Taylor would rise to his feet after Twilight had made sure he was alright. He would look down to her and then to the door. Then back to her again

"Well Twilight, it was only a matter of time before they sent for me. After all, you told them about me. And being a foreign creature in this universe would raise some suspicions I suppose."

He said as he would smile to Twilight, who was looking at him with lowered ears and a small frown, circling her hoof on the ground. Taylor, seeing this would crouch down in front of her and lightly runs his hand through her mane, giving her some pets.

"Don't be sad Twilight. I know you don't mean any ill intentions from it. You are simply doing your job as a citizen and one of the rulers of this land. I do not hold it against you."

Twilight would slowly lift her head up and locks eyes with him, at hopeful stare in her gaze

Really? You aren't mad at me?."

Taylor would let out a small laugh and stands back up fully now. that warm smile still on his face.

"Silly pony, I expected this to happen at some point. The only thing that I am worried about is how the snobbish nobles will react once they see me. Really hope we aren't taking the front entrance. If i remember correctly from the show i told you about that revolves around your universe. noble ponies are a bit...well...judgmental towards those who aren't..."

he prepares his best posh snobbish accent.

"Culturally diverse and fancy, nnyes?."

He would smile lightly as he would get a laugh out of the lavender alicorn and would look up to him again

"Wel, if it would make you feel more at ease, I would be happy to accompany you, Taylor. Besides, I need to head to Canterlot to take care of some business."

Suddenly, the door swung open and four guards charged in all at once, spares pointed and ready at Taylor. Which made him instinctively jump back and quickly reach into his coat, pulling out what looked like a small black pipe from his inner pocket and would fling it with one swift motion, suddenly the pipe would extend into a full on three foot baton, he would take a defensive stance and narrow his eyes at the guard. They would glare at him and approach him a bit more, Twilight was behind him, her expression both shock and horror as she saw Taylor that....whatever it was from seemingly out of nowhere.

Drop your weapon creature! You are coming with us to the castle to be questioned!"

Said the guard who, judging by his appearance and armor, was the leader of the group, Taylor would tilt his head, a grip still firmly on his weapon

"How about this fellas? You lower YOUR weapons and not try to gut me. Then I will possibly consider putting mine away and coming along with you hmm?"

He asked with a small smirk on his face, Twilight still in shock at what was happening, then shakes herself out of it and runs in front of thei human, spreading ehr wings as if a way of shielding him.

"Guards, do not attack this human. He may look scary but he really isn't a bad guy!."

"I am sorry princess Twilight Sparkle, but we are under orders to take him. Be it that he is good or bad."

Said the leading guard as he would then turn his gaze to Taylor, then to his group, the guard nodded to them, in turn that would lower their spears and be at ease. Taylor would nod and presses a button on his baton that would make it retract into it's handle and slides it back into his coat. walking over to them and smiling lightly.

"See now? That wasn't so hard. I like to handle things without violence if at all possible. Thank you for complying Uuuuh...sorry i didn't catch your name."

"Shattering Hammer."

The guard said as he would then motion Taylor to follow him and the guard. Taylor would look behind him before he exited the room.

"You coming Twilight? You do have business to attend to don't you?"

He asked with a tilt of his head. Twilight would nod and trots over to his side. Something about this creature was strange. despite his scary appearance and and his frightful abilities in combat and the way he handles him. She could sense that he is just a simple being who doesn't wish to cause pain to anyone. He may be a bit anti-social and soft spoken. But, that's not his fault. According to what Taylor had told her in ehr questioning session that she so mercilessly attacked him with. He had been like that all his life. Not letting anyone in and keeping his problems to himself. Mistrust was strong in him as he had told her how many times he was stabbed in the back by both family and friends. When she had even asked him if he ever wanted to go back if he ever could, his words still echoed in her head

I never want to return to that hell ever again. I fucking hate humanity and what it has become....

