On the other side of the portal. Equestria. Two days from Canterlot.

Trixie's dream.

Trixie bowed to the crowd at the end of her epic performance, enjoying the clatter of hooves and flowers, flying at her. She turned to leave the stage, but suddenly a cloud of dark blue fog enveloped her body and yanked her into the sky. Trixie looked around in shock, standing in the void and seeing nothing, but the dark blue clouds around and a foggy staircase with the door on top. The door opened and the Princess of the Night emerged from the other side, descending to meet her.

Luna stood in front of Trixie, which bowed to her. After a short exchange of greetings, the princess was the first to speak as etiquette required.

“Please get up, my little pony. It is not necessary when we are in your dream."

“Sorry, Princess Luna, but it’s hard for me to break this habit, especially since I owe you so much. How can humble Trixie serve you?" Then Trixie stood up and looked her Princess in the eyes. She has always admired the younger alicorn princess. Trixie’s respect and love for the Princess grew even more after Luna became her protector and a secret patroness.

Two years have passed since Trixie’s arrest. She was charged with disorderly conduct that led to the serious destruction of property in the town of Ponyville. The judge handed down a conviction, according to which she has to pay a big fine, but this amount was too prohibitive for her. She would have had to work almost for free for two years, and her magical performances no longer earned her the same income as before. At the moment when despair overtook the once Great and Powerful Trixie, Princess Luna entered the courtroom. She stopped next to the accused despairing mare and embraced her with her wing. Trixie looked at the princess with a mix of fear and astonishment.

Luna looked at her little pony with a gentle and loving look, and then spoke softly. "Everything will be fine, Trixie, now you are under my protection and jurisdiction." She then turned to the judges and spoke in a Royal Canterlot voice that was unmatched, making everyone in the courtroom, including Trixie herself, fall to the floor and press their hooves to their ears, albeit this action did not help them much. “THE ACCUSED, BEATRIX LULAMOON IS NOW UNDER MY PERSONAL PROTECTION! BY THE POWER GIVEN TO ME AS ONE OF THE PRINCESSES OF THE EQUESTRIAN KINGDOM, I’M TAKING OVER THIS JUDICIAL TRIAL!" Then her horn glowed in blue light, and the scroll with the royal seal fell on the table in front of the judges.

Luna pulled Trixie out of her reverie by waving a hoof in front of her face. “I know that daydreaming is good, but now I need your attention.” Luna said, embarrassing the unicorn who was sitting in front of her.

"Oh! Sorry, Princess Luna! I am listening to you attentively."

“This afternoon, you are to give up your plans and depart for Canterlot Palace. Here is a more detailed instruction: you need to follow the road leading to the northern gate of the city. This means bypassing Ponyville, and be sure to bring to us a certain someone who you will meet on your way. Don't ask who it is exactly, for I can't tell you. That’s a prerequisite. This is your current assignment, agent. On your way, you will meet another friend of ours; he will give you an explanation. Remember, this is your personal secret assignment, act according to the circumstances and improvise! Do you understand Trixie?"

"Yes, I obey your orders, Princess! Does that mean I will spend holidays in Canterlot?"

"Yes, my little pony, upon completion of your current assignment you will receive your reward and are entitled to hold your celebrations in Canterlot in one of the most luxurious hotels."

"Thank you, Princess Luna, I promise I won't let you down!" Trixie responded with a short bow.

Luna walked over to her agent and sniffed her face in an intimate gesture: "Now, it's time to wake up, see you soon, Trixie."

It's been ten minutes since Trixie stretched, yawned, and got out of bed. Yesterday she checked into this cheap roadside hotel. It was a wonderful day outside! The sky is clear and the weather is not too cold, which means she can continue on her way without much trouble. The thought of spending the holidays in Canterlot lifted her spirits, but the fact that she has to follow the Princess' orders and pick up some stranger along the way somewhat spoiled her mood. But she is great and powerful enough to handle such a task, or so she thought. In the end, she was tasked by Princess Luna herself. What can go wrong? She had her breakfast which was included in the hotel services and proceeded to check out of the hotel. Having paid the hotel administrator her bills, she wrapped her favorite scarf around her neck and went to the parking lot, where her brand new carriage was parked.

Harnessing herself to the carriage and remembering her task, she jumped up and down, dancing with happiness. "Yes! Canterlot, here I come, the Great and Powerful Trixie Lulamoon! I'll have to go shopping. Maybe I will finally get acquainted with some stallion who is nice to me and would admire my talents!” The sorceress mare smiled to herself, imagining different intimate situations, happening in a luxurious hotel room and hit the road, slightly covered with snow.

Good luck, Beatrix Lulamoon!

Heart Path POV.

