Author's Note

Hey I guess I should have told you guys and gals this sooner but, in this it has been like 5 or 6 years since twilight defeated tirek, but her tree house was never blow up, and just to let you know, the ponies are not how other people would see them, I have molded them to where what has happened in the past 5 or 6 years has changed their personality but has almost unaffected the main 6 so this is kinda like my universe of things so enjoy
EDIT #1 Fixed some of the smaller problems

Learning

"James," Applebloom snapped her fingers " Equestria to James." James shook his head, trying to regain control of his train of thought, once he was able to think straight he looked over to Applebloom and said

"Huh, Yeah sorry, I guess I kinda zoned out on you there didn't I?" he rubbed the back of his head nervously, let out a chuckle and then looked back at her and said "What were you saying Applebloom?" Applebloom let out an agervated sigh and looked back to her friends, then back to James and said

"Did you hear a word I just said?" James shook his head no and Applebloom let out another sigh and said "This is Sweetie Belle and this is Scootaloo." James looked at them both and gave a small wave and said

"Sup, I'm James, its nice to meet the both of you." he stuck out his hand and Sweetie Belle shook it first, then Scootaloo. Once the introductions were over James walked back over to sit in the floor, not really by anyone, he just sat in the circle they were making for some slumber party game, once they were all seated, Twilight took out a book, James sighed inwardly as he caught sight of the title of the book, it read "Slumber Party Games" she was flipping through it, probably looking for a new chapter that she had not read, but then a thought popped into his head why doesn't he get to know each of them a little better by saying a little about themselves and work clockwise from their, clock wise from James they went like this Twilight, Rarity, Sweetie, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Scootaloo, Spike, and Applebloom, James would go last. James then looked over to Twilight and said

"Hey Twilight, I have an idea of something we could to." Twilight looked at James and said

"Really, what is it?"

"Well, maybe for me to know each of you all better we could go around in a circle telling a little about yourselves?" Twilight looked around at everyone else in the room and they all nodded their heads in agreement, Twilight then looked back over to James and asked

"What kind of things should we say about ourselves?" James pondered on the question for a minute and then answered

"Just the basics, like your age, your hobbies, your favorite thing to do with your free time, and the kind of music you like, is everyone ok with that?" they all gave him a nod, he then said, "Ok how about you go first Twilight." she gave a nod and took a breath and then said

"As you know, I am Twilight Sparkle, I am 26, I like reading, using magic, I try to spend my free time with my friends and my favorite music classical." She turned her head to Rarity, who nodded back and started looking around and said

"I am Rarity, I am 26 as well, I make clothes, I am a fashion lover, and I love classical music as well." she turned her head to Sweetie Belle who said

"I am 15 and a half years old, I like to sing, I love to crusade with the crusaders, and I like pop music." next sat Pinkie who looked like she was about to explode for some reason or the other

"It's because I'm excited to play a game with James."

Pinkie no breaking the forth wall, the people will get mad, oh and the others are starting to stare at you Pinkie act like I'm not here

"Okei dokie lokie!" She turned back to her friends and said "What, I was talking to the author." James looked confused, very confused in fact, the rest laughed and said

"Oh Pinkie Pie, never change." James still felt a bit concerned about Pinkies mental health, but none the less he stayed quiet as Pinkie said

"I am 25, I like baking, cooking, partying, watching the twins, did I say I like party's? I like making people laugh, and smile and pulling pranks and mm, mph." she stopped talking once she realized that Applejack stuck her hand on her mouth, who said

"I think its my turn Pinkie." she took her hand off Pinkies mouth and continued to speak "I'm 27, I like to buck apples, playing my guitar, and hangin out with my friends." she looked over to Rainbow, who puffed out her chest as she said

"I'm Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in all of Equestria, Future Wondertbolt, I'm 26, I like racing, I like to lay around and do tricks, and I like hip-hop." she looked to Fluttershy and nodded,

"I'm Fluttershy, I'm 25, I like to take care of my animals, and caring for new one's, I don't really like loud music so I like the softer music." she spoke just below a whisper, James was able to tell what she said because he was really good at reading lips, it was a skill he learned so he could tell if anyone was talking about him, He looked to Fluttershy, who tried to hide behind her mane, and said

"Um Fluttershy, could you maybe speak up a little bit please, I barely heard you." she looked over at James and nodded, she took a deep breath

"I'm Fluttershy, I'm 25, I like to take care of my animals, and caring for new one's, I don't really like loud music so I like the softer music." James knew they heard her as she then nodded to Scootaloo

"I'm Scootaloo, I'm 16, I like to do stunts on my scooter, and I like pop music." she looked over to Spike who nodded back, he was about to speak but there was a loud thunder clap that scared, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy, and Applebloom, who grabbed James' arm and held it with a death grip. When he saw that Applebloom was holding his arm, his face turned as red as a tomato. Once Applebloom realize what she was doing, she quickly let go and sat up straight, her face turning as red as his.

