As Sol slept in his new bed happily, he was woken up by the sunlight which shined through his window. It's warmth being a pleasant awakening. As he rose from the covered and out of the bed he stretched his wings and the rest of his body for the day ahead.

He didn't know what Celestia had planned for him today, but he was eager to know. As he was about to take a shower he heard his door chap.

"I'm up Sis." He said with a smiled as Celestia opened the door.

"Nice to see I didn't have to get you up this time." She was smiling with a teasing grin.

"I'm not a foal, neither am I a weak stallion." Celestia levitated a scroll out that was hidden in her mane.

"I know that. But who says I can't mess with my little bro. Besides, you have been hiding for a long time." Rubbing the sleep away from his eyes, Sol headed to the shower to make sure he was clean for the day ahead. As he closed the door over he left it open a little bit and Celestia started to tell him about what his option were today from his room.

"Today you can head to ponyville which is where Princess Twilight lives and interact with your future subjects but you can also stay here and I can teach you the ropes of being a prince in this day and age, not to mention I want to test how strong your magic is. So there is no sleeping in today." She said that last part jokingly.

"Oh haha sis. How far is ponyville?"

"You can see it from my room so not too far. Just a little south of Canterlot." Sol finished up and left the shower before drying himself off. "I also have your royal gear ready, if you want to try it on." Sol left the bathroom with his mane still wet and looked at the next set that had been made for him.

It was like Celestias but with a small crown rather than a tiara and the rest was all in the same colour as Celestias gear but they were smaller than hers.

"Come on, let me see you in them." She said with a smile and he rolled his eyes with a smile. He had a feeling she would tease him as she normally loved to do.

"Fine." He put on the armour and it fit wonderfully well. Their was no discomforts or tightness. "This isn't actually half bad." To him while they were comfy to wear, since he hadn't worn such things in a long time a part of his mind was still having a little trouble processing that he had them on. Thinking it was just a dream.

"Feels strange to wear it after so long. Doesn't it?" It was then that 2 stallions wearing butler outfits entered the room with new sheets and cleaning equipment and they almost freaked out when they saw them.

"Princess! Sorry, I thought this room would be empty right now."

"We were just leaving. Let's go Sol." Both Sol and Celestia left the room and walked to the hall for dinner. He got a few more looks from different mares, some flirting with him by commenting on how he looked. Celestia gave them a few glares as a warning to back off and the continued.

"So have you decided what you want to do?" She asked.

"I guess I will head to ponyville. It will get me out and about more."

"Twilight will be thrilled to hear that." They arrived at the dinner hall and Sol took his seat and not long after he did he saw Luna enter the hall. She looked tired like yesterday but she had a smile on her face and walked up to him before hugging him.

"Morning Sol."

"Morning Lulu." He grinned as he used her child name which he knew slightly annoyed her but she didn't loose her smile. "Want to stay for dinner?"

"Can't. Too tired." Luna took a cupcake and ate it alone with its wrapping before she started to leave the hall. Sol didn't like seeing her like this and wanted to spend more time with her, but he knew she was princess of the night and needed to watch over the dreams of their subjects.

"So how will I get to ponyville?"

"I'll teleport you there. Twilight and the rest of her friends returned their after they gave you a tour. But before you go I would like to test your magic." He almost coughed on the juice he was drinking when she said that. While Celestia did duel him when he was younger he mainly duelled Luna as Celestia was too strong for him.

"What? Really?"

"Yes. I want to see how strong you really are. Put it this way, if you cant beat me then I'll have to assign guards to you." She said with a grin. He didn't know if she was joking or if she was laughing at how annoyed he would be with mares always guarding him.

"You haven't changed. You might be taller and with insanely longer hair, but you are still that annoying older sister I remember."

"I'm your older sister. Keeping you safe but annoying you too is my job." Sol finished up his food and followed Celestia to her room. He was a little worried about this test of hers. Sure he had practiced some magic when he was living alone but the practice he had was few and far between. Perhaps 3 times a year at most.

