Void was continuing to make his way through the town of Ponyville. After having been tackled down by a stranger and given free custom clothing from Rarity, he definitely felt this place had no shortage of exciting moments. The question is. What was going to happen next? He makes his way to what looked like a candy-coated gingerbread house. Once he gets close enough to the sign he tilts his head and then looks into the window.

“Hmmm, no doubt that this is where all the sugary treat is made...if that wasn’t obvious enough from the building itself.I have never really had sweets like this before...they all look quite nice.”

He eyed the cupcakes with icing of all kinds of colors, the chocolate chip cookies that looked as if they were made just now and a lot more treats that looked amazing. Little did he know that while his gaze was upon the sweets, another’s gaze was upon him. The pony bounces up to him and places her hands on his shoulders. Then wraps him in a tight hug and squeezes him into her soft and plush body.

“Hi!”

She exclaimed. Void starts flailing about in the embrace a bit, his face buried in Pinkie’s ample breasts. She smelled very nice, however. Like cotton candy and cake batter. Though he wasn’t about to enjoy the scent for long as he felt his air supply being cut off. He lightly taps his hands on one of her breasts and tries pushing away. Pinkie squeaks and blushes as he touches her and looks down to see he is struggling to breathe. She quickly releases him and starts apologizing.

“Oh, I am so so so sorry. I was just so excited to see you and I couldn’t help myself! I mean, you were in the hospital for three days and I was worried about you. And as a friend, you should worry about your friends when they are hurt and-.”

Void puts a hand up to stop her as he caught his breath. He looks up at Pinkie and smiles weakly. Clearly, this was the pony who he had heard talking faster than someone using Volt’s speed buff.

“You know, you are the first one to smother me with affection today...so I really can’t get mad at you. You must be Pinkie Pie, correct?”

“Mhm! That’s me, the party pony of all Ponyville. Speaking of which. When is your birthday? I throw a party for all my friend’s birthdays. It's always so much fun!”

“I am your friend? But you hardly even know me. I have been awake for only a day after all. You shouldn’t make friends so easily with strangers...let alone a stranger like me who doesn’t really belong in this world. It could get you into a bit of trouble.”

Pinkie wasn’t deterred by the warning it seemed. She only smiled more and took both of his hands to her and stared into his eyes. A little mistake on her part, as she’d have a hard time breaking away from them. But she was still able to get her message out to him.

“And friends should always stick by friends when they are in trouble. Believe me when I say this. I would do anything to see my friends smile and help them. That includes you, Void.”

“Wait, how do you know my name already…?”

Hehe, that’s a secret! ….And you have very beautiful eyes...has anyone told you that?”

Void blinks a few times and pulls away from Pinkie. He had beautiful eyes huh? That was something he never heard before.

“Thanks...I guess?”

Pinkie blinks a few times as if she has come out of some sort of trance. She lightly shakes her head and reaches into her bag that was at her side and pulls out a wrapped package. She holds it out to him with a beaming smile.

“I had hoped to give you this whenever you’d woken up. But now is a good time as any I suppose!”

Void reaches out and takes the small box. He opens it to find a cupcake with cream frosting and words written on it saying ‘get well soon’. He couldn’t help but gaze to Pinkie and offer her a warm smile. He approaches her and wraps his arms around her as tight as he could into a hug. Pinkie smiles a big smile seeing that he liked her little gift and wraps her arms around him as well.

“First Rarity, now you. You girls are just too nice to me...thank you very much Pinkie. I shall enjoy this sweet treat very much.”

He takes it out of the box and takes a bit of it. It tasted absolutely amazing. He has never had anything like this before. At least as far as he can remember. He finishes the cake off in a few more bites and tosses the box in a nearby trash can. Once that was done. Pinkie giggles lightly and gives him one more hug.

“I’d like to hang out with you a bit more, but I have a delivery I have to make within the hour. I hope to see you soon!”

And with that, she was off. He didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye in returns. With all this going on in one day, he’d figure he better return to Twilight’s home for the rest of it. Things were getting a bit too crazy for him Plus he was getting worried about Hydroid being left alone with her as well. That last thought actually made him start running back to the library.

--Later That Afternoon--

Void walks into the library to see Twilight circling Hydroid. She was in a lab coat and wearing glasses. She didn’t look too bad in them either. Next to her was a chalkboard with..all kind of numbers and figures and pieces of paper with the same thing on the table next to it. From what Void could see. She seemed to be stressing about something. He closes the door behind him and approaches the pacing unicorn mare.

