As I watched Gilgamesh fly into the portal, I turned back to the guards. They looked at me with fear and uncertainty as I approached. What I wasn't expecting, however, was Celestia herself coming up to me with the aid of Shining Armor. "I haven't seen that particular attire at least a thousand years ago." She said looking me up and down in my Butcher attire. The fog quickly picked up around me and I turned back into my normal self, sans the Great Knife.

"iT'S Not... My fault your memory is bad..." I said my voice no longer metallic and garbled. In extreme moments of solace or content, I slowly start changing back into my normal self, my real self. That's what was happening right now. After realizing that something was wrong when Sepulcher was attacking us, I tried to forcefully enter contact with Alessa, only to find she had gone silent. Something was not right, and I had forced myself to become calm before Celestia's guards came to get me.

My form slowly shrunk down, going from an eight foot tall behemoth, to a normal 6"2 man. My beard was scraggly and my hair was mess, and my pants and shirt were ripped. Celestia no longer looked at me with a straight gaze, and bent her head down slightly to look me in the eyes. "So," she said with a hint of surprise, "this is the man behind the mask?"

"Yeah, don't get used to it because this probably gonna be a one time thing." I said waving my hand around. Being as I was, I was extremely vulnerable. Pyramid Head can take stabbing, I can't. Pyramid Head can take arrows, I can't. I sighed before I did the appropriate thing, and bowed in front of Celestia. I saw her shadow perk up one ear, and I looked up at her shocked expression. "I am no longer the one you seek, nor am I one that needs to cause violence. Celestia, I was actually hoping you would come to me, for I have much to discuss with you..."

"So, wait... You mean to tell me, that the reason why you're like this, is because of a ring that a merchant gave you?" Celestia said astonished. I had just finished telling her about the Con, the merchant, and the ring he gave me. At my nod, she continued. "Well, what happened afterwards?"

"That's where it gets fuzzy... I remember putting on the ring, realizing all of this was real, heard a pony scream... everything else just blurs... I remember meeting someone like me, Alice, I think... but that's it... Apparently! Somewhere in the gap, I fought you or vise versa, and suddenly ZAP! In stone. So could you please fill that part in for me?"

She hesitated at first, gulped and nodded. "Well, when we first found you, you were singing..."

"Sister," Luna said trudging through the mud, "Must we hunt him down instead him come to us? After all, our magic knows no equal."

"Neigh, my sister, our enemy has a strong magical resistance that sends those who use it into his realm. I've seen it before used on Lieutenant Chunk." I said as we continued through the forest. Mine and Luna's ears perked up, hearing the rhythmic sound of...

"Music?" We chorused. I looked down at my younger sibling before we went galloping through, hearing the music becoming louder and louder. When we came to the origin, however, we were surprised for the first time in ten years. We saw the monster, The Bane, as ponies called it, holding a small bundle singing softly to it. My sister and I stepped as quietly as possible and looked over the monster's shoulders and saw something we never thought to see again.

A small Fae, with snow white skin and silver hair laid in his arms gently snoring with a smile on her face. Since we were so close to it, I couldn't help but smile at the lyrics it sang.

Sunshine, my only Sunshine...

You make me happy, when skies are grey...

You'll never know, dear, how much I'll love you...

So please, don't go away...

You'll never know, dear, how much I love you...

So don't take~ my Sunshine away...

While, I smiled softly at the behemoth, and the Fae that sat in his arms, Luna on the other hoof, decided it was time in make ourselves known. She called out to it, to which it ignored her. She tried again, and this time thrust a hoof at it. It stopped singing, and the atmosphere changed suddenly. The once green trees turned darker and the clarity of the forest was lost to miles wide mist. We heard it's voice.

"Eva... Evangelin..." There was a small gasp, followed by the Fae speaking. "You... you never called me that before until now... Visk, who are they?" She must've been able to see us through the fog. It told her to wait in the forest, to run as fast as she could. It told her to stay in it's hiding spot, and that he promised he would be back. The King's Blade materialized in his hand and she gave it one last hug before running off into the forest.

"I do not like it when I am interrupted," It said with an even voice. Something I was not used to as it was reported to have a garbled voice, like pony speaking underneath the water. "What are you here for? Have you come to take Evangelin away from me?"

"Neigh, we have come to stop you, Bane!" Luna cried before diving towards him. He lifted his blade and slapped her down into the ground with the flat of it. My eyes widened and wings flared out before launching myself at him as well, but teleporting behind him and slamming into his bare back. He arched back, but caught himself and grabbed my leg before tossing me back into a tree.

I looked around the fogged forest before catching a glint of sunlight off of his helmet. I tore the tree out from underneath me and slammed him with pushing him in to the ground. My smile was wiped from my face as he picked up the tree with one arm holding his blade. With a mighty roar, he threw it off of him before getting back up on his feet. He made a quick swipe at me, making a small gash in my coat, he followed up with another. I jumped back and saw him running towards me and before I knew it, it was too late.

I realized that he had made an X on my chest, and his blade flew swiftly through it. I could hear Luna's voice but, it was muffled, like somepony had shoved cotton in my ears. I looked down to see myself dangling from his blade. A triumphant roar escaped him, and he tossed my away and I barreled into Luna. Everything went black shortly after...

"Luna told me the wound I had suffered would've been fatal had it not been for your aim. She admitted that she was on the verge of killing you, and had it not been for my being still alive, we would've never used the Elements on you." She said, finishing her tale.

It took some time to process all of this, but one question still came to me. "What happened to that Fae? Evangelin?"

She bowed her head at me with a sad look in her eyes. "I... I am sorry. While I was unconscious, Luna never told me she used the blade against you, and she paid for it, and turned into Nightmare Moon. In fury, she had destroyed what is now Ponyville, and used to be a part of the Everfree. The part where we fought and you told the Fae to hide. I looked everywhere for her, and I have still found nothing, so I presumed the Fae dead..."

My ring's light grew, but only faintly. "Dead? From what I understand she was a child Celestia. A child! You let Luna do that?!" My rage grew, little by little.

"No!" She exclaimed, "Luna didn't, Nightmare Moon did! The forces of your blade twisted her mind and her magic! She almost killed me and I didn't know why!" She grew silent as my rage dimmed. "...I was scared..."

After a brief moment of silence, I sighed and laid a hand on her head. "I can fix them, the bearers I mean." I said, and she instinctively pulled away. "I am afraid too. Before my meeting with Gilgamesh, my daughter and master, Alessa, was nowhere to be heard. I tried to force a connection, to hear her voice so she could order me, and yet, I heard nothing. That's why I am afraid, because without Alessa, Silent Hill has no one to lead it, and I can't on my own, not yet. So," I said getting on my hands and knees before her. "I ask of this only once Celestia, will you accept me into Equestria, not as a monster nor a man, but a friend who is ready to be there whenever you need him?"

She stared at me for some time before laying a hoof on my shoulder. I looked up at her smile, and she nodded at me with only kindness in her eyes. "Yes, I will accept. On one condition, however." She said, holding her head high. "I want to fix the bearers this instant, most importantly, Twilight Sparkle."

With a smile a click of my fingers, the portal to Canterlot Castle opened next to us. "Yes, your Majesty."