Nova stood on the roof of the carriage, attempting to peer over the hill they were slowly acceding.

"Nova would you just sit down, are you so impatient you can't wait till we get to the top?" Trixie asked in an annoyed tone.

Flat out ignoring her, He continued to get a glimpse of their destination, after two days of travel, Nova was itching to do something other than sitting around and listening to music.

Trixie, unamused by her companion's actions, tugged on the front of his shirt with her magic, the sudden action caused Nova to tumble forward and land face first into his seat.

"There, now sit down properly and stop acting like a foal." Trixie said as a question popped up in her mind.

"Nova, how old are you anyway?" She asked, realizing she never asked the age of her companion, for all she knew, he was still a child.

Nova raised an eyebrow at her, but quickly realized why she was asking.

"I suppose I never did mention my age did I? Well, I don't know how age works here.... is there 365 days in a year?" He asked, getting a quick nod of confirmation from Trixie.

"Well, either way, I'm nineteen years old if you must know, where I come from I'm barely an adult." He answered.

"So, I know this isn't very tactful, but how old are you?" He asked, instantly getting a dirty look from Trixie.

"Hey now, you're the one that started this conversation, remember?" Nova reasoned.

"Well, Trixie did start the topic, so she guesses you're right, Trixie is eighteen years of age." She quickly answered, wanting to move the subject on.

"Also, what do you mean you are barely considered an adult?" She asked back.

Nova thought for a second, quickly thinking of the easiest way to explain how age works back home.

"Well, when a human is born, they are referred to as a baby, next, from age two to four, they are considered toddlers I guess, then from five to twelve, its child." Nova took a short breath before continuing.

"Now, from thirteen to nineteen, humans are considered teenagers, get it? because the numbers have the word teen in it!" Nova finished, slapping his knee and earning a groan from Trixie.

"Trixie refuses to believe that terrible pun is the real answer, now can you please answer seriously!" She demanded, her voice rising a bit.

"Why are you so interested in this? this conversation is literally about age groups right now." Nova said, slightly annoyed at Trixie's inability to have fun.

The two stared at each other for a bit, but before long Nova threw up his hands in defeat.

"Fine, whatever, since this apparently interests you so much." he said mockingly.

Nova once again paused and scratched his head, trying to think of a way to explain this to her, however he quickly gave up.

"Okay, I can't really explain it properly, because the subject changes depending on where you are from in my world." He started.

"Each different country and even states have different idea's on when someone becomes an adult, where I'm from, I guess you're classified as a young adult from eighteen until twenty-one, but for a lot of different places, it might be different." Nova slowly slid down into his seat as he explained.

"Not only that, but then hormones and culture, and all kinds of different shit get involved in it, but In my opinion, I guess you classify as an adult around eighteen, when you are expected to start voting and crap like that." He finished explaining, all the while Trixie was nodding her head.

"Okay, now Trixie understands why you would rather make a pun about it instead, but why is it so complicated?" She asked, simply getting a shrug from Nova.

Trixie, slightly happier with a somewhat proper answer, dropped the subject, seeing Nova was apparently no longer interested in continuing and brought her attention back to the road.

"Oh, were almost at the top now if you want to get a look at Manehatten." She said to Nova, only to see the seat next to her already empty once again.

Nova smiled as the view came into sight, from what he could tell, Manehatten looked like an ordinary city from back on earth, the tallest skyscrapers reaching into the sky, what looked like to a proper road, and so on.

This small moment of nostalgia and slight home sickness didn't last long, however, as he realized something he should have a while ago, he quickly jumped back down to his seat.

"Hey Trixie, you know how I did that stuff to those guys back in the town?" He asked. Trixie slowly nodded in response, both curious and worried about where this subject might head.

"Now, I didn't kill those ponies, so, what do you think the odds are that they may have bent the truth a little?"

"Uhh... very likely?" Trixie answered, still unsure where this was going.

"Okay, now, you know how I look really different that pretty much everything else around here, what are the odds that the guards might be looking to arrest me?" Nova asked rhetorically.

Trixie's eyes snapped open, finally realizing what Nova was getting it.

"Yes, Trixie see's how this is going to be a problem, it doesn't help that your eye and arm glow almost as bright as Trixie." She said, with him rolling his eyes at the last part.

Trixie stopped the carriage at the peak of the hill and trotted over to the back of her home.

She quickly entered the surprisingly large room and started shuffling things around, as she did, the thought came to her that Nova had never actually entered her home, and had always just slept outside.

*Hmm, maybe Trixie should see if he would rather sleep on the floor inside at least.* She thought to herself as she finally pulled out what she was looking for.

As she came back around to the front of the carriage, she noticed Nova was quietly sitting down on the grass away from the carriage, staring out at the city in the distance.

Trixie called out him, getting no response, however, she quickly trotted over and tapped him on the shoulder, causing him to jump a bit.

