-Troy’s POV-

I was fuming as I stormed out of the room, my hands were clenched so hard my knuckles turned white. I was breathing heavily like a raging bull as my legs carried me as if on autopilot through the castle with no destination in mind. ‘I couldn’t believe it after everything that’s happened, they fucking do this to me.' I felt tears continue to streak down my face as I stomped through the crystal halls.

‘First I’m pulled in this fucking world of sunshine, rainbows, and horses that look like a crayon box threw up on them. Next I’m marked as some kind of monster that Rainbow Bitch sees me as without even bothering to know me like some racial bigot. She just fucking sees me as some kind of freak. Then I’m marked as the only man in the ENTIRE WORLD and they fucking expect me to be their prized breeding bull just so they can get what they want.’

I snorted out in frustration and finding the nearest object which was what looked to be a large painting on the crystal wall showing all six of those girls together smiling at each other like everything couldn’t go wrong and the smug happy look of that prism haired cunt just made me wish it was her real face now. I couldn’t take their looks of joy on them, almost like they were mocking me for all the pain I have and still endured, I couldn’t take it anymore. I still heard the mares words echo in my head calling me a monster with no parents, I yelled out in anger at the mare and threw my fist as hard as I could through the canvas made image of her face.

A thunk and a loud crack rang throughout the hall as I tore my fist through the painting and into the hard crystalline wall behind it, I pulled back my fist seeing a large hole was left in both the painting and the wall. I looked back at my hand in mild surprise that there wasn’t a single scratch.

After what Rainbow Bitch said to me. I remembered back when my temper got the better of me back at the orphanage, before and of all the times I was picked on by the other kids who had made fun of me or bullied me. All the abuse and neglect that I had to endure from them or the other families that did adopt me each turning out to be worse than the last.

‘Well if it isn't the whiny little cunt.’

‘Shut up…’

‘So what family dumped you back here this time?’

‘Shut up!’

“I honestly don’t know who sent you back here. Honestly, you should’ve just died.”

The last thing that I remember was jumping onto the kid and blacked out. When I came to, I found out he was whimpering and his face was bloodied and broken. It was the most hateful thing I’ve ever heard and I just lost myself because of it. I just wanted it to stop, after that I took what I could and ran away from the orphanage never looking back. To this day I still felt guilty for almost killing that kid, but I also learned that day how easily I could lose myself in anger. Thinking back on it, it only reminds me of what Rainbow Dash said earlier and it only made me even more angry.

‘That bitch! That fucking bitch!’ I screamed in my head as I stormed through the crystal halls. I was furious. Furious beyond recognition. The words that Rainbow Bitch said still ringing in my head. She had the fucking audacity to say that my family didn’t love me when she didn’t know a damn thing about me.

I was still walking around this stupid crystal castle trying to find a place to be by myself, away from all these mares that I was surrounded by. I just wanted to be by myself for right now. I didn’t have anything to vent my anger out on and I couldn’t get what that cyan psycho said out of my head. I wanted to hit something very badly, but I couldn’t find anything to break at the moment.

I continued to cry to myself as it not only hurt me mentally, it left nothing but deep scars on my psyche too, I felt completely alone, I was in a new world with no family, friends, or anyone to turn to, I utterly alone. I couldn’t leave the castle since I didn’t want to be discovered, but I was too angry to think at this point. And it wasn't helping the fact that I was still lost in such a giant building either. After ten minutes of aimless wandering, I turn down another hallway when I suddenly hear the sound of hooves behind me.

‘Dammit, not now!’ I thought to myself as I thought one of the mares from earlier decided to chase after me. Probably that rainbow bitch from earlier, but I didn’t even want to look at her right now. Probably gonna make up some fake excuse about what she said, but I know her true feelings about me, she’s like everyone else.

I doubled my efforts to get away from everyone right now and then I made a beeline down the next hallway, and the next thing I knew I run into something hard and the sound of a mare's voice followed suit, I stumbled backward and onto the floor. Groaning in pain, I sit up rubbing my head from the impact when I fell. I look up to see a new mare that I didn’t even recognize.

