"And that's the extended tour of the Canterlot Castle, anything you want to ask?" I said, turning to Pine Solaris, who had a bit of a smile on her face.

"Dear Franz, surely thou could have gone into more depth on certain subjects. We do not know how well she will remember the things you tell her."

Pine Solaris spoke up suddenly.

"I like to think that I know a thing or two." She said.

Luna seemed surprised, and I laughed.

"She seems to catch on fast." I said, earning a small smile on Pine's wooden muzzle.

"Indeed, she does." Luna smiled, looking back ahead.

It was around midday now, and I was feeling kind of hungry, since I missed out on breakfast to give Pine a tour. I was still wondering what she was going to eat, but I'm pretty sure just asking her some questions would be enough to know.

"So Pine, what can you eat?" I asked her.

"Eat?" She said, tilting her head slightly.

"I believe showing her would be best to know." Luna offered, taking the lead and going left.

"So, do you have any questions for us?" I asked her.

She thought for a moment, before answering.

"What am I?" She asked.

"Well, it's kinda a weird story to tell." I said.

Looking back at Luna, her ears were swiveled towards us.

"I created you out of a wooden dummy, and given the fact that I didn't mean to, I don't entirely know what you are. So, you're the first of your kind." I answered.

"Oh, well, can you make more of me?" She asked.

"Technically, I can, but I don't know if I should."

"So if you created me, does that mean you're my dad?"

I froze at that. Me? A dad? What? Even Luna stopped at that.

"Perhaps tis a better idea if we are to discuss this at a later date. Away from prying ears."

"Okay." She said, smiling and walking close to me. I sped up a bit to catch up to Luna, and we sandwiched Pine in between us, who didn't seem to mind at all.

'I wonder if she's similar to Timberwolves by any chance.' I thought.

Upon reaching the Dining room, I grabbed a chair and set it next to me and motioned Pine to sit there, then sat next to Luna at my right, and Pine at my left.

Unfortunately, we ran into someone I wasn't intent on meeting this early.

"Hello, nephew." I said, with a slight growl.

"Good evening, Uncle Franz. Who is this?" Blueblood said, eyeing Pine up and down with curious, but disgusted eyes.

"Huh, you remember my name." I said.

"No, I asked the staff who you were."

"Good evening, Blueblood." Luna said, slightly annoyed.

"Ah, Auntie Luna. What are you two doing together? Shouldn't you both be attending Royal Business?" He asked.

"We were." Luna growled, staring him down. I just know her first interaction with him was bad too.

"We were just showing our guest here around." I said, tilting my head to Pine, who just looked nervously at Blueblood.

"I see. Anyways, I'm here to apologize for my aggression from earlier. I was unaware that you were my uncle, even if you aren't blood."

"Huh, okay." I said.

"What happened earlier?" Pine whispered to me.

"Nothing, least not anymore." I said, still annoyed at him for attacking earlier.

"May I?" He asked, using his horn to pull out a chair for himself. I nodded, realizing that he could just sit anyways.

'Something's not right.'

"Waiter!" He called, making a snapping sound with his hooves. That genuinely surprise me, but I assumed it was magic. In an instant, a staff member with a notepad popped up and started taking orders. I stared at Blueblood for a bit longer, and then made my order.

"So, how long have you two been together?" Blueblood asked suddenly.

"Long enough." Luna said.

"I feel like you don't like me. Why is that? Was our first interaction that uncouth?" He questioned, his tone making him sound like he was right. I elected to stay quiet for this and just observed.

"Tis just our nature to dislike undisciplined stallions." She said.

"Ouch." I said jokingly.

"Thou art disciplined to our tastes, Dear Franz. Tis this cretin that makes our blood boil." She mumbled that last part.

"Yeah, I hear ya." I said, all the while I had a smile. Our food came and we ate. I offered Pine some of everything, but she preferred water and some leafy stuff like spinach and lettuce. She was also pretty oblivious to how Blueblood was staring at her with the same morbid curiosity he had earlier. Luna looked a bit tired, and drowsy too.

"Hey, you tired?" I asked her.

