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Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: A meadow just outside of Ponyville

Time: A month after the death of Miranda, 14 hours after the arrival of Doxia

Sunset opened his eyes. He was still in the meadow. Then he remembered what had happened earlier. He, Fluttershy, and Starlight Amber had chosen to sleep under the stars the day before. He looked over at Fluttershy, who was still asleep peacefully. He then blinked. What had woken him up? He turned around. Doxia was sitting a distance away from them, looking at the sky. Doxia then looked down and noticed that Sunset was awake.

"Rise and shine sleepyhead," laughed Doxia in hushed tones, "You two look SOOOOOO cute together. I nearly had a cute-induced stroke. The cute power here was most certainly over 9000."

"Stop it Doixa," mumbled Sunset as he stretched and got up. He trotted over to where Doxia was sitting and looked at him. "What do you want?" he asked.

"I just wanted to let you know that I was about to see the firstborn. Of course, knowing him, he will take me randomly showing up a little worse than you. So I figured you could tag along."

Sunset nodded. He then turned to Fluttershy and gently shook her awake.

"Hmmm? What's going on?" murmured Fluttershy.

She then noticed Doxia. Giving a frightened squeak, she leapt behind Sunset.

"Oh, I'm Doxia. Pleased to meet you!" exclaimed Doxia jovially. Fluttershy glanced at Sunset, who said, "Yeah, he's okay. I THINK he's a good guy."

"You THINK? Ouch, you hurt me on multiple different levels, infinitybutt."

"If you start calling me that, I'll blast you," snorted Sunset.

"You'll blast me with what? Hitting me with a bolt of dark matter is the equivalent to throwing a ping pong ball at a titanium wall, infinitybutt" replied Doxia, "You know what? I could just start calling everyone that. They do have unique pictures on their flank after all."

Sunset shook his head to clear it. Doxia literally made no sense half the time he said anything.

Doxia moved over to where Fluttershy was and bowed low.

"I am honored to meet you, Fluttershy," said Doxia sincerely, "You are the Harmony bearer of kindness. We Dimensional Lords consider that element to be by far the most powerful."

Fluttershy blushed and gave Doxia a little smile.

"Well, Fluttershy," said Sunset after a pause, "I wanted to wake you up to let you know that Doxia and I are going to talk to Flaming Star. Do you want me to walk with you while you go home?"

"Oh no, Starlight and I will be just fine," said Fluttershy cheerfully, "You go do whatever it is you need to do."

Doxia struck a pose. "Right!" he declared, "Let us go see Flaming Star! We should grab a camera along the way, though, it wouldn't be right not to take a picture of his flabbergasted face when I show up."

"You act like you know for a fact he is going to be shocked," said Sunset as Fluttershy trotted away with Starlight's strolled, "You know he might just attack you."

Doxia waved a hand in a randomly picked direction, "Whatevs. Angry, surprised, pretty much the same thing. Get a picture of it."

Doxia conjured up a camera and tossed it Sunset. He then opened a portal to Twilight's Library. Through the portal Sunset could see Twilight and Flaming Star sleeping peacefully together, with Twilight resting her head on Flaming Star's back.

Sunset blushed and took a step back. "Maybe it would be better if we come back later. I don't think we want to interrupt."

Doxia ignored him. Taking a deep breath he yelled, "FLAMING STAR! EXECUTE CODE 66!"

Flaming Star and Twilight leapt out of their bed and tumbled to the ground. Flaming Star shot up looking around wildly. He then saw Doxia.

"Paradox? How DARE you…" he snarled as he threw up an energy shield around him and his fiancée.

"Me? The Paradox! Heaven forbid! I'm the Light Man. You know, that really awesome guy who did all that really awesome stuff?"

Twilight, who had been absolutely disoriented for a moment, then noticed Doxia.

"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed, "That's him! That's the guy who saved me!"

