The Protector

"Look, I'm sorry I left the castle without letting you know." Aiden said while sitting on the couch in the library.

"You had me worried sick! What if somepony were to have seen you before your reveal?" Twilight said while looking at the at the human with a aggravated expression.

"Uh... Some ponies did see me. They didn't seem to surprised though."

"Are you kidding me?!"

"Uh, no."

Twilight groaned and rubbed her snout in aggravation.

Aiden looked at her with his usual plain expression, looking like as if he didn't do anything wrong.

Twilight looked back at him "Aiden, just please don't leave the library until the princess reveals you."

Aiden nodded "I promise I won't leave. But one question."

"What?"

Aiden pointed at the baby dragon hiding behind a corner "What the fuck is that? It's been staring at me for like the past thirty minutes. It's starting to creep me out."

Twilight looked at, Spike and smiled "Oh! You two haven't met! That's, Spike my number one assistant."

Aiden looked at, Spike for a moment before speaking "Is he a lizard?"

"No! I'm a dragon!" Spike was offended by his question.

Aiden blinked a few times "Oh, I'm not surprised by that actually, considering with how much LSD worthy shit I've seen in the past twenty-four hours." He smiled and stuck his hand out to, Spike. "I'm, Aiden. It's nice to meet you, Spike."

Spike stood there for a moment before, Twilight nudged him "C'mon Spike, he's really nice!" She encouraged him to greet the human.

Spike groaned and stuck out his hand for a shake "I'm, Spike." He said with a unamused expression. "It's nice chatting and all, but I really feel like taking a nap."

Aiden looked at him with a raised eyebrow before shrugging "Alright, see ya later." He watched the dragon leave his sight while saying so.

Aiden turned his attention back on, Twilight and smiled.

"I'll get us some books, in the meantime just relax right where you are" Twilight said while pushing her ladder to a bookshelf.

Aiden sighed and rested his head on the couch arm.

A few minutes passed with no words spoken, in these few minutes, Aiden got his opportunity to catch his mentality up to date.

'Get accepted to, Equestria, check. Befriend a pony, check. Don't piss any of the ponies off...' He remembered the issue with, Rainbow. 'Eh, negative.' He sighed and looked up when he heard the purple unicorn speak.

"So, Aiden, you said the reason why you protect the ponies is because you want to make your father proud?" Twilight slowly traced her hoof along the titles before having to push the ladder further down.

"Yeah, pretty much." He spoke with no emotion.

"That's it?" She tried to shake some more information out of him.

Aiden sighed "Well, I guess the military gave me a better outlook on protecting."

"So, the military is another reason?"

Aiden nodded "Yup."

"Huh, that's weird. My brother is the captain of the royal guard and he doesn't go around at night time to see if ponies need help."

"Well, hopefully I get to meet your brother one day. I'd love to test him on his knowledge of combat" Aiden replied with a slight smile on his face.

"He doesn't really talk about his work that much, so I highly doubt he would."

"Does he not enjoy his career?" Aiden said while lifting his head up to look at, Twilight.

"He loves his job! It's just the fact that not many ponies in, Equestria witness the death of others." Twilight said while getting a book off of the shelf.

Aiden frowned "I've actually never killed anyone, I've just neutralized them."

Twilight turned to him "Why? Does it make a difference in war?"

"Well, when you don't kill a lot of people, or ponies then your record is better. I prefer to have a clean record on my part." Aiden looked at the windows to see that the curtains blocked the outside world "For a mass majority of my days in the, Navy I was mainly on the ship. I sometimes got to go to, Japan and and other countries, but not often. Hell, I technically didn't finish my term, I died while I got to visit family. I'm only twenty years old, I'm still pretty young."

Twilight looked at him with surprise "You're twenty?!? I'm nineteen and I'm not as mature as you! With your personality I figured you were in your thirties!"

Aiden chuckled "Well, young people can be mature too. Besides, you're pretty mature for a nineteen year old, being a element of harmony sounds like a pretty tough job."

"When you put it like that it makes me seem pretty mature, but I still have parties with my friends, I have sleepovers, I still enjoy the benefits of being young. But you, you always go out and train, help ponies, be a stallion! With the acts of bravery you've done you are probably a few colts role model!" Twilight exaggerated, Aiden's actions.

"I just do the right thing, Twi, just like you do."

"Twi?" She looked at him with her a raised eyebrow and a smirk "It's your second day and you've already given me a nickname?"

Aiden smiled "I'm a friendly guy. You can give me a nickname if you want too."

Twilight giggled "Your name is pretty short, I think I'll just stick to calling you, Aiden."

Aiden looked at her "It's fine if I call you, Twi?" He asked for her permission.

"It's fine, a few of my friends call me that too." She smiled and got down from the ladder with a few books in her magical grip.

"What are those books about?"

"Well, the first one is about proper, Equestrian grammar, and the others are about, Equestria's history." She said while setting the books down on the table located in front of the couch.

"Uh, Twi?"

She hummed "Hmm?"

"How long do you plan on having me study for?"

"For a few hours, why?" She asked with her head cocked to the side.

"Is the princess not revealing me today?"

Twilight wore a flat expression "If you had stayed at the castle then you would know that she's gonna do it later in the evening, she has to have everything setup. You would also know that she's gonna reveal it here, in, Ponyville."

"So... Should I expect some shit to go down or what?"

"No, no, no! I'm just saying that since it's nearby then you're going to it." She quickly told him "Instead of her just saying that you're a member, she's gonna actually physically reveal you, but I would be aware of the fan club made around you, they will more than likely be there." She explained to him.

Aiden nodded and leaned back "I'm just excited because I can hopefully get a real meal."

