Bryan and Ace talked among themselves as Rock Crusher looked over his earth pony team members appraising their injuries, which were indeed minor unless left unattended. It was worrisome to him, he grumbled under his breath as he trotted to the supply shed for some first aid kits. While pretty self sufficient the survey team's one actual doctor was one of the sick unicorns. He cursed his luck under his breath, but at least it wasn't worse. Soon Fluttershy, one of the guardians would be here with her knowledge of first aid and would help his workers.

Ace was here too, and that was also good because royal guards were trained in basic first aid as well. "Maybe them whinny prissy ponies will finally stop gettin in the way of us havin a proper guard detail." he thought somewhat bitterly.

"Ok," Megan said as she returned with the three requested pegasi "I've got all three of them here you two."

"Great, thanks a lot Megan." Ace replied

Megan smiled "I'm here to help Ace." she said warmly.

"Yeah," Ace laughed "it doesn't hurt that you're a total knock out too." Megan simply scowled at him. Ace just chuckled "Megan Trix is very good at that, so it doesn't work on me. Anyway," he said "Cloudchaser we need you to go to Fluttershy's cottage and bring her back here to help with every ponies injuries."

"All right," Cloudchaser said "is there anything else you need me to do?"

"Just gonna need an extra set of hooves to make sure we get it right when you get back is all." Ace said.

"Ok," Cloudchaser replied "I'll be back as soon as I can." she took to the air and flew in the direction of Fluttershy's cottage.

Thunderlane came to Bryan grumbling under his breath. Bryan noticed the stallion's attitude and spoke up "Is there a problem Thunderlane?"

The suddenness of the statement jolted Thunderlane out of his funk. "Yeah I think I that should have stayed to fight!"

Megan grimaced a little as Bryan just stretched and released some pressure form his joints. It reminded her of when their mother would give Danny that look when he was in trouble.

As Thunderlane looked up now somewhat nervously at the six foot human Bryan spoke again. "And do what exactly? Get yourself hurt? Maybe hurt worse than these earth ponies? Let me explain something to you about defending others when they unable to defend themselves, the thing you don't do is something rash."

"But, but..." Thunderlane pointed at Ace with his hoof and tried to muster a defense, but was cut off by Bryan. While Ace growled at him.

"Ace is a trained soldier, Thunderlane. You are a civilian on the Ponyville weather team. That team is led by my friend Rainbow Dash, who is your boss I'll remind you. So what the bucking Tartarus am I supposed to tell her when you get yourself killed or maimed trying to do a job that isn't yours to do?" Bryan looked rather intimidating to the pegasus in that moment.

Thunderlane simply nodded. "Ok what do you need me to tell Twilight?"

"Alright," Bryan began "I need you tell her about Megan of course, and that I'll be sending a formal request for aid for Ponyville to Canterlot. That's in addition to the information about the unicorns that are headed in to the hospital."

"Ok." Thunderlane said and flew off.

Megan walked up to Bryan and said "Wasn't that a little harsh?"

Ace snickered "I would have put him on his haunches for that. That is not the way you behave when there are real warriors to take care of things."

Bryan shook his head "Trust me Megan he got off easy. Ace gets a little territorial when it comes to this sort of thing."

"Ok" Megan said "Now can either of you tell me what happened back there? I know I'm strong but that doesn't explain that. I mean, I get it something happened and the rainbow is a part of me now. But still how was I able to do that?"

Ace and Bryan answered in unison "You overcharged."

Megan scratched her head in confusion "Overcharged?"

Ace looked thoughtful for a moment "Ok you know about a bit magic, that's good. Because you'll get this. What happened is that you got more mana than you normally would for your attack. That causes a state called an overcharge, which means you used a lot more energy than you had to. That caused you to take out that golem in one hit, instead of taking one-hundred. Although," Ace said "I've never seen magic quite like that before, have you Bryan?"

Bryan thought for a moment "It's a kind of magic that is concentrated in her body, like what's normal for an earth pony or pegasus." Bryan looked Megan over taking in the events of the battle. "I don't think she can use any energy projection magic though. We'll need Twilight and Sunset Shimmer to examine her and figure this out."

