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After Sol’s outburst he immediately ignited his horn to use his magic hand to cover his mouth, “Awh hells, I'm so sorry about that. I did notmean to scream that loud at all my bad'' He looked over at Twilight whose ears were now splayed against her skull in response to his sudden outburst.

“It's ok Sol, I think I can forgive you after how we met” She giggled and looked at Spike who had his claws covering his head. “Sorry Spike I should have told Sol about you beforehoof, but I digress”

Spike moves his claws away from his head and grumbles, “Yea a heads up would have been nice Twi especially since you know I struggle with those fitted sheets” Spike now acknowledging Sol now turns to him, “And Hi Sol, I’m Spike Twilight's assistant if you have any questions while Twilight is out i’d be happy to answer them. The guest room will be ready in a few minutes ill see you around here” and with that Spike disappeared into one of the rooms up the spiral staircase of the tree library.

“Thanks again for helping me in the forest, and helping me not making me look like an idiot at the restaurant. I appreciate the kindness of you and your friends more than you know”

Sol looked at Twilight with tears beginning to form in the corners of his eyes,they were full but not quite ready to fall.

“I woke up in a new world with no warning, thrust into a shape I'm not used to with a physique alien to me.” Sol closed his eyes recalling the moments before he fell asleep. “ I fell asleep after a picnic with my mom at a park. She makes the best potato salad, and barbeque ribs. I wonder if I went home with her would I have still ended up here? Or would someone else be here right now?” he took a deep breath as Twilight began to walk over to him

“I hear you, it’s not quite the same but I can understand being thrown into a role or practicing for a role and not feeling ready for it” Twilight began to go into detail of how she was set to be the Princess of Friendship, and how she didn’t feel ready. “Honestly Sol, I have no idea how the other Princesses do this but I know having people around you helps, and you can count on me and my friends!” She said smiling at him

“Thanks Twilight, I appreciate the encouragement” Sol began to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, “ I’d love to hear more about the other royalty, since i’ll be in contact with them soon. I want to be able to give my respects and work with the 2 of them. And considering they’re your teachers I’d like to thank them too.”

“First you need a shower” Twilight covered her nose in a playful manner as Sol blushed at this. He nodded and in agreement and Twilight motioned him follow so she could show him to the bathroom so he could wash up.

Sol laughed for the first time since getting to Equestria, and not a chuckle of amusement or hysterical laughter, but full belly laugh. When he was finished laughing he began to follow Twilight. Once she showed him where the soaps, and towels were, she headed for the door to the bathroom.

“I’m going to go ahead and turn in for the evening, so if you need anything don’t hesitate to ask Spike or knock on my door!” Twilight said cheerily and with that, she walked out the door.

Sol went and closed the door and listened to the sound of her hooves as she walked down the hallway and he didn’t move until he heard the click of her door closing. He sighed and put his flank to the door with a soft bump and slid down sitting on the white marble tiles. His stomach was starting to bubble and he had a pounding headache all of sudden.

“Ugh, what happened I feel awful, couldn’t have been the salad,” Sol mumbled to himself as he used his right hoof to massage his temple. “Let’s just get in the shower and go find Spike.”

He then got up and used his magic to give himself the hottest shower he could handle. Thinking of the day's events as the water poured over him. The water soothed him as he began to think about the magic he had and how happy it made him. Sol then picked up the shampoo bottle and soap and lathered himself accordingly. Now making use of his ability to make hands his azure aura now sported 2 magic hands to comb through it for any bigger knots in his mane and tail. The pain that had begun to fade when he first got in the shower now grew in him as it moved up from his stomach to his sides and his back.

Deciding this was enough he washed out all the shampoo in a rush and turned the water. As he dried himself off he winced as he got to his back. Sol carefully dotting his back with the towel moved on to his head and did the same. He unlocked the door and made his way out of the bathroom. He looked around and saw Spike walking into a room with sheets and water.

“Hey Spike!,” Sol called out, as the little dragon popped his head out of the room to look at him

“Sol what’s up” Spike said as he yawned conveying the long day he’s also had

“Don’t stress the rest of the sheets for the night. I'll be ok. I get really warm when I sleep” Sol said, walking down the hallway towards the guest room.

“Are you sure you’ll be ok?” Spike looked between the half made bed with blankets at the foot of it and at Sol. “I’d hate for you to be uncomfortable, ya know?” Spike said, looking at Sol to make sure he was certain.

