“Where…am...I?” I ask as my eyes open. My mouth was dry, and I felt like I had been left in the sun for a month with no rain.

“Please stay still so I can fix you.” I hear a motherly voice tell me. My mind racks itself because of the familiarity of the voice. I look around with my eyes, and see the end of a flowing mane of multiple colors. My eyes widen as I now know who I am with.

I felt my blood turn black from my ability, and feel myself being revitalized from it.

Once I didn’t have a headache, I sit up, and reach for my sword, and hold my hand on the handle as I look at Celestia with fear in my eyes. She has the same look in her eyes as she saw how quickly I recovered.

“Where is my squad?” I ask as I take my hand off of my sword.

“They are in different parts of the medical wing.” Celestia tells me. I relax, and fall onto my back.

“Is Flame Scepter okay?” I ask.

“Flame Scepter?” She asks me.

“The one with the golden scepter with blades on the end.” I tell her.

“Oh yes. The one who we can’t treat.” She says with a frown.

“Why.” I say with dread in my voice, and sit back up.

“He has a body temperature that we can’t live with, and he is radiating too much heat.” She tells me.

I stand up, and head into the bathroom. I leave the door open as I turn on the sink, and let it pool in the sink. The water nears the edge of the sink, and I stop the water.

I summon my energy, and bring the water with me out of the bathroom.

“Take me to Flame, and I can cool him down to a livable heat level.” I tell her.

“How? Even our top unicorns can get into that room without getting burned.” She tells me. I freeze the water, and it turns black. I walk to the door, and it swings open.

“I need to save him before he burns to death, and if you don’t help me I will be your worst enemy.” I tell her as I exit my room. I hear the clopping of hooves as Celestia catches up to me. I slow a bit, and hold my ice in my hands so I don’t pass out from overuse.

Celestia leads me to a steel door that is steaming. I push my ice against the door, and it melts the door from the power of Flame’s ability conflicting with my own. I walk through the hole in the steel door, and strait up to Flame.

Flames eyes were giving off fire, and his skin was burning to the touch.

“Water and fire don’t mix for a reason.” I say with my elemental voice, “They were made to balance each other!” I shout as I unleash my ability fully, and embrace Flame with my arms. My skin was pitch black, while Flame’s was glowing white.

I grew darker and colder as my power leveled with Flame’s.

Once on the same level our powers start to calm and we balance each other out.

It took ten minutes for Flame to power down with my help, but it eventually resealed itself, along with my own.

I got up and off of Flame, and he looks at me with his crimson eyes.

“Thanks Dark.” He tells me.

“Get some sleep Flame. I will deal with the Princess.” I tell him. He nods, and falls asleep quickly.

I walk back into the hallway, and see Celestia is staring at me in awe. I chuckle, and she snaps out of it. I motion her to follow me.

“I believe you have questions for us.” I tell Celestia as I head back to my room. She nods, and we continued in silence.

Once we made it to my room I sat down on the bed, and looked to her.

“You can ask me anything you want Princess.” I tell her.

“Who are you?” She asks me.

“I am known as Dark Frost.” I tell her.

“What are the names to your companions?”

“The one we just visited was Flame Scepter. Then there are four others. Delta Shot, Steel Skull, Sharp Thought, and Night Terror. We all came from the same place, at the same time.” I tell her.

“Do any of the others in your group have powers?” She asks me. I shake my head.

“No, only Flame and I have abilities like this.” I tell her.

“Do you all have special talents?”

“Yes. Mine is control over liquids, Flame’s is control over fire, Delta has amazing marksman skills, Steel Skull has a skull that can take massive amounts of damage without cracking, Sharp Thought is the quickest thinker I know, and Night Terror can’t be scared or frightened by things that seem scary to others.” I tell her.

“When you woke up you said squad. Are you a military group?” She asks.

“Yes, or we used to be before we came here. On our world we were enlisted in the United States of America Navy. My official rank was lieutenant commander.” I tell her.

“How did you get to Equestria?”

“During one of our training exercises a thunderstorm came in, and I had created a portal out of the hopes that it would bring us here.” I tell her.

“Did you expect it not to work?”

“I was expecting an explosion instead of a portal, but no, I didn’t expect it to work.”

