I stood there glaring at Celestia. She stood there staring at me in shock. We all stood still for a good few minutes in silence, just staring at each other. The tension was so think, screw a butter knife, you could cut it with a pin.

The silence, however, was broken when Twilight gently nudged Celestia. She hesitantly took her eyes off me and looked down to her. Twilight looked back up to her with fearful eyes.

“Princess, who is that? Why is he so dangerous?” She asked ignorantly.

Celestia looked back to me. The kind of look that asked for permission. I nodded my head. Celestia looked back to her and began to explain. “This is my old friend, Julian, or Jules as he used to go by. He was brought –”

“Taken.” I interrupt her with a glare. "But you know that is not the reason for my anger towards you, Celestia. You know what you did..."

She looks back to me with a sad expression. “Yes taken.” Looking back to Twilight she completely ignored my previous statement. “He was taken from his world and brought here. That was well over one thousand years ago. After he was brought here, he was scared and alone. Being cast out by the common pony for being different, he resented us. He detested us all. That was, until my sister and I brought him in. Luna helped him get accustomed into the society and they became good friends. I however, was not so convinced. I, like everypony else tried to outcast him, but Luna would not allow that. And after Luna’s rise to Nightmare Moon however, things quickly got out of hoof. Realizing that my neglectful attitude towards Luna and her problems was like a catalyst to her transformation - coupled with his hatred towards all ponies - Julian's anger finally exploded, releasing his inner power. I tried to save him, but the only option was to seal him in stone along with my sister.”

Twilight looks back to Celestia. “But princess, that still doesn’t answer why you said he’s so dangerous.” She pointed out hesitantly.

Looking back to me she continues with a soft voice, “Do you remember the Canterlot gardens Twilight?” After a confirming nod, Celestia closed her eyes. “Well another statue has gone missing.” She stated simply.

The ponies all gasped and looked to me in shock. “S-so....w-which one is he?”

“I am Rage.” I stated simply.

All ponies looked to me, still standing there glaring. Some with pity, sadness, one with a tint of anger and hate. Said pony shot up to me, right in my face. “What was so bad about the Princess trying to save you?! You don’t need to get so angry over that!” She shouted at me. Right in my face...

“Get out of my face.” I warned her in a low voice, my head pointed down.

She tilted her head, “What?”

I raised my head to look at her in her magenta eyes with my own dark brown eyes. “I said to get out of my face.” Glaring at her with hate, she hesitated. “I will not say it again.” I said a little louder, moving my face closer to hers.

At this point, Celestia caught on to my threat. She grabbed the pony out from my face with her magic and sat her on the ground. She turned to address all present. “It is best not to get on his bad side, less you suffer from his wrath.” She turned to me and glared. “But know this: if you hurt so much as a hair on any of these ponies… I will hunt you down.”

Sighing and rubbing my eyes in annoyance, I waved my hand in a dismissive motion. “Fine, fine whatever.” I looked back to her, “But know one thing Celestia, you have no idea how lucky you are. You are so lucky it hurts. You’re so lucky it’s not even funny. You’re so lucky –”

“Lucky about what?!” The blue pony from before shouted.

“You’re lucky that I didn’t give in to madness.” I said monotone. Celestia went wide-eyed and the other ponies looked in fear.

“What?” She asked quietly, shocked by what I had said.

“I said you’re lucky I’m not currently insane. You do know that those stone prisons do nothing to stop one from living. I lived those 1,000 years princess, with nothing to do but hate. The only thing that kept me from falling into complete insanity is my hatred towards you. My anger is what potentially saved these ponies lives. Remember that.”

Nodding her head very slightly, she looked back to the ponies. “Where did his bow go?” She asked Twilight.

She didn’t take her eyes off me, “the nurse didn't know if he was dangerous or not, so she confiscated it and put it in another room.”

Celestia nodded in approval. “Alright, I give you permission to hold onto that bow until further notice Twilight.”

Clenching my fists in anger, I look to Celestia. “What?” I said, spite rising in my tone.

She looks to me, “Until we can determine the best course to take, we must figure out if you can be trusted. Or at least until we can determine if you’re a threat or not.”

Rubbing my eyes in annoyance once again, I slumped down on the bed. “Whatever. How do I prove to you?” I said looking her in the eyes.

Celestia smiled warmly at me. Ugh, for the love of God. I groaned inside my head. She motioned to the gathered ponies. “They will be the ones to decide.” Said the solar bitch.

