It's been 2 days since the incident involving my armor and I made preparations to leave Ponyville. Of course, Twilight and her friends as well as some of the residents of Ponyville tried their best to convince me to stay. But with what Lyra did to my armor as well as the stunt Twilight and her friends pulled on the night before, can you really blame me for leaving. As I prepared for my departure, I went ahead and bought some basic supplies that I would need when I head out, though it was tough finding what I needed as some of the things that I required were not readily available. To carry my supplies, I had requested Rarity to make me a duffle bag to use to carry my supplies, though I was surprised by the fact that these ponies knew what a duffle bag looked like.

After getting all the supplies that I needed, I started packing everything up in my temporary sleeping quarters in Twilight's basement. I had just gotten the last of my supplies packed when I heard hoofsteps coming from the stairs. I turned to find Twilight coming down with a worried expression on her face.

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" She asked.

I sighed in exasperation, this had not been the first time I've been asked this and most everypony has been asking the same question non stop after learning about what had happened.

I got up to face the purple unicorn, "I'm sorry Twilight, but given what happened with that unicorn and what she did to my armor, and the stunt you and your friends pulled while I was asleep, I don't think I can trust you anymore. I have no choice but to leave."

I watched as Twilight stamped her hoof in frustration. "I know that we've made mistakes, but why do you feel the need to leave us. We've all apologized for what happened and Lyra even tried to help you with you radio thingy."

I couldn't help but glare at her, "And need I remind you that I'm from a race that has constantly been fighting for our own survival against a highly advance, hostile alien force that has sought for our total annihilation. And here I am, the first human to actually find a friendly alien civilization that doesn't want to kill us, only to find that they are too curious about us to were they do stuff like this. Have you ever considered how I would be feeling after having been pulled away from where I came from as it was in the process of being completely destroyed. Have you ever considered what I must feel knowing that the ones that I thought I could feel safe around suddenly decide they want to know more about me without asking for my permission."

Twilight lowered her head and had her ears pressed against it as I went on with my rant.

At some point, I took a deep a deep breath to calm myself down and looked down at Twilight. "I'm sorry about that, but we have a protocol in which if we happen to be in uncharted territory or behind enemy lines, we cannot allow any of our technology to get into enemy hands. So far you ponies have proven to be friendly, but I cannot be certain if you are truly peaceful towards us or if you are trying to trick me in letting my guard down. As far as I know, I cannot fully trust you. Plus, there's something that I need to investigate."

Twilight looked at me curiously when I said that, "And what would that be. I don't think there would be anything that would be that interesting for you to..." That's when it dawned on her, "Wait, you're not seriously going back into the Everfree Forest are you?"

I nodded as I turned back to my duffle bag, though I could've sworn I saw something moving in it but I ignored it and picked up the bag with one hand, holding it behind me as I turned to leave.

"At least promise to come back." Twilight pleaded.

"I'll think about it."

After that, I left and walked over to the trail leading to the Everfree Forest and my destination, though it took me a little while before I arrived at the trail when I heard someone call out to me. I turned to find Twilight and her friends as well as some of the residents of Ponyville all standing there. I turned back to the forest and started walking.

"Please come back safely." I could not tell who had said that, but I waved goodbye with my free hand as I entered the forest.

"Are you sure he's going to be alright by himself darling?" Rarity asked as their friend disappeared into the forest.

Twilight simply nodded, "I'm sure that he's fine, remember that he's a soldier from where he's from. So it's safe to assume that he can take care of himself." Though I do worry about what he's going to face while in there.

Soon everypony started to leave for their homes leaving only Twilight and her friends at the entrance to the forest.

"Ah'm not sure if this is a good idea Twi," Applejack said, "Ah mean, at least one of us should at least go with him."

Twilight shook her head, "I don't think that would be a good idea. After what's happened, he doesn't have much trust in us anymore. If we are going to get his trust back, we'll just have to let him be by himself."

Rainbow Dash groaned in frustration, "Ugh, why does he have to leave us like that though. I mean sure, some of us had gone and watched him as he was sleeping and maybe messed with his things. But I don't see what the problem is."

Rarity gasped at Rainbow's comment, "My word, are you that dense. We had gone and invaded his privacy without his knowledge, of course he would feel this way."

"Not only that, but one of us did cause part of his equipment to stop working." Fluttershy added.

Rainbow Dash groaned when Twilight spoke up. "Look Rainbow, we are feeling the same way you are. But it can't be helped. Right now Garen feels that his trust in us has been broken. It's best if we leave him be for now until he feels comfortable in coming back to Ponyville."

"Gaaah fine," Rainbow whined, "I'm going to head home."

With that Twilight's friends all went their separate ways. Twilight started to head out when she saw Spike running up to her.

"Spike, what's wrong?" She asked, wondering why Spike wasn't watching over Nyx while she was away.

"I'm sorry Twilight," Spike apologized, "but I cant find Nyx anywhere. She isn't at the library. I was thinking that she was with you."

That was when Twilight went into full panic mode, "Spike, get the girls. We need to find her before something bad happens."

Spike quickly nodded and ran off to Fluttershy's house while Twilight looked back to the forest.

"I really hope she didn't do what I think she did." Twilight said to herself as she turned around and ran toward Ponyville.

At some point down the trail I decided to stop to rest for a bit. I placed the duffle bag on the ground and walked over to one of the trees and sat down. I closed my eyes for a bit when I heard something coming from the bag. I got up and walked over to the bag to investigate what was going on. When I opened the bag, I was not expecting what I had found.

"What! Why are you in there!?!?"

Author's Note

Sorry for the long delay, I've been out of it for quite a while now. Lately I've been losing quite a bit of my focus and that has caused quite a few problems for me in terms of school. Hopefully I'll get my focus back by the time fall semester starts, though I still have to work on getting my classes as the University that I'm in is having a teaching out with the major that I'm in. I don't think any of you would be at all interested in it but I'm hoping by getting back to writing this story, I might get my focus back. Right now, I'm just glad that the semesters over with and I don't have to worry about much of anything until fall comes, well except for a few things. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the story so far. I've actually had a problem with how I would continue it so I hope this is satisfactory. Also Cliffhanger.

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