"This is sooooo boring," Arden said while he sat down staring at his reflection. Two hours had passed since the Shining soldier had left. In the meantime, Arden noticed something that made him slap himself really hard for not noticing earlier since it was probably the reason for his current situation. On his forearm and on the side of his legs he saw tattoos that were identical: a black and white heart with an evil looking eye on its center. The eye had a crimson sclera, a bright blue iris, and a black pupil. This is the sort of thing a gang member would have or maybe a villain from a cartoon. In other words, Arden could be in deeper trouble than he had initially thought. But the damage had already been done so he would just need to endure whatever came at him now. However, since he actually told the truth, he should be safe. "After all I really did-?!" He stopped his mumbling realizing he found himself remembering the events he had told the soldier about, again and again without reason. The flash-backs stopped as suddenly as they came. 'What was that all about?'

Sometime after, he grew tired of waiting without anything to do, so he sat up and mumbled to himself. "I can sing to myself, right?"

Shining Armor was returning to check on the progress of verifying the accused's story. 'He ought to be lying, no way he could have broken through the castle defenses without some sort of intent. But...what is he made of? He hit that wall really hard, and not a single broken bone? And if you add that to his zodiac...he should have died on impact.' He kept pondering about the events, that unfortunately for him, happened a few days after his nomination to become captain of the royal guard. As he proceeded towards the holding cell that the princess herself had prepared for the prisoner, he heard a melody coming from its direction.

Shining picked up the pace and got through the door. What he found inside confused him. The mare soldier assigned to protect the wizard in charge of checking ponies memories when they were accused of crimes, were sharing an embrace as they kissed each other. It had been obvious to most of the guard and the other wizards that they had some sort of connection, especially since they were always fighting each other without any reason, but whenever they did it they were always locked into each other's eyes. The only ones that didn't seem to notice their feelings were themselves. Then he realized that there was a melody playing without any instruments and a voice singing.

"If today was your last day..." The prisoner finished, it wasn't the sort of voice to make you go like: you're amazing! In fact, it was just a decent voice not exactly good nor bad. It was at this point, that Shining Armor realized it: the prisoner was the only one singing...and the melody stopped when he stopped.

'No way...did he just do a...'

"If today was your last day..." Arden finished the first song that came to his head, not usually the first thing he would sing but his chest seemed to influence his head on this decision, 'If today was your last day' from Nickelback. "Well...I think I have a built-in auto-tune. Because I should sound like a dying cat...compared to that which was angelical just now!" Arden said smiling at his own reflection.

"How did you do that?!" Said a floating head that appeared out of nowhere through the mirror.

"WHOA!" Arden exclaimed as he fell to the side of the bed with a loud thud. "Ouch." The stallion looked back at the mirror and realized it was the soldier that interrogated him earlier. The soldier had a dumbfounded expression with his eyes open wide, staring straight at Arden.

"HOW. DID. YOU. DO. THAT?"

"Do what?"

"How did you trigger a harmonious heart on your own?"

"A what now?"

"The melody playing out of nowhere. The effect on ponies in synch with feelings that matched the song. It usually takes up to six ponies with perfectly synchronized emotions and complete domain over the lyrics! Yet you triggered one all by yourself! Only one other pony ever did that!"

"Oh...so you're a pony not a horse...and I just wanted to do something to pass the time. I didn't mean to cause any trouble." Shining just left out a sigh.

"Okay...we checked your story. Now it is going to be presented as evidence in your trial." Arden blinked twice at that with a blank expression. "Along with your belongings and that weapon." Arden's eye twitched at that.

"Did you just say trial?" The stallion nodded in a positive manner. "What am I being accused of?"

"Attempt of the murder of the Solar princess, Ruler of Equestria, Princess Celestia. And attempted sexual assault on the same pony." Arden stopped moving and appeared to have turned into a statue. After a few moments the soldier tossed him a white shirt and an orange jumpsuit. The number 0001 was inscribed on the back. "Put those on. Your trial will begin as soon as you get before the princess."

