He had watched them for so long.He had studied them for as long he could remember.And it was finally time to meet them in person.
They had shown great progress lately.No threats or anything to keep him from visiting.It was about time that they knew of him anyway.
'This is going to be fun' he thought,beginning to make the long trek from his secluded hideout to the capitol of Equestria,Canterlot.
'This is a lovely day' He remarked,looking up at the dark sky.It was still night,but it would soon be time to raise the sun.It was spring,and the birds and flowers had come back from the winter.
He had been walking for about half an hour befor He had finally reached the outskirts of Ponyville.
He moved quickly through the town,hoping not to attract any serious attention.
It wasn't long though before He had attracted the attention of Pinkie Pie,the local party planner.He was not expecting anyone to be up so early,so He was surprised to find her up and about.But thats just Pinkie.
'Oh no' He thought,for He knew what happened when she found a new resident in Ponyville.
"HI!I haven't seen you before!You must be new!I'm going to throw you a 'Welcome to Ponyville party'!" She said as soon as she has spotted him.
"Ah.Maybe later." He said calmly."Fine." she pouted."But I need to make preparations and I don't know your name or,come to think of it,I don't know what you are." She said,looking over the tall black figure.
He was tall.Very Tall.He looked like he could be just a little taller than the tip of celestia's horn.He was dressed in a black cloak with the hood over his head.She found this strange because the sun was not out yet.She also noticed that instead of a hoof,he had two hands.And from what she could see under the hood,she determined that he was white colored with blondish-black hair and blue eyes.
"Just call me Kaleb.And I promise I will be back for a welcoming party." he said with a smile.
"Okey dookie!" she said with a smile and began to bounce back to her house.
He quickly rushed past the Cake residence,confident to reach the royal castle before anyone noticed him.
He knew he had been very brief with pinkie,she had not even had time to say her usual 20 questions and statments in one sentence in a rapid-fire fashion,but he needed to talk to Celestia,before someone else got suspicious.
Celestia had her usual day planned out.Meet with the leader of the Griffons,attend a meeting with the mayors from the largest cities in Equestria,raise the sun.The usual day of a Sun-Goddess.
She was just about to get out of her large,custom made bed and get ready when she heard a voice directly behind her.
"Good morning.Sleep well"?
It sounded comforting,inviting.She could tell that the voice belonged to a older male.She whipped her head around and stood in a defensive position to face the intruder.
What she saw was shocking.
There,standing about five feet away on the other side of the bed,was some sort of creature.It stood very tall,just about a inch or two taller than the tip of her horn.It was white-colored and was clad in a black cloak.
"I demand to know who or what are you and why you are intruding my bed chamber!" she demanded,still standing in her defensive position.
"Calm down.I am certainly no threat to you or anyone.I simply want to talk to you and to 'make an announcement'." said the creature.
"Alright." She said,sensing he was not a threat.
"You want to know who and what I am,correct?" asked the creature in questioning voice.
"Yes" she said with a nod of her head.
"Well,you may call me Kaleb.No more,no less.As for what I am,I am a rarity among this world.In fact,I'm the only one of my kind here.So I am the only human you will ever see."He said
"So your a human?But,If there is only one human,then how are even here?" she said.
"Ah.I am the last remaining human.I simply outlived everyone." He said,chucking and walking around the side of the bed.
"Why have I not heard of your kind before?" she asked him
"My people lived on the edge of the world,outside of Equestria,in a barren wasteland almost inhospitable to most forms of life.Yet we thrived.We never contacted you,or had any want or need to.That is why you have never heard of us."
"Why are you in my bedchambers then?Why not just come out in public?" she asked him
"I cannot do that.At least not yet.If the ponies knew what I am or what I can do,they would be terrified of me."
I don't see why you would think that we would be afraid of you." she said "You certainly don't look dangerous."
"I look like a complete alien.Nothing around here looks anything remotely like me.That alone could spread panic."
"Not to us.We would welcome you with open hooves." she said.He slightly smiled at the statement.
"Wait.You said that we would be terrified of 'what you can do'.What CAN you do that would make us that scared of you?" she asked with a frown.
"I am incredibly powerful in manipulation and conjuration and all other forms of magic.I have spent lifetimes making myself stronger in magic.My powers could easily rival yours." he said darkly
"It does not look like you have a horn of any kind.How are you able to access magic?" she asked him
"Humans have a special gift that allows them to be able to control magic without the use of a external aid.The trick is to learn how to access it.I was VERY gifted with it.Using my honed magical skills,I have prolonged my life to almost a thousand times more than a humans normal life span.Believe it or not,but I'm older than you."
