Chapter 12: Heading For Disaster

My eyes fly open rapidly as I take gasps of air into my lungs in rapid succession while clamping my hands into fists.

“Shit, it was only a dream!” I tell myself as I slowly uncurl my fists and slowly let my breath return to normal. But in the process I feel a cool sensation on the back of my head and confused I slowly raise my head up and turn my head backwards towards the epicenter of the plush feeling and see a massive pillow, much larger than any normal pillow with a picture of the sun and the moon going around a planet. Looking to depict night and day and on the outside of both the sun and moon, one white and one dark blue alicorn with their wings extended flying triumphantly, the dark blue one flying with the moon and the white one flying with the sun and instantly I recognize this to be Luna and Celestia in the eternal changing of night and day. “Wait, where am I, this is not Fluttershy’s cottage.” I tell myself in a confused but not scared tone while slowly I start to scan more of my surroundings.

I appear to be in the center of a very large room, 2x the size of any room I had slept in before with walls painted in different shades of colors, making it appear both the morning and evening sky are intertwined with each other and in the center of the ceiling is a yin yang of the sun and moon painted in a Mayan style of painting. The rays of light that emanate from the two painted celestial bodies almost make me feel as though it is not just a painting, but it is real and I take a second to reflect on the true beauty of the artwork.

But after a few minutes, I feel the effect of the powerful painting start to fade and slowly I tilt my head from it and observe the rest of the room. About 10 feet away to the left is a small window covered in a thin red vail that is gently blowing in a small breeze, letting a few of the bright rays of the sun trickle in and slightly illuminate the massive room. From that light I can also make out a massive set of golden double doors with two jet black handles adorned with elaborate carvings and designs. Off to the right is another huge elaborately designed wooden door with three different shades of metal running in three stripes down to the base where they form into a swirling vortex of different ponies, each with a look of bliss and happiness on their faces. The sight is nothing like I have ever seen before, even Middle Earth and Tamriel would have nothing to hold to compare to this lavishly designed room. “Wow, this is wonderful!” But my thoughts on the grand room is then cut short when I feel something warm brush against my back followed by a small yawn and cute sigh.

“I always found this room to be captivating for some reason and now I can see that it has captivated you as well.” A calm voice says from behind me and quickly I turn my head to see Celestia is laying down mere inches from where I was with her massive wings extended in a small stretch and a warm smile on her face.

“It is quite fascinating, but I must ask…is this your or Luna’s room?” I ask enthusiastically to which Celestia laughs slightly and slowly brings her wings back in.

“No, no it is neither of are rooms, but this is the room where leaders or ambassadors of other provinces in Equis stay and rest…compliments of Equestria.” She says happily as she lifts her head up from its resting place on the bed. “It is also the only bed in the palace that would have enough room for two alicorns and a human.” This statement rings around in my head for second and I cock and eyebrow at Celestia and she giggles slightly motioning her head to the opposite side of the bed, which I quickly follow and find that asleep on the other side of the bed only inches from where I was is the deep blue colored alicorn Luna. She is gently curled up with her muzzle facing inward towards where my sleeping form was, breathing in deeply causing the sheets to rise and fall gently. There is a small smile on her face with a little hint of a light blue blush on her cheeks, telling me that she was probably thinking long and hard about something she found very pleasant and I could not stop myself from giggling slightly as I observed her beautiful form.

“Aww, she is probably dreaming about me.” I think to myself as I turn my head and look at Celestia and we both share a small giggle and smile to each other.

“Hey Chris, you know you have the most beautiful eyes.” She says sighing as I then turn back to look at her to see she is slightly and moving one of her hooves up to where I was sleeping and stroking what I can only assume to be the blank space where my face used to me.

“Never expected for Luna to be active in her sleep, well then let’s just hope that the dreams remain pleasant…don’t need her trying to kill me in her sleep.” I say sarcastically making a mock chocking noise, causing to Celestia to laugh.

“That would be a rather poor way to die…being killed by a scared alicorn while you slept, oh the horror!” She says in mock grimace, sending me into a deep laughing fit. However, my laughing is momentarily cut off as I notice a look of slight fear has crept onto Luna’s face and has started to breathe heavily.

“Wait…what is wrong with your eyes…oh no stay away!” She shouts loudly, thrashing the covers violently kicking me in the shin with one of her back legs in the process and throwing the massive covers off of her, revealing a body riddled with sweat and clenched into a tight ball as if trying to hide herself from something or somepony. “W-what have you done with the real Chris?!” She screams in both horror and rage as a tear streaks down one of her deep blue cheeks followed by her horn starting to glow a deep blue color. “Xana…when I am done with you here, the creatures of the nigh shall feast on your entrails!” She says menacingly as the blue glowing light around her horn starts to increase in intensity and along with it, the feeling of raw power.

“Sister, it is only a dream please wake up!” Celestia shouts at the top of her lungs in a pleading tone but this does little in the way of waking the enraged alicorn who starts to growl slightly and pant heavily. “Please wake up!” Celestia once again repeats to her sister in desperation trying to get her to wake from her nightmare and I in support, lean over and gently rest my hand on her back leg.

“Luna, wake up!” I shout in a desperate voice and almost immediately Luna wrenches her body forward away from my hand and she then turns her still closed eyes to me gritting her teeth.

“NO STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Luna shout in her royal Canterlot voice sending me rocketing off the bed and into a hard wall, instantly knocking the air from my lungs as I collapse onto my back in a massive yelp of pain. My breathing is now coming in short gasp and every time I attempt to draw another breath, my entire middle section feels as though it is being filled with liquid fire that is slowly filling the rest of my body, sending me into a state of panic.

“Chris, are you okay?!” Celestia shouts loudly to which the only response I can give is a small nod in confirmation before the pain inside me becomes too great to handle and I groan while clutching my sides in an attempt to somehow lessen the pain racing through my body. “Luna…sister please wake, you have injured Chris!” She say desperately, followed by the sound of rustling sheets and grunts from both the alicorn sisters. “Awaken now!” Celestia says to Luna now all but screaming followed by a soft humming noise and a bright flash of light that blinds my vision momentarily.

“What the hell was that?” I think to myself as an eerie silence falls onto the room, causing my panic and breathing to increase which even further spreads the fire through my body. However, some of the panic lessens when my vision returns to me but this does little to stop the pain inside of me as evident when I try to turn my head to look back at the bed a wave of pain shoots through my body, causing me to yelp and quickly turn back to looking at the ceiling as a large gasp comes from the direction of the bed.
“Sister, you are awake at last, what happened?!” Celestia asks in a concerned voice while Luna takes in a few deep breaths.

