It was a sunny day in Ponyville and if not for the destroyed buildings, including her beloved library, it would have been a normal one for Twilight Sparkle. She looked around as she watched her fellow Ponyvillians run all over the place as they tried to fix up their home town. Not that things weren't going well but she really hoped the repair pony Princess Celestia had sent to help would be there soon. She couldn't help but wonder how one pony would make a difference but apparently this pony's skills as a repair pony were famous across all Equestria. Plus every little bit helped. "Inventous Steampunk," She said to herself out loud. "Just who, and where, are you?" She asked herself. She sighed and turned back towards her castle. Not that she didn't like it, but she missed the cozy feel of her library. Everytime she thought about it she remembered the moment Tirek blew it up and it filled her with rage. Luckily she was able to save some of the books but not many and s not only did they have to build a new library from scratch but they had to do the same with its collection.

"That's it, come along now single file now everypony, don't dawdle." Came a meek yet beautiful voice. Twilight was pulled from her thoughts b this and saw her friend Fluttershy leading a group of animals through town. It turned out that some of the Everfree Forest, and surrounding areas had also been destroyed leading some animals without a home, and so Fluttershy, being the animal lover she was, was tasked with finding said animals a new home. Twilight couldn't help but smile a bit. Everything seemed to be going well. She loved it when things were tidy, neat, and efficient, and nopony went crazy, which was more often than not what actually happened especially here in Ponyville where strange things seemed to happen often, especially since she had come there. But luckily, just like right now the town was always able to pick itself up. Even her friends were all helping. For instance Pinkie Pie was set to help make lunches and other food for everypony since work like this always made ponies hungry. Rarity was helping make things... aesthetically pleasing by helping redesign some buildings. Hopefully the fashionable pony didn't go overboard. Rainbow Dash, since she was the fastest flier, like, ever, was in charge of keeping her and Mayor Mare updated on the town's progress, telling her who was doing what and where, who needed what supplies and such. And speaking of supplies Applejack was running late with the latest batch. Twilight then looked around and started to get worried. She said she would be right back so where was she? Twilight then flew into the sky for a bird's eye view and finally spotted AJ just coming into town. She the smiled and flew over to her.

"Applejack!" Twilight yelled with a smile to get the earth pony mare's attention.

Applejack looked up and spotted Twilight as well. "Twilight!” She called as the princess landed in front of her. "Sorry I'm late. The wagon somehow busted a wheel on a rock so I had to go all the way to the farm to get Big Mac to help me haul it here." She explained sweating a bit and with an apologetic smile.

Twilight looked past Applejack at the wagon and raised an eyebrow before looking at AJ again. "Busted wheel? Where? It looks fine to me." She said thinking that if AJ wasn't the element of honest she would probably accuse her of lying.

'That's just it," AJ said rubbing the back of her neck. "By the time we got back to the wagon it was fixed, good as new. But there was this strange symbol next to it in the dirt." She explained.

"Would this symbol be a wrench turning a bolt with guitar strings going through it?" Came the high pitched voice of Pinkie Pie who had appeared to Applejack's left catching the attention of the other two mares.

"Uh yea, how'd you know?" AJ asked raising a suspicious eyebrow.

"Because there's a unicorn stallion that I've never seen before wearing a tool belt standing over there with that symbol on his saddle bags." Pinkie said pointing. And there enough, there he was with his blue jumpsuit and goggles, chocolate fur and black dreaded tail and mane, his blue eyes darting around as he shifted his weight between his forehooves as he raised them one at a time trying to get somepony's attention to no avail.

Twilight looked at the unicorn, indeed she had never seen him before either, and he guessed AJ hadn't as well. And if he was the one that fixed Applejack's wagon then maybe he was this Inventous Steampunk, Princess Celestia was sending to help. No, he had to be. The Princess then trotted over to him AJ and Pinkie in toe and cleared her throat to get his attention. The stallion looked at her and blinked before stumbling back noticing who she was. She giggled at this and smiled before rolling his eyes at his bowing, she hated formalities.

"Hello, you must be Princess Sparkle. It is an honor to finally meet you." He said before standing up straight again.