Megan seemed thoughtful herself. "Can this overcharge cause long term problems?"

"Oh yes." Bryan replied "Overcharge is very dangerous, I doubt you'll be doing anymore fighting for a while Megan. Your mana reserves will be be depleted, so your on inactive reserve for now. We also need to evaluate your unique magical abilities and have you trained to use them properly, I lost you once I'm not about to lose you again."

Megan smiled "I'm glad you haven't changed to much Bryan, I was worried about you."

"I'm not so sure about her fighting Bryan, she's untrained. I really don't want her getting in the way. I know she's got experience, but she is not trained warrior like us." Ace said uncertainly.

Bryan smiled at Megan warmly "You always said I need to remember who I am Megan. I'm not about to change that so completely, not for anypony."

Megan walked up to Bryan and slipped her arms around him again. She pressed her forehead against his "That's good Bryan, I-I'm really happy that we're together again." she looked into his eyes "what did you mean that you didn't know where we go from here."

Bryan sighed "I'll talk to you about it on the way to Ponyville Megan. Ace I'm heading out now."

Ace waved his forehoof dismissively "Get going Ponyville needs that aid. Oh and Bryan see if you can find some time to check on Trixie for me." Ace looked concerned, but said no more.

"I'll do that if I can Ace, at the very least Twilight should be able to give us an update. Let's head out Megan, we'll just be underhoof if we stay." Bryan started to leave and Megan followed him on his way to town.

Ace watched the two of them leave and looked at Megan rather intently "I hate to see her leave, but I love to watch her go." he said with a chuckle.

Cloudchaser flew towards Fluttershy's cottage "I should get there quickly." she thought as she added some speed to her flight to arrive sooner. It wasn't too long before she had arrived at her destination and was knocking on the door.

"Just a minute." Fluttershy's soft voice answered from the other side of the door. The top half of the red door opened revealing the shy pegasus. "Oh my, Cloudchaser what brings you here?"

"We had a diamond dog raid on the survey site, nopony was seriously hurt but there's been some minor injuries. And we need your help because of the magic surge that ko'd our doctor."

Fluttershy gasped "Oh no, I've got to get my supplies together, I'll only be a moment." she said as she opened the door and retreated inside to start loading her saddle bags with the help of her animal friends. "So how bad are the injuries?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well from what I can tell they are all bruises, cuts and scrapes. But I don't really know for sure Fluttershy." Cloudchaser replied.

"Oh ok." Fluttershy responded as she finished "Ok my little friends I need to go out for a while, but I'll be back in time for everyponies dinner, ok." there was a chorus of noises in response to Fluttershy's words.

Cloudchaser quietly marveled at this, she'd heard about it but it was something to actually see it firsthoof.

Fluttershy trotted up to Cloudchaser "Alright I'm ready let's get there so I can help everypony out."

Cloudchaser merely nodded in accent as they took the air and headed for the survey site.

Thunderlane for his part was unhappy with having been admonished by Bryan for his willingness to help in the battle. He was a pegasus for Celestia's sake. His ancestors were warriors! And he can't handle himself in defense of other ponies? That logic just didn't make any sense to him. Still he flew on until the hospital came into view. He landed to see an overwhelming sight, there were easily about one hundred or so unicorns in the hospital, all with spell shock. As he trotted into the waiting room he was stopped by the hospital security chief, an earth pony named Night Watch.

"Excuse me, but are you related to somepony here? Because if aren't I need to ask you leave. We have enough trouble enough tending to everyponies needs as it is." Night Watch said tersely.

"I've got a message for Twilight Sparkle from Bryan of the night guard, it's important." Thunderlane replied

"I assume it's about the incident that caused the magic surge?" The security chief responded.

Thunderlane nodded. Night Watch turned to go back inside. He returned a few moments later with a worried looking Twilight.

"What's going on Thunderlane?" Twilight queried.

"Well the survey site was attacked by those diamond dogs. And then something really strange happened there was a loud crash and after the dust settled there was a human. She told us to watch over the unicorns on the survey team and then she was fighting the diamond dogs."

