THE THIRD DAY "TRANSPORT MODULE" 10:39 AM

"Alright, so this is what's gonna happen: Fluttershy, you run out first and claim that the Aliens have come to enslave your entire race. Rainbow Dash, you fly out as fast as you can in a panic and tell 'everypony' to get away from the U.F.O. Then, the rest of us will run inside the library, lock the doors, and deny that I'm here."

"Why don't you just talk to them?" Spike asked, unimpressed at Anonymous' overly complicated plan.

"I just woke up, I don't want to do paperwork." He joked.

"I'm sure they can take care of it for you if you just asked them!" Twilight argued, growing tired of Anon's excuses.

"You make it sound like your rulers are kind and forgiving..." The alien remarked, without any sarcasm in his voice.

"The Princesses aren't like what you think at all, they are very understanding and patient." Rarity said.

"Aw, you don't have to be afraid of the Princesses! We can all go up there together!" Pinkie smiled at Anon.

Anonymous thought about it. 'Well, if I can't prove to these dignitaries that I come in peace, I'm sure their citizens can.'

The conversation was cut short by a regal fanfare from the exterior, albeit slightly muffled.

A male voice started speaking in the direction of the Mini-Screw. "Being from beyond the stars, The Royal Sisters of Equestria wish to--"

Anon let out a sigh. "Well, I guess it's time to go ahead and go out there..."

Anonymous made more clacking sounds on his board, before pushing it back in the slot where it came from

'Maybe he's not good at making friends when circumstance isn't on his side.' Twilight thought to herself.

The doors opened, and the golden sunlight poured into the dark room. Anon put up his hands to shield his eyes from the sun. He probably didn't get out much, which would explain the almost ivory skin. Everypony started to walk out the door before several of the guards gasped in surprise. It was a mix of seeing the alien in real life, and seeing the Mane Six at such a close proximity to him. After all, he was still a potential threat.

"Twily!" One of the guards shouted as he ran up to Twilight.

"Big brother!" Twilight shouted, before meeting up with him halfway and putting him in a tight embrace.
The other ponies and Spike approached the guard as he started asking questions about their whereabouts.

'Hmm, guess I'm flying solo.' Anon thought to himself, not wanting to interrupt the moment Twilight's brother was relishing.

Anonymous started walking up the makeshift stage where the Princesses resided at the top. He looked at the Guards that surrounded him, and wondered if they were for show or if they actually did some enforcing. Some of them had pure fear in their eyes, others looked ready to attack him right there. Anon disregarded their looks, and set his eyes on the royals that were now right in front of him.

They were almost eye level with him, just short a couple of inches. Unlike the few ponies he saw before, he realized these two had wings and a horn. Anonymous still didn't know if their horns were of any anatomical importance.

"Greetings, It is a pleasure to meet someone who has traveled so far to meet us." The blue princess slowly enunciated. She was a little shorter than the white one, but still taller than the other ponies.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, both of you." The alien said, inspecting the Princesses' different figure.

"My name is Princess Celestia, and this is my sister Princess Luna."

"We don't have names where I come from, but I've asked your citizens call me Anonymous."

"Anonymous? You prefer to keep your true identity concealed?" Luna inquired.

"We all have secrets we'd rather not share. Is it alright with the two of you that I'm staying in this town instead of living in my... 'Flying Castle?' " Anon tried not to laugh, but a smile showed for all to see.

"You have a harmless demeanor, but just to make sure..." Princess Celestia's horn started glowing, and a piece of parchment and a quill came levitating towards Anon.

'Organic lifeforms with the ability to manipulate Zero Point energy?' Anon was thrown into confusion. He vowed to himself to get a better understanding of it at a later date.

"I will let you stay on our planet, but only if you send me a letter every week that explains what you have learned in the field of Friendship." Celestia said, levitating the objects to his hand.

'Friendship? Why couldn't it be something I'm good at, like Quantum Mechanics or Programming?' Anon almost groaned out loud, but didn't for the sake of manners.

"A-Alright then..." He said, putting on a fake smile for both of the Princesses before a voice called to him.

"Anon! I'm sorry we weren't there, Shining Armor had some questions." Twilight said, looking disappointed in herself that she didn't keep her word. The Mane Six and Spike tried to follow Twilight on stage, but the Royal Guards didn't approve, and stuck out their spears to block their passage.

