--The Royal Study--

The door of the room opens up, lightly hitting the wall behind it as Celestia makes her way inside, Void Walker close behind. From what he could see, this was a place that the princesses frequented. With a few shelves of books and comfortable pillows and a table with comfortable looking chairs and even a nice fireplace, he could see why they’d enjoy time here to get away from everyday tasks. After he gazed around the room, however, his eyes fell upon princess Luna who seemed to be a bit shorter than her elder sister but was still taller than him. With both princesses sitting side by side on the pillows in front of the fireplace now, they both look to him.

“Void, this is my sister and the other ruler of Equestria. Princess Luna. Luna, this is Void Walker. The young colt that I had brought to recover in our hospital wing.”

Luna’s teal gaze fell upon the tenno. Looking over every feature that was available to her vision. She took notice of his armor first and the sigil that is glowing faintly on it. But then she gazed upon his face, then his eyes.

“So you are the one who’s craft crashed outside of Ponyville. I saw the guards bring you here along with that...thing. Who are you allied with?””

Void arched a brow in confusion as she asked that. He wasn’t allied with anyone he could think of. Luna noticed the confusion on his face and bowed her head a bit.

“I only ask because of the emblem on your chest. It is a symbol we have never seen before. And I am just curious as to who it belonged to.”

Void placed a hand on his chest with a proud smile. This was something that he proudly wore no matter where he went. Both of them noticed the smile and awaited an answer from him

“This is not a symbol of an alliance, this is a trophy taken from one of my enemies.I killed an enemy, they sent someone called the Stalker after me to kill me. But I took him first and I earned this.”

“You’ve...killed?”

They both ask in a bit of shock. He nodded and walked over to them. He sat on the pillow across from them on his knees and the back of his feet with his hands resting on his thighs. A sitting style that is second nature.

“I may have been asleep for many, many years, but I still controlled my warframe and killed those who stood in my way of protecting my fellow tenno and my comrades. Taking the life of another is something I am used to.Not that I enjoy doing it of course, it is what must be done from where I came from.”

Luna’s eyes went from firm to sympathetic, as did Celestia’s. This made Void till his head a bit. This kind of look was something new to him. He knew what it was, sure. But, he had never had it directed towards him.

“To think that you come from a world where children are used to controlling walking weapons...it is outrageous!”

“You seem to forget. I am not a child. I have been alive well beyond the appearance of my form. Is it so hard for you believe that we can not only control our warframes, but be are weapons ourselves?”

He said as he lifted his hand up and formed it into a fist, an icy white aura forming around it. But that wasn’t frost magic. Or any kind of magic for that matter. It is pure void energy. Something that stirs and grows within Void every day.. Both princesses gaze intently at the energy before it goes away. Clearly, by what he was showing them, he could be a possible threat to them and their subjects. An immortal being that controls a deadly walking metallic creature, and can use some kind of….energy as a weapon as well. Just as they were about to speak with him again, the door opens up with a maid bringing in drinks and refreshments.

“Your Highnesses, the drink and snack you have requested for our guest i-.”

She suddenly trips over what appeared to be a misplaced book. The food and drinks spilling across the floor. Void was quick to get up and rush to the mare’s aid. This caught the attention of the two sisters as they watched on with interest as he went to go and help out a complete stranger.

“Ow….my ankle…!”

Cried out the mare as she struggled to get to her hooves. Void knelt down beside her and took hold of her left arm and draped it over his shoulder and slowly helped her up, letting her lean against him for support.

“M-my apologies princesses, sir. I should have been more aware of where I was walking…”

“Accidents happen. How badly does it hurt?”

“I-I think I twisted it in mid-fall. I can still move it, but it hurts when I do…”

Celestia calls in a guard to come and help with the situation, still, a bit surprised to Void jumped to help a stranger so quickly. But at the same time in her mind, she was quite pleased with it.

“Guard, please aid Sugar Cream to the medical wing, the poor dear has twisted her right ankle. Please make sure that she is tended to.”

“Of course your majesty.”

Said the guard as he took the mare into his arms. She gazed back at Void and offered him a weak smile. A light blush forming across her cheeks as well. Before she speaks.

“T-thank you sir, you are very kind to worry about me. But I will be fine after a bit.”

“Well, try and stay off of it as much as you can. Don’t want to make any worse.”

He said as he walked over and picked up the book that the mare had tripped over. He holds it up and arches a brow at the princesses. Clearly, the tenno was about to give them a bit of a talking to.

“Pardon me princesses, but you should know better than to leave things like this lying around. I believe a someone by the name of Twilight Sparkle would be very upset if she knew her mentor did not take care of her books.”

Celestia’s eyes widen a bit at this. How does he know about that? She hasn’t told him anything yet. Perhaps there was a moment when he was at the castle medical wing when the six of them visited where he heard Twilight mention something about her being her mentor? Or even knowing her great love for books?

“How do you…?”

Asked Celestia with a dumbstruck expression on her face. Luna covered her muzzle with a hand as she giggled to herself. Her sister was getting a talking to by a stranger and she thought it was pretty funny. She liked Void already, that was certain. He walked over to one of the bookshelves and place it neatly next to the others where an open spot was. Then turning to walk back over and begins to pick up the mess on the floor.