Twilight now got a good look at his face. He was younger then she expected, much younger. Going by the stallion's reputation she expected him to be much older. Maybe a little grey around the mane. He was also quite handsome as well, it actually made her blush a bit since she didn't have much experience with stallions. Sure there was Flash Sentry but that was in that other world and this is different. "Trust me, the honor is all mine considering your reputation. But then I did kind of expect you to be older sorry." She said now she had an apologetic smile.

"What?" The stallion asked. "Oh uh it is no problem your Majesty. Tell you what. I won't make you apologize for thinking I'm younger then you thought if you don't make me apologize for thinking you are quite young for achieving the power, uh status, of Alicorn Princess." He suggested to her with a pleasant smile.

Twilight giggled again. "Very well then." She said and looked at the stallion. He was polite, respectful, and seemed to have a good head on his shoulders. Yes, this should be a pleasant experience.

It was then that they heard Somepony clear their throats and the stallion and princess turned to AJ who was giving them an impatient look and Pinkie pie who had taken to examining the stallion by appearing behind or next to him at certain places only to then disappear and pop out somewhere else, confusing the male unicorn.

Twilight blushed with embarrassment about ignoring her friends and cleared her throat. "Oh right!" She said. These are my friends Pinkie Pie and Applejack." She introduced him.

"Pleasure." He said extending a hoof to shake.

"I'm afraid the pleasure's all mine." AJ said shaking it. "Oh and thank you for fixing my wagon, I really appreciate it." She said.

"Oh it was no problem. Happy to help." He said with a smile. "And might I add Sweet Apple Acers' Apples and cider are the best in Equestria." He added. This made Applejack Beam with Pride.

"Hi!" Pinkie Pie said finally standing still in front of him her muzzle super close to his causing him to lean back. “Quick favorite food?" She said pointing at him.

"Hay pizza with extra cheese." He said simply.

Favorite color?"

"Blue obviously." He said this time with a bit of a chuckle.

"Hobbies?" He said leaning in closer with each question.

"Fixing things, karate, music, skateboarding, spoken word poetry and I dabble in inventing.

"Cupcakes or Muffins?"

"Cupcakes."

"Hydra attacks you, what do you do?" She asked raising a brow.

This time he shrugs. "Hydra's aren't that scary. If you can confuse its heads or render them unable to move then they're pretty easy." He said causing wide eyes from Twilight and Applejack.

"Do you like to party?"

"Haven't been to many, but I don't hate it."

"Do you want to be my friend?"

Uh sure?"

"What has a face with no eyes, nose, or mouth, hands with no arms can be your elder, and is totally crazy sometimes?" She asked her muzzle so close to his they were almost kissing.

He looked away fora split second as he thought and looked to Twilight and Applejack who also seemed to be trying to solve the riddle. "A clock." He said then looked at Applejack and Twilight again. Apple jack grumbled about how riddles were dumb anyway, obviously getting it wrong. While twilight just giggles and quietly grinned, obviously getting it right.

"Ok, he passes inspection." Pinkie said with a smile her nose in the air as she swaggered off. "Oh on more Question, what's your name?" She said looking at him over her shoulder.

"Oh sorry its-." He started to say.

"There you guys are!" Came a voice from the sky. They all looked up to see Rainbow Dash descending on them. "I've been looking everywhere for you guys! Everypony's wondering where their supplies are." She said before spotting the stallion and landed in front of him also getting super close like Pinkie and looking him up and down with a raised eyebrow. "Who’s this? Never seen him before." She stated

"Remember the repair pony Princess Celestia was going to send to help?" Twilight reminded her.

"Oh." Rainbow Dash said eyeing him again. "I thought he'd be older. “ She said.

"I get that a lot." He commented.

"Well in any case I'd better start distributing these supplies." Applejack said taking off. Rainbow and Pinkie also returned to their duties leaving Twilight with the stallion.

"Well then, ready to go?" She asked with a smile.

He shrugged and smiled back. "Ready as I'll ever be." He said. Twilight then gave him a nod and started walking. The stallion watched her for a moment before sighing and shaking his head. "Well if nothing else, this should be an adventure." He said to himself before smiling again and following her.

Author's Note

Author note: I just wanted to say to all of you thank you for reading my story. Sorry if it isn't very good and please feel free to comment or review it even harshly if need be so I can improve it for all of you. I plan to regularly post one or two chapters every weekend so watch out for those and I apologize for any spelling errors. Thank you and good day.