"Let's ask the Magic conch shell!" Doug insisted. He looked around to find one. Everyone stared at him with disproving glare.

"Kane," Gustavo said "You're the only one free of what we're wearing."

"Yes." Kane acknowledged

"Use what you know to help us get out of this stuff."

"Alright, Hold still please." Kane went to Gustavo, looking the muzzle protector he had on. He found a strap behind his head, extended his neck, and used his teeth to take it off. The protector fell of, relieving Gustavo with his mouth.

"Now help me with the rest." Kane said.

"On it." Gustavo answered. Everyone's muzzle protector and Russell's Straight jacket came off easily. Kane started with Doug and concentrated his magic on the collars, but was useless, as Doug was received an electric shock.

"God Damn it!!!" Doug yelled

"I don't know what to say guys," Kane replied "Other than 'what should we do next?'"

"I know!" Russell said "We should travel to Ponyville!"

"And how are we going to do that?" Matt asked. Kane flew up into the sky and looked hard.

"I see a field south-west... A castle North west... mountains north-east, and an old castle south."

"Where should we go?" Gustavo asked asked

"...To the castle." Matt said "Sorry Russell, but... with help, I think the princesses can help us out here."

"No Biggy." Russell replied

Everyone slowly made their way towards the castle, not having a single clue on what will happen next. Hours passed like minutes, soon the night became day, it started strong, then became weak. Nearly every but Kane passed out on their journey. He placed them all on his back, continuing his traveling

"Why must you guys fall asleep?" Kane said. This continued on for a foe more minutes, until he hit something: A huge wall was blocking their path."YES! We made it! Finally! Now I don't need to hear any of you-" he fell asleep, adding to the pile. Unbeknownst to them, a couple of ponies in armor walked up to the passed out group.

"Think we should take them in?" one of them spoke

"Probably." another answered "This one is special, though. Celestia would love to meet him."

Something delicious was being cooked inside a kitchen area. Doug, Gustavo, and Russell started to wake up one by one. They looked around their area: a fireplace was at the end, torches were on the wall, a large table was in the middle, with plenty of lit candles and... food! While no meat was present, the table had a variety of fruits, vegetables, and sweets. Their stomachs began to growl: it'd been a whole day since they ate. The door opened, and a male earth pony, much older than them, entered.

"Listen up," he said with the voice of Chef Ramsay. "The guards found you near the wall, starving in your sleep. Celestia wanted me to make sure you were fed while she speaks to two of your friends. Enough talk: Eat up!" The group was a bit hesitant to eat, but Russell went first, took a bite of an apple, and began to eat. The rest joined him.

"Where's Kane?" Doug asked

"And Matt?" Gustavo acknowledged. At that moment, they heard a large scream from down the hall.

Matt woke up, right next to his best friend, who was snoring very loudly.

"Even as a pony," Matt muttered "You still snore loudly." He looked around the environment: he and Kane were on the most comfortable bed to them, right next to a fire place. Shelves filled with books & quills were all over the walls, and a mat with a notebook written in laid in the middle. The door opened. A very tall, white coated pony with even larger horn & wings entered. It's mane & tail seemed to never stop moving. Matt knew almost instantly: It was Princess Celestia.

"Don't worry," she spoke kindly "your friends are fine: Chef loud mouth is feeding them the finest cuisines he can make. You will eat, but I want to ask you and your fiend some questions." Matt just turned to his friend, still alseep.

"Stongheart," Matt spoke, using Kane's O.C. name "The princess would like to speak to us."

"The Princess is in another castle." Kane muttered in his sleep. Matt turned to Celestia, now giving him a questioning look.

"Perhaps my sister should come," Celestia said. "She's great with situations like this." Luna came in immediatly.

"I know," Luna said "I will use my magic to find answers."

"WAIT!" Matt yelled "I can use my magic!"

"Continue waking your friend." Celestia said. Matt turned to Kane.

"Forgive me." Matt whispered. He used his hoof and slapped Kane. Kane got up scared, yelling random junk. Kane stopped and stared.

