A/N: Alright, part 1 of 5 for the Earth chapters is here!

If you're wondering what might be going on with me in the real world; not much except me having gone to see a concert three days ago. And it was Disturbed with Breaking Benjamin, as I enjoy the both of those artists. I also have gone to see the new Ghostbusters movie, and yes I did enjoy it a lot. August 29, I'll be going to see Black Sabbath at the same venue as the 31st will be my birthday.

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Jack905: Well, here it is at last. Enjoy Part 1. :)

Owldusk: Of course the trip won't end up going so well, you'll figure out what happens next soon enough.

SPARTANZ115: Yeah, it's been quite a long time since you've reviewed. How have you been doing?

AntiVillain1: Of course. I know about him doing those voices. :)

billykilly: Guess I can say that you are in for a treat.

guest: Thank you.

mr234scott: There should be a bit of a description, but I have plans for that soon enough. It'll work in a kind of 'magical' way and in the fact of keeping the story at least to a T rating unless necessary to change it to an M rating later on in the story.

WarHusky2000: You're damn right mate. Things can turn a different direction as the story continues on.

Pony nerd: I'm just going to be as honest as possible; but I did give him a little role in the mirror world chapters, but I do not intend on having a chapter for both him and Brayden to be in. For easier terms, I do not think that it would fit into the story well. Sorry. :(

Guest: I hope not either.

The master: I originally planned on doing that, but abandoned the idea and changed it back to a T rating. It's still in my mind though, so no idea where and when it'll come in effect at some point in the story.

Alright, gotta run now, going to see the animated film "Sausage Party" soon enough, and I'm already making bets that parents are going to bring their kids and then walk out as soon as the language comes in.

The sound of the alarm clock beeping is the first thing that I heard as the morning is beginning to crawl through the closed window to sound off a new day. My vision seems a bit blurred at first, especially by the rising sun itself before it finally clears away from the few moments.

I begin to lift up in bed, being able to be given a chance to stretch the both of my arms and legs whilst I let out a yawn. Last night's sleep really paid off big time, as having the best of dreams with my friends being in them is always a great way of making my life happy and content without trouble in sight for me.

There isn't just only the sound of birds chirping outside of the closed window, there's also that signature humming that I am hearing from the floating claymore to my right side, at its spot by the window by the light shining through. It's the Song of Order itself, being the only other thing in my room that communicates with me often whenever I'm not being trained to fight by it or just bringing it out to protect others.

No danger at all today, and no training has been scheduled for me and the claymore as of now. Today seems like it's going to be pretty quiet in my opinion.

"Morning to you Brayden," The blade spoke up, nearly making me jump as soon as it spoke. "Did you sleep well?"

I am able to regain my sanity after that quick shock from the unexpected of it just talking to me. "Next time, would you give a headstart to notify me if you're going to say something? Comes out of nowhere." I told it.

The voice of the claymore chuckles for a moment. "I know that I love to give you a surprise every once in a while."

Well, you're probably wondering to yourself as you read this... what happened when you and Twilight got back to Fluttershy's cottage? Not much really happened that night, as we mostly just spent the rest of the night together in my bed, cuddling and sleeping together. I don't really want to think of going in 'that' yet, as I feel I should just wait until me and her have married before making plans of 'that'. Besides cuddles, there was kissing on the lips, the neck and... yeah, you get it by now.

She left the morning after as she knew that her student and our friend Starlight Glimmer was probably wondering why she had not come back to the castle last night after our date. Since the two days after had passed, I'm pretty sure that something was supposed to happen today but I couldn't quite put my finger on it as I must have forgotten.

"Brayden, you are most likely aware about what day it is today, right?" I can hear the claymore ask me with a bit of question.

I nod my head to it. "Of course, it's one of those regular days." I said to it as I get up and out of bed, making way towards my drawer to change out of my pyjamas and into the regular day clothing I usually wear depending on the season. As you know that it's quite a warm spring, I figure that a pair of comfortable shorts will go along well along with a short sleeved shirt in the color of black.

"I know you're aware of that," The Song of Order told me as I was getting changed. "But I don't think you realize about this news that you had been going on about for a long time about is today."

"Oh, it sure is. Another beautiful day in the making." I slip the shirt over me and turn to look at the floating Song of Order as it is communicating with me, as I figure that today also must be spelling for more training to better my skills of defending Equestria alongside my friends.

