The Red Light King: Carolus Rex.

Ch.5: Decisions, decisions.... Why must they make it so hard!?

(Carolus Rex, present time...)

"So wait a minute here!!" That stupid fucking nerd spoke up. After telling them the first half of what went down between the Royals and All-Father, they were pretty much struck by it, in a huge way. But seeing as how the damned purple bookworm can't shut the fuck up with the shitty questions. "Back then, YOU were an important person to your God's plan. But why would you actually go? Not to mention your Guardian Angel sounded...well was pretty upset about it. Don't you think..." I can't stand this with her! Tia just had to pick the one that questions everything, didn't she!?

"Dammit Twi, will you shut it! I know what I did, but that didn't stop anything, nothing went astray, whatsoever!" I shouted at her. Right now, I'm having second thoughts about her chosen ascension. Because if this is how she thinks, works, and ticks! Then something is definitely wrong with that girl, if she keeps yakking on like that! "So, for the love of God, just shut your fucking face up, will you!?"

She squeaked and hid under the table again, while the rest just gave her the look of disapproval.

"Really, egghead? Why can't you just let them tell us? That's what they're doing!" The rainbow-headed jockey shouted.

While that was happening, Dizzy was tracing circles on my chest. But I knew he was only doing it to get a hand down in my pants, because he's getting bored with this already, and just wants to do something more Fun in it. Every now and then, he'll trail downwards, trying to be as subtle and stealthy as possible... Well tried.

Fortunately, Lulu came to the rescue, telling him off and so. As for me, I just grabbed out my iPhone and started playing Angry Birds. Since we're on break, technically because of Twatlights insatiable need for wanting answers, even though we're giving it to her. The girls were arguing amongst each other about this or that, Tia pouring herself some tea, Lulu having a small snack. The same can be said about the Lunar Captain and the Musicians.

As for Dizzy, "Rexxy, can we please just leave and have a quickie?" Yeah he was still going at it. Though, I will admit, it is getting rather boring, to say the least, but we must press on! This is an important part, for me especially, since that's how my new life began! And these little sons of bitches need to know it now!

"Dizzy, as much as I would want to, you know we can't."

"Aww! But I'm so bored with this though!" He whined.

I sighed, "Yeah, I know...so am I." And Angry Birds isn't helping either. Turning off my iPhone, I got out of my seat and started walking out. "We'll be back in a bit. Gotta stretch my legs out."

"OK, but don't go causing a scene." Tia warned us.

I rolled my eyes at this, "Faithless much?"

She glared at me for that, but I gave her the finger and went off. If not only to dodge an incoming makeshift projectile aimed at my head.

After gaining some distance away from Tia's ranting and raging, we started to have a quick look around this big old castle. Though walking throughout its many and long hallways, maids, butlers and Guards alike, kept sending strange looks at us. Some even had mix emotions. The overall of it was that most of them just stunned surprise at me and Dizzy, others were either; hiding behind something, or a Guard, running like Hell breathed fire on their tails, or fainted. A few gave suspicious glares, or just straight up hateful. Those that did do this, I gave a death-threatening glare back at them, reminding them not to fuck with me, nor make me out as the enemy. Stricken with fear, they were shaking and sweating on the spot, sometimes even running to one another and just huddle up, crying within the process as well.

After making it quite clear not to draw unnecessary activity towards oneself, or in this case - grabbing my undivided attention, we continued on. Soon I found us a balcony and headed for it, getting a Birdseye view of what's what. The city was still in a major clusterfuck state, and I don't have any intention on putting it back up. Only because my hatred still burns with a passion of this godforsaken, damnable place. So no, it can go fuck itself in the ass! If it ever had one to begin with!

Dizzy licked my right cheek and commented on my handy work of causing this much destruction. "You always were so proficient at causing mayhem to any and all...aren't you?"

I smirked at that, "What can I say, I AM still human, and I'm practically the oldest and only living soul from the 21st century." Soon I frowned after that, "War was still a thing back then, something we try to stop but never could achieve at that time..."

"So when did it stop?" He asked.

"About 60 to 80 years later after I left Earth, closer to a century really, or so they say. But..."

"But what?"

"The Hatred didn't stop along with it. It just kept on growing, no matter what."

Dizzy gasped at this, "That's horrible!"

I nodded, "Yeah, it was. And it was worsening everyday, especially when they came."

"They? Who's they?"

"Visitors from another world, aliens, extraterrestrials, xenos. They came to us, thinking we were actually at peace with ourselves finally. Only for them to nearly get gunned down by our blind anger... Even up to this day, no one understands how or why that happened."