Twilight giggled "Are you paying?" She said with humor in her voice.

"Yeah." He replied plainly.

Twilight stopped and looked him "Wait, what?"

Aiden pulled his bag out from behind the couch "Yeah, once you save enough ponies they give you a few things. At first I didn't know what it was but now that I've been introduced to, Equestria I now know exactly what it is." He grabbed a handful of bits and set it on the table "But I'm not exactly sure how much I have."

"A lot."

"What?"

"You have a lot of bits when you're considered unemployed, you could probably pay a months worth of rent." She said while looking at the gold.

"Oh, cool. You can have it if you want it." Aiden said with a smile.

Twilight slowly turned to him "It's yours, not mine. Besides, you're gonna need it." She looked at him with a smile.

"For what?"

Twilight giggled "You're living here! So if you ever want to get yourself something nice then you're gonna need it. Anyways, you're buying dinner."

Aiden shrugged "Alright, your loss." He stuffed the bits back into his bag.

Twilight opened the book about grammar "My job is to get you used to, Equestria, not take bits from you. Now, let's get you used to our grammar."

Aiden nodded "Alrighty, let's get down to it." He said before scooting closer to, Twilight and the book.

Twilight flipped the grammar book to the first page "Okay, first we will learn about the formal and unformal way of greeting ponies."

'This is Spanish class all over again.' Aiden thought to himself before being pulled into the book of grammar.

"See, it isn't that hard." Twilight said after closing book.

"You wouldn't know hard if it sat on your face." Aiden replied plainly.

"What? Aiden, it's not that bad."

"Well, I'm used to fuck off, not buck off. I really don't like how if you have a marefriend then you say they're your special somepony."

"What's wrong with that?"

Aiden looked at her with a flat look on his face "It's cheesy, Twilight."

"What?!? No it's not. If you don't like it then I guess I'll just have to just nickname you special somepony until you get used to it."

"Do you want to fuck me?"

Twilight reeled back "What?! No!"

"Then you won't fucking call me that!" Aiden replied while pointing his finger at her.

"Wow, for a creature that just got here you sure don't care what comes out of your mouth."

"It's called being a sarcastic asshole. I know, it's a awesome gift given to me by, God."

Twilight couldn't help but laugh a little at his statement "Okay, that was kind of funny."

Aiden smiled "Nice to see you can understand my humor, some find it offensive or just stupid."

Twilight smiled "I'm always open minded, even though I don't make many dirty minded jokes, I still admire the creative ones." She sighed and got up "Do you want anything to drink? Tea, maybe?"

Aiden smiled before nodding "Yes, please. Tea sounds nice." He said while he watching her disappear into the kitchen.

Aiden sighed and rested his eyes "I feel like there's some hope for me here, not everypony is dick, hell, most of them admire my work." He sighed and continued "I've been here long enough to tell if a mare is attractive or not, I always got to see ponies walk around the town from the alleyways on some days. Maybe one day after I've completed my goals I could settle down and have a wife, possibly kids, adoption is always an option, or maybe they could do something with that magic of theirs."

"I wonder if he misses me, my brother, I haven't seen him in forever, so it'd probably not a big loss for him. My mother, she could be loving at times, but she never really had anything to do with me. My father always tried to be there for me, he's the one that made me the man that I am today, I guess that's why I'm hurt by his death, because he's the only one that truly loved me as his son." Aiden said before being brought out of his head when he heard the sound of a cup being lifted.

"Why didn't your mother have much to do with you? She did love you, right?" Twilight spoke while levitating the cup to him.

Aiden sat up and held the cup "I'm not sure, actually. She could be a real bitch sometimes, but I still loved her. But her loving me? I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't."

"So... Your father was your closest family member?"

"Yup."

"Did you have any friends back on your world?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I only had one true friend, and his name was, Justin. Justin was the brother I never had, but he got married and had some kids, so he had to grow up and work full time as a pharmacist."

Twilight smiled "It's sweet that he would do that for his family. Did you two not speak after he had his family?"

"He raised his kids to call me, Uncle Aiden, so I suppose that's a sign that I was still close. As far as hanging out? It would have to be on the weekends, and even that was difficult since I was on a ship most of the time."

Twilight nodded "Being a soldier is a hard job, I guess that would explain why you declined, Celestia's offer?" She asked him about the career choice.

"It's one of the reasons, but I mainly didn't want to just because I feel like I could do better on my own. She has thousands of guards, so she would essentially make me a living statue by standing next to her all day long. When a individual has dedication like me to make a change, they usually get more done than some guard that's either in, Canterlot or on the base."

Twilight nodded "That's understandable, but what if some sort of war started, what would you do?"

Aiden smiled slightly "Then I'd fight alongside the soldiers."

"So you would only fight with the guards if there were to be something that benefits, Equestria?"

Aiden looked at her "Exactly. I don't hesitate to risk my life during battle, I have a goal that most individuals don't, protect and serve."

Twilight slowly nodded "So you feel like you could get more done than the guards?"

"Yup, ponies usually fight because they were forced to, but I fight with no regrets, I fight with honor in my soul." Aiden explained while looking through his bag.

"That's actually pretty amazing. Most stallions are drafted to war, but you? You want to eliminate all threats, and you will fight willingly. If that isn't bravery then I don't know what is." She summed up the major point.

"Yup, pretty much."

"Would you ever want to have a family one day? Wouldn't you want to settle down?"

"One day I will, but nopony has caught my heart yet, so it's gonna be a while before that period of time comes."

Twilight nodded "That sounds like my situation, ever since I moved here my parents have been curious to as of when will I have a family, but I just have to tell them that I haven't found any stallions I'm interested in."