“Spike thank you for your help” Sol said as he reached the room the little dragon had been cleaning. “You and Twilight have done more than enough to help me get by today. I promise I’ll be ok.” Sol raised a hoof to pat Spike on the head gently and he smiled.

“Uh yea ok no problem” Spike unsure how to feel about the head pat just stared up at Sol. He felt oddly safe in his presence, kind of like when he’s with Twilight and Celestia. He then shook his head slightly and held a claw up to his face to hide his rosy cheeks.

Sol smiled, “ Have a good night Spike and again thanks a bunch for your understanding” He then moved his hoof and walked Spike out of the

Spike nodded at him claws still up on his face, “Yea if you need anything my room is next to Twilights so uh just knock”

Sol chuckled, “I will Spike thank you” and then he closed his door and layed down on the bed. He used his magic to lift a blanket over him and turn the lights off. He noticed that the bracelet from the castle ruins on his wrist was now glowing a crimson red, and purple. Sol layed in bed holding his hoof up to his face inspecting the bracelet so he could see the runes on it. As he did so, a jolt of pain surged through Sol. He twitched, groaned and tossed about all over in his bed. The headache he had, felt like his skull was being split down the middle. His sides and back felt as though something was being held back and it wanted out. He then groaned again and the last thing he saw was the bracelet glowing brighter and brighter before he passed out from the pain and exhaustion.

Upon waking Sol smelled the making of eggs, and toast. As he sat up he remembered the bracelet from last night and. He looked down at his hoof to see that it had gone from shiny gold with purple and red rune writing on it to dull silver. The runes on it had faded except for one that he couldn’t read. It looked to be a singular word but he’d ask Twilight about it when he saw her.

Sol then went to the bathroom to freshen up for the morning. He was given a toothbrush by Twilight when she showed him around the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth out and then looked at his mane in the mirror.

“Did I miss something or did it get longer?” Sol mumbled and shrugged it off. He’d just add it to the list of things to ask about. Then Sol paused as he turned back towards the door. Did his eyes play tricks on him or did he see correctly. He went back to the mirror and turned to the side and froze.

“Hey Spike!, are you up here by any chance?” Sol said hoarsely.

And as if right on cue the little dragon had jogged down the hallway and answered him, “yeah! I'm here Sol, what do you…” Spike also froze and looked at Sol. “Um, Sol, that's you right? and why do you have wings?”

Sol just stared wide eyed Spike and laughed and shrugged, “It’s just one thing after another isn’t it” he continued to laugh which caught Twilights attention.

Twilight left the kitchen and came up the spiral staircase to find Sol and Spike, “you two breakfast is rea…” Twilight’s jaw practically hit the floor as she looked at Sol. The former unicorn that she had housed was now a part of the very small community of alicorn's.

Sol’s new set of wings weren’t the largest by any means but did fit his frame. His mane had indeed gotten longer along with his tail.

“What the buck happened to you?!” Twilight said, alarmed at his new appearance. “How did you even do that? There's a whole process and approval and training and.” Twilight was cut off by Sol

“ Look, Twilight,” he said calmly, “I don’t know but I have an idea about it. Can we eat breakfast and talk about it, freaking out isn’t going to help me explain better” he said adding a sarcastic emphasis on the last bit of his statement.

Twilight closed her mouth and turned red embarrassed by her outburst and said, “Yes let's do that Sorry.”

Sol said nothing and just smiled at her and walked past her down the stairs and plopped down on a stool and sighed. As Spike and Twilight got to the kitchen and got seated Sol began to tell them about the night prior and its events once he got to his room.

After Sol had explained what happened the night prior with the bracelet and the pain Twilight had asked to borrow the bracelet. She then started to look through her library for anything on a forced alicorn transformation. Spike was told to send a letter to Celestia and Luna and when Sol witnessed how he thought it was pretty cool how after writing the letter it went up in green flames .This left Sol up to his own devices, so he went to Twilight to ask her about magic before he felt like he’d be a bother.

“He Twilight uh I have a question about magic” he said trying to see her through the stacks of books around her.

“Oh Sol yea what kind of question did you have in mind?” Twilight’s eyes lit up at the incoming question.

“So how do you do magic?” Sol asked, “Er to be more specific what are the principles around doing magic and spells? Magic wasn’t a thing back in my home world” He said watching her now look at him, her eyes practically sparkling now.