Silence befell on us after that, I think Dizzy was a little shocked about that historical fact. Even now, I was still getting myself hammered in by that point of time. Why did it happen? Luckily it was resolved before it got to the point of getting ourselves blown up for no damn reason.

I shook my head, shaking away the thoughts and memories of that fateful day. Looking towards where the Everfree was, I spotted a town smack down outside its 'front-door'. "Say Dizzy, is that the girls hometown?"

"Huh? Wha??" Seemed I snap him out of whatever he was thinking about. So I asked him again and pointed out to it. "Oh yeah! That there is Ponyville! Quite the loving place, great ponies and hospitalities. Well, once they open up to you, they are."

I sighed at this, "Still with the whole xenophobia thing! I thought there would be some adventurers living in that town?"

Dizzy sighed as well, "I know what you mean. But remember, ponies still fear the forest, and there's only one adventurer in Equestria. Unfortunately she doesn't live there..."

"That's a shame. But why do I get the feeling that she's gonna remind me of someone back home?" Don't know why, but something about this chick just gives me this feeling, almost like she's--

"Rexxy!!" Oh and there goes my train of thought, just great! Turning around I found Luna walking towards us. "There you are! Tia wants to continue on."

I gave a nod and had all three of us teleported back in the Dining hall. Sitting in our respective seats, I was going to say something when I felt Tia punch my left arm.... OK, it wasn't a punch. Still she threw one and I didn't felt a thing, not even a sting!

Looking over to her, she was shaking her right arm, trying to shake the pain off. As for me, I decided on retaliating, smiling like a maniac as I pulled my arm back, the one that got struck by Tia, and waited for her to look my way.

"Ow...ow...ow..." She whispers to herself. Seriously? Has she grown that weak? Oh this.... This just won't do. After all these years, she has lost most of her physical prowess! Naughty, naughty Tia, time for your punishment! As she turn around, her face became one of horror, and I didn't give her a chance. So I punched her back with at least... 85 percent, that got her sailing throughout those big tall windows.

Even though I got her flying out the window, that didn't mean none of the others couldn't intervene. And who was it? Your guess is as good as mine, Twilight fucking Sparkle! But even if she managed to place a barrier for Tia's protection, that thing didn't last long, and it only just barely slowed down my attack...

... After that I just laughed my ass off. I mean, I was expecting a little bit more from both Tia and her little teachers pet! But it seems that not only have they gone from stupid to being even more stupider, they have become weaker, more so than ever! So with this known, my enjoyment was brought to a halt and all I let out was a big sigh; one filled with annoyance and disappointment.

"Man, you guys suck more asses then you do lick pussies."

"Hey!" Skittles snapped at me. "Watch it Bub! Or else we'll break out The Elements of Harmony on you!"

....... What???

Did she just say the--

"Oh my, look at the time! Well I guess we should get back to our story, wouldn't you say!?" Dizzy spoke out, after that statement he duck-tapped Skittles mouth and brought Tia back up here. Only she looks a whole lot more worser then me just giving her a black eye and a bruised cheek... Along with a bleeding nose.

"Uh... Diz?"

"You're fixing that. You brought that upon her, now you mend her back to shape!" Well, he's right on that, surprisingly speaking. Usually he doesn't give a damn about it. So with a click of my fingers, she was back to her old pretty self again, but she was pissed off with me again.

"Rex..." She hissed at me.

"Shut up, and get on with it. Just remember you punched me first, got it?" I retorted back at her.

She huffed and said nothing more on the topic, but I know it's not over... Not by a long shot!

"Fine... Alright so back to where our parents and mentor were confronted by his Guardian Angel..."

(Queen Gaia, orbiting Earth...)

This is bad! This is really bad!! We were hopeful that we get what we want without much of a fuss, but soon found out the one that God chose was not only an important figure to him, he also had an Guardian Angel watching over him. Now though, she is up here with the rest of us, and isn't very pleased, nor accepting, to this deal.

"Guardian, stop this nonsense!" Michael spoke up, trying to defuse the tension. "You know as well as we all do, that this isn't our place to make the decision for the boy!"

The Guardian herself was gritting her teeth, clearly she is not in agreement with the rest. "But this is just absurd! We can't just give him over to these celestial beings, they should be cleaning their own mess up!" Okay that seem to have cause a rift, because now some Angels are starting to reconsider about this deal.

Soon Gabriel spoke up next. "Well unfortunately they don't know how, and they already have enough problems as it is with their subjects! Now this situation with their young requires a humans touch, and the one you were charged to look after is one of the very few that can do this!" Somehow saying just that, Gabriel managed to rally back them all to Gods side.