She had a dark purple coat with a violet rose colored mane styled in what I could best describe as some kind of Mohawk. Her eyes were turquoise while a long scar went over her right eye, but what surprised me was her horn was missing and all I could see was just a stump on the top of her forehead. She stood at 8ft 4in, and her figure was lean but really muscled almost like a runner, on her abs lay a six-pack and just north of them was a pair of large FF-cup breasts. I couldn’t help but stare at them for a moment and wondered how she could move around with a pair like that hanging from her chest, I looked back up to see her confused yet dark expression. She seemed to be built for both speed and power with a mid medium build based on her frame.

“W-who are you?” I asked still shocked at seeing the amazon mare tower above me. I slowly backed away, afraid of what she might do.

“I was going to ask you the same thing.” She said, holding out a hand. I was really hesitant after the earlier events and I wanted to be left alone at the moment.

“It’s all right, I’m not going to hurt you.”

“I just want to be left alone right now.” I felt both fear and anger well up inside of me as I stared at the wine colored mare who outstretched her hand to me.

“Now now, just relax. I’m not going to hurt you or anything.”

“I said get away from me!” I shouted swinging at the mare in front of me swiping her hand away and missing. I swung again wildly when I felt my fist colliding with something soft and I was confused. But I looked at where my hand was as saw the purple mare’s hand holding my fist in hers with her eyes narrowed at me in unamusement. I felt a sharp pain as my hand and wrist were then twisted to the point of breaking. I suddenly felt myself lifted into the air and tossed onto the floor with a painful thud.

“OW! Hey, what the fuck was that fo-oof!” I was about to get up when the mare had the bright idea to sit on me. I didn’t know what was worse for me today, the fact that I'm stuck in this goddamn world, that prism haired bitch treated me like a subhuman, or that I’m currently being sat on by this mare like some kind of futon. And the worst thing was that I wasn’t sure to be angry or aroused from the way she was straddling me which started to piss me off even further.

“Get off of me you fat bitch!” I shout in frustration.

“Not until you calm down.” She replied simply. “And I’m not the one whining like a little filly at the moment. Also, who are you calling a fat bitch? I dare you to say that to my face. That is... if you can.” She added darkly.

“Well apparently the one who’s placed her fat ass on me cause I don’t see anyone else who fits that description.” I snapped when suddenly she got off me and I was yanked up by my neck and she glared daggers in my eyes, red with rage.

“I think you need to learn some manners.”

“And I think you need to lay off on the sweets lady because you and your ass almost crushed me!” I snapped at her only to get an elbow to the gut causing where I let out a grunt in pain falling down on my knees.

“Ugh...what the fuck was that for?” I groaned, clutching my stomach in pain.

“Nopony insults me like that! Now straighten up or next time I won't be so nice.”

“Well excuse me for your bleeding heart, but I could give less of a fuck about you right now!” I was way too angry at everything and everyone to care about my emotional state. But that also made me blind to the hoof that drove itself right into my chest knocking me straight back against the wall.

I hardly felt that which was surprising to me, but it paled in comparison to the look the mare gave me. Her eyes were as if I was staring death in the face as she bawled her fist in rage

“Listen here you little shit,” She growled as I heard an audible crack of her knuckles as she walked towards me with a death glare on her face. “I have little tolerance for your attitude, But I am a patient mare so you have two choices. Either you apologize and stop being a whiny little bitch right now, or else I beat it out of you.”

Her dark gaze soon turned into a smile in front of me. I had no idea if she was serious or just toying with me if she can change her looks that quickly.

