The Titan of Equestria

by XAgentHunter

3. Mental Health

Previous Chapter

Tyler looks at the door, lightly curious who it is but is also still lost in his thoughts.

"Who is it?"

"It's Princess Luna...may I come in?"

Tyler looked at the door more, stepping over to it slowly, still lost in memories and thoughts.

"Not right now..."

Tyler stepped away, going back to his bed.

"Please? I only wish to speak on the same weight you carry."

Tyler only looked back at the door and sighed, "Come in."

The door opened slowly as the Night Princess trotted in, she quickly took off her crown and hoofwear, "Do not think of me as royalty here."

"Alright?" Tyler said, already not saying 'Your Majesty' or 'Highness.'

"Your Metal Friend already warned me of not coming to see you in this state, however, I come here because I can see the burden in your eyes."

"Burden? And how can you tell from just that?" Tyler asks.

"I have felt the same feeling as you did."

"Oh really?" Tyler says skeptically...he wasn't buying it, after phycologists, talked to him for decades after the death of his parents and after losing friends to the war, those doctors would say that they know his pain and how it can be avoided or that they have 'felt it.' They never knew the fucking pain of seeing someone they love and care for die, they have never seen war straight from their own eyes on the battlefield while bodies fall in front of you or blood splattering and guts sticking to your face and body...they have never felt that. He decided to see what she would say anyway.

"Yes...let's just say going through dark magic, having it corrupt you and then enjoying what was happening...only realizing it was too late can take a toll on you."

Tyler's eyes lightly widened to that...he knew that he is in a different world but hearing that sounds heavy.

"Back then, one thousand years ago, the Sunlight was praised, loved, and worshipped, everypony becomes cheerful and happy...but when I reign down the Nighttime...it is shunned, ignored, even hated...some even thought it was evil...along with creatures of the night."

"Like what?"

"Here beside Pegasi, Unicorn, and Earths...there are Hybrids: Batponies, Wolf Ponies, and such...those creatures are also shunned, just for being different...hated, even told they were evil, there were Cults of Light, who sought to destroy 'abominations.' I was already bothered and annoyed some believed the Night was evil...then I learned this, my Sister said she had made agreements with them. The next day a family of Batponies was tortured, hung, decapitated, burned alive...and I knew this family personally."

Tyler's eyes fully widened...hearing the murder of innocent bystanders.

"The Father had his head Chopped off while the Mother was hung, the children watched as their parents slowly died, watching their children being tortured while fading...the two fillies were burned alive later. Dark Magic began to fill me, and fuel my anger for them...once the ones responsible, not only did I snap upon seeing them, but I tortured them myself. That is something I don't regret...I regret giving into the Evil in the Darkness. I became corrupted slowly, turning away from everyone including my sister...the Shadows turned me into a Monster, A Night Mistress, bent on having the night last eternally and killing or imprisoning anyone who had something to do with the cult. What I did not know until it was too late was that not only did I kill the cultists...I then began going for their families who were innocent in this--I...I...I almost killed my own sister...she had no choice but to banish and imprison me on the Moon for a Thousand Years. When I did return and was saved turning back into myself, I remembered what I did, the blood I spilled and the guts that stained my fur."

Tyler just looked at Luna with sympathy.

"I am traumatized by what I did, it may not be similar to what happened to you, but how I felt about it and how it affects me is similar to you."

The Pilot didn't say a word and just looked a bit down.

Luna looks away and stands up, grabbing her hoofwear and Crown, "I-I'm sorry for disturbing you."

"Yeah..." Tyler just says as he watches the Princess leave, he then sighs and lies back on his bed, he pulls out his P2016 and unloads the mag and pulls back the chamber, locking it as he then just messes around with the pistol, running his other hand through his hair as he does, looking through every little piece on the simple pistol, he groans after.

"Godammit...godammit...godammit...I'm such a fucking jerk." He throws the pistol on the bed and he gets back up, walking into the bathroom.

