I am rather intrigued by these strange creatures that are around me. I was only a little afraid of what other damages that they caused to Ordis while he was offline and I back in stasis.  They had little knobs or wings on their bodies while others just had none. However, I have learned just because one has none, doesn't really mean they don't have anything else. I learned that while on a mission with a fellow Tenno. He ran out of ammo and started to use a small dagger. Beware of the blast damage in that little thing, and it had the reach of a long sword.

Funny, I don't even know who woke me up. I mean, I know what woke me up, but I didn't know his name. I am sure he is male because of his voice. I wonder what they thought of me when they saw me. I look around as the little creatures walk out of the whole they made. Some had armor on that hardly covered their bodies. They also carried simple metal tools unlike my Biosteel armor and my Nanotoid weapons.

I frown as I see the records of the crash my armor's systems show me. I had zero shield levels, and I barely survived with only ten health left in my life support systems. I know that my armor is numbing my pains, I am thankful that those still work. It was frightening to crash like that because I could have died, nearly did too.

"Mr. Silver?" I hear the voice of my Waker and I look over to him. "Would you come with me? My wife would need to see you?" I began to step, but pause and tilt my head. I show him my badge again, hoping he would get my gesture. "What? Why are you showing me that again?"

"The Operator is wondering who your wife is. Is she of vital importance, your leader, or other ranking?" I nod, thanking Ordis for helping me.

"She's the princess of the Crystal Empire. You crashed near us, but she would like to see you who are." I look at my weapons and frown behind my helm. I decide to keep them on, but if I would to be asked about them, I would put them down. I would like to ensure that all know I am peaceful. "Lets get going Silver, we got a few things to ask of you."

I nod and follow him. He jumps through the hole and I crawl through the small space. As I exit my ship, I hope that Ordis is able to keep contact with me. I am still unsure about these creatures, and what they are. I do sense a positive energy coming from them, but it could just be a facade.

I also begin to see hundreds more of these creatures. They all seemed to shine and glow, but...they are unlike the creature that is leading me to his wife. If his wife is a princess, that makes him a prince. Why aren't they King and Queen? I wish I could ask that question. All the creatures are looking at me just like the ones that flew in my ship. Some where scared, I could understand where they are coming from. I am an alien, and could potentially kill them all. I could if I wished, but it is against my code. Not only is it against my code, I respect all life as it is, so precious. Also, some of them were looking at me with curiosity. I knew I was tall, taller than most Tenno, and I also had a flaming Heat Sword resting on my back. I was loaded with weapons, and I am also skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

I am happy to say that my life support is also returning to my suit. The Nanites are doing wonders to my BioSteel armor, and my shields have completely been repaired and have recovered. I stand proud knowing that I have survived. I didn't know if I was going to, and I was afraid that I was going to die. But luck this day was on my side, and there could be nothing better than that.

"As Prince of the Crystal Empire, I welcome you in peace." I nod in agreement. "And I am glad that you have also came in peace."

"As am I." I see a pink creature walk up to me. She is unlike all the others as she has both a horn and a set of beautiful wings. Such interesting creatures, it is amazing what the nature of the universe gives to life. I watch as what looks like she is bowing to me. "Shining gave me a brief understanding of what exactly he found out there." I watch as she laughs. "I must say you look so amazing." I blush behind my armor. I am glad no others see this, but I hear Ordis humming.

"This is my wife, Princess Cadence." I begin to sense something so wonderful between them. I touch my chest and tap it a few times to make sure it isn't just adrenaline finally running out of my blood. However, I begin to sense it again and see that her stomach is slightly farther out than the rest of her.

Slowly I take a few steps forward towards Cadence and kneel down. I point to her stomach and tilt my head as I also begin to tap my left hand with my right. "Y-you want to feel her?" Shining asked.

Cadence seemed to get where I was getting at. "You wish to feel my stomach?" I nod.

"The Operator enjoys life. He often studied many different biologies of creatures he has encountered." I hear the speakers of my armor project outward so Ordis may communicate for me.

"And who are you?" Cadence asked.

"My name is Ordis, and I serve the Operator."

"Well, welcome both of you." She looks to me and nods. "Go ahead, it's okay to feel. Just be careful."

I nod and move to her side. Slowly and carefully I place my hand on her stomach. I feel this new life, and my eyes widen. She was a mother. I instantly begin scans to feel for the baby. It is coming quite nicely, and I wish I could tell them that they're going to have a healthy child. I pull my hand away and bow deeply. I know the gender of the child as well, so I point to her stomach again, and point to Shining Armor.

"Yes he's the father." Cadence nods, but I shake my head. "What? What are you trying to say. Speak please."

"He can't." Shining said. "It's part of some oath he took when he became that."

"How noble, but what are you trying to say."

