"Okay, time to explain what are you doing here," Arden said to the spy mare. "As far as I remember, you were a bit on the defensive with me around. Also, why isn't anypony recognizing you?"

"I'm not the royal seamstress without a reason. Enchantments are something I can do very well when it comes to clothing." Twilight Velvet said with pride. "Why do you think your clothes are so light even though they are made of very resistant cloth?" Arden tried to come up with a rebuttal but he ended up pulling a blank. "In my case I made myself look like somepony else, except for those I want to recognize me. Just as long as I am wearing this overcoat." She said while slightly lowering her sunglasses before she placed then back on the right place.

"Right, that explains the hows, now come up with the why," Arden said while they walked around the city, the ponies at the party were enjoying themselves way too much to notice him leaving the festivities. "Cause you're the last pony I expected to come by after I sent the letter."

"Well, I made it me concerned given how much distress the Celestia went through after she remembered that the surrounding forest that covers most of the outskirts of this town is infested by Timberwolves." Arden gave her a blank stare while in his head he thought. 'Wait...what? What are those?!'

"Care to explain about the timber-thingy, please? And the part where the princess was concerned. Because I'm kinda at a loss here." The stallion said while keeping his blank expression. "I'm literally a stranger here, there should be no reason for concern. Besides, I did contact her today so that should be a sign that I was okay."

"She passed the entire day waiting for confirmation that you reached the library safely. And the Timber-wolves are basically wolves made out of wood." The blue unicorn's eye was twitching at the last statement. 'Wolves made out of wood...' He thought to himself. "Mr. Sila? Are you okay?" Arden didn't answer her he just stood there in silence for a bit.

"I'm gonna catch one of those and make it my pet!" Arden said suddenly making Velvet jump. "Okay, that part was covered. So please elaborate on the concern because I still don't think she should be so distressed over a stranger." He said while slowly stepping away from her due to the fact she was glaring daggers after he scared her accidentally.

"You are a citizen of her country and you're doing her a favor. She suddenly sent you to an unknown place with no training on how to defend yourself." Velvet explained, her glare was slowly fading as she continued to talk. "Basically she could have sent one of her citizens to their doom."

"Okay, but that doesn't explain why the heck you, in particular, came all the way out here or why would there be any need for a visit after the letter." He said crossing his arms while he stared at her.

"The princess stayed up all night, I found her walking around after I received a request for a special dress from Walkyre Heart." She explained as her eyes started to light up a little. "So I asked if she wanted somepony to wait for the letter with while I worked my magic for the first dress that mare has ever asked me to design. While waiting for it, Walkyre learned about your current situation from the princess herself. And since she recently decided to take a vacation with her new special other Mind Walker, she contacted him and both agreed to help you out."

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh...okay? When does my letter come into play?" He asked.

"When your letter arrived the princess felt quite the relief. But as soon as she finished reading it. Celestia kinda went into a blind panic after she read something about a Baku." Velvet said earning a look from Arden that meant: 'And you know what was written because?'

"She has this really bad habit of reading letters she receives out loud. So I got all the details as she read it." Arden frowned at that but gestured her to continue. "She started to talk about how you were in a bigger danger and that she should have thought things through before sending you on your way. I decided to take a look into the Baku subject, so I sent word for my husband, Night Light, to see if he knew about any documents containing information about them." She continued to explain.

"Is he a soldier or something?"

"No, he works at the department of the restoration of historical documents. He is part of the reason Twilight is so obsessed with books." Arden felt a little surprised about that part. "His answer was that all the documents about the subject were destroyed during a special operation called 'Dream eater's demise'. So the only pony that still has any knowledge about the subject is Princess Celestia. So she would need to deliver the information directly since it was sensitive data. Something she can't do without putting you in the spotlight. Seeing as she and I are friends, I offered myself to go explain everything except for the Baku part."

"You gave me an entire story about how you ended up here," Arden said looking away from her. "Now, let me see if I got all that: Mind Walker and Walkyre Heart agreed out of nowhere, to help the guy that was accused of an attempt of murder. Then, the princess basically went into a spiral of panic because she was worried about me being in danger. And finally, you, the pony who was scared of me to the point of hiding behind the princess, decided to leave the castle to relay a message that she could simply write down and send to me through the ring. Did I get all of that?" Arden said, while keeping his tone and posture neutral, as he was looking away from her.

"Uh...yeah. That's the entire situation. What about it?" Velvet said tilting her head.