“Sure I’ll apologize.” She smiled a little. “Until your horn grows back.” Her smile then dropped into a scowl, and boy let me say she was pissed. Before I even knew what had happened, I get a purple fist directed into my face with enough force to send me flying backwards towards the wall. She hit me hard enough for the Crystal to leave a large crack in the wall. I felt my face and even though it hurts, it didn’t bruise that much. Either I suddenly turned into got bitten by some radioactive spider or I probably have some accelerated healing bullshit or something. I couldn’t really focus on that at the moment since I look back up at the looming shadow that was glaring down at me and boy was this chick pissed.

“Big. Mistake.” She growled.

“Oh crap…”

-3rd person-

Flurry, Barb, Starlight, Trixie, and Sunset were walking down one of the many hallways throughout the castle, they looked through each of the rooms were searching for Troy after he stormed out and haven’t seen the human for about twenty minutes.

“Honestly, how did we lose him so fast?” Trixie groaned fanning herself with a hand fan that she summoned via magic. “I don’t understand how someone like him could find his way around this castle.”

“How about you quit your whining so we can find the runt?” Flurry replied in a dull tone, still looking bored.

“He’s frustrated enough as it is thanks to Rainbow Dash and what she said." Stralight added.

“You ok Barb? You’ve been awful quiet.” Sunset asked glancing back at the dragoness, her arms were folded while her tail hung low dragging against the floor in a lazy posture. She was frowning with her head hanging down, but then jerked up at the mares question.

“Huh… oh yeah, I’m fine just… I’m worried about Troy, and I can’t help but think about what he said before running off.”

“I can’t believe Rainbow would do something like that. I mean out of all the things she said and done, this is the worst!” Starlight added with a growl.

“Well, you have to consider the reason why she's constantly on edge. Don't you remember that one time when she heard Scootaloo was in danger a while back? If Trixie was in Rainbow Dash's hooves, Trixie would be on edge just like her," Trixie said in her usual third person.

"Trixie! We all agreed to never bring that incident up ever again, remember?" Starlight replied.

"Even so... you can't deny her motives," Trixie insisted.

"Good intentions or not, that's still no excuse for her to go out and spout something so hurtful, offensive... and personal. Think about how Troy must be feeling right now. She has to learn to control that temper of hers. But, there is one thing I can't excuse from Troy, despite him having a good reason. And it's the fact that he slugged her." Starlight argued.

"Trixie thinks Rainbow Dash had it coming," Trixie said.

“If you’re all done arguing are we gonna find this dork or not?” Flurry said impatiently with a huff. The young mare's bratty outburst started to annoy the magician but bit back a retort and continued following the group.

'Maybe she should've gotten slugged, too,' Trixie thought to herself, glaring daggers at the gothic mare.

“I heard that.” Flurry countered. "Did the Great and Powerful Trixie forget that we alicorns can read others minds?"

“Nopony asked you to go into my head.”

“Well quit thinking out loud. Your ego is fatter than your fat ass” Flurry said snidely, making Trixie flaring up red in anger, she was half tempted to use one of her new disappearing spells on the new princess.

“Why you snot nose-!” Trixie was gonna say something but was stopped by Starlight hoping to diffuse the tension.

“Hey, we’re here to find our human friend, not pick a fight with one another. But Flurry, what ponies say in their minds is something you keep to yourself about... unless it's something very serious, okay?” Starlight said.

“Nopony said you were my mother Starlight.” She added walking away from her and the pink unicorn mare glared at her. “Last I checked you’re still auntie Twilight’s little ‘student’.” She mocking using her hands to emphasize her air quotes.

“Why you-” A sudden crash was soon heard, along with the sounds of a male screaming and another loud thud following after that.

“I think we found our human.” Flurry responded as the girls ran to where Troy was at. When they found him, they were shocked to see him pinned underneath their friend and former commander of the storm king's army, Tempest Shadow. They were shocked when they saw the state Troy was in as his entire body was battered and bruised all over. He looked like he had fought a minotaur and lost, the next was that Tempest was holding a bust that was covered in blood and looked like she was going to smash it over his head.

"Tempest, what'd you do?!" Starlight yelled out, causing the unicorn to stop what she was doing.