"Tis nearly one in the afternoon. We need to rest for Night Court tonight. And we still need to finish some of our legal paperwork for the week." She said, giving a small stretch along with a little yawn. I saw Pine try and mimic the motions, but dropped her glass of water instead.

"What day is it today?" I asked, using my power to reverse the flow of time and make her glass revert back to full. Blueblood seemed startled by this, but still remained quiet.

"Friday, is it not?"

"Ah, okay. Wanna go to bed?" I asked her, rising from my seat and alerting Pine it was time to go.

"Tis desired, yes." She muttered, getting up from her seat and me taking the lead.

Pine followed us, and we went back to my room where I took off my armor and jumped on the bed, landing with a soft thump. Luna went into the bathroom, and I heard the shower turn on. And Pine just kind of stood there admiring the room. She seemed to

"So, I wanted to ask, but do you remember anything from being inanimate?" I questioned, feeling a bit off about it. She paused for a minute and scrunched her face.

"No. But I do remember someone's name. But I probably shouldn't say." Pine said.

"Who's name was it?" I asked.

"I really shouldn't, judging from what happened last time." She said. She was scraping the floor with her hoof while I sat up.

"Last time?" I asked, confused on what she meant. She shook herself a bit, and seemed to gain an innocent smile. I heard the shower turn off and glanced at the bathroom, before talking to Pine.

"We'll pick this up again later." I said to her, earning a shy nod. Her ears flopped back, and I wanted to pet her for being weirdly adorable. Luna walked out and had a refreshed, but still tired look. That was a fast shower, for a lady that is.

"Ready for bed?" I asked her.

"Very. But why art thou going to rest with us?" She asked.

"I woke up earlier than I wanted to. I figured I could use the extra rest and spend some time with you."

"Tis fine with us. Shall we?" She asked, and I nodded my head. Looking over to Pine, she had curled herself into a ball on the floor, deciding to sleep as well. I should get her a bed.

She used her magic to pull the both of us into the dream realm, and our surroundings darkened, and was soon replaced with an arena.

"What's this?" I asked, suddenly in my human form. My clothes were replaced with that of sparring gear, and I looked at Luna, who had the same things as I did. Her human form was easy on the eyes, and much like last time, I felt myself getting somewhat aroused looking at her curves.

"Did thou really think we would let thou get away resting with us so easily?" She asked, smiling lovingly at me.

"I mean, yeah I did." I said, feigning disappointment.

"Then thou have thought wrong! Haha!" She shouted, seemingly excited. She raised her fists and shifted into a combat stance.

"We have had much time to practice our abilities with this form over the years!" She shouted proudly.

"Oh really?" I said, giving her a smug smile.

"Yes! Now have at thee!" She cried, charging me.

"Wait!" I yelled. She stopped and looked at me with befuddlement.

"We need guidelines. Or else I'm just going to beat you each time, remember?" I asked her.

"Ah, I did not realize thou wished to be handicapped."

"You do wanna have a chance to beat me, right?"

"We can do so without handicaps!" She said, offended by the concept.

"At least something to keep us from going all out on each other." I said.

"Fine. We shall not do psychological attacks, magical attacks, or conjure up any weapons in our duel. There, that enough?" She said, sounding impatient.

"Yeah, good enough." I said, shifting into one of my four stances. Little known fact I never told them, while Wing Chun is my go to, I know some Muay Tai, wrestling, and boxing moves, along with one Krav Maga technique. I have no idea what she knew of, but I think I can handle it.

We stared at each other, her stance resembling something of Wing Chun, but her legs weren't in the typical stance. She charged me and threw a wide kick, which I caught. I went to knock her down, but a second kick came out of the blue and struck my head.

I let go and stumbled back, a slight stinging pain in my cheek and a surprised look on my face. She had a smug smile on and charged me again.

'So that's how it is.' I thought and charged her as well. She threw a punch, and I grabbed it, deftly closing the gap between us and throwing her over my shoulder. She was surprised, and I grabbed her waist and threw her again, and delivered a pair of hard knees to her ribs.

She fell to the ground, but got back up and bared her teeth, raising her fists again and charging me once more. She threw a right kick down my centerline and I caught it again. quickly throwing a punch to her face.

