"I have found a way to mayhaps mend your damaged form"

I stood unmoving as she continued speaking.

"I wield three of the elements, Kindness, Laughter, and Magic. With these, my power is greatly increased and so now that I have you here I may be able to find a way to heal you"

I rushed hugged her, and she giggled in response.

"I am glad to see that this pleases you, but while I may heal you I'm... I'm afraid that we may not be able to send you back to your home world..."

I shook my head and rasped out

"I have been here too long. Anything which I had there is now gone, forever lost to me..."

She nodded in understanding.

"Well then, let's begin"

The next few days were spent with Luna using her magic to scan me, take some samples and see how my body reacted to the elements. The two of us became quick friends, and I came to feel a burning loyalty to her for all that she had given me. I no longer cared if I was returned to my true self, though I would like Luna's plan to succeed, but even if not I would still have a roof over my head, food, and most importantly a friend that could save me from the darkness.

Of course there were some problems. All of the ponies in the castle were terrified of me, though the servants did their best and I fully understood the reasons why. Other than that, The captain I had met at the door clearly disliked me though, and I came to the conclusion after observing that him that he was a complete bigot to anyone that was not a pony, and that I was some kind of demon. I didn't argue against being a demon, but I still didn't get along with him. Celestia seemed neutral to me, as if she merely tolerated my presence for Luna's sake though we did get along fairly well and she helped Luna with introducing me to the ponies of the castle and the many ponies who made the journey through the forest to meet with the princesses.

After a few days I began to notice something amongst the ponies. Of the two princesses, all but the thestrals (one of the least common of the four races) seemed to prefer Celestia over Luna, ignoring even the fact that Luna was just as powerful as her sister, if a small bit younger. The ponies had developed a great fear of the night after years of monster attacks, and seemingly had begun to associate those attacks with Luna herself. The thestrals naturally  preferred the night, but also felt a similar loyalty to Luna like mine, as she had saved them in a similar way. From what I had been told, The thestrals were once hunted by the other races of ponies, treated as hellspawn. Luna had intervened, saving them from extinction and then eventually becoming a revered figure amongst them. As a result, Luna had her areas of the castle staffed with the surviving night ponies. But they were the minority, and other than them only a few of the 'daywalkers' would pay Luna any mind. I decided that the best way to apply myself now, now that I had others feeding me and the desire to earn my keep, was to join Luna's personal guard.

They all accepted me with open arms, assigning me first to learn as mush as I could about Equestria, seeing as any instruction I took would become useless if Luna succeeded with helping to make me human again. For the next couple of days I spent most of my time with Luna in her lab, reading all of the books I could in regard to Equestria. It was from this I began to determine something.

I had magic. Whether it was there from before or after my coming to Equestria, I wasn't sure, but after reading a number of tomes on pony magic I began testing. I went through the steps used by younger ponies to feel out for their magic before applying it. After I went through all of the steps with the full expectation of not having any magic, I was shocked when I actually felt something there. I didn't test any further from there, unsure if my own magic reacted similarly enough to that of a pony to be used in the same way. I went to tell Luna about what I had found, and that was when she told me the news.

She had done it. She had found a way to make me human again.

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It took a few hours to put everything together, with both Luna and the group of thestral unicorns that worked as royal mages working to finish a spell array. After that I was placed in the center with Luna's elements floating in the air, circling around me. The spell only took a moment, before a wave of pink, purple, and red light erupted from the elements and enveloped me. The light burned, filling me with complete agony. My bones seemed to dissolve as I floated in the air above the mages casting the spell alongside Luna, my senses burning with pain. The thought crossed my mind that Luna had betrayed me, and this was all meant to destroy me. I banished the thought, refusing to believe that Luna would do such a thing. The pain passed, and I collapsed to the ground in a state of disorientation. I slowly rose, placing a hand upon my...

Wait a second.

I had hands!

I shoved myself to my feet, taking stock of my new form. I wasn't sure what I was, but I believed my self to be something of an amalgam of my bodies. I was human in build,   with the same facial features and even hair, but my skin was all pitch black, looking as if I were crafted out of tar. My hands lacked nails, rather ending into pointed claws. My hair hung in front of my face, in a style like I wore on earth but of the same color as my skin and so looking to be made of darkness. I looked down to the marble floor, and saw that my eyes were changed only in shape. They were both a glowing yellow, like those of my necromorph body. I burst out laughing after I saw my reflection, I looked like I was a heartless from Kingdom Hearts or something!

I looked over and saw unsure looks on the faces of the mages, and saw a look of total defeat on Luna's face.

"Yo Luna, what's with the sad face?"

She looked up at me, our eyes locked or a moment before she spoke

"I failed. With all of out best efforts you are still not as you were"

I burst out laughing again. She looked confused now.

"Luna, after all you've given me I wouldn't care if I was still a full necromorph! Hell, having the form of both is even better. You didn't fail me in a single way, so stop with the sad face"

She smiled at this, and I grinned at her. I grabbed my clothing from where I left it (for the spell to work I wasn't able to wear clothing, though all of the mages and Luna were extremely polite about the whole situation) and got dressed, with my plasma cutter at my side. I spoke up.

"So, now that I'm transformed you wanna be the first to scan the magic of an alien?"

She brightened up and gave me a bright smile. The moment I told her I had magic she had gotten completely enthusiastic about the idea of seeing how it would work in regard to Equestrian magic, and so I figured that would be a good way to pick up her mood. She placed a protective mask over her head, and then looked back to me with a toothy, half maniacal grin.

"Verily..."