It had been several years since his passing. Wandering the Void, watching the suspended animations of his world. He watched as Emily continued to grow into a fair, understanding, and benevolent empress.

As he continued to walk through the Void, a familiar being appeared before him. "Hello, Corvo. How have you been, wandering the void?"

"What do you want Outsider?"

"Always straight to the point. I'm going to bring you back to life and let you out of the Void."

Corvo looked into the black eyes of the deity in front of him. "What do you mean? Are you going to send me back to Dunwall?" he asked. He knew that the Outsider didn't do anything out of the kindness of his 'heart'. No, he only did things that he would find interesting. So, he couldn't help, but wonder what the being before him had planned.

The Outsider slightly smirked, "Oh no, not this world. I'm going to be sending you to another world that I recently found out exists. A world much more interesting than this one."

Corvo wasn't surprised by his answer of not being sent back to Dunwall, but was caught off guard that there was another world. "A different world?"

"Yes, Corvo. A completely different world. A world filled with amazing beings. Beings that can control the weather, beings that can create things from nothing, that can move the sun and moon," he said. "I'm going to send you there and see how things will unfold. You're also going to be changed into one of them, but you will keep the powers I have given you."

"You're going to bring me back to life, change me into whatever inhabits that world, and let me keep the powers you gave me?"

"Yes, in fact, I'm going to give you some of the powers Daud had. The powers I'm going to give you are Pull and Arcane Bond. I will also give you some of the devices Daud had," the Outsider told him.

"Why are you giving me so much?"

"Because it will be interesting to see what you will do with them," he said simply.

"So are you going to tell me about this world?"

"Oh no Corvo, you're going to have to figure it out for yourself," the Outsider said. He then waved his hand and Corvo vanished from the Void. "I look forward to seeing what you will do in this new world." He brought a hand to his chin in thought, "Perhaps I should introduce myself to the ruler, she's a very intriguing individual."

As Corvo was being sent to the new world, he was aware of the everything around him. He could soon feel his body again. The sensation of the transport was like he was being pulled and stretched. He saw a light, but as he neared it, Corvo fell unconscious.

A sudden impact brought Corvo back to consciousness. Blinking away the blurriness in his vision, he pushed himself up. When his vision cleared he noticed that he was on a red carpet over a marble floor. Two metal tips entered the peripherals of his vision. Looking over Corvo saw what was unmistakably a guard pointing a spear at him. The guard wore golden armor and a golden helmet with a blue crest on top. What shocked him was that the guard was a pony. The pony had a white coat, his tail the same color as the crest of his helmet. He was really surprised when he saw that the pony had wings. Deciding it would be best to not move, he stayed on the floor. Corvo looked over to the other guard. He was gray with a silver tail and had a horn. He didn't understand how these ponies could have wings or horns.

"Guards! Stand down!" a voice called out.

"But Princess!" the guard started to protest.

"I said stand down!" she repeated. The guards hesitated, then slowly raised their spears and stepped back, however they stayed close to keep an eye on him. Corvo looked at the owner of the voice. What he saw greatly surprised him. Standing in front of him was a white pony probably as tall as him with magenta eyes, she had a horn three times the length of the guards, and she also had wings. Her mane and tail shocked him as well, it was four different colors: blue, green, purple, and pink. They also appeared to flow even without a breeze. He noticed that there was an image of the sun on her flank. "What are you?" she asked.

Noticing the crown on her head and the regalia she wore, Corvo pushed himself off the floor and knelt, placing his left fist against the floor and his right arm over his chest, bowing his head. "I am a human, Your Highness," he answered.

His actions surprised her. A being she'd never seen before was kneeling in front her in an unknown manner. However what he called himself confused her. "A human?" she asked. "I don't know what that is, but are you sure? You kind of look like a minotaur, except without horns and your head is shaped differently."

Standing up, Corvo looked at his feet, only to notice they weren't there. In their place were hooves.

"Oh, he's a human. Or at least he was," came a voice Corvo knew all too well, but was a mystery to the princess. Several feet above them, a figure appeared, much to the Princess' surprise. He was very pale, had brown hair, his eyes as black as voids. He wore a brown coat, blue pants and black boots.

The Outsider glanced down to his right and seemed to be looking at something. Noticing this Corvo activated his Dark Vision. Looking at the spot where the Outsider was looking, he saw a familiar yellow highlight, this time of another pony with a horn standing in between him and the ruler. He contemplated using a sleep dart, but decided to instead let the monarch know, "There appears to be another intruder, Your Highness."