She could not believe it.She had heard NOTHING like this about magic.Even her and Luna's powers combined could not do anything like that.
"Now you see what I am and what I am capable of.Now you must be wondering why I am here.I have decided that I will deploy myself as a personal guard and aid to you,Luna,and the Maine six.I will defend you and them with my eternal life.Think of me as a 'special attachment' to your Royal Guard."
"Alright.I will allow you to aid us in whatever situations arise,although I do not quite know what that would be."
"Fantastic." he said,clapping his hands together.
"I am relieved on how fast and smoothly this process has went.Also,while guarding you,I will obey your customs and laws,although they differ from mine."
"Good." she said "Now,I must raise the sun.I'm almsot as late as it is." she said
"Of course." he said,bowing to her with grin on his face as she walked out of the room.
But as she continued down the hall,she could hear him following her.
"You know,I'm surprised on how easily your handling this.I thought you would freak out and put me in jail or something."
"Nonsense.I'm glad that you have agreed to help my student and her friends.But wait." she stopped suddenly and turned to face him
"Why do you think that they would require your aid?" she asked him
"I had a vision.Many terrors and threats may soon loom over Equestria.Something so terrible,not even The Elements Of Harmony can destroy it." he said
She stopped dead and stared at him.
"What is threatening Equestria?!What evil is behind this?!When did you have this 'vision'?!When were you planning on informing me of this?!" she half asked/shouted at him.
"I was simply meditating in the ruins of a large city I frequently visit in the barren wasteland that is now my home,and suddenly there was a strong magical spike within the area and I saw tentacles of darkness,sweeping down from the heavens and destroying everything they touched.Whole city's turned to ash.All plots to stop the evil failed.After a month of the tentacles arrival,the whole world burned.Not a speck of life left." he said
"Wh-when does this happen?" she asked shakily
"I'm not sure,but I could tell it was in the distant future,between one year in the future and a thousand.I,of course,will not let this happen.That is why I am here now.That is why I must help you,for without my help,Equestria shall fall."
"What should I tell the ponies?" she asked him
"Nothing.No one should no anything at all until the time has come." "When will that be?"
"When the demons of hell are upon us."
"Don't you think that that may be a little too late?" she asked him
"No.Telling them now will only cause panic.It's best to wait until the very last moment." he replied
"Well,I am grateful for help,Mr.Kaleb.If you think that you can help us in the time of peril,then be my guest and help us." she said
"That's why I'm here." he said
"But don't let this bad news get you down.Like I said,it could be a long time before the events that I witnessed occur."
"Alright.I guess that the best we can do in this situation is to stay vigilant." she said
He agreed.
"Now,you should get going and raised the sun." he said pointing his hand behind her towards the balcony
"Oh my goodness!I almost forgot in this "end of the world" buisness!" she said and she raced off to raise the sun
He watched her as she did so,he horn lighting up with magic.He thought of how easily she accepted this rapid information.'Acceptance to wierd things must come with age.' he thought.Still,He could not fathom a situation of where a older human would believe a single word he had said.They would have thought he was completely nuts.He adored the ponies for many reasons.One was their fast acceptance of unusual situations and their complete trust in a total stranger.He was half expecting to be put in a insane asylum for even considering that his vision was true.And yet,the most wise being in the entire world besides himself believed him and even had agreed to his help.Not only that,but in one quick exchange of words and information!The ponies were so unlike his own extinct species,who preferred violence and death over harmony.He wished that he would never have to drag this species into chaos and war just like his always was.But yet here he was,gearing them up for what will surely be the most bloodiest and costly event the ponies had ever seen.He sighed.Today was going to be a long day.
He then began to tour the castle,although he already knew where everything was,for he had watched the original construction ponies build this place over a thousand years ago.He soon found himself in a small but beutifle room with paintings on the walls and a single window that let the rays of the sun into the room.He studied the paintings.Each painting depicted a famous historical ponies,all of wich he knew.After he had studied them,he turned to look out the window at the wonderful landscape.While he was admiring nature,he noticed a rainbow-colored streak against the blue sky,a couple of miles off.'Must be a pegasus ponie' he thought,turning his back against the window to look at the paintings.But only after a minute of looking at the works of art,he felt something slam into his back.He was caught off gaurd and was jolted ahead a couple of feet,but quickly turned around with his fists up,ready to face his attacker.But as he saw who it was,he was quickly reliefed.He knew the pony.She was unmistakable.The tradmark rainbow-colored mane and tail,accompanied with the lighting cutie mark.'Ah.Its only the Element of Loyalty.' he thought lowering his arms.
