Hello everypony, I give you another chapter of the newest story.

Enjoy this chapter, but remember that it is only going to get better, especially when Cadance comes in and wants him back.

But let's not forget the mares that tried to hurt him, but who said they did it out of spite...maybe they did it because of jealousy...

Which is why I am going to post a poll over the entire thing so we can get the best results for the best drama. Once you read this there will be a poll up revolving around the three mares and Twilight.

I know some of you wanted a Twilight Romance immediately, but I decided to put in real life actions that hurt when used.

Prepare for the real life torture of our character being used by the alicorn, but only because she needed to have real love in her life. Oh this is going to be good, and I am confident you enjoy it because now we are very close to Cadance coming into the story.

Oh and I am debating on a little bit of combat going on here. Maybe next chapter an Ursa Major versus James' Full Form of...Susano.

Maybe...

Anyway, enjoy.

Oh the joy of going to someone's house so that I could get some new clothes. Of course that went through my mind sarcastically as Twilight jerked me across town to her friend's house so that I was more civil looking in the town of Ponyville.

What she didn't know is that her point of view was very different than from what others thought of me when out in public. Being scarred all over made me isolate myself from most ponies because they believe I am a monster that has such markings because I escaped from hunters.

I know, stupid right.

Being social is not the best thing for me, especially when around ponies that are very judgmental. However it is safe to say that the purple alicorn did not judge me for being so scarred and mysterious about myself, which is surprising since I expected her to ask me questions until the cows came home. Can't say that it is a bad thing, but I can say that she is the first pony to persuade me into having a relationship again.

Most importantly, what she didn't know was that her kindness gave me a reason to be human again.

Only problem with that is she was taking me to a place to be clothed by a mare that is apparently one of her best friends and the fashion queen of this town. Luckily I had my cloak on because the ponies were staring at us as the destination of her run came into view. She told me that it was all frou-frou and upkeep with bows and other things, but I never really expected her to be serious.

Now the fun began with entering the house.

Twilight took no time in letting me gain my balance at the door; instead she used magic to open it and dart inside with me still being held by her wing. I heard a bell rang as we entered, meaning that it was signal for a customer entering, but my careful thinking of my surroundings did not happen. The next place I sat was a nearby couch that Twilight pushed me into; well shoving is more accurate since the press of her hooves against my chest would give normal humans bruises.

"Wait here" she chirped, then in a flash of light she was gone.

Now I was left alone in this strange house with no idea as to what I should in here besides twiddling my thumbs and keeping my hoodie over so no one saw my face. I doubt other ponies would feel the same way Twilight felt about my scars, let alone be friendly when they see that I have the eyes of Sharingan and Rinnegan.

Minutes went on by before something actually happened with Twilight and the mare she was wanting me to meet. But the reaction I was expecting did not come because of the two yelling as they returned downstairs. Twilight was sounding desperate while the other was being firm and sort of scolding as I watched in waiting for them to make an appearance.

"Maybe I should leave" I said to myself, knowing this was probably going to get ugly between me and the mare she calls Rarity.

Unfortunately for me it did get ugly, but in a way that consists of a silent heartache when you feel that you were used for a rebound. I say that because the argument the two were having was about Twilight being in a relationship with me.

All I could do was watch them finally return downstairs, but Twilight was losing whatever battle with the unicorn that had a twirled mane and tail. She was elegant and very beautiful for just a unicorn, but her nature of being a friend to Twilight was showing with her pointing at me while she spoke firmly.

"You just the stallion and you kissed him!?" she yelled, receiving a nod from the alicorn that was on the verge of tears.

I was already on the defensive for Twilight, ready to summon my keyblades until she made some sense that actually clicked in my mind. Not sure how, but something told me it was the right thing to do.

"But Rarity I-"

"No buts Twilight! Now tell him the truth and set things straight!" the unicorn spat, winning whatever battle that went on between them as I sat there with curiosity across my face.

If my hoodie was off they would have seen it, but something told me to keep it on while the alicorn sadly approached. I was getting a good idea as to what was happening now, pretty sure that she was wanting to take things slow as just friends for now, but something in my gut was telling me that Twilight was about to tell me something I don't want to hear.

Taking things slow is great for me, but seeing that sad look on her made my chest tighten and my stomach clench. Whatever she was about to say was going to be hurtful and possibly going to make me retreat to my shell that I've been in for a millennia.

The unicorn, Rarity, was having the same sadness on her expression now, which meant what she was having the alicorn do made her pity the both of us.

Now I was afraid.

"James" she whispered with no energy in her voice, no feeling that was hinted in my name.