She looked at him questioningly, she noticed his eyes had turned from brown to a ruby red. The pony in question noticed his gaze and started to run. Taking immediate action Corvo vanished in flash of light. Everyone gasped at the sight. He reappeared farther down the throne room. When the pony bumped into him, he wrapped his arm around their barrel and lifted them up.

Returning his vision to normal, he saw that it appeared he wasn't carrying anything. "You might as well show yourself. I won't let go until you do."

Not having many other choices, the pony revealed themselves. In his grasp was a lavender mare with a purple mane and tail that had a pink stripe going down the length of them, her eyes were violet. He saw that she had an image on her flank as well, but her's was a magenta six-pointed star with five smaller white stars surrounding it. She gazed at him with an irritated expression, a small blush across her muzzle.

"It's okay. That's my faithful student Twilight Sparkle," the monarch said, with a warm smile.

Setting her down, Corvo bowed slightly, "I apologize if I was rough, Miss Sparkle." He paused for a moment and then asked, "Miss, can you see..?"

"The strange being floating in the air? Yes, I see him. And please, just call me Twilight," she said.

"Okay, Twilight." He then glanced to the ruler and said, "I don't know your name yet Your Highness."

Twilight gaped at the stallion in front of her. "How do you not know who Princess Celestia is?" she practically shouted.

"Because he is from a different world. A world very different from yours," the Outsider said.

"Another world?" Twilight asked, glancing at the floating man.

"Who are you!?" Celestia demanded, gazing up at the man.

"Oh and Corvo?" the Outsider said, not paying any mind to the monarch. "I have something for you." Waving his hand, a crate, case, and a rather large bag appeared next to Corvo. "Some more ammunition and equipment for you. So that you don't run out, I'm giving you the blueprints for your ammo and gadgets to give them so they can replicate them for you. Good luck with your new life." With one last glance at Twilight, which did not escape Corvo's notice, the Outsider disappeared.

Celestia let out an irritated snort, then, turning toward the stallion, she asked, "So, I believe he said your name is Corvo?"

"Yes ma'am, Corvo Attano. Where am I exactly?"

"You are in the throne room of the castle of Canterlot." She then started to walk over to him, Twilight following behind her, "You used to be human?" Corvo nodded. When she reached him, Celestia started to walk around him and look him over. "Well, you appear to have hooves like we do, you also have a tail." Upon hearing that he turned his head and saw he did have a tail, he tried swishing it and was surprised to see move, it was the same color his hair was. When she was in front of him again, she looked at him closely. "And you have a muzzle."

"Do you have a mirror, Princess?" he asked. In a flash of golden light, a full sized mirror appeared in front of Corvo. Surprised by the sudden use of magic and the way she used, he stared at the mirror for a few second before he began to look himself over. He noticed that he wore the same clothes as he had when he was in Dunwall, except that he was now wearing the same gloves Daud had. He had his boots as well, but they had changed to fit his hooves. Turning slightly he saw that he had the three big pouches that he had before on his belt. Looking at his face he saw that he had a dark gray coat, his hair, or mane now, was still the same black, his ears were now on top of his head, and his eyes were the same brown color, but were a great deal bigger. He also appeared to be much younger than he should be. His new pony anatomy threw him off, but if he had to guess, he looked about twenty.

"What do humans normally look like?" Celestia inquired.

"Like the Outsider, but with normal colored eyes," Corvo answered. At the two mares confused expressions, he said, "That man that was floating in the air earlier.

"Oh, so you don't normally have fur then?" Twilight asked.

"We have a thin layer of hair, but not fur, no," he answered.

"Well if you do normally look like the Outsider, then now you look like you're half human, half earth pony," she said.

"Earth pony?"

Celestia began explaining, "Yes, there are four races of ponies in Equestria." She gestured at Twilight, "Unicorns, who can channel their magic through their horns are able to cast spells," then she gestured at one of the guards, "pegasi, who can control the weather and have great speed and agility. There are thestrals, who are similar to pegasi, but they have bat-like wings instead of feathered ones. They are more night dwelling ponies, having slitted pupils that are able to see perfectly in the dark and are a good deal stronger than pegasi. Lastly there are earth ponies, who are connected to nature, animals, and plants. Earth ponies are also very strong and have great stamina."

"What kind of pony are you then, Princess Celestia?" he asked.