"I'm sure you'll find a stallion one day." Aiden sighed and relaxed "After being alone for so long I forgot how good it is to have company."

Twilight smiled "I'm glad that you came here, I think you'll have lots of opportunities in the future." She looked at the clock and sighed "The reveal isn't to long from now, you should go and clean yourself, you got dirty again after walking those miles."

Aiden smelled himself and agreed "Yeah, I should, shouldn't I? Thanks for pointing that out." He stood up and walked towards the stairs "I'll be back down in a bit."

Twilight nodded and watched the human climb the stairs. After he made it upstairs, Twilight went over to her desk and flipped open her notebook. She grabbed her quill and started to write down notes.

'Aiden appears to be a very brave individual, he will fight willingly for the right thing. He is also a lot smarter than he looks, he was smart enough to learn the equestrian grammar within a hour. Aiden also has a few things hidden in his head, I would imagine they are things he wishes to not discuss, I can see it in his eyes, but he has a slight hint of regret in his soul. He has described to me what a average human looks like, and he has a few more things than the average human. Aiden is strong, I'm not sure how strong, but I know he's strong enough to knockout a fully grown stallion.' Twilight tapped her hoof on the desk before thinking of something else to write.

'Aiden is also a out of the box thinker, he can tell if a mare is attractive or not, which I would imagine most humans cannot, he even admitted that one day he would be willing to produce a family with a mare. He is not stupid, he knows if somepony is planning something, by time you've already introduced yourself he already knows your weakest links, how do I know this? I saw him observing, Rainbow Dash the whole time she bullied him, he masked himself with weakness so his targets would willingly come to him, he has creative tactics. To sum it all up, Aiden is a very kind individual, but don't take advantage of his kindness, because he is not afraid to take anypony down.' Twilight closed her notebook and sighed.

"That human sure is interesting, but what I'm really looking forward to is how he behaves in crowded places." She took a sip of her tea and smiled "But, I know he trusts me, or else he wouldn't be staying in my home, so if I ever need help in a violent situation then I know exactly who I can count on. Sure the others are gonna back me up, but... There's something different about him, he hasn't shown any aggression, even in a situation where he's being bullied, he's just... Calm, it's so odd to see a individual act so relaxed in a intense situation, it's almost unnatural." She sighed and took another sip "But he also hides his anger, it's there, but it's just hiding inside of him, more than likely waiting to be released, but he holds it back, which is something that's nearly impossible. How does he do it? What does he do in order to have this type of self control?" She shook her head "But I shouldn't worry about it, I just need to worry about getting him settled in."

Twilight looked over at the stairs when she heard one of the steps creak, Aiden came down and you could see he looked a lot less oily.

Aiden smiled at, Twilight when he reached the bottom step "I'm never gonna get used to a hot shower, it gives me chills every time."

Twilight smiled "You look a lot less oily. The reveal is gonna happen in about two hours, so we have a little more time to chat."

Aiden raised his right eyebrow "What else do you want to know? I'm pretty sure we covered everything."

Twilight shook her head "Not everything. We need to speak about your ability to hide emotions so well."

Aiden stared at her with confusion "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Back in, Canterlot you were as calm as can be when, Rainbow Dash was bullying you. How did you do that? Most ponies would get extremely upset if that happened to them."

Aiden shrugged "I'm always prepared to encounter some kind of asshole, since I'm prepared I usually don't take ponies seriously when I first talk to them, but once I know they're nice I take them seriously then."

"But how? How do you do that? Surely you were offended a little."

"No, not really. Ponies like her just aren't worth my time, so I just don't bother trying to become her friend." Aiden looked over at the pictures of, Twilight and her friends hanging up on the wall.

"I hope that she can accept you one day." Twilight turned to him and saw what he was looking at.

Twilight smiled "Most of those pictures were taken after a day of hardwork, they hold a lot of sentimental value."

Aiden nodded "I can tell. You all seem to be happy in the pictures."

"I'm sure if you help us with something then you'll have a place on that wall too."

Aiden smiled "You guys are the, Elements of Harmony, so I'm sure I'll be there to help out quite often."

"Just as long it isn't something really magical, you could probably be killed pretty easily."

Aiden looked at her "You have magic, I have a imagination."

Twilight cocked her head to the right "What do you mean?"

"Sure, your magic is good and all, and I'm sure you guys have some kind of imagination too, but me? I was alone for a while, which means I had literally all of the time in the world to train. After a few times I saved ponies I would go home with a few burns or even a crystal magic bolt stuck in my side. I've studied your magic in combat and I know exactly how to handle it. I may look like some buff dude that claims to be able to whoop ass, but no, that's not me, I'm some guy that wants to do the right thing. I've spent restless nights going over my notes, going over books that were given to me. Hell, I even managed to make medicine out of just natural things I found in the forest, I even managed to make some kind of drink that gave me a little bit of resistance to magic." He looked down at the ground "After I gained my knowledge about potions and medicine, I quickly learned imagination will always win in a battle."

Twilight smiled "So you don't only just train your muscles, you also train your mind?"

Aiden slowly nodded.

"Well, maybe once you're smart enough to do special potions then you could go into bigger battles, but I don't think you could really help us anytime soon."

Aiden chuckled "Don't judge a book by its cover, Twi."

"I'm not, I just want you to be safe." She quickly explained.

Aiden sighed "Well, I'm sure you'll see one day what I can do."

Twilight smiled "Hopefully one day."

Aiden rubbed the shaved hairs on his chin "How will the reveal go exactly?" He said, changing the topic.

"The princess will handle most of it, but you're gonna basically stand beside her, revealing your identity to everypony." She said while laying her head down on the couch arm.

