Note: Hey guys? How is it going? Anyways, here is the second and last installment of the "Memories," enjoy! AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! As I always say, I love reviews!

Dimension: The Phantom Tollbooth

Planet: The Expanse of the Mind

Specific Location: The Mountains of Ignorance

Time: 5300 years after the fall of the fortress of Ignorance

Just outside the foothills that led to the mountains of Ignorance, a portal opened up and three figures stepped out: Daniel, Franklin, and Night Shade.

"Well, it looks what like I thought it would look like," said Franklin as he looked the massive, black-colored, mountains.

"We need to be quick," said Daniel as he started walking towards the monuments of death, "the fortress of Ignorance was massive, so it is possible that the demons have not yet completed its refortification."

Night Shade looked at the place with a calm eye as he said, "This place looks formidable, but we should be okay. Do you know where the Terrible Trivium could be hiding?"

Daniel grinned. "According to the texts of the great Milo Juster, the demons feel safe here. They will most probably be out in the open, minding their own business. However, if Xaphan is there, he has probably got some form of order in the place."

Franklin nodded. "Yeppers. So, I suppose what we should do is teleport ourselves to the highest vantage point and work our way down.

Daniel blinked in acknowledgment. "The highest vantage point in the land is the Castle in the Air. It is an old prison built just above the highest point in the mountains of Ignorance. It is probably in ruins now, but we could start there. Franklin, when we are up there, you will be in charge of spotting anything unusual. That is where we will start."

Franklin pulled out his sniper rifle. "Gotcha," he said, "teleport us there now."

Quickly Daniel opened a portal and they swiftly walked through it. In a moment, they were in the dilapidated ruins of the Castle in the Air. Franklin ran over to a ruined windowsill and set up his sniper rifle. Quickly he began to scope out the land through it.

"Well, you were right," he said, "most of the demons here are just hanging around, doing nothing. However, I can see the fortress of Ignorance. Goddamnit, it's already almost complete. The place is a freaking powerhouse now. Wait… there is the Terrible Trivium. He has the relic. He is walking side-by-side with the demon Xaphan. They are passing through the gates of the fortress of Ignorance. They're in."

Franklin turned to look at Daniel. "Well, we're in trouble. If you want to pull anything, it might as well be sooner than later. They have the relic, and they are safely within the fortress. Need I remind you that it took Milo Juster AND the firstborn to burn the place to the ground?"

Daniel rolled his eyes. "Yes, I know it took them both to take down the fortress, but I have you and Night Shade, and we have teamwork. Milo and the firstborn were powerful, but they are both loners, and it was their sheer power that took down the fortress. We have power and each other."

"Oh, how sweet," snorted Franklin, "I will make sure to mention to the demons how magical friendship is as they rip our innards out after we fail this whole thing."

"We're not going to fail," said Night Shade, "there is too much at stake."

Franklin was about to say something scathing, but then he remembered his sister. His face hardened. "Right," he said, "We might as well get rolling then. What is the plan?"

"We are going to use our distinctive skills to our advantage," replied Daniel. "I am going to need Night Shade to get me in there with his superspeed. When I'm in, I'll smoke them out into the open. Franklin, that is when I will need your sniping skills. Take them out as they run from the fortress. Kill everyone and everything. I will grab the relic and we will leave. Night Shade, when I am in, I will need you to protect me when I start the fire."

The group nodded at each other for a moment.

"Okay," said Franklin clapping his hands, "Let's go do something equivalent to suicide!"

Night Shade grabbed Daniel's arm as he sped up his molecules. "Okay fearless leader," he said to Daniel, "hold on tight."

With that, they blasted out of the Castle in the Air almost at the speed of light. They sizzled across the decimated valleys, rises, and crags of the mountains of Ignorance straight into the fortress of Ignorance just as the massive double doors closed behind Xaphan and the Terrible Trivium.