"No," It says with only that simple answer. "What I am trying to tell you is very important, today is the day when you and your friends..."

I approach the Song of Order and grasp it by the grip, bringing it upward and sheathing it behind my back as it continues to hum and create the gentle illusion that everything is fine besides the spirit of the claymore speaking with me. I'm not sure what he meant by the day being very important, but I'm pretty sure it's not April Fools' Day or Discord Day so it's not fooling me.

I can only chuckle as I turn and make haste to the bedroom door to leave. "Relax, I'm sure that whatever is happening with my friends today, it could happen to be later this evening."

The voice can only sigh as if it sounded very annoyed. "Well, I might not be able to convince you what day it is today, but I'm sure that Fluttershy will be the one to tell you what's going on today that you seem to have forgotten about." The voice tells me, even giving off a little bit of an irritation in the tone.

I step out from the bedroom that I slept in, making sure to close the door shut behind me. Downstairs, I can hear the quiet chitter-chattering of the small squirrels standing at the first step of the staircase, seeing me finally coming out after a good night's slumber. A few of the other critters come bouncing around to see me coming down the steps to see if Fluttershy was in the kitchen.

The smell of breakfast was in the air and I can tell what the exact taste was judging by the smell. It's the personal favorite of mine in the morning, and that alone would be the eggs on the frying pan being made over-easy, and with two hash browns on the side. If it is truely so, then she knows that she is doing her best to make both mine and hers the best day yet. Already I'm ready to have that to eat because after all they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

I could see her at the stove by the time I had got off from the staircase and made a turn with a direction into the kitchen. Her mouth is taking hold of a spatula as she flips an egg over to one side to reveal the crisped side of the meal, just how I like it on both side so I figure that it could be mine she is making, with another two eggs in the same pan, most likely being hers for her plate.

Her ears poke upward when she probably heard my bare feet coming in, so she finishes flipping over another egg and places the spatula onto the counter before turning around to see me approaching.

"Good morning Brayden," Fluttershy greets me with a smile on her face as she trots forward a few steps, placing her soft hoof onto my left hand. "I can tell that you must have slept quite well last night."

A smile forms on my mouth as my eyes glance at hers. "Of course. Last few nights have been going fantastic for me after all, considering that a lot is being done." I said to her, as her hoof is gently rubbing the top of my left hand.

"It must feel so wonderful that you finally proposed to Twilight. Somehow I knew that you were going to do that eventually," She has a cute giggle before taking a quick inaudible breath in. "I'm so proud of you Brayden, and it must have taken you a lot of courage to do that."

"Oh don't worry, I wasn't as nervous about doing that," I responded to her statement. "I had a bit of help from Princess Cadence. That's why that one day of visiting the Crystal Empire really did pay off. She had given me so much good advice on what to do in order to prepare and begin it. And hey, I even got to see their newborn named Flurry Heart."

"You must have been surprised to learn that she was an alicorn."

I nod my head to answer her question. "I was. I really didn't expect that. Nevertheless, I can tell that she really must have liked me by the cooing she made."

"She is really adorable, and I'm happy that Cadence and Shining Armor could introduce her to you." Fluttershy says, her quiet voice sounding quite content with what good things have been going on.

"Thanks," I respond to her until I realize about the food being cooked on the pan. "I think you should scoop up the eggs right about now."

"Alright, I'll take care of it. You get the milk from the fridge for both of us." She offered to me as she turns and takes hold of the spatula with her mouth once again.

In turn, I walk to the refrigerator and can see the milk sitting there on the bottom of the shelf with the rest of the other juices whether its apple or orange. It looks rather fresh considering that Fluttershy had been shopping yesterday. I take out the milk carton and take it over to the table, proceeding to pour it in two empty cups of glass meant for me and her.

"Well Brayden, I'm not sure if you knew... but today is the big one." Fluttershy says to me as she has finished scooping the fried eggs onto the plate.

I still look a bit curious about why they tell me this. First the Song of Order, and I'm pretty sure Flutters is going to tell me what's up this time, so there's no way I can resist having her tell me. She's my closest friend after all, and has stuck with me even for the hardest times. "The big one? Tell me please, I might remember why I feel like I'm missing out on something today."

She giggles for a moment and says "You know about today, right? It's the day that you and all of our other friends are going to visit Earth, where you came from."

