"Go! Go! Go!"

The ringing in the ears only got louder as the voices were fainting away from him, the only thing he could hear besides the ringing was the sound of his breathing. Blood dripped and turned the left side of his vision red as the blood rolled over his left eye.

Tyler was on his knees...battle-scared and everything...his weapon on the ground next to him as he watched the battle go on. He breathed...and breathed, bodies falling as bullets entered their system, guts and blood spattering as Titans crushed fighting soldiers.

"Tyler..."

Slowly the pilot got up as he picked up his badly damaged helmet...the visor cracked and part of it shattered open, revealing his eye as he put it back on...blood dripping on the HUD...he picked up his R-201 and started running...dashing through the bloody warzone, he still could hear his own breathing...and that was the only thing he focused on...nothing else...no gunfire, no shouting, no mechanical hydraulics overloading, just the sound of his breathing.

"Enemy Titanfall Incoming!"

Tyler stopped as immediately an IMC Titan dropped a few inches in front of him.

Shouting was heard as Tyler woke up...in a very comfortable bed...he breathed...noticing he only had his fatigue combat jeans on...he put his hands on his head...not feeling any blood...he looked to his left to see his Pilot Gear and Equipment...he then noticed right next to him was his P2016 Pistol...he picked it up and got out of bed, heading to the bathroom that was to his right.

Tyler turned the lights on and saw the luxury of a simple bathroom...seemed like a place for royal...then again this is only a guest room...wonder how the actual royal bathrooms are? Tyler shook his head of stupid thoughts and he slowly stripped, noticing the shower wasn't as different as a human one, Tyler put his pistol on a small table that was next to the shower and he entered the compressed box, Tyler switched the water on. The warm water hitting his jet black hair, then his pale skin, he leaned against the bathroom wall as the water covered him whole, Tyler just breathed...focusing on that again as he can't remember how long he was able to clean himself...he was always been focused on making sure the Frontier was safe again, free from the tyranny of the IMC. Besides getting paid for his jobs, he does them so the universe could be a safer place...but not like one man can make the difference in an entire system.

Just then, knocks were heard at the door...Tyler was quick to grab his pistol and slightly point it at the door.

"Who is it?"

"E-Excuse me, I'm Celestia's Personal Maid, she has asked me to escort you to the Royal Mess Hall, w-well once you are done readying yourself of course."

Tyler sighed as he placed his Pistol back down.

"I don't need an escort...but please thank Celestia for the kind gesture, I will come see her once I have cleaned myself."

"D-Do you know your way around this castle?"

Tyler didn't answer for a while...

"No, I don't...guess I do need an escort." He chuckles.

Tyler hears a giggle from outside the door.

"Alright, I will wait outside your room for the time being...the towels should be right near the table in there." The Maid says.

"Thanks."

Tyler smiles, remembering...where he truly was...his sleepy manner was gone as his mind clicked, he then grabs the soap and shampoo to start cleaning himself...but then one thing spoke to him.

Where was XL again?

"I see...you have known Tyler for that long?"

"Correct, I have been linked to Tyler for 897 Days...we have been an excellent team ever since, he is my Pilot and I am his Titan"

Celestia couldn't say she was impressed, considering she has lived for over a thousand years, but a bond lasting that long between two completely different species was amazing...considering one was created by Tyler's kind.

"Your Majesty?" XL asks.

"Please, call me Celestia...we're all friends here."

"Celestia, I must ask...would there be a way to send Me and my Pilot back to our world?"

Celestia hears the question...she pondered if it could be possible.

"I do not know yet my Metal friend, however, that doesn't mean we will not try to find a way."

"Thank you, Celestia.

"I wonder when your Pilot will join us?" Celestia asks.

"I am looking through his helmet feed, Tyler was just walked out of the bathroom with a towel on."

"You can see what he is doing? That's pretty creepy." The Princess giggles.

"I was not meant to give off fear."

The Princess giggles again, "Never mind."

"How do you control the Sun?" XL asks.