She wanted to protest more but her Father has had enough of this. "ENOUGH!!!!!!" He shouted, and I could have sworn our ears were going to bleed out from that! The Angels didn't seem to be effected by it at all, almost as if they were used to this sort of thing.

Soon everything was quiet and he looked towards her. "Saiari, I know this is hard to accept for you. But understand that they are no different from us or Humanity, and they need help..."

"But Father, his mission..." Saiari tried to convince him, but there's something about this that seems to be more than what she makes it out. But what?

"Is it the mission you want him to carry out, along with his fellow colleagues? Or is it the love you have for him, that you would do anything to make him stay?" I was shocked by this, so was my king and Star Swirl. She was in love with a mortal, who is under her care and a part of His Radiance's plan! I looked around to see how the other Angels reacted to this, well more of trying to get the feeling they had, and the overall was.... Sadness? Sympathy??

That...is surprisingly shocking, to say the least. I was expecting some sort of impulsive revulsion from them all, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

"Surprised?" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Michael. "So are we, well a little bit. But that's the thing; this happens sometimes when one of us has fallen for a mortal." He explained.

"This isn't the first time?" I asked.

"No." He shook his head. "And I doubt it will be the last time either. Throughout time, some of us had chose to live as mortals, giving up our immortality and angelic powers, in order to be with the ones we desired and wanted. That's if we couldn't find it with each other..."

Okay... Now I'm starting to rethink about this deal! I mean, what rights do we have to take away the ones that matter!? Not to mention the longing Saiari will have for him, or the devastation it'll have on her! Looking back at her and All-Father, he was still talking to her, trying to make her see and understand.

Gabriel came up to us, "The Messenger has gone to get the boy."

"How?" I asked. If he did it in broad daylight, there are going to be a lot of witnesses.

"In his sleep, no doubt. His physical body will remain behind, but his spirit will be able to come here." He explained.

"That makes sense. But won't he believe this to be a dream?"

"No, not entirely. Especially when you can move about yourself, more so then ever before."

Raising a brow, I was confused. "Don't humans have lucid dreams?"

"Not a lot, just sometimes. Even so, when one wakes up, they can't remember every detail of it. Only a small portion of crucial bits to the dream." After he said that, I was a little sadden by that. It's almost as if they were cursed to never feel, nor live such happy, peaceful lives. Or dream what they want to dream.

Truly a forsaken lifestyle they must endure...

Soon a light shined through the emptiness of space and out pops Jesus and... Oh my... Is that him?

"Ah! Well, as you can see your majesties, this is the one we were talking about..." Jesus told us, but the way he looks; his body appearance and frame was...skinny. Not as skinny as a twig, but just skinny in a charmingly, handsome way! Skin colour slightly tannish, with freckles on his face... I think? Sorry but I can't really tell, they just blend in so well. Brown eyes, and a black Mohawk. Though, his expression was neutral, it also held this coldness to it. Quite the effectiveness it had, felt as if when he sets his sight on you, you'll freeze up on the spot. Such an eerie sensation.

Still, after seeing him, he really does show some promising results. But at the same time, I am baffled by his Guardian's decision of wanting him as a lover. I mean, maybe it might work out, if she can give him an attitude adjustment, then all will come together perfectly.... It's just that, the way he looks at you, his aloofness, cold hearted stare, and those black clothes! That's just telling anyone coming near him to 'Go Away'!

"Ah, excellent! You're here!" The All-Father said. Saiari herself stayed hidden behind him, and I don't think that she wants be seen by the boy just yet. Speaking of which, he turned to face his God, and nodded. "Good, now did Jesus told you what was happening?"

The boy just shrugged. "I'm not sure I follow really?" He said as he looked back at us. "I mean, sure I get their reasons. But why grab another and appoint them to leadership? Shouldn't they be able to deal with it?" I was surprised by him, well his voice mostly. He almost sounds like Solaris, seeing as how serious he is. But that's besides the point.

All-Father replied to his question. "That's true, but things aren't all as they seem to be. You see, the younglings they are training aren't exactly getting along with each other. And the king and queen's eldest daughter is acting like she is superior to all of them."

He sighed frustrating at this. "Fan-tucking-fastic, just what their world had to end up with: a spoiled little brat, demanding you give all to her, and get nothing in return." I was a little wounded by his harsh comment about my little Tia. "Next thing you know, she'll pull a coup off on everybody and overthrow her own parents and family alike!"

"Now wait a minute!" Solaris shouted. "You can't be serious about that! You haven't even met her yet!"

"No, but I know if - and that's a big IF - I agree to this and go with you to solve your little problems, I won't be so merciful to her." He stated firmly, glaring up to my husbands one. Though it seems this youngling is winning against him, however that's possible!

