Author's Note

Okay, so this is my attempt to a better story than what I had in Love Taketh Me. Clearly I flunked that so hard I could not bring it back.

Well I do hope this is better than the idea of the antagonist finding out he isn't human. I'll leave you guys and girls to decide on that.

Oh and Fausticorn is in this, just to let you know.

Anyway, that is all.

Oh and leave some feedback, whether it is to criticize or praise.

Enjoy.

Prologue

The streets of Canterlot were full and surprisingly silent to the unpleasant sight of their queen. The first day of spring was supposed to be the fresh start of love and appreciation of the greens that rose from under the blanket of winter.

The skies, however, were growing heavy and grey with rain clouds produced by the natural power of their goddess.

This would not be abnormal weather to the citizens of Canterlot, if it were not caused by the injured mare's magic. Had she been in better condition, the weather would be bright and sunny for all to see.

But, alas, her focus remains on limping to her castle.

"What in Tartarus?" Fancy Pants whispered. He stood distantly from the panting alicorn as the rain started to pour on him and everyone that was not quick enough to shield themselves.

Twas a terrible day for the mare, a day that has taken a piece of her heart.

At least that is how Madam Faust felt at the moment. Should her mind be more weary she would have described to herself the pain and suffering she endured only mere hours ago. Perhaps the pain in her body made it impossible to think other than what she witnessed during her dimensional travels, but she would rather be on the subject than thinking about what was brought upon herself.

Her quiet and peaceful travel from dimension to dimension was the very reason she miraculously fought off more than she could handle. Her fellow immortals, her fellow True Gods, were not exactly happy with what she has done to them. Had they known of her sudden appearance, the situation would have gone better than anticipated.

She could hear them right now, with the power of dimensions in her control. All can be heard from world to world, and at this moment her ears picked up one voice that made her blood boil.

"Damn you to hell, Faust! I will find that boy and eradicate their species!"

The Queen of Equestria huffed. A few drops of blood fell out of her mouth as the stairs to the castle came into her hazy view. At least she had the energy to limp up the steps and continue carrying the precious cargo she was given by her deceased friend.

The moment, however, could not be the same as it was before. While she adored the child on her back, resting so cutely with his thumb in his mouth, a small piece of her mind remained behind on the subject at hoof.

Why did it cost so much to save something so little?

After leaving her subjects to wonder about her condition, Madam Faust made her way to the doors. Whereas four guards stood in place, stunned of burns and blood in her matted fur, one special captain found himself to be the lucky one that gets to act in haste.

"Queen Faust?" the Captain of The Guard gasped; void of all courage, for he was seeing the most powerful being in Equestria glare down at him with near spiritless fury.

"Open...the doors...now...Shining Armor." she panted, before dropping some blood from her muzzle to the top of his helmet.

With not another moment to waste, Shining Armor ordered his soldiers to open the doors and close them as quick as they could. He, as well as a couple other guards, rushed to the throne room to alert their princesses of the dire situation that has all of Canterlot on edge.

After a minute of struggling to the nearest column, said mare gently placed herself against it and slowly descended to the cold floor with the small bundle still on her back. Thus she took her first breath of recovering and mourning. Her mind slowly drifted to the last memory she had of the council, and needlessly focused on the one that started all this.

She remembered her friend's plea before death came and took her:

Take him and run, Faust. Run now...RUN!

Her lip quivered as the tears made their way out. Just thinking about what her best friend said made the fury in her heart die as quickly as she pondered her new responsibility. Even with many millennia to harden her heart, Faust could not hold in the agony of losing her oldest friend to the monsters they trusted all these years.

"Dammit!" she cried angrily, with recognition of her sleep spell still active on the boy. "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" she repeated with each punch she made to the floor.

A crater was now in front of her, created by the sheer strength in her body.

Unfortunately it proved idiotic and downright stupid. Her hoof was now fractured even worse, and the pain that already coursed through her body was now ten fold for her emotional outburst.

"Mother!" two voices cried whilst the sound of hooves clacked closer and closer to her. Having magic to slowly heal her, the queen stood up with less struggle and turned to the owners of the voices she recognized so easily.

The many years of being away from home did nothing to her memory, not a bit. The same alicorns she gave birth to and raised still played freshly in the depths of her mind. There was no dull moment of confusion or wondering of the two mares that stopped all their activities to see what it is Shining Armor meant.

