Sore I feel sore right now after three whole days of just training with Zecora, studying another dark element in Heaven's book, and having a break from work. It's really kind that Applejack gave me a break after she saw me have a problem moving a single muscle in my body when I tried to pull the cart and tried to lift a bucket full of apples. The whole three days I've been taking it easy to let my sore muscles rest until their ready to be used again for the purposes.

Zeal had made our home bigger with sixteen rooms six bedrooms, one kitchen, a basement forge, a laundry room, training room, two living rooms, an armory, a satanic room, a storage room, and a room with a hot spring. We have a balcony up on the second floor out on the side of this mountain we're in with grown grass, flowers, and a single oak tree. Zeal out did himself on making a five room house into a sixteen-room mansion inside a mountain with only one person that knows about this place. I told Zeal that there was a dead dragon I'd slain when I got back from finding Spike, he was amused to hear me tell him about the dragon I'd slain and was glad even with Alduin. He can see something in the sword that I don't know about, but he made me a promise to craft an armor from the bones, scales, firesack, and even with its blood. I was glad to hear about new stuff to wear other than a cloak and a pair of clothing I had for a hundred of years.

The grave lift was modified by Zeal for another way for someone to take the ride up to our home, the person has to have a necklace or a ring with demon blood in them. I used my blood to enhance a necklace for Zecora so she could come visit us whenever she wants to visit us, the first day the necklace was made I gave it to Zecora and head back. She visited us during the three days of relaxing in my home waiting for a new type of weapon and armor of Zeal's idea of crafting and forging. Zecora had her room on the second floor three doors left of my room towards the end of the hall, she made her home with her stuff in there like she had the tree down in the Everfree.

I started to wake up from the bright light of the crystal in the ceiling and got out of bed and headed inside the bathroom. Zeal made some modification to each bedroom in this mansion. My tired eyes were opening up allowing the light in this room to adjust in this bathroom I walked over to a mirror over the sink to see my well-built body instead of a two pack I had in hell now I'm staring at myself with a four pack. Working for Applejack surely built me up into the man I am today stronger than my previous self.

"What day is it?" I asked myself and walked out my bathroom to a calendar hanging by the door with a picture of Canterlot with a night time setting behind it. Shrugging off on what day it is I went back in the bathroom to the shower and knelt down by the tub, Zeal didn't have a way to heat up the water instantly so he build a small vent by the tub in each bathroom to throw either a match in or a fireball down in it to light a neither rack to heat up the pipes with water in it. I opened the vent a tossed a fireball in and stripped myself of my white shirt, black pants, socks, and my undergarment, the stone pipes should already have some warm water for my shower.

After my shower, I dried myself off and put on my clothing back on and exit out the bathroom to see if the day was near the Grand Galloping Gala day. When I looked at my calendar to see red X's on days that pass except a few to the end of the month and one of those unmark days was where the gala starts, but with a good look, today was the day of the gala.

Panic ran through me knowing that today was the gala and that Twilight and her friends are going to be there even Luna. Thankfully I had a tuxedo for the gala and the made that made it was kind enough to make me one, even though she tried to make me strip my clothes off just for some measurements, but I didn't allow. I had a tuxedo for the gala my mask to hide my face and now I just need to fly over to Canterlot and wait till the time of day turns to night.

There was plenty of time until the gala starts so I laid the tuxedo on the bed and headed downstairs to the kitchen. Zeal was in the kitchen eating raw meat with a glass full of blood, but out of the armor, Zecora was in also with lettuce, tomatoes, and carrots, there was a plate on the table with cooked bacon on it and eggs. I walked into the kitchen and sat down enjoying my breakfast.

"Good morning Justin how you holding up?" Zeal asked with his mouth full, he usually does this whenever he eats not giving a fuck of I or someone else finds this disguising.

"Morning Zeal, Zecora, feeling great since my muscles no longer sore," I answer and continued eating.