She dodged it, and I did a sweep of her leg, tripping her and dropping her on her back. I threw out a flurry of chain punches, and most hit their mark. She was able to block a few, but my hands were faster than hers.

She got her legs under me, and made a hard horse kick to my stomach, winding me for a bit and knocking me back. She made some distance between us, and I recovered soon after. She rushed forward again, and so did I, throwing out another flurry of chain punches.

Something about her changed, and she dropped down and swept for my legs. I parried with a kick of my own and brought up my other to hit her left shoulder.

It connected, and she seemed annoyed by it. She then tried to rush me again, and I threw another set of chain punches. Surprisingly, she also threw out a set of her own chain punches, and they connected. I added a centerline kick to her abdomen, and she was knocked back again.

Just to style on her again, I kept my leg in the air where I had hit her. She didn't seem impressed, but I was gleeful and couldn't hold back my smile. Lowering my leg, I waited for her to start once more. She slowly closed in on me, and my face hardened.

In a snap instant, she threw a wide kick, which I ducked under and retaliated with a swipe of her eye. She caught it and threw me over her shoulder. I thought I would land on the mats, but she hoisted me up and grabbed my waist, and suplexed me into the mats behind her.

Dazed, I tried to get up, but she was on me immediately, throwing chain punches and elbows to my covered body. I noticed she was sweating, but I still had more to go before I started the same.

While she was wailing on my defense, I positioned my legs and gave a hard sweep of her legs as she yelped out of surprise, and I immediately took advantage of her confusion. Crawling to her, I wrapped my legs around her neck and tried to choke her out. She struggled, initially, and said something under her labored breath.

"What was that? Ready to yield?" I asked.

"H-harder daddy!" She shouted, which stalled my thought process. What did she just say? It was an act, and she broke free of my choke hold, and threw a hard right hook to my face, stunning me. She wrapped her legs around my neck and held onto my leg in a somewhat compromising position.

"Ready to submit!" She growled. I had my hands reach up and give her rear a nice squeeze, which startled her from the whine she made.

"Dear Franz!" She said, clearly embarrassed. Taking advantage of her surprised state, I added strength to my leg and kicked her off of me, and onto the nearby mats.

"Now we're even!" I barked, earning a nervous smile from her.

"Tis not fair!" She said, seemingly shocked.

"Life isn't fair, Luna. You just got to roll with it, like a square!" I said, smiling from my own dumb joke. I charged her and jumped into the air with a flying knee.

She sidestepped, and I twisted my body and delivered a solid punch to her helmet. She fell and didn't move for a bit, before she got back up and changed her stance. I raised a brow and shifted to a Muay Thai stance. She charged again and went for a tackle. I wasn't sure what she was doing, until she threw a hard elbow into my ribs.

I winced, and brought down an elbow myself, hitting her shoulder blade. She let out a screech of pain and hoisted me up before throwing me into the mats on my face. I'll admit, that surprised me, and knocked the wind out of me, but I caught the stomp she threw and kicked her supporting leg and brought her down to an awkward sitting position.

She seemed to be in some distress, and I threw a straight punch to her head. She dodged it again, and grabbed my arm to pull me in.

And surprised me with a kick to the head. My grip on her leg loosened, and she kicked me in the abdomen, knocking the wind out of me again and making for a short retreat. She jumped up and fell upon me with an elbow ready. Was she really about to pull that one!?

In a quick motion, I brought up my legs and she landed on them, earning a grunt of pain from her as I pushed her off onto another mat.

'Maybe I should stop this.' I thought. She fell back and glared at me, her breath heavy from both pain and exhaustion.

"Nay! We need to best thee in combat!" She yelled, getting back up and grabbing me by the leg. With surprising strength, she threw me into a wall, and I had to harden my body from that.

"RRAAAAAAH!" She screamed, rearing her fist back and throwing it where I was. I saw that she was unintentionally charging a magical attack, and I had to stop her.

"ENOUGH!" I shouted, pushing her back with a burst of energy. The magic sparked and faded as she landed back on the mats. Forcing myself out of the wall, I saw her covering her face, curled up in a ball and shaking.