"Daughters." she happily whispered. Seeing her two daughters made her day, a rare reunion between her and her daughters is just what she needed after going through so much.

Surprisingly she sighed, then giggled, and nuzzled the two alicorns as they stood before her in astonishment.

"Mother;" her pink mane daughter said roughly. "What in the name of Tartarus has happened to you? You look as if you just went through a battle for your life."

"I did, Celestia." Faust heavily breathed. "I did go through a battle for my life, and someone else's."

"What happened?" her younger daughter asked, forgetting the P.S.P. she just dropped from her magical grasp.

Faust found this to be quite annoying. While she was happy that her daughters showed so much concern for her well being, the least they could do is give her a simple 'Hello' or 'Greetings Mother'. Even with so much injury, it still hurt the alicorn to be standing before her daughters without a simple greeting in return.

"Yes, hello to you, Celestia." she said flatly, then turn turned to her blue mane daughter. "And hello to you, Luna."

"Nevermind formalities. Tell us what happened to you!"

Eventually the three alicorns made it to the dining hall for a much more private conversation about what is going on with her. She drifted through her explanation as the two sisters tended to her wounds by sharing their magic with her. Slowly but surely there was nothing more than a few bruises and cuts left throughout her body.

But one thing still remained, and Luna was pointing her hoof at the creature whilst the last bit of her reserves poured into her mother's horn.

"Mother," she said softly. "What exactly is that thing you are holding in your wings?"

"This, my daughter, is a very special creature that is rare to find. This boy is the offspring of a very dear friend that gave her life to protect him. And now he is my responsibility, for he is the last of his kind." the queen panted through her sadness, tears still falling while the room went silent.

As Celestia and Luna remained unheard in their shock, a small whimper from the bipedal creature alarmed the queen. His small bit of noise foretold that the sleep spell had worn off, in which did not sit well with Faust.

Oh no. How am I gonna explain to him about-

"Huh?" the little boy whimpered. He slowly fluttered his eyes and yawned a squeak to the one holding onto him so tightly.

During this small display of cuteness, Celestia and Luna caught sight of the unique features he possesses, and immediately adored him.

Whether this was to happen or not, Faust did not really care about how they acted towards the child. With their attention completely on the awakening child, she did not have to worry about explaining what has happened in the last twenty-four hours.

"Oh my gosh!" The Molesting Princess squealed, before throwing a hoof to her mouth to try and muzzle her giddiness. "Those tails and ears...they're so adorable!"

"He's so small and cute." Luna added. "And look at his whiskers. He has to be the most adorable little creature I've ever seen!"

As both princesses drew closer to the boy, Faust could not help but feel protective and angry. She sensed how frightened the child is and wondered if it was really a good idea to bring him here. With Celestia's reputation preceding her, the option of sitting for the boy would only make the queen have a heart attack.

Besides, Celestia is not the type of mare to babysit, nor is Luna. Though they proved to more than adequate in befriending the terrified boy, there was still the fact of him being under the care of a gamer and a molester.

Truly it was a hard moment for the mare, for no one else could reach her expectations.

She pressed her hoof to her forehead and sighed. "I must be insane if I am to leave him here so that I can rest for a few hours."

In the end it was her and her alone for the task of tending to the boy. And with this in mind she made it very clear for her daughters to be silent by shutting their mouths with magic. Of course that did not sit well with either princess, but what could they do when any form of aggression would scare the poor dear?

Fortunately for the two sisters...silence is golden.

"Hello, little one." Faust cooed into his furry ear. She watched as he twitched his ears and held onto her fur with his tiny hands, unaware of his claws scratching her skin.

The little boy looked up to her. He tilted his head to the alicorn, not even knowing how much cute he became by folding his left ear in the process.

"Hi." he said, curiosity now playing the moment with Celestia and Luna muffling their voices. "Are you a pony?" he asked.

"Yes I am. I'm what is known as an alicorn." Faust said with a weak smile; brow cocked slightly in the midst of his moving. "How did you know that I am a pony?"

"Mommy left books on different animals for me to read."

"Can you tell me your name and who your mommy is?"