“It was terrible Tia…it felt so real…so horrifyingly real!” Luna exclaims whimpering while trying desperately to chock back tears.
“What was so terrible Luna?” Celestia asks in a calming voice causing Luna’s whimpering to increase and her breathing to increase in intensity, momentarily making the pain inside me be replaced with sadness at hearing the laments of one of my beautiful marefriends.
“I-it was horrible…those eyes…the eyes of a great beast…staring into my very soul…suffering and forever lost!” She says hysterically as I can hear her whimpering reach a sudden peak before she bursts into a crying fit. “When I looked into them…all I could see was unimaginable pain and suffering…the screaming of millions of what appeared to be both ponies and humans…writhing in pure. Unending. Agony!"

“Relax sister, it was only a dream, but please tell me all because you know that sometimes your dreams can be an insight to something about somepony that not even they know of.” Celestia says in a reassuring way as Luna continues to hyperventilate and cry profusely.

“I-I was with Chris and we were laying down in Pleasants Field, near the edge of Ponyville…at night gazing upon the ethereal sky, content to have my special somepony enjoy my night sky and marvel in its glory…something that I thought nopony would be so amazed by.” She says calmly suppressing a small whimper as she clears her throat once more weakly. “He was so enticed by the night sky, but I was too preoccupied with looking at him…feeling a deep warm energy inside of him that slowly but surely was also igniting something deep inside of my heart.” She says while her suppressed whimper gives way to a momentary small sigh of contentment but quickly shifts back to suppressed whimpers. “Having never been in this position before, I was hesitant to do anything, but the fire growing inside my heart was getting hotter by each passing second so I had to think of something fast. So slowly I scooted until I was only an inch or two from him and gently extended on of my wings and placed it on his chest while I lay my hoof inside one of his open hands.” She says starting to chock back another wave of oncoming tears.
“He jumped at first from the contact, but then quickly rolled over onto his side and grabbed my hoof in his hand, smiling to me while reaching his other arm out and gently pulling me into his body so are lips were only inches apart. At first I did not know what to do and could only stare into his bright blue eyes, but eventually the fire inside of me was too great to handle and it took over my body, leaning me forward until my lips gently connected with his.” Luna says while starting to cry slightly, making me feel like this is going to be the part that is the most painful. “I-it was wonderful, his lips were soft and warm and even though at first he seemed confused, quickly he realized what was going on and closed his eyes, pressing his full lips onto mine and wrapping his free arm around me and for that moment, I was in awe. But oh…how that would change.” She says in a quiet and scared voice, quite the literal opposite of her normal self.

“After what feels like a moment of kissing, the strange warm feeling that I was getting from him starts to be replaced by a colder and less…love filled feeling, but I shake it off and think that it might be a figment of my imagination. However, as the kiss prolonged the feeling of cold grew more and more intense until it felt as though I was kissing ice and I decided that this was not normal and so withdrew my lips from his and opened my eyes to look at him…and that is when I saw them...deep black and red eyes that reflected horrors I cannot speak of.” Luna says bursting into a full on crying spree and this is when my mind figures that making her recant the rest of the story is not going to do anything besides further hurt her.

“Please…stop I know it terrified you, but you don’t have to tell anymore.” I say weakly, groaning in pain as I close and furrow my eyes.

“C-Chris are you alright?” Celestia says quickly jumping off the bed and rushing to my side.

“Y-yea I think so...” I say trailing off as a sudden gasp causes me to look over from Celestia to the edge of the bed.

“Chris!” Luna yells in panic before I hear the frantic ruffling of covers and pillows followed by hooves hitting the floor at the edge of the bed and quickly running over to me and stopping close to Celestia, her crying intensifying greatly. “Oh no…I, I have hurt you!” She says softly, triggering something inside my body to come alive and even in the intense pain I was in, I slowly raise my arms and place them on the floor bent at a ninety degree angle, hissing at the pain from my side stretching with the movement of my arms and I weakly push myself up and bring my legs underneath me which immediately take the load off my arms and slowly raise to standing while letting out a sigh of relief as the fiery pain in my body retreats back down to only a slight throb. I attempt to take a deep breath and find that my ability to breathe normally has also returned, my lungs filling to max capacity and with a quick exhale and with a worried expression I look to Luna.

Her body is shaking slightly and her cheeks are shiny from the heavy amount of tears that continue to pour relentlessly from her eyes. She has one of her wings placed on top of Celestia’s back so it hangs off her other side and the other is hanging limp at her side as if it had just been struck with something and was damaged. Her usual dark crown, chest connector and light dark blue shoes are absent of her body, making her appear naked and even more vulnerable in her already saddened state. Her bright nigh ethereal mane and tail that normally appears to blow as if in the presence of a breeze how lie flattened against her body, tail barely off the floor and mane hiding one of her beautiful eyes in a sea of stars. The sight of her in this terrible state makes me hurt on the inside and slowly I step over to where Luna is. When I reach her I look to her with sympathetic and warm eyes, but she will not meet my gaze, looking down to the ground and staring at a spot in front of her.

“Oh wow she must really be upset.” I think to myself as I gently reach one of my hands out and place it under her chin gently raising her head until I can see her eyes and she gives a slight whimper and another round of tears starts to fall from her eyes.
“Please don’t cry Luna.” I whisper gently to her as I gently raise my hand and start to wipe some of the tears from her cheeks using my thumb. That seems to get her to slightly relent on her crying and hesitantly she raises her head and looks into my eyes and sniffles some.

“But I j-just hurt you and I swore I would never intentionally harm you…” She starts to say in a whimpering voice, but I interrupt her by embracing her in a tight huge and whisper into her ear.

“You’re okay, I am not mad…actually now I know what will happen if I get on your bad side.” I say laughing lightly and this seems to do a small amount of good as Luna stops shaking as badly and in doing so rests her head gently on my shoulder, but her crying is still rather intense.

“But I could have killed you Chris!” She says worriedly while nuzzling my shoulder and something about her statement makes worry spread through my body.

“Shit I almost forgot about that…had that watch taken an impact like that I would have been dead before I hit the ground!” But I suppress the worry inside of me and focus on the mare in my arms, not wanting to project anything but calming emotions to her fragile state. “But you didn’t and I am still here with you, so just relax.” I say softly with a hint of pleading and with that Celestia gently intertwines her wing with Luna’s wing on top of her while drawing herself into her side, pressing her cheek to Luna’s cheek.
This carries on for what feels like an hour before the streaming tears from Luna’s eyes stop flowing and I can see that her body posture has changed from upset and worried to relaxed and happy while her breathing has returned to normal which I smile at and slowly pull my head back until my mouth is right by her ear. “Now that’s the Luna I know.” I whisper confidently to her, earning a small giggle.

