A bright and shining sun begins to rise on the horizon, lighting up a small bustling village town, with one of the rays of sunshine peering into one of the windows, shining a light down on a mysterious figure. the figure squirmed in bed, until it let out an exhausted, but fairly amused chuckle. The figure was a humanoid, a rather odd humanoid with a black question mark on his face, wearing a light gray t-shirt that seemed to contrast with his unnatural, but healthy green skin. This... human, if you could even call it a human, was Anonymous. Anonymous I. Torrentsonn.

"Another boring day in this pastel colored talking horse hell... Ahh who am I kidding, I actually like my new life here, so peaceful, and so... wonderous... most of the time," Anon quietly told to himself. The humanoid figure sat up from his bed and looked to the window before suddenly getting up. As the strange humanoid pulled the curtains back, they looked out the window with a tired smile, watching the ponies that passed by as he tried to get himself to be more awake.

"Okay, Anonymous, It's time to make today, your day! You have stuff to do, you made promises, and considering they were Pinkie Promises," A minor chill went down his spine, waking him up in an abrupt, but effective manner as he remembered what happened last time someone broke that kind of promise... Dear Jesus Christ, how the hell can an Earth Pony's skull be thick enough to crack an anvil in half!?

"Well, either way, I did make promises, and I intend to keep them this time," Anon felt and even heard the audible sound and growling sensation in his gut. "After I eat breakfast." Anon stated, walking out the door.

Anon put on a smile and walked a bit through a hallway, with several small wooden knots poking out with a few pictures hanging on the wall. Anon stopped and looked at the picture in front of him. There he was, smiling with enthusiasm, along with a small dragon, and a purple unicorn with wings. Anon gave a thumbs up to the picture and continued to walk, only to stop when he saw a staircase.

Anon, being the laziest man alive in the morning, sat on the railing and began to slide down, landing on the ground floor as he walked through the library and sat down at a dark wooden table, where a purple dragon, eagerly chomping and chewing away at some precious gems, was sat right next to him.

"Morning, Spike!" Anon said in a friendly tone. Spike, the gem consuming dragon, smiled and waved as he continued to eat what might've been his breakfast. Anon looked around and noticed a real lack of the studious book horse that was supposed to be up at this hour. "Hm, how odd... where's Twilight? Shouldn't she be down here, joining us for Breakfast?" Anon asked aloud, looking in every direction for the mare, but couldn't see any trace of her.

Spike turned his head to the green human and cleared his throat, catching Anon's attention. "Anon, Twilight and her friends were up a couple hours ago, she said they got a royal summons from Celestia, and is doing something at the Crystal Empire. She basically put you in charge until she comes back. You got any plans today?" Spike explained, asking with genuine intrigue.

Anon, who was kinda okay with the answer he got from the dragon, felt a weird pit in his empty stomach, and it felt almost like an unseen force was trying to knock him down. Anon grabbed a glass and filled it with water, then proceeded to grab a couple fruits from the bowl and chow down, washing the fruits down with the water, and soon felt the pain subside.

Anon, now back to his senses, turns towards Spike. "Yeah, I got a couple promises to keep for the girls, I have to do a full hour of farm work for Applejack, do some spring cleaning for Rarity, cover Pinkie's night shift at Sugarcube Corner tonight, Rainbow Dash wants me to also keep Scootaloo out of trouble, Fluttershy also wants me to feed Angel Bunny by the hour till she gets back, and Twilight just wants me to watch over you, right? So, I do got a lot to do today, but hey, who says I can't multi-task?" Anon said, putting the glass in the sink as he heads to the front door.

"Finish up those rare gems, Spike, because today, this day is ours for the taking!" Anon exclaimed. Spike smiled and rolled his eyes, tossing the last few gems he had into his mouth as he followed behind the human, who seemed really excited to do a few basic favors.

"I swear, he's about as passionate about doing something any day of the week as Twilight is usually about as passionate about books." Spike remarked.

***

Somewhere, in-between the very thin veil of the Multiverse, a human man with a caucasian skin tone, slicked back black hair, a lab coat, a golden gauntlet, a cane, and a stop watch is doing battle with a robed figure, shrouded in a tattered cloak, covered in some sort of dark steel armor, shining with a deep blue hue, and wearing a glass mask to conceal their identity. In their arms was a metal pod, and soon enough, they were in another universe, above a planet full of unique lifeforms.

