New world. New species. New customs, laws, and all the things that should excite and openly invite throwing caution to the wind. It would be a long road ahead to get involved and anchored to a society that seems all too eager to give you a chance to be part of it. But in their enthusiasm mistakes are bound to be made, and for the only one able to put his best foot forward, it came with a name. Double Down.

He never asked what it meant to them nor did he explain what it meant to him. He just gave his answer, for any question asked, even for where he would go the day he left the Princess's protection. They couldn't send him home, and in trying to help, had taken his language to make room for their own.

But winners do not need consolation prizes, and Double Down knew this true. Even as the world continues to turn and events that should scare him witless come and go, he continues to do things as if he is the only one in his tiny little world. Plotted just west of Apple Acres, where no pony really cared to be, he had all the time in his world to make a fresh start if only the ponies would stay in their own.