Twilight looked at Thunderlane "She was helping ponies out, like Bryan does? And she started fighting the diamond dogs?"

"Yeah" Thunderlane said. "It was crazy. It's like she was angry at them for messing with us. When Swift Runner took off she attacked one of the diamond dogs and knocked him out and took his spear from him. I don't know who she is, but I think Bryan knows her."

"Did you hear this mare's name Thunderlane?" Twilight asked.

"I think she called herself Megan. And that's what he called her too. I'm sure they knew her actually she kissed him and he didn't seem to upset by it." Thunderlane was thoughtful at that moment.

Twilight smiled "Is there anything else that you need to tell me Thunderlane?"

"Oh yeah he told to tell you that he gonna formally request aid for Ponyville from Canterlot. So he's definitely headed back to the library."

"Alright thank you Thunderlane I'll get back there as soon as I can." Twilight showed visible relief at the news as she trotted back into the hospital to continue helping to organize things.

Bryan and Megan began there trip towards Ponyville, Megan asked the question on mind. "Ok Bryan, what did you mean when you said that you didn't know where we were gonna go from here?"

Bryan sighed "I really don't know where we go from here because I have a marefriend, we literally just got together last night. I realize that this could not have been anticipated, but it's still a bit of a problem none the less. I love Twilight, but I still love you as well. I don't want to have to chose between the two of you."

Megan smiled "Bryan I don't know how to fix this either, but I can see that you do love her. I won't get in your way, if she makes you happy I'm not about to step on your relationship with her. So," Megan began "what happened to Ponyland since we were here last?"

Bryan laughed. "This isn't Ponyland Megan. It's Equestria, we are among sapient ponies here. But this is not Ponyland, I didn't come here over a rainbow bridge nor on the back of a pegasus pony. In truth I have no idea just how I got here in the first place."

"What do mean Bryan?"Megan asked "How can you not know how you got here? You've got to know how it happened. Unless you're saying it's some kind of accident."

"We're still trying to figure that one out Megan. I just fell out of the sky one day, just like that." he snapped his fingers "I was on my way home from one of Patty's parties... and boom! Here I am falling out the sky into a tree hitting every branch on the way down and landing in front of a very startled lavender alicorn. Twilight was studying a magical phenomenon and that's it instant human. A very hurt, emotionally unstable human."

Megan whistled "Wow Bryan, that's just, just amazing. What did you do when you saw her?"

"I was so disoriented that I thought I was back in Ponyland and seeing Twilight again. I called her name and burst into tears. My distressed state caused me to lunge at Twilight and grab her, hugging her I cried not knowing where I was or what was going on. It took two weeks for me to recover from that state just to end up in a worse state." Bryan said in a worrisome tone.

As they continued their journey into Ponyville Megan pondered the turn of events that caused Bryan be in Equestria in the first place. "But I don't get something Bryan, what did you mean when you said that you wound up in a worse state?"

"After my initial trauma had passed. I got really sick, it took a while before they figured out why I got sick in the first place." he said.

"Well what happened?" Megan gently demanded.

"It was the mana here in Equestria. As it turns out humans who are from a non magical universe, like ourselves can get sick from the mana here because our bodies aren't used to it. I doubt very seriously that we would be having this conversation if not for our time in Ponyland to begin with." Bryan paused for a moment before continuing his exposition "You see Megan, we come from a universe with no ambient mana at all. The universe that contains Ponyland has mana, but the levels are so low that we had time to adjust with no issues. Equestria is a whole different issue however, the mana levels here are supermassively different from the mana levels in Ponyland. So much so that they can cause intense pain and sickness in any human that has had no previous exposure to it."

"I see." Megan said "Bryan I have a question, what's an alicorn?"

Bryan stared blankly for a moment, before bursting into a fit of laughter. "It's not funny!" Megan protested angerly.