I make out a few hand gestures, going over and over to the baby and Shining. "Is the foal a...colt?" I can only hope that means it's a boy, and I nod.

"How do you know?"

I hold my hand out and orange energy begins to rise from my palm. "You can use magic?!" Shining asked me, shocked.

"It is not magic, but merely his own energy he naturally creates. Through years of meditation and practice, Tenno can turn their energy into a physical state. From healing, to what the Operator just did, that is normal for Tenno." I nod.

"So it'll be a colt?" I nodded again. Cadence smiled. "Well I guess Skylar is a suitable name then."

Shining rolled his eyes. "Anyways, why don't we go inside. Are you hungry Silver?"

Was I hungry? I cannot remember the last time I actually ate something as my life support kept me sustained. I also didn't want to look like I was rude or anything.

"Silver?" I jump slightly at Cadence's voice. "Will you dine with us." I nod my head slowly, and she smiles at me. "Great, come with me, and Shiny can tell the chefs." I laugh out loud at the nickname. "Looks like he can laugh."

Shining looked at me with a glare, I shrugged and followed his wife along. "I'm going to be sending my aunt a letter, I hope that's alright?"

"Is she a princess as well? I would like to fill in as much data as possible."

Cadence nodded. "I'll explain everything. I'm sure you have dozens of more questions." I nod back to her and she smiles. "Alright...So our kind is just one of many....."

It's night time now, and I set back in my bed. I couldn't help but frown at how my feelings have brought a strange being. During dinner, he just sat there, looking that the fresh food the chefs made. Was he not able to eat it? In fact, he didn't even take off his armor. I sensed that there was a body inside the armor, which helped prove that it wasn't just a golum. It was living, hurt, scared.

I look out the window and see the creature's craft float still in the sky on windless day. I could hear a hum coming from the weird thing, and the hole the stallions who made it was gone.

Silver, as I knew from Shining was what the creature's name was, was very quiet, but I could tell he was very curious. What lay behind that mask was something now I had wanted to see. What kind of being who swears himself to silence and protects worlds under the orders of some mare called the Lotus? Even he had only met her once face-to-face, but he didn't know anything else about her.

I watch as Shining enters the room. "Hey Sweetie." He said in a tired voice.

"Hey, you sound exhausted." I watched him nod tiredly. "Why?"

"It's that thing...Silver..."

"I wrote a letter to Celestia and I sent a report to Twilight. We'll get our answers by tomorrow."

Shining sits down on the bed and sighs. "That's not it Cadie..."

"Then what's wrong?"

"What is armor used for?"

"To protect the user." I answer him with a soft smile.

"What if...what if he is not all there? What if there's something inside of that armor that isn't just all there?"

I think about his words for a few minutes while he lays over behind me. He slowly wraps his hooves around my and he breaths down my back. "Well, maybe that'll be a question to ask him tomorrow."

-knock, knock, knock-

"I'll get it, you stay here." I say to Shining. He sighs as I escape his grasp.

I walk over and open the door to our chambers. "Yes? OH!" I look up and see Silver standing at the door. He opens the door more and walks in. He takes something off his belt, it looked like a small needle. I jump to stop him, but he throws the needle into Shining.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I scream, tears began to fall down my face.

He holds out a cube and I see him take the needle out of Shining. The flask he holds is red and he puts it in the cube. "TELL ME!"

The cube lights up and begins to spin. "Shining has a deadly disease. The Operator must cleanse him."

"W-what?"

"Pax-12, he contracted it as soon as he stepped near the ship. The ice that melted when we crashed uncovered it. Not to worry, we have already visited the other ponies and cured them."

The cube stops spinning, and Silver takes a purple looking fluid and injects it into Shining. I run over to him and feel his head. He had a temperature, but it was lowering, quickly. Silver bows and begins to walk away.

I use my magic to shut the door, and he faces me. "Don't leave!" I shout, Shining looks absolutely dizzy. "Are you sure he's going to be fine." I get a nod from him. "Silver....Thank you..."

Silver walks over to me and puts his claws on my head. Your world is safe while I am here. I have a new mission, my last the Lotus has given me.... I begin to feel my eyes close on their own or by some other will. I start to see Silver, but soon I see that his helmet is slowly collapsing into his chest plate.

I cover my mouth as I stare into a burned looking face. His amber eyes that showed many emotions; Sadness, life, death, anger, hate, love, and so many more. His mane is gray, void of color or life. Soon the rest of his armor begins, to fade and I see more scares. I am flooded with horror.

This is who I am, and what I have been through. I rely on my armor to keep me alive. His mouth does not move, but I hear a sad old voice. I cannot age, I cannot eat, drink, or even go to the rest room. My blood is filtered, my heart is always going to pump fresh oxygen to the rest of my body.

"What happened to you!?"