As I flew into the gaping abyss of the air portal, I swallowed nervously and closed my eyes for a moment. When I smelled ozone, my whole life passed before my eyes in an instant. I hope I won’t die! Looking at this miraculous phenomenon around me, I saw the surrounding space started to shift and change, various vivid shades of colors appeared around me and started to blur and swirl in a crazy colorful whirlwind. My sensations are difficult to describe, like I am burning inside, and outside it feels like ice! At that moment, I prayed to the heavens so they would let me pass through and leave alive. But in less than a minute of my flight, the portal spat me out into another world. The air whipped my body with such force I could not breathe in! I looked down at this snow-covered land below me, and my glasses’ timer warned me that the parachute was opening.

"Conduct an air analysis, and then turn on the sensors on my cargo, I can’t see it. Execute this command immediately!"

A few seconds later, a screen appeared on my glasses and reported the results. Well, thank God, the air composition is quite suitable for me, but the cargo containers was scattered over an area of about two kilometers, as the search results of a my glasses’ AI showed.

"I need to try to contact Night Fog." I thought as I approached the ground.

After a successful landing, I was covered by my parachute and I became disoriented for a short time. After I wasted some time, crawling in circles covered by the parachute dome, I’ve finally managed to get out. Packing the flight equipment into a backpack did not take too much time as my training was not in vain. After catching my breath I activated the communication function in my glasses and started looking for my robot and the rest of my belongings.

“Night Fog, do you receive? It’s Heart Path! I repeat, do you receive?"

I heard my friend’s voice through the slight interference in the broadcast. "Yes sir, I can hear you loud and clear, my sensors indicated that you are about two kilometers from my point!"

"Damn it! Can you get out of this container on your own? If you can, then start searching for the rest of the cargo and I, in turn, will conduct a reconnaissance of the area and try to set up a temporary camp. I hope there will be no surprises!"

“Heart Path, orders received! Activating self-evacuation and search protocols. Good luck, sir and don't get into trouble! I need at least one slave for my new colony of robots."

My eye twitched at his statement. "Are you kidding me, you moron?"

“Of course, sir, it was a joke! There are humor protocols in my programming, which were designed to help in establishing a better social communication. Conclusion: the only moron here is you!"

“Okay, stop joking and follow the orders, I would not want to spend the night in the wilderness without even a tent! It must be inside one of the containers. Heart Path out!"

After we finished talking, I sensed that something was wrong. Lowering my head, I saw some white smoke have started to envelop my legs, then my entire body, until my visibility became zero. "What the hell is going on here?" Then snowballs flew at me, and then...

Bamts!!!

"Oh shit!" My ears started ringing and strong blunt pain struck my head, then everything went dark in my eyes and I passed out. “Damn, my head!”

Trixie POV.

I've been walking this road for about four hours already, without meeting a pony or anyone else at all, it's time to take a break and warm up some tea. I’ve parked my wagon and near the roadside forest and unbuckled myself from it. Then I went to collect some firewood to make a bonfire.

Gathering a few branches of brushwood and returning to the wagon, I dropped everything from my magical grip. I looked at the sky and my eyes and even my mouth opened wide. " In the name of Equestria, what the hay is going on here?"

Clouds opened in the sky and swirls of magical energy flew for miles across the skies! Then several dots fell from the sky to the ground, unfurling some kind of fabric above them. Observing this phenomenon, I was experiencing pure excitement. What is this? An invasion from space? But when I made my decision, I remembered instructions from the Equestria security agency. Quickly running into the van and opening the supply crate, I took several smoke balls with me. I often use them during performances. Also, rope and camping pan! "This will come in handy too." I thought and ran out of the van to meet the approaching unknown objects descending from the sky.

After running along the road and jumping over the snow embankment next to the forest plantation, I began to observe how an unknown creature was trying to get out from under this cloth dome, which covered it. I could hear it say something, but there was no one else there it could be talking to! What is this bipedal creature dressed in some strange clothes? And it even talks to someone! This is alarming, it can be possibly dangerous! I need to sneak up and stun it!

After waiting another couple of minutes in cover, I used my magic, and several smoke bombs flew towards the target. After making sure that there was enough smoke, I ran to this two-legged creature, with a frying pan held with my magic. But, because of the smoke, I myself could not see where it was, so with the help of magic I grabbed several snowballs and threw them into the curtain of smoke. Hearing several curses, I knew I had found my target. I smacked it with a frying pan and only a dull metallic hit and then a sound of a falling body informed me of my victory! When the smoke was gone, I saw a body lying unconscious in the snow.

"Clean victory! Now you belong to me, whoever you are, in the name of the Princess of the Night!"

Approaching the unconscious body, I grabbed it with my magic and tied it with a rope. Then I headed back to the van. I will need to question him when he wakes up, I guess it is a male, judging by his voice.

Lying on a cloud, the Lord of Chaos watched everything that happens in the sky and below. After making sure that the packages from his brother were delivered, he snapped his fingers, and the magic portal he created gradually closed. Then he turned and was about to go to the palace to tell good news to the Princesses, but he saw this picture with his eagle eye: below, where a man was standing, a fight broke out! Well, it would be an exaggeration to call it a fight, rather a beating of a man by one little pony!

