Corvo was on the training grounds practicing getting his Windblast spell's power under control. He was starting to be able to control just how much magic to put into the spell to make it more powerful, but not deadly. He was waiting for the rest of the Crow Guard, so that they could train. He kept practicing until he heard hoofsteps. Looking over he saw the Crow Guard as well as the two captains rushing over to him.

Once they reached him, they stopped and stood in front of him panting slightly. "The Princess just told us about you being demoted," Gleaming gasped out.

"Yeah, why did she demote you? I mean, wasn't this guard made because of you?" Spitfire asked.

"It was made because of the incidents and my magic helped me with them. She did it because of Blueblood," he said.

"What does that snob have to do with it?" Soarin asked.

"He reported to the Princess on how I threatened him," he told them. All of their eyes widened in shock. "He insulted an entire race of ponies. I couldn't stand that and tried to intimidate him. Didn't exactly work, but I knew he wouldn't be able to do much. Especially after the Princess saw my memories."

"What did you show her that time?" the fiery-maned pegasus asked.

"That he made a racial slur and the fact that he attacked me."

"He attacked you!?" all of them, even Flash who had not spoken a word since Corvo had met him, shouted.

"Yes he did, but I dodged it easily. I don't really care that he did that anyway, it's the racist remark that he said. And I don't care that he called me it, it's the fact that he referred to all of them in such a way."

"He made a racial remark against you?" Crescent asked. His eyes widened, "You mean he called you..?"

Corvo just nodded, not wanting to repeat it. All of the ponies faces turned red in anger.

Surprisingly, it was Flash Sentry that spoke up, "That's horrible! You shouldn't have been demoted for sticking up for other ponies."

They all looked at the orange pegasus in surprise. Recovering, Gleaming said, "He's right. I'm going to go and try to talk the Princess into making you the captain again."

"Don't Gleaming Shield." All of them looked at him in disbelief.

"Why not?" she questioned.

"Because she had to do it. If she didn't then she would of had an annoying 'Prince' and a bunch of nobles making a scene about how a guard got away with threatening one them. If I had just threatened him with being put in a dungeon, then it probably wouldn't have been to bad, but I threatened him with this." He showed them the wristbow on his left arm. Their eyes widened at this. "I told him that if he said such a thing again that I would make him regret it."

The four Crow Guards and two captains stood in silence at this information. Suddenly a voice spoke up, "I like this stallion already." Turning around, they saw a thestral walking over to them. "Anypony that's willing to stand up to Blueblood is OK in my books."

"I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" Corvo asked.

"My name is Nightstalker. I'm the new captain of the Crow Guard," he introduced.

"It's nice to meet you Nightstalker. So you're the new captain?"

"Officially yes, but the Princess explained the situation about how when it comes to most things involving this guard that you're still in charge. And I was wondering what would you do if Blueblood didn't heed your warning, which he probably won't."

"I'd probably punch or kick him," Corvo answered, without hesitation.

Except for Nightstalker, everypony's jaw dropped. "You can't! If you do that, the Princess will have to remove you from the guard," Flash said.

Corvo shrugged, "I've almost always worked alone anyway. Sure, I would help the guards sometimes, but most of the time, especially after the assassination, I did things by myself."

"You don't always have to. Plus, seeing that they are willing to try and talk the Princess out of this shows that you are a good captain," the thestral said.

Corvo chuckled, "I don't know about that. I was only a captain for a day and I barely did anything that a captain should do."

"True, but Gleaming Shield and I saw you training with the guards this past week," Crescent spoke up. "While you were fighting, you weren't afraid to shout at them what they were doing wrong when going against somepony like you, even though you weren't part of the guard. You got quite a few of them to train even harder than before. They haven't forgotten what you said and have improved."

"He's right," Gleaming said. "Some of them want to fight you again to see how much better they've gotten."

He looked at them in shock, "Really? But that's all I did. When I saw them outside the training ground I addressed them as I would anypony."

Spitfire smiled, "Just because you're a captain doesn't mean you have to treat them like subordinates all the time. I hang out with the other Wonderbolts constantly when we don't have anything to do and we're all friends with each other."

At that moment Fleetfoot glanced behind Corvo and noticed two cases on the other side of the training field. "Hey Corvo, what are those?" she asked.

Looking back, he said, "Ah right." He walked over to the cases, the others following behind. Kneeling down he opened one of the cases, revealing a bunch of boots. "I asked Fine Point to make these boots and what's in the other case. They are exactly like the ones that I'm wearing," he told them.