"Good to hear that you feel well, after three days and nights from the pain of aching mucsles until you are well healed," Zecora said glad that I was no longer sore. The zebra herself stayed the night last night in my bed with me, but she wakes up earlier than Zeal and I this zebra is extreme early bird.

We all sat in silence enjoying our own meals in the kitchen, a question starts to linger in the back of my mind on who cooked the bacon and eggs, but that was soon answered. I finished my breakfast and brought my plate to the sink washing it off before placing it on a rack to dry off. Zecora was finished with hers and hands me the plate again I washed it and put it away, but not without a quick peck on my cheek. Zeal was finished with his blood drink and tossed me the glass I caught the glass before it breaks and cleaned it out from the blood stains in it. I think this is the closest that I have started to feel like I'm in a family, but sad to say that it was that close.

I was done with his glass and sent it facing down on the counter and left the kitchen to my bedroom for my tux. I remember the time it took me floating in that river after I jumped off that cliff into the water, six hours it took me to reach land and to heal every bone in my body, the flight to Canterlot castle would probably take three to four hours just to get there by flying. Entering my room I changed out of my clothes and put on the tuxedo and walked in he bathroom to see how I look.

"Man I look ok... Maybe if I comb my hair back," I suggest to myself and turned on the faucet and pulled back both my sleeves before wetting my hair enough for it to be combed. My hand was wet enough to brush it through my hair to get it wet. Two minutes I had wasted just to comb my hair back to make myself look descent enough to not look like a hobo in the streets that never brush their hair." I hope this Gala not going to be stupid."

My walk to Ponyville will be an hour the flight to Canterlot Castles three or four hours long. I exited out of my bathroom and headed out my room, but something caught my attention I needed my gloves to hide my hands not to expose skin. With a quick walk back to my other clothes I picked my gloves up and put them on, now I feel safe.

POV Twilight

The twenty-one day of May was when the Grand Galloping Gala would start at six in the afternoon of today. I just hope everything I planned out when I arrive in Canterlot Castle would go well. Walking towards Rarity's boutique while reading a book about a spell to transform an anonymous fruit into a carriage and annonymous animals into an equine animal, the spell last until midnight then turns everything back into their original self before I even cast it. Reading a book and walking along with Spike to the boutique was a breeze since I did this many times before.

"Twilight we're here," Spike said letting me know that we were here and that I can continue reading the book to use this spell on an apple and Fluttershy's mice for our way to get the Gala. I lowered my book down enough to see the boutique in front of us and Pinkie Pie bouncing up and down on a trampling near the boutique. Raising my book up I walked over to a bench to sit down and continue reading on the spell.

"Ah...I...Can't...Believe...The Grand...Galloping...Gala...Is...Today!" Pinkie Pie shouted out each time she bounces up in the air, this was starting to get me to lose my concentration on reading the spell.

"Pinkie Pie, please stop shouting I'm trying to concentrate," I said and looked up at Pinkie Pie before continuing reading.

"Pinkie Pie, Stop that right now. It's time to prepare for the Gala and I refuse to let you put on your new dress if you're all sweaty," I heard Rarity said along with the stop of the trampling. I sighed in relief knowing that the noise from the trampling will no longer bother me again in my reading.

"What's Twilight doing?" Pinkie asked Spike.

"She got an awesome magic spell she's been working on for the Gala," Spike answered Pinkie Pie's question.

"Where are the others it's getting late?" Rarity asked wonder where the other girls are at.

"Hold ya horses girl we're here," Applejack said as she and then other two girls arrived, it was good time since I just finished reading with the spell.

"Perfect, I'm ready."

"For what?" Rainbow Dash asked I didn't need to answer her question in words so showing her would answer it.

"An apple are we having pie?"

"Shh!"

I focus my magic on the apple on the ground to turn it into a carriage for our way to ride to Canterlot, the apple had my magic aura around it and started to grow into a bigger size then transform into a carriage. The girls awed in the work of my magic of turning a simple apple into a carriage.