"I'm an alicorn. I'm able to use the magic of all the pony races," Celestia told him.

"The Princess and Cadance are the only alicorns," Twilight said.

Corvo saw the slight pained expression on Celestia's face, one that told him that there was something she was keeping to herself. Something that either she regretted or it pained her to think about, or even both.

She quickly changed the subject, asking something that she had been wondering about for a while now, "Corvo, how did you do what you did earlier?"

"What do you mean Princess?"

"Well for one, even though she was invisible, very well done by the way Twilight," she complimented the unicorn. Twilight blushed as Celestia continued, "you were able to see her, and then you teleported in front of her," she said.

"Oh, that was magic that the Outsider gave to me."

"He gave you magic? Why?" Twilight asked.

"Yes he gave them to me. No one in my world just knows magic like here." This seemed to surprise the two mares. "He gave them to me because he knew that I was going to play a pivotal role in the events that were going to unfold in my world, so he gave me powers to make my journey more 'entertaining'," Corvo explained. "The Outsider gives his mark to anyone he finds interesting. It doesn't matter if that person is good or evil, and he doesn't factor in hierarchy or any effort they put in to trying to summon him."

"So what magic can you use?" Twilight asked, interested in seeing new magic.

"I'll show you after I explain the two I used earlier," he said. He decided that he wouldn't show them the Devouring Swarm magic, at least not yet. "What I used to see Twilight is called Dark Vision, it allows me to see living beings through any object. It also lets me see their field of vision and any noise made in the area." They were surprised that the ability let him see so much. "I don't think I need to explain Blink, since you appear to have something similar. Another spell I have is Possession." Hearing this put everyone in the room on edge.

"You can possess ponies?" Twilight asked, apprehensively. Celestia remained silent, listening to his explanation.

"Yes I can possess ponies and animals, but the possession isn't a permanent thing. It only lasts a short time and then I'm pretty much expelled from who I'm possessing." Twilight eased slightly, but still felt anxious that he could possess someone.

"Can it be used on anypony?" Twilight inquired.

"Pretty much anyo-" he paused when he realized what she said. "Anypony?"

"Yes?" she said questioningly.

"That's not how you say that word in your world is it?" Celestia guessed.

"No, we say anyone," he said.

"We do as well. However when we are just talking about ponies, we use anypony," Celestia explained. "You might have to learn some new words while you're here."

"Alright. Well continuing, another of my abilities is Bend Time. I'm able to stop time for several seconds."

"Stop time? It's not possible to stop time!" Twilight objected.

"There might not be any spells for it, but one of the magic abilities the Outsider gave me can stop time. And like I said it's only for several seconds, it's not like I can leave time stopped for as long as I like," Corvo said. Seeing her incredulous look, he decided to demonstrate it. "Fine, I'll show you." He reached out a hand. Twilight looked at it confusedly. "You need to be holding on to me, otherwise you will freeze as well."

She still seemed skeptical, but put a hoof in his hand. He was about to activate the power when Celestia interrupted. "May I see this as well?" she asked. She didn't outright believe what this ability could do, but wanted to see it for herself.

Twilight looked at her mentor in surprise, shocked that she didn't seem to find this impossible like she did.

"Sure," he said and held his hand out. She took his hand and waited for him to use the power. Before he did, Corvo looked around the room and noticed that it wouldn't really show much to use the Bend Time in here. There wasn't anyone other than the guards, who barely seemed to even blink. He turned toward one and addressed him, "Would you throw your spear at me?"

The request caught everypony completely by surprise. Even Celestia gaped at the stallion. The guard looked at the princess for directions. She was still surprised he would ask, but, while she was rather doubtful of freezing time, she didn't think that Corvo would allow himself to get hurt. So, looking at the guard she nodded.

The guard looked hesitant, but nodded back. Walking in front of them, he aimed his spear at Corvo. He then threw it directly at his chest. When the spear was several feet from him, Corvo activated the ability. The weapon froze in mid-air. Glancing at each mare he saw Twilight's eyes widened and her jaw practically fall to the floor. Celestia was less expressive, but seemed surprised as well as her eyes widened. He leaned to the side and waited for the time to return to normal. After waiting for what should have been eight seconds, Corvo looked around in confusion when he noticed that time was still stopped.

"Is something wrong Corvo?" Celestia asked.

"Time usually returns to normal by now," he said. Keeping his body bent to the side, he ended the abilities effect. The spear soared past Corvo and embedded itself into the floor. Straightening, he released their hooves and crossed his arms, ignoring the stunned guards.

