Chapter 1

Darkness... That's all Danny could see, It was almost like he was dead, maybe his dad did more damage to him than he thought, but all that was put aside as he suddenly saw a flash of great white lights. Strange muffled out voices soon followed, he tried to speak but he could not utter any words, his body was feeling the pain of his father's abuse, but it was soon subsided as he felt something hard but gentle on his chest keeping him from moving. His body then began to feel numb as he was released by the strange hold on his body, but still could not move.

He did his best to try to see who was holding him down, and only managed to see the dark outline of what appeared to be ponies standing over him as he suddenly felt his whole body being wrapped up in some sort of fabric. He then felt his hearing starting to come back to him as he began to hear the voices coming in much more clearer.

"...I may be a doctor princesses, but I do not know how these creatures work exactly,"Said a gentle male's voice.

"We understand doctor, but please do your best for him..."Came a very mother like voice.

It was then that Danny knew that he was in the hands of strangers, and there was no knowing what their intentions were to him, but they talked a little strange, they acted like they weren't human and he was something rare to them.

"Well... I managed to treat his ribs... They appeared to be cracked as a matter a fact, all these scars and all these bruises seem to have been inflicted,"The male voice spoke as he felt the strange hard objects come down gently over his face."How exactly did you find him princess?"

"I... Found him in his room... I believe all this abuse was brought on by his father,"Came the all to familiar gentle voice he remembered.

"Well... That would explain the bruises... And all these scars must have been from past abuse then,"The male voice assumed.

"Luna...? Are you sure it was a good idea bringing such a potentially dangerous creature to our world?"The motherly voice suddenly asked.

"Sister... I could not allow that despicable father to do any more harm to him, and besides... He has a big heart under all that pain, and... he needs some pony to be there for him..."The gentle voice sounded as Danny suddenly felt his hand get gripped by a strange arm that felt very soft and even a little fury."A child should never be exposed to such a painful life..."

Danny suddenly felt a tear escape the side of his eye as he suddenly felt his hand grip the strange arm, he then felt the lights beginning to fade as he tightened his grip, he then began to fall back into darkness. He then suddenly felt something nuzzle his bruised up cheek and oddly felt very comfortable about it, it was then that he finally blacked out and went back to sleep, but not before hearing one last thing from the strange people.

"Alright Luna... We can keep him, but remember that a child is a great responsibility, and this one will need for special attention..."The motherly voice sounded out.

"Oh thank you Tia...! I promise you will not regret this...!"The gentle voice sounded before all silence fell onto the boy.

It was then that he found himself staring into darkness and filled with so much wonder and confusion, where was he? how did this happen? and... Who was that strange lady? Suddenly he felt himself stir as bright lights filled his sight once more, he then began to regain his sight as he found himself staring blankly at the night sky, but how could it be night time after how long he slept.

He slowly rose from bed and looked around to find himself no longer in his room, instead him found himself in a very large and very soft bed. He looked around at the room he was in and saw very strange things that ranged from the fact that the ceiling looked like the night time sky, to the marbled floor, and the dark royal decor all over the room. The walls were midnight blue and marbled as well, he then noticed old looking portraits that appeared to have two ponies on them.

The ponies both appeared to have horns and wings for some strange reason, but one of them caught his eye as he looked at one with midnight blue coat and was strangely wearing royal like attire. It also had blue eyes and a mane and tail that looked like the night time sky, its royal attire consisted of a black necklace of the crescent moon and a black crown along with silver horse shoes on its hooves, what was really strange was the black spot with a crescent moon that was on her flank.

He then looked to the other pony that actually appeared to be older than the other, her main and tail looked like a light colored rainbow along with a pearly white coat. The pony also wore a royal attire of a golden necklace and crown which both had a purple gem in the center of them as well as golden horse shoes. She appeared to have purple eyes as well as a strange mark of her own of the sun on her flank.

