Mathias is sleeping softly in his hospital bed. His mind a jumbled mess of memories plaguing his current dreams. His body convulsing every now and again as sweat pours from his body as his heart monitor begins beeping off the charts. The pony in the room gasps at the rate his heart is beating and she bounds off to get his nurse.

(Mathias's Current dream. Que Song Dream of Mirrors by Iron Maiden.)

Everything is currently in black in white as Mathias is currently outside in what appears to be a massive complex filled with a factory, a storage building, a few office buildings and a major two major laboratories And what appears to be two large mixing vats. In the middle of the complex is a raised platform with a very large bell shaped item on the platform next to a control panel.

Mathias is currently banging on a door blocked by a rather large amount of debris and a few office desks trying to bash open the barricaded exit as he takes the weapon in his hands and begins firing into the darkness of the corridor killing the moaning and shambling corpses of the recently risen undead as they charge their way to him rather quickly. On the platform with the main control panel two people are seen Arguing.

"Adalbert, You can't just do this." Heinrich says trying to talk sense into the mad geneticist.

"So says a plebeian family man who lost his real motivation to further humankind. I did what i had to and look at the project. It was a complete and utter success. I revived the dead, Taught them how to use weapons and even flanking maneuvers. I was even able to use the energy keeping them alive to ALTER THE VERY GENOME OF HUMANITY!" Adalbert says rather heatedly as his broken mind is too far gone to be saved.

"Killing our own men to accomplish this task is not how to do this Adalbert. He won't let you get away with this." Heinrich says hissing slightly.

"Thats He with a capital H by the way." a third voice chimes in walking towards both scientists with a very angry look on his face.

"Oh Mathias how good of you to join us. See Heinrich my greatest creation is here to defend his " Adalbert says only to be interrupted by a fireball exploding right next to his head scorching off most of his hair and leaving him with a 3rd degree burn.

"Defend you? Fuck you asshole." Mathias says flipping him off before his arms burst into very large bright blue and black flames as he balls his hands into fists screaming to the heavens.

"I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR SPINE OUT YOUR MOUTH, SNAP YOUR HEAD OFF AND SHIT DOWN YOUR THROAT HOLE YOU PSYCHOTIC MOTHER FUCKER!" Mathias screams as his flames burst outwards before he has the flames condense into a large fireball he gets ready to hurl towards Adalbert.

"You're going to- " The dream seems to end as Mathias is shaken gently from his sleep.

(End of Mathias's Dream)

Mathias wakes up with a start. Sweat pouring down his body as he looks around the room. Standing next to him is the nurse.

"Mister Croqvist please calm down You're heart is under quite a lot of stress. Any more and you'll have a third heart attack in the span of just 10 minutes. PLEASE CALM DOWN!" Nurse redheart states as she uses her magic to keep Mathias from thrashing about.

Mathias Just sighs and closes his eyes as he soon calms down enough to get his heart to stop beating so fast. Looking at the Pony in front of him Mathias is confused beyond belief. He is thinking as far back as he can only to have a flash go through his mind making him relax a little more.

"That's it, Good. Nice and calm. Now are you alright mister croqvist?" Red heart asks.

Looking at the mare in front of him he just tries to think about how he ended up in this position only to have a pink blur bouncing up and down next to the nurse as if she was on a major sugar rush.

"Oh my gosh you're up and okay. I was so worried when i saw your heart monitor go all "Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep." Really fast. I knew you were in trouble and in pain so i went to get Nurse Redheart. Now that you're okay i'm gonna get Twilight and the others we wanted to ask you more questions." Pinkie Pie says a million miles per minute before zooming out of the room. Mathias just stares at the spot Pinkie used to be for a few moments before turning to the nurse.

"Who put the battery in the energizer chicken?" Mathias asks Nurse redheart getting a soft giggle from the mare.

"No one knows Mister Croqvist. Listen i'm glad you're okay but i have to ask what was going on? You were sleeping so soundly then suddenly you just started convulsing and had a heart attack. And when the first one stopped you had another." Nurse red heart says checking his vitals to make sure there's nothing wrong.

"Memories. . . Ones i thought i had been okay with But now looking back i may not be able to let go of or accept them." Mathias says as he just relaxes and sighs.

"I see. . . .I'm sorry those memories are so damaging to you. I really hope nothing like that happens to you again. You had us worried." Redheart says as she gently rubs his arm making Mathias look out the window with a sigh with a soft blush.

"Would you mind answering a question for me though miss?" Mathias asks a bit hopeful.

"Of course Mister Croqvist ask away and i'll answer as best as i can." Redheart speaks getting Mathias to look at her rather seriously.

"Why are ponies talking to me. How can you be a unicorn? Those are myths to my knowledge. How did i get here? . . .and where is . . .Here exactly? How can i understand you and speak your language and most importantly. . . Why can't i remember anything?" Mathias asks a bit confused shocking Nurse redheart as she stares astonished. She just goes serious for a moment.

"I'll get all those questions answered right now. I just need you to wait for somepony to get here before i can answer them. Please wait awhile?" The nurse asks as Mathias just nods his head gently looking out the window rubbing his aching head trying to remember what's happened the in the past. Mathias recalls bits and pieces as time goes on and only after a bit of fighting through his clouded mind dredges up the memories of Celestia, Luna and Cadence. He relaxes a little bit as his heart races a little happy he’s here. Hopefully if at all he’ll be able to find his three Princesses

After a few hours Mathias just sighs a bit before hearing the door to his room open only to see Celestia, Cadence and Luna walk inside the room. Looking at them he's a bit taken back happy to see them as he tears up.

"Celestia, Lulu, Candy you're all here? How?" Mathias asks a bit confused as he leans over the edge of his bed.

"So it's true. . .You're memories have been taken." Celestia speaks sitting down next to Mathias.

"I guess. . .The last thing i remember is tearing one of those abominations in half above my head before overloading the teleporters to destroy the facility in a nuclear blast killing every last one of those things including myself. But the moment i hit the teleport button to overload the cores and detonate the base i got hit by a large bolt of lightning and then the next thing i know i'm bare handedly beating a 20 foot tall centaur to death and passing out after looking and feeling like a corpse walking." Mathias says rubbing his head.

"Hmhm still such a colorful vocabulary. Yes it's true that you did fight Tirek. Rather well i might add. Nothing he did could touch you. But you were more yourself then. Right now it seems as if you have Amnesia. Just like when you obtained that . . .Lightning ability Adalbert spliced into you." Celestia says looking worriedly at Mathias.

"It would appear so. . . Things are so . . .Blurry it's hard to focus. My mind is clouded and feels heavy and i'm both weak and tired. I don't feel pain so this is just a very very unusual headache." Mathias states looking at the three.

"It's alright Mathias. You're memory will come back soon. Until then you're welcome to stay anywhere you wish after you're nice and healed up." Cadence says with a soft blush when Mathias looks at her with a very tender smile.

"Thank you Candy. Say how's that husband of yours?" Mathias asks genuinely curious as he remembers her only going on because of him. Her pride and will to see him again making Mathias feel happy she has someone to love that much.

"He's . . .distant. It's been over a month since we've all been back and yet He's not even so much as asked if i was okay. He seems more worried for his sister than he is me. But then again his sister is new to the whole princess/Damsel in distress situation. So it's okay for him to show favorites right now. I just hope things turn around soon." Cadence says making Mathias's smile falter slightly as he thinks of ways to make Cadence's husband either pay for hurting her or making him pay more attention to her.

"Oh don't worry candy. He'll spend more time with you and pay more attention to you. I'll make sure of it. After all, Its not like he's stupid enough not to notice how amazingly pretty you are. Any stallion would be lucky to have you. If he's stupid enough to let you go well i hope he regrets it soon after when he sees you walking around with someone who truly appreciates you." Mathias says not liking that he's ignoring her. Families important and all but when you're married she becomes part of your family too and the most important part.

"Thank you for worrying Mathias. It means so much to me that you consider me as such a close friend. N-Now your nurse needs to run a few tests is that okay?" Cadence says with a gentle blush before Mathias reaches over and scratches just behind her ear as nurse redheart comes in with a cart filled with various objects.

"What kind of friend would i be if i didn't worry about my best friends. Also sure what ever what do i have to do?" Mathias asks a bit confused only to get Nurse redheart to clear her throat a bit unsure.

"We'll i need you on your feet and i need you to strip naked. I have to take your blood pressure, Check for fractures, breaks and other problems with your bones but i'll also have to check your reflexes and get a few blood samples. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence you may stay to help him remain standing." Nurse redheart says as she's digging through her supplies only to turn around and see Mathias is on his feet shakily sliding off the medical gown revealing his rather chiseled chest and abs as sweat slides down them. His chest and abs look as solid as stone while not being overly huge. As he lets his arms drop with the gown landing on the floor she notices that right above his heart is a rather nasty branding showing an eagle on a globe with an anchor through the globe while a banner above the eagle is present stating U.S.M.C. She marks it on his logs as well as a few tattoos on his person. One of his left forearm just below the wrist showing a flag with a date beneath it and also a dash with a blank spot afterwards. While on his back when she circles around is a very large one that encompasses his entire back.

The Tattoo is a very large blue square turned to make a diamond. In the blue tilted square is a solid white human skull with a very angry yelling expression and an open screaming mouth wearing a helmet. The right eye socket of the skull has a farmer's sickle impaled inside it with the blade exiting the helmet and skull soaked in blood. Two rather strange weapons crossed to make a large X at the bottom of a pair of dog tags sitting directly under the skull. Whereas just above the skull in vibrant gold letters spells out "T.B.P.M." in an arch. Logging it down Nurse redheart is a bit worried what these could be.

"Hmm whats this mean?" Nurse red heart asks pointing to the american flag on his wrist as Mathias smiles a bit.

"That's the flag of my country. The United States of America. I got this tattoo the day i joined the armed forces to fight in the war that consumed my world. I was given the Honor of joining the Marines. That date is the day i was officially accepted into the ranks of the greatest fighting force my planet has ever known." Mathias says looking at the Tattoo fondly.

"I see, So it, the brand and that large disturbing tattoo on your back are important to you i take it?" Nurse redheart asks with a curious gaze.

"Yes. . .Very important to me. Though i suppose that with everything that has happened. . .I have to alter the Tattoo and get it changed to show the equestrian flag as well as add a new date below the first." Mathias says looking to the nurse as she begins her tests while Celestia licks her lips softly winking at Mathias who just blushes deeply and looks away as Nurse redheart takes his heart rate, pulse, blood pressure and a few blood samples getting a surprised gasp as Mathias's blood leaks into the containers as blue as a sapphire.

"Lets just say that . . .I'm not a normal human anymore. Not after one madman got a hold of me." Mathias says looking away ashamed at what he allowed to happen to him.

"I see, Well i'm sure it's nothing too serious. Now then i'm going to check for breaks in parts of your body please remove your undergarments that are blocking what i assume to be your genitalia." Nurse redheart says as Mathias just sighs nodding a bit before realizing he can't bend down due to the pain in his chest. Ignoring all common sense Mathias just grabs hold of the sides of his boxers and rips them off his body with a loud tearing sound.

Nurse redheart looks at him and blushes a very deep shade of crimson as she looks at Mathias's lower half surprised his body doesn't have a sheath for his genitals. She just looks at it and swallows rather hard at how long and thick it is at nearly 10 inches long and nearly an inch in a half thick.

"He's almost bigger than big macintosh. Comes up short by only 3 inches. And Mathias is thicker than a screwdriver handle." Redheart thinks a bit as she remembers the physical he had her give him before he was okayed to go back to apple bucking.

"Okay, now just relax and wait a few moments i'm going to take a few measurements and check for abnormalities." Nurse redheart says as she gets back to doing her job. Celestia, Luna and Cadence all looking away with intense blushes on their muzzles all of them thinking different things as they use their wings to help Mathias stay balanced. After the normal tests are done Mathias sits back down on the bed before nurse redheart checks his breathing and his reflexes having to dodge out of the way of his foot as when she hits the tendon below the kneecap. Mainly because his foot kicks the cart she brought in through about 6 walls before it comes to a stop in a broken crumpled heap.

"Sorry bout that." Mathias says rubbing his head getting Nurse redheart to just nod a bit glad she had the samples on the table rather than the cart itself.

"Yeah it's fine Mathias. . . i should have expected that from the way you handled Tirek." Nurse redheart says as she begins checking Mathias breathing once again and testing his ribs. After about an hour of tests Nurse redheart seems happy with the results she's gotten only to look at Mathias a little concerned.

"Mathias, Your ribs are broken, Your left Tibia is completely crushed into powder, You have multiple internal tears in the muscles around your thoracic Lumbar, metal shards embedded into your lungs, heart and i even see a few pieces sticking out of your chest right now, Your back is broken and you have multiple . . .Holes inside your body in varying locations and even a piss poor patch job of a stab wound between your right kidney and the spinal column. Your heart rate is off the charts and your blood pressure should be causing you to have heart attacks every few minutes. The fact that you're still alive and breathing is a miracle in itself. How exactly are you not dead?" Nurse redheart says as she just looks at him a bit confused.