“So there is no magic on your planet? Interesting!” She levitates a notepad and pen and writes. “But to answer your question, magic for unicorns is usually tied to their cutie marks, and is limited to mundane tasks. It's usually rare for someone to be able to create their own magic and spells unless it was their talent.”

Sol paused for a moment and took in what she said, “So … what is the criteria for creating a new spell, and what's a cutie mark?”

“The criteria I know of would have to be trial and error of making a magic circle, or like most Unicorns its mental visualization” Twilight said. “Most unicorns that use magic are again limited to their special talents or cutie marks the images on our flanks” She then pointed to hers. “My specialty is magic so making and casting spells is second nature to me”

Sol then looked at his which was still the sun with the upward facing crescent moon. “So my talent is connected to the sun and moon, interesting! Are there any other ponies that have talents related to the sun and moon?”

Twilight looked at him and smiled , “ Princess Celestia’s cutie mark is the sun and Princess Luna’s is the moon. They are the only other two ponies that I am aware of that have cutie marks related to the sun and moon” Twilight using her magic conjured an image of The diarchs to show him.

It was Sol's turn for his jaw to drop, “So you’re saying my special talent is related to the talents of royalty, and I have already met one of them?”

Twilight just giggled and nodded, “Yup! They raise the sun and moon everyday and have done so for centuries and are 2 of the other 3 alicorns around right now.”

Sol just stood there baffled before he picked his jaw up, “Well I guess we will see if I live longer than a century” He joked, “I’ll let you get back to your research, I'm gonna go walk around town”

“Here take some bits for your time out you might get hungry!” She handed him a small cloth pouch and waved him off. “Come back if you need anything”

Sol waved and smiled back at her and walked out the door, “So I got wings, a horn, and I found the criteria to make magic. Got something to do awesome” he mumbled and set out to walk around town.

As Sol made his way around town he was getting a lot of stares from every one. Though he couldn’t really blame them, finding out that there are only 3 other alicorns besides him so he might be a rare sight.

Sol decided he would look for something to hide his wings. A clothing store of some kind, hoodies were always something he was fond of so maybe he’d buy one. He wandered around the town for a while until he paused to take in what he was seeing.

A pink mare, more specifically a pink alicorn was walking around protected by guards. They were heading in the direction of Twilight's tree library. Sol just figured it was Twilight’s business regarding getting him sent home. Sol went to turn around but stopped when he heard the pink mare speak to her guards. She was a cotton candy pink with a pink, purple, and cream mane and she was gorgeous.

“My little Twilight sent Auntie Celestia a letter about another alicorn. How interesting that now of all time, we get another one!” The mare sounded happy about the news which had Sol feeling conflicted.

But overall Sol was enraptured by this pink mare which he found really strange. He loved the playful tone in her voice, he loved her voice if he was stunned by her. He felt his cheeks heat up and he had to shake his head.

“What in the fuck is wrong with me jesus christ get it together man” he berated himself which caused a few ponies passing him to give concerned looks.

“Princess Cadence, all due respect, what if this alicorn is a danger to us?” One of her guards spoke up and asked. Sol paused and listened for her response and he was pleasantly surprised by her response.

“That's a good question sergeant” she smiles and keeps walking her guard not far behind her. “But if there is a problem the elements and Auntie Luna and Celestia will deal with it” She continues on as Sol watches her as the distance between them gets larger and larger until he can no longer see her.

Sol stood in the middle of the market watching her, still dumbfounded by the beautiful mare he had just seen. Then he decided to continue when he could no longer see her. Deciding to look for a hoodie or the pony equivalent of one. This led him to wander around for hours. In doing so he ended up walking by a school While there were kids playing around.

“Look at the princess guys look, look!” 3 of the fillies and a colt from the school yard had run up to Sol mistaking him for a princess.

Sol chuckled at them and looked down, “One, I'm flattered but I'm a stallion and two I'm not royalty” he reached over and patted one of the fillies on the head.

“I thought only the Princesses could be alicorns Mr. ?”the colt asked and looked at his wings.

Sol spread his wings and flapped them a few times before tucking them in again, “I thought so too pal but I guess not.” He smiled

“You should come back to the school with us! Ms. Cheerilee wont mind, right guys?” The final filly said and the others agreed and started pulling on Sol’s leg.

“If you guys say so, but I won’t be staying for long” he sighed and followed the kids to the school house where they immediately went to their seats. Before he knocked on the schoolhouse door he heard the voice of an older mare inside.

