Twilight followed princess Platinum nervously as entered the meeting hall, her eyes falling upon the face of a large pegasus stallion who looked up, and immediately she gasped, for his eyes were milky white.

“He’s blind,” she thought.

“Princess Platinum,” said the stallion, his deep voice rumbling across the room, soothing Twilight’s nerves in an oddly familiar way. “It is good to see you again; I was worried you had forgotten about this meeting.”

“Not at all Commander Hurricane, I was just brining my new advisor Clover up to speed on current affairs.”

“New advisor,” asked Hurricane before his nostrils flared, and then his eyes drifted over to Twilight. “Ah, I see; come closer child.”

Twilight looked nervously at Platinum, who nodded, and then she walked forward, coming to a halt in front of him.

He was a large stallion, the largest stallion she had ever seen, easily bigger then Big Mac ever was. He had a pale night blue coat, and his mane and tail were the color of the earth. He leaned down and sniffed her, his eyes dawning a curious look as he stared down at her. “You smell like a pegasus, but you also smell like a unicorn, how curious.”

“I can explain that,” said Twilight, “My father was a pegasus, while my mother was a unicorn.”

“Hm, yes, that could explain it,” said Hurricane. “But…the scent I detected is much…deeper, then the scent of a normal pony, if anything it is just as strong as your unicorn scent, which is very odd.”

“But not unheard of,” said Platinum behind them.

Hurricane stared for a long moment, and then nodded his head, moving back to the table and sitting down. “Very well, then let us get to the matter at hoof.”

Everypony sat down, Twilight choosing a seat near both Hurricane and Platinum, for she felt an odd…comfort emanating from him, a familiar comfort which she could not place.

“To the matter at hoof then,” said Hurricane, “I came to you today to discuss how we are going to handle the little problem we all know as Chancellor Pudding Head. Our problem is I think well known to us, all of us?”

His gaze was pointed toward Twilight, who shook her head before remembering he was blind, but before she could correct herself he spoke.

“I see, I thought you said you brought her up to speed on current affairs,” said Hurricane as his gaze turned toward Platinum.

“And I had, all except for our problems surrounding the Chancellor, which I honestly am not as good at covering as you are.”

“Very well,” said Hurricane, before turning back to Twilight. “Well you see miss…oh dear, I am afraid I do not have the pleasure of knowing your name young miss.”

“My name is Clover the Clever commander,” said Twilight.

“Clover,” said Hurricane, “an earth pony name, how interesting. But anyways, our problem is that for the past few meetings the dear Chancellor has become increasingly resistant to negations, especially whenever I try to speak, for he is under the delusion that it is us pegasi who are causing the storm.”

Twilight stayed calm, but inside a voice in her head was screaming at her to break her silence. She of course knew what was causing the storm, and her conscious kept telling her that she should tell them, and thus save them. But that presented another problem, for she knew if she told them about the windigo’s, then history…her history, would be altered, and she would not be able to make it back home.

For she knew she could get home, because she knew, even though she didn’t know how she knew, that she was now immortal, and that presented its own dilemma. If she wanted to get home, she would have to make sure she played clovers part in history to the letter, which presented a problem.

Clover the Clever’s history was well documents up till a little after the founding of Equestria, but after that anything about her history became shrouded in rumors and mythos. There was nothing, absolutely nothing about Clover the Clever after the beginning of the second age, which meant that Clover…or rather she had somehow removed herself from the history books.

All of these thoughts took but a second to complete within her mind, leading to her decision, finally allowing her to look up and speak. “But why would they believe that, from everything I know about this storm, it is not pegasus made, nor is it natural.”

“We have come to the same conclusion,” said Hurricane, “but our dear Chancellor refuses to see it, and in so doing refuses to believe that this storm is beyond our control.”

“That’s not very wise of him,” said Twilight, looking concerned as she glanced over at Platinum.

“No it is not, but it does make our problem a bit easier to manage. If we can somehow convince him that this storm is not of pegasus make, then we might finally be able to persuade him to lend his magic to ending it.”

That got Twilight curios, “his magic, but how can earth pony magic help us with a storm?”

The moment the words had left her lips Twilight knew she had said something wrong, for the looks that had crossed those gathered in the room looked as though she had called one of her own princesses a whores.

“Clover, I can’t believe you said such a thing, you know that earth pony magic is one of the three pillars.”

“The what?”