He had said those words with such venom and hatred, that it made her shiver with a bit of fear at how he was even living ebfore he came to this land. Twilight knew, that now more than ever, this human would need a friend. And Twilight was going to do her damn best to try and become one that he could always come to and take to. Maybe even become friends with ehr own friends in time. But for now, she needed to focus on getting him at least one friend here.

They walked over to a carriage that was parked in front of Twilight's castle, the guards motioned him to climb about and would make their way onto it as well, but not before Twilight would join at his side and gives him a reassured smile. He would look down at her and pet ehr once more.

"I know its for business mainly Twilight. But thank you for coming with me. I...would be lying if I said i wasn't a bit nervous. I don't do so well in large crowds and even though I am going to go and meet two ponies. They are royalty. I have never ever met anyone of that kind of importance before when i was back on earth."

He would lift up and hand and look at it, it visibly shaking as they road through the air on the way to Canterlot Castle. Twilight could see the discomfort in his face, even though the top half was masked, she could see it in his eyes mainly, those lightning blue eyes shifting side to side and his mind racing with inner questions. He wasn't showing it very much. But he was scared. After all, he didn't know what was going to happened to him. It was a case of 'You have seen the show, but that doesn't mean its all sunshine and rainbows in the reality version of it' kind of thing. But he would remain as calm and collected as he could on the outside.

Soon, they arrived at the large and beautiful castle. Taylor looked down from the carriage that took him and Twilight through the air. Although he couldn't seen the fine details of the land below him, it was still very beautiful from this height, from the lush gardens, to the statues and over all architecture of the castle itself, he would chuckle to himself, thinking at how out of place he was with his style of clothing and color. But black was all he wore, and he will ever wears, No matter how much a certain unicorn fashionista would try and change his ways.

They would land in the courtyard at the main entrance of the castle, Taylor was hiding behind the walls of the carriage and slightly peeking over to see if there were any nobles about, thankfully his wish was honored as for right now at least, the courtyard was empty of fancy clothes wearing and posh talking ponies. he would rise from his hiding spot and looks to Twilight, then the guards approached him, Shattering Hammer motioning him to follow. He did so with no hesitation, remaining quiet as they walked into the castle.

The interior of the castle was amazing. So very bright and colorful, marble flooring and pillars along the walls. The guards wore armor of what looked to be pure gold. To Taylor, he was taking in the possibilities of gold being of any kind of decent armor. After all, old may have been a priceless metal, but it was weak regarding being of use for armor or weapons. Then again, this wasn't his realm. Things might work differently here. They continued to walk down the halls of the castle, a few turns here and there, until they came to two large doors, they would stop as Shattering Hammer would turn to him and hold out his hoof

"I must ask you to let me hold onto your weapon before you can enter the throne room."

Taylor would think on it for a moment, then look to Shattering Hammer very serisously

"I am afraid I have to decline your request, Shattering. For I will not depart with the very thing I use to protect myself with. This weapon has helped me in situations back where I come from. You have my word that I will not bring any kind of harm to the princesses. Besides, I am sure you are aware, that they could turn me into a smear on the ground should they so desire to do so. Wouldn't you think?"

Shattering Hammer stared at Taylor for a few moments, then couldn't help but chuckle at his jab at a bit of humor.

"Very well. But know that I will have my eyes on you creature."

Twilight didn't like the fact that they referred to him as a 'creature' but they didn't know what he was, so she couldn't fault them for not knowing. Taylor would enter the throne room, the slight breeze of the door would make his coat flow behind him, he would shield his eyes from the brightly lit room as he enter, his heavy boots would echo against the floor as he walked down the red carpet, his eyes looking around until they focused on who he was nervous to meet. The two ruling princesses of all of Equestria. He knew exactly who they were, Princess Celestia, who rose the sun and is the eldest of the two. And to her side, Princess Luna, the one who rose the moon a.nd personally, was Taylor's favorite pony out of all the ones he saw when he watched the show. Taylor would approach them with caution, he walking coming to a slower pace as he would now gaze upon them both. Taylor had a hard time reading their faces, they both stared at him with...blank expressions as they studied him. Then Celestia couldn't help but smile to the young man and spoke to him with a warm motherly voice, standing up from her throne, making her way down so that she could be at eye level with him, along with her sister at her side.