"Eh, it's fine." Anon said in a dismissive voice. Twilight actually expected him to be more angry. Or was this just a passive-aggressive tactic? She'd ask him later.

"Twilight Sparkle, you're friends with Anonymous?" Luna asked with a little bit of surprise in her voice.

"Well, friend is too strong a word, we just met." Twilight said, looking at Princess Celestia.

"Your work's already cut out for you." Celestia said to Anon, chuckling.
'What was funny about that?' He thought to himself.

Celestia gestured for Anon to follow her over to the other side of the stage.

He gave a look back to Princess Luna and Twilight Sparkle, who were already halfway through a discussion.
Anonymous kept his guard up, they seemed pretty docile, but if it came to the point where he had to drop the bombs, he'd do it in a millisecond.

"I need you to make a promise to me. If you have a problem with my subjects, you will confront me-- not them." Princess Celestia requested.
A thought flashed through her mind. 'Even if he's nice, he could have a short temper...'

Anon nodded, wondering if that meant that he could defend himself without nuclear warfare if necessary.

'After all, if she's afraid of me, then it means they lack the defenses to stand a chance against my weapons.'

'Right?'

As soon as Anonymous and Celestia walked to the other side of the stage, Luna closed the gap between her and Twilight,

"Keep an eye on him for us, okay?" Luna asked Twilight at a low volume.

Twilight glanced up at Luna. "Okay. You don't think he's... dangerous, do you?"

"Anything's possible, but I doubt Equestria's in immediate danger."

"Where's Princess Cadence?" Twilight asked, just now aware of the third Princesses' absence.

"Cadence is away on an official mission, she'll be back in a few days, I'm sure." Luna said, raising her head to address Celestia and Anon, who were now returning to the center of the stage.

"I'm afraid we have other places to be, other national officials would like to know this information." Celestia said, apologizing to Twilight and Anon.
Several carriages carried by Pegasi landed a few feet away from the edge of the stage. The Princesses started making their way over to it along with the Guards who started to orderly board the other carriages.

"Goodbye..." Anon waved, a little off taken by how there was absolutely no talk about politics, no talk about being integrated into The Galactic Society. If only other civilizations responded that well to interplanetary visitors... He'd be paid to do nothing.

The rest of The Mane Six and Spike climbed up the stage's steps to talk about the Princesses' visit.
"So, what are you going to do during your first day in Equestria?" Spike asked Anonymous.

"I was planning on doing the basics, attend my party," Anon pointed to Pinkie. "Maybe find a good tailor," He gestured to Rarity. "And finally, I'd like to move in and get some shuteye." He said, now looking at Twilight and Spike, who had volunteered to take in the alien for the time being.

"What were you planning on eating?" Fluttershy asked, hoping Anonymous would confess his meat-eating habits to everypony.

The peace was disturbed with an eardrum-rupturing explosion. Then a light brighter than the sun itself filled Ponyville. Everypony put their hoofs up in front of their eyes. After a few seconds, the light started to fade out and everypony looked towards it's source. The Flying Castle was gaining altitude, leaving behind a massive cloud of exhaust the size of a city. Further and further until it was out of sight completely.

"Ugh... Somepony's going to have to clean that up." Rainbow Dash groaned, though amazed at the Castle's sonic speed.

"Does that make you stranded?" Applejack asked, looking at the bizarre trail The Castle left behind.

"Nope, I didn't expect it to hang around much longer, though." Anon said, turning to Fluttershy. "To answer your question, I was going to stock up on desserts at my party."

"You want to go to your welcoming party now, Mr. Alien?" Pinkie Pie lit up in joy.

"Bring it on."

THE THIRD DAY "THE GOLDEN OAK LIBRARY" 1:06 PM

"Oh my god... I've never eaten that much sugar in my life." Anonymous said, clutching his jaw, wondering if his killer toothache would ever go away.

"She throws parties often, just eat less next time." Twilight smiled. No threats, No violence, No war. Even if Anon was informal in front of the Princesses, he somehow convinced them he wasn't a threat.

"Can't wait to see what your other friend comes up with... What was her name again? Severity? Clarity?"

"Her name's Rarity." Spike corrected, a little upset that Anon already forgot somepony's name.

