As he walked towards the schoolhouse his mind kept wondering about this group and what they might be capable of. He very well knew about this group from when he had been jumped by the three stallions, which the others thought he had gotten lucky with that fight but he knew he had some fighting training from his world. Then there was his attacker who just been found dead in Manehatton.

Everything about this group made him wonder what lengths would they go to in order to kill or even hurt him. What if the next time they didn't target him but target somepony he cared about? He really couldn't handle it if they did do that and knowing it was his fault.

"I see the guard talked to you about your attacker,' He looked up to see Ginger.

"Yeah, but how did you know they found him?" He asked.

"A few rumors going around, especially about how and why the Investigation Unit of the guards was in town." Ginger answered.

"Hmm, alright but how's everything? Did you guys decide if you want to know what's in the egg?" He asked hoping to change the subject.

"Did Tallia not tell you? We decided to leave everything a secret for right now. Also from the look on your face before I came up, you seemed pretty worried about something. Is it about the rumors of that group?" The question made him nod. "Well, it makes sense but try not to think about it. Even if this group tried anything it wouldn't get through now, especially after last time. Heard they got rid of some guards who might have helped that stallion who attacked you."

"That's good to hear I guess, but I'm still worried about it. But can we please talk about something else so I won't drive myself crazy?" He asked with pleading eyes.

"Yup, mostly because I was headed over to your place anyways." This made him raise an eyebrow. "Tallia's parents are coming into town and were wanting to meet the local human."

"Huh, did you guys just find this out?" He asked making Ginger nod.

"Her parents are very busy, they are the leading Archeologist in their field after all. So Tal sent me to give you and your herd an invite, and could you talk to Derpy about bringing Dinky?" Ginger asked making him give a little smile.

"Sure can, though hope you have room for one more." This time Ginger raised an eyebrow. "No, I didn't get any of them pregnant if it's even possible. It's just that I put in some paperwork to foster a filly, and thanks to Celestia pulling some strings we got her earlier than expected."

"No way! Man, I'm so happy for you and I know Tallia is going to flip when she hears! But, does this filly knows you eat meat because Tallia is going to be cooking dinner, which is tonight by the way." Ginger said.

"No, haven't told her yet since yesterday was her first day here. As for the meat, remind Tallia to set up a few places in a different room, Lyra and Derpy can barely stand the smell of cooked meat let alone seeing somepony eat it." He said making Ginger give a nod.

"At least they accept that you eat meat and I'll pass it along. Just prepared because you think Tallia is bad sometimes, her father is a lot worse." Ginger said.

"Either way I'm looking forward to it, and I'm sure Dinky and Grace will adore your little filly. I better be going though got to pick up a permission slip and also start enrollment for Grace." He said starting to walk back to the school.

"Alright, I'll see you later then! Also, I love that name Grace, hope you enjoy being a dad I know I have!" Ginger said before heading back to his place.

As he was walking he appreciated the distraction of having something to look forward tonight as it gave him something to think about. He remembered Tallia's dad found what they believed was an ancient village that was made by humans. Which got him to think of questions he should ask the griffon, especially about the myths surrounding the humans that could have been here long ago.

He talked to Cheerilee and got the permission slip and enrollment papers and after thanking her after signing the permission slip, and promising to have the enrollment stuff in before long he made his way back home. Which by that time Grace and Dinky were back and the plumber must have come because the kitchen sink was running. After setting the enrollment papers down on the coffee table he called them all into the living room.

"So, we are invited to dinner at Ginger's and Tallia's tonight. Turns out her parent finally got some free time and wants to meet a real-life human." He said after they sat down.

"Are you going to be eating meat?" Derpy asked making him nod.

"What?! You eat meat?" Grace looked at him in surprise, though he felt she was asking more out of curiosity than anything.

"Yeah, I do and that's why I'm gaining a bit of muscle." He said making the filly give him a cute little smile.

"Well, that's okay by me! Hey Dinky, you want to go play with Daisy?" Grace asked and as the two fillies went to find the rat he called out.

"Be careful with her, she's still recovering from her cold!" He said. "Though didn't even know they could catch colds."

"Eh, what can ya do? So are we not going to talk about what happened?" Lyra asked.

"I'm looking forward to dinner," He said making it clear he didn't want to talk about it right now.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to meeting the great Greyfor Acro and his wife Tiny," Luna said.

