When we landed in Canterlot I hopped out of the basket and waved goodbye to Twilight. I walked around, trying to get my fill of the city, considering I hadn't been around before. I was always going straight to the castle. I eventually had to ask one of the townsponies where I could find the Canterlot Opera House. But they all just took one look at me and ran. I had forgotten, because only ponyville ponies knew about me, all the others were oblivious and as such still saw me as a strange and terrifying creature.

It took me a while, but eventually I found a guard.

"Excuse me, but do you know where I can find the Canterlot Opera House?" I asked.

"If you can't find it, then take this map." The stallion said with out so much as a blink or movement. It almost seemed as though he was a statue except for the mouth moving part. He levitated a scroll to me and I snatched it out of the air. Opening it up, I noticed that Canterlot was laid out in districts. There was the Market district, The Housing District, The Night District, which contained so many night clubs it was laughable. I didn't know ponies had night clubs, It also had what I was looking for.

The Entertainment District.

I followed a path on the map, stuggling to look at the map and watch were I was going. I never was any good with navigation. I turned left on a path that lead to an alleyway which would put me right past the Canterlot Opera House. As I walked I happened to look left and right down different alleyways, until I saw one where a stallion was trying to force himself on a young mare. She was a dark green and her mane was hanging straight.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" I asked loudly, hoping it would scare him off. It didn't.

"What do you ca-" He said and stopped as he turned to find me standing there. He had never seen me before so it wasn't surprising that he would become afraid and run.

I walked over and helped the mare up.

"Thank you so much. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get out of that alive." She said.

"It was nothing. Literally. So why aren't you afraid?" I asked, wondering why she too wasn't running.

"Oh, I'm Sour Patch, I'm from Ponyville, and I was visiting relatives here in Canterlot. I know who you are. You're the human thing that started a herd with some mare's in Ponyville." She explained smiling.

"Ah, I see. Well, It was nice meeting you miss Patch." I said smiling charmingly, causing her to blush a lot. I think I may had over done it.

"Oh, please just call me Sour Patch. And it was really nice meeting you too." She replied as she left the alleyway. I walked with her until I reached the alleyway I had been following. I continued on until I found the Opera House. I walked to the front, but decided against going through. After the welcome's I had been receiving today, I figured it would be best not to chance it. Instead I took the map and made my way to where the castle was.

It took me a while and I ended up sending more and more ponies scattering out of my way. I knew it was bad, but I had to admit, it was kind of nice to not have to wait for them to move or to have to push through them. After about an hour of walking I made it to the front gate of the Castle where two guards where standing. I went to walk through and they both stepped aside. I smiled knowing that I would have the privilege of coming to the Castle whenever I wanted.

I followed the halls and doors as I made my way to Luna's room. When I got to it, the door was of course closed. I walked up and knocked three times.

"Sister, or whoever is out there, we- I said I did not want to be bothered unless it involves Alan or a catastrophe." Luna said form within. I smiled when she said my name. It was good to know that I was always on her mind. Feeling like I wanted a good laugh I knocked again and stepped over to the side of the door.

The door came flying open and Luna strode out.

"I thought I said to go away?" Luna said obviously annoyed, and she became curious when nopony was there. Then Alan stepped out and quickly without her seeing him, placed a kiss on her cheek. She whipped her head around to scold whoever had done it, only to find me standing there, smiling.

"Alan!" She said happily as she rushed forward and hugged me, "We- I missed you."

"I missed you too Luna. If you don't mind I wanted to talk to you." I said.

"Is something wrong?" She asked.

"No nothing's wrong." I replied.

"Well then come in, I don't mind the company, especially if it's you." she said blushing.

I followed her in and sat down on her bed.

"So what is it you wanted to talk about?" she asked.

"I was wondering if you have ever been on a date?" I asked, hoping this would go the way I wanted it.

"To be honest we- I haven't been on a date since I was... banished." She said, her head hanging a bit on the last word.

"No worries, I'm not here to upset you Luna, but the reason I asked was because I was wondering if you would like to come see the Canterlot Orchestra with me?"

"I...what?! Art thou serious!!!" Luna said happily, accidentally lapsing into her old speech.

"I am, But I talked to Twilight about it, and we figured it would be easier if you went disguised, so as to not attract unwanted attention as she put it." I explained.

"Um, pray tell what disguise are you talking about?" she asked.

"Well, we were thinking you could cast a spell to make yourself look like a normal pony. And you could use a fake name." I said.

"It would make things that much easier. But before we leave, my sister and I would like to talk to you about something that has recently come to our attention. If you will follow me." she said as she exited her room, a smile on her face.

I followed her out into the hall, closing the door behind me, and down the hallway as she brought me to the study. I still remembered my last visit to the study. She opened the door and my eyes went wide. There standing and talking to Celestia, was the guy from my dream.

"Hello Alan. Alan, may I introduce Conner." Celestia said motioning toward him.

"Sup."

Author's Note

Hey guys, new chapter! Yay! Hope you guys enjoy this one. I hope you all enjoyed seeing Sour Patch again, trust me I have a plan for her. Anyway, I also have somethin up ma sleeve with Conner and I can assure you he will be pretty important. Also Next chapter will be a Night Shade chapter, so if you don't like him, don't read it, it's not directly essential to the plot but its a bit of nice little romance with him and Twilight. I mean come on, Twilight deserves a little love after her rejection from Luna.

Other than that, I hope you all continue to enjoy this as I crank out more and more chapters.

-StormHoof