"My goodness, when I heard about there being a creature in black scaring my little ponies about, I knew that the rumors were blown out of proportion from the start. Though i can see how you would be rather intimidating, given to way you look and your sheer size. I am Princess Celestia, and it is a pleasure to finally meet you sir. I and my sister both welcome you to our home."

"And I am princess Luna, we are happy to meet thou as well. and...while our subjects may not like your style...we certainly do."

Taylor couldn't help but smile at Luna as she complimented on his way of clothing, At least the princess of the night approved of his clothing sense. Taylor would look to them both now, doing the only thing he knew to do in front of royalty that greeted him in such a nice way. He would bow down on one knee and places a hand over his chest, bowing forward slightly and lifts his head back up.

"It is a...pleasure to meet you princesses. I am know as Taylor. I must admit...I am a bit nervous in meeting you both, especially since I know a bit about you already. But i never in all my life thought I would actually get to meet you. As I have only seen your story through a fictional show back in my universe."

They looked at him with a slight tilt of his head, then to each other, Celestia then looking back to him with another warm smile, she spoke once more

"Ah, such a respectful stallion indeed. Please rise my dear. As for how you know our story. Would you please follow us so that we may speak with you. We have...concerns of your presence here and wish to know what exactly brings you here."

"Indeed, we are curious about thou and wish to know what thine business is and...what exactly thou are wearing around his legs..."

Luna seemed to have her eyes fixated on his boots, from the length of them to the sound of the stretching leather, to those armored plates that rested over each strap that rested freely from the slots that they should normally sit in. Taylor would rise from his knelt position and nods in agreement, though from behind him, Twilight would wave and smile to the princesses, Celestia's attention would turn to the alicorn and would smile brightly to her, Twilight would then run up to her and hug her tightly

Princess Celestia! So good to see you again!"

'My dearest Twilight! I am glad you made it. And thank you for accompanying Taylor to the castle. I am sure he welcomed your presence. But I know that you are here for other reasons, but before you go. I need to speak with you before you go about your business in the capital. Taylor, if you could please wait here with Lulu. I need to speak with Twilight alone for a few minutes

Taylor froze at this and would shift his eyes between the three alicorns, then focusing on Luna who he caught staring at his boots even mrone closely, he would arch a brow at the princess of the night and cleared his throat lightly, causing ehr to snap her head back up and blush a little at being caught, He was going to be spending a few minutes alone with his favorite alicorn, nope, nothing awkward about that at all, considering he didn't know how to act around her, after all, he was really there.

"Ishall call for you and Luna into the next room once Me and Twilight have finished speaking. Don't cause our guest too much trouble, Lulu."

Said Celestia as she would tease and poke fun at her little sister's curiosity

"Tia!"

Luna protested with a glare and a puff of her cheeks...so damn adorable, Taylor wanted to scoop her up and just hug the blue alicorn after that, but refrained from doing so. hee would watch both Twilight and Celestia disappear behind a door in one of the side room and would shift a bit on his feet, looking over to Luna every now and then as she would do the same, circling her hooves against the marble flooring. She would begin to speak

"Um...Taylor was it?"

He would nod as he looked back to her again

"Indeed Princess, I know it may be a strange name in the realm, but that is the name that was given to me at birth." he said as he would reach into his pocket, pulling out a small device and what looked to be a string with two...things on it, he would plug the wire into the device and turns it on. and would begin to lightly bob his head as he would begin to listen to one of his favorite songs, he begins to sing it mocking the vocalist, but not in a very loud tone, work like whispering and mouthing out the lyrics

"Emerged from the depths of the earth gasps it rages against mankind, to annihilate the earth and worse it spills blood like rain, the beauty of death it represents..."

Princess Luna could hear those dark words coming from his lips, but what was the device he was using? Was it the thing that was making him say those words. She would bring a hoof to his arm and gently shake him, he would turn to Luna and pulls his earplugs from his ears and smiles warmly to her

"Hmm? Yes Princess Luna?"