Aiden nodded "And what will we do after that?"

"We'll get dinner and then we're gonna meet my friends here."

Aiden raised an eyebrow "Why are we meeting your friends here?"

Twilight smiled awkwardly at him.

"What are you and your friends doing?" He spoke with concern in his voice.

"W-well... We kinda wanted to have a sleepover to celebrate our victory in catching you." She wore the same smile as before.

Aiden shook his head and sighed "yeah, it sure was hard catching me. Ya know, meeting a guy on a bench and having him come to your library was so hard." He then imitated wiping sweat off of his forehead "Like holy shit, that was a near death experience."

Twilight giggled "Look, it was Rainbow's idea, she felt like we should do it just for fun. Besides, you can be involved in it too."

Aiden looked at her with a flat face "I'm good, Twi. I don't want to be with a bunch of girls on a sleep over, because the next thing you know you've been asked if you're a virgin or not. I don't do good in awkward situations, so I just avoid them."

Twilight opened her mouth to speak but closed it when she realized he was right. "Yeah, I guess you're right. But what're you gonna do?"

Aiden shrugged "I don't know, hangout with, Spike, go to sleep, there's a shit ton of books so there's a few options."

Twilight nodded "Okay, just don't be nervous to join in."

"Alright. Oh yeah, if I leave my bag downstairs or something, then don't fuck around with it, I have months of research in there."

"What if I wanted to read them?" She asked innocently.

"Then help yourself to them, but just don't let your friends near them, I have trust issues around peo-ponies that have no business messing with it." He explained.

Aiden turned to look at, Twilight and was met with her closer to him than before.

"Can I read them right now?" She said with some excitement.

Aiden stared into her eyes "I-If you want to." He swallowed with nervousness "Now can you get out of my face? It's starting to creep me out."

Twilight smiled and grabbed his bag, she opened and instantly found his journal that was very organized. She looked at him and smiled after realizing she had made him nervous "Wait, did I just make you nervous?" She then giggled "Don't worry, I won't mess these up, you won't even be able to tell the difference from before and now." She then instantly looked down and flipped it open to the first page.

Aiden scratched his head with confusion 'Yeah, why did she make me nervous? Probably because she put me in a awkward situation.' He then looked up at her when he heard her mumble a few facts to herself.

"Hmm... So what was that wagon doing in the forest?" She shoved her snout deep into the book.

Aiden shrugged and relaxed, he sighed contently and closed his eyes, soon drifting off into a sleeping state of mind.

"He looks so innocent while sleeps." Fluttershy's voice spoke with innocence.

"He does, doesn't he, Fluttershy?" Twilights voice said quietly.

"I guess he's a little cute. But he's still evil." Rainbow said while she floated in the air with her arms crossed.

"You wouldn't ever guess the fella was a crime fightin' genius." Applejack spoke while looking at the sleeping human.

"Yes, he is rather innocent looking, but he would look better with a new outfit." Rarity said.

"Hmm, should we draw on his face?" Pinkie pie asked.

Rainbow instantly had a marker "Just exactly what I was thinking." She said devilishly.

"No, Rainbow. Let him sleep until he has to wake up, he's probably exhausted from everything he's done today." Twilight said with aggravation.

"A little payback won't hurt." Rainbow said as she neared the humans face.

"Rainbow, no!" Twilight tried to get the marker away from her but something else beat her to it.

Aiden's hand instantly snatched onto the Pegasus's arm, making the pony jump with surprise, but she instantly found her on her stomach with her arm held painfully against her back.

"Let go of me!" Rainbow demanded.

"Oh, it's you." Aiden let her go and rested back onto the couch "Yeah, that wasn't a smart thing to do, especially around someone like me."

"Somepony" Twilight corrected him while giggling a little bit at the humans reaction to the marker.

"Yeah, somepony." Aiden said with a smile.

Rainbow rubbed her arm "But you didn't have to be rude about it, you could've just taken the marker away from me." She said with a embarrassed expression.

"I didn't know it was a marker, it could've been a knife or some other kind of weapon, I treat them all the same." Aiden shrugged "Besides, it's not like I broke your arm or anything."

Rainbow sighed and sat down "Yeah, whatever." She blew her mane out of her face "Are we gonna go to this thing or what?" She said while looking at, Twilght.

Twilight nodded "Yup," she turned to, Aiden "Your reveal is soon, so we need to get going." She said with a smile.

Aiden sighed and stood up "Alrighty, I just hope I don't get attacked or anything." He said while walking towards, Twilight.

Applejack looked up at him "I don't necessarily think anypony will have the guts to attack you, you're kinda scary at first, but after seeing you more up close you're actually kinda cute."

Twilight giggled "I agree, he is pretty cute for a unknown species." She winked at, Aiden, which who was looking at them with a awkward expression.

"Can we go now?" He said with some discomfort in his voice.

Twilight smiled and nodded "Mhm." She hummed before opening the library door.

Aiden saw a few ponies heading towards the town center, he immediately hung his head and walked with a more cautious stance.

"You don't have to be so tense, Aiden. Even your regular stance looks aggressive enough to let ponies know not to mess with you." Rainbow said, opening up a little to the human.

Aiden sighed and lightened up a little "Alright, Rainbow Dash." He spoke with a more relaxed voice.

Rainbow smiled "You can just call me, Rainbow." She sounded a little happier at hearing the human accept her request.

Aiden nodded "Okay, Rainbow it is then."

Rainbow floated a little closer to the human "So, um, Aiden. How did you learn all of those moves? All of the moves the ponies talk about at least."

Aiden looked at her and smiled "I was in the military, my worlds version of the royal guard, I also practiced fighting while I was living in the forest."