“But this was not a part of my plans! What are you doing Trixie? Damn, I like it!!! Perhaps I will not interfere. But I'll see, I think Celestia will not faint from impatience. And you are smart, Luna! You’ve came up with this even better than me! I’ll have to buy you a drink for this!” Discord spoke to himself and took popcorn out of the cloud.

Half an hour had passed.

What Discord saw from his boring observation made him spit out the popcorn and stare at what was happening outside of Trixie's van. “Heh, definitely a good day to have some fun! But I'll be back soon and see how are you doing." And, scratching his beard, exhaled with a thoughtful face. "Well, well, I think they shouldn't kill each other while I'm gone! I don't want to upset these two sexy princesses who are waiting for news from me."

Discord flew out of the cloud to avoid being spotted from the ground and flew towards Canterlot. “Bye ... What an idiot I am!" Yes, until he remembered that he could teleport.

In Celestia’s royal chambers.

It was evening, and at the moment Celestia was relaxing in her royal bath. She leaned back and closed her eyes in dreamy thoughts. She felt a long tongue tickle her ear. Then she opened her eyes with a seductive smile and turned to see Discord. Her horn caught fire, and a sponge appeared on the surface, which she stuck into the nose of the Lord of Chaos. Celestia's wet mane aroused Discord, and he responded with a similar smile.

Celestia, biting her lower lip, purred seductively at him. "Be so kind, rub my back, but be gentle, okay?"

"Of course, Sunny ass!" Discord said with a slight smile and appraisingly looked at the face of this beauty.

These words did not greatly confuse Celestia. She liked this treatment. And she began to moan slowly at Discord's hands! But she hadn't forgotten why he had come. It was just that her body, especially her head, needed to relieve the tension that she had accumulated over the whole day of work in the chambers of ministers. The work was really hard. She had to sit for several hours and listen to all the nonsense from a bunch of boring politicians. Then the approval of the budget for the coming year. And, of course, preparations for the celebration of the Hearth's Warming Eve.

"Mmm, Discord, keep going. I need this. And tell me how it went?"

“Soon your sister will raise the moon. Tell her everything is going according to plan. The guest arrived, but I didn't know that she would send her agent to meet him! I confess she surprised me. So, she is not quite drunk yet? Heh."

Shock!!!

"Don't you dare to think bad of my sister, Discord! She's not stupid! And don't touch under the tail, now is not the time for these games..."

Discord rubbed his bruised cheek, smiled slyly back at her, and apologized. "You know, I'm always such a joker!" Then, tearing off his only fang, he threw it behind his back, where a small explosion occurred. "Thank you. I needed it! This old fang had to be replaced." And he ran his serpentine tongue into the princess's face.

"Stop, Discord! You'd better keep sticking to your plan, but please keep going this time without any extra punches!" Celestia lit her horn and magically dried her fur coat. Then she turned her back to Discord, ran her tail over his surprised face and teleported in an unknown direction.

“Huh, she is a hot mare, as always!” Discord said. He then teleported back from Celestia's room to look for the guest and a certain Equestria security agent.

Heart Path POV.

Ahh my head! Finally, I can feel my body, although something is wrong. The brain gradually began to work, and I realized that my limbs were tied. Well, thank you! Fuck! I'll find out who did it and kick his ass! But to tell the truth, currently it is my ass which got kicked. I remembered that I was still wearing glasses and reinforced gloves. Still pretending unconscious, I decided to listen to sounds.

Hearing the sound of two pairs of legs receding, I whispered a command into the computer of my glasses and heard my combat gloves emit a familiar hum. Time passed in seconds, I easily broke the rope, and when I opened my eyes I saw through the scope... A pony? Yes, of course! So, I'm a prisoner of this horse bitch!? I aimed my right hand at her ass and fired the dart.

"Aaah! WHAT!? WHAT the hay?" The pony turned and looked at the man with sleepy eyes. She lit her horn, pulled a dart from her rump, held it up to her face and looked at this strange weapon. Throwing it out, she tried to use magic again, only to get a few sparks falling in front of her hooves. "Oh you...!" And then her eyes rolled back and she fell to the snowy ground. "Ah, my ass...” With those unintelligible words, she fell asleep.

I watched this whole picture until she fell. The rest of the ropes had to be torn, and they were pulled even tighter on the legs. The head did not return to normal, it was clearly hovering before my eyes, I took off my glasses, but only so that I could see that a long lock of white hair was hanging from my shoulders. I don't know what it is, but we'll figure it out later. Heh my hair is longer and whiter. Perhaps these are the consequences of moving in space. Okay, okay, you need to go and tie this pony! Ha! Was she going to finish me off at this moment!?