"Do you really expect me to believe that?! That's gotta be the most convoluted story I ever heard! From what I've seen Celestia is way smarter than that! She would probably be able to use some other method to see if I was okay, and she would also think of a way of getting me to learn how to defend myself. Not to mention I am certain she would send me a letter telling me about the current predicament with the information." Arden said turning around and glaring at the mare. "So please stop with the lies."

"I am not lying Mr. Sila!" Velvet shot back while placing her hand on her chest. "I am a concerned friend, trying to help out my distressed friend that hasn't been thinking straight after she met you! What did you do to make her worry about you like that?!"

"I didn't do anything!" Arden said in a serious tone. "What I can do gave her hope of seeing somepony again. That's the story! I won't go into any further details than that! If you want the story, ask your friend." He stated while crossing his arms and looking at the mare, her eyes widened as he made his speech. "Now, since I already know what you came here to inform me about, you are free to return and stay away from me since I scare you that much. Thank you for relaying the message. Tell the princess that I'll be sending her another letter very soon. Also please do ask her to tell me when Walkyre and Mind are going to come by. I want to make my home presentable for their visit." He said starting to walk away from the confused mare.

"Why..." The mare started making Arden stop. "...why are you helping? Why are keeping this a secret? She is basically forcing you to work for her for the next four years!" He turned around with a simple smile on his face and said.

"Because I chose to help her." The mare's jaw dropped when he said that. "And because ponies do stupid things when they love other ponies or are desperate. I can't blame Celestia for being desperate for answers. I know I would do the same thing. So if you're waiting for some sort of catch, sorry. There is none."

"You truly are an odd one, just like she said."

"And I don't intend to change. Especially since I kinda grew fond of her after she welcomed me here." He heard Velvet gasp at that statement. "I intend to help her since I consider her my friend. And I hold every single one of my friends right here." Arden said pointing to his heart. "So...the actual reason for me to do all this is that I care about her. I'll ask Celestia to send me your travel expenses once you're back. I won't have her expending money of the royal treasury because she was worried about stupid little me." He said turning his back to Velvet once again and waving before he said. "Have a safe trip! And tell Celestia she can drop by anytime she wants! I'll come up with something, so tell her not to worry!"

"Have a safe trip! And tell Celestia she can drop by anytime she wants! I'll come up with something, so tell her not to worry!" The mare heard as she watched the stallion walk away. 'So that's how it is huh? He truly is an odd one. I really like that.' She thought to herself before taking off the overcoat and breaking the spell and making the figure of Twilight Velvet visible to anypony who could be around.

'Looks like the sun princess has a new friend. And he doesn't expect anything in return for his help apparently.' She said taking off the sunglasses and revealing her white coat, three colored mane, golden ornaments, and pink eyes. 'He actually knew how I would have acted under normal circumstances. However, everything I told him was true...except for my identity...

"Hehehe..." The white mare giggled a little as she came up with a plan. "I guess I can take his invitation and come by. Just hope he really can come up with an explanation, if he can't...I guess I'll have a good laugh at the very least." She said before letting out a small sigh as her smile widened a bit. "It would seem that the real *concerned friend* here is him. After all, he is doing this just because he cares about me. That's adorable, I must say. And I truly wonder what will come out of his training after these four years finally come to pass." The princess said to herself before teleporting away.

(Meanwhile, watching the entire transformation.)

'OH. MY. STARS. That was Princess Celestia! Arden was casually speaking to her! He called her his friend! And she seems to see him in the same light! I knew he was hiding something! But this is way beyond everything I imagined!' The designer thought to herself while trying to keep her composure. She saw Arden walking away from the party and decided to follow him since she didn't buy his statement of the mysterious mare not being his lover. She always did like some gossip, unfortunately, she had to stay away from them since she wasn't the sneaky type.

She managed to tail them, but as for listening what they were talking about...she didn't have such luck. However, after they stopped walking she slowly got closer. But in the end, she caught the part about him considering the princess his friend, her taking off her disguise once he had left and the part where she said she wondered about the outcome of his training. 'Training for what? How did he meet her? How did he get her to care about him? How did he come to care about her? Is he a noble? Maybe a prince?!' Or maybe a small knight?! Is this about forbidden love?!' All those questions boiled in her mind as she began to imagine some sort of novel about the possible scenarios. The curiosity was taking the better of her, she had to know!

'That's it! I'm gonna uncover everything I can about that stallion! Or my name isn't Rarity!' She thought before picking up the pace to return to the party. 'I'll find out what you're hiding! Just you wait, Arden Sila!' And with that, she set her sights upon a goal: Discovering just who was that newcomer and what his story was with the Ruler of Equestria!