"It was something that I was meant to do...I was born an Alicorn which is something very rare. I and my Sister Luna were birthed from the creator of Equis...we had the powers to move the Sun and Moon...we were given a responsibility to watch over the land of Equestria...a land that was founded by the three tribes...The Earth Tribe, The Unicorn Tribe, and The Pegasi Tribe...later they discovered me, my mother, and sister...learning who we were and such...our mother was a bit bothered as they caused the windigos to almost take over Equis...they were sorry and they became friends finally. Years and Years Equestria has now become a land of peace, friendship, and harmony....but every once in a while, there will be a threat and me and my sister would always handle it." Celestia answers...she sighs.

"I am amazed at what you have experienced so far...you are an interesting one Princess Celestia."

"And you are too my friend,"

"What about me?"

The two look to the right of the table to see Tyler in a normal white shirt along with his fatigues, he also wore his fingerless gloves which had some tech around them, and his two pistols in their holsters just in case, he wore his boots and such, chuckling as he approached the table, "Your majesty."

"Hello Tyler, how did you sleep?"

"Like I haven't slept in decades...it felt so good to sleep on an actual bed," Tyler stretched and sat down, "How's it going XL?"

"I am doing fine, Tyler, you seem better than yesterday." XL says.

"Oh, I'm pretty pumped, I feel good...so...where do we get breakfast?"

Celestia giggles and her horn glows, a plate with Pancakes, designed like a smiley face and everything found its way in front of Tyler.

"I just thought I'd make something myself for you...consider it a thank you for saving me and Equestria."

Tyler lightly chuckles and cuts a piece and takes a bite, chewing, then swallowing.

"Princess, after months of not getting food like this half the time, this is like a godsend to me." Tyler immediately digs in, devouring the delicious Pancake breakfast.

"XL, I can possibly assume you do not eat food or anything?"

"Correct, you do not need to worry about taking care of health for me. However, if you count batteries as food then yes."

Tyler chuckles but Celestia was confused.

"Batteries?"

"It is what I run on, it is what keeps me going, Titan Batteries make sure I stay active and am able to fight, They last for over a Decade before needing to be replaced...however, the Power is also used to keep our shields and hulls sturdy and together. If I am attacked the battery drains hence the shields will go down depending how much damage I take, if the shields go down, The hull is vulnerable, and it will fall apart if I am to be kept on being attacked, slowly the batteries will eject out of me as their power runs out, if a replacement battery can be found, it can help our hull repair and shields regenerate."

"What would happen if your hull is also critical?"

"Then he would go into a doomed state, which most of his systems will reroute to the most cruicals abilities like still being able to fight until he gives out, and if the Pilot is still in, he will have to eject...no other choices...unless he plans to go down with his Titan, however one of their Protocols is to Protect The Pilot, so half the time they will force their Pilot to eject...there are two ways to get out of a doomed state, find an Amped Battery or find at least three batteries. That has only happened once, I almost lost a close friend that day, but our bond...is strong and powerful." Tyler says, finishing the Pancakes.

"Right you are, Pilot." XL gives Tyler a thumbs up...Tyler giving one back as well as a wink.

"So, is this how you two were able to conquer Chrysalis and her Changelings easily? Because of your bond?" Celestia asks.

"When a Pilot is assigned to their Titan, they first link together, it's kinda hard to explain but think of it as if it's like a mind sharing thing, not many think about it deeply but when they are linked, they are bonded. Their Titan will know what they're feeling or sometimes thinking, they'll know if they're in danger or if there is an irregular moment in their systems or such, their abilities can feel shared and different, The Pilot will feel stronger which sounds weird but it's true as the link goes on, and as the Pilot and Titan fight together, their combat rating will increase, making the link stronger and more mutual as they feel more confident working as a team and dominating any battle they come across, when the Pilot embarks on their Titan...it may look like the Pilot is just controlling their mech fighter or something but it's something more. It's something only a Pilot and Titan can feel...they fight as one. Two Fighters converting together as one, their movement exactly the same as their minds merge together, both fighting as one and thinking as one...communicating with each other and planning out how to win a fight and come out victorious...or just to survive." Tyler says...not bullshitting or any comedic sound in him...speaking from direct experiences.

XL then picks up Tyler and places him on top of him...where then his Pilot pats the hull and chuckles.

"Wow, that actually sounds amazing, this sounds like something from a book, but this is real...and It actually amazes me, nothing I have seen in my entire lifetime," Celestia speechless as she trots over to the two, "Would you ever be able to train our troops for something like this?"