Rainbow seemed to perk up at hearing him say he was in the military "Did you go overseas a lot?"

Aiden nodded "I was always on the boat. I guess that's what I get for being a young, good soldier. I went to, Japan a few times, I went to, Taiwan once."

Rainbow translated those places into, Equestria's version "That sounds cool. How hard was it?"

"The military? It was hard at first, but once you got used to the schedule you eventually fit in with everypony else." He made sure to use the right grammar.

"Do you know anything about the Air Force? Did you see them on the ships?" She asked with some hope.

"Yeah, I'd watch them leave sometimes, but I was usually below deck helping repair malfunctions in the ship. I mean I became acquaintances with a few of them, ate lunch, talk about how they would get shot at or something." He spoke freely about his experiences.

"Did you know any types of stunt flyers?" She asked with excitement.

"Hmm... We had a version of what you guys call the wonderbolts, but they were called the, Blue Angels back on, Earth. I met them, and they were pretty cool, but I found it odd they were more excited to meet me then I was to meet them. They had read about something in the newspaper about how I took one of the boats out to setup some charges on a pirates boat and I had saved some hostages lives." He said, walking with a more relaxed stance.

Rainbow stared at him with awe "That sounds awesome! I wonder if the wonderbolt's will be excited to meet you! They said some good comments on you in one of their interviews." She pumped herself up.

"Well, if they're apart of the Air Force then they probably would be happy to meet me. I know if I was still a soldier and I met some guy that wanted to do some good, then I'd be pretty stoked too." He said with a smile.

"If you meet them then could you introduce me to them?!?" She asked, clearly still excited.

Aiden chuckled "Sure, I'll try my best, Rainbow." He watched her get pumped with amusement.

"Hold on, I've gotta tell, Aj, and Flutters about you being a soldier." She flew off to the two mares with excitement.

Aiden chuckled and walked alone now, giving him time to admire his surroundings.

The sun was starting to go down, indicating it was late in the evening, probably around time everypony got off of work, the sun gave the town that beautiful autumn look that every photographer loved to admire. The leaves would blow in wind, dancing around in circles before being dragged off to someplace else. The ponies that would would walk by had the autumn glow surround their body, giving them a more natural look.

Aiden was brought out of his daze by a pony bumping their flank on his leg, he looked down and saw, Twilight staring up at him with a smile.

"The town is pretty around this time of day isn't it?" She sparked up a conversation with the human.

Aiden nodded "Mhm." His voice hummed with his deep tone.

Twilight let her body rest onto his thigh, she sighed contently "I'm glad you're doing this, Aiden. We need somepony like you in, Equestria." She looked out at the houses with a relaxed expression.

Aiden smiled down at the unicorn "Me too. I finally get the opportunity to have a life, I get to make friends like you." He looked out towards the towns center "I'm just lucky I woke up in, Equestria. You ponies have only showed me love and acceptance, back on my planet a alien would instantly get rejected." He smiled when he felt, Twilight's chest move up and down calmly on his thigh.

"We would've been cautious if you had appeared out of no where, but you showed acts of kindness and bravery towards us, so how could we reject you? Everybody loves the protector, at least the good ones." Twilight sighed while she still looked at the houses.

Twilight giggled "I just thought about how you're bound to become a mares crush, you're a hero to many ponies and for a new creature, you're pretty attractive."

"Thanks for the compliment. Nice to know it's my second day and the student of the princess is already flirting with me." Aiden smirked down at, Twilight.

She laughed and looked up at him "I'm not flirting you narcissist. I'm just being honest with you." She playfully hit his leg with her hoof.

Aiden smiled "I guess I'll watch out for any crazy mares in the future."

"You better." She giggled before joking with him again "Celestia was awfully nice to you, I think she might be interested in you."

Aiden laughed and sighed happily "There you go, Twi. It's nice to finally see a pony who can match my humor."

Twilight giggled and stopped resting against him when they made it behind the town center.

Aiden walked up the steps with, Twilight before looking down at her "So, what do I do now?"

Twilight smiled "We're all gonna walk out together when the princess reveals your real name. We're gonna walk out together so everypony knows that you have the princesses and the elements of harmony support."

Aiden nodded before sitting down on the top step.

Twilight sat down beside him and made his journal appear before opening it up and reading it from where she last left off.

"You must like it." Aiden said while looking at her.

Twilight smiled at him "I love it. It's actually teaching me about what you did in those months of isolation. I like how you explain every detail of how you bettered yourself."

Aiden nodded "Have you made it to the part where I finally made the magic resistant potion?"

Twilight nodded "yeah, I never expected you to meet, Zecora. It's awesome how she taught you a few potions."

Aiden chuckled "You must of found it funny how I thought I had been drugged or something."

Twilight giggled "Yeah, I honestly think you could make this into a book."

Aiden watched her shove her snout back into the journal.

The group perked up when they heard, Celestia's voice speak into a microphone, she was greeting the ponies and thinking them for coming in such short notice.

Aiden turned back to see, Twilight kept on reading his notes. He sighed happily and looked out back towards the houses he saw earlier. He did this for a few more minutes before having, Twilight bring him back out of his daze.

"Oh, Aiden. I knew it was bound to happen." She said while looking at the book.

"For what to happen?" He looked at her with a puzzled look.

"You finally opened your mind up to joining the community in this journal entry." She said while looking at him.

"Oh, that part. Yeah, you'll probably find the next entry interesting, it's where I discovered how to make potions for magic resistance." He said while looking at her.

Twilight smiled "This should be interesting then." She said while flipping to the next page and putting her attention to the journal.

