Author's Note

HELLO EVERYPONY! It's good to see you again. I know this chapter is rather short, but I just needed to keep the first few short so that I could get far enough ahead that I could keep up with my schedule and not miss uploads, I also made this a two parter for that same reason. Pleases leave any constructive criticism in the comments so I can improve, and make this story better. Also from now on my uploads shall take place on Sunday's, so there's that. Anyway enjoy the chapter and be ready for the next one next week.

Also a cookie for whoever can guess the name of the mystery stallion at the end (it's not that hard).

Chapter 2 (Interrogations part 1)

Chapter 2

-Canterlot Dungeons, Paddie POV-

After being removed from the others I was quickly placed into another, smaller cell. In this cell was a table with water, food that was comprised of grass, flowers, some fruits, and some vegetables, while sitting at the table was a thestral mare guards pony. "Sit," she said simply, nodding to the chair opposite of her. As I sat down she pushed the plate of food and the glass of water towards me. "I am lieutenant Midnight Blossom of the equestrian royal guard, what is your name, age, and species?," I took note of her name as I drank my water. Despite being surprised at her rank I was actually slightly happy with the fact that I ended up with one of my favorite characters interrogating me.

"I'm Paddie, a human from the planet earth, age 19," I answered, figuring I'd keep my liking of her a secret for now.

"What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?"

"Personally I'd say see if I can use magic, and if I can then learn to use it, fight monsters, and maybe even explore the Everfree forest, if not, then I'll probably do that anyway" I answered. Midnight seemed slightly surprised by my honesty, though she hid it well enough with her eyes only widening slightly, and for a short enough time that had I blinked I would have missed it.

"How did you get here?"

"No idea, the last thing I remember is my friends me falling and then immense heat before I suddenly woke up here, chained up and in cuffs," I punctuated by rattling my cuffs slightly before grabbing a slice of honeydew to eat.

"Last written question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?" I could see in her eyes that she didn't even want to ask, as though she thought the question itself was pointless. 'Does she not believe Nightmare Moon is real?' I wondered, curious as to why she would be so uncertain of the question.

"None, in fact I know that at least one of my friends and I would be happy to help fight her when she returns," I said. Nodding slightly Midnight stood up and walked over to my side of the table.

As she unlocked my cuffs she explained, "The helmet that I am currently wearing has a spell on it to detect lies, had you lied the helmet would have glowed a bright pink,". Curious I thought of a lie to say and decided to just go with an obvious one.

"I'm a female," I said as Midnight pulled the cuffs away from me and watched as the helmet began glowing a bright pink that would put even Pinkie Pie to shame. "well at least we know it works," I muttered to myself. With a sigh and a shake of her head Midnight stepped away as I stood up. Stretching slightly I noted the feeling of discomfort coming from my back and turned to see what the problem was, only to notice a huge lump on my jacket. Removing the article of clothing I looked again to see two leathery black wings similar to Midnight's. 'What the fuck?'

-Theo POV-

Being taken from the others and being placed into a cell by myself was not very calming to say the least. As I was placed into the new cell I noticed a table with another pony sitting at it with a pitcher of water and some vegetables and fruits in front of it. Taking the initiative I sat down in the seat across from it. "*Ahem* I am captain Gleaming Shield of the equestrian royal guard, what is your name, age, and species?" She asked, she based on her feminine voice.

"I'm Theo, I'm 19 years old, and I'm human," I answered evenly, hoping for this to be over quickly so I could investigate what that strange weight on my back was.

"What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?"

"Nothing, I just want to get the hell out of this stupid ass pony land and get home, where it happens to not be a furries damn wet dream," I said. I could see Gleaming was rather surprised by my blatant unhappiness at being here, but I honestly couldn't care how she felt at the moment.

"Alright, you want to get home? Then tell us how you got here?"

"I have no idea, I'm still not even really sure where I am, the only ones who might know that would be Nate and Paddie because they seem to know where we are, so they might have some ideas," I said with a roll of my eyes.

"*sigh* Fine, final question, what is your association with Nightmare Moon?"