I got up, walked over to the unconscious unicorn and examined her. "Damn it... who would have thought that I would see such unusual, small horses, and even with such bright colors!? Although Princess Luna made it clear to me in my dream that this could be a complete reality." I thought out loud and did not forget to look around at the same time, since I do not need surprises. And I'm sure I'll have a serious conversation with this pony when she wakes up.

Looking at the mare's body with an appraising glance, I suddenly realized that I had shot a dart at her in vain. Maybe I should have talked to her first. However, at that moment my head was still not very good. So it doesn't count. It's all her fault! I bent down to get a better look at her face. Her mane hung over her left eye. Looking at it from the side, I saw an interesting symbol.

"Hmm, I wonder what does this tattoo means?“

Having completed the inspection of this mare, I decided to tie her up. Well, with the same ropes, and add a gag. Now we will switch roles for a while!

Taking the pony in my arms, I decided that it was worth putting her near the already burning bonfire. By the way, isn’t this mare with a horn too light, or it is it all because of the strength that the gloves give out? She has a beautiful face when asleep, but I remembered my dream two weeks ago. Princess Luna! In some ways they are similar. After placing the pony by the fire and gagging her mouth, I decided to explore the area and contact my friend, Night Fog. I think he should have found all the containers by now.

A wooden van was parked on a country road nearby, and behind all this landscape was a small forest. I will inspect the van later and it is impolite to enter the house without the owner's permission. Well, the sky was calm and a sunset was already visible in the distance. Wait!

“THE PORTAL HAD CLOSED!? Okay, calm down! Hell! Probably have to figure out when it starts to shine!" My emotions at that moment, as well as a still untreated headache, hit my psyche. Like Night Fog, he should help me figure out what happened. Pulling on my glasses and turning on the communication mode with the robot, I spoke and felt my voice tremble with excitement and cold. The sensors in the glasses told me that all the containers are at one point and are gradually approaching me.

“Night Fog, if you hear me, answer!"

“Yes, Heart Path, Night Fog reporting. Approaching your point, estimated arrival time: fifteen minutes! I hope you haven't had any problems, sir?"

I looked at the sleeping unicorn by the fire and calmly sighed, before giving an answer: "Nothing is wrong. Just hurry up and get your ass here. Search for the fire near the road. How are things on your side? Any problems with the cargo?"

"Sir, everything is fine! All the cargo is collected, damage percentage: zero! But there is one small problem!"

I walked away from the bonfire I was warming my feet at, put on my glasses and turned on their zoom function with night vision. I didn't like the thing he said at the end.

"Night Fog, do you hear a howling of a wolf near the road, about half a kilometer from me?" I quickly reacted by looking at the sleeping pony, grabbed her in my arms and carried her to her van.

“Yes, sir! This is a minor issue that I was reporting to you earlier. On my way to you I was discovered by unknown creatures, similar to wolves."

My eyes twitched nervously, and I hit my forehead, completely forgetting about the headache. "You asshole! You should have told me about it right away!" I carried the mare into her wagon and, finding some kind of a bed, laid her down. She should be safe here. I ran out back on the road, switching the gloves to combat mode on the way.

“Trust me, sir! I will come to you safely. I will send an image of these tree wolves to your device!"

“Just in time, my friend! Because I noticed an approaching flock of unidentified objects. Even with a thermal imager, I cannot track their movement behind these bushes! They don't seem alive, but their eyes are glowing! The distance to the targets is about two hundred meters. Rapidly closing in! I hope you’ll arrive time, over!"

"Remember your training! I won't be able to arrive on time with this entire load. Sir, I have to deny your order, call back later, I'll be busy!"

“Sir, they are attacking me! They have a numerical advantage; I’ve counted about fourteen tree wolves! Several shells made of wood and stones are flying at me. There is no damage yet, but there is a danger to the cargo. I turn on the "Whirlwind" mode. Wait, I've found about a dozen targets moving in your direction!

Remember, you have to focus and believe in yourself and your equipment, and also in your robot assistant! I see you became friends with him. This is a good step towards your mission. The professor told me on one of the training days at the complex.

(Author's Note: For a complete sonic immersion, it's best to include two videos with the track Action and Machine Gun Fire!)

I looked towards the forest and saw several pairs of green eyes flickering from behind the trees. The glasses reflected tactical information about the rapid approach of unknown, inorganic objects.

Crunch of branches in the forest prompted me that things are getting hot. "Oh shit! Well, shall we dance?"

In the distance, I heard a machinegun shot and flocks of birds flew in fear over the forest, flying away from the chaos unknown for life! And the screams and howls of the animal came from all directions. I even saw burning trees, and only the smell of a burnt wood began to eat away at my nostrils, but looking at the approaching crowd of wolves, I saw that one of them was already jumping in my direction! How the hell did he get so close!? He pushed me into the snow and lifted his paw to hit my already aching head. A second later, I grabbed him with the grip of my glove and struck it with a lightning bolt at full power! I was trying to get up and recover from the fall. As soon as smoke and chips from the previous victim fell to the ground, a shard of a sharp branch flew into my leg ...