"Thanks, but that just the start," I said and looked over at Fluttershy." Fluttershy did you bring your friends?"

"Yes," She answered as four white mice pop their little heads up from Fluttershy's hair." Will they be safe Twilight?"

"You have my word,"I cast the same spell on the mice turning them into equine mice." Ta da!" After the success of the spell, I pointed at my amazing work of turning the mice into a big equine animal. Everypony was having trouble finding their words of my work." Neat huh? And don't worry they'll be mice again at midnight."

"Opalescence, no," Fluttershy pointed behind me causing me to look back to see Rarity's cat about to scare away the mice and going to leave us with no horse to carry the carriage.

"Wait come back!" I called out hoping that they'll come back, but they didn't and continued running away." Those horses were supposed to pull our carriage. How will we get to the Gala?"

"Whatever shall we do?" Rarity asked in a sarcasm way and looked at all of us. She walked away from us to a group of stallions talking to each other about something until Rarity was talking to two stallions. I felt embarrassed knowing that even an earth pony can pull the carriage even with six mares and one dragon. Two of the stallions Rarity talked with came over to the carriage and hooked them self up to it and pulled it towards us.

"Oh right."

POV Heartless

An hour I wasted an hour of walking through the Everfree to Ponyville it was one of the best time killers to do for today's even, but I need to waste more. I reached Ponyville at the far right side to Rarity boutique and saw an apple shape carriage with two stallions hooked up to it probably going to pull the carriage to Canterlot. The main six were all entering the carriage as for Spike was climbing up to the front seat the time they'll take to arrive at Clanger from here would be five or six hours... Five or six hours hmm. The stallions started pulling the carriage with ease on the dirt road towards Canterlot they're not going to allow me on the carriage so I have something better.

I ran to the back of the carriage and jumped on holding the two decorated gold bars on the back as we all go to the gala.

After six whole hours of riding along the main six and Spike, we arrived at the castle, how I know about this was because I am sitting on top of the carriage since holding on for six whole hours would cause me to sweat in my Tux and I do not want to ruin my outfit. Being back to where I first arrive and escape was pretty weird at first because the guards paid no attention to me or anyone else, but that would soon pass when I'm alone in this place garden.

The carriage stopped in front of the castle I saw Spike jumped down from his seat onto the ground and opened the door of the carriage. Sad to say I don't want Twilight and the others to know I'm here so I jumped off the opposite direction where Spike is and walked around the carriage and in front of the two stallions pulling it. They didn't say a word as I walked by them, one of the stallions was shaking a bit of my appearance, but I didn't look at his direction fearing that he'll scream like a girl.

I followed a stone road to the castle with quick pace not to let any to have a good look at me and arrived at the gates. One of the guards looked at me with a raised eyebrow, he'll probably attack me if I showed any sign of danger. Pulling the gold ticket from my pocket I handed it to the guard and walked pass him not daring to look back. Everyone was staring at me with questioning looks as I walked up the stairs to the castle entrance door. This place was big as I first escaped from those few weeks ago, things may not go as I may have hope it would go.

Entering in the castle I followed the ponies wearing tuxedos or dresses to the main hall with the two princesses up on the top of the staircase. Celestia was in her white dress on the first day I saw her in and the same as Luna except in a black dress, the dress had a collar that kept the dress from falling down and revealing both her outer parts of her legs, the collar had a crescent and metal slippers around her hooves. No one was greeting her or even paid her any attention to her.

'Cold hearted bastards!' Luna wasn't kidding when she says that the nobles treat her as nothing, but I'm going to make a difference. I parted from the line to Celestia to Luna up the stairs everyone in that line glared at me, but when I looked at them their glare turned to scared faces. Celestia's gaze was on me from my appearance I reached the top of the stairs to Luna and grabbed her left hand with my right and kissed it, hey sometimes you have to be a gentleman even though I was still wearing my mask.