Eventually the boy relented and spoke up once more. "So, what happens to me should I go?"

"You will be turned into them: an Alicorn. Once that is done, I'm afraid I have to erase your entire existence from the world itself. Your family and friends memories as well, until they pass away, I will tell them what happened to you."

"Wait, what!?" I can't believe this! I can't believe him! Why would he do such a thing!?

"Ma'am, you OK?" The boy asked me, not exactly effected by the fact that he will be forgotten!

"Of course I'm not OK with this!" I shouted at him, I really didn't mean to! But my mind is in such a mess I can't think straight! Just the concept of being erased from existence alone was unexpected, All-Father did not say anything of that outcome!

The boy raised his hands in front of himself. "Alright, alright! Let's just calm down now--"

"Calm down!?" I was starting to get teary eyes at this point. "We all just got told what happens if you agree to come, and you're asking me to calm down!?"

"Yes, that's what I need you to do." He said in a calm, collective voice. "Because we're not gonna get anywhere with all the screaming and shouting."

"But--!"

"No 'buts'! Now I need you to just breathe in-and-out....slowly." With that said, I did as instructed. Soon I felt a little bit better, not a whole lot, but just enough to think clearly now. "Great. Now, what made you think that my God wasn't gonna do something like erasing my history of existence on Earth?"

"Because he never said anything of the sort." I told him, but he looked at me like I gave him the wrong answer.

"Okay... How could you not have seen that one coming?"

"W-w-what!?"

"I mean, did you honestly think that with me gone, no one was gonna notice? It's not like we can leave a letter saying 'Oh hey everyone I've known and loved! I'm just letting you know, that I'll be going into another dimension to help out a bunch of extraterrestrials with their problems. OK bye!' Yeah, that'll go over smoothly with them." I...really can't argue with that. He's right, we can't let those he cares dearly know of his sudden disappearance. But still, that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Soon the All-Father came in. "Well, now that that's settled. It is time for--"

"Hold it!" He cut him off. "Before I decide on what's gonna happen, I have something to say to you: my beloved All-Father..." The way he talked to his Creator, it sounded like he was angry.

"My son, is something the matter? You sound disdainful..."

"Nice to see you actually care." He growled. "Now what the Hell is wrong with you, dammit! You nearly made the pretty lady cry!" He shouted at him! He actually shouted at his own God, for my wellbeing! Is he insane!?

I was surprised that none of the Angels went to detain him for speaking out against his God. But then again, they were stunned by the boy's outburst, even the All-Father himself. And yes, even Solaris and Star Swirl were shocked at this as well.

"Son, what do you mean by that? What did I do?" All-Father spoke. "I don't understand?"

"Isn't it obvious, they never thought of the whole 'Erasing my Existence'. You don't just drop it on them like that at the last moment!" He answered. "Especially when I just got here! You should have told them first, before me! Doesn't that sound more reasonable!?" After he explained how this should have all gone, every Angel turn towards their All-Father, looking at him with a very, very disappointed feeling.

With God occupied, I decided to ask the boy something. "Excuse me, but can I ask you one question?"

"What is it?" He replied, in a rather not caring way.

"Well, I was wondering if you could tell us your name?" I waited for him to tell us, hopefully he trusts us more for that.

Eventually he spoke, but it wasn't what I expected it to be. "No." I back paddled a bit, didn't really see that one coming! "As for the reason why? It's simple: if I come along, I'll be going by a new name. Decline...well you know what happens, right?" Of course that would also happen, wouldn't it.

I sighed and nodded, knowing full well of what comes should he choose the latter. He looked back at All-Father, "In any case, I should be getting back..."

"Wait, why?" I asked him.

"Because morning's coming." He said as he turned back to face me. "Tell God to give me five days to think this over, I'll give my answer then. I still got some things to do back home, and they're rather personal." I nodded at his request, he gave a small smile as his body seem to fade away in golden dust. Soon he was no longer with us.

"That boy... Such a rebellious spirit." All-Father commented after his departure. "Still, he is right. I must apologise for my own shortcomings, I didn't really think it would trouble you that much. Did he say anything?"

"Apology accepted. And yes he did..."

"Already, it's been five days..."

"Let's see if he made his mind up." Both of the Archangels were talking to each other. Five days have passed since then and the boy has been rather productive, if not only secretive, with his activities. Though that didn't mean we weren't.