"He's a funny alicorn," Celestia commented "isn't he, sister?"

"Not like us," Luna added "Nor Cadence." Kane just sat there.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Kane yelled as he got up and ran through the door, still screaming & pointing at everyone. He ran through the halls, crashing through a door and ruining the rest's meal.

"I JUST MADE THAT MEAL!!!" Chef loud mouth snapped. Kane ignored and ran through a wall, breaking it, leading to Canterlot oustide, where he floated for a minute, then fell. Matt followed the chaos Kane accidentally made and saw him fall.

"Down Stairs!!!" Matt ordered. Everyone dropped their plates and ran down the stairs. Minutes seemed to pass, but they made it to the front door and saw Kane outside, luckily in the same place, but with some unexpected guests.

After Kane fell, he landed near the front entrance.

"Oh my gosh!" a recognizable voice said "Are you alright, sir?" Kane took his head out of the ground, staring at the character's hooves, looking up slowly, and recognizing the character in front of him: Twilight Sparkle.

"Are you alright?" Twilight repeated. Kane just sat there, not sure what to say.

"Is he gonna answer?" another voice asked. Kane turned around: the rest of the mane 6 were there.

"Are you even going to say anything, or what?" Rainbow Dash asked impatiently

"Hush Rainbow!" Applejack sneered "He's probably heard of us before."

"And how would you know that?" Rarity asked "Just look at him: his brown coat looks like dirt, his mane & tail are too dark to even be seen, and forgot to fly in the air! Although I will say, his glasses make him look smart."

"I hope he's friendly," Fluttershy said "I would like to know him: he looks like he uses his colors to help out animals, after all, many animals love dirt."

"Maybe," Pinkie started "He's from a different dimension where his people don't use magic, but science, but was turned into a pony because of some weird reason and we're just part of a giant story!!!" Everyone stared at Pinkie.

"Sorry about her," Twilight said "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends: Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. What's your name?" Kane remained silent. Kane was going to let out another scream, but Matt and the others came and stopped him, covering his mouth with his hooves.

"I'm so sorry," Matt said "My friend is really shy, and we need to-"

"What's that thing around your neck?" Twilight asked

"Pardon?"

"That thing? You unicorns are wearing it, but not your princess- I mean- Prince."

"Busted!" Doug yelled

"Well?"

"You see," Matt tried to explain "We were o-"

"Hold it!" a hypnotizing voice interrupted "Is that Prince Strongheart?" Kane removed Matt's hoof, covering his mouth

"Who?" Kane finally spoke

"You!"

"Me?"

"Yes you!" Kane was lifted up by some force and dangled upside down. "I recognized you not only as the Alicorn surrounded by your guards, but your glasses as well."

"Who is this? What's happening?" A large 'Poof' happened: Kane saw a goat lag & a green dragon leg, with a red dragon tail, following up a brown coat, that has a pegasus wing & a bat wing, lion paw & eagle claw, seeing face to face with the only character to fit this quota.

"DISCORD!!!" Everyone yelled

"Yes," Discord began to monologue "it it I, Discord: the master of Chaos!!!" Kane's face went blank. "Come on, Prince. You and I used to be acquaintances"

"I thought you said you never had a friend." Fluttershy said.

"I've never had a FRIEND," Discord answered "But I've had a couple of acquaintances. Prince Strongheart is the one I remember the most!"

"Why?"

"Easy as this!" He snapped his eagle claw and they found themselves near the entrance to Canterlot, but occupied with a parade of other equine soldiers & animals. All the colts now wore some canterlot looking armor that blended with Orange & yellow, resembling fire. Gustavo, on the other hand, was with Kane, as they were riding a huge, green dragon. Kane himself was clothed with blue royal attire and holding a golden scepter with his face on it, doing a sheepish smile.

"Let's get this started!" Discord announced, snapping and turning himself into a unicorn colt, wearing a ringleader suit. They marched into the town, where everyone from the show & those never seen yet watched in awe.

