Where the sun doesn't shine.

Chapter 4: Where the animals don't get near.

Upon hearing her and the dragon’s name, the hooded unicorn raised her head.

"How do you know our names?"

"Uhh...I... I heard rumours, yes, rumours." Saying that he knew because of a TV show from his world would be utterly ridiculous.

"I see, it would make sense after all."

"There's something I must ask you. You are one of the Mane 6, yet you are both here alone...what happened to the rest?"

"I'd rather not talk about it."

"I understand..." After saying this he turned to one of his guards next to his throne and whispered. "Tell Atticus to send a scout to Ponyville in Equestria immediately." The guard raised his hoof to his chest and left to send the message. "So, you travelled from Equestria to my place, may I know why?"

"I travel around offering my services to those who need it. I heard you started this Empire barely a decade ago, so I thought that you needed help with it. I am Princess Celestia’s student, so I could be of great help to you."

The Terran's eyes narrowed behind his sunglasses, the fact that not only one of the Mane 6 was alone, but that Celestia's student left her kingdom filled him with worry and curiosity. He turned to the other guard next to him and gave him an order, which he complied as he left.

"I'd certainly find a use for your skills." Said the Terran as he waited for the guard to come back.

The guard returned with paper and quill and handed them to the Emperor. He wrote an address and gave it to the guard.

"My guard here will guide you to your future residence, please make yourself at home. I'll send you a letter when I find your assistance required."

The grey unicorn bowed and left as the guard guided her. The Terran stood up and walked to the balcony, leaning on it while thinking about the possible reasons of the grey unicorn not only being so far away of her homeland with just spike as her companion, but also of them losing their colour completely. The only thing that there was left to do now was to wait for the scout's report.

A month passed as the emperor patiently waited, giving random missions to the grey unicorn to keep her busy. One day Atticus arrived with the scout's report and gave it to the Terran, whose eyes widened both in shock and disbelief. The report said about Ponyville being some sort of literal nightmare: buildings upside down and flying, day and night changing in a minute, weather being as unstable as it could get, one day freezing cold and the other boiling heat. It was also written that Ponyville wasn't the only place affected, that every major and minor city of Equestria that he passed through was the same, but Ponyville seemed to be the eye of the storm.

"Atticus..." He said. His eyes were still fixated on the letter.

"Yes, sir?"

"Give me paper and quill. Also, prepare the 1st escort detachment."

"At once, sir."

Once he returned with paper and quill, he left to meet the soldiers. The Terran started writing the letter, the one who would receive that letter was no other than the grey unicorn and the dragon.

Just like the first time, the detachment and the Terran were at the gates, this time waiting for Twilight and Spike. Their objective wasn't annexing anything, but finding out what was happening, and solving it if possible. Nopony expected to be able to remedy the situation at Equestria; after all, if Celestia couldn't, then chances are no one can.

"You needed us?" Twilight and Spike arrived at the gates, their eyes widened as they saw for the first time that eighty heavily armoured soldiers would be escorting them.

"Indeed I do, we march to a place that might be familiar to you..."

"...If you are talking about Equestria, then you mustn't!"

"You have no authority over me, mare."

"You don't know what's there!"

"My scout has already given me the report of what's going on, that's one of the primary reasons of this mission. Help me as much as you can and this will be over earlier."

"But Disc--"

"Did I stutter?!"

"...No sir."

"Soldiers! We march!"

They all started walking, and with a bit of irritation Twilight followed. They all took a great risk by advancing into Equestrian soil, but they willingly did. They passed through Cabalderio's borders and stepped into Equestria, the further they got inside the weirder the scenery appeared to be. Just as they passed through a forest on the way to Ponyville they sighted something which didn't fit with the rest of the scenery. The Terran with a hand gesture told the detachment to scatter and surround, and with another he told Twilight and Spike to stick close to him. As they closed in they saw that the centre of the forest had neither trees nor grass, and in the middle there was a boulder with a pony sleeping over it. It was Fluttershy, but she had no colour at all, just grey; the Terran advanced towards her while Twilight and Spike followed.

"Twilight, what happened to Fluttershy?" Asked him as they stopped next to the sleeping grey pony.

"How do you know her name?"

"The same way I know yours."

"True enough, also I... don't know what happened."

"Will both of you shut up?! I'm trying to sleep over here!" Fluttershy said as she woke up.

"Okay, that's not the Fluttershy I've heard of...Twilight, are you hiding something?"

"...My guess is as good as yours."

"Really, Twilight? Don't you know anything about me? Dear god, did Discord hit your head hard enough to give you amnesia?" Retorted Fluttershy

"What?! I'm not hiding anything!"

"Ok, both of you stop fighting now." Ordered the Terran as he tried to avoid violence.

"Who are you to tell me what to do, super-sized monkey?!"

The Terran, after hearing what she said, removed his sunglasses.

"I'M THE ONE WHO CAN KICK YOUR ASS INTO NEXT MONTH!!"

"What did you just say!?"

"DID I STUTTER?!"

Fluttershy jumped towards the Terran and kicked him hard enough to make him fall, then they both started fighting and it was clear the Terran was losing.

"Both of you, stop!" Twilight's attempt at stopping the fight failed, but at that time she started regaining her colour, as she worried about them. "Stop it already!" She had no more options; she used her magic lift Fluttershy up in the air and make her stop destroying the Terran. "Fluttershy! That's not like you! You're supposed to be the element of kindness, yet you completely destroyed his face!"

"Medic..." Desperately implored the fallen Terran while raising an arm.

Twilight had regained her colour completely, but seeing as her talking it had no effect on Fluttershy, decided to make her remember everything she had done in life with a memory spell. She casted it and knocked out Fluttershy, and as she was unconscious she regained her colour too, until she woke up.

"What...What happened...Oh dear! Did I do this to that creature?"

"M-my blood! She punched out ALL my blood!"

Twilight smiled and jumped happily as her friend returned to her former self, she told the good news to Spike who was still grey, this spectacle had no effect on him.

"Spike! I did it! I cured Fluttershy!"

"Far out, mare." He said with a tiring voice as he laid on the ground contemplating the sky.

Twilight started thinking about what might cure him, until she realized something.

"If we keep like this, we can also make Rarity return to normal!"

"...You can?!" He said as he stood up and regained his colour in a split second. "This is incre--" His cheers were cut short as he grabbed his stomach in pain. Suddenly, out of his mouth came dozens if not hundreds of letters, and they all landed over the poor Terran who couldn't even fully regenerate. Twilight took one of the letters and gave it a look, and after that he took another one, and another one.

"These...These are the letters I sent to Princess Celestia!!"

"Looks like Celestia's with us now!" Remarked Spike.

"Well Twilight, it looks like you've been hiding a lot from me lately." Said the Terran as he stood up like nothing happened at all, with his wounds and broken bones completely healed.

The entire detachment revealed themselves from the places they were hiding, making Fluttershy almost faint of the shock.

"Sir, what's our next objective?"

"That's for Twilight to decide, after all, I bet she knows a lot of things that I don't..."

"Ha ha...Sorry..."