Celestia stood in silence, wondering what Corvo had meant.

"Um, Corvo?" Twilight said, after snapping out of her stupor. He looked down at the unicorn. "You said that there wasn't any magic in your world like there is here right?" He nodded at her. "Well, it could be the fact that the power of your magic has increased. Also, you have been changed into a species that has it's own innate magic in addition to your own."

"You could be right Twilight. That's a very good hypothesis," Celestia told her. Twilight beamed at the praise. Celestia then turned toward him, "There is magic everywhere in our world. It's in the plants, rocks, the wildlife, it's in the very land and air. The immense amount of magic compared to your world and the greater amount of magic in you might have amplified your powers."

Corvo thought about their explanation for his sudden stronger abilities. He could practically feel the magic around him. Using the Bend Time also didn't exhaust his mana as much as it used to, in fact he barely felt it deplete at all. He started to wonder if his other magic was stronger and, if they were, what about them had been enhanced. "You may be right. There was never this much magic when I used these powers before. But there's something else."

"What is it?" the Twilight inquired.

"I think," he began. Then, closing his eyes, he reached out to his fount of magic. When he wanted to check and see how much mana he had left, this is what he would do. Upon reaching it, he was surprised to sense two different types of energy within him. Opening his eyes, he looked at the mares, "Yep, you were right Twilight, I seem to have two sources of magic."

"Hm. Perhaps the Outsider couldn't mix your magic and Equestrian magic," Celestia guessed.

"That or he just didn't," Corvo said.

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"I mean that the Outsider does whatever he feels like doing. He might have been able to mix the two magics but just didn't feel like it."

"He sounds like a pain," Twilight said.

"A little, but the magic he gave me helped a great deal back in Dunwall."

"Dunwall? Is that where your from?" Celestia inquired.

"It's where I lived, yes. Anyway, another power I have is Windblast, which is pretty self-explanatory. My last power is a new one that the Outsider gave me when he sent me here. He said it was called Pull. That sounds pretty obvious as well." He flicked his wrist at the still embedded spear. The weapon was pulled out of the floor and flew toward Corvo, who deftly caught it. "Yeah, that's what I thought." He walked over to the guard and returned his spear.

The guard took it and returned to his post.

"I think that was only the first level of it, though," he said to himself.

"First level?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, for some of the powers there are two levels to them," Corvo started to explain. "For example, the first level of Bend Time was just slowing time down instead of stopping it."

"So what does a level two Pull do?" Celestia inquired.

"It pulls people toward me. Conscious people are lifted and bound in front of me to take out."

"What do you mean that they are lifted and bound in front of you?" Twilight asked.

Corvo paused, thinking on how to best explain. Figuring it would be better to display what it could do, he said, "I suppose I could show you but somepony would need to volunteer for it to be used on them."

"You can use it on me," a voice behind him said. Turning toward the pony that had spoken, Corvo saw one of the guards walking forward. He was an earth pony guard.

"Well, if you're sure. May I ask what your name is?" he asked.

Since ponies don't normally ask for a guards name, being asked his was a surprise. "My name is Crescent Slash," he answered.

"Well Crescent, thank you for volunteering, but why are you? I didn't really expect any of you to because you probably don't trust me."

"Well while I don't necessarily trust you yet, you haven't given us a reason to be suspicious of you," the guard said. "So when you are ready you can use that Pull power on me."

His answer somewhat surprised Corvo. That he was going to let somepony he didn't really trust or even know use a spell on him. The guards back in Dunwall would have been very suspicious and wary, and they knew him. That this pony would so readily entrust him with his safety baffled Corvo. Shaking off his shock he prepared to use Pull. Aiming at Crescent, Corvo used his power. As soon as it was cast, the guard started to slide across the throne room. Knowing what was going to happen, he wasn't shocked to be suddenly moving, but even knowing what the effects were Crescent was surprised when he was lifted into the air. He just sat there suspended in front Corvo until he ended the spell, dropping the guard.

Crescent landed back on his hooves. "I'm guessing that's why you wanted somepony to volunteer?" he asked.

Corvo nodded, "Yes, that's why. I had this power used on me before. I was caught off guard and was nearly knocked out from the sudden drop. I wanted somepony to be prepared for what was going to happen."