"I'm sorry Megan." he managed before calming down "I was actually laughing at myself. I totally forgot to tell you about alicorns, I am very sorry about that. An alicorn is a kind of pony that is neither earth pony, nor pegasus, nor unicorn pony. Instead these rare ponies have the traits of all three pony tribes. They have the strength and endurance of the earth pony tribe, they have the agility and weather manipulating abilities of the pegasus tribe, and they have the magical abilities of the unicorn tribe." He stopped for a moment and looked skyward.

Megan had seen him do this before. It was always done when he needed to compose himself. "So Bryan," Megan began "this Twilight, is, is she anything like her? You know the Twilight from Ponyland?" Megan saw some tears being shed from his eyes. She hated asking him that, because she knew it would hurt him badly. He and Twilight had been very close, and she knew that he dearly missed that pink unicorn.

"Aside from the amethyst colored eyes and the streaked mane and tail? No they are nothing alike." he sniffled slightly and Megan moved to hold him momentarily. She whispered into his ear that she missed them too.

They broke from the embrace and gazed into each other's eyes for a long few moments. Megan kept her arms around him for a few moments longer. When she finally withdrew they both felt a sense of being empty for a moment. Megan looked at Bryan and got them back on track. "So how is it that Twilight is an alicorn?"

"Well," Bryan said "you have to understand that the alicorn line is directly linked to the royal sisters. Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, both are alicorns and immortals. They are also the kind of immortals that can have children, but it's very difficult for them to do so. In the last one-thousand years they have had partners and spouses. The result is that twelve families in Equestria have ancestral ties to the royal family, but of those families only those of Twilight and Cadence have actually produced any alicorns."

Megan pondered that information for a moment "Wait. You're telling me that your girlfriend is a princess?" Megan was agape.

Bryan laughed "Not yet anyway. But she is a descendant of Princess Celestia's, which means she does have royal blood and is in line for the position." Bryan turned thoughtful "You know this situation is the perfect test for that actually."

"What do you mean Bryan?" Megan questioned

"Well it'll show how she can step up and lead during a crisis. It'll also show that knows that she is responsible for helping everypony in such an event. Princess Celestia would have had to have tested her on these things eventually, but it just happened to come up out of the blue. That's great my Twily will do just fine and be one step closer to the crown. It's well deserved and rightly so, she's very dedicated to others and making their lives the best that she can. I know from my own experience." he resumed walking towards Ponyville.

After a long silence had passed between them Bryan spoke up once again. "Hey Megan."

"What is it?" Megan replied

Bryan sighed "I need to tell you about some ponies around here, ones that will remind you of our friends from Dream Valley."

Megan smiled at him "I know there are probably some ponies that are a little like our friends from Ponyland Bryan. I'm ready to deal with it."

He shook his head sadly "No Megan you aren't. Do you remember Applejack?" Megan nodded "Well there is an Applejack here too, and I was no where near ready when I met her."

Megan just stared at Bryan "What do you mean Bryan?"

"When I first met her I freaked out, burst into tears and ran like mad." Megan continued to stare at him wondering what would have brought about such a reaction. "You see," he continued "she is an almost dead ringer for that silly pony. She has the same orange coat, emerald green eyes, Long blonde mane and tail. The only real differences are her accent, the stetson she wares, and the red bands she uses to bind her mane and tale. That's not all Twilight has a baby dragon for an assistant, a baby earth dragon that is green and lavender," Megan's eye widened "his name is Spike."

Megan stepped in front of Bryan bringing him to a halt. She looked into his eyes and gently raised her right hand to his face and caressed him tenderly. "I had no idea it's been so hard on him, how as he kept it together this long?" she thought to herself. "Bryan I don't have anything to say to you. I could say that I should have been there for you, and I should have. I really wanted to be here for you the whole time. I'm here now and I'm going to help you in any way that I can. I know that I'm not your girlfriend anymore, but I'm still your friend."

He looked as if he was about to speak, but she placed her index finger on his lips to quiet him. "Bryan I still love you, and I want what's best for you. That's why I'm willing to stand aside and let this mare take care of you. I really want to be the one, but that won't happen now. I'll learn to deal with it." she leaned in and kissed him full on the lips. As her tongue pressed against his lips seeking entry, she felt him relent and their tongues danced for a few moments.