Hurricane eyes widened at that, but before he could speak Platinum intervened. “I shall handle this later, for it seems there are some things even I do not know about my new advisor. For now though, let us stick to the matter at hoof, so you may continue Commander.”

It took many more hours to hammer out the plan they were going to use to try and convince the Chancellor, but it was finally ready, and everypony was getting ready to depart. But as Twilight got up, Hurricane decided to speak up.

“Miss Clover, if it would not be too much trouble, could you stay a moment, I promise I will not keep you long.”

Twilight stared at him a moment, then looked at Platinum, who like before nodded and then left, leaving Twilight alone with the stallion.

The moment they were completely alone Hurricane walked up to her, and then, much to Twilight’s surprise leaned himself against her, letting his head falling upon her shoulder as he spoke. “I have waited for you…for so long…”

Twilight’s immediate reaction was to jerk away, looking frightenly at the stallion as she spoke, “what the hell are you talking about?”

“You’re her aren’t you,” asked Hurricane, his voice almost pleading. “You’re the alicorn princess of time, the one sent to us from the great beyond to save us…aren’t you?”

“How many damn legends are there about me,” thought Twilight exasperatedly, but outside she remained calm. “I’m sorry Commander Hurricane, but I have no idea what you’re…”

“Don’t…” started Hurricane, “…don’t lie to me, I knew what you were the moment I caught your sent, I just didn’t realize it, you have to be her!”

Even though he was blind, Twilight could see the pleading in his eyes, the desperation brought on by the events that had been spiraling around him…but she knew she had to keep up her ruse. “I am sorry Hurricane, but I am not an alicorn, I am a unicor…”

“But you have to be,” he cried, running up to her and placing his hoof on her side, only to jerk away when he felt no wing. “Wha…but…but it has to be you, you smell like an alicorn. Please…please tell me that it’s just some trick, some form of deception you are using to protect yourself…please…”

Again Twilight could hear the desperation in his voice; a desperation that she was all too familiar with, for it was the desperation of a pony whose belief was being shattered. It almost broke her, but she knew she could not let her resolve shake, not now. “I am sorry Hurricane, but I am not an alicorn, I am a unicorn.”

Hurricane looked defiant for a moment, and then sighed, only for a coy smile to spread across his face as he spoke. “I see, then I shall stay silent for now, till you feel it is safe. Till then however, I would like to offer myself to thee, to repay the offence I have made for trying to push you for answers.”

Part of Twilight cringed, for she had known that this might happen to her eventually, but another part of her paused, seeing opportunity in this stallion’s proposal. During this time, stallions used to offer themselves to mares they felt they had offended them, becoming a sort of concubine for their personal use.

However, what intrigued Twilight about Hurricanes offer was that it correlated with a certain myth that had surrounded Clover the Clever for an age, a myth which stated that she and Commander Hurricane were not only friends, but were husband and wife. She knew not all the myths were true, but she also knew some of them had to be partially true, and so…

“Commander Hurricane, I cannot accept your offer, for I do not feel offended in anyway. However,” she said, noting the downcast look on his face, “if…if you would like, then I would be happy to court you, starting tomorrow when the sun sets.”

Hurricane smiled at that, bowing low as he spoke, “I would be honored my lady, and I shall wait for you outside the palace gates when the sun sets, till then, I bid thee good day.”

And with that he left, Twilight watching him go with both surprise, and a little curiosity as well. For, even though the stallion was obviously blind, he moved with the grace of a stallion who knew everything around him, and she could not wait to figure out how he did it.

Author's Note

Ok, I know you are all probably going "what the buck?" but let me get my chance to explain. As we know from the last chapter, there is a legend roaming around an alicorn princess who will appear to the ponies and save them, bringing about a new age of peace an prosperity. Princess Platinum heard of the legend due to being royalty, and it is the reason her mother wanted a stallion to be on the throne before this event happened. However, Hurricane is different, and while I can't go into much detail about it now, but I can give you this. Hurricane was raised on the legend of the Alicorn Princess, and because he was blind, he has a very powerful sense of smell, one even more powerful then that of his own kind, and it was due to this that he was able to sniff Twilight out, and also there is a lot behind his words "I have waited for you for so long," which will be illuminated on later.

Anyways, next chapter Twilight will learn about the three pillars of magic, and the chapter after that will be the beginning of Twilight's courtship of Commander Hurricane. So as always if you guys have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop them on by, I love hearing from all of you.

P.S. If any of you guys were wondering about where in the timeline we are in regards to the event known as Hearth's Warming, we are currently two months before that event.