"Is that all of the magic you can use?" Celestia asked, as Crescent returned to his position. Corvo hesitated for a second, then nodded. She noticed the hesitation, but decided to wait until there wasn't anypony else around to confront him about it. Turning toward Twilight, Celestia said, "You should probably head back Twilight."

"Why Princess?" she asked.

"Because I would like you to teach Corvo about our world. The places in Equestria, the other species that inhabit Equis, the laws that our world has, all of those things and I know that you would like to plan those things out," Celestia told the unicorn.

A gleam entered Twilight's eyes at the thought of teaching somepony, "Okay, Princess I'll teach Corvo about our world." She headed toward the doors, "I should check on Spike too. He's probably getting pretty worried about me." She left the throne room to check on somepony and start to get a lesson plan together.

As she left, Corvo walked over and knelt down to look at what the Outsider had left. He opened the crate first, "Spring razor, normal and sticky grenades, but what are these?" he wondered as he held up two different mines and what seemed to be a tube with some kind of pin sticking out of the top. Deciding to find out what these were later, Corvo moved over to the case. Opening it he listed off it's contents like he did before, "Bullets, bolts, sleep darts, incendiary bolts, explosive bullets, and... are these explosive bolts? I guess shooting them would be quieter than using the gun."

"Did you say that there are explosives in there?" Celestia asked, concern and uneasiness in her voice. She started to wonder why such a young stallion would need such things.

"Yes, there are Princess, but if they are treated with care nothing will happen. As long as you don't crack them or, for the grenades, pull the pins, they won't go off," he explained. Continuing to look through the case, Corvo saw the blueprints the Outsider had left him. He looked over to the Princess and asked, "Would it be to much to ask for you to try and replicate these?"

"And why do you want these replicated?" she asked. Since it involved things so volatile and dangerous, she needed to know what he planned to do with them.

"I only wish to protect those that inhabit what appears to be my new home," Corvo said, trying to put her fears to rest. "However, while I don't know if I'll need them, I have plenty of supplies, so if you want to think it over before deciding about the more deadly ammunitions, I don't mind, but I would ask you to work on the sleep darts. I would rather keep from injuring anyone unless absolutely necessary." Looking through the blueprints, he found the ones for the sleep darts and put it next to him. He then started to look for the ones pertaining to the three gadgets he couldn't identify. He soon found them and read what they were, "Stun mines, arc mines, and chokedust?" The stun mines were self-explanitory and had an idea about the chokedust, but read the description on the blueprints to be sure, "When set off, the gas inside hampers a persons breathing effectively 'stunning' them." He then looked over the arc mine blueprint. He didn't read this one aloud, 'The mine has multiple charges that incinerate anyone in who enters its range.' He grabbed the stun mine and sleep dart blueprints and held them out to Celestia.

As she took the plans in her magic, she inquired, "You have a lot of different gadgets here Corvo. You noticed Twilight earlier, but you hesitated slightly before acting. Were you originally going to tell me or were you going to do something else?"

Corvo didn't answer right away. This was her student after all, and if the look she gave when she realized it was Twilight was any indication, their relationship seemed similar to the relation he had with Emily. Deciding it would be best to be honest, he said, "I did contemplate doing something else."

"And that would be?" she asked, her face expressionless.

"I was going to hit her with a sleep dart," he answered. "I try to not even harm anyone unless I have to. I try even harder not to kill except as a last resort."

A small smile spread across Celestia's muzzle, "I'm glad to here that." Though, she was surprised that he admitted that, if the situation called for it, he would end somepony's life.

"Was she really invisible?"

"Not really, no. She was just making herself blend into the background," she explained. "Once you had caught her, I could tell that you had somepony in your grasp. It's a spell that's best used when your standing still, so the fact that she kept it up so well even when she was moving was very impressive."

"She must be good at magic then," Corvo said as he turned back to the case and continued to look through it.

"She's amazing at it."

"Why did he give me my crossbow and this wristbow? Whatever, it will come in handy if the other breaks or something. Gun, elixirs, remedies, and my sword," he said, pulling out a metal hilt.

Crescent spoke up, "Uh, Corvo that's only the hilt of a sword."

Glancing at the guard, Corvo pressed down on the hilt and tossed it up. As the handle spun in the air, it opened revealing the blade hidden inside. As he caught it, the four prongs at the top opened and the blade shot up. The guards stared at the sword wide-eyed. The sword was the same length of a normal sword, but was made of a black metal that the ponies had never seen before. Pressing the trigger again, Corvo spun the sword in his hand as the blade retracted back into the hilt. He put the crossbow in one of the pouches on the back of his belt, put the gun in its holster, and put his sword in its sheath. He also refilled the ammunition pouches on his side.