“Oh, hey Starlight.” She said in a nonchalant tone as she still had the bust raised over her head.

"Is that all you have to say after what you just did to him?" Barb said, gesturing to Troy who now lay barely conscious and managed to flip off the hornless unicorn before finally passing out.

"Hey, if this girl kept degra-- wait, did you say "him?" Tempest asked before turning towards Troy's injured body again. Despite all the punishment he took, he still had the strength to give Tempest a death glare and flip her off, a moment later his head slumped forward while his arm falls to the floor in a heap.

“Great he’s passed out...again.” Flurry rolled her eyes at the human.

"And if you think that's hard to believe, then you should know this. Just recently we found out that Troy is the reincarnation of Zilrael, Celestia's and Luna's brother and his spirit currently resides inside Troy, linked to him.”

"Are you kidding? Please tell me you're joking," Tempest said in disbelief.

"Believe me, even I was surprised to find out I have an uncle I never knew about, but we’re not kidding around Tempest.” Flurry replied, crossing her arms under her bosom still keeping her bored expression.

“Oh dear…” Tempest ends up dropping the bust onto the floor shattering it and gets off of Troy who now groaned from the beating he took.

“Great.” Sunset groaned as she slaps her forehead in frustration. “No way we’re bringing him to Celestia like this. She’ll flip her lid.”

“Then what are we supposed to do?” Starlight added.

“Well, we might as well heal his wounds. We can take him to my room,” Sunset replied as she lifted him in a blue magical aura.

“Is it alright if I join you?” Tempest asks.

“I’m not sure if that’s such a good idea.” Barb replied. “You haven’t really gotten to know him like we have and he tends to hold grudges with whoever sets him off.”

“Well maybe if he didn’t call me fat earlier he wouldn’t have been in the state he was in now would he?” Tempest said. “I was trying to ask what was wrong with him when he ran into me and he was the first to take a swing at me.”

“It’s thanks to Rainbow Dash why he’s so angry right now since she said something that really set him off.” Starlight followed up.

“What did she say?”

“You don’t want to know. But she did end up getting slugged big time by him,” Barb added.

“Plus I’d rather not see him crying again like earlier, what a wuss.” Flurry added with a groan. “Let’s just wait for this idiot to wake up already ok, I’m getting tired of all this drama.” She sighed, getting a couple of glares from Barb and Starlight but she ignored them.

After that, Sunset lifted Troy and took him to her bedroom with a few of the girls following her. After making a couple of turns the group find her room and walk inside where Sunset floated Troy onto her bed and she and everypony else sat down.

“Well, if we’re going to wait for him to wake up, you mind explaining to me what happened and how he even got here?” Tempest asked as she sat in a random chair.

“Well, it turns out that he arrived here and was found by Zecora, who took him in and looked after him for a good three days. According to the girls, he wasn't all built-up and muscular like he is now. He was a scrawny loser, no taller than any of us. Aunt Twilight and her friend looked after him and didn't say a word or risk spreading panic all over Equestria.” Flurry stated.

“So, you mean to tell me that he’s an alien?”

"Yeah pretty much. But then, there was an accident... or two, to be precise," The gothic princess added.

“Two accidents?”

“He absorbed this amulet against his own will and was trapped in this weird cocoon, turning him into the muscular stallion you saw now and fucked Rarity, even when she seduced him and stole his virginity.” Trixie replied in a dull tone.

"You'd think that a lady of "high class" would have more self-control on herself, but no, she let her pussy do the talking," Flurry added bluntly.

"Okay, I didn't need to hear that," Tempest said, putting her hands out in a gesture to make the two of them stop.

“Well with that out of the way, I’m gonna try and heal him so just let me-!” Sunset stopped mid sentence as she noticed that Troy’s wounds began to heal on their own and she wasn’t doing anything. “Okay, I didn’t do this…”

“Probably that stupid rock magic in his body working for him.” Flurry added in a dull tone, resting a hand against her chin.