Arden entered auto-pilot with his mind lost in a storm of thoughts, his body just followed the request and dressed. Soon after, Shining Armor created chains made out of magic and bound Arden's hands and hooves. The sensation of something around his wrists made Arden wake up. Looking at his hands, Arden saw that the soldier had chained him with his hands in front of him.

"Wouldn't it be better to have my hands bound behind my back?"

"...that's true." The soldier said while raising an eyebrow. He then proceeded to make the change. "Escaping won't be harder with your hands like this?"

"I'm already with enough trouble in them right now. Don't want to add to that. Especially with those kinds of accusations." Arden said with his ears hanging and his eyes now focused on the ground. "Let's get this over with."

The soldier created a door before placing a bag on Arden's head and then guiding him through the darkness. 'I am so fucked...what happened while I was out?' He thought to himself as he continued to be pulled by the soldier.

"Shining!" A female voice came out of nowhere and Arden's march came to a halt. Whoever it was made the soldier stop in his tracks. "And who is this?"

"Cadance don't!" Arden heard before getting blinded by the brightness from the outside of the bag. After his eyes adjusted he saw a pink coated unicorn with a mane that was purple, yellow, and pink and she had bright blue eyes. Said unicorn also had wings, a crown and a dress fit for royalty. After analyzing that much, Arden just proceeded to close his eyes again and ignored the mare. The soldier had placed the bag on his head for a reason, so he decided not to tempt fate and closed his eyes in order to prevent himself from seeing more than he was allowed to.

"Um...what is he doing?" The mare asked silence followed before a gasp came from her and she said. "Shining, come with me for a bit. Chain him to the wall." Once she finished saying that Arden felt the sack return to his head and a sudden pull followed by the sound of hooves getting further away from him.

"Shining." The princess of love started. "Why are you walking him around with so little restraints?! Did you even check his magic level?!"

"No. Actually, I didn't." He answered before powering his horn and checking the prisoner's magical potential. After a few seconds, she watched the soldier reactivate the spell about three times. "H-he...b-but...h-he is a-about..."

"See what I mean?! He could have set himself free at any given moment!" She exclaimed making the shocked soldier look her in the eyes. "Where are you going with him?"

"I'm taking him to his trial." He answered, after shaking his head a few times. "I'll reinforce the restraints. Thanks for the heads up Cadance."

"I'm coming with you, just to be sure." The stallion frowned at her after the comment. "Your shields are very sturdy but it won't help you if he does something before you can summon one." His frown deepened.

"Very well..." He resigned, for as stubborn as he was, the stallion could never beat her in that aspect and he knew that.

"Anything else?"

"He actually..." He seemed to be reluctant to mention this which made her frown and stare at him until he actually said it. "He triggered a harmonious heart...by himself. He made Mind Walker and Walkyre Heart...I found them kissing each other as he finished to singing a weird song."

Her jaw dropped at that. "That unicorn managed to find a song to match those two up? By himself?!" The soldier nodded positively again. "I am so watching his trial. Is he the one that..."

"That's him." She scratched her chin as she observed the prisoner that was staying put as a statue.

"Let's take him to Tia." She said walking towards the prisoner. She heard the captain pick up the pace to be by her side.

The sound of hooves returned and Arden felt the chains around his wrists and legs get heavier. He also felt new chains around his neck and torso. The ones on his torso forced his arms to stay glued to his sides. The final addition was something that was preventing him from talking. 'Extra measures...they must know something I don't. That or the mare cares too much for that soldier and doesn't want me to pose a threat...'

Arden felt a pull on the chain around his neck, so he started to move again. Several minutes later, Arden bumped into something or someone.

"Sorry." It was the voice he heard from the one Arden believed was called Cadance.

"I-it was my fault!" The soldier stuttered, his behavior had changed a bit after Cadance started to walk with them. "I should have told him to halt. Anyway, prisoner, we are going to enter the throne room now. Once inside you are supposed to bow and stay like that until you are told to get up. Understood?" Arden nodded positively. "Very well. You are to answer the princesses questions. Once she considers that every aspect of the case has been clarified, she will hand out the verdict." Arden nodded again.

The sound of something heavy moving reached Arden's ears. 'Here it goes...time to meet the solar princess and maybe die.'