Tyler looks at XL, having him lower him back to the floor, standing in front of Celestia, "No, not ever...This is not an easy task to accomplish, becoming a Pilot and bonding with a Titan is actually not easy, as well as that...I may have saved your Kingdom from Invasion. But this is not the first time we've done this, and last time we were stabbed in the back for such heroism...not saying I don't trust you, believe me, you have treated me and XL way better than the IMC ever could, but experience...is everything. I will leave it to that, but again, you have our deepest gratitude for letting us stay here, truly...I do not want to look like an enemy to you at all but we have not established a very true connection yet or anything." Tyler says, bluntly but almost with respect still.

Celestia looked at Tyler...almost with a thousand-yard stare...she got closer to Tyler and she then smiled.

"I completely understand, I didn't expect for you to say yes at all or anything, to tell you the truth, it was mostly sarcasm,"

Tyler went wide-eyed and then looked at XL.

"She was being sarcastic." XL says.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Tyler's eye twitching.

"I believed you had already known"

"Believed? Me and you are linked, you should know if I actually knew she was being sarcastic!" Tyler now annoyed at his Titan's trolling humor.

Celestia was now laughing as she winked at XL, "Never the less, I understand if trust is earned from you, and I understand if sharing the secrets of how they truly work besides what you told me is complicated then I will leave it at that, I believe that if anyone else would learn it, they wouldn't be as masterful as the two of you. The pair of you can still stay in the castle as long as you like, but if you would like to have a place of your own to stay, I could have that arranged." Celestia says.

Tyler chuckles and rubs the back of his head, still in embarrassment...more like still in shock from almost possibly making an enemy of a completely new species, "I will take up that offer your Majesty...anyway...was there anything you wanted to share with me and XL and more about where we are...well before I almost made everything awkward and ignite in issues?" Tyler asks.

Celestia laughs at Tyler's nervous posture and tone, "Well yes, follow me...I believe there were some others who also wanted to thank you besides myself."

Tyler, XL, and Celestia walk the halls of Canterlot Castle, the two Frontier Fighters look at each other and nod.

"You're lucky these castle doors are large enough for you," Tyler says.

"Indeed."

Celestia and Tyler laugh, after a bit, they reach the Throne, the doors open and are greeted with the six ponies from yesterday, and a Blue Alicorn, almost like Celestia but kinda shorter...she was at Tyler's height.

"I believe, these few wanted to thank you since they never got the chance yesterday and also wanted to truly meet their savior."

"Ah, well then, I guess you guys remember me and my friend but I'll introduce us again, Name's Tyler, and this is XL." Tyler pats his Titan who then does a two-finger salute.

First, the Purple Unicorn steps up, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, Celestia's Apprentice, thanks for helping us."

Next, an Orange Pony trots next to Twilight, she adjusts her Cowboy Hat, "Ahm, Applejack, pleasure to meet yer acquaintance finally."

Tyler kept his Helmet around his left arm as he scratched his head and smiled at Applejack and her southern accent.

Next, a Blue Pegasus with Rainbow Hair flew in front of Tyler, "Name's Rainbow Dash! I gotta say, you ad some sweet fighting moves along with your metal robot friend," Rainbow Dash flies up to XL's Core, "You had some very awesome moves as well...XL, right?"

"Correct, and thank you, I detect you have a taste for action." XL says.

"That's right, life can be too short sometimes, so it's always best to be on your hooves," Dash says, smiling.

"That's something I live by." Tyler chuckles and winks at Rainbow.

Rainbow goes back to her friends, a Pink Pony then sprints up to them, "Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie! Thank you again for saving us, and gosh, I should throw you two a 'Thank you for Saving Us and Equestria Party!' Does your Titan eat sweets? Do you? What kind of things can your kind do? Do you like sweets?"

"Pinkie, darling don't barrage the two with infinite questions...one at a time," A White Unicorn steps up to the two, she calms Pinkie down and she backs up, "I'm Rarity, fashion and designer...and must I say, what...are these clothes you wear?"

"This is just usual clothing, or Military type Uniform, why do you ask?" Tyler tilts his head.