"Um...Are thou alright Taylor? You were saying such dark words in a lyrical manner..."

She looked at him ith a bit of fear and nervousness. She was the princess of the night and was Nightmare Moon, but even Nightmare would cringe at the words he had spoken just now, he would chuckle lightly and put the device away

"Ah, please forgive me Princess, I was..simply listening to music to calm my nerves. Its helps me in situations where i get nervous around new peop-...ponies."

"Then we are both in the same boat are we not? I am not exactly a social butterfly myself."

Taylor would chuckle lightly and nods"I know this Princess Luna. I have seen how you struggled with making friends, even when you went to visit your subjects on Nightmare Night. When I saw that. I was a bit saddened when your efforts failed so many times and....I really wanted to reach out and become your friend. You may be the princess of the night, And you may have been scary as Nightmare Moon. But you know what? I saw you for who you really were Luna..."

Luna's ears flattened as she was fearing the worst from this man's mouth. Was he going to slander her even further by calling her a monster and an evil alicorn who only wanted to harm and control all of her subject and put an end to her sister's rule? She closed her eyes tight...but then, those words never came...

"Honestly Luna...I saw you as a lonely mare who just wanted to be loved by her subjects and her friends and the only family she had, and being imprisoned in the moon for a thousand years only made that pain worse. The shunned all the beauty of the moon and star you so willingly created for them, and only admired the day time your sister brought to them. I may not have been imprisoned for a thousand years, but I do understand loneliness very very well. I didn't row up with any real friends, and my family back stabbed me many times, including my abusive step father, who called me a failure since I was born legally blind and was very cautious at my young age. And not only that..I am a shut in when it comes to being out in the world...I hated leaving my home...going out and fearing the next betrayal that would come to me. As i got older, I moved out of my home and into the world on my own, I got myself a little apartment and a job, I rarely went out then to, only to get food from the store and do my job. I made a bit of extra money on the side commissioning masks for people who wanted them. But other than that...that was it."

Luna's heart dropped low in her chest, to think that this being has suffered such pain and loneliness in his young years to have it affect him into his maturity, she would look at him with eyes of sympathy and worry, coming up to his side and gently wrapping a forearm around him in a hug, taking a chance at this one person who could relate to her pain. She would feel an arm come around her form, she would tense at first, but then snuggle into his embrace. He would whisper to her, doing his best to maintain his calm and collected state

"Thank you princess I really needed this kind of comfort...bringing up these kind of memories always puts me in a very down mood.."

"You have suffered for so long Taylor..and you have made it through despite all the obstacles they laid in your path....I think you may have been brought to this realm for a reason. But I am curious. How did you even get here..? If you don't mind telling me that is."

"Princess...I-"

"Just Luna is fine, Taylor."

"A-alright then...Luna. Its not easy to talk about...but I feel that I can tell you this because well...you understand the life I had."

"The life you had ? But you are still alive aren't you?"

"I...I wasn't before I came here Luna. I died back at my own realm. I was in the middle of a bad storm and lightning struck me down, it was unbelievable pain....my body was covered in burns and open wound, and my heart exploded from within my chest...literally. And as I laid there in such pain and agony...I remembered that I wasn't leaving anything or anyone behind.....only wishing I had lived a better life...free of such torment."

Luna couldn't help but squeeze him a bit tighter at him mention he had died

"You..died in such a horrible way. And they don't have any magic there that could have cure your wounds?"

"We don't have magic back where I am from Luna....there was no way they could have fixed me up with the injuries I had. Not to mention, they wouldn't have cared to do so...I was nothing but a dying corpse to them. I know that my realm was happy to be rid of me. But out of a funny sense of irony. Fate had other plans for me...and here I am."

