As they reached her she could definitely see that they had fangs and their pupils were slits like snakes or cat eyes. There was a total of five, two normal pegasuses it looked like who had bows, and the three that carried spears that came closer she really didn't know what to call them. But one, in particular, caught her attention and she could tell this one was a mare and seemed to be the leader.

What made her think that was very simple as the other four had purple armor while this one had blue and was the one who came closer than the rest. Now that the mare was directly in front of her she could see that she had a coat that was almost charcoal grey with her mane and tail being a purplish blue with green strips. Her and the mare locked eyes for a second and she could see the mare had silver eyes before she spoke up.

"I do not mean any harm, I come on a peaceful mission!" She yelled this was yet another ability that a soul had, being able to understand and speak other languages. Though it really only applied for their soul, if she were in her body she would have to learn the language.

"Follow us to the ground!" The mare said making her follow.

They started to lower to the ground which she was somewhat surprised that they had little issue with letting her follow, except for one of the pegasus who was keeping an eye on her. Though she started to get a little concerned as the closer they got to the ground she started to become more solid like she was forming a second body. She should have figured since this world was practically brimming with magical energy.

The good thing is that she didn't seem to lose her flying because soon she could actually feel a heartbeat in her chest. She felt vulnerable since she knew that at this rate if they decided to attack her and they managed to get her with their weapons it could actually hurt her. But it didn't seem like they were particularly hostile towards her, except for that one pegasus who was still giving her a hard stare which the way he looked at her made a slight twinge of anger go through her.

"Here's a good spot," The one in the blue armor said landing and turned to look at her a little surprise crossed into the mare's eyes. "Woah, why do you suddenly have a solid body?"

"That's a bit difficult to explain," She answered landing on the ground and as she looked down she somewhat felt relief as her clothes seemed to become real as well, but then an embarrassing thought crossed her mind. What if her real body was now naked?

The thought of that Mike would see her completely naked almost made her want to pull out her emergency wake up button, though she didn't know if these ponies would go on the offensive if she reached into her pocket. So she put that thought in the back of her mind, though now that she was on the ground and knew that this body was complete it felt weird to her. It didn't feel like her body, but at the same time it did and it just confused her.

But she had heard that it was common for those who discovered a planet that had magic like this. From what she had studied and heard it was one of those things that you got used to. She did appreciate that they were letting her get used to her new body though.

"So, I take it this is your first time with a physical body?" The mare in blue asked.

"Kind of, let me try to explain this as best as I can," She said though that's when she heard the pegasus speak up.

"You've got to be kidding me Frost Bite, why are you..." The mare in blue armor turned and glared at him making him snap his mouth shut.

"Long Shot, you are already on thin ice so watch what you say," Frost Bite said making the stallion gulp, she already liked this mare despite not actually knowing exactly what kind of pony she was. "Sorry about him, he's been angry since I beat him for the promotion of Captain of the Night Guard. But Long Shot, if you make even the slightest remark even remotely like how you were about to I will make sure your ass is out! Now, you were about to explain?"

"First, let me just say how much I actually like you right now!" She said as she began bouncing, she honestly couldn't help it but at least she was restraining herself from squealing, for the moment at least but her actions seemed to amuse the mare as she gave a smile.

"Thanks, I get the feeling that we'll be good friends after this. But first, how about you tell us your name?" Frost Bite asked giving Rie a friendly and kind smile.

"Um, right my full name is Garrie Maroon. But I prefer Rie for short," She replied though she gave a slight chuckle as a look of slight confusion went across the mare's face.

"Hmm, an interesting name so that means you aren't from that other world despite your appearance being almost similar. So, you said you were going to explain how you seemed like a ghost at first?" Frost Bite asked making her nod and take a breath and sitting down.

"This may take a little bit to explain, first let me start by saying I am apart of what's known as the Inter-Universal Exploration Branch..." She then started to explain what the organization was, and how it was formed and its goals.

To her surprise, not one of them interrupted as she explained and the one who she now knew was Frost Bite was really intent on listening. She again was surprised as the mare seemed to relax and sit as she listened, it was interesting because she expected more hostility but this mare had a kind smile and eyes. Soon she was done the explaining, and though it seemed she lost the other four in her explanation Frost Bite seemed to have at least some understanding.

"Huh, so your people can actually leave their bodies?" Rie nodded her head.

"You don't actually believe this thing do you?" She gave the stallion a harsh look, she felt a wave of familiar anger and was about to speak up until Frost Bite got in his face.

"Yeah, I do and have some respect for she isn't a thing and you would know what she is if you listened and also if you had read Princess Twilight's reports on that other world! If you have a problem with my decision then speak up now and that goes for the rest of you as well!" Frost Bite shouted and the stallion she was in front of known as Long Shot didn't seem fazed by this.

"Fine, but I won't be there when Princess Luna chews you out," Long Shot said his gaze returning to Rie for a brief second.