“How do you calm somepony like that?” Luna whispers in my ear and I smile and look over to Celestia who returns the look at raises her eyes and raises her shoulders, causing me to chuckle.

“You know that is one of the great mysteries about me, the answer…the world may never know.” I say cryptically and this elects a laugh from both the alicorns.

“Colts and their mysteries… something I will never fully understand.” Celestia says in between laughs and I turn my head and shrug my shoulders.

“The feeling is mutual.” I say plainly, earning another round of laughter from the two alicorns and before long the entire room is filled with laughter. However, the laughing comes to an abrupt halt at the sound of a horn being played from somewhere inside the castle and immediately the two alicorns grow annoyed looks and Luna releases me, causing me to cock my head.

“What was that?” I ask as I look to Celestia who sighs and shakes her head.

“Morning summoning…the worst part of my entire day.” She says in an annoyed voice as her horn starts to glow it’s color of gold and suddenly a large wooden wardrobe to the left side of the window opens to reveal a large collection of various colors of clothes and on the top shelf one dark black and golden crown with two massive chest connectors hanging on studs underneath their corresponding crowns. Then both Celestia and Luna reluctantly part from me and slowly walk over to the wardrobe and sadly eye the pieces.

“What’s wrong, you seem upset.” I say confused at their reactions and in response they sigh once more and with a glow of both their horns the crown and chest connectors rise from their positions and without pause adorn the two alicorns. Then they refocus their magic and I look down to see the bright gold and dark light blue shoes they normally wear start to shift from their position at the bottom of the wardrobe and quickly teleport to Celestia and Luna’s feet. Then they both turn to me and shake their heads.

“Yes we are...we don’t get to spend more time with you, do you understand what I am trying to say.” Celestia asks me in a warm and friendly tone and I look at her funny for a few seconds before doing a mental double take and frowning slightly.

"Sorry about that…it just took me a second to understand your mood, it is a part of being autistic.” I say in a slightly sad manner, thinking that I may have upset them in some way however, the growing looks of confusion on both the mares faces tell me that I had not upset them and so I sigh in both relief and in annoyance. “Do you get what I’m saying?” I ask with great emphasis, hoping that they may understand what it is I am trying to say.

“No, what is this autism you speak of…does it relate somehow to my dream?” Luna asks me in a worried tone and casting a glace to Celestia I see she has one of her eyebrows raised in a mix of confusion and worry.

“Damn it!” I say to myself as I start to now rack my brain for the best way to try to explain a completely foreign concept. However, having had to explain it to so many that did not understand it before has given me a few tricks to explanation to use and with a quick thought I have a revelation. “Okay, I will try my best to explain this quickly as seeing you all are being summoned. Alright, have you ever met a pony who has some what you may consider oddities?” I say curiously and both Celestia and Luna put a hoof to their chins and cock their eyes to the ceiling. When a few seconds pass, both of them sprout eureka expressions and their wings slightly fold open.

“So somepony such as Derpy?” Luna asks me intuitively.

“Or even Pinkie Pie?” Celestia asks me in the same way before they both look back to me with questioning eyes and I chuckle at the response.

“Okay lets go with Pinkie Pie, so do you ever notice that sometimes she has some awkward social graces or you have to explain yourself a hundred times sometimes before she finally gets something?” I ask questionably as both Celestia and Luna roll their eyes in a playful manor.

“Twilight has sent me many reports concerning that particular matter…and I have experienced it firsthand a couple of times.” She says laughing halfheartedly.

“Sometimes I do not get what goes through that ponies head, like the time she was hyper and almost wrecked the peace talks between Equestria and the changelings oh that was a day!” Luna replies in a dry sarcastic tone and rolling her eyes in playful manner which causes Celestia to chuckle slightly and clear her throat.

“Yes, yes but we all still love her now let’s get back to the topic at hand.” I say quickly and this earns a small smile and nod before motioning me with their heads to continue. “Okay, so basically sometimes like Pinkie Pie, I can have difficulty with understanding social cues or awkward social graces, but nowhere near as bad as Pinkie Pie…you understand?” I ask questionable while stretching some of the remaining sleep from my body.

“In a way...at least for now we do, but before we get going I have one last question and it might be kind of personal...do you enjoy being “autistic” as you call it?” Celestia asks me in her usual soft tone she would use as if treading on something that was sensitive but I reassure her with a gentle laugh.

“Well, it is like a double edged sword, it has its strengths and weaknesses but overall it is not something I would trade for the world…actually if my knowledge of the Elder Scrolls are correct then it is the only way to be who I am.” I say happily as another loud horn sounds from somewhere in the castle causing both the sisters to groan and regard me with sorry eyes.

“I am so sorry Chris, it is amazing to have you share your knowledge with us but we must get going.” Luna says sadly and Celestia smiles sadly and starts to walk towards the door with Luna following close behind. However before they can get all the way to the door I start walking behind them, not wanting to leave the conversation unfinished.

“No sweat we can finish on the way there, besides I know you’re going to want to take your time…this being the worst of your day and all.” I say in a reassuring voice, slightly lifting the frowns on the two sister’s faces and with a smile they pause briefly so I can join them. Walking up to the both of them they create a small space in between themselves and without a moment’s hesitation I give them a bright smile and slide in between them as Celestia opens the massive door in front of us. “So where was I, oh yes I was saying how being autistic is the only way to be who I am correct?” I ask the two alicorns as we pass from the inside of the room and into a very large carved red marble corridor that is ordained with many paintings of majestic scenes from Ponyville and Canterlot. On the floor is a thick red velvet rug that stretches about 300 feet down to another large set of ornately carved wooden doors at the opposite end of the large corridor.

“Yes I believe that was where you left off at.” Celestia says yawing slightly as she slides a wing over my shoulders causing me to smile.

“Thank you, as I was saying, now from what I have read of the Elder Scrolls, those are heavenly scrolls that explain many of the unseen world and there is many devoted to only speak of the Dragonborn, it states that all Dragonborn are born different from others, their minds and spirits modified from the normal human spirit and mind.” I say confidently while looking to both Celestia and Luna to measure the impact of my words and see that they have both raised an eyebrow in interest, so knowing they were still with me and interested I continued. “And I also know from looking at the history of my planet, all those who were Dragonborn, every single one of them had some of the same weird tendencies that those who are autistic have.”