"None, I don't even know who the hell that is, all I know about her is what Nate told me, and only he and Paddie seem to actually know anything about her," Somewhat glad that I was done I grabbed the glass of water and downed it quickly before grabbing a carrot to eat. For whatever reason Gleaming took her helmet off, exposing a blue mane with a light blue highlight running through it. Gleaming then began to turn it around and look at it very closely, I just watched her while I grabbed some more food, cursing slightly at the uselessness of my shackled wrists. With a sigh she set her helmet down before walking around the table and grabbing one of my hands. "the hell?" I yelled as she pulled my hand towards her.

"Calm down, I'm un-cuffing you since my lie detecting spell didn't detect any lies with your answers," she explained as she pulled out a key from, somewhere.

"The hell did you get that key from?" I asked, not seeing any place for pockets on her armor. Now that I actually looked closely I noticed just how different her armor was from the other guards. Instead of the same gold that the others had she had a much more covering purple set with golden borders and a insignia of a purple shield under a magenta six pointed star that sat in the middle of her chest piece.

"Does it matter?" She asked back as she finished pulling of my shackles, allowing my arms to be free.

"I suppose not," I mumbled out before just letting out another sigh and grabbing some more food to eat and focusing on the table.

"Are your wings okay?" Gleaming spoke up after a few minutes. Looking back up I noticed she was sitting back in her seat with her helmet still off while giving me a neutral stare.

"What wings?" I inquired.

"The ones on your back, you're not too bright are you?" She shot at me with a small eye roll. With a small snort I looked around at my back, since I had the time, only to discover a pair of of shadow black wings attached to my back. 'HOW THE FUCK DID I NOT NOTICE THIS!' I yelled to myself as I looked at the wings in shock. Reaching a hand behind me I could feel the that the feathers were soft to the touch, and that I could actually feel them, not just from my hand, but from my back as well.

"SON OF A BITCH!"

-Wesley POV-

I followed a guard to one of the other cells as my friends were led to their own cells. As I made my way inside I noticed a thestral mare sitting at a table that had water and a variety of food that didn't include meat. The mare gestured to the seat across from her and I took the seat, glad to be able to sit down after hanging for however long I had been. "Greeting, I am Sargent Lunar Shadow, what is your name, age, and species?" She said.

"I'm Wesley, a 19 year old human," I answered.

"What goal do you hope to achieve in Equestria?"

"I'm not sure, I didn't plan to be here, I just sort of woke up here, chained up," I said as I grabbed some grapes and started eating them.

"How did you get here?"

"I have no idea."

"What is your association with Nightmare Moon?"

"None," I answered simply. Lunar took off her helmet and looked at it before shrugging and setting it down on the table. She pulled out a key and slid it over to me. Understanding I picked it up and took off my shackles before gulping down some of the water.

"So out of curiosity, what do you hope happens?" She asked.

"I'm not sure, I honestly don't know if I would care either way if there was a way back," I answered as I continued eating.

"I know I would care if I was suddenly in a strange place where there wasn't many of my own kind," Lunar said while leaning back slightly. I had no response to that so I just continued eating. After a few moments Lunar seemed to catch on to what she had just said and continued with a nervous chuckle, "hehe, I mean, um, I mean I'm sure you and your friends will be fine,". Looking at her I could see her smile was just as nervous as she was.

"It's alright, I know there's not many of us, but at least we have each other," I said with a small smile. Thankfully it seemed to help her as her smile became more genuine.

-???, third person POV-

At the border of Equestria and the Griffon Empire sat a small town where both species could coexist. And a small distance from this town was a large forest stretching as far as the eye could see. The trees swayed with a heavy wind storm that had suddenly started unplanned by the weather team, branches plummeting to the forest floor as they were torn from the trees by the force of the winds. And just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. Silence filled the land as a yellow glow emanated from the forest. No pony was there to witness the light as they were still inside to be protected from the storm. Creating the light was a large sphere of yellow magic in the forest, the sound of jingling bells ringing from inside as the light dimmed enough to see a pony shaped figure in robes. After several minutes the sphere disappeared, and what was left was a crater, with a stallion in the center.