"That's true. His body did absorb the amulet," Barb said looking at Troy’s sleeping form. “How long do you think he’s going to be out like this?”

“Well with the beating Tempest gave him, he’s probably gonna be out for awhile.” Trixie replied.

“Wish he wasn't such a pansy about getting beat up though.” Flurry added.

“Look, can you just wait here until he wakes up?” Sunset replied as she stands up and goes to the door. “I’m going to go get the princesses and tell them we found Troy, but leave out the part of you assaulting him.” Tempest nodded as the fiery haired unicorn left to look for the princesses.

-Third POV-

While Troy was unconscious, the girls were searching for Rainbow Dash and hopefully try to convince her to apologize to Rainbow Dash. A couple of hours later, the girls agreed to meet at the local cafe. Rarity was the first to arrive and sat herself down at a table and ordered herself a latte while the rest of the girls soon after arrived all looking downtrodden except for Eris who hasn’t arrived yet.

“Any luck darling?” She asked the girls and they only hold their heads down.

“No.” Applejack replied

“Us too.” Fluttershy and Pinkie prelied in a comber tone.

“I’ve tried the bowling lounge and she wasn’t there.” Rarity sighed as she sipped her latte.

“Well, we checked the bowling alley and the sports shop and she isn’t there.” Pinkie frowned.

“I tried the Wonderbolts outpost earlier and she isn’t there.” Applejack frowned.

“We’ve seen hide nor hair of her, where In Celestia's name could she be?”

“Oh I hope she’s ok,I asked all of my animal friends and they haven’t seen her.”

“Me too, I looked at the joke shop, the school, the orchard, the hayburger, the comedy club, the pond, the comic book store, and all of her favorite sleeping spots around town.”

“What ah want to know is where the hay is Eris at a time like this?” Applejack replied in a cold tone. “Here we are tryin’ to look for Rainbow Dash and she’s nowhere to be found.”

“Who knows where she could be at this point?” Rarity added while pinching the bridge between her eyes. She was about to take another sip of her coffee when she noticed a round object in her coffee. She was at first confused, until the round object opened up to reveal an eyeball that opened up.

“Mother of Celestia!” Rarity screamed as she dropped the latte on the table and the glass shattered on the tabletop. Her scream got the attention of the rest of her friends, and they turned to her direction a little scared of what happened.

“Rarity what’s wrong?”

“There was an eyeball in my latte. That’s what was wrong.”

“You rang?” a familiar voice to the group spoke up as the eyeball from Rarity’s glass hovered in front of the group.

“Eris…” Sunset groaned while giving herself a face palm.

“The nerve of you, Eris! Why did you scare me to death like that!?” Rarity yelled at the floating eyeball while attempting to swat it as it avoided her.

“Thought it would get a laugh from me, and it did. You should have seen the look on your face.” Eris laughed from her eyeball.

What do you want, Eris? We’re kinda busy as if now.” Barb mentioned. “And did you and the others find Rainbow Dash?”

“Oh I certainly did.” Eris replied gleefully. “She’s at the bar. Poor pegasus drowning her sorrows away in alcohol.”

“WHAT?!” The girls yell at her at the same time.

“You did ask me where she is, and an answer I gave you all. Simple as that.”

“And you didn’t tell us sooner why?”

“Well, none of you asked me sooner.”

“Eris ah swear…” Applejack groaned while facepalming. She gave a sigh before she stood from her seat. “Come on ya’ll. We better git ta the bar before she drinks herself to death.” agreeing with the southern earth pony, the group left the cafe to the location of their broken and depressed element of Loyalty.

-Rainbows POV-

“Hey… another round please.” I told the bartender as I gave the empty glass to her. I was upset. I really pushed it this time. I couldn’t trust that male that just showed up out of nowhere and I crossed the line. The worst part is that I can’t explain to the girls why because I promised not to. So here I am, with my head on the table, drowning my depression in booze. The sounds of a drink pouring in my glass was the only thing that I heard, but then I felt the glass suddenly leaving my hand. That got my attention as I look up to see Berry Punch, the owner of the bar, looking at me.