"I ain't delicate like most of my species. I've survived a hell of a lot worse than this in even worse conditions. Hell i remember." Mathias says as he grabs hold of his head seeing flashes of memories flood his brain making him open his eyes in surprise before grabbing his head in pain and scrunching his eyes before he gets a serious look of anger plastered on his face.

"Holy shit. . .russia impeded my advancement into the city by blocking off the tanks." Mathias getting a little pissed off at the russians and what they deemed appropriate for the time.

"What are you talking about Mathias." Celestia asks a bit confused.

"I just had flashes of memories and it was about . . well my past i guess but it was like it was in the future. They," Mathias says before he realizes what happened and he erupts in rage."THEY DROPPED A FUCKING BUILDING ON ME!" He screams crushing metal railing bars on his bed.

"They dropped a what on you?" Cadence asks astonished.

"They. Dropped. A. BUILDING! On. Me." Mathias says growling at the memory.

"Who dropped a building on you Mathias was it the germans?" Celestia asks worried.

"No it wasn't the germans. . .this was farther in the future. From what i recall from the memories i was assigned to help the germans tank brigade encroach on a city to liberate it from russia's communist regime and set the people free once again. They stopped the tank brigades advancement BY DEMOLISHING A BUILDING AND HAVING IT FALL ON TOP OF ME." Mathias says as he grabs his head a bit in pain growling as the memories fade.

"I guess. . . I've done more then i think and i was home longer than i expected. From what i remember the date was in the 21st century. . I'd have to have been at least 90 years old. . . that can't be right." Mathias says rubbing his head before Nurse redheart lays him on his back.

"Mathias we'll figure this out later you have to relax right now and remain calm. I had Twilight and the others remain away for today because of your pain and memory loss. I'm sure everything will come back to you in time. Please just calm down and relax until then okay? Can you do that for me?" Nurse redheart asks in a pleading tone getting Mathias to nod his head.

"Of course nurse. . .I'm sorry i acted up and worried you. For you i'll try and relax." Mathias says with a tender smile getting redheart to smile and nod some feeling rather happy he said it the way he did.

"Thank you now I need to take your blood samples to the lab for testing and analysis. I'm surprised we were able to get any blood as last time your skin was to tough for us to penetrate." Nurse redheart says as Mathias nods and pats her muzzle gently before she leaves letting Mathias and the princess's catch up.

"So, How are things here in paradise?" Mathias asks a bit with a chuckle.

"It was aweful without you here." Celestia says with a sad frown.

"Aw it couldn't have been that bad my princess. What could be so bad you hate that i wasn't here?" Mathias asks a bit confused.

"Idiot rich ponies who constantly hit on us and tell us that only their family is worthy enough to be wed to a princess." Cadence says with a shudder remembering that even though married she still gets offers from the snobby ponies.

"The only light in that aspect was Fancy Pants. He's the only rich Pony who actually has any ounce of Common Sense. He's actually a lot like you Mathias. He wasn't born into wealth he earned his money the hard way by having only a dream and only enough money to buy a beaten down cart to sell from the street corner." Celestia says as Mathias just raises an eyebrow laughing a bit.

"Well then i'll have to congratulate him. It's not everyday a person gets himself inspiration for the american dream and makes a name for himself. Well in this case i guess it should be the Equestrian Dream am i right?" Mathias says getting the three Princesses to smile and nuzzle into him like back in the cell.

"We have missed thyn company Mathias. All of us have. We feared that thou had perished before being able to complete thyn promise." Luna says with a gentle smile and a tear in her eye.

"Please as if i'm that weak. I'm to stubborn to stay dead for long you of all ponies should know that." Mathias says as he hugs Luna tightly bringing her to blush.

"Well it was nice visiting you Mathias but we all have to leave. Well except for Luna as she only has to deal with things at Night for the next week or so. Luna please be careful and remember he needs his rest. I must check in on Twilight and the others." Celestia says getting Cadence to nod with her.

"And i have to check on Rarity. Twilight has told me that she's been acting a bit strange lately and thinks it might have to do with my specialty. Mathias we hope you get better and we hope your memory comes back. We need you at 100% before anything can really change." Cadence says as she smiles

"You have a long hard fight ahead of you Mathias and i don't mean that in the metaphysical sense either. Although that one will be a tough battle aswell. Being the only Human in a world filled with Ponies. . . .Not many ponies will know what you are and will either fear you or hate you. You of all people should know what that entails. It'll take awhile but . . .i feel you'll turn the ponies opinion of you around sooner than you think." Celestia says with a smile before she looks at Mathias and sighs. She leans in and plants a gentle kiss on his lips surprising him as he feels himself just relaxing at the familiar feeling. He closes his eyes and deepens the kiss before grabbing hold of her muzzle and rubbing it gently as Celestia ends the kiss.

"For good luck. . . My soldier." Celestia says with a happy smile before leaving the Hospital room with Cadence leaving Mathias alone with Luna to speak and catch up.

(With Celestia and Cadence.)

"So what are we going to tell the others when we get there?" Cadence asks looking at the serious face Celestia has.

"We tell them the truth. I'll take them to the celestial plain and show them from my direct Memories about Mathias. Twilight needs to know about the real him. I have a feeling this will be required." Celestia says looking down as she's a bit confused.

"I understand Aunty. Twiliy and the others deserve to know the truth. . .I just hope that none of them hate Mathias for what he was nearly forced to do because of that madman." Cadence says a bit angry at the memory.

"Don't worry Cadence i'm sure things will be okay. We'll show them how it really went down and let them know just what they'll be dealing with. Twilight's records of the human realm beyond the mirror was more like a human version of our world and not the real human world." Celestia says as she thinks on the current situation.

"True, Mathias's world was so. . .chaotic and nightmarish. I mean a war that engulfed the entire world? And his being the second one in a span of only 20 years. That's just not okay. I really hope he can get his memory back. I miss how he used to be." Cadence says with a bit of sorrow.

"Oh please, We both know Mathias will get his memories back. He's to stubborn and bullheaded to sit back and wait for things to get done. Heck i wouldn't be surprised if by this afternoon Nurse redheart is scolding him about being up and about building an obstacle course for himself to train in." Celestia says getting both girls to laugh to themselves as the Ponies of ponyville look on confused about who they're talking about while they bow as they walk by.

"So are we going to talk about our feelings Cadence?" Celestia asks a bit worried as they just approach Twilight's new castle.

". . . I love him just as much as you Aunty. . .I know it's wrong but that year we spent with Mathias changed all of us. While there i was thinking of nothing but my husband Shining but now . . I can only think of Mathias's well being." Cadence says shaking her head.

"Don't worry my dear. Things will work themselves out i know it. And if they don't, we can just have Mathias beat it into submission. Remember that day they gave him the Berserker Injection?" Celestia asks a bit happier as she giggles.

"How could i forget? that Injection made him pissed beyond belief and when Adalbert dropped him off the tallest building, Ha, i can still hear his words in my head. "LET ME TELL YOU SOMTHING GRAVITY I DON'T BELIEVE IN PHYSICS SO I WIN BY DEFAULT!" Only to smash into a butt load of wooden crates and walk it off like nothing. Still can't believe it took 15 guards and three scientists to hold him down long enough to inject the sedative and save Adalbert." Cadence yells in the canterlot royal speaking tone as she mimics Mathias voice as she and Celestia giggle to themselves.

"Don't worry Cadence, I'm sure things will work out. Who knows, things may work out better than you think." Celestia says as Cadence nods some as Celestia opens the door to Twilight's castle and walks in towards the main room where Celestia sees Twilight and all of her friends are hanging out and talking.

"Twilight my faithful student How are you doing today?" Celestia asks getting Twilight to look at her and bow before happily answering.

"I'm doing wonderfully princess. I'm just a bit worried about our Human friend. How is he?" Celestia hears this and sighs a bit before shaking her head.

"He's lost his memory Twilight. Severe Retrograde Amnesia i'm afraid." Celestia says shocking them all as Rarity just gasps.

"Oh my, I hope he's going to be okay." Rarity asks worried as Celestia smiles.

"Oh he'll be fine dear. He just needs to rest and let the memories come to him naturally." Celestia says with a smile as Rarity sighs with relief.

"That's good to hear. I can't help but worry." Rarity says with a bit of content.

"Well don't, He's far to stubborn to let this stop him. Matter of fact Cadence and me even have a bet going on." Celestia says smiling happily as they both giggle.

"Twilight this isn't really a social call. I came here to tell you about who Mathias is, How we know him and well. . .Why we know he's going to want to stay." Celestia says with a smile as Twilight gets a pencil and a piece of paper ready.

"I'm ready Princess Celestia. So what happened?" Twilight asks as Celestia teleports everyone in the room into the Celestial Plain. Multiple view screens passing by everyone as Twilight just looks a bit shocked they're all here and goes to speak only to have Celestia speak first.

"Twilight you remember when Tirek attacked equestria and how he banished us to tartarus?" Celestia asks getting a nod from the mare.

"Of course i do. It was the worst day in equestrian history. Besides it happened like a month ago." Twilight says as she shudders at the thought of what had happened that dreaded day.

"Well when Tirek Banished us he intended for us to share the cell he once had when trapped there. Unfortunately things didn't work out that way. . . .you see what happened was." Celestia begins as she her horn glows along with Cadences making all the mane 6's and Spike look as a view screen is brought up showing a very dark memory.

(Breaslau forests, March 4th, 1943 Hidden Nazi Genetics Factory.)

Celestia speaks as the memory plays out on screen.

"Luna, Cadence and myself were all actually caught in a rip of dimensions. Tireks magic portal happened to open up exactly at the same spot some other creature had opened a portal and we were sent through waking up in a very strange machine with a bunch of humans. We guessed they were humans based on what you described them as. We were an oddity to them and they trained their weapons on us. We couldn't understand a word they were saying but as weak as we were, we were unable to stop them from shoving and pushing us to an enclosed cell. We were right next to another soul. A human they apparently captured. They called him "Devil Dog". Celestia says as the memory plays out. The princess's getting put into what was essentially an Iron box with a food door and a viewing slider.

Next to it was a cell closed, bolted and chained closed as two guards were constantly aiming their weapons at what was inside shocking the mane 6 and Spike.

"Seeing such security surrounding a single cell was suspicious to us so i tried peeking in and what i saw shocked me. Inside the lone cell was a human like them only different. He had been chained to the wall with a rather long chain allowing him freedom of movement but it was restricted. His arms were pulled behind his back and bound in heavy locks and thick chains. A collar around his neck that beeped and blinked and his eyes were blindfolded. Every step he made around the cell was torture for him as there were metal spikes all around the floor inside it. He ignored the pain and just kept walking until suddenly he stopped and looked towards me as if he knew i was watching. What shocked me was that instead of looking evil or cursed with darkness which would warrant these kind of security measures his smile held nothing but happiness, warmth and love that let me know it would be alright." Celestia states as the pale white skinned man merely gave her a gentle and tender smile as if it were to ease her nerves. Celestia, Cadence and Rarity blush at the look as Twilight and the others merely smile at the warm feeling.

"When he smiled however one of the guards fired their weapons and put what they call a bullet into his abdomen. They opened his Cell went inside and proceeded to beat him with the guns. When we were put into the cell all we could do was talk to each other. Talk to each other and listen in on the conversations around us. We were in that place longer than what appeared to be here. Because in that place . .. that horrid prison we were trapped for a full year. During that time the door to our Cell opened many times. Mostly for food while the other times we were almost taken out to be what they referred to as "Experimented on". But when ever that was to happen That man we saw when we first arrived would always break away from his chains and restraints merely to attack the guards and get us thrown back inside our cells. We understood what the experiments were and what they would do to us. Especially with how weak and helpless we were without our magic due to Tirek and having to give it to you Twilight." Celestia explained as blood curdling screams resounded throughout the area shaking the girls to the very core as it's Mathias they hear screaming.

"They experimented on that man constantly. New and inventive ways of it too. I saw that one time they sent him back to his cell Missing limbs or organs seeing if they would grow back. Due to the experiments, They always did. They even skinned him alive at one point and just tossed him inside his lonely cell spitting on his unmoving body. They were the most horrid acts any creature could perform and even though they were twice as hard when he stopped them from touching us. Though they always tortured him he never gave up and never broke. We learned the language they were speaking and what language he spoke and we all shared conversations with him after about 4 months into our time there." Celestia says as The memory shows up towards them sitting in the cell weak and malnourished from horrid food they were given.

"Sister. . . we don't know how much more we can take. We are so weak and they barely give us enough to survive. It's enough to keep us from starving but . . ." Luna says as she begins to cry. Cadence wraps a wing around her as well as celestia and they nuzzle into her muzzle drying her tears.

