless asked, seemingly amused. TD smirked.
"Red, care to lend your voice?" TD asked. The hedgehog nodded and then spoke.
"Say hello to grandmama," Red stated, his voice sounding exactly like the Godfather in Zootopia, then turned to Tempus and Michael and added, "Ice him!"
Michael and Tempus exchanged glances, before in unison they each shouted something in Pyriunian, a beam of ice shooting off of the Pyrunian's axe blade and the Alicorn's horn as they shot towards Nameless. The Robot Master clearly had not seen or heard that reference because he was almost caught completely off-guard, barely managing to block both beams, only to have two of his arms now frozen. He growled and then his metallic shell turned red as the ice melted away slowly. During this time, Red quickly shot over to him and landed a punch to his face, followed by one done by Diego as well, knocking him over. This was followed by Joy, who hovered upwards before swinging his swords swiftly and launching the slashes of energy through the wind straight towards the Nameless One.
Nameless growled and rolled to the side, barely avoiding the blasts, then having to go on the defensive again and block several beams being fired by Twilight, Diana, and Zach at once. He roared with anger before deflecting them back and rushing forward with lightning speed and attempting to cut one of them down... only to stop in midair and get slammed down by TD.
"Denied!" TD cackled. He then looked thoughtful. "Now, how can we bring this to our favor?"
"His speed is enough for even me to be wary," Bill remarked. "And having four arms is not making it easier for us."
"Then we remove some of his assets," Red suggested.
"I can probably take him," Tempus said, smirking. "Thanks to Michael, I have speedster powers, and my future sight will prove useful."
"I can also move superfast..." Joy told them, "..but I don't know how fast as compared to him..."
"The speed is always gonna be an issue," Zach stated. "What we need to focus on are the arms and gadgets at his disposal..."
Suddenly, Nameless started pulsating brightly as TD said in a nonchalant manner, "Incoming..." and placed a shield up, just as a wave of energy fired forth from Nameless. The Robot Master stood to his feet and rushed at the forcefield, destroying it with a single blow. TD reacted quickly, smashing him with a glowing fist and sending him flying into several trees lining the sidewalk path they were on.
"I'll keep him busy for a moment," he said, firing blasts of magic as Nameless attacked him again, bringing the fight away from his friends. "You guys think of something to wear him down!"
Tempus frowned, before he made a noise of exclamation and shifted to his human form from the EQG world, running a hand through his hair and causing it to lay flat.
"I can use my super speed to attack him and vibrate to be intangible so that I can't get hurt."
"Only a temporary fix," Red stated. "I've seen the tech he uses. Once he catches on, he'll just vibrate the molecules of his swords at just the right levels to harm you. And while you have speed, he can react at speeds about at light speed or faster."
"How about freezing him?" Diego asked.
"He'll melt it like before," Bill stated.
"No, not permanently," Diego explained. "If you can freeze his arms just long enough for me to get in close, I can shatter them with a single punch."
"Okay, that works," Bill agreed.
"I can try doing that," Michael said. "My ice magic can go extremely cold."
Joy looked towards his swords as his eyes shone more brightly.
"I can hold him in my aura grip for the moment!" Joy told them reassuringly. "Hopefully long enough for you guys to do your job!"
"Uh, if you have a plan, now would be a good time!" TD shouted, and they turned to see he was pinned to the ground, trying to push back all four of Nameless's weapons from stabbing into him.
"William!" Twilight shouted, then fired a beam at Nameless, forcing the Robot Master to block her attack. Diana, catching on as to how that could help, fired her own beam and Zach did as well, leaving Nameless rather preoccupied.
"Joy, when he freezes the arms, I need you to keep Nameless immobile for as long as possible so Diego can get a shot," Red told Joy, then shouted, "Now Michael!"
Michael nodded, before shooting towards Nameless, lightning flickering around him as he raised his right hand, shouting something in Pyrunian as his hand smoked with frost. A beam of pure ice shot from it, smashing into Nameless and circling the robot, shooting straight through each of the robots arms and rapidly freezing them solid from the inside out. Joy raised his hands while they were glowing brightly with his golden aura, and then clenched them, instantly binding the Nameless One in an invisible grip of his aura.
"Got him!" Joy shouted.