Night Shade deposited Daniel in the center of the fortress, and blasted away to a safe distance.

Daniel unleashed a firestorm. The sheer power of the storm began to melt the walls, and scorch the ground. Fire, magma, and smoke filled the fortress as the firestorm began to build in intensity.

As this took place, and smoke began to fill the building, Xaphan and the Terrible Trivium were strolling down the hallways.

"Aren't you worried that some dimensional travelers will follow us?" said Xaphan as they walked.

"I am most certainly not, my dear friend," replied the Terrible Trivium, "despite the fact that our demonic energy defenses are not up yet, the travelers do not have the gall to attack us. After all, they do not know that this place even exists, let alone that it is being rebuilt."

"Still," hissed Xaphan, "we do not know if or when they will attack. Our magic and energy defenses should be our top priority right now."

"Oh, then I will make sure that they are our top priority Xaphan," said the Terrible Trivium, "however, there are so many other wonderful, useless, time-consuming things that we could be doing in its stead. So many holes to dig and fill up, so many blocks to stack and knock down, so many-"

"And there you go!" snarled Xaphan, "that was the reason why I was against the Grand Devil's plan to rebuild this place. The guardian demons of the mountain of Ignorance are complete morons; absolutely powerless against their own depravity. You, sir, are a lazy, useless, worthless…"

Xaphan stopped and smelled the air. "That's smoke."

The Terrible Trivium turned his faceless face to the sky. "It's Daniel Dragoon," he said, "he is in the fortress, and he has set the place afire. Perhaps you were right, we should have set up our magical and our physical energy defenses first. But it is too late. We must simply exit the building."

Xaphan looked at the Terrible Trivium in a rage. "SIMPLY EXIT?! The place is burning down! We cannot let a traveler destroy the fortress like this! It took Milo Juster AND the firstborn to take us down last! BOTH OF THEM!"

The Terrible Trivium checked his neatly manicured fingernails calmly. "Of course it did. However, our fortress had been standing for a millennium last, and everything was in place. We've only been rebuilding for a decade, and that is not enough time for us to bring this place back to its former glory. Oh, and please do me a favor and do not speak of the Milo Juster, he tends to bring back unfortunate memories."

"I'LL SHOW YOU UNFORTUNATE!" screamed Xaphan. He conjured up a demonic blade and swung it at the Terrible Trivium. The Terrible Trivium simply gave a slight gesture, and Xaphan's blade dissolved into nothing and Xaphan fell to his knees.

"Do not try to provoke hostilities from me, Xaphan," said the Terrible Trivium calmly, "We demons of Ignorance are quite powerful. Perhaps we are a bit mired in our own iniquities, but our power is untold. All we can do now is retreat. The fortress is a loss, but this in no way will slow us down from returning to build it once more. I can feel the anarchy of this time increasing; soon Daniel Dragoon and anyone else who dares defy us will be dead by their own hands. All we have to do is wait and twiddle our thumbs. Lovely laziness…"

Xaphan glared at the Terrible Trivium and jumped through a jagged portal back to the infernal realm. The Terrible Trivium waited for the portal to close before taking a close look at the Neverending Story book. He slowly placed a smooth, clean hand over its cover, feeling the texture.

"The hands of the Unknowns have no need for this to be in demon hands at this time," muttered the Terrible Trivium calmly as flames and smoke slowly filled the room, "the Paradox has other things to attend to, and this and a newly built fortress of Ignorance cannot be a factor for the infernal real. Perhaps another time, but all that matters now is the new plan. I do apologize for the inconvenience Daniel, your old teammates were not supposed to die then, but Xaphan was quite insistent. Well, at least everything is back on track now."

With that, the Terrible Trivium set down the book carefully. He then simply dissolved into nothing.

Daniel entered the hallway a moment later, white flames surrounding him in a wreath of light. He saw the book and quickly picked it up, surrounding the relic in a protective energy shield. He then strolled out of the fortress.