“Um...Twilight? What are you doing?”

She quickly spun around as she heard his voice. She looked like she had done something wrong or got caught with doing something she wasn’t supposed to. She gives a sheepish smile as she quickly removes all the wires from Hydroid that shei had attached for readings.

“I-I was just...well you know...I am sorry! I couldn’t help myself and I wanted to know more about this..thing! Please don’t be upset!”

Void put a hand up to stop her and calm her down. He couldn’t help but chuckle at her and approached her and Hydroid. His gaze falling upon his frame. He places a hand on Hydroid’s chest then gazes back to Twilight.

“I am afraid that your tools here will not help you in your studies. Your kind doesn’t possess the technological advances like we do. I cannot tell you everything about warframes, as they still hold quite a few mysteries my kind hasn’t discovered. But if you are truly eager to know about them. I could offer you the knowledge I possess.”

She gasps and gets a big smile on her face. She grabs Void by the hand and drags him over to the couch along with an empty book and quill and ink. All this happening at once which nearly made the tenno fall off the couch with how much force was applied. Clearly, Twilight’s hunger for knowledge excited her to the point of bouncing up and down where she now sat.

“Ooooh oh oh tell me tell me!”

“Well...I am not sure where you want me to begin…”

“Well, tell me about your kind. I remember you saying something about humans. But you say you are a tenno. Is there a difference?”

“Well, I used to be human. I have been asleep for a thousand years. From what i remember. I was put into a pod after other tenno children and I were found in an abandoned ship. It was called the Zariman Ten-Zero. Which is what the term ‘tenno’ came from if I remember. a...woman named Margulis. She took care of us and comforted us when we were being experimented on by the Orokin. It is how we are able to control the warframes.”

He said as he looked back to Hydroid who stood there like an ever watching sentinel. Twilight’s eyes widened and a frown came across her muzzle. They experimented on children?! That did not sit well with her at all. Having adult test subjects is one thing, but children?

“They...really did that to you? Don’t tell me that they also made you use your frame to…”

Void nodded.

“You guessed it. We were forced to use the frames to kill the Orokin’s enemies. It didn’t matter who they were. But eventually, with the main threat pushed back and destroyed. We ultimately betrayed the Orokin because we were fed up with what they were doing to us and what they were using us for. So we destroyed them.Just a few years ago, I woke up from what felt like an eternal slumber to find I had no memory of my life before I was put into the pod. Thanks to a man named Teshin, I was able to regain my powers and my memories.”

Void went on to tell Twilight about the Corpus who was pretty much a cult worshiping money and never really liked to fight for themselves because they used robots to do their work for them. And the Grineer who were nothing but angry clones that decayed over time and wanted power that did not belong to them. And that the Orokin were just greedy and selfish and only cared about their continuity and how they sacrificed the young to do so. Once he had explained all he knew. Twilight looked back to Hydroid and then back to Void.

“So even before you were asleep...you and he has been through quite a lot. Battling your enemies and fighting for what you believed in. And You and your fellow Tenno had no one to help you?”

“Well, there was one being that did help us. Her name is Lotus. Though she used to know as Natah. She was part of the sentient race that was going to wipe us all out. But through certain circumstances, she grew a humane affection towards us and saw us more as her children rather than her enemy. Other than her, all the other tenno and I had been each other.”

Twilight gave a nod as she wrote down his words. But when he explained what had been going on, she felt sympathy for him. And now that he was in a new world with none of his kind, she wanted to be there for him in any way possible. Maybe Celestia knew that she could help Void. She is an expert on friendship after all. And he is staying with her. So why not? She stands up from her chair and sits beside him on the couch, lowering her quill and notepad onto the table as she stares at him with a caring gaze.

“Void, I came to visit you because I knew you’d be needing somepony to count on in this world. I want you to know that you have myself and my other friends as well. Sure, you are a new lifeform here and we do not know much about you, but…”

She reaches out and takes one of his hands into hers. Void’s gaze falls down to twilight’s hands, then up to her face. She smiled warmly at him and he could see in her eyes that she was speaking from the heart.

“...that doesn’t matter. You have not shown us any ill will and you have been most cooperative during your stay. I think you will be fine here in our world. And whatever comes, we will face it together.”

Twilight would be lying if she said that she didn’t want to know more about him and was sweet talking him into giving her more information. But she also meant every word of what she was saying. Void gave a gentle smile and nodded to the unicorn. He suddenly wraps his arms around her in a hug, this catching Twilight by surprise. But she lets out a soft sigh and hugs him back as well.

