Symph returned to the Castle of Friendship and lay his back against a wall as he held his chest while trying to control his breathing. "Who...who was that girl? Why am I acting like this?" He managed to slow his breathing and let his body relax. "Well, I won't find any answers by standing here, I guess I'll just have to let things play out. If she turns out to be a danger I'll deal with her swiftly, if not...I don't know."

He sighed and lifted himself off the wall, his heart rate returning to normal and his thoughts calm.

"I should find something to do, maybe I'll explore or something...you know what, I'm not in the mood for doing anything right now, I'm going back to sleep." He shrank into a puddle again and made his way to Twilights room, seeping under the door. Once at the side of the bed the liquid formed a small pillar and fused with Twilight.

Now deep in her mind, Symph's conscious mind did its best to cast away any troublesome thoughts so that he could rest. He could worry later, at that moment all he wanted to do was rest.

The next day

Twilight and Starlight sat around the dining room table with plates of hay bacon, eggs and toast in front of them with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice accompanying the meal, all prepared by Symph who currently creating a checklist as Twilight explained what needed to be done by the end of the day.

"You know Twilight, if we leave the organisation until tomorrow evening when we're clearing out the library again and quickly get through the paperwork sent to you by Celestia this morning, you could have the rest of the day off, maybe spend some quality time with your friends." Symph suggested.

Twilight set her orange juice down and placed a hoof to her muzzle in thought. "You're right, but o dint want to leave the organisation to tomorrow though, it needs to be done." She countered.

"Twilight, I have already sorted out ever book in the library yesterday, and only one book was taken out of its place and then put back, it doesn't need dome again. Take some time away from this, go down to the beach or something, enjoy yourself." Symph stated. "I'm sure you're friends would love a day out with you."

"He's right Twilight, you could use some more downtime, you've been overworking yourself since the whole...time travel incident." Starlight added with a concerned look. "Plus, I think it would be good to just relax for a change."

Twilight looked to the two before sighing. "You're right, I need to do something for myself. Symph, could you go tell the girls to get ready for a day at the beach and to meet me outside the castle this afternoon please?"

"With pleasure." As Symph was about to walk out of the room he was interrupted.

"Wait!" He turned around and looked to Twilight. "You can't go out like that, the ponies in town may think you're a monster or something."

Symph just smirked. "Don't worry, I've got that covered."

Rarity had finished adding the last few details on a sparkling red dress that she had been working on for a few days and admired her own work of art. "Simply magnificent, I've really outdone myself on this little beauty." She used her magic to place the dress carefully onto a mannequin and sighed happily. "Finally finished, but now I have nothing to do..."

Suddenly, she heard the front door knocking. She knew that it had to be one of her friends as they were the only ones to ever knock before entering the boutique. Smiling happily she walked over to the door and opened it with her magic. What she found was not one of her friends, but rather a pony she had never seen before.

A stallion with white fur and slick black hair stood in the doorway, a black tailcoat on his body, his cutie mark being a black raindrop. She was confused at first until she saw his eyes, having only slits with no irises. "Symph darling, is that you?"

"Yes Miss Rarity, it's me." Symph responded with a smile.

"How exactly are you a pony?" She asked as she looked over his new body.

"I'm a shape shifter...of sorts. I can take on many forms, even imitate other beings if I need to." Symph explained. He noticed Rarity looking over his body in interest and smirked. "Careful Miss Rarity, if you keep looking at me like that I'm going to get the wrong impression."

Rarity blinked before registering his teasing and blushing slightly. "O-Oh, terribly sorry darling."

"It's alright Miss Rarity, I was merely teasing." He gave her a reassuring smile and apologised. "I am here to tell you that Twilight is planning to head down to the beach to relax, she asked me to inform you to meet her outside the castle this afternoon."

"Oh, a day at the beach, that does sound like fun. I'll be there as soon as possible."

"Take your time, we aren't going until after we've sorted a few things out. Well, I'll see you later Miss Rarity, I need to inform the others." With that Symph turned around and walked off towards Sweet Apple Acres.

Meanwhile

The girl from the night before sat in an empty void, shaking in fear. "I didn't realise the son of Symbol Shattered would be in this world, I came here to get away from all of the violence between the Nightmares and the Chaos Family, and now one of them is here!" She got to her feet and kicked a black rock that had appeared away in anger. "And here I thought I had found a world far enough away from it all."

She sighed and sat down again, a sad expression on her face as she hugged her legs close to her body.

"It took so long to find a normal Equestria far enough too, I'll never escape the conflict." She spoke to herself softly. "If I try to kill him his father will take notice of me in this reality and kill me for sure, and I don't have time to find a new world. My best bet is just hiding out somewhere far away from Ponyville..."

She sighed and closed her eyes, trying to think of a more solid course of action.

Little did she know that there was a different mysterious figure watching her from the shadows of the void with great interest. It watched her for awhile before disappearing and returning to wherever it came from.

Author's Notes:

Yep, introducing the main villian soon. Don't worry it's not just gonna be one huge story about stopping him, there are various other problems that need Symph's and Twilights attention.