His eyes looked so tired as he frowned. War Cadence. War that would destroy your mind farther than my body ever would. I have seen planets getting ripped apart, planets getting vaporized by their own suns as they explode into violent supernovas.

"Why are you showing me this?" I ask as I point to his burned and scared body. "Tell me Silver!"

A Tenno must serve who wakes them. While I was only asleep for nearly an hour, he still woke me up. He still showed me peace, and... He lifted up another cube and it floated towards me.

"Tenno, Defend wherever you end up. We'll look as hard as we can to find you."

I studied the skies, along with Ordis. We are no where near the Solar System. We could be across the galaxy or across the universe. I will adapt, I will serve you and whomever shares your features and rank.

Silver pulls his hand off of my head and he gives a deep bow. I am left alone with husband for the remainder of the night wondering why he showed himself to me. I had glad that he knew about Shining, but did he need to act so quickly. Now that I think about it, his voice didn't at all sound like that it even belonged to him. It was like he was speaking with another voice. It wasn't that Ordis thing, but something else that gave me a chill down my spine.

I lay back down and get back between Shining's embrace. I do a quick scan and still sense that Silver is behind the door, standing like a guard at attention. I hope he sleeps, because if he cannot sleep because of what he's been through then I might as well wipe his memories of it. Or...Perhaps it is the scars that keep him awake, maybe he just speaks of a war he only remembers with physical scars rather than mental scars. Then again, he is a whole new race of creatures like I am to him. We could think so differently.

I go to sleep, hoping that my aunt and my sister-in-law will answer my calls. I need to be responsible and inform them of any major developments that are in the Crystal Empire. Although, now that I think about it, I don't think it was a good idea to tell Twilight. Aunty knows what she would do the moment she saw him....I messed up.

"And so, if this bill is passed princess Luna, we will be able to cut taxes for us up here in Canterlot."

I frowned angrily at Hoof Print. "You clearly do not see the greed behind your 'bill' Lord Hoof. In signing your bill, taxes would be raised in the surrounding towns such as Ponyville, Cloudsdale and Maneisota. I cannot allow this bill to be passed with a good mind. You are dismissed."

I saw a guard step up to me and whispered my sister had wished to speak to me. It was a Class-Z 1621 request. There must have been something wrong in the north around the Crystal Empire. I nod and close the court for the night. Tia must be worried if she sent one of her guards to get me. This one who sent me the message was one of the ones near her room.

"I'll take my leave now. Court has ended." I walk out and head towards my sister's room.

While I walk I do a quick check on three little fillies who live in Ponyville. It seemed Apple Bloom and the other crusaders are doing just fine. They had only just began to realize what they liked doing all along would help them. They needed to expand on their dreams and realize that their hobbies are more than just that.

I gaze at the moon through the stained windows of the castle. It is a lovely night, one of my best I have constructed in a few months. It was nearing the Fall Equinox, so I wanted to begin a little early with the night skies showing a little more beauty at least. I pause, it's been six years today I was saved. I should write to Twilight and her friends, thanking them once again for saving me. I should also write about what I've learned to Zecora, as the helpful zebra is aiding me in my long recovery of dark magiks.

After a few minutes I walk on and soon arrive at my sister's chambers. I love that the castle is enchanted to aid ponies who wish to go somewhere in the castle and they were lost, the castle would help them either shortening their trip or guiding them. It was like the whole castle was alive, in a sense, it was.

I knock a few times and I hear the muffled sounds of my sister telling me to come in. As I walk in, I see her walk around the room. There are a couple sets of dresses she has laid out on her bed.

"Tia, what in terra has you like this?"

"Cadence just sent me a report about a alien that crashed outside the empire. It came in peace, but there are more interesting things she wrote about it."

"Such as?" I asked her with a raise of a brow.

"It doesn't speak, it can, but won't. Another affect it has, it has some sort of armor that protects it unlike normal armor. She describes it as being 'alive'. It also has a talking, flying, carriage named Ordis."

I rubbed my chin in thought. "Is it peaceful?"

"She dined with it, but it didn't eat the food. It didn't even take of it's armor. They found it armed to the head. Enchanted Fire sword, Enchanted Boomerangs, and other equipment that no pony can explain."

"So why are you packing dresses, you never dress up to meet another race."

"Luna, as goddesses of the sun and moon, it is our duty to speak to this alien as to represent the entire world. Twilight reported that the elements and spike will be joining in on the meeting as they are just as important as we are." I nodded.

"Then I shall find something to wear then. When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow afternoon so we can arrive at the empire by  the next morning." She answered quickly.

"If that is all, I shall go finish my duties and prepare myself." I gave her a quick hug and walked to my studies. It is strange, I didn't feel something around the stars, or not yet anyways.

Now, what should I wear and what should I bring as an offering? Next Chapter: III Estimated time remaining: 43 Minutes