"Why the hell are all of these designs so... so fancy?" Vadik groaned as Rarity showed him different designs.

         "Because Darling, i want you stand out" She said smiling.

          "I already do, I'm the only human, I'm taller than most and I'm nearly hairless save for my beard" he stated.

            "Fine.... I'll just make you some normal clothes, but you have to let me make you a suit" she said crossing her arms, causing him to sigh.

             "Fine" he said before exiting the room and walked over to the couch, which both Rainbow Dash and AppleJack were sitting on.

                "How did it go in there Vadik?" AppleJack asked the man as he removed his chest plate and Leather chest piece.

                 "The designs were too fancy for my tastes" he said rummaging around in his bag before grabbing a thin, grey long sleeve top.

              "Yea that is true but the dresses she makes are nice " AppleJack said as the two mares watched the human pull on his shirt. "Oh and Thank ya for saving me" She said causing him to shrug.

       "Don't mention it" he muttered before pulling both chest pieces back onto his body. "Mind if we head back to the princess's place?" He asked the pair as he pulled his bag and weapons back on.

     "Um sure"AppleJack said standing up before Rainbow Dash quickly darted off to the back room, only to return a few moments later.

     "Okay so let's go" he said heading to the door as AppleJack glared at Rainbow Dash.

        "What?" She asked her orange friend as they exited the building and followed the man back towards the tree like crystal palace.

         "AppleJack, sorry about freezing some of your trees" Vadik said.

           "It's fine, in all honesty ya got some Zap Apple trees and managed ta bring them closer to bein' harvested" She explained as Vadik nodded.

         "Oh cool" he muttered with a slight chuckle as they arrived at the castle. So what do you do for a living Blue?" He asked the Pegasus mare as they entered the castle and moved towards the study. Only for Vadik to have a bright orange unicorn stallion in a dress shirt, shorts and tie along with a pink mare in a jumper and skirt hit him resulting in both ponies on top of Vadik after they knocked him down. "Really?" He asked pushing himself up, causing both ponies to fall off him. "Twice in two days" he said shaking his head before helping both ponies up.

         "S-sorry about that" the stallion said looking at the tall armoured human before he noticed something. "Ummm my glasses are..." he said as his horn lit before a large pair of glasses unhooked themselves from Vadik's chest plate and returned to the stallion's face. "Thank your Starlight" he said turning and smiling at the pink mare.

         "No worries.... wait where did he go?" The mare asked as the four ponies looked back to where Vadik was.

         "I knew he was up to no good" Rainbow Dash shouted before taking off.

          "Dash come back 'ere" AppleJack said before the other ponies went after her, once all the ponies had exited the room, Vadik reappeared after removing a Onyx bracelet, which he returned it to his bag before entering the study to find a large desk with a multitude of books on Equestrian culture causing the man to frown.

         "This won't be helpful" he muttered, moving the books onto the ground next to the desk before returning to the massive library to retrieve more appropriate books. After an hour of searching, Vadik returned to the study with a dozen books, which he placed on one side of the desk, placing his bag and weapons by it before sitting and retrieving a small pair of reading glasses as he grabbed the first book titled 'Pony Anatomy' and begun reading moments before he heard the coo of an owl causing him to look over and see a large owl sitting on his rucksack watching him. "Hello" he said reaching out and scratching its belly gently causing it to coo in delight before flying off.

(5 hours later)

       "How can he be so hard to find" Rainbow Dash growled as she returned with the elements of Harmony, several guards, the Royal sisters, Barb and the Two unicorns that crashed into Vadik known as Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst.

        "Well maybe he wouldn't have run off If ya hadn't been on his case" AppleJack said. "Buck, ya even checked on Rarity after he came out of the room with her" AppleJack said as she sat on the couch in the library.

       "Um girls?" The soft voice of Fluttershy tried to say but was drowned out by Rainbow Dash.

         "How can I trust him when you saw what he did to the lake and that Changeling, he played with it, not fought, played" the cyan Pegasus stated.

          "Dash" Fluttershy said.

          "Well from what AppleBloom said to ma late-night, he isn't even worried about the Everfree" AppleJack said "wait... that doesn't help ma case" she said.

             "Girls?" Fluttershy asked again only to frown when she was ignored again.

               "Well I don't trust him because ......" Dash was saying before she was interrupted.

                "EVERYPONY!!!" Fluttershy shouted only to gain everyone's attention causing her to blush brightly.

                  "Is everything alright Darling?" Rarity asked.

                   "I just wanted to say that he is over there?" She said quietly, pointing at the Study, which had its door wide open to reveal the man reading with owlicious sitting on his shoulder with his head backwards looking at them creepily.

         "Question, did any of you check the study?" Celestia asked.

           "Um no, why would a crazy person hid in there?" Dash asked.

             "Well maybe because that's where he wanted to go" Twilight said causing Rainbow to groan before the mares and Dragoness walked over to the room only to be cooed at by the large Owl gaining the attention of Vadik making him turn around. "So how is everything going with your reading?" Twilight asked.