Looking back into the case he saw his mask, except that it had been altered to fit his new face. The shape was rounder that it was before and had two protrusions on the top for his ears. Lifting the mask out of the case, Corvo placed it over his face. He soon heard and felt the mask secure onto his face.

Celestia and the guards looked at the mask in slight discomfort. "Corvo, why do you have such an unsettling mask?" she asked.

He sighed, he was really dreading this conversation and had hoped to avoid it. However, after pretty much showing them the mask he had to explain himself. Removing the mask, Corvo began to explain, "Because Your Highness I was framed for a crime I didn't commit. A group called the Loyalists broke me out of jail because they thought that I could take out the real people who had plotted against the Empress. They gave me this mask to hide my identity from anyone who might see me."

"What was this crime Corvo?" Celestia asked.

Corvo's face darkened as he told her of the worst event to happen to the Isles. "Assisting in the kidnapping of Emily Kaldwin and the murder of her mother, Empress Jessamine Kaldwin," his voice laced with anger.

The guards reacted instantly, placing themselves between the princess and the stallion. Four guards surrounded Corvo and pointed their spears at him. He didn't even flinch, but glared down at the guards. They began to feel nervous. The fact that the stallion that had been very calm despite his circumstances was glaring death at them was greatly unnerving.

"Guards! Put your weapons away!" the Princess shouted.

The guards hesitated, but eventually lowered their spears and backed away.

Celestia walked up to Corvo, "That's a very serious thing to be accused of. Something that, while not foreign, doesn't happen often here in Equestria." He focused his gaze on the princess. She gazed into his eyes and saw the intense anger in them, but she also saw the sadness behind them. "I'm going to ask you to allow me to do something that is rather invasive." Confusion appeared on his face at the sudden turn. "Will you allow me to look into your memories?" The confusion spread across his face, as the anger practically disappeared. "You see there is a spell that allows me to peer into a ponies memories. While you haven't given me a reason not to believe you, murder is a very serious crime and the murder of a ruler, even more so. I want to look into your memories to see the events that unfolded."

Corvo nodded in understanding, but didn't answer. There was something he hadn't told Celestia. If she looked at his memories she would see it and think that he was trying to hide it. He decided to tell her before that could happen. "Very well Princess. I know that for something this severe you need proof of what I'm saying is true, but before you do I need to tell you something. I wasn't trying to hide it and you'll see for yourself in a second, but I feel it would be better to tell you myself."

She arched a brow and motioned for him to continue.

"I didn't say this before for two reason's. The first being that I didn't know if this kind if thing happened and I didn't want to bring that kind of thing up. The other reason is Twilight. She seemed rather young if my guess is correct."

"Well she's eighteen, but she's somewhat naïve of the real world. You don't look very old though. I don't know how humans look, but the part of you that's pony looks like you would be the same age as Twilight."

"You'll see when you look at my memories. After all, you'll see them all."

The Princess gave him a look and said, "I think you misunderstood something Corvo. I'll only see the memories you want me to see."

He stared at her in surprise, "But wouldn't ponies or anyone be able to hide things from you?"

"I have no right to pry into their private life," Celestia told him. "Now if the one I'm looking into the memory of is a criminal or some such, then I can force my way into their memories, but it puts a great deal of stress on them so I have to be sure that they are guilty."

Corvo fought the urge to facepalm. He really should have asked about what would happen. "Even so, I feel that as the ruler of this land you should know about the ma- stallion that's going to be staying here. And like I said I would rather tell you, so you don't think I was trying to hide it."

She waited as he took a deep breath and began to speak.

"I wasn't lying when I said that I try not to kill anyone unless it's absolutely necessary. When the Empress was killed I had made a promise to myself that I wouldn't let revenge consume me. I know that she wouldn't want me to sink to their level and kill any enemy I came across. Plus, the guards were only following what they had thought had happened. Not even the Lord Regent or High Overseer would die by my hand. If they were to die, the law would be the ones to carry it out. Another reason was that I was sure that Emily would hear about the things I did. I didn't want her knowing about those kinds of things. I wanted to protect her from it."

Celestia watched as the anger from before reappeared.

"But there was one instance where that isn't true. When I happened to end up near the base of the assassins that killed the Empress, I broke my promise. I made my way to their base swiftly, but silently, ending every last one of their lives."