"Ya'll ok over there, your faces are redder then apples." James and Applebloom looked at each then back and spoke the same words

"Nope where both fine nothing to worry about, Spike its your turn still." then they realized they spoke the same thing and they both turned a shade dark of what they already where. They both looked away from each other as the rest of them just giggled then Spike spoke.

"I'm Spike, I'm 17. I like to read comics, and play games, and I like rock music." he looked to Applebloom, who was still a bright red from what happened earlier, she took a deep breath to regain her composer and then said

"I'm Applebloom, I'm 15, I like hanging out with my friends and family, I like working on the farm and I like Country, Classic Rock, and Metal music." James was taken aback by that statement, she didn't look like a metal head, in fact she look just as country as Applejack, he had one thought in his head after hearing that, 'Why does she like metal?' he then felt someone tap his arm, he turned his head and saw Applebloom who nodded to him and then wait for him to speak

"Oh, right, sorry got lost in my mind, anyway, I'm James, I'm 16, I like to play guitar, play songs with my friends, videogames, and reading, and well I think I like metal music better than most music, but rap is a close second." James stopped talking and then looked around at everyone in the small circle that was made, James then looked to Twilight and asked

"Well, now what do we do?" she looked at James and grabbed her book with her magic and opened it again, she flipped through a few pages and then shut the book and said

"I have no idea." then Pinkie jumped out of nowhere and said

"How about we play marenopoly?" James, after hearing the name, made an instant connection to the game monopoly, he wanted to appose to playing, but everyone else was cheering for the game, and now he felt the need for a smoke, he didn't always smoke, only in really stressful times, like this, but he didn't want them to know he smokes so he said

"You guys get started without me, I'll be in the bathroom if you need me." They nodded and started setting up the board while James walked up the stairs down past the bathroom and into the room with his things, he looked through his backpack hoping he got smokes earlier that week. After a few minutes of digging he found is pack of menthols, but his bad luck struck him when he saw that he had two left, he grabbed the pack and his lighter and went into the bathroom, which was now occupied by someone else, who he scared when he grabbed the door knob and shook it franticly. He heard Applebloom call from inside and running to the door in a panic. Once she opened the door and went to stairs, then the smell of smoke filled his nostrils, he turned to her and grabbed her by the shoulder and said

"You can't go down stairs smelling like that, you might get caught. Come on, I'll get you some deodorant, it helps mask the smell, or at least a scented candle, it might help." She nodded and followed him to his room and wait for him by the door, James dug in his backpack for a minute before he pulled out a scented candle, it smelled cinnamon. He gave it to her and said,

"Why don't you join me for a smoke, having a smoking buddy helps relieve some of the stress of being found out, just in case you do get caught." of course she went along with him, she felt a little weak at the knees since she saw him earlier, he had a cute face and yet held a rough look to him, like he's seen more stuff then anypony his age should, and she held some respect for him for protecting her from her sister, that was a real big help for her, she really didn't want to be grounded for the rest of the winter break, Celestia knows that's the last thing she wants to happen over the break.

She joined him in the bathroom, as he opened the window and sat on the floor, where he waved for her to sit by him and she did, of course she found it a little uncomfortable on the floor, but it didn't stop her. James grabbed his lighter and lite the scented candle he had and lite a cigarette for him self and one for Applebloom then passed it over to her and laid the candle on the window seal.

They sat in awkward silence for a good minute, and maybe longer if James hadn't of spoke up. "So, um, how did you get started smoking?" he look over to her as she thought as to why, then she said " Peer presser, I think?" James nodded his head, knowing full well that's how a lot of kids these days started smoking. "How did you get started?" he looked over to Applebloom, and then looked at the ground in thought, it had been at least two years since he started, he felt his shoulders sag as he remembered why he started and then said "I started after the closest thing to a mother I had ever had died." they spent the rest of the time in silence, not daring to speak or look at each other.