“Thank you, Twilight. You certainly don’t have to go through all this trouble. But I want you to know it is greatly appreciated. You and a couple of your friends have done so much for me already. I just hope I have the chance to repay the kindness.”

Little did Void know that he would indeed get his chance sooner than he thought. For in the near future, he would be able to show Twilight and many others just what he was capable of. Both with his void powers and Hydroid. It was quiet at first, then Void heard something. SOmething flying right towards them. He squeezed Twilight a bit more tightly and pulled her off the couch and to the ground.

“Void what are you~?!”

CRASH!!!

In came tumbling through one of the windows was a cyan blue pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail. Plowing straight into the couch and knocking it over in the process, just missing Twilight and Void. The pegasus crashed into one of the shelves of books which fell on top of her after the collision. Void having not released he was on top of Twilight Pushed himself up by resting his hands on her breasts in the process. He got up and made his way to the pile of books leaving a heavily blushing Twilight on the ground. Everything happened so fast that she was still in a bit of shock. Void started pulling the books off the pegasus to help her out of the pile. Once she was free, she looks up at Void with slightly blurred vision and a painful look on her face.

“Ouch..I...guess I overdid it on that last trick, hehe…”

Void looked her over carefully and saw that she had quite a few bruises and cuts on her body from the crash. He reaches a hand over her body and focuses hard. A green glowing mist seems to pour from the palm of his hand when he does this. Both Twilight and Rainbow watched in awe as the bruises and cuts disappeared and Rainbow’s pain faded away. Twilight’s eyes widened as she became so impressed with this ability that she totally forgot about him grabbing her breasts.

“Void...you can heal injuries?!”

“Well, so long as I get to the injured person in time, yes I can. All my fellow tenno can do it as well. Thankfully she wasn’t too badly hurt. She must be made of strong stuff.”

Rainbow smiled proudly and stood up with her hands on her hips and chest puffed out in pride.

“You better believe it. I am one of the toughest ponies in all of Equestria, and quite possibly the best flyer too!”

Void crosses his arms and lets out a light chuckle, his gaze falling on the very athletic but still soft in all the right places pegasus mare.

“Your...accident just now shows me otherwise. So you are the mare I have heard speaking about all her exploits when I was still sleeping. You are Rainbow Dash if I am not mistaken.”

Rainbow looked around with a heavy blush on her face. She didn’t like being called out like that, by someone who is shorter than her no less. And that smirk he gave her only ruffled her feathers a bit more. Though she knew that he was only giving her a hard time. She gives him a smile and places a hand on his head.

“Yeah, I am pretty awesome. By the way, good to see you are up and about. You had us worried there at first. But I knew you'd pulls through.”

Twilight stood up and dusted herself off and gave a knowing smile to them both.

“Well, of course, he would have pulled through. From what I have learned about his kind, they are quite tough. You will never believe how old he is either Dash!”

SHe looks down at him and comes up with a guess.

“He looks to be right around Scoot’s age, if not a bit older.”

Twilight chuckles and shakes her head.

“He is over one-thousand five-hundred years old!”

Rainbow’s jaw dropped and her eyes nearly popped out of her head with how wide they were.

“No way...that’s…”

“She is telling the truth. It’s a long story. I will tell you some other time. Or you can look at Twilight’s notes should you be interested. But for now. How about you help out Twilight and I with this mess you made hmmm?”

Rainbow darts her eyes side to side and gives a sheepish grin.

“Oh look at the time, I gotta go do a...thing. Very important!”

SHe was just about to take flight and leave the window she broke. But Void anticipated this and grabbed her by the tail making her flail and fall to the ground. He stood over her and leaned down with his hands behind his back and gave her a smile, but it seemed more sinister with his words.

“Now now, it’s only fair you stay and help. After all, I did fix you up with no charge. Or perhaps I should get my first bit of this land’s currency from you, after all, should you choose to leave.”

Rainbow felt a shiver go up her spine as he spoke to her, the strange thing is, she liked it. The way he stood over her like that and the way he spoke.

“Y-yeah...you are right. I’ll stay and help…”

Twilight was speechless at the display in front of her. No one has ever been able to break down Rainbow like that with a few words. Void continued to impress her, that was for sure. After which they began cleaning up the library. The question is. How will Void fair against their last friend. The shy pegasus mare that seemed to care for him almost as much as Twilight does?

Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait everyone. Personal business and all that!

May the darkness grant you peace.