“So what you’re saying is that because the Elder Scrolls state that all Dragonborn have modified minds and spirits and all the Dragonborn in the history of mankind had some of the same tendencies as those who are “autistic” makes you think that the only way to be Dragonborn is to be autistic?” Luna questions me skeptically and I immediately turn my head to see she is looking at me.

“Well it would be a logical conclusion, I mean if it is in the Elder Scrolls and every single Dragonborn ever born had some of the same patterns of varying levels of autistic traits than it can safely be assumed that the only way to be Dragonborn is to be autistic.” I say in a matter of fact way.

“But yet not all “autistic” beings are Dragonborn.” Celestia says logically and I turn to her and give her a thumbs up.

“Exactly, it is not a mark of a Dragonborn, I think it is just a requirement for being one and it even makes sense biologically as well. “Those with autism generally will have brains that are not as developed and that is a partial reason for whatever quirks they may have, but on the other hand it makes certain areas of the brain much stronger.” I say proudly as I touch the top of my head with two of my fingers, causing both Celestia and Luna to giggle.

“But how does that factor into your super abilities?” Celestia asks me curiously as we all reach the end of the hallway and she uses her magic to open the two massive doors to reveal a dark grey cobblestone spiral staircase illuminated by sunlight coming in through small windows running the outside wall of the stairs.

“Mares first.” I say in a respectful tone stepping back slightly and both sisters giggle slightly and they both step through the door, Celestia first then Luna who motions with a wing for me to join them and I do, taking a few steps until I am on the other side of the door and extending my arms behind me close the doors and retake my place in between before we start are decent down the stairs. “Alright, as I was saying certain areas of my brain lack some of the components that normal humans or ponies have, but those spaces I believe were filled with components of the Dragonborn. Let’s take language for example, from what I know of the Elder Scrolls it says that Dragonborn have an inborn ability to speak the dragon language, Dovahzul, but not the tongues of man.” I say plainly as I look to the two mares who have raised eyebrows and a look of shock on their faces.

“But if you were made to speak dragon…then how is it you can speak to us right now?” Luna questions me contently and I frown slightly and shrug my shoulders.

“My parents taught me how to speak I assume…but I am not sure because I have no memory of it, actually I have no recollection of anything before I turned 5.” I say with slight pain in my voice as I feel the sting of memories that I would rather not remember and I place my hands on Luna and Celestia’s soft backs trying to find comfort in the feeling of their warmth.

“Are you alright Chris?” Celestia asks me in a warm but concerned voice and look at both of them with soft expressions.

“Yea…” I say softly as I come to a sudden stop on the steps and they both pause as well. “I need to tell them.” I think to myself as I take in a deep inhale and sigh. “I am just remembering my parents that’s all.” I say in mock warmness and dawn a fake smile to try to convince them that is all that is bothering me, but instantly I can tell it is not working as Luna slowly extends one of her wings and presses it gently into my back, looking at me with worried filled eyes.

“There is something bothering you about your parents…isn’t there?” Luna asks me as Celestia extends one of her wings and places it across the top of my shoulders nuzzling my cheek and I return the gesture in full. However after a minute or two of her nuzzling me, she withdraws her cheek from mine and looks at me with a soft motherly expression, an expression that told me that no matter what I had to say, she would be here for me. Now knowing that even if telling them would be very difficult they would still stand by me, I nod my head slightly.

“...I miss them…and will never get to see them again.” I say softly as a tear leaks from one of my eyes and streaks down my cheek. Celestia and Luna must have saw this because the pressure from their wings increase slightly and they both move their bodies closer to me so their sides are pressed against me and both of them nuzzle the sides of my neck.

“You know, if you want then I imagine we can find a way to send you back to your planet so you can visit them.” Celestia says in a warm voice with a look of happiness present on her face and Luna gives me the same look, but instead of cheering me up it makes more tears start to stream from my eyes and I hug both of them tightly.

“I love your idea, it really is a nice offering but I am afraid it would do little because my parents are…dead.” I say in a deadpan voice, causing both Celestia and Luna gasp and stop nuzzling me and slowly raise their heads to my eye level less than half an inch from my face.

“…sorry Chris, we did not know.” Luna says in a slight pleading voice and nuzzles my cheek with hers.

“Yes, as am I.” Celestia says somberly frowning and in an attempt to cheer her up I give her a small smile.

“No you don’t have to apologize, you were only trying to cheer me up and I appreciate that.” I say with slight warmth present in my voice and instantly Celestia’s frown turns into a small smile but then quickly disappears once more as a more nervous look makes its way onto her face.

“I hate to ask you this question, but how did your parents die?” Celestia asks me in a concerned tone, causing me to stiffen up slightly and for Luna to recoil away from my neck and look to her sister with angry eyes.

“Tia, you should not ask such questions it may be a sensitive area!” Luna scolds Celestia who looks like she is about to apologize when I shake my head.

“It’s alright, I am pretty open about things, it is my nature and thus so there’s very little I am uncomfortable with talking about, not to mention I trust you.” I say smiling while running a hand through Celestia’s beautiful multicolored mane, making her sigh and smile slightly once more. “Okay, so now that you know that I am alright with talking about it…here goes.” I say shakily before I take in a deep breath and look straight forward with a look of worry on my face. “It was what I considered a normal day, starting with the torment of high school and then driving home with a lot of pent up anger. It was mostly due to the fact that I was relentlessly hazed and persecuted for my quote ‘oddities’, but I knew if they only knew of my ability they may treat me with some respect. Now nothing special happens until I reach my home and got to see the only things in this world that did not torment me, my parents and my one true friend, a massive black scaled dragon named Alduin.” I say as I shudder at the memory of my companion Alduin and both Luna and Celestia must have noticed because they both nuzzle my neck, causing some but not all of the pain to vanish.

“My parents were not at home that day, so it was only myself and Alduin...free to do whatever we pleased. So we did what we normally did, we talked about how are days were and eventually Alduin wanted to get some flying time in with me so I decided we should fly to a beach and practice are shouts. However once we were air born, Alduin heard the sound of chants that show there was words of power nearby, words that would be spoken to create a shout. Now this threw up several red flags because the only things that could create word walls were Dragonborn and since I was the only known Dragonborn that was not possible, dragons, by the way the only dragon on earth was Alduin so it could not have been him or Daedra. Having are choices quickly narrow down to one possibility, we quickly took off towards the direction of the chant and before long we had arrived at the source of the sound to see it was a word wall. Now it was dark when we got there so I told Alduin to land and then keep an eye out from the air as I approached the word wall, wanting to have the drop on anything that might be hiding in the shadows. However, it quickly became obvious that something was there and before long I was attacked by a demon that I quickly killed. But that set off a whole wave of new demons that came at us in swarms of hundreds, but me and Alduin slayed them all…or so we thought.” I manage to say shakily before another loud horn cuts me off from the rest and both of the mares nuzzling me pull back and give me sympathetic looks.