"Yes?" I questioned and she looked up to me with a sight I did not want to see.

I'm use to it from other mares, but this mare made a piece of me feel human again. That part of me was wishing for her to not cry, begging for her to dry the tears that were falling as she looked up to me with what looked to be fear of how I would react.

To my dismay it was heartache, and another reason to be in my shell once more.

"I was hiding a secret from you"

"A secret?" I questioned.

"Yes...I...do have trouble trusting stallions...but...I just came out of a relationship with another stallion because he cheated on me. I...I still like you, but maybe we should start by-"

I knew where this was going, and to be honest I was not happy about because she and that damn dragon in her house just lied to me. Spike lied to me by saying she has not been with another stallion, but Twilight was keeping it secret that she just broke up with another stallion.

My heart was hurting again, it was in pain and I was begging for it to stop as my hands curled into fists. It was hurting so much, my chest was hurting so much that I wanted to take a knife and plunge it through so that the pain would stop.

This pain was too much, and she knew it was because my eyes began to water while the unicorn approached. This alicorn just used me to make herself feel better, make herself not fall into depression by making me her rebound.

The kiss, the hug, this morning when she touched me where I am still innocent. It was all just to make me her rebound and I fell for it like the damn fool I have been for one thousand years.

I was right all along, I was right from the start and now it is proven by this alicorn. All mares are nothing but lying bitches that want to crush a stallion's heart to pieces before throwing them away like trash, before they crush their self-esteem and confidence in finding the right mare.

There was no set of words that could describe the anger I felt as Twilight tried to make me understand where she was going with this. Hatred and anger filling my empty heart as she nuzzled me and tried to make it so that what happened this morning was just a fluke.

"I do like you James, but Rarity is right that we should be friends first. Can we do that?" Twilight pointed out, questioning where I stand on the matter of being in a relationship or just being friends for the time being.

No, this is not right, this is not fair. I felt human again, I felt like a person that has a reason to live again, I felt like I had purpose. I promised to make her happy and protect her because of this 'Flash Sentry' did to her, I promised all that and she just threw back in my face.

First Cadance, then Celestia and Luna trying to kill me because I would not have a herd with them in it, and now this damn alicorn using me as her rebound. No I won't let this stand, I will not let myself be humiliated again, I WILL NOT BE FUCKED WITH AGAIN!

"Get off of me!" I growled angrily, pushing the alicorn off my lap before I stood up and stormed to the door with the desire of never wanting to see her again.

I was angry, I was hurting, I was in pain again because of this alicorn and I refuse to let it fall off my shoulders like it was nothing. This is why I have isolated myself from society, this is why I avoided ponies for one thousand years.

"James please don't hate me! I really want to be with you but Rarity is right about us needing to be friends! James please don't walk away!" Twilight yelled out the door, but I continued to stomp with such force that the ground was shaking with each step I took.

I ignored Twilight, I ignored her and the unicorn that was calling out to me as ponies watched in fear of the aura I was radiating. My power was on the verge of exploding, I was on the verge of going super human while my heart ached with nothing but the pain of being used by that damn pony.

Twilight was desperate in stopping me, so desperate that she ran in front of me and put her hooves on my torso while her friend spoke to sway my mind of the anger I was feeling.

"Sir please stop and listen. I didn't expect this to affect you since you both just met, but I see it was wrong of me to step in what you both have. I take back what I said, I am sorry for-"

"James please stop, please listen to us, please James I'm sorry for listening to her. James I want to be-"

"Get your hooves off of me now!" I screamed at the top of lungs, then showed just how much of a threat I was by activating my Rinnegan and using it to remove the two nuisances that were in my way.

With the Rinnegan I used the Almighty Push at a low level that pushed the two away without hurting or tripping them. Most guys would turn to see where the victims landed, but I knew they were alright so I kept walking out of the town with only the intention of coming back to buy groceries and other essentials.

If I needed something I would retrieve in the night and leave the bits on the table. Of course that is breaking and entering, but technically I would be leave the proper amount that is needed to pay for what I buy.

With nothing left to say to Twilight or that bitch she calls a friend, I crouched and flared my aura before taking in the sky towards the one place that no one would look to find me. I returned to that place to see if things changed, but found myself standing in a broken castle with no one to remember me because the archives were burnt to the ground.

Everything about me was destroyed so that I was a ghost in Equestria, or in this case I would be someone that never existed in history because Celestia and Luna did not want their greatest mistake to be known.

Not even a note was left for me on the seventh day I returned after running away. I assumed they calmed down, but all I found was everyone of my possessions turned to ash and every piece of history about me in the personal archive burnt to nothingness.