Groaning, I slump into the bed. “Why them? Who even are they?!” I shout to Celestia while laying back.

“These ponies are the new Elements of Harmony.” She states simply. That got my attention.

Shooting up in a sitting position, I look to them in curiosity. “Really? Interesting…”

Laughing a little, Celestia beings to explain how they became the elements in the first place. She didn’t get far, however, before Twilight interrupted her. “Why are you so calm!? You’re supposed to be Rage! Why don’t you seem in the least bit upset?!” She shouted at me.

I looked over to her with an annoyed expression, “Because Twilight, there’s this tiny concept of Equilibrium. I’m sure you’ve heard of it?” She nodded. “Right, well for those that don’t know: equilibrium is the state of rest. Balance if you will… Balance. That word. Do you understand what it means? It means there must be an equal and opposite of everything, everywhere at any given time. Always.”

Everyone present looked at me with tilted heads. Groaning, I was getting impatient. “It means that there will always be equal and opposite. Love and Hate. Chaos and Harmony. Anger and Clarity. Intellect and Idiocy. Valour and Cowardice. Loyalty and Betrayal. Honesty and Lies. Generosity and Greed. Kindness and Cruelty. Laughter and Sadness.” Still confused it seems, but for some reason, the last few brought on many distraught faces. “It means that, Twilight, I will always be the embodiment of Rage. But that doesn’t mean that I will have no love inside of me.”

Looks of realisation crossed her face. “Now you understand. Do you know of Discord? Of course you do. Well he is Chaos, he was unbalancing the world's order. Therefore, he was sealed away. Then when he broke free, did you happen to know why?” Shaking heads all-round. “Because there was an imbalance. The world decided that there was too much Harmony for too long, so it set him free. An unbalanced scale is never a good thing. Tell me, do you know of anyone who is set so far on one side? Well, I can guarantee you that they will have the equal of their opposites somewhere deep within them. They have their darkness deep inside their being. They always do.”

“I think that’s enough explanation for now.” Celestia interrupts, worry in her voice.

“Oh, but I’m not done explaining Celestia. You see, it’s up to the person whether or not they show their ‘dark’ sides. As for me… well, I embraced mine. There’s nothing wrong with that.”

“Well regardless, it’s best to tell the town of your existence if you’re going to be staying here. Perhaps in the castle?” Celestia explains.

“Castle? Another one? You’re joking…”

“No.”

“Fucking hell how do you have the money to build these things?!” I shout at her.

“The Tree of Harmony made it.” She stated simply.

“Tree of what-now?”

“The Tree of Harmony made it.” She repeats.

Sighing in defeat I slump back onto the bed and sighed deeply. “Whatever. Anyway, what were you saying before? About the town needing to know who I am and what I’m doing here. I do not agree with this Celestia.” I said with a warning tone in my voice. I don't trust these ponies to not outright try to kill me like the others.

She nodded in confirmation, “Indeed. I plan on talking to the mayor about calling a town meeting in a few days. In the meantime, you need to rest.”

Groaning in annoyance, I shout out, “I don’t need rest! I just ran a few hundred, maybe even a thousand kilometres. Nothing that big of a deal.”

“Yes well you’re to stay here. Unless you wish to come back to the castle with me? Luna would love to see you.”

Eyes shooting open I look back at her with hopeful eyes. “She’s back?” I ask quietly. Celestia nodded her head in confirmation. “You’re not bullshiting me? She’s actually back?!” Smiling warmly she nods again.

Jumping out of bed and into the air with a “Toyota what a feeling” kind of thing, I shout in happiness. After my little charade, I look back to Celestia. Noticing a small pink pony with a massive grin on her face, while a yellow one hides behind the blue one. “Take me to her.”

Celestia nods her head in approval. Looking back to the other ponies present she bids them farewell. She teleports us both to Canterlot castle.

After arriving in Canterlot castle, Celestia motions the way to Luna’s chambers, immediately making my way down the halls and following her instructions. I just barely caught her teleporting somewhere. Soon after however, I bump into a white unicorn wearing a tuxedo.

Said unicorn immediately got angry and started shouting at me. “Why you filthy beast! How dare you touch me! I just got this coat cleaned! Get down and apologise immediately!”

Oh I'm going to fucking love you, aren't I?

Author's Note

Sorry about the late update. My laptop broke and I have exams soon so I wrote this in about an hour.
Big thanks to my mate Alex for editing right before exams