“Long story short, the last demon kills Alduin and shows me my mom and dad lying dead and after I slaughtered him, I used the words on the word wall to open up a portal and ended up in Equestria.” I say as I feel a tear streak down my face and quickly start to walk down the steps away from Celestia and Luna who quickly start after me.

“Wait, Chris.” Celestia says in a heartbroken voice, stopping me dead in my tracks, allowing both the sisters to come to my sides once more as I turn around to look at them with a pained and ashamed expression.

“I am sorry, it is just that I just did not want you to get upset from seeing me upset, not to mention I figure you all are needed desperately.” I say tenderly as more tears start to fall from my eyes and onto my cheeks. Just trying to tell them about the memories of my parents and Alduin was very painful, even more painful than it should have been but not just because of the memories. It was terrible, because I feared I would upset them and nothing would hurt more than seeing them be upset over something that I told or did. Trying my best to not appear hurt, I smile slightly and attempt to wipe the tears from my eyes but am instantly stopped by both the sisters placing their heads to my cheeks and gently rubbing them against me

“Do not worry about time, we always have time.” Celestia says in a soft and warm tone, as a strange warmth starts to spread from the point of contact with my face through my entire body, calming my insides and soothing my pent up sadness.

“Please don’t feel bad about telling us this, it is bad for one to hold in all that sadness…it can turn you into someone you do not know.” Luna says with slight pleading and I can start to feel a strange warm feeling start to course through me from where she is touching me, but instead of calming my sadness the strange energy starts to dry my face of tears and focus on the one thing I had failed to notice through this whole conversation. My anger. As the sisters continue to gently rub their heads against me, I can feel every hard emotion I had slowly start to fade into darkness and be replaced with feelings of extreme serenity and warmth, so much so that before long my fake smile becomes a genuine smile and I reach a hand to both Celestia and Luna and run my fingers through their manes causing both of them to sigh and close their eyes.

“Thank you, for what you’re doing for me it means a lot.” I say happily, content with the new feelings and happy that at least for now…I would know peace. However, as I am just getting used to being in bliss, another louder horn call rocks me from my euphoric state, causing me to roll my eyes. “Guess somepony may need to see you badly, guess we shouldn’t keep them waiting.” I say sarcastically as I remove my hands from Celestia and Luna’s manes who sigh and slowly pull their faces back from my cheeks.

“So it appears.” Luna say sarcastically in a similar way to me which Celestia looks to her and nods her head while casting her eyes towards the steps in front of us.

“Alright then let’s get going.” I say bowing my arms to the side in a polite gesture to which both the sisters smile and start walking down the steps. When they get about 2 or three steps down I start to walk down the steps behind them and instantly my teenage eyes zoom in on their muscular but soft looking backsides. Both of their plots and flanks are flexing with every step they take, gently arching near the top and falling in a constant rhythm radiating the power within and driving my teenage hormones crazy. It was only made worse by the fact that I started to think about what their tails concealed from sight, the sweet part of them that made them mares. So much so, that I can feel blood start to rush to my face and towards my loins. “God they’re beautiful!” I think to myself as my manhood starts to shamelessly rise from the very intense influx of hormones. “But now is not the time nor the place.” I tell myself, suddenly snapping back to reality when I see them stop and look back to me.

“You coming?” Celestia asks me questionable and that is all it takes to almost instantly deflate my erection, but the awkwardness of having them may have caught me getting aroused by them does not leave.

“Y-yea!” I say sheepishly as I fast walk down the steps until I am in between both of them again. “Let’s role!” I say in my best enthusiastic voice, but ended up coming out nervous instead and they both raise an eyebrow at me, making me laugh uncomfortably. But God must have took pity on me because instead of question me, they both smile and face forward before starting down the steps once more with me in between them. However, as we continue down the steps, I notice that both the sisters are casting me sly smiles, causing my anxiety to build and my cheeks to turn a slight shade of red. This continues until at long last we reach the bottom of the stairs and stand in front of a set of two massive 8 feet tall golden colored doors, from which I could hear sounds of many haughty pony voices on the other side. “Sounds like nobles, wonder what they want.” I say sarcastically as Luna rolls her eyes and Celestia giggles.

“At this point it could be anything, especially since we all went missing last night I imagine they will want to know what is going on.” Luna says in a matter of fact tone before turning to face Celestia with a serious look. “What are we to tell them Tia, I think we should tell them the truth and warn them there is a new evil in Equestria.” Luna states boldly and Celestia nods in agreement and that causes my eyes to grow wide. With both of them in agreement on what their course of action should be, Celestia’s horn starts to glow and an aura then spreads to the massive set of doors which start to open slowly, but quickly I rush forward and slam the door shut before it can even get past being cracked.

“What are you doing?” Celestia asks me in a calm voice as I back up slightly from the door and turn my head to the side so I am looking at her, a look of disbelieve on my face.

“Telling them about Xana and what happened last night…not a good idea at all.” I say in a calm but firm manner as I look to both the sisters, whose faces and bodies have an unknown amount of confusion present.

“Why is that, telling the truth is essential to our role as princesses, we cannot simply lie to them.” Luna states boldly.

“Because trust me…you all should know from experience how skittish ponies can be and if news like that gets out about a demon so powerful that the Elements of Harmony cannot even defeat; I give it a matter of days before Equestria falls into complete chaos and panic way worse than even Discord is capable of causing.” I say bluntly, causing both Celestia and Luna to cringe slightly and shutter.

“You may have a point, but how is it you know that will happen?” Celestia asks me as she regains some of her composure and cocks her head.

“Just a hunch…the last time something happened like this it was in the kingdom of Gondor in Middle Earth and their whole kingdom is basically made up of the strongest warriors in Middle Earth, the Rangers of Gondor and just the mention of a dragon named Smaug caused their whole kingdom to fall into disarray. Now I will say that I was being slightly liberal in the time table of how long it would take before Equestria would fall apart, Gondor is a kingdom of mostly warriors so they could handle the pressure but most of the ponies here are not warriors and are easily scared from what I have seen. So honestly I see this falling apart much quicker, maybe a matter of hours give or take how long it takes for word to spread.” This statement from me seems to at first have no affect on them, but after a few seconds my message seems to sink in as both the sisters look to each other briefly with worried looks on their faces and then back to me.

“Once more, you make a valid point…so if we are to lie to our subjects…what would you have us tell them?” Celestia says as she sighs in defeat and I let out a short breath of relief.