"Stay strong sister. That "devil dog" As the guards refer to him is on our side and they fear him. He stops them from doing to us what they do to him. Stay strong not for yourself but for the sacrifice he makes to keep us safe." Celestia says getting Luna to nuzzle into her neck.

"Sister. . .This devil dog. we hear the guards talking about what they do to him. we understand the language now and the things they do . . . .Such horridness. It is surprising this thing survives at all." Luna says tearing up.

"I know sister. I understand them too. . . we all do now. I think the devil dog can speak our language maybe. We've been talking to each other loud enough for others to hear but they don't seem to care what we say. . . Do you think we should talk to him?" Celestia says looking around the darkened cell. The two nod gently and they all trot over to the wall of the cell and knock on it gently.

"H-Hello? Mister Devil dog? Can you understand me?" Celestia speaks through the wall in the "devil dogs" language as best she can. The sound is muffled but the words are easy to make out. Mathias merely stays laying down in his bed before looking at the door of his cell even in his blindfolded state he knows every inch of the dreaded thing. Outside his cell hearing the two guards were merely playing a game of poker as they were told Mathias was paralyzed and couldn't move so they could take it easy today.

"Yeah . . . .Yeah i understand you. . . .What do you need?" Mathias responds to the Mares getting them to smile happily at finally having someone else to talk to.

"My sister, my niece and myself would all like to thank you for what you are doing in keeping us safe from . . .those experiments." Celestia says only to have luna come up and speak.

"We are sorry thou are put through such troubles for our sake. Please tell us that thou art alright." Luna speaks hoping to get a positive answer.

"Yeah i'm fine miss. It's fine really. I don't mind saving you from those horrid assholes. I'm sorry for my language but they deserve it." Mathias responds getting Luna to cry some tears of joy knowing that the only being around helping them is okay.

"That is wonderful news. We are so happy that thou art okay. The guards call you Devil Dog, Is that thine name?" Luna asks getting a small chuckle from the wall.

"No Devil dog is not my name. But it is a name i wear with pride and honor. Being a devil dog is the greatest honor any human can be given. It shows to the world that that particular person is the best of the best. A number 1. Devil dog is the term these Nazi asshats gave to all Marines in this war. The reason is because we fight with such ferocity and power it's like we are literally the hounds of hell taking out our enemy and making sure they NEVER get up again." Mathias says shocking the three inside the cell next to him.

"What's this Marine that you speak of?" Cadence asks a bit curious.

"A marine is a soldier. An elite soldier of the battlefield meant to fight for the protection of our country. The United States of America. We marines are the strongest fighters, The most precise weapon users as well as the most diversely trained soldiers and guards in the entire armed forces. Hell before this war even started we were trained to use a fuckin Katana. A japanese curved long sword so efficiently that we could counter and fight with the best of the Japanese on even ground." Mathias says as his voice and beginning to swell with pride and honor.

"So you are a loyal soldier to a country that is obviously enemies with this one. . . i can see why. . . .My name is Mi Amore Cadenza. . . but you can call me Princess Cadence." Princess Cadence says with a happy smile knowing that the others will follow suit.

"Thy name is Selena, But translated now in our tongue it is Luna. Thou can call us Princess Luna." Luna says with a happy smile as she hopes to get the man's name.

"And my name is Celestia. You may call me that or Princess Celestia." Celestia says with a smirk as she hears laughing coming from next to them.

"Wow . . . I got three princesses sitting right next to me and i don't even know what any of you look like. . . .I'm sorry i haven't been showing proper respect but. . . being trapped here for a year beforehand has kind of gotten rid of my manners. Exactly what are you princess's of?" Mathias asks a bit confused.

"We will tell you but only after you give us your name." Celestia says with a firm tone wanting to know who to thank for constantly saving them.

"My name is Mathias Carlton Croqvist. Blood type O negative. Active Marine in the united states Armed forces. Current genetic experiment of Dr. Theo Adalbert of the S.S. Nazi Regime in germany. I'm 6 feet tall weight 156 lbs and I'm Truly sorry i haven't been giving you girls the proper respect. Please forgive my insensitivity to your position of power." Mathias says shocking the three of them. They all share a look and Celestia quickly responds.

"Don't do that. You don't have to treat us any differently then you have so far. You don't even have to treat us like Royalty. . .You of all people deserve the right to be formal with us. As we agreed. I am Princess Celestia as you know. I am the ruler of Equestria. A tranquil land where no war's or strife like this ever shows up. I control the very sun and rule the kingdom next to my sister Luna." Celestia looks to luna who nods.

"Our name Is Princess Luna. We are the princess of the night and all that encompases it. With our magic we raise the moon and give our subjects peaceful night sleeps and even have control over some aspects of dreams. We can force nightmares on those who need it. We can cure nightmares for those who need rest and We also ensure the night is alight with stars." Luna finishes before looking to cadence.

"My name Is princess Cadence and i'm the ruler of the Crystal empire. Our empire has a very special Aspect to it as the love, happiness and joy of every one of our subjects powers a magical artifact that spreads that joy, love and harmony all over equestria to ensure peace and prosperity are a constant. We occasionally have those who try to change that though. . .like what's happening now. We can only hope Twilight comes through for us." Cadence speaks as she tears up hoping Twilight and the others were alright with Tirek about.

"What do you mean hope? What brought you girls here from this essentially utopian society?" Mathias asks a bit confused.

"We were sent here by a centaur named Tirek. A vile evil creature who has been stealing the magic of all our subjects all over equestria to power himself up. In an effort to ensure he never got his hands on our powers we sent them into my faithful Student. Twilight sparkle. She holds all our magic and we can only hope that with it she was able to overpower tirek and save Equestria." Celestia says making Mathias raise a covered brow.

"That sounds horrible honestly. Having to make that decision. I'm guessing this student of yours wasn't exactly ready for this kind of power when you gave it to her and couldn't really get a handle on it cause you couldn't train her in using it effectively before this Tirek guy got to you?" Mathias asks a bit as his intelligence shows through.

"Yes that is correct. Although i trust my student and i have faith she will win. I still fear for her safety as she can easily hurt or kill herself with that much power inside her. And yes Unfortunately we couldn't teach her. After giving Twilight our magic My sister, Cadence and Myself were all too weak and weary to even move much. Tirek showed up wanting to take our magic but found nothing. He intended to trap us in the same cell we banished him to. But obviously that didn't happen. We ended up here." Celestia says making Mathias raise his eyebrows in understanding.

"The Die Glocke. . . .The Die Glocke brought you here. Obviously this Tirek asshole did his spell right and did banish you to where he used to be caged. But these Pinko, Nazi ball tugging queers activated their secret weapon The Die Glocke. It's a teleportation device they were making. Tireks spell and the portal opened by the Die Glocke must have combined into one so when you exited Tireks spell." Mathias started only to have his thought finished by Cadence.

"We entered this Die Glockes portal and were sent here instead. . . .We weren't even supposed to be here then." Cadence says as she tears up hoping everything will be alright. She wipes the tears from her eyes as she looks at Celestia.

"Exactly. . . .listen girls. . I may not like Royalty all too much from my world but you three sound alright. And i get a good feeling off of all of you that shows you truly care for your subjects. I'll break my rule about how i treat Royals and do my damndest to get you three out of this shit hole and back home to this . . .. equestria." Mathias says shocking them all as they begin to softly cry.

"Thank you Mathias. . .we will Never forget this for as long as we live." Celestia says rubbing Her sisters back with her wing.

"I'll be able to see my husband again. I miss him so much." Cadence says as she thinks about Shining armor.

"Oh married huh? I hope this Man is worthy of you. He better treat a soft spoken woman like you with the respect you deserve. Or i'll kick his ass so hard his nose will bleed." Mathias says making Cadence giggle a bit.

"He is a bit thick headed and does stupid things every now and again but i can tell he likes me. . .though he has gotten a bit distant since Twilight became princess." Cadence said with a chuckle.

"All men are like that. We're all a bunch of thick headed, Stupid, hardwired creatures. His distancing is probably him thinking about his position and if the chase was really worth the trouble. He's just scared and feeling boxed in so it's normal. Just give him a bit of space and remind him he's still free. . . .sort of. But just remember that all men no matter who will want to show that no matter what it takes we have to prove we are the biggest thing to happen to the world since sliced bread. We have to show we are the toughest of the tough. The manliest of the manly. But then again we wouldn't be men if we didn't do any of that." Mathias says getting the girls to chuckle some.

"Listen girls . . . on my honor as a marine. I will get you home to your world. . . I know how that teleporter works. It'll take awhile but . . . .I can send you back with it. All i have to do is grab the records of the settings they used at the time you showed up Four months ago. I'll get you home even if it kills me." Mathias says making the three princesses blush and smile before laying down next to the wall feeling safe for the first time since they got there.

"Hey Mathias?" Celestia asks a bit nervous.

"Yes Princess Celestia?" Mathias asks in a serious tone.

"I was curious as to why you not only smiled so kindly at me My sister and Niece but why you are so adamant about keeping us safe." Celestia says having pondered every possible meaning to why he did what he did.

"I save you three constantly because it's the right thing to do. And i'll be damned to hell if i'm not gonna spend every last ounce of breath and blood in my body continuing to save you three. It's just the right thing to do." Mathias says getting Celestia to smile before nodding to herself.

"As for why i smiled well . . .It had been a long time since i smelled beautiful. And it was a very welcomed change. You smell like the purest tropical fruit juices during a morning sunrise." Mathias says making Celestia blush a deep red before smiling some.

"Now get some sleep princess. . . we have a long wait ahead of us before i can get you home." Mathias says gently patting the cell wall twice. Celestia, Luna and Cadence all do the same at the same time with smile before all three of them go to sleep feeling far safer than they ever had before.

(Back to the mane 6 and the princess's in the hospital.)

"After that talk we began talking every morning and night. Every now and again when we were taken to be successfully experimented on they didn't do much. They only took diagrams of our bodies and what we could do. Even then Mathias spent every ounce of energy barreling his way through guards and scientists alike making sure we were okay." Celestia says in a slightly dreamy tone.

"Granted he never took off the collar or blindfold i could see why he never did. The collar would have exploded killing him and the blindfold was trapped as well." Celestia spoke to them getting them to smile.

"But how in the hay did he keep his promise to y'ah Princess." Applejack asks celestia.

"Yeah if what you say is true it must have been pretty hard to complete his goal. I'm surprised he was able to do it. What makes you think this is the same guy and not some imposter?" Rainbow dash asks a bit sceptical.

"Because he said that he would be following us through the teleporter as soon as he got more of the energy that powered it." Cadence said a bit to happy as her wings spring up letting a feather fall to the floor as she has her wings fold in.

"Uhh Cadence why are you so happy that it might be this human you know. {Gasp} Has my brother stopped paying attention to you?" Twilight asks worrying for her sister and brother.

"Oh no nothing like that twily. He has been distant lately but i'm going to talk to him about it very soon." Cadence says with a smile.

"Thank goodness. I was hoping nothing would happen to you two." Twilight says relieved.

"Anyway, Back on track howd this dude do it?" Rainbow dash asks.

"Well after my sister, Cadence and i were there for a full year. We had escaped. And due to something unheard of to both our worlds. The undead. During the year that had gone on the doctor got more depraved and less sane. He tortured Mathias endlessly completely forgetting about us entirely unless it had to do with Mathias. As time went on Mathias stopped talking, He stopped walking, he stopped fighting. He was to weak for any of it. The only thing he could ever muster to do was spit in the scientist's face. But at one point the past experiments that had died . . . didn't really stay that way." Celestia says.

"You see girls, the other experiments usually died after the first or second experiment and they were then sent through the Die Glocke to get rid of them. But the bodies began to rise from their graves and walk around. The scientist Adalbert went to town experimenting on them as well. Soon enough the bodies of the dead all had risen and after a half a year after the first undead showed up the base was overrun." Cadence then has her horn glow showing them what happened when a view screen shows up.

"The first undead appeared after about 2 months after we started talking with Mathias. When the doctor first heard of it he had me tied and bound to a table with my plot in the air, My tail tied to my back and my sex exposed rather lewdly as my mouth was gagged to keep me quiet. After a few minutes like that Mathias was dragged into the room." Cadence says shivering at the memory of this horrid moment in her life.

(Warehouse prison, october 31st 1943 )

"Ahh Mathias i'm glad you're here I have good news." Adalbert says rather condescendingly towards Mathias.

"Good news huh? Hear that fella's Theo's mom must be nearby handing out mouthjobs." Mathias retorts only to get the butt of a gun to the back of his head.

"Insolent little . . . MY MOTHER WAS A SAINT! So no, not that you insufferable little shit. I'm not going to have anything painful to experiment on you today." Adalbert says.

"Ahh what? Why's that you finally find out you're gay and decided you really did like me? I'm flattered you pinko Ball sucking queer. But i don't bat for that team dicktits." Mathias says spitting in adalbert's face only to get stabbed in the shoulder this time.