She was crying.

"Luna?" I asked, getting close to her and kneeling. I placed my hand on her shoulder, and she pulled away from me.

"Hey, talk to me." I said, my tone softer as I tried to get her to open up to me.

"Why..." She said.

"Why what?" I asked.

"Why must we be so weak! I couldn't halt Nightmare Moon from taking over, and I would have most likely killed somepony if thou hadn't intervened. I wish to be as strong as thou, but I've reached my limit!" She shouted, getting in my face. Acting out of instinct, I pulled her into a hug, making her cries worse before she eventually relaxed, and hugged back.

"You don't have to be like me, Luna. To be honest, I'd rather be like a normal person again. I'm only this strong because of some fuckwit Elemental God giving me this power. I didn't want it, but it's what I have." I said, feeling her bury her head into my chest.

"And I would have never met you if I didn't have this. I can't change the past, but I can for the future." I said, raising her head to look at mine.

"Our future." I said, smiling sadly at her.

"Our?" She asked, seemingly surprised.

"Of course ya silly goose." I said, and rubbed her shoulder.

"Thou art serious. Doth thou... Do you really mean that?" She asked.

"Of course. Why have someone else when I have you?" I said.

"But aren't thou also after our sister and somepony named Ditzy?" She said.

'Well, it seems as though I have dug myself a hole.' I thought.

"Thou has. But we forgive thee. We know thou's intentions are not ill." Luna smiled, booping my nose.

"Feeling better?" I asked, trying my best to ignore the itch that she induced just now.

"Can we lay like this? We, I mean, I find this comforting." She said.

"Especially when in this form."

"Well, who am I to argue with that logic." I said.

"A thousand years ago thou would have wanted us in our original form."

"Mostly because you're cute."

"We know. Thou told that to us many times long ago."

"Oh, so you know you're cute?" I asked, smiling from her statement.

"Very much so. And we have thou to thank for it." She grinned back.

I let out a sigh, and she gave me a concerned look.

"Is something the matter?" She asked.

"Never change Luna, never change." I said, smiling at her.

We spent most of our time in the dream-realm talking. She would ask things about Earth, and in return, I asked her things about our past, which she was more than willing to go into detail about. But something didn't make sense. She said I never once mentioned my parents, which was odd. Maybe it was a fluke, but I'm not sure.

And another tidbit I remembered. Luna preferred to use twin swords in Loop Alpha, to my knowledge. Here, her first weapon of choice were knives, but later switched to twin swords. Now it may be my imagination, but I'm pretty sure she never mentioned anything about liking knives before. Or it was just a little thing she did to lean into that edgy phase.

Anyways, I showed her Earth, and it's daily chaotic mess it would usually be before I discovered my abilities. She would laugh at how much I would mess up on the keyboard, and then make a pouting face that would trigger her laugh. All in all, it was very endearing to hear her.

But unfortunately, our night had to come to an end, and she had Night Court to attend.

"We enjoyed this, Dear Franz. We wish to have more experiences like this." She said, shifting back to her pony form.

"I did too. Maybe next time, I'll rough you up a bit more." I said smiling.

"Oh my, is that a promise I hear?" She said, smirking at me with a devious grin. I slumped my shoulders.

"Not like that you perv. Geez, at least wait a month or two." I said.

"Tis been over a thousand years, Dear Franz. We are quite positive that we could do what we wish without consequence."

"Well, yes, but actually no." I said.

She just laughed at that.

"Farewell, Dearest Franz, we shall be thinking fondly of thou during our Court."

"Hopefully not too fondly." I said with a smirk.

"I wish for thou to keep that as a... reward."

"Keep what?" I asked.

"Our undergarments, of course!" She said, before disappearing from my mind.

"Your what?!" I said, looking around, confused on what she meant by that. Sure enough, there they were. Underwear, with little cartoonish drawings of me on them.

"..."

"Luna... What the fuck." I said aloud, not really expecting anyone to answer. Letting out a sigh, I just imagined a recliner and laid down on it. I felt the faintness of something gently brushing my cheek and made the connection that Luna gave me a kiss before she left. It felt nice.

