Look Inside Your Heart Part Two.

Chapter 8: Final Preparations. (P.O.V. Switch, Monarch.)

"Do I have to wear this?" I look in the mirror at the suit I was wearing.

"It looks good on you," Luna sat legs crossed across the room.

"I would feel better in my metal suit."

"Oh you can't be seen at the Gala clad in armor, the guests may get the wrong idea." She stood and walked over to me

"That you still don't trust them enough to let your guard have the night off."

"Well more or less, besides it's hard to feel your soft fur if you have metal over it." Her hand rubbed my face and ran her fingers through my mane.

"He did a good job, didn't he?"

"The best." Luna pressed her lips to mine and we shared a passionate kiss. "Now while it is still daylight go and fetch our special guests from Ponyville"

"Okay." I snap my fingers and move through the air and arrive at the warehouse Cress told me about, and opened the door.

(P.O.V. Switch, Cress.)

The door opened as Scoot punched the dummy across the room. "Hey, Monarch, glad you could join us, Scoot go get the dummy."

"You've got yourself quite the place here."

"I try," Soren shouted hanging from the rafters again. "But half of this wouldn't have been possible without his help,"

"Hey I just did what I do best." Tobias was practicing on the terrain system. His natural agility made it easy for him. "Woah!" He ducked just in time to avoid a jet of flame from the wall. "Terminate operation." The walls and floors receded and lowered him to ground level. "Nice touch with the flame thrower, Soren."

"I try,"

"Where are Sabrina and Dancer?" Monarch asked.

"Dancer's out getting groceries, should be back any time now, Toby where's your sister?"

"Oh probably down at Carousel, or the library, hell she could be at Sweet Apple Acres." He walked to the chill cabinet and grabbed a water. "Probably at Carousel with the other girls, with all this Gala stuff going on, nice suit."

"Oh don't tell me you're going." Soren stifled laughter.

"Shut it, I'm only going cuz Luna is."

"The mighty Sword Master is afraid of his wife, that's rich."

"Shut up ya junkyard reject!"

"You wound me, sir."

"It's all in good fun," I say patting Monarch's back. "Keep your chin up, single guys like them don't know the pleasure of a mare."

"I heard that, and I do have a marefriend,"

"That's good to know, what's her name?"

"It's Clara," Soren turned his attention back to his work.

"Wow, quite a catch, who knew?"

"Woah idea, why don't we have our own party, Ponyville party central,and everypony's invited," Tobias blurted out. "I mean come on, perfect house warming, what better way to use the kickin' sound system, and I'm quite the bartender,"

"Hm, that's not a bad idea, tell you what Soren spread the word, Tobias go to Sugarcube Corner and order five dozen cupcakes, and a couple bottles of Tabasco, Scoot get your friends you've told me about, and grab Felicia while you're at it okay. Let's get this show in the road." Everyone went their seperate ways leaving me alone with Monarch.

"I never got to thank you for this," He opened the chill cabinet and threw me a bottle of whiskey. "You could've let me die, I would've been happy, my honor reestablished."

"You may have been happy with that, but Luna wouldn't, I wouldn't," I took a swig from the bottle. "You're the only one who understands any of this shit."

"I'll drink to that, but tell me this how is it you knew about the humans, Pinkie was sworn into secrecy, and the only others who knew other than myself were Celestia and the Gods."

"It was all Pinkie's idea, Celestia allowed me into the archives when I told her I needed to research Equestrian history so I could better understand what I was saving them from exactly, the oldest book I could find dated back millenia. Creation of Equestria as I read the book I found several similiarities between our two cultures, Poseidon created Equestria for his creations above, while Hephaestus hid his one last creation underground. Pandora, the first queen, she was thought destroyed by the Gods and hephaestus served his punishment in Hades, Zeus being a man of forgiveness he let Hephaestus return to Olympus,"

"If Poseidon created the ponies, Hephaestus created the changelings, it stands to reason that Zeus may have his own children, so you looked for more information and find it you did in Pinkie Pie."

"She was difficult to crack but once I did the pieces started to fit together, but there are still many pieces that still need to be placed before we can see the big picture."

"That's true, it's hard to figure out the puzzle without looking at the box." He reached into his pocket, pulled out a cigar, and lit it. "I can tell you one thing though I'm glad that you're here, I'd never think I could find a friend,"

"Really no friends at all?"

"No, I seriously regret the choices I've made in the past,"

"What would those be?" I ask for an explanation.