"Shut up before i decide to skin you alive again. This experiment will be to see if what i discovered about your sperm was true. It shows you're extremely virile. You can in theory get anything pregnant so long as you fuck it enough. To test this i brought one of your neighbors to test this on." Adalbert says making Mathias stiffen up intensely.

"You're going to make me rape one of my friends?" Mathias says ignoring the stab wound and getting into adalbert's face who merely smirks.

"Oh i assure you she is completely willing and ready she's even presenting herself to you right now. I think it would be rude to refuse her don't you think? GUARDS ON WITH THE PROCEDURE! I wish to have this recorded so we may have review material if this theory holds up." Adalbert says as he walks towards the other side of the room.

"OH you better just kill me." Mathias says adamantly. The guards struggling to even budge Mathias a centimeter as he holds his ground. A second later a faint click is heard.

"If you will not mate with this thing then i shall kill her for not being useful. We still have two subjects left. So what's it going to be Dog? Your virginity or her life?" Adalbert sneers making Mathias growl heatedly as Cadence tears up at this. Worried for both her life and marriage. She hopes that somehow someway Mathias isn't forced to do this and that she gets out unharmed.

"Adalbert you know how fast i am. I'm the only being alive who can outrun a bullet. Even try that and you'll find your own brains to be the one painting this shit hole's walls." Mathias warns making Cadence smile that even now he has no fear. She merely sighs and shakes her plot softly. Adalbert seeing this merely smirks.

"Oh but Mathias you should see how eager she is. Shaking her rump at you waiting for it. Now do it or i swear i will kill her." Adalbert says in a tone Mathias knows all too well. Growling Mathias walks towards the table where Cadence is shocking Twilight and the gang.

"Thats a good dog. Now be a dear and mate with this bitch. I'm sure you'll both enjoy it. Who know's i may just be kind enough to let you stay together after this if she gets pregnant." Adalbert chides as he snickers making Mathias just growl more. As The guards set Mathias in restraints. Once more they get him lined up properly only to have Mathias hear Cadence crying. Mathias merely sighs.

"Luna, Celestia, Cadence, which ever one of you is on this table . . .i'm so sorry i can't stop this. I'd rather see myself hated by you then to be the cause for your death . . . .i hope you can forgive me for this crime against nature." Mathias says making Cadence just cry more. She feels extremely happy Mathias even now is still thinking of her well being rather than his own pleasure and pride as a soldier. Just as the guards push mathias's hips forward and the tip of his cock barely touches Cadence's entrance a scientists bursts into the room after being tackled by an undead getting eaten before everyones eyes. Adalbert's eyes widen as he stops his guards from killing the creature. He merely has them capture it.

Adalbert leaving the room with the guards and creature in tow a second scientist walks into the room and looks towards Mathias.

"I'm letting you out now Mathias. It appears Adalbert's crazy mind has finally gone off the deep end. . . not even most of these guards condone rape like this. None of them were really wanting to force you to rape a very unwilling partner. Especially this one." The scientist says unlocking Mathias from his restraints and cadence from hers.

Immediately cadence tackles Mathias to the ground holding him and crying into his chest. Sobbing uncontrollably as she just sinks into his strong form. Mathias completely confused about it all and why she is shaped the way she is. The scientist takes off the blindfold allowing Mathias for the first time to see one of his friends.

Before him is a very hurt and emotionally unstable mare sobbing into his chest. The pink furred Pony has a rather lush and soft coat. Her mane rather long and colorful with purple, cream and pink shades to it. Her back holds two wings as her head adorns a rather long horn. On her flank is the image of a banner at the base of a crystal heart with what appear to be wings at the sides. Seeing that he just sighs.

"Cadence i'm so sorry they almost made me do that. . . .please don't hate me. I don't know if i could make it through this if you or any of the others hated me." Mathias says rubbing her back just getting Cadence to stare at him with hope and happiness.

"Mathias i was so scared. I heard him cock that gun thing of his and i . . .i was so scared i was going to die. I trust you to stop him but . . .. i understand why you agreed although so reluctantly. I blame adalbert not you. Please . . .now that you've seen me . . . i just hope we can still be friends." Cadence says nuzzling more into his firm chest finding comfort in his grasp as his heartbeat lulls her into a calm demeanour.

"Cadence. . . .I love you and the others. You're my best friends of course this wouldn't change anything. I just really wish he hadn't even thought of this . . .lucky that thing got in here and took his attention away huh?" Mathias says getting Cadence to nod.

"I'll send for the guards to take you to your cells. Mathias i have news from the world above. . .things are not good. As adalbert descends into madness so does the world above . . . i hear the Japanese are planning something big for america. A major attack is in the works." The scientist says shocking Mathias who merely nods. A group of 6 guards come in and take mathias and Cadence separating them only to have Cadence shake them off and tackle Mathias once more nuzzling into him. Confused the guards look towards the scientist wondering whats going on.

"She is in a very emotional state right now. Do not under any circumstances separate them. She needs him as much as he needs her right now. . . . Adalbert went through with his "breeding" Theory and threatened to kill her if he didn't do it." The scientist then left the room leaving 6 stunned guards who look towards Mathias and the pony. They nod to each other and merely team lift the two onto their feet and hooves taking them to Cadences cell with the others were for show they literally throw Mathias into it followed by Cadence who gets pushed inside rather gently.

(Back with the girls.)

"That was the closest Adalbert even came close to harming me, Celestia, Luna or Mathias. As Mathias didn't want us dead and he'd rather see himself hated then us hurt. . . .Mathias i know had no choice. So i was able to forgive him instantly. Those 6 guards had grown to like Mathias and saw him as someone to be like since he literally never gave up no matter what they did to him. The scientist is someone who merely was fascinated with Mathias and went the normal route to getting information. After that day adalbert completely forgot about us. It was as if we were never even in the base." Cadence says as she shows the girls the moments when Mathias was dragged in weak, broken and barely able to move.

"Mathias however was a different story. . . .Adalbert finally broke mathias a few weeks before the atrocities happened. And when the time finally came that the overrun base was being abandoned. . . well" Cadence says as Luna casts the spell this time showing them all what happened.

(Base 2 weeks after "breeding" experiment cancelation.)

Mathias is thrown into the holding cell without a care as his body is convulsing and twitching as strange things begin happening. Every vein in his body is glowing blue and sparking with electricity before shifting to purple or white before settling as soft azure searing his flesh and leaving his arms on fire before shifting back to his normal pale skin tone.

Mathias just lays there in silent agony not wanting to worry Cadence, Celestia or Luna. He stays laying down convulsing and seizing as he just grits his teeth and tries to stop himself only to have the girls crowd him as he begins losing consciousness.

"Mathias thou has to stay awake. Say something" Luna says as Mathias just lays on the floor.

"Mathias . . . Please tell us you're okay." Cadence says worried as she nudges Mathias only getting him to weakly open his eyes and look at her.

"Move over girls i have an idea." Celestia says as she trots over and lays down by Mathias.. She uses her rather soft hoof and leans his head so he'll be looking at her.

"Mathias dear. . .Please seeing you like this hurts us all. . .We know you can't help it but just remember that the power of friendship. . .The harmony and love that stems from it can grant you strength to overcome this. Please speak . .and if you do i'll give you a reward." Celestia says as Mathias's eyes show understanding.

"C-Can't. . .Can't Keep going. To, To much pain and Genetic testing. I'm S-Sorry girls. I don't think i can make it." Mathias says as his body surges with a blue energy sparking off his limbs before turning to fire searing and charring his flesh only to return to it's normal state.

"Mathias . . .you're so weak right now. You have helped us for so long. Let us return the favor. Put your trust in our strength please let us help you . .You can't keep going like this. Please just relax and don't freak out." Celestia says as she softly lays on top of Mathias' lower half pinning him to the ground.

Looking up at Celestia as she does this Mathias is caught a bit off guard as he he sees her leaning her head down towards him. Shocking Luna and Cadence Celestia plants a very tender kiss on Mathias's lips closing her eyes.

Mathias for his part is unable to struggle or move as Celestia kisses him. He just widens his eyes before slowly accepting the reward Celestia gives him. Leaning into the kiss with his eyes closed Mathias feels Celestia push her tongue inside his mouth. After a solid minute Celestia pulls back from Mathias showing thick long strands of Saliva bonding her mouth to his as Celestia's long tongue is still out. Cleaning the strands of Saliva Celestia looks at Mathias and smiles.

"Mathias. . .We love you and we'll do whatever we can to help. . . .Please it's not bad to ask for help if you need it. If anything it takes strength to admit you're not strong enough to do this alone." Celestia says looking at Mathias as he just sighs and nods some getting the girls to lay down near him and nuzzle into him softly.

"Mathias please just remember that we're here for you. . .No matter what." Celestia says getting Mathias to nod his head some and reaching his hand upwards. He gently pats Celestia's muzzle before leaning forward and pulling her head down kissing her lips before slowly passing out.

(With the girls in the Celestial Viewing room.)

"M-Mom. . .Why did you?" Spike says only to get interrupted by Twilight sparkle.

"What was it like kissing a human? How soft were his lips? Did his breath stink? How did his mouth taste?" Twilight asks in her rapid fire way holding a notepad and Pencil up always having wondered what they felt like since her excursion through the mirror to meet Sunset shimmer and the other elements of Harmony at Canterlot High.

"Oh my . .. You seem to have prepared those questions before hand my dear Student. Were you curious for science's sake or more for yourself and that Human, Flash Sentry?" Celestia teasingly asks getting Twilight Sparkle to blush and the other girls to snicker a little bit causing Twilight to glare at them.

"Mom why did you kiss him?" Spike asks a bit confused as to why his mother figure would do something like that.

"Well i'm not going to lie to you Spike. I kissed Mathias because i love him." Celestia says with a straight face and a smile as she feels her heart skip a beat.

"You love him?" Spike asks a bit shocked as all the others merely gape like fish as they look at Celestia.

"What?" Celestia asks a bit confused by her student and her friends looks.

"You can't just admit something like that so . . .casually. Are you really sure you love him?" Rarity asks as she tilts her head wondering.

"Yes i'm sure . . .I've been around for over a thousand years girls. I'm not so naieve as to not know when i'm in love and i sure as sugar won't lie to myself about my feelings just because he's Human." Celestia says getting Rarity to smile softly that declaration.

"thou art not the only one sister. We also find ourselves drawn to our lunar knight. Though we don't know if our feelings are as strong as Thyn." Princess Luna says with a blush on her cheeks as she walks into the Celestial plain with a smile.

"Oh sister i know. But you are still young. You have been imprisoned for a thousand years and while near my age you haven't experienced all that i have due to you're imprisonment. Give it time and It will become clear as to what you feel." Celestia says getting her to smile some.

"Ugh Lame and girly. Can we continue to the part where that human dude saved you?" Rainbow dash says making a gagging face at the emotions in the room.

"Uh not to agree with Rainbow Dash but She is right. We have gotten a little off topic Don'tcha think?" Applejack says getting Celestia to smile and nod.

"Applejacks right. Besides we need to hurry up with this explanation so i can get back to planning HIS PARTY!" Pinkie pie says as she throws out two hoof fulls of confetti.

"Such a poor thing. . .All that pain he's dealt with i hope he's alright. . .The way he looked before the elements of harmony took care of his wounds." Fluttershy hides beneath her hooves shivering as the other girls all shudder and cringe remembering how he looked.

One of the floating screens comes by showing Mathias's state of damage Celestia, Cadence and Luna look at him in fright before Celestia feels her heart shatter at his damaged state.

"W-We left him to . . .Oh my celestia." Cadence says looking at the missing flesh and exposed bones or organs as Mathias stares down Tirek only to crack his knuckles.

"He always was one tough son of a dragon." Celestia says as the memory plays out with Mathias merely beating Tirek down.

"Even in that state he kept his promise to us." Cadence says with a slight dreamy tone happy that he kept that promise just as he said he would.

"Yeah. . .Still it's a bit freaky seeing him look like one of those undead experiments. But the girls are right we've gotten off track. The thing about the experiments was that with them Adalbert was able to turn Mathias from a normal human Marine to something . . .More. At the cost of Mathias's mind. He broke him due to the successful experiments and the damage done to his body and mind. Although his body and mind were broken Adalbert was never able to break his spirit. But the night the base was overrun. . .Mathias nearly did the unthinkable" Celestia says as she shudders remembering that night.

"What happened was the undead broke free of containment and started attacking and killing everything. We were trapped in that iron box so we were safe while the guards and scientists . . .well they weren't so lucky and they were devoured. Adalbert was hunted down and killed by Mathias himself after he helped us escape." Celestia says as she looks down happily at the memory.

"Mathias. . . .When he was pulled out of his cell and handed a gun. . . He put it to his head and nearly pulled the trigger. But when the scientist and small contingent of guards saw this they immediately let us out of our cell and we talked him down. . .Well not really." Cadence says as celestia speaks up.

