Past

You tossed and turned as you tried sleeping your eyes weren't heavy whatsoever, you removed the blanket from your body jumping off the bed and walking towards the balcony. You opened the window doors and walked out to see Las Pegasus in the distant. Living on the side of a mountain had its advantages specifically the view.

"Man I wish I can go there one day." You said to yourself

The only reason you wanted to go there was the overabundance of light. Sure there was technology in the castle but lights were an object that kept you safe.

You looked down towards Canterlot's street to have a sense of magic surround you.

You went towards your desk and quickly grabbed your binoculars. You looked through them you looked at several ponies who walked around town.

"Man I feel creepy looking at random ponies." You said to no one in particular.

"Well I'm watching you and I don't feel creepy." A girlish voice said with a giggle

"Who said that?!" You shouted before turning around to see nobody.

"I did." You turned once more to see a human girl her smile devious and somewhat appealing.

You were about to let out a scream but she put a hand over your mouth you looked into her eyes which seemed oddly colored.

"I'm Eris and what's your name?" Eris wore a brown dress with a puffy skirt to match her top. The lacing on her chest's top made it look like she had trouble tying it.

"D-Dante." She smiled and grabbed your hand walking you towards your bed as she jumped up and down on it. Creating a lot of noise that would surely get you in trouble.

"Sweet pad you got here so you a noble or something?" She asked as kept jumping on the bed.

"No I'm a prince. Princess Celestia's son to be exact you're not suppose to be here so please leave." You said with a glare as she had stopped only looking at you before giggling and falling to the ground.

"You're funny. So what do you wanna do tonight?" She asked almost as if she ignored what you had said to her.

"Um hello aren't you suppose to be leaving?" Again she only ignored you and walked over to your dresser and pulled out the necklace Celestia had given you. It was something you kept as a good luck charm it was a fire ruby surround by gold and silver linings with a platinum chain holding it together. It was in the shape of the sun which made it even more special seeing as your mother Cutie Mark was of the sun and her job had to do of controlling her celestial body. You asked who controlled the moon but your mother would always get upset and tell you that it was someone close to her.

You stopped questioning her about the sun and the moon after you grew out of the phase of asking unwanted questions.

"So what's this your mommy give to you?" She asked in a mocking tone

"Hey don't touch that!" You yanked it from her hands as you placed it back in its rightful place.

"Sorry jeez lighten up a little I'm only teasing." Eris said rolling her eyes.

"Would you please just leave I'm going to get in trouble if you're here?"

"And why would you get in trouble nobody else can see me so what's the fuss?" You walked over to the mirror as she stood by you only to see your own reflection and nobody else's.

"How...how did you-"

"Uphuphuph lets just say I'm magical. So now you need to get some sleep if your mommy sees that you're up then she'll ground you and we wouldn't want that."

"You're a jerk you know that. But I suppose you're right." She only nodded as she put her hands to her hips before you entered bed Eris followed suit and hugged you as you laid down. For some reason you felt her skin on yours she was warm as her hair tickled your ears making you feel extremely uncomfortable.

"You aren't leaving aren't you?"

"Nope you'll have to deal with me best friend."

The next day...

"Mom I'll look like an idiot." You said to Celestia as she had you get ready to be dressed up in a suit. This was suppose to be your first grand galloping gala as Celestia's newly adopted son. You were currently getting a fitting for a suit that you didn't want but Celestia insisted on getting you. Celestia wore a long white dress with a rather sizable window for her cleavage to show, she also wore many types of jewelry that made her look stunning, you were oddly enough okay with this. She is your mother and you rarely saw any suitors trying to steal her away from you. If anyone tried even getting close to her you'd have Eris think of a plan to get rid of said pony. You might've met her yesterday, but you knew that Eris is willing to do anything for you and candy.

Deep down you were a momma's boy. Boy you'd change in a few years when you'd do stupid things for attention.

"Oh hush Dante I'd say that you'd look rather handsome don't you agree Cadence." Celestia asked as she walked over to you.

"Of course my little bro looks so adorable." Cadence practically squeaked as she happily hugged you making you feel much more like an idiot. Cadence wore pink mini skirt with a black button up shirt which made it look like she wasn't even trying to be fashionable.

