Author's Note

well the fic is not dead. Hopefully the next chapter will come out a bit faster then this one.

Yep Thats It

Ugh

This headache is worse than the time I downed a whole keg of moonshine…

G-478972 opened his eyes to find that he could actually see with his eyes now. Well, that was a good start. First step preform recon. The first thing G-478972 did was look for the giant squirrels that ruled this world. There were no squirrels, that he could see, only what he could believe to be one of their pet horses. It had the weirdest color palette he had ever come across being a purplish-pink fur with a mane and tail of dark purple with a pair of light blue strips. It was weirdest thing G-478972 had ever seen. How could anything evolve with such poor camouflage?

It must be a product of selective breeding. Probably a show animal…

These casts are wrapped far too tight I can’t feel my fingers, thought G-478972 as he looked at his “arms” But they are rather solid and heavy they would make good clubs… Lets see, if this world follows normal biological function then hitting something at the nap of the neck should knock it out.

G-478972 moved with as much speed as his bandaged body would allow bringing down both casts right where the skull meets that long neck. The strange creature went down way too easily.

Yep definitely a show animal, the family pet would put up more of a fight.

What the hell is this bed made of, I feel like I’m going to sink in and be lost forever. How could anything sleep on something so soft? Makes me miss my metal bunk, and I’ve been sleeping on the ground for the last few years. These were G-478972’s thoughts as it climbed off the mattress. Finally off the bed, G-478972 found that every inch of his body was covered in medical gauze. “What was I wrap by a vet?”

This is ridiculous. There’s so much that I can barely move, and my fingers and toes are numb from a lack of blood flow. Trying to stand on two legs did not go as well as could have been hoped for by G-478972, and after ten minutes of trying to stand, the pet began to stir.

Ok, time to abandon all dignity. Time to do as his Grandpa would say and Sonic Roll out of here. G-478972 was not quite sure where that saying came from. His Grandpa had been weird. For heaven’s sake, he had something called the Naruto run, which had never made sense.

Rolling down the hall knocked pretty much everything over as he slammed into crystal vase then painting of melting horse continue on down the long all ruining millions bits in art. I guess either the squirrels build with crystal or this just an important building… G-478972 did not see another living creature as he rolled around that gigantic cold crystalline nightmare. He couldn’t help but wonder who needs all this sovereign darn space. Even the one percent didn’t need this many supply closets. He had seen enough janitorial closets to clean the Imperial capital with enough left over to clean to sorry mouth of Gazer himself.

Finally he came across a giant set of double doors that just screamed “Main Entrance”. Pounding on the doors with his head succeeded, eventually, in opening them.

At this point, Shining Armor, Prince of Equestria “and all that junk” as he himself would say whenever he got a few ciders in him, decided it was far beyond the time to get some air. And so, he stood outside the castle, dreading the current situation.

Twily, her friends and the Princesses, including his wife, for once, were talking themselves in circles. None of them were willing to do anything rash to a child that was clearly in need of a great deal of help. Yet, he had shown enough open hostility that anyone with sense would say that he needed to keep it under guard. Luna just wanted to lock him in the dungeons. Princess Celestia wanted to leave him in bed and wait till he woke up to get a better idea of what was going on. Twily wanted to hook him up to all of her machines so that she could find out what allowed him to create such a cloud of negative energy. Cadence, always the defender of the children, made it very clear that if any of them harmed a single hair on his head before they confirm that he is a danger she would let all of them have it.

All in all, the truth of the matter was they did not have a darn clue what to do because the colt hadn’t even said a single word yet. From what they could tell, he showed up without even the ability to see, confused and in pain. Of course he lashed out. That does make him hostile, it was more important to see if it was just his fear.

It was at that moment a cacophony began pouring out of the castle. It was the sound of thunks, crashes, and glass breaking that made it sound like Rainbow had been tasting the cider early this year, or had snuck some of Granny Smith’s Special Reserves. Not that he could have blamed her if she had. It was bad. At this point Shining’s forward-most thought was if she would be willing to share.

All thoughts of getting smashed left his mind with sound of loud couple of thunks against the great crystal door as is opened. They need to get an auto door spell for that thing... What followed was the clear sound of someone falling down the stairs behind him.

Shining turned to see that the very colt he had been musing on was falling end over end down the stairs. He ran to the staircase to see if the colt was hurt.

G-478972 was honestly not expecting to find that the door was unlocked. Who leaves a door to such a large structure with this much formerly nice pottery completely unprotected?

