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div style="max-height: 999999px; padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"Chapter XXII p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongHEY, BURRITO! HEY, HEY, BURRITO! MM, YEAH! BURRITO YEAH! Sorry about the overly long delay, everypony. I've been sidetracked by many things such as Drama Club and other projects. Therefore, I believe it time to say those words you've all been missing to read. THE FIC IS THE THING!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Silk's Touch lifted her hoof to her lips in surprise when Blaze told her about Jack. "Oh, my baby. What are we going to do?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The mane6, Blaze, Aerial, Fleet, Silk's Touch, Sleight, and the Princesses were all sitting in the main portion of the library, discussing what had happened. Celestia, hearing the account of what they had concluded, put her hoof to her chin to think. "I believe that if what you say is true, Vague Blaze, then all of Equestria is in grave peril. If Jack O' Trades' fate is as you say... we may need to initiate the last chance."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"All eyes turned to her, including her sister's. "Dear Sister, do you believe that is wise?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Wisdom will only guide those who know the confines of it. We know not what has happened for sure, but we prepare for the worst."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But... the last chance is not ready. All of our scientists have decided that is so."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Okay, back up." Blaze stood on his hind legs and rolled his front ones towards himself. "What are you talking about? What is the 'last chance'?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia looked at him with sorrowful eyes. "The last chance... the Rainboom... is the last line of defense in an event such as this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Rainboom? As in..." here he flew over to Rainbow Dash and put a leg around her neck. "...As in this kind of Rainboom?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No. Rainbow Dash has indeed performed the only naturally forming Rainboom in existence, but do you know what would happen if she was to perform one for an extended amount of time?" She looked around at the blank look and sighed. "It would have the power to wipe whole cities off the face of the planet. Now, imagine a contained force like this, trying to burst for years."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But Sister, we cannot unleash such a force without proper control. It could very easily destroy the whole populous of the world!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I am aware of the consequences of such a thing, Sister. But that may be our only choice."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Not so much!" Blaze bowed down before the princesses and smiled. "Allow me, Fleet, and Aerial to search for him. Then, we could turn him back to our side with the Elements of Harmony."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia looked down at him with a pained expression. "You astonish me, Vague Blaze. Why would a pony like yourself, who has no ties to this world, risk his life to save it? Sombra may leave your own world alone."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I have many reasons. But the main two are that I don't want this world to die knowing that there was a chance that I could help. Plus, there's the fact that I've been putting up with Paul since he was much smaller than me. Why should I stop cleaning up after him now?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia pondered what he had said and then looked back up at him. "Arise, Tristan of Earth. Your request has been granted. However, I must request that you also bring Sleight O' Hoof as well, as it is his own son in the trouble."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"At this, Twilight stepped up and bowed. "Princess Celestia, why can't we just bring the Elements of Harmony into that world and stop Sombra again?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The Elements do not belong there, nor do their Bearers. My sister has traveled into that world many times in the dreams of their youth and have seen things beyond description."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Even now, I still have mental scars of them." Luna shivered. "I have seen the evil thoughts that they would cause if you were to arrive there."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Blaze stood up tall and said, "Well, I guess that settles it. Come on and let's see if we can find a way back to my world."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"As they walked over and opened the door, they revealed a Pinkie Pie pony dressed in a gray cloak, hat, and white beard, holding a plain wooden staff. "Yes, go forth, Fellowship of the Amulet, and stop the evil Lord Sombra from destroying the worlds as we know them!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Blaze held his hoof to his forehead and shook his head. Sleight chuckled and said, "Blaze, we should probably heed the words of Gandalf the Pink."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Indeed! There is but one way back to your world, and it is within the confines of the Crystal Empire! You need to travel for many leagues on hoof-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Or, just ask the unicorn." Sleight smirked and began to to make his magic flow through his body. In a flash, they were gone./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Pinkie took off the beard and sighed. "Ah, stallion. I've been working on that speech for years."