The thoughts and memories of the Earth and me feeling like I missed it and wanted to visit come flowing through my head, with a bit of a gasp on realizing on what I never paid attention about when I was waking up. Twilight, and the rest of our other friends plus those I have invited were most likely waiting for us at any moment along with my aunt Luna who would end up giving me advice on how to get back to Equestria.

"Oh shoot!" I responded when I realized that we might end up being late. "The visit to Earth! I can't believe I ended up forgetting about that!" I get up out of the chair I was sitting in to get breakfast and begin making my way towards the front door in the other room. "Come on Fluttershy, we can't risk being late to meet up with our friends!"

"Um, Brayden?"

I stopped right at the door just where I was going to turn the golden handle, turning to hear the sound of her questioning voice. She stands there at the table, with both hash browns and two eggs on my plate and ready for me to eat at any time.

"I know it's important that we end up getting there as soon as we can, but don't you think that we should eat breakfast first?" She says with a bit of a smirk, knowing I'm just acting a little silly about hurrying right about now.

I guess she is right after all. I scratch the back of my head with both a sheepish grin on my face and my cheeks putting on a bit of a blush. "Oh... right." I said with a bit of a chuckle.

I begin to make my way back to the table to grab a bite to eat before we properly make our way out to go and see our friends. Even though Fluttershy couldn't hear the Song of Order's voice, I can hear it chuckling to itself. "Told you so..." I can hear it comment.

"We're here! Sorry that we're late!" I said as I make haste to open up both of the doors into the throne room where Twilight and the rest of our friends are waiting right about now. By the tone of my voice, I sound very exhausted as I have been sprinting my way from the cottage and to the castle, so no wonder I am out of breath.

I can see the group is not sitting in the circle around the Cutie Map like usual, but are gathered around and with the other friend that I have invited: Moondancer. Starlight Glimmer is also there, chatting away with Rarity while Spike is talking with Rainbow. Twilight must have heard the sound of the throne room doors opening up, and looks rather happy to see that I have come, and hopefully I wasn't too late.

"You actually both made it just on time, we're all gathering around to lay out some rules about visiting Earth." She says to me, trotting forward as I was stopping to catch my breath after having hurried over just in case.

"Yeah, I believe... I have some... rules..." I said, panting breath as I was speaking to her.

I do eventually catch my breath after a minute or two, and proceed forward with both Twilight and Fluttershy at my side. The way that Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down so excitedly, that alone tells me that she's really eager to see where I came from. Everyone else looks quite happy to see me.

"May I have all of your attention?" I said to the girls as they were gathering around me. "I know that all of you are excited to go and visit the Earth with me, but I do need to lay down the groundwork on what you can't do."

Rainbow spoke up first. "What's the rules for the visit? I'm hoping that I'll be able to stretch my wings and go for a bit of a fly while we are there."

"You can do that Dash," I responded to her with only a small concert in my voice. "It's just that I'm saying the rules to keep you girls safe."

Rarity trots forward by one hoof, keeping all-ears open like everypony else coming along with me for the trip. "Then do tell us Brayden, what's your rules? You've already told me about what would happen there, and you're doing all in your power to make sure that all of us are protected under those wings you've earned."

I take in a bit of a sigh before beginning to explain. "Okay, number one is that mankind over there can be a bit shocked to actually see real ponies from Equestria trotting about in the flesh. Best thing to do is for us to keep back and hide should anything happen... well, there will be a few people I know who would want to see you, so they're the ones I can trust. Even Princess Celestia has suggested that I bring a few friends from Earth back home with us after we're done there."

"Didn't you say before that there are others though would try to hurt us?" Rarity rose a hoof and asked.

"Yes Rarity, there would be which is why I have a few chosen friends that won't be able to hurt any of you as they have also seen the show as well," I responded to her. "But it brings me back to my point where there are also scientists who have an obsession with the unknown and would want to take you away with them back to their lab."

Rainbow Dash seems rather intrigued to hear about the scientists from Earth. "Cool!" She exclaims, sounding excited about it at the same time.

"No. Not cool," I turn to my friend and look at her. "If they were to take you away, you would never be able to leave, and they would perform endless experiments on you that could potentially be torture about where you or the girls came from; in which Equus would be screwed."

Rainbow's excited face seemed to drop when I told her that. "Okay, I'll just take that comment back."

"No worries to any of you as I will be bringing the Song of Order with me, just in case any danger should arise. Better safe than sorry after all. Another rule is that Earth's food is similar to Equestria's, but it is a bit more... different you could say. Male or female, humans were born as omnivores; that which eat both herbs and meat."