The only reason you had agreed to do this was to get both your mother and sister off your back. But somehow you got guilt tripped into getting a fitting.

"But the Gala's in a few weeks and the suit won't be ready for a long time I mean it'll take a long time for it just to be set and done." You reasoned but to no avail as they had said that one of the up and coming dress maker's had been creating a suit that you'd see for.

The doors opened to reveal a rather stylish looking mare.

"Hello Ms.Finish this is my son Dante and he's a little shy about getting his new outfit for the gala."

"More like upset and unwanting." You mumbled as you felt Cadence pinch your back telling you to shush up.

"Well children are always reluctant when receiving something they don't enjoy." She stated with a smile

You were a little hesitant about the idea and you wanted to hurry it up. Eris would surely cause mischief and annoy the crap out of you.

Cadence decided to stay with you as you had your measurements taken, Photo Finish was pretty focused on her work. It looked like she was just trying to focus on you and you alone not wanting to mess up a single thing. You then thought about her name if she was a designer then why would her name be something like Photo Finish that name would belonged to a photographer. You were ultimately confused and decided not to go any further risking you'd hurt yourself for thinking about it too long.

"Hmmm you've certainly have the poise for a child model young colt." Photo Finish said with a smile

"I've always thought that he would look adorable in clothing to match his personality." Cadence giggled as she walked over to you.

"Wouldn't you like that Dante?"

"What?! No I don't want-" You received a pinch on the shoulder from Cadence

"Perfect. I could arrange a photo shoot later in the week we'll go over the photos and study them making sure to correct small blemishes if there are any." You sighed as you weren't in this discussion whatsoever.

After they had finished up the measurements you had time to walk around the castle as you looked into several rooms you found a particularly interesting room. The room was the treasury you've never seen so much gold before and this was the first time you'd ever got to see anything extremely shiny.

"Wow so much gold." Eris said with amazement as she appeared beside you.

"You can say that again." You took a step into the treasury and walked forward and looked at the several jewels and bits laying around the vault. You and Eris began to search all over the vault looking at documents that were either peace treaties or other assortments. They were kept in impenetrable glass cases almost as if they were important to Equestria which they probably were come to think of it, you and Eris were using Equestria's treasury as playground.

"Hey check this out!" Eris shouted as tossed you a jet black diamond.

"Holy shoot I never seemed a diamond like that before."

"Take it could be cool to have a memento from our little journey." You nodded slipping the diamond into your pocket and walking out the door.

As you walked past guards they politely bowed or nodded making sure you were safe at all times.

"So these guards don't do much huh? I guess they're pretty serious about keeping you safe." You nodded as that was their job to protect and serve anyone who lived around the castle. Or at least you thought.

"Hey, what else can we do here I mean all we've been doing is stealing and acting innocent." Eris was correct about the whole thing you did steal from Equestria and acting innocent about the whole thing, then again the diamond did look cool.

"Wanna sneak out later tonight?" You asked

"Sure!" Eris happily walked beside you as she had followed you towards the kitchen. You were hungry and asked the kitchen staff to make you a ham sandwich. It was a pretty normal meal for you. Jalopéno flavored kettle potato chips,a ham sandwich,and soda was your lunch.

"So why aren't you pony? I mean if you're magical shouldn't you be an alicorn or at least a unicorn?" You asked taking a bite of your sandwich.

"Nah I'm just different."

"Different how?" You asked

"Well this isn't my real form I just chose a form I thought you'd like. Plus you'd think I'm a freak if I show you my true form." Eris seemed upset as you pushed away your food and stated at her.

"Look if we're going to be friends we need to trust each other and that means sharing secrets." Eris looked at you as she nodded a bright glow happened as she showed you her true form.

Words couldn't express the feeling you had seeing her like that.

"You look amazing!" You shouted happily as you saw her true form being a mix of different animals body parts she was magical and yet still appealing to you.

"You think so?" She asked shyly

"Of course! Now it's time for my secret. I can sing any song with ease like I can mimic someponies voice and sing it like them." Eris couldn't help but laughed as she thought of the possibilities of what songs you could sing.

"We gotta test it out." Next Chapter: 5.Boast Busters Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 3 Minutes