"Gah!" Nameless screeched, trying to move. As he struggled, Diego rushed forward and landed a punch to one of the alien's arms, shattering it completely. Nameless roared aloud, as a second figure came by and sliced off the other with his sword. Bill landed on the ground and smirked as TD teleported to safety. And not a moment too soon, for Nameless finally managed to break free of Joy's grasp and the ice melted off of him entirely.
"What have you done?!" he yelled, looking to his missing limbs, one of which could never be recovered.
"Just deep froze you," Michael said with a smirk, before he twirled his axe up and over his head, before whipping it down as it flew towards Nameless. Nameless managed to deflect it, but he was clearly in a lot of pain and seemed to be putting much effort behind his deflection. Joy charged with his swords and quickly hovered towards the robot master as he swiped his swords and swiftly passed Nameless while he was still off the guard, before repeating the same action from other side, hovering back to his original place afterwards. He left two deep slashes in the Robot Master's body. Nameless cried out in pain again, and held one of his hands to his wounds, now bleeding furiously with blue blood. Before he could recover, TD lifted his hands and fired red lightning into him, electrocuting him thoroughly. Then Red, Bill and Diego rushed in and took turns landing several blows upon him at a time, until he seemed almost unconscious. Then Twilight and Diana fired two blasts again and knocked him to the ground with their combined power. Nameless groaned and tried to stand, but he seemed too injured to do much other than lie on the ground in pain.
Tempus walked up to Nameless, crouching beside him as Chaos magic crackled around his arms and his eyes glowed silver. Joy ascended on the ground and went towards the Nameless One as well, still holding one of his sword in his right hand just in case. TD then marched forward and grabbed the Robot Master by the neck, his hands glowing and a murderous look in his eyes.
"Try to kill me and my family!" he growled. "I'll wipe that sorry smirk of yours off your face forever!"
"Make me beg for mercy...?" Joy scoffed Nameless angrily. "Says the pathetic excuse of a warlord."
"Let's finish this," Tempus said, his right hand starting to glow as Michael stood behind him, the Pyrunians axe slapping into his palm as he called it back to his hand.
"Wait," Twilight told them. "We can't kill him. Not like this."
"Twi, I love you, but you're way too merciful," TD remarked, a vengeful gleam in his eyes.
"No, I'm with her," Diego stated. "At least in regards to you TD and maybe Joy."
"If you kill him like you are now, you'll be fulfilling what he wants to see from you," Bill added.
"A monster, like him," Red nodded.
"Even though he's evil, he deserves the justice that is due for his crimes," Tempus said, standing and backing away from Nameless.
"I see..." Joy said crossing his arms and folding his wings back, even though he didn't like this decision. TD didn't seem convinced yet, so Zach took a try.
"Dad, you told me one yourself that when an opponent is beaten and is no longer a threat, killing them only makes you a murder," he said gently. TD looked between them all, then growled and roared in anger as he fired a huge blast of magic with his fist. At first, they thought he had killed Nameless anyways, but then they realized that the only damage done was a crater in the ground and a small scar alongside the Robot Master's face. TD then forced the alien robot to look him in the eyes as his form changed to his Guardian form.
"Don't ever come near me or my family ever again," he warned in a surprisingly calm manner, his voice sounding like three voices at once. He then let Nameless fall to the ground as he backed away, his form dropping with it. Then he fell to his knees and broke down into sobs. Tempus stepped forwards, his eyes glowing bright silver.
"And don't mess with my world either, or I won't show mercy," the Guardian of Time said. TD looked down at the ground as his tears fell and Twilight trotted over to him, putting a hoof on his shoulder.
"You did the right thing," she told him reassuringly.
"Then why does it hurt so badly still?" TD asked tearfully.
"Because he's caused you hurt through your entire life, yet you're doing what is right instead of what you want," Tempus said, his eyes flaring with a barely controlled anger as he glared at the Nameless one, before taking a deep breath.
"That'd be more than enough for you..." Joy glared at the Nameless One, before he reverted to his normal form and let himself fall to his knees, before taking a few sobs himself.
"That's it..." Joy sighed. "We finished the war..." He sobbed seemingly in sorrow as tears began to fall from his eyes. "But don't even tell me that was a victory..."
"No," TD agreed a bit softly. "The cost is too high to be cheerful about it right this moment." He glanced to his friends, unaware of the silent movement in his peripheral vision. "We have much to do back in Equestria before-"
**BANG!**
The sound of a gunshot rang out behind them and they all turned with a start to see William pointing a gun in a certain direction. While in their general direction, they had clearly not been the target he had hit. And when they turned and followed his gaze, they soon saw who it was.