"Oh great..." The biped said, looking at a group of ponies gathering around the Mini-Screw that was stationed right outside The Golden Oak Library.

'I can't wait for next week when this all dies down, and I become a friendly neighborhood figure that nobody cares about.'
"Yeah, yeah, It's really interesting to look at, stop crowding it." Anon shoved some of the sight-seeing ponies out of the way of the Mini-Screw's door.

Anonymous banged a fist against the door three times, and the metallic doors spread open.

"Don't worry, I didn't bring much." Anon shouted to Twilight from the inside while pulling various cords from the terminal in the wall, some of them shooting out electricity.

"We don't have a guest room, but you can sleep in the basement." Spike said, inspecting the outside of the Mini-Screw in detail. It was obvious that the U.F.O. was older than Father Time himself. There was some writing that was part corroded away and part melted together.

Anon held up a black rectangular box in his left hand, and an 'overnight' bag in his right.

"I don't mind, anything's better than being crammed in that metal container." Anonymous said as he closed the doors to the Mini-Screw.

Twilight remembered how she wanted answers when he got settled down, but seeing how he's so calm about everything, she didn't see any reason why he wouldn't talk about himself right now.

"Could you tell us a bit about yourself?" Twilight asked, using her magic to assist Anon with the black box.
Anon sighed. "Well, I came from a planet a few centuries more advanced than this one. Graduated from college with a Masters in Quantum Physics and an Associates in Biomechanical Engineering."

Not only were Spike and Twilight getting some information from him, so was the half of the town on the other side of the spaceship.

"Biomechana-- what?" Twilight asked with a look of confusion in her face.

"I made machines that helped my people by augmenting their body's abilities."

"So your species were cyborgs with superpowers?" Spike asked, staring at Anon like a fanboy stares at a celebrity.

"No-- Not really. We don't have superpowers, but we have a very long lifetime." He replied, imagining himself picking up a building without an exo-suit.

"So I guess you're not as young as you look?" Twilight asked, trying to find Anon's limits. He seemed ready to share anything, but nopony shares everything. Twilight opened the door to The Golden Oak Library, and closed the door as soon as Spike and Anon got in.

"I'm septillions of years old, though I spend most of my time in stasis. Nothing really goes on in outer space, y'know?" Anon said, carrying the alphabet-board and the display down the stairway to the basement.

'Septillions? That means that either he's lying... or he really is older than the Universe. I'll try to call him out on his bluff.' Twilight thought to herself.

"If you do have machines inside of you, would you care if I took a look?" Sparkle blurted out, somewhat regretting what she just said.

"Oh... I get it."

Twilight tensed up, he'd sounded so casual about everything until now. Now there was something threatening about the way he spoke. Spike picked up on it too, as his face wasn't happy anymore. It was... concerned.

"You want to dissect the visitor." Anon smirked, trying to show any emotion besides aggression.

"Good news for you, if you wanted to take a better look at the insides, let me save you the trouble."

Anon searched the tabletops nearby and picked up a kitchen knife, and started taking off his shirt.

'He's just joking... right?' Twilight thought to herself, looking over at Spike, who had a look of horror on his face.
Anonymous brought the knife up to his chest, and put the blade right over where his heart was, and brought it closer and closer to his skin.

"STOP!" Twilight shouted, looking away in disgust.

"Hmph- typical of an organic life-form. You want a peek of the insides, but when it's not you operating..."

"Alright- you made your point. Just... We'll meet you in the basement."

Anon grabbed his bag and box, and walked downstairs as if nothing had happened.

"Twilight..." Spike called out, looking sick.

"He was gonna do it..."

Spike knew if she hadn't intervened, there would be a pool of blood on the floor right now. The only thing keeping Spike from freaking out was the thought that Anon somehow replaced his blood with machines. The same Anonymous that was cracking jokes at Pinkie's party, the same Anon that was letting Rarity take his measurements, almost just offed himself in front of Spike and Twilight.

"It's okay, Spike. He wouldn't hurt anypony."

'There might be some truth behind that if the first threat he made was one on himself.' She thought.

What kind of a monster can inflict pain on itself without breaking a sweat?

Author's Note

Fun fact: I was going to have that last scene be super-gory but I forgot that I made this E for everyone, so just make-believe an alternate ending.