"No, you are right that you won't be there because as of right now you are suspended for a month without pay!" Frost Bite snapped, Rie really liked this mare for not taking any of the stallions crap. "Now, go back to the barracks and I'll deal with the paperwork later!"

"Fine by me," Long Shot said before taking off.

"Any of the rest of you have any issue with my decision to trust Rie here?" Frost Bite turned to look at the three remaining underlings.

"No, Ma'am!" Two of them said in unison while one simply saluted.

"Good, now I'm sure you have questions for us but we'll have to answer them on our way back to the castle. Just follow us if you can still fly that is?" Frost Bite asked giving her a curious look, and after a moment of concentrating, she started to levitate.

"Yeah, I think I'll be able to keep up just fine," She replied though that fact that it took her a moment to lift off the ground made her somewhat nervous, as the small group started to fly off towards the castle built into the mountain she let out a loud squeal.

Never did she think that she would be able to fly with a body even if it didn't actually feel like her actual body. It felt more like she had borrowed someone's else's body which technically all travelers and lucid dreamers could do, but it that would guaranteed prison time. After a moment though as she got used to flying with a physical body she started her own questions.

"So, what kind of pony are you?" She shouted over the wind.

"You don't need to shout you know," Frost Bite said but after seeing the look on Rie's face she shouted it. "Guess your kind doesn't have as good of hearing then?"

"Nope, so sorry if I do yell!" She replied trying her best to say as normal as she could over the wind.

"It's alright, but to answer your question me, Onyx and Night Glide are what's known as Thestrals! Otherwise, know as Bat Ponies! Of course, Torrent Rain over there is a pegasus!" Frost Bite said pointing to each one as she said their names, and as Rie looked Onyx was the one who didn't say anything just saluted.

As she looked at them the Pegasus had a bright green coat with her mane and tail were solid purple, and the pegasus had purple eyes that matched. The Bat Pony she now knew as Onyx was a stallion with a dull dark blue coat with his tail and mane being more light purple and had amber eyes. Night Glide, the third Bat Pony who looked like another stallion had a normal grey coat with his mane and tail being a purplish blue and gold eyes.

"If you don't mind me asking, why doesn't Onyx talk?" She was very curious and the question made the big stallion give a nod to Frost Bite.

"If you couldn't tell that means he doesn't mind me telling you! He was born without vocal cords, so he never had been able to speak!" Frost Bite answered, and this made Rie give the stallion a little look of pity.

"Once you've been around him long enough you'll get used to how he does talk though!" Torrent Rain called out.

"Yeah, so this is a question for you three and feel free not to answer! But if you're Bat Ponies does that mean you drink blood?" She asked making Night Glide give her a somewhat offended look.

"Calm down there Night, she's just curious! To answer there are two different kinds of Bat ponies! There are the Fruit Bat Ponies, and then there are Vampire Bat Ponies! Though Fruit Bat ponies are far more common, you can tell the difference because of our eye colors!" Frost explained and this made her a little more curious about it.

"Eye color?" She asked, and she could see a little concern in Frost Bites eyes.

"Yes, Fruit Bat Ponies will typically have more gold or yellow eyes. While the Vampire Bat Ponies will typically have more silver or red eyes!" Frost Bite said, and Rie could now see why the mare had that concern in her eyes.

"Huh, well that's interesting! Can't wait to hang out with you!" That seemed to erase some of Frost concern away. "So, I've already heard about two Princesses but how many are there? Also is there any like queen or anything?" This made them all look between each other.

"No queen here! The royal sisters had made it to where there would be no queens or kings that rule over Equestria since those titles seem to make ponies power hungry!" Frost explained. "But let's see, you've already heard us talk about Princess Twilight and Luna, but there is Princess Luna's older sister Princess Celestia. Then there's their niece Princess Cadence who rules over the Crystal Empire, and her daughter Princess Flurry Heart!"

"Wow, what's the relationship between Princess Twilight and the others?" She asked.

"Well, Princess Cadence was her foal-sitter when she was young and she was Princess Celestia's prized student before she ascended! Also, just letting you know Princess Cadence isn't actually the royal sister's blood niece either, Princess Celestia just adopted her as her niece after she ascended!" Frost Bite answered.

"Oh, so it's not like a family thing then?" Frost Bite shook her head. "If you don't mind me asking, what kind of ponies are they? I mean I've seen pegasuses, unicorns, bat ponies, and regular looking ponies!" The last one made the four guards give a little laugh, well except for Onyx who only smiled.

"You mean Earth Ponies?" Frost Bite asked.

"If that's what they're called then yes!" She answered.

"Well, there is one kind of pony you haven't seen yet and that's the Crystal Ponies, the ones that Princess Cadence rules over up in the north! But the princesses aren't necessarily any of the regular kind of ponies!" Frost Bite said, and though she now just found out about the fifth kind of pony, to learn that there was a sixth kind made her shake with excitement. "They're what's called an Alicorn!"

"Alicorn?!" She asked.