I was in the sky now, high above the clouds and returning to the castle that would make me nonexistent.

The Old Castle of Canterlot.

"Goodbye society" I said to myself, embracing the loneliness again as I flew over the Everfree Forest with no intention of stopping to reconcile with what I just did to Twilight and her friend.

Why would I though, why would I go back and try to reconcile with a mare that spent a whole twenty-four hours trying to make me her sex rebound?

I would know that it was over sex because she had hoof in my pants this morning.

My mind was clouded with judgment of my choices, but the anger and hatred in my soul was directing me toward the castle that was now in sight. I was returning home to a dump that I would have to rebuild in order to sustain a lifestyle where I live alone.

Well I would not say alone, not when I do have a companion that is travelling the world right now. She's an albino snake that I gave vast intellect and the ability to speak after I found her wondering the mountain sides where dragons migrate. After a bit of imagination and magic I made her into a giant snake that I can summon no matter where she is in Equestria.

Yeah, snake summoning from Naruto, but this is very different. Instead of making symbols and drawing blood I just use a little magic to summon her from wherever she is in Equestria, meaning she is not in some other realm like it explains in the cartoon.

I call her Rain because I found her injured on a rainy day with multiple cuts from an eagle trying to eat her. Luckily I remembered that albino snakes are rare in Equestria, so I rescued her and used my imagination to create healing magic that would speed up her body's healing process.

Then came the intellect and speaking, which led to her thanking me and forever being in debt to me. But in the end I just told her we could be friends that help out one another when needed.

Wow, come to think of it I am very wrong about having no friends. Technically Rain is my only friend, so that means I am wrong.

Who'd a thunk it?

"There it is" I said to myself with some joy to be back home in the place where it all started.

Seeing the castle in sight, I teleported inside the old fortress and calmed myself down before doing anything that would be a bad thing. I breathed a little to get my anger under control and surveyed the castle to see it was still the same dump I found it as a thousand years ago.

Why it was like this made me curious, but if it involved the princesses being hurt then I did not give a damn whatsoever. What they did was wrong and downright cruel, what they did forever scarred me with the idea that no one wants to be around me.

Well I was wrong on that because Twilight wanted me around, but only so that I could be her damn rebound.

I admit that I did have feelings for Celestia and Luna, but I was faithful to Cadance and she did not want to share me with anyone. So in the end my faithfulness backfired with the pink alicorn abandoning me when her aunts tried to end my life because they were jealous of how much I loved her.

That's in the past though. Right now I don't know what I would do if I saw them again; maybe avoid them or try to make them feel the same pain I felt when they betrayed me. Not sure if I still have feelings for all three princesses, but I was not going to try and find out when I am perfectly fine with how my life is right now.

Living away from society is how I liked it then and it is how I like it now.

"Okay, now for a little help" I said to myself with a little excitement before getting started with the refurbishment of my old home.

After a couple minutes of pondering how I should fix the place up I clap my hands together and summoned Rain to the castle, forgetting that she is a giant snake that can demolish the place.

Luckily she appeared in anaconda size, thanks to me giving her that size changing ability years ago. She was still as awesome looking as ever with those pure white scales and yellow eyes that could put an Ursa Major in fear. She was confused of being summoned, but turned her head to me and expressed her happiness with a glowing smile that is hard to see most of the time.

To others it looked evil, but I knew it was her way of expressing happiness.

"Jamesss...hello old friend" she hissed, then to my surprise slithered over to me and gently wrapped herself around my body to where I felt the warmth come off of her.

Definitely a weird hug, but it was still nice to feel from the serpent I saved so long ago.

"Hello Rain. Been busy lately?" I greeted in return while rubbing her head, giving her some affection that she has been needing for quite awhile.

"Nothing particular, jussst exploring the world while you were away. Ssso tell me why you have called me, are you finally retiring from doing good?" she asked, which is pretty obvious since I promised to summon her after I decided to retire.

Rain knew she was being redundant, but that's how she liked to annoy me whenever we actually spent time together without fighting someone or something. I can't remember the last time we actually had a peaceful night of just spending time together without having it interrupted by some tyrant's assassins trying to kill us.

Well better late than never.

"Yeah I've decided to retire, but now I have to fix this place up so I can have a place to live" I pointed out, reminding her that we are in the old castle of my worst nightmare that came to life.

Rain surveyed it as well, but when she finished she nodded in understanding where I was going with this whole reunion we were having at the moment. With both of us on the same page she released me from her gentle grasp and slithered to the nearest pile of junk that was no longer necessary inside the broken fortress.