Everything went back to normal... a bit. Kane was still in his royal suit with the scepter and all the colts were still in their guard armor. The mane 6, Shining Armor, Cadence, Celestia, and Luna all applauded, with blueblood returning with dirt in his mane & giving Kane a stern look. Discord came back and took Kane's scepter away.

"You will only see this in the season 4 premiere." he just said before disapearing. Everyone stood awkwardly.

"Well," Celestia started "that was quite a show!"

"Agreed." everyone replied.

"But what's with the collars?" Twilight asked.

"Well little unicorn," Kane spoke in a somewhat deep, royal voice "you see, we were on our way here but got a little sidetracked."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll tell later."

"That's... great." Cadence said "Would you tell us at, let's say, at dinner, tonight?"

"That sound wonderful." Celestia stated "All the royalty will have a meal, getting to know each other's kingdoms and each other."

"Wait!" blueblood yelled "What about me: I'm the only prince around here, am I not?"

"You are, so is Shining Armor and our guest."

"Where do the rest of us go?" Matt asked

"Well... you can share with Twilight and her friend's rooms." The 4 had an awkward look on their face.

"That's alright," Twilight said "I think they can sleep in the bunkers with the rest of the soldiers."

"But I insist," Celestia said "in fact, this unicorn can be your guest!" Matt's face went pure blank. "The rest can choose your room mates." The mane 6 went into the crowd, choosing who they'd be fine to sleep with for the night.

Kane sat in the end of the table, staring face to face with Celestia. Luna & blueblood sat in one side while Cadence & shining armor sat in the other.

"How is my kingdom doing for you?" Celestia asked

"It's great!" Kane answered "Everything told about this place is true! I've heard a lot about Twilight and her friends' victories, such as the reformation of Princess Luna, defeat of Discord, Queen Chrysaliss, King Sombra, and reforming Discord."

"That's impressive. Tell me: how is your kingdom like?"

"My kingdom? hmmm... while I'm not royal blood, per say, b-"

"How are you a prince then?" Luna interrupted

"We're a more of a republic than a kingdom: every 4 to 8 years, we vote on who will be prince or princess of our kingdom."

"But you have the resemblance of an alicorn." Blueblood sneered "Shouldn't a prince or princess make you one yourself?"

"In my land, an Alicron is a rare, naturally born pony: while we live much older than those, we still have to train in both magic and Flight."

"Can you show us some magic?" Cadence asked. Kane stared at her awkwardly

"Funny you should mention: although Discord says he knows me, I barely know him at all."

"Alicorns are usually thousands of years old" Blue Blood said

"How old are you?" Celestia asked

"17." Kane replied

"1,700 years old!!!" Luna exclaimed

"No, 17."

170 years old?" Blue blood asked in contempt

"No, just-"

"He's just 17!" Shining Armor interrupted

"Thank you."

"So you're just 17 years old," Luna stated "naturally born an alicorn, voted in as prince of Mare-izona, and accompanied by royal guards?"

"They're really my friends."

"So then why-"

"Discord."

"Now why do the unicorn wear those amulets?"

"Well... it's kinda a long story..."

Meanwhile, Matt tried to get rid of the armor he was wearing while Twilight lied down on her bed, giggling at how he was doing it.

"That's not how you do it." she said "You're suppose to use your magic."

"I can't." Matt answered

"Why not? Is it that collar?"

"Yes."

"Then let me get rid of it for you." Twilight got off and used her magic to remove his helmet. Matt walked forward a bit & he tripped, landing on Twilight and they accidentaly kissed. Their mouths seemed to lock on with each other, until Matt pulled his head back his head. They stared at each other awkwardly. Matt got off of Twilight and she sat back up. Both didn't know what to say to each other.

"What with the collar?" Twilight asked, trying to forget what just happened. Princess Celestia came into the room.

"It's because they went exploring a cave and found them" she answered.

"Really?"

"We need to get rid of those collars. If only Strongheart told us earlier."

"He was," Matt said "we just got preoccupied."

"When should we begin?"