March 24th
11:00 AM
Royal Dining Hall
Canterlot Castle

The two diarchs had sat at the table along with the older sister's pupil who was anxious to meet with the extra terrestrian. However, her younger sister had the opposite expression on her face. Celestia would have barated her for taking an opportunity to be invasive and going through his memories instead of just using the language spell like she had asked, and risking having a blood-thirsty alien on the loose, but judging with how Luna looked, it seemed she had gotten what she deserved. There having been no incidents since Twilight notified her of his wakening and the lack of any reported casualties since was a good sign to her.

Or it was.

The door to the dining room burst open as a few guards, sporting bruises and dented armor, one having a bleeding muzzle and a few missing teeth, had entered.

"Your highness, it's the alien! He's rampaging through the castle and torn through the day guard's barracks and is now headed for the night guards'!"

Celestia looked at the guards and took a deep breath, closing her eyes before calmly speaking. "Where's Rose? She was supposed to escort him here."

"She is in pursuit of him as we speak.."

The solar princess let out an exasperating groan, placing a hand over her head. "And why was he in the day guard's barracks?"

"That's where one of his weapons were held, your highness. There was an order to have them removed from his person."

Twilight could feel the princess slipping out of her former mentor's mask. Taking another deep breath, Celestia, as calmly as she could, spoke again through her clenched teeth. "And who issued said orders to have his weapons confiscated?"

"Princess Luna, your majesty."

The look Celestia gave Luna made Twilight scoot away a few pegs before the man of the hour walked in with his newly aquired belongings which made Luna's blood go even colder. Helmet covering his facial expressions, no pony could tell what was going on. The guards rose in arms to defend their princesses, but the alien shook his head.

"Now. Tell me what you learned." He replied.

It was quiet, but one of the guards said something. "T-that you're dangerous!"

"Can't learn something you already knew. Try again."

"Not to get in your way.." the one with missing teeth replied.

"Wrong, but I like that answer."

Celestia then said something that took Rex by surprise. "How about not taking weapons away from somepony that saved our lives who is a soldier that isn't a prisoner or under our command?" She said, mainly looking at Luna. "Especially after you've tried to infiltrate their memories after I specifically told you not to." Celestia was still trying to stay calm, although she was livid and worried. After recollecting herself, she had turned her attention back to Rex, who gave her a round of applause for her correct answer.

"Bingo. The prize money goes to Queen Thicc N' Shiny over there!"

The ponies stared at him in silence, the only sound being the tapping of a really nervous Luna leaving Twilight curious as to what happened between her and the alien. Breaking the silence, Celestia cleared her throat and gave Rex a semi-calm smile. "I'd like to apologize on my sister's behalf for your ill-mannered welcome here. She was only supposed to use a translation spell on you so we would be able to communicate with each other effectively."

"Yeah, don't let it happen again, or I will kill as many of you as I can." This had put everypony on edge.

Although Celestia wanted it to be known that she would give it her all to protect her subjects, knowing that the alien has had ample opportunities and probably the resources to cause a lot of damage, she didn't want to risk challenging him, so she replied to his warning. "We sincerely hope it won't come to that."

Twilight looked at Luna, then at Rex. "What did you do to Luna? She's terrified of you!"

The alien replied. "Details are highly classified. I basically showed her what would happen if I saw her in my dreams again. A human's dream is a sacred place full of secrets, memories and desires. Basically like a diary. Ya have those here?" Twilight nodded. "So you get the gist of it. Either way, I let her know I didn't appreciate it, and nothing more will be said about it." Turning to the solar princess, he had introduced himself to her. "Name's Corporal Rex Raynor."

Upon hearing the human's rank, Twilight's ears twitched. "So you're a part of a guard force?" She asked.

The human shook his head. "I'm one of those that are sent on the attack to push the enemy lines back or, with my squad, behind enemy lines. A soldier trained to kill."

The Q&A session had lasted for what seemed like several hours. Rex had answered many questions, those consisting of his species, civilization, and culture in which he had answered most of. He had told them about how civilians lived, about entertainment, but he was careful to not tell them obviously classified information such as military location, weapons, strategies, or anything of the sort. He trusted that they knew they needed him for information about the enemy that is killing their people.

He did tell them most of what he knew about the FoG. He shared what he knew of the various beings, weak points, vehicles, and their numbers. The latest had caused them to grow pale. Learning that all of ponykind, even mixed with the other races of Equestria, would still be outnumbered by worlds of dangerous beings, to say it was a humbling fact would be the understatement of Celestia's life, and now that they have been discovered, the FoG would be back with more of their forces until they had conquered or wiped out the populace.

"How are you and your kind able to sustain against a foe like them?" Celestia asked.

"We've adapted our defenses through 'vigerous research' while they were destroying our colonies and killing our people." Rex continued. "Soon enough, we were able to upgrade our defenses and our tech as well as studying the enemy until we were able to start pushing them back. That's where we are today. We've reclaimed only a handful of our planets."

Twilight had been scribbling on a scroll so fast to the point of it emitting a bit of smoke.

"One last question. Do we have your permission to weild such weapons for ourselves?" Celestia asked. The human shook his head.

"Why not? We are at thou mercy!" Luna shakily asked. "We could use those armaments to help us fend for ourselves!"

"Or turn them against me and my kind. Sorry to say, but I don't trust either of you that much, and even if I did, it's against protocol. Heavens know that I've already broken enough of those with my armor modifications. I don't think I'd like to answer to my superiors for your sake yet." replied Rex.

There was a pause before Celestia spoke next. "Then how will you help us?"

"A personal alliance. I can help ya in any way that I'm allowed to, which means fighting along side your...forces.. against the FoG." Leaning forward, Rex's tone took a shift. "So long as none of you try anything else."