"It's dreadful! Sorry to say, but you couldn't try to look better?"

"War won't give two craps about what you wear and the enemy won't compliment on what you're wearing, they're only focused on one thing, killing you and achieving their objective," Tyler replies.

"Oh...you're right, I apologize." Rarity says as she backs up with her friends.

The next one was pretty huddled up with the five ponies, she squeaked in shyness.

"T-Thank you for saving us the other day...M-My name is...F-Fluttershy."

Tyler responded with a wink and smile.

Finally, The Starry Alicorn approached Tyler, "Greetings, I am Princess Luna, Goddess of the Moon and Celestia's Sister, thank you for averting a disaster in which I could not take part in helping."

"You are quite welcome, there's always next time." Tyler chuckles.

"Indeed, I hope to see you in action myself," Luna says.

Tyler just looks at everyone who just introduced themselves and laughs, "You all seem like a colorful bunch, no pun intended of course but if you are here in a Royal Castle, you seem to be a special group of Ponies,"

"Correct," Celestia added as she stood next to Tyler, "These Six represent the Elements of Harmony, they have no strangers to dangerous tasks, they have stopped forces that I couldn't have stopped and had even saved my Sister from Corruption," Celestia says.

"I see, hm."

"You six are bound to a power that protects this land?" XL asks.

"Yes, I represent Magic, Applejack is Honesty, Dash is Loyalty, Fluttershy is Kindness, Pinkie is Laughter, and Rarity is Generosity," Twilight says.

"Interesting, now...do any of you have some quick questions for me, and to answer a few of your questions Pinkie, XL cannot consume food, I can eat food and I do like sweets, it has been awhile, however," Tyler says.

"Why are you geared up like that? You mentioned a war?"

"Yes, me and XL were in a world where we are at war for our freedom and peace."

Celestia and the others gasp, "Forgive us...we have not entered war in over a thousand years...yet you two have to suffer from it?"

"We are fighting it, Humanity has colonized and lived on other planets to escape from Earth, which was starting to have limited resources and such, we found the frontier, a vast of planets that were habitable and safe. The IMC found the land and later lost interest, but since it was habitable, they housed former soldiers and former IMC employees there...many quickly inhabited the lands and were happy. My father was one of them, years later they came back and not only did the Frontier Life survived, they thrived and quickly noticed how the ecosystems and nature there could preserve for their company, so they quickly invaded us and started mining our lands and such, forcing many to be displaced to our lands where we had to settle, later they'd force us to move again. They were invading our lands and taking our resources, later some refused to move, because they were invaders and had no jurisdiction...because when they did leave, they lost their contracts and such and The Frontier have created their own Government and System so they didn't have authorization here, so when they refused...the IMC started forcing...and hurting, later...they then starting killing anyone who didn't comply. This enraged the Frontier and they formed 'The Militia,' we attacked and fought against the IMC, but our lands were still being taken, I was born on the Frontier so I joined the cause when my father was killed...today the fight still goes on but we have the upper hand finally. Many from the IMC defected to us and soon more Factions were formed and others joined us."

"G-Goodness, but why would anyone do such a thing?"

"Because the IMC is a Megacorporation and all they care about is Money, nothing else, so taking our resources and such for their gains to make machines or something will cause more investors and such. What the investors don't realize or don't care that they have killed innocent people just to get what they want." Tyler clenched his fists.

"Pilot, your heart rate, breathe in and out." XL says.

Tyler breathes deeply and leans on XL and sighs...

"You can't be here!" An IMC Soldier shoves a child back.

"But I left my scrapbook and photos in my house!"

"Get lost kid, this is our territory now, your stuff is ours, now leave!"

The kid tries to run past the soldiers to get into his home but is quickly stopped and had rifles aimed at him.

"We tried to warn you kid." The IMC Soldier shoves him to the ground with his rifle aimed.

Just then a man who seemed to have some bulk and wore similar clothes to the kid punches one of the soldiers, "You threaten my son, and you destroy our home! You will pay for that!" The man keeps fighting the two soldiers, not backing down.

"Tyler run!"

The child...Tyler ran away as he still watched his dad fight off the soldiers, he then sees a third soldier show up and knock him in the back and kick him in the leg which knocks him down.