The steam was still leaving the bathroom, but not really hot in there, he walks over to the slightly fogged mirror, wiping it up and getting a good look at himself, he widens his eyes to see blood dripping and cuts...he blinks to see his face was clean, no spots besides the scar that crossed against his left eyebrow and one against his cheekbone, he noticed the light beard, it was a somewhat noticeable one but not enough to where someone would look, he looks around to see if there was anything he could use to shave with, looking around the bathroom, he was used to the restoration chambers or caring units just immediately removing it within milliseconds or microlasers shaving them without any burns or pain, but he still learned how to shave the old fashioned way in case there was no tech or electronics available.

Just then there was another knock, Tyler was about to groan but he realized maybe he shouldn't be pushing anyone away...plus he needs to find out how they shave here.

He then opens the door to see his Titan, XL.

"Hello Tyler."

Tyler smiled, finally happy to see a familiar face.

"You're lucky these damn doors are as big as you." He says jokingly.

"It's like something out of a cartoon if you think about it."

"This whole world feels like something out of a cartoon."

Suddenly someone began knocking on a wall.

Tyler moves out of the way so his Metal Friend could enter.

"I hope you know the ponies do not hold any ill will towards you leaving, but they were worried."

"How friendly of them, but I don't think they know who they're dealing with...a Smooth Pilot with a Metal Best Friend and a mouth that helps him slide through his mental health issues."

"It has been over 217 days since your last Anxiety Attack and Post Traumatic trigger."

"Well that fucker in the castle halls pissed me off more after, he cut me but I beat the shit out of him."

"I know...that was Celestia's Nephew."

"I'm not apologizing...still holding any of those Cannabis canes?"

"Yes," XL then opens the Cockpit and grabs onto something in there, a silver kind of lunchbox, Tyler opens it pulling out a green stick-like treat, getting the plastic wrap off and then taking a bite. XL closes the box and puts it back in the cockpit, "I'm surprised you didn't ask for the blunts."

"Those are not the emergency ones...these ones are, plus has some flavor...plus dunno if ponies know what these are and if they are questionable to them." He exhales and chuckles a bit.

"True, just lie back Pilot." XL says as The Titan sits in front of the bed since there was room around there.

"Hey, thanks for coming here, guess I need the support."

"You forget, I am your Titan, I know how you work Tyler, I gave you your time alone before coming in here, but I do know the Night Princess spoke to you, what did she talk to you about?"

"She explained to me how my feelings are similar to hers but in a different kind of situation, she understood that but I think she was trying to say I'm not alone, I can understand where she is coming from and I sympathize with her...basically her version is guilt and regret...where mine is...I don't know."

XL decided not to answer his confusion and just let him calm down...hopefully the drug will fully clear his mind in a few seconds.

He just exhales again and chuckles, "Hey XL..."

"Yes Tyler?" XL gets closer.

"Can you find a pony and see how they shave here? Because since we're not on a ship or in our quarters, I'll have to find out how they shave." Tyler says.

"Alright, but maybe after you've had some time alright?"

"Heh...copy that XL."


Tyler was splashing water on himself as then suddenly Princess Celestia was behind him, seeing her in the mirror, he quickly turns around and chuckles, "Well hello there."

"Hello Tyler, are you feeling better?" Celestia asks.

"Yeah...sorry about earlier,"

"It is perfectly alright, I understand how mental health can be," Celestia asks.

"How did you know it was Mental Health?" Tyler asks.

"Well my sister can have moments like yours but also your breath of Medical Plants gave it away." Celestia giggled.

"Oh...shit, sorry about that."

"It's perfectly fine, the plant has been used for Ponies with Mental Health and with certain diseases for years, just took a while so it can be applied for Equestrian Ponies."

Tyler's eyes widened and just laughed, "So you don't care if it is done here in the Castle?"

"Nope, and if any of the guards give you lip, ignore them; I'm here to talk about my Nephew," Celestia says and stares at Tyler.

"Oh...yeaaaah...that's right." Tyler cringed and then looked back at Celestia who stared at him still, "I'm not apologizing, he deserved it."

"Not saying you should, he had no rights to seize you, I took away his authority for guards to follow his orders." Celestia rolled her eyes.

"The guards had no problem doing it though, then again from all the armor around this castle, their's were different." Tyler chuckles.

"Might be personal guards and if that's the case, then he is in more trouble...did he attack you?"

Tyler then shows his arm which had a cut with dry blood.

"Oh dear...come here sweetie." Celestia suddenly sounded like a mother.

