I looked over the landscape with a blue colored Siren as we watched the sun rising above the horizon while the breeze swept by us. We watched the scene before our eyes with a long moment of silence, and then embraced each other lovingly.

I could see her beautiful eyes staring into my soul, which I wouldn’t mind as she was the most beautiful creature in all of Equestria.

Then, out of the blue, a dark storm came from our moment, as we broke apart from our embrace and watched in horror as the landscape was destroyed by swarming black creatures.

I heard the Siren scream for me as I turned to her, and saw she was held by a man in a black coat with a silver zipper, and his face was unseen from the hood he wore on his head.

“Let her go!” I cried out.

“This world has been connected,” the man simply said to me, holding my beloved Siren as she cried for me.

“Why won’t you save me?”

“I am trying!” I struggled to say as I was soon caught in a pit of darkness. I gasped in terror as I saw the Siren scream in horror.

“Daniel!”

It was all I heard from her as darkness enveloped me.

I woke up from my dream and let out a gasp of shock with sweat dripping from my forehead. I noticed I was panting from the dream, which was clearly not normal. A few questions lingered in my mind at who was in it.

Who was the Siren I was in love with in the dream? And, most importantly, why did she know me? Is there anything in connection with that man in the black coat that I don’t know?

I was in my bedroom within the Canterlot castle, and I sighed in relief that it was all just a mere dream, but it seemed so real to me. Why did it, though?

I saw the door to my room being enveloped with a dark blue aura as Princess Luna trotted inside. She noticed I was up and concern came on her expression as she came up to me.

“Is everything alright?” she asked me. “I could feel a very strong disturbance from you in my night duty.”

“Yeah,” I nodded. “I am just shaken a bit.” It was still new to me, that Luna was able to see others’ dreams, even human dreams.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Luna asked gently.

“I’d rather not,” I shook my head. I mean, it is private for me. So, why should I talk about it?

“Very well,” Luna nodded as she turned to leave me in peace. “Get some sleep; it is still night outside. You need your rest before the day is out.”

I gave her a single nod before I lay back down on my bed as sleep took over me again.

A new day arrived, and I could hear birds chirping outside my room while I slept until a ray of sunlight shone my face. I grumpily woke up and took the blanket away from my body before stretching my arms out wide once I stood up from the bed.

That was some night. I had one great dream that turned into a crazy one with a Siren that I don’t know about. Why did I have it, though? It is confusing to me that I could be in love with a Siren.

I walked over to the door after I got dressed in my clothes, and I opened it to find a guard clad in dark blue armor standing in front of me. She had green eyes and wings, which could mean she was a Pegasus.

“Sir, good morning,” she saluted to me as I blinked. “Princess Luna offered to take you to the dining room as soon as you awoke.”

Princess Luna had requested her? Hmm. Alright, no reason to say no, then.

I nodded to the guard as I stepped out of my room when we made our way through the halls. After a while of walking, and trotting in the Pegasus’s case, we arrived at the dining room when the guard opened the door for me.

I saw Princess Celestia and Luna sitting on their respective cushions at a table as I walked into the room.

“Princesses, our guest,” the Pegasus guard saluted to the two alicorns.

“Good,” Celestia smiled at her lunar guard. “You can leave now, Green-Wing.”

Green-Wing bowed respectfully to her before leaving us. I looked at her, humming as I thought of her name. Green-Wing…sounds matching considering her green wing that she had instead of the normal white Pegasus wings.

I glanced back at Celestia as she motioned me to come to the table. I obliged, sitting down on my own cushion, cross-legged as she spoke to me.

“Daniel, I heard from Luna that you had a nightmare.”

Oh, did she now?

I looked at Luna, who had a sheepish expression on her face.

“You told her?” I asked the dark blue mare.

“I couldn’t resist,” Luna admitted. “Whenever somepony is having trouble sleeping, I need to inform my sister to reassure them in the morning.”

I sighed, nodding to Celestia as I spoke. “Yes, I did have a nightmare; one with a strange black coated man in it and a Siren,” I recalled.

“Which Siren?” the sun princess asked.

“A blue Siren who I don’t even know, but somehow knew in the dream,” I recalled.

Luna and Celestia looked at each other with thoughtful expressions on their faces, and then they looked back at me.

“Hmm,” Celestia hummed, briefly glancing down at the table before returning her gaze to me. “It seems you could have, and this is only a hypothesis, been in love with somepony from a thousand years ago.”