As he exited the building, a large group of demons tried to apprehend him. However, a third was taken out immediately by Franklin's sniper rifle. Another third was taken out by Night Shade, and the last third was taken out by Daniel. The other demons fled before the inferno of flames and heat. Daniel then opened up a telepathic intercom with the others.

"I have the book," he said, "it looks like the Terrible Trivium and Xaphan fled when they saw the fortress on fire."

"Cool," said Franklin, "but you have an army of demons bearing down on you. Brace for impact!"

Daniel whirled and saw at least a thousand demons rushing him from the valleys and crags of the mountains of Ignorance. Night Shade appeared next to Daniel, and they nodded to each other. They then rushed upon the sea of demons with a yell. Fire, kinetic energy, and bullets filled the air as the three assaulted the army. The battle was over in less than five minutes, with Daniel and his team clearly the victors.

"We are so totally boss right now," said Franklin over the link.

"That was awesome," added Night Shade breathlessly.

Daniel looked around at the mountains of Ignorance. The fortress of Ignorance was burning to the ground, and all demons in sight were dead.

"Let's go now and rescue your sister," said Daniel. He nodded to Night Shade, who grabbed his arm again, and blasted off to the Castle in the Air. In a moment, the team was together again.

"Do you have any place you want to land specifically?" asked Daniel.

Franklin shrugged, "You can land anywhere you want. For me, I am going to go to the center chamber to free my sister. She is trapped in a stasis tube in a gallery."

"Your sister is what now?" asked Night Shade in surprise.

Franklin sighed, looking serious for the first time in a while. "She was in the form of a Bionicle, hunting down a demon that had infiltrated the dimension; however, she fell in love with one of the residence, and became caught up in side adventures. Eventually one of those side adventures led to her being captured by Bionicle bounty hunters. She wasn't killed, thank God, but she was placed in a stasis tube, where she remains, frozen in time, until somebody can rescue her. The time for that rescue is now, it was part of my deal with Daniel."

Daniel nodded. "And now we are going to rescue her," he said, "and we are going to do it quickly and efficiently. According to the traveler database, Bionicle creatures in general have powers akin to traveler powers, so we will have to be careful. Some of the creatures in this bounty hunter group are extremely powerful, so we need to act fast. You and I show up on the beach and assault the fortress from the front with as much firepower as we can muster. As that goes on, Franklin will go to the center and quickly steal back his sister. Easy come easy go. Good?"

Night Shade nodded, though he looked a little nervous.

"Let's go then!" exclaimed Franklin, and they opened a portal.

Dimension: LEGO Bionicle

Planet: Mata Nui Robot

Specific Location: Coastline of Odina

Time: A week after the Toa Mata awoke

"We are sooooooo screwed," muttered Franklin from his perch on a craggy mountain on the bleak coastline of the island of Odina, homeland of the mercenary group, the Dark Hunters.

"Why are we sooooooo screwed?" whispered Night Shade.

"There are so many guards, so many guns, and so many traps," snarled Franklin as he continued to look at the base from his sniper rifle.

"Why would that be a problem?" asked Daniel.

"Well," said Franklin, "the mountain fortress of Ignorance was easy because we caught them off guard, but this place is totally ready for anything, even if dimensional travelers are strangers to this realm."

"Is there anything we can do?" asked Night Shade.

Franklin sighed. "We could continue on with the plan," said Franklin, "but that would mean putting you two at risk. I am not going to risk that… not my team."

"We need backup," said Night Shade.

"We don't have backup," replied Daniel.

"You totally have backup," came a voice from behind them.

The three whirled, and they saw possibly the most disappointing, yet elating, sight of the day: the firstborn.

"Greetings Daniel, Franklin, Night Shade," said the firstborn.

Night Shade looked like he was in a dream come true. Daniel, however, just glared at the firstborn.

"What do you want James?" he asked.

"Easy now, Dragoon," said James, "I want to help."

