'I wonder if there is some method or means at my disposal that I can escape the death grip that this pink girl has on me at this very moment.'

Looking down at my left hand as I am being dragged down the halls of the castle, the pink girl right in front of me as she skips along the marble floor. I don't know who lit the fire underneath her tail but she seems to be dragging me through the castle with all possible speed one can normally muster when are trying to drag someone with them.

Coming up behind us are the rest of her friends and behind them are a group of guards who are actually having a hard time trying to catch up with the rest of us.

'How are they supposed to be the nation's protectors if they can't even catch up or even overrun a bunch of civilians? They should be faster than that!'

As I was thinking that I was pulled out of my thoughts when my face collided with a bundle of pink curly hair that strangely smells of sugar and sweets, does this girl even clean her hair? I mean I have no reason to tell her if she bathes or anything seeing how I haven't even had a proper shower in over seven hundred years but still, hair shouldn't smell like that. Glancing at Pinkie and before I could question her as to why we stopped so abruptly, I looked around her and saw the reason standing before the two of us, and this reason seems to be unamused with the pink one's course of action.

"Miss Pie, where do you think you are going with our guest?" Princess Celestia said with her arms crossed in front of her chest, my gaze falling for that particular area immediately and I don't know why. It must be something that all Orokin males go through at my age or something...probably just my mind starting to adjust to a more civilian attitude.

Yeah lets go with that one, turning into more of a civilian instead of a battle-hardened soldier.

"I was just going to take him out to see the city of course! Why, is that a bad thing?" Pinkie Pie asked the princess, a look of confusion evident on her face as she tilts her head to the side.

"Sadly yes Pinkie Pie, it is a bad thing. Because, you see..." Princess Celestia started but she trailed off as she tried to think of something to say but I beat her to the punch.

"Because I am considered an unknown to your species and that I haven't been introduced to the general population along with being the all-clear by her medical staff to ensure that I am not carrying any pathogens or other biological diseases that might be proven harmful to you or anyone else here. Am I not correct?" I said as I manage to pry my hand away from Pinkie's and for a moment she tried to snatch it back into her grip but I deftly moved away from her before she can reacquire her hold on me.

Nodding her head at me I watched as the solar princess affirm my suspicions and for a moment I thought it would get through the pink one's head but sadly that wasn't the case.

"So if he can't go out there then at least we can have fun in here!" And like that she grabbed me by the hand again but this time pulling me in the opposite direction we were going in.

I have no idea where we are heading off to but I can only hope it doesn't lead to something bad, like me getting killed.

With us heading towards another destination we run past the rest of Pinkie's friends, the rainbow headed one was able to catch up with us by flying. She was right beside us and for the most part she was clearly able to keep up by flapping slowly, I do not know how one can stay aloft by flapping their wings that slowly but I guess this world has either a different set of rules on physics or maybe they too have some form of Void energy coursing through their bodies.

"I have a question little fella, if you would indulge me." The cyan pegasus said as she flew lazy circles around me and Pinkie Pie.

"It depends on the question but you may ask me." I said as I tried to pry my hand away from the pink demon but she kept a death grip on my hand and has no intentions of letting me go this time.

"Well, you are an alien right?" The cyan pegasus asked me as she flew on my left, keeping up with ease.

"I am not from this planet so yes." A stupid question but for her I bet it was an academic one at least.

"Alright, and you came here on a space ship from another planet, right?" Was she not there when I crashed?

"Yup, but it was more like I crashed here after entering a warp field but it is still the same thing." I blame Ordis for crashing my ship.

"Okay, so can you fly? Not with the space ship thingy but actually fly-fly, like with wings." No, we don't have wings.

"Yes, we Tenno do have a means of flying without the assistance of our Orbiters, be it a select few of our warframes or our specialized equipment." Archwings but they aren't really wings, more like thruster-packs attached to our waist.

"Specialized equipment? Such as?" Not telling you!

"Wouldn't you like to know." I said and I ended the conversation by ignoring her further prodding, like I am ever going to be spilling Tenno secrets to these aliens. Doesn't matter if they are peaceful, there is someone always out there that may claim their intensions are for the greater good but they are actually doing it for themselves.

Flying around me and trying to get my attention, the rainbow one kept on bothering me, trying to pry more information out of me but I wasn't having anything out of it so I did something I wanted to do for a while now to an annoying person.

With my Void energy drawing to my left hand I waited for her to get on my left side and immediately upon getting close enough I pushed her back just enough to keep a fair distance between us.