Tyler...complyed from the soothing voice, she looks at the cut, the blood now dry although stained through the rough military clothing and making it somewhat sticky to his skin. The Princess lightly growls, "He is gonna get much more than a Lecture, that's for sure...I just might let my sister decide the punishment, maybe finally let her Lunar Guards do whatever they want with him." She says a bit jokingly.

"Would love to see that--ow!" He winces, the Solar Princess' gentle white hoof rubbing it with a wet towel slowly, cleaning up the blood.

"Sorry, and I really just might, Blueblood is scared of Luna because of how strict she is, Luna makes the more tougher rules here in Equestria, and if her laws are broken or something in her domain happens, she deals with it like it's extremely personal and will never show mercy to anyone. It can remind me when she became Nightmare Moon, but after she reformed, she became a very strong mare, maybe even stronger than me. She gets her agendas done and swiftly, she doesn't take any excuses and such."

"Wow, you sound proud," Tyler says, giving much more respect for Luna.

"I am, extremely, plus she hates Blueblood anyway because he calls her Guards abominations and disgusting creatures...because they are hybrid ponies like Batponies and Wolfponies, last time she caught Blueblood doing that, she made him sleep in a dungeon cell, a private one at least."

"Wow, you are basically legal guardians to that dick?" Tyler asks with sympathy for the Sisters.

"Yes, so we can punish him as we see fit, plus we are also the rulers of Equestria, just because he is of Royal Bloodline does not mean he can make the decisions, he can only suggest...all of which are terrible," Celestia laughs as she bandages the wound. Her horn glowing making the pain fade slowly, "There, feel better?"

"Yep, thanks for that Celestia." Tyler smiles.

"Tell me, is your version of the plant in a food kind of form?"

"Well yes but originally it is basically a plant like yours, we could smoke it if we want or make it edible, these are a normal kind of dosage to basically calm down and all that...I do have some heavy ones though and those ones I smoke." Tyler chuckles.

"Wow, that does sound interesting, if you do it, make sure a window is open at least, don't want a Maid to open a room full of smoke." She laughs.

"Alright, thanks, Princess."

"No problem, and...Luna does not usually have a heart to heart conversation with anyone that isn't me or Twilight, keep that in mind." Celestia says after leaving the bathroom.

"Huh...really?" Tyler asks, although Celestia already left, he was asking himself.

Tyler then stands up straight then exits the bathroom, seeing XL just sitting there. Tyler then lies back on the bed, spotting his helmet as then he grabs it and just lies it closer to him, "To be honest XL, I think I deserve much more sleep than what I just had."

"Are you saying that or is it because you are high?" XL asks.

"Yes."

If XL could chuckle, he would've right now. He watches as his Pilot dozes off, after having a semi-stressful morning. After he falls asleep, XL stands up and exits the room, coming back out to the hallways, as he walked, Guards and Maids stare at the Metal Titan in awe, he stops to see a single maid just staring right into XL's eye.

"Hello, do you know where Twilight Sparkle is?" XL asks.

The Maid hesitantly points and the Titan looks, "Thank you miss." XL starts walking towards another large door, only to see he was at a Garden...a very large and beautiful one to be exact, The Titan then spots the Purple Unicorn, "Miss Sparkle, you have requested for me?"

Twilight then turns around to see the Metal Robot her eyes shining excitedly, "Oh yes! I wish to know all about how you operate and work! I really want to know!"

"We have already discussed to your Princess that we do not wish for you to replicate Titans."

"What? Oh no no no, I wanted to know so I can record it to my logbooks! I make books on new species, lore, and other things! It'd really make me happy if I were to write down you and Tyler!"

"I will have to see if my Pilot approves of this, but you may observe me if you wish." XL replies.

"That's fine!" Twilight happily says, walking up to the Titan and getting a closer look.

She observes the hardened and battle scared chassis, seeing every scratch, dent, and scrape, that XL has acquired, even some slight bits of dry blood and small little pieces of bone and other tiny bits stuck in the machinery, most of the dry blood painted XL's Metal Hands and Feet, seems like its been a while since XL had a good clean.

"Goodness, you and Tyler have definitely been through the ends of war." Twilight says.

"Correct, he and I have been fighting this war since it started, even when he was a child the war started for him."

Twilight stares at the Titans metal limbs and such, seeing the blood.