Finally she pulled back and caressed his face again. Bryan leaned into the touch, as he did he noticed something on her left hand. something that looked out of place. "Megan let me see the back of your hand."

"Ok," she replied "I don't know why though." Megan raised her left hand and showed him the top of it.

Bryan stood awestruck. On the top of her palm was a mark not unlike a tattoo. The image confused him. what he saw was an open red locket with a rainbow emerging and making a heart shape. He took in a breath and spoke "Megan you've got a cutie mark!"

"What?" Megan said as she examined her right hand and saw the image. "Bryan what is this? why do I have a symbol on my hands like a pony?"

"I have no idea in Equestria Megan, this is unprecedented. We need to get to the library right now and get a letter to the princesses. Come on Megan." he took off towards the library at a much faster pace with Megan following.

They somewhat tore through Ponyville which was not very crowded due to so many ponies being at the hospital due to sick friends, family, and loved ones. When they finally arrived at the library Bryan stopped at the door. "Ok Megan be careful when we go inside here, Spike can be easily startled sometimes. And he is bound to be really worried at the moment, especially since he has a thing for Rarity's little sister Sweetie Belle."

"Why would he be worried right now?" she asked

Once again he sighed " Because Sweetie belle is a unicorn, and every unicorn in Ponyville except my friend Sunset Shimmer is sick and in the hospital form the magic surge that occurred when you arrived." Megan looked downcast but said nothing. Bryan took her face in his hands and said "Megan you're not to blame for what happened of that I am certain. I don't know exactly what happened yet but I know you would never go out of your way to hurt anypony."

Megan smiled but still said nothing more. "Ok let's go in." she nodded

Bryan stepped through the door after opening it to see a little dragon pacing back and forth in the main room of the library.

"Spike," Bryan said "I need your help."

"Oh," he said looking up "there you are Bryan I was getting worried when you and Twilight didn't come back from the teahouse." he looked at him and then noticed Megan "Bryan who the heck is that?"

Bryan drew in a shaky breath "Spike this is Megan, Megan this is Spike." Spike looked at Megan blankly "Look Spike we can clear this up a little later I need you to take a letter and send it to Canterlot."

Spike produces a quill and parchment from out of nowhere and replied "Alright Bryan I'm ready."

Bryan cleared his throat and began to speak.

To Princess Celestia and Luna

I am certain that by now you are well aware of the magic surge that has occurred. It was the unintended product of the arrival of another human. That human is the young woman I informed you both about all those years ago, none other than Megan Williams herself. The exact circumstances that caused her arrival are as of yet unknown and will be passed along at later time, when they are known. The true purpose of this letter is inform you both that wanted diamond dog criminal Rex was attacking the survey site at the time of Megan's arrival. She rallied the earth ponies at the survey site until Ace and I were in position and able to act.

Rex at one point during the fighting summoned and earth golem, this is when Megan stepped up and through the processes of magical overcharge destroyed the golem with a single rainbow powered punch. As a result her magic has been drained and she is unable to act as a protector for the time being, but this event allowed Ace and myself to eliminate the threat to Equestria that Rex posed. However there is bad news to go with the good, the previously mentioned magic surge has sickened nearly every unicorn in Ponyville. All save Luna's pupil Sunset Shimmer who had the knowledge and ability to shield herself from the event is still standing.

This brings me to the final point of this letter, it is in my capacity as your royal adviser that I must formally request aid for Ponyville's unicorn community. With only Sunset and Twilight standing neither of whom have extensive medical knowledge and thusly are unable to treat the large number of spell shocked unicorns. We need aid from Canterlot as quickly as you can send it.

Thanks in advance, your faithful subject Bryan Luna.

"Alright Spike send it." Bryan said. With those words Spike opened a window and breathed fire on the letter sending it to Canterlot. It was at that point that library door opened to reveal Twilight who had just come home.

She looked up at him and then looked over to Megan "Bryan who is this?"

Author's Note

Once again thanks are due to Gundamdragon for helping get unstuck with the idea for the letter's contents. Edit: Gundamdragon also helped with the idea for Megan's mark as well, so credit for that.