As I feel myself begin to wake up I try to move my arms, only to find that i'm being held down by straps. "I need to stop passing out..." I moan to myself as the ache on the right side of my torso begins to throb, "every time I do the situation just gets worse." I begin to case my surroundings seeing that I am in a strange room reminiscent of the medical quarters of a castle, but odd looking. It doesn't take me long to realize that somebody is watching me and my attention turns to the corner of the room, where a small yellow equine is sitting and staring at me with fear in her eyes. Ignoring her for now I continue to take note of my situation, my armor has been removed and i'm left in nothing but my tunic and trousers, my grieves are missing as well as all of my weapons and my bag. I test the straps holding my wrists to find that I could break them quite easily, as if they were never meant to hold a grown man. "Is anybody here?" I question out loud attempting to see if any healers where around, and soon after my question another white equine with a red cross on her flank enters the room and walks up to my bed.

"You are awake I see..." it says suddenly, "your wounds were quite deep, you are lucky that whatever magic was cast at you didn't kill you." It continues on while looking at some writing on a small pad of paper next to the bed.

"Wonderful, now i'm hallucinating that horses can talk..." I mumble to myself in disbelief, "Destroying the gem on the staff of that blasted mage must have wounded me more than I had anticipated."

"Excuse me, but I am not a horse, I am a pony..." the young mare says with an offended tone, "we are quite real and can speak just fine, the head of the royal guard would like to have a word with you to find out what you are and what you are doing in Equestria."

The head of the royal guard? What kinda of place have found myself in...I wonder. Only moments after the white pony who I assume is a doctor, leaves the room, another white pony with a dark blue mane and tail with a horn on his head enters the room. He walks over to the side of the bed and looks me over a bit, before finally looking me in the eye.

"What manner of creature are you?" he asks in a demanding, yet inquisitive tone, "and why have you come to our land of Equestria? Do you mean to cause us harm?" Thinking for a moment before answering, I decide that it'd be best if I told the entire truth here, wouldn't want to get on the bad side of the ponies while i'm in this position but i should try to loosen these straps just in case this turns ugly.

"My name is Mikail Draconfilius and I am a human mercenary from the continent of Viriana, I have no idea how I ended up In your kingdom and I mean you no harm." I explain calmly. "If my presence is unwanted here I shall gather my gear and armor and I shall return home." I finish saying as i feel the strap on my left arm break.

"I have never heard of this nation of Viriana you speak of, we ponies have traveled the entire world of Equis and have never encountered such a place nor have we ever encountered one of your kind," He looks angered, "If you meant us no harm, why where you found carrying so much weaponry if not to kill others with? He says as he four other armored pony guards enter in behind him, their spears all pointed in my direction.

"What is this world of Equis you speak of? Is this your title for the Earth?" I question him before giving answering. "I was armed because I am a mercenary where I hail from, I do not kill the innocent, only the evil or corrupt." I hope that is enough to make them not want to kill me, it'd appear badly if I had to slay any of the ponies here...

"I'm going to untie your staps, should you make any sudden move I will order my guards to kill you where you lie, do you understand?" He says this as he goes to undo my left strap, only to find I have already broken it.

"The human has broken the straps already! Seize him!" The head guard says upon finding the strap. I immediately break the other strap and bring my fist up, catching the pony under the jaw and sending him reeling. I quickly jump from the bed and dodge and incoming spear, kicking the pony holding it in the side of the head. I turn to attack the remaining guards when I hear the same gentle voice from earlier.

"Stop! Please! No more fighting!" I completely forgot about the yellow pony sitting in the corner of the room, tears had filled her eyes and she was giving me a pleading look. "Please don't hurt them anymore, they are just scared because they don't know what you are..." She says while choking back sobs. I look at the ponies on the floor that I have knocked out, and drop the spear before returning to sit on the bed.

"I shall not hurt anybody else, but I will not be taken into custody." I say to the guards before turning to the yellow pony. "I'm sorry I have caused you to cry miss, I was in fear for my own life as well." I say gently nodding to her, "But I shall be taking my leave now." With that I vault off the bed and jump through the nearby window, flying through the open threshhold to the ground below and startling many other ponies as I go. I begin running through the town, pushing past many ponies as I go, some scared, others simply confused. I cast a weak location spell with some of the last of my arcane power and find that my gear is located in a building near what I assume is the center of town, doubling my speed I begin to sprint towards the building my gear is in and soon come into a large plaza in front of what I now identify as the town hall. It is a large structure made almost entirely of marble and a few guards standing next to the pillars spot me.

"Seize that creature!" Yells one of the ponies to the others, "It must have escaped from the hospital!" I rush the nearest pony, jumping as he swings his spear at me and vaulting directly over him, only to encounter three more pony guards with swords drawn. These ones seem to be levitating their swords using the horns on their head and are all circling me, waiting for me to make a move. Wonderful, I think to myself, more mages to deal with...I channel a shadow spell in my right hand and cast it towards the ground. A large cloud of thick white smoke fills the plaza and I sneak around the guards that where blocking me, quietly making my way into the town hall. I silently creep my way through the building, climbing up into the rafters and begin to make my way towards a door in the back of the main room, only to see that it is heavily guarded by four spear carrying ponies. "Nothing I shouldnt be able to handle," I whisper under my breath. I creep to the rafters above the ponies and manage to find a lose nail on top of one of the rafters, I toss the nail so that it lands near the doorway on the other side of the room and the guards do exactly as I thought they'd do and follow the sound. After the guards are out of the way of the door and halfway across the room, I silently swoop down in front of the door make my way inside, quietly closing the door behind me so as not to arouse suspicion. I quickly find all of my possessions, including my dagger and bag. I put my armor back on and slip my cloak over my head, strapping my dagger back to its place on my thigh and picking up my bag, I get the feeling i'm being watched again and turn around only to see the largest pony I had seen since my arrival in this place of Equestria. She had large white wings and a long horn, her mane was a flowing rainbow of blue, green, and pink and the mark on her flank was that of a bright, fiery sun. She took a step towards me before finally speaking...

"My have you caused quite the trouble here Mikail, you could have simply asked for your equipment back you know." Her voice sounded like that of an angel, it was soft and gentle and she seemed sincere.

"The guards where not nearly as considerate as yourself, may I ask who you are then?" I say while making note of a window to my right in case i needed to escape.

"My name is Princess Celestia, and I am the ruler of this nation of Equestria."

Author's Note

I felt as though I need some more substance to go on while writing this chapter. please feel free to say in the comments where you think it should go from here, but keep in mind that Mikail does not kill innocent beings and is not a criminal. As usual I hope you enjoyed the chapter!