"Hey!"

"You're bothering me, try to be more civilized like your friends are currently." I said as I returned my attention to the hall as we once again turned to our left to go down another hallway.

Soon we eventually stopped moving but this time it was outside in the back of the castle and out there was a massive garden complex.

I saw various statues depicting several of these alien horses in their numerous types, a few statues depicting beasts or other creatures of the world, there was even one statue of an amalgamation of animal parts that looked like it was crudely stitched together by some sort of mad scientist. That or someone has a very strange and vivid imagination.

And surrounding these statues are numerous hedges, potted flowers, trees, rose bushes and other sorts of flora. Along with the assorted decorative flora I also spotted several birds flying to and fro, what I think are squirrels or an alien version of them, even a few rabbits were hopping from place to place.

This garden feels very peaceful, tranquil even...if it weren't for that damn abomination of a statue it would be utter bliss to meditate here.

Looking at my supposed handler, the pink girl kept a firm grip on my hand before pulling me towards what is a water fountain before setting me down on the rim of it and sits down beside me as she smiles down at me with that grin of hers.

"So what are we doing out here Pinkie Pie? I don't see anything to do out here other than relax and do nothing." I said as I looked around again just to make sure that there was nothing for us to do and sure enough there really was nothing for me to do but look at plants and the sky and think of nothing or something.

"Well we could go exercising." Rainbow Dash said as she flew lazily over to the nearest try before laying down on a branch, my guess is that she is either perpetually tired or just likes to sleep all day like a sloth.

"Is there a place we could exercise? I doubt a garden would have anything for us to work with other than potted plants, benches and statues. Unless you can lift the statues up without there being any negative repercussions." I asked as I let out a yawn, it has been nearly six centuries since I ever did that, now I feel tired for some reason.

"I know that the training grounds for the royal guards has some workout equipment, probably have something for you to use seeing how you are pretty weak looking." Did...did this girl really just call me weak?

Looking at myself I saw that she was right on that matter, because after all I have been sleeping in a pod for more than half of a millennia and the first thing I did as soon as the pod opened up was crawl to my warframe. Hell I didn't even walk to it, I crawled. Muscular atrophy is a bitch...

I guess I could go for a work out, get some muscle meat on these bones of mine.

"Yeah, maybe a workout will do me some good. Losing muscle mass from several centuries of sleep isn't that good of a thing...this sucks."

"Don't worry big guy, Applejack and I will beat you into shape in no time! And if this doesn't put some muscle on you then we can just let Applejack put you to work on her farm, all of that heavy lifting and cart pulling is sure to get you into shape!" Rainbow Dash shouted with glee, shooting a fist into the air but as she did so she lost her balance and fell out of the tree and into a bush that was sitting directly below it.

All of us laughed at her for her foolishness.

Mostly me though, I just thought that was funny as hell.

Spitting out leaves and twigs we watched the cyan girl crawl out of the bush before dusting herself off and for the moment we were still laughing before we departed the gardens and headed toward the supposed training grounds.

And strangely enough they weren't that far away, it was just to the right of the gardens near the front of the castle and already there was guards there doing their daily exercise regiment.

When we got there I spotted Shining Armor standing before a batch of new recruits, many of them look like they are about to fall over and drop dead from exhaustion, he must have been working them down to the bone earlier.

Almost sensing us Shining Armor turned his head and winced in pain before setting his eyes on me, or more importantly my warframe.

"Be at ease captain, I am not here to finish what you started. We are just here to get a workout seeing that I am to remain here until your princesses either decide to let the world know about me and also that I get checked out by your medics." I said flatly, although I could just force my way out of here I am going to abide by their rules and wait it out, immortality is a bitch but at least it gives me the power to wait things out, and this moment is pretty much it.

The captain of the guard visibly let out a sigh of relief before being hugged by his sister, I didn't know the two were even related because they don't even look the same. One has lavender fur, the other alabaster, their appearances don't match at all let alone their life styles. Twilight is a librarian and a nerd while Shining Armor is a captain of the solar guard, complete opposites.

I think they are just dating each other and are acting like they are a family.

It would be a shocker if they were telling the truth and I make an ass out of myself.

Sighing to himself I watched the captain hobble over to me, his body still bandaged up in areas that I hurt him and under his right arm is a crutch to hold himself up, that's what happens when you pick a fight with a warframe.