“My body was motionless, but I could still hear every word that was spoken around me. Those six are...really nice. Especially the one named Twilight. She seemed worried about me the most along with a rather soft-spoken one. I think her name was...Fluttershy? And there was one who kept on making a fuss about how much she loved my clothing. It probably why they were so neatly folded and together when I found them. And then, there was this one who would NOT stop talking. She seemed so hyper and happy. Not that it is a bad thing. And then there was one whose voice I remember before, I think she was the one who actually carried me there the whole way. A strange but also kind of attractive accent. And then there was this tomboyish female voice. It kind of reminded me of a contact I had back in my world. She is all about adventure and finding treasure. She is a tough woman.”

After he finishes picking up the food, he tosses it into the burning fireplace and sets the cups and plates onto the table which surprisingly didn’t break. After which he returned to the pillow in his usual sitting position and stared at the now wide-eyed mare. She just couldn’t tell what his intentions were or read him at all. First, he talks about being a weapon and killing, then all the sudden her rushes to a pony’s injury and helps her. He is even nice enough to pick up the mess. She clears her throat and returns to giving him a normal gaze.

“So, now that you are here Void. What are your intentions?”

“Well...I really don’t have any. With my cephalon making repairs to my ship.I should be able to leave from here within a month’s time. You can open a portal for me and I will be on my way. That way you won’t have to worry about me at all.”

He said with a slight smile. However, his smile faded when Celestia closed her eyes and a frown fell upon her face. This wasn’t good news at all. He already knew what she was going to say…

“You can’t...can you?”

“I am sorry Void. We do not possess the means nor the technology to return you home. I am afraid….this is your new world now.”

Void’s gaze fell to the floor. Hei closed his eyes and lets that news sink in. What about his fellow tenno? The friends he has made? What about the Lotus? He’d never see them ever again. And what about his presence here in this world? Would it change anything about it? He slowly raises his head to gaze into Celestia’s eyes. A warning could clearly be seen within his eyes as she looked back.

“Princess...are you familiar with the ‘butterfly effect’?”

“I..am not.”

She said in a rather curious tone.

“It is an old meaning of my universe. It means that one small action could have a big and lasting change in the future. My being here in your world were I do not belong is something to that effect. Time has a way of getting rid of irritants such as myself in a world one doesn’t belong. What events unfold is unknown, however. They could be good, they could be bad. But this one action of me coming here could set off a chain of unknown greater events. I just thought you should know this while my presence here is still neutral.”

Both Celestia and Luna listened intently to his words. With the serious tone of his voice and the gaze, he gave them both. They could tell that he was indeed worried not just for his sake, but those around him as well. She gave a gentle smile and reached over to place a hand upon his shoulder.

“You are very kind to worry about us and our kind. Yes, you aren’t one of us but, you have shown no hostility towards us and you are here by a method that was not voluntary So we can’t exactly exile you. This is why I have brought you here to discuss your living arrangements. I am entrusting my student with you in her care. It is as you said, she is the one who seemed most concerned for you. I believe she will make sure that you are well taken care of.”

“What you are saying is you want her to keep an eye on me. Just in case I do something I may regret right?”

Celestia giggled but nodded in response.

“You are quite clever. But that is one of the reasons, yes. I want you to try and do your best to bond with her and her friends. As you said before, they all seem pretty nice. Why not get to know them better? I think they’d all like to befriend you at some point. I know Twilight would definitely be the first.”

He knew she was only doing this to make sure that her subjects were safe. But at least she wasn’t throwing him in a cell or something or trying to take Hydroid away from him. He gave a nod and accepted the terms that Celestia had made out and her sister agreed to. Once everything was spoken of and agreed to. Void went and retrieved Hydroid, and by retrieved, meaning disappeared and took control of him. Now the princesses didn’t seem as tall. Once inside of Hydroid, he was able to move more swiftly and became much stronger. Once they made it out into the courtyard. Once outside, a voice came over Void.

“Operator! Are you there?! Answer please!”

“Ordis! It’s good to hear from you, you crazy bastard!”

“Thank the stars, you are alive! You had me very worried, it’s too much for an old cephalon like myself!”

Celestia and Luna looked at Void like he was crazy. They look around him to see that there wasn’t anyone there. Was he using some kind of telepathy or something along those lines? He only continued to speak as if someone was directly in front of him.

“How goes the repairs on the ship?”

“Everything is going well. I have the landing craft portion of the ship up and running. Though everything else will take me quite a while to fix up. Shall I send the landing craft to come and get you?”

“Yeah, I need to head somewhere anyways where I am expected. Also, activate the shields of the ship when they are up. We don’t need anyone but myself near or inside the ship. Also, whenever you are able to, move the orbiter from the crater to more stable ground. I imagine it would make repair a bit easier.”

“Of course, operator. Sending your landing craft to your location.”

“Thanks, Ordis. And I am glad that you are alright.”

With that, the coms went quiet and he turned to gaze at the sisters who stared at him with wide eyes and an open mouth. He laughed as he saw this.

“Sorry, I was speaking with my cephalon. He will have things fixed up within the time I spoke of. Thankfully my landing craft suffered no damage. It’s coming this way to come get me and take me to the location where you said to meet with Twilight.”

“Landing craft…?”

Asked both princesses at the same time. Sudden there was a loud mechanical roar of the landing crafts engine as it rose from the area below the courtyard. It flew above them in a circle the stopped directly over Void. he turns to the princesses and gives a wave to them before leaping up and latching himself into the mold of the bottom of the ship that turned to bring him in. The ship turns around and zooms off towards Ponyville. Where Void was to begin his new life in a new place. And surely make an impression with the way he was to arrive there.

Author's Note

I think this story will be excellent the way I have it planned out. Sure hope so anyway.

May the darkness grant you peace.