Taylor would continue to hold the princess of the night in his arms a little longer. Suddenly he would be hit with dizziness and a sharp pain in his head and body, The sound of heavy heart beats could be heard. Pushing away from Luna and beginning to crawl on the ground in pain, coming to his knees and grabbing his head, thrashing about while screaming and grunting in absolute pain, Luna flew back in shock as he crawled away from ehr, but saw what was happening as her eyes nearly doubled in size as she saw him thrashing about

"HAAHAAAAAAGH!!!!"

Taylor screamed in agonizing pain, it felt like his body was being burned from inside out, it was if he was struck by the very same lightning that had claimed his life, and right on cue, lightning began to spark from his body and attack in all direction, barely missing Luna, but that didn't stop her from calling out to him and trying to get to his side

"Taylor..Taylor What is going on?!"

Worry and fear for this man was clear in her voice.

"STAY BACK LUNA! DON'T COME NEAR ME! OH GOD IT HURTS!!! GOD DAMNIT!!!!"

He continued to thrash about on his knees, his body jerking left and right. and suddenly slamming his fists into the ground causing a clap of thunder and lightning to form in a six foot radius around him, the guards who were in the throne room all began to approach for fear of their ruler's life, but she told them to keep away from him

-A Few Minutes Earlier, The Side Room Of The Throne Room-

Twilight and Celestia sat down on pillow seats opposite of each other, it was quiet for a moment, then Twilight spoke up first

"Celestia...I know what you are probably thinking, but Taylor isn't a bad pony, he came here unknowing of what had happened, and he scared some ponies unintentionally, but I spoke with him and he is just someone who is a bit scared in this new land,please don't rush into anything rash!"

Twilight would receive a stare from her mentor, then a soft smile

"I know he is my dear, I can see it in his eyes, unsettling as they may be behind the blackness of his sclera...he is a warm and gentle soul who is willing to do anything for himself and his friends, the problem is, he hasn't experienced true friendship. As his eyes tell of betrayal and hurt. Twilight, as the princess of friendship, I am counting on you to open up his heart to the possibility, I feel that his wasn't brought here by accident. More like a second chance is what it feels like."

"A second chance? What do you mean Celestia?"

"I am afraid..that is for him to reveal to you should he choose to do so Twilight. Until then, I am trusting you to take care of this young pon-...man. Give him the gift of friendship you and your friends share. And he will become a great asset to our realm. I can feel it."

Twilight was about to speak, suddenly they both heard what sounded like screams and a loud clap of thunder within the throne room, both alicorns jumped to their hooves and ran to the door, their eyes widened in horror at what was going on.

-Present Time, Throne Room-

The three alicorns continued to watch as Taylor thrashed about and slammed his fists into the ground in the pain he was in, slowly getting to his feet and would try and make his way out of the throne room, his vision blooming and blurring as he stumbled to get to an outside area, even a balcony would be helpful right about now, he was feeling something building up inside of him, and it was hurting more and more as he held it in. he stumbles passed the guard and falls to the floor again, crawling his way away from everyone, even the three alicorns who were giving chase. His eyes were now glowing the very same electric blue that was sparking from his body. He managed to get to his feet again and sees a balcony that was to the left of the throne room, he makes his way to it and would nearly fall again as he got there, grabbing the railing and would suddenly let out one final scream of pain, his body lifting into the air as lightning began to explode from his hands as he lifted them up and away from the ground, his coat flowing violently behind him as he continues to spark and snap. after what seemed like nearly an eternity of pain, the lightning quickly vanished and subsided. Taylor would begin to fall back his vision starting to fade as he heard his name begin called, he heard hooves galloping towards him and was nearly about to hit the floor, but he felt something surround him, it was a dark blue aura, which brought him down to the floor with great care, a blue blob coming into his fading vision and his hearing fading out along with it. He had passed out from all that had happened, exhausted.

Author's Note

What's that? You are wondering how I am pumping out chapters like I do? Well, its strange, but I am sure other people can do this. But what I do is that I create a mini show within my mind, and close my eyes and let it play out, as if i was watching the show itself. I know, its strange. But hey, it helps me! Anyways, pelase leave feed back and enjoy.

May the darkness grant you peace.