Danny did his best to contain all his confusion as he threw the large midnight blue bed sheets off him to see he was still in his pajamas, but he also felt another layer of clothe on his face and his chest. He placed a hand to his left cheek and could feel a large and heavy duty bandage of some kind covering his whole cheek, he the lifted up his striped shirt to see that their were also bandages wrapped around him from his chest to the bottom of his belly.

He could tell that the pain was still there, but it was dull and hardly noticeable as he decided to try to get out of bed to look around. He swung his legs over and felt the cold marble floor under his feet as he quietly walked around the room and explored the place from top to bottom. The place definitely looked like a place for royalty, but he would never imagined that he would find himself in such a place, let alone being patched up by strangers.

"Where am I...?"He asked himself as he took a closer look at the portraits.

He then noticed to the corner of his eye a big black door with royal decor imprinted on it, his curiosity got the best of him as he slowly walked to the door and reached for a medieval period looking hand. He gripped the handle and pulled at it as the door slowly opened and he poked his head out to see. His eyes widened as he looked down a long and very colorful hall way that had a long red carpet that traveled all the way down the hall and lines of stone pillars that also traveled down the hall way.

He looked to his left and to his right before quietly stepping out of the room and began to walk down the massive hall way, he heard his stomach growling and felt hungry all of a sudden, he needed some food and he needed it quick. He continued to walk slowly as he looked at the tinted windows that appeared to have pictures of ponies on them as well.

"Who ever these people are... They sure have a thing for ponies,"Danny said as he stopped to marvel at all the tinted windows.

Suddenly he began to hear strange foot steps that clopped with each step, he gasp as he quickly hid behind a pillar as the steps got louder. The foot steps he heard sounded almost like hooves in fact, could there have really been ponies around this place? He could not tell until he turned to peek from behind the pillar and saw for himself.

His eyes widened as he suddenly saw two strange ponies in golden armor and armed with spears as they were marching towards the room he just came from. The ponies then froze as they saw that Danny had left the big door open and had left the room, the two ponies looked at each other with worry as they looked around the room.

"Oh Celestia...! The creature escaped! We need to tell the princesses!"One of the ponies suddenly spoke in a big and burly male voice.

Danny instantly snapped his head back behind the pillar and covered his mouth with both hands to contain his loud gasp as he shook with disbelief at what he just saw, a pony just spoke.

"But... If we do princess Luna will be very displeased, she seems to have a thing for the creature and she will surely punish us if she discovers that we lost it,"The other pony said in a similar voice.

"Then... Look for it! But don't spook it, princess Celestia has said that the creatures can be violent if threatened,"The first pony said as he then went inside the room to begin the search.

"Okay then... I'll just look for it out here then..."The second pony said as he walked away and began to search the hall way.

Danny was in disbelief at what he was seeing, ponies that talk and the fact that there were princesses here, It sounded almost like a little girls dream come true, but he was no little girl. Danny quickly took a deep breath to collect his thoughts and looked back to see the one stallion pony walking down the long hall way looking top to bottom, he then noticed that there was a separate hall way about half way through the hall and decided to wait until the pony passed it.

He waited only for only a few minutes before the stallion looked down the separate hall way before turning from it and continued down the long hall way. It was then that Danny saw his chance and sprang from one of the pillars and bolted for the hall way, he managed to reach it, but not without catching the attention of the stallion who gasp as Danny disappeared down the hall.

"HEY...! Grit I found him!"The stallion said as his partner bursted from the room.

They both then bolted down the hall way after Danny, but Danny proved to be quick on his feet as he managed to make a sharp turn on a corner while the stallions slipped and fell into a stand with vases. Danny looked back to see the stallions in a daze with a broken vase and a small table on top of them, he then took off as the stallions struggle to get to their hooves and pursue him once again.

Danny was still way ahead of them and had no intention of stopping as he came to a large hall that had the biggest royal looking door he had ever seen, but he was then surprised as he looked around and could see about ten more ponies that were standing guard. Danny let out a loud a deep gasp as all wide eyes fell on him, It was then that he heard the first two stallions catching up and he could hear them shouting.