“Where have you four been? You were late to come back inside again, you can’t keep wandering off. I was worried sick!” She scolded and one of the fillies from outside spoke up.

“We met a Prince and he was really cool! He’s coming to see us!” she said giggling as she saw Sol in the doorway. “There you are Mr.!”

Sol couldn’t help himself and he laughed as he lowered his head to not hit his head on the door frame and faced the mare at the front of the class. “Sorry to intrude but you must be Ms. Cheerilee. I’m Sol and certainly no prince so please don’t treat me as such”

“Oh um yes Hi Sol” Cheerilee stammered she wasn’t sure if this was real or not. Alicorns were royalty no matter who they were for one reason or another so she was confused to see one in such a casual manner. No ornate horse shoes, or golden crown, or even a necklace. It was as if he was truly a normal pony.

“Well, welcome to the school house you can introduce yourself to our class and if you have anything to add please do feel free to do so.” Cheerilee said finally composing herself.

Sol wiped a tear from the corner of his left eye, “ Sorry I didn’t mean to laugh, I love kids and I couldn’t help myself when the little ones insisted I was prince or princess and that I come with them” He then turned to the class,

“Hello everyone err, everypony I’m Sol, and I'm just a normal pony like all of you. I am no prince or anything like that I promise” he waved a hoof dismissively, “and if I had anything to say to all you” He paused for a moment to scan the room seeing that all of the fillies and colts in the room were on the edges of their seats waiting. “It would be, to be grateful for your family and loved ones”

One of the fillies in the back shouted out at him, “Mr.Sol what’s your cutie mark for? Are you related to the Princesses?” the others chimed and Sol held up a hoof to silence them.

“As far as I know I’m not related to the princesses, and I don’t know what my cutie mark is for I have some memory problems” he smiled and started to head for the door, “Thanks for having me Ms. Cheerilee and you little ones study well.” Sol then walked across the school yard and looked up at the sky. The sun was straight above him so it was about noon and he figured he would keep looking for his clothing store.

The students in the classroom all looked at each other and smiled as if thinking the same thing. Though none of them started talking to Cheerilee’s surprise and this made her smile along with her students as Cheerilee began her lesson over Equestrian history.

“I'm bushed where the fuck is the clothing store dude?” Sol swore under his breath.

Then coincidentally as if the gods were watching him he saw a sign that pointed him in the way of a boutique. This was his best bet he thought and started trotting the best he could up the dirt road to the shop.

Once he arrived he was so relieved to see that it was still open as he went to knock on the d boutique door. He waited a minute before a voice called out to him,

“Come in darling. I'm in the middle of something I'll be with you in a moment” The feminine voice called

Sol, not hesitating, opened the boutique door and found a couch in the lobby and sat down. He examined the room he was sitting in. The interior was a mix of humble rhinestones and jewels, but in a posh way. That was the best description Sol could come up with until a mare spoke while walking into the room rubbing her eyes.

“Sorry darling I have been very busy today but that doesn’t matter what I can do for yo…” Her reaction was the same as everyone else's and Sol couldn’t help himself and chuckled again .

“Names Sol I am looking for a hoodie or a sweatshirt with a hood please” He smiled at her and continued, “And before you ask I'm no royalty or anything like that so please love, close your mouth you’ll catch flies”

At this she composed herself and giggled and his banter, “Aren’t you the charmer, I am Rarity darling pleasure to meet you, and yes I could make you one would come with me so I can get your measurements?” She asked turning to walk back into the previous room.

Sol getting up from the couch followed her into her work space and stood where she was motioning him to stand. Rarity used her magic to float a measuring tape over, using the tape measure each leg, his back, his neck and head.

“Oh could you also not put wing holes in it please?” Sol asked breaking Rarity’s concentration for a moment

“Why would you want to do that darling? They are wonderful!” She asked genuinely curious as to why an alicorn would want to hide their wings.

“Long story, but It was an accident on how I became one just kinda” He hesitated for a moment recalling the pain and shivering, “woke up like this. So if I ever go back to being a unicorn like I was I’d like to not have to unnecessary holes in the fabric”

Rarity obviously confused on how someone accidentally turns into an alicorn just nodded at his request and finished her measurements. If anyone knew what happened it was Twilight so she would just ask her later.

“You can wait in the other room this won’t take me too long, I have something similar started already” Rarity smiled at him and shooed him away into the other room. Sol laughed and left the room leaving Rarity to her work.