Nameless was standing poised for a silent strike upon TD, a strike that never came as the sword in his hand clattered to the ground and he made a feel noises that they realized was him choking on his own blood. He stumbled backwards and fell to the ground again, vainly raising a hand towards TD as if to try and kill him even now as death took hold of him. Then he fell back and one word escaped his lips, almost unheard by all.
"Maria..."
The Nameless One's eyes glazed over and he breathed his last. William, meanwhile dropped the gun he had been holding and it disappeared in a flash.
"Your reign... is at an end..." he breathed heavily, then drew back as if horrified at his own work.
"And I guess we should be a lot more judgmental about character." Tempus said, before sighing. "I think now we can safely say that the war's over."
Joy grunted in anger as he looked towards the now-dead Nameless One. "I have to say: you deserved much worst!"
TD took a breath, then released it.
"Well, now that that's taken care of... what now?" he asked.
"Perhaps I could give a suggestion," William brought up, still shaking a little; clearly, he was not used to killing things. "You and I still have an... issue to bring up with our parents. Plus, there's the people's memories to erase nearby and the landscape to fix."
"I can do the landscape," Michael offered.
"And I think I can deal with the memories," Tempus said, smirking slightly. "After all, memory is just basically a timeline in your mind."
"I can't do much about either of them..." Joy replied with a shrug, still teared up. "I'll just be going to Michael's place, waiting for you guys to do your job, until we decided to head back..."
"Actually... you guys can follow me if you want," TD stated. "They... deserve to know everything by now."
Twilight trotted over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "We'll be right beside you the whole way."
"Alright then, let's do this," William remarked. "Work your magic, folks."
"I guess I can try to wipe the people's memories subconsciously," Tempus said. "I'll come with you TD."
"Alright..." Joy gave a nod at this and looked towards William. "But you said, that humans of Earth don't like such things as magic..."
William gave a smirk. "They won't even remember after this is over. Their memories will be altered, so there's nothing to fear."
"Yeah, make the fixing landscape part fast, because here comes a crowd," Zach warned, pointing to the crowd of humans that was approaching.
"Oh boy..." Diego muttered.
"I can't go back to a lab!" Red suddenly exclaimed, running up the side of a tree.
"You're not gonna be experimented on again, Red," Bill scolded. "Now get back down here."
Michael smirked, before he crouched and slammed a hand into the ground as he barked several Pyrunian words. The ground suddenly rippled as a wave of magic shot through the air, fixing the landscape and making it look just like it had been before the whole fight that had taken place.
"Taken care of," the Pyrunian said, standing up and dusting his hands off. "What's next?"
"Now, the easy part," TD remarked. "We'll have to wait for authorities to come along for it to work fully, but first... let's go to my place."
He started to walk out of the park as if the place wasn't starting to get crowded. Already, police sirens could be heard in the distance. His family followed him without a word, while William followed after.
"This is gonna be the songle-most difficult conversation I've had yet," he muttered. Tempus walked up beside William, still in his human form.
"Well, be glad you're having it now," He said, before calling to TD. "Tell me when to do it TD! I can't judge when it's a good time."
"Just follow," TD called back. "You can fix it later."
Joy looked around the crowd of people and strange vehicles, but didn't pay much attention to them, partially because he was concerned about many things at the time.
"Hmm, these people seems so eager to know about what was happening..." Joy noticed.
"Welcome to Earth, where the unexplained and unexpected are things that are met with curiosity, fear, and wonder," William told them as they now walked down a neighborhood street. The crowd was following them now, and they could hear many people speaking aloud in wonder about the odd creatures and people following him. Michael glanced around, before in a flash his wings disappeared as he took on his human disguise.
"Never did like this planet," He muttered. "Best day was when I left it." He glanced at William with a half smile and added. "No offense mate."
"Oh none taken," William replied. "I understand what you mean."
"So, they do quiet the opposite of what a pony might do..." Joy said as he looked back to that large crowd for a brief moment.
"Don't be so sure," TD remarked. "Equestrians and humans seem to share more similarities than you would think."