“And this portal brought you here?”

“No, it brought us all to your parents. King Night Drop and Queen Sun Drop. After a few words, and negotiations with them, they sent us here.” She shakes her head.

“My parents are dead.” She tells me.

“They’re not dead, but ascended.” I tell her.

“Ascended?” She asks in confusion.

“It happens when an alicorn’s destiny is completely fulfilled. Your parents’ destiny was to raise you and your sister to be perfect rulers of this land, and teach you how to raise the sun and moon. Once this was done they ascended to a realm of their own.” I tell her.

“So they’re alive?” She asks me. I nod my head, but remember that I have something for her.

“Where is my combat clothing?” I ask her.

“They are in the closets of the rooms you are all in.” She tells me as she points to a door with a hoof.

I get up, and walk over to said door, and open it. All of my NCU was there, but it was clean, and fresh. I reach into the inside pocket of my jacket, and pull out the scroll. I close the door to the closet, and walk over to Celestia.

“Your mother told me to give this to you.” I tell her as I hold out the scroll. She opens the scroll, and reads it. Tears form in her eyes, but she doesn’t shed them as she reads.

“Thank you for bringing me this.” She tells me.

“You are very welcome.” I tell her with a soft smile, and a nod. I give Celestia a few moments to recompose herself before we move on.

“I will need to set up rooms in the castle for all of you, until you decide where to live.” She tells me.

“I thank you for your kindness, and generosity Princess.” I tell her as I give her a bow.

“Please thank my Parents. I have done nothing.” She tells me.

“Princess, where is your sister? I would think she would like to be asking me questions as well.” I ask Celestia as I head to the closet.

“She is still sleeping right now.” She says. I stop, and turn to her.

“Oh, then I guess I’ll have to wait to see her.” I reply as I get my sharpening stone out of the closet. I sit on my bed, and open the flask. I pull the water out of the flask, and start working with it.

“So, what would you like know?” I ask her.

“What about you sword?” She asks me. I smirk, and pull my sword from its sheathe.

“Well if I still had the original blade that this was made with it would be very strong, but since your parents repaired it I have no idea how strong it is now, but I’m happy that it still has the indents.

“What do you mean by repaired?” She asks.

“I had to use my sword’s blade as a lightning rod to open the portal.” I tell her.

“So you didn’t open the portal with your own magic?” She asks.

“Lightning makes the liquid I turn, into a strange energy that I can’t control. If the portal hadn’t of opened I, and my squad, would have been dead, instead of living here in Equestria.” I tell her.

“So you risked your lives on a wild guess to come here?”

“Yes, but we all wanted this at the center of our beings, but we were hoping to come here to burry our weapons, and live in peace, but if we must protect you and your sister to stay, then so be it.” I say as I sheathe my blade and stand at attention.

“Me and my men stand at your side, and are yours, and your sister’s to command, and we await your every beck and call.” I tell her with a salute. She gives me a pure smile at this.

“Do you prefer Dark, or Frost?” She asks me.

“It wasn’t my choice of name, so which ever you deem is better will be fine.” I tell her.

“Okay then Dark.” She replies, “You said choice, does that mean these names are not your real names?” I shake my head.

“No, these names are our nicknames, but we prefer them over our real ones.” I tell her as I move to at ease since my heart physically won’t let me stay at attention for more than a few minutes.

“So what is your real name?” She asks me.

“Chase, Valice Nitronence.” I reply with a nod.

“What was your military rank?”

“Lieutenant Commander.” I reply.

“We don’t have that rank, but we do have lieutenants.” She tells me.

“I am above a sergeant.” I tell her as I sit down, and rub my temples, trying to get rid of the last of my headache.

“How large was the military force in your world?” She asks.

“Just within the navy, or overall?” I ask her.

“Both.”

“The navy was a worldwide force, which acted like the police officers of the entire planet. The entire size of the military of my previous country was an unknown to me, but my country acted like the protectors of freedom on my world.” I tell her.

Right after I said this a male earth pony came into the room.

“Princess one of the special patients has awoken, and is calling for a Dark Frost.” The pony tells Celestia. She nods, and waves a hoof for me to follow, so I do so and follow the Princess out of my room, down a few hallways, and into a room that had Sharp Thought in a bed.