"Well, they're a type of pony that has elements from all other pony tribes! They have the horns and magic prowess of a unicorn, pegasus wings, and weather manipulation. Earth pony strength and ability to find fertile soil and grow stuff faster! They also have crystal ponies natural high resistance of taking harm, meaning it takes a lot to actually hurt them! Also, last but not least they have Bat Ponies long life span!" Frost Bite explained, and Rie couldn't hold it any longer as she let out a squeal of excitement which made the three bat ponies instantly cover their ears.

"Sorry about this!" Torrent Rain said flying next to her and putting a hoof over her mouth. "Bat Ponies have very sensative hearing! That's another thing that Alicorns get from them!"

"Sorry, I really didn't know!" She shouted and really felt bad but Frost Bite just gave her a smile.

"You know you remind me a little bit of one of Princess Twilight's friends named Pinkie Pie, except you seem better in control of yourself and not as wild!" Frost yelled. "I think Princess Luna will love to meet you!"

"Hope so, which by the way if you're Captain of the Royal Night Guard why weren't you already in the capital?" She asked.

"I and my team were actually checking up on the local guards in that town for inspections!" Frost Bite answered. "Looks like we're almost there! Get ready to land, and try not to take any offense if ponies give you some looks!"

"Honestly, I expected much worse than one pony's attitude and a few stares!" She said making Frost give a little smile of understanding.

"I know how that feels!" Frost said.

"Hmm, oh by the way Onyx?" The stallion looked at her. "If things go well, and our worlds become connected I'll see what we can do to give you a voice!" This made the stallion give her a skeptical look but she maintained her own look of confidence that she meant what she said.

"I-is that even possible?" It was Night Glide who asked as the whole group stopped in midair.

"Yeah, where I'm from we have access to all kinds of technology and magic that will help. I promise that I'll see what I can do," She said and Onyx gave her a look over once more with his skeptical look before giving her a smile as he put his hoof out, so she took it and shook making them give her a little confused look.

"I take it that's just how your kind agrees on things?" Frost Bite asked.

"Yup called a handshake," She answered.

"Hmm, so that's what Minotaurs mean. Also, if you couldn't tell you just did something that's really hard to do, you got Onyx to make friends with you in the first few hours of knowing you. Not an easy thing to do," Torrent said making the others nod in amazement.

"Well, then you should know I take care of my friends and always try my best to keep my promises," She said giving the stallion a big smile, though she didn't expect him to smile back and apparently neither did the other members of his team.

"I haven't seen him smile like that since Torrent asked him out!" Night Glide said making Onyx turn and give him a hard look as they all started to laugh little.

"Alright, let's stop messing around and get to the throne room. I'm sure by now they've heard about you by now," Frost said after calming down, and as they landed she told the three of them to go take a break while she escorted Rie to the throne room. "I really do appreciate you making him smile like that, but are you sure that's a promise you can keep?"

"Yeah, it's been done plenty of times before. When I go back I'll have to ask my Captain to put in a request for some of the more basic things that might work. For some of the more complex ways it'll have to be after an actual portal is set up before they can try it out," She answered.

"That still somewhat confuses me, what's the difference between a portal and a wormhole? I mean you have a body, and you have those little gadgets," Frost said making her pad down her pockets feeling that the emergency button and camera were still there.

"Yes, well the only reason why I have a body is because of the magic in this world be so powerful. As for the difference between portals and wormholes, only objects and not living things can go through a wormhole. That also includes souls, and for portals, they are able to actually transport actual living beings. Not really sure of the science or magic behind it all though," She managed to explain.

"Guess in a way it makes sense, but we're here. Ready to meet Princess Luna? Because she'll want to hear everything that you've explained to us," Frost said giving her a little smile.

"As I said, it's apart of the whole setting things up so yeah, I'm ready as I'll ever be!" She said bouncing around and had to stop herself from just squealing out of excitement.

"I am really glad I met you tonight because you just have a way to make others smile. I really think you and Pinkie Pie will make good friends," Frost said as she gave a chuckle. "Now, how about we go in?"

"Like I keep saying, I'm ready!" She gave Frost a wide excited smile as she tried to calm down, which made Frost just shake her head before going up to the massive door and knocking in a pattern.

"Come in, I've been expecting you!" A loud voice called out, and as the doors swing open to reveal a huge throne room with two thrones on one side. One was empty at the moment, but the other had a dark blue mare who was taller than Frost, with a mane and tail that looked like they had stars in them that seemed to be blowing in an invisible wind.

"Princess," Frost said walking into the room and bowing and Rie followed though it was tough for her to just walk in at the moment, and she bowed as well.

"I see you brought the visitor, though without restraints," Princess Luna noted.

"Yes, she surrendered peacefully and I do not think she intends any harm," Frost said and from what Rie could see and tell Princess Luna nodded.

"Very well, I trust your judgment and you may both rise," Princess Luna said and as they did Rie saw a kind smile on the Princesses face. "Welcome to Equestria, now would you mind explaining your visit to our world?"

Author's Note

Hope you all enjoyed, and remember to smile, smile, smile!