“Don’t think of this as lying per say, just doing what is in their best interests and as for the story to tell…leave that to me.” I say confidently as I flash them a big smile and give a thumbs up, making both of them slightly drop their nervous looks but only to have confusion replace it as they look to my upturned thumb. “It is a human way of telling you I got this.” I say laughing slightly, causing both of them to laugh slightly and I step away from the door and back in between them while motioning towards the door with one of my hands, silently telling them to proceed. They are at first slow to move, both of them looking to each other and back to me, but after what feels like a minute, they reluctantly put on their usual princess charms and Celestia’s horn starts to glow. The aura around her horn then spreads to the door and it now opens at a normal pace and with a quick flip, I put on my best smile and calming body language, something that years of calming has honed me into doing naturally.

When the door gets to 3/4ths of the way open, I start to take in the scenery with eyes like a hawk. On the outside of the door about 20 feet away is a crowed of finely dressed ponies surrounded by a ring of armored peagusi who are standing at attention with their spears resting across their chest plates, emotionless looks on their faces. Quickly noticing all of this, I come to the conclusion that my theory of them being noble ponies was correct and thus so, I start to think of every aspect of the way I appear. This is also when I get really nervous because I remember the clothes I am wearing are the same ones I had when I first went to Canterlot, the party and the little trip through Hell, not to mention I did not remember ever having taken a shower. So in a desperate effort to make myself look better I look down to see if my collar on my shirt is correctly placed and am surprised to find it straight and damage free, as if it was a brand new shirt. Confused at this oddity, I then look to the rest of my body and find that my clothes look as though they had never been worn before, even my brown boots show no scratches or burn marks on them and even though confused at why this is, I smile and look forward with renewed hope.

“Either Rarity makes clothes built like an angel’s clothes or somepony cleaned me off, guess I will ask later.” I think to myself quickly as the door opens the rest of the way and Celestia and Luna steps out into the room with me in between them. As soon as the first guard sees this, he immediately nods to a guard beside him who turns towards the two princesses and bows his head slightly.

“The princesses have arrived.” He says in a commanding tone and instantly the crowd of ponies looks towards the princesses and bow their heads quickly as we make are way to the edge of the crowed.

“Please rise my ponies, now what is it that you require?” Celestia says in her motherly voice and instantly the room breaks out into a mix of loud shouting, making me recoil slightly and both Celestia and Luna’s eyes to grow wide.

“Calm down everypony, please take it down and speak one at a time!” Celestia exclaims in a calm voice, but this does not seem to work because either they did not hear her or they were too panicked to listen as their voices only seem to increase in intensity.

“Come ponies, we cannot tell what it is if you all speak at once!” Luna exclaims in a similar manner with the ponies once again getting louder and this causes me to sigh in irritation and step forward until I am slightly in front of Celestia and Luna.

“Close your ears for a second.” I say plainly and both of ¿at first look at me funny but then their horns glow and their magic surrounds their ears. When they do this, I then turn to the crowd of ponies and sigh before taking in a deep breath of air. “Fus, Honaat Shar!” (Unrelenting sound!) As soon as I finish the last word, a loud blast of sound erupts from my mouth causing the room to shake and the guards and noble ponies cringe and cover their ears with their hooves. But as quickly as it started, a few seconds later the loud sound subsides but not before a window in an unknown location shatters with a loud crash. “Shit I guess I over did it.” I think to myself as I cringe slightly and then glace over my shoulder towards Celestia and Luna. Both of their ears are still surrounded by their magic and I cannot help but smile sheepishly at them. Both of them give me stern looks as the magic surrounding their ears fades and I take a step back in between the two sisters.

“Forget us scaring the ponies, I think you did a great job.” Luna says as she places a hoof on her forehead and shaking her head side to side slightly.

“I overdid it, sorry.” I say sheepishly smiling to both the sisters before looking back to the group of noble ponies and guards who are now starting to slowly uncover their ears and look towards us with panicked expressions on their faces. “Well, at least now their quiet.” I whisper proudly as I turn back to look at Celestia who shakes her head and steps forward slightly so she is in front of both me and Luna clearing her throat loudly.

“So now that you all are settled down, what is it that we can do for you?” Celestia says in her motherly princess voice and almost immediately a noble stallion steps forward from the crowd.

“Aunty Celestia, what is that ruffian doing in the royal court and more importantly why is he with you?” He says in a whiny voice and instantly this causes my blood to boil slightly as the identity of the stallion becomes crystal clear to me.

“There was a party in Ponyville last night to welcome him to Equestria and…let’s say he may have become a tad bit intoxicated and needed help.” Celestia says looking back to me with a motherly smile and closed eyes, making me blush slightly and give a fake sheepish smile, to which Blueblood looks at me with an appalled look.

“So you take this alien back to the castle?” Blueblood says looking to Celestia in the same manner and instantly I can feel a little bit of anger rise within me. But before I am able to say something that would start a fight, I take a sharp inhale of breath. Years of constant training to remain calm when using my thuum instantly kicks into overdrive and I clear my throat slightly.

“I understand I am different, shoot I know that I am… but I prefer to be called Chris or Dragonborn.” I say in a calm manner and Blueblood then looks from Celestia to me with a look of indifference.

“I don’t care what you prefer to be called...you are still just a commoner to me, no matter how powerful your voice…I will still voice my opinion on you as I am doing my aunties a favor by saying what they will not say because they are too kind.” He says snobbishly as Celestia’s eyes narrow and she turns her head to look at Blueblood.

“How dare you insult Chris, you don’t even-” Luna starts to say angrily but I quickly put my hand up and she pauses before I chuckle slightly and look to Blueblood keeping my same warm smile.

“Yea and I’m also doing them a favor right now.” I say calmly making a slight look of confusion creep onto his face.

“Oh yea and what might that be huh?” Blueblood says in a sarcastic snobbish tone and I laugh slightly at this which only seems to make him angry as he narrows his eyes at me.

“Not humiliating you in front of your peers by telling them the story of ‘You Know What’.” I say calmly chuckling, causing Blueblood to recoil slightly and for his ears to lay back against his head. “That’s what I though.” I say happily as Blueblood’s face turns a crimson red and he back steps back into the front of the crowd. Internally giving .the finger, I then turn my head and nod to Celestia who immediately nods her head slightly and clears her throat.

“Now please, speak one at a time…what is it that you wish to see us about?” Celestia says in a concerned mother tone and almost instantly a tan colored stallion with a monocle steps forward and bows.

