THE FOURTH DAY "THE GOLDEN OAK LIBRARY" (TARGET) 11:32 AM

The Guards continued to pour into the room, attracting the attention some nearby pedestrians. After a few minutes, the small group had grown into a crowd. Of all of the publicity Anonymous could have gotten, this was probably the worst, being swatted by the Princesses' guards.
SHOW NO EMOTION
It was hard to stay on his train of thought with the voice shouting in his ears. Speaking over it would be even harder, but it had to be done.
LISTEN DON'T THINK
The Royal Guards started to make a path between Anonymous and the front door. One of them forced Anon to sit on a nearby chair, giving him a death stare in the process. A regal fanfare cried out from the front of the room, grabbing more attention from the Equines outside.
PAY NO ATTENTION
"Announcing the presence of the royal sisters of Canterlot! Princess Celestia and Princess Luna!"
DO NOT BOW
Everypony bowed down on one leg, showing praise to their almighty rulers. Only one creature in the room refused to bow.

The guards did not like that.

"You will bow down before the Princesses!" A nearby Guard yelled at Anonymous.
BREAK HIS SPEAR
He held up his spear and pointed it at the visitor's chest. A smile formed on Anon's face, and he raised up his hand towards the Guard.

*CRACK*

Everypony's mouths hung open at the daring alien. Anonymous dropped the tip of the spear to the floor, staring at the Guard who threatened him.
DON'T LET HIM TALK
"You insolent, insufferable, little piece of sh--"
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT
"Princess Celestia and Luna! Did the two of you get a good night's sleep?" Anon remarked, now looking at the bags underneath their eyes.
STOP IT
"I know I didn't." Anonymous turned his head and stared at Luna.
LISTEN TO ME
A Guard near the front opened up a scroll and read it out loud.
DON'T WORRY
"You are hereby exiled from the planet known as 'Equis'. You will board your spacecraft and leave immediately, or you will be imprisoned in Tartarus. "
INTERRUPT HIM
"For what reason?" Anon interjected, annoyed at the Guard.
YOU ARE INNOCENT
Princess Celestia approached Anonymous, looking down on him in his chair.
I WILL PROVE IT
"For threatening my subjects, and for creating a sense of terror worldwide."
THEY DON'T KNOW TERROR
The alien took a deep breath, and looked around the room. He closed his eyes for a minute, trying to listen.
YES YOU DO
"Have you anything to say in your defense?" The Guard finished.
KEEP LISTENING

"Yes... I do..."
THEY MISUNDERSTAND YOUR INTENTIONS. WOULD YOU COME HERE JUST TO TERRORIZE? YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
Everypony's ears perked up. There was something different about how he was speaking. It was slurred, as if he had been drinking.
GOOD
"Your 'Majesties', you misunderstand my intentions. You believe that I came here just to terrorize your citizens? I have much more important things to do..." He smiled towards the end of the sentence.
REPEAT AFTER ME
"What are your true intentions, then?" Luna asked.
SHARE YOUR EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE SOCIETY'S ENEMIES
"I have come here to benefit your planet by sharing my extensive knowledge of the universe and by protecting you from the enemies of The Galactic Society." Anonymous answered with a garbled voice.
THEY SUSPECT SOMETHING
Celestia wondered what game he was playing, talking normally besides the drunken voice.
DON'T ANSWER ANYTHING
"I wish to meet your superiors."
DON'T LET HER
He raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure?"

The Princesses stayed silent.

"Alright then. Your funeral." He said, disappointed.

Celestia and Luna looked at each other and conversed in whispers.

"Fine. We won't see your superiors." Celestia relented.

"Then what do you want to do? Did you think this over?" Anonymous asked, no longer slurring his speech.
STOP IT
"Prove your good intentions without making contact with your kind."
LISTEN TO ME
Anonymous rolled his eyes.
GIVE THEM THE DEED
"In the basement, there's a black leather bag. Bring it up here and I will present my evidence." Anon asked the Guard with the broken spear.

The Guard looked at the Princesses, who nodded back at him.

He took off down the stairs, muttering something under his breath.

Princess Celestia turned to her younger sister.

"Do you think he's telling the truth?"
THEY DO NOT TRUST YOU
Luna groaned, keeping her eyes on the alien across the room.
ESPECIALLY THE NIGHT PRINCESS
"He's never told the truth. Trust me."

Celestia looked at Luna's face. Whatever else she saw in Anon's dreams wasn't helping her with her stress.

The Guard trotted back up the stairs with the bag in his mouth and dropped it in front of Anonymous' chair.

A golden aura engulfed the bag, and it levitated over to the Princesses.

Princess Celestia turned the bag upside down and an excess of alien technology poured out all over the floor.

Golden cards flew everywhere, and a stack of paperwork flopped onto the floor.

Luna pulled the stack of paper up to eye-level while Celestia investigated the bag, making sure there wasn't a secret compartment.

"Certificate of Property Ownership?"

"You may want to read even further..." Anonymous choked back a laugh.

CERTIFICATE OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
AWARED TO: CITIZEN (MECHANIC SAPIEN- #33,241)
FOR: OWNERSHIP OF STAR SYSTEM 'EQUIS-224'
AWARDED: THE FIFTH OF MAY, 14,552,300,622 YEARS (AFTER INFLATION #22,341,992).

The Princesses had a look of confusion on their faces.