I blinked. “Is that so?” I raised a brow. “From a thousand years ago? Huh, it couldn’t be fate, could it?”

“No,” Luna shook her head. “It does seem like you and she could be destined together.”

“Huh,” I looked at my hands for a moment, a thought coming to my mind. “If it is some sort of a destiny, then how come she knew me in the dream? I am not sure if I even have the right to be with a Siren.”

“We’re not sure ourselves,” Celestia admitted truthfully. “But, let’s not dwell too much into it right now. You need to be ready for when that time comes into the future.”

Whew, for a second, I thought she was going to say I was in a rush to find the Siren.

“So, what do I do?” I asked, wanting some answers to my question.

“You can always go around the city,” Celestia offered. “To get your mind cleared from that nightmare you have had.”

You know, that doesn’t sound too bad. Maybe a walk would help me a bit.

I nodded as the breakfast was served at that moment. The door opened just then as well, and I glanced over my shoulder to find Twilight and her friends trot inside the dining room.

“Hey, girls,” I waved to them as they smiled at me and came closer. “You’re just in time for breakfast.”

“Great,” Rainbow said as she sat down on the cushion she had. “I’m also a bit hungry.”

We ate our breakfast soon after that. When I was done, I stood up to walk over to the door, when Luna stopped me.

“Daniel, I can offer you Green-Wing as a personal guard for the day,” Luna offered. “If you’re just in need of a guide around the city, and to keep you safe from the nobles who might try something nasty to you.”

I rubbed my chin, humming in my thoughts as I smiled at the princess. “Alright, I don’t see why not. I do need somepony to it anyway,” I said, accepting her offer.

Yeah, I’m growing soft and have their ways of saying things; ‘somepony’, ‘everypony’, just to recall a few.

Luna smiled, pleased with me as she stood up from her cushion. “I shall lead you to Green-Wing, then,” she spoke to me.

As we exited the dining room, Luna and I were going to where Green-Wing was located in the castle. It took a while, but with Luna’s directions, I found out which way was the easiest to find the Pegasus when she was in the garden, standing by the pond of water in the middle of the center.

“Green-Wing?” the princess spoke up to the guard, and the Pegasus looked at her princess and saluted. “At ease, my guard, I have a request to offer you.”

“What kind of a request, Princess?” Green-Wing asked her, her wings at ease as she spoke with the princess of the night.

“I have something that might get you to do something today,” Luna said. “Would you like to be on guard duty for Daniel? He needs a guide as well for his walk around Canterlot.”

I am getting a bodyguard…well; anything for interacting with Green-Wing will be just fine.

“Of course, Princess,” the Pegasus nodded, bowing respectfully to Luna. “I would be happily to guide our guest around.”

“Good,” Luna smiled, pleased with her lunar guard. “I’ll be leaving you to your thing now. Daniel,” she turned to me, “you need to take good care out there. If anypony looks even the strangest bit in your direction, don’t be hesitant to tell Green-Wing and she’ll let you into a different, friendlier area.”

“Sure,” I nodded to her as she trotted away from us. I watched her leave before Green-Wing tapped me on my leg. “Huh?” I came out of my thoughts as my bodyguard spoke.

“Shall we get going?” Green-Wing asked, pointing to the exit of the garden with a wing.

“Alright,” I nodded to the Pegasus as we made our way through the garden, and into the castle halls.

After a while of walking and trotting, we made our way to the castle gates where two sun guards opened the gates for Green-Wing and I as we stepped outside the castle. The outside of Canterlot was like the other day when I arrived with the Mane Six and Spike, and honestly, it’s a bit lively than Ponyville. Maybe that’s because it is the capital city of Equestria.

Green-Wing showed me around the city as I wanted to meet with Twilight’s parents who lived in the city near the castle. They were the first stop I wanted to see for the day, and it would be nice to meet her family anyway. It could be making me feel more at ease from how my own family treated me with their abuse back then.

“Here we are,” Green-Wing announced as I blinked my eyes in surprise. “Princess Twilight Sparkle’s house.”

It looked like a building built on a tower, with white walls and purplish lines across the rooftop. It feels like one of those calmer parts of the city, which was great, to be honest.

Green-Wing knocked on the door as we waited for somepony to answer our arrival. It came, and we saw a blue stallion in the doorway as he smiled at us.

“Welcome to our home,” the stallion welcomed us. “What can I do for you?”