As he continued to talk, the Princess noticed sadness and regret appear on his features.

"However, as I entered the base, I looked back at the corpses of the assassins and I remembered my promise. That I broke that promise of not succumbing to revenge, filled me with regret. They had deserved justice, but I had no right to deliver it myself. So as I continued through their base I knocked the rest of them out."

"I see. Well, I appreciate you being honest with me, Corvo."

"Yeah, while I'm being honest. There was a spell that I didn't want Twilight to know about it," he confessed.

"Yes, I noticed your hesitation before when I asked. I was going to ask you about it later," Celestia said.

"You noticed, huh? Well, you see it's not a power I really used because it kills people. Can you make shield Princess?"

"Yes, why?"

"Because I'm going to show you what the spell does, but it's something that needs to be contained," Corvo explained. Aiming at the middle of the floor he cast his Devouring Swarm. A void opened on the ground as a giant swarm of rats appeared.

Celestia's eyes widened as she threw up a shield around them. "What are those?!" she yelled.

"The Devouring Swarm spell. It summons a huge swarm of rats that will attack anything. I have no control over them unfortunately. Which is why I asked if you could make a shield."

"I wish you would have explained better than that," Celestia said, with a reproachful look.

"Sorry Your Highness," he apologized.

"It's fine, I suppose. Nopony was hurt." She returned her gaze to the rats and asked, "They can really kill someone?"

"Yes, they can. You would sometimes come across a swarm of rats in Dunwall. If you weren't careful they would attack and even if you survived you wouldn't be much better off."

"Why's that?" she asked.

Corvo grimaced, "The plague."

"Plague?" she questioned.

"You'll see when you look into my memories. In fact should we do that now?" he asked.

"Yes, let's get to it. But what about those rats?" Celestia asked. She glanced over to the shield the rats just stood idly in spot.

"They'll disappear after a while, Princess. Although with how it took Bend Time longer to end, it might be better to just smash them. Can you shrink that shield?"

Celestia looked at Corvo in shock, "You want me to kill them?!"

"They aren't real Princess Celestia. They are just constructs made by my magic. If you'll open a hole in the shield I'll show you," he said as he approached the sphere.

Celestia hesitated, but created an opening in the shield.

Taking his sword off of his belt, he extended it and thrust it into the shield, stabbing one of the rats. Everypony flinched as the sword sunk into the rodent. However, the rat then burst into a puff of black smoke. They all stared, wide eyed at what had just happened.

"See?"

After seeing the rat vanish into smoke, Celestia contracted the shield, destroying the constructs. After they had all vanished, the shield dissipated as she ended the spell. After the spell vanished she approached Corvo, "Alright, let's look at your memories." Corvo inclined his head as the Princess neared him. Closing her eyes, Celestia lowered her horn to his forehead, a golden aura surrounding it.

"Oh and Princess Celestia?" Corvo said. She cracked open an eye. "I'm sure you figured this out, but I feel like I need to make sure you know that my world is much more violent than yours is. So don't be surprised if you see some terrible things."

Celestia nodded, then cast the spell and Corvo's memories flowed into her, she watched all of them play out. From the assassination of the Empress and the kidnapping of her daughter by a man in red and one of his men, to how Corvo, even when betrayed, didn't end a man's life, but let the law deal with him. She watched as he went through everything without killing any of the enemies he encountered. He even spared the lives of weepers, people at the height of the plague. This only lasted up until he found the assassins hideout however, and she watched the event Corvo had described to her. After, he realized what he had done, she watched in shock and amazement at how he spared the life of the man, Daud, who had killed the Empress, after he told Corvo that when he had done it something inside of him had broken and that he was tired of killing. She then watched as the rest of Corvo's life went by. How a cure for the plague was found, that Emily grew to be a wonderful ruler, how he was her Lord Protector, and eventually, the thing that surprised her the most, his death.

As the Princess' spell ended, she stared at the stallion in front of her. She couldn't believe how much he had gone through. And the fact that he had actually been dead not that long ago shocked her greatly.

"A lot to take in isn't?" he asked. "Especially the most recent event."

"Yes, you've had to go through a great deal. I can't believe you were dead though," she said. The guards eyes widened upon hearing this and tensed. Rolling her eyes, Celestia ordered, "Guards, do not do anything to this stallion unless he gives you reason to. From what I've seen though I doubt that will happen." They looked uncertain, but eased slightly. They stood at attention however, just in case. She shook her head, "I'm sorry about that Corvo."