"What do I have to do?"

"Just put up a shield and black simple magic blasts. After than you attack me." Her horn lit up and when Sol saw this he put up a shield, ready for her attack.

As the blast impacted his shield, he barely managed to hold it together but was able to block her attack. Putting more magic into her horn, her laser became stronger and Sol pushed harder to get more magic out to keep his shield up. She soon stopped and smiled.

"Struggling?"

"A bit." He answered back a little nervously.

"Well now you try and break my shield." Smiling, she put a shield around her and he powered up his horn to fire a blast at her.

The result was less then pleasant as Celestia barely broke a sweat holding up her defences and Sol soon stopped when he couldn't add more power to his magic attack.

"Your magic is lacking. I guess I need to add a training schedule to my daily duties. But we aren't done, I have 2 more tests."

The 2 extra tests were a fitness test for him, which he passed with flying colours and even done much better than Celestia did. He joked around about her sitting around all day which earned him a smack with a pillow from her.

The last one was a combat test. They both fought with magically made swords as she tested out what he know about defence. Sol did much better than the magic test but still didn't beat Celestia.

"So...how did I do?" With a smile and after sending a letter ahead of him to inform Twilight of his arrival, she answered.

"Well you passed 2 of my 3 tests so you don't need guards to follow you around."

"Wait...you were serious?" He thought Celestia was joking but to hear this coming from her in a serious voice was something else.

"Yes. Sol, you might not like the idea of guards but you have to understand. Because of the war and thanks to Discords prank, Stallions who are not taken are almost unheard of and you are one such. Not taken and also an Alicorn. If the public knew about you then goodness knows what mares will be after you. I trust Twilight and her friends not to do anything but I am still weary of something bad happening to you. You don't know the customs of the current age so some might use that to manipulate you."

"I...understand." He looked at he ground in defeat but Celestia lifted his face up to look at her.

"Hey, cheer up. You're back with us and have a lot to look forward to. Not to mention you might find a mare you like." Sol blushed when he heard that.

"Wait. You said..." He was cut off.

"I said that is any mare tries to herd you then they will be in trouble. But if you go after one you like then I will respect your choice." Sol didn't think he didn't have to worry about that as thanks to him being an Alicorn, the only one he could be happy with would be another Alicorn as he wouldn't have to watch the once he loves pass away.

"I...think I will stay single."

"Well, that's your choice. Now come on, let's get you in your disguise and on your way." Sol put on his cloak and put his hood up before Celestia got ready to teleport him. "I want to hear about your time with Twilight when you're back. Have fun."

A moment later Sol found himself in a crystal room and looking around he counted 6 doors around his as he stood in a circular room. The floor had a 6 sided star on it and each side pointed to a door but it was strangely quiet.

"Hello?" He said as it echoed through the hall.

"Sol?" He recognized that voice that belonged to Twilight and heard trotting and hooves hit off the crystal floor but there were multiple sets of hooves hitting off the floor, likely the rest of her friends. He waited in place until they arrived in the room he was in and he was happy to see all 6 of them and the small dragon he heard was called Spike.

"Hi Twilight." He said with a smile.

"You choose to come here?"

"I was never an inside pony. I always preferred to be out and about." He took his hood down and walked up to them. "I'm here to get to know the ropes of society and Celestia even suggested I make friends."

"So you will be hanging out around here more often?" Spike asked with a smile.

"I guess I will."

"Finally, another guy to hang out with." Sol chuckled when he heard that. It must be hard for stallions or even dragons to find some friends of the same gender in such a society.

"What made you choose to visit us first? Was it because you remembered how awesome I was?" Dash asked as she did a pose in the air and Sol answered with a smile.

"Besides the castle staff. You're the only ones who know who I am. And Sis trust you so I guess I can to." Twilight smiled and asked him to follow her and they soon arrived in a room with a crystal table where Twilight sat down.