“AAAAA! YOUR MOTHER WAS SOME OAK!“ I screamed in pain as I watched the approaching pack of seven wolves. Pain in my leg below the knee and blood stains in the snow made it clear that the situation was not in my favor. Overcoming the pain, I got up and grabbed the nearest targets with both hands.

The sounds of machinegun fire did not subside, as if my robot friend was surrounded by a whole company of these partisan wolves. I was already pretty tired, I even had to beat these wolves on the head with my hands, fighting for my life. “Damn, how many more of you are there!? AAAA!“ Something hit me hard in the back and knocked mud from under the snow with sawdust in my face. Turning my head, as before dying, I looked my killer in the face!

But behind all this mess, I did not notice one important event. I'm not destined to die today...

In the dream, Princess Luna came to Trixie again. There was an expression of concern on her face. She saw how her agent could not feel good amid the nightmares from her past.

In this dream, the residents of Ponyville mocked Trixie. Not to mention the fact that they threw apples and tomatoes at her! Poor Trixie, whose burgeoning career as a wandering sorceress, was crumbling before her eyes, over two young unicorns. These two idiots came up with the idea of bringing Ursa Minor to the city, just in order to amuse their curiosity!

Yes, she often had to resort to lies in her performances, but this is partly her acting nature! This is part of Beatrix Lulamun's greatest and most powerful performance! But there was one mare that overshadowed her magical skill.

Her name was Twilight Sparkle. She amazed the crowd of ponies with her modesty, despite the fact that she was a student of Princess Celestia herself! Everything collapsed in one moment, and even her old carriage-stage. And although two years have passed, everything should be forgotten, all insults and vices remain in the past, but Trixie cried over her difficult journey.

She also remembered when she was expelled from the school of magic in Canterlot. Although there were less than three years left before graduation. Out of shame, her parents threw her out of the house, throwing a small bag of coins in front of her hooves and turned away from her. Soon they died when they stumbled upon the beast, which climbed into the barn, devouring their supplies.

Trixie didn’t forget how much she had to wander around cheap shelters, sometimes working for food, only to live one more day. When she had saved enough money working in one of the village taverns, she bought herself a van. Leaving her employer, she went her own way, in search of her destiny and destiny for this world.

"Trixie, my heart is bothering me because of your bitter memories." Said Princess Luna and with maternal love put her wing on Trixie's back.

The Princess of Dreams hugged the crying pony to her chest and began to comfort her. And when Trixie began to calm down, Luna changed her maternal gesture to her beloved little pony. She licked the tears from the mare's wet cheeks, which made Trixie smile in her arms.

Who was this little pony to Princess Luna at that moment? But this is something that only Princess Luna knows and carefully keeps this secret in her soul.

And when the young sorceress felt maternal care, she asked her: "Princess, forgive me for my sentimentality, for my failure. Maybe I let you down! I think I've been captured by some alien! I do not know what to do..."

Luna looked into Trixie's eyes with complete seriousness. "Listen to me carefully. This alien is your target! It is him you have to deliver to the castle. Safe and reliable housing! But not everything is as simple as it may seem at first glance. Please forgive me for not being able to provide you with this information earlier, but this part of the plan has a high level of secrecy. This man needs help and still does not quite understand what has happened to him and his soul lately. I feel that some kind of trouble is happening, you have to help him! After all, I believe, that you have learned something at a special school for training intelligence agents!" Luna said in an anxious and apologetic voice.

Trixie widened her eyes at the realization of all the information she was able to get just now and it caused her no less excitement. "Uh, Princess? It looks like I mistook this alien for someone with evil intentions against our kingdom! Well, I... I stunned him and tied him up. In general, then it so happened that we switched places... Can you forgive me for that? My lack of professionalism..." Trixie said and looked hopefully into Princess Luna's eyes. However, she could not hide some inner smile, as she was flattered by such attention and trust from the Princess of the Night, which made her feel proud and gave her confidence.

The princess listened attentively to the report of her beloved little pony and only with warmth in her voice she said: "I will always forgive you, but forgive me too! But now you have to wake up, see you later, my little pony."

The whole vision began to blur rapidly, bringing Trixie back to reality. At first, hearing came to her, and then she opened her eyes to see what position she was in. The hooves are tied up and she was able to realize that she was lying on her little bed in the van. She had a rag gag in her mouth, to which she rolled her eyes with mental curses and lit her horn.

After a few seconds, all the ropes and the gag fell to the floor, and Trixie, jumping out of bed, immediately fell to the floor, pressing her hooves to her ears. There were sounds of crackling and frequent thunderclaps outside. A fire in the forest and the cries of birds, as well as the crackling and howling of some animals.

She realized what kind of creatures they were! But then she heard the man's screams and screams and quietly crawled to the door to open it and give herself an overview and a full analysis of the current situation outside the van. What Trixie saw on the site of her newly founded shelter seemed to her a real tartarus!