We have been discussing with All-Father, anything he wish to know, and what we needed to know of humans. We told him that there will be some uproar about his presence being there, seeing as how he'll be made a royal, and that there are some other nations with other species as well. After that he told us how humans worked, they can sometimes be unpredictable and persistent. Short tempered. Violent. Cunning. Adaptable. He even said that they are a Omnivorous race, so they can live off of the vegetation if there is no source of meat they can hunt. But only for some time, they still need their proteins to stay strong. I asked him about if they had wars, and they did. Lots of it. Most of their history is revolved around that, but there have been some noble wars where it counts, no matter how bloody it gets. We were surprised that there have been two major wars where the whole world was involved! The Second World War was their worst one and suppose to be the very last war, but it didn't stop. He even told us that Humanity prided itself, sometimes righteously so, with Freedom Rites, even though they abuse this concept, they know what's right and what's wrong. It's just a matter of getting on with it without creating such a fuss for all, or twisting things for ones own gain. So basically, a very crazy race in a nutshell! God even ask us if there were anything crucial that they needed to know if he becomes an Alicorn, what are the dangers? We told him that should he give into his Primal Instincts, he will be nothing more then a beast, a shadow of his former self. He nodded at this, understanding what can trigger this sort of thing. He only hopes that doesn't happen to him, fearing that the boy will be more prone to it.

Soon the time has come and the boy once again stood before us. Fully so this time.

"So, my son, have you made your final decision?" The All-Father asked, getting straight to the point. He nodded. "Alright, just remember, either way, there are no take backs. Understand?"

"Yes..." He sighed heavily. "OK, so I have been thinking over this long and hard. And I decided that..." He paused for a moment, seemingly lost in thought.

"Yes?" I asked.

He looked down for a second before looking back up. "... That I will come with you." I think I might have been crying at that point, my vision was starting to blur. I really didn't know what to say, or think, my body just moved on its own. I soon found him in my arms, my head over his shoulder, as I held him for dear life. It felt like an eternity has gone by, even though it was only a few minutes.

"Are...you alright?" He asked, such a stupid question.

"Of course not, you dolt! Why would you choose to leave everything behind?" I said to him, sobbing all the while.

"It's not like I'm going leave everything behind. Besides, there are couple of things I need to do." I was a little confused at this statement of his, whatever did he meant by that. "God did me a solid for making the most out of my final days on Earth. But, I also need to talk with Saiari. Can't leave the girl hanging."

"Oh... Okay." I let go of him and he drifted off to his Guardian Angel, who was still hiding behind All-Father. I was curious as to what this boy was up to.

"Come on out now dear, this is your chance." He tries to coats her to come out, but to no avail. Seem she isn't quite ready yet. With a sigh, he speaks out to the boy. "I'm sorry but I don't think--"

"It can wait, she'll come around before we leave." He said firmly, interrupting his own God again. "Do you have it?"

All-Father seem to have rolled his eyes at this. "Yes, yes, I do! I swear to myself, you can be very demanding at times!"

"Yeah, that sounds great and all, but can we move things along before sunrise." Again, his God rolled his eyes and groaned in annoyance. So he conjured up a chest of some sort: it was fairly big, but not overly so. As for its decoration and accessory... It was heavily ornated with Gothic Architecture! M-mostly skulls and such, but... Is he really serious about taking that thing with him!?

... Then again, All-Father did warned us about the boy's obsession with this kind of thing... Among other things.

He opens it up to have a look in it, and seems to be finding something in there. I wanted to have a look at what's inside, but he closed it quickly and glares back at me. "Look over my shoulders again, your face + my chest = eternal pain." I immediately backed away from him, not entirely fond of that threat. He went back to searching for whatever it was, and he found it. "Sweet! Oh, I thought I was gonna go in without it!"

"W-well..." Saiari finally spoke up. "You're lucky! I-I reminded him of your phone!" She poked her a bit, but you could only see her left purple eye.

The All-Father sighed at this. "I will never understand why you would need it anymore? Especially when you're not going to call anyone up there."

"Well, you never spent time down on Earth. It's just so I can listen to my music, because I pretty much guessed they weren't all that advance in their technology. Nor do they have any of it!" He retorted, explaining his reason. And how did he know we were not technologically advance? He looked back at me and said, "Well, I got everything. Time for a change of appearance."

I nodded as me, Solaris, and Star Swirl, circled him and prepared the Transformation Spell. "Alright then, now before we get started, I want to explain on how this will affect you..." I told him. "... First; you'll feel a tingling sensation, it's nothing to fret about, your body will gain some muscular growth and height..."

"OK. What else?"

"The Second part is pretty simple; it's all based on your imagination. So you're taking part in changing yourself, as well. We'll be doing most of the work, so the rest of 'Detailing yourself' is up to you on what you want to look like."

"Huh... Sounds like some of those video games where you get to create your very own character. Only this time it's for real, and there are no limitations to it. Cool!" I do not know what these 'video games' are, that he has spoken of. But it sounds like he's got it.

