I decided to fly my way down to the caves to save time, when I was nearing the shrine I began to walk as I heard Chaos explaining the master emerald to the girls, Twilight of course taking as many notes as possible. "Hey Chaos, we got another piece." He turned to me and took the emerald, then placing it in its correct place. "I've got good news, we've got three more friends from Mobius."

Oh, who is it?

"Tails, Cream and Cheese." His eyes lit up at the mention of the little Chao.

There's a Chao here?

"Yes, there is. Now, have you finished explaining everything?" He nodded. "Good, now, let's get going." They all nodded and started following me out of the caves. While we were walking Rainbow flew up to me.

"Hey Metal, Chaos said that the master emerald has the power to control the chaos emeralds, mind showing them to us?" I shrugged and pulled the emeralds out and let them float around me. The ponies all stared in wonder as the gems slowly circled me.

"If you guys think that's cool you should see what happens when I use them." I got a look from Chaos. "Relax, I'm not actually going to do it, they're not toys." He gave a sigh of relief and the girls pouted. "Sorry girls, maybe when the master emerald is restored." I led them out of the caves and back to the throne room. Along the way a few of the guards gave me disapproving glares. "Looks like they all read the paper."

While we walked along the long hallways we all shared a few things about ourselves and I tried my best to explain to Twilight how I was powered. I opened a hatch on my body and found four different chaos drives in my chest, Run, Flight, Swim and Power. My guess is that they each give me a certain ability, like Flight might be the ability to walk on clouds, that would be cool, I decided to test it out later. We reached the throne room and the girls introduced themselves to Tails and Cream. Fluttershy was fascinated by them as they were animals, then when I explained what their planet was like she hung on every word.

"So you're a robot hedgehog?"

"Yeah, the original Metal Sonic was a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog."

"Original?"

"Yeah, I'm not the real Metal Sonic, I'm just a guy put into his body." I hung my head for a moment before returning to the conversation. "Anyway, the planet they are from is called Mobius." The conversation lasted about twenty minutes. Oh wait I almost forgot.

I'm sure you're wondering how Cheese and Chaos got on. Well, let's just say that I never saw Cheese leave Chaos' side for the rest of the evening.

The girls were staying in Canterlot for the night so I left them to do what they wanted, I was busy watching over Cream. Fluttershy and Chaos were talking over some tea about the animals and Chao of Mobius the last time I checked. I was in the gardens with Cream, all the while holding her hand to give her a sense of security. As we walked she looked at the flowers and said hi to a few animals. After walking for a few minutes we sat down under the shade of a tree.

I had managed to find a few books that were appropriate for her to read, mainly children's books. So she just sat there reading while I looked at the clouds pass by. At that moment I felt at peace, letting the sounds of nature relax me. I took in a breath of air and rested my head on the grass, then a butterfly flew onto my nose, earning a giggle from Cream. I didn't mind it so I let it be.

When she got hungry I brought her to the dining hall for some dinner, where the girls and Tails were at the time. While they ate I stood at the side, in deep thought. I began thinking about home, how my brothers were doing and how my mother took my disappearance. I know I said I wasn't going to moan about it, and I'm not, doesn't mean I'm not going to think about it.

As I watched the group at the table all laughing while they told each other jokes and shared stories, a smile spread across my face. (I can still feel my mouth even though it's not actually there) I began to think about how my life would change from here on in, how many adventures were waiting for me and how many new friends I would make. "Heh, things are certainly going to crazy from now on."

It would be a while until they finished so I decided to go for a fly. I snuck out of the dining hall and flew off a nearby balcony. The sun was starting to lower but hadn't yet touched the horizon, leaving the sky a beautiful orange and yellow. I flew just above the cloud layer, the tip of my feet grazing the clouds as I flew over them.

I saw the light of the sun reflect off of some waterfalls, causing them to glisten. I decided to test my theory of the chaos drives and slowly descended onto a cloud, finding a steady foothold. I stood on the cloud, looking over the beautiful sight before me. The wind gently brushing against the leaves on the trees. The light of the sun bouncing off of the water in streams. Fields of flowers covered the land bellow, creating a perfect piece of art.

Looking over the land like this made me find peace within myself. This world is so beautiful, yet so fragile. It needed someone to protect it, and that's exactly what I was going to do.

"This place, is like a slice of heaven. And I'll be damned if I let this place come to harm."