"You mean you want to win something, no matter the cost, right?" said Franklin.

James winked, "You betcha! So, what was your plan before I so rudely interrupted?"

Daniel just blinked. "Why are you really here? I mean… really?"

James rolled his eyes. "I am here to help my fellow travelers retrieve a captured comrade for the good of all dimensional traveler-kind. Good enough?"

"Nope," said Franklin, "I could see irony and sarcasm literally leaking out of your ears."

James conjured up a mirror, and checked his hair and face. He then vaporized it and smiled. "Okay, whatever, fine," he said, "I am here because I want Franklin's sister. What was her name?"

"Miranda," snarled Franklin, "her name is Miranda."

"Ah yes, Miranda," said James, "Anyway, I want her to be on my team. Joseph Torrus left, so I need someone to replace him."

Daniel ground his teeth, and looked like he wanted to strangle James, but Franklin quietly pulled him to one side.

"Look, I don't care what happens, but I want my sister safe and sound," he said earnestly, "I don't like the firstborn, but he is powerful, and he will keep her safe."

Daniel sighed and then looked at James, "Okay, we will let you help. Franklin is going to simply teleport in, grab Miranda's stasis tube, and teleport out. No one will be able to catch him. As for us, we need to create a distraction for at least a minute. Unfortunately, with the firepower these bounty hunters have, that will be one long minute, and our lives will be in peril every other millisecond of it."

"Yeah, peril, gotcha, whatever. I'm going to be creating a good, large, distraction in ten seconds," said James, charging up his fists with pure power, "better get ready guys."

Ten seconds later, Daniel, Night Shade, and the firstborn attacked the front gate of the Dark Hunter's fortress. The fortress literally burst into chaos. Immediately bounty hunters off all kinds, armed with all kinds of powers and weapons poured down on James, Daniel, and Night Shade, but no matter their powers, the combined might of the three was too great. The minute of the distraction crawled by, but suddenly James snapped a finger. A massive blast of light and a rippling shockwave of electricity shocked and blinded all oncoming attackers for a moment. He then grabbed Daniel and Night Shade and teleported them out of there. The surroundings melted away as the teleportation took place, and next thing they knew, they were back on the one mountain, with Franklin waiting for them. He was grinning, and there was a large stasis tube with an unconscious Bionicle suspended in time within it.

"I have her," he said, "I have my sister. Let's get the hell out of here."

With that, the firstborn opened a portal to a safe house in the Twokinds dimension. Already, the mountain was under attack by more bounty hunters, but with James holding the high ground, he easily fended off attacks. As soon as Franklin had entered the portal, carrying the stasis tube, James released on massive blast of kinetic energy, bringing down the whole mountain. As the thing began to crumble, James hopped through the portal.

"That… was… awesome," said Night Shade.

Daniel just nodded his head.

Franklin slowly began to unlock the tube as James exited the portal.

"Careful, Franklin," said James, his voice genuinely filled with concern, "Stasis chambers are nasty business. You need to expose her to air slowly, otherwise you risk brain damage."

Franklin eased off the lid of the tube, and, with a hissing noise, air slowly flowed in. At first, the figure within it did not do anything, however, suddenly, it began to shimmer as it formed to take on the shape of a female figure; a human, about eighteen years of age. Slowly still, Franklin took off the lid and pulled the girl out. She sat, blinking in the sun.

"Norik?" she muttered, "Where are you? Where am I?"

Franklin slowly kneeled down and took her face between his hands. "Hey sis," he said, "It's me, Franklin."

"Franklin?" she said, "What… what is going on?"

"You're safe. You were captured by Bionicle bounty hunters, but we rescued you. Do you remember anything?"

Miranda nodded her head slowly. "I was helping Norik… then… then I was captured and brought to a fortress somewhere… I was forced into a stasis tube… and then you pulled me out."

Franklin smiled and gave her a hug, which she tentatively returned. James then strolled over and looked her in the eyes as he helped her up.