"Why are they like yours?" she asked.

"You all know how when you walk your hooves make a clop sound right?" They all nodded. "Well listen when I walk," he said. He began walking around them and, as he did, he noticed confusion cross their faces as their ears twitched, trying to hear his hoofsteps. He then began to run, weaving his way between them.

"How was there not any sound? When you were walking is one thing, but running? There should have been some kind of noise," Crescent said.

"It's my boots. They have a thick layer of soft rubber separating the actual bottom of the boot from the floor. The layer silences practically any noise that you would make," Corvo explained. He then walked over to the other case and opened it. He pulled out an outfit similar to what he was wearing except that it was made to fit a pony. "I'm not completely sure what we'll be doing in this guard, but they are light, very silent, and aren't too restricting. At least they shouldn't be. She didn't know what all of your measurements are so she just went with the typical size. If they are too loose or restrictive then you should talk to her and have it refitted."

"Those don't look like they would protect you a great deal if you had to fight," Gleaming said.

'And your armor does?' he thought. "Normally no, but Fine Point worked together with the blacksmith that makes your weapons and armor, Heated Blade was his name I think, and they came up with these. They're made from a fabric that they created that's made of steel. It should be able to deflect most attacks," he told them. "Now before we start training. Nightstalker will you step forward so that I can give you access to my powers?"

The stallion nodded and stepped forward. Corvo knelt down and used the Arcane Bond. When he was finished, he stood and quickly explained to him about what magic he could now use, their effects, and the abilities he now possessed.

Once finished, he said, "Alright, I'd like to train in combat today, but instead of spears I would like you all to get your choice of weapons." They all looked at him in confusion. "I highly doubt that all of your choice for weapons is a spear. Your all probably efficient with your own type of weapon, but you can't have those with you at all times so you wield a spear when on guard."

"You're right. OK, we'll go get our preferred weapon. Let's go everypony," Gleaming Shield said. They all separated, going to get their weapons.

After awhile they had all returned with their weapons. The Wonderbolts had to go to Cloudsdale to get their weapons, but they were quick in getting them. Corvo watched as they walked forward. Three of them had swords, but he could only recognize Soarin's, who also had a shield. Nightstalker had a huge ax and Gleaming Shield had what looked like a spear with a huge blade instead of what was normally on one. Fleetfoot was wearing some kind of claws on her fore hooves and Crescent Slash was holding two bladed weapons he didn't recognize.

"OK, except for Soarin, I don't know what your weapons are, so will you tell me what they are?"

Gleaming nodded while spinning her weapon slightly, "This is called a glaive. As you can see it's similar to a spear, except that the blade is bigger, but thinner. It's better at piercing armor than a normal spear."

"My weapon is called a katana. As you can see it's a slender, curved sword. I use it for quick and accurate attacks," Spitfire said.

"These are scythes. They are used for quick attacks and can get between other species armor," Crescent Slash told him.

Nightstalker spoke up, "You probably know that this is an ax. However, it's what's called a greataxe. It's able to smash through armor and cut whoever your striking."

"We call these gryphon claws. The reason being that we got the idea from them and, like them, we only wear them on our fore hooves and not our back ones," Fleetfoot said.

"This is a falchion. It combines the weight and power of an ax with the versatility of the sword," Flash said.

"This actually works out pretty good because I was going to practice with all of you. I figured that you all would have different fighting styles and, after seeing your weapons, now I know you do have different styles. It'll also be good practice if we come across the weapons in an actual fight." They all nodded, "Alright, let's start with Gleaming and then Nightstalker."

Gleaming Shield stepped forward and they began to fight. Corvo stayed in his anthro form so that they would have more practice against bipedal, as well as larger, beings. His fight with Gleaming was the hardest fight he had ever been in. Her weapon had incredible reach so it was hard for him to get close. Gleaming was quick and had managed to connect several time. After her fight, she had excused herself saying that there were things she needed to take care of.

After she had left, Nightstalker was next. His attacks were slow, but powerful. With him, Corvo couldn't afford to block and had to dodge all of the attacks. And even though he was slower than Gleaming, he was still fast enough to not get caught off guard.