"They..." Fluttershy looks a little nervous about this. "They eat... meat?!"

"To you girls, you can say that it is an acquired taste over on Earth; so if you're not comfortable with me eating anything meat-related, you can leave the room as I don't want to force you to watch me eat it."

I can feel Twilight's soft hoof take and hold onto my right hand. "It's okay if you eat that Brayden," She tells me in a calm tone, showing no opinion on me being born an omnivore. "It's the way you were born into Earth's society. We aren't really able to eat anything meat-related anyway as we could get ill from it. But it won't affect anything between us or our friends."

"I was only a little surprised, but I will reserve my judgement on what you eat." Fluttershy says to me, her hoof touching the top of my left hand and gently rubbing it.

"I do need meat to survive, as it contains protein. Something that the human body needs to stay alive, and it's no wonder that I am getting a bit skinny from not having ate those in too long."

I wasn't too sure what the rest of my friends' opinions were finding out that I was an omnivore among them. Pretty sure that they will be fine with it, though I admit Rarity would look a little disgusted if she saw me eating a hamburger, bacon or anything meat related. I mean, when I was visiting the mirror world, Sunset was able to eat bacon as the transformation effects the mirror did for her would make the human version of her compatible of eating meat. Ahh... makes more sense.

"So... how are any of us going to get to visit Earth?" Moondancer asked.

A voice sounds off from behind me after that question has been answered. "I believe I know that solution to that question, Moondancer." I knew that tone in the voice when I recognized it, so I turn to see who exactly it was.

It is my aunt Luna, standing there, having trotted into the room right about now. Her horn channels magic, closing the double doors into the room behind her. "I apologize if I am late. Finding the item in the room of sacred treasures isn't exactly the easiest thing to do, especially if locked in that which no other Equestria citizen should see." She spoke to us.

I walk forward towards her, offering a warm friendly hug to her. By the look on her face, she is rather happy to see me as well, raising a hoof to allow me to give her a hug which she accepts. I place the both of my arms gently around her neck, as her hoof touched my back. We hug for a few moments and then we release.

"It is good to see you Princess Luna." I greeted her, hiding the fact that I didn't want to call her 'aunt' just yet. Fluttershy and Twilight know about it, but I don't want to tell my other friends until the time is right. Even before I tell them, I can't predict how they'll react but I know how Rarity will react.

"It is with good timing to see you too, my dear friend." She said to me, her horn channeling again to take out a unique item that looks very well much like a crystal with a strong string to use as a wearable amulet.

She brings it forward towards the rest of my friends who are gathered in a circle. "This crystal is no ordinary crystal; it is known as the Travelling Gem for an amount of ponies to travel in, to a significant world beyond ours. Crafted in the beginning of Equus, nopony had even dared to use this gem as they would not have any idea what things would be done or where it would take them, due to the incorrections they might accidentally make."

"So this thingamajig will take us to Earth?" Applejack asked.

"Precisely Applejack," Luna comments as she releases the crystal. The crystal itself begins to float in the middle of the circle, kind of similar how the Song of Order floats as well when I am not holding onto it. "Looking last night at the coordinates for the Sol system beyond ours, I was able to correct the course on where it would go and the magic ignited for when it wants to come back to Equestria. So when you are all done for the visit, Brayden will touch the crystal and bring all of you back."

"Well, we are all settled, so we should be good to go." I said to her.

"One thing I suggest though is that you should be aware of money in order to buy supplies where you are."

"The cottage we'll be going to should have enough supplies to support us there so we don't starve." I responded back to her, approaching her to say goodbye.

She puts a smile on her face. "Be safe Brayden, and we'll see you when you get back to Equestria."

"I will," I stated to her with a proud smile on my face. "I'll make sure that we'll be back in one piece."

"Alright," She says to me, placing her hoof on my shoulder. "You will be the one to wear the crystal. Once everypony is gathered, just touch the crystal and it should teleport you there to Earth. Note that you might feel every molecule in your body is disintegrating when you activate the spell. It's normal though, so it shouldn't bring harm to any of you."

I nod to her, exchanging another hug with her before turning and walking into the center of the group.

Spike was there sitting on his small throne and ready to watch as we are heading out. "Are you sure that you can handle things here in the castle while we're gone Spike?" I can hear Twilight asking him.