"Ain't that the truth," Twilight added. At last, William stopped them in front of a house that Joy found familiar; the house he had give William the message to. He knocked on the door and waited for a moment, then it opened to show an older female human standing in the door. She was close to 40 years old.
"William, why is there a crowd following you?" she asked, and then noticed the others and her eyes widened in shock. She was soon joined by a male human in his late fifties, who was equally surprised.
"I guess I can explain this," Joy finally said from the crowd as he came forward. "I'm Joy Star, and I am a friend of your son; in fact we all are..." Joy said gesturing towards the others. "I believe you're expecting much more explanation, but sadly that can't be done right here in the open..." Joy then looked towards William and then back to his parents. "So, will you be kind enough to let us in for a while...?"
Tempus nodded, glancing over his shoulder at the crowd before turning his gaze back forwards.
"I- how- what is going on?!" William's parents demanded. "Why does he look like you? What was that sound earlier? Are you okay...?"
"Mom, Dad, CALM DOWN," TD and William both said at the same time, the one accidentally using a command spell in the process, then chuckled at that.
"Sorry," TD apologized, then let William speak.
"Mom, Dad, we need to talk. I promise, everything will be answered," he said softly. "But for now... can my friends and I enter?"
William's parents looked to each other, then finally nodded, moving out of the way and up a set of stairs right in front of the door, letting them follow.
"Well, that was simple..." Joy spoke as he followed TD and William, along with the others as they entered William's home. Tempus glanced around, before glancing at Michael as the two seemed to have a silent conversation, before the Pyrunian grunted and the Guardian of Time smirked, chuckling to himself. At the top of the steps, they found themselves in a kind of living room that opened up into a kitchen and consisted of a sofa and a chair. William had his parents sit on the sofa, while he sat in the chair, and since the sofa could fit three TD sat on it as well. The rest stood off to the side as they sat in silence. The male adult finally spoke.
"Is this from your Fanfic?" he asked aloud, making TD and William look to each other, then chuckle.
"Well... yes and no," William agreed.
"It's complicated," TD remarked.
"I ain't his," Michael muttered, as Chris let out a grunt and Tempus snorted.
"Fanfic?" Joy muttered in confusion as he looked towards the others who seemed to understand this term better.
"I'll explain later," TD told him, then looked back to them as William sighed.
"So, here's what you need to know..." William then proceeded to give a shortened version of the more important details, skipping over some of the specific details to save time and finishing with the fight earlier. Even so, it took a while before he was finished, and when he did, his parents were silent as they tried to process what he had said.
"I guess, that's a lot to take in..." Joy said, looking at the confusion on their face.
"Yeah..." they agreed.
"So, you've been putting yourself in danger all this time?" William's mom asked.
"Not me personally; TD's responsible for that part, even if he's technically me," William remarked.
TD shrugged. "Eh, I try."
"And she's real?" William's dad then asked, looking to Twilight.
"As real as you are," Twilight answered with a nod. "Twilight Sparkle, TD's wife and Princess of Friendship."
"And before you say anything, she's not the first," TD quickly added.
"Tempus, Prince of Time, Life, and Death, Guardian of Time," Tempus said. He jerked a thumb at Michael. "Michael N. Watcher, Pyrunian who can use elemental magic and is one of the greatest fighters I've ever known."
The Pyrunian rolled his eyes as he dropped his human disguise, keeping his wings folded against his back except for flaring them slightly to stretch them out.
"Well," Joy then shrugged. "I was named Zane Lumino at birth, and was sent to Equestria before my world's fall, where Princess Celestia raised as her son. among ponies I'm known as Prince Joy Star of Equestria, the son of the Solar Princess, usually." Joy shrugged. "I'm also the recent Guardian of Hope as well." He added as his eyes gave a bright golden glow before a pair of wings sprouted from his back. "Back in my world, as I have been told, I belong to a family known as Phoenix Mages."
"So... your fanfics are all real?" the mother finally asked.
"All of them, and like they said they aren't part of mine; one of them doesn't even know what a fanfic is, as he explained earlier," William noted. "Then I guess my only question is... why didn't you tell us?" the father asked. TD sighed, as well as William.
"I wanted to tell you, but I was at first afraid of how you would react," William admitted. "I also thought it would keep you safe; the less who knew about my dealings here on Earth, the better. At least... that's how I saw it."
"But... recently it put you in more danger," TD continued. "Someone was trying to get to you guys and kill you off. That's why you heard all those explosions and what not."