"Mathias had the large machine gun aimed at his head and while we were trying to calm him down. Our words held no effect and he was about to end himself. The empty look in his eyes was enough to kill me alone. They were so bland and empty void of all life and emotions. They were the eyes of a broken mind and body. But then one of the undead took a swipe at Me." Celestia speaks with a slightly frightened tone.

"I screamed. Loudly. That scream had a profound effect as when i had done it something inside his mind snapped. It snapped or reconnected but whatever it did it sent Mathias back into his normal protective self. He immediately beat that undead monster to death with his bare hands strangling it and making sure it wouldn't get back up again. It was honestly the most frightening thing i have ever seen but also the happiest moment of my life cause Mathias spoke those words of worry and regret. He gushed that i was okay and that he was sorry for how stupid he was. He even claimed to have loved me." Celestia says with her wings opening up and a very delighted smile on her face.

"Escorting us through the base he fought for 6 hours straight in a weakened. . .near dead state to get us to the Die Glocke chamber and had the scientist Heinrich put the right settings in from the logs of our arrival. Mathias before he left to defend the chamber looked me dead in the eyes and kissed me with as much as passion as he could muster. He told me that he loved me as much as he could love any other woman and that no matter what he'll kick Tireks butt somehow. He hugged all of us before saying he'd see us all on the other side after he gets more of the element to send himself through." Celestia says with a smile as she giggles.

"The 6 hours he fought Me, Luna and Cadence all sang songs to keep his spirits up and talked with him to see if he truly was alright. What most of the time was spent talking about was him in his normal self teasing me and the others as we teased him back. All the while he did what a Marine and a red blooded american was trained to do. Kick the butts of Nazi scum that infested the base. Living or dead. He didn't consider Heinrich or the other 6 surviving guards as Nazi's. No, he considered them as friends because of their actions." Celestia smiles some and chuckles as Cadence speaks up.

"When the device was activated we were sent back and woke up in Tireks cage only to then 5 minutes later be sucked back out of a portal and end up in the Throne room of Canterlot. 5 weeks later we get your letter saying that Mathias showed up a week before any of us and saved Rarity from being eaten by Timber wolves." With a happy smile Cadence looks over to Rarity and gives her a soft wink.

"He sure is something when fighting isn't he Rarity?" Celestia asks getting Rarity to look down blushing a bit as she remembered him and how he fought the Timber wolves.

"Yes he sure is. I couldn't even think of how he was able to fight them off in his condition. He looked ready to die. I was half tempted to not let him near a strong wind." Rarity says with a giggle.

"Well that's nothing sweetie. Hell after the whole "Breeding" Incident the doctors never gave him clothes. He had to spend the rest of the time in the base naked as the day he was born. He made fun of himself calling himself a Hollywood Ghoul. Hollywood because they make movies with nudity there and Ghoul since he looked to have already died." Cadence says with a chuckle as Celestia begins sniggering.

"Oh remember that incident that happened with Luna?" Celestia says as Luna blushes a very deep red as she tries to hide herself.

"Sister that was the most embarrassing moment of our life. We were dreaming of candy and lollipops not to mention other sweets and ice cream. How were we supposed to know what we were doing?" Luna screams embarrassed as Cadence leans into everyone.

"Mathias was paralyzed due to the electricity flowing through him and it also caused another part of him to go stiff. Luna being the closest one when sleeping started licking his morning wood. She even started sucking on it." Cadence whispers getting Fluttershy to blush just as deep as Luna while Rainbow Dash begins laughing and Applejack just snickers.

"Calm down Luna. If you remember, Mathias didn't seem to mind it happening. Though i'm pretty sure by that time he had already been rather infatuated with us." Celestia says as Luna just tries her hardest to disappear behind her wings.

"Okay, okay, Enough teasing. Besides cadence you and i both know that what me and Mathias did was way more intimate than Luna accidentally getting a taste of the erotic." Celestia says making Cadence blush deeply as her wings pop up remembering that particular pit stop on the way towards the Die Glocke chamber.

"Oh yeah . . .i almost forgot about that." Cadence says kind of jealousy as she recalls how fulfilled Celestia looked.

"My only question is how was it?" Cadence asks getting Celestia to think for a moment blushing.

"Well it felt amazing. . . I still can't believe he never stopped even when the undead experiments had found us. It was the biggest rush i've had in my entire life." Celestia says as she just hides her backside with her tail hoping no one sees the soft glisten of her juices as she gets a little wet.

"What are you two talking about?" Twilight asks getting Celestia and Cadence to blush before they just shrug.

"Nothing really. Just what happened in the warehouse." Celestia says with a smile as a screen floats by showing Celestia pinned to a wall with her hind legs wrapped around Mathias waist and her forelegs around his neck while her wings are wrapped around his back. Celestia sees it's going to float in front of spike and the others and uses her magic to grab the screen and hurl it back from whence it came none of the others even seeing it besides Rarity who had a rather intense blush on her face.

"I'll explain later Rarity. For now we all have to go and check on Mathias. I'm sure Redheart has her hooves full at the moment." Celestia giggles as the mane 6 and spike head out with the princess's.

At the hospital it seems a few ponies are scrambling back and forth with various papers and things seem to be tossed about. Chaos seems to just be in the air. Most of the mane 6 besides Fluttershy all think the same thing before Celestia stops Nurse red heart as she races by.

"Nurse What did Mathias do now?" Celestia asks a bit confused as to what would cause this.

"It's not what he did it's what he's doing. That stubborn idiot is currently fist fighting another patient. One Iron Will as he calls himself. Iron will made a passing comment on Mathias genitals and not being able to satisfy a mare. He was trying to sell his new product a pill that causes growth. Mathias . . .didn't take the comment well and It's sent the doctors into a panic as they know he's special to you and are looking for anything to help in case he's hurt. Honestly i'm looking for Iron will's Blood type as from the tests I ran i could tell he's going to need it very -" Nurse redheart says before Iron Will crashes through the wall to their left.

"Knock knock." Mathias says cracking his knuckles as he stands behind the hole in the wall.

"Oh, Oh whos there?" Pinkie asks getting Mathias to look at her.

"Boo" Mathias says rather jokingly.

"Boo who?" Pinkie asks a bit curious.

"Hey no need to cry. It's not like i just kicked your butt." Mathias says before Iron will charges Mathias in an attempt to Gore him. Mathias side steps quickly grabbing Iron will by the horns and pinning him to the ground before grabbing Iron will by the shoulder lifting him up into the air.

"When life gets tough you gotta grab it by the horns" Mathias speaks before grabbing Iron wills hand and squeezing it to the point his index finger is curved outward while the rest feels as if it's going to be crushed.

"AND MAKE IT SCREAM!" Mathias yells as he rams Irons will finger up his own butt followed by his hand before kicking him in the back and letting him land face first on the floor. Mathias grabs Iron wills hair and lifts his head up a bit.

"Let that be a lesson to you. Never poke fun about my fuck stick." Mathias says in serious tone getting Iron will to nod before Mathias lets his head go watching it thunk into the tile of the hospital floor.

"Really Mathias? You kicked his ass for something so petty as a pill to make you bigger down there? I thought all men wanted bigger meat?" Celestia asks a bit confused.

"Hey what we humans lack in size we make up for in stamina and endurance. Besides i seem to remember my last partner enjoying my "Meat" for at least 2 hours straight pinned against a wall." Mathias says making Celestia blush intensely before looking away embarrassed as she pouts a little.

"You know you're real cute when you pout like this." Mathias says poking Celestia's cheek getting her to smile some.

"And there's the smile." Mathias says hugging her tightly making Celestia smile and hug him back.

"So what brings you three back here oh and with friends? Nice to meet you i'm Mathias." Mathias says reaching his hand out to the mane 6 Twilight looking at him a bit sceptical as she recoils from his hand.

"Scare yah? Sorry bout that but . . .i don't take insults to my manhood or being lightly." Mathias says with a smile before rubbing the back of his head as Spike walks up to him.

"You don't remember me or the others?" Spike asks a bit confused wondering something.

"Mmm nope not really. I don't remember much of anything except my past from the time i was experimented on to my time in high school and so on. But anything after that i'm barely getting bits and pieces back." Mathias says shrugging his shoulders.

"So you don't remember our deal?" Spike asks a bit worried.

"Nope sorry. What was our deal? If i made one i'll honor it." Mathias says getting Spike to smile before motions for Mathias to come closer. When Mathias leans down close enough Spike whispers into his ear.

"You were going to teach me how to be a gentleman to get a marefriend. You even said you'd teach me to play guitar." Spike finishes as Mathias leans away wondering why he wanted to keep that secret.

"Sure buddy i'll help you out there. But i don't know how to play guitar." Mathias says rubbing his head before Nurse redheart trots up to his side.

"Actually you do. Very well i might add. You played for hours on end just the other day and i have to say that it was Heavenly. You have amnesia but the muscle memory is still there. Pick up a guitar and start strumming. It might just help jog your memory or memories associated with guitars." Nurse red heart says as Mathias nods happily before looking to the Mares in the large group. He sees the white coated one with rather luscious lavender shaded mane and crystal blue eyes is looking at him with a smile.

"Well it seems you know me. Mind explaining?" Mathias asks getting Rarity to smile.

"Well Darling, I was out Gem hunting as i usually do when i came upon you actually. You looked to be about half past dead. I thought you were going to attack me but . . . i was wrong. You tried warning me about the timberwolves that were chasing me down. Even though i attacked you, you risked yourself to save my life. It was the most heroic thing i'd ever witnessed." Rarity says with a smile.

"Well I'm glad i could help a gorgeous mare such as yourself. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you had gotten hurt while i could have prevented it." Mathias says shrugging his shoulders getting Rarity to blush and Spike to look at him astonished.

Rarity realizes that he must have forgot the thank you she gave him and she just smiles some before speaking.

"Well i just wanted to thank you properly for that. So could you lean down here for a moment darling?" Rarity asks getting Mathias to just shrug his shoulders before leaning down to eye level with her.

"Yeah?" Mathias asks getting Rarity to quickly give him a kiss on the cheek shocking every one of her friends and bringing Mathias to blush a bit before placing his hand on his cheek.

"That was my thank you? That was a bit much i mean. . .I'm not even a pony." Mathias says a bit concerned for her reputation.

"Oh Phoo, Let these ponies think what they want. You saved me and that makes you a hero to me. A little kiss on the cheek is the least i could do." Rarity says getting Mathias to smile softly.

"Oh, well thank you. It means a lot to me that you'd do it." Mathias says gently scratching behind Rarity's ear getting her to close her eyes as she gives a slight pleasured groan making Spike smile some quickly taking a few notes already learning what he could.

"Now then What are your names?" Mathias asks getting Spike to answer first.

"I'm spike. I'm a dragon." Spike says with a smile as the others come forward.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, These are my friends Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity." Twilight introduces the others as well as herself and points to each and every one of her friends.

"So i see you're fast. If you can dodge a charging Minotaur you have to be. Wanna race some time?" Rainbow dash asks nudging him with her elbow.

"No i'm good. I don't really care for racing." Mathias says seriously getting Rainbow Dash to look at him a bit confused.

"Huh?" She responds confused.

"I'm not into racing. It's just not my thing." Mathias says shrugging his shoulders as Rainbow Dash just stares at him suspiciously.

"Well you have to be plenty strong to knock a minotaur through a wall. I bet you workout all the time to keep yourself in shape." Rainbow Dash says getting another shake of the head.

"Nope i don't work out all the time either. Honestly i just run an obstacle course once every 3 days and eat right with some snacks on the side. My strength . . .i've had it since i hit puberty really." Mathias says a bit confused as he rubs his head some.

"What do you mean since puberty? Weren't you always this strong growing up?" Twilight asks pulling out a pen and paper.

"Nope, Matter of fact i was about as nerdy and dorky as poindexter over there." Mathias says pointing his thumb behind himself showing a rather pale furred Pony with tapped up thick lense glasses with Zits everywhere on his face.

"I don't believe it." Rainbow Dash says sceptically.

"Oh believe it. I was as nerdy and weak as that guy. . .But one day i woke up and i saw i didn't need my glasses. . .i never tired like i usually would and one day a car lost it's brakes and was heading right towards me. Fearing for myself i actually punched the car so hard it slid onto the other side of the road and to be completely honest i was also able to breath fire for some reason. I've never really been able to explain it. I talked to my mom and pop about it and they said everyone goes through changes when they're at a certain age and that it was just puberty.. Although i knew my kind of puberty wasn't the norm so i kept most of my strength hidden." Mathias says before gently blowing out an Azure flame from his mouth shocking the girls as well as spike.

"The only thing i can think of is that a month before i was in the everglades for a family vacation and. . .You know what not important right now. But a week before i noticed the changes i was under some of the most excruciating pain leaving me paralyzed for that whole week straight. i was hot and sweating constantly and my eyes changed from solid emerald to one emerald green and one Sapphire blue. But again all this only happened after . . .Nevermind." Mathias says rubbing his head.