"Definitely!" He says to her. "Me and Big Macintosh are going to be hanging out soon again, for a super top-secret guys' night. Don't think any of you would be interested though." A smirk appears on his face. I've heard of girls' night outs and that, but I'm not really a person myself who does guys' nights, so I'm a bit more comfortable hanging out with the female gender.

Don't ask me why, I guess I just have that feeling that males tend to be a bit more rowdy than females, so it explains why I'm usually talking with females and hanging out with them.

"Not really Spike, but we'll see you when we get back from our trip." I said to him. "You have fun with Big Macintosh though."

The baby dragon nods his head to me, as in the way of wishing us good luck. I am able to wave goodbye to him for now, and then turn towards the levitating crystal in front of me.

The crystal shone brightly for a quick moment as I take the string used for wear, putting it around my neck. My hands look at the gem for the moments as I can see a glimpse of the Earth with my own eyes, and the cottage where I went to. The memories... they flow right back to me of the good days.

No hesitation was necessary, as my right hand's index finger is placed onto the gem's centre, activating its spell and enclosing a circle of magic around me and my friends who were coming with me.

"Wha- What's happening?!" Starlight Glimmer sounds rather confused to what was going on and why all of us were unable to move from the spell being cast upon us.

I can hear the sound of magic emitting from within the gem like it was powering up after millions of years. For the first time, it would be activated for a purpose. My bare feet are unable to move either as the spell was keeping us to the floor... possibly for safety reasons that the spell had. Everypony else looks really confused, while Luna herself is smiling at us and wishing us well on the trip.

The crystal began to spew out from all sides, a blue essence. It travels around the circle, encovering around the hooves of my friends and around my own legs. My eyes perch down into the sphere it creates under my feet. I can see my feet and legs beginning to disintegrate and dissolve, being sent into the crystal along with everypony else. The sense isn't hurting, but more rather gently and I watch it crawl up past my body and up towards my arms.

I was able to hear Twilight answer her student's question before she was disintegrated and put into the crystal. "I think the crystal is storing us in there until we arrive at the destination!" It is hard to hear her voice over the emitting sound of the crystal's influence, as it disintegrates my arms with only my head starting to go in.

Pinkie was laughing a bit before she was disintegrated, and I can hear her comment. "This is going to be fun!"

I had no idea what I would see, but I closed my eyes and I couldn't feel any part of my body or move anything by the time I have been disintegrated in whole.

My ears could still pick up sound, even though it had been disintegrated, but it felt like I was still alive and that it wasn't a death trap for me or my friends after all accidentally given to us. I can't move still, but I think I can open up my eyes and see what is going on.

I open up my eyes slowly, catching a glimpse of what was happening outside of the crystal. Luna and Spike are there still smiling and giving us good luck, but taking their steps back as I can see from inside the crystal that we were just about ready to take off.

The gem is finally on the move by the time it has started to levitate up into the air, going straight through the castle roof like a ghost itself. The mountains and the town of Ponyville could be seen way below as the crystal begins to shine brightly by Celestia's sun above. A few pegasi are out and about and the flight shifts path, heading to pass through Cloudsdale.

In the cloud city above, most Pegasi are at work but a few that have noticed the shining gem in the sky headed out and beyond the blue skies. I caught a glimpse of where the coliseum was where Rainbow Dash performed her Sonic Rainboom to save Rarity from falling, and I can recall she was congratulated by the Wonderbolts and Celestia for such a good deed like that. But it's pretty surprising to know that my best friend is now in the Wonderbolts, so it's good and by the time she is back from our visit, her probation will have ended and she could fly with them again.

The clouds have passed and the blue atmosphere begins to disappear and the blackness of space could be seen as the sound of magic begins to grow quiet, and thankfully there is the necessary air elements so that we all could still breath in the crystal.

By the time the air border has ended, all had grown dead silent as the crystal begins to accelerate at massive speed numbers, as the planet of Equus begins to get smaller in my point of view. I did witness a good look of the closest I've seen for Luna's moon as we slip underneath the satellite before the crystal continues on.

It felt like we were already going to be whipped across the galaxy at this new speed we were going, as it felt like we were travelling in the speed of light-years until Celestia's sun was gone afar from even our reach. Many other little stars in the long distances of space move fast across the black reaches, and even we found ourselves passing through the collapsed Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation that had been destroyed already by a supernova many years, and the people of Earth most likely won't see it until the light of its image finally arrives in the new millennium.