XL then observed himself, "My chassis and limbs could use some cleaning, I will admit."

"I'll say," Twilight looks at XL's Feet, coated with dry blood still, "Considering how big you are, I'll guess most enemies smaller than you, gets stomped on or something."

"Yes, it is a battle move for most Titans to clear out the smaller waves of enemies, either stomping, crushing, or using abilities that clear them out."

"Hmmm...how about I help you out?" Twilight asks with a smirk.

"With what may I ask Twilight?" XL asks.


Tyler wakes up and groans, chuckling a bit, he gets up and grabs his helmet and gear, heading out of his room immediately, he puts on his helmet to locate XL.

"XL?" Tyler asks.

"Hello Pilot, did sleep clear your head?" XL asks his robotic tone sounding uplifting

"Yeah, it actually did...where are you?" Tyler asks, smiling.

"I am out at the castle grounds with Twilight and her friends."

"On my way."

Tyler heads over to the castle grounds his helmet giving him the route, soon he arrives.

"Hey XL--whoa..."

Tyler looks to see the Mane Six scrubbing XL clean, doing everything they can, getting the blood and little bits off of him, the pegasus helping clean the top of him and such.

"Hi, Tyler!" Pinkie Pie says, waving happily, "Feeling better?"

Tyler shakes his head to stop staring and chuckles, "As a matter of fact yeah, are you guys...cleaning XL?"

"What else does it look like?" Rainbow replies.

"True, I guess he could use some cleaning from most of our battles," Tyler says.

"Your gear and armor could use some cleaning too Tyler!" Applejack says.

Tyler then looks at himself, "Uh, I um...yeah I guess so...hey guys sorry about walking away from you earlier."

"Oh, it's no problem! We were worried though, but we're glad you're alright." Twilight says.

"Thanks, guys...how do you feel XL?"

"Clean." XL replies

Tyler and the Mane Six let out a small laugh.

Tyler chips in to help clean him up, took a while but it would've taken longer if Tyler wasn't there, after a while, XL looked like he did when he first got him, showing the shine and reflection off his chassis, soon the Mane Six also cleaned his armor and helmet, even having a bit of fun while cleaning, throwing water at each other...XL winning that war. After a bit, Tyler, XL, and the Mane Six all just sat down in the grounds.

Applejack walks back to the group, holding cups, "I got some Apple Cider for 'yall!"

"Alright!!!" Rainbow says excitingly.

The Mane Six take some and then Applejack gives a larger cup to Tyler, "Cider, haven't had some since I was a kid."

"Well, you'll love Applejack's...a lot." Pinkie Pie gigglingly.

"If you say so," Tyler takes a chug, tasting it after about five seconds the Mane Six and XL staring at him, "Holy shit," Tyler says with a surprised chuckle.

The Mane Six laugh and clink their drinks and takes a sip of their Cider.

"So, now that you're both in Equestria, what's your plan?" Fluttershy asks.

"I don't know, maybe me and XL will stick around for a while, but I will have to see if there is a way home," Tyler says.

"Sounds like a good idea darling, say, what are those things you're carrying?" Rarity asks.

Tyler looks at his R-201 and other weapons, "They're the things I used to beat up that Queen." The Pilot answers chuckling.

"Oh cool, can we see them?" Rainbow asks.

"Maybe another time so I can show you what they do," Tyler answers, "For now...it's nice to sit here...peacefully for once."

"True, hey maybe you two can come to Ponyville, see what we do there!" Rainbow says.

"I mean that doesn't sound like a bad idea, I might as well explore more of Equestria." Tyler says.

"Indeed it would be nice to see more land." XL adds.

"Then it's settled, I'll check the Train's schedule and we'll leave in an hour!" Twilight says.

"Sounds like a plan."


Author's Note

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I DID IT, I MADE A CHAPTER FOR TITAN OF EQUESTRIA, I AM VERY PROUD OF MYSELF.

After some...extremely rough moments I am back and such, hopefully, but I really wish to do more.

Anyway, If anyone has Xbox and wants to play Titanfall 2 or something else like Rainbow Six, send me a PM lol, I can answer questions about my stories and such if you want.

Anyway, up next is The Lunar Lycan then Soldier: Future of Darkness.