(Celestia's POV)

We were all quiet as Drakalian started to move, starting with a twitch of his muscles here and there as he slowly started to wake up. Slowly at first, starting with his arms and back, the human began to uncurl from his temporary shell, his body relaxing as he got over the shock of what I assume was one of Pinkie's surprise parties. During all of this, the three of us remained quiet, wanting to wait for the human to be fully back in control of his body before we started talking.

Taking a quick look around, I noticed that Twilight still had a worried look on her face, her eyes not leaving the human's form for a second as he began to calm down. Luna looked just as worried as my student, if not more so, but she was hiding it behind a seemingly calm expression.

As for me, I too was worried about how this would play out. I had no idea how the human would react upon seeing the both of us. Granted he might not even recognize us at first, since we have changed quite a lot since we last saw each other. Thankfully centuries of dealing with all sorts of nobles helped me to keep my stoic look, my eyes not betraying what I was feeling at this time...or so I hope.

After what I believe was five minutes of silence, Drakalian finally moved his head up, slowly raising it until his eyes landed on the three of us. I did my best to look into his eyes, but as I did, he lowered his gaze, refusing to make any sort of eye contact with any of us.

'Still not comfortable with looking others in the eyes I see.' I thought to myself, giving a mental smile at the familiar action.

After a few more seconds of silence, I opened my mouth to speak, but was beaten to it by Twilight, who quickly ran to the human's side to get a better look at him.

"Drakalian, can you hear me? Are you ok? Do you feel dizzy or hurt, or-" my student started to say, the worry easily seen on her face. However, before my sister or I could intervene, the human slowly raised a shaky hand, stopping Twilight's barrage of questions.

"Stop."

It was just one word, spoken in a barely bearable tone, yet it was somehow enough to get my student to calm down. We all remained quiet for another minute as we waited for Drakalian to speak. Just when I thought he was going to remain silent, he finally spoke.

"I...I t-think...I'm good now." He said rather calmly, though I could still see the ocasional shaky hand every so often.

"Are you sure? I mean, you just froze up like that as soon as we all came out and surprised you. Do you even know what happened to yourself?" The purple unicorn asked, still not leaving his side even for a second.

The human shook his head, slowly leaning against the wall as he started to visibly relax some more. "That's the problem. I...I have no clue what caused me to act like that. All I remember is just walking in all relaxed, then when all of you guys jumped up and shouted surprise, I just...I froze. It was like my body was frozen yet I...I could still hear...and somewhat see...what was going on around me. It was...it was terrifying." Upon finishing his explanation, I saw another shiver going up his spine. Apparently I wasn't the only one to have noticed this, for Twilight seemed to notice as well and quickly but gently placed a hoof on his side to comfort him. He gave a sudden look of surprise before he relaxed again, reaching his opposite hand across his body and holding onto her hoof.

"Well, I promise that I'll do whatever it takes to help you figure all of this out; the amnesia, the sudden panic attack, I'm sure I can find something even closely related to-" Twilight started to say before being interrupted by my younger sister.

"Actually, Twilight Sparkle, we believe that we have the answers to some of the questions that you are looking for." Stated Luna, once again falling back on saying the royal "we" like before, though she at least remained in current Equestrian speech.

Upon hearing my sister's offer, both my student and the human gave her a surprised look, more so on Drakalian, who also seemed to be a bit curious and maybe...hopeful? It was hard to tell when he rarely glanced at our faces, not letting us get an accurate gauge on his internal emotions. "What do you mean, answers about me? I don't even know you two." The human stated, though his tone held no malice, simply stating a fact and no more.

"If I may, sister, I think I should take this part over for now." I suggested, turning my head to face the dark blue Alicorn. Luna looked at me with shock and slight distress, once again hiding it well from the others. The only reason why I was able to notice was because of us being siblings. As she was about to protest, I gave her a comforting look as I simply said, "Trust me on this."

My younger sister was silent for a few seconds before giving me a hesitant nod, taking a few steps to the side before waiting. Turning to face the human once again, I took a few steps closer to him, but stopped when I saw him visibly tense up, his hand tightening slightly on Twilight's hoof.

Giving a small frown, I took another cautious step forward before speaking. "Please, Drak, I don't mean to frighten you."

Drakalian was quiet for a moment before responding. "I...I know, I just...I just need some more time to...to calm down." He said, taking a few more deep breaths as he relaxed himself, his grip loosening on the purple unicorn's hoof as he did so. "So...what do you exactly know about me?" He asked, this time looking up at me more directly, yet still avoiding eye contact for the moment.