Flaming Star dropped the shield, and Twilight rushed to embrace Doxia. She hugged him tightly and said, "Oh thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

Doxia hugged her back without saying anything. Twilight then released him and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I'm here to talk to the firstborn. I want him to do something for me," replied Doxia.

Flaming Star eyes Doxia warily, "You want me to do something for you? What?"

"I know who the Brothers in Arms corps guys need to find to find Finnian Jones," said Doxia.

Flaming Star blinked. "How do you know of our plans?"

"Because I know lots of stuff. Anyways, I want you to go to Franklin and Daniel and tell them that they need to find the transformer Jetfire to find Finnian Jones. It won't take a moment. You could even just open a telepathic link. Oh, and when you do so, tell them that it is okay to trust Wild, and that Evan Funsch DOES know where Jetfire is," said Doxia.

Sunset looked at Doxia in confusion. "Wild? You mean THE Wild? That absolutely chaotic dimensional rogue?"

Doxia nodded. "That's the one! He, Franklin, and Daniel are having a little bit of an argument right now, so I want you to alleviate all that hurtful distrust."

Flaming Star narrowed his eyes and said, "Why should I do anything for you?"

"Because I told you," replied Doxia complacently, "I'm the elder."

"That's a laugh. I am eight thousand years old," snorted Flaming Star.

Doxia threw up his hands in mock despair. "No noes! Eight thousand! I didn't know! I thought for SURE that my measly trillion years would have the jump on you!"

Flaming Star blinked. "You're what?"

Doxia looked at Flaming Star and said, "Oh. I'm just one trillion years old… you know. Now go make that call."

"You are sooo weird, you know that?" muttered Flaming Star as he searched his mind for the mental port so that he could open up a channel with Daniel.

"I know. I try so hard."

Flaming Star ignored Doxia's reply as he found the port and opened it up.

"Daniel, it's Flaming Star," said Flaming Star over the link as Daniel accepted it.

"Hey firstborn. This isn't really the time right now for a call though, we are dealing with some issues," replied Daniel.

"I understand, but there are some important things I need to tell you."

"Go ahead."

"Find Jetfire. You guys need to find Jetfire. Evan Funsch knows where he is. Oh, and finally, trust Wild."

There was a pause, then Daniel said, "How the heck did you know Wild was here?"

"I know because I have some inside help. Needless to say I will be watching you guys. You need to carry this all out quickly though, I have a feeling the Paradox isn't twiddling his thumbs."

"Well… Understood. Okay. I'm out."

"Roger," said Flaming Star as he cut the link. He turned to Doxia, who was still on the other side of the portal. "I did it, satisfied?" he snapped. Doxia nodded.

"I am. I apologize. You guys can go back to being cute together. Oh, by the way, you two will NEVER look as cute a couple as Sunset and Fluttershy, just saying."

"Oh, it's ON," said Flaming Star, "You just wait…"

Doxia closed the portal. And turned to Sunset. "All good," he said.

Sunset facehoofed. "You have no idea how to interact socially with ponies, do you?" he groaned.

"Oh I did. About one trillion years ago. I'm off now, Sunset. I need to talk to Celestia."

"Why?" asked Sunset.

"Oh nothing important. Just that Equestria will soon be a hotspot for Elite Phasetroopers. The Paradox is actually right now dealing with a system virus that has disabled everything in the Amethyst dimension, but that won't keep him occupied for long. We need to get ready so that we can hold out as long as possible while the Brothers in Arms dudes find Finnian Jones."

Sunset shook his head and sighed. "So much fighting. I just want to enjoy the life I have with Fluttershy and Starlight Amber."

Doxia slowly got down on one knee, and said kindly, "That will be coming. You see? This is why we will win. Good has something worth fighting for."

With that, he turned around and opened a portal to Canterlot and stepped through.

Sunset sighed as he trotted off to his house.

