A few days had passed by, soon it would be time for Celestia and Luna to return to Canterlot. I still felt as though something was watching me, whatever was on the trees a few days ago has obviously stuck around. I had mentioned it to the guards who promised they'd keep a lookout for anyone that seemed suspicious, and I had faith in them now more than I did when I first arrived here. Guess their extended training programs did them good, I could tell that they were more confident and some were even more muscular than before, I figured their mares at home were pleased by that fact.

Something that I did notice though was that in society it seemed that there was far more mares than stallions. That wasn't by any means a bad thing, but I found it interesting. I wasn't surprised to find out that same sex marriages were accepted here all across the land. Definitely better than what was going on with earth, but I know that humans are slowly improving on that. Guess without religion there wasn't much to get in the way of things other than societal standards. I knew their were religious groups on Gaia, but from what I have learned so far there doesn't see, to be anything in their faiths that gets in the way of progress and development.

There were a few religions that fascinated me once I had heard about them. One of which was the Followers of Galaxia. That name though, Galaxia, that was what had triggered my curiosity. It sounded as if it was somehow related to Celestia and Luna, so I decided to ask them about it. Turns out, it's the name of their mother. After learning this fact I had begun to look further into this religious following, and it was very interesting to learn about.

All the records of her showed that she was quite the powerful alicorn, being the original princess of the moon before passing away and giving the title to her daughter Luna. No matter how deep I looked there was no records of how a being like herself passed on, there was speculation that she felt she had lived long enough and decided to leave the world of the living voluntarily, and to be honest I believe that too. Any immortal being will eventually grow tired of existing, it's inevitable.

Being like that could live for billions upon billions of years and nothing would change for them, eventually things would enter a vicious cycle of repetition, just the same thing for all eternity. Kind of sad really. Oh well, I guess that's just how the universe works. Or in this case how the multiverse works. I had learned from Celestia that there were many planes of existence which could be easily reached with the right spells. However she had told me that this world was sealed off from the multiverse on accounts of the many powerful evil doers that could enter our world.

Yeah, I think I'll just keep far away from anything to do with interdimensional travel for now, I've already went through it and I'm happy with the world I've got right now, thank you very much.

Another one taht interested me was a group that was seemingly lost through the passage of time and its members far and few. It was oddly named too, and kind of reminded me of a certain movie franchise back on earth. The Cult of the Rings. Yeah, I raised a brow at the name the first time too. Apparently it was formed by members of a movement known as The Order of Tranquility, which was dissolved after the creation of the cult. They believed that one day some great disaster would fall upon Equestria due to a power entity after having visions given to them by linking with a rift in the magical leylines of Equestria, and were put in charge of preventing this catastrophe.

So, they crafted two magical rings, which were more like wrist bands from their size, that would suppress the magical powers of the being wearing them, which would weaken the powerful entity. It seemed as if Celestia herself had supported the group at one time, but as time went on nothing happened other than the rise of Nightmare Moon, and that was dealt with using the elements of harmony. So I guess they believed that the great evil was dealt with and moved on. Apparently, a few still worried about it. One of which was one of the cults leaders, a stallion named Vector Lulamoon.

He had documented every stage of the cults development and the events after the groups numbers faded, and the visions he kept reciving afterwards. However, I couldn't find the records anywhere. After looking through most of the books again I found a hidden note stating that the documents were in Vectors journals that were scattered across Equestria.

I wasn't up for a fetch quest, so I just left it alone. I had more important things to deal with, like trying to find something to do.

Back to the more recent times. As I awaited Celestia and Luna's return, I had stumbled upon a certain pony that I had been meaning to meet for awhile. Mi Amore Cadenza, or Cadence as she likes to be called by her friends and family. She had come up to check on Canterlot and make sure everything was in order, also her husband wanted to come by and check up on the guards.

She was shocked at my appearance first, can't say I blame her, but she had quickly composed herself and greeted me with a warm, caring smile. She introduced herself to me in a very friendly manner, bringing me into a hug shortly after giving her my name, which wasn't unwelcome. I liked getting affection from the friendly ponies, hell a lot of the times I sleep with a bed full of the maids, guards, chefs and other castle staff in a large cuddle pile with those that stay at the castle.

She asked me if I'd join her on a walk through the castle grounds, having not much else to do I agreed, also wanting to get to know this pony some more. As we walked and talked we eventually reached the gardens. I was about to start explaining how dating and marriages worked on earth when I got that feeling again, of being watched. I stopped and looked around, listening closely for anything that sounded strange.

I heard rustling in the leaves of a nearby tree, as well as two hushed voices. With the tree being relatively small I shook it slightly but gradually began to increase the strength put into it. Eventually I heard to ponies falling out of the leaves and hitting the ground with a very, very quiet thump. I quickly ran around the tree and found the ones who were spying on me and my guest.

And I was not expecting what I found.

Author's Notes:

Yep, cliffhanger.

Feel free to point out any mistakes I made, and if you have any questions feel free to ask.