There, the alien engaged in an unequal battle with the tree wolves, and at the same time used... MAGIC? Trixie held her breath, looking him up and down and the way he moved. But she noticed that he was limping on his left leg, and the traces of blood on the snow claimed that he was injured! Then the man started shooting at the wolves with his limbs, from which red-blue electric rays flew out, while emitting some kind of hum and crackling.

At some point, the man, already staggering, turned his back to the last wolf, which quietly crept up behind him and jumped, knocking him to the frozen muddy ground. Trixie's heart was beating even faster, and the tail had been darting in different directions for several seconds, showing strong excitement and anxiety... The time for Trixie has slowed down by about three times! Trixie knew how to act, and a few magical techniques from the third circle of magic were supposed to help her in this difficult situation.

"ONLY NOT IN MY SHIFT!" Trixie screamed and ran to the wolf as fast as she could, with the blows of her hind hooves, smashed into pieces the looming threat over who she was now supposed to protect, as ordered.

The sounds of gunfire in the distance died away, but the noise from the burning forest was still there. Two wolves came out of the nearest bush, which were about one and a half times larger than the others. It was the leader of the pack and his brother, they stopped not far from the lying man and Trixie, who was already charging her magic for a kinetic blow to these two.

Below her feet lay a weakened man in his mask on the half of his face, blood oozing from his wound, he was on the verge, but still moving and directing his hands at the wolves. His strange limbs began to emit a crackle of energy and he smiled weakly at the unicorn standing a step away from him.

The leader of the pack growled at this pair. “You and your monster have killed many of our brothers and sisters! Our children! Curse the forests on your own heads! Now you must die for this!"

Both wolves jumped towards Trixie, but before they could fly far in the jump, their bodies collapsed right over the fire. After that, Trixie's horn was slightly smoking from the powerful destructive magic she unleashed on these wolves. Trixie turned to the man and looked at his distraught face.

"H-Hi!" Said Trixie with a forced smile.

Heart Path POV.

All that I had to endure during these fifteen minutes of the battle was nothing compared to the white-maned mare smiling at me, which also tells me: Hi!

Exhausted, I took off my glasses to show her my face. But I couldn't smile back at her. The pain in my leg made me forget my headache, fatigue and coldness in my body gave me strength only to talk.

"Hello to you, too, beautiful! Yes, and thank you for saving my life. I really am in your debt. I'm sorry I made you fall asleep." I said with sincere regret in my voice, but continued to look gratefully into the face of this undoubtedly beautiful mare.

The mare shyly pressed her ears to her head and turned her face to the side, but only in order to hide her shyness from my compliment, which I awarded her, in such a ridiculous set.

Looking into my eyes again, she sighed and spoke. "And you forgive me for hitting you. But let's forget about it, and start all over again? My name is Beatrix Lulamoon, but for friends, just Trixie! Although I have no friends..." At the last words, this beautiful mare sadly lowered her head.

Her words made me think and this no doubt caused me a feeling of regret for having to react so unfriendly when I found myself in this stupid captivity of this mare. And I can understand her, because everyone, in her place, could react in the same way to the appearance of an unfamiliar creature from another world.

I decided to get up, despite the pain, and come closer to hug her, which initially scared this mare, with an interesting name, Trixie. But then, seeing my good intentions, she calmed down and put her head on my shoulder. "Where I come from, they say: a friend will help you in trouble." And, patting her on the shoulder, I continued: "My name is Heart Path, you saved me, for which I thank you again. And let me call you a friend!? Especially since we seem to be on the same side with you." I said in a calm voice, while trying not to show my pain, and looked hopefully into Trixie's eyes.

She looked curiously into my eyes. I saw how her eyes were shining, in which the reflection from the fire was shining. She grabbed me by the neck with her hooves and hugged me back, and in this sudden gesture on her part, I realized a lot for myself. The world I've come into is definitely different from mine.

"Oh... I don't mind our friendship! However, this is all a bit unusual... heh." Said Trixie and smiled slightly.

Her voice and the way she said her words filled my heart with a pleasant warmth and hope that I could find my place and vocation in this world if friends like Trixie were with me.

After freeing myself from the friendly embrace with Trixie, I remembered that my other friend must be somewhere nearby. The sounds of mechanical movement approaching along the road made me think that my robot assistant might need help.

I took my glasses and made a connection with Night Fog. Trixie watched my actions for a long time in confusion. This is not surprising, because for her I am an alien who understands her speech and meaning, but at the same time behaves unusually. I have the impression that it was not without outside interference. Is this the princess from my dream? I'll have to ask Trixie about it. But first I need to provide medical assistance and deal with the cargo. In general, I have my hands full, and I'm already exhausted.

"Night Fog. For heaven's sake, tell me everything is fine with you!"

".....Bzz...sh..." It sounded in my earpiece, which made me show excitement again.