I smiled and we got to it. As I explained, he will be feeling the effects of the spell at first, the tingling sensation doing its work. His muscles growing and refining itself to look as if he has been working out quite a bit lately, as well as his height. But he was still slim...well slimly toned out. Nicely done so too. Then the next part started to bore fruit; with his eyes closed, he starts to visualise himself as to what he wants to be. His skin started to sprout out red coloured fur all over him, then the skeletal reconfiguration came up next, making him look more like us. Next was his mane, growing out more longer and spiking out, even changing its colour, it was mostly a darker red, with black tips on each spiky end. And the same can be said about his tail as well. The last two was his horn and wings, the horn came out from his forehead straight and true, his wings though... He added an extra feature to them, apparently they had bat-like claws on them. That's a very peculiar thing to have.

Well, anyway, after all of it has been done, he look pretty exhausted. Guess all that brain-power worn him out. Still, everything he made himself to be came out just fine.

"Well now that that's done..." All-Father turned towards the planet and held out one hand. What follows after that was...such an amazing feat: the entire planet glowed in a glorious golden aura, seemingly pulsing every now and then. I can't tell if time itself on world has stopped, or if anyone was aware of it happening. All I know is, no one will ever suspect a thing or have any recollection about the boy anymore.

Speaking of which, he still seems pretty out of it. Being the first human to undergo this sort of thing, I guess he needs to sleep this off for a while. Saiari came out of hiding and joined him by his side, looking mild worried about him.

"Is he going to be alright?" She asked.

"He'll be fine. Just tired from the whole thing." Star Swirl answered her. "But I'm a little concern about his chosen...aspects."

I have to agree with him on that, some of it is going to set off some sparks: His wings extra feature is not a normal thing, having those claws on them is asking for trouble. I can't anything else, but I have this that he did change a lot more than just the wings and mane and tail.

Saiari didn't give a reply though, more content on inspecting on his new appearance as an Alicorn. Running her hands through his mane, scratching behind his ears and seeing it twitch under her administration as a natural reaction, even rubbing both of his cheeks with her thumbs. Soon his eyes fluttered open, and they locked onto hers in an instant. It seems that he also changed his eye colour from brown to green, even his freckles are gone too.

He really did got rid of his old self. Are all humans that secretive about everything? I wish he didn't change every last bit of himself to hide his true nature...

"You alright?" She asked the boy.

He gave a grunt before saying, "Yeah, I'll live." He starts to stretch himself out, hearing clicks going off. After that he looked himself over, getting a feel of his newly designed body. "Hmm... So this is what I look like? Growth spurt, muscle mass and gaining some weight in the process." Bringing his hand up to his forehead, he felt his horn, but he quickly brought it away from the horn. "Man, that just felt weird!"

Saiari giggled at that. "I would've suspect it to be. But, how do you feel about using magic with it?" She asked him, almost as if expecting him to tell her the right answer...

"This thing..." He pointed up to his horn. "Definitely not my style!"

Wait... Whaaat?

The two of them looked over at me and the others, staring at them speechlessly. The boy rolled his eyes at us. "In all honesty, I really don't like the concept of channeling your magical prowess through your drill-bit to output it."

"But...t-that's how it's d-done..." I stammered a little bit. Trying to tell him that's how the whole thing works.

"Pfft! Yeah, I know that! The next thing you're also gonna tell me is that Unicorns can shoot destructive rainbow-coloured lasers, from out of their tail-holes!" He retorted, in which actually gain a wholehearted laughter from his Guardian Angel. But it wasn't just her, the other Angels were either laughing, or trying to hold it in. As for the Archangels; Gabriel was snickering behind his hand covering his mouth, while Michael just sighed and shook his head. Jesus had his head bowed down into one of his hands and groaned at that remark.

As for us... Well, I didn't know what to think about that! Solaris was trying to work his mouth, and Star Swirl... Well he was twitching here and there... Oh no, that joke was aimed at him too! Dang it, I really had to bring that one up now didn't I!? Ugh, mother of me help!

Eventually, All-Father spoke up. "Now son, you shouldn't go saying stuff like that. It's very offensive to the Arch Mage, since he is a Unicorn." He told the boy.

The young one himself sighed. "Yeah... I know. I was just giving my honest opinion about this horn sticking out."

"Your honest opinions hold so much brutality in them, people tend to stay away from you..." He said. "Though, what about your wings?"

The boy spread out his wings, flexing them a few times. "These I can handle. Mind if me and Saiari go for a fly around?" He asked, and Saiari herself was blushing brightly at this suggestion.