"I must say, you're quite the adversary, you've evaded most of my tactical ploys to catch you off-guard... almost as if you were expecting it," The man said, his smile soon faltering into a look of grave seriousness. "But if you think I'm going to let you disrupt another world's timeline, because you were disrupting another Ben Tennyson's timeline, and ran off with its equivalent of the Omnitrix, you have made a grave error. You may be impersonating Eon, mimicking his strategies... but you cannot pull a dimensional wool wall over my eyes, for when I make the assumption that you aren't Eon." The man in the labcoat continued as he rammed into the armored individual.

The strangers were wrestling over the pod, until the armored stranger forced the other away, and then surrounded the pod in a strange purple mist, only for it to suddenly disappear. The man in the labcoat, was concerned and very displeased. "Alright, it seems you got the better of me, this time... Something Eon couldn't do in years. Pray tell, what did you do with the Omnitrix?" the man in the labcoat asked. The armored individual didn't speak, or utter a word, or a noise.

It just simply turned its head downwards, and pointed at the planet below. Paradox looked at the planet, and was about to inquire more information, only to see the tattered cloak remain of the mysterious stranger. "In all my years of traversing the universe... it would seem that I will have some, how mortals say, 'Difficulty' re-obtaining the Omnitrix in this environment... and I truly mean, this will not be easy." The man simply said, and in a flash of light, he was suddenly gone, but behind where he stood in the vast empty void of space, a meteorite was hurtling its way down to the planet's surface.

***

Anon was currently working incredibly hard on Applejack's chores. The watering system she had for some kind of garden was unnecessarily complicated, but he eventually got through it. Carrying and picking apples wasn't easy without that Earth Pony strength, but he was doing a good job, even if it was at a slower pace. Feeding the pigs and collecting eggs from the hens were the easiest things on her list, so they weren't much of a struggle. Anon looked up at the beating sun, and wiped the sweat from his brow as he walked to the porch and sat down.

"Man, farm work is so much more exhausting than I last remembered it being. What the hell is with the heat all of a sudden, did Celestia turn up the sun or something?" Anon asked, feeling the blistering hot red spot on the back of his neck gingerly. Then, a yellow stallion, dressed in western clothes sat down beside him, wiping the sweat off of his face with his front leg.

"Ah wouldn't worry about it too much, you worked pretty hard today. Applejack's chores are done for the day, and I can't blame her if the princesses needed her services. Sure, you were a tad slow, but everyone has an off day, right Big Mac?" The stallion said, turning to the red stallion that seemed a bit redder than usual, wincing as they trotted up to the porch.

"E-Eeyuup.. Ow!" Big Mac affirmed, yelping in pain as he hosed himself down with some cold water. Anon sighed and pulled out a small list, checking off AJ's promise as he motioned for Spike to follow him, and so Spike did.

As the sun's light beat down on the both of them, Anon continued to go through his list, stopping at Rarity's boutique to do a bit of cleaning. "Alright, it should be a bit cooler in here, Spike. Go take a rest on the couch, and I'll try to clean up here as best as I can." Anon said, grabbing a duster and a towel. He moved a bit fast, crashing a bit into walls, but he was careful enough to catch anything that would be extremely expensive, and set it down somewhere so he could continue cleaning.

Spike is casually relaxing on a cold and comfy sofa as he looks out to the rest of Ponyville, seeing everyone living their lives. "Man, it must be fun to do anything without being constantly watched by Twilight, I wonder if she'll be back later." Spike wondered. Anon, who was barely listening, was constantly dusting off the walls, the floor, the counter tops, the shelves, he was trying to make sure everything was clean.

Anon stopped cleaning for a moment and turned towards Spike. "Trust me, Spike, Twilight just has psychosi- I mean a process. For a student of Celestia, she's incredibly Neurotic, erratic, it just takes one bad chain of events for it all to spiral out of her control, that's all it takes for her to snap into a freak out frenzy. Remember the want it need it spell? That was a difficult day for everyone. Twilight wants to do all she can due to royal pressure, she's constantly trying to do all she can to stay in her teacher, her teacher's sister, and her babysitter now turned princess's good graces. Sometimes that even means she acts as a mother figure for you," Anon explained. Spike looked back at the human, letting the information ricochet around in his head.