"Dad..."

He then watches as the soldier shoots his dad in the head...falling dead.

Tyler breathed rapidly as tears slowly fell as he ran...looking back at his dad's face.

"Don't cry...don't cry...don't cry..."

Tyler breathed and sniffed...he looked back at the ponies and he turned around, "I...need a moment," Tyler exited the throne room and walked down the hall.

The ponies attempted to follow him to try to speak to him, XL immediately stops them, "I highly recommend leaving himself to vent."

"Why? He needs someone to talk to! Get out of our way!" Rainbow says.

"You do not know him like I do, he needs to be alone, take it from his Titan, someone who has been with him for many years."

"But he still needs comfort we don't just leave friends hanging!" Rainbow attempts to fly past him but XL quickly grasps onto her, "Hey! Let me go!"

"Trust Me." XL said almost in a dark warning-kind of tone.

"Dash, we just met him, everyone has their own ways of sadness, I think we should heed XL's advice and leave him alone, I believe he will come back, we wouldn't want to cause trouble with two new being we have never met before." Twilight says.

"My Pilot has had many things happen in his life, this War we are in, tore him apart, it took him awhile to build himself up again."

"I could see it in his eyes..." Luna says.

Tyler sniffed again as he walked down the hallways, later then he spotted a white unicorn with a blonde mane, speaking with a few ponies that seemed to be a snobbish type.

"Hmph...regular Princes Charming right there," Tyler says to himself as he looks at the floor and walks.

"Ugh, look at that disgusting creature..."

"What is that thing doing in the castle?"

Tyler just kept walking, not wanting to be disturbed.

"Guards! Seize that creature!"

The two behind the 'Prince' go to the creature and point their spears at Tyler, "Stop now!"

Tyler looked at the two and kept walking.

"Stop! Now, disgusting demon!" The 'Prince' Said.

The two Guards attempt to subdue him but immediately fail as Tyler grabbed one of the spears and hit the pony in the gut with the handle, he snaps the spear in half and just stares at the other Guard...he walks by him and walks to the Prince, "You got a fucking problem with someone who looks different?"

"Get away from me!"

"You are avoiding the question."

The Prince's horn glowed as he attempted to attack Tyler, soon he felt the cut of a knife hit his arm, he growled and immediately grabbed onto the Pony's throat, he pulled out his P2016 and pointed it at his muzzle, "I'll say this once, you leave me alone and stay the fuck away, I can already tell you're a rich snob considering what I deal with at my home isn't as different, attack me again and you will not like what happens next...are we clear?"

The Prince nodded and Tyler drops him.

"Pilot...are you alright, my scans show that you are bleeding."

Tyler checked his wristpad to see XL was worried, he didn't answer and instead kept walking, he leans at the Guard, making him flinch as he walked back to his room.

The Pilot entered his room in frustration, kicking the table and punching a hole in the wall, "Dammit! Why am I here, I should be home so no others will die! Why am I here?!" Tyler grunted as he looks at his helmet, the visor blinked, XL was clearly worried about him deeply, it is his protocols after all...he ejects the mag out of his Pistol and he spins it around, as he lied back, sighing, "I need to find a way home. It's not like this land needs me."

The door then knocked, "Tyler?"

Author's Note

Seemed like a cliffhanger way to stop....I wonder who it could be.

SO SORRY for the Hiatus, sincerely sorry...but I'm back, thankfully, and I can't wait to show you what's in store for Tyler and XL.

So In case, you're wondering Tyler's 6-4 Gear is basically Gates Multiplayer Skin before they got her Campaign model In.

And XL is basically BT but with a recolor of maybe Black and Blue...I'd try to do something like that but I don't have photoshop or anything lol.

Anyway, sorry this took a while, I'm now having a schedule together where I work on each of my stories in order, The Order is like this.

-The Guardian Lycan
-The Shadow Guardian
-The Titan of Equestria
-Soldier: Future of Darkness

I have a new story in the works and it might draw attention to the Fans to Guardian Lycan so check soon for an announcement....also If anyone wants to play TF2 with me On Xbox One, PM or comment, we'll schedule a time when we can play.

Anyhoo, hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry if it didn't seem as long as you thought it would be.