“You sure you’re okay Rainbow Dash?” Berry Punch asked me. “You look pretty down and out of it as of late.”

I looked up at the owner of the bar and she has made a pretty good name for herself as a bartender. She was 8 ft, 3 inches tall, had a pale, light grayish mulberry coat, cerise mane, tail, and eyes. She had a pair of large J-cup breasts and a body type that was slightly muscular but showed a 6 pack underneath. The only thing covering her cerise nipples were berry-shaped pasties of her cutie mark on her birthing hips. As good as she looks, the only thing on my mind right now was drinking.

“I don’t want to talk about it, Berry,” I said slamming my head back on the countertop.

“Come on Rainbow…” She added, leaning forward towards me. “Clearly something is bothering you, and you wouldn't be trying to drink yourself into a coma over here unless something was wrong.”

I sigh in response. “I said something pretty bad Berry, and now I crossed a line that can’t be uncrossed.”

“You want to talk about it?”

“I would, but I’m obligated not to.”

"You can't keep your troubles bottled up forever. Otherwise, you'll end up a real nervous wreck. So tell me, what happened that's gotten you so down in the dumps? Tell me, and I might just reduce your tab by half." Berry said letting off a smile.

I sighed in annoyance, putting my cup down. "What have I got to lose? Fine, I insulted this new... visitor who showed up in Equestria when they showed me a picture of his family. I opened my big fat mouth, asking if they dumped him out of the house. I kept spouting off to him until I went too far, and that's when I got slugged in the face, he then told us that they were killed on his 6th birthday. Now I feel so guilty, I can't show my face around my friends again. I feel like such a bitch!" I grunted as I took another swig and slammed my drink down in frustration.

"Wow, sounds like you really messed up, but it does explain the bruise on your face. She said, gesturing to the large blue and black mark on the prism mares face. Rainbow covered her right cheek still remembering how hard Troy had hit her after he blew up on her. “You're supposed to be the Element of Loyalty, yet you hardly give this "visitor" a chance to warm up to? Why did you do that?" Berry asked.

“You wouldn’t understand.”

“You still bent up about what that last bitch tried to do aren’t you?”

"Is it that obvious?" Rainbow asked deadpanning.

"Rainbow, that was only a one-time thing, that bitch was put in her place, she'd be stupid to show her face again... especially after what you did to her. I understand that you were worried for Scoots' well-being, but it wouldn't hurt to show a little restraint and try to get to know this pony. Trust me, it'll do you a whole lot of good, maybe even give you some closure."

“Well when you get stabbed in the back by someone you thought you could trust, then it’s hard for you to accept anyone else in your life after that.” Rainbow Dash replied. “But after what he said, I was the one who bucked up.”

“Wait, what do you mean "he?” At that point, I realized that I really fucked up. I covered my mouth, but it was too late. "Do you mean to say... there's a male here in Equestri--" I had to act quick, so I covered Berry’s mouth.

"Shhh, quiet! And no, that's not what I meant!" I whispered harshly. Okay, Dash. Play it cool and just... don't exaggerate.

I sighed and looked up at Berry. "What I meant to say was that after what "she" said, I felt like a real bitch. I said "he," because she acts like a guy in some ways. She's almost like me, but doesn't talk about herself. She's... kinda close-minded around others."

“So the poor girl has social issues huh?” Berry asked in a worried tone. “Poor thing. Maybe once she's cooled off, you should try and make it up to her.”

“I don’t think she wants to talk to me ever again after what I said, Idon’t blame her either.”

"That's why I recommend you give her some time to blow off some steam. When she's calm enough, ask if you can talk to her and then ask her for your forgiveness. It never hurts to try."

"I... I guess you're right. I screwed up girls, and now I gotta fix this. Thanks, Berry," I said.