I took a deep breath before slowly exhaling it out, closing my eyes for a few seconds before opening them. This was it, the moment of truth, as it were. "Well...to start with...you should be dead." I stated, keeping my tone calm and neutral.

The human's eyes widened with surprise, yet besides that he seemed to be unfazed by this. My student, on the other hoof, looked shocked, her eyes wide and her mouth open slightly with a very surprised expression. "Dead? But...but why Princess? He's right here and alive, how could he be dead?" Twilight asked, removing her hoof from the human's grasp, yet still remaining next to him.

"I mean that both Luna and I know of him from a long time ago...a very long time ago, when we weren't Alicorns." I continued, causing more expressions of shock from the two, but I continued before they could say anything. "A long time ago, way before we even became princesses, both my sister and I were just normal ponies...well, normal ponies is a stretch, but that can be told later. I was a simple white Pegasus, while my sister here was a unicorn, doing what we had to do to survive during pre-Equestria times...and when I say survive, my little pony, I mean it in the literal term." I paused right then, allowing them to absorb the information before continuing. "During this time, there was a lot more violence going on, and the largest war was being taken place as well. It was during this time that we met, Drak...along with a few others, of course." I gave an internal smile at this, remembering all the others that I first met when introduced to the group by Indicus, and taking a glance to my sister, I could tell that she was thinking the same as well. Before I could continue, however, I was interrupted by the human.

"How long?" He asked, his face gaining a calm demeanor once again as he looked at me, his eyes this time glancing at my own for a few seconds before looking away. "How...how long ago was this?"

I was quiet for a moment as I thought of the answer, but it was Luna that spoke up before me, gaining the rest of our attention to her. "We believe it was...at least two and a half thousand years ago, if not more." She said, looking at the rest of us.

Twilight and Drakalian looked at me in disbelief, but I simply nodded my head in agreement, letting them know that my sister was right. "That sounds about right. It was around twenty five hundred years when we first met the group that you were with." I replied before falling silent to allow that information to sink in, while also checking to see how they would react to the news.

Twilight was, for a lack of a better term, stunned. Her eyes were wide with complete shock and her mouth was open and slack. I could already guess the hundreds of questions that she was most likely thinking over, making me give an internal smile. Drak, however, seemed to be...blank. His expression hardly changed after what I said about him being two and a half thousand years in the future.

Suddenly, he grabbed his head and winced, much like if he suddenly bumped his head on a doorframe. Before I could do anything, Luna was already taking a few steps forward, the worry easily seen on her face this time.

"Drak, art thou ok? what is wrong with thy mazzard?" She asked, this time slipping into Old Equestrian. At this point she was suddenly standing right next to him, leaning her head down a bit to get a better look at him to see what was wrong. After a few moments of silence, my sister was about to ask the human again when he slowly pulled his hand away from his head, squinting his eyes for a few seconds before looking up at the dark blue Alicorn.

"I...I'm fine. I just...just got a headache, that's...that's all." He simply stated, giving her a small, comforting smile. I could still see the tension in his body due to the way he was standing, but like always, he somehow kept it in for the moment. Even then, I could see him visibly relax slightly as he looked at my sister, who gave a relieved smile in return.

Upon noticing how close she was to Drak, however, she quickly took a few steps back, her smile turning to a more nervous and sheepish look. "Oh...um, we art...I mean...that's...that's good." She stated, clearing her throat a bit as she gained a more calm expression. "My apologies for overreacting, Drakalian."

The human still smiled, giving a light shake of his head. "No need to apologize. You were worried, I understand that. I most likely would be as well. I guess...I just need to rest for a bit." He said, covering his mouth in a sudden yawn.

"Oh no, I forgot! It's most likely really late right now, and you are still recovering from your injuries. You need to get some sleep now." Exclaimed Twilight, giving a worried look to the human before looking over to my sister and I. "My apologies, Celestia, but Drakalian should be resting right now. I hope you don't mind if we continue this another time?" She asked me politely, slight worry in her eyes.

This caused Luna to raise an eyebrow in surprise, staring at both the unicorn and human in mild confusion. "Really? And pray tell what these 'injuries' of his are?" She asked.