"So you never used to be this way before you hit puberty?" Twilight asks scribbling everything down.

"Nope, i was a total bookworm and nerd. My weapon used to be a number 2 pencil and my battlefield was solving quadratic equations. . .but then War was declared i had to trade my pocket protector for M1 Garand semi-auto rifle. When i was given that masterpiece of warfare i never looked back." Mathias says looking at the nerdy Pony again. He smiles some and waves to the stallion getting the stallion to look around before pointing to himself when he sees no one is around.

Mathias just nods to him and gives him a thumbs up and a smile making the stallion a bit nervous before the nurse quickly, while he's distracted, relocates his foreleg into it's socket before getting it in a sling. Mathias smiles some as he sees the nerdy pony just work through the intense pain and thank the nurse.

"Well i have to know a few things before this goes any farther." Pinkie pie says looking at Mathias.

"Okay what do you need to know?" Mathias asks getting Pinkie pie to breath deeply.

"I need to know what's your favorite color, if you like streamers and confetti, what kind of cake do you want and what kind of Pie. Oh oh oh oh I also need to know what you like so that i can get you some presents 'OH also what party games do you like?" Pinkie pie asks in a rapid fire manner.

"why do you need to know that?" Mathias asks getting Pinkie pie to giggle.

"Why for your welcome to Ponyville party of course." Pinkie pie says as she throws two hoof fulls of confetti.

"Oh no i'm good. . .I don't do parties." Mathias says shocking everyone as Pinkie pie looks at him before gasping horrified.

"You don't do parties? BUT EVERY PONY LOVES A GOOD PARTY." Pinkie pie says as she looks at him rather seriously.

"Not me. . .I never had a party in my life for anything. I never had friends growing up, was constantly bullied and beaten for being a nerd, ridiculed and hassled by the neighborhood punks and anytime i talked to a girl they would cringe and just make fun of me for being so ugly. So because of all that i had no reason to go to proms, dances, hang out anywhere in public and certainly to never throw or go to a party." Mathias says as if it was the most normal thing in the world. Unknown to him the ponies in the hospital who heard him stare a bit saddened at the story while Pinkie pie's hair deflates and straightens out.

"That's so sad. . .We have to change that right now. I'll start by throwing you the biggest, bestest most awesomest party that i have ever thrown. After all I have to make it great if i'm going to make you start loving parties." Pinkie pie says as her hair poofs up again before she bolts off out of the hospital.

"But i don't . . . want a . . . party. Huh." Mathias says looking towards The others.

"Don't worry about it. There's no stopping her when she gets like this." Twilight says with a bit of interest.

"So you used to be a bookworm?" Twilight asks a bit hopeful that maybe he still has an interest in books.

"Yup, The biggest. Even had a pair of glasses like the beast back their. Took that relocation like a boss and didn't cry. Relocating a bone into it's socket hurts like hell. I should know." Mathias says looking back at the nerdy looking stallion who's now comforting his friend. Which is a rather buff pegasus with blonde mane and red eyes who's cowering at the sight of a needle.

"Wow even comforting a friend in need. When he finds something to fight for he'll be damn hard to stop." Mathias comments before nodding his upwards as a show of respect to the stallion getting a happy wave in return.

"What kind of books did you have in your world? Was their sciences? Oh oh oh or how bout science fiction or fiction or fantasy or maybe educational books about the biological functions of many different species such as ponies even going so far as to log down and track the very double helix of our very own DNA within the mitochondria which is responsible for just about every- NERRRRD!" Mathias and Rainbow Dash both yell out in the middle of Twilights exposition on her theories about where Mathias is from. Rainbow Dash and Mathias look to one another and begin laughing softly.

"To answer your question yes we have all of those. But my personal favorites of the reading Genre are Horror, Traditional folk stories, Myths and Legends and finally . . .romance." Mathias speaks getting odd looks from everypony in the room.

"What? I gotta keep myself somewhat cultured. I may be a Marine but one thing we were taught was to always keep that part of ourselves that's Civilian so we might just be able to return to a normal life and go on with the day to day routine. I was a nerd before becoming a Marine. That meant things like Catilian, being raised as a proper gentleman, having an entire gallon and a half of class shoved down my throat just incase i'm ever invited to high class, Hoity Toity, Fancy Pants parties by the rich and wealthy, Famous or god forbid Royalty. I was even forced to learn the language of the pansies." Mathias says with a soft chuckle at remembering his childhood.

"You mean the Breezies?" Fluttershy asks a bit interested now.

"Bree what? Hell no i mean the french. Those pansy asses flinch at the slightest thing that shows aggression. A far cry from their roots as revolutionary fighters and damn tough soldiers. Hell i was touted through . . . " Mathias stops for a moment as his face goes from relaxed to stern as memories once again flash into his mind as he ignores the pain.

"Huh . . .i just had a flash of memories. It was after i helped you all escape with the use of the Die Glocke. I was recaptured and stripped naked, Chained to a vehicle by my neck and had my hands bound and my mouth gagged. They toutted me through Paris France as a P.O.W and because i was American most of those pansy ass frenchmen fainted just at the look of me naked." Mathias says with a chuckle as Celestia, Luna and Cadence frown.

"Well it seems we abandoned you to more abuse and torture." Celestia says in a very broken and mournful tone as Mathias looks to her.

"The fuck you did. You three needed to go home and i never felt abandoned even for a nanosecond. Nah i wasn't abused and tortured, I was put in a P.O.W. Camp and forced to work with a man from america like myself. Guy's name was Hannibal. We had a good time the entire time we were at the camp. Hell it was like a sitcom. His whole crew had the run of the camp because a P.O.W. Camp is a lot different than an experimentation factory. Those camps have Rules to follow and if they break them. . .well let's just say that there are worse things than having a US marine nipping at your heels in war. Hell i remember the day christmas came and the camp got a whole shipment of Monopoly for us POW's. We orchestrated a successful breakout using the games fake money, the lead play pieces, a piece of string and a thimble." Mathias says looking at Celestia and the others. Getting them to smile before Mathis looks to Twilight.

"Anyway, we have plenty of books with plenty of different Genres. Even one called Paranormal Romance. Whatever the hell in god's name that is." Mathias says thinking for a moment.

"Wow seems like Humans were just like ponies in many different ways but vastly different in others. I really want to learn as much as i can about your species. " Twilight says getting him to shrug.

"Mathias . .. you seem very different than when you were in the warehouse. .. you seem more . . open. More laid back." Celestia speaks walking forward as she smiles a bit more then usual finding this version of Mathias rather silly and not so serious. Compared to how his attitude was at war this is a welcomed change.

"Well yeah of course. I'm not in a war anymore. Granted it's hard to stay this calm but keeping my mind preoccupied with conversation and good company is certainly helping me ease up and relax. I don't have to be ready to murder anything that moves. To bear down on it like the noogies and beatings i used to get as a nerd while i slowly strangle the life out of whatever is beneath me or beat whatever's in my way to death with my bare hands. To just be a normal guy . . .It will feel nice to be able to be that way again." Mathias says as he just shrugs his shoulders.

Celestia just looks at him seriously. Something has been very suspicious lately. Mathias just loses his memories out of the blue, He's reverting to a point where he was before he was captured by the Germans and Celestia try as she can is unable to find any trace of the cursed and hexed magics that raise the dead. Discord knows something is up that much she can tell. She needs to seek council with her. She knows she will answer if asked outright.

"Mathias, Stay here with Candy, Lulu, My faithful student twilight and her friends. Oh and please if you could play the guitar again it was really magical. Oh and watch over my son Spike. I'm going to get a few things for you in the meantime. Have fun." Celestia says as she uses her magic to pop out of the area without letting anyone get a word in edgewise.

(Celestial Plain with Celestia.)

"Alright i know you're watching me. Please come out i wish to ask you a few things if it's okay." Celestia speaks to essentially no one.

"I knew you'd figure it out sometime soon. But not this soon sweety. I know what you want to ask and i tell you i did it for a good reason." The mysterious figure speaks.

"Well why did you take his memories. Why revert him to a point where he won't be able to fight the supposed waves of undead humans?" Celestia asks fearing for his life.

"Because there are none. You and I both know that Mathias is far to stubborn to ever show up to a place like Equestria to live out the rest of his ageless days if simply asked. I had to lie to him and order him here as a mission." Speaks the voice again as it seems to move closer.

"What? There are none? But discord " Celestia speaks only to find who she's been speaking to in front of her.

In Front of Celestia is another Alicorn with white fur and the rosiest red mane and tail ever. Her soft features just stare at her happily before shushing Celestia with one of her wings Feathers.

"Shhh, Listen you know Mathias. You were with him when he was in that hell. You know how stubborn he is, How he never slows down and certainly how "energetic" he can be." The mare in front of Celestia says getting Celestia to blush at that before she turns away.

"Don't be ashamed my dear. It was my doing that allowed you two to meet. It was through the act of letting that portal from his world to yours open that intertwined your destinies. You wished to know if i had forgiven you for your sins. The sin of Betrayal of blood. Bearing false witness for a millennium and steering a pure soul towards the path of darkness. I allowed Tirek to escape to pave the way for you to find your final gift." The Mare says sweetly as she walks around Celestia.

"Mathias is my gift? He's a person not some object to be handed over." Celestia says looking at a screen as it passes by showing an image of Mathias lying against the wall with Celestia's head on his waist, Cadence on his left side and Luna on his right all 4 of them sleeping. The image bringing Celestia to smile softly as it was the night Theo had tried his breeding experiment.

"Celestia a long time ago you learned that you could not love anyone because you would outlive them by millenia. You locked your heart away and so did your sister as she followed your example. You turned this paradise you yourself helped create into your personal torture chamber. Seeing happy loving couples never once being able to feel that bit of pleasure or happiness yourself. I heard your wish when you called to the heavens. You saw the beginning gifts i gave you to show i forgave you of your sins. You had a niece show up to fix the fighting pony races by spreading love and harmony through her gift and special talent. You had gotten your perfect student somepony to inherit your old burden of the elements of harmony. Your sister was returned to you sane and begging forgiveness for the sins of her past. Which you forgave. You had an old friend who lost himself to madness reformed and you also had a soul you lost to the darkness brought back to the light of love and friendship. The last item of that list was for you to find the missing piece of your heart." The mare says once more as Celestia continues to look at the screen still only to blush intensely as she sees Mathias slide down the wall careful not to wake Cadence or Luna. She sees Mathias just slides down and embrace her sleeping form nuzzling in.

"And you found it. Mathias had just begun his journey as my warrior with saving you three so he had a long way to go to become my chosen saint. I had introduced you to a mortal. A mortal who would no doubt die and yet that mortal had managed to do the impossible and shatter the barrier you placed over your heart to mask your emotions. He is your missing heart Celestia. Just as you are his. He has earned his place here just as you have earned forgiveness. Although i can say that his journey to being my chosen saint was not an easy one." The mare says bringing up a view screen Showing Mathias ontop of a pile of bodies aiming a gun at a charging force of creatures and firing away with reckless abandon putting down countless numbers of these beasts before getting his left arm grabbed. Jumping in the air Mathias throws his arm upwards and to the right sending the creature above his head before Mathias takes out an old Sawn off Shotgun blowing the creature apart with both barrels before landing down and racing to find more ammo as the screen fades to black.

"He suffered loss, He suffered loneliness, He suffered pain, anger, sloth, pride, greed, gluttony, Vanity and envy. He suffered more so than any other chosen saint before him. His true father saw to that." The mare says getting Celestia to tilt her head.

"What do you mean?" She asks a bit confused as The mare turns to face her.

"Mathias is a human sweetheart. The most imperfect, Impulsive, instinct Hardwired species known to existence. Humans ability to Adapt to any environment coupled with the way the mind worked allowed them to be immune to the one force meant to affect everything in creation, Chaos. They obscured the very balance of nature itself just by existing and they were a creation i made that was corrupted by Belial by simply giving them free will. Me and Mathias's Father Belial have always chosen a champion ourselves to do our fighting and maintain balance so Chaos does not overstep its bounds " The mare says only for Celestia to cut in.

"And not unravel the very fabric of the world everypony views to be reality plunging us into an underworld that's just as real but not as brightly lit. I know as you have explained it before." Celestia says knowing where this speech was going.