“The entire kingdom was in an uproar because nopony could find you and then rumor starts to trickle in from Ponyville that something terrible happened, so we were worried and wanted to see what you thought of these rumors.” He says getting back up from his bowed position and instantly I raise my eyebrow.

“Oh boy!” I think as a wave a worry roles over my body and then slightly turn my head towards Luna who looks at me with a wide eyes.

“What is this rumor?” Luna says calmly quickly bring her eyes back to a normal size and I then quickly look back to the crowd.

“The rumor is so strange, but none the less worrisome...it says you all were sent to a strange land, someplace called ‘Hell’ and were attacked by King Sombra. Now I am not one to believe rumors without proof, but your absence for a few hours has given us reason to be worried.” The noble pony says and the rest of the ponies nod and murmur their agreement to the question.

“Damn it, somepony must have said something about last night! Got to be careful, one wrong move and we’re done!” I think to myself as I start to panic slightly, but try to make myself remain composed. In an effort to do just that, I look to Celestia and see her smile a small smile.

“That is simple drunken story, nothing else and as for us disappearing…sorry about that, our friend here was extremely intoxicated and required some time to sober up so we took him somewhere to avoid problems, did not want an accidental slip of that power of his.” Celestia says turning to me and giggling slightly, to which I smile and nod my head while blushing.

“Yes, we were looking out for his and our ponies best interests as we always have!” Luna says proudly and I nod my head in agreement with her and smile my best smile to the crowd. At first some of the noble ponies appear to not buy the story, some of them casting doubting looks my way and this causes my smile to waver a little bit.

“Please buy it!” I say as if I am trying to communicate with them telepathically but am only met with somber silence inside my mind. As the seconds pass by, I start to feel less confident in myself and in doing so my smile starts waver even more. However, after what feels like an eternity, most of the noble ponies nod their heads and murmur to one another.

“It is good to know that those rumors were just rumors, sorry to disturb you we were just worried.” A mare says from the crowd and instantly I internally breathe a sigh of relief.

“It is alright my little ponies, now put your mind to rest and enjoy the day, the weather ponies don’t have any rain planned so get out and enjoy yourselves!” Celestia says in a warm energetic tone and then the crowd of ponies excitedly bow and start to make their way towards the massive set of doors at the far end of the throne room.

“Oh Blueblood, what was that gem you have been going on and on about?” A light pink noble mare says from somewhere in the crowd and even from my position at near the front of the throne room, I can still see the massive blush spread across his face.

“That gem, you must come and see it I just got it from Bein, follow me.” He says as he makes his way over from the back of the crowd to the center and they both share a happy smile before they both reach the doors in the back and disappear through the door. Then after a few seconds the rest of the noble ponies make their way through the doors and two guard ponies near the doors close them and then quickly return to their stoic guard position by the door and I let out a loud sigh and turn to Celestia who smiles to me then quickly motions towards the back of the room.

“Guards, please leave us.” Celestia says firmly and instantly all the guards in the room step forward and stomp their hooves on the ground.

“As you wish princess.” One of the guards says emotionlessly as he turns to the rest of the guards and they immediately start to make their way to the door in the back. They then form into a single file line and file out of the room in a marching beat and within seconds the last pony leaves the room and pushes his side against the two doors, closing them with a soft bang. Now knowing that we were genuinely alone, I sigh and start to make my way towards the back where the throne is and pause when I get next to Luna, who just laughs nervously.
“Well, so much for keeping things under wraps.” Luna says sarcastically as Celestia walks up next to me and sits down, before sighing.

“Damn it and I can bet bits that I know who said something.” I say irritated and both Celestia and Luna sigh once more and look down to the floor in an annoyed fashion.

“Pinkie Pie.” Luna says plainly.

“Yep!” I say in a defeated voice as I sigh once more and shake my head. “That pony does not know the meaning of quiet.” I say throwing my hands up in the air before sighing and sitting down beside Luna who gives me a small smile and gently places on of her wings over my shoulders.

“Well, at least we handled it so no harm done right?” Luna says in a happy tone that makes me feel even worse about the situation.

“Maybe…but we cannot have anymore of these ‘rumors’ start, matter of fact I think when I see them I am going to explain to them that not a word about Xana, Hell or anything else needs to leave their mouths to anypony besides us and possibly Odaviing, Parthanaxx and Abaddon.” I say firmly balling my right hand into a fist and look to Celestia who nods her head.

“It would be a good idea.” Celestia says with a look of firmness on her face but is quickly replaced with a warm smile when she looks to me. “Hey relax Chris, it was a close one but we stopped it in time.” She says warmly, causing the look of worry on my face to be replaced instantly.

“Yea, guess your right.” I say smiling back to her and giving her a quick wink, causing her to blush and look down to the floor in a bashful manner.

“That is just so cute!” I say chuckling to myself happily at the display of Celestia being embarrassed and I lean against Luna who sighs contently and wraps her wing around my top section. However, before I can get completely comfortable, a loud nock on the door at the end of the room rings out through the room and I hear a door open followed by the clopping of hooves.

“Twilight wishes to see you.” He says in a military voice and quickly I jump up from my seated position and smile nervously. The guard notices me and gives me a small smile before returning to his stoic stance and facial expression.

“Oh please send her in!” Celestia says as she rises from her seated position and steps up beside me and the guard instantly bows and turns back around to face the door. He then whistles and the door opens up then immediately I see Twilight standing with a bright smile as she quickly makes her way into the room.

“Good morning princesses, it is a lovely day today isn’t it?” She says happily and quickly bows, electing a warm smile from both the princesses.

“It is quite lovely Twilight please come and join us, we actually were just talking about something you may be interested in.” Celestia says warmly as she looks to Luna who nods to the guard near the open door and with a quick solute, he walks just outside the door and closes them. As soon as the doors close Twilight then quickly makes her way to the back of the room with us and stands between me and Celestia before turning to me with a bright smile.

“So how was the rest of your night, that watch give you any more trouble?” She says warmly and I laugh and look down to my watch.

“Na, its steady ticking away!” I say as I chuckle slightly and this elects a round of light laughter from Celestia, Luna and Twilight. However, just as quickly as the humor appeared it immediately disappeared from the room and I look back up to the group with a more stern expression. “So I assume you already know about what we want to speak about.” I say softly and immediately Twilight shakes her head and sighs.

“I assume you’re speaking about somepony saying something about our little adventure last night?” Twilight says plainly and immediately Celestia, Luna and I give a small nod to which Twilight sighs once more and sits down on the floor.

“Mmhm, so now that we are caught up to speed, I am going to cut straight to the chase who said something.” I say plainly.

“It was Pinkie Pie.” Twilight says in a worried tone, causing me to sigh and look to Luna.