"I don't know who my mommy is. I always sit in the castle with Mr. Mole watching me. My name is Leo, but do you know who my mommy is?"

He doesn't even know his own mother. Oh my immortality, she was right. His existence was kept secret for his safety...But that damn Lamia betrayed her.

Faust furrowed her brow and proceeded to stand up with Leo still in her wings. She looked up to her daughters and frowned. "I'm going to take him to a doctor so that he can get the proper vaccinations. When I return I want us to close the rifts and destroy any connection we have with Earth."

"What!? Why?" Celestia asked, only to be stricken with horror.

"Because the Spirit Council went against the treaty we have." she used her magic to cover Leo's ears. "They killed his mother and attacked me in the process. Their goal was to take him and harness his power for their ambitions before killing him. But Kiyomi sacrificed herself to protect him."

Celestia gasped; the rhythm of her heartbeat skipped maybe twice before she saved her crumbling composure. Never in the history of Equestria did another worldly species defile the treaty they've upheld since the beginning of time. It shook her to her core, for it is the only thing that could make her afraid.

"You don't mean-"

"Yes I do, Celestia." Faust interrupted; her eyes now glowed with anger whilst holding the child in her wings. "As of right now we are closing off all gateways to our world, including the one to earth. The Spirit Council has betrayed us and their own kind, so it is only beneficial for the sake of this child that our dimension becomes independent." Finally she released the young boy's ears and allowed him some freedom to move and make himself comfortable.

Curiously he grunted through his struggling of the powerful wings holding him in the darkness that's been too familiar for too long. He wanted to be given the light of being able to do what he wants, to see what is outside of the walls of his old home, to wander around without someone to stop him.

The castle was perfect for that; there wasn't anyone to stop him from just getting a peek of the new world around him. Maybe he could find out who his mommy is, maybe she would finally reveal herself and play with him?

"I can't see." he groaned while pushing his head between her wings, before getting enough room to stick his head out and glimpse the room he has yet to see.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Faust chuckled, with a single tear of joy falling from her muzzle. "Here-" she opened her wings a little more, allowing his arms to poke through as well. "Is that better, little one?"

The boy smiled and moved his gaze around the room. He saw a large room with columns and tapestries of exquisite designs as the smallest bit of sunlight broke through the rain clouds and beamed through the nearest window with its warmth licking his skin.

It was astonishing to see the room so big and tall. In his eyes it was a fortress that needed to be explored of every inch.

"I think he likes the castle." Celestia giggled behind her hoof.

The little boy turned to the alicorn and asked, "This is a castle, a real castle!?"

"Yes it is, honey. It is your new home now." Faust answered.

The boy blinked in uncertainty of those words; his curiosity brightened to the alicorn now nuzzling the back of his head while he was still within her grasp. A new home was nice but still strange in his little mind; there wasn't any other place he's been to since the day he could remember having Mr. Mole for a babysitter.

The large house in the forest was always his home. He had never been outside of it until meeting the mare that barged into his room and touched his forehead with her horn.

That was all he could remember before waking in this place. But now he was with a wandering mind and soul that crave the satisfaction of seeing what is beyond these walls.

However, one thing still bothered him about this...

"Ms. Pony,"

"Yes, Leo?"

"Who is my mommy? I've never seen her before."

Faust contemplated that question with a careful collection of the many events that have transpired throughout the day. Cautiously she stared into the eyes of this adorable creature and found his curiosity to be just as big as the sadness of not knowing who his mother is.

The spark of his life, the joy as a child; there was nothing like it. His purity was so powerful that she could not resist smiling with the serenity he deserves. She wanted to be angry at him for just a moment, but the idea of taking it out on an innocent child made swayed her from so much as scowling at Leo.

Besides, how could she be mean to that cute face?

He's so cute!

Sadly the moment was ruined by the little one waving his hand in front of her while repeating, "Ms. Pony, who is my mommy?"

Thankfully the queen snapped out of her stupor and returned to loving on the boy as if he were her own. Both nuzzling and hugging him without restraint, Faust hummed a soft moan of delight for her satisfaction of having a child in her hold once again. Whether it was thinking about her friend or the traitors to their own kind, she remained delusional to his adorable stare.

"Oh Leo," she cooed between two soft kisses to is cheeks. "I'm your mommy, my little fox."