I follow Silver out of the mess hall and down a corridor, after a few minutes we reach a door. Silver opens the door and gestures for me to follow and I comply as Silver shuts the door behind me. “Who are you?” She asks bluntly.

“Well that’s a rather loaded question.” I say in a playful tone that Silver doesn’t seem to enjoy.

Silver's horn flares and pulls her sword out of its holster and presses it to my neck. “Don’t try to d=get out of this with humor or deflection. I’ll only ask once more who are you?”

I let out a faint sigh and look Silver in the eye. “What do you want to know?”

“Fine Tip isn’t the type of pony to back down from a challenge.” Silver says, narrowing her eyes and flooding more magic into the sword. “The way he looked at you, there was no anger, fear, or frustration. Fine Tip respected you, he looked like he thought you two were on equal ground. how did you do that?”

“Determination.” I say bluntly.

“What?” Silver asks, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

“I’ve always been stubborn and I don’t back down either. I think the reason Tip respected me was because he saw the determination in my eyes.”

“I suppose I could believe that.” Silver lowers the sword and sighs. “I’m sorry it’s just…”

“Hey I get it.” I say, putting a hand on Silver’s cheek. “A long time ago humans came here and did terrible things, but look at me.” I tilt Silver’s head to look up at me. “You can trust me, I’m not going to hurt you or anyone else.”

Silver lifts her front hooves and wraps them around me in a gentle hug which I return. “I never let ponies see me like this.” Silver chuckles. “We know next to nothing about earth and humans and now we have 15 that are going to be living here and we’re just supposed to trust them. It’s just a lot to deal with. Thank you… for reassuring me.”

“Don’t mention it.” I say letting go of Silver so she can fall back down onto all four hooves. “Besides, talking is about the only thing I’m good at.”

“I wouldn’t say that.” Silver contradicts.

“Really? Is there something else you’ve noticed?” I ask.

“Call it a hunch.” Suddenly Silver leans forward and presses her lips to mine.

I feel my heart drop into my stomach as the sensation of Silvers lips on mine fills my mind. “Well this is going to be a problem.” I think to myself, looking for a way to end the kiss without seeming too eager to end it or prolong it too long. Finally I settle on Deepening the kiss then ending it. I wrap my arm around Silver neck and press further into her before pulling back and looking her in the eyes. “What was that for?” I ask.

A faint blush warms Silver's cheeks. “It was just spur of the moment, call it curiosity.”

“Oh, curious of what? What I tasted like?” I lick my lips slowly and playfully while looking Silver in the eye.

“You don't have to make it sound so perverted!” Silver yells, a deep red hue covering her face. “I just wanted to know what it was like, kissing a human.”

“Kissing a ‘human’, or just kissing somepony?” I ask with a sly grin.

“I’ve kissed ponies before.” Silver insists.

“Sure you have.” I say sarcastically.

“I’ll have you know I’m quite an eligible bachelorette.”

“Alright, alright.” I concede, holding up my hands to prevent myself from getting a hoof to the chest. “I’m only teasing. You are quite the mare, I’d be surprised if you hadn’t been on at least a few dates.” I glance at my watch and realize we’ve been gone too long. “Look at the time, we’d better get back befo…”

“You were right.” Silver cuts me off.

“Right about what.” I ask, not understanding where this is going.

“I’ve been on a few dates, yes, but none of them were any good. So yes, that was actually my first kiss.”

I feel a slight weight rest itself on my shoulder as I try to process what this means. “Damn.” I think to myself. “If this really was her first kiss, that might mean this is serious for her. This could become a problem if not resolved quickly. No wait, this could actually help me learn more about Equestria as a real world and not just a fairytale. All I have to do is keep Silver on my side so I can learn more about how the palace operates.”

“Is this going to be a thing then?” I ask, being sure to look Silver in the eye.

“What do you mean?” she asks.

“If this was your first kiss, does that make it serious?”

“Oh, well I mean… if you want it to be, then maybe we can see where this goes.” Silver turns to look away from me, a faint red hue returning to her cheeks.

“Why me?” I ask, not meaning to say it out loud.

“Because there’s something different about you.” Silver replies.

“Different how? I’m pretty sure me and the rest aren’t that different.”

“It’s your eyes.”

“Are we really going back to my eyes?”

“Here me out.” Silver insists. “When you looked at Fine Tip you were right, your eyes were determined and unwavering. Normally though your eyes are distant and cold, not sad or disinterested but calculated. But when you look at me, you seem happy, not just me but everyone, you enjoy interacting with ponies and you look so happy when you do it. Just knowing that you genuinely like being here and interacting with us makes me happy, but you also get this other look when you look at me. When you look at me, it’s almost like you want to take something, but you don’t know if you’ll get in trouble for trying.”

Silver puts her hoof to my cheek and strokes it. “I want to take this slow, but don’t be afraid to do something if you know the moment is right.”

I put on a warm plastic smile and raise my hand to rest it on Silver’s hoof. “Thank you.” I say before leaning down and once again joining my lips with Silvers. “All I have to do is make sure she thinks that we both want this, just keep her happy.” I think to myself before ending the kiss. “We should really get going now, the others will wonder what we’re doing if we don’t get back soon.” I say taking Silver's hoof and leading her towards the door.

“Alright.” she says, letting go of my hand and walking on all four hooves again.

As me and Silver walk down the hall I notice a familiar face. As the figure walks towards us, me and Silver both take a respective bow. “Your majesty.” I say tilting my head to look up.

“Raise your heads.” Twilight Sparkle commands. “I get the newcomer, but really Silvie. You know I don’t like formalities.”

“Sorry your majesty.” Silver apologizes. “But I have to set a good example for the humans.”

“Oh come on, what’s one human who doesn’t bow to me going to hurt?” Twilight asks.

“To be fair Miss Twilight, I bowed before Silver did.” I say, rising up from my bow to look up at twilight.

Twilight lets out a sigh. “I suppose ‘miss’ is better than ‘your majesty’.” Twilight says to herself.

“Forgive me for being blunt Miss Twilight, but why did you choose not to attend the arrival of me and my group.”

Twilight looks a bit surprised by my choice of wording. “Well aren’t you a straightforward one. I like that, it makes this easier.” I briefly notice a faint twitch from Silver in response to Twilight’s comment. “I wasn’t there because I don’t much care for humans.”

“Then you’ve done your research no doubt.” I say taking a step forward. “Most humans aren’t very pleasant people, but please don’t worry when I say me and my team bare Equestria no ill will.” I reach my hand forward hoping Twilight will accept the gesture. “I hope you can look past my race and focus on my character, then you can make your own decision whether or not you like me.”

Author's Note

Definitely not my best chapter, I'll be the first to say I'm not 100% happy with how this one turned out, but I haven't uploaded in 2 week so I figured I'd just post it. I tried re-writing it a couple time and just hit a huge writers block.

Also I will be changing my upload schedule to one chapter every 2 weeks from now on, I don't like doing these short one thousand word chapters. I want to focus more on quality and length rather that just getting a new one out every week.