"Ugh..."
The mysterious pony had begun to awaken
"wh.... what is this place" it began to speak
"Hello there...." Twilight said to him
"Ah!... pl-please, get back!"
"What? What's wrong? I'm not going to hurt you..."
"It's not my safety that I'm worried about here. You would be doing yourself a huge favor to leave me alone and let me go."
"Let you go? after we saw your fate! It seems you don't realize you're practically windigo bait!" Said Zacoura
"I meant to ask about that..." Twilight began
"Why were those windigos feeding off of you, they only tend to feed off of hatred."
"It's not important to you."
"But it's important to you, obviously! Here, my friends would be glad to help you"
"No, no I.... ugh!" The strange pony grabbed it's head in pain and fainted.
Twilight took him to Fluttershy's cottage.

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Fluttershy was hiding in the corner...
"Come on, Fluttershy, he's unconscious and I know you'd make a better welcoming committee in this
situation than anyone else"
"But why not Applejack?" she whimpered from the corner
"Because Pinky Pie is with her on the farm currently, and if that girl sets one eye on this guy,
she's going to spaz out because he's new here, and that's not the feeling we're trying to set right away, i't be worse than it turned out with Cranky Donkey! besides, he's unconscious, what's the worst that could happen"
just then he began to wake up
".... my.... head.... You, you moved me didn't you? Tell me, where am I? Please this is important!"
Twilight pulled Fluttershy out of her corner, who was too scared to do anything but sit there staring at the mysterious pony.
"I'm Twilight, this is Fluttershy, and you are currently on the outskirts of ponyville"
"Ponyville you say...? I've never heard of it, but no matter... Better here than Canterlot. I suppose I could stay for a little, but I can't stay here long."
"So you'll stay then?! Great, I have an extra bed in my library."
Fluttershy whispered to Twilight
"Alright, I'll ask him... Hey... umm, What's your name?"
"They call me Tenebris"
"okay, Tenebris... umm, why is it that your cutie marks don't match on both sides?"Tenebris fell silent for a while before speaking
"....That.... is a long story, that I hope for your sake you never have to hear..."
"Tenebris.... what kind of name is that? I've never heard of an earth pony, pegasus, or unicorn named that"
Fluttershy whispered to Twilight again
"She wants to know what you are... I mean, what kind of pony, if you could take off your cloak and
let us see your wings, horn, or lack there of, we-"
"My cloak must stay on... may we... go to the library? I am eager to see what books are here."
"Oh, eager to get started? alright, we can leave, by the way, what kind of books do you like?"
"Well first I need to check you history books... I want to see how long I was trapped in that ice."

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Tenebris was quiet for most of the day, but the way he read the books seemed almost frantic. He was mumbling
to himself as he searched the shelves
"... all useless, so they were smart enough to cover their tracks..."
"Excuse me?" Twilight asked
"It's nothing" responded Tenebris
"No... you said something about covering tracks, what are you talking about?"
"It would be better if you didn't know."
"You've said practically the same thing about everything I've asked you today"
"Because it's all true."
"Would you rather talk to the princess about it? All of my friends and I write to her about lessons we've learned,
and sometimes it helps to just-"
"I do NOT want to get anywhere NEAR HER!"
Twilight stopped and was silent for a bit
"... you must have been in the ice for quite some time, you probably come from when Discord ruled, but why would you say "her?""
"I mean Celestia, I must never be in any contact with her whatsoever!"
"hey! Do you mean that as an insult?!"
"If you knew my story, you would understand, but you don't, so please don't ask. I don't mean it as an insult, but I'm not going to follow her either! I can understand you jumping to conclusions, but tell me. Why are you so inclined to follow her? I've got nothing againsed her, but why does everypony treat anypony who isn't with her to be against her? Can't there be a neutral? Or would the world see me as a monster for who I am even though I wanted nothing to do with what my purpose in life was supposed to be."
Twilight was silent again
"I'm going to bed, I'm sorry I was a little harsh, and I really must learn to still my tounge. But since I already said what I did, and I know you're going to ask what I meant by "seeing me as a monster for what I am", I'll answer you the same way I've answered everything else... It's better that you do not know."
As Tenebris turned and walked toward his bed, Twilight saw the strangest thing in him.... Even stranger than anything before. For just a moment, his Yin and Yan cutie-mark appeared half transparent.

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