Celestia nodded her head. "I'll make sure that my ponies, nor my sister, will do anything of the sort." Celestia said, emphasizing the part about her sister for her to hear.

"Good. And hey. If we're lucky, well survive when my reinforcements arrive, and I'll be able to tell them not to shoot you." That moment, Celestia and Twilight were taken aback by what Rex had just told them. More of him would be coming. If they could make friends with Rex, he and his kind could promise protection against the enemy. Faust above knew that in their current state, they were in no shape to fend for themselves. She would only hope that his kind would come soon.

Celestia had started formulating a plan. Although she didn't want to be seen as weak and unable to protect her people, Celestia knew that the lives she could save were more important than her pride, and would have the best outcome if she were to make nice with Rex. "We will accept your offer as an ally."

Rex stood up from is seat suddenly and walked over to Celestia, causing the guards to tense, ready to throw their lives to protect their princesses. Instead of reaching for his weapons, Rex had reached for his helmet and lifted it off of his head, setting it on the table afterwards. Looking up at the princess, he extended his hand. "Alright then. I'll gladly fight by your side if you'll fight by mine."

Twilight noticed a certain look on the princess's face that was getting a little worrysome. It was an expression that she had never seen her mentor wear. It was a look that only Luna had seen, and made her dread what would come afterwards. Celestia slowly reached to shake the human's hand, but as soon as they touched, Rex was pulled up towards her. Rex had found himself inbetween two mounds wobbling flesh as he was embraced. Twilight's mouth was agape as she stared at Celestia.

"So adorable!"

Shortly after the three minutes of struggling and the following 10 minutes of being snuggled without, Rex was finally freed after Twilight's brief intervention in which Celestia would ask questions such as 'Are all humans this cute' and 'Do you like bananas?' after calling him a cute looking monkey alien. Rex took no offense however, but was practically mortified. The guards were holding their stomachs trying not to give in to the urge to laugh. He didn't hesitate to slam his helmet back on his head and distanced himself from the suddenly adoring princess.

The only one who understood Celestia's instantly newfound affection was her sister who currently had her face buried in her hands. The solar princess always found chimps to be adorable. Celestia had always wanteed one as a pet, but seeing as how chimps were considered wild animals, her advisor wouldn't allow it. Luna overhearing Celestia's plans of training the chimp to fling excrements at the whining snobbish nobiity when they were younger may also have something to do with it. Needless to say, Celestia's newly found adoration of the human had made it more likely for her to keep her word.

With talks out of the way, the meeting had ended, the human had left the room. Rex felt a little at ease. However, if politics were anything compared to how they were with his kind, there will always be those who don't agree with their leaders. He would be wary of those that may intend on doing harm regardless of consequences. At least if such things were to happen, he would be well prepared.

Shortly after Rex had left, Celestia had calmed down. She too was happy with the results of their discussion. It gave them hope. All they needed to do was to make friends with Rex and show him that they would be worth protecting. It was a shame that he wouldn't share his weapons tech with them, but his reasons were fairly sound. At least he gave them intel about who they were fighting and how they could effectively defend themselves as they were, but the idea of them being able to cancel out their magic with jamming devices. They were able to disrupt their magic and render them useless. Rex had mentioned that they were used to jam communications and some sort of directional functions, but had no idea how they would do with their magic abilities. The idea of the enemy adapting on Equuis unnerved her. This was a very dangerous enemy indeed.

To reassure their alliance, Celestia had an idea, and it involved her former student. "Twilight. I'm going to have Rex stay in Ponyville with you and your friends in a few weeks."

Twilight looked at Celestia in excitement. She had many more questions about him that hadn't been asked. "Really?"

"I find that he will do better making friends with you and your friends. I trust you will make him feel more welcome there. It would make things a lot easier if ponies learned to trust him and see him more than just a strange alien." Celestia stated. Catching on to Celestia's idea, it excited Twilight even more that she would get a chance to befriend him and possibly get to know more about him and his kind, she looked forward to it. Perhaps he could give him friendship lessons too. She knew Spike would appreciate having another male as a friend to stay in the castle. Bouncing around in excitement, giggling at the opportunity she's been given.

Chuckling at Twilight's antics, she called a guard to tell her servants to set up a room for their special guest in a specific location.

Hours had passed as Rex gave himself a proper tour around the castle. He had already scanned the layout of the building, so he decided to do a little sight seeing. Since he was aware of the caution given to him by those stationed there, to avoid trouble he had made note not to say anything to anyone until they're made aware of the deal between him and the princesses. He was then stopped by one of the maids, working there. She wore the typical french maids-wear, a black dress and apron, stockings, etc. She was a light-grey coated red headed blue eyed pegasus mare with a feather duster as a cutie mark.

"Hello Mr. Rex. My name is Feather Touch. I've recieved a notice to help see you to your quarters you'll be in during your stay." She said in a sweet yet professional tone. However, he could also see that she was a little on edge despite her voice and demeanor. He did cause a ruckas earlier, so he didn't necessarily blame her.

Rex nodded his head. "Alright, lead the way."

When they reached their destination twenty minutes later, he noticed a room across from his and the design on the door being white, gold, and a picture of a sun on it. From behind his visor, Rex grimaced as he knew exactly why.

"Can I pick another location?"

"The princess herself picked this spot for you, Mr. Rex."

Motherfucker...

Author's Note

Finished with this chapter. No bgm in this chapter. Honestly I had started working in this chapter shortly before I had seemingly finished with the last one. I had a little help with an idea that I thought was hilarious, and it's the idea of Celestia being infatuated with primapes coming from the "Do you like bananas" meme about her.

Seemed like a good idea.

Anyway, next episode: Making Friends in Canterlot.