After that, Derpy helped him start filling out the enrollment papers while Luna and Lyra went to check on the fillies. As he worked he couldn't help but look at Derpy and saw her making a cute look as she concentrated. Though when she noticed him staring she stuck her tongue out, and he couldn't help himself but give her a kiss.

"Eeww, I think we're going to go back to Grace's room!" Dinky said before they ran off making the four of them give a laugh.

"Aw, to be young like that again," Luna said after they all calmed down. "But do you know what time we are supposed to head over to their house?"

"Well, next train won't be here for another thirty minutes now, if they took the train of course. So I guess we could at least start getting ready to go." He answered getting up. "Let's finish this enrollment stuff tomorrow."

They managed to get both fillies out of Grace's room with the promise that they'll get some pie for dessert. As they went out the door he once again felt a sense of peace as he looked at the group. It really was moments like this you had to cherish while you still have the chance, even as another headache came on he didn't let it show.

"Hey, Tallia I see them coming!" Ginger yelled as they came down the street.

"Yo, Gins what's been going on!" Lyra said once they came to the house.

"Just waiting for her parents now, just go inside and make yourselves comfortable. Hey girls, would you mind keeping an eye on Tiger Lilly for me?" Ginger asked Grace and Dinky, who the former nodded shyly while Dinky answered with a big old smile and yup. "They are cute little fillies you guys have you know? I'm sure they'll be good sisters if you guys ever get married."

"Ginger don't go and be teasing them! I'm sure they'll talk about that when they're nice and ready." Tallia said walking out the door. "It's good to see you all, and I'm really happy for you Brandon!"

At that, the Griffin insisted on giving him a hug and told him he would do a good job raising Grace. They went into the house to really talk and catch up a bit though he did ask Tallia if she knew about any of the myths about humans from here. She did but told him to wait until her dad gets there because if there was one thing he liked to talk about, it's those myths.

"Oh, by the way, Brandon are you interested in Griffons?" Tallia asked making him raise an eyebrow.

"Depends what you mean," He answered making Tallia give a little laugh.

"You know what I mean because I got this friend who'll be coming to visit around the same time as your one-year anniversary of being here party. I was hoping to see if you would be interested in taking her to the party as well?" Tallia asked as she dug out a picture. "Here's me and her at a dig from an old fishing village."

He took the picture and looked at it and he could see Tallia with a big smile as she had a claw around a mostly red feathered Griffin, who had a strip of darker red down her back. As he looked she seemed pretty to him as she smiled in the picture. As he gave the picture back he had to ask a few questions.

"She looks very pretty if you ask me, but why don't you guys take her if your old friends?" He asked.

"Well, me and her write and she asked me about you one time. After I sent her a picture of you and told her what you were like she couldn't get enough. I would appreciate if you gave her a chance," Tallia said.

"He would be glad to, it's written all over his face that he digs her. Besides, if you didn't notice his wings gave him away." Lyra said dodging a smack to the arm as she laughed.

"I would, but I'm not even sure if there's like a limit to how many you can have in a herd." He said still giving Lyra a little glare. "I mean she's pretty, but there's something I need to work out with somepony, and I have that date with Sparks and I want to see where that goes. Not to mention I already have to deal with these three nutballs."

"No rush, and to answer your question a mare or stallion can have up to eight if they so desired. Her name is Baron by the way, and I really do hope you mean that you do like her and will at least consider it." Tallia said.

"Can't believe you Tallia dear, trying to hook him up with Baron when we're waiting for your folks." Ginger said with a little smile.

"Shut it, or you'll be kicked out of bed again!" Tallia said making the couple give each other a smile before giving a little peck.

"I will think about it, and I'm looking forward to meeting her." He looked at the picture one last time before giving it back, he knew he already had his hands full with everything but Tallia and Ginger had been good friends so he wanted to give any friends of their a chance, even if it is going on a date with them.

"Talli! We're here!" At that, Tallia let out a small groan before answering the door. "Where's my granddaughter!"

"She's in her room playing with their foals," Tallia said pointing to the group.

"Fine, but I get to have extra time with her before I leave!" A Griffin who he assumed was Tiny came in and stopped in a bit of shock.

"You always get extra time with her before we leave dear, and hello there Brandon was it?" Another Griffin walked in who he knew was Greyfor, and by the way when he talked he sounded like he spent too much time in the desert without water.

"Nice to meet you guys, heard you were looking for me?" He said giving a joking smile.

"Heh, nice one but to be more specific we are looking for the remains of a species of human who is extinct. But you will do just fine for our research as you may shed light on what your early humans from your world were like." Greyfor made him feel like he was just cheap replica you would find in a gift shop.