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Canterlot Castle

Time: 14 hours after the arrival of Doxia

Celestia flapped her wings gracefully as she finished her mourning rounds outside the castle. Ever since the invasion of Xaphan and his demons, she had been circling the castle once every day early in the morning to ensure that all was well within and outside the walls of Canterlot's capitol fortress. She swerved upwards as she prepared to land on her balcony outside her majestic chambers. Bright morning light filtered through her wings as she spread them wide and shook them, knocking loose droplets of morning dew that tumbled earthward in a swirl of bright points of colorful lights. Celestia sighed with contentment. All within her kingdom was safe. Just yesterday she had received word that Shadow Scepter and Corona Oscura had restored trust within their advisors and citizens, and that all was well. The war between the Equus-Irrum Alliance and Equestria was nothing more than an unpleasant memory now, and the real Commander Hurricane had gathered up all the scattered soldiers and restored the Freezelock Pass of the Frozen North.

Smiling a little to herself, she trotted into her chambers to lay down on her bed to do a little contemplation. She stopped as soon as she saw another being in her room, staring at a beautiful impressionistic picture of the sun and moon, rising together. The being slowly turned around at the sound of her hooves and looked straight at her. It was Doxia. Celestia recognized him immediately.

"Guard!" she yelled, a mixture of fear and anger in her illustrious voice.

Doxia bowed to her. "I do apologize for my intrusion, Celly," he said, "but don't bother calling the guards, they actually respect and fear me a little more than they do you, I'm afraid."

"What do you want?" asked Celestia warily, moving backwards. Her behind bumped against the large windows that led to the porch, it had closed and locked behind her.

Doxia sighed, his voice suddenly lacking its usual joviality. "These ponies literally worship you, Celestia," he said, "They bow and scrape to you, and they swear by you. Do you not understand what you hold sway over these ponies? You are almost a god to them, but yet you do not act truly like one. Character is what a pony does behind closed doors, not what they do out in the open, and a true ruler is pure in character."

Celestia sighed. "Doxia, I'm not here for games. What do you want?"

Doxia shook his head. "Celly, I don't want ANYTHING. I am here to help you."

"I don't want your help."

"That's what you said last time. But guess what? I was right. Letting the Paradox put the tree here was all part of his plan, but you didn't listen. You refused my help, and here we are, with impending doom on the horizon. Did you at least take the vials to a safe place?"

Celestia's pupils shrunk to a tenth of their size and blinked at Doxia.

Doxia facepalmed. "Okay… Where did you put them?"

"I… I gave them to the crystal unicorn Sombra."

"That's right! That little foal Sombraro! The staircase-obsessed pony! Where is that rascal?"

Celestia closed her eyes and sighed deep and long. Then she opened her eyes and said, "He's dead."

Doxia didn't react for a moment. Then he said, "Okay. Who killed him?"

Celestia scuffed a hoof on the ground as if she was a child being scolded for taking a cookie without asking permission. Then she said, "He killed himself."

Doxia folded his powerful arms across his chest and said, "I don't understand Celly. Please explain."

Celestia nodded and looked Doxia in the eyes. "It was the vials' faults," she said, "I gave them to him, but he became obsessed with the crystalline contents. He began to study deep into the dark arts of black crystal magic, and it consumed him. Luna and I fought him and banished him to the Artic. He broke free after a thousand years, unfortunately, and attempted to conquer the Crystal Empire. However, when we used the Crystal Heart, his body, which had become infused with black magic, reacted negatively to it and exploded. He died."

Doxia strolled over to Celestia and put a hand on her shoulder. "I understand," he said kindly, "I am sure it was difficult to see such a brilliant little foal like him fall into such an obsession. I knew that those vials would have a negative effect somehow. So let me guess: the secret of their location is hidden somewhere then?"

Celestia nodded. "I put the Crystal Empire's new rulers, Cadence and Shining Armor, on a lookout for it, but I had to be descreet. They don't really know what the vials are for, but they are searching indirectly for them."