"We're sorry that we didn't tell you sooner," William finished. "We just... wanted to keep you safe. And if you want, we can erase your memories. You won't remember any of this, and it'll be like it never happened. But we won't force it upon you either. It's your choice."
Tempus nodded, smiling slightly. Michael also let a small smile cross his lips and Chris grinned as he leaned on his bow.
"Well?" Joy looked towards them with a look of question, as he reverted back to his normal form. There was silence for a moment longer, then finally the dad spoke.
"I don't want to have my memory erased," he said. "And personally, hearing what you've done, I'm proud of you Will. Sure, you messed up a few times, but you got back on your feet afterwards."
William smiled as the mother spoke next.
"I... guess I'm just a little shocked still, but... I'm proud too," she said. "Just... please tell us next time."
"Promise. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye," William agreed. He then heard a siren outside and groaned. "That'd be COPD, aka the police. I guess... you guys will have to do your thing."
Tempus nodded, before he stood as he walked to a window. The Guardian of Time closed his eyes, before he began chanting in ancient Pyrunian, his hands beginning to glow bright silver as he fused his Guardian magic with the spell he was casting. The crowd outside went still and a silence fell upon them.
"What are you doing?" William's mom asked.
"Making sure they don't remember," TD replied. "Come on Twi, I wanna get back home."
"Always impatient in some manner," she muttered, following him to the door where TD then spoke to the crowd.
"Everyone, return to your homes or to whatever you were doing before the explosions," he commanded. "Also, forget this conversation ever happened." A chorus of dazed voices gave their consent. "Great," TD said. "Be safe."
Slowly, the crowd started to get smaller and smaller, but TD seemed to get impatient again.
"That's our window of time, boys!" he called.
"Sheesh! Can't let us grab a souvenir even?" Red remarked.
"Be thankful we're even here, Red," Bill chided. Michael smirked as he held up a small glass box, with what appeared to be chunks of metal inside.
"Here's your souvenir Red," he said. "One shrunken half-destryoyed Pyrunian ship. I wouldn't mind seeing if you could get her running again."
"Not going to even ask how you managed to get that," Chris muttered.
Red gave a look of glee as he took it. "Don't worry, she'll start running again."
"So, let's head back to Equestria, right?" Joy sighed sadly and looked towards TD again, before looking away towards the window. Even though he wasn't showing it, but inwardly he had been broken so badly. The only thing he could think of right now was to cry out loud, while calling his beloved's name. But there was a even bigger worry on his mind as well.
How I will explain what happened to Bubble, to my mom, Joy thought while trying to compose himself with as much a struggle as possible, but still tears had began to flow on his cheeks.
"Joy, I have to explain to my Luna's twin daughters what happened to their mother and father," Tempus said as he put a hand on Joy's shoulder. "I know what you're going through."
Joy looked towards him as he began to wipe his tears.
"Sure you do..." Joy said almost sobbingly, and it was hard to tell whether he said this in sympathy or sarcasm, before looking away once again. Bill and Red noticed this, and gave each other a telepathic message.
"Poor kid..." Red commented.
"So broken. That wound may take a long time before it heals," Bill added.
"GUYS!" TD called. "Portal is out here and ready to close!"
"Oh, stop your whining!" Twilight scolded him. "Nopony ever promised these goodbyes would be quick!"
William laughed. "I like making those two fight. Well, good luck everybody!"
Tempus and Michael rolled their eyes as they headed out, and Chris waited until they had left before chuckling.
"I can't believe they're around me all the time and haven't figured out that I'm their author," the human said, slinging his bow over his back. "Of course, that's my doing."
"Goodbye," Joy said as he gave a final look to William and his parents before he made his way down the stairs and walked through the portal as well.
"See you later William," Chris said, doing a mock salute to him. "Until next time we meet in the world of fanfiction."
"Goodbye all," Red remarked. "See ya later!"
"Adios," Bill said.
"We'll see you in the next story, William," Diego called.
"I'll look forward to it!" William called. "Later!"
TD gave a salute as he, his family, and his rogue personalities disappeared. William watched them with a smile, then sighed.
"Thank God that's done with," he breathed. "Now then... I got to get back to finishing their story..."
Finally! This chapter is done and I can move on to the next parts with my friends!
I hope you've enjoyed so far!