Each one of them took their seat while Sol took one that he found in another room.

"So Sol, what do you want to do?"

"I was thinking you could show me around ponyville. It would be nice to see how things have changed first hand. The crystal empire gave me a rough idea but I want to walk around and have a proper look." Sol looked at the map in the centre of the room that showed all of Equestria and a small part of what he remembered was Stalliongrad.

"Amazing, isn't it. This map seems to know when there is a problem and who is needed to sort it out." Twilight told him and she happily looked over it.

"We might have more problems in the future since we didn't get Starlight." The all went silent when Rainbow mentioned that.

"Who?"

"A unicorn mare who tried to remove all the cutie marks in her village. Beside her own." Pinkie came back in the room with some treats and Rarity was a little bit behind with some tea.

"But enough about that. We will gladly show you around after a quick snack."

Sol didn't need to wait very long as they finished their snacks and were with him at the from door in less than 10 minutes. He was happy to be able to go outside and explore again but now that he knew how this society saw him and how he would need to stay with the element bearers really put a damper on his excitement.

"Well...you all can show me around." He didn't know this town so he had no idea what it had to explore, so he thought it would be best if they showed him around. After a quick discussion between them they decided to show him the key locations around Ponyville and clouds dale.

"Alright then. Let's go." Sol put his hood up as they left the castle.

As they left the castle with Sol standing between them he got a few looks from mares as they walked through the town. They seemed more surprised that he was with the element bearers than anything else and some giggled when they saw them.

Some mares who were alone were glaring at them and him with jealousy.

"What about that Stallion has caught their eye?" He heard some of them whisper.

"I have no clue, but he is really cute." He blushed when he heard that. Being called 'Cute' while clearly an adult was a strange feeling.

Sol looked around and even some stallions who were with their own mare or mares were looking at him with a grin. One thing Sol was wondering is how Twilight was taking this so casually, as she was a princess but these ponies thinking she herded him didn't seem to phase her.

"This way. We'll arrive at Sweet Apple achers soon.

This is when they heard somepony shout in a panicked voice.

"Watch Out!" Looking to the side Sol saw something heading his way at a fast speed. He didn't have much time to react as something impacted him in the chest, but he remained standing and just slightly staggered.

Looking at what hit him he saw it was a Scooter and a small Pegasus filly was on it, wearing a helmet and she looked worried about something.

"Are you alright?" Sol asked her but she remained unmoving.

"Scootaloo!" Another voice called and 2 more fillies ran over to her.

"Sorry about that mister, you're not hurt, are you?" Sol smiled and shook his head.

"I'm fine. It didn't hurt...much. Who might you be?"

"Applebloom." The small one with a bow told him before she was pushed out the way.

"Sweetiebelle." The filly called Scootaloo then parked her scooter infront of Sweetiebelle.

"Scootaloo. We're." They all huddled up beside each other.

"The Cutiemark Crusaders!" Sol's smile disappeared when he realized he still didn't have his Cutie mark and it made him start to wonder if he would be treated like a kid without one. Being treated like a fragile doll was bad enough but also a child. He would probably explode with anger if he had to put up with that.

"Well it's nice to meet you. Play safe now." He turned to the rest of them but before he could continue walking a voice spoke out from the crowd.

"Why didn't you push him out of the way?" All of them turned to see a mare looking at the element bearers with disgust.

"I can take care of my-" He tried to tell her but she cut him off.

"Sweetie, this isn't about taking care of yourself. It's about them not doing their job. They should have shielded you from that." Twilight stepped forward.

"Sol is capable of handling himself. Plus we aren't his herd so we don't have any duty to him." Multiple ponies hd their eyes like dinner plates when they heard that.

"Wait. You're not his herd? Then why are you-" This time Twilight cut her off.

"All you need to know is I am following something Celestia requested, and I don't intend to disobey her." This time the mare smiled and so did a few more.