"I am Abimael 'James' Sethson, the firstborn," he said, "I have chosen you, due to your merits in battle, to become one of my team members."

Miranda, whose eyes had been clouded with confusion the second she had been pulled from stasis, smiled. "You're Abimael? My, it is a pleasure to meet you. Wait… you want ME to be on your team?"

The firstborn winked. "I sure do."

Miranda looked a little unsure. "What about Norik?"

James cocked his head onto one side. "They one who you loved is long gone, Miranda," he said quietly, "It is time to move onto other things."

He then turned to Daniel. "I'll take that," he said as he took the Neverending Story book from Daniel, "That belongs with Bastian Senior Bux. I assume you haven't told him of the death of his son yet?"

Daniel shook his head, sadness and anger bubbling inside of him. Finally he said, "I haven't. I would appreciate it if you would do that for me. Firstborn… thank you."

James winked at him. He then turned to Miranda, "Well, sweetheart," he said roguishly, "shall we be off?"

With that, he opened a portal and entered it with the Neverending Story book and Miranda. The portal closed and Franklin, Daniel, and Night Shade were all alone in a forest.

"He never asked me if I wanted to be on his team" said Night Shade, a little downcast.

Daniel smiled at him and turned to Franklin. "Well, all is well now. I suppose you are free to go on your way."

Franklin nodded, but he didn't move an inch. After a long pause, he said, "You know… I've been thinking… we could make a great team."

That was just what Daniel had been hoping he would say. He grinned, "I'll say we would."

He then turned to Night Shade. "Would you like to be part of it?"

Night Shade smiled. "You've been my team since the moment I saw you guys," he said.

"Well, it looks like we're brothers in arms then," chuckled Franklin.

Daniel's eyes lit up. "Brothers in Arms… I like that name."

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Ponyville

Time: Six days after the death of Regal Crescent

Sunset trotted around Ponyville worriedly as he glanced at the sky. There were a large amount of clouds in the sky, something Rainbow Dash should have handled hours ago.

Soon he bumped into Rarity. "Oh," he said, "Rarity, it's nice to see you!"

"Same, darling," said Rarity, who most certainly looked flustered, "I really don't know what I am going to do though."

Sunset cocked his head to one side. "Do about what?"

"These clouds! They are blocking out the sunlight and messing up my color scheme setup. I don't understand, where is Rainbow Dash?"

Sunset nodded and said, "I was thinking the same thing. She should have fixed this problem quite a while ago."

Suddenly the two were joined with a very worried looking Applejack. "Hey y'all," she said, her faced furrowed with a frown. "Any of you a seen Rainbow recently?"

"No," said Rarity and Sunset in unison.

"Well that's just dandy. Where in tarnation is she? With these clouds, there ain't no sunlight! Without sunlight, there ain't no apples! Without apples there ain't no Sweet Apple acres!" Exclaimed Applejack.

"No Sweet Apple acres and no illustrious color designs," added Rarity, "this is absolutely catastrophic! Some pony be a dear and get me a feinting couch."

No one moved. Soon they were joined by Pinkie Pie.

"Hey everpony! How are you all doin' on the wooonndderrfulll day?!" She exclaimed with a bounce.

Sunset looked at Pinkie Pie with a forced grin. "Oh, we're just dandy. Thanks Pinkie Pie. I don't suppose you've seen Rainbow Dash anywhere recently?"

"Nope!" said Pinkie Pie, "I haven't seen her since last a few minutes ago! That doesn't count as 'recently' right?"

Sunset rolled his eyes. "Oh… So, humor me here, let's say that the word 'recently' somehow DID encompass a few minutes ago. Let's try this again now. I don't suppose you've seen Rainbow Dash anywhere recently?"