"What were you doing, you looked pretty zoned out to Trixie." She curiously asked.

Nova slowly laid down into the grass, letting out a long breath.

"I was just memorizing the view, it's not very often you get to look at a city from this view." He said, tapping his head.

He looked over to Trixie, with a small smile.

"It might sound dumb to you, but one of the reasons I want to go explore this world is to see as many remarkable sights as I can." He let out a small chuckle.

"I've always been a sucker for a good landscape." He slowly sat back up, finally noticing the object Trixie had retrieved from inside.

"Bandages and a blanket?" He asked, confused to their purpose.

"Yes and no, the Bandages..." She started, flinging them over to him.

"Are to cover up your glowy stuff, while the blanket as you called it, is actually Trixie's old cape and hood, it should fit you well enough." She explained.

Nova nodded and started to wrap the moderately think bandages around his arm, thankfully, it seems they did the job and managed to cover up the ever present glow.

A short amount of time later, both his arm and eye had been wrapped up with bandages.

"Heh, the bandage makes me look like a pirate, expect you know, if the eye patch part was covering all the way around the head, rather than just their eye." He mused to himself.

Trixie handed the last part of Nova's disguise, he quickly flung the cape over his back and tied raised the hood.

"So, what do you think?" He asked as he stood up, doing a little twirl.

Trixie looked over Nova, the clock was enchanted with a spell to hide the user's face in darkness, and with the bandages covering the glow.

*Hmm, I guess he could pass for a skinny Minotaur or something, but at least that weird glow isn't interfering with the illusion.* She thought, giving a small nod to Nova.

"Yep, Trixie has successfully managed to hide your more, uh, more noticeable features from view, this will have to suffice for now." She concluded.

Nova lowered the hood back down and gave Trixie a small smile.

"Thanks for that, would have been awkward if I had to stay in the carriage for the entire time we're here." He said, making Trixie's already inflated ego all the much bigger.

However, before she could start boasting, Nova clapped his hands together.

"Alright, we got a way for me to enter the city without being arrested or worse, how about we get this show back on the road huh?" He quickly blurted out.

He quickly made his way past Trixie, giving her a small pat on the head as he passed, not noticing her blush as he did.

After quickly composing herself, Trixie followed suit and hopped back onto her seat, feeling good about managing to help her friend out.

Trixie caught herself for a second.

*Wait, does Trixie really think of him as a friend?* She asked herself, obviously getting no response.

She shot a glance over to the human next to her, with the hood back on she couldn't really make out his face, but she could feel the excitement radiating off of him.

Tilting her hat down to cover her smile, she poured her magic back into the wheels and continued their way on the road again.

Meanwhile, In the capital city of the North, Ares held is head in pain as his advisors argued with one another.

"We Cannot allow his creature to enter our homelands, I advise we post troops near the boarder and forbade entry." One voice spoke.

"And risk making the Equestrians think we are making an aggressive act towards them? Besides, I doubt even an army could stop a DIVINE from entering." Another retorted.

"Oh, then what do you suggest? we roll over and let it in? that-"

"ENOUGH." Ares Voice echoed throughout the halls, as if carried by the winds themselves.

He slowly lifted himself back up in his seat, glad the bickering had stopped.

"Each one of you has had a point, Nova does pose a threat to our homeland, however, as a creature with powers that may rival mine and the other divines, our military would be almost useless." He started to explain.

"However, it is also true that Nova could in fact cause damage untold, but I have a feeling that the Equestrians may be overstating just how 'Evil' Nova may be." He said as he finally sat up properly on his throne, his size dwarfing his fellow griffins.

"So, I have decided that we will send out our scouts to every corner of our kingdom, in an attempt to track Nova's movements from the moment he enters when he leaves, do you understand?" He asked.

One of the lower lords raised their talon in question

"My lord, what do you hope to do with this action?" He asked, wondering his rulers intent.

"At the gathering, Nova clearly stated that he has no desire to cause harm to anygriffin, he simply wishes to explore the lands of our world, with this, it is my hope that if we do not antagonize him, he will simply move on eventually." The lords in the room looked around in confusion.

"My King, does that not seem like a rather.... Weak route to take?" Another lord asked, causing Ares to sigh.

"My lords, the one thing I want to avoid is creating a conflict with a creature that matches me in power, the fallout from such a conflict could tear our world apart if it got out of hand, so no, its not the weak route, it's the sensible one." Ares Finishes explaining.

"Now, that concludes this day's meeting, you may all leave, immediately." He announced, the lords quickly made their way out of the hall.

As the last of the lords left, he sighed in frustration, the lords bickering had always bothered him, but without them, he would have to be managed every aspect of his kingdom.

Author's Note

Whoop, im not dead, Moving house is a bitch, here have a chapter, and feel free to ask any questions or highlight any errors you see.