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strong~Meanwhile, in the Smithsonian~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The new Paul and his grandfather's cronies walked onto the steps of the Air Space Museum that night under Sombra's orders to retrieve a specific artifact from it: Man's first moon rock. But, as they reached the steps, guards came out to stop him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I'm sorry, sir, but the museum is closed for the night."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Closed? A museum is closed?" Paul shook his head in disbelief. "Should not a tome of knowledge such as this be open to all at all hours of the day? What if one, such as myself, should like to research my history without such delays?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The guard looked at him with a strange expression. "Alright, Shakespeare, you've made your point, but we can't risk-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"He didn't finish before Paul, hand in flames, punched through the guards chest. "It was rhetorical. You close the museum to keep people like me out of it." He dropped the guard, gasping, off to the side and placed his hand on the door. "You keep my back guarded while I open this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"As he focused, police cars began to fill the path, policemen filing onto the street in front of the building. One of them, seeing the flames in front of Paul, lifted a megaphone to his lips. "Sir, please put the flamethrower down."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Paul smirked before looking over his shoulder. "It's not a flamethrower."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Fine, put the blow torch down."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Laughing, Paul turned and revealed his flaming hands. "Let me think about this… no!" He thrust his hands forwards, making the fire circle the cop cars and the policemen. Turning to his men, Paul said, "Go get the stone. I'll deal with these."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"After his men busted through the door, Paul walked forwards, the flames cutting a hole out in his image. He looked around at the men, all trying to escape the flames, and laughed as he cast a new spell: one of ice that seemed to chase the fire around./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Petty Mortals!" Paul shouted with a laugh. "You think that simply telling me to do something will make me stop! I am the Grandson of King Sombra! Who is, in fact, a unicorn! Yes, they exist." He made the ice and fire dome over all of them. "Is this not enough proof?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"One of the men, a new member to the police force, held his gun up and aimed it straight at Paul's face. "In the name of the law, freeze!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"With a new look of demonic joy, Paul asked, "What is going to stop me?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The young man pulled the trigger, making the bullet fly straight towards Paul's face. The piece of metal seemed to slow down on contact, then bounce to the ground./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Paul turned fully onto him. "Now it's my turn." He held up his hands, making them encase themselves in a blue aura. "Freeze!" The aura surrounded the policeman, freezing him to that one spot. Then, he turned and raised his hands to the top of the dome./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"It slowly began to collapse upon itself, making the men dive for the cars. But it mattered not where they went. The dome eventually incinerated all of them./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"But the one that Paul had frozen was still standing there, still within a piece of ice. Looking over and seeing his men with the rock, he walked over and punched the statue, making it shatter completely and wholly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Let this be an example of what happens to those who get in our way." A bright light surrounded them, and then flashed, before they disappeared./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strong~At Sombra's Ruined Castle~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra's horn stopped glowing as his men and grandson came out of flux and solidified. With a smile, Paul took the stone and walked over to him, kneeling as he presented the stone./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Ah," the unicorn sighed contently. "At last, a piece of unaltered stone."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Paul looked up and asked, "Grandfather, why could we not have taken a moon rock from Equestria? Would it not have the same effect?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No, it would not. This stone has not been touched by living hands. No matter how they displayed it, there was always a protective layer upon it, from the lack of air upon that moon."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Oh, so because the Princess was on the Equestrian moon, it became disturbed."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Exactly."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But… why did we need that?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra looked at his grandson in triumph. "To have something for me to rebuild off of."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongChapter Complete. Man, it is so GOOD to write that again. I've had so much stuff to do that getting up a chapter has been impossible. So, I thank you for waiting and apologize for making you. RR and- wait a minute, I never explained something./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongA while ago, I said I had a secret. Well, I never explained that secret. That secret is that, in fact, the fourth wall has been breached. I had a substitute last year always referred to the class as "friends." My friends and I immediately thought of Ms. Cheerile! Far-fetched? Perhaps… or perhaps not… Anywho, RR and ADIOS!/strong/p