Aiden smiled and rested his head on his hands, while watching, Twilight's friends chat about random things.

'Today has been really good, a lot better than I was expecting. I got to become closer friends with these ponies, I got to learn some grammar skills, I even managed to get, Twilight to open up a little around me, she's starting to treat me like as if I'm not even a alien.' Aiden thought while resting his eyes.

Celestia's voice still boomed through the speakers, she was still building up the anticipation for his reveal. Aiden could tell that she would drop little hints to the crowd about how the community could easily accept him, the crowd would even respond with a "yes" when she would mention it.

Aiden let his mind drift off into deep space for a few minutes, just so he could mentally catch up with all that's happened today. He would occasionally feel, Twilight's eyes fall on him but it would soon go away, indicating that she was too interested in his notes to spark up another conversation with him.

Aiden was actually really happy, he was being accepted by the ponies with no complications, but he wouldn't question it just so he doesn't jinx himself.

Aiden was pulled out of his mental state by feeling, Twilight tug on his shirt.

"Celestia said your name! It's time for you to shine!" She said, showing a good attitude towards the moment.

Aiden nodded and stood up, he was surprised to see the others already heading towards the front of the town center.

He took in a breath and exhaled calmly "You ponies want to meet the protector? Then so be it." He walked beside, Twilight into the view of the community of, Ponyville, even a few ponies from other places, but most of the ponies in, Equestria were listening to the magic radio.

Aiden caught the attention of the ponies and was immediately greeted with the excited screams of several ponies, the clapping of hooves were given to him by the more formal ponies, and some ponies stared at him with awe.

Aiden felt his heart jump, he was caught off guard by the excitement the ponies gave him. He knew there were ponies that liked him, but he never realized they liked him that much.

Twilight was given the microphone and her voice was soon emitted by the speakers.

"Hello, everypony! As you can see the protector has come out from the shadows of the forest and into the light of, Princess Celestia! The Protector has a name and it is, Aiden." Twilight paused and looked at, Aiden before turning back to the crowd.

"Aiden surprised, Equestria when he saved a family from a robbery while they had been coming back from a late movie showing. He has been doing good for, Equestria for months, and he never asked for anything in return. Me and the rest of the elements of harmony actually tracked him down, we were the ones asking for him to be apart of, Equestria."

Twilight paused and looked down at some papers she had brought.

"In only the two days he has been here I have found numerous interesting facts about him. Aiden is very intelligent, he can speak, Equestrian, he can create potions, he can even hide his personality from enemies. He has told me his skills were developed during his time as a soldier back on his home planet." Twilight paused when she heard small cheers towards him being a soldier.

"Yes, he was a soldier. He fought in battles to protect his homeland, and he went through a few tragedies before ending up here. At first he claimed he was nervous when seeing ponies for the first time, but he eventually put the pieces together and found out we were very similar to his species. Aiden eventually decided to scope out our town at nighttime, and that's when he saw ponies in need of help, that was moment the protector was born." Twilight smiled and looked at, Aiden.

"I found him sitting on a bench late at night in the cold, I had just simply asked him to come back to my library, and I found it interesting that he barely showed resistance, it was like as if he already knew it was for the best. The today, Aiden spent most of his time today speaking to me about who he is." Twilight heard ponies clap after she stopped.

"And now, I want you all to meet, Aiden"

The crowd responded positive when they saw the mic levitated towards the human.

Aiden looked at, Twilight with a awkward expression before taking the mic.

Aiden looked out at the crowd before raising the mic to his mouth.

"Uh, hello." He said awkwardly.

The crowd responded to him speaking to him speaking by saying hello back.

Aiden turned to, Twilight and spoke without realizing the mic was still raised.

"What the hell am I doing again?" He said while looking at, Twilight.

"Just tell them a little bit about yourself." She responded like as if the crowd didn't even exist.

Aiden turned back to the crowd and saw a few ponies were laughing at his question.

"Uh... I'm, Aiden. You all know me as, The Protector." He said with discomfort.

Aiden looked out at the crowd and saw they were waiting for a response.

'C'mon, Aiden, you've put your fucking life on the line hundreds of times, but you're catching a case of stage fright? How do you expect to communicate to major leaders if you can't even talk to regular civilians.' Aiden's conscience told him.

Aiden took a calm breath before looking out to the crowd "I'm here to set an example, I want ponies to see what just a simple, magic free creature can do to change the world. Right now I've lowered the crime rates in, Ponyville, but just wait for the future, you're gonna private contacts join me in my efforts of changing the world, you'll see me get stronger, smarter, and more experienced. I've declined a offer of being apart of the guard because eventually there will be that one guy that will send some bits my way to help a pony in need." He paused and heard chatter come from the crowd.

"No, I'm not in it for the bits, I'm not here for recognition, I'm here for vengeance, for my father, for the one guy in my life that actually cared about me. My dad, he's dead, because some guy played mr. Criminal and murdered him. Why does that make me want to save ponies? Because doing the right thing will prevent this from ever happening again. What makes me so powerful is the fact that I have a life goal, my mindset is to protect and serve, I have will, I have intelligence." Aiden sighed and looked at the ponies with a serious expression.

"I want to protect you all, and I'll die doing so if I have too."

Aiden turned to, Twilight "Is that good enough?" He said while giving her the microphone.

Twilight looked at him with awe before nodding "Yeah, that was perfect." She took the mic and spoke.

"Wow, umm... That's hard to match...." She spoke with a smile.

A few ponies laughed before quieting down.