When they were done with there cigarette, they threw it into the toilet and flushed them down, they then sat there until the smell of smoke was almost gone, then James grabbed his candle and blew it out and then left with Applebloom to main room. When they got there, Applejack asked

"What took y'all so long?" James knew that they would ask him that, so he thought up a quick response

"Applebloom helped me find something in my things." Applejack wasn't buying it

"What exactly would that be?" James was shocked that she didn't buy his answer so he quickly thought of something that he knows that they haven't seen, then he remembered his necklace, the one left by his parents, it was in his pocket, he quickly took it out and said "My necklace, it my only connection to my parents, it one of my most valuable positions."

Applejack gave it a good look over, swearing up and down she had seen it from somewhere, but bought into it and said "Ok then." and then went about playing the game when Twilight looked over and saw it resembled Luna's cutie mark, she knew she had to ask Celestia about it, but until then she will act like nothing is wrong.

James felt like this game was missing something, something that sounded like rock and roll, he felt obligated to play some of his music after the game was done, so he wait for a good thirty minutes before he went to the room with his things in it, all it had was a bed, a desk, his guitar and case, a sack of his clothes and his mini amp, he normally keep it with him, just in case he wanted to play somewhere he couldn't use a big amp. He grabbed his guitar and the mini amp and took them down stairs to set up, it wouldn't take him to long to set it up. By the time the game of marenopoly was over he had already had everything set up and ready to go for a few minutes, if he heard right then Rainbow Dash won that game and was boasting

"Wow you girls stink at this game." Applejack gave her a death glare and said

"Well if you would stop whining about losing then maybe we would actually play the game." Applejack now had a very smug smile on her face, Rainbow opened her mouth, but was stopped by the screech of James' guitar, which grabbed everyone attention, he wasn't aware that everyone was looking at him until he looked up from his setup, once he saw them his face went red and looked around and said "What are you looking at?" they didn't saw nothing and then went back to arguing, James just blocked them out and went back to checking his setup. Once he was happy with it he gave it a try and hit E A D G B E on it, he was happy with its tuning and proper sound setup, he knew that everyone was now looking at him, so he took this chance to rock their ears off.

He put on an announcer voice and said "Ladies and gentleman, I would like to introduce to you the best rocker of the century, JAMES!" he threw his arms into the air and changed his voice back to normal and said "Thank you announcer guy, now I would like to play you all a song, its an old, but great song, Its called Holy Diver by Dio."

After he was done, James was just looking around at the faces of his friends and then all, except Applejack was clapping, she was only shaking her head in disapproval, but James didn't have any fuck's to give, and he took a bow then Applebloom yell "Encore!" James thought of what to play next then it hit him, he looked back over and said "Next is the guitar solo of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd"

After this was over they all clapped their hands and they all went over to ask him questions, but James said "I will not be answering questions at this time, I need to rest up, you all can ask me tomorrow." so they all went to hit the hay as James went to taking apart his setup, but Applebloom stopped him and asked

"James where did you learn to play like that?" James looked at her and then keep taking apart his setup while saying

"I'm self taught." Applebloom could not believe her ears, she then asked

"How could you be that good and only be self taught?" James looked at her and said

"Lots of time to myself and electrical tape." with her question being answered she walked back near her sister and grabbed her sleeping bag and moved towards her friends, which were all set up by the couch he was going to sleep in.

Once James got his setup packed and upstairs with his stuff he made his way to the couch, nobody was asleep yet so he saw that as a good sign that he wouldn't wake anyone up, he also noticed that someone had placed a blanket and a pillow on it for him, that kind gesture made him smile a bit, know that there are still kind people in this world. Once he got comfortable he pulled the blanket over himself and closed his eyes waiting to embrace sleep. But little did James know that he was being watched from the window.

~~~~~~~~~The Church of Crimson~~~~~~~~~

A lone Batpony stands in front of a onyx altar with a crimson red crescent moon engraved on its top. Once he dropped to his knees he spoke

"Master, there have been reports that a child from another world has appeared, it has the same eyes as what is described in the prophecy, what shall we do my Lord." he waited for a response from the altar, then the crimson crescent moon glowed a deep red and a voice spoke

'So the Moonchild appears.' the Batpony looked up at the altar again and spoke

"We think so master, what shall we do with him my Lord." he waited for another response

'We can't go on an assumption, keep track of him, if they show promise of completing the prophecy then kill him' the Batpony bowed and spoke

"It will be done my Lord." and took his leave, as he opened the doors leaving the chamber he saw his best assassin Graymayne his midnight blue fur, black mane with light grey stripes, conjuring symbol cutie mark told that he has seen a lot through his years of kill, but he was the best preacher of the crimson church. The Batpony approached him as Graymayne bowed he spoke

"There is no need to bow my friend," he spoke with a smile "I have a very important task for you friend." Graymayne stood back up and spoke

"What is it, Count?" he looked at his friend's bright amber eyes, they always feel as if they are penetrating the soul.

"I need you to keep watch on this one," he gives him a picture of a young man with black hair, no fur and eyes of two different colors, the right one blue, the left red "His name is James, I want a report at the end of every week of what he is doing." Graymayne nodded his head and trotted off into the shadows of the church.