        "It is going well after I returned the books you left" he said.

         "Wow you finished all of them quickly" Twilight said with a slight twinkle in her eye.

           "No, they were useless to my mission" he said causing the princess of friendship to frown before perking up. "Then what are you reading?" She asked.

           " 'Pony Anatomy', 'Dragon Anatomy', 'Changeling Anatomy', 'Big book of Equestrian monsters', 'Equestrian History', 'Known Criminals of Equis', 'Myths of Equestria', 'Secrets of the Everfree', ' Equestrian Law', 'Elements of Harmony- What are they', and 'The Book of Prophecies' " he said.

        "Um why does any of that help your mission?" Twilight asked.

          "My mission is to protect the crown and stop these, 'Dark ones' and I can't do that if I don't know your basic anatomy and who they are, along with what monsters are in Equestria so I know what to do against them if ever the need raises." He said before standing and stretching resulting in a few pops and cracks in his back.

        "I see, that is quite smart" Celestia said smiling.

         "Oh Vadik, i need you to come to Sugercube Corner.... Now!" Pinkie said moments before she grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the room, he was soon followed by everyone say for Rainbow Dash, who quickly moved to his pack. Once she opened it, she removed a small bag filled with several roots, which she placed aside before grabbing a small tin which she sniffed only to quickly pull it away from her muzzle and cough.

      "Buck" she coughed before placing the tin next to the roots and continued searching his bag. After a little time of removing several cloths, sacks of coin, Throwing knives, potions, several books,  trinkets she came across a small photo of him and a small girl by a tree making Rainbow Dash unwillingly smile before checking the other side to see some writing.

       'Amelia Jorund, Date of Birth 19,080, Date of Death 19,087' she read before looking at the picture again and suddenly frowning.

         "What the Buck am I doing?" She asked herself before returning all items to the man's bag and closing it before attempting to pick up the bag, only to lift it a few inches off the floor and drop it. "Buck, why is it so heavy?" She groaned before letting go. "Buck it" she muttered before taking off after the group.

(Vadik)

        After being dragged for several minutes by the earth pony mare, Vadik got sick of it and abruptly yanked his arm back, causing the pink mare to be pulled towards him, moments before he lifted her up onto his shoulder. "No more dragging" he said before turning to face the rest of the ponies and pointed at the Alabaster Alicorn. "You, do you have the bounties on those Dark ones?" He asked as Pinkie giggled like a twit on his shoulder.

        "Bounties? Why would there be bounties?" She asked making him groan.

          "Fine, give me the brief run down on the Dark ones" he asked.

            "Um well, there is Queen Chrysalis, she is the Queen of the Changeling Hive in the Badlands, There is King Sombra, the Tyrant King that used to rule the Crystal Kingdom, Lord Tirak, a magic eating Centur whose whereabouts are unknown, Trixie a traveling magician who stole the Alicorn Amulet for a second time, King Solaris, the burning Tyrant who recently escaped from being trapped on the sun, The Nightmare, a demon that has corrupted many to become evil but most have been saved" Celestia said as Vadik nodded before leveling out his free arm moments before six black smoky ravens materialised on his arm.

       "Find them" he ordered the bird before they took off and flew off into the night.

        "Okay, what were they?" Twilight asked.

         "Familiars" he said before he continued walking with the bubblegum mare over his shoulder.

           "Wait but what are they doing?" Twilight asked.

            "Hunting down my queries" he answered as suddenly the pink mare hopped off his shoulder and darted off.

              "Right well anyway...." Celestia tried to say before a loud scream was heard, resulting in the group running to see what was wrong.

        Upon arriving, they discovered a tall black robed figure holding a stallion by the throat as black energy entered him, several mares and stallions were running away or on the ground shocked at the sight. "What is that?" Vadik asked.

        "T-the Nightmare" Luna said, her voice full of fear and uneasy as she swiftly teleported away.

          "Luna!" Celestia called out as Vadik reached for his weapons only to find he forgot them.

            "Shit" he growled before taking a sword from one of the Guards next to him and charged at the demon, only to have the corrupted stallion thrown at him, knocking Vadik down as the Nightmare slithered across the ground towards the man.

            "Vadik!" The mares shouted, the Mane 6 began to charge up the Elements of Harmony but they were missing both Pinkie and Rainbow Dash as the Nightmare was already upon Vadik but as it went to grab Vadik, a spear of ice pierced it's chest causing it to scream out in pain as it froze solid and shattered.

       "Well damn" the man groaned as he climbed to his feet as the group ran over to him.

         "Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked as Vadik handed the sword he had back to guard he took it off.

           "I'm fine" he said smiling before suddenly frowning and turning his gaze to Canterlot in the distance.

            "Whats wrong?" Starlight asked.

             "Where is Luna?" Vadik asked.

              "Back in her room in Canterlot most likely, Why?" Celestia asked.

                "This was a distraction" he said.

                "How do you know that?" Twilight asked.

                  "Because my Familiar just found the real Nightmare...." he said before raising his hand and pointing at Canterlot. "There".