When a convoy of my cargo, led by a pony robot, approached us, I noticed how Trixie, still arriving in an agitated state, came up to me and hid behind my back.

She whispered slightly stammeringly: "W-who is this? And why does he look so much like a pony, but moves as if not alive?" Trixie pressed against my leg so close that I began to forget about the cold and pain in my leg. This touch helped me remove the painful grimace from my face. However, I just noticed that her mane has the same color shade as my robot.

"Is he your friend?" Trixie asked, looking from me to the robot in surprise.

"Yes he my friend, and he the one who made a lot of noise behind that hillock." I pointed with my hand in the direction of the smoke, which in a large stream indicated the event of the battle. Trixie looked at me questioningly, a lot of confusion in her head. But I just reached out to her and stroked her back, as if she were my dog for a walk. Heh, I don't know what that gesture would mean to her, but hey? It's not my fault, the old habits of the world I came from and all that.

"What are you doing? We are of course friends for ten minutes already, but not lovers!" Trixie said with a slight indignation and pulled my hand away with her hoof, but as a consolation she looked at me with a shy look in which I could see that she actually liked this touch.

Heh those ponies with their manners! But the question is, do I really feel so, normal at such a moment? I'll have to find out about this ...

"I'm sorry, I don't know why I did it. But believe me, I live for today, and what I have now brings me comfort." As soon as I finished saying these words, a message came to my communication device.

Night Fog stopped the convoy in our camp, the former battlefield, as indicated by branches scattered everywhere, from which smoke emanated. Some of the corpses of wolves, or rather their wooden remains, burned with a green flame. Well, really, behind all this moment, I did not notice real hell in our environment!

The robot unhooked itself from the special sled and with smooth steps of its robotic hooves headed towards Trixie and me. I looked at him and at all the containers that my friend managed to deliver. The cargo of three containers was linked into a kind of train, only on a sleigh, the height of the containers was slightly higher than the assistant himself. And only when he came closer, without answering me, I noticed that he had minor damage, as electric sparks were visible in some places of his metal body.

I pulled my glasses over my eyes and read the last message.

"Forgive me, Hearty Path, for daring to distract you from a romantic moment with the local population, but I need to give a talk!"

I wanted to sarcastically respond to his antics, but realizing that something was wrong with him, I decided to show restraint. "Report."

Again, he didn't answer me with his voice, but instead sent an audio message to my glasses' computer.

"During my journey to the collection point, all the cargo was collected and delivered, there was no damage to the cargo. There was contact with hostile objects, in order to protect the property, I activated the Combat Protocol. As a result, all the attacking enemy forces were destroyed, but I have damage responsible for sound reproduction, so I can’t talk to you. One ammunition was used up during the fighting. I ask permission to start repairing faults and replenishing ammunition. You are wounded ser! But I can’t help you, you need to open the white container in it you will find all you need now. And who is this cute lady next to you sir? Is she your friend or you already...? Heh... heh..."

I decided not to pay attention to his taunts and, limping on my left leg, walked up to him to fall on my knees in front of his robotic muzzle. I really did it, I hugged him for the first time, patting him on the back, which, by the way, turned out to be very hot. "Thank you, friend, if it wasn't for you, we might not have had a chance for a long life here!" I said with sincere gratitude in my voice.

He squatted down like a dog and, putting his hoof on my shoulder, sent me a message, the content of which made me want to shove a snowball in his mouth!

"That's very nice of you, sir, but I hope you won't kiss me with your tongue in your mouth! Ha ha ha... Just kidding, sir, but let's not waste time on these friendly ceremonies. My sensors report that you need medical attention."

Trixie ran up to us and asked, after carefully examining the pony robot, walking around it from both sides: "How do you talk to this? I do not know who or what it is? Can you explain it to me?"

I have already opened the white container by entering the code and scanning the fingerprint. But when I heard Trixie's curious question, I decided to give her some answers. "You can get to know this robot personally. His name is Night Fog, he's my friend and partner, unfortunately, he can't talk to you now, he's... uh.....he's a little broken, but he can communicate in a different way." I said and pointed my finger at my glasses. "Let's talk about this later and I'll explain everything to you." Then I looked at the robot and added. "Yes, Night Fog, this lady's name is Trixie, and she's my friend, I owe her my life as much as I owe you. So behave yourself, and if Trixie asks you for help, don't refuse her."

The robot continued to stare into Trixie's eyes with its lifeless gaze, causing her to twitch one ear. She was uncomfortable with this unknown metallic creature that looked like a pony.

"I already guessed that you have unusual tendencies, sir. But I want to notice the taste you have. This mare is very, very, not even anything! Just look at her sides!"

I kicked off the bandage from my arm, made a snowball, and threw it in the robot's face. "And I guessed you were an idiot!"

Rolling my eyes, I continued to bandage the wound. Then began to examine the contents of the container for antibiotics. And while I was busy, Trixie arched an eyebrow and decided to give her opinion.