Doxia returned the nod and then said, in his usual friendly voice, "Okie Doxia Lokie! That sounds good. I am probably going to leave to look for the vials myself then. They shouldn't be too hard to locate… I think."

He was about to open a portal when Celestia said, "What will become of Equestria? What's going on?"

Doixa sighed and turned around. "If all goes well, Equestria will be safe," he said kindly, "But I cannot guarantee that. You see, Celly, the Paradox has pissed off Heaven and Hell very badly. But I know the power of the Enigma Empire, and I can say a three-way war is on the horizon, and it will probably devastate the whole multiverse. But then again, that could just be part of the Paradox's plan, I don't know. My former leader is absolutely insane, so he might have been feeding me and Pictor lies all along. However, I don't think he knows of the vials, and if he doesn't than we have a chance changing everything. Unfortunately, all we need now is time. The vials will need time to be put to use."

Celestia rushed forward and hugged Doxia, something she had never dreamed of doing, but she was very worried and scared. Scared because she truly didn't understand the magnitude of what was going to transpire in her little nation, and worried because she couldn't comprehend what would be even left of her little nation if the events transpired. Doxia hugged her tightly back for a moment, and then eased away.

"Tell no one of our meeting yet, Celly," he said, "I don't think it poses relevance as of yet. However, if I sense we're out of time, we will need to tear apart the Crystal Empire. Those vials must be found. Do we have any experts on little Sombraro?"

Celestia sighed. "Princess Twilight Sparkle might know a thing or two, and Sunset Shadow seems to know everything about everything. They might be of use."

Doxia shook his head. "No, we need someone who KNEW Sombra."

Celestia shook her head as well. "No one then. Sombra was very secretive. So secretive in fact that we didn't know that the vials corrupted him until it was too late. However… he did have someone who loved him dearly."

Doxia stopped himself from stepping through the portal to look at Celestia. He nodded to her.

Celestia looked off into the distance as she recalled the painful memories of King Sombra's rise and fall. "I cannot remember her name… but Sombra had a sister. He cared for her, but eventually enslaved her like everyone else. When we freed the kingdom, however, the Crystal Empire vanished for a thousand years thanks to a powerful curse that Sombra had placed on the land. When it returned, and Sombra had been defeated once more, I sent Cadence to search for her. We found her, but she won't talk to anyone. She is the only crystal pony whose luster has not returned, and there is nothing we can do about it. She won't tell us anything."

Doxia groaned audibly. "Why does everything have to be so ironically difficult?" he exclaimed, "Okay, what we need to do is find a way to get Sombra's sister to talk. If she can divulge any information about those vials, we will be set. THOSE THINGS MUST BE FOUND."

Celestia straightened up decisively. "I will get one of my little ponies on it right away."

Doxia waved a powerfully armored hand. "You do that," he said, "I will be doing some snooping around, among some other stuff. Oh, and Celly? Please be careful, things are going to get real bad real soon."

With that, Doxia turned around and stepped through the portal into the Crystal Empire's castle. Immediately he was surrounded by a mixture of Crystal Empire guards and Equestira guards. When they saw Doxia come into full view, however, they faltered in their step. Even a trained soldier couldn't help but feel cowed by the presence of a Dimensional Lord.

Doxia bowed to them. "Hail bold ponies!" he said dramatically, "I am here to see Princess Cadence and Shining Armor."

"Y-your highnesses?" called on of the guards, "I think there is someone here to see you two."

A large door to the throne room flew open and Cadence and Shining Armor trotted out. Immediately Shining Armor defensively placed himself between Doxia and his wife and charged up his horn.

"Who are you?" he said warily.

Suddenly Cadence recognized Doxia. "He's the one who saved me from my prison!" she exclaimed joyfully. She flapped over Shining Armor and landed at Doxia's feet. She then bowed low. Doxia quickly raised her and said, "Do not bow to me."

Cadence smiled at him. "Why are you here? Dear friend?" she said, "Is there anything you need?"