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div style="max-height: 999999px; padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"Chapter XXII p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongHEY, BURRITO! HEY, HEY, BURRITO! MM, YEAH! BURRITO YEAH! Sorry about the overly long delay, everypony. I've been sidetracked by many things such as Drama Club and other projects. Therefore, I believe it time to say those words you've all been missing to read. THE FIC IS THE THING!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Silk's Touch lifted her hoof to her lips in surprise when Blaze told her about Jack. "Oh, my baby. What are we going to do?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The mane6, Blaze, Aerial, Fleet, Silk's Touch, Sleight, and the Princesses were all sitting in the main portion of the library, discussing what had happened. Celestia, hearing the account of what they had concluded, put her hoof to her chin to think. "I believe that if what you say is true, Vague Blaze, then all of Equestria is in grave peril. If Jack O' Trades' fate is as you say... we may need to initiate the last chance."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"All eyes turned to her, including her sister's. "Dear Sister, do you believe that is wise?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Wisdom will only guide those who know the confines of it. We know not what has happened for sure, but we prepare for the worst."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But... the last chance is not ready. All of our scientists have decided that is so."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Okay, back up." Blaze stood on his hind legs and rolled his front ones towards himself. "What are you talking about? What is the 'last chance'?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia looked at him with sorrowful eyes. "The last chance... the Rainboom... is the last line of defense in an event such as this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Rainboom? As in..." here he flew over to Rainbow Dash and put a leg around her neck. "...As in this kind of Rainboom?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No. Rainbow Dash has indeed performed the only naturally forming Rainboom in existence, but do you know what would happen if she was to perform one for an extended amount of time?" She looked around at the blank look and sighed. "It would have the power to wipe whole cities off the face of the planet. Now, imagine a contained force like this, trying to burst for years."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But Sister, we cannot unleash such a force without proper control. It could very easily destroy the whole populous of the world!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I am aware of the consequences of such a thing, Sister. But that may be our only choice."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Not so much!" Blaze bowed down before the princesses and smiled. "Allow me, Fleet, and Aerial to search for him. Then, we could turn him back to our side with the Elements of Harmony."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia looked down at him with a pained expression. "You astonish me, Vague Blaze. Why would a pony like yourself, who has no ties to this world, risk his life to save it? Sombra may leave your own world alone."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I have many reasons. But the main two are that I don't want this world to die knowing that there was a chance that I could help. Plus, there's the fact that I've been putting up with Paul since he was much smaller than me. Why should I stop cleaning up after him now?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia pondered what he had said and then looked back up at him. "Arise, Tristan of Earth. Your request has been granted. However, I must request that you also bring Sleight O' Hoof as well, as it is his own son in the trouble."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"At this, Twilight stepped up and bowed. "Princess Celestia, why can't we just bring the Elements of Harmony into that world and stop Sombra again?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The Elements do not belong there, nor do their Bearers. My sister has traveled into that world many times in the dreams of their youth and have seen things beyond description."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Even now, I still have mental scars of them." Luna shivered. "I have seen the evil thoughts that they would cause if you were to arrive there."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Blaze stood up tall and said, "Well, I guess that settles it. Come on and let's see if we can find a way back to my world."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"As they walked over and opened the door, they revealed a Pinkie Pie pony dressed in a gray cloak, hat, and white beard, holding a plain wooden staff. "Yes, go forth, Fellowship of the Amulet, and stop the evil Lord Sombra from destroying the worlds as we know them!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Blaze held his hoof to his forehead and shook his head. Sleight chuckled and said, "Blaze, we should probably heed the words of Gandalf the Pink."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Indeed! There is but one way back to your world, and it is within the confines of the Crystal Empire! You need to travel for many leagues on hoof-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Or, just ask the unicorn." Sleight smirked and began to to make his magic flow through his body. In a flash, they were gone./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Pinkie took off the beard and sighed. "Ah, stallion. I've been working on that speech for years."