All-Father was reluctant about it, but deem it so. "Very well. Saiari will teach you the basics about using those wings of yours." He said, but looked at him inquisitively. "Although, what about your magical prowess? How will you cope with it?"

As soon as he asked that, the boy, he... I don't know why, but when he smiled, his teeth were still the same as a human. Only, a bit more sharper than usual. So that means, he'll still needs to eat meat. But that's besides the point, it's that smile, it just sent a lot of shivers up and down my spine! I mean, what was he thinking inside that head of his!? Does he have some sort plan!? Do I even want to know!?

"Maybe, but I won't know until I try it." He spoke his answer. After that he gave out his hand to Saiari. "Well, ready to teach me?"

She was hesitated, but went to grab his and nodded. "Of course!" She smiled happily. "So, to start off, you... Oh hey, your chest!" We all looked to where she pointed, and true enough, it was his chest. Just floating above his head.

He grabbed a hold on it and brought it back down to him. "Damn, almost forgot about this little beauty of mine." Okay... Just hearing him saying something like to that chest thing is, really unnervingly, disturbing. I mean, how can someone say that and not feel weird, or awkward about it? Anyway, he looked at it for a moment, and then smiled...deviously. What was he planning on doing now?

Soon he sets his eyes on me, half closed, which sent more shivers throughout my being. Wait. Why is he...? Oh...

"Curious, still?" He said as he dangled his chest in front of me. My eyes couldn't seem to leave the chest sight at all. "I'll let you hold it."

I managed to turn my back towards him, but my curiosity never left my mind. "W-w-why would you d-do that?"

"Call this a 'Trust-building' exercise. I'm entrusting you with it, if I come back and find it's still closed, I'll let you in on some things about my life..."

"And if you found out I opened it?"

"Well, there are gonna be a lot of repercussions, and more trust-building." He stated flatly, frowning a bit before smiling once more. "But I have absolute faith in you! You wouldn't want to ruin this chance, now would you?" I shook my head rapidly. His smile turned into a sly grin, showing off his canines to us, seemingly satisfied with this agreement.

Saiari snorted. "You're such a soiled sport sometimes, always acting like some bad-boy."

He turned to face her, his grin never leaving his lips. "Is that why you fell in love with me?" At that, her face flared up once more. He inches his face closer to her. "Or is it more than just that one attribute?"

She flinched away from him. "N-now, now! Let's not get over our heads!" Wait... Is that steam coming out of her ears?

"Awww... But I'm curious, and besides you were touching my face, you owe it to me."

"... Can you promise me something then?" He tilted his head at this, a bit uncertain, but nodded. She came up to his left ear and started to whisper into it, even placing her left hand on his upper torso. I don't know what she was talking about, and quite frankly, it isn't my place to know what happens between the two. After she finished, they stared at each other for moment before he nodded. She smiled happily and nuzzled him. "Thank you. Now, about those flying lessons..."

"... Well, looks like you're ready..." Saiari said.

"I hope so Sai. This wasn't exactly an easy decision to make." He answered. His ariel training took some hours, but through trial and error, he managed to get the hang of it. Although, there were a couple of times where he sort of let loose some of his magic. All-Father warned us that he has a short-temper, that he doubt anything back in our dimension will ever measure up to his.

So, not only do we need to get more meat to feed three mouths, we will have to be very careful and mindful about certain things that'll set him off. Oh well, I'm sure we can manage with this!

"So, my son, do you have a name for your new life?" His God asked him. I completely forgot about that, he did say about going by a new name, should he agree to come.

The boy was looking upwards, staring at nothing really, just thinking. Soon he brought his head back down. "Yeah, I think I got one in mind."

"I'm pretty sure I can guess..." All-Father smirked.

"Hey, don't spoil it for me!" He shouted up at him, which only made his God chuckle a little.

"I'm sorry son. Though, I must ask, why that name? Any reason in particular to it?"

The boy shrugged. "I don't know really. One is mostly because of the music I like listening to. Anything else beyond that... Well, I got nothing after that. Guess it'll build up by itself." OK, now I'm getting confused. Just what are they talking about? Is it something of importance?

"Excuse me, but what is this name you are talking about?" I asked them. Wanting to understand what it is.

The boy answered. "Carolus Rex. That's the name I chose to go with." At the mention of the name, I replayed the name inside my head a few more times.

"Carolus Rex.... Carolus Rex.... Why does that sound like an ancient human name?" I asked, because it sure does sound important.

The All-Father decided to answer this one. "Because it is. A long time ago, that name belonged to a king known by it. He was one of the greatest European monarchs throughout his lifetime. As to why this young one chose that name, well like he said, it's from a song about that name. He'll play it for you, if you ask him."