"Well if he's not with you, perhaps we can take him off your hooves." Their eyes were half closed and they were smiling. Sol saw this and his anger rose to a point he almost snapped.

"Just try it and you will regret it." He was able to prevent himself from shouting, but he gave her a warning.

"Oh, he's a fiery one. I like it when a stallion has some bravery, it's really cute." He was getting irritated from her advances but thankfully, Twilight stepped between him and her.

"He is under our watch, so get lost."

"You couldn't even stop a scooter from hitting him, how would you stop anything else from potentially harming him?" The mare and Twilight were not almost in each others face and Sol looked on with wide eyes, wondering if this would get bloody. If the gender roles have switched in the past 1000 years then mare fights might be like the stallion fights of old. With somepony going home bruised, beaten and bloodied.

In a way he wanted to see the battle but at the same time he had a feeling Twilight would win with not much effort, so to save the annoying mare a trip to the infirmary he stood between them.

"Stop this. It will only end with one of you in the hospital." The mare approached him and put a hoof on his chest.

"This is between me and her. You best stay out of this babe." Being called that caused him to blush as he was not expecting it but never the less, he kept trying to break them up so he moved her hoof off his chest.

"And I am telling you to stand down. You don't need to fight." When Sol said that he remembered that Stallions would fight to impress mares in the old times, so this fight might be their way of trying to impress him, but as he looked at Twilight he saw she wasn't trying to impress him. She was just following Celestia's orders.

"I really don't want you to get hurt in the crossfire." Two more mares appeared at her side and tried to move him away. "Just go with them. When I'm done with her, I'll show you how a real mare treats a stallion." She said with a seductive grin.

With how he was being treated it caused Sol to snap as he slammed his hoof into the ground which caused all the ponies around him to feel it as visible cracks appeared where he stomped down and a shiny blue aura surrounded him. Proving he wasn't a weak stallion and that he himself was more than capable of being a threat.

"Get away from me!" The whole crowd went silent and their gaze didn't leave Sol and after a moment he calmed down and his aura died down. Even the 2 mares who were trying to move him out of the way backed off in fear. "I am not interested in a herd and I am not someone who needs to be protected. So back off and end this before it gets out of hoof." Turning to Twilight, she looked back at the mare that gave them trouble with a massive smug grin on her face.

"What did I say. He can take care of himself. Now let's go Sol, we have a lot show you." He turned back to her with a smile.

"Lead the way." The crowed parted quickly as he followed Twilight away to the outskirts of the town.

As they walked to Applejack home they heard Rainbow Dash laughing.

"Did you see the look on her face? If Luna doesn't need to visit her in her sleep tonight, I will be impressed."

"Well it was her fault. She didn't act very marelike." Rarity commented and Sol listened to them and they chatted along the way to their destination.

As they walked, Sol count help but think back to the little fillies in that group called 'The CutieMark Crusaders'. The yellow one and white one to be exact. One looked and talked like Applejack while the other was similar to Rarity so he figured they were related.

"Those Fillies back there. I hope none of you take this the wrong way but were any of them related to any of you?"

"Sure are. Applebloom is mah little sister." After Applejack, Rarity spoke next.

"Sweetie Belle is my little sister too." When Sol heard that his smile disappeared and he couldn't help but think back to the early days of his life. He remembered his older brother and Celestia's Twin who might not ever know he is back in Equestria.

Sol Stopped in his tracks and stared at the ground as the memories of hanging out with his older brother flashed in his eyes. He really missed him and he would more than likely want to see him too, he just needed to contact him. Even if Celestia has already contacted him, he needed to make some room in his schedule to plan out a visit.

"Sol? Are you alright?" He was snapped out of his mind and saw Twilight and the others looking at him.

"Oh, I'm fine. Just thinking. Anyway. Let's get going." The rest of the trip to Sweet apple archers was uneventful.