Fleetfoot, Crescent, and Spitfire, weren't any easier. Fleetfoot was fast and agile, able to dodge easily and attack quickly, then move away. Spitfire was even faster, and gave him several bruises from using the blunt side of the sword. Crescent was difficult because he had two scythes, so while one was blocking Corvo's sword, he used the other to attack.

Flash and Soarin were slightly easier, but still difficult. Flash's strikes had a good deal of power behind them and, while Corvo could block them, it staggered him to do so. With his shield, Soarin was about as difficult to deal with as Crescent, one foreleg blocking, while the other attacked.

After a few hours, Corvo was sitting on the ground panting. He had a few small cuts and several bruises on his body. Glancing down at his watch, he saw that it was eleven o'clock. Wincing slightly, he stood up, "Alright, everypony that was very good practice. You should get practice versions of your weapons and train with each other. Fighting opponents who are fast or have long reaching weapons will be good for you all. I have some plans today, so I'll leave you all to your own devices. Before you do though, Flash can I talk to you?"

The orange pegasus looked at him and followed him away from the others. When they were out of earshot, he asked, "Yes, Cap- Lieutenant?"

"Flash, you don't have to be so formal with me. I don't care if you just call me by my name," Corvo said. 'Guess I know what Spitfire felt like when we met.'

"But sir, I'm just a new recruit and you're my commanding officer."

"We're not here as a Lieutenant and his subordinate, but just as two stallions talking. That's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about. I know it's only been a day, but until today I hadn't heard you speak at all. Why?"

"Because a low-ranking guard shouldn't just talk to his superior officer?" he more asked than said.

Corvo shook his head, "That isn't a good reason. How am I supposed to know what your feeling if you don't say anything. If you don't say that your not feeling well and I told you to do something, you'd only be hurting yourself."

"Yes, si-" he paused at Corvo's look. "I will speak up more Corvo."

"Good. Besides technically I'm pretty much a new recruit."

Flash looked up in confusion, "But you're a Lieutenant."

"For how long?"

"A day or two."

"Exactly. How long have you been in the guard?" Corvo questioned.

"A few weeks," Flash answered. "But what about your time as Lord Protector?"

"That's completely different than being a guard. Plus, here that doesn't mean anything because it was in another world. So, if you have trouble speaking up, remember that." Flash nodded in understanding. "Now you can do what you like for the day. I'll see you later." He walked into the castle and headed to where Twilight was.

When he reached where she had been staying, he saw her walking out of the room. Her eye was still bandaged, but she seemed to be walking perfectly fine.

"Twilight!" he called, as he continued forward.

She turned and smiled, "Hey Corvo, perfect timing. I was headed to my parents house to tell them that, other than my eye, I'm better. You want to come and meet them?"

"Sure. They're wanting to meet me right?" She nodded. "Then let's go." He changed into his pony form and stood on Twilight's left. They left the castle and headed to her home.

As they walked through Canterlot, the two were getting a lot of attention. Surprisingly, most ponies had looks of sympathy, seeing Twilight with a bandage covering her eye. There were still ponies that were glaring at Corvo, but most were focused on Twilight.

The attention was starting to get to her. Her face was flush, her ears were lowered, and she moved closer to Corvo as they walked. Thankfully, they soon reached her house and she knocked on the door.

He barely registered that there were two unicorns standing in the doorway, when he was tackled to the ground. His body throbbed in pain from the injuries he'd sustained during training. He felt something pressing repeatedly against his cheek. Opening his eyes he saw a gray unicorn mare standing above him, kissing his cheek.

"Thank you. Thank you for saving our daughter. Thank you," she cried. She stopped kissing him and she stood above him, her tears flowing down her face.

"Dear, give the stallion some space. He looks rather in pain from you tackling him," a masculine voice spoke up.

As the mare backed up he got a better look at her and the pony who had spoken up. The mare looked rather similar to Twilight. Her coat was gray, her eyes were arctic blue, and her mane was purple and light gray with the bottom of her mane being curled slightly. Her cutie mark was three purple stars. In the doorway was a blue unicorn stallion with a dark blue mane, and his eyes were amber. His cutie mark was a yellow waxing crescent moon with a small waning crescent inside of it.

The stallion walked forward and clapped a hoof on Corvo's back, causing him to wince slightly. "As my wife so clearly put it, thank you for rescuing our daughter. You hurt yourself?" he asked noticing the wince.

"What makes you say that?" Corvo questioned.

The stallion gave him a deadpan stare, "You're talking to the father of the Guard Captain. Me and my wife have become fairly good at noticing when somepony is injured."