"I will throw out the shelvesss and booksss while you repair the place with your magic"

"Sounds like a plan" I chuckled while cracking my knuckles.

With renovations happening I removed my hoodie from head and got to work on repairing the foundation. There was no need to worry about showing my face to Rain because she understood me more than anyone ever could. I could be myself without having someone to judge me or question why I have s many scars on my body, which made things better because she actually worried about me.

I allowed myself to be free with all the renovation going on as the day went on with us having a few laughs throughout the hours. We took a one hour break every three hours and rehydrated ourselves with the old water stream flowing through the gardens once more. There were so many rats around the place that she found herself going to a buffet while I opened my pouch to dump all of my possessions out.

Once the foundation was fixed we worked a couple more hours with cleaning the place up before sitting for dinner. She had her rats and I had my fried vegetables that cooked in a pot that hung in the old fireplace. Hours of hard work paid off with everything looking like new, and it was safe to say that the castle is my home now because it has been abandoned for a thousand years.

It was bright and elegant like I remembered, but it was even better with my only friend resting next to me as the fireplace burned brightly. Can't say I'm worried about other creatures coming near us because I put up some barriers that blocked out any living thing that wishes to hurt us.

Barriers that repel evil basically.

"Man, this is great" I said to the giant snake, making conversation while we ate.

"Indeed, but what will you do now...Lord Jamesss?"

That part caught me off guard, causing me to choke on a piece of celery and stare at her with some amusement and confusion to those words. I can understand why she referred me as royalty, but the fact that she did made it a little uncomfortable because I never have been a prince.

Not even when I dated Cadance.

"You know I am not royalty, so why call me that?" I chuckled, trying to hide my sorrow from the serpent as she slithered over to me.

Our bodies now in contact once more, her long figure wrapped around me like a blanket that I found to be soothing as she spoke with logic that is impossible to deny.

"Thisss isss your cassstle now, which meansss you are the ruler...Prince Jamesss" Rain clarified, reminding me of the old ways about castles and royalty.

I was not taking it lightly, but that's just because I refuse to turn into a royal. Reason being is that I have never met a royal that is kind and gentle to other beings, not a single one in my entire life of exile. I've spent a millennia being a killer of tyrants that wish to hurt others, I've murdered ponies, dragons, and griffons that ascended the throne in other countries, I've even killed their families just to ensure the seed of evil in them does not grow again.

I've been merciful though, allowing the children to live because I knew they would grow up to live the opposite of what their parents acted like. But there was still the fact that I was afraid to be a royal because I don't want to be a monster like them.

I can say to myself I won't become a tyrant, but there is still that risk of becoming cruel ruler and I refuse to risk it.

"I'm not a prince, I'm just James and that's all I will ever be" I reminded her, implying that I refuse to accept the title she was giving me out of her own respect.

I expected Rain to argue with me, but surprisingly she nodded in understanding and just held me closer while the flames flickered with the half-burnt wood. It's warmth licking our bodies as the cold of nighttime crept its way into the castle, trying to take away the comfortable feeling we had from the flames.

Unfortunately I had another pressure of the past put on me by the serpent. A question I did not expect to hear from her for it was taboo to bring up the mare that broke my heart a millennia ago, and the mares that hurt me so badly with their jealousy.

My response was always anger and violence towards whatever object I could destroy, but tonight it was just silence and a deep questioning about myself.

"Do you misss...them?" she asked.

I did not answer that question. Instead I just put my food down and stared at the floor with a deep pondering of the feelings that I have been suppressing for the last one thousand years.

Cadance: The Mare that broke my Heart. Celestia and Luna: The Mares that shattered my Soul with their Jealousy. Did I really miss them, did I really want to see them again or use my powers to make them suffer like I did?

Do I still love all three of them, or do I despise them like the Black Plague?

I don't know and I don't want to know because it has been easier just burying the emotions deep inside my soul, ignoring whatever my heart craved to feel from the three alicorns that hurt me so much.

With no answer to give I just turned away from the serpent's eyes and got comfortable for the night. I found myself leaning into her as the need of sleep came over my eyes, forcing me to drift into darkness while she whispered a few more words that made the night a little better for me.

At least I can say that Rain is my only friend, my one true friend.

"Ressst Jamesss, sssleep in my grasssp. For tomorrow isss a new day"

And just like that I was sound asleep with my only friend guarding me for the entire night, protecting me from any wandering creature while my mind focused on the one question I kept asking myself.

Do I want to see them again?

CHAPTER END.