Doxia nodded. "First things first. First I need you all to start calling Shining Armor, PRINCE Shining Armor. Or KING Shining Armor. This fad with princesses is getting way out of control, and that thing is too 2014. Second, I was wondering if any of you know where the hidden chambers of Sombra is, and if it has too many staircases in it. Sombra's cutie mark was a stairwell, wasn't it?"

Cadence blinked at him. "I am unsure. Um… Very well. I can show you where the chambers are, Princess Twilight Sparkle showed me their locations. Tell me, what is your name?"

Doxia got down and on one knee to look Cadence in the eyes, then he said, "I am Doxia. I am a Dimensional Lord."

"Why are you here? And why are you asking for these things?" said Shining Armor, trotting up to stand beside his wife.

"Well, PRINCE Shining Armor," said Doxia, "A long time ago, I gave a promising young filly a powerful present that she was supposed to guard. This little filly eventually passed it on to a special colt. This colt kept the present safe, and he kept it safe well. Unfortunately, he became obseesed with the present's contents, and it drove him mad. The location of the powerful present was lost in his madness. The filly was Celestia, and the colt was Sombra."

Shining Armor looked at Doxia, his eyes still full of wariness. He hadn't trusted much at face value since the Equus-Irrum Alliance war. "What was in the present?" he asked.

Doxia turned his armored head to look at Shining Armor. "That would be telling, wouldn't it?" he replied, "I might tell you when the time comes, but you two will have to trust me. I need to find this present, and I need to find it now."

Cadence nodded. "I trust you," she said, "Follow me."

Cadence signaled to the guards and they were more than glad to back down. She then turned and trotted off down a side passage.

"Wow, what a lucky catch, marrying her, huh?" murmured Doxia to Shining Armor.

Shining Armor glared at Doxia, "Stop it."

Dimension: Looking For Group

Planet: Earth

Specific Location: Forest of Nestorep

Time: 14 hours after the arrival of Doxia in the My Little Pony dimension, a year after Cale'Anon meets Richard

Daniel blinked as he disconnected the telepathic link with Flaming Star. He then turned to Franklin and Wild, who were looking at him expectantly. "The firstborn... He says... to trust Wild," said Daniel slowly.

Franklin threw his hands in the air and Wild winked at them. "The firstborn knows his stuff," said Wild, "As I said, you guys are just going to have to trust me."

"And why should we?!" snapped Franklin, "Why should we trust you, a rogue?"

"Rogues take care of each other, if you know what I mean," replied Wild.

"Well that's where you more wrong than usual," retorted Franklin, "We're heroes, not rogues."

"Oh?" said Wild, grinning, "Just check your databases for recent updates."

Both Daniel and Franklin did so, and what they saw stopped their hearts for a split-second: both of them were mentioned in the newest update... they were wanted, by order of the illustrious Paradox.

"We're... we're wanted criminals," said Daniel slowly, "The prize for our death..."

"Four vials of pure Revetahw... Heck, I would turn myself in for that stuff! You could buy a whole dimension with just three vials!" snorted Franklin, a little too shocked to even act shocked.

Daniel turned his great head to Wild and said, "Why haven't you tried to apprehend us?

Wild continued to grin, "Because I have no want for worldly material now, all I want is to do what is right."

Daniel blinked, "I... I don't understand. You want to do what is RIGHT?"

Wild nodded, "I am a supposed to be a hero, right? Well, I may not have been one before, but it sure counts more now that we are in need of one. And that is what I intend to do: be a hero once more."

Daniel nodded. "I understand. Wild... thank you."

Wild bowed his head as Franklin crossed his arms and said, "Great, great, great. So, we're freaking wanted heroes... yay. What are we supposed to do now? Go find Funsch?"

Daniel nodded. "Yes, we need to find Funsch, but he won't be able to help us find Finnian Jones."

"Then what is the POINT?!" burst out Franklin.