"Just stay out of our way and you can exercise here." And with that said he started to hobble off but I interrupted him by tapping my warframe on the arm and gave it a nod before it pulled out a small disc from its waist and flung it near the captain.

Before he could react the disc opened up and pulsing out of it was a green wave of energy. For the most part watching the captain trip over himself in fear is something that I will always remember, but for the time being I looked down at him before sighing sadly at him. Poor bastard doesn't even know what a healing plate is, I hope he isn't afraid of needles or any trip to a hospital for him will be a god damn nightmare.

"What did you do to me!" The downed captain shouted, pointing his crutch at me and although it is adorable to see someone knocked on their ass and pointing at the one who did the deed, I better correct him on this matter before something bad happens, or gets worse.

"Relax captain, you are acting like you never encountered a regenerative healing disc before." And like a light bulb going off above his head it dawns upon him that it wasn't hurting him but undoing the damage that was done to him.

"Not everything in my arsenal is just for killing my enemies, some of them are meant to either slow down or paralyze our targets for capturing and interrogation. That and it would be hard to question someone if their body has been reduced to either a pile of ashes or a pool of corrosive sludge." That got a lot of faces from both the girls and the guards turning green, with the exception of one guard who was already green in the first place but he just turned a lighter shade of green.

"That is disgusting." Rarity said, barely holding herself together on that one.

"Oh please, you guards are acting like you never had to kill a wild animal or a hardened criminal before." And then all was silent.

A few of the guards coughed loudly, their eyes averting themselves and looking in every single direction with the exception of mine, a few were even shuffling on their hooved feet as I stared at them silently before explosively sighing.

"How did you guys even survive this long? I know for a fact that there are wild beasts in this world as it would have fallen apart with there being no ecosystem to sustain everything but really now? There is no way in hell that there is no crime in this world! That is just impossible!"

"Actually Viktor, there is crime but here in Equestria it is almost non-existent but for the other nations that dot Equis they do bare the stigma of crime and murder." Twilight said matter-of-factly, standing straight and with her eyes closed, acting as if she knows everything.

And she probably does know everything, everything except for the things I know of that is.

"Good for you, but what of the wild beasts that roam the uninhabited areas of your nation?" I asked as my thoughts went to other places, mainly

"They can't enter any of the settlements nor anywhere near civilized lands because of the magic barriers we have set up within the town halls and other major areas of traffic."

"Huh...that is...actually well thought out...color me impressed." I said with a bit of a dumbfounded look which earned a bright smile from Twilight who was bouncing a bit from the apparent praise that I have given her.

Receiving some praise from an alien must be the highest point of her life right now.

Once that was done and said I waited for the disc to finish healing the good captain and before long we were allowed to exercise with the guards, a few were watching me. Not because they were making sure I wasn't going to cause any trouble, no they were taking bets and seeing how strong I am without my warframe.

Lets just say that I made a lot of guards very unhappy with me, and Rainbow Dash slightly richer than she last was if the indication of a heavier coin purse was of any indication.

My warframe was standing beside me, its hands were hovering just barely over the five pound weights I was lifting and lowering, making sure that if I started to struggle it would be able to intervene at a moments notice.

And as for the others...Rainbow Dash and Applejack were actually fighting each other in a sparring ring, Rarity was sitting on a bench eyeballing the recruits as they jog by, Fluttershy was busy watching me work out for some reason and Pinkie...well she is wearing some strange exercise clothes while stretching. Questionably strange clothes but the suit I am wearing is probably just as strange to them as theirs is to me so no love there.

That concluded that day of entertainment for me, taking Applejack and Rainbow Dash's route for fun although it is more of a workout session than a fun inducing enjoyment ride, it still is better then doing nothing.

Next morning however...

"OH you silly billy we are out here to play a game of I Spy!" Pinkie shouted as she dragged me back to the garden but this time it was all of us with the exception of Shining Armor and the princesses. Well one princess was due to meet us to discuss an available day for me to get looked at by their doctors.

I don't feel very happy for that day, it is because of the lab coats that I am the way that I currently am.

"Uh...I Spy? What is that?" I know what spy is, its what I am and what I do whenever I infiltrate a Grineer asteroid facility or a Corpus outpost for its delicate information vaults. Sometimes the information I pull from those vaults are either absolutely useless and out of date or it is mildly useful although the targets or places of interest are known or are altered to distract us.