“We would like to meet you and your wife,” Green-Wing replied with a calm voice. “My…friend here would like to come inside as well, and introduce himself to you.”

“Ah,” the stallion smiled brightly to me. “You must be the one who saved Ponyville. Is that correct?”

“That’s me,” I nodded to the stallion.

“Well then, come in, come in!” he motioned us in with his hoof as he stepped aside. “It will be great to talk with the one who saved our daughter’s town from monsters.”

I raised a brow as we were inside the house. “Did she tell you that?” I asked him.

“Oh yes, she did in a letter,” he nodded. “She was simply amazed at how you were able to defeat those creatures from the dark world.”

I walked over to the couch as he continued.

“I must say, it is a great pleasure to meet somepony who has barely known this land and saved a town he didn’t know he would be needed to fight for,” the stallion said. “My name is Night Light, father of Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor.” He offered me his hoof.

“The name’s Daniel Black,” I introduced myself as a gray unicorn that looked identical to Twilight stepped in the living room. “You must be Ms. Sparkle, right?”

“Why yes, I am, dear,” she nodded. “My name is Twilight Velvet but please just call me Velvet to not make confusion with our daughter when she’s here.”

I smiled at her with a single nod. Green-Wing was sitting next to me as Velvet raised a brow.

“Is she one of your friends?” Velvet asked, looking at the Pegasus.

“She is,” I nodded. “Green-Wing is one of my friends, and also a guard who is guiding me around the city.”

“I am just doing my job,” Green-Wing added with her calm voice.

“Well, that’s nice,” Night Light said. “Any friend of our daughter’s is a friend of us.”

“Indeed,” Velvet agreed with her husband.

Huh, that’s nice. I could always use some friends while I am here.

After we talked for a while, I could only hum in interest that Shining Armor was the prince of the Crystal Empire, a place in the Northern Equestria.

“He seems like a nice guy,” I noted upon hearing their son was a prince upon the marriage to Celestia’s niece.

“He is,” Velvet smiled at me. “He is one who I think you might be interested in meeting, which I’m thinking won’t be long for you two to meet each other.”

“I can imagine,” I chuckled. “Still, this Princess Cadance is also one I would like to meet. Is there a chance that I…?”

“Of course, dear,” Velvet nodded to me. “I can get Twilight to send a letter to Shining once you’ve settled down in the city.”

“That’ll be great,” I smiled as Green-Wing shifted a bit on her hooves.

“Sir,” I looked at her as she spoke. “I think that we can move on now...would you mind that we continue our tour in Canterlot?”

“Sure,” I nodded to her. I stood up from the couch as Night Light and Velvet smiled at me. “It was great meeting you, Night Light, Velvet. I can always come visit you again, right?”

“You can,” Night Light nodded. “We wouldn't mind the company. It does get lonely without our children here.”

I bid them a farewell wave as Green-Wing and I exited their house and moved on through the city.

As afternoon soon came on the horizon, Green-Wing and I were making our way back to the castle as I stopped for a moment, looking around while my guide stopped herself and looked at me with curious eyes.

“Sir? Is something the matter?” Green-Wing asked me.

I was about to answer her...when I saw a black creature jump at her from behind, and I widened my eyes and grabbed her before going to the side when the creature with yellow eyes landed on the ground from my quick reaction.

“Wh...what is that thing?!” Green-Wing cried out in surprise as I just glared at the Heartless with seriousness in my eyes.

I turned to my guide as I spoke. “Get everypony to safety, to whoever is in the area...NOW!” She was surprised at my loud call, but obediently nodded as she went to get the ponies who were watching the creature to safety.

I looked back at the Heartless, smirking. “Looks like this’ll be a piece of cake,” I muttered to myself...before my eyes widened in shock as I turned around to the path that led to the mountain and I saw hundreds of Heartless that had popped out of the ground and black portals.

Me and my Goddamn mouth!

My Keyblade appeared in my hand after the Heartless appeared, and I looked at it before madly grinning. “Bring it on, you Heartless monsters!” I called out as I took my readied battle stance while the Heartless prepared to jump.

Author's Note

This chapter is split into two parts. The reason is for the big Heartless fight I want to show in the next part. You might be surprised that I ended this chapter in such a way, but I do want to see Chapter 5 as the battle for Canterlot against the Heartless.

Anyway, I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. Anything you want to say in the comment section is welcome, as long as it is constructive and has a meaning to it.

See you in Part 2 of the chapter!