"That was a beautiful way to gain some trust and respect. He openly told you all about his goals and a few hardships he has faced during his time here, and he admitted he would risk his life for all of us, ponies he doesn't even really know, but yet he will do it so that we could live better lives. As you can see he's lying, because you can see his training has paid off, he's built like steel but yet I feel like he might be smarter than most, Canterlot University students. He's been here for two days and he's already impressed me, I can only guess what he will accomplish within his life in, Equestria." Twilight looked at, Aiden and smiled.

"He's been facing some demons but yet he has one of biggest hearts I've ever seen. Everything he does isn't for him, it's for us, he's just now being accepted into, Equestria but yet he has love for us, even if we are a completely foreign species to him, but he still sees that our lives matter as much as his species lives." She then gave the mic to, Celestia to of which was still recovering from, Aiden's words.

She smiled at, Twilight before taking the mic "It's wonderful to see that, Aiden means no harm to us, he appears to be a very respectful individual." Celestia decided that it was time to end the reveal.

"We thank you all for coming out to see, Aiden, and we hope you all have a blessed evening." She put the mic back on its stand before gesturing for the elements and the human to follow her.

Aiden followed behind, Twilight and started to walk off of the stage, he was instantly greeted with camera flashes and tons of voices asking him questions, he didn't stick around to answer them and just continued to follow, Twilight up until the crowd of ponies were held back by guards that were more than likely there to just protect, Celestia.

Celestia turned to face them "This is where I take my leave. It was a pleasure to have you all stand by me during this reveal."

Celestia started to get into her chariot but paused before turning to face, Aiden.

"Aiden, please do write to me when you finish getting settled in, I'd love to discuss future business opportunities with you." She entered the chariot and was carried off by her guards.

Twilight looked at, Aiden "I think you impressed her."

Aiden sighed "Good, I need a good reputation if I'm gonna make a change."

Twilight nodded "Yup, but let's worry about that later, right now I think we all could enjoy a nice meal."

Rainbow smiled "Yes! I'm starving!"

Twilight giggled at her "Alright, I think we should go out to daisy gardens." She suggested.

They all agreed to the choice and headed towards the direction of where the restaurant was located.

Aiden walked beside, Twilight towards the food joint.

Aiden didn't know why he trusted the lavender mare, she was one of the more innocent ponies, but, Aiden saw through that cover, he saw she is something more on the inside, she was powerful, so powerful where he admitted to himself, she's more powerful than him.

Aiden didn't know what the feeling was at first, but he soon realized that he kind of feared her, she genuinely scared him.

"Are you okay, Aiden? You look a little worried." Twilight brought him back into the real world.

Aiden looked down at her "Y-yeah, I'm fine." He masked his concern with a plain tone.

Twilight cocked an eyebrow but shrugged before approaching the food place.

Aiden sighed and looked at the restaurant.

'Daisy gardens, huh, sounds like a meal to die for. If that's what they want then whatever, I guess a salad will have to do.' Aiden thought while entering the place.

Aiden was hit in the face with the smell of cooked vegetables, he accepted the fact that all he was eating tonight was a salad.

The group was sat down at a table, on their way to the table they had eyes follow them the whole time.

Aiden sat down beside, Twilight in the large booth.

"So, Aiden, what's your secret? How do you keep moving forward?" Rainbow sparked up a conversation.

Aiden rubbed his chin for a few seconds before coming up with a good answer "If you had one opportunity to have everything you've ever wanted, would you capture it, or just let it slip." He remembered that quote from, Eminem.

They all looked at him for a moment, probably trying to convert his quote into a answer.

"So you've always wanted to help ponies?" Rainbow asked with confusion.

"I've always wanted to help the world become a better place. Now that I'm here in, Equestria then it's definitely possible to change the world." He responded while leaning back into the booths cushion.

"Didn't you say earlier a lot of your motivation comes from your father?" Twilight spoke up.

Aiden nodded "Yup, he has a lot to do with my motivation, but I also have a few other things pushing me forward." He said while putting his arms behind his head.

"Like what?" Twilight asked, trying to get info out of the human.

"That's classified. Maybe I'll tell you in the future, but not now." He replied plainly.

Twilight shrugged and looked at the waitress coming towards them.

The mare looked at, Aiden for a few seconds before asking the group what they wanted to drink.

The girls got water but, Aiden asked for something different.

"I'll take a glass of whiskey." Aiden told the waitress.

She nodded and went to retrieve the groups request of beverages.

"I didn't know you drank alcohol." Twilight said while looking at him with a confused expression.

"I do sometimes, it calms my nerves if my day was a bit hectic." Aiden sighed played with one of the napkins on the table.

"Was today a bit too hectic for you?" She said while watching him fold the napkin.

"Giving my little speech was a bit awkward. As I told you earlier, I don't do good in awkward situations." He began to form a swan with the napkin.

Twilight nodded and watched the napkin turn into artwork.

Applejack smiled and grabbed, Aiden's attention "So, Rainbow told me you were in the military, is it true?"

Aiden nodded "Yup, I went into the navy as soon as I turned eighteen."

"What made you want to go?" Applejack carried on the conversation.

"Well, in my world intelligence is rare, and it's usually not recognized unless if you do something good for the dumbasses living there. I went into the navy wanting to be a engineer so I could help everything stay running on the ship, which I did until I ended up here. What made me want to go to the military was the opportunities it presented for my future, while I was home I basically was recognized for the good deeds I did to protect my country. If I didn't go to the military then I would be sitting in a class at, Harvard University." He explained while giving, Twilight the swan he made.

"Is that a good school or something?" Applejack asked with a curious tone.

"Yup, if you go to, Harvard then you're basically set to be a millionaire."

Rainbow's eyes nearly popped out of her head "Why would you pass up that oppertunity?!?"