((Well, probably someone that being stolen from probably wouldn’t even be noticed. I took U’le’tek shit all the time and they never noticed...))

G-478972 falling down the stairs only hurt his pride. At the bottom, he looked up to find another one the squirrels’ pets. This time wearing Armored plate of all things. It’s face was more square and angular then the other one so it was probably a male. As it moved right over him, he could see it’s underside. Yeah, it was definitely male.

((Mmm~ Definitely male~))

G-478972 still could not get over the colors. Even though this horse was far more likely to have guard dog status, given the armor, it’s white coat with blue mane and tail would stand out in the dark like hiding behind a sheet of glass. And polished armor? Guess they don’t mind losing a few hundred of them a year or whatever.

Trying to stand was still not working. G-478972 was getting tired of not being able to walk. Every time he tried to get on his own two legs he would fall forward. The problem was his back. It just would not support his weight.

That was when something happened that would change G-478972’s entire view of everything that had happened since he had awoken just a few minutes ago.

The horse spoke.

Shining Armor was relieved to see that the strange colt had not been hurt tumbling down all those stairs. Twily really should see about putting up a guard rail. The Colt could have fallen off the sides! While we’re on the topic, Why is the door all the way up on the side of the castle? Why have basement rooms inside the tree trunk with no windows and the only door high up on the side of the tree? Why even make it tree shaped without giving it any leaves?! Piss poor design all around.

It was at this moment that Shining Armor realized the colt was staring at his most prized possession. Shining was not shy, Ponies in general tended to flaunt what humans would consider a private matter. Yet, having a colt known for summoning lots of sharp objects sitting that close, staring that intently at his “Royal Jewels”, made Shining worried for Flurry’s chances for future siblings. So Shining did what any none brain-dead stallion would do. He backed up and spoke up,

“Hey, don’t do anything we’ll both regret…”

This is wrong!

Why is the pet talking?

And why is it so eloquent?!

It was not that pets couldn’t talk, he’d been one after all, it was just weird that they could.

That means the one I knocked out is going hold a grudge. Just what I need, more people that hate my guts. Let’s just hope she’s not the type to drag everyone into their revenge plots… Ok, now, what going on? He runs over here like his tail is on fire and now he’s backing away like he’s worried I’m going to cut his junk off.

((Maybe because that’s something you would totally do?))

Wait. The horse has a horn, and it was glowing purple.

I don’t know what that is, but my guts telling me that letting a guard dog get the drop on me is a bad idea. Time to fall back on old rules, If it seems dangerous, beat it till it stops.

G-478972 summoned blades to attach to each of his limbs using space to Countereach around the cast. To get the blades off of him you would have to rip off his arms.

If this guard dog wants me to teach him how to beg, it will be my pleasure.

Shining Armor regretted his last choice of action. It seemed the colt took lighting his horn as a threat.

For someone not in complete control of his body he moves rather well standing on those swords... Ohh horseapples!

Duck!

I wonder were my husband got to? He does know as Captain of the Guard he can’t get out these meetings, right? I love him with all my heart, but sometimes he’s such a colt. Now, lets find out why all pottery is smashed? The others were still too focused on the pointless topic of where to house this colt to notice all the noise.

“Everypon—"

“I know it sounds cruel Twilight, but I have my reasons for believing the dungeons would be safer for him and everyone else!” yelled Luna,

“I know he hurt somepony,” shouted Fluttershy at a volume that was almost an outside speaking voice, “but he was hurt in a way I can’t understand. When I found him he didn’t even look like a pony!”

Twilight locked onto that fact. “Fluttershy this may be important, what did he look like?” she asked,

“He looked… he looked…” Fluttershy seemed to flinch trying to remember this event. “The only way I can think to describe it is that he reminded me of Zecora’s cauldron…” Everypony in the room looked very confused at this description. “When I entered the storm I felt so much pain. A lifetime of it. When I finally broke through it, it was a world of silence where I was the loudest thing there. It was as if the that world itself rejected all noise. He was laying on the ground, but he was more like soup than then a pony. There was a claw, then a hoof, then a paw of some kind… It was scary, and it looked so painful… Then there was this rainbow light that seemed to attack him! When it did that, the storm got even larger. I think that he lost control in those moments, and that’s why the storm was getting bigger. I don’t think he meant to do any of it.”