The crystal's speed starts to slow down and the image is turned towards a solar system surrounded by ice and rock on the outskirts. From there, I can see the small uninhabitable dwarf planets floating by themselves in space as many particles fly alongside it. We don't really have to worry about anything hitting as it passes along transparent.

"So this... is where you have come from... The Solar System." I can hear the Song of Order's voice comment. "It is rather beautiful here in this system, quite beyond words."

The crystal's speed is quick to skip past them, making the approach towards the smallest planetary body in the system. It's Pluto itself and it's visible companion moon Charon. This did trigger a memory for me and an opinion if I could, but I can remember the days when Pluto was called a planet and how I grew up with that fact that there is nine planets, and I still believe it is, and always would be no matter how small it was.

The crystal continued onward, in the distance too far beyond was Neptune and Uranus in the outer regions of the system. But as the image turns much closer, I could see that the ringed planet was closely approaching and even the name itself 'Saturn' makes me remember the times growing up and loving astronomy as a kid.

Its rings were much closer that I had thought as the crystal began to slip through and out, and I knew that I had recognized that small mechanical figure still afloat there in space to study the gas giant itself... a research satellite sent from Earth itself in the figures of studying its moons as well.

"The Cassini-Huygens satellite... interesting. Humanity from your world seems eager to learn about what happens outside their own planet." The voice of my claymore is heard again commenting.

Through the region of space we continue, seeing as being our pass by another known gas giant in the system, Jupiter. Through the view, we have passed its moon Europa and are headed to make the closest approach to Jupiter's atmosphere which looks beautiful beyond words. The magic of the crystal most likely is protecting us from the planet's powerful radiation as it alone could kill us if we weren't careful about it.

The Great Red Spot though... it's as huge as I thought it would. I could stare into it for hours, through when you see it on where Sol doesn't shine on it, it's all dark and possibly you could see lightning and thunderstorms would be much louder there than on Earth or Equus.

We eventually pass Jupiter and carve through the path of the asteroid belt between the inner and outer regions of the system. No sight of Mars anywhere, but perhaps when we are leaving Earth; perhaps we'll be able to pass by it.

There it is... with my own eyes...

It is Earth itself, still standing like a gem in the oceans. The crystal began to make a fast approach, but at least it has slowed down to allow entry into the atmosphere. The moon is still there in one piece, floating by itself and moving slowly across the black.

We got past it and begin our descent back to Earth as I can almost taste the past coming to me and the excitement that I had for what was going to happen next. During the approach, I am finally able to feel my body, arms and legs the closer we got to the destination set. There above the Earth, I catch a glimpse approaching of the International Space Station and pass by it. I swore by my own eyes that I could see astronauts out at work on the station, probably not having noticed us. If they did see us, they'd probably think it was a small stray meteorite passing through to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

Wait... I can hear sound again as the magic emitting is heard once again, but quietly. Must be already heading into Earth's atmosphere by now. The closer and further that we got into humanity's world, the more sound became louder.

The volume finally normalized with the sound of the crystal's magic bringing us down and then brushing through the white clouds above which most likely will not support the weight of Pegasi like in Equestria or all of Equus. The position of the sun above seems like it is in the time range of morning transitioning into an early afternoon.

Past the white clouds, I could see the green land below and the beaches accompanied with the sands along with all of those other small cottages distant from our destination. The crystal begins to make a slow down, but as soon as we are close to the cottage stop, it make a slow and steady halt stopping there in the backyard of my cottage.

My vision begins to change from inside of the crystal and I figure that it is because I am appearing outside of the crystal and being put back together by the magic of the crystal itself. I am able to blink and I still can't move my feet or legs, but as I am being brought back I can at least move the parts that are there.

My friends are also appearing as well, with a rather joyful expression coming from Pinkie herself. She must have really loved the experience of travelling in the crystal. Moondancer looks rather relieved as she appears once again, her hooves appearing back from the experience. Starlight Glimmer looks a bit shocked, though I am pretty sure that she has seen worse when in Equestria. Everypony else is fine, and Twilight is just looking down and around to make sure that every part of her from the spell is back.

My legs finally reappear again and the spell is released when my hand lets go of the crystal, but with a bit of an outcome. I end up falling backwards onto the ground, having almost broken one of my wings, but thank Celestia that I have the Song of Order on my back to prevent that from happening.