Corvo smiled slightly, "It's nothing to serious. Just a couple small cuts and a few bruises. The Crow Guard and I trained today. I asked them to get their actual weapons, so that I could have some practice in going against different fighting styles."

He nodded in understanding, "That was a good idea. Oh, before I forget we should introduce ourselves. My name is Night Light."

"And I'm Twilight Velvet. You can call me Velvet," Twilight's mom introduced. "Don't just stand there come inside."

"It's nice to meet you both. And it really wasn't a problem. I've come to care about Twilight myself and I didn't want to see her taken," Corvo said, as he walked inside. As he entered, he saw Gleaming Shield in the living room. He smirked slightly, "This what you had to take care of Captain?"

She looked at him, "Of course not. I had pick some things up for lunch. We don't exactly have things for your diet."

Worry appeared on his face, "You didn't have to get stuff like that. I'd eat whatever you'd have made."

Gleaming waved a hoof, "Don't worry about it. We wanted to make something for you."

"Thank you," Corvo said.

"It wasn't a problem. You should have come earlier. You missed Cadance. She told me that she met you yesterday."

Twilight looked disheartened that she missed seeing her old foalsitter. "Yeah I met her. She came to see you all?"

"She came to see one of us more than the others," Night Light said.

"Really? Who do you mean?" Corvo asked.

"Neither of you told him?" Velvet asked.

A blush appeared on Gleaming muzzle, "What, were we supposed to just randomly say that we were dating?"

Corvo's eyes widened slightly, "You and Cadance are going out?"

She nodded, "Yeah, we are."

"That would have been a rather random thing to just mention. It's not a big deal that you didn't mention it."

"Corvo?" Velvet spoke up. "My husband I were wondering about something. Twilight told us about how you had lost your cool and threatened the griffon that had kidnapped her."

He lowered his head slightly in shame, "Yes, when I saw the injuries that were inflicted on her I sort of snapped. I was so angry, that I was almost ready to end the griffon's life." He glanced at Twilight, "But then I saw the look on Twilight's face and remembered why I didn't take justice into my own hands. Why the law should be the ones to deal out justice and not be dealt out by just anypony. The fact that you'll push those close to you away or effect who they are by your actions."

"And now that you are the law?" Night Light asked.

"Dad!" Twilight yelled.

"I'm not the law. I'm just part of it. I'm meant to arrest anyone that breaks the law. It's only in the most dire of situations that I will end anyone's life," Corvo said, not bothered by the question.

Night Light smiled, "You've got a good head on your shoulders."

"If I may ask. Why were you so angry about Twilight getting hurt? I understand that you have gotten close to Twilight, but like you said, you were almost ready to kill that griffon," Velvet asked.

"This might sound rather strange, but I've started to think of Twilight as a sister," he said, somewhat nervously.

Except for Gleaming, all of their eyes widened in surprise. Gleaming Shield, on the other hoof, smiled serenely, having already been told.

Regaining his voice, Night Light said, "I'll admit it's rather surprising, but why would it be strange?"

Corvo glanced at Gleaming, "How much did you tell them?"

"Just about what you were. I figured anything else was something that you should be the one to tell them."

"I see." He thought about it for a minute before saying, "Gleaming, can you use that memory spell that the Princess used?"

She raised a hoof to her chin in thought, "If given some time to practice sure, but not right now. Why?"

"I was thinking of you showing them the memories that Celestia showed you," he said.

"You wanted me to?" she asked.

Corvo nodded, "Yeah, I mean they're your family, so I figured it would be best if you showed them. You would know best what they could handle of my memories."

"Well, it doesn't have to be me that casts the spell you know. I'm sure Twily could use it," Gleaming said.

He arched a brow and smirked slightly, "Twily huh? Anyway I know that, but I figured it would be easier for you to just use it on all of them. I don't know if she can project to two others while she's looking at your memories." He glanced over, "Can you?"

Twilight shook her head, "It would be too difficult to pull off. Taking the memories from Gleaming and also sending them to Mom and Dad wouldn't be possible."

"Then I guess you'll just have to look at Gleaming Shield's memories and after she's shown them to you, you'll show your parents," Corvo said.

Twilight nodded and walked up to her sister. Lighting up her horn, she began to cast the spell as she put her horn to Gleaming's.