Pinkie Pie gave him a huge wink. "Rrriiiggghhhtttt… I sure have! Recently, as in a few minutes ago, I saw her sitting in that large raincloud over the new town gazebo staring at here hoofs! Nothing out of the ordinary! I've gotta go now! See you all later!"

Humming to herself, Pinkie Pie then bounced away. Sunset turned his head to look at Rarity and Applejack.

"I'm going to talk to Rainbow Dash," he said, "You two might want to carry out the rest of your business. If all goes well, the sky will be clear within the hour."

Rarity gave Sunset a hug. "Oh please be quick, Sunset Shadow," she said dramatically, "I don't know how much longer my color schemes can take this dull light!"

Applejack rolled her eyes at Rarity. "Your color schemes? What about my apples? Last time I did some checkin' it was them apples that were alive, not your color schemes!"

Rarity placed a defensive hoof on her chest. "Are you suggesting that my beautiful color schemes are inanimate? Heavens! They have souls and deserve to be treated with kindness!"

Sunset snorted. "You two can do that too, if you want. Anyway, I am going to see to Rainbow Dash."

With that, he spread his wings and flew off to the large raincloud in the center of Ponyville town square. Rainbow Dash ignored him as he settled down on the cloud next to her.

"Hey Rainbow," said Sunset calmly, "how are you?"

"Huh? Oh… hi Sunset. Didn't see you there," mumbled Rainbow, still looking at her hoofs.

Sunset threw a hoof around her shoulders. "Hey, what's the matter? I've never seen Rainbow Dash, champion of the skies, so down like this before!"

Rainbow Dash sighed. "Legion… Regal Crescent."

Immediately Sunset realized what she meant. "You mean their deaths."

Rainbow looked up at Sunset, and he could see her tears brimming in her eyes. "It was terrible… Blood everywhere. Regal Crescent gasping for air."

Suddenly Rainbow broke down crying like a foal. She buried her face in Sunset as she continued to sob.

"Blood… everywhere. So much. Legion cut in half, his organs spread across the ground. Regal Crescent spitting up blood as he struggled to stay alive. I… I can't take it…"

Her body began to shake even more as her sobs increased in intensity.

Sunset simply hugged her tightly as if she was a little foal who had twisted a hoof.

"I understand. Here in Equestria, I am sure there is never much seen violence. Sure, there have been a few broken bones and twisted hoofs here and there, but never something like a creature getting its body cut in half, or a pony getting impaled on a sword. It's all terrible."

Rainbow, who still had her muzzle pressed into Sunset shook her head. "Why? Why did things have to be this way?" she mumbled.

Sunset sighed as he stared off into space. He too began to think of all the whys and whats and how-comes that had plagued him since the first betrayal many years ago.

"Where there is evil," he said slowly, "there is violence. But that isn't it. Where there is evil, there is also good. We are that good. Sadly, being good is not as awesome as many make it to seem, like your Daring-Do books. Being a hero isn't glorious, or awesome, or even the tiniest bit heroic, it is simply standing up to the evil, no matter the cost, and doing it again and again and again and again. That is the cost for being a 'good guy.' However, as dark as it may seem, we must find strength within ourselves and our friends to keep us going. We cannot, I mean we CANNOT let evil become stronger than us no matter the situation. But that is what friends are for, to help us carry on when we ourselves cannot."

He held Rainbow Dash at limb's length and looked her in her tear-stained face. "We are that good," he said, "we are those heroes, and we will continue to shine a light to those weaker than us, no matter the cost. Evil will never triumph as long as we have ponies like you, Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash took in a shaking breath and Sunset wiped the tears off her face. She gave him a little smile. Sunset nodded his head gravely. "You are a hero," he said to her solemnly, "perhaps greater than even Flaming Star or me. You truly understand the cost of lives, which will make you the most merciful, and thus the best, of us all."

Note: I had quite a bit of fun writing these last two chapters, I should do it more often! Keep that feedback rolling in! By the way, is it just me, or are the Brothers in Arms corps the coolest team EVER?!