Since I had time, and which I was pretty sure it was night right now, I could do as I wished. But I had something I wanted to try out. Just how much power did I have? I always pondered on that.

Closing my eyes, I thought about how I could measure it, and I imagined of a percentage gauge.

Opening my eyes, I saw that everything was blueish tint. I was confused on why it was like this, and I tried it again. The same thing happened.

So I thought about making the gauge about the size of a red bull can. I felt something snap, and I was thrown from my dreams and back into reality.

Groggily opening my eyes, I felt the worst headache I've ever had. Almost like someone grabbed a bag of rocks and slammed them into my head a few times. Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I noticed that Pine was still here, just there admiring the room. She was really interested in that Nintendo.

"Hey Solaris." I said, rising from my spot on the bed. She heard me and smiled.

"Good morning." She said, looking nervous.

"What's the matter?" I asked her.

"Nothing, just a little tired." She said, giving a yawn that was both adorable, and a little freaky. The inside of her mouth was wooden and mostly had that same texture, but towards the back it turned into that of a normal pony throat. Which means, she is both a living, breathing entity, but with a lot of wooden parts to go along.

"If it has anything to do with last night's conversation, I'll wait on it. But if you're feeling up to it, you can tell me who's name you remember." I said, trying to coax her into saying it, and to distract me from what I saw.

"I really shouldn't." She said, shrinking slightly.

"Okay, but when you feel like telling me, go for it." I replied, sliding off the bed and landing on the floor with a clacking sound.

"Today's Saturday, right?" I asked her.

"Yes... I think." She said, looking around for a calendar.

"Cool."

I wondered on what to do for today, but I didn't really know what. I could head to Ponyville and get Ditzy back, or at least attempt to, but I'm worried about coming on too strong and scaring her away. Maybe I should wait on it some more.

And don't get me started on the fans. I've had enough trouble with them as it is in Loop A, and I don't want to deal with them in Loop B either.

But I did have my armor on and active when I went onstage to re-introduce me back into Equestria, so I can go without armor for some time at least. Only problems were my wings and horn. I could probably transform into a different race, like a Pegasi or a Unicorn, but I don't think that I should. Not yet at least.

Sliding my armor back on, I made my way to the door, and opened it. There was a pair of guards stationed at the entrance, and they straightened their posture at my appearance.

It was still a little dark out, maybe an hour or so until sunrise, so I made my way over to Celestia's room to check up on her. I needed to talk to her for a bit. If I was to get her into my herd, I would need her to be used to me. I kind of did neglect her for a while, even all those years ago. A shiver shot up my spine, and figured it was the freezer burn from Cryo.

I made it there, and a pair of Night Guards were stationed.

"Is she awake?" I asked them.

"Apologies Your Majesty, but Princess Celestia is still sleeping." Said the stallion on the left.

"Ah, okay. I'll be back later." I said, turning around and leaving. I saw that the stallion on the right was looking anxious, almost like he wanted to ask something, but he kept it to himself.

As I walked, I thought about Cadence. I didn't really interact with her much, and when I did, I pushed her away. I felt kind of bad for that. So, I'll add her to the list of people to talk to. It felt weird to have a clean slate with everyone. Almost like making another file for a game.

I made it to the entrance of The Canterlot Castle, and left. The guards up front insisted I take a couple of guards, but I kindly said no, but told them to inform Luna and Celestia that I'll be back before nightfall. Pine stayed in the room, and I think the guards will let keep an eye on her.

I figured I'd say fuck it and go to Ponyville to check in on everyone. It is a Saturday after all. I just hoped that I didn't need to keep a constant watch on Pine though, but if I did, then I'll make sure to make it up to her for leaving.

Maybe I should wait a few more weeks until I give Twilight her armor while I watch Pine Solaris. And I also have to remove the link of her armor from mine and erase all the data of my personal human life from the files on top of that too. But I'm almost certain that if I give Twilight armor, the others will follow and ask for armor as well.

I was almost to Ponyville from my short flight, and I saw a large cloud house. I wondered what kind of person can make a house out of clouds, but remembered that I'm not on Earth anymore, and the same rules of physics does not apply to here anymore.