"Stop him! He's the creature princess Luna brought with her!"Both stallions yelled as the massive group closed in around Danny.

Danny quickly thought fast as he ran towards an immense staircase with a red carpet over it while avoiding three stallions that were diving for him. He managed to race up the stairs and find a new hall way to run through, he started to feel tired as his legs felt weak from all the running, he began to slow down as he turned around the corner and was suddenly met with a large chest in his face.

He slammed face first knocking him and yet another pony to the ground, he panted as he quickly looked upon his road block and saw another stallion, but this one was different from the others. This stallion had a pearly white coat with a dirty blond mane and tail, a mark of golden and silver X's on his flank along with blue eyes. The stallion scoffed as he looked upon the child and got right up, he then brushed himself off and suddenly gripped Danny by the shirt and snorted at him.

"What are you?! And how dare you try to soil my precious look with your disgusting self you ignorant creature!"The stallion yelled in a snotty tone as he tightened his grip.

As the stallion's grip tightened around Danny, he could feel his body tightening up and the pain of his ribs returning to him, he grunted in pain as he kicked at the stallion to let him go. It was then that Danny did the only thing he could do in his situation, he opened his mouth up and suddenly bit down into the stallions arm. The stallion the let out his own shrike as his grip loosened and he flailed around with the boy holding onto his arm with all his might.

It was then that all the stallions arrived on the scene to see the creature latched onto the stallion's arm while the stallion flailed around and was shrieking like a girl.

"Guards...! Guards...! Get this monstrosity off me! He's biting me!"The stallion shrieked.

The group of ponies couldn't help but chuckle at the stallion as they then gripped Danny by his legs and tried pulling him off, but Danny had no intentions of letting go. They all grunted as they struggle to pull Danny off, in the process, Danny felt his body stretching and the pain in his ribs flaring up as he let out small shrieks of his own.

"What in the name of the elements is going on here?!"Yelled a young and very familiar voice as they all instantly froze."

The stallions that were now known to be guards of the castle slowly began to separate as they allowed none other than the midnight blue pony from the portrait to walk through the group to get to the stallion and child in need.

"Blue Blood what is going here...!*gasp*"Luna gasped as she saw Danny dangling from the stallion's arm while the stallion once again tightened his grip."BLUE BLOOD...! YOU RELEASE THAT CHILD IMMEDIATELY!"

"But he's biting me aunty Luna!"The stallion known as Blue Blood whined.

"Then let him go and he will let you go! Do you not see that you are hurting him?!"The pony known as Luna said as she managed to get a hoof under Danny.

Blue Blood whimpered in pain as he slowly released Danny from his grip allowing him to slowly lower Danny into Luna's fore arm, but Danny still didn't let go, Luna then let out a small sigh and smiled.

"It's alright little one... They won't hurt you... Just let him go,"Luna whispered gently into Danny's ear.

Danny heard the gentle voice and slowly opened his eyes to see the midnight blue pony smiling at him, he then slowly released Blue Bloods arm from his jaws leaving behind deep teeth marks in the stallion's arm. He looked into the midnight blue mares eyes as he felt himself losing consciousness, he was then scooped up into the pony's arms as exhaustion and pain over took him. Lights began to fade as he fell asleep in the mares arms, when Danny was asleep, she then looked at Blue Blood who was rubbing his arm to soothe the pain on his arm.

"Blue Blood...! This child is injured and has been abused! The last thing he needed was you scaring him and trying to hurt him!"Luna scolded to the stallion who immediately flinched and covered his head to hide from the mare.

"Yes aunty Luna... I'm sorry..."Blue Blood said in fear.

"Good...! You are all dismissed, go back to your stations,"Luna ordered as the guards began to leave the hall way."You too Blue Blood... Continue on with your day, and stay away from this child."

Blue Blood just scoffed as he did his best to compose himself, he then trotted away still rubbing his arm while Luna sprouted her wings and took flight as she took Danny back to the room so he could rest from his first day in a new world.

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