“That figures.” I say sternly before I turn once more and look to Twilight. “So how bad is it, I know it got to Canterlot but how far did it spread in Ponyville?” At this question, Twilight instantly shakes her head and bangs on of her hooves onto the marble floor.

“Well I hate to say this…but Pinkie Pie knows almost everypony in Ponyville so by now I think everypony knows.” She says with slight anger and immediately I feel a slight bit of anger well up inside of me and I grit my teeth and clench my fist.

“Tol malkey los hokaalvoth!” (That pony is glue!) I say rather loudly, allowing all my anger to leave with my words and with it my fist unclenches. “Sorry about that, but she may have put in motion a chain of events that could cause some real problems.” I say looking to Celestia and Luna who nod their heads in agreement.

“Yes, we were lucky this morning when a group of nobles came by and asked questions, but if anything else gets out then like Chris said, we could be in a lot of trouble.” Luna says sternly and I nod my head.

“That is why the others are not here, they are being hounded by ponies in Ponyville right now, I was lucky enough to slip away with some teleportation magic but the others have either barred themselves in their homes or have tried to rectify the situation by talking.” She says in a worried tone and instantly my mind kicks into overdrive and I quickly step forward and start fast walking towards the other end of the room.

“Where are you going Chris?” Twilight ask me as I pass her and without even looking back I reply.

“I am going to Ponyville.” I say quickly as my steps increase in frequency and I narrow my eyes on the door at the opposite end of the room.

“But why, you must know that is going to attract more attention.” Luna yells as I am now a few steps from the door and I pause.

“I know, but I am not going to sit back and let the town try to tear them down for answers.” I yell back to her before turning around and facing the group of ponies at the opposite end of the room. “If I go there and try to explain the situation then it will take the heat off them and one of my specialties is telling a wild story so don’t worry, now Twilight I need for you to go back to Ponyville and hold down the fort until I arrive, can you do that?” I ask in a more easy tone and immediately I can see the look of doubt in Twilight’s eyes. “Come on Twilight…your friends need you…I need you.” I finish in a slight pleading tone and that seems to wake her from her unsure state and she confidently smiles.

“If you are willing to battle the forces of Hell and this ultra-powerful demon to save me, then why would I not do the same for you and my friends.” She says confidently which immediately I smile brightly and pump my fist into the air.

“That’s the spirit, now get going I promise to join you ASAP!” I say confidently and Twilight nods to me and with a look of determination on her face, she lights up her horn and in a bright pop of purple light she is gone.

“I fear for you Chris, this could be a ploy by Xana and if it is your walking straight into it.” Celestia says in a worried tone and I try to take a second to tell her it means a lot to me for them to be worried but I can feel every second as if a noose around my neck and so I give a devilish smile.

“Don’t worry about me, if it is Xana, then I will kick his ass and we never have to worry about it again.” I say confidently and then turn back around and throw the heavy doors open with a grunt.

“Remember that watch is still a way to communicate with us so if you need our help you know where to reach us. Celestia says in a worried voice and I smile slightly and put a foot out the door.

“I will, but you’re going to have your hooves full so I will let you know what happens after I settled the situation down…alright got to go, go, go!” I say as I quickly put my other foot out of the door and immediately break into a full on sprint down the main corridor towards the front doors of the palace. “Open the front doors!” I scream to the guards stationed at the front of the door and immediately they break from their stoic guard positions and with looks of confusion on their faces quickly throw the doors open. “Wuld, Na Kest!” (Whirlwind Sprint!)
As soon as I finish the last word, a huge blast of air whips up and shoots me forward with the force of a raging tornado. I shoot down the hall and through the doors into the wide courtyard before willing the winds to calm down and instantly I look to the sky. “Do Va Zul!” (Call Dragons!) From my last word a large explosion of sound erupts from my mouth and into the sky before going silent a second later. This attracts the attention of the two massive pegasus ponies standing guard in front of the gate who drop their spears and then start looking around for the source of the noise. However, it does not take them very long to figure out that it was me, as the one on the right turns to look at me and grunts to the other one and they both pick up their spears again and point them towards me in an intimidating way. But instead of doing anything, I just shrug and turn back to stare at the sky with anticipation.

In a much quicker time than when I had first summoned them, I hear the faint tell-tale signs of dragons flapping their wings and roaring in the distance. “Hell yea, lot faster!” I think to myself as the sounds grow ever more prominent and looking to both the guards, they are starting to shake slightly and are now also scanning the skies. Having noticed their reactions I look back up to the sky and notice the small outlines of dragons on the horizon fast approaching the castle. As they approach, I can clearly see Odaviing, Parthanaxx and Abaddon flying in formation and despite the distance, I know they are looking straight at me. This is confirmed as they start to lower their altitude as they approach the castle and within seconds, they fly until they are in front of me and then slowly lower themselves until with a heavy thud and slight ground shaking they land right in front of me, the dragon equivalent of smiles on their faces.

“Hail Thuri, you called for us and we came.” Odaviing say in his usual greeting, but I quickly rush to him and jump onto his neck behind his horns.

“Yes and not a moment too late, take to the skies immediately we need to get to Ponyville right now!” I shout to all of them and immediately they grunt in unison.

“Vosro bo!” (Lets go!) Parthanaxx shouts and with a loud roar, Odaviing starts to flap his wings and we start to come off the ground. Then Parthanaxx and Abaddon do the same in a similar fashion until they all have risen 50 feet and then they level their wings out and start to circle above us. “Thuri, I have noticed there was something big going on in Ponyville on are way in.” Odaviing says plainly and I shake my head and grab ahold of his horns as he starts to fly away from the castle courtyard.

“Yea I will explain in a second!” I say as Parthanaxx and Abaddon fly into formation beside us.

“What is it Thuri, something is bothering you.” Parthanaxx says calmly from my left side and I sigh and shake my head.

"You could say that, but first tell me, have you ever heard of a Daedra named Xana?” I shout over the roar of the wind.

“I cannot recall ever hearing that name.” Abaddon roars back to me.

“The name is foreign to me as well.” Odaviing replies as he gives a loud roar and slightly changes his heading, causing Parthanaxx and Abaddon to do the same.

“What about you Parthanaxx, do you know that name?” I choke out as the roar of the wind makes me feel as though I am trying to speak through a brick wall. “Odaviing level out your flying!” I shout over the roar of the wind and instantly Odaviing cocks one of his wings slightly and the loud roar of the wind stops. “Parthanaxx, did you hear me?” I ask questionable to which Parthanaxx look to me with a worried look.

“Yes I did and we could have a very serious problem.”