"You thought you could sneak in here huh?Thought you could attack the princess?Well,you didn't expect me you monster!"
Rainbow dash said,hovering in the window.
"I saw you in here when I flew by.I knew that you were trouble so I burst in here to stop you!Now,put 'em up!" She said
She then took off again at him,hoping to crash into him to make him fall so she could take him down easier.
But he simply side-stepped her as she passed him and grabbed onto her wing,stoping her in mid=flight and holding her up off of the ground with one arm like she weighed almost nothing."Hey let me go!" she yelled,tring to kick him and free herself.But her legs werent long enough to reach him and he had a iron grip.
"I'll let you go I you promise to not attack me." he said calmly.
She didnt answer and just continued to try to squirm out of his hand,but she quickly reasond that she couldent break free.
"Fine.Let let me down."
"As you wish." he said droping her instead of lowing her to the ground.Expecting to be lowered instead of dropped like that,she was unprepared and fell on side painfully.But she righted herself quickly and stood to face him.
"Now,what are you doing in the princess's castle,huh?" she asked angerly.
"I have been 'assigned' to protect and aid both the princess's and the Mane six.I was just admiring the paintings when you thought I was a assassin or something and kicked me in the back.S,I was actually doing the oppesite of what you thought I was doing." he said.
"How come I havent heard of you before?" she asked,calming down.
"The princess was actually going to make an announcment about this this afternoon." he said.
"I was just hanging out around here until then."
"The princess already has a royal guard to protect her.What can you do that they cant?" she asked
"Well,for one,I can shapeshift."he said.
Rainbow dash broke down in a fit of laughing."I may not know what you are,but I do know that only changelings can shapeshift." She chuckled.But then she stopped laughing and stared at him hard.
"Are you a changeling then huh.Are you a spy?" She asked him accusingly.
"Well,no." he said calmly.
"Prove it." she snorted.
"I already have" he said "If I really was a spy,then I would not have let you go so easily." he said
"I guess not.But I still dont think that you can shapeshift." she said
"Well,watch this!" he said
Suddenly,the room was then filled with a white smoke.Surprised,Rainbow dash began to cough and to look around for him.She could not see him anywhere,which was odd since he was so tall.Then,the smoke began to clear.And as it did,she could make out a another figure in the smoke.It wasn't him because the figure was no taller than Rainbow dash,and it was standing in the same place where he had been not a minute ago.Once the smoke finally cleared,she gasped at what she saw.
The figure was actually another Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash two looked just like the first one.The cyan blue fur,Rainbow colored mane and tail,and even the same eye color and cutie mark.
She could not believe it.At first she thought that she was just looking at a mirror,but she didn't remember a mirror being in this room.She cocked her head to the side in confusion.The other Rainbow Dash mimicked her,cocking her neck as well.
Then,just to test it,Rainbow dash raised her hoof into the air.The other one did so too copying her exactly.Then she lowered her hoof.The copy did the same.
'I cant believe!He turned into me!' She had finally realized.
"Hey.That's pretty cool." She said to him or,rather her now."Hey.That's pretty cool." mimed the other Rainbow Dash
'He even has my voice!'
"Alright.You can stop now." she said "Alright.You can stop now." came the reply
"How do you do that?" she asked
"How do you do that?" she said.
"Seriously."
"Seriously."
"Please stop copying me!" she said,getting angry again.
Satisfied,he chuckled in his own voice.
"See!I told you I could shapeshift!Celestia didn't belive me either when I raised the sun this morning...." he said
"What?" she asked
"Nothing." he said quickly.
"Anyway,that's really cool.You look exactly like me!And you even have my voice!" she said,astounded.
"How do you do that?" she asked him."I've had a long time to practice.Trust me." he said
"Ya.I look,walk,and talk just like you!I bet that I could fool everyone who knows you to think that I'm you!" he said
"I bet you could." she said,sounding almost impressed.
He chuckled again.Then,the white smoke dominated the room again,and in a few minutes stood Kaleb again.
"By the way,whats your name?" she asked him
"Uh,Kaleb.Just kaleb." he said.
"Well see you later kaleb." she said,taking flight and flying out the window.
"I'll be seeing you real soon!" he called out after her.