"Yes. . .We had chosen our own Champions 12 times in a row before getting to Mathias. 12 different worlds all of which were untouchable by the opposing force to act as the final balance incase Chaos overtook the rest. But the time came to pick a new Saint and for Belial to pick his new Champion only this time he had an Idea to truly prove who was better and to finalize the 13th and final two worlds to be the balancing act. He had proposed that we pick each other's saint and Champion so as to be completely fair for both parties as the other times we chose the most extremes of our own sides beforehand. He also wanted to be the one who chose the species since i had done that last time. . Out of all the worlds and all the infinitesimal amount of species he chose the one species so imperfect that it would be a hell to make him saint yet very easy to temp to darkness. I chose his Champion, A champion of love and light to turn into the chosen Abysll Champion and Doomknight. However he chose the one that was to be my Saint. I had chosen for him the most powerful and handsome swordsman from a place named swordhaven to turn him into a Doomknight for Belial. The original Doomknight. All so balance could be maintained. When one soul is lost to the darkness one finds it's way to light as the laws dictate and Mathias was slated as my Saint. So, with our champions chosen we turned one of those worlds into a perfect Paradise for that planet's inhabitants while the other was destroyed. . .that is until a champion of Chaos was finally chosen for one world and kinda threw everything out of whack for them. This champion reversed which worlds had a paradise and which had the apocalypse ending up killing every last living thing on that planet besides my chosen Champion." The mare says as Celestia's eyes widen to the size of dinner plates.

"You mean" She begins only to have the other interrupt.

"Yes, Mathias's home suffered it's apocalypse leaving him as the last Human alive since chaos had chosen a champion and sent it to his world. Plunged into Tartarus he fought to get free and rescue who he could. He was unable to find survivors as he was truly the last human alive. So instead of giving up and sacrificing himself with Martyrdom. He chose instead to fight the forces of Tartarus with every last ounce of strength, power and determination he could. He was so successful in that endeavour the current ruler of tartarus had petitioned me to purge his very being from tartarus so as to preserve the very balance of the universe as he was quickly tearing his way through his landscape. . .It was when he did petition me that i learned WHY he wanted him out of hell." The mare giggles as she recalls the stunned expression on Lucifer's face as well as her own.

"I mean it's not everyday you learn that the one being that is to be your equal in your opposite field gets his own dumbass violently killed." The mare speaks with a giggle

"What could have happened that warranted Mathias's exile from Tartarus? It had to be huge." Celestia asks astonished.

"You have no idea sweetheart. Mathias, beat his true father Belial to death with his own two hands. It had to be the funniest freakin thing i had ever seen in my life. The fallen titan, The monster of monsters, The true progenitor of all Evil in any and all dimensions and all worlds in all of the universes. . . Killed by a lowly human with only one of my runes and a blessing." The mare shakes her head getting Celestia's eyes to widen.

"Mathias killed Belial the fallen? How?" Celestia asks astonished.

"Oh simple my dear, But that's a story for another time. We've gotten off track." The mare says getting Celestia to nod.

"I took his memories for good reason Celestia. Mathias is a marine. He does his duty to the letter and never fails in it's pursuit. But because of that he could never calm down enough to live a normal life and pursue his own dream of having a loving wife and family. Friends who would always stay by him. I took his memories and i am allowing him to slowly but surely gain them back to where they won't change how he is right now." The mare says getting Celestia to smile.

"So you did this so he can see his dream Fulfilled?" Celestia asks getting a nod.

"Yes, I did it so he could find the loves of his life and spend eternity with all of them. To see that his dream is fulfilled to it's fullest. And he can't do that if he expects a few million undead to be gunning for him. Discord was ordered by me to lie to him about the curse, the Hex and the undead to ensure Mathias stayed for his "mission" and While he slept i wiped his memories of the last 2000 years and reverted his state of mind to his old self. He will live out his ageless days here on Equestria. But he will have some fun in the human version of Equestria as well. He has many challenges ahead of him Celestia. Stay with him. Stay with him and help him move past his own sins and inner demons. Just as you had to." The mare says walking away.

"Thank you for letting me know. Don't worry i'll let all the others know about the real reason he forgot his memories so they don't cause any undue stress. Also i will. I won't ever leave his side now that i have him so close to me." Celestia says waving a hoof at the retreating form.

"Oh don't worry, Everything will be fine. Now i expect to see grand foals sometime soon in the future Celly" The mare says getting Celestia to blush.

"Shut up mom, If it happens it happens." Celestia yells at the laughing figure getting celestia to just huff and disappear in a pop of magic as she reappears at a general goods store in ponyville to buy some soda for Mathias to drink and thinking how he's going to take the knowledge that not everyone sells meat here.

She doesn't have to wait long as when she pops into the hospital and opens Mathias's door a pony is hurled out of the room merely by the very loud yelling as if someone was using the royal canterlot voice.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T SERVE MEAT?" Mathias yells as the doctor is currently shaking like a leaf as he walks into the room once again.

"I-I-I-I mean, th-that w-w-we don't offer M-Me-M-Meat to our patients. None have ever actually needed them and not many species who end up in this hospital have meat in their diets. You can try the veterinary office if you want meat." The doctor says hiding behind his clipboard as if that would stop the angry male.

"Let me get this straight. Because most of the species on this world are herbivores and only eat plants you only serve plants. What do i look like? Some tree hugger?" Mathias asks very sternly getting the doctor to respond.

"Oh Celestia please let this be the right answer but No" The doctor says hoping to placate the agitated male.

"CORRECT!" Mathias says getting the doctor to sigh with relief.

"Now let me outta this bed and show me where the nearest forest is. If i have to hunt down and kill my own meal i'll do it." Mathias says getting the doctor to just swallow hard.

"I can't let you do that. You're still far to injured. Your ribs aren't healed enough and your leg sure isn't in a condition for prolonged walking. Please understand that i can't let you." The doctor pleads getting Mathias to just sigh dejectedly.

"For christs sake fine. I won't go hunting my next meal. But call the freakin veterinary office if you have to. Humans require meat in our diets if we're to heal properly. See if they have any poultry, pork or beef on hand. Venison will work as well as Yak, bison or god forbid snake. Any meat will do." Mathias says shocking the doctor to the core.

"You really eat all those species of animals?" The doctor asks fearing for the safety of a few guests in the hospital.

"Usually only Poultry, pork or beef. Venison and the others are always optional and only if they are the only things around." Mathias says letting the doctor breath a sigh of relief.

"I'll contact the vet immediately to see about getting the meats you need. In the meantime please just calm down." The doctor says getting Mathias previously erratic heart monitor to even out in that instant surprising the doctor at the fact he's able to control his own heart like that before leaving the room.

"Well . .. it seems you're as cornivoristic as ever." Celestia says lifting the bag with the soda and a few pieces of candy with a special treat she knows he'll love.

"Well i'm human and sure i can eat plants and the like but if i want to get healthy and stay that way i need meat. You know that Celestia." Mathias says getting Her to nod happily.

"Of course. I brought you something to drink. It's like Soda pop from your world only differently flavored. I even got you some candy and a little surprise from one of Rainbowdash's old friends." Celestia says as she floats the bag to Mathias. Mathias taking the bag looks at the bottle a little confused as it's in plastic.

"It's a twist top sweety. Twist the plastic cap till it pops off the top. The food is in plastic containers as well. You just pull them up." Celestia says as Mathias does what he's told. In doing so he takes a drink of the Soda downing its contents in their entirety leaving the 2 liter bottle empty as he exclaims a gentle sigh of relief.

"Ahhh that was amazing. I want more of that for sure." Mathias says setting the empty two liter in the trash. That is before he belches rather loud and really long lasting nearly 35 seconds before putting his hands over his mouth when he stops finally.

"Opps. . .excuse me i'm sorry that happened." Mathias says embarrassed he just did that in front of everyone whereas spike just laughs a bit.

"Dude that was AWESOME! You gotta show me and the guys how to belch like that." Spike says still giggling.

"Spike calm down. It was an accident. He'll teach you later." Twilight says as she writes down in her notes about deep large lung capacity humans apparently have.

"What's the surprise in the bag Celestia?" Mathias asks digging through only finding a small bag Labeled jerked.

"No way. . ." Mathias says pulling the bag out and opening it up before smiling at the strip that he has in his hand.

"Yes way, I teleported to Griffon Stone and talked with a few griffons. I asked if they had any type of meat that would be safe to eat. The griffon said that this would do. It's Cow meat dried with sea salt and slathored in marinade called Teriyaki and it's smoked in a furnace." She says happily as Mathias looks to Celestia as if she was a lifesaver.

"I love you." Mathias says in a simple joke like manner getting Celestia to chuckle.

"I love you too. Now calm down, eat your jerky and wait for later. I have other meat meals being cooked and getting ready to have them sent here. Oh Rainbow Dash Gilda says Hi and also that she's sorry. It took some doing but i was able to get her to say it. That griffon is as stubborn as they come." Celestia says as Rainbow Dash is a bit caught off guard.

"You're spoiling me Celestia." Mathias says happily after swallowing the delicious meat.

"Well you certainly deserve it after what you've done and don't worry. I'll make sure the local populace knows about your dietary concerns so if you ever go out on a date or just out to eat they know what you need." Celestia says getting Mathias to hugs her tightly.

"Don't do all this for me if it's too much trouble. I don't want to be a burden." Mathias says getting Celestia to just smile.

"Oh you'll never be a burden. Only a very dear friend i hope to get close to in the coming years." Celestia says hugging Mathias back getting a tender neck rub from him.

"So how did everything go while i was gone?" Celestia asks getting everyone to look at Mathias sternly.

"What?" Mathias asks getting them all to just give him the look that asks "Really?" all the while just getting him to look out the window.

"It wasn't my fault he came for round two. Besides we worked it out after the fight didn't we? He's a pretty cool guy." Mathias says getting the others to sigh.

"Iron Will woke up and said that was the best fight he's ever had and wanted another one in the courtyard. Mathias broke three of his ribs and dislocated his shoulder before ripping out his nose ring and giving him a massive headbutt knocking him unconscious. When Iron Will woke up he begged Mathias to train him to fight since he was so good." Cadence says to Celestia getting Celestia to look at Mathias a bit angrily.

"What was i supposed to do? Just deny him the fight? I have my pride you know." Mathias said getting Celestia to sigh rather understandingly.

"You Marines and your pride. I swear it's going to be the death of you." Celestia says as Mathias just laughs.

"Yeah well i welcome death to try. It won't be the first time i kicked his ass." Mathias says looking at Celestia.

"Stubborn fool." Celestia states.

"Stupid mare." Mathias bites back.

"Don't you call me stupid." Celestia yells.

"Okay then how about bitch?" Mathias says getting into her face.

"Arrogant dick." Celestia says butting heads with him.

"SPOILED SOW." Mathias says pushing agaisnt her.

"Fuck you." Celestia says.

"Fuck you." Mathias says glaring at celestia as everypony in the room is a bit worried.

Both celestia and Mathias just begin laughing rather light heartedly at each other before they hug.

"Oh god i missed you Celestia. I may not remember much of my recent past but what i can tell you is what i feel with my instincts. . . .and they never steered me wrong before. Just as they steered me to keep you safe and to get you home they are telling me that it's been years since we've seen each other. I feel as if i'm finally complete." Mathias says holding onto the mare tenderly with a smile.

"I missed you too Mathias. It'll be nice to have someone who knows how to fight finally defend our home properly. Our spells and magics only work for . . .so long before they can no longer do any good. Although i pray we never need you. The best offense is one you never need to use am i right?" Celestia says with a smile as Mathias nods his head some.

"Obviously, Oh hey since i'm here in equestria now i guess i should see about getting my Tattoo reworked to add your flag huh?" Mathias says remembering his promise.

"We'll see about that later, For right now you need to relax. . . And no more fighting unless it's in self defense or you're protecting something." Celestia says sternly pointing a feather at his face using her wing to point at him.

Mathias opens his mouth to speak only to have Celestia beat him to the punch

"And i don't mean your pride." Celestia says as Mathis just sighs and nods to her before she softens her gaze.

"Good, Now i leave you in Twilight's Capable hooves. I'm sure You'll have fun. Cadence, Luna we must return to Canterlot. While on my outing i got a message from my new Guard captain. We have "Important" Agenda's to deal with." Celestia says with a groan as Cadence just gives a glance at Mathias and smiles to him before she and Luna kiss his cheeks.

"Rest up big guy. You have a lot to adjust to here in Equestria. This isn't a war zone and i'm pretty sure you're the ONLY human here So try to relax and please, for me, Don't pick fights or let anything Anypony says get to you. I don't think ponies will appreciate Ponyville Becoming a ghost town because you went on another berserker spree like back in the warehouse." Cadence says as she and Luna give him one last wave goodbye. Mathias just keeps a stoic face. Although on the inside he feels rather conflicted at the Princesses actions and most of all the feelings he's having between his heart, and his faith.

"Mathias are you feeling better now?" Twilight asks getting him to nod.

"Yes i'm fine. Just feeling a bit . . . strange." Mathias says as he just stretches a little.

"Well your heart did just randomly calm down. It could be a result of that." Twilight says as Mathias shakes his head.

"Nah that ain't it. I learned to control my heart rate back in the warehouse. It stopped those asshole scientists from torturing me when they thought i died." Mathias says bringing his heart rate back up to nearing 200 beats per minute. In a few moments a doctor bursts into the room looking at Mathias only to have him stop his heart rate back to 60 Getting the doctor to look at him a bit strangely as he logs it down in his notes.

