After a tearful reunion, Armon and Celestia walked around the halls of the castle. Nothing was said as they walked past the murals on the wall. After seeing one in particular, Armon stopped. On the mural was a picture of him surrounded by the elements of harmony. Celestia stared at the mural with him before finally breaking the silence. “Do you remember that day?”

Armon nodded. How could he forget? It was the last day he was here. And the first in Tartarus, something he’ll never forget. He would continue to look at the mural but his stalkers were annoying him to no end. Taking his eyes off the mural he looked down the hall the way he came just in time to see a curly purple tail disappear behind a pillar.

“You can come out now. You six aren’t fooling anyone.” said Armon. After a moment, six ponies walked out towards Armon. Living in Tartarus hadn’t made him stupid. Not to mention the fact the pink one made some sort of spring noise every time she did her bouncing.

After everyone came to Armon, Celestia cleared her throat grabbing everyone but Armon’s attention. “My little ponies, this is Armon. Creator of the Elements of Harmony and a personal friend.”

Twilight was the first to walk up to Armon. “Well a friend of the Princess will be a friend of mine, hello Armon.” said Twilight as she took out her hoof for a hoofshake. Armon just stared at her hoof for a while, not remembering why she was holding out her hoof. After a few awkward seconds though, Armon finally remember about hoofshakes and took her hoof.

After Twilight, the rest of her friends introduced themselves. The white one named Rarity in particular interested Armon, he could smell the scent of a dragon on her. Much heavier than on the purple one named Twilight. The last time he had a full conversation with someone was with a dragon that was waiting to be reborn hundreds of years ago.

Celestia noticed Armon’s hard time to be social with everyone there. Of course she understood. He had been trapped in Tartarus alone for a thousand years. The fact that he even still had his sanity, even if what appeared to be a fraction of it was no short of a miracle let alone his social skills. But she noticed something, Armon hadn’t stopped looking at Twilight since she introduced herself.

After their introductions, they made their way out into the garden. Taking a seat in a picnic area next to the statue of Discord. Food was brought to everyone in the form of salads, sandwiches and hay fries.

Armon just stared at the food in front of him though. The last time he had something like this to eat, the food was rotten. Literally. But seeing and smelling the almost forgotten food in front of him brought him back. The staff there stared at Armon, waiting to see if he approved of the food. After a few moments, he took a hay fry and took a bite.

The euphoria of forgotten taste overwhelmed him for a moment. He had forgotten what the food his species was supposed to eat tasted like. After finishing his fry, he fiercely started to eat in a rude fashion. The site while amusing to some of them like Celestia an Rainbow Dash, absolutely disgusted Rarity and Applejack. When finished with the meal, everyone asked Armon questions.

“So Armon, where were you born?” asked Twilight. “I was born near James City.” replied Armon. Twilight was surprised. He was born near a city long gone. He was a living relic and could tell her so much of life for them back then. She couldn’t wait to ask.

After an awkward minute of silence, Celestia spoke. “Armon, do you need a moment?” Armon looked relieved beyond belief and quickly got up from the picnic table and went over to the statue. “What’s with him?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“Rainbow!” said Twilight. “No I mean it, what’s with him. He’s acting so weird. He can’t even hold a conversation.” said Rainbow Dash. “Well think about it Rainbow, he’s been stuck alone in Tartarus for a long time. Of course he’ll be socially awkward.” said Twilight. “You know I can hear you from here right?!?” yelled Armon making Twilight blush in embarrassment.

Armon had had enough. He was brought here for a reason and he was tired of being played around like this. Marching back to his seat he looked at Celestia and asked, “Why did you bring me here?”

Celestia thought over her answer carefully. If she worded it wrong, Armon might become hostile and demand to leave. If she was able to pull her plan off, not only would Equestria be safe but Armon might become happy again.

“Armon, do you remember the day you created the Elements of Harmony?” after Armon nodded Celestia continued, “Then I must ask, what happened to Mortem? We have a sixth element now and Mortem held that power. Did something happen?”

Armon stared at Celestia for a few moments. She brought him here to ask a question? Not to see an old friend? She left him in that hellhole for so long and she could of brought him back anytime? Anger took hold on Armon, remembering why he despised Celestia.

Getting up from his seat he walked over to Celestia and stared into her eyes. After a moment, he slapped her across the face and ran. The table was stunned for a moment before everybody but Fluttershy ran after Armon. Fluttershy was about to help Celestia with her bruse but Celestia refused her help.

“It’s okay, I deserved that.” said Celestia

Author's Note

I think this is the weakest of the chapters I made so far. Also, the real story will start soon. Give it a while.

Also for those wondering how to imagine Armon's voice, I always imagined him having Roxas's voice from Kingdom Hearts.