"Huh?" Luna looked down at me with a surprise expression of my actions and to who I am also. Celestia gaze turned into a glare before she even took a step towards me Luna spoke up." Heartless?" Even though Luna couldn't see my face I smiled and stood up straight and spoke to her.

"Yes, it is Luna from what I saw of the nobles I thought you would want me to greet you." Luna smiled of knowing who I am and that I came here from the promise I made on the first night of my break. She won't be alone in the gala to talk to nor would she be sad if I hadn't come here. Celestia was probably surprised of what she is seeing this moment, but that won't long that much." Would you like to dance with me?"

"Young sir you are-" Before a stallion said something Luna beat him.

"We accept thou request," Luna said and grabbed my left hand and directed me to the ballroom I can feel Celestia eyes on me of that sudden yes from her sister, but before we were out of sight I flip the bird at that one noble. We walked through the castle's halls to one particular door that might have lead to the ballroom Luna was nervous of going in the ballroom.

"We can dance somewhere else with no one eyeing us," I suggested to her. Luna looked up at me with a smile and nodded we both walked away from the door and outside in the back of the castle in its garden. There shouldn't be anyone in the garden due to the gala with everyone would have their attention in the ballroom than the garden.

We walked pass a few trees to a fountain with three ponies on it spitting out water, three stone benches surround it, and a perfect view of the moon and stars in the sky. With a quick look around to make sure no one was around I took off my mask and let it burst into purple flames to put it away, since its an item that's not alive nor made from water, it felt great to have nothing covering my face. My hair was no longer combed from the seven hours before I came it cover a bit of my left side of my face while the right wasn't covered. Luna looked over her shoulder at me a smile on her lips as she walked over to one of the benches and sat down she looked back and patted a spot by her. I accepted her offer and walked over to the bench she's on and sat down by her.

"How would thou plan on having music?" Luna asked me concern that we would dance with no music. I was glad I always take my phone with me wherever I go even if I'm going in a place that doesn't allow phones. Pulling my phone out of my pocket I showed her the Samsung.

"I don't need to have someone to play music," I said and turned on the phone to a classical played in the ballroom before playing the music I looked at Luna and asked her something." Does the princess of the night knows a spell to block any sound escaping out?"

"Yes we do, why is thou asking?" Good knowing that Luna has a spell to form a soundproof barrier would keep anyone lurking around from listening.

"Cast it and I'll show you." Luna did what I told her and cast the spell the form of the spell was a dark blue dome aura surrounding us. I stood up on both my feet and held out my left hand to her, Luna placed her right hand on mine and stood up. I played the song and put it away in my pocket and placed my left hand on her back and my right holding her left, Luna placed her right hand on my left arm and gripped my right with her left.

We both began to dance like we're in an actual ballroom stepping to side to side and moved back and forth. Luna was avoiding on stepping on my toes each time we took a step on the dance Luna was happy even if it's not a pony who's dancing with her. I dislike the music sing it's a romance one for lovers to listen to, but as long Luna doesn't mind then I should not mind. After four minutes of listening to the classical music, I paused it and put my arms to my side Luna did the same with a blush on her cheeks.

"Luna?" I said her name concern of why she was blushing I took and step forward only to be caught surprised by Luna smashing her lips into mine I would have pulled back, but if Luna sees me as her special someone like Zecora then I don't really care. Returning the kiss of Luna's I pushed my lips and placed both my hands on her ass and squeezed them causing her moan in my mouth and to undo the soundproof spell. Luna leaped up onto me and wrapped her arms around my neck holding dear life.

The kiss would have gone until we're out of breath when the sound crashing from inside the castle in the ballroom we broke our kiss and looked over at the castle's windows. Luna and I ran to the castle's ballroom, but not without my mask reappeared on my face hiding my face from the world and its beings. It was a small portion of hell in the gala as everything was falling apart, the ponies in the ball was running around like chickens with their heads cut off, animals were also in the crowd of ponies, one particular yellow cream mare wearing a torn green dress trying to chase down a squirrel!