"See." Mathias says looking to twilight as she just puts her own notes down.

"Your version of humans sure are different from the versions i met back in canterlot High." Twilight says looking over everything she's written down.

"Yeah well . . .Humans are monsters. We have the ability to do untold amounts of good yet at the same time we hold the power to devastate the world with immeasurable amounts of evil. It's like two sides of the same coin." Mathias says looking at them all.

"Well then why do you feel strange as you put it?" Twilight asks curious as to this strange feeling.

"Well it's just. . .growing up things like you pegasi and unicorns, even alicorns and dragons were only ever Myth and legend. Stories told to me when i was young about knights in shining armor with weapons made from the gods themselves to better fight off the terrible evils or protect the gentle creatures all of it was never real. But here you all are. I feel strange because growing up i was taught a human man falls in love with a human woman. My faith says that falling in love is okay but only with a human woman and yet here i am sitting in a world with no other humans and certainly no human women to fall in love with. So my faith is saying that falling in love with anything here would be wrong. But my heart is conflicting that belief and thought process by stating that love will cross all boundaries. Love always finds a way. This fight between my faith and my heart are what's making me feel strange. I don't know which to believe as neither have ever steered me wrong before and i don't know which to choose." Mathias says as he holds a hand over his heart.

"So what you're saying is that although what you were taught to believe is not applicable here in equestria it still reigns true to what you believe as it has lead you to this point. But your heart, Your own instincts are fighting back saying that your faith while correct is in the wrong in this situation and is vying to sway you to seeing things it's way?" Rarity asks a bit concerned having felt this way a few times before in her life knowing just what he's going through and the pain he must be feeling.

"Rarity, Not to argue but there's no way that's how he's feeling. As a fellow athlete i know just what he's feeling. He's feeling Anxious to get out of this dumpy hospital room and have some fun." Rainbow Dash says as all her friends look at her a bit skeptically.

"Right, and the fact he said he ain't no athlete adds to the truth of your idea. Am i right rainbow?" Applejack asks getting Rainbow Dash to nod.

"Oh he says he's not an athlete but the way his body is built. Yeah that build just screams Athlete." Rainbow dash says rather confidently.

"Why don't we just let Mathias tell us what he's feeling?" Fluttershy says rather softly. So softly the others don't really hear it.

"Oh and what makes you such an expert darling?" Rarity asks a bit heated.

"Uh because i'm awesome. That's why." Rainbow dash asks getting Rarity to just hmph as she turns her head.

"Why can't you just give Mathias a second to speak for himself rather then just talking over one another?" Fluttershy once again speaks only to not be heard.

"Hey i bet he's just got an upset stomach. I mean this hospital food is just horrible. I think maybe i should bring him some apples or maybe a pie. A couple fritters maybe. What do you prefer?" Applejack says getting Rainbow to just sigh as she facehooves herself.

"Applejack it's not the food that's making him feel this way." Rainbow dash says as Mathias has heard enough and speaks up.

"All of you chill your tits and quiet down. Shutterfly there has something to say." Mathias says shocking them all before they do indeed go quiet before looking to fluttershy who's smiling softly that he would speak up for her even if he did get her name wrong.

"Uhm Actually my name is Fluttershy, not shutterfly. Uh if that's okay." Fluttershy says very softly. Mathias however hears and just smiles.

"I'm sorry i got your name wrong Fluttershy. I'll do my best to remember that from now on. Please, Tell me what you wanted to say." Mathias says getting her to nod.

"I said why don't we just let Mathias tell us which one of us is right. He's the only one who knows how he really feels." Fluttershy says as she just looks down.

"It's a stupid suggestion i'm sorry. I'll be quiet now." Fluttershy says as Rarity pats her back softly.

"Oh fluttershy, thats a wonderful idea. Mathias tell us who had it right?" Twilight says looking to him as Mathias points to Rarity.

"Rarity hit the nail right on the head. Everything i was raised to believe. All that i was taught, it all kept me alive, turned me into the man i am today and even lead me here and yet. Here in equestria although what i was taught still remains true. . . .My instincts, My heart, My very soul are telling that while my faith is right, it is wrong in the fact that i can't fall in love here. That if i just trust in my instincts and my heart. I'll know what is right and wrong. Neither my faith, nor my instincts have ever done me wrong and i trust them both blindly. But them two fighting against one another like this is really just making me feel strange." Mathias says as Rarity just smiles and nods before using her magic to float the 6 string guitar towards him.

"Here Mathias, Just like Celestia asked you to and just like Nurse redheart said. Muscle memory is still there. Just start strumming on this guitar and play how you feel. Maybe a little music will make you feel better. We'll leave to give you a moment to yourself. We'll show up tomorrow in the morning if that's okay with you." Rarity says getting Mathias to grab the guitar with a smile as he nods to her.

"Thank you Rarity. I do need some time to myself to sort this out for myself but uh . .. if you want you can stay while i play. I don't think i'll be any good but maybe playing for someone other than myself will make me feel better." Mathias says getting Her to smile some.

"I'd love to darling. Come on girls give me and Mathias some privacy. I'll leave soon after you all do and we can continue this debate tomorrow." Rarity says as she smiles some getting the others to groan before agreeing and leaving the room. Spike looks to Mathias and gives him a questioning look.

"Don't worry little drake. I'll help you out tomorrow after the girls leave. It'll be your first lesson okay spike?" Mathias says to spike getting him to nod and zip out of the room following all the others out of the hospital and go home. Mathias just strums on the guitar lightly and smiles as he begins tuning it. Soon the tuning stops and he begins to gently strum on as a song just seems to come to life in the forefront of his brain. A song about his undecided fate and the darkness he feels at the confusion that is plaguing his mind. Rarity sitting down next to him as he begins to sing in his wonderful voice. The world around him seeming to respond by going slightly dark casting shadows that swallow the room.

"Hello darkness my old friend. I've come to talk with you again. Because the visions softly creeping. Left it seems while i was sleeping. And the vision that was planted in my brain still remains within the sound of silence." Rarity looks at Mathias as he begins singing and playing the song feeling her heart aching as she hears his pain through the lyrics.

"In restless dreams i walked alone, narrow streets of cobblestone, neath the halo of a street lamp i turn my collar to the cold and damp. When my eyes were stung by the flash of a neon light that split the night and touched the sound of silence." Mathias begins singing as he feels his heart clench in the thought of the light being his Faith. Rarity seeing his pain just becomes sad not liking he feels so strongly lost due to his teachings.

"And in the naked light i saw ten thousand people maybe more. People talking without speaking, people hearing without listening, People writing songs and voices never shared and no one dared disturb the sound of silence." Mathias begins to softly tear up as they begin streaming down his cheeks. The pain of feeling that all he knows could possibly be in the wrong as the conflict will not cease until he comes to a decision. Rarity looking at him worryingly gets closer to him as she hears his song. Knowing how much it must hurt knowing that everything you came to know as truth is no longer what's right. She slightly leans herself closer to him hoping that her being here will help him in anyway. As Mathias sings about the light the darkness fades revealing the bright glowing sun leaving the room stuck in the twilight of time between sunset and moonrise.

"Fools said i you do not know silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that i might teach you. Take my arms that i might reach you. but my words like silent raindrops fell and echoed in the wells of silence." Mathias calls to the world as his voice booms in the deathly silent room. His heart and instincts calling out to his emotions and mind. Vying to help him realise what his faith does not wish to consider. The conflict in his voice getting Rarity to just intently stare worried about his strong shattering beliefs. Mathias tears flow even more prominently as he feels his heart began sporadically beating in response to his wavering will.

"And the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made and the sign lashed out it's warning. Hear the words that it was forming. In the sign said the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls and whispered in the sound of silence." Mathias calls out to the heavens before slowly going silent as he speaks the last words. His faith continuing to use it's strong pull to steer his emotions away from his instincts which have kept him alive this long. His tears flowing freely as they begin to rain down on the guitar. Mathias letting the guitar go just brings his hands to his head and tightens his grip on himself. His tears flowing even faster as he begins to cry to himself. His heart monitor beating very erratically. Mathias forgetting entirely that Rarity was in the room begins bashing his closed hands against his head to silence the screaming voices of his inner thoughts and his heart. Rarity seeing this just quickly uses her magic to stop his hands getting him to look at her surprised. Before he can react Rarity gently hugs him tightly as his tears flow.

"It's okay Mathias, I know exactly how you feel. I too have had a major conflict between both my faith, teaching and upbringing as well as my very own heart. I have been right where you are now. Please don't hide this pain. Let it out. It can only help you. I'm here for you just as the princesses are." Rarity says as Mathias just closes his eyes feeling his heart slowly even out before he grabs Rarity in a very tight and tender hug nuzzling into her soft warm fur.

"I'm sorry Rarity, I just can't stop my tears. You must think i'm a freakin wuss for breaking down like this." Mathias says as Rarity just nuzzles into him as well returning the tender hold.

"Not at all darling. I know that this decision will be tough. Either way you're denying yourself one path in life and if you mess up in choosing it will ruin everything that you have built beforehand. It's only natural to be afraid and worried you'll mess up. The pain you feel is normal and darling you are the farthest thing from a wuss. I think it takes guts and strength to admit to someone that you need help. . .that you're lost and need guidance in this very trying time of need. Listen . .. i know it's against the rules of the hospital but if you would like. I could sleep here on the couch in the room with you just for tonight." Rarity says getting Mathias to look at her with a gentle smile.

"Rarity i would love that but. . .I don't want you to sleep on the couch nor do i want you to waste your time on me. I'm not worth the tears i'm shedding right now. So i'd like you to go home. I can deal with this by myself." Mathias says getting Rarity to lightly smack him in the head with an angry look on her face.

"Oh no you don't. I'm not leaving you alone while you're in this state mister. I'm sleeping here and that's final. I'll inform nurse redheart of your condition and that i need to stay and watch since she will be off shift soon. I'm staying even if i have to sleep in the bed with you. End of discussion." Rarity says getting Mathias to just smile softly as the tears still flow from his eyes. This time though the tears seem to not be from this all consuming sadness and confusion. Instead they seem to be tears of happiness as the room itself lightens up revealing the gorgeous sunset to both the rooms occupants.

"Alright, alright, I'll let you sleep here. And i wouldn't mind having someone to hold tonight. I hear it's going to be a bit chilly and these blankets are rather thin." Mathias says with a soft blush on his cheeks getting Rarity to nod and smile.

"Of course darling. Now i'll be right back. Please . . .just don't think about it for awhile. It will help to get it off your mind and let the answer come to you down the line okay?" Rarity asks getting Mathias to smile softly before wiping the tears out of his eyes and nod to her. He feels the truth in her words and decides it's best to listen. He just lays back in the bed and closes his eyes ignoring all the arguing as Rarity does what she said she would. His mind soon blanks and he opens his eyes feeling Rarity slip into the bed right next to him. Mathias just smiles and wraps his left arm around Rarity bringing her in close laying his head gently on top of hers being careful of her horn. Soon enough both the rooms occupants are sleeping soundly as the day soon bleeds into night. Mathias for the first time in a long time has a dream that is fully colored. One he hasn't had since before he was captured by Adalbert.

The feeling of serenity and happiness flooding the area through his aura getting the slightly wilted moonlight rose to bloom beautifully in full view of the one watching the two's actions. Getting a gasp of surprise from her as Rarity soon shifts her form and nuzzles her head into Mathias' bare chest. Mathias responding in kind as he wraps a second arm around Rarity drawing her closer to himself as Rarity soon begins drooling on him. The watcher just giggling at the actions taken by the two. The mare in question looking towards the moon with a tender smile having heard his words the night before.

"Sleep well Mathias. Tomorrow is another day and with that day another chance at life. Sleep well tonight free of thy conflicts. We will bear Thyn burden for tonight. We just hope that thyn's words remain true even after thou makeths thyn decision." Luna speaks with a gentle smile as she flies off back to canterlot to oversee the night knowing that the spell she cast will remain till he wakes. Giggling Luna wonders just how Mathias will react to the way Rarity is so tightly clinging to him. Luna soon begins her duties as ponies everywhere soon fall asleep still feeling a bit shunned that they sleep through her beautiful night but knowing that rest is important for both the body and the soul. She soon comes to the palace and begins her long night. Although long she is never lonely as knowing no matter what. She still has her friend Mathias at her side. Even if not physically there, She can still feel his presence in her heart and for her that is enough to keep her own darkness at bay.

Author's Note

Added a new chapter. Read it or don't. I don't mind either way. I just hope to get some more spare time to write this out. Anyway yes he's an OC and he's one I've refined since highschool oh those many years ago when I was 18. Now I need to go and as for the sound of silence I know many different variations and covers of it but in my honest opinion, Disturbed, hands down, does the best cover for this masterpiece. This is swertleaf of fimfiction, signing off.