"Money means nothing to me. I'd rather be poor and happy instead of being rich and miserable." He said while watching, Twilight play with the wings on the napkin.

"Why wouldn't you be happy?" Applejack asked.

"Because I would forever live with the guilt of knowing I could've helped the world be a better place." He stated while having his glass of whiskey be placed in front of him.

They all stared at him for a few seconds before having the waitress ask them what they would like to eat.

The girls ordered some kind of daisy burger but, Aiden just asked for a salad.

"That's all you're eating? A salad?" Twilight asked.

Aiden nodded "Yup, I'm honestly not that hungry."

"Alrighty" she said before speaking to, Rarity about something.

Aiden picked up his glass and took a sip, he felt the slight burning sensation go down his throat as the beverage flowed through him. He looked around at the girls and saw they were keeping each other occupied, leaving him by himself.

'The day has been good so far, but now we need to see if tonight will go good as well. Just because I'm in, Equestria now doesn't mean I'm gonna take a break from helping ponies. I just hope the girls keep busy and not notice my absence, they don't need to see me if I find a criminal, I do tend to get some blood on my hands.' Aiden thought while resting his eyes.

"Aiden, darling. Tomorrow I do think it would be best if you stopped by my boutique for a few new outfits. Your clothes look... Well, quite old and worn out." Rarity said, grabbing the humans attention.

"How much will it cost?" Aiden asked while opening his eyes and looking at the mare.

"Nothing, darling! It is absolutely free for your first visit." She spoke with kindness.

Aiden smiled at her "Thanks, Rarity. Sure, I'll come by tomorrow morning."

"Morning? I never really see ponies wake up until mid-day."

Aiden smiled "I'll come around ten, but I usually wake up around four in the morning."

Aiden felt their eyes focus in on him.

"Four?!? Why in, Celestia would you be up that early?" Rainbow asked with shock.

"I train in the mornings, I'll usually train for about four hours and then I'll be at the library around eight to take a shower, after I do that I'll then run my errands for the day." Aiden explained his daily routines to them.

"When do you sleep? You usually roam the town at night but yet you wake up really early." Twilight asked.

"I go to sleep around midnight. Criminals usually go to bed before midnight but I just stay up for a extra hour." Aiden said while watching the waitress bring their food.

"So you only get four hours of sleep?" Twilight asked while having her food placed in front of her.

"Bingo. Four hours is the minimum amount of sleep a human needs each night to function properly." Aiden told the mares while digging into the salad.

"Damn, Aiden, that's some top notch dedication!" Rainbow gave her opinion.

Twilight stared at, Rainbow "Try to keep the vulgar words to a minimum, please."

"What? We're all adults here." She replied.

Twilight rubbed her neck "But the little fillies and colts might hear. Just try not to overdue the cussing."

Rainbow shrugged "Fine." She turned back to, Aiden and smiled when she got a idea "Ya know, you should come with me and, AJ to the gym sometime. Twilight could come along too, since she wants to study you so much."

Twilight smiled "That's actually a good idea, Rainbow. I'd love to see the strength the ponies talk about."

Aiden shrugged "Sure, just tell me when."

"Tomorrow afternoon, I'd say around three." Rainbow told him.

"Alright, just don't criticize me, I still have plenty of room to improve." Aiden said after swallowing his mouth full of salad.

Rainbow smirked "Sorry, I can't promise you that."

Aiden shrugged "Oh well. Whatever." He said before finishing his bowl of salad.

The waitress came by and took the plates out of their way before leaving the bill for the group.

Aiden grabbed the bill before anypony else could. He took out a small bag of bits before slipping a few of them into the fold where you leave the payment at.

"Where'd you get bits from?" Applejack asked while watching him give the bill back to the waitress.

"Ponies tend to pay you after you've helped them. Even though I prefer to not take bits, but some ponies force you to take the money." Aiden responded while putting the bag of bits away.

She nodded and turned when she saw the group get up and get ready to leave.

"Are you girls ready for the sleepover?" Twilight said with some enthusiasm in her voice.

"Buck yeah! It'll be a lot more interesting with our new guest!" Rainbow said with excitement.

"I'm not attending this sleepover." Aiden said plainly while they exited the restaurant.

Rainbow wore a flat face "What?"

"I'm sorry but, I have shit to deal with. Just because I've revealed myself doesn't mean I'm gonna take a break from protecting." Aiden explained to her.

"But just one night, that's it!" Rainbow tried to get the human to join them.

"This one night could also be a night where a family of four can be killed." Aiden stated.

Rainbow was gonna reply but was interrupted by, Twilight.

"As much as I would love to have, Aiden attend our sleepover, I'll admit, he's right. This is what he does with his time, and all we can do is respect his decision." Twilight told, Rainbow.

Rainbow sighed "Alright, I guess so." She then pointed her hoof at him "But you're gonna make up for at the gym tomorrow!" She told the human.

Aiden smiled "I'm sure I will."

They all came to the library and stepped inside once, Twilight had opened the door.

"So, I guess you're going up to your room for the night?" Twilight said to, Aiden while closing the door behind them.

"Yup, I'll be up there and then I'll probably be gone later." Aiden responded while walking towards the stairs.

The girls said goodnight to, Aiden before he went to his room.

Aiden closed his bedroom door behind him before walking to his bag he left beside his bed, he opened it up and pulled out a jacket and a hat.

Aiden put on his two new pieces of clothing before digging back into his bag. He pulled out a knife and a string of piano wire before shoving the objects into a pouch in his jacket, he then walked over to his window and opened it to have a better indication of when it turned darker outside.

Aiden went over to his bed and sat down before picking up a book he had brought upstairs with him.

"Let, Aiden go to sleep and let, The Protector wake up."