Velvet walked out of the room saying she was going to prepare lunch and Night Light walked upstairs saying he had some things to take care of. Corvo followed Twilight's mom into the kitchen. He was rather surprised to see Spike in there as well.

"Were you in here the whole time Spike?" he asked.

The drake looked over and smiled, "Hey Corvo. Yeah, I was waiting for Mom to come in so we could start on lunch. With Twilight almost always studying I cooked all of her meals and Mom showed me how."

Velvet smiled sweetly at the boy, before getting everything she needed to start cooking. "She needed to get fed somehow and Spike was more than willing. He's a very good cook too."

Spike blushed at the compliment. "I had a great teacher," he said. Her smile widened and she tousled his scales.

Corvo saw the meat and spoke up, "I don't mind preparing that, ma'am."

She rolled her eyes, "Please, just call me Velvet. And don't be ridiculous you're our guest we'll make your food."

"That's nice of you Velvet, but I don't want to put any of you out more than I have," he said. She opened her mouth to argue, but he cut her off, "Plus, I know how to cook meat."

She mulled over what he said and, with a sigh, gave in, "Fine, you can cook it."

He headed over to the oven and turned it on. Walking to counter, he saw two chicken thighs on a cutting board. Corvo grabbed some salt, paprika, sugar, garlic powder and onion powder, and, after mixing the spices together, he covered the thighs with a thin layer. "Do you have any glass pans?" he asked.

"Bottom cabinet," Velvet said.

He walked over and grabbed a small glass pan. He was about to pick the chicken up, when they were surrounded in a dull red aura. Looking over he saw Velvet's horn coated in the same aura. She lifted them up and placed them in the pan. He nodded his head in thanks and picked up the pan and and walked over to the oven. He placed the pan inside and closed the door. He set the timer for twenty minutes.

He was about to ask if Velvet or Spike needed help, when he was practically tackled to the ground again. He'd managed to keep himself standing this time.

"This a thing with the mares in this family?" Corvo asked. "Pretty much all of you have done this."

Velvet looked at him, "All of us?"

He glanced at Gleaming. A blush crossed her muzzle, "I didn't tackle you!"

"If I hadn't been on the ground already, you probably would have knocked me down with how you threw your forelegs around me." He looked down at Twilight and saw the tears in her eyes. "How much did you show her?" he asked, sitting down and placing a hoof on her head.

Gleaming Shield winced slightly, "Except for the really gruesome things, just about everything."

His eyes widened in panic, "You what!? Why in the hay would you show her all that!?"

"I thought that she should know. Plus, I'm sure you wanted our parents to see that stuff as well, right?"

"You could have learned the spell and then showed them," Corvo reproached. "I doubt they're going to like that you showed her that stuff." He sighed, "Velvet?"

She looked over and nodded. "Gleaming Shield will you help me and Spike?"

"Of course, Mom," she walked over to her mother.

Helping Twilight up, he lead her back into the living room. Night Light appeared to be upstairs still. He walked her over to the couch where they both sat down. She leaned against his shoulder, still crying. He rubbed her back comfortingly as he waited for her to calm down. After a few minutes she started to compose herself.

Corvo asked, "Are you okay?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm OK. But how can you be okay after everything you've been through? You lost the woman you loved, you were accused of her murder and the kidnapping of her daughter. Then later, you were betrayed by those you thought were on your side and took Emily after you had just gotten her back. Yet through all of that you come out of it the same man you were before everything that had happened. You even let the assassin who had killed the Empress go free."

'Damn it Gleaming. You really did show her pretty much everything.' he thought. "Well, for one, I know that Jessamine wouldn't want me to mourn her for too long. She had also tasked me with saving her daughter so I had even less time to do so. That's another thing, Emily was still alive, so I still had her. I had also made a promise to myself and the Empress that I wouldn't lose myself in vengeance."

"Your a very strong man, Corvo. In more ways than one," Twilight said. "It's really hard to believe that you were dead a week ago."

"I know, after all it's not something that usually happens. The Outsider is a powerful being, though. I also think that he took some of the magic from this world to help bring me back."

At that moment, Night Light walked down stairs and saw them sitting on the couch. Arching a brow, he asked, "Something happen?"

Twilight bolted up at the sound of her father's voice, a slight blush on her face. Chuckling, Corvo said, "You'll see, sir."

He waved a hoof, "You can call me Night Light, Corvo. So, I can see that Twilight and Gleaming Shield are done. Is that why Twilight was like that?"