"Oh... Well, Okay then..." I wasn't entirely sure about that name, it's not such a bad one, but at the same time, it isn't Equestrian either. But...

"You don't like it?"

"What?" I was snapped out of my bemusing. Looking over to... Carolus Rex... I guess I'm growing use to it.

"The name, you don't like it?" He asked again. "I can think of something--"

"No! No, Carolus Rex sounds fine..."

"But?"

My shoulders sagged a bit, with my ears lying flat against my head. "But... It's not Equestrian. They might grow wary about your true origins and what you really are." I told him the honest truth, fearing about his wellbeing. But when I looked at him, something about him seem to mostly calm my fear, like... I don't know, but it's something.

Soon he snorted his opinion. "Seriously? That's all it's about: me using another 'Human' name, but looking like an 'Equestrian'?" He laughed at the concept. "I sincerely don't give a damn about others idiotic thoughts, they don't run my life! Besides, they got a problem with it, let them whine, for all I care! They are not my concerns." I was surprised by this! He sounded like he challenged an entire planet to it!

All-Father patted his back. "Well said my son. Take care of yourself, and your team." Carolus Rex nodded his head.

"I will. It's not like I don't know how to handle this kind of situation." He sated.

"I know, but that was with two people, and all three of you had each other's backs. Now though, you have six to look after, and teach them some lessons."

"Eh, too true. OK, so are we... Huh?" He was about to ask us, but Saiari grabbed his hand. "Oh right..."

"Rex..." She spoke his name. "Remember your promise."

"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" He asked, a little worried for her.

She nodded. "I'll be fine." Although she says that, her eyes shed tears. She pulled him into a hug, soon she went beyond that and wrapped her wings around them both. They stayed like that for a few moments before separating. This truly was heart wrecking. Possibly more so for him too.

Rex... Am I even allowed to call him that? Well, anyway, he turn to us and nodded. Star Swirl opened up the portal that led us back to our home...

"Having second thoughts, love?" Solaris came to my side. "You know there are..."

"No take backs, I know that. But it's not making it any better." I said to him sadly.

"Then we should go, before the guilt builds some more..." Rex said as he came up to me and grabbed his chest.

"Rex?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry..."

"It'll be fine. Now, are we going?" He asked and I nodded, though he took one last look back at his God and the Angels, even taking in a glimpse of his home world. Sighing, he went for the portal, while I followed closely beside him. When we were near entering, I saw him shedding a single tear, just before our jump through time and space.

Everything he has ever known and had, all of it, left behind...

(Back in the Office...)

"... And there you have it." We finished. After that, Tia was standing there slack jawed. "So, as you can see, it wasn't the easiest of decisions for him. Now that he is here--"

"No." Tia whispered.

"I'm sorry, what was that you just said?" Solaris questioned her.

"No... I will NOT accept him." She answered him, as her voice started to rise.

"Celestia, you don't have a say in the matter. You are to--"

"NEVER!!!" She screamed. "I WILL NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE THIS NO GOOD HAIRLESS APE!!! HOW DARE HE BECOME ONE OF US BECAUSE YOU LET HIM!!!"

"Tia!!" I was in total shock! I couldn't believe her, to go against us for doing what's right.

"NO MOTHER!!! YOU TWO SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE THAT DEAL WITH HIS GOD!!! YOU--"

"CELESTIA!!!" Solaris cut her off from speaking out of terms. "DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK TO US IN SUCH A TONE, OR DISRESPECT HIM AND HIS DEITIES!!! YOU WILL DO AS WE TELL YOU TO DO AND FOLLOW IT TO THE LETTER!!! ARE WE UNDERSTOOD!?"

Tia stared at him for a moment, before bowing her head to look downwards. At that moment, I was hoping she would not resort to what I may fear to be her downfall. But it was a hopeless thinking...

"I..." She started to speak, bringing her head back up to face us, a dark expression was all that remain. "Challenge you for Leadership."

No... My little Tia, why?

Author's Note

Well... Shit just got real, didn't it?

Again, I apologise for the wait guys and gals. My sis had her first baby almost a week ago, after being deem clear from the hospital, we went to get her, the baby boy, and the father, and brought them down here for a couple of days. I'll tell ya, he was small, I was too much of a chicken shit to pick him up, out of fear I might do harm then good.

But mostly because of a friend of mine who did this horribly, shitty story, that reading it almost made me claw my own eyes out! And you know who you are, so you tell the rest.

But don't be too harsh on him, he only did it because some fucked up jackass kept bugging him to do it.

So comment, like, fave, suggestion.

And as always, thanks for reading!