Celestia sat still, looking right at her, “That’s important information, Fluttershy. That would indicate that the storms growth was a side effect, and might be a result of Equestria’s involvement. That grants him some leeway in the damage. If he was only just trying to defend himsel-“

Fluttershy injected, “Celestia, he needs all the love that we can give! He can’t even stand to feel his own emotions, he’s so banged up inside. He needed more than anything to cry, but he could not even conceive of it until I helped him do it, like he didn’t even consider it as an option! I think he’s forgotten that he’s a living being.”

Cadence had slipped back inside after not finding anything in the halls. Decide that now was good to interrupt. She reached over and put a hoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder. “Well Fluttershy, while I can’t think of a place in all of Equestria where he could get more love and care than amongst the citizens of Ponyville, maybe we should ask him I think the patient is awake. If the noise of all the breaking pottery in the hallway was any sign.”

Twilight was the first to respond. “That’s. Not. Possible. He should barely be able to move, and Starlight would have called if he had woken up.” With that Twilight Sparkle teleported from the room. An instant later, she returned carrying an unconscious Starlight across her back. “You have got to be kidding me, he knocked her out! How is he even moving around right now?! We need to find him before he makes his injuries worse!”

Oh dear oh dear oh dear! How is he moving? Did he wake up because the bed was uncomfortable? I knew I should have fluffed the pillows! If we don’t stop them Shining Armor might hurt him! Oh wait, I think Shining Armor might be in trouble…

Hmm… Part of me thinks that I should stop this, but the is colt smiling and Shiny’s laughing. I know Shiny won’t hurt him too bad and they seem to be having fun at this point… Ah, colts will be colts. Maybe I should go get them some tea to help calm them down.

What in the world is Shiny thinking?!?! That colt was on death’s door! He can’t be running around! Wait, where did he get those swords?! Does he have some sort of conjuring spell for them? I know the Royal Guard have a spell like that… How is he standing on the handles though? The balance required must be crazy. I’m going to have to document all of this, then figure out how to ask all of these questions.

OOOOOHHHHH! He’s so PRETTY! It looks like he’s dancing with those swords he’s using! Oh oh oh! That’s IT!!! I’ll call him Blade Dancer!

G-478972 had decided that he liked this horse. He did not just look like it could fight he was actually really good at it. He moved and dodged his blades like he was fluid, then pushing back with barriers. The joy of finding someone that could keep up that was not an Esper was thrilling. The best part? He was clearly holding back. He had not done a single offensive attack yet. If G-478972 dared use his full power it would be over in an instant, but hey, he always believed in giving a sporting chance.

Eventually, his hearts were ready to come out of his chest and the horse looked about to call it quits. So, it was time to end the fun.

Shattering his blades and allowing himself to fall on his stomach, limbs splayed, G-478972 would have to tell the giant squirrel rulers that they had very well-trained warriors.

Emitting a trill that sounded more like a bird anything else, he was happier was normally possible to be able to fight in a non-life-or-death situation. It was then that he saw something that was stranger than the fairy tale unicorn. It was a group of the horses at the foot of the stairs.

G-478972 was smarter than a lot of people gave him credit for. When he saw the quartet of horses with both the wings of a bloody Pegasus and Unicorn horns that where clearly wearing tiaras, he realized that the giant squirrels must not rule this place after all. Then… where were they?

A butter yellow Pegasus rushed over to him. He immediately followed his instincts and summoned a blade between them and hissed like his life depended on it. For all he knew, it might.

The Pegasus looked hurt seeing the angry in him Tears filled her eyes, she trotted back to the group, followed by “the fun one”. He’d miss the fun one.

He heard them all talking but had no idea what was being said.

Fluttershy was very hurt. After the storm, why was he acting so hostile? They had shared a moment.

Twilight placed a hoof on her shoulder, offering comfort. “It’s alright. After everything that happened since his arrival in Equestria, it’s likely that he is unable to remember anything clearly. He probably doesn’t even know who you are.” This actually helped Fluttershy, knowing he did not know her.

“Thanks, Twilight,” Fluttershy responded, drying her eyes “it’s nice to know that it’s most likely nothing I did.”

Celestia felt the need to speak. “Captain Shining Armor, I need a report on just how strong you believe this colt is, and what you believe needs to be done.”