~~~~~~Golden Oaks Library~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~James' Mind~~~~~~~~~

James found himself floating in pure blackness, there was nothing, then a bright blue light appeared next to him and a pony appeared from it, he didn't know this pony, she was dark blue with hair that copied the night sky and had a moon on her dress, James felt like he had seen her before, but from where, he didn't know

"Um, you are James, correct." her question put you in a daze, how did she know his name, he shook off his confusion and answered

"Yes, I am James, may I ask what your name is?" she looked at him with a very puzzled expression and then her face changed back to normal and she said

"I forgot you are new to Equestria, my name is Princess Luna, and I would like to welcome you here to Equestria." she said with some excitement in her voice, she then regained control of herself and then said

"Now then if you excuse me I need to get back to my video games." and in another flash of light she disappeared and James was left alone in his mind, or so he thought within minutes he heard the voice

'I haven't seen her in a long time.' the voice sounded a little sad like he has missed her

"How do you know her?" James asked a little confused himself the voice replied

'She use to come into you dreams when you were younger, we would talk, and then she would leave you with a good dream, but one day I waited for her and she never came to talk to me, this has been the first time I have seen her since then.' this confused James even more as he tried to get his brain to work right again, but he wasn't able to make a good conclusion from the information he got, so he asked

"About how old was I when she stopped coming to speak to you?" he waited for the voice, but he stayed quiet for a long time, he didn't talk until James was about to wake you

'Before you first arrived at the orphanage.'

~~~~~~Golden Oaks Library~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~Morning~~~~~~~~~~~

James opened his eyes from his dream, his crazy ass dream, he knew he would have to ask Twilight about who this Princess Luna is and why she was in his dream. James stretched out his arms and rubbed his eyes clear of the sleep that was still taking hold of them, he raised his head from his pillow and ran a hand through his hair and sighed, he knew that today was going to be long and tiresome. he got up from his seat and saw that everyone except for himself and Spike were asleep. He made his way across the floor and into the kitchen so he could make himself something to eat, but spike was preparing a meal by the time he got in there. it smelled like waffles, who doesn't love the smell of waffles.

James walked over to Spike and asked "Hey man, do you need any help cooking breakfast?' Spike shook his head and said

"Nah, I'm good, I normally have to make breakfast by myself anyway, this is no different." James nodded and sat down at the table, while he and Spike talked.

They talked a good 30 minuets before everyone was awake and ready to eat everything Spike had made, he look like he was full of pride when everyone keep complementing his cooking. James was eating but after everyone else had sat down he had gone quiet like he was caught up in thought, Twilight, feeling a little concerned about James asked

"You ok over there James, you a little to quiet?" James was pulled from his train of thought by that and the replied

"Yeah I'm fine, just think about someone I saw last night." Twilight got curious and said

"Oh, who did you see?" James put down the waffle he was eating and whipped his face and said

"Someone by the name of Princess Luna, talked to me in my sleep last night and something my friend said has really put me through a loop." now this got everyone in the room interested about what he heard "My friend said that he had seen her before I was ever in the orphanage back in New York, and it has just throw me off." James said as he put his hand under his chin to pounder how he knew her

"Who is this friend of yours?" he looked over to twilight and said

"He's a voice in my head that talks to me sometimes when I'm asleep, but this is the first time he has ever mentioned seeing someone else in my head." now this had made everyone in the room concerned for James' mental health, and weightier or not he was mentality stable, but it concerned Twilight the most, she and Spike left the room and headed for her room, when hey got there they locked the door and talked.

It was a good 15 minutes before they came back down, Twilight looked at James and said

"We need to go to Canterlot, get what ever you want to bring, we should be there for a few days." she then walked back to her room and left the whole room to be filled with silence, James then went to get his things and left them in the main room while he waited for Twilight