I passed the house and made it to Ponyville. It was almost sunrise, and I figured I could pay some of the girls a visit before I went back to Canterlot. Landing at a random spot, I made my way to Twilight's place. I wanted to visit her first and check up on Spike as well. Little dude seemed pretty cool, and I didn't really interact with him as much.

Knocking on the door, I heard Twilight say "It's open!" From somewhere in the Library. Taking this as a confirmation to enter, I opened the door and walked in.

"Hello Twilight. Sorry to drop in unannounced." I said, hearing some shuffling from upstairs, as well as crashing. Spike walked into the main lobby, and he saw me and froze.

"Sup Spike." I said, snapping him from his idle shock.

"Oh, hello Prince Franz. Uh, not to sound rude, but why are you here?" He asked.

"No real reason. Just wanted to stop by and check up on everyone since the Summer Sun Celebration Incident. Twilight was the closest to where I landed, so she was up first." I answered.

"Okay. I'll go get Twilight." He said, running off before I could stop him, but for someone his size he was a fast one. I heard the faint conversation upstairs and a surprised "He's here!?" from Twilight. And them after a bit longer of them talking, they both came downstairs.

"Good evening Prince Franz! I didn't know you were coming today, so I was pretty unprepared. Apologies if the place looks like a mess." She said. I took a look around and saw that the mess she was talking about and saw a few books in a disheveled pile on a nearby desk.

"It's okay. I skipped breakfast, so I wanted to check in on you while we grabbed something to eat." I said, a look of surprise on her face as a slight tint flushed her face.

"Spike should come too, as this is an informal meeting and more of a hanging out kind of visit." I said, giving a small smile.

"Okay, just let me get ready, I'll be back in a bit!" She said, and deftly sped up the stairs as she left. Spike was staring at my capsules, but I pretended to not notice so he could have more time to guess at what they were.

"So Spike, what do you often do for fun here?" I asked him, his body perking up and snapping from his staring with a smile.

"Oh, well I usually take naps, since there's not really much to do around here. But I've always done that for fun. I usually do that after my chores though." He said, giving me a toothy grin.

"Sounds fun." I said, realizing that I wasn't prepared for a full conversation with the little guy. He just nodded and went back to staring at my armor. A minute later, Twilight came back, and I stood back up.

"I'm ready, so where are we going to go?" She asked.

"I'm not sure, I was just going to let either you or Spike choose." I said, giving a shrug.

"We could try Sugarcube Corner! I wanted to look there since we got here. I think there's even a special too!" Spike said, eager to go.

I was going to say something, but I remembered this wasn't Loop Alpha, and this was their first time to there. I don't think I've been there either. Does sound familiar though.

"Okay, looks like we're going to Sugarcube Corner. Any objections?" I said, opening the door and waiting. Twilight shook her head no, and we then left.

As we made our way there, I felt as though there were eyes watching me. Might be from the townspeople, but still. The fact that they're watching me is slightly unnerving. Not as bad as before, but still enough to warrant some form of uneasiness. I also wasn't too sure where Sugarcube Corner was, so I let Spike take the lead while I followed with Twilight, who looked very nervous.

'I wonder what today may bring' I thought as I we made our way there.

Author's Note

Hey, I'm back (kinda).

So, where should I begin...

Ah, right to the point of course!

I haven't posted for a while mostly because of my extreme lack of motivation. I've kinda been going through a rough patch during my time away, so things haven't been good.

I'll spare you guys (or gals, idk) the details, but it's been a long time since I was able to get back on my laptop again.

So, I may, or may not continue this story. I'm going to be honest, I started this Fimfic as a way to get my creative expression out, and as a way to vent my frustrations, but I'm starting to lose hope on this. I've moved on from writing, but I don't want to lose what I've built.

I most likely won't be able to finish this story, or conclude what it would have been, but I will go as far as I can until I either can't, or until I'm forced to stop.

So yeah.

I may give this fic up for adoption, but I'm gonna try and hold out for another while.

Besides, it'll all be worth it in the end.

Right?

Edit: Writer's block is gone, WE SO FUKIN BACK BABYYYYY