Corvo nodded, "Yes, it is."

"Should we get Velvet and have Twilight show us?"

"It might be better to wait until after lunch is done," Corvo suggested.

Just then Velvet called out, "Lunch is ready!"

"Guess it's going to have to," Night Light said, walking into another room.

Twilight and Corvo got up and followed him into the dining room. There was a table with eight chairs pushed under it. Three on each side with one at each end. Night Light took the end seat on one side. Corvo sat to his right in the middle seat, while Twilight sat on his right. Velvet, Gleaming Shield, and Spike entered the room with the food in their magical grasp, or claws in Spikes case. After setting the food down, Velvet sat at the other end of the table, while Spike sat on Corvo's other side and Gleaming sat next to Velvet and across from Twilight.

Corvo looked at the food that had been placed on the table. In front of him was his chicken looking nice and crisp. The others were having spaghetti with some kind of flower mixed into it. There were also rolls and sliced carrots. Everypony filled their plates with food. Once they had gotten theirs, Corvo took some carrots and a couple rolls.

As they all began to eat, Corvo asked, "If you don't mind my asking, what do you two do?"

"We're astronomers. We study the sun, moon, stars, and just about anything else out there in space," Night Light said.

"That sounds rather interesting," Corvo said.

"It is when your interested in it. If somepony isn't then it's rather dull," Velvet said. "It has a rather special place in our hearts, too."

"It does?"

"Indeed. It's how the two of us met," she said.

"Yes, it was. I was out with my telescope to study the stars, when I saw Velvet just sitting outside staring up at the stars. I walked up to her and asked if she wanted to use my telescope to have a better look at them."

"I was delighted that he would let me use his telescope," Velvet picked up the story. "We just spent the night together watching the stars. Practically every night after that we would meet up and look at the stars and just spend time together."

"After about a week, I worked up the courage and asked her out. We've been together ever since," Night Light concluded, giving his wife a loving look, which she returned.

Corvo smiled, "That's a wonderful story on how you two met."

"Thank you Corvo," Velvet said. Not long later, they had all finished eating.

"How about me, Gleaming, and Spike wash the dishes while Twilight shows you two the memories that Gleaming showed her," Corvo suggested.

"Corvo you don't have to help. We can handle them," Spike said.

"I know I don't have to. I want to help you guys."

"Alright then, come on," Gleaming said. She lifted most of the dishes in her magic, while Spike grabbed several of them and carried them back into the kitchen. Corvo picked up the rest and followed them inside. When they were in the kitchen they began to clean the dishes. Gleaming washed, Spike dried, and Corvo put them away.

After probably half an hour, all of the dishes had been cleaned, dried, and put away. Once they were done they went back into the living room to find Twilight, Night Light, and Velvet already in the room. The mares were sitting on the couch, while Night Light was sitting in an armchair. When Corvo walked into the room, Velvet quickly rushed over to him and threw her forelegs around him.

He could feel his clothes getting wet, telling him that the mare was crying. "You poor stallion, to have been through so much. Not only everything that happened to you after the mare you loved was taken from you, but you lost your parents so young."

Corvo glanced at Twilight, "You told them about that?"

"I just thought that they should know so they wouldn't accidentally bring it up," she said nervously.

"It's OK, Twilight. I'm just kind of surprised that you told them is all."

Gleaming and Spike looked at him in shock. "You didn't have any parents growing up?" Spike asked.

"No, I didn't. My father was a lumber worker and I lost him in a work accident. I don't know what happened to my mother," Corvo said, his voice wavering. "Jessamine and Emily were the closest to family I've ever had. Now, I don't even have them because one's passed on and I died and have been sent to another world."

Night Light walked up to Corvo and placed a hoof on his shoulder. "Velvet, Twilight, and I talked about it. We would like you to become a part of our family."

Corvo stared at him in shock. Velvet took a step back, "Yes, we feel that you shouldn't have to be without any family. You and Twilight already think of each other as siblings. Gleaming Shield, Spike, do you agree?" The two nodded in agreement.

Corvo couldn't believe what he was hearing. These ponies he had just met were offering to let him become part of their family. True, he had become very close to their kids, but it was still a shock that they would be willing to do this for him. He felt his eyes start to water, as he smiled, "Thank you, all of you. If you don't mind a pony from another world, I would be honored to join your family."

They all smiled and surrounded him in a family hug. Corvo spent the rest of the day getting to know his new family.