Anon set the towel and duster down and sat down on the sofa, patting Spike on the back. "Hey, Twilight will be back, Spike. I promise, and besides, It's not like another wacky villain's gonna come out to play while Equestria's in a state of peace, that'd be incredibly inconvenient." Anon reassured. Anon reached into his pocket for the list he had, and crossed off Rarity's promise.

"We can rest for a little bit, but then we gotta get back to the list of stuff to do. May as well knock out three birds with one stone and get Scootaloo to tag along with us. You two can try to keep yourselves busy, while I deal with the white long-eared devil that is Angel Bunny. That sound fair to you? At least you and Scootaloo won't be bored to tears." Anon suggested. Spike nodded and collapsed into the sofa, passing out as he slept. Anon smiled and leaned back against the sofa, thinking about what else there was going to be for him to do after he was done with the promises.

***

Back in Canterlot, Twilight was having a discussion with the other princesses. Something was obviously not right, as Cadence stormed off in a huff. "Cadence, No! If you fight Tirek head on, you'll run the risk of putting your subjects, and yourself at greater risk! Cadence!!" Celestia called out, but it was too late, Cadence had already run, or in her case, flew off.

Twilight was in a panic, the worry in her face was as plain as day, and the princesses of Day and Night could see that they had no other choices. "It would seem that... our hooves have been forced to this decision, dear sister." Luna said, a feeling of dread in her tone.

Twilight looked to the two remaining princesses, and Celestia's face was stoic, but there was a glint of fear and desperation in the Alicorn's eyes. "As it would seem, we must get rid of our magic, before... before Tirek gets the chance to take it from us." Celestia said, lamenting on the idea. Such an idea could be catastrophic if things didn't go as planned, but her plan to allow Discord, the reformed Spirit of Chaos, to deal with Tirek swiftly, had already flipped on her. Celestia looked to her student, and saw the abject shock on her face.

Twilight shifted in place, and tried to think about how to handle this information. "Get rid of it? That... that sounds incredibly drastic... but, if I have to, then I'll give up my magic, for the safety of Eque-" Twilight was about to finish her sentence, before Celestia held her hoof up, as a means of signaling her to stop talking.

"I'm afraid you misunderstand, Twilight. In order to actually make sure that Equestria still has a ruler, we are transferring all of our Alicorn magic to you, we're confident that news of a 4th alicorn princess has not reached Tirek yet, so it's our only choice, that now, excluding Cadence, Luna's power and my own are all we can give you... but before we do, Luna, bring in the night!" Celestia stated. Luna nodded, and with a blue glow of her horn, she set the sun, the stars began to shine as the Moon rose to the horizon.

Luna and Celestia then got into their positions, standing on separate sides of Twilight, and began to create a magical sphere of energy above themselves. From out of Celestia and Luna's horns, a dark blue and a golden yellow light intertwined and collided in the magical sphere, and it slowly began to descend towards Twilight, who was absolutely terrified of this, wanted to run or object, but she knew that her mentor knew what was best, so she let the magical sphere descend, and all of that magic then concentrated on entering through Twilight's horn. Her horn then grew a bit, and became sharper at the point, she grew a bit, her wings expanded to be larger, her hair waved and sparkled, but though she felt stronger, she looked kinda the same as she did before.

Celestia crumpled to the floor, weak, drained, trying to stay up, as was Luna. "I'm sorry, Twilight... this is the only way. I know that somehow, in some way, you will save Equestria... you must keep your newfound abilities a secret, however, otherwise Tirek will come for you, and those closest to you. Do you understand me, Twilight?" Celestia asked, her voice filled with worry, her attempt to remain stoic, has faltered.

Twilight, still unsure of her mentor's plan, reluctantly nodded her head. "I understand... I'll try to find a way to stop Tirek, and return all magic to Equestria, and those who live in it. It's a Pinkie Promise I don't plan to break." Twilight stated, using her magic to teleport back to Ponyville. Celestia and Luna crawled to their thrones, and sat up, feeling physically weak, but remained strong with their very wills.

"Good luck, my faithful student..." Celestia whispered.