My eyes blink for a moment as I am staring momentarily up at the blue sky with clouds above and the very hot summer temperature. The sound of hooves could be heard galloping towards me and I can tell that it was Applejack who looked a little worried that I might have hurt myself in the process.

"Ya alright sugarcube?" She asked me as she offers her hoof to help me up off of the ground.

I look at her, taking her hoof and allowing her to help me up off the ground. I don't stand up just yet, but I at least sit up to let everypony know that I was fine. Afterwards, I turn to the sound of the distant waves.

There it was once again... I was back on the world I grew up the most of my life. The grass feels realistic again, just like how it felt when I first came to Equestria. The sands are still golden, and the oceans still haven't risen yet. The smell of fresh air...

"We're finally here..." I said, as I am getting up onto my two bare feet.

"Great Celestia..." I can hear Rarity say as she admires the view. "Your world looks simply divine!"

"It's only just one part of Earth that we are at, but we should have a television inside of the cottage so that we can watch television shows and play video games on the consoles." I said to them, turning around to speak with them.

"You have video games?!" Pinkie says with a bit of a gasp. "This is going to be the best visit ever!"

"I know it will Pinkie," I said to her, gently placing my hand onto my close friend's shoulder. "But before we get into those important matters, I think that it is wise that we get into the cottage and start setting up everything and where we'll all sleep."

"Okie-dokie-loki!" Pinkie says to me, bouncing up and down excitedly.

Rainbow Dash spreads open her wings and flies up a bit. "Only one thing Brayden. We'd need a key to get into your cottage, and I'm pretty sure that the keys are mostly at your parent's place." She tells me, sounding only a bit concerned as it could be a populated area that could put them and potentially me in danger.

"Now don't fear Dashie," I said to her with a smart look on my face. "I always come prepared. I usually have a spare key by the door."

"Lead the way then dear," Rarity comments, using her hoof to wipe her face. "It's quite hot outside and I know that soon we'll be hitting the beach for a swim. After all, it's a way to cool down everypony."

I can see Twilight trotting alongside next to me as I am leading my friends to the front of the house to bring them inside. She moves her head, gently nuzzling it against the side of my chest. Feeling a little comfortable and happy, I place my right arm around my fiance to keep her happy and content.

"I'm so proud that we could finally get the opportunity to visit with you." She tells me, sharing a happy tone in her voice.

I put on a bit of a chuckle. "Oh you know me, it takes me some time to prepare for this, and here we are."

We both head up onto the wooden steps of the porch that surrounds the house, turning the corner to the side, when I can hear the hooves of my friends trotting along behind us.

"Oh my... I have no idea what to say," I can hear Fluttershy joining up by my left side. "Your world looks wonderful. I- I hope we get to stumble upon some animals nearby."

"That I hope too Fluttershy." I respond to her.

Rainbow flies past and is flying backwards as she turns to look at me. "I call one of the guest bedrooms available when we get into the house."

"Now Rainbow Dash, ya can't just take it yet," Applejack scolds her, sounding only a little annoyed. "Wait until y'all of us have set up the rooms before making a choice of where to sleep."

Rainbow chuckles. "I'm kidding, of course I'm going to help out, but I am eager to know about what Brayden has in the cottage and what the other humans here are like."

"Come on now Rainbow," Moondancer says, adjusting her glasses for a moment behind me as she probably would at times. "We'd also need a tour of the place, to know where we go and the boundaries. Plus where none of us can go in."

We turn a corner around and I can see the front door from there with the small mailbox there where the mailman would usually deliver his mail to me. Looks like there is no cars there in the driveway and it looks like no one has come onto the property for quite a long time still, but hey one of my motorcycles is still sitting there and gather dust from the dirt road. We approach the front door and my left arm reaches up, taking hold of the small key to enter.

"Smart move there to have the key sitting there." Starlight commented.

I nod my head while placing the key in the lock. "Thanks. At least no one trespasses on this property out here, as it more solely happens in the more populated areas." With a twist of the key in the lock I can hear it unlock and I begin to open up the door.

Light came into the room as our shadows could be seen standing there. The wallpaper is just a basic paint job of clear sky blue, and I can see that recognizable staircase there that I would climb up to get to my bedroom. The couch looks upgraded and the television is off, so I have a feeling that it probably hasn't been used in a while.

"Goodness, nice place you got here Brayden." Rarity says to me. "A little dusty, but that's nothing that good me can fix with dusting around to get rid of the dust bunnies."