"Yup! Its a game where I say 'I spy with my little eye' and I pick something in the area and say the color of it and you have to guess what it is! Its a fun game! Try it!" Pinkie Pie said all the while bouncing in place on the lip of the fountain beside me.

Looking around the garden I peeled my eyes and looked for something that she would never be able to guess right away or for that matter at all.

Spotting the very target of the game I mulled it over before voicing its color to the girl.

"I spy with my little eye something green." And with that the game begins.

"Is it the grass?"
"No."

"Is it the flowers?"
"No."

"Is it the graffiti on the statue over there?" "No." I started to smirk to myself as I watched the rest of Pinkie's friends show up from the entrance to the garden, they looked winded from all the running, Princess Celestia on the other hand along with her handful of guards are still in peak condition and show no sign of tiredness or fatigue.

"Umm....uhh...is it that tree?"
"No."

"I give up! Tell me!"
"No, you have to guess."

"But its impossible, I already said everything that is green here! And there is no way it can't be something plant-related! That's all that is green out here!" Pinkie shouted before pouting, she was flailing around a bit before falling backwards, her head landing on my lap as she looks up at me as I stare down at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you sure you guessed everything that is green out here?" I said all the while a slow-forming grin was spreading across my features.

"Yes! It wasn't the grass, tree leaves, the rose bushes, even that green spray-paint of 'Discord sucks' wasn't the answer! This is impossible!"

"Maybe because you didn't notice the green strands of hair in your princess's hair?" I said with a mischievous grin and that was when it hit her.

"Oh you cheater!" and so began the pink girl calling me a cheater. I mean honestly it isn't my fault that I saw Princess Celestia's hair and picked the green strands that was floating within its well-brushed form.

As soon as the rest of her friends walked up to the fountain they saw the pink one's head still on my lap but she was flailing her arms and legs and calling me a 'cheater' for outsmarting the poor lass.

"What is going on here?" Twilight said as she looked at her friend, I was too busy chuckling to myself while her friend was acting like a spoiled child.

"Nothing my liaison, nothing at all. Pinkie Pie is simply reacting poorly to me winning our little game of I Spy because I used your princess's mane for the color green and she failed to pick it." And as I stated that Pinkie Pie restarted her little tantrum of calling me a cheater.

"How did you beat her at her own game? I mean I tried to but she always picked something that is so blatantly obvious that I never would have guessed it in the first place. Sometimes I even go for the obvious and I am still wrong." Twilight said as she pulled out a pocket quill, ink vial and a small scroll and was prepared to write down what I was about to say.

"I simply picked the one green object that she would have missed because she only saw it earlier and never looked at it again. It being your princess's hair and that no one else pays any attention to it while socializing with those around her." And just like that all was silent before they immediately turned their attention to the princess and sure enough, there was a long strand of green hair intermixed with the rest of her oddly-assorted colors.

Before we could talk any further the princess of the sun herself raised her voice and spoke directly to me.

"Well then, Mr. Viktor, I want to play this game as well, if you would allow me." The matriarch of the sun said, that smile of hers not once faltering or fading away as she addresses me.

"Go ahead, I will let you start it off." And let the games begin.

"Thank you, now lets see." Celestia said as she looked around the garden, searching for the perfect object to select as I stared intently at her, my own mind buzzing with wonder as to what she will pick for me to pursue and locate.

I didn't have to wait long as she selects something in the garden before addressing me again.

"I spy with my little eye something that is blue." And with that said I watched the princess slowly smile, thinking that she got the advantage over me.

And so the game begins.

"Is it the water?"
"Nope."

"Is it the blue flower petals?"
"No."

"The sky?"
"Not even close."

"Rainbow Dash?"
"Nope."
"Damn it."

"The diamond shaped markings on Rarity's thighs?" And as soon as I said that the mare in question looked down at herself and immediately covered them up by pulling down on her sweater a bit more which also at the time revealed her chest just a tad and all I saw was a crevice of white between an oval-shaped hole in the sweater in question.

"Not even close, and do try to refrain from staring at a mare's cutie-mark, they just might think you are being a perverted stallion." Celestia said while chuckling to herself while it left me confused for the moment before I shrugged it off and went back to the game.

"Is it the blue bird perched on the branch twelve meters to our left." And with that said the bird took flight and left the garden and was never seen again.

"Nope." And with that said I started to ponder on what exactly it could possibly be, narrowing down my search would probably help me win against this aging monarch.