"Ahh!" A screamed within the stamping ponies meaning that someone was either being beaten or stomped on. I ran towards the source of the scream shoving anyone in my way down, the crowd was during down as I drew near the source. This has to be the worst day ever for everyone that's in this ballroom things should not get worse. Pushing the final noble out of my way I saw a goldish gray mare with raven hair and tail made wearing a pick bowtie, a black long sleeve shirt, a white undershirt, and black pants. The mare had her leg stuck under some rumble of a fallen pillar no one was helping her up from the rumble.

"Hang on!" I shouted over the screams of nobles the mare looked up at me her eyes widen as her pupils shrunk she must be scared of my mask. She raised her arms up expecting me to hurt her I ignore her fear of me and picked up the rumbles of broken parts of a pillar, I pulled off of her one by one until her legs were no longer stuck underneath them. A look at her legs were all bruised up due to the weight of the fallen part of a pillar I knelt down on one knee and began healing her legs until they were healed.

"Huh?" The made looked up at me with a surprised expression." Why did you help me?"

"I only help because no one else did," I said and ran away from the mare and outside of the castle's garden since everything went downtown. No one paid attention to me except Luna who chased after me at the same spot where we danced and kissed. Arriving at the fountain I spread my wings causing it to tear itself through the back of my tuxedo, Rarity is going to scold me and was about to fly away.

"Wait! Justin!" I heard Luna called my human name causing me to stop before I even have the chance to fly away from the castle. Turning around Luna slammed into me in a tight hug and snuggled her head against my chest." We want to thank thou for dancing with us." A smile found its way up my lips I stroke Luna's flowing hair and kissed the top of her head avoiding the horn.

"You are welcome Luna," The hug broke with Luna smiling at me and waving goodbye I waved back before flying home.

POV Luna

We watched as Heartless flew away into the Everfree to where he lives, the human may be a demon in many eyes even my sister's, but he has a kind soul that lights the darkest places in hope. This night would be the best We have ever wanted during our return from the moon, oh we wish the moment could last forever for to night, but the Gala has been ruined for many of our subjects and now was over. We walked back inside the ballroom to see it a complete mess, we made our way to our room and entered in. Hopefully, we can have a sleep without worries and the questions of our dear sister.

A knock from the made us froze as to wonder who would still be here other than Tia and the pathetic nephew of ours, still makes us wonder how he became our nephew. We walked over to the door and opened it revealing Tia on the other side of it, she had a questioning look along with a smile.

"What is it, dear sister?" We asked curiously on why her presence were here.

"May I asked who was that stallion you danced with?" Tia asked with a small smirk on her lips, we knew that question would be the first.

"Thou Heartless is a friend we had met in the dream world from two weeks ago," We answered bringing another intrigued look from Tia.

"And how you declared him you?"

We were shocked on hearing our sister wanting to know if We have claimed him for our mate! Tia was probably planning to have Heartless for herself, We thought of a perfect excuse from us and Heartless so that she doesn't plan on forcing him into marriage.

"Yes, We have." We said making sure that she doesn't get any funny ideas of taking Heartless from us. Tia giggle like she was a foal, she looked us in the eye and smiled.

"I'm glad you found somepony Luna."

Author's Note

Couldn't find the right classical music so I winged it with this one.

Like I said I winged it and found this event.

Sorry that I didn't upload this chapter I've moved somewhere closer to my school with no WiFi hope you forgive with choice I'm giving you.

Pick either 1 or 2 for something in a chapter for something. It's a choice that I'm struggling with to make because they're both the same thing of Heartless having a pet, but with a different animal and the person who finds one.

1 Is Zeal finding the pet.
2 Is Heartless finding one also.

Both pets are different just I can't decide with to choose.