"Alright, teams will help out around the place," I said as I begin organizing others into teams. "Fluttershy, you're with Rarity in cleaning the place a bit. Applejack and Moondancer, check the pantry and refridgerator for the food and water supplies... don't forget the freezer either. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, check to see if there is power in the basement; door should be at the end of the hallway on the left before the bathroom... plus see if there is sleeping bags to bring up. Twilight and Starlight, come with me."

"You got it!" Pinkie says giving a bit of a salute before heading off with Rainbow to check out the basement.

Everypony else gets into their assigned tasks, as both me, Twilight and her student head outside on the front porch as I had intentions of giving them a warm welcome to the planet itself. My special somepony who I now call my fiance is looking at me as if I needed something. Her student also joins me on the opposite side as we look out into the new world.

"My special somepony... my friend... welcome to Earth."

Rebecca's POV

6:34pm, The Swiss Alps

"So this is exactly where the portal is to enter this world that you call Equestria?"

The leader of the Global Persecution, Achmed Daou II was with me as I escort the leader of the organization and his many men into the mountain pass where I have last left the portal open. Having convinced him wasn't easy, but I have made so many good promises of what'll happen if we are victorious together.

"Yes, and right here is the portal where you and your soldiers will go through. My plan is getting my dragons to take sides with you which can easily be done and straight forward. How many soldiers do you have? We'll need as many as possible to proceed with the plans."

Achmed turns to look at me. "I have an army of a million of more men. They're right on their way."

"Good," I said with a smile on my face. "I'm sure that even a simple attack in their most popular city will draw attention to turn against my friend and put the blame on him."

"Our weapon supplies are those of assault weapons that we have gathered from the dead enemies we successfully brought to an end, and we also have a few surprises of our own," He continued. "From a few of the enemy lines, we have taken control of their fighter jets."

"Guess your men will just love causing a big scene then, hm? Good as well," I said. "But we'd have to start out small first. Their most populated city is Canterlot, so it'll be good to send one of your men there to start a panic that the human and dragon races should never be messed with, to see if they'll fight back."

Achmed nods his head, agreeing with me on my idea. "I believe my men have the necessary equipment needed."

"Once we enter the portal that enters into the territory of Mortem, I will warn you that the stench of death can be deadly for even a human. My ancestor passed down a spell that can make your armies unstoppable for the stench, and no creature there residing even undead will attack you as long as I command them."

A strange noise began to emit, and I know by the sound that it was not from the portal itself like something was coming through to get here. By the dark pulsing tone, it is the Dragon Queen amulet that is sounding off and giving out a dark blood red color. It sounds like it is warning of a presence of magic that seems so familiar from the past years that my ancestors described.

I take the amulet and begin to look into the red stone, seeing the images in them starting to become clear as a crystal why it was acting like that. My eyes widen a bit, and my throat begins to thirst for vengeance. I can see those ponies... their presence has come to the Earth itself, and I can see Brayden with them.

I knew it! I just knew it myself that he was going to come slipping in to infect the world even further with those damn ponies and do more damage than good. In the amulet, I watch with a fiery rage as he is laughing alongside one of his friends which is known as Pinkie Pie from the show, the one I truely wanted to destroy first out of all of them.

My magic within powers to a maximum, and I am able to summon my dragon wings of dark red and black as my hazel-green eyes remain the same, but change its shape to what almost looks like dragon eyes.

"You seem to look enraged. Does something trouble you?" I can hear Achmed ask me.

I turn to look at him, issuing a command to him by the look in my eyes. "Order your men to remain here until I have returned. There is an errand I need to take care of myself and I shall not let any interfere. Do not enter the portal without me there!" I barked at him before my dragon wings spread to fly off.

He turns to the rest of his soldiers, shouting Arabic words to them as in telling them to stop and wait until I have returned. I make flight and soar over the heads of the men before heading out through the blue skies and over the Alps where the cave was hidden. Getting his men here wasn't easy, but it'll do for now just to head to the location of where Brayden and his 'friends' are on the other side of the world.

My wings flap as I accelerate in speed to hurry on ahead. I might take a day or two to get there, but the deed must be done by my ancestors who have tried multiple times to find where the portal was to no avail.

Once his friends are taken care of... then I can begin my attack on Equestria and put an end to this nonsense. Soon, they'll feel the fires of Mortem and my strength will crush them by the numbers...

As for Brayden? I'll figure something out...