After Rarity finished Sol’s hoodie he went to pay her but stubbornly refused to take bits. “Darling it seems like you’re going through a lot right now and it wouldn’t feel right to be paid. Consider it a gift”

“I’m not used to that at all please just let me pay you” Sol said, “Working for free doesn’t make a living so how much was it?”

Rarity, now annoyed, put her hoof down, “I am not accepting payment and that's that. Consider it a gift. Now move along I'm sure I'll see you again and you can just tell me how much you use it then” She Smiled and walked to the door with him.

Sighing Sol gave up and smiled, “Alright Rarity, thank you for the hoodie it means the world to me” He then waved at Rarity and headed towards Twilight’s since it was getting late again.

Sol then walking to the Library saw some of the fillies and colts that were at school out with their parents for the night. They saw him and waved, which made some of their parents stare at him wide eyed. Apparently some of them didn’t believe in the non royal alicorn in ponyville. Continuing on, Twilights came into view but not without some of the guards he had seen earlier in the day. This prompted Sol to throw on his hoodie so as to not alarm the guards with the conversation he heard earlier still in his mind.

Walking up to the door the guards moved their spears into the way of the door, “Sir there is royal business inside you cannot enter as of now. Please come back later” one of the guards said.

“This is kinda my temporary residence, and I'm tired. I'm sure Twilight could explain this” Sol said, reaching to knock on the door only to be stopped and pinned to the ground.

“Sir we have already said come back later” the orange guard was basically sitting on him but it was effective nonetheless.

“What’s going on out here?” the mare's voice Sol recognized from earlier. Cadence was her name he thought, he couldn’t see her though with the guard on his back.

“This stallion claims to be staying here but we have received no word so he is being detained” The guard said.

Cadence only giggled at this and motioned her guards to be at ease, “He is telling the truth, although Sol, why hide your wings?” She asked him.

Sol getting up and brushing himself off began to meet her eyes only to turn beet red in doing so. She was even more beautiful up close, and now that he could see her eyes, those lovely amethyst eyes.

“Um It was just easier to not draw attention to you, I mean me, not draw attention to me,” Sol turned his gaze away from her.

“Well that was certainly a good idea had our visit not been just for you” Cadence said motioning him inside. He went to follow and the guards resumed their positions outside and Sol closed the door behind them walking into the Library space.

To say the least it was a mess but Sol wasn’t really phased by this, his room on earth had seen worse days. Twilight seemed to be diving head first into finding answers and Sol was touched and a tad worried that a stack of books would fall on her.

“So uh Princess Cadence what brings you here?” Sol asked the pink mare, still avoiding eye contact.

She smiled and moves her hoof under his chin to move his face, “Please just Cadence is fine, and I am here in the stead of Princess Celestia, to bring you to Canterlot, for an audience”

Sol, unable to look away from her, mentally blue screens and his face is the darkest shade of red it's ever been. Cadence just giggles at him and moves her hoof away from his face.

“Though I doubt there should be any problems with you, you don’t hold any ill feelings for this place anywhere in you” she says going to sit away from the mess Twilight had been making looking for answers on the bracelet.

“Ah yea, it’s not like there’s any reason to do so, It’s pretty nice here at least from what I can tell” Sol said trying to get his heartbeat back under control.

“Well that makes me very happy and it will make my aunts happy as well.” Cadence said, “We will depart tomorrow for Canterlot and you can tell me all about yourself” she smirked at him which did nothing to help Sol’s heartbeat or hormones from going wild and Cadence knew it.

Taking a deep breath Sol tried to find his composure, “I, u-uh, yes!” was all he managed to get out. Before he continued he heard Cadence laugh.

“Sorry I’m not laughing at you I promise it’s just, nevermind continue” her laughter subsided. She hadn’t had anyone truly interested in her since Shining armor, Twilight's brother had passed. Along with her ability to sense the emotions of people, she knew who cared for her and who didn’t.

“Do I like you? What the fuck is wrong with me I can even think right” Sol said a little to loud. Which made for a very awkward silence when he looked up from his hooves, he saw the confident persona Cadence had crumbled, as she too was blushing and no longer making eye contact with him.

Twilight, deciding to make her presence known again, pops up in the midst of the book jungle she had created. “Ugh I can’t find anything on Sol’s bracelet, this is so frustrating Cadence can you help me..” She paused looking at the two sitting across from each other on the other side of the room.

Twilight mumbling to herself, “What's going on with those two?”