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strong~Meanwhile, in the Smithsonian~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The new Paul and his grandfather's cronies walked onto the steps of the Air Space Museum that night under Sombra's orders to retrieve a specific artifact from it: Man's first moon rock. But, as they reached the steps, guards came out to stop him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I'm sorry, sir, but the museum is closed for the night."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Closed? A museum is closed?" Paul shook his head in disbelief. "Should not a tome of knowledge such as this be open to all at all hours of the day? What if one, such as myself, should like to research my history without such delays?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The guard looked at him with a strange expression. "Alright, Shakespeare, you've made your point, but we can't risk-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"He didn't finish before Paul, hand in flames, punched through the guards chest. "It was rhetorical. You close the museum to keep people like me out of it." He dropped the guard, gasping, off to the side and placed his hand on the door. "You keep my back guarded while I open this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"As he focused, police cars began to fill the path, policemen filing onto the street in front of the building. One of them, seeing the flames in front of Paul, lifted a megaphone to his lips. "Sir, please put the flamethrower down."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Paul smirked before looking over his shoulder. "It's not a flamethrower."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Fine, put the blow torch down."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Laughing, Paul turned and revealed his flaming hands. "Let me think about this… no!" He thrust his hands forwards, making the fire circle the cop cars and the policemen. Turning to his men, Paul said, "Go get the stone. I'll deal with these."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"After his men busted through the door, Paul walked forwards, the flames cutting a hole out in his image. He looked around at the men, all trying to escape the flames, and laughed as he cast a new spell: one of ice that seemed to chase the fire around./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Petty Mortals!" Paul shouted with a laugh. "You think that simply telling me to do something will make me stop! I am the Grandson of King Sombra! Who is, in fact, a unicorn! Yes, they exist." He made the ice and fire dome over all of them. "Is this not enough proof?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"One of the men, a new member to the police force, held his gun up and aimed it straight at Paul's face. "In the name of the law, freeze!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"With a new look of demonic joy, Paul asked, "What is going to stop me?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The young man pulled the trigger, making the bullet fly straight towards Paul's face. The piece of metal seemed to slow down on contact, then bounce to the ground./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Paul turned fully onto him. "Now it's my turn." He held up his hands, making them encase themselves in a blue aura. "Freeze!" The aura surrounded the policeman, freezing him to that one spot. Then, he turned and raised his hands to the top of the dome./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"It slowly began to collapse upon itself, making the men dive for the cars. But it mattered not where they went. The dome eventually incinerated all of them./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"But the one that Paul had frozen was still standing there, still within a piece of ice. Looking over and seeing his men with the rock, he walked over and punched the statue, making it shatter completely and wholly./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Let this be an example of what happens to those who get in our way." A bright light surrounded them, and then flashed, before they disappeared./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strong~At Sombra's Ruined Castle~/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra's horn stopped glowing as his men and grandson came out of flux and solidified. With a smile, Paul took the stone and walked over to him, kneeling as he presented the stone./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Ah," the unicorn sighed contently. "At last, a piece of unaltered stone."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Paul looked up and asked, "Grandfather, why could we not have taken a moon rock from Equestria? Would it not have the same effect?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No, it would not. This stone has not been touched by living hands. No matter how they displayed it, there was always a protective layer upon it, from the lack of air upon that moon."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Oh, so because the Princess was on the Equestrian moon, it became disturbed."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Exactly."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But… why did we need that?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra looked at his grandson in triumph. "To have something for me to rebuild off of."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongChapter Complete. Man, it is so GOOD to write that again. I've had so much stuff to do that getting up a chapter has been impossible. So, I thank you for waiting and apologize for making you. RR and- wait a minute, I never explained something./strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongA while ago, I said I had a secret. Well, I never explained that secret. That secret is that, in fact, the fourth wall has been breached. I had a substitute last year always referred to the class as "friends." My friends and I immediately thought of Ms. Cheerile! Far-fetched? Perhaps… or perhaps not… Anywho, RR and ADIOS!/strong/p
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