Shining Armor saluted as he rattled off his report. His service giving him more than enough experience to make one up on the fly. “Well, Princess, he clearly has training. So far, he seems to react to anything that could even be a minuscule threat. I can only imagine that he’s scared out of his mind. Yet… I don’t think he wanted to hurt me”

Twilight interjected “Shiny, I know that you have the whole ‘Soldier thing’ going for you, but how can you know that?! It just threated Fluttershy, and it clearly attacked you! Everything I’ve seen suggest a colt that has a great deal of emotional volatility and- “

“Twilight!” Shining yelled, cutting her off. This scared Fluttershy, causing her to shuffle a bit closer to Rainbow Dash.

“Military matters fall to me, Twilight.” His tone was stern, before quickly changing back to a more professional tone to continue his report. “As I was saying, Princess Celestia, I don’t think he is hostile.

“At no point during the fight did I feel either of us going out of our way to kill each other. And if what I had seen with him earlier gives any clarity to his level of skill, he could have easily killed Fluttershy. I think she approached him far too quickly and without showing she had positive intent. So, he did what any soldier would do prevent an issue by keeping her away.

“If you have any more questions, I suggest you come look for yourself. If you approach with no clear hostile intent and avoid getting close enough to touch, I think he will let you.”

As they moved towards the young colt, Fluttershy hoped that he would be more willing to allow her to go over his injures. After all that rouge housing, his wounds could get infected. The colt looked nervous to see them all come towards him at once. Yet, he did not try to get away. It seemed he was ready to face any threat in that moment, but there did not seem to be any anger or preparation to attack so that had to be a good sign

His ears kept twitching. He was clearly listening to them all talk, but the look in his eyes lacked any understanding. He did not move, yet looked right at the mouth of each person as the spoke. The strangeness of it quickly silenced all conversation.

This seemed to bother the colt, causing him to getting antsy. He looked at Twilight in the eye and spoke one word, “Talk!”

Twilight looked towards Celestia, surprised. “Um… ok? What to talk about? Well, um… if laying a spell matrix, it grows more powerful the number of layers you place out from the center more commonly called layered dimensional equations or LDE. Though it can also self-destruct if you place a spell with inverse type rune equation over each other regardless of the number of spells involved the spell always collapses and the number of layers will result in larger feedback.

Ah. It seemed like he was having a fit now. He was banging his head on the ground, rubbing it into the dirt. He hissed like a cat with it’s tail stepped on, before beginning letting off in a language that sounded more like musical notes than actual words. After taking a moment to refocus, he looked around and focused on Applejack. “Talk!” he yelled again!

“Well, seems someone needs a new crop of manners! But ah suppose given the circumstances it would be rather odd if ya had any to begin with. But, if ah’m going to talk then ah’d like ya to explain a few things back.” Applejack responded,

The colt’s face made it clear that he either did not understand or did not like what he was hearing. He began to beat his head on the ground again and screaming as Applejack spoke.

He looked around angrily. It was Shining that spoke next. “Wait, I think I know what’s going on! Twilight, if he were running something akin to a translation spell, it would need a lot of simple common words in order to make it work, right?”

Twilight looked at Shining Armor. “Yes, it would. Most translation spells use formula to find similarities between two languages. But if those sounds he was making before were his language then there’s nothing to use as a basis for comparing the two!”

“Yet he has somehow learned the word talk during his time here, Twilight.” He closed his eyes and seemed to focus. “Apple, Apple, Apple, Apple, Apple.” He spoke each time in and even, measured, tone.

Applejack was looking on. “Ah like apples more then anything, but ah don’t think this is the time…”

The colt though was looking rather intently at Shining Armor, unlike before he did not seem mind what he was doing.

Shining smiled “I knew it.” He said out loud, much to everyone’s surprise. He brought out an apple from Applejack’s saddle bags. The colt smirked then broadly pointed a hoof at it and declared “Apple!” As if he knew what it was his whole life.

“I knew it! He’s using some sort of spell with a mind reading component! That’s why he didn’t like you girls! Twilight was talking about things way too advanced for someone his age to understand, and Applejack’s way of talking uses a lot of metaphor which has a lot of subtext in it’s structure. Twilight bring me your spare dictionary, I know you have one to check if your main dictionary is accurate.”

At this, Twilight blushed, before bringing out her third dictionary. Shining Armor knew her a little too well sometimes… Levitating the book over, Twilight noticed the colt was looking from her horn to the book as if trying to understand it. Shining opened to the first page and said the word aloud a few times. The colt snapped his attention back the stallion and seemed to try and make himself comfortable.