Thinking on this game, we are supposed to pick an object that most people would either not notice or it would be so blaringly obvious that people would ignore it because it would never be picked. But seeing how the color of said object is blue and there are not that many objects that are blue, how the hell am I going to beat this game.

...wait a second...

Of course, it just had to be the one thing I would never have picked.

Looking at the castle I scanned the structure for any openings that may reveal the hidden object and up fifty feet above the ground floor, there was a dark blue princess standing on the balcony looking down at us all.

Dark blue is a type of blue, aka the object that Princess Celestia picked.

Clever girl.

Turning back to face the princess I saw that her smile shifted ever so slightly to one that she has been found out but still maintaining the guise of victory, a mask to hide her real emotions. A shame really, we Tenno don't wear masks, we let out what we are feeling and express ourselves openly, we have no need for masks because we know that it will only hinder ourselves because the subterfuge and backstabbing will revert us all to what the Orokin Empire has become in its dying days. We have no secrets to hide from our fellow Tenno but to the rest of the system, we can't afford to let them know that our warframes are nothing more than puppets, not our real forms.

"Princess Celestia, is the object in question Princess Luna who is up on the spire twenty feet to our left and fifty feet above ground floor."

And with that said I watched as the princess of the sun give me a warming smile before giving me a dainty clap, the friends that she surrounds herself with are shocked at who what or for that matter who was the object of the game was. Soon afterwards though they too started to clap although a bit slower and I think also forced.

"Very good, it has been a while since somepony beat me at this game. It has been what...a thousand years? Maybe a little more I think. But excellent work on figuring out who I have picked, now I do believe it is your turn if I am not mistaken?" And Pinkie Pie confirmed it by saying a quick banter of words that for all intents and purposes was melted down to a simple 'yes'.

"Alright then, I spy something with my little eye...something magenta."

"Is it my eyes?"
"No."

"The roses from Saddle Arabia?"
"No."

"The rare Spadetail Finch?"
"No."

"The salmon swimming in the pond?"
"No."

"Is it Miss Rainbow Dash's eyes?"
"You are correct."

"Hmm, good game Viktor, now onto another matter that deserves your attention." Princess Celestia says as she straightens herself out, her dress losing its wrinkles and other faults.

"And that is?" I asked, my voice a bit hesitant because I have an inkling of an idea on what she is going to say.

"Your appointment with the doctors." And like that all color from my face is drained, leaving behind nothing more than a pale shade of tan.

'Oh shit...'

Before I could object to this sudden turn of events, I watched in fear as her horn started to glow a golden aura and before I could blink let alone defend myself, I felt my everything getting compressed and squeezed as everything around me faded away.

From the outside royal gardens to the medical wing of the castle, in the blink of an eye we teleported there along with Twilight and all of her friends as well as Celestia's accompanying guards.

Wobbling in place I gathered my balance and shook of the disorientating aspects from the sudden teleportation only to look around and see that we are standing in what appears to be the lobby for the infirmary.

"I don't like where this is going..." I muttered to myself and just as I did so the door leading into what looks like an office opens up and out steps a nurse holding an old-fashioned clipboard.

The nurse in question was looking down at it for a few moments before looking up and looked to my general direction for a mere moment before looking back down and called something out.

"Full Physical Examination for one...Viktor the Alien?"

As soon as the nurse said that I immediately remembered what that is and what is going to happen to me, and the alien ponies that are with me as they all have varying reactions to what was said.

Twilight is ecstatic and already has her ink, quill and scroll out ready to record everything that happens.

Both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are laughing at my unfortunate turn of events.

Fluttershy, Rarity and even Applejack look away, either from embarrassment that this is happening to me or acknowledging whatever cruel fate awaits me and fearing that they might end up getting one as well.

Princess Celestia is quietly chuckling to herself while Princess Luna's ears fold to the back of her head, apparently whatever examination they did with her she did not like it one bit.

Turning my head to the princesses I utter out a few words that sadly go unheeded.

"I don't want to do this."

But before they could smugly say anything I felt something grab me by the hand and quickly yanked me inside the room just as the door is slammed shut behind me.

Slowly turning my head to face my violator I saw that the doctor in question snapping a pair of latex gloves onto her hands and with a creepy smile etched on her face.

"Don't worry sir, this won't hurt one bit!"

Author's Note

Sorry for the long ass wait, mathematics for college sucks and I am really bad at it, only good thing is that this is the last week for me so just a few more days of bullshit left and then I am free!