***

To Anon, he was used to the sudden passing hours in Equestria, cause to him, it felt like only 35 minutes, and the sun had began to set. Anon had been hard at work, tending to Fluttershy's animals, especially Angel Bunny, who was just being a spoiled and evil little brat, but he was at least able to keep Scootaloo busy... while also letting Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle tag along, and subsequentially just tried to keep Angel Bunny from breaking something, or trying to fight the fillies he was trying to keep entertained.

Anon slumped onto the couch, hearing the front door open, seeing Fluttershy flutter in. "Oh! A-Anon, I didn't think you'd still be here. You look exhausted, do you need anything?" Fluttershy asked.

Anon smiled and pet the pegasus as he stifled a yawn, and looked over to the three fillies, and Spike, who seemed to finally be feeling tuckered out. "I'm good, but they need to get home. It's late, and I did efficiently follow almost all of the promises I made today exactly," Anon said, standing up as he stretched his tired and aching body.

"I kept Scootaloo out of trouble for Dash, I did Applejack's chores, I cleaned Rarity's Boutique, I made sure to feed and watch over Angel and your animals for you, I watched over Spike for Twilight, but I still need to cover for Pinkie tonight. Good thing it'll be at Sugarcube Corner, I could use something sweet right now to keep me up for a bit." Anon stated, heading to the door.

"Well, um... M-Me and the girls just got back, we kinda let Twilight go to see Celestia, but with this whole mention of a monster draining magic, we wanted to come back to Ponyville, make sure everypony was okay... if it's not too much trouble, I can get the fillies back home while you go handle your shift." Fluttershy offered, smiling.

"As long as it doesn't end up with a rose petal path back to your cottage after my shift, then I accept the assistance." Anon simply stated, walking out of the cottage and making a sprint down the path to Sugarcube Corner. Fluttershy quickly put the exhausted fillies onto her back, and carried Spike with her wings as she began the trek to get them home. All the while, a shimmering star seems to be burning brighter and brighter... almost like it's getting closer to the ground.

***

As Anon ran down the streets of Ponyville, he could see Sugarcube Corner in his sights, and quickly jumped, sliding his way to the door as Mrs. Cake and Mr. Cake were about to lock up for the night, holding their blissfully sleeping children in their arms.

"Wait! I'm here! I'm here to cover for Pinkie! Night Shift! Auuugh!" Anon quickly said, crashing his face against the glass door. Though it didn't crack, an obvious cheek mark of where Anon's face had been pressed was going to have to be cleaned before opening up tomorrow morning.

"Oh darlin', didn't ya hear? Pinkie just came back, so you don't have to- Mph!" Mrs. Cake was interrupted by Anon pressing a green finger against her lips,

"I couldn't care if one of the princesses was covering for Pinkie, I made a promise, and I'm gonna keep it... because Pinkie would probably tan my green hide if she found out I broke it." Anon argued, shuddering slightly at the idea of Pinkie going manic.

From behind the green man, a cheerful giggle echoed, causing him to turn around and see Pinkie, wearing a strange little paper hat on her head and an apron. "Anon! Good to see you, I thought you were gonna break the Pinkie Promise this time, talk about dedication! Look, the promise can't be broken now since you showed up, but you already look exhausted. Night Shifts are no joke, that's why the Cakes usually have me working both days and nights, because I got the energy for both shifts! Don't worry, you can cover tomorrow night's shift to make it up to me! You get some rest! Anyways, Goodniiiiiiight!~" Pinkie explained.

Anon, too tired to understand half of what Pinkie just said, was then slightly pushed aside to enter Sugarcube Corner, while the Cakes went home to put their children to bed. Anon just sighed and pulled out his list, circling Pinkie's promise as he grumbled in disappointment. "Well, five out of six... not bad, but not good either... I wish there was something I could do, something to make it up to Pinkie, because I sure can't wait till tomorrow's night shift to do so, I'd be too exhausted then." Anon told himself, walking down the streets.

Anon looked above him and saw one star burning brighter than the others, and actually felt compelled to try and make a wish... he was already stuck in a world of magical talking horses, for 3-4 years no less, he might as well give it a whirl. "Star light, star bright, grant me my one wish tonight... I wish I may, I wish I might, I wish I had the power to protect my friends and fight!" Anon wished aloud. He looked to the bright star, and almost in a cruel, but merciful twist of fate, the star then suddenly came crashing down.