"Stop being rude, who cares if he's not from this world? The point is he's here, and we are sooo glad you meet our daughter!" Tiny said giving Tallia a side hug.

"Seriously? I'm right here you know!" Ginger said though Tiny seemed to ignore him.

"The boy is right dear, she already made her choice." Listening to Greyfor really sounded like someone rubbing sandpaper together, though he didn't say it. "I am sorry, she can be stubborn at times. Now judging by your expression you look like you have questions, as do I. So, let's trade one for one?"

"Uh, sure let's do that," He answered.

"Wait, before you drill him let's have dinner, or at least be eating when you start," Tallia mumbled going into the kitchen and at that they heard their stomachs growl.

"Wait, then why don't I smell the meat?" Lyra asked.

"Since we live in town, we have a special stove and grill the absorbs the smell. It's actually quite easy to get them!" Ginger said going to the kitchen.

"That reminds me, I know you two have a little bit of a weak stomach to watching somepony eat meat so would you like to eat in the living room?" Tallia asked looking between Lyra and Derpy.

"Huh, always figured they were omnivores," He heard Greyfor say before the Griffin wrote something down.

"So, Greyfor can you tell me about the myths surrounding the humans who did live here?" He asked as they settled things.

"Only if you tell me about your world," Greyfor replied making him nod.

"Time to eat!" Tallia called and soon the two older fillies came in with the younger one riding on Dinky

They all went into the kitchen, Lyra and Derpy made their plates first and went to the living room. After explaining Dinky went in with them but Grace seemed a little curious to actually see somepony eat meat. As they all took spots around the kitchen table that's when the conversation really started.

"So, you want to know about the humans of our world? There isn't too much proof only a few drawings and a possible village was found. But what we do have is a good bit of stories that's been passed down from generation to generation in certain families.

You see that's where the connection really starts to make sense, as a lot of these stories that's been passed down all seem very similar to each other in a lot of ways. But what our family has found is that long before ponies officially claimed this land as Equestria it once belonged to humans. What many ponies don't know is how we know this is because there was one attempt before the three tribes came here in mass to colonize this land." Greyford said.

"Huh, so you think that's why certain families have stories because of that attempt?" Luna asked.

"We do, as we managed to actually find this attempt at a town. According to what we found there they were outsides in their kingdoms, exiles who decided to band together. Only like I said these lands were already claimed, at first these ponies thought they were just some kind of Monkey or Ape. But they learned quickly that these were no normal monkeys, they were vastly smarter.

You see from what we found in writings from this village it talks about how they were being attacked by them. It took a while from what we read and seen since they seemed to have been able to build several houses and shops. Again, according to the writings they were relentless.

But with the new discovery of a possible human tribe or village, we get to view a whole new side. We can't say for sure it was human-made but the way things were designed and after meeting you all give credence to the theory. From what we translated so far, it may not have been the humans who were necessarily in the wrong.

Resources were already tough to find for them, unlike ponies who thanks to magic and such could find said resources easily. According to these writings, this made the local humans upset since those resources were rare for them. To top it off the exiles refused to deal or trade with them at all." Greyfor said making everpony in the room go a little wide eye.

"Hmm, if true and these exiles had to leave because of how badly the humans were attacking and they went back to their kingdom they could have sought sanctuary. Integrated back into pony society with only their side of the story, and not all of it good. I wonder if Lyra is descendent from one of those families, but it does make me wonder what happened to the human tribes?" Luna asked.

"That is the question we've been trying to answer for a while now Princess. It could have been the ponies put a curse on the humans, or it could be that the ponies took the resources that they gathered to buy their way back into their kingdoms. Thus leaving the humans very little to none that they could find, or be able to get to without the help of ponies." It was Tiny who said that.

"Without those resources, whatever it might have been, they would have all...' He didn't finish since Grace seemed really interested.

"That's the main theory we're going with, but now tell me about your world and how humans are there. Maybe we can figure out more of how our humans thought with what you told us." Greyfor suggested.

"Alright, but just being clear there are good myths about the humans here right?" He asked.

"Yes, not all encounters with them were bad," Tiny answered.

At that, he started to tell them the history of his world and what they were like in ancient times. As he told them he really could tell Grace was taking an extra interest in what he was saying. The only time he was interrupted was when he had to eat.

Author's Notes:

Hope you all enjoyed and remember to smile, smile, smile!