Wild just rolled his eyes, "Hold your horses, Franklin. We need to listen, Daniel hasn't finished yet."

Daniel quickly nodded to Wild and continued, "Thank you Wild. We still need to find Evan Funsch, as I said, but we aren't going to ask him for the location of Finnian Jones, we are going to ask him for the location of the dimensional traveler Jetfire."

Wild nodded his head slowly. "I see. Jetfire was best friends with Finnian Jones. That's who you guys are looking for in the first place, correct?"

"That's correct," said Daniel, "We are searching for Finnian Jones, who supposedly knows of the location of the Crystal of Harmony."

"So," said Franklin, "We find Evan Funsch, who will lead us to Jetfire. Jetfire will then lead us to Finnian Jones who will lead us to the Crystal of Harmony. While we do this, we will be racing the clock and dodging mercenaries and other dimensional travelers. Okay... well, what the heck. Yolo right?"

"Don't even start, Franklin," sighed Daniel. He then said, to Wild, "You know where Funsch should be, right?"

Wild nodded his head and then winked at Daniel and Franklin, "I do. Let's go... team."

Daniel sighed again. "Yes, let's go team."

Dimension: Amethyst

Planet: Capitol Prime

Specific Location: Summit Meeting room 8, floor 9853171

Time: Unknown

"When are we going to make our move?" snarled Pictor, slamming his fist on a white table. Then, at his telepathic signal, Pictor proceeded to pull up multiple holographic projections. He quickly positioned them in space about him as he quickly ran a couple of calculations as he continued, "You were stupid by leaving the job unfinished. You should have just stepped over Dimensional Traveler Miranda's dead body and continued the trigger process."

"That wouldn't have worked, Pictor," said Paradox calmly as he stared out a window into the vastness of space, "I understood that Doxia had defected. I also understood that he would come for me if I immediately set off the system."

"I could have handeled Doxia," snarled Pictor.

Paradox turned his armored head to look at his enforcer and shook his head. "You couldn't then, and you probably can't now. Even I can't," he said, "Doxia's abilities are incredibly powerful. We need another plan to dispose of him."

"We need multiple new plans now to append to the old one," replied Pictor sharply, "You killing Miranda has caught the attention of Heaven. According to our sensors, they have sent Archangel Michael to scout out the situation."

"Let him do that," replied Paradox, "He will not find us. No one can find us. The Phantom Mode is absolute. I will sort out a couple of new additions to the Great Plan, but the changes will not be too drastic. We just need to proceed as normal. Now that the warrant is out for Torrus, the firstborn, and the Brothers in Arms corps, our only bothersome enemies are bottled up, not that we should be worried about them at all."

Pictor glanced around, as if he knew they were being eavesdropped on, and leaned in close to the Paradox. Then he whispered, "Rumors are starting that the Great Leader Kytax might return."

Now it was the Paradox's turn to slam his fist on the table. He did it with such force that the table shattered to dust, and all the walls cracked. The window shattered and the air was sucked into space, but none of this even fazed the two Dimensional Lords.

"Do not speak of Kytax to me," said the Paradox in a deathly quiet voice, "He is not coming back, do you hear me? The other Dimensional Lords are simply speculating. Let them. They have no idea what is going on anyway."

"But how can we keep the rest from finding out our felonies?" snapped Pictor, "You forget that Meadolax might have come across something by now, and if he finds out truly what we are doing, he too will defect. The Great Plan is good, but it will only be good as long as other Dimensional Lords are not involved… like the Great Leader Kytax."

"I SAID not to mention that name to me," said the Paradox in the same deathly quiet voice, "Kytax is not coming back. We must simply proceed like we have set out."

Note: Oooooooohhhh... What is in the vial?! And who is this Great Leader Kytax?! You guys will just have to wait for the upcoming chapters! Anyway, keep that R&R stuff coming in! I love reviews! Oh! Here's a good question! What is your favorite chapter so far, and why?