“Dark, is that you?” He asks me. I cringe at his casts, and walk up to him.

“Yeah, it’s me Sharp.” I reply as I look over him, “What is the damage?” I ask the pony that led us here.

“He has severe bites from the timber wolves on his arms, and left leg. His right leg has a sprung ankle, but that can be fixed easily if we knew how to do so.” The pony replies. I nod, and walk into the bathroom, and return with a glob of water floating next to me.

“You know the drill Sharp.” I tell him as I bring the now black water to his mouth. He opens his mouth, and drinks the water.

“See you tonight Sharp.” I say as he falls asleep from my ability in the water.

“So this is Sharp Thought?” Celestia asks me, “And why did he just fall asleep again?”

“He fell asleep from my ‘darkness’, as everyone else called it, that was inside the water.” I reply as I go over to the closet, and do inventory on his equipment. Everything was still there so I move back up to Celestia.

“Let us return to my room so that my squad may rest.” I say as I look to the earth pony, “And if they wake, tell them that they are to rest by my orders. My name is Dark Frost.” I tell the pony. He nods, and Celestia and I walk out of the room, and back to mine.

We entered my room after thirty seconds of travel.

“What effects does your darkness have on your squad?” Celestia asks me as I head to the closet in my room.

“If the person who is drinking my water is injured, it will heal them, and put them to sleep so that they don’t feel the pain. If they are healthy, then it acts like an alcohol, but without the negative side effects.” I tell her as I pull my NCU out of the closet, and set it on the bed.

“Where do you think you are going?” She asks me.

“I was hoping to walk through the castle, and talk, but if not I still want to be dressed in familiar clothing.” I tell her as I start to get dressed in front of her without any shame. I was used to getting dressed while others where in the room, for you have to do so in the military.

“I think that would be a good idea. I’ll give you a tour of the castle, and then you can check on your friends later.” She says as she watches me get dressed.

“Would it be alright if I ask a few questions, so I know a bit about the land I am in now?” I ask her.

“I don’t see why not.” She tells me. I had my pants on, and was putting my socks and boots on.

“How does your country’s currency work?” I ask her.

“We use bits in Equestria, and in Griffonia. There are five types of bits. There are copper bits worth one, bronze bits worth ten, silver bits worth twenty, gold bits worth one hundred, and platinum worth one thousand, but platinum bits are rare since we don’t have an abundance of platinum to make them.” She tells me. I nod, and pull my white cotton shirt over my head.

The word ‘NAVY’ was on the chest of the shirt with big bold letters.

“What are the names of the months?” I ask her.

“The year starts with January, and then it goes into…” I hold up my hand.

“It is the same as my world then.” I tell her as I do up the laces on my boots. I then stand up, and walk back to the closet, grabbing my holster, and revolver. I also grab four speed loaders, just in case.

I put the holster around my waist, and then put the revolver into it. I put the four speed loaders into the right cargo pocket on my pants.

“Is it necessary for you to have a weapon?” Celestia asks me.

“Princess, everything I do in my life has a reason behind it. Whatever the reason, whatever I do is always necessary.” I tell her as I gesture to the door.

I open the door for her, and she walks by. Now I’m six foot two inches tall, and Celestia’s horn made her seven feet tall, so that put her eyes at level with mine. She was the only pony that was at eye level with me, and she was the most powerful being there is. So it was a little intimidating for her to pass that close to me.

“Where will we be heading to first mi-lady?” I ask with a smirk.

“We will be walking in the gardens first, sir gentle knight.” She replies with heavy sarcasm. I chuckle, and follow her by her side through the castle corridors, and out into the lush green gardens that are behind the castle.

I had to squint my eyes for a few seconds to let my eyes adjust to the new color pallet that this world uses. Gone were the normal grayed out colors and in with bright pastel and poppy colors that almost made my eyes hurt.

“Are you okay Dark?” Celestia asks me.

“Yes, I just have to let my eyes get use to the bright and poppy colors of your world.” I tell her.

“Your world doesn’t have bright colors?” She asks me.

“We had them, but they were only used in amusement parks, and carnivals, or circuses.” I tell her.