"I can help tell you that, sister, but my student is right. He does need his rest after the day that he has been through." I said, causing my sister to frown a bit. Not wanting to upset my sister from having to leave the human alone after such a long time of seeing him, I quickly thought of another idea. "If you would like to hear it now, however, I'm sure they would be more then happy to tell you what happened during his first meeting here." I offered, glancing at the other two to see if they were indeed ok with this. Upon hearing no objections, I gave a smile and turned to see what Luna's response would be.

The dark Alicorn was quiet for a few moments as she thought it over. After a few moments of pondering it over, she gave a small smile and a nod of agreement. "That sounds well enough. We accept." Stated Luna, moving over to the door and opening it for us to leave.

I smiled and nodded my thanks as I walked on through, followed by Twilight and Drakalian, the dark blue Alicorn leaving the door open behind her so the doctors and nurses would know that it was now unoccupied. Once out of the room, we began to walk back to the waiting room to meet the others, who were no doubt curious as to what happened in there.

(Drakalian's POV)

I walked slowly as I followed Princess Celestia, Twilight on one side of me while Princess Luna was on the other, the latter staring at me rather uncomfortably.

Clearing my throat a bit, I turned my attention to the younger Alicorn as I addressed her. "Uh, is there something you need, Princess?" I asked, still not giving any eye contact.

Luna blinked a couple of times before giving a slightly sheepish look as she stopped her staring, her wings giving what seemed to be a nervous shuffle. "My apologies, Drak. I just...I have quite a lot of questions that are floating around my mind, yet I can't figure the answer to any of them. It just...it's just so confusing." She sighed, looking down at her hooves.

I looked at her for a few seconds before turning my attention forward again. "Well, I wish I could help you, Princess, but I-"

"Luna. Please, just Luna will do." She interrupted, raising her head to look back at me.

I paused for a moment before giving her a nod, still keeping my gaze mostly forward with only a few glances to the Princess. "Ok then, like I said Luna, I would like to help you, but I'm having my own memory problems that I need to figure out. Maybe once my memory returns I might be able to give you some answers...if it ever returns..." I said, whispering the last part mostly to myself. However, both Luna and Twilight seemed to have heard it, the latter giving my side a surprising nuzzle to help calm me down.

"Hey, don't start thinking like that. I said that I'll find a way to fix your amnesia, no matter how long it takes, and I intend to do so." She promised, looking up at my face with a comforting smile.

Looking down at the purple unicorn, I gave her my own thankful smile, a small bit of hope coming from her words. "And I'm certain that you will find a way to do so, Twilight. I'm lucky to have a friend like you." I stated, giving her a nod of thanks.

As we smiled at each other, I found my eyes slowly drawn to her own, and when I finally made eye contact, I felt...well, something. It was hard to be certain, but I suddenly felt a wave of determination and confidence flow through my body, along with happiness and care, causing me to feel happy as well. As I continued to look in the unicorn mare's eyes, for whatever reason, I was able to tell that she felt my own happiness, causing her smile to grow slightly. Our eyes remained locked like this for another few moments before...

"Well Drak, if you and my student are done staring into each other's souls like two lovebirds, I believe that my sister would like an explanation as to how you got your wounds." Celestia suddenly spoke, causing the three of us to give a slight jump of surprise before Twilight and I blushed with embarrassment.

"What?! But I...we weren't...and I was...and he just..." Began the purple pony, stuttering as she tried to correct her teacher of her comment. Meanwhile, I was just too shocked to even say anything, not trusting myself to do anything better than how Twilight was already trying. I mean, I do like her, but not...not like that. I'm sure she is an attractive mare in her own right, but at the moment I just didn't see it myself. I'm not saying I think she's ugly, far from it, but we only just met less then a week ago, and besides that, I thought her more as a close friend then anything...maybe even a sibling, despite having known her for such a short time, but nothing more then that. Before I could gather my thoughts and think anymore on the situation, I heard Luna clear her throat to gain our attention, causing the both of us to turn and face her.

"If you would please, we would like it if you would be so kind as to recall how you came to obtain those injuries..." She started to say before falling silent as she waited for my response.

Taking a few deep breaths to help calm myself down and clear my blushing face, I decided to put those more romantic thoughts to the back of my mind for now, not wanting to worry about such things at this time. Right now, I had more important things to figure out, and sexual attractions was not on the high priority list. "I'm sorry, Luna, I forgot that I was going to tell you about my wounds. I guess the best place to start is when I woke up in the forest..."

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