"It's fine Princess. It's a pretty normal reaction for that kind of thing," he said as he turned his attention to the bag. When he opened the bag, Corvo saw the Heart on top of a pile of Bone Charms and quickly closed it.

"Is something wrong Corvo?" the Princess asked.

"Well, it's that item that the Outsider gave me and those charms," he told her, uncomfortably.

At first, Celestia was confused as to what he was talking about, but then she remembered when he had first met that irritating man. She began to feel slightly uncomfortable as well, as she recalled the Heart and the charms that have mystical powers. "Oh dear, um... do you think anypony can see it? I noticed in your memories no one seemed to notice it."

"I'm not sure. With how the Outsider is, others might be able to see it now."

"You should probably show the guards just in case, so that if they can and you need to take it out they won't completely freak out," she advised.

"If you think that's best."

Reopening the pack, Corvo took out the Heart. All of the guards tensed and gripped their spears.

The monarch sighed at their expected, and admittedly justified, reaction. "Calm down everypony. I know what it is, but know that Corvo had nothing to do with it's creation. That being that appeared earlier gave it to him."

"What being Princess?" one of the guards asked.

She looked at the guards in surprise.

Crescent step forward, "That's actually something we've been wondering about Princess. You, Corvo, and even Twilight started talking to nothing."

"Princess, the Outsider only shows himself to people, or in this case ponies, that he decides to," Corvo explained.

"I'll explain later, Crescent. Should I be worried he showed himself to Twilight, then?" Celestia inquired.

"Well he showed an interest in me and look at where I am."

Celestia thought about his world compared to theirs. Magic wasn't as plentiful as on Equis and having it was considered a heinous crime. Overseer's would burn 'witches' and heretics for going against them. She had also noticed the technological differences between the two worlds.

Returning her attention to him, she asked, "Can I ask you to keep an eye out for Twilight?"

"I will watch out for her as best I can," Corvo promised.

"Thank you Corvo." Celestia then looked outside the window and saw that it was almost night time. "It's getting pretty late. How about we get some rest and Twilight can start teaching you about our world tomorrow?"

"That would be great, Princess. Being given my body back and transported from another world sure took a lot out of me."

"I can imagine. I'll escort you to the room you'll be staying in," she said. Picking up the containers in her magic, she headed through the double doors.

As they walked through the halls, Corvo said, "Um, Princess?"

"Yes, Corvo?"

"Do you happen to have a spell that will change my appearance? I imagine that the other ponies wouldn't exactly take kindly to someone as strange as me," he asked.

"They might be frightened at first, but as they get to know you I'm sure they would be able to see past it," Celestia said. She then thought of the ponies in Canterlot. "But, I will look into it. Other ponies might accept you, but the ones in Canterlot will probably treat you horribly. You may now be a pony like the rest of us, but you are very different and the nobles treat those different than them very poorly."

"Believe me I know, I've had experience with nobles. And thank you, Princess."

They continued walking through the castle making idle chatter as they went.

After what seemed like a few hours to Corvo they finally reached the room he would be staying in.

Opening the door with her magic, Celestia walked inside. "Well this your room."

Stepping inside the room, Corvo was somewhat surprised by how nice, what was probably a guest room, was. As he walked around the room looking at everything in it, Celestia put his possessions on the floor. As he came to the bed, he noticed that it was a great deal to small for him.

"Princess? The bed's rather small."

Turning toward him, she looked from the bed to the stallion. "That it is. Hold on a second." Lighting up her horn, Celestia's magic soon engulfed the bed. After a second, the bed expanded in length and width. "There you go."

"Thanks. And Princess would it be too much to ask for some clothes to be made?"

"You're welcome. It won't be any trouble Corvo, but may I ask why?" she questioned.

"As I said earlier, humans don't have fur, so we wear clothes to keep ourselves warm and to cover our... *ahem* modesty. As such I'm rather used to clothes and would like to keep wearing them even if you find a spell to change my appearance," he explained.

A light blush crossed the Princess' muzzle. "I see. Well that shouldn't be a problem. I'll talk to one of the tailors and see about getting you some more clothes. Now you should get some rest," she said, exiting the room.

"I will." Taking off his boots, Corvo got into bed and pulled the covers over him. As he wondered if he would come to enjoy his new life in a completely different world with new people (so to speak) and new things he had never seen before, he soon started to drift off to sleep.