"No problem," Berry replied. She then took my empty glass and filled it up with hard cider. "This one is on the house for being honest with me." I put up a small smile and thanked her before drinking it slower than I usually do.

Just when I'm about to finish my drink, the doors open and I hear a few familiar voices. "There ya are, Rainbow!" AJ's voice called out. I looked behind me and saw that she brought along Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Eris and Fluttershy. "There ya are!"

"Darling, are you feeling alright? You haven't had too much to drink, have you?" Rarity asked as she and the others all walked up to me.

"We were all worried sick about you." Fluttershy said.

"I'm fine now, girls. I just needed some time to... rethink what I said earlier. I had a chat with Berry here about what I said about our "newest arrival," and how I should apologize to "her." I reassured, feeling a bit better.

"Dashie, you're funny. You know that the new arrival is a ma--" Pinkie said before her mouth disappeared, compliments of Eris.

"Pinkie, hush! Have you forgotten why we're keeping that part a secret? Or do you want to spread worldwide panic here in Equestria?" Eris whispered in her ear. I was on the edge of my seat when Pinkie almost spilled the beans.

"Uh... am I missing something, or is there something you're not telling me?" Berry asked.

When Pinkie got the message, she shrugged and I heard her muffle a "sorry" where her lips should be. Eris snapped her fingers and poofed Pinkie's mouth back in place.

"Thank you. Also, what I meant to say was there’s a new mare in town. But she’s a little bit shy to be seen by other ponies. Anyways, we'd better get back to the castle. You coming, Dashie?" Pinkie asked.

"Uh, yeah... but first, I... I gotta pay my tab. How much was it, again?" I asked, turning back towards Berry.

"Not counting the one drink that was on the house and what you've drunk the past week... that's a total of 513 bits," Berry said. 'Crap! Now I'm really screwed! I don't have that much money on me right now. How am I gonna--' I thought before my mind was interrupted by a noise.

*SNAP*

Right when I was about to have a mental breakdown, a bag of bits suddenly appeared on the counter and there's only one being who's this loaded. I looked back to see Eris looking at me calmly with a grin on her face.

"Will this cover it, Berry?" Eris asked.

"Uh..." Berry said, looking over the bits. "Y-Yeah, thanks a bunch... I guess," Berry said, surprised about how much was there. I guess, now that my tab was paid in full, I should head on back to the castle.

“Rainbow Dash,” I heard Rarity call my name as she turned to me. “Did you say anything that may get our new friend in trouble?”

I gulped nervously, and I felt my wings twitch in response as my anxiety started to grow when I thought back to what I said to Berry Punch earlier

“Uuuuuhhh… well you see heh.” I was then met with the piercing stare of Rarity which made me even more uncomfortable as the pegasus began to sweat.

“Rainbow, you didn’t?” Rarity exclaimed getting right into my face while grabbing my shoulders roughly. “What exactly did you tell her about you know who?”

“Just only he was a stallion.” She whispered. “But I corrected myself so as far as she knows Troy’s a mare.” Rainbow quickly added.

“Are you sure she wasn’t suspicious about what you said or anything?” Applejack inquired to me.

“Remember the Pinkie promise?” Pinkie said with a dark glare which made shiver in complete terror, as Iremembered the last time somepony broke a Pinkie promise.

“No I think she believes me for the moment.”

The girls sighed in relief at my explanation, glad that nopony so far knows about Troy’s identity and we soon walked outside of the bar, while Applejack was unimpressed at my statement.

“Really,” Applejack replied deadpanning. “This is Berry Punch we’re talking about here. Last week, the family an I found her half naked in the apple cellar covered in manure. We had ta clean out the cellar the entire day and take Berry back to her place as well.”

“Didn’t you ask Barb to burn some of the contaminated bushels she was in as well?” I asked as I looked at her with an innocent smile and Applejack could only return a hard glare.

“Ah rather not bring that back up again Rainbow Dash.” She added with finality. “Ah think it’s something mah family will want to forget as well.”