"What did he tell you that you're throwing a snowball at him?"

Heh, probably her curiosity won't disappear soon. But this is logical, next to her are two unknown creatures, with a bizarre set of toys, and behave like two teenagers. I thought about it and decided to answer her briefly, I don't have time to talk right now. I need to finish the wound treatment, and it wouldn't hurt to have dinner. Fortunately, there are two weeks' worth of dry rations in this container. And, oh yes, there are canned meat!

"Night Fog is joking with me. Well, he's trying to cheer me up. Please don't ask me how. I think we need to make dinner. You probably wouldn't mind either?"

And as soon as I mentioned the food, I heard Trixie's belly rumbling, to which she answered embarrassedly. "Heh yeah! I'll go see what I have in the van." And she ran away to the side of her cart, leaving me and the robot alone.

I looked at the robot and after finishing the wound treatment I said: "Well, are you going to sit like that? Get down to fixing it already. I already miss your voice, honestly!" Then I took out one box of provisions and went to the hearth to warm up the food. The robot, meanwhile, stood up and walked towards the gray container where the robot repair equipment and other gear, including a few spare batteries, were kept for my gloves.

And so, having finally finished with the treatment of my leg wound and having made a bandage from bandages, I was sitting by the fire with my newly-acquired girlfriend.

Trixie brought a bag of oats and tea with her, while I enjoyed my canned food. Over this modest dinner by the fire, Trixie asked me questions about who I was, where I came from, what kind of world I lived in. I couldn't explain much to her. But now she knows that my race is Humanity.

She also asked me curiously about that magic, that I used during our fight with wolves. And in doing so, she reminded me to look at the battery level in my gloves. After looking at the data through a computer with glasses, I came to the conclusion that the charge in them should be enough for another seven and a half hours of active use. However, it was difficult for me to explain to her that I was not a magician at all, but simply my weapons and so on. It was already dark outside and I was pretty tired, as well as Trixie, but it was simply not possible to stay in this place. Let me remind you that there was rubbish from wolves everywhere and the smell of burning was already pretty boring.

Meanwhile, Night Fog approached us. "Reporting. Repairs are completed, ammunition is replenished." Said Night Fog and it made Trixie spit out the carrot she was chewing into the fire and look at the robot in confusion.

"Wow, you're talking!" Trixie said, not hiding her admiration and curiosity, which was evident from her sparkling eyes.

"Well, finally! Welcome back, friend!" I said, then I looked at Trixie and asked her which direction we should go to get to the city. "Trixie, how far do we need to move to get to the nearest settlement?"

"Well, we have to go to Canterlot, and it's about a day's journey before it, if there is no trouble on the way. Princess Luna has instructed me to escort you to the castle." Trixie answered with a thoughtful face and looked at me carefully, trying to understand my reaction to her words.

And I was really surprised, because it seemed a little strange to me and at the same time it seemed that my appearance in this world was someone's plan. "Princess Luna? Once I had the honor to meet her in my dream, there on earth! So she foresaw this meeting or planned it."

"Oh, you already know Luna, but she's not the only princess in our kingdom. There's also Celestia, Cadence, and Twilight Sparkle." She pronounced the last name with sadness and disgust.

"Hmm, now I'm more concerned about other issues, but we'll come back to them later. I think we need to get ready for the road, it's better not to stay here. Who knows what surprises this forest by the road can bring us? Oh, I have an idea!" I said, to which Trixie raised an eyebrow in a friendly way and waved her hoof so that I would continue to outline my plan.

I looked at the robot and asked him. "Night Fog, can you make a train of three wagons and a Trixie carriage to pull this weight?"

"No Sir! I'm not superman, so you have to pull Lady Trixie's wagon yourself. Be a gentleman after all!"

I looked at my bandaged leg and my gloved hands, then got up and activated my gloves on gravity mode to try to lift the wagon. And Bingo! I managed to do this, after which I looked at the surprised Trixie and rolling my eyes thought to myself that this cute face would show such emotions in relation to me and my friend more than once. But at that moment it started snowing and it reminded me of the approaching New Year. What made me dreamily look at the night sky, in which the moon shone brightly.

Yes, Luna, we will meet soon I give you my word.

I heard the sound of a flash next to me, and when I turned my head towards this magical phenomenon ... Because of fear, I almost crap when I saw what was in front of us!

"Do you need help?" The creature spoke in a male voice.

I swallowed the lump that rolled up to my throat, looking at this dragon-like monster and quickly reacted, turned on the Combat Mode in my gloves!

Author's Note

Greetings to all readers who have decided to devote their time to "Path of the Heart".

If you notice any errors, feel free to write me a private message. Or just comment on the chapter. Each comment brings the author to life, which in turn improves storytelling and writing.

I also want to warn you that this will be a big story. The plot can be protracted. And as an aspiring author, my work progresses in this way: as I write it, it gets better. Especially plot and detail.