“What colors did you use in your day-to-day lives?”

“We used duller colors, and darker, or calmer shades. Our world would seem dead to you by the contrast, and differences.” I tell her as I gather moisture from the air around us, creating a small glob of water that slowly grew.

“For now, I will were sun glasses to tone the colors down to a livable level.” I say as I shape the glob into a glasses shape, then freeze it. I place them over my eyes, and ears.

“You look stylish.” Celestia tells me.

“I’ve been told that by my friends, but if I did this in public in my world, I would cause a panic, and would most likely be put on a silver table, and cut open to see how I did it.” I reply with a sad smile.

“I’m sure they wouldn’t do that to their own kind.” Celestia attempts to reassure me. I shake my head, and stop walking.

“You’re wrong, because those with enough money would put a giant bounty on my head, and make sure I was killed, and then dissected to figure out my secrets.” I tell her as I slowly make my black ice glasses melt.

“I’m sorry you all had to live in such a world.” Celestia says as she puts a hoof on my shoulder. I put a hand on her hoof, and start to push it off, but think better of it.

“Thanks.” I tell her.

“For what?” She asks as she removes her hoof.

“For letting us stay. You have no idea, but you literally just made me and my friends’ lives eighty percent better than they ever would have been.” I tell her as I go down to one knee, and bow my head.

“We all are forever in your debt, as well as your sisters.” I feel another hoof on my shoulder.

“Please, don’t bow to me. You don’t need to.” She tells me. I move her hoof off of my shoulder, and stand up.

“But I want to. You’re the first pony I must protect. Even if your father hadn’t asked me to do this, you would have still been the first I would protect.” I tell her.

“Why? Why would I be the first you protect?” She asks me, “I don’t need protection because I’m a princess.” That last sentence was said with slight annoyance, but those who aren’t listening wouldn’t have even guessed.

“Because once I knew about your world, you were the one that gave me the strength to continue.” I tell her with slight sadness in my eyes, “You kept me out of the darker sides of my world.” I was now hanging my head.

“How did you know about me before you came here?” She asks me.

Before I could answer a scroll snaps into existence in front of me. I catch the scroll before it hits the ground, and I open it.

Dear Dark Frost,

We need you to not tell our daughters, or the inhabitants of Equus, about our workings in your world. Tell them that we made you have dreams about her world.

And don’t you dare break my daughter’s heart.

From the King and Queen of Equestria.

I look up to Celestia.

“It was your parents. They select a certain few, and give them lucid dreams about this world. My dreams were focused on you, but I never saw anything personal, just important things I needed to know to protect you.” I tell her as I freeze the moisture in the scroll, and smash it into pieces.

Celestia hums as she looks to be in deep thought.

“Let’s continue our walk.” She says, and we continue. I notice that she is taking me to the statues and one in particular, Discord.

“Have you seen this statue in your dreams?” She asks as we near Discord.

“A couple times, I believe it is called Discord.” I tell her. I kept my hand over my revolver, because I freaking hate this guy. When I learned how he ruled over Equestria he went to the top of my shit list.

“Yes, his name is Discord, and he was an evil ruler of Chaos.” Celestia starts her small history lesson, and I hold up my right hand.

“I saw your description of his past, and know the truth about him. I know that he is actually trapped in that statue, and I am getting nervous just standing here.” I say as I keep my right hand on my revolver’s handle.

“I don’t see why you are so scared of him.” She tells me.

“I just don’t like him with his powers, and personality from what I know. If he got free I would feel much better with a bullet through his head than anything.” I tell her as I rest my hand on my revolver grip.

“Well, it is a good thing you don’t have to worry about him then.” She says as she starts walking away. I just stare at Discord for a few more seconds before following Celestia.

Author's Note

So, this is the next piece to this ole tale I've been wanting to write for a while now. However, I am currently thinking of what to do with the Nightmare Moon ark, and would like you, the readers, to pick one of the humans to go with Dark Frost, and Twilight to Ponyville.
This will change how the story finishes the ark.

May the moon shine on all of you,
Prince Artermis Eclipse.

New Pieces: Hey readers. I had to edit this chapter as you will all know the reason with the new blog I put up, and chapter seven is here.