“Can we just tell her to Pinkie promise that she doesn’t tell anypony about Troy being male?” Rarity whispered.

“I can erase her memory of the conversation Rainbow had with her if that helps?” Eris replied making me and the girls look at her in surprise.

“You can do that?”

“Uh, hello goddess of chaos here.”

“Right.” I chuckled sheepishly.

“Um is that really a good idea Eris, I-I don’t think it would be right to do that to Berry.”

“I’m with shy on this one, it doesn’t sound right to do that to somepony.” Applejack added.

“Oh please she doesn’t remember half the stuff she does when she’s wasted, so this’ll be nothin.” I waved my hand dismissively.

“I don’t know darling, it’s one thing if she’s been drinking but another if we messed with her head like that, it feels… out of place.”

“Well what other choice do you guys have, if word gets out about Troy before we’re ready somepony might try and do something,” Eris added. “Like kidnap him or worse lock him to a bed and make some kind breeding bull.” She finished making my feathers stand up as I couldn’t help but shiver a little at Eris’s statement and the girls fearful of the possibility and for Troy’s safety, especially when a certain unicorn mare came to mind.

“I’d rather not have that happen darling.” Rarity replied. “It was hard enough to get him open up until Rainbow here drove him over the edge earlier. If that were to happen, he might run away and we’ll never be able to find him after that.”

“He may never trust us again either.” Fluttershy said as she began to tear up.

I couldn’t help but sigh as the implications of her oversight from earlier could potentially jeopardize introducing Troy to the public, I looked back at the bar mare who was currently cleaning a glass, I then turned back to the chaos god reluctantly and let out a breath feeling that I might regret this.

“Alright, just get it over with ok, and make sure her brain isn’t scrambled eggs when you’re done.”

“One conversation adjustment coming up.” She said cracking her knuckles she then floated over to earth pony with her back turned.

“Hey Berry butt, could you take a look at this?” She asked getting her attention.

“What is it?” Berry said but the next thing she saw was a hand in her face as the Eris placed her hand over her face for a few seconds, she then with a snap of her fingers Berry's eyes were swirling and a second later with another snap Eris dissipated her magic leaving the wine colored mare dazed.

“Ugh, what happened?” She groaned.

“Rainbow here was just telling ya she paid her tab to you and that we were going to meet her here after we...uh.” A.J. faltered, she never was good at lying considering how she was raised and that she was the element of honesty after all.

“Were setting up a welcome to ponyville party later this week for a new special bestest best friend that’s moved here.” Pinkie smiled.

“Oh sweet,” She said with a smile. “I’ll make sure to bring my best drinks.” She then left our group and into the backroom of her bar.

“Well at least that’s been dealt with, but next time you should be more careful darling, who knows what could’ve happened if somepony found out or worse.” Rarity admonished me.

“That’d be hard to do if she’s more plastered than a sorority girl at a college frat house.” Eris quipped, which she wasn’t wrong. When it came to that mare she could drink an entire keg of A.J.s cider and still stand.

“Alright let's get back to the castle. The others are getting awfully worried about you dear." Rarity said. And so we headed back as quick as we could. But as we were heading back, I noticed that Rarity was moving a bit slower than usual. Probably doesn't want to get sweat in her fur or whatever. Well, she can go at her own pace, I won't complain... not this time at least, anyways. I could only hope that I could face Troy when we get back and he doesn’t try to bash me over the head with something heavy, not that I deserve it of course.

Author's Note

Seeing as everyone was impatient about the next chapter, I might as well fill in a few blanks. I have some strange ear infection going on for a past few months and I couldn't really do much about it until it cleared up. Plus I needed to think about a set of ponies in the super hero universe that haven't had much of the spotlight in a long time since season four. I'll fill in more in a blog post, but in the meantime, enjoy this next chapter. Credit to Phoenixcolt45, wolfman93, Yoshikage Kira, Shadic Brobrony who recently returned, and Isreal Yabuki.