'Oh fuck, please don't tell me I invoked a god's wrath... again.' Anon thought to himself, his face contorting into worry as he saw the 'star' crash into the one place he didn't want to go into, especially at night... The Everfree Forest. The ground shook as the star collided with the ground, and for a moment, Anon was definitely sure that maybe his friends heard that, and he wouldn't have to deal with it... but did he really want to see his pony friends get hurt, or worse, just because he wished on a star?

"Shit... well Anon, this is your mess, time to clean it up... god, give your non-magical man some extra strength, and please don't let Twilight find out." Anon told himself, swallowing down his fear and making a run into the forest, following the trail of black smoke. However, Unbeknownst to Anonymous, a certain someone has been watching from afar. He looked at his pocket watch, and was once again gone in a flash of light.

***

Applejack was not having the best night, as of late. The moment she's about to fall asleep, something big, bright and burning flies over her farm and crashes into the Everfree Forest. Irritated, but also concerned on what the situation might be about, she was going to get Big Mac up, but decides that it'll be better to go in alone, and be back before sunrise.

She grabbed her hat and a couple saddles, as well as a shovel with the name 'Sheila' engraved into the tough and sturdy Oak handle. Applejack snuck her way out of the front door and quickly ran off, shovel in her mouth as she ran into the forest, following the pillar of black smoke.

***

Anon was familiar with the Everfree Forest, having several run-ins with the Zebra shaman, better known as Zecora, as well as also stumbling across the castle of the two sisters by freak accident during Nightmare Night, but nonetheless, he was also fairly educated and practiced with evading and countering the numerous dangers within the forest itself. Don't step on or engage a Cragodile, and if you see one of those weird crab plant things that spew gas, just run and don't breathe until you know you're safe.

Anon was not superhuman, he didn't become superhuman, he was just a normal guy, though the green skin and the question mark face was the only strange thing about him, everything else about him was just incredibly normal and average. For Anon to evade these dangers, it proved that he was a bit of a fast hands-on learner, even if he was sometimes very forgetful about his own skills. It didn't take him that long to reach the source of the black smoke... unfortunately, it was right near the location of the tree of harmony. Knowing he'd rather face whatever crashed down there than to face Twilight and the others, he ran down the stairway and quickly looked into the crater.

He looked at the tree, seeing that it wasn't reacting in any way, but still felt something odd about this sudden crashing star. Wasn't until Anon got a good look at what was in the crater to see that it was a big old meteorite, shattered into pieces. While that wasn't odd in the slightest, the metal pod amongst the shattered remains of the meteor was very odd, almost... extraterrestrial.

"Woah... this might be a problem. Although, then again, I made a wish on a star, who's to say this isn't my wish being granted?" Anon wondered to himself. He was about to leap down and get a closer look, until the ground gave way at his feet, causing him to stumble and roll towards the metal pod. Anon got up, rubbing his head and his arm as he slowly approached the pod. The pod hissed open, steam sprayed out for a moment as it began to fold open. Inside the pod was a strange watch, a bulky gray watch with two white tubes wrapping around it with a dial, on the dial were 4 glowing green knobs, but the odd thing about it was the big green hourglass emblem that seemed to signify it had a purpose.

Anon was confused, but also pretty enamored that a watch, some kind of space watch crashed on a magical planet of talking ponies and dragons. This might just be his night after all, especially if it means he can help the girls against whatever psychotic magic draining doofus was rampaging through Equestria right now. "Anonymous, you just became a lucky man," Anon told himself, reaching his left hand out to the device, only for it to lunge at Anon and clamp onto his left wrist.

Anon could feel it, it was like several fleshy pins and needles were digging into his wrist, he could feel the sudden coursing flow of energy pumping through his body. Though he didn't feel physically stronger, he definitely felt some kind of power coming from the watch. Before Anon could even figure out what was going on, there was a huge explosion of light, and it revealed unto him some strange beast towering high in the distance.

"Well give me a horn and wings, and call me the Prince of Circumstances... because I think I just graduated from being Circumstances' victim." Anon told himself.

Author's Note

Behold, my first HiE/Anon story.

Dear Celestia,

Shit's fucked and Equestria will never be the same.

Yours Truly,
TheAlienBrony22