"And... What does this prove?" Celestia inquired.

"I own this solar system."

An awkward silence filled the room for a few seconds before the guards all erupted into laughter.

"He's Insane!"

"It's Too Funny!"

"I Can't Take It!"

The Princesses giggled a bit themselves. For thousands of years, they had protected their country from its enemies. Then one day, an Alien came and bought it from them without their knowing.

It just didn't seem realistic.

When the laughter died down, Anon was the first to speak.
TELL THEM YOUR STORY
"Four months ago, this part of the Galaxy was put up for purchase. I had heard rumors of life on this planet and kept an eye on it ever since. I spent every penny I've earned in the last few thousand years to own this place."
THEY ARE ENTICED, CONTINUE
The Royal Guards, the Princesses and the pedestrians outside all listened intently.
CONVINCE THEM YOU ARE GOOD
"The reason why I bothered? Some of us might not care as much about your customs, your governments, or your lives. The fact that you remain is all because of me. I want to become friends."

Princess Celestia looked down at the ground for a while. Was she going to trust Luna or Anon?

'All he wants is a friend...'

Celestia broke the silence.

"Anonymous..."

The Guards looked up at the Princesses.

"You may continue to stay on our planet."

"What?!" Luna shouted.

"You believe him?"

"Lighten up, Luna. After all, he hasn't given Twilight any problems, so... He isn't a threat anymore."

Princess Luna looked dumbfounded. Was her sister going to let this stranger just take over their world? And not even put up a fight?

Luna stammered for a while before trotting up to Anon.

"If I hear that you harmed a hair on anypony's head... I will come back and I will take care of you, my way." She whispered into his ear.

After she told him off, she turned around and stormed out the door.

The Guards started to trot out of the Library, talking amongst themselves.
THANK THE SUN PRINCESS
"Thanks."

"No problem. But some advice?"
KEEP IT IN, THIS ISN'T OVER--
Anonymous took out his earpiece to hear better.

"Stay on my sister's good side."

Celestia looked serious. It was hard to take these cute cuddly horses serious, but Anon tried his best.

"You got it."

She turned around and left the Library with the rest of the guards, leaving no evidence of their visit. The ponies in the window started to walk away, trying to start a conversation with the Princesses.

He was safe for now, but only one of the Princesses was willing to give him a shot.

'If Luna won't listen to me... Somepony else will have to convince her... Another Princess...'

THE FOURTH DAY "THE GOLDEN OAK LIBRARY" (NON-TARGET) 4:33 PM

Not an eventful day.

A nice breakfast with Twilight and Dash.

An intervention with the Princesses.

The occasional pony knocking on the door to ask the alien a question.

Not an eventful day.

In fact, it was downright boring.

Anonymous leaned back in his chair, sighing loud enough for ponies outside to hear.

Anon grabbed one of the bottles that contained nutrition only meat could supply. He quickly drank it, crushed the bottle, and tossed it aside.

'16 Left...'

He would eventually have to come clean about being an omnivore. The sooner he did, the sooner he could get his hands on real meat. Then again, he wasn't in a hurry for Fluttershy to find out that he had to kill small animals to live.

Of course, he wouldn't have to tell them if they never got back from their test in Canterlot.

'What kind of test takes all day to finish?'

He couldn't stand to read another book. He'd rather gouge his eyes out with a spork.

Anonymous contemplated going outside and befriending some locals...

'Nah...'

Most of them ran away from the sight of him.

'They probably weren't conversation-starters anyway.'

Then he remembered something that every species from every planet loved to do. Something that never got old, even after eighteen septillion years of being alive.

THE FOURTH DAY "THE GOLDEN OAK LIBRARY" (NON-TARGET) 9:08 PM

"Anonymous! We're home!" Twilight shouted, closing the door behind her.

Spike saw what Anon had built, and pulled Twilight over so she could see it too.

"Whoa..."

Anon had taken the entire Library and turned it into a blanket fort. Hundreds if not thousands of blankets filled the Library with imaginary hallways and rooms.

"Hey, guys!" Anonymous poked his head through a 'window' upstairs.

"This is the kind of thing I didn't want to happen while I was away!" Twilight groaned in frustration.

"Cheer up, Twi! This is awesome!" Spike exclaimed while running through one of the fort's doors.

"There's room for you too!" Anon informed Twilight, hoping he didn't overstep his boundaries.

"Maybe in a little bit..."

A purple field covered Twilight, and she disappeared from sight. She reappeared upstairs near her bed and slid under her covers.

"She looks exhausted, what did you guys do?"

"We saved an entire Empire from this evil shadow-king named Sombra!"

Anonymous took a second to process what Spike had said.

"Are you sure you didn't just imagine the whole thing?"

Spike rolled his eyes and started walking over to his bed.

"I'm not a kid, Anonymous."

"Goodnight!"

'Fine, go to bed and leave me awake and... alone.'

Since everypony was going to bed, Anon figured he may as well do the same. But he didn't go downstairs to his cot. He laid down on the hard wooden floor of the Library and stretched out, enjoying the space.

'Alone'

The word resonated within Anonymous.

It perfectly described him.

There weren't any humans to talk to for parsecs around.

In fact, Anon tried to avoid all creatures whenever he could, now that he thought about it.

There were only a few times he put up with them.

Anonymous tried to recall when.

A lifetime ago...

Author's Note

Time constraints, Yay~